Twist and Turn
Author's Notes: Hello, I'm back after neglecting this story for…uh, five months or so? Gomen na… …. Anyway, my interest in this story got rekindled, so I decided to sit myself in front of the com and write the third chapter. Okay, I promise that there will be more action and to all who have been waiting for my story, I have to give my sincerest apologies.
Disclaimers: I do not own any of the characters except the mysterious guy, Ishizu, Seishirou and yeah, that's about it. And I don't own Flame of Recca.
Chapter Three: Fukushu…Ni nen mae no tatakai
" … ….Koganei…KOGANEI!!!"
Koganei Kaoru startled slightly. He winced and turned to face the blond girl who sat next to him.
" What?" He hissed, literally pissed at being shouted right into the ear by a girl whose voice seemed abnormally loud.
" I've been calling for your attention for the past five minutes." Ganko narrowed her eyes and pointed out to him dryly. "Had no choice."
" Oh, sorry, I was just thinking about something. What was it that you wanted to tell me?"
" In case you have forgotten how schooling works around here, I'm supposed to be your guide in school. Look me up when you find something you don't know or don't remember." She repeated.
Koganei nodded his head slowly. " Uh, so where am I supposed to find you?"
Ganko's eyes narrowed for a moment towards the driver's seat where Raiha was, then turned to Koganei and said with a voice dripping with sarcasm, " Don't worry, you won't have any trouble finding me at all. It just so happened, very coincidentally, that you are in almost every subject I am in." (the subject classes for every age are on the same level and almost exactly next to each other, thus koganei would have no trouble finding Ganko ^^)
" I see." Koganei sweatdropped as he heard the purple-haired man in front cough sheepishly.
"We're here." Ganko said abruptly, turning to open the door and not forgetting to shoot Raiha another deadly stare.
Raiha turned and smiled innocently. " Have a good day."
Ganko turned around and walked toward the school gate, but Raiha didn't miss the soft 'hmph' that she had muttered.
"Ja ne!" Koganei said as he jumped out of the car. Raiha looked at Koganei thoughtfully. He might have been over suspicious but he was sure there was something troubling the boy. " Koganei," Raiha called.
"Yeah?" Koganei looked at Raiha, his eyes bright.
" Nothing." Raiha smiled, " Just wanted to say good bye." He turned and drove away, maybe its just my over suspicion, he thought.
Koganei watched the car drive off. He breathed a sigh of relief. He was sure Raiha had noticed his troubled expression. He hoped that his bright expression was enough to ride over Raiha's suspicion. He shook his head and caught up with Ganko.
Ganko looked over at Koganei. " You brought the Kougan Anki." She observed.
" Yeah," he grinned, " can't leave home without this baby."
Ganko stared at Koganei for awhile.
" What?"
" Nothing." Ganko looked away and rummaged into her bag.
" Here." She handed him a laminated piece of paper.
" This is?"
" Timetable. I'll show you your classes before the bell rings. Oh, and meet me here when its break time." Ganko added as they crossed the wide main hall of the school.
"Gotcha." Koganei grinned.
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" You think they're doing okay?" The Rekka gumi aka the Hokage discussed in Rekka's living room.
Raiha smiled sheepishly. " I don't think Ganko likes it one bit."
" That's no prob." Fuuko grinned widely. " I didn't like this guy either." She lifted a finger to poke Tokiya in the side.
" Watch it, Fuuko," Tokiya teased.
" Heh." Fuuko turned her attention to Kagerou. " Kagerou-san, have you found out anything about Koganei's appearance?"
" Finally, an intelligent question." Tokiya muttered silently.
" I heard that," Fuuko wagged a finger in front of his face.
Kagehoushi smiled. " Unfortunately, Raiha and I had gone to the site where Koganei appeared, but we couldn't find anything that could help us help Koganei to regain his memory."
" Sou desu ka." Yanagi said quietly.
" It'll be okay." Fuuko assured her, " I just don't believe the three geniuses in the house can't figure anything out."
" Mi-chan," Fuuko turned and pointed a finger at Tokiya. " You, are following me to the library."
Tokiya raised an eyebrow. " To go through the reference books and see if we can find anything at all." She grinned diabolically, " That means, we have to break into the restricted zone where all the old books are kept."
" Ano Fuuko-chan, is that a good idea?" Yanagi sweatdropped.
" Don't worry, I have extreme confidence, especially with the tenzai here that we can break in without sounding an alarm."
"Kagehoushi and I will go back to where Koganei appeared to check again." Raiha volunteered with a nod from Kagerou.
" Yanagi would just go with Rekka and Domon to the sensei's house and see if you can scrape any information off him." Fuuko grinned.
" Jaa, Ikuzo! We'll meet back here in…" Rekka stood up and checked his watch. " three hour's time."
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" Damn that Ganko. She should have given me a map." Koganei walked around the school campus with a confused expression on his face. It was just his luck that today he happened to have a subject that was different from Ganko's.
He turned a corner and was struck by how familiar the hallway looked to him. "Wait a minute." He walked towards the pillar and looked around it. He grinned sheepishly as he bent down to pick up a coin. "This was the coin I left here five minutes ago."
He didn't want to admit it, but he knew he was lost. He sighed and wandered down another corridor. He wondered why there was no one around this area where he had so wonderfully gotten himself lost.
*koganei-kun*
Koganei's head snapped up. He knew that voice. It was that dreaded voice. " Omae!" Koganei hissed. He was thankful that he knew enough to carry his Kougan Anki wherever he went.
He heard a laugh echo around the empty corridor. " DAMN YOU!" Koganei shouted.
*Anata wa jama mono. I had to get rid of you, but I couldn't bear to kill you*
Koganei could almost feel the evil laugh.
*You are so cute, do you know that Koganei-kun?*
Koganei glared angrily at the surroundings, " COME OUT AND FACE ME, YOU COWARD!!" Koganei shouted, his grip on the Kougan Anki tightening.
The voice laughed, loudly at first, then faded as the seconds ticked by.
" KUSO!" Koganei shouted and knelt in the middle of the corridor. " Kuso!" He cursed again, his voice softer. " Kuso." The curse finally came out as a mere soft cry. " Aniki." He whispered, eyes widened with horror as he recalled yesterday's conversation. " Please, don't let anything happen to my aniki."
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Kurei's eyebrows were drawn down in a frown. He was egging the horse on with a sense of urgency that he didn't know could possess him. The rain was beating down heavily on him, and the mud and water splashed around him, but he couldn't be bothered. There was only one thing that was eating up his mind. He finally noticed the shadow of a entrance in a rock in a distance. He rode up a little more before jumping off the horse. Ignoring the fact that he was drenched through by the rain, Kurei walked slowly towards the hard looking grey looking structure. He tentatively walked in, the crunching of dry narrow leaves that had fallen from a tiny hole at the top of the structure loud in his ears. He lifted a hand, glowing with blue fire in front of him as he slowly found his way to an opening from the narrow passage way. His footsteps echoed loudly in the bare wide room that was carved out from the rock. Kurei's sharp eyes immediately noted the masses of dead bodies that littered the floor of the 'cave'. The smell was unbearable. Kurei walked next to one and looked at it. The guy's face had terror written all over it, as well as a hint of disbelief in his eyes. Kurei reached out a finger to feel the body's temperature.
" Dead for a week." Kurei muttered. About enough time for him to get out of here and go to Tenjiu, Kurei thought.
" He walked to the far end of the cave where he grimly noted what was left of chains that had held a monster. There were scratches around the wall and patches of dried blood on the floor. The chains had been literally broken by some kind of madougu's power. Kurei examined the metal remains. He discovered a shocking fact. The broken pieces showed that the madougu or whatever that had destroyed it, was nothing like Kurei had ever seen before. He knew, as the leader of the Hokage, all the madougus and what damages it could do, but he had never seen this kind of damage before. Kurei stood up, eyes reflecting a strange light. He had expected that guy to break out of the chains he had specially made for him. However, Kurei had no idea where he had gotten such power from. Koganei…
Kurei clenched his fist. He had better not hurt Koganei, for his sake, he had better not.
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" Master." The hooded figure uttered, head bowed.
" Hnghng…" A figure sitting on a chair laughed softly. " I suppose I should thank you." The figure said as he rested his face on the surface of his hand.
" Yes, master?" The figure asked, shaking slightly with terror.
" For bringing me this," The figure stated as he lifted a wooden box.
" No master, you found it with your own brilliance." The hooded figure said humbly, lowering his head further.
" I love making fun of the brothers, don't you just agree?" The figure smirked as he looked at the bowed head.
" Hai." The hooded figure replied.
" I know why Kurei loves his brother so much now." The figure paused, waiting for the hooded figure to speak.
True enough, the hooded figure answered. " Why master?"
" He's just so cute, even I can't bear to kill him." The figure smiled diabolically.
Even with the darkness, the hooded figure could almost see the evil gleam that came from the figure's teeth.
The figure looked at the hooded figure, boredom written all over his face. " You may go, back to Kurei."
The hooded figure looked up, the first time since he had seen the figure in the chair, and nodded, bowing once more.
As the hooded figure walked away, the figure in the chair added another sentence. " Keep me informed."
" Hai." The hooded figure turned back with another bow before sweeping off.
The figure in the chair smiled again, looking at the wooden box. " You won't be able to run from me Kurei, nor can you Koganei-kun."
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" Are you okay?" Ganko asked, a worried edge in her voice. She found that Koganei had been spacing out quite a lot.
" Yeah, don't worry." Koganei faked a bright smile, " just wondering why everything looks so darn familiar."
Ganko looked over at him suspiciously. She noticed determination present in Koganei's eyes.
" If you say so." She finally decided to drop the subject. After all, who was she to bother so much about Koganei's stuff? As far as she remembered, she wasn't his mother. So what was this nagging feeling present at the pit of her stomach? It was like the queasy feeling of uneasiness.
Let's hope he's really as alright as he says he is. Ganko thought silently, risking another glance in Koganei's direction.
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" Oh man, you guys, I've got really big news." Rekka announced loudly as he burst into the living room of the Hanabishi's house.
" That's great." Fuuko's face looked grim for the first time in weeks Rekka had seen her.
" You found something at the library?" Yanagi asked softly.
" Yes, and it isn't going to bode good luck to Koganei at all." Tokiya said, his facial expression just as grim.
" Tell me about it." Rekka said, his face becoming serious as he took a seat in the living room.
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Author's Notes: Finally! I've finished at least one chapter of one of my stories. Well, even though it's not the more awaited Tokiya/Fuuko fluff, this story's not half as bad. Well, yeah, hope you guys read and review, but before I leave, I gotta say a few words of appreciation to whoever who reviewed.
A few thank-you notes:
Bishounen-lovah: Well, sorry, but fluff doesn't start that soon, but it'll come definitely in the fourth chapter. Hope you'll be patient. ^^
Tou-tetsu: Well, like I told bish-love, I'm sorry that I couldn't squeeze much fluff into this chapter, but I'll definitely put fluff in the next. Please wait kay? ^^
Yumi: Well, it can mean 'what if' or 'it can't be' or somewhere along that line. Thanks for the review, though I didn't think my fic was that good. ^^
April: I hope this story will continue to interest you. ^^
Kato: I promise I'll upload faster, thanks for the review. ^^
And last but not least;
Translations:
Fukushu, ni nen mae no tatakai: Revenge, the fight from two years ago.
Ja ne: Basically means 'good bye' in a casual form.
Sou desu ka: Basically it means, ' is that so' but if anyone's got a better translation, you're welcome to give it. ^^
Tenzai: Anyone's who's watched Slam Dunk should know this word means 'genius'
Jaa, Ikuzo: casual form of saying 'then, let's go'.
Anata wa jama mono: Means, 'You are a blockage', or ' You are something that hinders me'.
Aniki: Big brother.
Author's Notes: Again, yes I know, I'm irritating. Just had to say one more line: If there are flames, please be kind enough to beat around the bush. ^^
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