DICLAMER: Flame of Recca is the property of Anzai Nobuyuki, and the people he works with. (you know the rest.)

CHAP 2

Meeting Old Friends, Meeting New Friends

"Kurei!? Koganei!?" Recca exclaimed. The last person he was expecting to see in this lifetime was Kurei, and Koganei. They had gone 400 years into the past using the Jikuu Ryuri didn't they?? There was no way, they were here. It was impossible. It had to be some sort of dream.

Yanagi, Domon, and Fuuko standing right beside Recca were surprised as much as he was. Domon who was holding the unconscious girl almost dropped her on the ground.

After about 30 seconds of silence, someone finally spoke up.

"Well? Why are you standing there like imbeciles?? Sit down, and we'll tell you what happened." Kurei said.

Recca sat down facing Kurei on the other side of the table. Yanagi followed, with Fuuko sitting right beside her. Domon who was still holding the girl, with a clueless expression, stood there with his mouth open, still trying to figure the situation out.

There was another 5 seconds of silence. Fuuko who was eager to know what had happened finally lost her paitience, and a vein in her head popped, and ordered Domon to sit.

"Domon!!!! You big fat imbecile!!!! Sit your ass down so we can hear why they're here." Fuuko bellowed, making everyone flip over.

Domon finally coming back to his senses after getting yelled at by Fuuko, and placed the girl down next to Kurei, and sat down next to Fuuko.

When Kagerou opened her mouth to ask who she was Recca stopped her.

"Kaa-chan, we'll tell you what happened after Kurei tells his story."

"Okay..."

"So Kurei. What the hell happened??? And how the hell are you here right now?? Didn't you go back into time??? Recca asked while more questions popped into his mind.

"Yeah, we did Nii-chan" Koganei answered instead. "But we're somehow back into this time. We can't really figure out how through. We were just walking through the woods and all of a sudden it just happened.. "

"What just happened Kaoru-kun??" Yanagi asked in her angel-like voice that he had missed so much.

"A flash of light came out of no where and we were sucked into this big hole. The next thing we noticed we were lying in the woods, and when we walked out of the woods it wasn't the time we were suppose to be in. We somehow came back into this time period."

"WHAT? Are you trying to mess with my mind!? Don't get Fuuko-chan angry!!!!!!" An impacient Fuuko said, sounding VERY annoyed at all the confusion.

"Don't get me anymore confused than I already am for today! Ya got that?"

"Geez, you're in a bad mood today, Fuuko ne-chan." Koganei said

"Well can you blame me!? The stupid Geometry teacher's teachin me stuff that I can barely understand, but somehow in this bizarre world Recca, the idiot can understand it (HEY!!! Don't call me an idiot!!!!!) so I'm all pissed, and confused. After school I'm enjoying myself by kicking Domon, and Recca's ass, and then, I get a call from Yanagi, and this girl appears...and things are all confusing...and then you show up. FROM THE PAST!!!!!!!!!! It's too much confusion in one day. Even Fuuko-chan can't take this much!!"

When Fuuko had finally finished talking her breath was all over the place, and she was finding it hard to calm down.

Everyone didn't know what to say, and another moment of silence was upon them.

This time Kagerou ended the silence by asking about the girl.

"Before we forget would anyone mind explaining to me who this girl is, and why is she here??"

To this Yanagi spoke up.

"I found her unconscious on the ground, and I didn't know what to do so I called Fuuko-chan, and we decided to bring her here because it was the closest."

Then everyone looked at the girl who was still lying unconscious next to Kurei. Kurei, and Koganei literally looked at her for the first time. They hadn't really noticed her when Domon carried her in because of all that was on their mind. When they saw her face they both gasped.

"It can't be, is it?" Koganei said in a shocked voice. "But it looks just like her."

"She does, but is it really..???" Kurei looked at Koganei.

"It must be" Koganei looked back at Kurei.

This was repeated about 5 more times until Fuuko had finally erupted, and she punched Koganei in the face screaming

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!? AND WHO IS THIS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? I ALREADY TOLD YOU!!!! DON'T GET ME ANYMORE CONFUSED THEN I ALREADY AM!!!!!!!!!!"

Once again Fuuko was out of breath. This just wasn't her day, and she had very little patience.

"Okay, okay, okay Fuuko-neechan please calm down. I'll explain it." Koganei said, a little scared.

"Do you know this girl Kaoru-kun? Kurei-san?" Yanagi asked in a calm way, which was probably the farthest thing from Fuuko at that moment.

"um, yeah..Yanagi-neechan, her name's Nae, and she.." Koganei said looking a bit uneasy. Instead Kurei finished the sentence for him,

"She use to be part of the Uruha."

"What!?" Recca exclaimed

"This little girl??" Kagerou said just as surprised as Recca.

"Yeah, she was one of us. Although she dropped out way before we met you guys. After she left, I never knew where she was, at that time, I didn't really care." Kurei said, in his usual calm voice

"She was an orphan too." Koganei said "Just like me, and Kurei took her in. Then one day, she left to go somewhere, and she never came back. I always thought she was dead."

"Why did she leave the Uruha?" Fuuko asked

To that Koganei looked puzzeled,

"Actually to think of it, I don't know. Do you Ku.." Before he could finish Kurei started to talk,

"A friend of her's was killed, in the Urabutou Satsujin II, and she couldn't take anymore of the killings so she left." said Kurei.

"She participated in the Urabutou Satsujin II? Wasn't that like 5 years ago? How old was she!?" Domon asked surprised at what he's hearing. He couldn't believe a girl this age could have participated in such an event at such an age.

To this Koganei answered instead of Kurei,

"Well, she's a year older than me so...5 years ago, she was 10, and she's 15 now."

"10!?" Everyone screamed at the same time.

"Believe it or not, she was indeed 10 years old." Kurei said in a calmed tone. "Her team actually went to the semi-finals, although one of her teammates died in that round. That was what led her to leaving the Uruha."

"Wow I don't really know what to say." Yanagi said. Everyone was out of words, they couldn't figure out what was the right thing to say.

Kagerou finally spoke up after another moment of silence,

"I think we should call it a day. Fuuko-chan, Domon-kun, Yanagi-chan, you guys should be on your way home, and Kurei, and Kaoru-chan must be tired. I'm worried about the girl. I also have a bad feeling that Kurei, and Kaoru-chan's return here is going to result into something dangerous again. But, we've had enough for one day. Let's talk about this another time."

"You're right Kaa-chan, We'll all come back tomorrow afterschool. We'll tell Mikagami to come too, I kinda smell something fishy is gonna happen." Recca said, then he got up and turned to Yanagi,

"Come on, Hime, I'll walk you home." And walked out of the room.

"Bye Kaoru-kun. I'll see you tomorrow." Yanagi waved good-bye to them, and Fuuko, and Domon followed.

As soon as they left, Kagerou got up, and went to prepare a futon for Kaoru, and Kurei in Recca's room, and prepared another futon in Kaoru's old room for Nae.

She returned to the family room, and found Kurei, and Koganei surrounding the girl, just staring at her.

"I prepared a futon for both of you in Recca's room. Kaoru-chan I'm sorry you can't use your old room for tonight. I prepared a futon for her in your room, so can you guys carry her there, and I'll get dinner ready as soon as possible." Kagerou said in her sweetest smile.

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As soon as Recca came home, they had a silent dinner. Shigeo was out watching the big game with his buddies, so it was just the four of them. No one knew what to say, and as soon as he finished Recca left the table first. Then followed by Koganei, along with Kurei, who all went into Recca's room. Everyone felt a bit uneasy. Kurei, and Recca had actually never talked to eachother before. They had always hated eachother, they had always been enemies. But now things were different. They were on the same side. After all, they were brothers even if they were only related by their father's side. They had to get along somehow.

Koganei who thought it was best to leave the two brothers alone, slipped out of the room, downstairs to help Kagerou with the dishes.

Recca and Kurei were sitting in different side of the room, both being very silent. Kurei finally broke the silence.

"Recca, I think we need to get something straight. We aren't enemies anymore, and after all, we are brothers. Atleast that's how I feel. What about you??"

After a bit of silence Recca finally spoke up.

"Yeah I guess. We are brothers, and although we started things out on the wrong foot, we can get passed that. We're no longer enemies, and we respect eachother. Right?"

"Right" Kurei said in return with a smile on his face.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: okay...so how was it?? I hope you're all enjoying it!!!! I'm really getting hooked on writing fanfics. I like it (^o^) I just wanted to say thanks to Diamond-Crest, who's been reviewing this fanfic, and giving me good advice!!!! Thanks~and hope you keep on reading my fic!!!