~4: First star I see tonight
The knob slowly turned and two boys walked into an almost empty house. Sai flipped the switch and the room suddenly was alive with light.
Sei yawned loudly and threw his book bag down next to the door. "I think I'm going to bed. I had my last exam today. School's finally out!!" With a smile he fell on the couch happily.
"Don't you have to meet that girl in an hour?" Sai said depositing his own bag in his bedroom closet.
Sei started. "Shit!! I almost forgot! She'll kill me if I'm late!"
His twin flinched at the swear word. He sighed. "You probably should change out of MY uniform..."
"Yeah! Yeah! Don't rush me!" Sei flipped through his closet and threw a dirty shirt on the bad.
"What? Aren't you going to look good for Yui-chan?" Sai smirked.
"Shuddup!"
Sai chuckled a bit. "Do you..." He pulled off his own school shirt and pulled on a sweater he had carefully folded earlier that morning.
"Well? Do I what?"
"Do you...Does Yui seem familiar to you?"
"Well, at first she did....But I don't think we met before so..."
"You're smiling."
Sei immediately realized what his folly was and blushed. "Am not!"
"And now you're blushing. You like her." Sai smirked. "Some things will never change."
Sei stopped. "So what? And what do you mean?"
"It's nothing. Just forget it."
"I've never met her before. I just told you that. Now, tell me what you meant!"
A loud, annoying ring sounded from the telephone next to the bed. "I'll get it. It's probably Kourin."
The younger twin was closest to the phone and blocked Sai's path. "It can wait. Tell me what you meant!!"
"No! I need to get this call!"
"Just tell me Aniki!"
Sai sighed in defeat. "Fine. I'll tell you." He took a deep breath. "You used to be a warrior for a beast god called Seiryuu in another life and Yui used to be the priestess that you fawned over! Now can I get the phone?"
"What the hell are you talking about?!?!!"
"Shun, this call is very important!!"
'Who the hell is Shun?! Damn that phone!!' Sei wheeled around and snatched the phone cord out of the wall. "Screw the phone!! What the hell are you blabbering about?!!"
"Shun!! Dad's going to kill you when he gets home!"
"I can fix it okay? Now tell me what the hell is going on?!"
Sai sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "If you don't remember, then just forget about it."
"Remember...What?" Sei's rage was dissipating while his curiosity intensified.
"You do know Yui. At least you did in another life."
The younger raised his eyebrow questioningly. "Another...Wait...How do you know?"
"I've remembered," he said solemnly.
"How come you do and I don't?"
"Well...I just do..." A sudden thought came to him. He extended his pinky and started inscribing a character. "Have you ever wondered how we can do this when no one else can?"
"Well...Yeah, but-"
"And what about your 'power'?" He pointed to a smaller version of a once cherished weapon...
"Well...I just thought..." Sei held his head in his hands. "So you're saying all those things...are from a past life?!" "I shouldn't have told you..." Sai shook his head. "I'm sorry otouto..."
"...I think I should cancel on Yui..."
"Well, thanks to that," Sai motioned to the now broken telephone, "I'll have to cancel on Kourin."
Sei stood up. "Sorry about your precious date." He waked around his brother, went to the bathroom and shut the door.
"Shun...I...Sorry." He was greeted by complete silence. "Want me to call Yui for you?"
"You do that."
"Um...Where's your phone at?" Almost on cue, the annoying 'Glay' song sounded through the room. Sai lifted a pillow and turned it on. "Found it!"
A confused voice sounded on the other end. "Um...Sei? Or is this Sai?"
"Oh, Yui! I was just about to call you! This is Sai."
"Who is it?" Sei said through the still closed door.
"It's Yui. What should I...?"
"Just tell her I'm sick or something..."
"Hello? Yui, Sei's...not feeling very well...I don't think he can make it today."
"Oh...Okay. Is he alright?"
Sai silently looked at the bathroom door. "Yeah...He just needs a few days to get over it."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah. He'll probably feel better tomorrow."
There was a slight pause. "Tell him I'll see him then and I hope he's alright."
"Okay. Will do. Bye." There was a slight click and the connection was lost. "She sends her love."
"Shut up!"
"Jeez...Sorry."
Sei splashed his face in the mirror. For some reason or other, his head was spinning. He felt dizzy...like he had just come off of a rollercoaster. Thoughts were penetrating his mind and surfacing as lost memories. A shogun with only revenge in mind...A woman with bright red hair who fought against them and...Him walking in on the Shogun while he was "indisposed"....Sai...Drowning...An empty feeling of...death. All of the memories of Suboshi were returning in a flood of nightmares. Sei let a small yelp come out of his mouth. "My head..."
A faint knocking came to the door. "Shun? What's wrong?! Are you okay?!" It was the voice of his concerned twin...Ami-No...Sai. Right? And he was...Suboshi? No, no...Shunkaku? Sei? 'I'm so confused...'
Another knock, louder this time. "Sei, are you alright in there?!"
Sei shook his head. "Yeah...I think I remember now...remember...them." Sei shivered remembering his last memories...of dying.
Outside the door, Sai mentally winced at the forlorn sound in Sei's voice. "Do you...do you remember what happened to..." He couldn't bring himself to finish. He knew what had to happen for his brother to be here with him now...
"Yeah. I remember."
"Oh Shun..." Sai ran his hands through his hair. "I'm sorry Sei..."
"Nah...I'm fine, but what do I tell Yui?"
"You shouldn't rush this."
Sei gave his brother a confused look. "So is that a yes or a no?"
"You're so impossible at times."
"Yeah. I know." Sei finally opened the door to the bathroom and walked out. "I think I'm gonna' take a walk..."
The elder watched his brother's form go into the blinding white of the snowy evening.
'I hope I did the right thing...'
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Yui sat down on a park bench. She had been walking for a few minutes after calling Sei. She sighed and looked down at her cell phone.
"Now what am I supposed to do? Oh Sei..." Sei was walking down a path in the park and heard her sigh. "Shit!" He jumped behind the nearest tree. 'What is she doing here?!'
Yui suddenly sat bolt upright. "W-who's there?"
Laughter mixed with the gentle blowing of the leaves. The twilight was hiding whoever it was.
"Hello?" The laughing stopped. Yui let out a sigh of relief and leaned back. She felt something grab her shoulder and jumped.
"Why hello miss," a man around twenty years old said. He grinned at her response.
"C-can I help you?"
"Oh yeah." He grabbed her hands just as she was about to run.
"L-let me go!"
Sei couldn't believe his eyes. 'That bastard!' He slowly rose enough to reveal himself to them. "Let her go now!"
"Sei!!"
The man was startled by this new turn of events, but remained confidant. He let out a diabolic laugh. "I think I hear your mommy calling you punk."
"I said, let her GO!"
The man smiled. Two more men emerged from behind him. "It's three to one kid. Why don't you just go home and whine to your parents! I'm sure they miss you," one of them said.
"Yui, go. Now."
Yui looked at him perplexed. "But...Sei..."
"I said now!" Yui started struggling from the man. While the man was distracted, Sei ran forward and hit him hard in the stomach. The man toppled over grabbing his stomach. "Yui, run!!"
Yui hesitated but then ran around the crumpled over man.
The man slowly and painstakingly stood up. "You...You will pay for that!" Before Sei could do anything, the man whipped out a gun and shot.
Sei winced as he felt a bullet penetrate his right leg. 'Damn it!'
"Sei!! Are you alright?!" Yui was nearly in tears. She rushed over to his side.
"Please...go." Sei pleaded with her with his eyes.
"I..." She shook her head. "I'm not going to leave you!"
'The one time she wants to be with me and this happens!' he thought ruefully.
"You made a huge mistake little man. This time I won't miss." The man shouted through his pain. He steadied the gun to shoot again, but this time Sei had the upper hand. He kicked high and the mans gun was knocked from his hand. Then he kicked him with the other foot in the head.
This time the man didn't get up. His form crumpled on the ground unconscious. Sei was breathing heavily now through the searing pain that became more and more apparent to him in his leg.
He turned toward the other two and his eyes widened. "Let her go you bastards!"
The larger and uglier of the two men was holding a knife to Yui's neck. Both men chuckled at him. "You want her alive don't you brat?" He slowly ran the knife along her neck, trying not to cause any pain, yet.
"Let her go! Only cowards hide behind women!"
The man sneered at him and ran the knife again, but more forcefully, daring Sei to step out of line again. "Unless you want her dead, you need to run along kid."
Sei walked closer to him. "Yui, just hold on. I'll get you away from these idiots."
"Sei I-" She let out a small shriek of pain when the man finally met blood.
"Yui!" He knew he was helpless. 'I can't do anything!! Damn...and now she's hurt...if only...ryuuseisui!!'
The man quit laughing. An eerie whirling sound hissed through the air.
"So what are we gonna' do with the brat now boss?" The shorter asked. He looked at the taller expecting his answer, but instead saw his 'boss' staring into space with his mouth opened in a ghastly sound. "Boss?! What's- " The other man's blade dropped and he crumpled to the ground in a heap. The shorter backed away when he saw a gapping hole in the others' back.
"What the hell did you do to him?!" He shrieked. He threw Yui down as hard as he could then took off running away from harms touch.
"Yui!" Sei ran to her side. "Are you alright? Do you need an ambulance?!"
Yui's vision was blacking out, but she could still see someone hovering over her. She reached up to touch his face. "Su...bo..." she breathed before entirely blacking out.
"Shit!" Sei reached for his own cell phone and quickly dialed 911.
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There ya' go! That's all for tonight cause' Santa Clause is supposedly on his way. ^ ^;;; Mom says he'll be here before 12 so...*rolls eyes* I think I'm going to put Amiboshi's girlfriend in the chapter tomorrow.
Again, sorry for the long wait. I've had to shop for almost everybody. I think I have a disease. It's called lethargy. I don't know if you've heard of it but it is actually quite common. ^ ^;;;;
Answers to reviewers:
Yes, Amiboshi's got himself a girlfriend. Her name is Kourin, but I'm going to need opinions on what she looks like. I just thought I'd ask you guys. I'll post sometime tomorrow.
One more chapter, unless you all want a sequel or whatever about Ami or Shun.
Tamahome's only in this for story/plot development. This story is about Sei and Yui. Sai is (well duh!) another lead character. ^ ^;
*yyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaawn* I just ate soooooo much food! I went to this party and I finally got a new CD player! Whoo! But, I do need to go to sleep. Oopsies! Santa's only...looks at watch* Oh my lord! *gasp* He's only ONE HOUR away now! ^ ~
Oyasumi! Sleep well guys!
~Amanda
The knob slowly turned and two boys walked into an almost empty house. Sai flipped the switch and the room suddenly was alive with light.
Sei yawned loudly and threw his book bag down next to the door. "I think I'm going to bed. I had my last exam today. School's finally out!!" With a smile he fell on the couch happily.
"Don't you have to meet that girl in an hour?" Sai said depositing his own bag in his bedroom closet.
Sei started. "Shit!! I almost forgot! She'll kill me if I'm late!"
His twin flinched at the swear word. He sighed. "You probably should change out of MY uniform..."
"Yeah! Yeah! Don't rush me!" Sei flipped through his closet and threw a dirty shirt on the bad.
"What? Aren't you going to look good for Yui-chan?" Sai smirked.
"Shuddup!"
Sai chuckled a bit. "Do you..." He pulled off his own school shirt and pulled on a sweater he had carefully folded earlier that morning.
"Well? Do I what?"
"Do you...Does Yui seem familiar to you?"
"Well, at first she did....But I don't think we met before so..."
"You're smiling."
Sei immediately realized what his folly was and blushed. "Am not!"
"And now you're blushing. You like her." Sai smirked. "Some things will never change."
Sei stopped. "So what? And what do you mean?"
"It's nothing. Just forget it."
"I've never met her before. I just told you that. Now, tell me what you meant!"
A loud, annoying ring sounded from the telephone next to the bed. "I'll get it. It's probably Kourin."
The younger twin was closest to the phone and blocked Sai's path. "It can wait. Tell me what you meant!!"
"No! I need to get this call!"
"Just tell me Aniki!"
Sai sighed in defeat. "Fine. I'll tell you." He took a deep breath. "You used to be a warrior for a beast god called Seiryuu in another life and Yui used to be the priestess that you fawned over! Now can I get the phone?"
"What the hell are you talking about?!?!!"
"Shun, this call is very important!!"
'Who the hell is Shun?! Damn that phone!!' Sei wheeled around and snatched the phone cord out of the wall. "Screw the phone!! What the hell are you blabbering about?!!"
"Shun!! Dad's going to kill you when he gets home!"
"I can fix it okay? Now tell me what the hell is going on?!"
Sai sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "If you don't remember, then just forget about it."
"Remember...What?" Sei's rage was dissipating while his curiosity intensified.
"You do know Yui. At least you did in another life."
The younger raised his eyebrow questioningly. "Another...Wait...How do you know?"
"I've remembered," he said solemnly.
"How come you do and I don't?"
"Well...I just do..." A sudden thought came to him. He extended his pinky and started inscribing a character. "Have you ever wondered how we can do this when no one else can?"
"Well...Yeah, but-"
"And what about your 'power'?" He pointed to a smaller version of a once cherished weapon...
"Well...I just thought..." Sei held his head in his hands. "So you're saying all those things...are from a past life?!" "I shouldn't have told you..." Sai shook his head. "I'm sorry otouto..."
"...I think I should cancel on Yui..."
"Well, thanks to that," Sai motioned to the now broken telephone, "I'll have to cancel on Kourin."
Sei stood up. "Sorry about your precious date." He waked around his brother, went to the bathroom and shut the door.
"Shun...I...Sorry." He was greeted by complete silence. "Want me to call Yui for you?"
"You do that."
"Um...Where's your phone at?" Almost on cue, the annoying 'Glay' song sounded through the room. Sai lifted a pillow and turned it on. "Found it!"
A confused voice sounded on the other end. "Um...Sei? Or is this Sai?"
"Oh, Yui! I was just about to call you! This is Sai."
"Who is it?" Sei said through the still closed door.
"It's Yui. What should I...?"
"Just tell her I'm sick or something..."
"Hello? Yui, Sei's...not feeling very well...I don't think he can make it today."
"Oh...Okay. Is he alright?"
Sai silently looked at the bathroom door. "Yeah...He just needs a few days to get over it."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah. He'll probably feel better tomorrow."
There was a slight pause. "Tell him I'll see him then and I hope he's alright."
"Okay. Will do. Bye." There was a slight click and the connection was lost. "She sends her love."
"Shut up!"
"Jeez...Sorry."
Sei splashed his face in the mirror. For some reason or other, his head was spinning. He felt dizzy...like he had just come off of a rollercoaster. Thoughts were penetrating his mind and surfacing as lost memories. A shogun with only revenge in mind...A woman with bright red hair who fought against them and...Him walking in on the Shogun while he was "indisposed"....Sai...Drowning...An empty feeling of...death. All of the memories of Suboshi were returning in a flood of nightmares. Sei let a small yelp come out of his mouth. "My head..."
A faint knocking came to the door. "Shun? What's wrong?! Are you okay?!" It was the voice of his concerned twin...Ami-No...Sai. Right? And he was...Suboshi? No, no...Shunkaku? Sei? 'I'm so confused...'
Another knock, louder this time. "Sei, are you alright in there?!"
Sei shook his head. "Yeah...I think I remember now...remember...them." Sei shivered remembering his last memories...of dying.
Outside the door, Sai mentally winced at the forlorn sound in Sei's voice. "Do you...do you remember what happened to..." He couldn't bring himself to finish. He knew what had to happen for his brother to be here with him now...
"Yeah. I remember."
"Oh Shun..." Sai ran his hands through his hair. "I'm sorry Sei..."
"Nah...I'm fine, but what do I tell Yui?"
"You shouldn't rush this."
Sei gave his brother a confused look. "So is that a yes or a no?"
"You're so impossible at times."
"Yeah. I know." Sei finally opened the door to the bathroom and walked out. "I think I'm gonna' take a walk..."
The elder watched his brother's form go into the blinding white of the snowy evening.
'I hope I did the right thing...'
~~~~~~~*~~~~~~
Yui sat down on a park bench. She had been walking for a few minutes after calling Sei. She sighed and looked down at her cell phone.
"Now what am I supposed to do? Oh Sei..." Sei was walking down a path in the park and heard her sigh. "Shit!" He jumped behind the nearest tree. 'What is she doing here?!'
Yui suddenly sat bolt upright. "W-who's there?"
Laughter mixed with the gentle blowing of the leaves. The twilight was hiding whoever it was.
"Hello?" The laughing stopped. Yui let out a sigh of relief and leaned back. She felt something grab her shoulder and jumped.
"Why hello miss," a man around twenty years old said. He grinned at her response.
"C-can I help you?"
"Oh yeah." He grabbed her hands just as she was about to run.
"L-let me go!"
Sei couldn't believe his eyes. 'That bastard!' He slowly rose enough to reveal himself to them. "Let her go now!"
"Sei!!"
The man was startled by this new turn of events, but remained confidant. He let out a diabolic laugh. "I think I hear your mommy calling you punk."
"I said, let her GO!"
The man smiled. Two more men emerged from behind him. "It's three to one kid. Why don't you just go home and whine to your parents! I'm sure they miss you," one of them said.
"Yui, go. Now."
Yui looked at him perplexed. "But...Sei..."
"I said now!" Yui started struggling from the man. While the man was distracted, Sei ran forward and hit him hard in the stomach. The man toppled over grabbing his stomach. "Yui, run!!"
Yui hesitated but then ran around the crumpled over man.
The man slowly and painstakingly stood up. "You...You will pay for that!" Before Sei could do anything, the man whipped out a gun and shot.
Sei winced as he felt a bullet penetrate his right leg. 'Damn it!'
"Sei!! Are you alright?!" Yui was nearly in tears. She rushed over to his side.
"Please...go." Sei pleaded with her with his eyes.
"I..." She shook her head. "I'm not going to leave you!"
'The one time she wants to be with me and this happens!' he thought ruefully.
"You made a huge mistake little man. This time I won't miss." The man shouted through his pain. He steadied the gun to shoot again, but this time Sei had the upper hand. He kicked high and the mans gun was knocked from his hand. Then he kicked him with the other foot in the head.
This time the man didn't get up. His form crumpled on the ground unconscious. Sei was breathing heavily now through the searing pain that became more and more apparent to him in his leg.
He turned toward the other two and his eyes widened. "Let her go you bastards!"
The larger and uglier of the two men was holding a knife to Yui's neck. Both men chuckled at him. "You want her alive don't you brat?" He slowly ran the knife along her neck, trying not to cause any pain, yet.
"Let her go! Only cowards hide behind women!"
The man sneered at him and ran the knife again, but more forcefully, daring Sei to step out of line again. "Unless you want her dead, you need to run along kid."
Sei walked closer to him. "Yui, just hold on. I'll get you away from these idiots."
"Sei I-" She let out a small shriek of pain when the man finally met blood.
"Yui!" He knew he was helpless. 'I can't do anything!! Damn...and now she's hurt...if only...ryuuseisui!!'
The man quit laughing. An eerie whirling sound hissed through the air.
"So what are we gonna' do with the brat now boss?" The shorter asked. He looked at the taller expecting his answer, but instead saw his 'boss' staring into space with his mouth opened in a ghastly sound. "Boss?! What's- " The other man's blade dropped and he crumpled to the ground in a heap. The shorter backed away when he saw a gapping hole in the others' back.
"What the hell did you do to him?!" He shrieked. He threw Yui down as hard as he could then took off running away from harms touch.
"Yui!" Sei ran to her side. "Are you alright? Do you need an ambulance?!"
Yui's vision was blacking out, but she could still see someone hovering over her. She reached up to touch his face. "Su...bo..." she breathed before entirely blacking out.
"Shit!" Sei reached for his own cell phone and quickly dialed 911.
~~~~*~~~~
There ya' go! That's all for tonight cause' Santa Clause is supposedly on his way. ^ ^;;; Mom says he'll be here before 12 so...*rolls eyes* I think I'm going to put Amiboshi's girlfriend in the chapter tomorrow.
Again, sorry for the long wait. I've had to shop for almost everybody. I think I have a disease. It's called lethargy. I don't know if you've heard of it but it is actually quite common. ^ ^;;;;
Answers to reviewers:
Yes, Amiboshi's got himself a girlfriend. Her name is Kourin, but I'm going to need opinions on what she looks like. I just thought I'd ask you guys. I'll post sometime tomorrow.
One more chapter, unless you all want a sequel or whatever about Ami or Shun.
Tamahome's only in this for story/plot development. This story is about Sei and Yui. Sai is (well duh!) another lead character. ^ ^;
*yyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaawn* I just ate soooooo much food! I went to this party and I finally got a new CD player! Whoo! But, I do need to go to sleep. Oopsies! Santa's only...looks at watch* Oh my lord! *gasp* He's only ONE HOUR away now! ^ ~
Oyasumi! Sleep well guys!
~Amanda