Parent Trap: Gravitation Style
Like what Draken usually type, 'Do you think penniless 17 year olds could own something like that?'
Well, I'll be the sole writer until Draken get well. So please be kind. I forgot to put Draken's line last time so I'll say it before I forgot again. 'comments, suggestions, questions and FLAMES are accepted.' Well that's all.
Chapter 5
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Shuri walked out to the waiting area where Suguru's suppose to be. She saw a glimpse of green hair approaching her making her heart beat rapidly. Curtains up!
"Strawberry top, I miss you!" Suguro suddenly stopped. "You've cut your hair! And you've got your ears peirced!" Suguru exclaimed. "Do you hate it?" Shuri asked tentatively. Suguru's shock turned into huge grin.
"Love it! With your hair shorter, you remind me of--" Suguru stopped as if checking himself. Shuri needn't to ask. She knows he's going to say her father's name. That's the reason why she kept her hair short, to look like her father.
"Why don't you give me five?" Suguru handed out his hand. Shuri let out her breath as she do the ritual. As they go outside the airport, she saw the majestic skyline of New York and the statue that stood proudly. "New York, here I come!" she murmured to herself.
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She's amazed to see such a large house in a city like New York. She always thought that it's like Tokyo where people usually lives in apartments.
"Uncle Suguru, is daddy home?" she turned to Suguru who's now carrying her bags upstairs. Suguru looked at him like she's gone nuts.
"Daddy? Are you referring to Yuki-san?"
'Yuki-san?' "Oh, I mean Father!" she tries to smile. Suguru just shrugged.
"Shuri no baka. I forgot that Shura calls him father. And as far as I know, Shura said our father's name is Uesugi Eiri...who the heck is Yuki-san?" Shuri lost in thought. She entered Tohma's office by mistake.
"Hello stanger!" A low voice greeted that took her out of her reverie. 'Who? Oh!' Shuri's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. She can't believe that her suppose to be uncle Tohma is none other than Seguchi Tohma of Nittle Grasper. First Sakuma-san now Seguchi-san. Her daddy would be very envious! (1)
"Uncle Tohma!" she hugged her fur-coated uncle. Then she started sniffing him
"What are you doing?" Tohma asked quite confused.
"I'm trying to memorize your scent so I can always remember you." Shuri tries to fight her tears. How much did she miss all those years?
Tohma smiled. She reminds him of someone that has the same track of mind like hers. Maybe that's how he can always follow Eiri...through his scent.
"So, how do I smell like?"
"You smell like peppermint and...stawberry pokey?" Shuri's quite puzzled. Pokey? How can a gaijin smell like a Japanese snack?
Tohma looked at her, suspicions rising. How can Shura tell he smells like pokey?
Shuri sensed that she somehow told a wrong thing. That's right! It's America and Pokey barely exist. (2) "I didn't know you like Pokey. I might have brought tons from camp!" she smiled at him brightly.
"That's right! She came from Japan so she must've encountered Pokey." Tohma thought to himself, chuckling inside. A minute there, he can barely tell if the girl he's holding is Shura.
"Where's my Shu-chan?"(3) a voice called from upstairs.
"Better go to your father. He's been cranky all the time you've been in Japan." Tohma ushered her outside the office. She nodded then run towards Eiri's office.
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In front of her were huge doors. She tries to calm herself. This is it. This is the moment she've been waiting all her life. To meet the man her dad fallen in love with. Her other dad. She gently knock then wait for the answer.
"Shu-chan? Is that you? Come in" a low voice, lower than Tohma's, answered.
She opened the door and the sight of the room overwhelmed her. Stacks, rows and cabinets full of books decorated the three walls. On the far side, there's a huge desk where some stacks of papers and a laptop was placed. Other things like printers, scanners, phone and fax machines are gently lined at the side. But behind the desk is what really matters. The person who's now sitting in a huge chair. The person who broke into smiles upon seeing her and now getting up. The person who crossed the room in barely three strides. The person who's now hugging her tight. The person she's suppose to call father. Eiri Uesugi.
"I guess, I don't need to ask if you miss me, huh?" her tears are now flowing freely from her eyes.
"You're such a crybaby." Eiri just hugged her tight. In the middle of crying, Shuri laughed. So this is how it feels...it felt just like her daddy's hug. Full of love.
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Shuri sat on the stool beside Eiri's desk (4). She told him almost all what happened in the camp except the fact that she met her twin and they've exchange places. She talks while Eiri types and sometimes laugh and gave comments to her. They're in that smooth flow when someone knocked at the door.
"Who is it?" Eiri said in a low baritone voice. Far from the voice he uses while talking to Shuri.
"It's me Suguru." he poked in his head inside the room and was assured to see Shira there.
"Shura, it seems that someone hitched in your baggage." he show them a pink stuffed bunny. At the sight, Eiri stiffens. "Oh my gosh, Kumagoro!" Shuri exclaimed. Eiri's eyes widen at the name. "Shu-chan? Where did you get that?" he asked darkly. Suguru felt how Eiri tensed at the sight of the toy. That's right! It looks like the Kumagoro Ryuichi gave Shu--
"Er, I suppose we throw out Kumagoro." Suguru suggested. Shuri's eyes widen, wider than Eiri's at the proposal.
"No! You see, a girl from camp, owns it." she stood up and snatched Kuma on Suguru's hands. She hugged it tightly making Eiri remember a scene from the past.
A scene where a pink bunny was hugged by a pink haired boy who looked very lost.
"She said her father gave it to her as a present. He gave it to her so she wouldn't feel lonely even if she only has one parent. Her father also said that kumagoro can take any pains away so he gave it to her. Eversince, she never let it out of her sight." Shuri explained.
"If she never took her eyes off that toy, why is it in you bag?" Tohma suddenly appeared behind Suguru.
"Well, er...she lend it to me. She said I could use some of kumagoro's powers. I'm suppose to mail it to her at the start of school."Shuri quickly answered. She then ran towards her stool. "Can I keep him, da- Father?" she turned to Eiri. Her face made him remember another memory. After some thought, Eiri slowly nodded. Shuri jumped at him, tears evident in her eyes.
"I love you father!" she exclaimed. Suguru tries to hide his grin. Just like the real Shu. Tohma looked at him and signed that they better go. He nodded and signed to Eiri they'll be going. Eiri just raised his eyebrow.
"Since I let you keep Ku- that toy, why don't you go to your room or do something else? I have a deadline tomorrow and I still need to revise some chapters." He looked at Shuri with such cold eyes that can intimidate anyone but has no effect on Shuri. Shura already told her one of their father's peeves. She knows deep inside, her father is not a stone or ice. He's just as loving as her daddy.
"Can I stay here father? Promise I won't make any sound! I just want to watch you." Shuri pleaded. Her time there is limited so she's making it worth it. Eiri rolled his eyes.
"Why does Shura has to take on Shuichi's personality? If not for the eyes, I'll tell it's Shuichi there sitting beside me." Eiri thought while glancing at Shuri now playing with kumagoro's ears.
"Fine. But be quiet!"
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After some time...Shuri's bored to death. Back at home, it's never this silent. Her daddy would always make a racket or something. They always laugh and her daddy never had mood swings. She then glance at Eiri who's now absorbed at his work.
He looks older than in the picture but that's reality. Almost twelve years passed since that photo is taken. But his handsome features never ceased. The blond locks still shining as ever. Intense gold eyes stared at the screen. It's no wonder her daddy would fall to such man. But what bothers her is how can a perfect relationship end just like that...what more, how did it began?
"Father..." she started.
"....hn" was the only answer.
"I want to know...how did you and daddy met." Shuri looked how Eiri's face change into a face of calmness into pain then into apathetic. She lost her courage and decided not to push it further. After some tense minutes, the typing continues as if her father forget it ever happened.
The silence is killing her. Is this how her twin lives? She'll die if this continues on.
Little did she know, Eiri is keeping an eye at her. "Shura somehow change this summer. I wonder what happened at camp." he thought as he continues with his work.
Just then, Shuri started humming a familiar tune. It can't be...where did she heard that song? After a few minutes, in a hush voice, Shuri sang the words he dreaded to hear.
kiss shining hitomi no kuchizukete
toke desu hanabira mo jama ni naru
kill me shining irozuku shigeki no hate ni
kagayaki hajimeta maboroshi
Tears starts to form in Eiri's eyes. That's his song...his song for....He looked at Shuri who's now making Kuma dance as if he's (5) the one singing the song.
Please don't cryin' kodoku wo katashidori
karamaru koukai ga kuu wo kiru
make me shining chirabaru kokoro no hahenra
mabushiku sugisaru kibou ni
As the song ended, Shuri made Kuma bow and wave at the imaginary audiences. She then heard a sharp intake of air coming from her father. When she looked at him, the pained expression came back as her father is valiantly fighting back his tears.
"Father...?"
"Where did you learn that song...?" a quiet question from her father.
"T-- the girl from camp who owns kumagoro. That's her favorite song. She said that it's her father's favorite too. It's from Nittle Grasper. Why do you ask, father?" Shuri asked quite trembling.
"Shura...that song...I wrote that song."
tbc
1. She still doesn't know the past, right?
2. I don't know if America knows pokey so guessing here.
3. Sorry, I can't think of a pet name other than Shu-chan.
4. Just like the stool Shuichi always sat on.
5. Ryuichi always referred him as a person so thought I should do the same.
Sorry if I made some errors or maybe butchered Eiri's personality here. Gravitation is not my forte and it is my first time writing this without Draken so I think he's quite OOC. No make that, definitely OOC.
To all those who e-mailed and reviewed...Thank you very much. :)
------Answers to questions-------
We've recieved a lot of e-mails and even a review asking how did the couple got twins. To answer it, we must explain first that this is AU because we took off fifteen years after the last episode. (3 years of being together, one year on being wed and eleven years of separation.) Draken thought that we could use the IVF process and I said that we could use it as a reason since more than a decade had passed and well, technology could be better. But we're not that familiar with the IVF since we've only took it up in Psychology for about what...two days? So we don't want to take the risk of stating something we really have no idea to start off. That's when the idea of 'Hey, it's AU. We could make pigs fly.' popped in our head. So to settle things, we've decided that the twins are concieved by one of the guys and was brought to the world by using some 'Science magic' and C-section. I hope that satisfy all your questions. With that settled, there's only one argument between the two of us. Who concieved them? Eiri or Shu? It's still undecided so we'd like your help...whom do you think carried the twins in his bellies?
Like what Draken usually type, 'Do you think penniless 17 year olds could own something like that?'
Well, I'll be the sole writer until Draken get well. So please be kind. I forgot to put Draken's line last time so I'll say it before I forgot again. 'comments, suggestions, questions and FLAMES are accepted.' Well that's all.
Chapter 5
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Shuri walked out to the waiting area where Suguru's suppose to be. She saw a glimpse of green hair approaching her making her heart beat rapidly. Curtains up!
"Strawberry top, I miss you!" Suguro suddenly stopped. "You've cut your hair! And you've got your ears peirced!" Suguru exclaimed. "Do you hate it?" Shuri asked tentatively. Suguru's shock turned into huge grin.
"Love it! With your hair shorter, you remind me of--" Suguru stopped as if checking himself. Shuri needn't to ask. She knows he's going to say her father's name. That's the reason why she kept her hair short, to look like her father.
"Why don't you give me five?" Suguru handed out his hand. Shuri let out her breath as she do the ritual. As they go outside the airport, she saw the majestic skyline of New York and the statue that stood proudly. "New York, here I come!" she murmured to herself.
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She's amazed to see such a large house in a city like New York. She always thought that it's like Tokyo where people usually lives in apartments.
"Uncle Suguru, is daddy home?" she turned to Suguru who's now carrying her bags upstairs. Suguru looked at him like she's gone nuts.
"Daddy? Are you referring to Yuki-san?"
'Yuki-san?' "Oh, I mean Father!" she tries to smile. Suguru just shrugged.
"Shuri no baka. I forgot that Shura calls him father. And as far as I know, Shura said our father's name is Uesugi Eiri...who the heck is Yuki-san?" Shuri lost in thought. She entered Tohma's office by mistake.
"Hello stanger!" A low voice greeted that took her out of her reverie. 'Who? Oh!' Shuri's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. She can't believe that her suppose to be uncle Tohma is none other than Seguchi Tohma of Nittle Grasper. First Sakuma-san now Seguchi-san. Her daddy would be very envious! (1)
"Uncle Tohma!" she hugged her fur-coated uncle. Then she started sniffing him
"What are you doing?" Tohma asked quite confused.
"I'm trying to memorize your scent so I can always remember you." Shuri tries to fight her tears. How much did she miss all those years?
Tohma smiled. She reminds him of someone that has the same track of mind like hers. Maybe that's how he can always follow Eiri...through his scent.
"So, how do I smell like?"
"You smell like peppermint and...stawberry pokey?" Shuri's quite puzzled. Pokey? How can a gaijin smell like a Japanese snack?
Tohma looked at her, suspicions rising. How can Shura tell he smells like pokey?
Shuri sensed that she somehow told a wrong thing. That's right! It's America and Pokey barely exist. (2) "I didn't know you like Pokey. I might have brought tons from camp!" she smiled at him brightly.
"That's right! She came from Japan so she must've encountered Pokey." Tohma thought to himself, chuckling inside. A minute there, he can barely tell if the girl he's holding is Shura.
"Where's my Shu-chan?"(3) a voice called from upstairs.
"Better go to your father. He's been cranky all the time you've been in Japan." Tohma ushered her outside the office. She nodded then run towards Eiri's office.
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In front of her were huge doors. She tries to calm herself. This is it. This is the moment she've been waiting all her life. To meet the man her dad fallen in love with. Her other dad. She gently knock then wait for the answer.
"Shu-chan? Is that you? Come in" a low voice, lower than Tohma's, answered.
She opened the door and the sight of the room overwhelmed her. Stacks, rows and cabinets full of books decorated the three walls. On the far side, there's a huge desk where some stacks of papers and a laptop was placed. Other things like printers, scanners, phone and fax machines are gently lined at the side. But behind the desk is what really matters. The person who's now sitting in a huge chair. The person who broke into smiles upon seeing her and now getting up. The person who crossed the room in barely three strides. The person who's now hugging her tight. The person she's suppose to call father. Eiri Uesugi.
"I guess, I don't need to ask if you miss me, huh?" her tears are now flowing freely from her eyes.
"You're such a crybaby." Eiri just hugged her tight. In the middle of crying, Shuri laughed. So this is how it feels...it felt just like her daddy's hug. Full of love.
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Shuri sat on the stool beside Eiri's desk (4). She told him almost all what happened in the camp except the fact that she met her twin and they've exchange places. She talks while Eiri types and sometimes laugh and gave comments to her. They're in that smooth flow when someone knocked at the door.
"Who is it?" Eiri said in a low baritone voice. Far from the voice he uses while talking to Shuri.
"It's me Suguru." he poked in his head inside the room and was assured to see Shira there.
"Shura, it seems that someone hitched in your baggage." he show them a pink stuffed bunny. At the sight, Eiri stiffens. "Oh my gosh, Kumagoro!" Shuri exclaimed. Eiri's eyes widen at the name. "Shu-chan? Where did you get that?" he asked darkly. Suguru felt how Eiri tensed at the sight of the toy. That's right! It looks like the Kumagoro Ryuichi gave Shu--
"Er, I suppose we throw out Kumagoro." Suguru suggested. Shuri's eyes widen, wider than Eiri's at the proposal.
"No! You see, a girl from camp, owns it." she stood up and snatched Kuma on Suguru's hands. She hugged it tightly making Eiri remember a scene from the past.
A scene where a pink bunny was hugged by a pink haired boy who looked very lost.
"She said her father gave it to her as a present. He gave it to her so she wouldn't feel lonely even if she only has one parent. Her father also said that kumagoro can take any pains away so he gave it to her. Eversince, she never let it out of her sight." Shuri explained.
"If she never took her eyes off that toy, why is it in you bag?" Tohma suddenly appeared behind Suguru.
"Well, er...she lend it to me. She said I could use some of kumagoro's powers. I'm suppose to mail it to her at the start of school."Shuri quickly answered. She then ran towards her stool. "Can I keep him, da- Father?" she turned to Eiri. Her face made him remember another memory. After some thought, Eiri slowly nodded. Shuri jumped at him, tears evident in her eyes.
"I love you father!" she exclaimed. Suguru tries to hide his grin. Just like the real Shu. Tohma looked at him and signed that they better go. He nodded and signed to Eiri they'll be going. Eiri just raised his eyebrow.
"Since I let you keep Ku- that toy, why don't you go to your room or do something else? I have a deadline tomorrow and I still need to revise some chapters." He looked at Shuri with such cold eyes that can intimidate anyone but has no effect on Shuri. Shura already told her one of their father's peeves. She knows deep inside, her father is not a stone or ice. He's just as loving as her daddy.
"Can I stay here father? Promise I won't make any sound! I just want to watch you." Shuri pleaded. Her time there is limited so she's making it worth it. Eiri rolled his eyes.
"Why does Shura has to take on Shuichi's personality? If not for the eyes, I'll tell it's Shuichi there sitting beside me." Eiri thought while glancing at Shuri now playing with kumagoro's ears.
"Fine. But be quiet!"
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After some time...Shuri's bored to death. Back at home, it's never this silent. Her daddy would always make a racket or something. They always laugh and her daddy never had mood swings. She then glance at Eiri who's now absorbed at his work.
He looks older than in the picture but that's reality. Almost twelve years passed since that photo is taken. But his handsome features never ceased. The blond locks still shining as ever. Intense gold eyes stared at the screen. It's no wonder her daddy would fall to such man. But what bothers her is how can a perfect relationship end just like that...what more, how did it began?
"Father..." she started.
"....hn" was the only answer.
"I want to know...how did you and daddy met." Shuri looked how Eiri's face change into a face of calmness into pain then into apathetic. She lost her courage and decided not to push it further. After some tense minutes, the typing continues as if her father forget it ever happened.
The silence is killing her. Is this how her twin lives? She'll die if this continues on.
Little did she know, Eiri is keeping an eye at her. "Shura somehow change this summer. I wonder what happened at camp." he thought as he continues with his work.
Just then, Shuri started humming a familiar tune. It can't be...where did she heard that song? After a few minutes, in a hush voice, Shuri sang the words he dreaded to hear.
kiss shining hitomi no kuchizukete
toke desu hanabira mo jama ni naru
kill me shining irozuku shigeki no hate ni
kagayaki hajimeta maboroshi
Tears starts to form in Eiri's eyes. That's his song...his song for....He looked at Shuri who's now making Kuma dance as if he's (5) the one singing the song.
Please don't cryin' kodoku wo katashidori
karamaru koukai ga kuu wo kiru
make me shining chirabaru kokoro no hahenra
mabushiku sugisaru kibou ni
As the song ended, Shuri made Kuma bow and wave at the imaginary audiences. She then heard a sharp intake of air coming from her father. When she looked at him, the pained expression came back as her father is valiantly fighting back his tears.
"Father...?"
"Where did you learn that song...?" a quiet question from her father.
"T-- the girl from camp who owns kumagoro. That's her favorite song. She said that it's her father's favorite too. It's from Nittle Grasper. Why do you ask, father?" Shuri asked quite trembling.
"Shura...that song...I wrote that song."
tbc
1. She still doesn't know the past, right?
2. I don't know if America knows pokey so guessing here.
3. Sorry, I can't think of a pet name other than Shu-chan.
4. Just like the stool Shuichi always sat on.
5. Ryuichi always referred him as a person so thought I should do the same.
Sorry if I made some errors or maybe butchered Eiri's personality here. Gravitation is not my forte and it is my first time writing this without Draken so I think he's quite OOC. No make that, definitely OOC.
To all those who e-mailed and reviewed...Thank you very much. :)
------Answers to questions-------
We've recieved a lot of e-mails and even a review asking how did the couple got twins. To answer it, we must explain first that this is AU because we took off fifteen years after the last episode. (3 years of being together, one year on being wed and eleven years of separation.) Draken thought that we could use the IVF process and I said that we could use it as a reason since more than a decade had passed and well, technology could be better. But we're not that familiar with the IVF since we've only took it up in Psychology for about what...two days? So we don't want to take the risk of stating something we really have no idea to start off. That's when the idea of 'Hey, it's AU. We could make pigs fly.' popped in our head. So to settle things, we've decided that the twins are concieved by one of the guys and was brought to the world by using some 'Science magic' and C-section. I hope that satisfy all your questions. With that settled, there's only one argument between the two of us. Who concieved them? Eiri or Shu? It's still undecided so we'd like your help...whom do you think carried the twins in his bellies?