Parent trap: Gravitation Style

by: Draken-sama and AoiFurin

Do you think penniless seventeen year olds could own it?

(Hi!!!!!!! I'm back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Good! Now I can...:ropes started to appear on Furin's chair: now what?

(You can't leave me now! Har!Har!Har! Besides, don't you want this? ..:shows a giant wallscroll of Kurama. Furin oogles at the sight:..)

Fine! Argh! The things I do for Kurama...#

(..:grins like a maniac then looks at the last two chapters:.. WHEN DID YUKI BECAME SO SOFT?!!!!!!)

--..:Scratches her head:.. uh...since I've written the last two chapters?

( 0.o? Whatever...m/m content. You've been warned.)

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"Are you sure about this Taki?" Ma is now dressed in a yellow suit. Behind him is Ken sporting a red suit.

Taki, who's wears a gray suit turns to them. "Yes! Besides, it'll be fun to see Shindou's reaction when he finds out that he'll be marrying my sister."

"But Taki, Mariko's not your sister. She's just a girl you picked on some club." Ken butts in. Taki gave him a glare.

"No Ken-chan. Mariko is my 'half-sister'. Understood?" Ma and Ken could only nod.

Mariko enters the room and is please to see Taki in such suit.

"Ready?" she asks.

"Always." Taki answers before they follow her outside.

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"Look, There's Mariko." Shuichi points at the lobby. He, Shura and Hiro went towards her but abruptly stop when they saw who she's with.

"Aizawa." Shuichi hissed. He may have forgiven him for what he've done but he'll never forget.

"Shindou." a warm welcome from a person who's suppose to be enemy. Mariko 'looked' surprised.

"Do you know my brother, Shuichi?"

"Brother?!" Hiro and Shu exclaims. Taki fights a grimace.

"Actually, half-brother. Taki, you never told me you know Shuichi." Mariko could win 'best actress' award if only they knew.

"You see...we rather have a bad past together. But that's behind us, right Shuichi?" Taki eyes Shuichi. He knows he'll not speak esp. in front of his daughter.

"By the way Taki, this is Shuri. She's Shuichi's daughter. She's also the one who proposed this get-together." Mariko introduces the frowning Shura.

"How are you young lady?" Taki bowed. At a closer look, he trembled on what he saw. "She has her father's eyes, Shindou." Taki commented. Shuichi blush but quickly got his composure back. This didn't go unnoticed by Taki. 'He's still hook up with him. This might be a problem.'

"Why don't we go up to our rooms? It's been a rough ride and I know you're all tired travelling from Tokyo to Kyoto." Mariko took Shuichi's arm and lead him to the lounge. Hiro and Shura is left alone with Taki and co.

"Beware of him. We can't trust that guy." Hiro whispers to Shura as she examines the guy called Taki. Her uncle's right, she's not comfortable with him. They left the three who's still grimacing.

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"We're here!" Shuri exclaims as they arrive at the hotel/resort. Suguru came out behind her but goes to the other side to help a pale Yuki out. (He's no longer Yuki. Use Eiri-A But...:got the crystal glareā„¢: Fine-D)

You could tell that EIRI's not feeling well that day. Half of his life, he's in a plane that's why it didn't make much sense why he, Eiri Uesugi, throws out on a plane heading Japan. (maybe it's the destination- A You just have to give it away don't you?!- D Gomen ne...- - A)

"Seriously Eiri-san, you need some medicine." Suguru supporting Eiri up.

"No I don't. All I need is a trip to the bar to settle my stomach." Eiri stubbornly shook Suguru's hand but before he could stand upright, his felt his world spinning. Good thing there's a nearby wall. This motion sickness is really new to him. Shuri and Suguru just look at him with sweatbeads on their heads.

"Uhm..I think I better check on Shura." Shuri leaves them.

"Fujisaki." a much coherent Eiri starts. "Yes?" Suguru look at Eiri who's now standing on his own.

"Go after her. She might got lost. Here's the key to the room Tohma booked us in." Eiri hands him the keycard. "I'll just go to the bar to have something to settle this quesy feeling." Eiri then walks to the other side where the bar can be seen. Suguru shrug but follows Eiri's order. (Quesy?-A Shut up.-D)

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Near the elevator, Mariko is waiting for Shuichi. She then saw Shuri and was confused to see her in a different outfit.

"Shuri!" she calls. Shuri turned to the blond woman calling her name. "She must be Mariko." she thought.

"Where's dad?" she asks. Mariko look at her. Something's not right but she shrugged it off. "At the lobby, he said he's just going to get some luggage." Shuri nods.

"See you then. Bye." Shuri pushes the elevator button and went in. As the elevator door closes, Shuichi arrives with a couple of bags.

"What took you so long." Mariko complains. Shuichi looked at her with distaste. How dare she complain, she's not the one carrying her huge bags. "Why am I going to marry her again?" he thought dryly. Mariko then pulls him towards the elevator. She then seek his lips and kisses him. At that time, Eiri passes by.

'Is that...?' "Hey Shuichi!" he waved at him like some lunatic with their world spinning around them. (He's got motion sicness.-A Yay for you for pointing out the obvious! -D) Shuichi's eyes widen. "Eiri!!!!!!!!" his mind screams. He wanted to get out...to go to Eiri. To EIRI.

Unfortunately, the elevator door closed.

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"You mean you're going to take Shindou's company from him?" Ken ask his leader.

"Yes! With Mariko's help, we'll take over." Taki with evil glint in his eyes.

"But what about...you know...the novelist?" Ma touching his face as reflex. Ken's eyes widen in horror. The two of them couldn't forget what happened then.

"He's out of the picture. Mariko's already his fiancee' right? After they married, I'll just have to work on the papers so the company will be legally under in Mariko's name only. After that, I'll transfer it to me." he didn't notice Mariko as she enters the room.

"But I suppose you won't forget our deal?" Mariko hugged Taki from the back. Ma and Ken look at him quite puzzled. "What she's talking about Taki?" Ma ask. Taki got nervous all of a sudden.

"Well, er...you see, after she divorced Shindou, I'll marry her."

Both Ma and Ken's jaws dropped. But Ken quickly recovers. " Fine then. But you won't get my and ma's support. You two are all alone. Face the wrath alone." He signed Ma to follow and walks out the door.

"Ma-kun, Ken-chan. You can't possibly left me behind right? Besides, I suppose you don't want some nasty things to come out." Taki eyes them evilly. They look at each other and sweat. They forgot Taki's blackmailing abilities for about a minute there. They both shrug in defeat.

"Fine."

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"Here you go. It'll help you stop the spinning a bit." the bartender hands him a small glass of black liquid. "Don't ask what's in it." he adds before turning to another customer. Eiri just nodded. He didn't notice Mariko as she sat a stool apart. Mariko take one good look at the Gaijin looking guy and wished if only Shuichi looks like that.

Eiri drank the glass contents and grimaced at the taste. Mariko lifted one eyebrow as she watch Eiri wrinkles his nose and his gold eyes glints with disgust. "Those eyes... they look vaguely familiar." she thought.

"Here you go." the bartender hands him the check. Eiri scribbles his name and hands it back. Mariko couldn't help herself and peek at the Gaijin's name. Yuki Eiri. Wait a sec...THE Yuki Eiri?!

"You're Yuki Eiri? As in the famous novelist Yuki Eiri?!" she wails. She's just been introduce to his books a few months ago by a friend and by that time she's hook up. She tries searching some information about him at the net but all his files restricted leaving her curios how does he looks like.

Eiri gave her a blank look. He must've signed his penname instead of his real name. He formed that habit due to the autograph sessions held almost every month.

"I believe I am. But I prefer to be called Eiri. Yuki Eiri is just my penname." he answered. Mariko stood up and sat beside him. "I've read one of your book, the one entitled 'The Moonlight' and I was hooked the minute I read the first page." Eiri nodded. Another fan.

"But when I looked you up at the net, I can't find anything. Some says that you've been a novelist here to in Japan but since almost... what twelve years pass, nobody I know remembers correctly." Mariko was excited to see that one of her idols is one delicious bishounen, for lack of better terms. "By the way, are you a gaijin?"

"I did write here before I migrated in the states. And for the record, I just look foreign but I'm Japanese." this time Mariko's jaw dropped.

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After talking to the fan he came to know only as Mariko, Eiri headed towards their room. The two adjacent doors opens and he is surprised to see both Shuri and Shura.

"I know I've steadied up but why do I still see double?" Eiri muttered quite loud.

"Father, it's me Shura!" Shura hugs him. She do miss him alot.

"Shura?Oh...I've missed you!" Eiri hugs her back.

"Wait a second. Shuichi doesn't know any of this do he?" Eiri scrutinize the twins. Both looked guilty.

Hiro opens the door and signed them to come in. "I think you better continue this inside." The twins nodded. Eiri shrugged. "I guess so. Could one of you get something for my head. It's starting to spin again." One of the twins ran towards the ice box.

"Hey, you might not remember me, I'm--" Hiro was cut off by Eiri.

"How could I forget the person who never fails to treaten me with death threats ever since I get together with Shuichi? Of course I remeber you, Nakano-san."

"Hiro. Call me Hiro." Hiro closes the door behind them.

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"You're telling me you planned all of this?" Eiri look at the twins who never met his gaze. Suguru who entered the room a minute ago quickly decided to back out but bumped Hiro by the process who's also taking an exit. Eiri noticed it and groan.

"So, I'm the only one in this room that thought Shuichi is expecting me to be here." Eiri in a low voice. The scene earlier playing in his mind.

"Father, I'm sorry we tricked you. But you see..." Shura pauses. She then looks at Shuri and signs her to continue it.

"Dad's going to marry someone because he thinks I need another parent. We can't let that happen so we decided to bring you here to stop him."

Eiri tore his gaze. "Why should I? He can marry whomever he wants to marry. Just tell him that he can never ever replace me as your parent." his voice cold and harsh. Hiro and Suguru knew this voice. He's turning back into the cold bastard he once was. All of it because of another heartache made by one Shindou Shuichi.

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At the pool, Shuchi's contemplating. He's debating with himself if the guy he really saw is Eiri.

"He's here...Why...?" he ask himself. Something inside him is making him feel nervous. No,almost twelve years had passed...did he...still...love him?

Too caught up with his thoughts, he didn't notice the person standing behind him.

"Shuichi." a too familiar voice bought him back and made him jump at the nearby pool. "Wha-" a hand was offered infront of him. The hand that's attach to one Eiri Uesugi. He took the hand quite trembling, blaming the pools coldness.

"What are you doing here?" he ask as Eiri wraps a towel in his body to keep him from getting cold. A shiver ran down his spine at the gesture...that somehow answered his questions earlier. He.still.do.

"Apparently, the twins meet at camp and decided to switch places." Eiri's short explanation. He didn't tore his arms from Shuichi and Shu didn't pull away.

"You mean...all those times..."Shu's eyes widen.

"Yes, Shu-chan. Shura's been with you this past few days." sounds of footsteps made them pull away from each other.

"Shuichi!" Mariko called. As she gets nearer, she saw that Shuichi is with Eiri.

"You never told me you know Yuki Eiri!" she said, delighted to see that his husband-to be knows Eiri.

"Ah well you see..." Shu can't find the right words to explain the situation. Just then, Shura appears on Mariko's left side.

"Hi Mariko!" she greets.

"Hello Shuri...So Shu-" she's cut off as someone tugs her right sleeve.

"Can't you see I'm talking to your father Shuri?" her eyes almost popped out at the realisation dawned to her.

"Two Shuri's?"

"Technically no. I'm Shura, Shuri's twin sister." Shura explains.

"What? You didn't say Shuri has a twin!" Mariko exclaimed. Shuri alone, she can't handle, now there's two?!

"I must've forgotten. By the way, this is Eiri Uesugi." Shu introduces. "Eiri, this is Mariko Yucheki, my fiancee'." Eiri gave a small bow which Mariko returned.

"Shuichi, I never knew you knew Yuki Eiri personally. I've been his fan a month ago and-" Mariko again was cut off, now by Shuri.

"You see Mariko, before you, there's one Uesugi Eiri on daddy's life." Shu blushes on Shuri's choice of words. Mariko's eyes oogle. Are they trying to say that...

"Meet our other father Mariko." Shuri and Shura hugs Eiri. Mariko almost faint.

tbc

(Nice enough for a comeback right?)

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(Don't sulk there. It's just...well...Shu always call him Yuki both in manga and Anime' so why change tradition?)

But you said so yourself! Yuki is the name Eiri took up as remembrance of his sensei so if he and Shu would start over, shouldn't they put their past behind them?!

(Yare yare...anyways, suggestions, commenst, questions and FLAMES are accepted.)

And big thanks those who reviewed. You're every author's source of motivation! :)

Ryuichi-pika: Yes, we can see it too so we're really confuse on who'll be the one. Should we go for the conventional i.e Shu for being always the uke or comical i.e. Yuki for reasons you've stated on your review. '.'?) :)

Zaphi: We thought about doing that scene but we've decided to change it from being drunk into motion-sickness. lolz...Eiri=motion sickness, not good. What about morning sickness? 'winks but got whacked on the ehad by Draken' What's that for?! Eneweiz, we think this chapter is a good combination of the original plot and our twisted plots as Draken would say it. But I guess from here on we'll be having less scenes the original plot. We hope you'll all love the next chapters even if there's plot from the movie. :)

nicole: Thanks! It's good to hear that other people enjoys reading it as much as we have fun writing it. :)

Inori-Sakura: Thanks for your review! Also, thanks for pointing that mistake. We didn't notice at first but we fixed it. Arigatou!!!! :)

As for the poll...

Shu- on ff. 5, e-mails 8. Total 13

Eiri- on ff. 1, e-mails 4. Total 5