Perfectly stained roses.

chapter two.

Editted like the rest of them  I hope it's not too controversial for you  thanks for reading.

Once again since stupid Italics doesn't work and right now I'm not on Microsoft word when there is a *** to *** it is a Flash back or memory...

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"Dammit!" The purple haired wind wielder yelled out loud.

"I'm telling ya, you can't get me with those!" The insufferable brat would tease.

Fuuko reeled back her arm ready to release another wave of her darts towards the forever annoying Recca. The time after school had gone by while the two were fighting and the sun had begun to set. The orange glow covered the park's pathways signaling for most people that it was time to go home.

But two figures ignored it's warning and continued on not caring that night was coming. They seemed too intrigued by each other's existence.

Suddenly she stopped as she heard a few small voices not too far away from them. She turned around slowly. Recca seeing her hesitation stopped as well, he also noticed the two voices.

"Ouch! That's not fair! You cheated!" screeched a young voice. That sounded like a girl. Recca and Fuuko headed in the directions of the voices instinctively.

It led them to a playground where two children a boy and a girl. The boy was swinging tauntingly upside down on the monkey bars. The girl obviously had been face flat in the sand not too long ago.

"Hey! It's all fair! You're just weaker than I am!" he teased. At that point he fell off the monkey bars when she threw her shoe at him.

Fuuko and Recca laughed as they watched them launch an attack on each other. Fuuko stretched her arms out refreshing herself.

"Ahhhh. that brings back memories." She smirked at Recca. He nodded.

"I feel sorry for that kid, he's going to have hell the rest of his life." He noted. Fuuko smacked him over the head.

"Hey! You deserve it!" she threw back. Recca suddenly noticed they were a little way from where they were supposed to be.

"Ah! We for got about Hime!" he suddenly went into panic mode. Fuuko rolled her eyes.

"Recca it's a park, it's not like anything could happen to her, people pass around here all the time. Plus it's starting to get dark, I'm sure she probably went home already." Fuuko reasoned.

Recca did not seem satisfied with that answer. He could not help but look around. That was the girl he had risked his life to protect, many times. It was a great thing to have someone to protect, but it really did cause him a lot of trouble.

But sometimes it was great to hang around someone he did not have to really worry about all the time. Oh well it did not matter anyway, the Urabotosatsujin was over. Kurei disappeared and the Mori Kouran organization in disarray, it would be a long time before someone would mess with the tournament winners. That would just be asking for trouble.

"Maybe you're right."

"Hey, look I'll give her a call tonight and ask her where she had been ok?" Fuuko offered. Recca sighed a little.

"Agh! I promised mom I wouldn't be home so late today, I was supposed to help her move some things!" Recca groaned. Fuuko could not help but let her brow twitch.

"It's still weird that her and your dad are hitting it off so well." She shuddered. Recca gave her a sour face.

"Don't even start! Anyway I have to go! Later!" he ran off. She barely watched him go; she turned around to start off in the other direction when she heard the kids stop fighting when the girl had really hurt herself.

"WAaaahhhh!" The girl cried a little. The boy ran to her side apologizing profusely.

"Ah! Sshh! Ssh! You can't tell your mom I hurt you like this! She'll kill me!" he begged. She sniffled.

"Agh! You hit me for real that time!" she bellowed.

"Well yeah you were getting better I didn't have a choice!" he reasoned. She just pouted as if not sure whether to hit him or take that as a compliment.

"Look I'm sorry, I guess you're still a girl after all."

She poked her tongue at him defiantly.

"Here I'll help you home ok?" he offered. Fuuko noticed the suddenly redness on the girl's face.

Oh how cute.

"Th-thanks."

Fuuko just smiled.

For a moment I thought they were the same as Recca and I were back then, but Recca was never that sweet, not even back then.

Except when.

*** "Heh heh, I win again!"

"Dammit!"

"Fuuko, let me tell you something, if you beat me just once, I'll be happy to make you my princess and be your ninja."

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Fuuko laughed a little.

He would have been happy? I think not.

She smiled and headed off home. Behind her she did not hear the children talking.

"You know, you are a really good fighter for a girl, maybe you and me could team up, instead of fighting all the time, the bullies at school would not stand a chance." The boy suggested as he helped her home.

". you. think so?"

"Yeah! We'd make a great team! We could protect each other instead of fighting each other? Whaddah ya say?!" he suggested with a grin. The girl paused a little.

"I."

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Fuuko walked into her home. The sunset had almost completely set as she greeted the occupants of the house.

"Fuuko! Hello!" Ganko had food on her face.

"Ganko? What's that mess on your face?"

"I, um, well mom and I were making dinner, I think we got a little overboard."

Fuuko walked into the kitchen were Kondo was having a fit and Mrs. Kirisawa was happily cooking up a storm of a new western style recipe she had never tried.

"Oh! Hello Fuuko, Ganko and I were just trying this new recipe out. It's great." She chirped. Fuuko could not help but smile. Her mother was so happy now a days with Ganko now in the family. Since dad left and her older brother going to the USA for studies this year her mother had been in her shell for a while. But somehow Ganko gave back her mother what Fuuko did not have time to give. Ganko spent a lot of time with her mother. It made Fuuko really happy. Between, high school, friends, fighting and what ever time was left for her to do well in her studies, she did not have enough time to spend with her own mother who was obviously lonely sometimes.

Fuuko sighed.

"I'm glad you're having fun mom." Fuuko said a little out of context suddenly, her mother looked at her strangely for a moment. She then grinned.

"Of course dear, by the way did you have another fight with Recca, your clothing is a little ruffled." She always knew when Fuuko had another fight with Recca. Fuuko shrugged.

"Not really." She answered. Her mother smiled.

"Oh good! I guess you're finally getting out of that tomboy stage." She said gleefully.

"Uh." Fuuko knew her mother did not like that her daughter found often with a boy, no mother would, but she did not want to hurt her mother.

"We haven't fought for a while."

Ganko looked at Fuuko strangely, what????? But she did not say anything.

"I have to do some homework! Tell me when dinner's ready I can't wait to try it." She said and she ran upstairs to her room.

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Fuuko lay in bed for a little while. She had not thought too much about things till now, seeing those two kids made her think about herself for a while. She had tried to get her mind off by doing a little homework, but that had not helped, she couldn't concentrate.

She had never had a boyfriend in her entire life and Ishijima Domon did not count. As much as she cared about the big oaf, she just could not see herself with him. She did pity him though, but she was sure that he would find his happiness with some other woman someday.

So where did that leave her? Fuuko, as manly as she could be sometimes, did have her interests as well. No matter how strong she could make herself look like, she was still a woman. She sighed heavily as she rummaged for something underneath her pillow half heartedly. She took it out and stared at it for a little will.

It was a photo... it was pretty new, easily recognized by the fact that there were no wrinkles in the photo despite the fact that it's home was under Fuuko's pillow.

She touched the photo carefully.

She was still a woman. and still had feelings that had to be satisfied.

She stretched out a little. What was she thinking, it was not possible.

He... was not possible...

In this world, there are certain people that all women, no matter who they are, would find very attractive and desirable.

But most the time those people would not know that person very well and the appeal would be just a look of desire or attraction. But imagine if some of those people got close to this person. How strong would the attraction be then?

Fuuko was one who was struggling with this. She knew she should not be attracted to this person. It was ludicrous.

They were very different people

But she was like everyone else in school, attracted to him.

Every girl in school knew who he was, and most, would have something to say about him. Even if it was, 'Oh I think he's just a snob' would add, 'but he's drop dead gorgeous and if he asked me out I don't think I'd say no.'

Everyone wanted him in their own way.

Fuuko was no exception. When her friends had first brought up his name she immediately knew who they meant.

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"Mikagami Tokiya" she had said with her arms crossed and smile across her face. At the time no one had asked how or why the Tomboy knew about a guy that was not in their grade or had anything to do with them.

"He's one year above us, he's the smartest person in this schools history, he's kinda famous."

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She remembered she could not help but wonder if they would ever be involved with the famous bishounen. He had never been more than an interest or a topic to talk about among with other people.

She knew who he was and how attractive he was, but she had never any intention of thinking about him like she was now.

But now that she knew him... there did not seem any turning back.

She was stuck... very stuck. She didn't know if she would even say yes even if he did ask her out... but that wasn't the point. She was having an unhealthy attraction to him... and it wasn't going away no matter how much she willed it...

"Mi-chan. I wonder. I wonder if he ever thinks about me."

"Fuuko! Phone! It's Recca!" a voice called from down stairs. Fuuko got up immediately as she realized she was meant to call Yanagi when she had got home. Ah! Recca was going to kill her!

She ran down stairs quickly and took the phone of her mother.

"Recca?"

"Have you called my Hime' yet?!" he asked immediately. Fuuko groaned loudly.

"Geez! At least let me relax when I get home! What's with you recently Recca? You've been all HIME HIME HIME for the last few days, is something wrong?"

Recca was silent on the other end only for a moment, but Fuuko knew him well, this meant something was bothering him.

"It's nothing, I was just wondering if you had called her." He said. Fuuko paused to think for a bit.

"What's the matter Recca? You and your princess having issues?" She could not help but tease, but the fact that he did not retort back made her regret what she had said.

"Look I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were serious! Look I'm sure she is fine, I'll call her as soon as I get the chance, I know her parents get weird if you call the house." Fuuko offered.

"Thank Fuuko, hey by the way are you doing that math homework for tomorrow?" he asked changing the subject.

"You are NOT copying mine!" she then put the phone down. If it was anyone else they would have taken the fact that she had put the phone down who ever she was talking to as rude, but it was Recca and not anyone else, they did that to each other all the time with no qualms. She sighed heavily as she began to dial Yanagi's number.

"Stupid Recca, I bet he's just over exaggerating."

She waited for someone to answer the phone. She got a little impatient and realized no one was home. Odd. Maybe she went out with her parents. Fuuko looked around a little to see if she could find Yanagi's cell phone number. Success.

She dialed her number and waited. No answer for a while. she was about to put down the phone when she suddenly heard an answer.

"Hello?"

Fuuko sighed with relief for a moment there.

"Hey Yanagi, where have you been I've been trying to call you." Fuuko said cheerily. She dismissed the fact that Yanagi had taken ages to answer her cell phone.

There was a slight pause before she answered.

"Oh sorry, I'm actually at the movies at the moment; I had to walk out for a moment to answer the phone." Yanagi explained. Fuuko could not help but notice her tone with a little strange, perhaps it was the phone. But she put that thought away for a moment.

"Oh my bad, Recca was just worried about you and all and get me to call you. You there with your parents? No one is answering at home." She continued on. She then barely heard a voice in the back ground.

"What's the matter Yanagi~~~~" she couldn't make out a lot of what the person was saying but some how the voice felt familiar but it was too quiet to tell. "You're missing out on the mov~~~~"

"Oh, who's that Yanagi?"

"It's my dad, I have to go now ok? I'll see you at school tomorrow." Yanagi had said a little hurriedly.

Click.

The phone went dead. Fuuko paused heavily, she tried to make sense of what had happened but all in all it seemed fine. Yanagi went to the movies with her parents and she was missing out on the movie so she could not talk long. Right?

Fuuko put the phone down.

So... why was she getting this funny feeling in her stomach that something was not right.

"Fuuko! Dinner's ready!" Ganko called. Kondo bounced into the room and tried to drag her to eat.

Fuuko forgot pretty much everything and headed over to where her family was. She sighed a little.

What am I worrying about, I'm sure Yanagi's fine, and Recca's just paranoid. There isn't anything to worry about anymore. Not for now anyway.

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"That was Fuuko." She answered as she put her phone away. The guilt could be heard in her voice easily, Sakoshita Yanagi was not a good liar.

The blue haired bishounen stood behind her silent for a moment. The two were only here on a friend's basis as she had said to him. But yet, she felt so guilty. She did not know why.

She knew she could not tell Fuuko that she was here on a friend's basis with Mikagami Tokiya. Fuuko would have a fit and tell Recca.

Wait a moment, if it was nothing, then she had nothing to feel guilty about right? So why did she tell Fuuko a lie that she was here with her parents? Yanagi knew the answer to why, but she did not want to acknowledge that fact. She was with Hanabishi Recca, and she cared for him deeply.

But here she was with the other side. She was here with Mikagami Tokiya. Was she cheating on him?

She remembered the reason she had accepted spending time with Mikagami in the first place. He was depressed... and she was the only one who could make him REALLY smile.... But now she felt it had gotten too deep and her being here was being untruthful to Recca...

... she loved Recca... so what was she doing here... why couldn't she leave?

"If you don't want to be here.."

"N-no that's not it." She found herself saying. Yanagi wanted to leave, but when she looked at him and when he smiled at her. she found that she could not leave.

He was one of those guys. one of those guys that you could not just walk away from, even if you wanted to. And she really wanted to...

She opened her mouth to speak the words she should not have said, betraying her feelings for Recca by living a lie with this man.

"Let's go back in."

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