Hi! I think I'll finally start on chapter 5 after so, so, so, so long.sorry!

My Life In this World (edited)

Chapter 5 Thy Twins Finally Meet.

Kouichi woke up; he saw that the person that he now shares his room with was still sleeping. He still couldn't see his face because he had his blanket over his head. There was a soft knock on the door and Kouichi went to open it. A boy about his age was standing there.

" Hi, I believe you're Kouichi and I'm Sasuke. I'll guide you around the castle today." Sasuke said cheerfully.

" But I thought my room mate was suppose to guide me around the castle like what June said."

" Oh, he had a really rough night so just let him get some more sleep," said Sasuke, his cheerful tone gone.

" Ok then I'll go get dressed, wait" He shut the door and in a minute he came back out.

First they went down to the kitchen and got some breakfast to eat. (Oh yea it's only 7 am) Then Sasuke showed Kouichi around the castle. They started a simple conversation while walking around the castle.

" This is the library, No one is aloud to go in there except Sorceressmon or when she orders you to do something for her."

" Ok" answered Kouichi.

As they continued walking, Sasuke said, " So, got any questions you want to ask me?"

" Um. yea I do. Can you introduce some people to me?"

" Sure! I'd love to" They walked into the slaves' common room, there they saw five other slaves sitting there enjoying their free time. " Hey you guys! This is Kouichi and can you guys introduce yourselves to him?" They all said sure.

" I'm Nathalie, I'm European I'm 22 and was here since the age of 7."

" I'm Meeko, and I'm 15"(girl)

" I'm Josh"

" I'm Miako, I'm Japanese and I'm 16"(girl)

" I'm TJ, I'm 16,too"

" Well, I'm Kouichi and I'm 14" replied Kouichi.

Soon Sasuke and Kouichi left the room and into the fields. Kouichi continued to ask questions. " So, Sasuke can you tell me who my room mate is? Just so I can greet him properly when I see him."

" Come to think of it, he looks so much like him. His name is Kouji."

" Kouji?!" Kouichi was shocked. That was his brother's name! ' No! That couldn't be! That could just be another Kouji! I know it! Kouji is dead I know that! I over heard that evil witch saying the list of killed slaves. I know!' thought Kouichi.

" Um. Kouichi are you ok?" asked Sasuke.

" Sasuke! What's his last name?"

" Kouji's last name?" Kouichi nodded quickly. " His last name is, let me think. we don't really use last names... his is."

" Minamoto?"

" Yea! That's it!" Before Sasuke said that's it, Kouichi already started running back to the castle. He couldn't believe, that his brother was so close and everything. Kouichi just couldn't think of anything but running back to the castle and finding his twin. He ran back up to his room hoping/knowing that Kouji was in there but he wasn't.

" Oh, Kouji where are you?" asked Kouichi in the room.

~~~~A little bit after Kouichi and Sasuke left~~~~

Kouji woke up, feeling the inside of him burning with pain. He slowly got up and got dressed. After a bit he went down to the kitchens, where the girls asked him if he's feeling ok. After he ate he went past the slaves common room. If he went in he could have met Kouichi!! Then he went to the fields to started helping out the others working in the fields already. When Kouichi and Sasuke entered the fields and started talking about him, he was on the other side of the fields.

Kouji felt tired the whole time he was working because the pain inside him was still there. One of his friends saw the pain in his face and told him to take a break. He listened and walked to a place no body knows except him. It was a place in the forest near the fields; there was a small lake in the center. It was very peaceful there. Kouji sat down slowly right by the lake. Then he noticed a girl with long blond hair in a white wedding gown sitting by the lake, not far away. (Guess who the girl is!) The girl was holding her knees up to her chest and had a depressed face on. " Hey, What's wrong?" asked Kouji.

" My parents want me to marry this guy I don't even know, like and he eats everything out of the fridge."

" Well, why don't you tell them?"

" I did but they said that it's for my own good, I mean what's so good marrying to a man that you don't even like?"

" So, you like someone else?"

" No."

" O.k.."

" So. What's your name? Mine's Izumi Orimoto"

" I'm Kouji, Kouji Minamoto."

" Nice to meet you Kouji"

" Nice to meet you, too."

" Thanks for talking to me I needed it"

" You're welcome"

" You are awfully polite" said Izumi sweetly.

" Well I guess I have to be, where I live I have to be polite and I've been there since I was very young so I just I'm just like this..."

" Where do you live?"

" In that castle over there" Kouji pointed to Sorceressmon's castle.

" But that's that evil Sorceressmon's castle!" said Izumi shocked.

" Yea"

" That means you're a-" She was cut off when Kouji showed her his bracelet. " Oh, I see and you have five stones on that! Man, that means you don't have a good life at all, right?" Kouji looked down. " I've heard one stones live a way better life than the others."

After a couple of minutes of silence, Kouji spoke up, " So what are you going to do?"

" I'm going to do what my heart tells me to do on the day of the wedding. And believe me I'll make it out alive and not married!"

" Ok.."

" Well I guess I should go back now."

" I'm heading back to the castle now or the witch might do something to me again, plus the others might think I passed out or something."

". Ok well I hope to meet you again Kouji, Bye!!"

" Bye"

~~~~Over to Kouichi!! ~~~~

' Oh Kouji where are you anyways?' Kouichi thought. He had been searching the castle the whole time. ' Maybe I'm searching for nothing this whole time. Maybe it's just another Kouji Minamoto. But Sasuke did said that he looked like me and.' Kouichi couldn't think. He went into the slaves' common room and sat down on one of the couches and sighed. Sasuke suddenly entered the room looking rather panicky but calm down once he saw Kouichi. " Oh, there you are Kouichi! I was looking all over for you! What were you doing just running off like that!"

" I'm sorry Sasuke" He looked up to the blacked hair boy. " I really am"

" It's ok, and do you know Kouji?"

" Yea. but I know it's not the boy I'm trying to find."

" Well ok then I guess I have to go work now."

" Bye"

" Bye"

~~~~Over to Kouji!! ~~~~

Kouji walked back to the fields where he began to work again. He was one of the youngest in the castle and he has to work more than anyone else, because he was the only five stone slave. He felt awfully dizzy while he helped plant in flowers, vegetables, loosen the ground and so on. He knew can't just suddenly pass out. He tried his best keeping his consciousness, but it was hard under the hot sun and his insides still in pain.
After a bit he couldn't stand it anymore and collapsed to the ground. " Kouji!" yelled the people around him. One of the older slaves picked him up and lifted him to his back and took him back to the castle. Kouji was laid onto his bed. Nathalie, who cared for him the most (Since she was the one who helped Kouji out ever since he first came to the castle) rushed into the room and put a cold damp cloth on his fore head.

~~~~ Normal P.O.V.~~~~

Kouichi had given up looking for Kouji. He knew the Kouji Minamoto in the castle wouldn't be his brother. He walked up the stairs, which leads to all of the slaves' rooms. When he got to his room he saw that the door was open and two girls came out talking, " Poor Kouji that stupid Sorceressmon must have put in a curse on him, poor Kouji"

'Kouji!' thought Kouichi and ran past the two girls making one of them fall. He ran right into the room and there he is, Kouji lying on his bed looking very pale. Nathalie who was still in the room saw Kouichi and looked rather shocked. Kouichi rushed past Nathalie and went next to Kouji and holds his hand. " Kouji, it's really you! I can't believe it, it's really you!" said Kouichi crying with a smile on his face.

" So, are you Kouji's twin, Kouichi?" asked Nathalie. Kouichi turned to look at her and nodded but quickly turned back his gaze on Kouji.

Kouji's eyes opened slowly and saw a face that looked exactly like him but with shorter hair. "K-kouichi?" He asked in a whisper, for that's all he had in him at the moment to speak. Kouichi nodded at his twin, still with tears in his eyes but a warm smile on his face. Nathalie was crying because she was happy that Kouji could finally be a happier person because his brother was here now. Kouichi pulled his brother up to him and hugged him. He missed him so much over these nine years.

Lonely Angel of Light- Ok, just to make sure this to readers, this is not a Koukou fic! This is a Kouzumi fic but it's just in the later chapters. I hope that this message won't disappoint some Koukou lovers and keep on reading this story even though it's not a koukou fic but a Kouzumi fic. And to Kouzumi lovers just be patient and the Kouzumi stuff will come!! And please R&R