Chapter 3! Woohoo! And yes…I'm still hyper…so I'll let Shizuka do the reader's response and any other author's notes…
Hee- I'm not hyper but I am in a good mood! So! This is chapter three! Aren't we doing a good job? Of course we are! We know you all think so. (glares )DON'T YOU…- Thought so! Now…I guess it's time for RR….but before I go into that let me tell you that this chapter should clear some things up for you. So no more confusion! Hopefully….
Chichiri's Wanderer: Meh…hyperness is in the eye of the beholder…Just look at YG here…now SHE'S hyper-
YG: Yes…actually I have no time but I forget/don't do school work to make time! Cuz I'm dumb like that…that and that I get online at like 12 nite prolly helps too….- And….GIVE ME BACK MY CHOCOLATE! (Runs frantically around after YG trying to recover her poor lost 3 Musketeers Bar) They're my favorite and it's not fair! (tear)(grabs chocolate and shoves it in her mouth only to start choking…) O.O (turns blue) OO (turns purple) OO (dies)
Due to circumstances beyond our control….this chapter no longer has an editor….because she died…due to choking…on a chocolate bar…thank you for your understanding…
"Mother! What's wrong!" Ryou rushed to the door after hearing the thump. Had his mother's heart failed again?
When he got to the front hall, he saw a cloaked figure looking down upon his mother's fallen form. A hand reached out to throw the hood back, revealing a girl of about seventeen or eighteen. The moonlight that shone on her from the window showed her hair to be a rare silver color. When she looked up at him in surprise, Ryou noticed her eyes were a dark blue.
"What are you doing to my mother?" he demanded. Movement from behind told him that Koukaku, Ling, and Shiriko had also come to check on the strange sound.
"I didn't do anything; she just collapsed!" the girl insisted.
"Why should I believe you?" Ryou asked, seizing his father's sword from above the mantle. Ling rushed to her mother; but finding it too dark to see anything, she went around to the kitchen. In a few moments she was back with an oil lamp. The light from the lamp shone more strongly on the girl than that of the moon and revealed her features at last.
"Kyri!" Shiriko exclaimed, pouncing on the girl, "Why're you here! Did ya come looking for me!...wait...is it even you?"
"Imbecile!" Kyri glared at Shiriko in irritation. "What other person do you know with silver hair!"
Shiriko shrugged and continued smiling up at her.
Now that the two were together in the lamplight, Ryou realized that they were the exactly opposite of each other in appearance. Kyri's silver hair reflected the silver of Shiriko's eyes, and her dark blue ― almost black really ― eyesperfectly matched the inky darkness of Shiriko's hair. 'Weird…' Ryou lowered his sword, "You know her, Shiriko?"
"This was the friend I was looking for: Kyri," Shiriko stated.
"What did you say happened?" Koukaku asked.
"Oh, so now you listen to me…" Kyri drawled, crossing her arms.
"Great; another smartass…like we don't have enough of them around here," Ryou muttered, shooting a look at Koukaku, who only shrugged innocently as always.
"Anyways, I just told her I was coming to get you two, and she fainted."
"Us?" Ryou asked.
Kyri turned her attention to Shiriko once more, "'Riko, you didn't explain anything?" she asked irritably.
"…no…I didn't know they were them!" Shiriko insisted.
Koukaku and Ryou both crossed their arms, "What're you two talking about?"
"Um…how should I put this?" Kyri wondered, fingering her clothes, "…have either of you started hearing voices in your heads?"
Shocked at the unexpected question, both boys stared at each other for a long time before answering, "Yes."
"Well, we can explain it."
"Maybe we should sit down for this," Ling suggested from where she was listening, "I put mother back in her bed, and I can leave if you want me to."
"You can stay," Ryou said, "I just want an explanation."
Ling led the way to a room filled with a bunch of comfortable looking chairs around a squared table, "Sit down please" she said politely.
They all sat down and waited for either Kyri or Shiriko to start talking. Most of them were looking at Kyri because she seemed to be the smarter one.
"Well…um…" Kyri said, intimidated by everyone's stare. She glanced at Shiriko who was staring at her with purposely wide eyes up close to Kyri's face. (AN(Silver): You know how sometimes people just go right up to your face to freak you out with their eyes open...probably not; I think it's just my friend( and sometimes me) that do that...and she'sweird...but you get the picture, right?)
"BAKA! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU! DO NOT STARE ME LIKE THAT! DO NOT DO THAT! YOU ARE SO WEIRD!" Kyri shouted at her.
"Ow…it's not my fault…blame Haiiro!"
"Haiiro is responsible for your weirdness?" Kyri asked, an eyebrow raised, "Whatever."
"Can you just start explaining?" Koukaku asked impatiently.
"Okay," Kyri nodded, "First off, two years ago the souls of the Seiryu and Suzaku seishi began to be reincarnated." Everyone nodded, so Kyri continued her tale, "Only in this reincarnation there was a mix-up. Four souls were accidentally put in two bodies." She stopped and looked pointedly at Koukaku and Ryou.
"Are you trying to say that…?"
"We're reincarnations of seishi?" Koukaku asked.
"Exactly!" Kyri said, "You, Koukaku, are the reincarnation of the Seiryuu twins, Suboshi and Amiboshi."
"What about me?" Ryou asked wide-eyed.
"Tasuki and Nuriko," Shiriko answered, grinning maniacally.
"So basically, you take on the looks of the one you were originally supposed to be…so Ryou is Nuriko, and has Tasuki's voice in his head…and um…Koukaku…you'd look the same anyways, but you were supposed to be Amiboshi."
"What we can't figure out is how it happened," Shiriko pouted as if taking it personally that she was unable to find the answer.
Kyri rolled her eyes at her friend, "Well, we have a theory. We figure that since Amiboshi and Suboshi were so cruelly separated in their past lives, they refused to let go of each other in this one. Their bond held them together and instead of Suboshi getting put in another body, he stayed with Amiboshi. Something similar to that probably happened with Tasuki and Nuriko."
"With Tasuki feeling bad not being there to help Nuriko when he was dying and refusing to be separated from him once they were being reborn!" Shiriko put in.
Koukaku frowned a bit in concentration, "But why are you telling us this? What's the point?"
"Well, think about it. Peaceful times, prosperity in all countries. And the power of two seishi in one person. Do you realize how much evil that can attract?"
"Good point."
"So we have to keep you safe until you regain all your memories."
"Why you? And why should I even believe this!" Ryou asked skeptically.
Kyri shot a glance at Shiriko who grinned, "I'd prepare yourself if I were you."
"Why?" Koukaku asked.
"Did I mention we were witches?"
Shiriko began muttering under her breath words that neither Ryou nor Koukaku could comprehend.
When she stopped muttering, the two boys felt warmth flow through them. Every sense was opened up and doubled for an instant. Bright lights blinded their eyes a moment later. When it dimmed, Ryou looked and saw a red symbol glowing through his shirt. Koukaku had a blue symbol glowing on his shoulder. Both boys exchanged bewildered looks. It was true?
"As you regain your memories, you'll be able to use your powers again," Shiriko said seriously, a big change from the ditzy and energetic girl they were used to. Kyri nodded, "But until then, we'll have to help you."
"Okay…I'm tired; let's rest and we'll talk about this tomorrow," Ling suggested her mind spinning with what the two girls ― witches ― had just told them.
"Right…well, Shiriko; we should get going," Kyri motioned Shiriko to follow and headed for the door.
"Where are you going?" Koukaku asked.
"Well, it's not polite to stay at someone's place uninvited…" Kyri responded.
"Please stay!" Ling pleaded, "After all your talks of danger and people coming for aniki and Koukaku-kun, I'd feel better if you were in the house."
Kyri hesitated, "Alright…"
"Yay!" Ling said happily.
Later, as she was about to fall asleep, Kyri smiled slightly when she heard someone's voice.
'You did a good job today, Kyri…it's not easy to explain something like that to someone…I'll admit that…now, about letting me out…'
'Shut up, Toshi' she responded before closing her eyes.
Okay! Me, Silver, gets to do the ending stuff! Though it won't compared to Shizuka's hyperness up there… (Mutters) and she said she wasn't hyper…how else do you choke on chocolate?... (Rolls eyes)…then again, I'm not much better when I'm hyper…
Anyways…hope you liked that chapter! And dun dun dun; just WHO is Toshi? Muhahahahahahaha! Y'know the drill…review and you'll find out!