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Buying Bandanas, Painting Rooms

Kouichi walked to the bandana store with Tomoki and Izumi right behind him. Entering the shop, he looked around.

Kouji's bandanas...where are they? he wondered, lifting a pink and blue striped bandana. Hmm...he'd kill me if I got him this one.

"Kouji!" came an old man's voice.

Looking up, Kouichi saw the shopkeeper approach him.

"You cut your hair!"

"Uh...no," Kouichi said slowly, "I'm Kouichi, Kouji's twin..."

A frown appeared on the old man's face. "Really? Mr. Minamoto never mentioned Kouji had a twin."

Of course he wouldn't have, Kouichi thought bitterly, but said nothing.

Izumi walked up to Kouichi. "Ahh...so Kouji's a regular shopper here, Mister?" she asked the old man.

He laughed. "Don't call me Mister, it sounds so...formal. The name's Hiroshi Aizawa. Yeah, Kouji's a regular shopper. Yesterday, Mr. Minamoto bought him a hundred of the usual...I wonder why..."

Tomoki and Izumi began coughing as Kouichi pretended to wander around, looking at random bandanas.

"I assume you know why?" Mr. Aizawa asked, thoroughly amused.

"Uh, yeah, just...don't ask," Kouichi said, picking up a bandana with a duck embroidered in the middle. "Say...where are the bandanas that Kouji regularly buys, anyway?"

Laughing, Mr. Aizawa walked to a corner of the room and opened a door, revealing thousands of the bandanas that Kouji wore.

"Holy..." Tomoki said in awe, his eyes widening.

Izumi peeked in the room. "It looks like it goes on forever..."

Wait a sec...Kouichi thought. "You said...his dad bought him a hundred yesterday?"

Mr. Aizawa nodded.

Kouichi winced. This is going to be really tough. "Alright, then. We'll take two hundred of Kouji's regular and ten of everything else," he said in a firm voice.

Izumi, Tomoki and Mr. Aizawa's eyes widened as their jaws fell.

"Are you sure?" Mr. Aizawa sputtered.

Kouichi nodded, determined to out-do his dad. "Yes. Uhm...how much is that, exactly?"

"Well...I could always put it on Mr. Minamoto's tab..."

"That's okay, we'll buy it."

Mr. Aizawa winced. But it would cost at least three hundred. "Well, for you, as a first time buyer, one hundred bucks."

Practically sighing in relief, Kouichi pulled out his wallet. "Done," he said, handing Mr. Aizawa the money.

The old man chuckled, "You're pretty independent, aren't you?" Taking the money and putting it in the cash register, he told the three, "Go ahead and collect the ten of every bandana that you wanted while I get the two hundred. Feel free to look around for anything else you might want." Then he walked into the closet to get the bandanas.

Izumi laughed nervously. "I need to make a call again, okay? Start without me, I'll be back soon." She ran outside and whipped out her cell phone, calling Takuya again.

"Hello?" Takuya said, feeling his mouth go dry.

"TAKUYA KANBARA, WHY DIDN'T YOU ANSWER YOUR CELL PHONE BEFORE?" came Izumi's angry voice.

Junpei and Kouji broke out into relieved laughter.

"Sorry!" Takuya wailed, holding his cell phone away from his ear. "What happened?"

Izumi snorted and lowered her voice. "Kouichi's buying Kouji new bandanas," she told him, quickly adding, "A lot of bandanas. Don't you dare paint his room pink, or I won't buy you the goggles I spotted in that shop."

"HE SERIOUSLY BOUGHT THEM?" Kouji yelled in horror. "HOW MANY DID HE GET!"

Takuya handed the phone to Kouji. "Oh goody...Junpei, while Kouji starts screaming, let's repaint the walls."

"Right," Junpei agreed, plugging his ears as Kouji let out a blood curling scream.

"TWO HUNDRED OF MY REGULAR AND TEN OF EVERYTHING ELSE! WHAT IS HE! NUTS?" Kouji screamed into the phone.

"YES," Izumi replied. "Don't you dare paint his room, Kouji, I mean it! I'll stall him as long as I can. it's taking forever just to get ten of every kind right now...do something!" she told them before hanging up.

Kouji sank to his knees. "Oh great...my dad was going today to get another hundred...what's he doing! OH NOOO!" Kouji yelled, standing up and giving Takuya back his cell phone as he ran around in a frenzy yelling incomprehensible things. "TAKUYA! JUNPEI! PAINT FASTER!" he screamed, dipping his brush in the can of indigo paint and practically flicking the paint on the wall.

Takuya and Junpei sighed. "This is going to be the worst day of our lives..."

"Hey, Kouji, don't start on a new wall! Work on covering the pink paint, first!" Takuya yelled, seeing Kouji run to the other wall.

Kouji stopped and ran back. "Right! We'll...paint over the pink!"

How are we ever going to get out of this one? they all wondered as they began painting, wondering exactly what they had done to ever deserve torture like this.

Izumi walked back inside and started helping Tomoki and Kouichi collect bandanas. "How many have you gotten through so far, Kouichi?" she asked, collecting ten of a tye-dyed bandana.

Sighing, Kouichi forced a grin. "Well...we've covered a little bit less than half the shop already..."

"Waah...I never knew counting could be so tiring," Tomoki mumbled, sinking into a nearby chair.

All three of them looked down and sighed, tired.

"Well, let's keep going, I guess..." Kouichi mumbled, moving to a new bunch of bandanas. "I'm really sorry for dragging you two into this...really..."

Tomoki laughed. "It's alright! Kouji's our friend, too, you know! So it's no problem!" Dropping his current stack on the chair, he started collecting a new ten bandanas.

"I promise to give Kouji a real hard time about this," Kouichi grumbled as he worked on collecting ten of a strangely designed black bandana. "And then I promise to tell mom that Kouji's going to wear a pink bandana all of next week."

"Evil," Izumi muttered. "As for giving Kouji a hard time, I'm sure he's already having one," she said, picking to work on collecting a lavender bandana next.

Kouichi put down his stack of bandana's and stared at Izumi, asking, "What do you mean?"

She shrugged. "I'm sure when he finds out what a nice brother you are, he'll start beating himself up."

"Wow," mumbled Tomoki, "I wonder what Kouji's reaction will be, though."

"That's right! Hey, Mr. Aizawa," Izumi said, picking off the goggles she promised Takuya from the goggle box and placing it on the counter.

Mr. Aizawa walked into the room, two boxes of bandanas in his arms. Placing the boxes on the counter, he turned to Izumi. "Alright, here's the two hundred I promised you. Now, what can I do for you, little lady?" he asked Izumi with a broad smile.

Izumi laughed. "It's Izumi. Could I get these goggles?"

"Sure. That'll be a dollar."

Confused, Izumi paid him the dollar and began collecting bandanas again. "It's like he's giving us a discount off of everything..." she whispered to Kouichi. "These goggles are three bucks."

Kouichi nodded and continued collecting bandanas. "Alright, thank you, Mr. Aizawa," he said, placing the last stack of bandanas down by the other stacks they had collected. "We're done."

"Would you kids like a box to put the bandanas in? It'll make it easier. I'll even throw in a complimentary wagon," Mr. Aizawa said, noticing how large the stack of bandanas were.

Startled, Kouichi shook his head furiously. "No, that's okay. But boxes would be nice," he said, smiling uneasily.

Taking the boxes off the counter, Kouichi looked outside and murmured, "It's getting dark. If we go now, we should be able to make it in time for dinner."

Mr. Aizawa pulled out extra boxes from behind the counter and handed it to Kouichi. "Here you go. Are you sure you don't want the wagon?" he asked them while they packed away the bandanas.

Before Kouichi could stop himself, he blurted, "Are you nuts? You've already given us a huge discount! AND I MEAN HUGE! YOU THINK WE WANT YOU TO LOSE A PROFIT?" Turning red, he picked up two boxes and walked out the door. "ER...THANK YOU," he yelled, trying to get away as fast as he could.

Tomoki and Izumi picked up a box each and laughed nervously.

"You'll have to excuse Kouichi," Izumi said. "He's...a bit...independent, I guess. And, you know, he's right...we don't want you to lose a profit. We'll pay you back. Thank you, Mr. Aizawa!" she said with a smile, then walked after Kouichi.

Nodding, Tomoki called out as he left, "Thanks!"

Mr. Aizawa watched the three leave. "They're too smart for their own good," he sighed, "wouldn't you say, Mr. Minamoto?"

The figure in the shadows merely nodded.

"YES!" Kouji yelled, jumping in the air. They had successfully painted Kouichi's room, even the ceiling, and were now cleaning up.

Junpei laughed as he covered the paint cans. "Where the heck do I put these?" he asked as he continued to laugh.

Takuya joined in the laughter. "I have no clue. But save it, maybe we can use it for our tree house."

"What tree house?" asked Junpei, still laughing.

Kouji rolled his eyes and snatched the paint cans, placing them in a bag. "The stupid idea in which Takuya refuses to use his own tree."

"OH...you mean you guys wanted to use my tree?" Takuya asked as he stopped laughing. His tone was innocent, "I didn't know that!"

Twitching, Kouji placed the paint cans in his own room. "Alright, clear out of Kouichi's room while the paint dries. Now we wait..."

There was a long silence as Kouji closed the door to his brother's room.

A growl sounded from Takuya's stomach. Laughing uneasily, he explained, "I guess...all that painting...we forgot, it's about dinner time right now."

They all glanced at the clock. "EIGHT!" Kouji yelled. Kouichi should be home by now.

There was a loud slam of the door, and all three boys winced. "Uh...Kouichi?" Kouji called out, walking to the living room.

Kouichi stood there, tiredly dropping the boxes to the ground. "I'm going to my room," he snapped, heading to his room.

Tomoki and Izumi sighed and dropped their boxes as well. "Hey, Kouji," Izumi murmured.

Seeing she was struggling to get out the words, Tomoki finished the sentence, "Did you paint his room?"

Kouji swallowed and sat down on the couch. "Kouichi's gonna kill me...especially if he didn't really want it indigo and was lying..."

"WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO MY ROOM!" came a yell.

"Really, he's going to kill me," moaned Kouji, rolling onto the floor.

A/N-

Sorry for taking forever to update! See, I can only use my dad's computer...when he's not home. So...hehehe... ()

.:winces:. I kinda screwed up. See, when I first did this chapter, it was supposed to be that Mr. Minamoto came and saw Kouichi in the shop, and Kouichi got all mad over that...but anyway, it's not that anymore. I thought that detracted from the humor, plus I hated the ending. So, if you want, I'll send you the other chapters in an e-mail. If you ask. Just review.

REVIEWS-

Lady Darkand Light- Hah...yeah. Go Kouichi.

AidoruForever- grins You have no idea. Yeah, Kouichi's such a nice brother. Burning his brother's bandanas then getting new ones like that...I wish my brother were like that. But no, he doesn't even get me a simple bunch of cards.

Mid-Moonlight- Youuuu're welcome! Kouichi's an awesome character. ...poor Kouichi. All of the sudden I pity him. .:chuckles:.

Kouichi-EVIL! SAVE ME!

Yes, we all love torturing you, Kouichi.

Luisa Perez- Lolz! Well, I am making a fic in which there's a bit of Kouji/Izumi and Takuya/Izumi. It'll be up...after I finish this lovely story.

MattTobiasMalfoy-Glad to know you like it that much!

Broken Angel01- Has your question been answered? Hehehe...I need to shape up the next chapter. It's horrible. I think I lost sight of my plot, or something.

Light's Blue Blossom- Heeh. I try, but Monday and Friday are pretty much my only free times. You didn't get the 'buying the bandanas' part? Basically...Kouichi's getting his dear twin some bandanas. And joy to the world that Kouji happens to be trying to paint his twin's room the same day...

Review if you will. I'm enjoying your reviews a lot.