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Buying Bandanas, Painting Rooms (MINAMOTO VERSION IS NOT PART OF THE STORY, BUT A POSSIBILITY THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED)
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 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.
All three stopped when a man walked through the door. Kouichi winced and turned around, hiding his face as he collected bandanas off the wall.
Mr. Aizawa walked into the room, two boxes of bandanas in his arms. "Alright, here's the two hundred I-oh, Mr. Minamoto, nice to see you!" he exclaimed suddenly, seeing the man who had just walked in.
Izumi could see Kouichi twitch visibly. "Uh, thanks for the boxes, Mr. Aizawa," she said quickly, motioning for Tomoki to help her.
"One second, Mr. Minamoto...Do you three need any help collecting your bandanas?"
"That's okay!" exclaimed Tomoki, picking up the box and dropping it by their bandana stacks.
Izumi nodded in agreement, taking the other box and dropping it on the other side of the stacks.
Before Mr. Aizawa could call out to Kouichi, Izumi shook her head furiously. "Ah. So, Mr. Minamoto, what business would you like to conduct today?" he asked Kouji's father.
"What are the kids doing?" Mr. Minamoto asked, letting out an amused chuckle.
"Ah, they're just buying bandanas for a...a friend." Mr. Aizawa flashed an apologetic look at Izumi.
Mr. Minamoto smiled. "So, Hiroshi, do you think Kouji would want any other bandanas? He seems so attached to his usual lot that I'm starting to wonder..." He trailed off as he heard a loud noise.
Tomoki winced, seeing Kouichi punch the wall. Mr. Minamoto's eyes went straight to Kouichi.
"Uh, sorry, Mr. Aizawa," Kouichi said gruffly, still hiding his face.
The three kids went back to collecting their bandanas, Tomoki and Izumi walking past Kouichi occasionally in case he felt like bursting.
"Ah...so do you think there would be any other type of bandana that Kouji would like, Hiroshi?" Mr. Minamoto continued, looking around to see if there were any suitable bandanas.
Mr. Aizawa smiled. "I'm not so sure. You'd have to ask Kouji himself," he said apologetically.
"Okay, thanks, Mr. Aizawa, we're done," Kouichi said, picking up a box of bandanas and piling on a few stacks.
"Do you kids want to put those stacks in boxes? And don't you think you'd need help carrying them out?" Mr. Aizawa asked, frowning.
Izumi beamed. "Boxes would be nice, and-"
Kouichi shook his head. "We don't need help."
Shrugging, Mr. Aizawa pulled out four boxes from behind the counter and handed it to Tomoki. "Suit yourself, I guess. But I don't think you sh-"
"No, really," Kouichi said, packing the bandanas and making sure his father couldn't see his face. "We're fine."
Mr. Minamoto looked at the back of Kouichi's head. "Kind of reminds me of Kouji from a few years ago...and then he just changed in a day. I'll never get kids."
The two men laughed.
Kouichi stood up and looked at the boxes. There were four of them. "Alright...then," he said slowly. "Izumi and Tomoki, you carry one. I'll carry those two."
"Are you sure?" asked Izumi, frowning as she saw Mr. Minamoto watch them. "Kouichi, I don't thi-"
"Then I'll carry three, and Tomoki can carry one."
Tomoki sighed and shook his head. He muttered under his breath, "That's not what she meant."
"Are you sure you kids don't need help?" Mr. Minamoto asked gently.
"We. Are. Fine." Picking up the two boxes, Kouichi walked outside, turning to his left, an angry look on his face.
Mr. Minamoto's eyes widened. "What...?"
"That would be Kouji's twin, Kouichi," Izumi said coolly before she, too, picked up a box and left.
Tomoki picked up his box and looked at Mr. Aizawa. "Thanks, Mr. Aizawa!" he yelled before walking after the other two.
Sighing, Mr. Aizawa pulled up a stool and sat on it. "Yes, I'm sure you'll never understand kids," he commented, noticing the shocked look on Mr. Minamoto's face.
No words could even begin to describe what Mr. Minamoto was feeling.
"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, angrily 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 word, Tomoki finished the sentence, "We ran into your dad."
Kouji swallowed and sat down on the couch. "Kouichi's gonna kill me..."
"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-
Wow. I wonder where the Mr. Minamoto idea came from! AHAHAH! NOT EVEN I KNOW! Yeah, it was the spur of the moment. 'Hmm...wouldn't it be weird if Mr. Minamoto appeared? Oh well! .:adds Mr. Minamoto to the story:.' And that's how that happened. .:sighs:. Thanks for the reviews. I just watched 'Dawn To Duskmon' today. It was funny. XP…or…no, wait, it wasn't, was it? .:scratches head:. Excuse me…I'm a bit tired. And my hands hurt, too. Sorry. .:sighs:. I shall post the second bonus chapter tomorrow, then I'll move onto the sequel! When I type the sequel up. My hands are hurting a bit. I think I cracked my knuckles a bit too much.
REVIEWS-
TALA MINE-TALA HOT- .:blinks in response to the stare, then grins widely:. Very well! Bonus chapter shall be up! Er…it is up….:scratches head:. How does this work! Ah, glad you thought it was funny. Yes, Junpei the tattle-tale…
Puppeh- o.O wow…did you have a bad week or something? That happens to me quite often. And…is your face okay? ()
The Light's Refrain- Oh, yes…slaves will be in the sequel. But don't go telling anyone. .:grin:. Yeah…how pointless is it to buy bandanas, and the very next second, burn them? Stupid Kouichi…
Wouldn't you like to know XD- O.O How can they not pain attention to your pen name! No, don't worry! Long reviews are interesting. And yours was funny. XP. And…oh well, we'll just forget about the whole issues thing…
Kouichi asks if I'm serious.
Yes, I am serious…it's too complex to even bother going any further than now…
AidoruForever- Yeah! That's…a whole bunch of Mr. Minamoto people! Great. You keep up the good work with your fanfics too.
Lady Darkand Light- Sure! I'll send it to you, too! Glad you like it! Heeh.
Mid-Moonlight- Kouichi would like to take this moment to explain that Kouji has lost his right state of mind. I would like to agree wholeheartedly, and go on to say Kouichi should be put on trial for being evil to his twin, who…isn't all that innocent himself…
Hmm…Kouichi bashing…I'm having that in the sequel too. This is going to be hard. Ah well. School, I shall defeat you yet!
Luisa Perez- .:sighs:. I know why I can't see your e-mail. You see, the computer decides to be evil and considers it a link, and so, makes it…disappear. So, to prevent any confusion, you can just go to my Bio page and e-mail me. I think my e-mail's there…if it's not…oh well. My neopet account is Magicknightcard7. I don't go on it that often. My summer's dedicated to being lazy, writing fanfics and slacking, and then comes school…I don't even have time for video games!
SalimaLiAkiyama- True. Then again, things happen, neh? Like Kouji going nuts at the sight of bandanas. They should put that in the show. Ah well. YEY FOR MORE!
MattTobiasMalfoy-Entertaining? Great! Heeh. Glad you liked it!
Light's Blue Blossom- Yeah, poor Kouji. Maybe I should have gone easier on him. Then again, when the sequel comes, Kouichi's the one suffering, so it balances out, neh? Well…maybe not. Kouji still suffers. XP
CeTe- Yeah. I mean, you'd definitely think that would happen. They realize they're brothers, and, of course, at first, are happy about it. Then they turn to normal brothers! Fun. It cracks me up just thinking about it. .:grin:.
Thank you all! I'll post later! .:skips off to do...something:.