Disclaimer: All characters from Gravitation belong to Maki Murakami and whoever else, I love you!!! The
children all belong to me and my buddies. The only purpose of this story is to hopefully amuse other Gravi. fans
and to practice my writing skills.
Notes: "tou-san" = dad, the correct way to say it
"tou-chan" = a creation of my own, "father" but with the diminutive "chan" on the end, I would translate
it as "little dad" ^v^
Hi, before I even begin, I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Shindou Bakani. You may
recognize part of it. That's right; I'm the son of Shindou Shuichi. And hold on, before you start pouring on the
questions, I'll explain. After all, for my story to make any sense you're going to need some background. Just
bear with me, I've never been the best writer, that's my tou-san's forte. I've asked the others to help me out,
too. There's no way I could tell it all by myself.
I'm the son of Shindou Shuichi (tou-chan) and Yuki Eiri (tou-san). Please don't ask how, its very technical
and confusing. And don't worry, I wasn't born out of one of them, I'm a test tube baby. Now, I feel it necessary
to explain my name, after all, it's very unique. Somehow, don't ask me how, I honestly don't know; when I was
born dou-san got a premonition. Looking at little tiny me in tou-chan's arms, he knew I was going to be just like
my feminine, emotional tou-chan. So he named me "bakani". Baka means idiot, and ni is the number two. Yes,
my wonderful loving father named me "idiot number two". The scary thing is it fits. I am so similar to tou-chan
that it hurts sometimes. Luckily though, I didn't inherit his fashion sense, I feel no urges to dye my hair pink, and
you'd never catch me in shorts that short.
No, tou-chan's fashion sense went to my baby brother. That's right, there are two of us. Koori's about
two years younger than me, and is a smaller version of tou-san. He's not quite as unfriendly, and I like to believe
I've discovered a sense of humor buried in there, but there is a reason his name means "ice".
The four of us make for a very interesting household. We definitely have our fights, but I love them all very
dearly. Besides this strange family, I also have some others to introduce before I can begin. First there's my best
friend, Nakano Kohiroshi (that's Hiroshi Jr. for those of you who don't know). Kohiro is awesome, just like his
dad he's very laid back and a great friend. Then, there's Sakuma Pika. She lives in the US but we have a whole
pen pal thing going on. She's a riot, her letters always crack me up, but what else is to be expected from the daughter
of the great Sakuma Ryuichi.
And last, but definitely not least, there's Fujisaki Ame. Wow, how can I even describe her? Ame is a genius,
and pretty, and funny, and talented at everything, and wonderful, and....*sigh* very much annoyed by me. She can be
patient at times, but something about me just seems to get on her nerves.... maybe its because she's like her father and
I'm like my tou-chan (they never get along).... or maybe its cause I never leave her alone....
Anyway, here's the story...