disclaimer: see ch1
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The next morning, both Tasuki and Chichiri were packed up and ready to leave.
"Is it time ta leave yet?" Tasuki asked impatiently.
"Well you're the one who wanted to teleport there, so I need to meditate so that I have enough power to teleport us both no da."
"Fine then," Tasuki sat next to his monk friend on the ground, crossed his legs, and folded his arms. After about 30 seconds, he threw his hands up in the air and rolled his eyes. "Oh, forget this! I'll run there an' you teleport. Ok? Ok."
"I think you are starting to spend too much time around Kouji, you're even starting to talk for both people. But if that's what you want, then I guess it's fine no da."
"Wanna race?"
"Pardon no da?"
"Do ya wanna race? Ta my house," Tasuki asked again. "With me runnin' an' you teleportin'."
"Daa...Ok, sure."
The bandit got in a position showing he was getting ready to run, then hollered, "Ready set go!" With that the two men began the race, one running and one teleporting.
Gotta beat 'im...Gotta beat 'im...Gotta beat 'im...Gotta beat 'im...
Chichiri arrived at the house less than 5 seconds later, only to find Tasuki already there.
"It's 'bout time ya got here. I was worried I was gonna grow old!" The bandit remarked, leaning over to tighten his shoe. "So er we gonna go in er are we just gonna wait out here an' pick flowers?"
"Daa...I guess we should go in no da..."
"Fine then," With that the bandit started pounding on the door, about to yell 'It's Genrou!' untill he remembered that he was not at Mt. Reikaku.
"Who is it?" Asked a female voice from inside.
"It's Gen-" Even when he told himself not to, still 'It's Genrou!" almost came out. "Uh, it's Tas-" This time he was cut off by a screaming voice inside.
"OH MY GODS IT'S TASUKI-SAMA AND CHICHIRI-SAMA! AND TASUKI-SAMA!" Screamed a completely different female voice.
"Oi, shut up, will ya?" Another girl's voice.
"Well, is someone going to answer the door no da?" Chichiri asked the women inside. The door slammed open and they were rushed inside. "Gomen for the wait, but what brings you men to our humble household?" The eldest female inquired.
"Well-uh-ya see-um-" The bandit stuttered, surveying his surroundings.
"Tasuki here was trying to prove to me that someone in the country of Konan shared his birthday, so we checked the palace records and found that a young man by the name of Kou Shun'u was turning twenty as well no da. Are we correct?" Chichiri paid no attention to the bandit that was staring at him, mouth wide open.
"Um, no, I am afraid you are mistaken. Shun'u would be turning twenty today, but he ran away quite some time ago and was kidnapped by bandits. I am afraid he has deceased," The youngest sister explained. "But if you wish, you may stay here untill you see fit to leave."
"Eh, thanks an' all but-"
"It would be our pleasure no da. Maybe we could learn more about this Shun'u, if you don't mind no da."
Tasuki took the monk aside, "Chichiri, are ya crazy?"
The monk ignored Tasuki's question and replaced it with his own, "What is that one's name no da?" He asked, pointing at the one who had just offered hospitality.
"Well I can't tell ya!"
"You grew up with her no da."
"But she'll know who I am if I tell ya, so you ask 'er. An' how did ya know my real name?"
"Like I said, I checked with the palace records. What is your name no da?" Chichiri asked the polite one.
"Aidou. I am the youngest of the family, now. And this is Kai, she is the oldest. This is Lea, she is next. She is the one who was screaming your names. She is obsessed with Tasuki-sama. These are the twins, Koura and Kourin."
"Kourin..."Tasuki mumbled. "Isn't that what Nuriko said his name was at first? I never really realized..."
"Hai no da."
Lea left the room, embarrassed, and Aidou proceeded talking. "As I said, Lea is obsessed with you, Tasuki-sama, so it would be best to watch your back around her."
"Hai, thank you for the warning no da. Please feel free to call us Tasuki and Chichiri, no need for '-sama'. And we would be honored to accept hospitality for a few days, if that suits you no da."
A voice from the direction Lea walked in screamed, "OH MY GODS! TASUKI-SAMA IS GOING TO LIVE WITH US!"
"Pardon her, I believe she cannot help herself. Now, did you want to know more about Shun'u?"
"H-Hai," Tasuki finally talked again. "That would be nice."
"Ah, I almost forgot no da. I brought some money for the birthday boy, but since he is no longer around, I'll just give it to the family no da." Chichiri smiled and handed a sack of money to Aidou.
Again, Tasuki pulled Chichiri aside to ask him a question. "Eh, Chichiri, where did ya get that money from? Please don't tell me ya took it from..."
---------At the Palace---------
"Sweetie, what are you doing? You missed breakfast?" Miaka walked into Tamahome's room.
"I don't get it...I just don't get it..." Tamahome had his head in his hands.
"Don't get what?"
"I counted my money and I'm missing-TAAAASSSSUKIIII!"
---------Back at 'Home'--------
Everybody in the Kou household heard the scream. Tasuki turned to Chichiri, "Of course, he blames it all on me. Cuz tha monk would never do anythin' wrong, right?"
Chichiri started laughing his head off, "Go-hahaha-gomen, Tasuki, I guess you're right no da. I'll tell him when we go back, I promise no da. Just so he doesn't take it out on you no da."
--------Later, as in, after dinner-------
Everybody was sitting around the small fireplace, laughing and telling stories. They had even invited over the neighbor girl, Loki. She had long, vivid red hair, almost as bright as Tasuki's, and her eyes were a deep emerald green. From what Tasuki could tell, she seemed very nice and he heard that she was eighteen, though her birthday was coming up later in the year.
"And we would all pick on him, because of his hair color. It was, well, about the same color as your's, Tasuki. Now that I think of it, he had fangs like that too, except smaller. Well anyway, we would pick on him because of his hair color and because, other than my father, he was the only male. He was also the youngest of us all." Koura explained.
"Did you ever think that this Shun'u may be our Tasuki no da?" Chichiri asked, causing five of the young women to laugh out loud, while Loki just thought about it. Tasuki heard them say things like,
"Puleez, Tasuki could take out 100 men in a second, Shun'u couldn't even get any of us off his back!"-Lea
"Tasuki is even better than Tamahome, how could Shun'u possibly be him?"-Kai
"I though Shun'u was dead...?"-Kourin
Aidou just laughed and laughed.
"Will everyone please be quiet I can't hear!"-Koura
Then, Loki said, "Well it is possible..." in a very small voice, so nobody could hear her.
The things his sisters had said made Tasuki proud yet pissed at the same time. It's like they're praisin' one half o' me an' makin' fun of tha other half, without even knowin'.
Loki saw Tasuki grip his fan with a confused look on his face, then gently release it.
Chichiri just stared, then leaned over and whispered to Tasuki, "Well, now I know where you get your stupidity from no da."
Tasuki whispered back, "Ya agreed ta no hinting that it's me!"
"Gomen no da."
The seishi then realized that nobody was laughing anymore.
"On the topic of Lea-" Aidou was cut off by the person she spoke of.
"Tasuki," Lea walked over and sat on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Hi," She said, staring into his eyes.
He just stared at her for a second, not realizing what was going on. When he got that she was hitting on him, he jumped up and screamed, "GET THA HELL OFF ME!" causing Lea to fall on the ground.
Clearly, she has no idea that Tasuki is her brother no da, Chichiri thought. None of them do, otherwise they would've stopped her no da. If they don't figure out soon that Tasuki is Shun'u, I will have to keep my mask off for three months no da. Chichiri shook his head, I can't believe I made that bet, with Tasuki, of all people no da.
He snapped out of his daze when Tasuki again shouted, "GET THA HELL OFF OF ME!" Chichiri saw Lea fall to the ground again, and assumed that she had, again, tried to sit on Tasuki's lap. He watched this repeat a few more times, then Lea said, "Do you not like me?" and proceeded to sit on Tasuki's lap again. This time, Tasuki didn't jump up or yell, he just closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and calmly said, "Get tha hell off of my lap an' stay off or I will FRY THA SHIT OUT OF YOU!" He reached behind him and grabbed his tessen off the back of his shirt. Immediatly, Lea murmured, "Gomen," and got off of Tasuki's lap to go sit on the other side of the room.
Chichiri leaned over and whispered to Tasuki, "This should be fun no da." Tasuki turned and looked at him and whispered back, "Pervert. Ain't ya supposed ta be a monk?"
--------Author's notes:
Loki is a character based on caspercat22, you will be seeing more of her in this story!