Ack! So this part SUCKS major hairy balls. And no one really wants to do that. (sigh) Anyways... Heres the second part. Sorry it took so long, and fyi, it wasn't meant to suck this bad. In the second part there is mention of masturbation. Yes, I will repeat, masturbation. So, if this squicks you out... don't read the second half. In fact, this whole chapter is kinda pointless. (livid) I seem to do that alot. Grr.

Disclaimers: All characters belong to Tecmo, etc.

Enjoy. Or don't. Whatever. :D

Itsuki hummed through his nose as he walked through his house, opening random closets and looking in to see if his nearsighted sister had stumbled in. "Chitose?" He called out, his head looking around the front entrance closet. There wasn't anything there but unused tatami mats and some blankets. Itsuki sighed and got up, heading down the tatami room hallway and for the stairs to go up.

"Chitose!" Calling out, Itsuki's feet thudded on the hard wood floor. As he ripped open a storage room closet, he paused at the entrance and called out again. "Chiiiitooooseeee." He smiled when he heard a soft gasp and then laughter from down the hallway.

Itsuki shut the door and walked along down the twisting corridor till he came to his brother holding his sobbing sister, half her small form still in the storage closet under the raised tatami room. Mutsuki looked up at Itsuki, smiling as he saw his older brother, gently moving the young girl in his grasp.

"It's okay, Chitose, you're okay now." Mutsuki crooned as Itsuki came and kneeled beside them both. The older boys hand came out and stroked Chitose's hair. "See, we've found you. We wouldn't let you stay in a closet forever." A hint of laughter was in Mutsuki's voice and Itsuki chuckled as Chitose scowled at them, her pretty grey eyes narrowing dangerously. Or at least as dangerously as an eight year old girl can muster.

Both boys burst into fits of giggles and the young girl smiled softly, also starting to giggle along with them as she forgot her recent peril.

"Itsuki! Mutsuki! Get into the bath before the water gets cold!"

Itsuki looked up from his diary, his brother sighing softly as he put down the brush he was using to plait Chitose's hair. The young girl looked up at him, touching her and then thanking Mutsuki softly as she stood up and walked out of their room.

"Heh, you're getting better at the whole braid thing, Mutsuki. Guess you'll have to teach me so I can start braiding your hair! You'll look so pretty with a few braids." Itsuki cooed as his fingers went to Mutsuki's hair, parting small bits here and there.

Blushing, Mutsuki slapped Itsuki's hands away and then started down for the bathroom, his older brother on his heels, still messing with his hair. Both boys started laughing loudly as they got closer to the bathroom, Mutsuki jogging to get away from Itsuki, who kept cooing like a mother, his fingers stretched out for his brother soft hair.

The bathroom was full of steam as they entered, the tub full of hot water that steamed in the moonlight. Both boys quickly undressed, Itsuki filling a bucket full of warmed spring water as Mutsuki struggled to get his yutaka off. When they both were naked, they started pouring water over themselves, rinsing off the grime from the day.

"Ew! Mutsuki! You're such a dirty boy, we should fix that!" Itsuki grinned widely and grabbed Mutsuki's head, sticking it under the faucet and turning it on. Warm water came splashing out onto Mutsuki's head and over the stone floor. The younger coughed and sputtered and shouted at his brother to let him go.

"Boys! Boys!" Their father pounded on the door, the wooden door shaking wildly from the force of his fist. "Stop playing around and get into the bathtub!"

"Yes, otou-san!" Itsuki said, releasing Mutsuki who fell back, his bottom slapping wetly on the stone floor. Itsuki chortled giddily and turned off the water, grabbing a bar of soap and scrubbing his body.

"Itsuki... you really have to stop getting us into trouble all the time." Mutsuki was whining again, but the older twin just shrugged it off, taking the bar of soap and lathering his hands before scrubbing the other boys oil black hair.

"Yeah, yeah. Well what's he going to do to us, Mutsuki? Send us into the forest and never let us come home?" He grinned widely. "Think of all the adventures we could have. And we could stay together. Forever." Itsuki's voice took on a wistful tone and Mutsuki's head hung low on his chest, his brow creased with worry, as his brother carefully washed his hair.

Mutsuki returned the favor of washing Itsuki's hair. They got yelled at once more as they rinsed themselves off, tossing water back and forth between them.

"I really hate that he yells at us all the time... We're just playing. Its not like... we have forever..." Itsuki sighed and stepped into the bath tub, sighing as his leg sunk in and then he stepped fully in, his whole body sinking to his nose in the hot water.

"Itsuki, he only yells cause you always cause trouble." Mutsuki stood outside the tub, rubbing his arm for a moment and looking contemplative before he joined his twin in the steaming water.

Itsuki grinned as his brother stepped into the tub and promptly tackled the other, water splashing precariously and some even falling to the already soaking stone tiles. Mutsuki shouted, his halds flailing around as Itsuki tickled him. The younger boy splashed water at his twin, causing Itsuki to start a coughing fit and then retaliate with a wave of water at Mutsuki.

A loud banging on the door had both boys stopping instantly, Mutsuki ducking down into the swaying bath water till only his face from his under lip and up was visible above the misting bath. Itsuki stood in all his naked glory, one hand half way in the water to swing at Mutsuki again, as he turned to stare at his father who poked his head in.

"I told you once! I told you twice! You waste any more water, and you won't get any iced treats!" He shouted, his face red with anger. Really, those two boys! If they weren't so important to the village...

Itsuki stuck his tongue out at the door when it closed and then flopped down into the stilling water, leaning back against the wall of the tub. Mutsuki promptly sat down next to him. Both boys were pink in the face from the heat of the water. It was quiet for a moment and then Itsuki yawned loudly, his jaw cracking a little with the strain his yawn put on it.

"Gosh, I'm tired..." He muttered, slipping further down into the water, his eyes closing as his head rolled to the side and onto Mutsuki's shoulder. The younger twin smirked and splash Itsuki's face, causing a giggle from the other boy.

"Maybe if you didn't use every moment to masturbate at night then you wouldn't be." Mutsuki chided, his lips turned into a fond smile as he watched his brother yawn again.

"Mmm... What's it to you? You do it as well, everyone does." Mutsuki blushed and looked away.

"Ka-san told me that if you do that too often, you'll get warts on your hand."

Itsuki snorted. "That's just an old wives tale they tell children so that they behave."

It was quiet again for a moment afterwards, both boys starting to drift towards sleep in the warmth the bath offered. "Itsuki?"

"Mm?"

"Who... who do you think about... when you touch yourself?"

Itsuki raised his head and looked at Mutsuki, who was staring at his wrinkled hands as if they were the most interesting things since rice pots. "Mmm... I think about... Yoshino. Remember? That really cute girl who visited last summer from the village across the mountains." He smiled, pulling his knees up to his chest as he watched his younger brother.

"Do... do you think about... Yae?"

"Huh? Ew, no! She's like... She's like my sister, Mutsuki! That's like asking if I think about Chitose!"

Both boys sniggered and 'ew'd and then settled down after a moment. The steam rose in thin curling white strands of mist, glittering in the moonlight that was able to filter through the windows curtain.

"Well... who else do you think about?"

Itsuki frowned and then shrugged. "Why?"

"I'm just curious."

"Who do you think about, Mutsuki?"

Mutsuki blushed bright red, which wasn't very noticeable since his cheeks were already reddened from the bath, but Itsuki caught the others body language well enough anyway. Being twins had its advantages.

"You think about Yae, huh? Huh!" Itsuki grinned and prodded his brothers side, causing the other to squeak and slip under the water. After a second, Mutsuki reemerged, coughing and sputtering.

"No! She's a sister to me, just like you said."

"Well! Who do you think about then?"

"No one! Never mind, forget I said anything."

"Mutsuki! I told you! Well... do you think about a boy? Its not bad to think about a boy, Mutsuki. I do... sometimes." It was Itsuki's turn to blush as he struggled to get Mutsuki to look at him, but his brother was so busy trying to not make eye contact, he paid no notice.

Mutsuki was fighting his brothers hands away before what the other had said sunk in finally. "Is it? You do?" He asked warily, looking up at Itsuki through his eyelashes.

"Yeah!" Itsuki grinned widely, his hands falling away from the other as the more timid twin shifted nervously. Mutsuki's face was one of caution and a little fear.

"Well... Yeah." Mutsuki muttered, leaning against Itsuki and tucking his head in the crook of the older twins neck. Itsuki frowned at this behavior, a simple action dawned from their childhood when lightening storms would scare the younger brother.

"Mutsuki? Is something wrong?" Worry tinged Itsuki's voice.

"Mm... Its okay to think about... other boys but... Itsuki? Is it... okay to think about your brother?"

Both twins were silent for a long time afterwards.

WOW! Didn't end how I wanted it to. I forgot the rest of the conversation that they had in my head. >. Gomen nasai...