If you recognize it, I don't own it.

Takes place between chapters 9. Back to the bandits lair and 10. Dreams of Blood and Gore in Find a way to my heart.

It was one Hell of a show. And now you get to know why.

Drunken Tales - One Helluva show

Sen was practically carried to the greathall of the fortress. She sat between Tasuki and Koji as the maids carried bottles after bottles of sake to their table. There was quite a lot of singing and yelling and boasting in the air.

In the middle of a drinking song called 'Suzaku's bastards' Sen noticed a pretty brunette giving the red haired bandit lord a look-over, and with a smirk she turned to Koji.

"Who's that?" She whispered, nodding towards the girl.

"Li Sun." Koji whispered back.

"Li? As in Li Mei?"

"Yeap."

"I didn't know Mei had a sister..."

"She doesn't. That's her oldest daughter."

"Daughter!" Sen blurted out, earning a few looks from the crowd around them. "Mei has kids?" She continued in a much lower voice.

"Two girls." Koji laughed at the face she made.

"Something new everyday.." Sen muttered.

"Whatcha talking about?" Tasuki asked.

"Oh nothing." She smiled. "That girl is eying you."

"Huh?" His head turned just in time to catch the pretty brunette. "Ya mean Mei's kid?"

"Yeap."

"She's just a kid." He snorted.

"She's 16." Koji shrugged.

"She's so pretty.." Sen sighed. The bandits gave her a funny look. "What? She is!"

"Why oneesan. I never knew you liked girls." Koji said in serious tones. "I thought ya and the monk had a thing going."

"What?" Sen screeched, spilling her drink to the table.

"Oh please, I've never seen Chiri so happy. And I've known him quite a while now." Tasuki poured her another drink.

"There's nothing between us." She sternly stated.

"Nothing but his wow of celibacy.." Koji snickered.

"WU-WHAT?" She blushed deep red. Her hand went to retrieve her fan, but the dark haired bandit was faster.

"Whoa oneesan, easy there.."

"Koji." She growled.

"I was joking!"

"Stop it you two. No fighting tonight, unless I start it." Tasuki laughed. "Here's to Chichiri and his celibacy." He raised his drink. Sen shook her head and rolled her eyes.

"If you keep that up I'm gonna start acting like a girl." She muttered.

"Ya mean hysterical crying, throwing things at me and no sex for anyone?"

"Yeap." She laughed at the face the bandits made. "This is the thanks I get for trying to fix you up with a girl. Geez."

"I don't like girls." Tasuki sighed his favorite sentence.

"Ok, a guy then."

"What?"

"It's ok really; I don't care if you're gay."

"WHAT?" His jaw hit the floor.

"Tasuki-chan." Sen sighed and shook her head. "It's ok."

"I'm not gay." He whispered furiously.

"Oh..." Sen blushed. "But you're always going 'I hate girls' and stuff."

"That doesn't make me gay." He was starting to calm down.

"And you hang around with Koji-kun so much..."

"I'm not gay either oneesan." Koji snickered loudly at the end of the table, earning a few more looks from the drunken mob. "I'm not." He shrugged.

Sen eyed the two bandits. "Ha! Nice try guys." She laughed and poured herself another drink.

"What the fuck..? I'M NOT GAY!" Tasuki roared. Everyone turned to look at the trio. "Oh screw this.." He muttered and grabbed Sen by the waist. And before she could protest he had forcefully kissed her and dropped her back to her seat.

There was a stunned silence at the table.

"Ewww...Brother..." Sen quickly took a drink straight from the bottle. Tasuki laughed at the face she made. "What's so goddam funny?"

"Incest is the best." He snickered loudly.

"...Fuck you." Sen rolled her eyes.

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AN: Glad we got that cleared up. Tasuki is not gay, whuppee…. I love writing short stories. :D