Wow, it took me FOREVER to finish this chapter! I had originally intended on having it finished and posted before New Years, but I never got around to doing it, things kept coming up, and yeah.
I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed last chapter; DarkxXxFlames,WickedShadow16, PurpleeyedNekoYoukai, Sakurachibi, TheWinchesterAngel, and Midnightxwolfx , your reviews are what made me sit down today and make myself finish this.
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It's a Twin Thing
Chapter 9
"You ready?"
"Mmhmm!"
"Ok, on the count of three..."
They both looked at eachother.
"Three!"
They both grinned and jumped onto the bed, bouncing up and down.
"Wakey-wakey Sei!"
The burgundy-haired girl shrieked, opening her eyes before letting out a loud groan.
"Sai! Aoko! Geroff--!" Her words were muffled a little by the fact that her head was buried in her pillow.
"Nah-uh! You promised to play in the snow with us today!" The little girl, who seemed about 9 years old, with short brown hair and bright sapphire eyes pouted.
"Yeah! You promised to play!" Sai whined, drawing out the word 'play', "and besides, Kani's coming over to play too! Better we wake you now then her wake you later!"
Sei frowned and was silent for a minute before groaning again,"Ugh. Fine, fine. Gimme 10 minutes and I'll be down."
Aoko and Sai exchanged grins before crying out "Yay!" and leaving the room to let her get ready.
"Oh the joys of having a brother with the mentality of a 9 year old."
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When Sei came down the staircase she wasn't all that surprised to see Sai and her little cousin, Aoko, standing there with their arms crossed, tapping their feet impatiently. The emerald eyed girl couldn't help but to crack a smile at the sight.
"You said you'd be ready in 10 minutes Sei-chan!" Aoko started, pointing to the grandfather clock that sat in the corner of the room.
"Yeah, and you're 1 minute and 12 seconds late, what do you have to say for yourself?"
Sei stared at her brother a minute before laughing,"You're both crazy! You mean to tell me that you counted down the seconds until I came down here?"
They didn't even respond to her, instead, they moved so that they were on either side of her and dragged her out of the front door and into the cold winter weather outside.
"Wow." Sei found herself speechless at the sight of the, as cheesy as it may sound, winter wonderland before her.
The burgundy haired girl was brought out of her daze when she felt something cold and wet hit the back of her jacket. Frowning a little, she turned around and eyed Sai and Aoko, who were whistling and acting as innocent as they possibly could.
"What're you looking at me for?" Her brother tilted his head a little to the side, making her bite back her laughter.
"Neverm---"
"Kai-kun! Nana-chan!"
The twins looked up just in time to both be tackled to the ground by a short blonde blur, who was surprisingly strong.
"Oof!"
When Sei opened her eyes she was greeted by sparkling sapphires,"Kani-chan!" she laughed when Kaniya burst into a fit of giggles, offering the two burgundy haired teens a hand to help them up.
"Ne, Kaniya-chan, who're they?" Aoko pointed to two familar ginger-haired twins behind the short blonde.
"Oh? They're the Hitachiin's, Hi---"
"Hikaru and Kaoru? What're you guys doing here?" Sei asked, ambling over to the two identical boys.
Kaoru tried not to let his disappointment show on his face, he wasn't sure why it had bothered him so much, or why he hadn't gotten over it yet, as it had happened almost a week before. But since then it had been all he could think about, which further confused and upset him.
Kaoru grinned as he dodged a snowball that his brother had sent flying his way and quickly set to molding one of his own to send right back at the older Hitachiin.
As he turned his head a little so he could get a better view of his brother, something caught his eye, turning his full attention to the building he had just been in he noticed, in the doorway, Sei and Kyouya, in liplock.
Hikaru, not seeing what his brother had gotten so distracted by, took this as his chance to strike as he hurriedly formed a messy snowball and hurled it at his younger brother. The cold snow hit Kaoru's shoulder, some of it dripping down his shirt, which made him jump at the sudden coldness against his skin.
"Haha, gotta stay sharp Kaoru!" Hikaru grinned, not catching the devastated look his brother was sporting.
Hikaru smirked,"Kaniya is a model for our mother's clothing line, so while her mother and our's are discussing the upcoming photoshoot, we're here to, ah, visit?" he glanced back at the short blonde model who nodded happily.
"Yup yup! Now, who's up for a snowball---Oh Nanami! You have your hair down today, so cute!" Kaniya gushed, noticing that Sei didn't have her hair spiked in the back like she usually did, instead it hung freely a little bit below her ears.
Sei could feel her face heat up a little, now that all eyes were on her, Gee, thanks Kani for bringing the attention to me. "Alright, enough staring at me, let's just play!"
Hikaru and Kaoru smirked,"Think fast!"
"Huh?" Sei stared at them confused, before she realized what was going on,"That's not fair!" she cried out as she collapsed onto the snowy ground, glaring up at the twins and her brother as the snowballs narrowly missed hitting her head.
"Nana-chan's right," Kaniya tapped her chin with her index finger and cutely scrunched up her face in thought,"There's six of us right?"
Sai stopped and counted everyone,"No, five."
Kaoru frowned,"Did you count yourself?"
Sai laughed sheepishly,"Oops."
Kaniya grinned,"Aww, Kaito-kun's so cute!"
Sei rolled her eyes,"Please, before I gag."
The short blonde faltered a little before laughing,"Right, right. Well since there's six of us, we could split up into two teams of three."
Aoko jumped in,"I wanna be on Sai-sama's team!"
Sei rolled her eyes again and muttered,"Gee thanks."
Hikaru and Kaoru grinned and linked their arms with Sei, making foreign emotions run through the younger Hitachiin's body.
What the hell's wrong with me? Kaoru inwardly frowned at himself.
"And I'll, obviously, be on Kaito and Aoko's team!" Kaniya declared with a grin.
Hikaru rested his free hand on his hip,"Any rules?"
Kaniya seemed to think about this for a moment before grinning,"Nope! Anything goes, though, I suppose don't do anything that could get someone hurt..."
Sei laughed,"Well obviously, we don't want any unfortunate trips to the hospital, now do we?"
Sai joined in,"Of course not! That wouldn't be much fun now would it?"
"Sure wouldn't! Now, be prepared to lose." The burgundy haired girl smirked at her brother who returned the gesture.
"Clearly the cold's gotten to you, you've become delusional!" He cried,"We all know my team's going to win."
Hikaru and Kaoru scoffed,"In your dreams, Tsukyoshii."
"We'll see about that." Kaniya muttered cryptically before she and her team ran off to strategize.
"What've I gotten myself into?" Sei asked herself before glancing up at the two twins on either side of her,"Shall we?"
"We shall!" Both ginger-haired boys answered in unison before leading her off towards where the garden was located.
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It was sometime in the afternoon, though Sai couldn't be sure of the exact time as none of his teammates had a watch. They had been having this 'snow war' for a few good hours, getting in random hits to his sister's team here and there, and in return receiving a few good hits aswell.
Currently the three of them were on the lookout for anyone on the opposing team from their makeshift hideout of tree branches and snow.
"I don't like this." Aoko whined,"we haven't seen anyone for nearly an hour!"
Kaniya frowned in agreement as she continued to watch the snow fall outside, undisturbed by anything.
"You don't think they left, do you?" She asked her boyfriend beside her.
The emerald eyed boy bit his lip in thought,"Well, I don't know the Hitachiin's very well, but it does sound like something Sei would do, if she got bored or impatient of waiting..."
Kaniya sighed,"I know them well enough to know that they'd do the same thing, maybe we should go out and look for them instead of waiting for them to come to us?"
Aoko seemed up for the idea, anything to get up and moving around, for she was getting antsy just sitting there doing nothing.
"Mm, alright, I guess it wouldn't hurt." Sai shrugged.
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Sei frowned down at the ginger-haired boys from her position up in one of the bare cherry-blossom trees where they had decided to make their unofficial lookout post.
"You sure this is going to work? What if they don't even come this way?" She asked skeptically.
Hikaru and Kaoru exchanged looks before the elder Hitachiin twin spoke up boredly,"Of course it'll work, are you doubting our genius?"
The burgundy haired girl furrowed her brow,"No, no, it's not that!" she frowned,"Ugh, this is so uncomfortable, can I come down yet?"
Kaoru shrugged," Do whatever."
Hikaru sideways glanced towards his brother before turning his gaze back to the snowy grounds before them, keeping a lookout for the enemy.
Sei pushed herself up into a sitting position,"Ah...ugh.." her footing slipped, making her tip off the side of the branch. Oh shit. She stuck out her hands and grasped the branch she had previously been sitting on with her left hand, dangling there about 15 feet in the air.
"Ah, guys? A little help here...?" She managed to squeak out.
"What'd you do this time?" Kaoru asked annoyedly.
Her eyes narrowed,"Oh, like I chose to dangle here helplessly 15 feet above the ground. I don't know what crawled up your butt and died, but whatever it is could you please remove it and come help me before I fall?"
Hikaru stood up,"C'mon Kaoru, we better help her before she alerts the others of our position with her loud mouth."
"Oh excuse me if my impending doom is inconveniencing you." She rolled her eyes.
"You're excused." The twins answered in unison.
Sei bit her lip as her fingers started to slip and her grip began to loosen around the thick tree branch,Oh God, this can't be good! "Guys, I'm slipping!"
Kaoru quickly jumped to his feet as she started to fall, opening his arms out wide to catch her before she hit the ground and got hurt. Hikaru ran to join his brother, determined to not let either of the two get hurt.
"AAH--OOF!" Sei landed sprawled out ontop of the twins, though most of her upper body was on Kaoru, while her legs were draped over Hikaru.
"Oh my God, my head hurts." She groaned, before staring down at the younger Hitachiin twin below her, now aware of how close she actually was to him, laying there in the snow. Both their faces were flushed, Hikaru couldn't tell whether it was from how close they were or from the chilly air, though he had his suspicions that it wasn't from the latter.
Kaoru couldn't help but to chuckle, which soon turned into laughter, confusing the burgundy haired host who simply stared down at him with her eyebrow raised.
"We've got to stop meeting like this!" He managed to get out, making Sei laugh aswell.
"You're right." She grinned, before they were both brought back to reality by a loud cough. Glancing back they both noticed Hikaru still situated with her legs pinning him down in the cold, wet snow.
"Anytime, you two." Hikaru muttered in annoyance, but from the look in his eyes they could tell he was amused.
"Oh, alright." Sei rolled over into the snow, letting the twins finally stand and dust themselves off before they offered her a hand, which she gladly took.
"You sure are clumsy, aren't you?" Hikaru smirked.
"Don't remind me." She groaned, massaging her temples to alleviate the throbbing in her head from the fall.
"Shh.I think I see them." Kaoru got back to his position behind the bushes, soon followed by his brother.
"Well it's about damn time." Sei muttered, brushing off the excess snow from herself.
"SHH!" The ginger-haired boys both turned around and gave her a warning look, grabbing both of her arms and pulling her down to the ground so she wouldn't be spotted.
"Where are they?" She asked, peering through the leaves of the bush.
"Over there, by the pond." Hikaru said, pointing in the direction he was talking about.
Sei tilted her head to the side and squinted her eyes a little, trying to see where her brother's team was.
She laughed,"Is he serious?"
The twins glanced at her before turning back to where they were staring, smirking. They could see Sai, several yards away, rolling around in the snow and overall pretending he was from Mission Impossible, while Kaniya and Aoko walked uncertainly behind him.
"Just a few more feet..." Hikaru and Kaoru whispered as the three watched intently.
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"Is it really such a good idea to be out in the open like this?" Kaniya asked the burgundy haired boy who was rolling around and humming to the Mission Impossible song. Aoko nodded from beside the short blonde, biting her lip and keeping a look out for the other team.
Sai stopped and cast a glance over his shoulder, offering the two girls a reassuring smile,"Of course, of course! Don't worry, as long as I'm here, everything'll be just fi---argh!"
The emerald eyed boy had tripped over a small branch in the snow, but had quickly caught his balance before he fell to the cold, snowy ground. Unfortunately for him though, it had been a trap and as soon as he had tripped it a tree bough hanging from the tree above him snapped, releasing a large pile of snow. The three couldn't get out of the way in time and were quickly covered from head-to-toe, and very cold.
"Ahh! I-it's s-so c-c-cold!" Kaniya whimpered as she attempted to move her legs, and only ended up in tripping.
"I g-gotta hand it t-to th-them," Sai started as he wiped much of the snow off of him and went over to help the two girls,"I'm impr-pressed."
"Glad to hear that, so this means we win, right?"
The three of them turned around to see Sei and the Hitachiin's standing there, grinning from ear to ear.
Sai narrowed his eyes a little before laughing,"You may have won the battle, but you haven't won the war."
The emerald eyed girl shrugged,"We'll see about that."
