One

Twin No.1

Gene and Noll were on the plane to Japan to meet identical twins, Nina and Minko Taniyama. From the photo Gene had in his hand they had green eyes, brown hair. They have ESP. They can talk telepathic to each other. And they can feel each other's pain like most twins.

Gene and Noll are identical twins as well. Gene is older than Noll. Not by much. The plane landed in Japan. The twins caught a taxi and went to the girl's house where they are going to meet the girl's guardian. A former Monk, named Houshou Takigawa who knew the girls since they were little. He took them in when their parents died. His girlfriend Ayako Matsuzaki a local doctor who looks after the girl's health.

Everyone who knows the girls love them. They are bright happy sixteen year olds. Orphaned when their mother died in a car crash when they were thirteen. Their dad died when they were little.

"Noll did you hear me. Hello?" Gene waved a hand in front of his brother's face. Noll looked at him with annoyed look. "Something doesn't add up." Noll said, looking back at the girl's profile. "What doesn't?" "Just a feeling." Noll shrugged.

They got to the house, payed the driver and knocked on the door. A minute later a man with a ponytail answered the door. "Can I help you?" He asked. "Hello, I'm Eugene Davis and this is my bother Oliver Davis, we are from London. Our father investigates the paranormal. He called you last week to say that we want to meet Nina and Minko Taniyama." The man frowned for a minute then the frown turned in to a smile. "Oh yes, welcome, I'm Houshou Takigawa. Come in, the girls are still in school. They won't be home for another hour." Houshou led them in to the lounge room. Which was nice. There was a plasma screen TV, DVD player, a play station 3. And a piano and three electric guitars and four bass guitars. "Nice place." Gene said as he looked around. "Thanks." "Do you play?" "Yeah. I love it. I'm teaching the girls how to play. They love music. Have a seat" The Monk waved a hand to the long couch. Then he asked, "Would you like anything to drink, tea coffee, soft drink?" "Tea please." Noll said as he sat down.

Soon they were all seated Noll asked, "how did the girl reacted to their parent's deaths." "Well they hardly knew their father he died in a car accident when they were three years old. Their mother died of cancer when they were thirteen. They didn't talk to anyone for months." "They were close their mother?" Gene asked. Monk-san nodded.

"How did they end up with you?" "I was walking with my girlfriend when she spotted them shivering with cold, barely conches so we picked them and took them to the hospital. On the way there my girlfriend told to talk to them to keep them awake. So I told them my name and asked them what their names were. They replied faintly.

A week later I got a phone call saying that the girls were asking for me and Ayako. When we got back to the hospital there they were in their hospital beds and when they spotted us they held out their arms. The doctor who was treating them said that they ran away from the orphanage. Then the doctor showed me the bruises on their legs and arms. When it was time for the girls to be released from the hospital the doctor called again saying that the girls refused to be taken back to the orphanage. The want wanted to stay with me. So I picked them up. They have been happy since then. But whenever someone asks them about their parents the girls close up. When you meet them they won't open up to you because they just met you, but give them time."

Noll and Gene nodded. Then the front door open and a girl called out, "Monk-san, are you home?" "In the lounge room, come here for a minute we have visitors." The Monk replied.

A minute later a girl came in to the room. "Nina this is Eugene and Oliver Davis from London. They are identical twins as well."

"I can see that. I can also tell that Oliver is a scientist, Monk-san how can we trust them?" With that Nina left the room.

The Davis brothers looked at the Monk. "It takes the girls a while to trust strangers."

Noll sighed. He didn't need this.

"Minko is more trusting. Just don't trust her. She is the flirty one. She won't be far behind." Monk-san said.

Noll shivered this time. He made a mental note to kill his brother for dragging him in to this.