Futago no Saiken
(Twin's Bond/Bond of Twins)
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author's note: *shakes head* YOU fiendish fools...! Asking for more! More! I gave you more! Happy!?

as for your names... some of them were english, so I played with them until they were Japanese.

Megumi(meg-chan)
Aya(b-chan)
Yuuki
Hitari
Kuris(cristi)
Ado(ad)

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"Shhhh!"

"Don't 'shhh' me aniki...!"

"Well, we're gonna get caught if you don't be quiet!"

"I AM qui---MMPH!!"

Heisui clamped his hand over his twin's mouth to silence him. The two, naive 13 year olds were peering into their brother's bedroom, as they often did when his friends came over. They were used to girls, girls came over all the time... but this time... it was boy... and boys came over all the time too... but never alone... and stayed in his room.

Goukai pulled free and whispered, "I don't get it... what's he doing with a guy?"

"Girls are gross anyway," Heisui teased, poking him in the ribs.

"Well excuse me for thinkin' they got cooties..."

"Shhhh!! They're kissing!!" Heisui hissed, hitting his brother over the head. The two fought over each other to look through the small crack in the doorway.

The 17 year old Raisen was locked in a kiss with the other teen. His hands were running through their brother's long purple hair. The two young boys blinked in surprise. "Wow... the girls never kissed our brother like that...!" Goukai whispered in awe.

Raisen and the other boy pulled apart suddenly. "AH!! RUN FOR IT!!" the younger twin cried, grabbing his brother by the shirt and charging towards their room. The eldest Kinbaku brother opened the door and yelled down the hallway, "Stop being so nosy!!"

The twins collapsed on top of each other, laughing, and trying to catch their breath at the same time. Heisui stood up and fell back onto his bed. "Otouto... didn't dad say he doesn't like gay people?"

Goukai grew quiet. "He doesn't?"

"I dunno.. that's what I heard." Heisui noticed his brother's silence. "Otouto... are you okay?"

"... can I tell ya something?"

The older of the two slid down from his bed and sat down on the floor next to Goukai. "You can tell me anything!" he said happily.

Goukai seemed very much unsettled. He was fidgting in his spot uncomfortably. "A--aniki... I'm no different from Niisan.."

Heisui stared at him blankly. "Do you mean you like guys?"

The 13 year old boy nodded stiffly. He felt his brother place a hand on his shoulder softly. "Otouto... if that's all you're wor-"

"But the thing is... I'm not sure."

"You're not?"

Goukai shook his head.

Heisui sat for a moment thinking before finally saying, "I know how you can tell! Why don't you just kiss a guy and find out?"

His twin gave him a startled look. "You just expect me to walk up to a random guy and kiss him!?"

"Not random, ya idiot."

"Okay, then who?"

"Kouji!"

"What!? No way! He's my friend!"

"Hikou!"

"NO!"

"Fine.. okay then..." Heisui leaned back for a moment in thought. "Well... there's always me," he said finally.

Goukai stared at him in disbelief. "Are you kidding me!? You're my broth-- no yer my TWIN! That's just disgusting!"

"But I'm a GUY ain't I?"

"Y-y-yeah, but--"

"Well, you can just pretend I'm whoever you like!"

"But still.. it's gross..."

"Alright then, you can just sit and wonder about your sexuality for years."

Goukai scowled and looked away, crossing his arms across his chest. He was thinking though, his brother did have a point there. He wasn't sure about what he was... what he liked... who he liked. At thrteen the idea of kissing his own twin was both frightening and exciting... and a tad bit disgusting. Finally he turned around and noticed his brother sitting on his bed reading... as if the whole conversation didn't happen. He stood up and paced around for a moment.

Heisui looked up from his book. "Otouto... are you alright?"

"Huh? Yeah... I was just think--" Goukai stopped short and stared at his brother. Suddenly he just jumped, he didn't know what he was doing until he had done it. When his mind returned, he had pinned his twin to the bed and was looking down at him. Heisui was staring at him, his eyes wide with fright.

"O-o-otouto... what are you doing?"

"Forgive me," he said and swooped down low for a kiss.

Their 13 year old, virgin lips touched, very gently... a kiss of two unsure teenagers. Goukai pulled away and stared at his brother for a moment. A long uneven silence passed between them. It hung thick in the air, and finally he said, "That... was really gross."

Heisui gulped and squeaked, "Then will you get off me?"

Goukai rolled off his brother and onto the floor with a loud thud.

"WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE?"

The two twins took a deep breath and replied in unison, "NOTHING MOTHER!!"

They could hear they're mother curse something fierce about how they were being noisy. They shook their heads and looked at each other. "Aniki?" Goukai spoke up.

"Yeah?"

"Let's forget this ever happened."

"I was just about to say the same thing."

~*~

Goukai woke up slowly, opening his eyes into the darkness, save for the lamplight which illuminated his brother's face. He breathed heavily, completely bothered about his thoughts. 'Right,' he thought sadly, 'forget... i can't."

He glanced over at his twin. Heisui... one so much like him, yet not. Staring at him only made things worse for Goukai. He kept thinking back to his first kiss... one that he did as an experiment.... one to explore his sexuality... only now it was confusing him even more. Far as he was concerned, he only liked Kouji.

No, that was a lie. He liked someone else too... Chichiri.

But why?

How?

And who was he REALLY?

"Heisui," a nagging voice would keep telling Goukai as he asked himself those questions. "Heisui, Heisui, Heisui..." it would repeat.

"Aniki is NOT Chichiri!" he'd yell back mentally... and the voice would stop. The voice always stopped. He groaned and sat back in the bed. He closed his eyes... and he saw other things.

A purple haired warrior dying in a blizzard.

A young boy crying.

A kind doctor using the last of his strength to save a child.

A beautiful emperor killed.

A priestess...

A warrior...

and... they were so CLEAR.. so VIVID.

~*~

Heisui looked over at his brother, who was tossing and stirring uncomfortably in his bed. "Otouto? Goukai? You alright there?"

His brother didn't respond.

He got out of bed, and sat down on Goukai's. Gently he placed a hand on his brother's shoulder hoping to calm him down. This time Goukai's eyes shot open. "Otouto? Are you alright?"

The younger brother sat up and collapsed into Heisui's arms. "Aniki... Sorry I woke you up... but..."

"It's alright, you stayed up during my bad dreams more than enough times." Heisui ran a hand through his brother's hair reassuringly. Goukai's grip tightened. "And I know how much worse it is for you," he added softly, kissing the top of his head with much brotherly affection.

Heisui continued holding him for the rest of the night, allowing his brother to fall asleep in his arms.

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author's note: aha! You see what happened 4 years ago? And Heisui DID forget the whole incident, which makes things sad for Goukai... ach.. you'll see.

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