By Kasou

"Maybe we should have lunch first." Kotohonou said as her stomach began to make noises.

"Yeah, we can have fried tofu and sun dried tomato sandwiches with black bean sauce!" Kaosu said. Kotohonou and Kaosu both giggled.

"Did I miss something?" Kurei asked.

"Inside joke." Kaosu said.

"Poor Kurei," Kotohonou said as she patted him on the back, "poor, confused, Kurei."

Kurei and Kaosu sat at the dinning table while Kotohonou was busy in the kitchen preparing lunch.

"Lunch is ready!" sang Kotohonou as she brought out a tray. "We your basic sushi; from California rolls to sashimi."

They ate lunch and talked about why the sky was blue, well, Kaosu and Kotohonou did, Kurei just sat there and ate his food. Kaosu volunteered to clean up. While she was washing the dishes Kotohonou asked Kurei a question.

"Kurei, do you want a mint?" Kotohonou asked as she pulled out a small container of mints.

"Um…sure." Kurei said as he took a mint from the container. Just as he was about to pop it into his mouth he heard a load voice coming from the kitchen.

"NOOOOO!" Kaosu screamed as she ran into the dinning room, "NOOO KUREI, NOOO!"

Kaosu dove right onto the table and slid across it. She grabbed Kurei’s mint and continued to slide across it until she fell off. She then ran back to the kitchen and threw the mint down the drain. Kotohonou started giggling and Kurei was a bit confessed.

"Are mints evil now?" he asked.

"YOU!" Kaosu said as she pointed a finger at Kotohonou.

"You’re never going to forgive me are you?" Kotohonou said with a smile.

Kaosu smiled back at her and said, "Never."

"Is this a daily ritual or are we just trying to mess with my head." Kurei said.

"Explain." Kaosu said to Kotohonou.

"Fine." Said Kotohonou, "You see, Kurei, one day I wanted to play a little trick on Hana-sama, you know, just for fun. Well, anyway a poisoned a piece of candy and gave it to her. I didn’t know she was going to pass out, I mean, I just thought she was going to choke or turn green or something. Who knew that it would make her pass out for two hours?"

"I see," Kurei said, "Was that mint poisoned?"

"You bet cha’!" Kotohonou said, "And you would have passed out! Man, that would have been funny!"

"Shall we start the next part of your training?" Kaosu said.

Kurei nodded. He was becoming more and more afraid of these two by the minute.

"Okay," began Kaosu as she led him to the game room, "This next exercise prepares your mind. It involves memorization and hand-eye coordination."

They led him towards the TV.

"TA-DA!" shouted Kotohonou.

Kurei looked down at his feet. "It’s a Playstation 2." Kurei said grumpily. "Wait a minute…how did you two get the money to pay for it."

Kotohonou stared looking up at the ceiling as she whistled. Kaosu tried to whistle, but she is incompetent in doing that task, so she decided to explain. "We found it." She said innocently.

"WHERE did you find it?" Kurei demanded to know.

"In your room," Kaosu said as she looked around the room, "In your desk…um…the right hand drawer to be precise."

"YOU…YOU…YOU…" Kurei stammered. He was about to snap. He felt he had been taking a lot of abuse from these girls and wasn’t sure how long he would be able to last.

"Think of it as payment towards your fighting education!" Kotohonou said as she sat down and took one of the controllers, "Come on! Time to play Street Fighter! You and I are fighting first!"

Kurei took a deep sigh. He sat down and decided to go along with it. "How is this supposed to help with my ‘memorization and hand-eye coordination’?"

"Well," Kaosu began as she showed him the instruction packet; "you have to memorize the characters moves. For the hand-eye coordination, well, you have to hit these buttons to hit your opponent and depending on your location you might do different things."

"I like being the stretchy guy!" Kotohonou cheerfully said as she selected her character.

"Who should I be?" Kurei asked.

"Oh, Oh!" Kotohonou said excitedly, "There’s a guy with blue flames that appear in his hands, you can be him!"

Kurei lost the first round in 14 seconds. "AAARRRG!" Kurei shouted as he threw down the controller, "THIS IS SO STUPID!"

"Well, we could always go back to the alphabet game, you know, ‘I’m going to grandma’s house and I’m bringing an apple, banana, etc., or the double thumb war, if you want?" Kaosu said.

"That’s how we used to do it," Kotohonou said, "Thank goodness for technology!"

They continued to play and Kurei got better each time. The last round he lasted ten minutes.

"Why don’t you play?" Kurei asked Kaosu. "You must be pretty bored…or are you scared of being beaten?" Kurei was starting to have fun.

"Ooooo," Kotohonou said, "You’re in for it now!"

"All right." Kaosu said, "Give me your controller, Kotohonou."

"Who do you like to be?" Kurei asked.

"Chung Li!" Kaosu said as she chose her character.

"Kurei vs. Kaosu." Kotohonou imitated an announcer. "HAJIME!" she said as the first round began, "Who will win? Will the victorious Hana-sama win? The answer is…"

Kaosu defeated Kurei in less than 10 seconds.

"…yes." Kotohonou said. She was a little sad that she didn’t get to announce longer.

"But…how…" Kurei was asked, shocked that he lost so quickly.

"I’ve trained longer than you have, WAY longer." Kaosu said.

"Yeah, that’s why we are more powerful than you!" Kotohonou smirked.

"Well, when I get more training I’m sure I can defeat you, I mean, I am more powerful than you are." Kurei said to Kotohonou.

"What did you SAY?!" Kotohonou asked Kurei while she gritted her teeth.

"When I get more training," Kurei said slowly, "I will be stronger than you."

"HA!" Kotohonou laughed, "I have over three hundred years of training under my belt!"

"She has a point there." Kaosu said.

"Yeah, well I learn pretty quickly." Kurei began, "The last round between you and I lasted quite a while. Plus, you have a puny little flame sword, while I have the ‘Holy Flame’."

"He has a point." Kaosu said as she turned to Kotohonou.

"I’m STRONGER!" Kotohonou argued.

"NO, I AM!" Kurei argued back.

This went on for quite sometime. Kaosu decide to go into the kitchen to grab a snack. She grabbed a plate of cookies and went back to the parlor, but when she came back…

"Kaosu WHO is better?" Kotohonou asked, "Your dear, devoted, minion who has been with you for over three hundred years, or," she said as she gave an evil grin towards Kurei, "this guy, who, I’m sorry, might as well be a cross dresser! Look at his clothes! Says, ‘dress’, to me! And those nails, they’re longer than mine! Not to mention the purple nail polish and lipstick!"

"Excuse me!" Kurei said as he pushed Kotohonou aside, "Now, honestly who do you think is better? This weird girl, who, I must say, acts like a three-year-old. Or me, who is not only physically stronger, but I can also create a flame from my BARE hands!" Kurei gave Kotohonou an evil look, "Also known as the HOLY FLAME. The HO…LY…FLAME!"

"AW, FOR CRYIN’ OUT LOUD!" Kotohonou yelled, "She knows what it is, already!"

"I’m just making my point, of course, I really don’t think I have to!" Kurei yelled back.

They both started arguing again. Kaosu sat down and began eating.

"WELL," Kurei and Kotohonou yelled as they turned to Kaosu, "WHO IS BETTER?!"

"Um…"

"Yeees…" Kurei and Kotohonou both said. Kotohonou smiled sweetly at Kaosu. Kurei did the same.

"Hehe…Ack…" Kaosu was begging to choke. Seeing Kurei smile like that made her laugh, which then made her choke on her food.

"I’ll save you!" Kotohonou said.

"No, me!" Kurei said, "I know how to do the Heimlich maneuver!"

"Heimlich-Shmimlich, what she needs is just a good slap on the back!" Kotohonou said.

"…Ack…" said the choking Kaosu.

"That’s not going to do ANYTHING, stupid!" Kurei yelled.

"…Ack…" said the still choking Kaosu.

"AHHHHH!" Said Kotohonou as she attacked Kurei.

Kurei in turn attacked Kotohonou.

"…Ack…*cough*…*cough*…ack…*cough*…Ahh much better." Kaosu said. "STOP IT!"

They both stopped fighting. Kurei had Kotohonou in a headlock and Kotohonou was just about to bite Kurei’s hand.

Kaosu was really mad. Not only were they fighting over the stupid matter of who was stronger, but they ended up fighting over who was going to ‘save’ her, which ended up with them wrestling.

Kaosu calmed herself down and said in a calm voice, "Kiss and make up."

"Sorry." They both said as they looked at the ground.

"No, no." Said Kaosu, "I believe I said ‘KISS and make up’, KISS!" She smiled at them.

Kotohonou and Kurei looked at each other and then turned away and shuddered.

"Now it has to be on the LIPS!" Kaosu ordered.

"EEEW." They said.

"KISS!" Kaosu said as she gritted her teeth.

Kotohonou and Kurei quickly kissed.

"Now, don’t ever fight like this again! If you do, I’ll make you two kiss LONGER!" Kaosu said as she stomped out of the room.

"I’M SORRY TOKIYA, SHE MADE ME DO IT!" Kotohonou yelled as she turned her head towards the ceiling.

"He’s not up there you know." Kurei said, he then sang, "Tokiya and Kotohonou siting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G…"

Kotohonou sighed, "That would be nice…"

Kurei shook his head and smiled.

"Do you like anyone?" Kotohonou asked sweetly as she turned to Kurei with a smile.

"What…No." Kurei replied, "Why?"

"Just wondering." Kotohonou sang, "Well, I should be going now."

She left Kurei in the parlor. As she was walking down the hall she thought to herself, "Hehehe…time to play matchmaker!"