Author’s notes:
Hello!!  I’m Cherie-chan and this is my very first attempt to make a fanfic.  Please share me your comments!  I know it’s no good but at least make me believe someone actually read it!!  I know my English sucks, but… Hey, there’ll be some other anime characters too! Disclaimers: FoR characters belong to Nobuyuki Anzai and the rest belongs to their respectful owners.  I am not making money for this.  This first part is SO crappy…but please, continue reading…

“MIKAGAMIII!!” yelled Recca loudly.

There was no answer.

“Mikagami-niichan!!!” Now Koganei’s yelling.

Still no answer.

“Oh for crying out loud, Hanabishi!!  Let me handle this!!” said Domon hastily.

“No.  You will be no help, gorilla!!  Not one with weird thoughts and unusual emotions like you!!” snarled Recca.

Domon seemed offended.  “What?!!  Just what did you mean by that?!!”

“Quit it you guys!!  Fuuko-neechan needs our help!!” Ganko cut the commotion.

Recca sighed.  This Fuuko problem thingy bugs him.  It bugs him a lot.  When they were children this sort of thing never happened.  Now Fuuko’s getting touchy and stuff—sheesh.

“You’re right.  Let’s look for Mikagami!” Recca quickly ran through the door, searching for his sempai.  Where the heck is he?

Aha!  “There he is!!  Mikagami!” Recca slapped the older man’s back.

“Nani?  Oh, it’s you.” Mikagami replied dryly.

“What a bad way to greet your pal.  Anyways, we need your help, buddy!” Recca grinned.

Mikagami didn’t look interested.  “What for?”

“To cheer up Fuuko-neechan,” answered Koganei.

Ganko nodded her head.  “Yes, yes, Mikagami-niichan!!  Cheer her up…please!!”

Still uninterested, Mikagami said, “What should I do?”

Recca’s face turned bright.  “Well, you know!!  Ask he what’s wrong…say good words…curse the bad guy…the things a gentleman would do.  And you’re one, right?!”

“Sure.”

“You mean you’re gonna help us?!”

“No.”

“NANI?!!!”

“You should do that by yourself.  She’s your friend. And why must I do it?  There are a lot of you guys.”

Koganei sighed.  “Well, we tried.  But most of us got shooed when we were only about to step into the room.  Something VERY bad is going on here, but none of us understand it.  So…that leaves you, and since you’re the oldest of the team, and also the smartest…why don’t you go try your luck?” Then he grinned.

Mikagami snorted.  “Nah, that’s none of my business.”

“OKAY!!  THAT’S IT, HANABISHI!!!  I’M GONNA CHEER HER UP EVEN IF IT COST ME MY LIFE!!” Then, Domon rushed through the barriers (which were Koganei, Ganko, Kondo, Kagerou, and Yanagi).  But…a strong grab on his t-shirt stop him.  What a nerd.

“Stop it!  It’s Mikagami who’s gonna do the job, not you!!  You’ll make her feelings worse!” snapped Recca sharply.  Wow, things were going VERY tense.

Mikagami still refused to help, but… “Please, Mikagami-sempai, cheer her up…” Yanagi.

Damn, thought Mikagami.  Yanagi.  Why must she interrupt this conversation?  Yanagi knows she’s my weakness.  Damn it.

“Okay, okay.  But explain again why must I do this and what should I do?” He shrugged his shoulders.

“Yeah!!” Recca jumped about 1 meter high.

“Freak.” That was Mikagami’s comment.

“Okay, Mikagami-sempai.  You must ask her what’s wrong.  That’s the first thing.  Next, comfort her.  Try to make her feel better,” Yanagi said.

“Yuck.”

“Mikagami-sempai!  Heed to me!  This is very important.  After that, you must try to get her out here.  Tell her to get over everything and get back to real life.  Why?  Cause, hell, today is Valentine’s Day!!  For heaven’s sake we can’t afford having a Valentine’s Day party without her!”  Wow.  She impressed everyone, including her loyal ninja.

“HIME?!  WHEN DID YOU LEARN ALL OF THOSE?!” shouted Recca out loud.

Mikagami’s eyes grew wider—not so wide, though.  Yanagi has such talents, ha?

Yanagi inhaled a very deep breath.  “Sorry, I kind of took some bad words said by the bandits when I was in Kurei’s mansion.  Back to the problem.  Now, you know what to do and why.  Go, Mikagami-sempai!!” If they were in a court, Yanagi would be throwing pom-poms now.

Now I really have to go.  I can’t stand being here without throwing up.  Yuck.  And with that, Mikagami went inside the house.

Knock, knock.

There was no answer.

Knock, knock.

Still the same.

Knock, knock, BANG!!

Okay, Mikagami’s very impatient, and he couldn’t survive being ignored.

“Who is it?” A small voice cracked.

Thank you, thought Mikagami.

“Me.”

“Who?”

“Me, Mikagami.”

“Mi-chan?  Come in.”

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Kagerou watched her crystal ball / Ekkai ball silently.

“Kaa-san?  What’re you looking at?” asked her son.

She sighed.  “What’s going on.”

“Huh?”

“I’m watching how Mikagami-kun is doing.” (is this how Kagerou call Mikagami?)

“Oh.  So, what’s going on?”

“So far so good.  Fuuko let him in.”

“Bingo!!  I knew he was some help!”

Kagerou shook her head.  “I’m not sure.  If the problem’s what I think it is, Mikagami’s helpless.”

“Huh?  Well…what do you think it is?”

“Something only known to females.”

“You mean….”

“No.  Something very bad is going on, and maybe…the cause of this problem is…”

“Who?”

“Can’t tell.  Still not sure about it.  If it’s true, wow, we’re in BIG trouble.”

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Fuuko lay on her bed, sighing now and then.

“What is it?” she asked.

Okay, Mikagami thought.  Now do what Yanagi said.  No, that would take lots of time.

“Hurry up and get dressed.”

“What for?”

“Today’s Valentine’s Day.  Don’t you want to go to the party?”

“Like you care.”

“Well, I don’t, but the rest does.”

“Then why are you here?”

“You shooed them, right?”

“Oh yeah.”

“So?”

“I don’t know if I wanna go.”

“Why not?”

“Well…”

“That means it’s going to be long.  We can discuss it at the party.”

“You’re going?”

“I have to, can’t leave Hanabishi with Yanagi.”

“Poor you.”

“Ha-ha.  Whatever.  Hurry up, will you?”

What a boring conversation.
 

Fuuko sat alone on top of the half-wet grass, her mind wandering somewhere we’ll never know.  She rested her chin on her knees, which were bent and hugged by her arms.  Her eyes were full of sorrow and despair.  How could this happen?

“Aw!  Now where is she again?” Recca yelled at Koganei’s ear.

“Don’t know don’t care.” Answered Mikagami.  “And you better shut up.”

“I thought you’re responsible of her!”

“And you were wrong.”

“Well, Mikagami-sempai, it looks like you didn’t do what I told you.  You better do it right now, before she gets worse.  From what I heard from Kagerou-san, it’s very bad.  And you are the one who can help her.” Yanagi smiled so sweetly.

“How come?  It must be some girl problems.”

“Well you look like a girl, Mikagami-niichan!” Koganei grinned.

“And you look like a monkey.”

“Huh?”

Yanagi stepped closer to her sempai, then she whispered something on his ear.

“You get it?”

“Yeah.”

“You want to help her?”

“No.”

“Why???” Tears starting to wet Yanagi’s eyes.

Oh no.  No.  No… don’t cry…I hate crying girls.

“Hime!!  Don’t cry, don’t cry!!!! YOU, MIKAGAMI, ARE GOING TO GO INSIDE TO HELP FUUKO!!!!  YOU UNDERSTAND?!!!  OR ELSE, I’LL FLAME YOU TO DEATH!!!!” hollered Recca.

“Oh, for Pete’s sake, let me in, Hanabishi!!” Domon’s getting sick.

“Oh no you don’t!!  Mikagami IS going in, YOU are NOT!  Take it or leave it!!”

“Please…Mikagami-sempai…”

“YOU HEARD MY HIME, NOW GOOO!!!” Recca kicked Mikagami.

Mikagami went inside, cursing lots of pain to Recca.

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“Fuuko?” Mikagami opened the sliding door.

“Oh, hi, Mi-chan…” Fuuko replied with no intense.

Mikagami took a deep breath.  He hates being nice and sensitive.

“What’s going on?”

“Huh?”

“You know…you’ve been acting strange lately.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.  And I’d like to know why.”

“Well, too bad, Mi-chan!  Nothing’s wrong!” Fuuko forced a smile.  It turned out to be very bad…like her lips were shivering.  Mikagami sighed.

“Okay, you can’t fool me.  Just tell me what’s wrong, alright?” Aha, Mikagami’s tired of talking to Fuuko.

“Nothing!!”

“No kidding.  Well then, why are you here?  The normal Fuuko always loves the crowd.”

“Well why are you outside?  The normal Mi-chan always hates the crowd.”

“I do hate the crowd.  The crowd came to me.”

“Well I do love the crowd.  The crowd went away from me.”

“Oh.”

“Then we should switch places.”

“Fine with me.”

“Alright.  You stay here.  I’ll go out.”

“Okay.”

So, Mikagami replaced Fuuko and Fuuko replaced Mikagami.  Just like nothing happened.
 

“Oh, Fuuko!  There you are!  Where’s Mikagami-sempai?” asked Yanagi cheerfully.

“Sitting by the lake.”

“What’s he doing?!” Recca was confused.  Puzzled.  Weird!!

“I don’t know.  Probably thinking or something like that!  He’s nuts.  C’mon, let’s go!!” She grinned.

Koganei shook his head.  “No!  The Hokage must be complete!”

Fuuko sighed.  “Oh, c’mon… Uruha ain’t complete as well…”

“Well, that’s different, coz they’re bad guys!!  We, the good guys, must be complete and support each other!!” replied Koganei bravely.

But Fuuko stayed still.  “Well, he’s no good guy!!  He fights for his own goal!!  He should be fighting for Kurei instead!”

Yanagi shook her head.  “My, my, Fuuko.  You must be having something in your mind.  Mind if I know what is it?”

Aw!  Fuuko thought desperately.  Everyone seems to be thinking that she’s sad and stuff…Well… is she?  She didn’t know.  She was confused.  She was lost in her own world.  What is this strange feeling bumping up and down?

The door slid open.  The next to appear was a Mikagami person with a huge scowl on his face.

“Can’t you guys keep it down?”

Recca grinned the evilest he could ever think of.  “NO!  Not without you, that is.  C’mon Mikagami!  Join the party!  It’s fun!  They’ll have lots and lots of fun stuff!  I think the Uruha’s coming as well!  There’ll be Neon, Joker, Kurei—of course no Mori Kouran—and… uh … Aki, Miki, Saicho and the Kuu gang!!”

“You seemed to forgot something,” Yanagi smiled, “Oh, someone, I’m sorry.”

“Really, hime?” Recca scratched the back of his head.  “Who?”

“You know, Recca-kun!” Yanagi’s smile grew wider.

“I have no idea.”

“Raiha, you idiot sea-monkey.” Mikagami cut with a VERY bored expression on his beautiful face (ah…I’m drooling…I’m drooling all over!!)

Mikagami just realized something.  Fuuko’s face cracked, the smile faded.  Bingo.  Mikagami walked towards Yanagi, then whispered something on her ear.

Recca’s eyes widened.  “WHAT ARE YOU WHISPERING TO MY HIMEE?!!!” yelled Recca.

His hime, despite the fact that her ninja shouted, still kept listening to her sempai.

“Oh!!  Thank you, Mikagami-sempai!  We couldn’t realize the humongous hint!!  And…” Yanagi’s wide smile disappeared, “We can’t do anything at all.”

“Please help us once again, Mikagami-sempai!!”

“Hell, no.  I don’t have time for this.” Mikagami slid the sliding door open.

“Please…” Then Yanagi gave a quick small little peck on his cheek.

“NAAAANNNNIIIII?!!!!!!!!?!?!?!??!!” Recca’s eyes grew as wide as saucers.

“HIMEEE?!!!  Just why in the world did you do that?!!!”

“Just to make sure he’ll do it.”

Mikagami just stood there, face completely red.  Koganei, Domon, Kagerou, and Ganko could only stare.  While Fuuko was laughing like a lunatic dying.  Recca’s face was red…he was completely mad at Mikagami and disappointed with Yanagi.  Tears came streaming from his eyelids.  “Why?????”

Yanagi ignored her ninja.  “So…will you do it, Mikagami-sempai?”

“I’ll think about it.” Mikagami entered the house, still blushing.

Koganei grinned VERY wide.  “Yanagi-neechan!!  Kiss me too!!  Kiss me too!!!” He pointed at his cheeks.  What he got was a very hard punch from Recca.  While Domon was still stunned, Ganko started thinking lots of stuff she shouldn’t think about.  Kagerou just sighed.  Kids today, they’re very different from the ones 400 years ago.

Fuuko scratched the back of her head.  “Huh?  What’s going on?  What will he do, Yanagi?”

“Help a friend,” Yanagi smiled, then she and her faithful-crying ninja went inside the ballroom.  Fuuko was still puzzled, “He has a friend?”
 

The ballroom was very crowded.  The casts of FY and RK were there, not including the Slam Dunk cast.  Miaka was busy writing something.  It seemed like a list.  Her faithful as ever boyfriend stepped closer to her.  “What’re you doing?”

“Making a list,”

Tamahome frowned.  “Yes, I can see that.  What list?”

“The list of bishounens.” Miaka answered, then scribbled something else.

“Uh!  Uh!!  Am I included?” Tamahome asked excitedly.

“Nope.”

“NAAAANNIII?!!!!  You think I ain’t a bishounen?!!!”

Miaka corrected her answer.  “No, no!!  You’re the most bishounen ever!!  You’re the most gorgeous thing on earth!!”

“Then why am I not in the list?”

“This is for bishounens with swords and long hair.”

Kaoru Kamiya walked towards them.  “Hey, is Kenshin included?”

Miaka nodded.  “Yeah.  And there’s still Hotohori and Mikagami.”

[Uh, oh!!  What’s happening to me?!  This is a FLAME OF RECCA fic!!!  Not some cross-overs!!  Back to Recca-tachi!!]

While everybody was boogying on the dance floor, Fuuko stayed in the corner, face closed by her palms.  Hell, even the cold-as-ever Kurei was on the dance floor!!

Yanagi tapped Mikagami’s back.  “Mikagami-sempai!” she whispered.

“What is it?” Mikagami was getting a cup of punch.

“Look at Fuuko!!  She’s desperate!  You better go and help her!  Please….” Yanagi stared at Mikagami with her best puppy-dog eyes.

“I’ll see what I can do.” Mikagami walked to the bar, then sit on one of the chairs, pretending to think.  This way I can spare some time, he smirked quietly.

What surprised him was, Fuuko walked to his location, then she ordered a glass of beer.

“Fuuko?  I don’t think you’re old enough to drink beer.” Said Mikagami.

Fuuko murmured, “I do not care…I do…not….ca…re….” Then she dropped her head on her arms which were crossed on top of the bar table.  She pulled the beer-filled glass then drank all the beer, and then AGAIN buried her head in her arms.

No…Fuuko thought.  No…what’s happening to me??  My head…my head’s very dizzy…can’t…I cannot collapse…must stay conscious…I can’t make Yanagi worried…ugh…but…

“Fuuko!” Yanagi ran to her friend.  Something’s very wrong…Fuuko!!!

Hey, hey…I’m gonna make this simple…and if there’s any POV sequences, it has to be Fuuko’s.  Not Yanagi’s, not Mikagami’s not Recca’s, not Domon’s, not Ganko’s, not Kagerou’s, and not Koganei’s!!
 

“Uh…?  Where am I??”  Fuuko opened her eyes.

“In your bedroom.”  Mi-chan?!!  What the hell is he doing here?!! Thought Fuuko.  Beside him were Ganko and Koganei with worried faces.

“What happened?”

“Oh Fuuko-neechan!  You made us so worried!!  You were drunk!!” Ganko almost cried, she squeezed Kondo so hard.

“Where’s Yanagi?  She’s the one who’s supposed to be here.  Not you.” She pointed her finger at Mikagami.

“She and Recca went to the Couples Award.”

“Couples Award?”

Koganei jumped to the other side of the bed and explained, “You know, Couples Award.  Since today is Valentine’s Day, each couple will be awarded an award.  Let’s see what Recca-niichan and Yanagi-neechan brings home, ne?” He grinned.

“Something’s missing…”Fuuko murmured.  “Where’s Domon?”  Even though she feel relieved knowing that Domon wasn’t there, it just seemed…weird.

“The baka collapsed after seeing you collapsed,” answered Mikagami coldly.  Fuuko sweatdropped.  “He’s in his room, alone.  He won’t do any harm for a long time to you and because of you.” Mikagami continued.  Fuuko sweatdropped once again.

“Uhm, where’s Kagerou-san?”

“Kagerou-san went to the drugstore to buy some medicine for you.” Ganko turned on the TV, when the door opened.

Yanagi and Recca entered the room.  They seemed disappointed, and Recca was holding a trophy, only it didn’t really look like one.  Its form was a spiral thingy and it had question marks.

“Recca-niichan!  Yanagi-neechan!!  So, what did you win?!!!” Koganei jumped again.  “What’s that?” He pointed at the trophy with his Kougan Anki.

They sighed.  And then they sighed again.  They had no intense in answering.  “Well?!”

“We won The Weirdest Couple.” Yanagi finally answered, sighing deeply. The room burst with laughter (except Mikagami).

“How come?!” Fuuko asked between her laugh.

“Well…it went like this.  Kurei and Kurenai won the Coldest Couple.  Neon and Joker won Funkiest Couple.  Kenshin and Kaoru Kamiya won Loudest Couple.  And there were some other things I forget,” Recca tried to remember something.

“OH!!” Recca grinned widely.  Yanagi sweatdropped.  Trouble, trouble, danger, danger!!!

“I don’t know why but they seemed to nominate Fuuko-Raiha couple, even though you and Raiha didn’t win anything…HUMPH!!! HIME!!!!” Yanagi quickly covered Recca’s blabbering mouth with her hands.

Fuuko’s expression suddenly changed.

Author’s Notes: So???  So???  How was it?!  Fun?  Exciting?  Crappy?  Horrible?  Terrible?  Excellent??  Please – please – please – please…give moi your comments!!!!  Mail me at eternal.lover@mikagami.zzn.com !!!  Okay, okay???!!!  Please…