If Wishes Were Fishes-chapter 12

Disclaimer: Me and Tasha don't own these characters, nor the creation of fairies or wishes or whatev.

Tasha's disclaimer: You don't have to speak for me! I know how to type you know! ... I don't own them either.

Summary: Kouji and Takuya and Rika had to go to school last time. And of course, it went soooo slowly. Eventually, Kouji and Takuya decided to find new clothes for Rika. So while Kouji bullied a Bully to get doll clothes, Takuya went over to another student who just happened to be a fairy, and wished for clothes for Rika. The student just happened to be Henry Wong, Rika's friend. Who would have thought? Unfortunately, despite Rika's demands, he could not turn her back to normal. And that is where we find them now. At least, to Kouji's relief, he get's to go to his own home today!A better summary: Kouji and Takuya run off to fight the evil school. Kouji, of course, with his super powers, kicked butt, and Takuya stood by encouraging him, "GO KOUJI! YEAH!" Until someone killed him. Too bad, too, cause a girl was about to ask him to the dance. But she didn't cause he died. And so she asked Kouji. THE END!

(...You really like to make Takuya look bad, don't you?)

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Kouji stared at the clock, then sighed in relief when it stuck the time that school was out. He could not wait to get home.

Takuya didn't realize that school was out... because he had fallen asleep on his desk and was snoring loudly.

Kouji punched Takuya's head, softly of course, but hard enough to wake him up. "Hey listen," he snapped. "I'm going home today. Finally. And if you don't hurry up and wake up, I'll leave without saying good bye." He placed his backpack over one of his shoulders, and sighed in annoyance. His wings made it impossible to wear his backpack, and it was starting to bug him. At least he could fly home or something. Now that could be fun...

Takuya blinked his eyes and shook his head. "Oh, sorry! I am just so tired... from jet-legs and all that stuff. I'll see you around, Kouji! Have fun with..." he lowered his voice to a whisper. "Rika."

Kouji and Rika made a face simultaneously. Kouji was, to say the least, having second thoughts about bringing her home with him. He decided to change the subject. "What in the world do you mean by 'jet-legs'? That's the stupidest thing I've heard from you all day."

"Nevermind," Takuya huffed. "You wouldn't get it anyway." he stood up and started putting his books away when his phone started vibrating in his pocket. He pulled it out and held it up to his ear. "Sup, mom? ... Really? ... wow... Well, Kouji is here, I could ask him!" he covered the microphone on his cell and looked up at Kouji. "Hey, This might be a lot to ask, but do you think I can stay the night at your house? Mom and Dad are going over to help some dying relatives or something..."

Kouji flinched. His face blanched. And he opened his mouth to find some reason to say no. He was SOO looking forward to staying at his own house, far away from Takuya's annoyingness. But Rika beat him to answering. She jumped out from hiding in Kouji's left wing onto his shoulder. "No problem, Takuya!" she declared loudly. "You can stay as long as you need to! Right Kouji?" Kouji stuttered out some unintelligible sounds. "Right," Rika finished for him with an evil smirk.

Takuya smiled widely. "Oh great! I am so excited to spend the night! Woo hoo!" he grabbed all his stuff, put it together rather sloppily, and ran out of the room excitedly.

Kouji didn't remember how it happened, in that moment, but he did know that he was annoyed. Takuya was alright...sure. But Kouji has spent way too much time with him anyway! He wanted his own space! Frustrated, he remembered the painful way why he wasn't wearing his back pack, and marched angrily out of the school, where Takuya was waiting for him. He sighed and stretched his wings. They were cramped, and it hurt worse than any other kind of cramp he'd ever had. He was grateful to stretch them out all the way and flap them a little bit...even more pleased to accidentally knock Takuya to the ground with the wind.

"WOW!" Takuya exclaimed from his place n the ground where he fell, "You are like the mighty duck, or whatever super hero that guy was from x-men, you know what I'm talking about?" he lifted himself up off from where he was and dusted himself off. "Do you think you'll fit on the bus, mighty-man?"

Kouji managed not to make a gagging sound. Instead, he opted for his darkest glare and said "shut up." Then he bent his knees, spread his wings, took a deep breath, and leapt into the air to fly home!

"It's..." Takuya started to shout as he pointed into the sky in the direction Kouji was flying, "It's a bird, it's a plane, IT'S KOUJI-MAN! No wait, that doesn't sound right... Oh I'll figure something out. I know!" an idea suddenly shattered his cranium. (Well, not literally) (He was uh, just so excited...) "Kouji would be SO happy if I took a survey around the school of a good super hero name for him." He put down his Pack-pack and started fishing through it. Then, finding a pen and paper, he resealed it and put it on his shoulders. He started jotting down unreadable scribbles on it and muttering to himself things like, "uh... flying-hero, super-boy, secret man, ninja wings, hmm... super-duper... no that's no good... uh, Kouji-boy? He might not like that... spider fighter? Oh that sounds cool, he'll like that..."

(...meanwhile)

Rika clung to Kouji's ponytail for dear life, her breath caught in both shock and excitement as they cut through the air like a laser through butter...or something. It was so cool! She wished it didn't have to stop when he slowed down and landed in front of his house with a sigh, and repositioned herself on his shoulder. "So?" she asked, startling him. He seemed to have forgotten she was there. "So what?" he demanded back, a little crossly.

"So... are you going to help me or not? You seem to be getting comfortable with your new wings, but I'm still here, small as an action figure, and NOT very comfortable. I kind of want to go home, so do you think you can get your dorky Takuya friend to wish me home and back to my normal self?" she crossed her arms and waited for Kouji to respond in some way. She really was sick of hanging around them.

"Oh." Kouji sighed and crossed his arms in his "I'm too cool to care" position. "I guess I'll ask him when he gets here. For now, I just want some peace in my own room. And anyway, Takuya's too stupid to wish everything back to normal. He'll probably waste his wishes on something stupid again. I'm going to have to figure this out."

"Have YOU ever tried wishing on a star or something?" she poked his shoulder. "Maybe Takuya's used up all his wishes for his lifetime? Maybe you should try it! It obviously works..."

Kouji was very quiet for a moment, truly thinking about this. It was obvious that fairies were granting their wishes...or one fairy was. But it was always Takuya who was making the wishes. Kouji just accepted that Takuya was an idiot, and anything could happen around him. But did he, Kouji, really believe in fairies, enough that they would actually grant his wish? Was that all it took? Belief? He walked into his house and tried to pretend like Rika didn't ask him anything. Because he knew...he didn't actually believe that anything would come of him making a wish. "If wishes were horses," he muttered under his breath darkly.

Meanwhile...)

"Okay, let's see what I have." Takuya held proudly his paper scribbled with names and tally marks. He had gone around the school speaking with all the students still around about Kouji's new look, and good names for him. He kept some of his original ideas, of course, but he also took others' suggestions. Takuya examined the paper to determine which name won. So far, "Spider fighter" had 3, "Kouji-boy" had 7, "Ninja-man" had 3, "Sexy Beast" (chosen by some adoring female fans) had 27, "eagle-fighter" (chosen by some geeks) had 17, and "Commander Wings" had 10. His own favorites were Spider Fighter, (because of their encounters with the spiders) and "commander wings" Because of his persuasive speech. After shoving the paper in his back pocket, he dashed off towards Kouji's house, unable to hold in his excitement. Kouji was going to be so happy!

By the time he got there, Kouji was just entering his room and setting Rika on the desk, and nearly jumped out of his skin when Takuya slammed the door open downstairs. "What the heck, Takuya!" he yelled. "Try knocking first, please? And don't forget to take your shoes off!"

"I have no time for that sort of thing, Kouji! LOOK!" he held up the wrinkled up piece of paper in front of Kouji's face.

Kouji snatched it away. "I can't see it if you shove it at my nose," he complained, then glanced at it. "And what the heck is this? Kouji-boy? Sexy BEAST? WHAT WERE YOU DOING?"

Takuya nodded knowingly. "Yes… Yes! I have compiled a list of everyone's favorite nick names for you! For your super hero!"

Kouji blinked, wondering why in the world something that stupid even mattered. But it was Takuya, so of course it mattered to Takuya. Rolling his eyes, he dropped the paper on the floor, grabbed his electric guitar, and plugged it in. Then he started to play, completely ignoring everyone else.

"Yes! I love rock band!" Takuya yelled. He started looking around the room desperately for another instrument. "Do you have anymore guitars, Kouji? And maybe a miniature drum set for Rika? …cause, that would really be ideal."

Rika panicked at that. "NO! Don't wish for that! I don't want to play Rockband! Besides, that's a REAL electric guitar, not an X-BOX guitar!" But Kouji was playing too loudly, and Takuya couldn't hear her anyway.

Wow… Kouji's room! This is so cool! I wonder where he keeps his diary! Takuya started sneaking around, looking under things to find Kouji's secret book of Mystery.

…Which Kouji of course didn't even own. He never cared to write things down in a journal. That just took too much time, and he never knew how to go about doing it anyway. But he noticed Takuya rummaging about and making a mess, and grew angry. He stopped playing for a moment and cleared his throat. "Stop that," he growled viciously.

"Hmm…" Takuya stood up from looking under the bed. "I should have written down 'Wolf-wings' for one of your names… but that's okay." His eyes wandered over to where Rika was and he smiled at her. "Hey Rika, you want to play a game? I just found 'Settlers of Catan' underneath Kouji's bed!"

In actuality, Rika didn't mind that game when she played it with Takato and Henry. But she knew that playing it with Takuya might ruin it for her, so she yelled "NO!" at the top of her lungs. But since Kouji was playing guitar again—loudly and expertly—Takuya couldn't hear her.

"Do you guys want me to set it up?" Takuya looked at Kouji who was still ignoring him. It seemed to him that Kouji was hypnotized by the guitar and was unable to put it down. An obsession. He thought to himself. That isn't healthy, Kouji looks addicted…I need to help him. Poor guy! Sometimes I just wish that he didn't have such awesome skills like playing the guitar; it makes him cocky.

And just then, a horrible sound screeched from the guitar in Kouji's no-longer skilled hands. He stopped and gaped at it in horror, then tried again. The horrible screeching was the only sound he could make. "No," he whispered, setting it down and backing up, his eyes wide. "No, what's happened….how could this happen?" Playing guitar was how he coped. It was his chill activity, and he could handle even Takuya if he could just play for fifteen minutes. But now….. He looked up at Takuya's happy face, his vision clouding over in his fury. "What have you DONE?" He growled so menacingly, it didn't even sound like himself.

"H-huh?" Takuya's smile left instantly. "K-k-Kouji? What's wrong, why are you…" it occurred to him what had happened. That wish deep inside his heart about Kouji's awesome skills must have been granted! This was not good… "I was just thinking to myself Kouji, I…" Takuya started stepping back in fear as Kouji raged. "I didn't expect all of your awesome talents to actually disappear!"

"ALL?" Kouji bellowed. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, ALL? You mean that EVERYTHING I'm good at…." His face paled, and he looked like he would be sick. But then he forced himself to calm down. He had to test that. Surely not ALL of his skills…. "But if they are," he whispered evilly, "then I will kill you Takuya."

"I hate to say this at a time like this, Kouji. But if all of your cool skills are gone, I don't think you would be able to kill me." He tried not to smile.

Kouji threw himself at Takuya to beat him to a pulp, and tripped, falling on his face. Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have tripped, but even if he had, he would have been able to catch himself gracefully. But he couldn't. Flat on his face he fell, and then lay there, stunned. The shock nearly killed him. It can't be true…

"It's okay, Kouji!" Takuya tried to reassure him as he knelt down beside him and began to pet his wings. "Shh… shh… be still my, my child." He tried to sound motherly, knowing that was a very calming effect.

That horribly terrifying growl ripped from Kouji's throat again, since it was the only threatening thing he was able to do. But it was enough to make Takuya afraid and back off. And for several minutes, he didn't want to get up. He just lay there, helplessly wishing he could have his skills back. What would he do without them? He wouldn't even be Kouji without them! Without his skills, he couldn't fight, play guitar, be cool, or…or ANYTHING! How could he deal with THAT?

Rika, realizing the urgency of the situation turned around to face the window and started shouting at it. "I WISH, I WISH, I WISH! SOME STUPID FAIRY OUT THERE HAS GOT TO HEAR ME! PLEASE STOP RUINING OUR LIVES AND GIVE KOUJI BACK HIS FREAKING SKILLS!"

And for some strange reason, the only response she got was an evil cackle that only she seemed to hear. But that was enough. Rika had held her cool long enough, had sat by and just gone with it for quite enough. Now, she was DONE. Taking a deep breath, she wished as heart-felt and as loudly as she could—so that even Takuya and Kouji could hear her… "I WISH KOUJI'S SKILLS BACK OR ELSE I WILL NEVER BELIEVE IN FAIRIES AGAIN!"

Takuya walked over to Rika softly and leaned down to her. "I don't think that will work, Rika. See, you already DO believe in fairies, and you don't want to hurt your friend Henry, do you? I think something more persuasive might be to tell the fairy you'll kiss him if he grants it. He obviously thinks you're pretty, cause when I wished for a pretty girl, he set you!"

Rika's face turned red with anger, but….she didn't want to hurt Henry… "FINE." She huffed. If that's all it took….she'd give a peck on the cheek or something. "What he said." She didn't really feel like repeating it.

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Tasha: And that is the end of that chapter… which took like a YEAR or more to write! That was started before I went to Switzerland!

Toni: Yeah, and it's YOUR FAULT cause you would NEVER reply! Ha! At least we finally finished it, even if it is short.

Tash: Well, life! You can't get around it's business sometimes! In any case, wow! Takuya! WHAT a nerd! You just can't get around what a nerd he is! SUPER HERO NAMES?

Toni: Yeah, and you also can't get over how incredibly awesome he is. There's just no one like him. ADMIT IT! You LOVE him cause there's no one like him!

Tash: Lies, Toni. I am with rika on this one: Rika: Yeah he is stupid.

Natoina: (as Mom has taken to calling me….) So what? He's still awesome and you know it. You love him. Not like Kouji, but as Takuya. Cause he IS a nerd, dork, geek, and whatever else you've dubbed him.

TASHA THE ONLY TASHA: How DARE you use that stupid name on here! Yeah, he is funny, but anyway, I am going to go hop into the shower. See you later!

Twan twan: And that's my cue to post this. Ta! And please review!

Till next time!

Rika195 and Tshk