Can you believe that it's the end? I sure can't! *sobs* Thanks for all your wonderful reviews, I really did cry when I read them! I am such a sap, I know! It's just that they mean so much to me and I've become kinda emotionally attached to this story. I love all you guys who reviewed, so here is my list of credits!
Arcanine: My first reviewer and one of the most frequent! I hope you liked your part in the story, thanks for all the support! If it weren't for that first review, it's doubtful this would have got past chapter 3! *multiple huge hugs and hands her an m+m cookie*
Neko Kamiya: One of my other frequent reviewers! I love reading your long reviews, they're always (well, mostly) funny and I hope you like your bit too! *multiple hugs*
Seiryuu Girl: Go Chuin! At least we are a few people who appreciate Seiryuu's side! *smiles* Thanks a lot for your reviews, and for always mentioning me in the author's notes in Sibling Rivalry. *hug*
Chibigreenwizardmon: You didn't even pick out your insertion? *giggles* I thought you would have guessed... but then again, I didn't get to put your name in. I wanted to put you in but your pen-name isn't really good for a name of a character, it's too long! *sighs* Oh well, you're in, right? *smile*
Shiro Yuki: Where are you? You haven't reviewed for a while! Has Neko finally killed you in a "friendly sibling discussion?" *shakes head but is laughing* Oh dear! It must have been over your characters! I'll just go back and write you both out... *joking*
Everyone else: Wow, thanks! A lot
of people to thank, but thank you all anyway! You know who you are (basically,
anyone who reviewed this! This is (apart from those mentioned above): L8e7H,
Eliza Leonhart, jayni, kourin, Rin, Ryoko-onee, Emera, Allannah, Seshiri,
Sakura Sachiko, AJ, schnickers, Lina, monx, sunandshadow, Mikka, Moondancer93,
Lynn Utsukushii, Sansele, Ryuuen Chou, Purple Mouse, Neko4, trina, qkslvr,
shadow priestess, EeeE, mystery-grrl, Draconsis, FranceGamble, Veeshes,
Negumi, Uozumi, Chachiri, Yifiig. Yes, it's sad, I just went through my
reviews and added the names in backwards!) Thanks to everyone who reviewed!
*glomp* I seemed to get most of my reviews (I have 9 pages of them!) in
the later 20 chapters! *laughs* I guess people got used to seeing this
fic up so often and got curious! And I was bored enough to go and read
all my reviews again, because *(&&^(*^ FF.net's hardware failure
means I can't upload this! This epilogues been finished since the 14th
of June!
So what happens now? Well, I want to work on the prequels, actually! I came up with all these ideas for character pasts which I couldn't put in so I might as well write about what happened before! Expect humour but a lot more angst, because some of them are a bit sad. I'm currently working on (all at once) Genrou + Kouji, Ryuuen + Kourin and Oguchi, so they'll be up... eventually! I am playing with the idea of a sequel, because I want to write down what happens next, this story is so addictive! The prequels won't just be prequels, you see, there'll be a few sidestories too, but the idea of a sequel I'm playing with takes place much later, it's more of a reunion once they finish school. *shrugs* Maybe. Who knows? It probably would be short.
My main problem is that I've got exams coming up now so I'm getting less and less time to write. It's almost a relief this is over, it'd kill me inside to neglect it! I'd be permanently distracted from studying!
Why is this called What if?
Here are the "What if" situations I explored in here, basically the ideas behind it all:
What if:
- What if Genrou and Kouji's relationship in the anime and novels (equals mainly, but Genrou at first used to look up to Kouji) was reversed? What if Kouji looked to Genrou for more support? What if they were like brothers but then something drove them apart, which Genrou couldn't understand?
- What if Chuin had a large family and happy childhood, without any angst? What if he still was just as talented? (He's some kind of creative genius in my story, absolutely amazing, as a result)
- What if Ayuru had a happy childhood?
- What if the twins were born seperately and into different families? Would their relationship still be the same?
- What if Ryuuen didn't want to look like a girl?
- What if Tetsuo was reincarnated as a human, what would he be like? What if he was completely different?
- What if Saihitei wasn't rich but just average?
- What if Myojuan was rich but didn't want it?
- What if Houjun didn't say "no da?" *giggles*
- What if Kourin met Miaka? How would Miaka react?
- What if all the seishi met in high school?
- What if Oguchi remembered everything?
- What if Taka hated having his memories back?
- What if Kaen had a completely different childhood as well?
- What if all the seishi met up but became friends due to personalities rather than the "sides"?
- What if they got their memories back after that?
- What if they met up with all the people they knew in their past lives and got a second chance?
- What if Miaka was Tama-Neko in her past life?
- What if you fed Skipsida lots of cookies and got her in a boring free with all these "what if"s spinning around in her head?
- What if you gave Skipsida a computer and let her type?
Answer: "What if!!!!" *insane giggle* Okay,
enough of that!
The funny stuff!!!
Admit it, this is the reason why you're
really reading this note, right? Nothin' to be ashamed of! I've come up
with some weird little akugis, so here goes...!
What if Akugi (from the last chapter)
Genrou: So who was Miaka in her last life?
Oguchi: *hysterical laughter* Eiken!
Miaka: *screams*
Ryuuen: Ew! She tried to RAPE herself! *considers* No, wait, that'd count as masturbation in between lives, right?
Everyone else: EW!!!
Quick Version:
I got this idea from Purple Mouse's "Another Story". Funny idea, so I'll pinch it!
Chapter 1:
Taka: Why doesn't anyone remember?
Teacher: SHUT UP AND WORK! *spitting in
Taka's face*
Taka: *wipes face* Say it, don't spray
it!
Chapter 2:
Genrou: Fire! Hehehehe! *plays with the
bunsen burner*
Kaen: You're cute!
Genrou: EW! A GIRL!
Ayuru: Fag! *gets bashed into the wall*
Chapter 3:
Miaka: Chiriko!
Doukun: Who?
Chapter 4:
Saihitei: Ryuuen is beautiful!
Miaka: Ryuuen is a boy!
Saihitei: Ryuuen isn't beautiful any more.
*Ryuuen sulks*
Chapter 5:
Ryuuen: I may not be beautiful but Saihitei
is!
Ayuru: Fag! Again! *ducks for cover as
everyone lunges for him*
Chuin: Ooh! Ryuuen, you're sexy!
Chapter 6:
Kourin: DIE! Saihitei is MINE!
Ryuuen: *scared* Okay...
Chapter 7:
Myojuan: Shouka... *drools*
Teacher: *at experiment* Stay dead, damn
you!
Chapter 8:
Houjun: ARGH! I keep saying no da, no
da!
Chuin: Say rabbits!
Houjun: What the... rabbits, no da?!
Chuin: *points and laughs*
Chapter 9:
Kouji: They're gay! I'm not though!
Genrou: Neither am I! *avoid looking at
each other*
Chapter 10:
Shouka: We're cool! *group hug between
Ayuru, Shouka and Kaen* Oh dear, the bush has caught fire.
Chapter 11:
Ryuuen: Saihitei! I want you! I need you!
*hacks and coughs*
Saihitei: What did you say?
History teacher: [Insert lame excuse for
working on anything to do with Ancient China]
Chapter 12:
Oguchi: Come to the gay group! We can
all be... gay... together!
Ryuuen and Ayuru: *chanting* We want Saihitei!
We want Houjun!
Chapter 13:
Tetsuo: Uh... moo?
Teacher: *leans over*
Tetsuo: ARGH! MY EYES! *withers and dies
at teacher's ugliness!*
Chapter 14:
Kaen, Ryuuen, Oguchi, Chuin, Miaka and
Kourin: *sings* Charlie's Angels Rule! *dance and sing*
Ryuuen: I'm an independant woman... even
if I'm a guy!
Chapter 15:
Taka: STOP EATING SO MUCH FOOD AND WASTING
MONEY!
Miaka: *sadly puts the dinosaur back down,
half eaten*
Chapter 16:
Ayuru, Shunkaku and Shouka: O_O EW! A
TEACHER KISSING! *runs off*
Chuin: I'll kiss it better! *pashes Ayuru*
Ayuru: O_O
Chapter 17:
Shunkaku: Ew! Chuin kissed Ayuru!
Chapter 18:
Haruki: Yay! I get a part in this story!
Miaka: Shuddup and say your line!
Haruki: Is Houjun gay? Someone has a crush
on him!
Chapter 19:
Genrou: We need food! We need money! *yells
at people* Oi! Give our sister back! We could see her for money! *tug of
war ensues*
Kouji: Doncha just wish we were still
bandits? *passes out*
Chapter 20:
Genrou: *passes out, drunk*
Ryuuen: Kouji... is gay?! Cool! We're
taking over the school!
Kouji: It's a CONSPIRACY!
Chapter 21:
Yui: Piss OFF Miaka!
Chapter 22:
Mitsue and Oguchi: Blahblahblahblahblahblahblah!
*flirt flirt*
Chapter 23:
Koutoku: *hums inanely*
Chuin: Look what I've got! *waves the
Book around*
Chapter 24:
Mitsue: Love Ryuuen! Or else!
Saihitei: Eep! *hides*
Chapter 25:
Houjun: Doukun, there are people out there!
And they have a life!
Doukun: There are?
Myojuan: And so, the Corruption of Doukun
began...
Chapter 26:
Myojuan: Healing powers! *passes out*
Chapter 27:
Houjun: Let's do a production of Fushigi
Yuugi!
Everyone: YAY!
Chapter 28:
Chuin: Ooh! I get it! You can get your
memories back now!
Music: The boys are back in town...
Chapter 29:
Everyone: *on the phone* Lucky we use
Vodafone! *advertising grin*
Chapter 30:
Kouji: I don't remember! *cries*
Houjun: HIKOU! KOURAN! It's them! *points*
Chapter 31:
Houjun: It's them, no da! *faints*
Taka: Weirder and weirder...
Houjun: *opens a love letter* ARGH! *faints
again*
Neko: *jealous*
Chapter 32:
Peter: Me no speaky Japanese!
Chapter 33:
Oguchi: Oi! Seiryuu People! Get yer lazy
memories back here, NOW!
Suboshi and Amiboshi: We are twins! We
are twins! *glare at anyone who begs to differ*
Chapter 34:
Shunkaka: I want my ryuuseisui and I want
it now! *throws things around kinetically and starts whining*
Chapter 35:
Shouka: Has the world always been this
mad or did I just not notice it before?
Everyone: Yep! *nod nod*
Chapter 36:
Chuin and Kaen: No one else is allowed
to fight over Ayuru except us! *plots Houjun's death*
Chapter 37:
Arcanine: Fushigi Yuki is cool! It has
Shiro Yuki in it!
Neko: Shut up about my sister already!
Haruki: I am gay! I swear, I really am
gay! *splat*
Chapter 38:
Kourin: Will the damn concert start already?
Chapter 39:
Saihitei: *sings* I'm too sexy for my...
Myojuan: *sings* My heart will go on and
on...
Kouji: *sings* I love you baby....
Doukun: o_o
Chapter 40:
Chuin and Kaen: *sings* Can you feel the
love tonight...
Tobi and girls: *sings* Girls just wanna
have fun!
Genrou and guys: *sings* YMCA! *strip*
Doukun: O_O
Chapter 41:
Houjun: *sings* I like chicken tonight!
Like chicken tonight!
Ryuuen: *sings* And IiiiiiIIIIiiiiiiiII
will always love yoOOuuUUuuUU!
Yui: *sings* Hopelessly devoted to you...
Doukun: *sings* All the small things...
Myojuan: And so, Doukun was corrupted...
Chapter 42:
Saihitei and Ryuuen: *smooch*
Mitsue and Oguchi: *jump out of the bushes,
cheering!*
Chapter 43:
Ashitare: Did not!
Tetsuo: Did too!
Ashitare: Did not!
Tetsuo: Did too!
Ashitare: Did not!
Tetsuo: SHUT UP!
Chapter 44:
Catriona: Get it in your little mind!
I'm not #$&#ing Kouran!
Chapter 45:
Tetsuo: Kill me! Kill me!
Yui: Eh, no?
Tetsuo: *cries*
Chapter 46:
Kouji: Dude, I'm gay and I love you!
Genrou: Okay, this is weird, I'm leaving!
*slam*
Chapter 47:
Kouji: Genrou's got male PMS! Must give
him naprogesic before he destroys the city!
Chapter 48:
Taka: Waaah! You guys suck!
Chapter 49:
Oguchi: And so, everyone stopped being
depressed and had a massive orgy instead. We all lived happily ever after.
The End.
Or the very short version...
Taka: We all are reincarnated meet each
other in school, sing a bit, suffer angst, corrupt Doukun and have a massive
orgy at the end.
A few bits which didn't make it in...
I had a few bits of the story planned which I didn't write in because I either changed my mind, plain forgot or it just wouldn't fit into the story. Here they are!
- Originally, I wasn't quite sure about whether to make Genrou gay or not. Right, waaaaaay the beginning (first few chapters) I toyed with the idea of Doukun tutoring Genrou and Genrou looking up to him as a big brother (ironic, huh?) and then get a crush on him. I then decided that Genrou wasn't going to be gay so I cut it out. At least it wasn't Houjun, after all, that idea is done to death!
- A scene which was funny but didn't make it in:
Oguchi: Oh, come on Miaka, being Tama-Neko
isn't that bad, I had worse!
Everyone: Oh really? What? *sits down
and listens*
Oguchi: Well, at one point I was a maggot
being born but then I was squished by Amiboshi's incarnation. But that
wasn't it, oh no, I got reincarnated into another maggot being born at
the same time and it happened again! *everyone is laughing hysterically*
After about ten times, I finally got reincarnated as a girl, fell in love
with Chiriko's incarnation but Chiriko liked another girl, then died of
a plague, so I turned into a bitter and twisted woman and when my own daughter
was born, it turned out to be Chiriko! So when she fell in love with Amiboshi,
I decided to make life hell for them but they eloped and got married anyway
and set up camp as my neighbours! Towards the end of my life, one of my
goats was having a kid, so I call Amiboshi over to help me but the idiot
was late. I tried to help the goat but I was old, tripped over and broke
my neck. The next thing I knew, I was the goat's kid, watching my ex-self
being carted away. So I became a psychotic goat and tried to kill Amiboshi,
who was nothing but kind to me and couldn't understand what was wrong.
Of course, Chiriko became sick of me and decided I'd make a nice dinner.
She ordered Amiboshi to kill me but he said "I can't, it's face looks like
your old ma." Chiriko screamed and said, "EW! You're right! All the more
reason to kill it!" So I was eaten. And then I got reincarnated as a bee
and stung Chiriko who died of the allergic reaction so then we were reincarnated
as a two headed deer.
Doukun: Us? A deer?! Ew!
Oguchi: It's true! And we were happy until
Miaka ate us! *everyone laughs* She was a bear at the time, mind. After
that, I was in a bad mood so I became Genghis Khan and conquered China
until it went away.
Chuin: I don't want to hear any more,
that's just... weird!
Hidden, Private and Running Jokes - Did you pick them up?
- The most obvious joke was that of Doukun being corrupted. It's kinda a joke among my friends that I am young and naive because I, like Doukun, skipped years in school so they are all at least two years older than me. Also, it's based on how we corrupted a french exchange student by teaching her English swearwords!
- Oguchi's name means "small mouth" but I made him a big mouth! I didn't make it intentional at first but when I found out, I laughed.
- Oguchi comments that the mini-series' opening song is familiar. Why? Because in Chapter 14, in the Art lesson, Oguchi turns on a cd before they put on Charlie's Angels. What are the lyrics he sings along to... "Itooshi hito no tame ni"!! He was singing along to the theme song before Koutoku "wrote" it!
- The creepy looking teacher from chapter 13 was based on my maths teacher. She was in her late forties and dressed like a slut, despite having shrivelled skin like a prune! Ew!
- The canteen woman and delivery man pashing scene was based on how traumatised my year eight class was when our English and Maths teachers flirted with each other in front of us! The maths teacher being the one mentioned above!
- Mitsue and Oguchi writing letters is based on my maths lessons with Tezza, while waiting for the above mentioned teachers to stop flirting and start teaching again.
- I called the Universe of the Four Gods "The Book" out of habit. Whenever there is an important book with my friends (usually a story we're writing together), we call it "The Book". So far, we have "The Book" numbers #1-4, The Story, The Internet Story, The Atlantis Story, The WherethehellamI story, the Thunderwall Story, etc, etc. It's not very original, huh?
- Peter and Houjun's conversation (where
they have to look up every word!) is based on a conversation with Froggie,
a french exchange student at fencing. Man, we totally corrupted Froggie!
I must share this scene with you:
Skipsida: Hi Froggie!
Froggie (french female exchange student,
in uni): Ah! Hello Skipsida!
Yoda (male fencing teacher, middle aged):
Hi Froggie.
Darth Maul (female fencing teacher, still
in uni): Hi Froggie, what did you do this weekend?
Froggie: Ah, I was in bed sick most of
this weekend.
Yoda: I doubt that!
Darth Maul: In bed, yes! Sick, no!
Froggie: *laughs* Yes, yes, you are right!
Yoda: Froggie lives up to her name...
boing! Boing! Boing!
Froggie: *whacks him, laughing*
Skipsida: *laughing* We've corrupted her!
She can actually understand us!
Froggie: Ah, yes, I can say "bloody hell"
to my mother, too! *we all are laughing so hard by this time, we can barely
speak*
- The scene in the LGB club where Chuin and Kaen look as if they are going to gang up on Houjun (no one else but us is allowed to fight over Ayuru!) is loosly based on Erica and my relationship in accordance to Teddybear. Neither of us have a crush on him but we both kinda flirt with him simultaneously and joke that "he's our teddy-bear". Teddybear is our real nickname for him and no one else is allowed to use it.
- The quote from Tetsuo "most people have
an inner monologue, I have an inner dialogue" was one of my modified quotes
from a conversation with Tezza. Originally it was: "You know you have problems
when everyone else an inner monologue but you have an inner dialogue".
It also is loosly based on Clemmie saying "I have no inner monologue!"
as an excuse for saying a few rude, bitchy, funny and perverted comments
about people out loud, in front of them! She doesn't hold back anything,
no matter what, as long as it's funny! I mean, she has had some sick quotes
before, the likes of which I won't mention in this PG 13 story.
Soundtrack to "What if"
*laughs* Sorry, I just had to put this in! I mean, you must have noticed my small... urm... obsession with music, right? I put a LOT of songs in here, but some I just didn't put in. These are just... funny!
- The boys are back in town for the scene when the Suzaku seishi get their memories back - Oh, come on! Can't you just see them all running into a sports field, wearing rugby tops, waving to the audience? I sure could! *giggles* Weird random thought...
- We are family for when the Seiryuu seishi get their memories back - *laughs hysterically* In this case, it'd be more of an ironic song! I mean, dude, it'd be such a dysfunctional family! The sort you wouldn't see on TV!
- Cartoon Heroes, full stop - It'd be an insult to Yuu Watase if I put it in!
- Man, I feel like a woman! for Ryuuen to sing on karaoke night!- *laughs* I could so see Ryuuen singing this!
- I will survive for Chuin to sing to Ayuru on karaoke night- That'd be funny! In effect, that was what Chuin was saying!
- Tangerine Speedo for Chuin
to get the guys to sing on karaoke night- Dude! O_O He'd want the guys
to dress the part!
You know, it's amazing how my writing has improved!
Looking back at the beginning of the story,
it was practically no plot and the chapters were short and a bit pointless.
I focussed on the relationships between the characters more than anything
else, because I'm a real people-person (that's my excuse anyway!) I usually
don't write too much romance in my stories unless it is relevant to the
plot, like it is in this one. I mean, realistically, romance and stuff
happens but I don't always make it the central theme in my stories that
often, simply because they occasionally get in the way of the plot. I don't
put lemons or limes in my stories either(I eat 'em instead, make them into
lemon meringue pie!), but my characters are realistic in that they do have
conversations about *cough cough* matters they'd cover Doukun's ears about.
Poor Doukun! He gets a lot of paying out in this story *hugs him*
Doukun: You did it on purpose! Why must
I suffer your wrath?
Skipsida: Dou-chan, I don't mean to! *hug
hug* I still love ya, it's just that they all see you as a little kid!
Genrou: Yeah, you're a kawaii little kid!
*gulps* I didn't fuckin' say that!
Skipsida: *starry eyed* Genrou is being
paternal! It's a kodiac moment!
Genrou: *flames Skipsida*
Skipsida: *dodges and shoves them aside*
Anyway, it's interesting that in this story, because Genrou is so dependent
on his Mum and loves his little sister so much, he doesn't hate woman as
much. I mean, he hasn't got anything much against Neko or any of the other
girls, he just doesn't like being flirted with. Why? I'll put it in the
prequel I'm writing! Shameless advertising!
*wineglasses clink* So that's it, it's the end! Thanks everyone for reading my story! *blows kisses* Cookies? Birthday presents? It's past my birthday (damn FF.net for not working! I wanted to make this a birthday update!) but you can still send them! *hopeful look then rereads all that she's written* Wow! This was supposed to be a SHORT authors note! It's turned into a monster!!! Oh well, if you're still here, reading this, then...
Cheers!
Skipsida