Author: Lady Of Kuro Chan

Title: The Task at Hand

Disclaimer: I own none of these characters.

Shigure sighed bored as he balanced the pen on his nose. He had officially hit a writers block and now he hadn't a clue of what he was about to do next. Tohru would be coming back from work soon and she would prepare dinner for them. Maybe that would rekindle his mind with new ideas. He smiled at how innocent and naive Tohru was. It was always funny how she seemed so clueless all the time. He wondered if she had really been that clueless. He knew that she never knew about him watching her bend over to scrub the floors once a week. His cheeks turned red as he remembered that this was usually the day she scrubbed the floors. How he couldn't wait for his usual view of her as he smelt a scent that...he thought decent not to think about right at the moment. He heard a door opening and knew who it was. He was not counting on a house guest though.

He went downstairs and saw a girl following her in very a very unusual black and red kimono. It was short at the skirt and unusually long in the sleeves. She wore her brown hair up in a ponytail, but left her long bangs down hanging at each side of her face. She was led by Tohru into the kitchen. Both smiling happily at one another, while secretly Shigure was disappointed at what he was not going to get to see now that there was a guest.

"Hold on a second, I need to visit the restroom, is that ok?" Tohru nodded.

"Ok, do you need help finding it?"

"Nope, I can find it." She smiled and then, as she turned towards the room Shigure was in her eyes filled with a strange suspicion that they were being watched. She came in front of Shigure saying nothing. Instead she turned her gaze away from him and blushed furiously as she struggled for the right words. "Umm, I'm sorry sir."

He smiled and talked very loud so Tohru could hear him.

"AH, SO YOU ARE A FRIEND OF TOHRU'S ARE YOU?"

Tohru came in.

"Ah, I'm sorry Shigure, I found her on the side of the road and all she had was in one tiny suitcase so I had to pick her up!"

The girl looked over worriedly at her and then up at Shigure.

"Umm, I'm sorry sir! I...I got kicked out and I don't have a place to stay...I...I can pay rent if you want!"

Shigure smiled devilishly in his mind as he pictured two housemaids bent over scrubbing the floors. He smiled cheerfully and raised his hand waving it back and forth in front of his face.

"No need my little Cherry blossom, you may stay as long as you wish for free."

Her eyes brightened up as she smiled.

"Really? You mean it? How much do I owe you?"

"Hmm..." Shigure smirked as he rubbed his chin.

"How about...you give me your name."

The girl looked at him puzzled. "Umm, my name?"

Shigure giggled that annoying giggle of his and nodded. "Yes, your name, what is it?"

"It's Sayuri!" She smiled cheerfully up at him now. "And can I ask what your name is?"

"Ah, it's Shigure."

"Thank you Shigure for letting me stay here." As she said this, she bowed to him briefly and then lifted her head up.

"I can already see you are the head of this household. Are there any others living here?"

Just as she said this the door busted open as shouts could be heard coming from a fiery red head.

"Well you dumb ass! If you hadn't of tripped me then we wouldn't have gotten fired!"

"Or maybe if you would look where you were going!"

"Oh that's really rich for a rat to say."

They were soon in the hallway that Shigure, Sayuri and Tohru where. Both stopped talking in confusion as they stared at Sayuri, than Tohru thought to say the one thing that would spark the argument back up.

"You two where fired? How did this happen?"

"HE STARTED IT!" They both said it in unison while pointing their index fingers at each other.

"What? No I didn't!" Stated the grey haired boy.

"Oh yes you did! Smart ass comments always start fights and you know it you dirty rat!"

"Oh yeah? Well being a complete asshole helps it too you stupid cat!"

"Ah ha! You admit you started it though!"

Sayuri sighed looking worried at the two.

"Are they going to be okay?"

Shigure smiled and nodded.

"Yes, they always fight like this."

"Well...for their own safety they better stop now."

"Oh there isn't any chance of that until Kyo-kun is lying on his back in defeat."

Sayuri blinked at the arguing pair and suddenly frowned very angrily, then she dared to do something that not even Tohru would do. She went up to Kyo and poked him very hard in the back.

"Hey buddy, you wanna be quiet and quit fighting this guy?"

Kyo turned to her looking equally as pissed.

"Not until I beat the shit out of him!"

She then grabbed his ear and he cursed at her loudly as she lead him to the nearest corner and left him there.She then came back to talk to Yuki, who seemed nervous at what she'd done seeing Kyo staring at the corner in a blank confused manner.

"Are you still in the fighting spirit too?"

Yuki shook his head and she seemed to smile at this.

"Good, I can see you have plenty more sense then the neko over there."

Shigure stared at her and Kyo looked over at her nervously.

"Sayuri? What makes you call Kyo a neko?"

The rest of the house was dead silent.

"Well, I just have this sense and this fondness when cats are nearby and I'm just sensing it from him, plus uummm...what's his name called him a stupid cat. To be honest you shouldn't call him a stupid cat since I think they are really smart."

It took all of Shigure's strength not to laugh at what she had just said. Kyo smart? He didn't think so! Neither did Yuki obviously because he looked entertained as well. Tohru looked clueless as usual, but no matter since she was always clueless. She had went into the kitchen and started to make dinner for everyone now.

(The next morning)

Shigure was walking upstairs when he looked up to see Sayuri walking downstairs. She miss stepped and tripped falling on Shigure making them both hit the floor.'Oh boy, here we go again.' Thought Shigure as she laid on top of him now. He could feel her breasts pressing against his chest now and it was making him happy in more then one way. She got up looking nervous sweat dropping at what just happened.

"I'm sorry Shigure! I didn't mean to trip like that! I'm sorry!"

"No, it's fine." Shigure's voice was cheerful and happy, like he just won the lottery.

They both got up and went their separate ways.

To be continued...