Story by Agent Spikyflower and Tuki the Monopoly Giant
Pairings: Kagura + Ritsu, Tohru + Kyou
Kagura and Kyou break up. Kagura chooses Ritsu. Kyou chooses Tohru!!
Kagura finished eating dinner at Shigure's and was just about to walk through the woods when soft music began to play. Curious about the source Kagura followed the sound to a small clearing. She peered through the bushes to see Kyou with his arm around Tohru. Kagura spotted a VERY small boom-box softly playing romantic music beside the log that they were sitting on.
Ritsu was walking by Shigure's house when he decided to pop in and have a little visit. Although the dog teased him a great deal, he felt that seeing Tohru would be worth the agony. She was always so sweet and understanding. He pricked up his ears. Soft, light music wafted his way.
Oooh, nice music, he thought.
So he wandered off in the direction of the sound. After all, whoever played it had such great taste in music that they were sure to be nice.
Instead of attacking Tohru, like she would any other girl who was so intimate with her kitty, she quietly waited for what would happen next. Kyou leaned closer to Tohru and whispered in her ear. Kagura strained to hear what he said.
Ritsu came up behind Kagura.
"What's going on?" he murmured. "Why are you in a bush?"
"Why are you whispering?" she countered. "And shut up, will you? I'm trying to hear what THEY'RE saying." She pointed at the cat and rice ball.
"I'M SOOOORRY! I'M SOOOOO SOOORRY FOR RUINING YOUR AUDIO!"
"Shut UP!" she hissed and covered his mouth with her hand.
"All right."
She turned her head back to the scene that lay before them. Kyou stopped whispering and started murmuring. Kagura listened intently.
"Tohru, I love you. I always have, I always will." Crooned Kyou.
"Oh Kyou, I love you too." Tohru replied. Kagura choked silently and fumed 'Why is he doing this to me? What have I done to upset him? Why does he…..How can he………What did I do wrong?'
"My, don't they look cute together," Ritsu observed.
"SHUUUUT UPPPPP…."
"I'M SOOOOORRY! I'M SOOOO SOOOORRY! I AM A COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAILURE! HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY FORGIVE…
"I SAID, shut up!"
Tohru perked up. "I think I just heard something…"
"The sound of my pounding heart," gushed Kyou and kissed her passionately. But without hugging, of course, as that would've been awkward.
They left, holding hands.
"AAAAGH! THWARTED!"
"Calm yourself, Kagura-san. They were meant to be."
"SHUT UP, YOU! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO COME ACROSS ME TONIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE? YOU'RE ONLY ADDING TO MY PAIN!" she screamed and began to strangle the poor little monkey.
Shigure and Ayame finished drinking their teaand started to walk down the narrow path through the forest when the sound of romantic music led them off the trail. They followed the sound for a little while but Ayame fell into a bush which ironically was the one that Kagura was strangling Ritsu in. Ayame picked himself up and both he and Shigure took in the scene. "Ahhhhhhhhhh!" Squealed Shigure excitedly "Romance!"
Kagura hit him heavily across the head while Ayame started to sing, "Kagura and Ritsu, Sittin' in a bush! K-I-S-S-I-N Ush! Owwwww! Kagura!" He whined "Don't hit me like that! It hurts!"
"It should!" Kagura fumed.
"And besides, there was nothing between us," Ritsu explained.
"Or was there?" Kagura smiled coyly at him.
"Ooooh no…"
She gave him a passionate kiss and embrace. "After all, we're very alike."
"Gotta get a picture of this," Shigure muttered to Ayame. "Hatori is never going to believe it. Send it around, maybe. To Hiro. I know he has a cell phone. And being the mischievous little brat he is, I know he'll show it to all of the juunishi."
"What makes you think I won't?" Ayame pouted, but snapped the picture anyway, just after Kagura started to take off Ritsu's shirt…
"OK, I'm leaving," Shigure said and turned his back to give the lovers privacy. Ayame continued to watch and taped the whole thing with his phone.
The next morning Kagura woke up wondering if it was all a dream or if it had really happened. She turned to find a more comfortable spot when she realized that she was lying in a shrubbery next to a shirtless Ritsu. Kagura figured that they had fallen asleep partway through their "charade". Ritsu stirred and Kagura sat bolt upright wondering whether she should run or stay. She didn't know if what had happened was a spur of the moment impulse or if she actually had feeling for the man next to her. Too late. Ritsu sat up and rubbed his eyes sleepily. He saw Kagura sitting next to him and nearly screamed "I'M SOOO SORRY KAGURA! I WOKE YOU UP AND AM GUILTY! ONLY DIVINE PUNISHMENT WILL DO!"
"Shut up you stupid monkey!" Kagura muttered before pinning him to the ground so he couldn't run up to the top of some building or mountain and try to hurtle himself off. She found herself in a very new position.
Ritsu had very little idea of what to do in this particular situation. Here he was with a girl that used to be just an acquaintance, the boar of the Zodiac. Heck, he didn't think that they were even technically compatible. I've got to check with Ayame about that, he thought.
"Er, could you get off me?" he politely asked Kagura. "Unless you want to do something?"
"HELL NO!" she screamed and ran off into the rising sun.
"DID I OFFEND YOU? I'M SOOOOOORREEEEEEE!"
But she was already gone. He calmly got up, put on a shirt and went to go find Ayame. He needed advice on the astrology thing badly. Also, he needed a new dress and he saw that Ayame had some pretty ones in the shop's window.
Kagura was so very confused. She didn't know whether she cared for Ritsu or if she cared for Kyou at this point. Also she needed to go see Ayame and make sure that he didn't actually send the recording to anyone. After all she didn't know whose hands it could get into. She shuddered at the thought of what could happen if it fell into Akito's hands. She raced home as fast as she could, changed her clothes and headed to Ayame's. She tried to stay calm but broke out into a run as she neared the shop. She ran up and …………..ran into the pull door. She was dazed a bit but, realizing her mistake, opened the door and went into the dress store. And ran straight into Ayame who was dancing around to a polka played on his own accordion. "I didn't know that you can play the accordion!" Kagura exclaimed excitedly.
"Of course I can!" Ayame proudly stated. "There are only 3 men in this world that can play the accordion so well. And of course number 1 among them is none other than myself."
"Then why don't you play it more often?" she demanded. "I'm sure lots of people will be glad to…"
She stopped dead in the middle of her sentence and stared.
Part 2 will come! Eventually!