Chapter 1: Starting Off
Disclaimer: I do not own Furuba or any of its characters. There may be small spoilers but I'm not sure if those certain characters will be needed in this story. If they are…I will post a 'minor spoiler' thing in the disclaimer of that chapter.
People have been asking me: "When's the next chapter of Kan Yume?" or "What are you going to write next?" Answer 1: Kan Yume ended the way it did because that's how I felt everything should have happened. And Answer 2: This right here is my next personal assignment. My hands were itching to hit the keys of my keyboard and out of nowhere an idea, came to me…and here is how it came together. Now…. All you Kyo X Tohru fans should still be happy…but…I'm not quite sure how this story will turn out. This is actually not a Kyoru fic or…is it. Actually, I'm not even sure lol. But…it will feature the same elements, but without the love story of Kyoru. This story is fresh and doesn't even have ANY relations to Aikyou or Kan Yume. Please enjoy .
The refreshing rain dripped from the sky carelessly, scattering over the earth. Because of this, mud formed where –normally- solid dirt lie packed together. Two solidly colored purple eyes peered out a window. He was remembering how fond children are of rain and how foolish it had seemed to others. "It is how they are…" he mumbled incoherently. His eyes skipped across the fields and looked deep into the forest where a patch sat. There was one of the things that he was truly fond of, resting quietly and growing within the forest. A narrow smile crept across his lips ever so slowly as if he was happy and sad at the same instant. "They will get their watering for the day…" he sighed gently, "But that'd now leave me with nothing to do, seeing it practically is my daily duty…"
Footsteps were audible as they entered the room. "Yuki-kun…are we going to save the base!" the voice was so silly to him sometimes that he couldn't help but laugh gently. "Ah… Yuki-kun…" she sighed slightly and then smiled, "You're laughing at me again…"
"Ah…I'm sorry Honda-san…" he turned from the window and looked at her, head tilted ever so slightly, "Its just…the way you said 'base' sounded so triumphant…and…quite peculiar. But..." he smiled softly, the smile that captured the hearts of some many young woman in his school, "it made me actually give off a true call of happiness…"
Tohru raised her hands in the air and clenched them into fists, eyes closed as if she were wincing. "We will protect the base!" she cried out happily, almost victoriously actually.
Another voice shouted from a room just a little farther down the hallway, "Can you idiots please shut up! That damn base talk is making me sick!" The tone merely confirmed the fact that it was Kyo. More footsteps resounded through the house as they clapped down the hallway. Tohru leapt into the room and turned around to see Kyo leaning against the doorframe, his head plainly rested on the wood as he half glared at Yuki. "What base are you rambling on about any way, Tohru? What's so special about it?" he eyed her as if he were uninterested, though being Kyo, he was horrible at hiding how he truly felt and gave off the knowledge of his true interest in the topic.
Yuki stared mildly at Kyo and sighed then spoke, "The base is special…merely because you don't know about it…you stu-pid cat." Kyo scowled at Yuki's words and opened up his mouth to fire back. "Don't bite your tongue Kyo…otherwise you'll just cause me to make fun of your inferiority even farther…" The cat's mouth shut instantly and all he did afterward was mumble a few harsh words under his breath and leave the room without so much as another hiss. "I thought he'd never leave," he grinned slightly in Tohru's direction and she returned his smile with a sigh of relief. "So…you were saying…?" Yuki said, urging her to continue with what she was saying without sounding at all demanding.
With a soft smile, Tohru continued quickly, "We should go check up on the base and we can make sure it was safe throughout the shower. If its not then we can cover it up in case it rains again later when we're sleeping, then tomorrow…" she stopped and shook her head, "I'm thinking too far ahead aren't I?" she whispered to him calmly.
The rat shook his head and stood up from the chair he was seated in when he was looking out the window and walked to her. His hand slipped up to her face and was unaware of his actions when he guided his fingers through the strands of hair that had fallen in front of her eyes. He quickly overcame his unknowing unconsciousness, and dropped his hands back to his sides then smiled faintly. "Um…no. You aren't thinking too far ahead Miss Honda. It'd be better if we planned out everything before it occurs, that way…. we'll be ready for whatever happens in the morning. I'm guessing…" he paused and looked toward the window silently, then glanced back at her, "I'm guessing that you want to go back to the base tomorrow and take the tarp off the garden so that it can get its well overdue sunlight first thing in the morning. You know…" he smiled once more ever so sweetly, "plants enjoy the light that a sun gives off during sunrise much more then it enjoys the sunlight from the middle of the day."
Tohru giggled and covered her mouth for a moment. To Yuki…she looked like a gift…no…an angel that had been dropped at his doorstep. "I bet it does like the light from sunrise much better Yuki-kun…" she thought for a moment then her eyes got large and locked onto his with a swift motion, "B-but! What about sunset? Isn't sunset just so beautiful that the plants can sleep happily after ward from just seeing it?"
Yuki held in his laughter. How absurd she is…with such cute suggestions. It makes me happy to see that someone thinks this way. She has such a kind heart…and she's as beautiful as a cherry blossom. She is a compliment… no… she's more then that. If a woman were to meet her they would most definitely want to have children… this is because…they see her as the perfect, most innocent girl. "Yes…. quite beautiful…" he muttered quietly then looked back into her large, youthful and childish eyes, "The garden loves the sunset the most because they know that after feeling its rays it can sleep in peace and realize that in a few measly hours…it will be welcomed back into life by the awakening of the sun."
She stared at him, hands clenched in fists against her chest from waiting anxiously for his response. Finally, she smiled and dropped her hands to her side. "What you said… is so beautiful Yuki-kun…" she tilted her head and the rays of the sun as it began to melt away the falling water slipped into the room reflected softly toward her eyes, which caused a soothing glisten.
listens to everyone gasp Yes I know TT it's a short chapter. I'm sorry. I'm sure, though, that the chapters will lengthen with time. This will be about ten chapters shorter then my two other Furuba fics but I pray that it has just as much success. Tell me what you think please review.