A/N: Heh, I hope you like it. This chapter's short, the others will be longer. Please review, X3. Oh, and when somethings in italics it either means a dream is taking place, or someone is having a flashback. Looking at the situations in which these things appear, you should be able to tell which is which. :) ;) OH! Thanks Love Haru Fanclub for beta-ing!
Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Furuba, or any of the lovely characters. 7.7 Of course, if someone's willing to donate... X3
-Tohru stepped into a large, white room, surrounded by shaddowed faces, all whispering amoung themselves. Towards the end of the room, a slender figure lay sprawled on the ground. "Mom!" she mouthed, but no words came out. Tohru continued to scream, running faster and faster towards her mother, but she seemed to just get farther and farther away with every step. "Mom! Wait! Come back!" More forms continued to whisper around her. Uo-chan suddenly appeared infront of her, eyes set. "Stop. There's nothing you can do now. She's gone. Tohru, stop." She repeated this, as Hana-Chan appeared, grasping Tohru's shoulders. "Hana! Let go! Please!" she sobbed, but she was frozen stiffly to the ground. "Tohru. Stop. She's gone, you can't change it. Stop Tohru. Stop Tohru..." Hana and Uo-chan continued to chant this, as their bodys disapeared, but voices continued to echo. Tohru's face was streaked with tears, as she continued to scream for her mother. "Stop Tohru... Stop Tohru..." More voices came.
"Who will take her?"
"She's to young to get married"
"Mommy, can I have candy?"
"My house is too small."
"Who will take her?"
"Tohru, there's been an accident."
"MOM!"-
"MOM!" Tohru sat bolt-upright in bed, sweating a bit. Gyah? Where am I, she thought. Oh... that's right, Sohma house. And next door is Kyo, Shigure, and Yuki... and I've been living here for a year... Silly me.A wide-eyed red headed boy came darting into the room, panting, followed by a silvery-gray haired one, and one with black hair. Kyo, Yuki, and Shigure. "Tohru?! Is everything all right!?" They all asked at once, glancing around the room. "Eh?" She questioned, wiping a bit of sweat from her forehead. "Oh, I'm fine, it was.. just a bad dream, I guess. I'm sorry to have wakened you, I guess I didn't really realize I had spoken, you know, silly me." She immated an attempt at bonking herself on the head, while plastering on a smile. Shigure and the others still didn't look convinced. "I'm fine, really, it was just a dream. I'm sorry to have wakened you." She smiled a bit more, while the others sighed, giving up. "Oh, alright," said Gure-san, "but if anything happens, we're all close by." Kyo and Yuki nodded, and with that, they all headed towards their rooms. Tohru watched as they all left the room, before collapsing onto her pillow. Mom, she thought. I don't know why, but I feel like I should appologize to you. Is it okay, that I've grown to know all the Sohmas, and that I love them, like my family? That they all have a place in my heart, just like you? I love you, mom. And with that, her eyelids slowly closed, and she fell asleep.
A blazed-looking Kyo walked into the kitchen, shoving aside everything in his path. Shigure, barely looking up from his paper, grimmaced slightly, and said, "Oh Kyo, must you ALWAYS wreck my house?" Kyo looked down at him, as if he were about to knock him through the roof. "Where's... Yuki..." he panted, trying to pull down his anger. Shigure smirked, now clearly losing interest in it, put down his paper. "Why, did something happen again, Kyo-kun, a lovers quarrel, perhaps?" Shigure immediately wimpered once he realized what he had said, of course, by the time he had figured out he had said something wrong, his head was already sporting a large bruise. "Oh, Kyo, you're so mean to me! He went outside, a little while ago, I believe out to his garden. I wouldn't bother him now, Kyo, he seemed quite upset about.. something..."
The dog shrugged, pretending not to know what happened.
Yuki walked into the kitchen, yawning. He grabbed some cereal from the cupboard, before sitting down at the table, near a grinning Shigure. Yuki simply glared at him, saying "I suddenly have the feeling you're up to something." Shigure laughed lightly. "Oh Yuki, you're always so mistrusting.. That hurts, really." Yuki continued to glare. "...Okay, If you must know, I have a wonderful surpirse for you Yuki!" Yuki grimaced slightly at the overjoyed dog. Shigure continued, "I've booked a three-night trip for you and Aaya on a trip to Korea!"
Shigure smiled, completely ignoring the death looks he was getting from the other side of the table. A bit of cereal dropped from Yuki's mouth, before flinging a large portion at Shigure's head, and quietly storming out of the house.
Shigure frowned. "Nope, no Idea what happened." Kyo, completely fumed, walked out of the house after Yuki. "Ah, those two, when will they learn?" "Idiot." Kyo muttered, before walking off the porch.
Tohru walked down the stairs into the kitchen, to see Shigure sitting at the table, looking quite pleased with himself. "Oh! Shigure-san! Good morning! I'm really awfully sorry about last night. I didn't mean to wake you all up." she smiled brightly. "Good morning, Tohru. No, it was no trouble, really. Listen, I must run over to the main house this morning, and I'm afraid I won't be home till around dinner. Is that okay?" Tohru nodded, smiling. "Oh! That's fine." Shigure grinned. "Oh, good. Kyo and Yuki are out right now, but I'm sure they'll be back in no time. Well, I must be on my way." and with that, he left, leaving a quiet house to Tohru.
A/N: Okay, that was so incredibly short its not funny, but I felt like I had to get something up. I'll edit it later, that's a promise. I'll try to get a chapter up a day, and sorry if this completely abuses the Furuba storyline. I LUB reviews, so If you could just go down and hit the little go button, that would be WONDERFUL. XD With all that being said, flames are accepted, but positive reviews make me joyous. I hope there's not too many typos, and please, if there are, feel free to alert me. If this seems a bit cliche, sorry, n.n, I'm doing my best. Oh, and for those of you who are wondering when Haru will come in, the lovely ox, as promised, will be around in the next chapter, soon to be followed with many other zodiac members. And really, This story, (if possible) Is more: Romance/Humor/Drama-ish. Now, REVIEW! :):)
