Chaos Rising

There was a heavenly silence in the room as everyone began correcting the homework that had been due for the class. Well, except for a few frustrated students, muttering to themselves about wrong answers. Even Yuki and Kyo weren't fighting, or insulting each other, but this might be because the teacher had quickly learned that the best way to stop them from fighting, was to seat them on opposite sides of the room, where they were sitting now.

Then came the inevitable, 'I'M SO SORRRRRRRRRRRRY! I APOLOGIZE TO THE WORLD! YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO PUNISH ME, I HAVE NO DESIRE TO LOVE! I'M SO SORRY!' by Ritsu, who had been called up to the front by the teacher.

The teacher, who was staring at Ritsu, who, at the moment, was running around the room, screaming an apology at the top of his lungs, was severly regretting having called Ritsu up to his desk. 'Miss Sohma! Miss Sohma, please settle down!'

After a few minutes of running around after Ritsu, who was not slowing down at all, the teacher gave up and collapsed into his chair. It seemed hopeless that Ritsu would settle down at all in the next few minutes. Hopeless, until Shigure stuck his head into the room, waited until Ritsu was by him, and poked Ritsu in the side with a finger.

'A-ha!' Shigure exclaimed as Ritsu collapsed dizzily onto the floor. Shigure winked at Kyo, Tohru and Yuki, who stared mildly back at him, as he sat Ritsu up against the wall.

'Hel-loo everyone!' Shigure said, waving to the class smiling. Yuki and Kyo buried their heads in their hands. Tohru looked confused.

'Umm, may I ask who you are, and what you are doing here?' The teacher asked, looking first at Ritsu and then at Shigure, still reclining in his chair.

Shigure put a hand over his heart, and lowered his head abashedly (is that even a word?). 'I. My dear teacher-san, am Shigure Sohma, cousin to Ki-kun, Rit-kun, Kyoko and a dear, dear friend of Tohru-kun.'

Everyone in the room either rolled their eyes or exchanged looks. The teacher, for one, was gaping open-mouthed at Shigure. But before Shigure could open his mouth and say something either very annoying or perhaps more drastic, another Zodiac member showed up.

'Gure? Gure! Where did you go? Gure!' Aaya stuck his head around the doorway.

Yuki gave an audible groan and buried his head again.

'Aaya, thank goodness! Ritsu went crazy again and I had to poke him,' Shigure began recounting happily, but Aaya was more concerned about saying hello to his brother.

'Yuki! My dear, dear brother, I bet you are just so delighted to see me!' Aaya exclaimed, walking over to Yuki and putting his hands on his brother's shoulders.

Yuki sunk lower in his chair, wishing he could either disappear or throw his brother out of the window. He settled with saying icily, 'Niisan, what are you doing here.'

Aaya clapped his hands together delightfully, 'Oh, you are glad to see me! Oh Yuki, you don't know what this means to me!' He gave Yuki a long hug.

Yuki sighed, struggling against his brothers arms, 'Can you just answer the question?'

'Ah, of course. I am here, because, I, your brother, came up with the brilliant idea of coming to visit you. We had the day off and were extremely bored, if you can believe that.' Aaya exclaimed, being charecteristicly dramatic.

'In other words, you're skipping class.' Yuki sighed and rubbed his head. 'And why is Shigure here?'

Aaya laughed majestically. 'Well, I just had to bring him along, since he wasn't having any luck with his manuscript. I did him a favor, really.' He paused thoughtfully and searched the room, 'And Haa-kun should be here somewhere too. He came along with us, you know.'

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket. I wish that this wasn't true, but, heh, thats life for ya.

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