Life In The Crazy House (Chibi Hinata's House) -
Iori Does The Dishes
In the Ten'ou, Takenouchi, Ishida, Hida, Yagami, Takaishi, Kido, Ichijouji, Kaioh, Hino, Mizuno, Granger, Weasley, and other, last-nameless characters house (more commonly known as the Crazy House), people were just getting up.
Sora was her room, Room 1, making her and Yamato's beds. On the other side of the room, Iori, Hikari and Takeru were sleeping peacefully in their own. Yamato was in the kitchen, making breakfast for himself and Sora when she came out and sat on a bar stool. "Hey," he said, flipping over a pancake with a nicely browned side. "Hey," she replied, and grabbed an apple from a bowl in the center of the table. They continued to chat, mostly about the dreams they had last night, while Yamato made his pancakes.
Ken had just woken up, and was finding it hard to get out of bed. That's when he noticed his feet and arms were tied to the bed posts. "UGGGH!!! RON!!!!" he screamed loudly, waking up the three other humans that shared his room, Room 2. "Keep it down, would you?" Jyou asked, glancing over at him. Rei, who had obviously already been up, was standing next to her bed and snickering. "That's what you get, Ichijouji. I told you Ron WOULDN'T like the spider idea," she said. Ami was sitting up, looking around sleepily. "Wha... What time is it?" she asked, a dumb, dazed look on her face. "It's 7:47, Ami! Time to rise and shine!" Rei exclaimed, opening the curtins and having the rising sun shine into Ami's eyes. "Aahhhh!" Ami shouted, covering her eyes. The last member of their room, Artemis, was already up and gone.
Their neighbors in Room 3 were not very happy to be woken up, aside from Ron who was looking very content with himself. Michiru had to stop Haruka from going in there and giving Ken a bloody nose, and Takeshi complained that his eyes almost opened. Hermione was giving Ron death looks, but he didn't seem to notice. It took a few minutes, but Room 3 finally settled down. Haruka sighed deeply. "Sooo... What's for breakfast?"
Most of Room 4 hadn't been disturbed by Ken's screaming. Only Midnight, Chibi Hinata's pet Umbreon (who can talk, like Nyasu), woke up. The other four were very deep sleepers. Kojiro and Nyasu were drooling and snoring loudly in their sleep, while Musashi and Hinata were still sleeping peacefully. Midnight sighed, and went out to the living room.
In the living room, Midnight found Artemis and a rather angry looking Ken watching re-runs of Sailor Moon S. She sat down and looked at Artemis. "Nice show you got there," she said. Artemis gave a slightly embaressed sweatdrop. "Eh, thanks..." he replied. Then Hikari, Takeru, and Iori came in and sat on the couch, bowls of cereal on their laps. "Hey, Ken! Yamato wants you. He's in the kitchen," Takeru said. Ken blinked, wondering what Yamato wanted, but got up anyway, heading for the kitchen.
Yamato and Sora were sitting at the bar, eating pancakes with butter and maple cinnamon syrup. Michiru was making scrambled eggs for Ami and Rei, who were sitting at the bar chatting. Haruka was eating a salad at the bar and telling Sora about her last race. When Ken walked in Yamato turned around, and swallowed. "Hey Ken! I heard Ron got you back this morning, eh?" he asked. Ken nodded. "Yeah. Got any new plans?" Yamato shook his head. "None yet, but I'm thinking. Sora here's got a great mind and could think up wonderful plans, but she won't help me," Yamato pouted. "Damn right I won't help you. I don't see what it is with guys and torturing each other," Sora said. "No kidding, Sora. I don't know why you even bother with them," Haruka replied, sticking her fork in her mouth. "Yama's just lucky I love him, otherwise he'd probably be one very dead 14-year-old boy," Sora said, laughing. "I don't know how you do it, Sora. Guys drive me nuts." Haruka put her bowl in the sink. "Well, it's almost my turn to take a shower. I'll be back," she said, and walked back down the hall.
Michiru had just gotten done making Rei and Ami's breakfast and then her own (a bowl of Chex), when Hermione and Ron sat down for breakfast. They sat where Yamato and Sora had been sitting, since Yamato, Sora, and Ken had gone to go shopping after they'd finished eating. The dishes were piling up, and eight people hadn't even begun to eat yet. Hermione and Ron made themselves oatmeal, and fought over the last of the brown sugar. "We're out of brown sugar!" Hermione shouted. "Okay, I'll e-mail Ken and tell them to get us some," Hikari said, as she was putting three bowls and spoons in the sink. She picked up her D3 and wrote a short message to Ken:
Ken,
Pick up some brown sugar at the store, we're out.
-Hikari =p
Two minutes later, she got a reply:
Kari,
Okay, we got the brown sugar. I don't know how you stand these two,
they can't keep their hands off each other. They're holding hands as I
speak.
You've got weird friends.
-Ken
Hikari just laughed, and went back to join Takeru and Iori, who were watching Sailor Moon Super S in Japanese now.
***
Chibi Hinata, Kojiro, Musashi, and Nyasu finally woke up around 10:30 AM. Sora, Yamato, and Ken had already gotten back a half an hour ago, and Nyasu was happy he had brown sugar for his oatmeal. Kojiro and Musashi had Frosted Flakes, and Hinata made herself some hashbrowns. When they were finished, there was a mountain of dishes to do... And nobody wanted to do them.
Everybody (except for Artemis and Midnight, who hadn't dirtied any dishes, only their food bowls) gathered in the living room. Artemis spoke up. "Okay, I have a plan! I'll have a number, and I'll tell Midnight. And then you all have to pick numbers, and whoever has that number has to do the dishes! Now, there's 18 of you all together, so it has to be a number, 1-18, and nobody can pick the same number. Got it?" Everybody nodded. Artemis whispered a number into Midnight's ear, who nodded. The results were as follows:
Hinata - 16
Sora - 10
Yamato - 18
Iori - 6
Hikari - 3
Takeru - 12
Jyou - 8
Ken - 7
Michiru -9
Haruka - 1
Rei - 11
Ami - 4
Kojiro -13
Musashi - 5
Nyasu - 14
Takeshi - 17
Hermione - 2
Ron - 15
Artemis took a look at the sheet they had marked on. "I'm sorry Iori, but the number was six. You have to do the dishes."
Iori walked into the kitchen, and looked at the mountain of dishes in the sink. He got a step-stool (hey, he's a short little bugger!) and begun to fill the sink. The stack wobbled. "Whoa!" he exclaimed. When he finally got the sink full, he started to wash the dishes. But he picked up one of the supporting plates, and the whole thing toppled over on him, water getting everwhere.
***
Two hours and one very bandaged and bruised Iori later, Sora, Yamato, and Iori left the hospital. Haruka could drive better, but Iori had wanted Yamato to drive him, and Sora had come with. When they got back, everybody was busy either cleaning up water, sweeping broken glass, or picking broken glass out of their feet. They learned one lesson:
NEVER LET IORI DO THE DISHES!