Author Note: I do not own Fruits Basket. Isuzu is 12 and Shigure is 22. No one lives with Shigure yet

Isuzu was walking through her family's estate on a cold winter day, dragging a huge cooler behind her. Why did I agree to do this, she thought to herself. Prank one of the "Maduchai Trio" Kagura had dared. Isuzu decided Shigure would be the easiest target. Hatori was basically the only smart one and she went to him for checkups. Ayame would drive her insane with his talking and would be too stupid to figure out what happened. So, Shigure was the only other choice. She couldn't figure out whether Shigure was a genius or if he was an idiot. He acted stupid, but she had overheard a conversation between him and Hatori that made him seem intelligent. She had hurried and left before they'd seen her she though, but they had quickly changed the subject without finishing their discussion. Isuzu walked to the huge freezers used by the maids, but could be used by any of the Sohmas. She started adding ice to the cooler that already had water in it. This is so heavy, she thought to herself. Once she decided that that was enough ice, she started on her way to Shigure's house. Isuzu quietly checked to make sure Shigure was still at Hatori's house before leaving the estate and he was. Ayame was also there be his annoying self.

Isuzu sighed as she finally got to Shigure's house. She reached for the doorknob thinking that she'd have to find another way in, until she realized the door was unlocked. That's it, he's an idiot, she decided. Isuzu walked in and was surprised by the fact that it was a nice house. How does he pay for this, she thought. Isuzu dragged the cooler in and started going through the house. Finding nothing interesting on the first floor, she decided to go upstairs.

After she somehow lugged the cooler up the stairs, she started her search again. Isuzu started looking at the doors trying to decide which one to rig. As she was about to start opening doors, she saw one with a sign on it. When she saw it was a do not enter sign, she decided that would be her target. Isuzu wondered what Shigure had to hide. He never seemed like the secretive type, he answered just about everything, including the sarcastic question of how many girls he slept with. He even said she slept with Ren. She had nightmares about him sleeping with the old hag of the family, even after gagging when he said her name. She wasn't even sure that he was serious. Of course that could have been because she met him when he was drunk. She smiled at that incident, she had proved that she wasn't weak when she had slapped him for asking her if she wanted to join the list She entered the "forbidden" room with her pain-in-the-ass cooler and started snooping. After debating whether or not to rig something in the actual room or just the entrance, Isuzu heard the outside door open. After quickly looking around, she opened the door and quietly shut the door. Looking around for something good, she was surprised to see a bunch of papers on a desk. Isuzu grabbed them for her to look at later. She was curious about her cousin, especially since he was close to Akito. She quickly decided she'd have to rig the chair. She opened a drawer on the desk and found what she was looking for: a screwdriver. Isuzu smiled to herself as she unscrewed the screws of the chair. She set the cooler up so it would blend in. She smiled at her plan: rig his chair so that he would fall into the ice cold water. Her happiness was ruined when she heard someone coming up the stairs. The only options she had was get caught or jump out the window. She chose jump out the window, since getting caught would get her laughed at by Kagura. She didn't want to admit it but she was afraid of Shigure's anger that made Ayame cry for days after. She didn't want to see her nice, carefree, perv cousin's wrath.

Shigure heard a crash from his "private room." He hurried into his room. The window was open and his manuscript was missing. I got pranked by the younger generation, he thought to himself. Hatori was right when he said I needed to be more cautious. Shigure sat down in his chair and fell into the cooler. Shigure jumped up and stared at it. Then he laughed as he went downstairs to call Hatori. The floor behind him had puddles. Hatori had answered, heard Shigure laughing, and hung up before Shigure could say anything. Shigure decided that he would pay his friend a visit in the morning.