A/N- Come one, come all, to The Killer's Tears newest story! Sorry, I had to. Anywho, my first multi-chapter fic. Some how, I never seem to be able to finish anything more than two chapters, but I promise, I WILL FINISH! I have the story line all here in my noggin; I just need to get it down on paper. I will update every week or maybe every two weeks. Honestly, it will probably take me a while to get into some sort of pattern. This is a Kyo/OC fic. R&R PUH-LEEEZ! I'm a shameless review whore, plus reviewers get a free virtual Shigure doggy plushie!
"RAPE! RAPE!" Piercing feminine howls cut through the air.
What the… Kyo glanced up momentarily from the homework he was doing and exchanged confused glances with Yuki. Before either boy had a chance to say something, Hatori burst through the door with Shigure, Haru and Ayame at his heels. Over his shoulder, the ever stoic Doctor had a girl who was beating his back and kicking and swearing in multiple languages. The girl managed to land a particularly satisfying punch and Hatori stumbled. The girl took advantage of his momentary loss of balance to leap out of his arms. She shot toward the door, only to be tackled by Shigure. He pinned her arms down and straddled her hips with his legs, keeping her to the floor.
"Get off me, you filthy perverted mutt!" she snarled viciously, struggling but only managing to excite Shigure even more.
Shigure grinned and held his face near the girl's. "I'm not the only mutt here, darling." He purred suggestively.
A deep growl erupted from her throat and she spat in Shigure's face. He jumped off her in disgust, and she leapt onto the kitchen counter.
"En garde!" she bellowed, brandishing a fork as though it were a sharpened silver sword.
Hatori rolled his eyes. "Now you're just being an idiot."
"Completely and entirely beside the point."
Suddenly, she dropped the fork and launched herself at Haru. She body slammed him into the ground, knocking the breath out of him. She attempted to leap out the window, but Ayame grabbed her waist and pulled her back in. Haru kicked her feet out from under her with one smooth move and held her to the ground the same way Shigure had. The girl struggled for a good three minutes before she stopped.
"Alright, you win." She relented, glaring up at Haru.
"If I get up, will you run?" he asked calmly.
"No."
"Will you try to convince someone to take you back?"
"No."
"Will you try to get away in any way, shape, or form?"
She huffed. "I said no already, you overgrown hamburger, now let me up!"
Haru obediently got off her, choosing not to push his limits too much. He might have won a battle, but he knew she would kick his ass in a war. The girl picked herself up and Kyo studied her intently. This was the first time he had gotten to study her without her yelling or punching. She was tall, about his height, give or take an inch or two. She was lean, and clearly had fighting experience because very few people could take on three grown men and then Haru, to boot. She was pretty, with jet black hair that reached just above her waist and intelligent amber eyes. When she walked, she held herself high and proud, and had a demeanor of challenge about her. She appeared to be about his age. The girl seemed vaguely familiar to him, but he couldn't quite remember how. And then it clicked.
Nimian.
The girl crossed her arms stubbornly as Hatori motioned for her to sit down but she sat obediently.
"So, Nim, how have you been?"
She glowered at him coldly. "Considering I was just abducted from my apartment, hogtied and thrown in the back of a black SUV just to drag me here, I'm not doing so hot."
"Are you sure you aren't being a little dramatic?" Yuki asked, raising an eyebrow.
"She is so exaggerating. She was NOT hogtied." Shigure protests.
"I might as well have been!" she snapped. "Kyo will vouch for me, right? Please say yes."
Kyo puts up both his hands in surrender, as though to say I'm not getting into this!
"You won't testify for your favorite cousin who has rescued you multiple times from Kagura? That's cold." She rolled her eyes. "Anyways, since no one is going to believe me, I'll just tell the story."
"Now wait a second, I don't think-"
"Silence, Hatori! I will have order in this court!"
"What court?" Haru scoffs.
"ANYWAYS, so here's how this went down. First off, Aya tries to jump me in the shower-"
"I did not!" Aya yelped.
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did Too!"
"Did-"
"Both of you, shut up!" Hatori growls, massaging his temples.
"Fine. So long story short, I got attacked four times, thrown in the back of Hatori's SUV, was dragged in here, kicked butt and almost got away, and would have if Haru hadn't jumped in. Which, for the record, was not fair." she said quickly, managing to tell everything without interruptions.
"You know, I wouldn't be surprised if you had hogtied her." Kyo admits.
"HA! I have a witness!" She cheered victoriously.
"A witness. We have four." Haru points out coolly. Damn his logic.
"My witness is the only valid one."
"What makes Kyo so valid? He wasn't even there."
"He's valid 'cause I said so. He can testify on Shigure's track record of tying women up."
"I have never tied a woman up!" Shigure protested.
Six pairs of eyebrows shot up questioningly, and twelve eyes looked at him with disbelief.
"Ok, maybe once or twice…"
No one moved.
"Ok, yeah, like twenty…"
Twenty sounded like a fairly reasonable number so they let it slide.
"So, why was I so forcibly dragged from my home to here, anyway? I mean, I know I'm beautiful and you all crave my attention, but really…" Nim's amber eyes swept the room, almost like she was searching for the answer.
"Akito decided that you won't be living on your own anymore." Shigure said, almost tentatively.
"WHAT? No way in Hell am I going back to the main house! And why does he have the sudden issues anyway? I moved out ages ago!" Nim yelled instantly. If Akito thinks he can just suddenly decide that she was going back to the main house so that he can beat her and… and do that again, he is sadly mistaken.
"He figured you would say that. He decided that it was inappropriate for a young woman who is yet to be out of high school to live all by herself." Hatori explained.
"I've been living alone since I started middle school! It's been years!"
"Nim, he knows. But he also knows you have some spirit and won't go quietly. So he decided that you're going to live with Shigure, Yuki, Kyo and Tohru."
She relaxed slightly. It was calming for her to know that she wouldn't have to go back to the ninth layer.
"So, Nim, care to yell or beat me any more before I leave?" Hatori asked standing and motioning for Haru to do the same.
"Don't tempt me."
He rolls his eyes and says his goodbyes before he, Haru and Aya leave.
"So, who's Tohru?" Nim asked Yuki. He starts to answer when the door swings open, revealing a cute girl with big eyes and brown hair. Her arms are laden with grocery bags overflowing with food. She looked slightly in distress.
"Do you need help?" Nim asked. She leaped forward and quickly took most of the bags from her arms.
"Oh, I… uh, Th-thank you, miss." Toru stammers then she bows as best as she can while holding the rest of the bags.
Nim flashed her a beaming grin. "No problem. Where do you want these?"
"The kitchen, if you don't mind…"
"Of course not." She leads Nim to the kitchen and they unload everything onto the counter.
As the pair starts to put everything away, Nim sparked conversation.
"So, what's your name?" She asked gently, since Tohru seems kind of shy.
"Tohru Honda. What's yours?"
"I'm Nimian Sohma, but you can call me Nim. Nice to meet you."
"It's nice to meet you, too, Nim-san."
"Please, just Nim. I don't like formalities."
"Are you part of the Zodiac, too?" she asks, her eyes sparkling with curiosity.
"Yup." She responded casually, popping the 'p'.
"What's your animal sign?" she asks excitedly.
Nim grinned lightly at her enthusiasm. "I'm the Jaguar."
Tohru's eyebrows furrow as she thinks, she puts away a small bundle of leeks. "The Jaguar?"
Nim nodded.
"I don't remember a Jaguar…" she looks deep in thought, to the point where it looks almost painful.
"Don't strain yourself." Nim soothed, pulling Tohru out of her reverie. "The story of the Jaguar has always been very hush-hush."
"Oh, OK." Her posture loosens and she visibly relaxes. The two girls finish putting everything away and Nim excuses herself. She wandered the house for a while, but she couldn't find any sign of him. Then she had a brief yet brilliant stroke of genius. She found the nearest window and hauled herself onto the roof. Nim gained her balance and glanced around, on the other side of the roof she saw Kyo with his back to her. She silently walked up behind him.
"Hiya, Kyo-koneko."
He jumps slightly and turns his head to face the female.
"How many times have I asked you not to call me that?" he demands irritably.
The Jaguar shrugged. "Dunno, never bothered to count."
"Why do you insist on calling me that anyway?"
"I think it's cute."
He shrugs and notions for her to sit to sit. She didn't hesitate, plopping down next to him rather loudly. A comfortable silence settled over them. Kyo and Nim are good friends, both of them being the forgotten animals of the zodiac, even though it was for completely different reasons. Nim looked up at the sky and began naming all the constellations in her head.
"Can you still name them all?" Kyo asks, noticing her intent stare at the night sky.
"What?" She furrowed her brow, not sure what he's asking.
"You used to be able to name and point out all the constellations." He elaborates. "Can you still do it?"
A quick flashback sweeps over Nim. A five year old Kyo chases a five year old Nimian through a lush field behind the Sohma estate. Eventually, the pair gets tired and both collapse on the soft, plush ground. They stare at the sky for a little while in silence before Kyo speaks up.
"The stars are pretty." He says firmly, as though confirming something very important.
Nim nods in agreement. "Uh-huh. I can name all the constellations."
Kyou looks at her through a mop of bright orange hair. "No, you can't."
"Can too! Look, that one over there is Draco, and that ones Lupus, and that one is…" She superiorly pointed out all the constellations lighting up the sky.
"Nim?" Kyo's voice drags her back to the present.
"Yeah, I can name them." she answers his question and scans the night sky. "There's Vulpecula, the little fox. And Pegasus. Equuleus, that one is the little horse." She swiftly and easily pointed out all the constellations lighting up the sky.
"You should be an astronomer. You'd be good at it." Kyo tells her firmly.
She shrugged. "Maybe. But watching the stars is more of a pastime to me."
"Why?" he asks, being the cat.
"Because the stars are constant. They're always there. Almost everything else in the world is unreliable and constantly changing. People, weather, emotions. Always morphing, you can never say what will happen next for sure. But with stars, you always know that in the summer you see Capricornus, in the winter you see Canis Major, in the spring Scorpius, and in the fall you see Lepus. There are no what-ifs or maybes. Its always yes or no."
He nods, understanding.
"It's late." She says. "I'm going to bed."
He grins, probably remembering today's fiasco. "I'm sure you're tired."
The Jaguar snorted. "You're telling me."
"Night, Nim."
"Night, Kyo-koneko."
He sighs and rolls his eyes as she climbed off the roof. She clambered in the window, and practically fell flat on her face. She recovered quickly, making sure no one saw. Nim pulled a blanket out of the closet and quickly fashioned herself a makeshift bed on the couch. She nestled down and closed her eyes. Her sharp ears hear everything around her, Shigure typing at his computer, Yuki snoring ever so lightly in his room as he sleeps. The darkness envelopes her as she drifted off into a deep sleep.
A/N 2-Well? What do you think? I'm not too good with third person, but I didn't want to start the story one way and then switch to Nimian's point of view. Shigure is one of my favorite characters, so I just had to make fun of him. Some of you are probably wondering why I named it "Lollipop", but that's because I got the plot bunny when I was listening to Lollipop by MIKA. This story will be mostly based off anime, it starts right in between episodes 3 and 4. That means next chapter gets Kagura! Muwahahahaha! I won't continue this story if no one is going to read it, though. I need 5 reviews if you want me to continue this story, they don't all have to be nice though! Constructive criticism is more then welcome, and flames will only make me want to write more because god knows I exist to piss people off! XD Anywho, I (Might) see you next time!
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