Thanks to all those who read and reviewed for the last chapter: SMOKe13, alice9827, Aroth, fruitsbasketfreak08, Ratava100d, German Mickey, buyokitty and Kyki- The late night writer.

Congratulations to all those who got the question correct: alice9827, buyokitty and German Mickey!

Answer: My favorite male characters are – Kyo, Hatsuharu and Manabe.

Prize: Your choice of coupling will appear in the next chapter (: But please try not to meddle with the couplings I have now! Refer to last chapter for reference.

Standard Disclaimer.


Chapter Two: Colors & Parents?

So the first morning of school didn't go too well. Kyo, Yuki, Hana, Uo and Tohru had the same class again this year and their teacher was still Mayu-senpai. They all sat next to each other – Kyo nearest to the window, Tohru next to him and Hana and Uo behind the. As for Yuki, there weren't any seats left so he took a seat at the other end of the room.

The drill began as usual: take attendance and then listen to the teacher drabble about their "expectations." Mayu stood at the front of the classroom, her arms on the table and her face as menacing as ever – well to Tohru it was.

"It is a new school year and also your last year here in Kaibara." Mayuko began. "Some of you guys barely made it here…" She gave a quick glance at where Tohru and the gang were sitting. "…While some of you guys exceeded expectations." This time she glanced at Yuki and gave him a small smile. "This year, I expect more of you guys. You guys are wiser and I hope smarter."

Tohru slouched in her seat and sweat dropped, school wasn't really her forte. Kyo didn't really care, Hana just stared at the table and Uo kicked back on her chair.

"Yeah, yeah we got all that crap." Uo yawned, leaning back on her chair with her arms behind her neck. Tohru's eyes widened and she took a quick glance at her.

"Care to repeat that Uotani?" The teacher asked with her arms crossed over her chest, waiting for an answer.

"She didn't really mean that Mayu-senpai!" Tohru covered. "She's just a bit cranky in the morning. After all, it's just the first day back to school!" She pumped a fist in the air and gave Mayu a 'thousand-watt' smile. The teacher sighed and went over to the chalkboard, picked up a piece of chalk and started to write on the board.

"Are you okay Uo-chan?" Tohru asked in a concerned way. "Are you not feeling well?"

"Tohru, Tohru, Tohru. Don't worry about me. I'm just cranky like what you said. I think you need to worry about orangey there." She pointed towards Kyo. "He looks like he's going to die from boredom!"

"What did you say Yankee?" The orange haired teen turned around and presented a fist at Uo.

"You really need to control that temper of yours ya' know?" Uo sighed and patted Tohru on the back. "I hope you don't treat Tohru this way at home, 'cause if you do…" Uo's voice started to change and the brunette began to get worried. "…I will hunt you down and break you into itty-bitty pieces."
"Like I would ever treat Tohru like THAT." Kyo shot back at her.

"Don't worry about me Uo-chan! Kyo-kun treats me very kindly; Kyo-kun is very sweet!" She grinned at her friends and gave a quick glance at Yuki.

Across the room, Yuki sighed and waved at Tohru, mouthing the words: "You okay?"

In response, he got the thumbs up sign and nodded his head. How much he wished he was there to make sure she was really okay. He wouldn't have that much time to spend with them since he had a student council meeting at lunch.

"Okay!" Mayu yelled to get the attention from the class. "This year I was asked to teach you teens about parenthood as you will soon enter the real world."

Tohru sighed and took out her notebook to take notes. Maybe we're going to take notes about being good parents... She thought in her head. But boy was she wrong.

"So, to make sure you guys know how it really feels…" Mayu lifted a box from under her table and placed it on her desk. "…You guys will have a simulation project."

Most of the class was at lost. What did "Simulation Project" mean? Now, they were all interested. That is except for Yuki, he knew exactly what was going to happen and he didn't like it one bit.

"Now, you guys must be wondering what this "Simulation Project" is? Well, simulate is like the word pretend. And you guys are going to pretend how to be parents – facing the daily hardships, getting a job, taking care of your kids and family and much more.

"In this parenthood project, you will each get this fake baby that you and your husband or wife has to take care of."

"Whoa whoa whoa, back it up. Did you just say husband?" Uo asked.

"Don't worry, like anyone would want to marry you?" Kyo smirked.

"Yes, I did say husband and you better fix that behavior of yours Sohma." Mayu scolded before continuing. "Like I said earlier, you will be taking care of this fake baby." She reached into the box and presented a toy baby. "This baby will cry whenever it needs attention and you will be responsible to give it what it wants. And if you take its clothes off…" Mayu stripped off the clothes and showed it to the class. "There is this black bar with the colors: green, red and yellow. Each color has a meaning and the final color it is in will affect your grade.

"Green means the baby is really happy, Yellow means it's sad at times, but happy at the same time, and Red… red means you're just down-right horrible!

"Now, you don't need to worry about changing the diapers for this is only a toy, and toys are not capable of those things."

The class giggled to themselves at the thought of toys that actually do that.

"So that's the baby part. The job part, you and your husband or wife will grab a piece of paper from this jar…" This time, she presented a plastic jar with folded paper inside it. "…On the slip of paper, it will say the job you have and from there…" She took another jar out and placed it on the table. "…You will then pick another piece of paper saying where you will live. From there, you will decide how you will deal with bills and other things you might need according to how much money you will make, and to find that out you must do research on your own time."

The class groaned at the thought of doing research and Tohru began to panic even more.

"Now for the final part, with each class I will make you pick another piece of paper…" And finally she took out a giant box. "…And on that piece of paper will be either a bad thing, or a good thing. If it is a bad thing, you must find a way to over come it and if you get a good thing, good for you.

"Now that I have covered everything, you may now choose your partner and to avoid chaos, you will have five minutes and it will be guys' choice."

All the girls in class complained as the guys were checking every girl out, looking either for the 'hottest' to hopefully develop a relationship, or the 'smartest' to make that girl do all the work.

"Your time starts now, and when you have a partner please make a sign to tell me that you are ready."
And with that, there was the sound of chairs scratching the floor as all the guys raced to the girl they were eye-ing. That is except for Kyo and Yuki who were at lost for who to choose.

"So who's your pick orangey?" Uo teased. "Who are you hoping for Tohru?"
The brunette jumped at the sound of her name, she was so deep in thought that she was startled.

"Oh-uhm, let's see. I don't really know. I'm sure anyone will make a fine husband for me!" The rice ball perked up and waited for someone to ask her to be their partner. Kyo took a look around the room and saw that majority of the class already had partners and their 'signal' was holding hands. He saw a guy walking towards Tohru and couldn't help but glare at him. The guy was about the same height as him, had black spiked hair and he was surely one of the bad boys in school. He hesitated before taking a step towards Tohru and placing his hands on her table.

"Would you like to… be my wife?" Kyo mumbled as he looked away from her face as his cheeks began to burn.

"I'd love to be your wife Kyo-kun!" Tohru squealed and stood up, grinning at her 'husband.'

"Uh, yeah…" He mumbled again, and the next thing he knew, he presented his arm to her and waited for her to take it. When he saw that she was confused, he sighed and explained it to her. "We're supposed to show a sign that we have a partner…" The brunette nodded her head and placed her small hand on Kyo's big one. She couldn't help but laugh when he found that it was sweaty.

"Are you okay Kyo-kun?" She giggled.

"What's so funny?" He asked.

"Your hand… is sweaty." She began to laugh more and attention drew towards them. Yuki nearly laughed at what was happening. Kyo was blushing like hell and Tohru was just laughing at it all, completely oblivious to Kyo's tomato red face.

"Well, I better find a partner." Yuki stood up and walked over to his friends. "Anyone here needs a partner?" He asked hopefully, so he wouldn't be paired up with one of the fan club girls who were sitting on the edge of their seats, praying that Yuki would choose one of them.

"You want 'em Hana?" Uo asked.

"I… will be a widow…" Hana whispered. The others just stared at her.

"Well, guess I'm with you prince." Uo stood up and slung an arm around Yuki's neck. "What? The teacher said to make a sign, that doesn't only mean holding hands… unless you two wanted to hold hands." She grinned at Tohru and Kyo and nearly laughed out loud when Tohru released his hand and started to apologize repeatedly.

"Okay everyone!" Mayu whistled to get everyone's attention. "Girls, I will be calling your name and you will tell me the name of your husband. You and your husband will then pick up a baby, take a slip from the job jar and take another slip from the home jar." She began to read the names of the girls in class and wrote down the name of their husband. One by one they went up to get their 'materials' for the project and took their seats.

"Hanajima, Saki who is your husband?" Mayu demanded when she saw that Hana was still sitting down like nothing was happening.

"I am a widow…" She began. "…My husband died on our wedding night…"

"I'm afraid that's not part of the project Hanajima –"She was cut off as Hana continued her sentence.

"…It was a tragedy and my parents were sad…"

"Fine, come up and at least get a baby, job and house then…" Mayu sighed and called the next name.

"Honda, Tohru."

"My husband is Sohma, Kyo." She grinned before they walked to the front and picked up a baby and three slips of paper.

"Uotani, Arisa."

"Sohma, Yuki." She said and took the last baby and papers from the jar. The girls nearly fainted when they saw that they were partners. It looked like they were going to attack her, but Uo gave a glare at them.

"Now that you have your partners, you may use the remaining five minutes of class to talk about it."

"What job did you get?" Tohru asked her friends.

"I'm in the CEO." Yuki said, shocked at what he got.

"I'm a professional chef." Uo said.

"Wedding dress designer…" Hana whispered. It was a very odd job for a girl that likes black.

"What did you get Honda-san?" Yuki asked.

"I'm a waiter at a restaurant. What did you get Kyo-kun?"

"Eh, I'm a surgeon." He read from the slip of paper. "And we live in a two story home with a pool in the backyard."

"That's very nice!" Tohru said. "I'm sure our kids will be happy!"

"Yeah…" Kyo whispered.

"We live in a one-story home. How boring…" Uo sighed.

"I live in an abandoned castle…" Hana said. "That's what it says…"

"Well we should at least name our babies…" Yuki said as he looked at his watch, one minute to lunch.

"What would you like to be the baby's name Kyo-kun?" Tohru asked him.

"I don't know, you can choose."

"Why don't we name her Kyoko?"

"Isn't that the name of your mom?"
"Yes, it is but she'll be okay with it. She'll be happy to know that I named my child after her!"

"Kyoko it is then."

"We're naming her Sora, got it prince?"
"Okay, her name is Sora then."

"My child's name is… Sinner and he is a boy…"

"Are you sure you want to name your kid that?" Yuki asked her.

"Yes, I am sure…" And with that the bell rang.

"Is it okay if you hold the baby for now? I have a student council meeting to go to. We can all meet at my house after school."

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"I say our first meeting should be giving each other nicknames – no colors !" Manabe decalred. "Who's with me?"
"Well, there's nothing to really do yet so I guess we can have a meeting on that…" Yuki sighed as picked up a chalk to write their names on the chalkboard.

"I say that you should be red because you're the leader. I can be black, Nao can be blue, Kimi can be pink and Machi can be yellow! PERFECT!"

"Don't make decisions for us!" Nao yelled at him.

"Well, you guys aren't saying anything!" Manabe cried.

"Can we get this over with?" Yuki yelled over them. "Now, are we all okay with what Manabe said?"

"Fine, I guess it's okay then." Nao snorted. "I'm out of here, this is so not a 'meeting.'" And with that he was gone. Yuki sighed before turning to the others.

"Anything else you guys need to say?"

"So we're going with what I say?"

"Apparently, we are…" Yuki groaned. What a first meeting.


And there's chapter 2!

Bonus Question # 2

Name my TOP three favorite FEMALE characters IN ORDER from most favorite to average to favorite!

Prize: You get a part of what you want to see during the parenthood project.

Because I'm busy with summer camp and stuff, I won't post the next chapter for a while - or until I get 10 reviews XD Reviews make me happy and motivate me to make longer chapters (;