Haru's P.O.V
I walked down the hall of the dodgy looking building frowning. 'This place is even more disgusting than when shigure and yuki were living together before Tohru' i thought to myself as i stepped over a man lying in the hallway either dead or passed out. i had to step over various needles and at one point I'm pretty sure i saw a rat. When i got out of that place i decided to keep my visit a secret from kyo, yuki, shigure and Tohru. The fresh night air welcomed me as i stepped out of the decaying building. i had taken no more than one step when i heard a bloodcurdling scream. Immediately worried about Claire i ran back inside and straight to her room. The door had been forced open and i heard a strange muffling coming from her room. There she was tied to her bed and there was a man standing over her. "Let her be!" i yelled charging at the intruder. i knocked him off of his feet and started to lay into him. i heard more muffled cries from Claire and i stopped and turned towards her. i untied her and removed her gag and she jumped up and started to punch the daylights out of the guy. " .you!" she muttered at him as she punched him over and over again. 'Yeah she's gone black. better to stay out of this.' i thought to myself as i stood by and watched for a little while before pulling her off of him. "You better stop before you kill him. Let's get you to shigure's place." i said and she nodded and immediately started to pack all of her valuables and clothes into her bags, deciding to leave the rest. As she walked past the guy, that was now unconscious on the floor, and spat on him. "Come on lets go." she said as she walked out the door and didn't look back.
Claire's P.O.V
We got to shigure house shortly and Tohru opened the door. "Haru, Claire! What are you guys doing here?" Tohru asked grinning happily. "i can't stay, i was just dropping Claire off. i might see you guys later." haru said waving goodbye as he walked through the door. i turned back to Tohru. "Is it okay if i stay here awhile?" i asked her and she jumped up. "Just let me go and ask shigure okay? I'm sure he will say yes!" she said running off up the stairs and towards shigure's study. "YAY!" she yelled out happily as she bounded back down the stairs and jumped right into me. "Shigure says it's okay! Come on, you can sleep in my room tonight!" she said pulling me towards her room. "Dump your stuff anywhere okay? I'm going to go and prepare dinner. Is there anything you would like in particular?" she asked and I thought for a moment before answering with, "curry and rice." and she smiled. "I should have known you would say that." she said before running off. "I'll be in the kitchen if you need me!" she yelled and I laughed. I placed my bag on the far wall out of the way and walked back down stairs I saw yuki again and said hello. He nearly jumped straight out of his skin. "What the- oh hey Claire." he said while I just laughed. "I'm going to go and see if Tohru needs any help. See ya later yuki." I said when I had finished laughing and he nodded going back to whatever it was he was doing before I interrupted. I walked into the kitchen to find Tohru standing at the stove and kyo at the fridge guzzling milk from the carton. He nearly choked on the milk when he saw me. "What are you doing here?" he asked and I smiled. "I'm going to be living with you guys for a while." I said happily and kyo gave me a hug. "That's awesome. I got to go. later." he said and I laughed. I turned to Tohru again. "Hey need any help?" i asked and she nodded pointing to the rice cooker. "Could you put the rice on for me?" she asked and i nodded getting out the rice and water and stuff and putting into the rice cooker. Before i turned it on however i put a pinch of salt and a splash of soy sauce into it, gave it a little stir and then turned it on. "What surprise did you put in it this time?" i heard Tohru ask and i turned to her. Kyo was no longer in the kitchen so i could tell her. "Soy and squid ink." i said and she nodded. "That means i have to put sausage octopuses into the curry." she said and i smiled. "You remembered!" i said giving her a hug as she laughed. "Okay now shoo! Why don't you go and give yuki a hand with his homework or something?" she said playfully pushing me off her and i laughed. "Yes mum!" i said running off and back into the lounge room. "Hi again yuki!" i said behind him and he jumped again. i laughed so hard that i fell on my butt. "Can you stop doing that?" he asked as i laughed and i shook my head no. "Anyway, what are you doing? Homework?" i asked getting up and looking over his shoulder. "No it's student council work. I've been getting swamped with it lately, since my vice-captain left for England." he said glancing ever so slightly at me. i playfully pushed his head down and laughed. "Is that so? Well maybe i could help then, you know since I'm not in England." i said as i picked up a paper from the top of the pile. "Oh and by the way did you elect a new vice president?" i asked while scanning over the paperwork. "Yes and no. i was hoping that you would come back so we elected a temporary vice president." he said and i nodded. "Okay then. When's the next meeting?" i said and he pointed to the top of the paper i was reading. "Tomorrow. Same room." he said and again i nodded. We managed to get almost all of the paper work done before dinner. When Tohru came in with the food i was starving. "Thanks Tohru this looks delicious!" i exclaimed and she smiled. "I'll go and get kyo and shigure." she said but i jumped up and pushed her back towards her seat. "No you can sit and I'll get their lazy asses down here." i said as she sat down. i ran up the stairs and shouted for shigure and kyo. "you guys better get down here before i send you down with a boot up your ass and your manhood missing!" as soon as i had reached the bottom of the stairs i heard thundering footsteps as both shigure and kyo came running. i smirked as i sat down between kyo and yuki. "Hey Tohru whys the rice black? Did you burn it or something?" kyo asked poking at it and i glared at him. "Have you forgotten your manners kyo? Shut up and eat it or i will shove it down your throat! It's not burnt it's just got one of my little surprises in it and if i hear you complain again i will personally neuter you cat." i growled and kyo gulped. "Black Claire's back..." he mumbled and i gave him the mother of all death glares and he immediately shut up. We each dug into the curry and afterwards played a game of rich man poor man. "IN YOUR FACE KYO! I WIN AGAIN!" I shouted jumping up and pointing at kyo who threw his cards down. "YOU CHEATED!" he yelled at me jumping up with his fists clenched at his sides. "YOU WANNA GO!?" i shouted with my own hands clenched at my sides. "LETS GO THEN!" he yelled and he swung his fist at me. i blocked it and smashed my own his face. We fought like that over the table while yuki and shigure calmly ignored it while Tohru tried to stop us. The fight only stopped when i kicked kyo threw the door. "TAKE THAT YOU STUPID CAT!" i yelled after him. "My poor house..." shigure sobbed and i turned to glare at him. "YOU WANNA PIEACE OF ME?!" i shouted at him and he raised his hands in front of his face and shook his head quickly. "Somebody's gone black." i heard a familiar voice say and i turned to find my crush, haru, standing in the door with momiji. "Hey haru. What's going on? Where's kyo?" i said looking around for the orange haired cat. "You went black and kicked him out the door because he accused you of cheating." yuki said and my eyes widened. "Kyo! I'm sorry! Please come back!" i yelled running outside after him. After running around for ages i was walking back to shigure's house and as i got closer i looked up onto the roof and saw two figures up there. i smiled as i got closer and realized that it was kyo and Tohru. 'Treat her nicely kyo or i might have to help uoh and Hana kill you.' i thought as i walked back through the now patched up door. "Ah Claire your back. Kyo's on the-" shigure started but i interrupted him with a snicker. "Yeah i know. And i know who's up there with him." i said as i sat next to haru. "Sup?" i asked him and he looked towards me and smiled a little. "Kyo and Tohru on the roof?" he said and i pushed him playfully. "Smart ass." i muttered and he laughed a little. "You know it." he said smirking more widely now. "Where's momiji?" i asked and shigure spoke up. "Hatori came by to pick him up." i jumped a little when he spoke forgetting that he was in the room. "Oh okay." i said. "So how's terry and your mum?" yuki asked and i froze. i heard footsteps on the roof and voices coming closer and i jumped up. "i think I'll go to bed now. I'll see you tomorrow." i said hurriedly as i scrambled up the stairs just as kyo and Tohru came back inside. "Where's she going?" i heard somebody ask behind me but i didn't stop. Nobody could see the tears that threatened to spill over at any moment, especially not kyo or yuki. i ran into tohru's room and flopped onto my bed, letting the tears spill over as my breathing got a little harder the harder i cried. i eventually fell asleep clutching my pillow.