Ice Prince
Chapter 2
Howdy there! Glad that you came to join me. Please read, and review. Oh, and as for the 's in the chapter, I'll tell you about them at the end, but until then, please enjoy and ignore the #'s
Uo watched Momiji bound up along the road ahead of them and once in a while stop to wait, "Cute kid."
"Yes, he's very nice, and cute. Momiji's a very good friend." Tohru smiled and waved back to Momiji.
"Is he a better friend then us?" Hana asked, turning seriously towards Tohru.
Tohru laughed and hugged her friends. "Of course not! No one's better then you two!"
"Course. Hey, are you feeling okay?" Uo peered closely at the surprised Tohru.
"Of, of course! Don't worry, I'm fine, everyone's been taking very good care of me."
"Good." Up said and rubbed Tohru on top of her head.
"Hey, what are you two doing here?" A rough voice asked. They turned to see Kyo, still in his fighting outfit# standing on the other side of the hedge.
"Kyo?" Uo asked, too startled to call him by the nickname she had made up for him. "What are you doing here?"
Kyo looked at her like she was stupid. "I live here, what do you think?"
Uo decided not to answer and instead asked another question. "Why are you so sweaty?"
"I just got done with a leasson at the dojo. Master made me go through a prettty tough routine today." Kyo told her, wiping his forehead with his sleeve.
"Dojo?" Hana parroted.
"You mean, you take martial arts lessons? That's so cool!" Uo burst out.
"Yeah, Master's been teaching me since I was little." He beamed. "He says I'm pretty good too."
"Hey, why aren't you guys coming?" Momiji popped up beside Tohru, then noticed Kyo. "Ah Kyo! Your so sweaty!"
"Stupid brat." Kyo muttered.
"Oh Kyo, that's not very nice." Tohru scolded him, but not really.
Kyo rolled his eyes but gave in anyways. "Fine. Maybe he isn't so bad."
"Yay, Kyo's being nice to me!" Momiji exclaimed happily, which earned him a look from Kyo.
"I thought you were going to go to college." Hana said, stopping Kyo from picking on Momiji any more.
He scratched his head. "Yeah, I was going to, but then Master offered me a place at his house, and to start teaching me again. He says I could even inherit the dojo from him someday#."
"Oh, thats like me. I decided to keep my jobs instead of going to college. Its easier." Uo added.
"I'm still working on my transcripts#, but I hope to get into a college close to here. I don't want to get too far." Momiji declared, waving a fist.
"Thats sweet." Hana commented, smiling slightly at him.
"Mm hmm." Momiji smiled back up at her.
"Do you think Hari's# done yet?" I could make some tea and snacks for us." Tohru bit her nail, a habit she'd picked up.
"Oh I'm sure he has. He probably won't mind anyways." Momiji told her and ran off in that direction.
"Do you want to join us Kyo?" Tohru asked, turning. He smiled, but waved a hand. "Thanks, but no. I need to go take a shower. I feel filthy."
"Well, alright. See you later." She agreed. "Yep. It was nice seeing you again." Kyo told Uo and Hana and then walked off back to Kazuma's house.
"He's gotten nicer." Hana commented, watching him go.
"Oh, really? Im not sure." Tohru began, unsure.
"Yeah he has." Uo turned to Tohru. "So are we going to Hatori's house or not?"
"Oh, yes of course." Tohru stuttered and began leading them to Hatori's house.
"Tohru, Im going to go visit Momo, Ill see you later." Momiji told her and ran off. "Who's Momo?" Uo asked as they continued walking.
"His little sister, she's ten years younger then him#." She sounded excited. "She's actually very cute and adorable." There was a pause. "Ah, here we are." She led them up the stairs, through the door and into Hatori's (and her's) house.
Tohru walked down the hall and knocked softly at his office door. "Hari?" She said, opened the door and quietly went inside. Uo and Hana followed her.
Hatori looked up from his work as they came in. "Tohru?"
"Oh, umm, well I just want to tell you that Uo and Hana are here. And we're going to have some tea and snacks in the living room." Tohru explained.
Hari smiled softly. "Alright, have fun. I'm almost finished."
"Okay. See you later!" Tohru told him and walked back out, with Uo and Hana still following her. She shut the door and walked a little farther down the hall before saying, "I worry about Hari, he works so hard."
"What does he do?" Hana asked interestedly.
"He's the family doctor, but with how big the Sohma family is, Hari's constantly working." Tohru's voice dropped a little. "Although its mostly taking care of Akito."
"Who's Akito?" Uo asked as she sat down at the table.
Tohru looked self-concious. "Well, he's the head of the family, but he's constantly sick and recently its gotten much worse#. So Hari has to be on constant call. Some nights he doesn't get very much sleep."
"Huh." Uo commented. Then she smacked her head, "Oh yeah, I totally forgot to tell you." She leaned in closer to Tohru, almost secretively.
"Me n' Hana think we saw Yuki on our way over here."
There was a sudden silence in the room, as if time had stopped. Tohru felt her heart beat faster and she broke out in a sweat. her mouth opened and closed but she didn't seem to be able to speak.
"Are you sure?" They looked up to see Hatori standing in the doorway, wearing his usual indifferent expression#, but Tohru could tell he was very suprised and interested.
Uo was the one to answer. "Not totally, but pretty sure, yeah. His hair is still silver-grey, although its shoulder length now, and he was wearing jeans and a jacket. I don't think he saw us though."
Hatori took a moment to process this information before asking, "Where did you see him?"
"Well, we noticed him on Kings street and then followed him until he turned onto Andrews Ave#." Uo told Hatori who muttered something under his breath and then quickly walked out of the room, slamming the door behind him.
They stared after him, until Hana said, "He was upset."
"Well yeah, Yuki's only been gone for three years." Uo said smart-aleckedly.
"Most of the Sohma's had given Yuki up for dead." Tohru told them, "but now that he's back, who knows what will happen now."
Da da da dummmmmmmm! So, did u like it? If so, please review. If not, same thing. And if you noticed that the charecters still act the way they do in the manga/anime now, im sry but i have a hard time thinking of how they would be when they were older, so sry if that upsets u, vry sry.
As for the 's that you have noticed throughout the chapter, those are comments which I wanted to say, but didnt want to interupt the chapter. So here they are:
#1 Okay, im sry but idk what to call it! so sue me, im sry
#2 I know that he shouldnt be able to inherit since hes the cat and he'll be secluded after he finishes high school, but im changing it, more later
#3 Im guessing that after three years Miji and Haru would be trying to get into colleges, if ur wondering
# 4 Yeah, i know, shes using his nickname. I decided if shes living with him and for three years so far, that she should use his nickname
#5 Im totally guessing about this, i dont know the year difference. And im taking Momo from the manga. And i know he's not supposed to be around her, but i feel bad for Miji, so he is
#6 About Akito, I was debating wether to kill him off or to say he was dead already, but then I realized it was only three years and he should probably die closer to 30, so i didnt. but he might 'suddenly' die around the end of this fic
#7 Yeah, i know im picking on Hari, but this is the only way i can describe it. but im not being mean, really! i actually really like Hari, so please dont be angry
#8 I don't know what the Japanese street names are, so i made them up and 'englishsized' them
To my wonderful reviewers:
aya-heart-tooya: im glad u didnt cry, i spared u! im glad u like it, and although that might be awhile... i promise to keep updating
catgirl: im shortening it a little, but its true. im glad u liked the chap. just to warn u the fluff might be awhile yet.
animedreamer: im glad u enjoyed it, and thnx for putting it on ur alerts list, that makes me very proud. as for Yuki, youll just have to wait to find out!
firegoddess: im glad u like it, and yea its a YukixTohru fic, didnt i say that? oh well
Tuki: well im glad to hear that, i was just making sure. and yep, T-chans back! and yes, Hari told her not to, but she did anyways, oh well...
Well, I thnk thats all of u, sry if i missed anyone
One more thing, this is as far as ive written in this fic, so it might be a while before I update again. But in the meantime, please reread this and my other fics. Thats all for now... Sayonara!
-miji-chan
