"Hey, Haru," Momiji said, walking over to Hatsuharu the next day. The rabbit sat next to him on the log he was sitting on, "What are you doing?"
"I was writing," Haru answered, turning back to the pad of paper in his hand.
"Really?"
"Yes. Kisa and Tohru stopped me as I was leaving rehearsal yesterday and asked me to try to write an original song." Momiji nodded.
"What have you got so far?" he asked. Haru handed the paper to his cousin. Momiji scanned it, humming softly along with the tune Haru had written.
"I like it," Momiji said finally, "It sounds kind of like the song you played yesterday."
"That was the idea," Haru said, "The consensus was alt. rock so I was trying to keep it in a Paramore-eque style. We want Tohru and Kisa to be able to hit the notes, right?"
"Right!" Momiji said, handing the paper back, "You keep working. I'll see you later!" Haru sighed and went back to his song.
Three days later the group was back in Shigure's house, minus Hatori who'd had to stay at the main house because Akito was doing much worse and the doctor needed to monitor his patient's condition. When he'd called Shigure to tell him the only advice Hatori gave was "be productive."
Haru had finished writing and was leaning against the wall as the other band members read his work. Once they were done, Yuki turned to Haru and nodded.
"I like it," he said, "Anyone else?"
"I don't," Kyo snapped, "What's with the girly lyrics? I can't drum to that!"
"It has to be something Tohru and Kisa could and would sing. They are girls, therefore girl song," Haru answered, "What do you think, girls?"
"The song is good, Haru," Tohru said. Kisa nodded.
"Good," Uo said, "Now that that's settled. Let's get pract-" Just then the screen door blasted to pieces.
"My poor house…" Shigure mumbled sadly as a voice rang through the room.
"You can't practice without these~!" it sang. As the dust settled, Yuki signed.
"What are you doing here, Ayame?" He askd.
"Oh hello, Yuki," Ayame said, pulling in a rack of clothes behind him," I'm here with the costumes. You can't have a proper band without proper stage attire." The snake proceeded to drag Tohru into the adjacent room, tossing in a mass of fabric in behind her. Kisa ran after Tohru and was soon shoved inside as well, with her oven fabric right behind her.
"Now for the rest of you!" Aya sang as he walked around the room, handing outfits to each of the band members. Shigure was absolutely giddy but her was the only one.
"I'm not wearing this crap!" Kyo yelled, throwing the outfit down in disgust. Aya looked heartbroken. Yuki walked over and picked up the outfit Kyo had rejected. It looked very motorcycle gang with a large bandanna.
"Why don't you just wear this?" Yuki asked, holding up the bandanna. Kyo grunted but took the square of fabric and tied it around his head. He and Yuki stared at each other for a few seconds until the bandanna slid down over the cat's eyes. With a frustrated grunt, Kyo moved the bandanna back up, only to have it slide down again.
"Screw this!" he yelled and threw the fabric to the ground. Aya was about to protest when the door to Tohru's impromptu changing room. Slowly, Tohru stepped out, followed closely by Kisa.
"W-what do you think?" Kisa asked, stepping out from behind Tohru. She wore a sweet white frilly dress that fell to her knees with a light blue sash tied around her waist.
"The words 'absolutely adorable' come to mind." Shigure said happily, but his words went unnoticed because the remainder of the male population (except Hiro whose eyes were glued to Kisa) was staring wide-eyed at Tohru.
"Do I really look that bad?" she asked, immediately holding her arms up to cover herself, a task the clothes were barely accomplishing. An extremely short skirt, white low cut belly shirt, and spiked collar were all that adorned her body. Suddenly there was a short click as Shigure snapped a picture.
"You look wonderful, Tohru," he said, "In fact, I'm going to send this to Hatori." A few seconds later, Shigure's phone rang. He flipped it open to speaker mode and answered.
"Hey, Ha'ri," he chimed, "Be civil. You're on speaker."
"AYAME!" the phone yelled, "What is wrong with you?" There is absolutely no way that Tohru is wearing that in PUBLIC! Tohru go change into decent clothes."
"Aww… Hatori," the snake whined, "But it looks so cute and the boys seem happy."
"That's the exact problem!" Hatori snapped.
"By the way," Aya said, "I have stuff for you and Shigure. I though you were joining this little group. Where are you?"
"I'm at the main house. Akito is doing significantly worse so I had to miss this rehearsal." Silence dominated following Hatori's words; the temperature seeming to drop by at least ten degrees at the mention of the head of the family. Suddenly, Aya spoke again.
"Then I shall find you as soon as we're done. You simply must see my work." The phone sighed and with a curt "no, Ayame" promptly shut off. The rest of the costuming session was rather uneventful. Yuki received a pink Victorian style dress that he threw to the ground shouting, "you wear it!" at his brother. Momiji was given a similar look except he immediately accepted and went off to change. Haru's outfit had more color in it than the boy's entire closet combined and he rejected it outright, saying he would wear his own clothes. He even offered his old attire to Hiro who had also rejected Aya's design. After seeing the outfits, Uo quickly decided to wear her Red Butterfly trench coat and offered to make a similar on for Kagura except with an orange cat on the back. Hana decided to wear all black, as she would be in the sound booth. Lastly, Aya pulled out three near matching outfits, one for each of the "three musketeers." Shigure immediately cheered, holding his grey-green jumpsuit up for all the room to see.
"So beautiful!" he sang. Aya hugged him and pulled out his won lavender outfit. The two quickly changed and when they returned, the children groaned. After that display, every one changed back into their everyday clothes
"I'm off to find Hatori!" Ayame sand as he walked out the door and the practice continued.