A/N: thanks to Ebony Dagger for reviewing the last chapter. Much appreciated.
Disclaimer: look to chapters 1-2 for the disclaimer
The Others – Chapter 3
"So why are we doing this again?" Mai questioned, taking one of the flyers from Motoko.
"As the Prince Yuki fanclub not only is it our duty to protect and preserve the prince but it is also to do things to gain his admiration! The Prince is all about helping people. So we are going to do something big! Something big and helpful that will catch the Princes eye! And maybe, oh just maybe, he will help us on our journey."
Mai stared at the flyer in her hands.
"Are you sure this is something the Prince will care about?" she asked, raising an eyebrow skeptically. Motoko spun around to face her.
"Well of course it is! The Prince cares about worthless things, example Tohru Honda, so why should he not care about something like this?"
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"What kind of dirty scheme are those fan club girls trying to pull now?" Arisa asked, leaning against the wall. Motoko and her gang of The Chronically Yuki-Obsessed and run through the hall handing flyers to anyone and everyone. Yuki blinked, reading the headline on the piece of paper.
"Save the Orphanage. It may be old but that doesn't mean it's worthless?"
"What orphanage?" Kyo asked, snatching the flyer from the rats hands.
"Be there to help the clean up. This Saturday. From 1 to 4......why does she care about some dumb old abandoned orphanage? It's not like there are any orphans still in there." he handed it back to Yuki.
"Hence the word "abandoned", dumb cat. I think it's kind of nice that they're trying to do something helpful." he said, folding the flyer neatly and putting it in his backpack.
"Yeah...well I think there is something pretty fishy about this. Since when do they care about anything other than Yuki?" Arisa asked, crossing her arms. Hana stared blankly.
"I think they're doing this because of Yuki."
Yuki, Kyo and Arisa stared at her.
"Care to explain?"
"Well...think about it. Yuki likes helping. So the fanclub girls would obviously want to do something nice to get his attention and admiration. So they decided to clean up the old orphanage and, in handing out the flyers, hoped Yuki would find out about the good deed they were trying to do and would maybe come help out."
"What makes you think it's like that?" Motoko asked, appearing a few steps away from Hana.
"Oh. Hello Motoko." Yuki greeted her while the others just stared at her.
"Hello, Prince Yuki." she smiled before turning to Hana. "How dare you accuse us of doing this for the Princes attention! We really do want to help out the community in any way we can." she crossed her arms, and huffed.
"Oh...I'm sure you do."
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On the way home from school Kyo, Tohru, and Yuki walked by the old orphanage. Tohru stopped in her tracks and stared. This was the place where, the night before, she had seen that man..dog..thing. The gate was shut, the windows dark. It really did look completely abandoned. But...then what was a dog doing in there? Especially so late at night?
"?" Tohru looked ahead and realized that Kyo and Yuki were a good 10 feet ahead of her.
"Oh! Coming!" she ran to them, hoping to just forget about the weird dog.
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"Nehh! Tohhrruuu! I'm hungry." Momiji whined, tugging at her sleeve. Kyo whacked the rabbit over the head with his fist.
"She's not your maid, ya know?! Now leave her alone!"
Tohru giggled.
"Oh it's alright, Kyo. Momiji, would you like me to make you a snack?" Momiji nodded happily. But upon venturing through the cupboards, she realized they were out of sugar. She took off her apron.
"I'm going to run to the store." she announced.
"Why?" Yuki asked, looking up from his homework.
"We're all out of sugar and I need to make a snack for Momiji." she slipped her shoes on.
"Are you ok with going alone? It's probably going to be dark by the time you get back." Shigure warned, sipping his tea.
"Oh i'll be alright. Be back soon!"
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"Ohh it really is dark out." Tohru mumbled as she headed back home. As she started to walk past the orphanage, a flicker of light caught her eye.
"Hm?" she turned slowly to look. Every window was empty and dark...except for one. Sitting in the windowsill, book in hand, sat a very young looking boy. The moonlight catching on his white hair. The odd color made her stare. And yet, he didn't seem to even notice she was standing there.
I really should just go home. She thought but...i wonder who he is... Chancing it, Tohru pushed at the small wooden gate door. It opened quietly. Slowly she took a few steps onto the dried up, dead front lawn. The brown grass made little noise under her feet as she stepped towards the boy. Why am I doing this?I shouldn't be here! It being dark, the only real light coming from the moon above, Tohrus foot hit something rather hard: an old broken bench. She silenced herself before she could yelp, but her foot had made enough noise to gain attention. With a small glance up, the boy closed his book and leaned out to her a little.
"Who are you?" he questioned.
"I'm-"
"You aren't supposed to be here."
"I-I know but I-"
"You're trespassing on private property." the boy frowned.
"I-I didn't know t-this was-"
The boy leaned back away from here. He sighed.
"You really...really aren't supposed to be here."
Tohru watched the boy. Was it just her, or did he go from looking angry to looking sad in about a 2 seconds?
"I-I'm sorry. I'll leave." she quickly turned and ran, forgetting to close the gate behind her.
I-I thought that place was abandoned?!
TBC....
A/N: wow....i have all these good ideas in my head and then I feel like such a space cadet when I try to put them together . read and review please
