Authors Note!
Heyyy! So yeah, I know I'm evil for making June Elder but it's fun being evil! XD Anyways, this chapter is a liiittle bit crazy so please ell me if it's just getting ridiculous and hard to follow at this point. (Yay! Fight Scene!)Also, I'm mixing around the episodes a little bit (We've meet Hatori and Momiji but Tohru hasn't gone back to grandpa's yet, see?) so if things are out of order in the next few chapters, don't worry; I've always been this crazy! XD Hope you like it!
On with chapter four!
"What are you doing here, June?" I snarl.
She looks down on me and smirks, "That's Elder to you, Aella."
"In which case you must call me The Athena." I retort, glaring daggers at her.
"Ha! I can think of no one less deserving of that title!" She says bitingly.
Even Nikias looks doubtful about that. Even the Elder is supposed to show respect to the rest of the members of the Family, it's expected. Elder is supposed to be the role model of the Family. June is probably the least deserving of all of us to be the Elder, the Zeus of the Family.
I want to voice my opinions of her, but I keep quiet and instead reply, "What do you want, June?"
"Elder!" She spits like venom.
"I said, What do you want?" I restate, equally venomous.
"Hey! She asked you a question." Kyo backs me up, I look back at him gratefully.
June hmphs and then snarls back at Kyo, "Stay out of this, you are ignorant."
"I doubt you know the meaning of that." Nikias cackles, "It means stupid, for your information."
Kyo, for once, doesn't say a word. He just stands up and walks up beside me and then grabs Nikias by the shirt collar and punches him so fast, Nikias couldn't even react in time. Kyo's fist lands on Nikias's jaw and sends him flying, tearing through the paper door. Tohru starts flailing around yelling at them to stop and not to fight etc. etc.
Nikias gets up, nursing his face, then he charges back into the house, headed for Kyo yelling wildly. Kyo takes a hit to the side but retaliates with a high kick, it lands on his chest. They race towards each other again and I step in between them and push Kyo away, taking his place, he looks angry at first then realizes that this is my fight; Nikias started it and I will finish it. Nikias's attack on Kyo had nothing to do with Kyo himself whatsoever. I lunge forward and swing my arm back, then forward; my elbow connects with his stomach and then his shoulder. I duck underneath a swing and shoot back up, I swing my weight back and do a basic backflip, stretching my legs out, my feet catch his chin and he does a similar backflip, though less intentional and less graceful if I do say so myself.
Nikias lands on his back and snarls, "I will not be beaten by the Athena! I am the great Vulture of Ares!"
I stand over him and say, "Don't worry, Nikias, I'm not going to take your place as Elder's pet."
I hear a laugh and whip around.
"Well done, Aella." June says smugly.
"Why 'well done?'" Kyo asks, startled.
"None of your business!" June snaps at him.
He crosses his arms and stands firm, "Oh yeah?"
Yuki raises an eyebrow and inputs, "Indeed. Aella is our friend, it is our business."
June glares at him, "The Sohma's have long been friends of the Family. Do not spoil it now!"
Shigure just looks at the scene intently, serious for once in his life. He stands up and says, "We should not be fighting, Elder, you are not welcome. You've provoked members of the Zodiac and Akito will not be pleased."
"Ha! Like he cares if I provoke the cat, the outcast!" She smirks.
"You've provoked Yuki, Akitos favorite, The Rat."
June frowns and beckons at Nikias, "Fine. We'll leave." With that she storms out, Nikias limping and sulking behind her.
"Well, that was quite the adventure." Shigure says in his creepily-positive manner.
"That's one way of putting it." Yuki mutters, annoyed.
"Who do they think they are?" Kyo huffs.
Tohru comes in from the kitchen cheerful and smiling. She comes and sits down with us again. It's silent for a long time.
"It's too quiet." Kyo complains. Once spoken, broken; Silence.
"Well, we could figure out what to do about Miss Aella." Shigure suggests.
Yuki raises an eyebrow and sniffs, "You talk about her like she's a stray animal needing to be dealt with."
I shrugs and say, "I basically am."
"Couldn't she just stay with us?" Tohru asks, brow creasing in worry.
"Eh. I'm not sure how Akito would react to that..." Shigure trails off into thought.
"Besides, I've been quite enough trouble to you all as it is, I'll just find an apartment to rent for a while, I have some money from my job, it should be enough for a while." I say calmly. I really don't want to trouble them more; they've done more than enough for me in the past 24 hours than June's done in the past 14 years, after my parents died two years before then.
"What time is it, anyway?" Yuki asks.
Shigure glances into the kitchen and reports, "About 12 O' eight, makes me yawn just thinking about it."
I nod and say, "Yeah, it's late. I should probably get going." I stand up and slip on my shoes.
Kyo scowls at me, but it's Yuki that says, "Just wait a moment Miss Aella, let us figure this out with you. We want to help."
I color a bit pink and reply, "It's fine, you've done more than enough.
"Just sit down, already." Kyo said, rolling his eyes at me.
I roll my eyes right back and sit down without further protest.
"Well, I guess you can stay the night, after that I have to 'OK' it with Akito." Shigure sniffs, "You can stay with Tohru. We'll figure out what to do with you in the long term tomorrow morning." I say thanks and we all head to bed.
That was the Strangest Day in the History of Ever...
