A/N- Hello all, whitetiger97 is back with the 4th chapter of Chain Reaction! Are you excited? I know I am. It is currently 1:18 A.M. where I am. I just can't get to sleep. It's annoying. I'm used to waking up at 11:30 and going to bed at 3. But school is coming up, so I have to start getting up earlier. Damn school. I want Izole, Kiayame, Haru, and all of the others to go back to school, except, Kiayame, Haru, Yuki, and all of the gang won't be going. Only the now pregnant Izole(that should be a sight) Kisa, Kyoto(you shouldnt know him yet), and Hiro will be going to school. O.M.G...Kisa and Hiro are 16! Wow! That's the same freaking age as Izole!Cause Haru and Momiji are 20, Kiayame is 18 and Yuki, Tohru,and Kyo are 21....just the age for alcohol!LOL. Shigure, Hatori, and Aaya are 31. Akito is 23. I think Kureno and Ritsu are about 27ish?Rin is 23,too, I think. Don't you find it weird that the zodiacs birth dates don't correspond with their zodiacs? I find that REALLY weird. But hey, maybe it's just me. Uh...anyway, onto the story. Welcome to Chain Reaction Chapter Four-Date.
Chain Reaction
Chapter Four: Date
Haru whistled merrily as he drove home. He was going to pick up Kiayame and take her to dinner, just like Hatori had said. Haru hadn't decided where yet. He would probably let her choose, the true gentleman in him said so. The ox turned the radio on and the corners of his mouth upturned blissfully as his favorite song's chorus filled the car. He knew it to be Kiayame's favorite song too. Mmm..Kiayame. The way she always bites her lip when she's worried...or smiles just so Izole will too...or how she can never stay still around him..turning an adorable shade of pink that makes you want to do her so hard she....He shook his head, clearing it so he could think of what else was on the agenda for the night. Let's see...a movie of her choice...yeah, that's romantic, right? Dinner and then he would take her around town, show her all of the things she had missed. By the time they were done, she will have probably fallen asleep, so he would just put her to bed when he was done. Oh yeah, he had to pick up Izole in the morning...did Hatori say what time? Haru didn't think so. Heh heh....so he had all night...good. He was thinking of what movie they would see when he pulled in the driveway. Kiayame was sitting on the steps, hands clasped, biting her lip in anxiety. She looked up when Haru pulled in and heaved herself erect to go and talk to him.
"How's Izole?" she asked cautiously as soon as she knew he could hear her.
"She's great! Actually, all three of them are." Haru told her, still thinking of the movies. It had to be something scary. One Missed Call would be perfect..but it's out on DVD. Maybe they can find a theater that shows movies already on DVD! Yeah..he would look that up once he's inside.
"Wait a minute. Three?" Kiayame questioned.
"Oh yeah, did I forget to tell you? Izole's having twins!"
"Really? Oh my god!" She squealed jubilantly. He waited until she was done before holding out the invitation.
"Yeah...um..so..Kiayame?" He asked, his whole face heating up.
"Yeah?"
"Would you..er..like to go out..with me..tonight?" Haru had done it. He had pushed his boundaries. She was going to say no. He knew it.
"U-um..sure. But where's Izole?" Oh...did he forget to tell her about that?
"She's staying over at Hatori's for the night. I'll pick her up in the morning."Haru said, shrugging.
"Oh, okay. W-well, lemme go get ready. Where are we going?"Kiayame asked innocently.
"You'll see."Haru smirked at the disappointment that she showed on her face. He led her inside and she immediately went to her room to change while he took a shower and put on his customary black jeans, black tank top, and white dress shirt with blue stripes, leaving it open of course. On the other side of the house, Kiayame pulled on white-blue jeans and a long sleeved black top with the shoulders cut off. She braided a strand of hair on each side of her face and then pulled them around to the back of her head, into one. When she was finished, she put on her white gold necklace with the black diamond pendant and shimmery lip gloss. It wasn't like her to look so girly, but she was going out with Haru she had to look good. She put on some black eye shadow and nodded to herself, stepping out of the room. The black wolf took a deep breath as she walked down the hallway. She'd known Haru forever!Why was she so nervous? Maybe it was because this was her first date..was he still dating Rin? She thought he was and was thinking about asking him when she rounded the corner and stopped dead in her tracks. There he was, standing there blushing. He was wearing his custom necklaces, black jeans, and black undershirt, but it was the dress shirt that made her mouth come open in awe. It was white with varying shades of vertical blue lines going across the whole thing. He shoved his hands in his pockets and blushed harder as he stuttered out a " Y-you look..g-great."
Her reply was just as genius. "S-so do you. Are you ready to go?" He nodded and they walked out of the house holding hands and blushing. They looked like a couple of tomatoes. Kiayame told Haru this as he helped her into his car and they both started laughing. The restaurant Haru chose to go to was Olive Garden. It seemed nice enough, and it wasn't too expensive. When they got there, they were taken to their seats immediately. As Haru lowered himself into the chair, which had wheels on the bottom, one of the wheels came off the seat and flew across the room. He slid to the ground and Kiayame burst into a fit of giggles. Haru started cursing and the waitress rushed back in alarm.
"Is everything okay, sir?" she asked urgently.
"Well, yeah, but I think your chairs are out to get me!" he said, scowling at the chair. Kiayame laughed harder.
"I am so sorry sir! I will get another immediately. My apologies." she rushed back with another chair and a string of apologies. Then she went to get another customer's order.
"Jeez, sounds like Ritsu, that one," Haru grumbled. This left Kiayame clutching her sides and gasping for air. The waitress came back once again to take their drink orders. Haru ordered a Mountain Dew, receiving another fit of hysterical laughter from Kiayame, who ordered a Pepsi. While the waitress went off to fetch the drinks, Kiayame explained the Mountain Dew joke to Haru.
"Seriously Haru, you've never heard of mountain dew? Okay. Mount an' do. Get it?" He sighed and she started laughing again as he turned various shades of red from stupidity. The waitress came back with their drinks, salad, and bread sticks and then came back a few minutes later to take their order. Haru ordered nothing, as he had filled up on salad, while Kiayame, who had known that was going to happen and prevented it, ordered fettuccine Alfredo. Once she had eaten and the bill was payed, they got in the car once again. Haru drove them to a movie theater he had found in the newspaper, one that was basically a building with a DVD player and projector. It was still nice though. She cringed at all the right parts, burying her face in his chest when she thought something freaky was going to happen. He would hold her, comfort her. When the movie was over, he helped her into the car once again. She was going on and on about how brave she was and how she didn't even flinch once, how she watched the whole thing and blah blah blah. Haru just laughed.
"You don't remember cringing into my shirt every time something popped up? Or crying for me to save you?" he laughed even harder as she blushed, her dignity melting away. " It's okay though. I liked it. It felt like...like I was...protecting you," it was Haru's turn to go cherry red and smiling embarrassingly. It was Kiayame's turn to laugh. He was so cute when he blushed! They continued driving through the town, stopping at the park to sit on the bench in front of the color changing fountain and watch the stars. Then they went to the main estate and Haru took her on a walk through all of the private gardens and zoos and everything, finally getting back in the car and going home. As predicted, Kiayame fell asleep about 2 minutes into the 4-5 minute drive. Haru noticed this as they cruised up to his house. Silently laughing to himself, he picked her up, cradling her and carrying her inside to his own bed. He laid her down and went outside to get the mail. Just as he was walking back up the drive, he bumped into a little girl and transformed. The girl ran away screaming and Haru sighed, shaking his black and white head. He picked up the mail in his mouth, leaving his clothes and went back inside. He set the mail on the floor and pushed open the door to his room. Not realizing he was still in his zodiac form, he hopped onto the bed and soon fell asleep. He dreamt of Kiayame and him. They were on a beautiful beach paradise, skinny-dipping in the lukewarm waves. They were playing with the dolphins and all of a sudden Kiayame started yelling at him.
"HATSUHARU SOHMA! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" oh shit...that wasn't Kiayame. Haru's eyes flew open only to see that he was cradling Kiayame...and he was completely naked. The one screaming at him had been Rin, who had found her way in using the key under the mat, only to see him completely naked in bed with Kiayame.
"R-rin!" Haru stuttered in surprise. "W-what are you doing here?!"
"Hatori sent me to come and get you! But I can see that you're busy!" Rin glared frozenly at Kiayame, who turned over, still asleep.
"N-no! Rin! I transformed when I got home from Haa-san's house and crawled into bed! She had fallen asleep waiting for me! For the news about Izole!Seriously!Do you think I would actually cheat on you?!"as he said that, his face gave him away, proving that he indeed was cheating on her. Rin holding her arms and glared at him.
"Whatever. Goodbye, Haru. I'm done with you." that did it. Haru snapped.
"Well fine then, you're such a goddamn whore I'm sure you can find another guy to fuck you in a matter of seconds! Get the hell out of my house!" Haru yelled, pointing in the direction of the door.
"Have you ever thought that maybe, just maybe, I was already going, you dumb fuck?!" Haru lounged at her, knocking her to the floor.
"Listen. I. Am. NOT. Dumb."he did a back flip, landing on his feet and snapped his fingers, once again pointing at the door. "Out. "and at that, Rin stood up and left, slamming every door on her way. Haru blinked and looked at his watch.
"Aawww, shit!" He groaned. It was noon. He really needed to go get Izole. Haru looked around for his clothes from the previous night, but couldn't find them anywhere. The ox shrugged it off, tugging on a pair of boxers and old, worn out jeans. He would leave his shirt off, and go barefoot...well, maybe not. He slipped into a pair of flip flops by the door and ran to his car, speeding to go get Izole. When he arrived, Izole was in Hatori's arms, crying. Again. Damn, how much water can one girl have in her system?!
"Hey, Hatori..Izole. How are you today?"Hatori set Izole down. She was in a white kimono, with cherry blossom designs running throughout it. You could just barely see a small outline of a bump in her torso. Her arms wrapped around her twins
"Izole is experiencing severe morning sickness associated with having multiple children, along with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and mood swings. She felt her twins a few moments ago for the first time. The feeling should increase and if they do not, call me. Here is her medication."He handed Haru some depression meds, nausea meds, and pain meds. " The pain meds are for you. You're bound to get a couple headaches with her around. Come back in a few weeks and I'll remove the cast and give you anti-bacterial that must be applied daily." right when Hatori finished that sentence, Izole squeaked and ran for the bathroom. "Izole!Don't run! You're going to hurt your children!" Hatori sighed, shaking his head. "She's very self-conscious too. She says you can tell that she's pregnant. I know you can, but say you can't it'll make her feel better. Don't mention Shigure and Aaya or anything that might relate her to them until she starts eating on her own..speaking of which, you're going to have to force feed her. Here's the instructions and tube. You can have Kiayame do it if you feel uncomfortable. She already knows how. Oh yeah, and Kyoto's trying to get in to see her, but she's really not ready for visitors, no matter how much she says she is..her emotional state is too fragile. Maybe next week. Today marks the beginning of her 4th month, or the beginning of the second trimester, so she may experience more symptoms this month. One is cravings and she'll eat more. Izole will get even larger, never point that out to her though. Next month, bring her here for an ultra sound. She'll say she feels fatter. Don't tease her about it. Make sure she drinks lots of water. I will tell you more instructions then." Haru nodded and Izole came out, her face pale and streaked with tears. She hugged Hatori and went to stand next to Haru, who then walked her out of the house and into the car. Izole and Haru were both silent all the way home. As soon as they walked into the house, Haru was tackled by Momiji.
"Haruuu!" Momiji squealed.
"Momiji?What are you doing here?" Izole asked, smiling at her little rabbit friend.
"Kyoto's watching me today and he wanted to come visit Haru!" Momiji exclaimed.
"Kyoto's here?" Haru asked, remembering what Hatori had said.
"Yeah. I wanted to see Izole."Haru's head whipped around and Izole bounded across the room and into Kyoto's arms. Didn't Hatori say she WOULDN'T be ready for visitors for a while? Well, damn. He doesn't know her at all, now does he?
"Kyoto! I missed you so much! How have you been?" Izole started babbling on and on about everything that has happened to her and then she got to the rape. Kiayame took over.
"Basically, after we got off work..about 3 months and a day ago, we went to a club and got drunk. Then Shigure and Aaya found us and Shigure raped her until Haru-" she blushed and looked straight at him, making him blush too. "-saved us by knocking them out and calling Hatori. About 2 months and a day ago, Izole started puking everywhere and snapping at us at random moments and whatever. So, yesterday, we took her to Hatori who did tests on us and told Izole she was pregnant. We had to go to Akito, who basically beat us half to death for leaving him and then we were saved by Hatori who took us outside and Izole sliced open that arm," she pointed to the cast Izole had. "and blood was EVERYWHERE! Hatori took her overnight and Haru went to get her this morning. Oh, and she's having twins." Izole, who had been trying to get a drink, sprayed it everywhere.
"TWINS?!" she gasped. Everyone gave her a confused look.
"Well," Haru said. "She was out cold when Hatori found out. I guess he didn't get a chance to tell her." he shrugged and Kyoto ran over to comfort a now hysteric Izole.
"Izole, I am so sorry! It's gonna be okay. Don't worry." Kyoto continued to console her like that for a few hours while Momiji entertained Haru and Kiayame with some jokes he read in a book. Eventually, Kyoto came back in, Izole clinging to him. They spent the rest of the night playing Rich Man Poor Man and other card games and then everyone went home. Morning came and went and before they knew it, a whole month had passed. Haru was having a hard time force-feeding Izole and then all of a sudden she didn't need it. Izole had indeed started feeling the children and her bump was now identifiable to almost anyone. Her mood swings had gotten worse and she was eating more. What she was eating was an adventure in and of itself. Her favorite 3 A.M. snack was vanilla ice cream topped with peanuts, walnuts, almonds, pecans, brazilnuts, chocolate syrup, caramel syrup, Tabasco sauce, nacho cheese, pickles, a chocolate shell, cheez-its, laffy taffy, and nerds. The first time Izole made this mixture, Haru and Kiayame watched her make it, half disgusted, half amazed. She took a large spoonful of the concoction and shoved it in her mouth.
"I didn't know you even liked ice cream, Iz," Kiayame said, watching from her precautious stance 10 feet away, in case of an outburst. Izole shrugged.
"I didn't either, but it's pretty good. Wanna try some?" she looked up at her cousin with a totally innocent expression. Haru's eyes widened and Kiayame looked horror-struck.
"No! No! I can't!" Izole's mouth puckered and she looked like she was about to cry. Kiayame was quick to cover her mistakes. "W-what I mean is, it looks so good, I just wouldn't want to take any away from you!" looking appeased, the tiger went back to her snack, finishing all of it and going back for seconds when she was done. Then day came when Izole had to go back to Hatori. So, there the now four people sat, Izole on the doctor's table, Kyoto in a chair beside her, holding her hand, and Kiayame and Haru on the opposite side of the room. Izole could kill if her now pleasant mood turned cold. Hatori walked in and greeted everyone just then.
"Hello everyone, sorry I'm late, how are you, Izole? You look great. It looks like your skin is glowing." the doctor commented, pulling around an ultra sound machine and some jelly.
"I'm okay right now, I guess. Kyoto and I are dating! I missed him so much. He's always there for me. We have so much energy, I'm not tired anymore or anything! Oh yeah, and the babies are trying to beat me from the inside out." she started laughing at her own little joke. " No, but I do feel them a lot. Ugh, I'm huge too. And the nausea pills aren't working," Hatori nodded, pushing a button that let her seat back.
"Yes, I thought that they might not. I told you I just wanted to try it. On the positive side, you are more than halfway through your pregnancy and we find out the babies' gender today!" Kyoto smiled in encouragement and Kiayame squealed in anticipation. Izole jumped when Hatori squirted the freezing gel in the middle of her stomach. He started moving the jelly around and grunting occasionally. She was listening to the hum of the ultra sound when Hatori called her out of her makeshift meditation.
"Izole! Look!" He was pointing to what looked like two children crouched down holding hands....but it was all blurred and the heads were weird looking. "There they are...do you want to know the gender?" he asked. She nodded yes and he smiled. "Congratulations. You are the expecting mother of two girls." Izole smiled and started crying. Kiayame was kissing Haru, something they had been doing a lot lately and Hatori was putting the ultra sound machine away. Kyoto wiped the gunk off of her stomach.
"Congrats, Momma," he said, kissing away her tears. Izole gave him a watery smile and stood up.
"Haru," Hatori called. Haru squeazed Kiayame's hand and walked over to the doctor.
"Yeah?"
"Okay, now, remember how I told you I'd have more details for you? Well, here they are. Nothing is going to happen this month, but next month, I want Izole doing as little as possible. She won't allowed to run at all, nor lift things. Especially with her twins. Her back will start hurting. Give her some advil. When next month ends, that will be the beginning of the third trimester. She will feel the girls almost constantly and her limbs will start to ache. The month after that is the eighth month. If she goes into labor at this time, the children will be able to survive. If she continues through the month, she will feel very uncomfortable. She'll be tired again and have trouble sleeping. Tell her to lay on her side with a pillow in between her knees. The children will favor one side or the other. She may frequently become short of breath. In March, her final month, she will feel a surge of energy. Her breathing will become easier. When she is ready to deliver, bring her to my office. I can take care of things from there. Do you have any questions?" Haru shook his head. "Okay, well, I have to go tend to Akito. Why don't you guys go visit Yuki and Kyo today?" Hatori suggested that and then left the room.
"Hey guys, " Haru called to everyone. "how do you feel about going to see Yuki and Kyo today? I think Tohru will be there too. You two haven't met her yet, have you?" Izole and Kiayame shook their heads. Tohru had come into their lives only a day before they ran away. There wasn't a chance to meet her.
"I think it would be nice to meet the girl who stopped Kyo and Yuki from ripping each others heads off," Kiayame said. Izole nodded, one hand wrapping around Kyoto's waist, the other laying on top of her stomach. Kyoto hesitated. Kiayame noticed. "Aww, come on, Kyoto! Nothing bad is going to happen!"
"It's not that..there's just so much negative energy there. I'm afraid-" Izole pulled his chin around forcing him to shut up and look at her.
"I'll be fine," she said. "I want to go see them. I want to go see Tohru. Please?" she gave him the puppy dog eyes and he crumbled.
"Oh, alright. I'll go give them a call," he pulled out his phone and dialed in the number, pressing it to his ear. When someone answered on the other line, his face paled. "Hey, d-do you mind if Kiayame, Izole, Haru, and I come over today? Yeah. They want to meet Tohru. Yeah. Yeah. Alright. Thanks. Bye. " Kyoto hung up his phone and turned to the girls and Haru. "Alright, Sh-I mean Yuki said we could come over. I'm warning you though. I'm not convinced this is the best idea.." Izole tugged him to Haru's car and pushed him in. He buckled himself in and she sat down, this was going to be interesting.
A/A/N-Alright!There you go! The fourth chappy! I can't believe it!Omgzosaurus...they're going to go see Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru! Will Shigure be there? Why is Kyoto so opposed to going? Both of these will be answered in Chapter five:Visit. R&R or challenge or criticize!Or don't! Either way, hope you enjoyed!The next chapter will be out by Sptember 3rd if I don't have 2 more reviews!Ok, bye!