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Chapter Four: Babysitter or not?
"Shiro!" the voice came and a tall skinny figure appeared from the trees.
"Well if it isn't Haru." She said calmly and grinned.
"And you're the one to talk!" he yelled and stepped aside into the light.
"Why would that be? The last time I saw you I clearly remember that I didn't say a word!" she
exclaimed still holding her tone down and her anger suppressed.
"Hn, (ah! Reminds me of Hiei, off topic...) I just wanted to tell you that Akito is looking for
you so if you don't want to be...Ahh..." he looked uncomfortably from Tohru to Yuki and then back
to Shiro, "Um...I wasn't expecting you to have any company..."
"UH! Is that a bad thing? Having friends? ACCUALLY TALKING TO THE PEOPLE YOU
CARE FOR?" Just realizing what she had just said she slapped her hand over her mouth and
a shocked expression hung on her face.
There was a moment of silence before anyone said or did anything. Just silence, then the
branches on the trees swayed and the leaves rattled with the wind.
"I didn't mean to make you upset!" Haru yelled still hot-tempered, approaching the tree Shiro
was near.
"Umm...well I don't want to be a burden on you, Haru or Shiro, so I think I'll head back to the
main house and start to prepare dinner." Tohru spun around and waltzed back to the house determined
not to get in their way, besides Kyo would be getting hungry by now...
"Kyo stop that you mean bully!" Shigure wined as Kyo pounded him to the floor.
"Then stop acting like such a...!" Kyo hissed and hit Shigure one last time before noticing
that Yuki and Tohru were back. "Thank god! I'm starving when's dinner going to be?" he asked in his
normal tone as if nothing happened.
"Miss Honda thought that it would be a good idea to make leek stew tonight." At the word leek
Kyo's face turned blue and a shiver ran up his back.
"No one told me that we were gunna eat leeks! Whose idea was that! Was it yours, ya damn
rat?" Kyo spat and pointed to Yuki.
"No it was Miss Honda's. You stupid cat if you would've been listening, you would know."
Yuki stood there completely calm with a pissed off tone.
"I can make you something else Kyo, I didn't know you stopped liking them."
"Stopped liking them? When did I EVER START to like them?" He blurted and
stormed off saying, "I'll just go out to eat."
"Oh I just remembered something." Yuki said calmly, turning to Tohru, "I think we left the
basket with Shiro. We will want to start on something else; she might not be back for a while." He
stated.
A moment later Kyo's pounding footsteps could be heard on the roof, the side door flew open
and there was Shiro, holding the basket out at arms length. Her eyes were covered by her
black hair and her face was tilted toward the ground.
"I believe these belong to you." Shiro said through her teeth and motioned Tohru to the basket.
Tohru who seemed oblivious of Shiro's temper kindly accepted the basket and was thanked by the
door slamming in her face.
Tohru got the leek stew started and in no more than five minutes of quietness Haru was heard
yelling outside.
"Why do you make me go through with this Shiro?"
"It's not my fault Akito put you in charge of me! Besides I feel the same way. I don't think I
need anyone to be my babysitter." She still held the angry temper but her tone was more calm and her
voice wasn't nearly as loud as Haru's.
"Well the fact of the matter is that he did put me in charge of you since I'm the one who
understands how you work. So-"
"How I work?" Shiro started, "You make me sound like a puppet. I have no masters or
guardians so don't try."
Haru sighed and said, "What my point is, Shiro, is that I know you more than anyone else does,
so I know how you react to certain things. I care for you Shiro and you know that, we all do."
"Don't turn white on me Haru." She said flatly and turned back toward the house, stopped at
the door and added, "Besides, you care for Rin more than me anyway. You might as well start thinking
more about her than me."
Dinner was silent, Haru decided not to join them for dinner but return to Sohma estate to report
to Akito. Shiro wasn't happy about his decision but she knew what would happen if Haru failed to give
Akito an update on her location.
Yuki was the first one to speak to Shiro after dinner.
"What was that all about? Why was Haru yelling at you?"
"He just doesn't understand how it feels to be constantly watched."
The phone rang and Shigure picked up in his usual cheerful tone. All of a sudden his expression
turned serious and he handed the phone over to Shiro.
"It's Akito; he wants you at the Sohma estate tomorrow."
Shiro grabbed the phone and listened.
"I'm very upset with you Shiro," Akito's voice rang through her head. "You'll have to be
punished."
CLICK the phone went dead and Shiro stood in shock.
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Next time on FURUBA:
Shiro visits Akito, Rin stops by and Ayame has a gift for Tohru.