Yo everyone!! It's me, emichii!! Hello and how do you do?!? I don't own Furuba.

It's almost my birthday!! And since this chappie comes out on Saturday, it'll be the very day before my bday!! man… I'm getting so old… Well, not really. But I think it's pretty old. Just think… around this time last year I was writing the last chapter of Swords and Compasses and I even asked people to try and guess my age!! Heh, people guessed such random things.

Wow… lessere I'll be fourteen in 2 days from the day I'm writing this. Old!!

Anyway, we're up to chapter 6 already?? I feel like nothing's even happened!! ARGH!!! Read and review!

Sixth Chapter: The bet

Yuki and Kyo gazed at each other.

Yuki was looking solemn and with calm, controlling composure but actually in his head, he was going insane. WHAT?!?!? Why did I just say that? What happened? It just popped out of my mouth!!! ARGHH!!

Kyo eyed Yuki curiously. His heart was divided in two ways. Half of him wanted to refuse. I mean, why would he want to take some stupid bet with Yuki? And what if he lost to him? What would he do? I mean, he really would be a real coward if he refused it just so he wouldn't lose, but… this was a matter of life and death!! Imagine it!! All the shame!! Of losing a bet to Yuki Sohma!!

Kyo gritted his teeth as he kept thinking over Yuki's bet. The other half of him was exploding and yelling: HELL YEAH!! I'm so gonna take that bet!! I never turn down a challenge, no matter what it is!! And I'm definitely not gonna back down a challenge from him!!

Tohru was just walking past the room with a pile of laundry in her hands and she noticed that Kyo and Yuki were talking to each other.

Oh!! She was absolutely delighted. Yuki and Kyo are talking to each other!! That means maybe… they'll one day be great friends!! She thought blissfully.

Kyo got all pumped and fired out that before he could think things over thoroughly.

"HELL YEAH!! Yuki, I ain't ever gonna lose to you!! In fact, I'm gonna win and I'll drag ya down to the ground!! I'll beat ya!! I'm telling you right now, I'll win!!"

Tohru collapsed, exhausted.

Kyo's eyes widened in awful realisation. What the hell?!? Why'd I just go and say all that?? I don't even know what the damn bet is about!!!

Yuki looked amused as Kyo dropped his head in depression.

"How do you know you'll win if you don't know what the bet is?" he asked.

Kyo scowled at Yuki. "Well, then, hurry up and tell me what it is!"

Yuki's head was spinning. He wasn't even sure when he blurted it out. In fact, it was crazy. He couldn't even control his thoughts, let alone his mouth. Shock horror surged through him. He must be coming down with a horrible disease!! What would happen if he started saying something incredibly stupid and ridiculous to people? His reputation would go down the drain.

Yuki's face went pale.

Kyo looked mystified. "Hey… Yuki? Tell me what the bet is already!"

Before Yuki could stop himself, his random new crazy out-of-control alter ego started speaking: "Kyo, if you can tell Miss Honda how you feel about her at the Confession Tree at the School Fest before I tell… my… crush… then you win the bet. However… if I happen to confess to… uh… the girl I like before you do, then I win,"

Yuki's mouth dropped open. WHAT THE HECK DID I JUST SAY NOW?!?!? THIS IS INSANE!! It's like I'm developing a scary obnoxious other self like Haru!! AAAAAAAAAARRGHHHHHH!!!!

Yuki's blood pressure was going so high his veins would blow up soon. He imagined her standing under the glowing branches of the confession, gazing at him with shy affection and her cheeks blushing.

POOF!!

Kyo was staring at him.

Yuki sighed. The poor rat lay there and shook its head in disappointment. Oh man, what would he do, if this started becoming a habit whenever he thought about her?

Kyo shrugged. Inside, he was thinking this whole thing was incredibly stupid. He wondered, if he did confess to Tohru… what would her reaction be like? And what would she say?

What if… she accepted him? He'd be so happy he could just die. But what would happen if one day she found out it was partly for a bet? Wouldn't she be hurt deeply?

But, the truth is, I really do love her. And I will tell her that, though the only reason I'd say it is because of this bet. I know its true, but I never would've ever planned on saying anything to her. All I really wanted was to just be near her always so now… I'm just not sure… what step I should take next.

Poor Yuki was losing control of his body. Not only was he thinking dodgy things, he was also speaking incredibly ridiculous things without a second thought. He could no longer control himself!!

Yuki (human again, fully clothed) watched Kyo walk away from him. Kyo passed by Tohru, who was getting up from the ground and trying to pick up the fallen laundry. Kyo smiled awkwardly at her and bent over to help her pick up the clothes.

Yuki looked away. He stood still for a moment and gazed off into the distance out the window. I still don't understand what is happening to me. And I don't know why… I'm almost… too scared to find out!!

Weird feeling! Weird feeling! Weird feeling! Weird feeling!!

Machi walked hurriedly down the school hallways, clutching her books really tightly to her chest. Yesterday had freaked her out, yeah, but it freaked her out even more when she thought back and realized something incredibly scary.

IT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE!!!!

She tried to calm her beating crazily heart but to no avail. It was scary!! It was scary!!

It's really, really scary!! Machi felt really hopeless. What could she do?

She wasn't even sure what this kinda strange emotion was, but all she knew was she didn't like it. Not one bit.

And why did it happen whenever the President was around?!? Even scarier.

The prince was after all, so perfect that it disgusted her. Sure, she had never really thought he was perfect, but perfection screamed out from him at every angle.

She crept through the hallways quietly and she passed by a third-year.

It was a third-year with really long reddish hair and two bows in her hair. She was leaning against the wall and dreaming. Machi didn't mean to eavesdrop but the girl said something out loud that shocked Machi a little bit.

"…the Student Council's Confession Tree…" she sighed dramatically. "Dear Yuki-kun… you'll be mine on that special day."

Machi wondered why her head was sending strange messages to her brains. She shook her head and quickly hurried to her next class.

Hatsuharu was NOT the person that Yuki intended to ask about his problems, but it just happened. Maybe because Haru also had an 'alter ego'.

But Haru certainly was surprised when Yuki asked him: "Haru, what's happening to me?!??" in a panicked tone. Immediately after that, he looked around to make sure no-one was watching or had heard the prince being in trouble.

Haru listened, struggling to keep a straight face, as Yuki described his symptoms. Which had only just started the day before, by the way.

Why, he was asking, am I transforming for no reason whenever I think about this particular person? I didn't hug anyone and I wasn't tired, so why did it happen?

And why, he queried, am I thinking ridiculously stupid things?

Why am I blurting out really random and odd things before I think?

Haru stared Yuki straight in the face with an incredibly serious look on his face. Yuki tensed.

He's gonna tell me I'm coming down with a horrible disease!! I must be dying!! Or maybe I'm actually going mad and I'll have to go to a mental institute!! WAAAAHHH!!

Haru's face broke into a bright smile. He beamed at his friend. "What that means, Yuki, is that you're falling in love!!"

Yuki felt great relief flooding over his poor worn-out body. "Phew," he sighed, "I was almost afraid that I was coming down with an insane mental illness-"

Yuki stopped. He narrowed his eyes. "-wait… in… love? WHAT?!?" Yuki scrambled away from Haru in a great hurry. He shouted at him from across the hallway. "Haru, what kind of nonsense are you talking about!!"

Haru couldn't stop smiling. "Well, DUH, Yuki," he said. "What you're feeling right now is impulsive feelings of romantic love. It's making you do crazy things. And you don't realize it because you're incredibly dense, and because you've never felt it before."

Impulsive feelings of romantic love.

Will wonders ever cease?

Hey everyone!! Yuki's changing into a really strange version of Daisuke from DN Angel. Oh no!! Ya see, Daisuke changes into Dark whenever he thinks of the girl he loves, Risa Harada. Later on he ends up with Riku instead (hurray!!) however.
Still, it's getting into a kinda exciting plot twist, huh?

Did I ever say that DN Angel is my most favourite anime?? My favourite manga is probably Faeries Landing, but then again, Faeries Landing is technically a manwha because its Korean, not Japanese.

Anyway, thankyou so much for reading!! Please review!!