Disclaimer: I wished I owned SKU but I don't…..

Author's note: in this chapter….will "Saru" finally write his letter????????? Read and find out!



Chp.8

Anthy:

Today in class, I tried talking to the new boy but he kept snubbing me. I don't know why he would act that way around me when I was just trying to be friendly. I mean, I wasn't going to bite him or anything. Well, maybe he'll come around soon. I hope.

ChuChu:

Now I know why humans hate school so much. I had to deal with the embarrassment of being called on to answer questions that I had never even heard of. The kids whispered about the "new kid" and I sat right next to Anthy and whenever she tried talking to me I kept my mouth shut. I was scared of blurting out something I would regret. I wanted to touch her and tell her I loved her so much but I couldn't risk saying it before she was ready to hear it. Being a human was so much harder than it seemed.

All day long, a group of girls followed me and they wouldn't leave me alone. They wanted to know all about my past and frankly, I didn't have much of a past to tell them. The blonde girl rescued me though and told them that I was sick so they should stay away if they wanted to stay healthy. That sent them packing and I could finally enjoy some peace and quiet…

"Come on Saru, lets go see what's happening with the rest of the world," she said, putting an arm around my shoulder. I realized that I had never told her my fake name, but of course, she knew it already.

We were still walking when it happened. The horrible pain. It began as a dull aching in my side, causing me to stop for a second, and then escalated to the worst feeling imaginable. I honestly thought I was being stabbed in the stomach as I dropped to my knees, unable to scream because my breath had left me. My skin was too tight all of a sudden and it was choking, choking…and then it stopped. There was an unerving silence as I surveyed myself.

"Whoops," she said. "I forgot."

I was a monkey again. A disgusting, furry, misproportioned beast. I blinked a couple times just to make sure it was for real then gaped at her angrily. Why wasn't I human?

"Well, you didn't expect to stay like this forever didja? You only remain human for an hour a day. It takes a lot of energy for me to keep you in that form you know."

What? She could have told me this a loooooong time ago. I screeched the angriest "Chu!" I could muster.

"Don't bite my head off. You'll change again tomorrow. At 4am. Happy now?"

No I wasn't but I nodded nonetheless. It was better than nothing. I would merely have to wait it out.

We continued on our walk, me perched on her shoulder. She waved to the same group of girls that had bothered me earlier. They rushed over and said (almost in perfect unison) "Hi Tsuki!" Well, now I knew her name finally. Apparently, she had become pretty popular since her first day here.

"Oh my god! You're brother is soooooo cute! His name is Saru, right?" Ha, they thought I was cute? They didn't even realize I was staring them in the face presently. Girls could be such complete airheads.

"Yes," Tsuki said. She reached up and poked my stomach. "Have you all met ChuChu?"

They all giggled and prodded me mercilessly until one (less airheaded than the others) questioned, "Isn't that Himemiya's pet?"

"I was just on my way to return him to her."

"Oh."

"Well, I have to get going then, okay?"

"Yeah sure. Come on girls!" and they all skipped away, talking amongst themselves.

Tsuki waited until they were out of the line of hearing and muttered, "Idiots."

Guess she had agreed with me.

Anthy:

I was sitting under a cherry blossom tree when a shadow fell across my lap, startling me. I looked up and saw Tsuki. On her shoulder was…ChuChu! I jumped up and grabbed him. "Where did you find him?"

She shrugged. "Wandering around. Keep an eye on him."

"Thank you. I will." Tsuki walked off, glancing over her shoulder once to smile.

I watched her go, cradling ChuChu protectively in my arms. I sat back down and chastised him. "Why do you keep running away?"

"Chu!"

"What am I going to do with you? Hm?"

"Chu."

I laughed and hugged him to my chest. "Hey, look what I got for you," I said, producing a shiny black collar from my bag (which lay nearby). His eyes lit up as I slipped it around his neck and fastened it.

"Chu Chu!" he chirped happily. I tousled the fur on his head and he settled down.

"Now, if you get lost again, they will bring you back. I printed your name and mine on the inside with whiteout."

"Chu."

Ah, today was good…