dna- i am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry people! you have to believe me! i seriously tried to get this out as soon as possible! i was really busy with school and projects and everything else! this wont happen again! i am sooooo sorry! as an apology, i added a side story after this chapter. it isnt much but... I'M SORRY!
Hopeless Chapter 10- Bad Luck
It was free period during school, and as usual, Hana, Uo, Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, and Sayora were hanging out together. Then suddenly, Hana slowly turned her head and looked at Sayora.
"W-what?" Sayora asked, a bit nervous.
"Hmmm….." Hana thought out loud. "Scary…"
"What?" she asked again.
"Your waves… they're appalling…"
Everyone stared at Hana confused.
"Your luck is unbelievably horrendous," she said. "You should be extremely careful until your waves settle down."
Sayora held back a laugh.
"No offense or anything, but are you serious?" Sayora asked. "I'm not in grade school. I don't exactly believe in this good luck bad luck stuff."
"Believe me," Hana ordered, giving Sayora her more than usual creepy look. "Otherwise, you'll be sorry."
Sayora sweat dropped.
"Look, um… thanks for worrying about me an all… I think… but I'll be fine," she replied unworriedly as she leaned her head back. "Ah!"
One of the ceiling tiles fell off and landed right on Sayora's face as everyone except for Hana and Tohru sweat dropped.
"Sayora-san!" Tohru cried. "Oh no! Are you alright! Are you bleeding anywhere! Do you want to see the nurse!"
"I warned you," Hana said.
"The cars're running up and down and all around! Heh heh! Look at the birdies flying with the pwetty stars! I'm such an ass and—" Sayora half said, half slurred as she lost her balance and fell off her chair.
"O-oi!" Uo responded as she quickly got up to check on Sayora who was lying flat on the ground, completely knocked out.
"Sayora-san!" Yuki called as he did the same.
-----Later-----
"That was just a coincidence," Sayora assured. "Nothing to worry abo—what?"
Hana was staring at her again.
"Cats…" she said. "Beware of cats…"
"Don't have to tell me that," she replied, Kyo holding back his anger as best as he could.
"Well then, later," Uo said as she and Hana headed off in a different direction.
"Bye Uo-chan, Hana-chan!" Tohru yelled to them.
Yuki, Kyo, Tohru, and Sayora walked in the opposite direction towards Shigure's house. Amazingly, Kyo and Sayora weren't arguing with each other, but that was because he was arguing with Yuki instead.
"Hey, Tohru-san, just out of curiosity, how did you come to live here?" Sayora asked.
"Oh, well, you see... I was accidentally living in Shigure-san's territory, and when Yuki-kun and Shigure-san found out, they insisted that I should stay with them," she answered with a smile.
"Oh… well that was nice of them," For a change… Sayora replied, noticing that Yuki and Kyo were a bit quiet but paid no mind to it.
"Yes, very!"
"Well anyway, it seems that you—" Sayora suddenly stopped talking when she looked ahead of her.
"Sayora-san?" Tohru asked, wondering why she suddenly stopped.
"W-what the hell!" Kyo yelled confused.
"Ah!" Tohru stared in surprise.
"Go away you stupid cat!" Yuki ordered. "You're attracting the other cats all around here!"
"Get off of me, damn cats!" Sayora shouted. "I'm not a friggin yarn ball! Play with something else!"
Wait a minute…! Tohru thought. "Sayora-san! Hana-chan said to be careful around cats!"
"What the hell is up with this!" she continued shouting, not hearing Tohru. "H-huh… K-kyo-kun! Stop!"
Kyo, not hearing Sayora either, jumped back and crashed into her, causing her to lose her balance.
"Sayora-san! Watch out!" Yuki shouted as he watched her fall backwards. "Ah!"
"You're friggin dead you dumb cat!" she screamed as she fell and rolled down the hill.
"Sayora-san!" Tohru shouted after her, the cats abandoning Kyo and Yuki to follow Sayora.
Yuki and Kyo as well as Tohru all ran to the edge of the hill to see if Sayora was okay. She was far from it. Tohru freaked out while Kyo and Yuki watched with a huge sweat drop. As she was rolling down the hill, she crashed into countless trees and bushes. Kyo knew he was in for a huge migraine after this was over.
"What the hell was that anyway?" Kyo asked no one in particular.
"Since when were there so many cats in Shigure's territory?" Yuki asked.
-----At Shigure's House-----
Shigure heard the front door open.
"We're back!" Tohru announced.
"You guys are a bit late today," he replied happily as he walked to the front door to greet them. "What happ— uh…"
He looked at Sayora nervously with a huge sweat drop. She was covered in thorns and twigs and dirt from head to toe.
"I'm gonna go take a bath…" she replied, suppressing her anger.
"Uh…s-sure…" Shigure replied as she stomped off and up the stairs. "What did happen?"
"That psychic girl was saying something about bad luck," Kyo replied unconcerned as he walked into the living room and put his backpack down.
"Bad luck?" Shigure repeated.
-----One Hour Later-----
"Where's Sayora-chan? Is she still in the bath?" Shigure asked, walking into the living room where Kyo, Yuki, and Tohru were.
"Come to think of it, I think she is…" Yuki replied.
"I wonder if something's wrong…" Shigure trailed off. "Tohru-kun, would you mind going to check on her?"
"Oh no, not a problem at all," she responded as she got up and headed towards the bathroom.
"Tch, knowing her and her bad luck, she probably fell asleep in the bath tub…" Kyo muttered sarcastically.
A couple seconds after Kyo had said that, the three guys heard Tohru's scream from the bathroom.
"SAYORA-SAN!" she shrieked. "ARE YOU ALRIGHT!"
"What!" Kyo shouted as he and the Yuki dashed to the bathroom.
Yuki stopped at the doorway as did Shigure when he arrived. Kyo ran in, but as soon as he did, he ran back out, his face flushed red.
"Kyo-kun, what a naughty naughty boy," Shigure teased.
"It-it's not like that dammit!" Kyo shouted.
"SAYORA-SAN!" they heard Tohru scream again. "WAKE UP! PLEASE HANG IN THERE!"
"Wha—!" Yuki asked surprised. "Sh-she actually fell asleep!"
"Seems so," Shigure replied calmly. "Someone should go in and help Tohru-kun."
Silence…
"Okay! I will!" he volunteered happily.
"No you won't!" Yuki and Kyo shouted at the same time, smashing his head through his wooden floor.
-----Few Seconds Later-----
Yuki carried Sayora out of the bathroom after Tohru covered her with a large towel. He gently laid her down on the living room floor.
"Sh-she's not breathing!" Tohru freaked out again.
"Move!" Shigure ordered, earning weird looks from Kyo and Yuki.
"What're you going to do?" Yuki asked.
"What else?" he replied dead serious, staring at the other three. "I'm giving her mouth to mouth!" Shigure exclaimed cheerfully with a huge smile plastered across his face.
"No! You're not!" Kyo shouted as he punched Shigure on the head.
"Then you give her mouth to mouth," he said, quickly recovering from Kyo's punch.
"Wha—? Hell no!" he shouted. "Her breath would probably burn my friggin eyebrows off!"
"You're right Kyo-kun, you probably shouldn't do it because you would wind up kissing her!" Shigure teased as he turned to Yuki. "Of course, Yuki-kun wouldn't even dream of such a thing, now would you? Hurry and give her mouth to mouth!"
"What?" Yuki asked, Kyo shouting in the background. "Me? I don't think this is such a great idea Shigure…"
"Then should we have Tohru-kun do it?" he asked exaggeratingly.
"Hell no!" Kyo immediately disagreed as he got to his feet. "I'm calling—ahhhh!"
Kyo slipped on the towel and fell on top of Sayora who opened her eyes and groggily stared up at the ceiling. Tohru, Yuki, and Shigure all stared nervously at the two. Sayora looked at Kyo who was on top of her. Kyo started to get up, feeling a bit dizzy from when he fell. When Sayora finally regained her senses and noticed that she was under Kyo, she merely stared in shock.
"Ky-Kyo-kun…" she said, her face flushed bright red. "Y-you…"
"W-wait!" Kyo began. "I swear it's not what you think! Let me exPLAIIIINNNN!"
"YOU DISGUSTING PERVERT! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOU DUMBASS CAT! GO TO HELL!" she screamed, clutching onto her towel as she punched Kyo through the wall.
While everyone was still focusing their on Kyo who had just got knocked through the wall like it was paper, Sayora sprinted up the stairs to get some clothes on.
-----Few Minutes Later-----
Tohru was in the kitchen preparing dinner while everyone else was in the living. Shigure was watching some random show on TV. Yuki and Kyo of course, were arguing.
BAAMM!
The arguing abruptly stopped as the two looked up in the direction of the stairs. Shigure turned his head towards the sound and Tohru walked into the living room to join them. The four of them looked at each other as Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure got up and walked towards the stairs followed by Tohru.
Everyone sweat dropped. Sayora was lying at the bottom of the stairs completely knocked out.
"Sa-Sa-Sa-Sa-SAYORA-SAN!" Tohru shrieked, blasting everyone's ears out. "OH MY GOD! ARE YOU ALRIGHT! SAYORA-SAN! WE-WE-WE-WE HAVE T-TO DO SOMETHING!"
"Yes, yes," Shigure agreed calmly, his ears still ringing. "So Tohru-kun, would you run into the kitchen to get some ice for Sayora-chan?"
"O-of course!" she replied as she scurried back towards the kitchen.
-----Another Few Minutes Later-In the Living Room-----
Yuki arrived downstairs with a pillow and a blanket. Kyo was forced to help Shigure lay out a futon for her. A couple more minutes, Tohru made her way into the living room, dragging a huge bag with her.
"I-is that the ice Tohru-kun?" Shigure asked with a sweat drop.
"Yes!" she answered boldly.
Everything was silent.
"He said get SOME ice!" Kyo shouted. "Not to freeze all the water in the house!"
"So-sorry!"
"That's enough Kyo!" Yuki defended her. "She's just trying to help!"
"Shut up you dumb rat!" he argued.
"What was that you said?" Yuki asked calmly as an ice cube hit Kyo's head.
Ah! When did he get that! Tohru asked herself, seeing as how she was at the opposite side of the room.
Trembling from anger, Kyo grabbed the ice that fell beside him and chucked it at Yuki, miserably missing and almost hitting Sayora after it bounced off of the wall.
"If you two must fight, do it outside the house so Sayora-chan won't be in the middle of it… literally…" Shigure advised. And he was right. Yuki was on the far right side of her while Kyo and Tohru were on the far left.
"What in the world was that?" Yuki taunted. "Were you trying to aim above and beyond, stupid cat?"
"That's it!" Kyo shouted again as he grabbed the bag full of ice.
He swung the bag and suddenly flew backwards.
"Sa-Sayora-san…?" Yuki looked at the pile of ice that was covering her up. She was completely swirly eyed.
Kyo got up and held the bag up to notice that there was a huge hole in it and sweat dropped once more. Tohru, as usual, freaked out.
"I warned you…" Shigure merely said.
-----About Twenty Minutes Later-----
There was a knock on the door, interrupting everyone from dinner.
"I'll answer the door," Tohru replied.
"Thank you Tohru-kun," Shigure said.
"Hatori-san, please, come in," they heard Tohru say.
The two of them arrived at the living room/dining room. Sayora still lied on the futon over on the side.
"Hi Haa-san!" Shigure greeted enthusiastically, not getting a response from the doctor.
Instead, Hatori went straight to Sayora and sweat dropped.
"So… let me get this straight…" Hatori said. "She fell down a hill, almost drowned in the bath, fell down the stairs, and got a bag of ice dumped on her…"
"Pretty much," Shigure replied with a smile on his face.
Hatori sighed.
-----Next Morning-----
Sayora was dragging her feet to school along with Kyo, Yuki, and Tohru.
"Um… Sayora-san, are you sure you should be up today?" Tohru asked in concern, seeing as how Sayora looked half dead. "You should take a day off and stay in bed."
"Tch, don't worry about her," Kyo replied. "If she passes out, we can stuff her in a bag and throw her into the ocean."
"Who's gonna be in stuffed in the bag you stupid cat!" Sayora shouted as Kyo easily dodged her flying backpack.
"Oh, so you're back to normal now!" he shouted at her.
"No! I'm not!" she shouted back.
"Uuaahhhh!" Tohru suddenly panicked, the other three turning their attention to her.
"Honda-san, what is it?" Yuki asked alarmed. He followed Tohru's gaze and found the problem. So did Kyo and Sayora.
"Oh great…" Sayora muttered.
Sawaki sat leaning against the wall twitching. Sayora went over to pick up her backpack.
A black belt for seven years and he can't dodge a backpack? What the hell… people these days…
Sayora turned and was about to walk away when something suddenly grabbed her hand
"Sayora-san, it's okay!" Sawaki exclaimed, suddenly appearing next to her, scaring the hell out of her. "No need to be shy! Just walk to school with me and I'll forgive you!"
She yanked her hand out of his, her hand hitting his chin on the way up.
"I don't want your friggin forgiveness!" she shouted irritatedly.
"Sayora-san!" Sawaki called, Sayora ignoring him. "Sayora-san!"
She continued to ignore him. "Watch out for the—!"
"Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!" she screamed.
"Pit…" he finished lamely.
-----At School-----
"Huh? Hey Sayora, what happened to you?" one of her classmates asked as she and the others walked into the classroom. "You're covered in dirt!"
"Nothing!" she said through her teeth as she made her way over to her desk.
"Sawaki, what'd you do to her?" the classmate accused.
"Nothing!" he denied.
WAMM!
Everyone spun towards the sound to find Sayora on the floor and the chair underneath her.
"W-wow…" Sawaki said in amazement and in disbelief. "How in the world are you hiding your obesity!"
"What obesity!" Sayora angrily shouted. "Cheap ass chairs! What the hell are they made of anyway!"
"The legs are made of steel…" one of the classmates said. "There's no way that thing could've broken under someone your weight."
"She's hiding her obesity I tell you!" Sawaki declared. "But have no fear, even if everyone else looks at you in disgust, you will always be the woman of my dreams as long as you continue to hide your obesity!"
"Go to hell!" she screamed as she punched Sawaki through the classroom sliding door.
"Your waves are getting a bit better…" Hana said in her monotone voice. "Soon… you will confront someone you—"
"Um… Hana… can you drop the bad luck junk?" Sayora cut her off. "I really appreciate your concern, really, but I have a huge migraine right now and would prefer not to have it grow any larger."
"You've been warned," Hana said creepily.
-----Lunch-----
Sayora went to the lunch line by herself to check out what they had.
Hm… bread you can't bite into… rice and chicken… make that half cooked chicken… pork buns, the kinds that make you puke… noodles that are sticky to the point where you can't even cut it with a knife… mashed potatoes and gravy… make that mashed crap… Sayora sighed. School lunch seriously sucks…
"What the hell is your problem!" she heard Kyo shout.
"But Kyoooo!" she heard Momiji whine.
Sayora turned around only to have a tray full of food collide into her face. Her eye twitched in anger as Kyo nervously turned around to look at her.
"Wa-wait!" Kyo replied stepping back as Sayora grabbed the tray which was stained with gravy, some mashed potatoes, and chicken.
"Yay! Food fight!" Momiji shouted enthusiastically, throwing his hands up.
Sayora hurled the food stained tray back at Kyo who quickly ducked down as it crashed into someone else behind him. He looked up behind him to see a pissed of gym teacher. Kyo and Yuki sweat dropped. Momiji was laughing like hell. Haru had no expression. As usual, Tohru freaked out.
Shit… she thought nervously.
"Sayora…!" the teacher growled, keeping in as much anger as he can. "IN MY OFFICE! NOW!"
-----Twenty Minutes Later-----
Everyone was waiting outside of the gym teacher's office. Finally, the door opened and Sayora walked out looking glum.
"Sayora-san… what happened?" Tohru asked worriedly.
She sighed.
"I got off the hook this time, but the lecture he gave me was hell…" she said tiredly, rubbing her ears.
Yuki smiled.
"Well, at least it was just a lecture and nothing more than that," he said.
"With someone like him, saying that it was just a lecture is completely insane," Sayora replied.
"I'm glad nothing happened though," Tohru said relieved.
"I guess you could say that," Sayora said. "Anyway, let's go home. I'm beat…"
Sayora started walking ahead, the others following behind her. Suddenly, she stopped at the intersection and bent down to grab something.
"Sayora-san? What is it?" Tohru asked, she and the others stopping a few feet before the intersection.
"It says… don't look up…?" she read, completely confused.
Sayora looked up and suddenly, the ceiling tile slid aside as basketballs, soccer balls, footballs, and softballs came rushing down on her, burying her completely.
-----Few Minutes Later-----
"What… the hell!" she said between her teeth.
"It did say don't look up," Kyo pointed out, adding more fuel to the fire.
"Shut the hell up you smartass!" Sayora shouted. "You would've looked up too!"
"Maybe, but I wouldn't be dumb enough to just stand there and let myself get buried like you did!" Kyo shouted back.
"Oh, right! I'd like to see you move out of the way in time!" Sayora argued. "I barely had time to notice the crap falling down!"
"That's cuz you're an idiot!"
"And you think you aren't!"
"No! I'm not!"
"Oh yeah!"
"Yeah!"
"Oh yeah!"
"Yeah!"
"Oh ye—!"
THONNKKKKK!
Everyone stared wide eyed at what was on Sayora's head, especially Kyo seeing as how he was standing right next to her. Slowly, the object rolled off of her head.
WAAMMM!
The bowling ball landed on the ground and rolled down the hall. Soon enough, Sayora fell to the floor stiffer than a statue.
-----At Home-----
"A bowling ball this time?" Shigure asked amused. "My, she's really not having the best of luck, is she?"
"Apparently not," Yuki sighed. "And all this dumb cat is worrying about is that it could've fell on him instead of her."
Shigure turned to look at Kyo.
"That could've been me!" he said, unaware of everything. "I was standing right next to her! If I were even a couple more inches over, that thing would've landed on me!"
Shigure sweat dropped.
"I think Kyo-kun was the one who got hit with the bowling ball," he said.
"Isn't he always like this?" Yuki asked.
"I heard that you damn rat!" Kyo shouted.
"Oh, you're back to normal?" he asked. "I shouldn't have said anything…"
"What the hell's that supposed to mean!" he shouted again.
"Now now boys, remember, if you must fight, do it outside the house," Shigure warned as the two started to fight. "Remember what happened the last time you two fought with Sayora in the middle of everything?"
Not hearing Shigure, Yuki and Kyo continued to fight. Yuki threw a punch which Kyo caught, and Kyo threw a punch that Yuki caught. With both of them unable to free their hands, they started to try and push each other back and forth with Sayora, literally, in the middle of the two. She was lying on the futon right in between Kyo and Yuki who were fighting right next to the futon.
"I made some tea," she said as she walked out of the kitchen with the tray in her hands to see the two fighting. "Yuki-kun! Kyo-kun! Both of you, please stop fighting! You'll wake Sayora-san up!"
Tohru threw her hands up in the air.
"Honda-san!" Yuki cried.
"O-o-oi!" Kyo shouted as he and Yuki jumped back as far as they possibly could.
Shigure lamely watched as the tray full of four cups of hot tea flew in Sayora's direction.
"…Mm…"
Sayora slowly opened her eyes only to find hot tea hovering right above her. She gasped in terror.
"N-N-N-N-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-!" Sayora cried desperately as everything switched to slow motion.
-----A Few Moments Later-----
Hatori, once again, was called over to check on Sayora.
"I'm so sorry Sayora-san!" Tohru apologized for the millionth time.
"She'll be fine," Hatori informed.
"Sorry to bother you Haa-san," Shigure said.
Hatori got up and turned to Shigure.
"Make sure she gets plenty of rest," he then turned to Yuki and Kyo. "And you two, no fighting until she gets better."
-----Free Period Next Day-----
Everyone was out in front of the school walking back to class. Kyo and Yuki were arguing again, as always.
"What the hell!" Kyo shouted. "You wanna fight me!"
"It's wrong to pick on the weak," Yuki replied calmly.
"You've gotta good point," Sayora agreed.
"What!" Kyo shouted again.
Tohru watched a bit nervously as the three of them started arguing, Kyo quickly losing his temper.
"Who the hell do you think you are!" Kyo shouted at Yuki as Sayora stopped walking, no one noticing.
"I'm—"
"…Akito…"
"Huh?" everyone asked as they turned around to face Sayora.
W-what the hell…? Kyo wondered when he saw the look of fear on her face.
"Ah!" Tohru cried in surprise when she turned back around, causing the two guys to turn around as well.
"What a coincidence!" Akito said, earning a shocked expression from Kyo and Yuki. "I wasn't expecting to run into all three of you so soon!"
"A-Akito-san…" Tohru said quietly. Oh no!
"Oh, and you too of course, Honda-san," Akito replied. "Sayora, how're you doing?"
Kyo glanced back at her, seeing the same scared expression on her face.
Is she really that scared of him? Kyo asked himself.
"It's been quite a while now hasn't it?" Akito asked as he walked towards Sayora.
He frowned in irritation however, when Kyo stepped in front of him, standing between Akito and Sayora. Yuki, after hesitating a little, joined Kyo.
Kyo-kun… Yuki-kun… Sayora thought. It's not okay to keep thinking that they'll protect me like this… I said I'd be stronger. I said I wouldn't let Akito control me, but I'm scared to act against him.
They're… they're all trying to protect her… Tohru thought. I… I have to help them too, but what can I do…?
"Yuki, I haven't talked to you for a while now, have I?" Akito smiled. "You should come over and spend some time with me sometime. I get so lonely when you don't come to visit me."
Yuki started to get nervous. Kyo, Tohru, and Sayora all noticed it too.
"Let me ask you something," Akito said, lowering his voice. "Why are you defending that outsider? It's not like she's part of our family. Even Kyo is better than her. She's worthless, nothing but wasted space. Something like that doesn't need protection."
"She's not an object!" Kyo said firmly, glaring at Akito as their eyes met.
"How sweet," he taunted. "A monster protecting his precious property."
"She's not my—!"
"He's not a monster!" Sayora shouted at Akito, shocking him and everyone else. "Just because he's the cat doesn't mean anything!" I won't let him criticize Kyo-kun like that! I don't want him to say bad things about him…
Sayora-san… Tohru thought worriedly.
"What did you say?" Akito asked, glaring at her.
"You heard me!" she replied.
It was quiet. Everyone was glaring at Akito, and he was glaring at everyone.
"Let me just warn you, it would be very stupid of you to do something and make me mad," he said. "I'll be seeing you soon."
With that, Akito walked away and got in the car that one of his servants was driving. Everyone watched in silence as it took off.
"Um… what do you think Akito-san meant when he said he'll be seeing us later?" Tohru broke the silence, asking no one in particular.
"I… don't know," Yuki replied.
The bell rang loudly, indicating that their free period was over. They all walked back to their class without saying a word to each other.
-----In the Classroom-----
"Your waves have calmed down quite a bit…" Hana said as soon as Sayora entered the classroom.
"Oi, Sayora, you okay?" Uo asked. "You look kinda… stressed or sad or something like that."
"I'm fine, really," she assured.
"It was all your fault, wasn't it Kyon?" Uo accused. "What'd you do? Punch her in the chest on purpose and told her that it was an accident?"
"What the hell're you blaming me for!" Kyo denied. "I didn't do anything!"
The teacher cleared her throat loudly.
"Class has already started!" she informed in an annoyed voice. "If you six insist on talking, you can do it while standing outside the classroom. Otherwise, sit down!"
"Oh, we're sorry!" Tohru apologized as she ran to her seat.
"Please excuse us," Yuki said as he and everyone else walked to their seats.
"Now, open your books to page 20—!"
WWAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMM!
The teacher turned around to see Sayora half buried under the textbooks that fell from the table beside her.
"Oh my god!" she exclaimed as she ran next to her. "Souma! Souma! Someone get the nurse!"
-----After School-----
As always, Uo, Hana, Tohru, and the others were walking home.
"Bye Uo-chan, Hana-chan!" Tohru waved as she walked in the opposite direction.
"Later!" Uo shouted back as she and Hana walked the other way.
Hana suddenly felt a jolt, spinning around to look at Sayora who was with Tohru and the others.
"What is it?" Uotani asked.
"Her waves… they just suddenly went back to normal…" she replied quietly.
-----At Shigure's House-----
"We're home!" Tohru announced as always.
"Oh, welcome home," Shigure greeted, noticing that Sayora didn't look normal. "Sayora-chan, is everything all right?"
"Everything's fine," Sayora replied. "I'll be… on the roof or something…"
"Okay," he said.
Once Sayora was out of the house, Shigure turned to Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru.
"Did something—huh?"
Yuki and Kyo walked past him and into the living room.
"Tohru-kun, what happened?" Shigure asked.
"Well…," Tohru hesitated. "We met Akito-san at school…"
"What?" he asked again. "But why would he go there?"
"I'm not sure myself…" she replied. "But I'm worried about Sayora-san… I hope she's okay…"
"Oh, I'm sure she'll be fine," Shigure assured with a smile. "Don't worry about her much, okay? Now, I'm hungry. Would you mind making lunch right now Tohru-kun?"
"Oh no! Not at all!" Tohru said as she hurried to the kitchen, Shigure's smile fading.
-----An Hour Later-----
"That was delicious!" Shigure said happily. "Thank you Tohru-kun."
"Oh, it wasn't that great," she denied shyly.
"Where's Sayora-san?" Yuki asked. "Isn't she hungry?"
"She said that she was fine," Tohru replied.
"Oh…" he trailed off.
They're sad… Tohru thought helplessly.
"Kyo-kun! Yuki-kun!" she called enthusiastically. "I want to show you something! Will you come to my room?"
"Ah… sure," Yuki replied as he got up.
"Kyo-kun, you too!"
"What're you so excited about?" Kyo asked as he got up as well and followed the two up to Tohru's room.
"Don't do anything naughty you guys!" Shigure shouted after them, laughing to himself when he heard Yuki and Kyo shouting back at him. "Hm?"
The phone rang.
"Hello?" he asked when he answered the phone.
"Shigure," a familiar voice said.
"Akito-san! What brings you to call me?" Shigure asked again.
"I'm coming over. Come outside and wait for me," he ordered. "I don't feel like getting out of the car."
"Okay," he replied obediently.
-----Fifteen Minutes Later-----
Shigure finally saw the car which pulled up in front of his house. He walked up to the car as Akito lowered his window.
"Hi Akito-san!" Shigure greeted with a huge smile. "Are you sure you don't want to come in?"
"No," he said. "I won't be staying long. I needed to talk to you. That's all."
"Oh?" Shigure asked. "What is it you need to talk to me about?"
"It's that girl!" Akito said hatefully. "Can you believe she tried to order me around!"
"You mean Sayora-chan?" he inquired.
"Who else!" he asked irritatedly.
-----Tohru, Kyo, and Yuki-----
Tohru was digging in her closet looking for something while Yuki, and amazingly Kyo, were patiently waiting. Suddenly, Kyo heard something outside and looked out the window.
Akito! he thought. Why the hell is he here!
Yuki soon noticed the voices outside and joined Kyo by the window. Kyo glanced at Yuki and turned his attention back outside.
Akito? Yuki thought.
-----Shigure and Akito-----
"I give her this much freedom and she thinks she can do whatever she wants!" Akito complained, unaware that everyone except Sayora and Tohru were listening to his conversation with Shigure. "Honestly, does she seriously think that she can fit in with everyone?"
Shigure was silent.
"Does she think that everyone has accepted her or gotten used to her being around? Look at Yuki, still calling her Sayora-san after all this time," he continued. "He doesn't do that for anyone else in the family, does he? And look at her, still being so polite to everyone when she calls their name. She makes me sick!"
It was still silent.
"I think she feels nervous and insecure," Shigure replied with a small smile. "She's still trying to understand."
"Something like her would never understand," Akito said. "She has no family. She has no life. She has nothing."
Shigure didn't reply.
"Earlier today, I called Kyo a monster. She still doesn't know. She thought I was calling him a monster because he's the cat. Such a stupid girl."
"Well, I don't think she's stupid," Shigure replied.
Akito glared at him.
"Are you defending her? Are you trying to defy me!" he asked.
"No, no," he answered. "I wouldn't dare do something like that."
"Good. I'm leaving now."
"Was that it?" Shigure asked. "Alright then."
The window rolled up and the car took off as Shigure headed back towards the house.
"Sayora-chan!" Shigure said surprised. "How long have you been there?"
"Just now," she replied. "Why?"
"Oh," he replied relieved. "No reason. Let's go back inside."
Sayora didn't move. Shigure turned around and looked at her.
"Sayora-chan…" he called quietly when he saw the look on her face. "What's wrong?"
"Akito said… I had no family, no life… that I had nothing…" she said quietly as Shigure's eyes widened. "He's wrong…"
"So you were there the whole time!" he asked.
"No… that was all I heard," she replied.
"Shigure," Yuki called as he and Kyo came out of the house.
"Well… and…" Sayora turned around to look at Kyo. "What did Akito mean when he said… you were a monster?"
Kyo flinched as Yuki glanced at him calmly. Shigure's eyes, once again, widened, but they quickly went back to normal.
"Oh, it's nothing," Shigure replied for Kyo with a smile. "You know how the cat is considered the monster? That was all. Akito-san didn't mean anything more by that."
"Oh… good…" she said quietly, earning herself a confused look from everyone. "Because no one wants to be around a monster…"
Kyo's eyes widened and his mouth slightly dropped open in shock. Both Shigure and Yuki looked at Kyo.
"Sayora-chan," Shigure said. "Honestly, was there anything else you heard?"
"No," she replied as she turned around and looked up at the sky.
"Sayora-chan, I'm going to go back inside, alright?" Shigure asked. "Come back in soon. If you stay out too long, you're going to catch a cold. Kyo-kun, Yuki-kun, you guys too."
"Sure," she replied.
"Yeah, we'll go back inside in a minute," Yuki said.
I have no family… no life… nothing eh…? I guess he has a point… but I guess he doesn't understand that I've changed a bit.
… this is my family now… this is my life. This… is what I have… back then, I didn't have to be scared of losing something important. I didn't have to worry about facing that kind of pain, but now I do… and I never want to lose that feeling because it tells me that I'm not alone anymore.
Shigure stopped right in front of the door.
"Oh, Sayora-chan, one more thing," he said. "And look at her, still being so polite to everyone when she calls their name. She makes me sick!"
"What?" she asked.
"From now on, just Shigure is fine, okay?"
She whirled around to look at him.
"But—"
"Okay?" Shigure asked. "And I'm sure Yuki and Kyo is fine too. Right guys?"
Yuki smiled and nodded while Kyo looked away.
"Tch, I told her that years ago, but like hell she'll ever listen to me," he said.
"You don't have to be so polite to us. After all, we're your family now… right?"
Sayora smiled.
"Right…" she replied.
-----Next Chapter's Preview-----
Hopeless Chapter 11- Shigure's Picnic
Shigure plans a picnic for everyone, but for what? To tease his editor of course! He invites almost everyone to this picnic of his, even Hiro and Kisa, and sadly for some, Ayame. The picnic was going well until Hiro calls. What happened to Kisa…?
Side Story- Behind the Wheel
There was a knock on the door. Tohru got up to answer it.
"Oh, Hatori-san!" she exclaimed. "Please, come in!"
Hatori walked into the living room where Kyo and Yuki were arguing as usual. Shigure was flipping through the channels on his television while Sayora was in the backyard punching a dummy for practice.
"Sayora-san! Hatori-san is here!" she informed as Sayora walked to the living room.
"Hatori? What're you doing here?" Yuki asked.
"Shigure called me over," he replied as he took a seat.
"What for?" Yuki wondered.
"Don't ignore me!" Kyo shouted at Yuki.
"It's a secret!" Shigure said cheerfully. "No! Don't go! I was just kidding Haa-san!" he exclaimed as he reached out to Hatori who was already on his feet and ready to leave.
"I'll bet you it's something really stupid," Sayora said.
"That's mean Sayora-chan!" he whined.
"Shut up," she sighed as she went back outside to continue training.
"Hatori-san, have you had anything to eat yet?" Tohru asked as she walked to the kitchen. "Would you like anything?"
"I'll just have tea…" he replied.
"Okay!"
A few seconds later, Tohru came out with tea for everyone. Sayora came in for a break to join the others.
"So Shigure, what did you call Hatori here for anyway?" Yuki asked curiously.
Hatori sipped his tea.
"I want to learn how to drive!" Shigure declared, causing Hatori to literally spit out his tea at Sayora who was sitting right across from him.
Hatori sweat dropped as he tried to regain his posture, wiping his mouth with his napkin. Everyone else also sweat dropped at what Hatori unexpectedly did and the look on Sayora's twitching face as she got up and went to the restroom to wash her face, forcing herself to stay calm.
"What?" Shigure asked. "Is it that much of a shock?"
"What… what made you want to drive Shigure?" Yuki asked.
"Hm? What do you mean Yuki-kun?" he questioned. "Believe it or not, I would like to learn how to drive."
Sayora reentered the room and sat back down.
"For you, it's called "Drunken Driving" because I highly doubt you'll be able to even turn the steering wheel without flipping the car over," she said.
"I know!" Shigure exclaimed as if he just came up with a bright idea. "You all learn how to drive too!"
"What!" Kyo asked.
"You're all old enough," he replied. "And we can invite Haru-kun and Momiji-kun, and even Aaya-san!"
"Shigure…" Hatori trailed off. "Trust me… you're not ready to handle a car…"
"Oh, it can't be that hard!" Shigure said coolly. "You did it, didn't you Haa-san?"
"I'm different…" he replied.
"O-o-o-o-o-o-oh! A c-c-c-c-c-c-car!" Tohru started panicking. "I don't know if I can even t-t-t-t-t-try to—"
"Don't worry Tohru-kun!"
"Why the hell do we need to learn how to drive right now anyway?" Kyo asked.
"Oh, is it too hard for you Kyo-kun?" Shigure taunted. "Or are you just afraid that Yuki-kun and Sayora-chan will be better at it than you?"
"To hell they will!" Kyo shouted. "Let's go! Right now! I'm not about to lose to that dumb rat and that stupid wolf!"
"Shigure, that's dirty…" Yuki sighed.
"At least leave us out of this," Sayora sighed as well.
"Well then, let's go!" he shouted joyfully, already at the door.
Great… Hatori thought.
-----Behind the Wheel-----
Everyone was there; Shigure, Kyo, Yuki, Tohru, Sayora, Momiji, Hatsuharu, Ayame, and Hatori who was only there to watch.
"Alright, will Yuki-san please come with me?" the lady asked.
"Huh? Me first?" Yuki asked nervously as he walked forward.
He got in the car as the lady got in the passenger seat beside him.
"Okay, as you already probably know, the right pedal is the accelerator and the left one is the brakes," she informed.
"So then…" Yuki switched the gear to D and slowly stepped on the accelerator.
"That's it!" the lady said. "Now, just push a little harder than that. You don't have to drive that slow."
"Okay… so…" he pushed on the accelerator again, this time, a little too hard.
The car took off.
"Ah!" Yuki shouted as he slammed on the brakes, both he and the lady jerking forward.
"L-let's try that again," the lady said, wiping away her sweat with her handkerchief. "This time, push a little less hard."
"Like this?" he asked as he pushed the accelerator again, still pushing it too hard.
"Waahh!" the lady screamed as Yuki once again slammed on the brakes.
-----Tohru-----
"Is this your first time Tohru-san?" the young lady asked kindly.
"Y-y-y-y-y-yes," Tohru replied, freaking out.
"There's no need to be nervous," the young lady replied with a warm smile. "It's much easier than it looks. Now, just change the gear to D and gently press the right pedal."
Tohru grabbed the gear and nervously moved it to D, but her trembling hand made it switch to R by accident.
"Wait! No!" the young lady yelled alarmed as Tohru smashed her foot down on the pedal.
The car took off… backwards… the two girls screamed as the car flew back left and right.
-----Shigure-----
Shigure sighed.
Why do I get a guy for my instructor?
"So do you know what to do?" the man asked him.
"You move the gear and step on the pedal and turn the steering wheel," Shigure answered. "Right?"
Without waiting for a reply, Shigure moved the gear to a random letter, slammed on the accelerator, and turned the wheel in random directions.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" his instructor screamed, clinging to the door.
The car scraped the edge of the rail on the road.
"Turn the other way! Other way!" the instructor shouted. "I don't wanna die!"
Shigure turned the wheel completely the other way as the car hit the other rail on the other side of the road.
"Nooo! Other way!" the man screamed.
-----Kyo-----
"Kyo-san," the old lady called as she slowly walked in the car and got in the passenger seat, Kyo getting in the driver's seat. "Alright, whenever you're ready, you can start."
Kyo changed the gear to D…
-----Sayora-----
"Sayora-san," the old man called. "I'm ready to start whenever you are."
Sayora got in the driver's seat and also changed the gear to D…
-----A Little While Later-----
Amazing, Kyo and Sayora were doing well… were… that is… until they met up with each other on the road. Then… war broke out…
"You think you can beat me you damn cat!" Sayora shouted through her opened window.
"I can beat you with my eyes shut!" Kyo shouted back through his opened window.
They both slammed on the accelerator, racing down the road with the two old instructors in the car with them hanging on to whatever they can for dear life.
"Please Kyo-san, slow down!" the elderly woman yelled, looking like she was ready to puke any minute.
Suddenly, both Sayora and Kyo jerked to the side.
"You dumb wolf!" Kyo shouted. "Watch it! You bumped into me!"
"You bumped into me!" Sayora shouted back.
"Oh dear, Sayora-san, please have mercy on an old man like me and drive more slowly!" the old man yelled. "I want to die peacefully!"
Ignoring the two elderly people in the car with them, Kyo and Sayora started to crash their car into one another.
-----Momiji-----
"Momiji-san, over here!" called another young lady.
"Yay!" Momiji shouted enthusiastically as he happily ran over and got in the car.
"Oh, you're Momiji-san?" the young lady asked. "You look so young."
"I know!" he replied cheerfully as always. "That's only because the others are so mean all the time!"
"Can you see?" the lady asked again, seeing as how Momiji's head was barely above the steering wheel.
"This one means forward, right?" Momiji asked.
"Yes, that's right," she answered. "But you need to start the engine first Momiji-san."
Momiji turned the key while the accelerator was still pushed all the way down.
"Waaaaaaaaahhhh!" the young lady screamed. "Speed bump Momiji-san! Speed bump!"
"Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Momiji squealed.
The car flew at least twenty feet off ground when it ran off of the speed bump. It came down with a huge THUD! Momiji still didn't release the accelerator as the car zoomed past Sayora and Kyo's car.
"W-what the!" Kyo shouted.
"Was that the dumb rabbit!" Sayora asked as she rammed her car into Kyo's who rammed his car back.
-----Hatsuharu----
"Hatsuharu-san?" a young man called. "This way please."
"My turn already?" Haru asked calmly.
Haru changed the gear to D and started to slowly drive.
"You can go faster," the young man replied.
"I'm good…" Haru replied.
-----Two Minutes Later-----
"You can go faster Hatsuharu-san," the young man said.
"I'm fine, thanks," Haru replied.
-----Two Minutes Later-----
"Hatusharu-san, you can speed up," the young man said.
"No thanks," Haru replied.
-----Two Minutes Later-----
"There's really no need to drive like a grandma Hatsuharu-san," the young man said.
There was no reply from Haru as he continued at the same speed.
"You can drive faster than this," the young man said again.
Haru turned and glared at him, making the man flinch.
"You're pissing me off," Haru said, turning into black mode.
"E-excuse me…?" the man asked nervously.
"You want me to drive faster? Is my driving not fast enough? Then how's this for driving like a grandma?"
Haru slammed on the pedal and then slammed on the brakes, then slammed on the pedal again.
"Is this okay for you!" he asked. "Is this fast enough for you!"
"I'm sorry!" the man apologized as he jerked forward with the rest of the things in the car and jerked back again when Haru slammed on the accelerator.
-----Ayame-----
"Ayame-san, we're ready for you now," a lady called.
Ayame got in car and stared at the lady.
"You can start any moment now Ayame-san," she said nervously.
"Forget the driving," Ayame replied. "You know, I own a clothes store, and I have a perfect dress that would match your gorgeous face."
"Oh my, that's very nice of you," she said blushing.
"No need to say anything! By the way, do you have a younger brother?" he asked her.
"Oh… no," she answered. "Why?"
"Oh, that's too bad…" he pretended to heavily sigh. "I have a younger brother who's still single…"
The lady twitched.
"I-is he i-into that k-kind of r-relationship?" she asked, trying her best not to show her disgusted face.
"Oh, no!" Ayame exclaimed. "Please, don't get me wrong! My beloved brother is not that kind of person! It's just that he might be mistaken for a lesbian if he goes out with a girl!"
"O-oh… I see…" she replied twitching, trying to smile.
"He looks so girly it makes me want to dress him up in my maid uniforms!" he laughed.
Is this guy an incest? she thought as she nervously pretended to laugh. I've gotta get away from him!
-----Few Minutes Later-----
Everyone returned to the waiting room where Hatori was. The instructors looked completely dead. Yuki's instructor looked like she completely exhausted. Tohru's instructor had hair sticking out in all directions literally. Shigure's instructor still had tears in his eyes. Kyo and Sayora's instructors, the elderly people, had been sent to the hospital after they fainted. Momiji's instructor's heart was still beating from what seemed like a roller coaster ride gone haywire. Haru's instructor could barely still stand up. Ayame's instructor just looked really freaked out.
"We really enjoyed the uh… experience you all gave us today," one of the instructors replied, nervously smiling. "However, we think that your driving needs a bit more work still. After you get more… uh… anyway… please come again at another time."
-----Later-----
"I told you this was a bad idea Shigure…" Hatori said.