Author's Intro:
IMPORTANT: I'm leaving for Chicago tomorrow, so I probably won't be posting any chapters until I get back, which will be on the 30th or 31st of July. So don't send me messages saying: "Why haven't you updated in so long?"
Tohru ended up staying for dinner anyways. She also ended up cooking, of course, because of the fact that Kazuma lacks cooking skills. That left Kyo and Tohru alone for a while; Kyo was helping her cook.
"Kyo-sa—" The Cat stopped when she saw his glare.
"Don't call me –san. It makes me twitch."
"K…Kyo-kun?"
"Yes?"
"I-I was just trying it out."
"Don't call my name unless you have something to say!"
"Okay!"
Both of the teens had stopped, each seeing this scene in their minds. For Tohru, it was a matter of just enjoying the memory, but for Kyo, it was only another mystery, and only another piece to an unknown puzzle.
"S-sorry…" Tohru murmured, looking up at him. "Kyo-kun. Umm….is Kazuma-san your father?"
The Cat already knew the answer to this question, and many more that were bound to be brought up, but she had to act like she didn't know.
"No…no, he's not."
"W-would it be okay to ask about your real parents?" Kyo glared, once again, down at her, but this time with much more intensity.
'Why the hell should she get into my business?' he scoffed, still staring. Tohru looked up at him, and saw that he was bothered.
'I suppose he should be disturbed…sorry…'
"Ah! Umm…both of my parents are dead…my mother died in a car accident a few years ago. It was….my first year in high school. I don't remember much about my dad, but he died when I was very young," The Cat rambled, knowing somehow that her secrets were safe with him. "I…I always kind of saw him as the "bad guy", or the "villain". He…I guess I thought that he was taking my mom away…and so I suppose I picked up his mannerisms that way. A bit for her acceptance." Kyo was listening the whole time.
'Why does this girl trust me so much? We've only met, and it seems like she's known me for a long time. What's with her?'
"But….what about you? Did Kazuma-san take you in?" she pressed once again.
"Yeah. He trains me."
"It must be exciting, being trained like that. You must look forward to what you are going to learn the next day!" Tohru cried happily, looking at him with excitement. She remembered their conversation years ago.
"Master is the strongest!"
"Yeah," Kyo smirked slightly, staring at the food he was preparing. "It was really exciting!"
"Wow…" she smiled warmly. "Is your dream to inherit your Master's dojo?"
Kyo nodded, wondering how this girl, Tohru Honda, knew him so well. Was she like…a stalker or something?
'Nah, she can't be,' he decided, looking at the clueless and clumsy girl before him. 'But then what? I've never met anyone who can read people so well.'
Tohru found herself being stared at, and blushed profusely.
"What?" he asked, a little bit annoyed at seeing her reaction.
"Eh? Ah…nothing!"
(A/N: This is after dinner)
"So…Tohru-san…do you need to head back to Shigure-san's house yet, or can you stay a little longer?" Shishou asked, cleaning up the dishes from their meal.
"What? You live at Shigure's house?" Kyo yelled, turning towards her.
"Eh? Oh, yes. He…he took me in after my mother died," she smiled. "Do you know him?"
"Uh-huh. I used to live there," Kyo responded, rolling his eyes at his memories of Shigure's pervertedness. "He still lives with Yuki, right? I remember that guy bein' a damn show-off. He was stuck up, too."
Tohru giggled inwardly at his reaction to the name. He might not remember the Curse, but he still had bad feelings towards her housemate.
She then turned back to Kazuma.
"I suppose I probably should be getting back…but thank you for your hospitalit—Eeeeyyy!" The Cat panicked as she tripped andfell. In one quick move, Shishou, had gotten under her to catch her, but they ended up both falling, Tohru on top of Kazuma.
POOF.
Tohru, the now brown cat scurried out of the room, grabbing her clothes quickly, hoping that Kyo hadn't seen too much. Apparently he hadn't, because she stood in the hallway listening to him yell,
"WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED? WHERE'D THAT GIRL GO?"
Tohru giggled a bit, gave a big sigh of relief, and then sat, waiting to transform again. Realizing she probably shouldn't be in the hallway when she transformed back, Tohru darted down the hall, running into a completely random room, and promptlyslamming the door shut.
She then discovered that she was in Kyo's room.
"What was that sound? Was that a door?" Kyo looked down the hall, trying to find out what had happened.
"Wait! Kyo!" Kazuma yelled nervously, knowing that if Kyo walked in…and Tohru had transformed back….there would be trouble. But Kyo wasn't listening; he was still walking down the hall, opening and closing doors.
"I KNOW I heard someone down here….is that her? What is she doing down here?"
Tohru hadn't changed back yet, and she knew that he would be to that door soon….she heard the opening and shutting….
As he was about to open the door she was in, the Cat ran under his bed, hiding.
POOF.
Tohru's face turned a dark shade of red as she saw her clothes laying in the middle of Kyo's bedroom floor and made the connection that she wasn't a cat anymore.
'A-a-ahhh! Oh, no…'
The boy's bedroom door swung open.
Author's Closing:
Mwahaha! I left a cliffie there for all of you to bear for 6-7 days! Haha! What shall happen?
Some stupid kid that I know threw pears at my house. She got caught by the police later. Yay! But while all of it was happening, I was thinking: "What an evil waste of pears?" instead of "Stupid, stupid girl.".
See yaaaaa.
E.
