AN: Hey everyone!
Man, this chapter is LONG! It's the longest chapter I've done so far, but it's long for a good reason ;). This is again a comic relief chapter, and probably the last one in the story; oh well...
Oh, and when Ayame's present comes up, see if you can guess what it is ;) And also, there's a song included in this chapter, so when that comes on I'd recommend you'd play it while reading this chapter, it's a lot better that way.
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The Unvoiced Plea
Chapter Twenty Nine: Silent Celebration
"Happy Birthday, Shigure!" everyone yelled, except Hiro and Kyo. Hatori only murmured. The dog smiled looking as though he was dramatically going to cry.
Today was the day...The dreaded day of Shigure's birthday. And where was this 'dreaded' occasion being held? Well, none other than Ayame's house.
Tohru admired the house as they walked up towards it. On the surface the two-story house looked rather humble. But upon entering it, that image completely changed...
Inside the everything was extravagant and very Ayame. Some of the furniture was that of royalty, it even included a small chandelier! The floors were either shiny floorboards or white stone tiles. The walls were painted with red mostly, but in the hallway the walls were white and in the bathroom they were gold.
The large sofa in the living room was made of smooth, white leather while the table top of the dining table was made of glass with timber chairs lined up around it.
In the hallways there were pictures, some of them huge paintings and others simple photographs. The huge paintings were framed in golden frame and were frequently paintings of Ayame. About two or three of them had Hatori and Shigure in them.
Ayame explained that when Mine's cousin came to visit she saw the snake and immediately wanted to paint him.
"Naturally I was flattered," he said gesturing his hands to al the paintings that she past by "Once she finished the painting, she wanted to do more. I asked her to paint a few other people, and she agreed. I should get her to do one of you, Tohru. Then that way I gaze upon your undying-"
It was at that point that Kyo and Yuki both bonked Ayame on the head...
"Well, make a wish!" Momiji cried out jumping around the long table. Shigure went into deep thought about his wish. Everyone waited for a moment seeing the author in thought. After a moment he smiled, and blew out his candles in one big huff.
Momiji then jumped over the table towards the piles of presents. He looked the largest one from the pile handing it towards the dog. "Presents time! Open it, open it!"
Shigure hastily took the present putting his ear close and shaking it. "I wonder what if could be?"
"It's from me!" Momiji said jumping away from the dog and next to Tohru.
"I figured that out when I saw the wrapping paper, Momoji." Indeed anyone could have told it was from the rabbit. The wrapping paper was shiny silver with millions of small bright orange carrots printed on it.
Curious, the dog ripped the wrapping paper away...
"Eh, Momiji...what is this?" Shigure over looked the present trying to figure out what it was. Momiji didn't say anything trying to see if the dog could guess what it was...
"Uh, thanks Momiji..." With that the dog put the thing on the floor and picked up the next present.
"Hm, whose this from?" the dog asked shaking the present.
"No, don't shake it grandpa!" Kisa warned reaching her hand out towards him. He stopped shaking looking toward the tiger. "It's your present then..."
With that he tore away the wrapping paper carefully. Whatever the tiger had gotten him it must be fragile...
He lifted the last fold of paper seeing clearly what it was. He smiled warmly. "Thank you, Kisa."
In his hand he held a small, glass figurine of a dog. The millions of facets shone in light creating thousands of tiny rainbows in the glass.
Kisa smiled back. "You're welcome grandpa!"
And so the presents continued on, each receiving a different reaction.
"Oh, wow, thanks Haru...it's, ah...interesting." A leather coat. The cow only blinked a few times smirking. Was he going black?
"Kagura, I think you got me and Kyo's birthdays mixed up..." A scratching pole for a cat. Kagura just shrugged.
"My, my, Yuki, I never thought you'd ever get me this..." A membership card for some club. Yuki rolled his eyes. "Couldn't really think of anything else..."
The weirdest present was from Hiro. As Shigure pulled the wrapping paper away, his eyes widened in bewilderment. He blinked a few times picking up the items in disbelief. Everyone else also looked on in disbelief.
Shigure spoke up "Hiro...I, eh-"
"I figured you needed to get out more so I bought it," Hiro interrupted, crossing his arms "Also, sometimes you really need to be restrained..." A dog collar and a leash.
He was extremely surprised to see who the next person was. It surprised him that Kyo had gotten him a present. He didn't comment on who it came from and just began tearing away at the paper. As if the surprise of Kyo getting a present wasn't enough! "Kyo...I'm so touched!" A book that the dog had wanted for a long time.
"I don't know why I wasted my money on ya!" Kyo muttered crossing his arms and looking away.
Next was Rin's present, which Shigure could tell by the black wrapping paper. His eyes widened as he saw the present. He put Rin back on the wrapping paper and picked up Kyo's present. He looked from one to the other....
...Oh no...
They were identical!!
Same blurb, same cover, same font, same everything!
He quickly hid the presents putting them with rest that had been unopened. He picked up the next one which he guessed was from Ritsu, judging from the orange and yellow box.
"I, eh, hope you like it Shigure," the monkey said nervously.
"I'm sure I will!" Shigure said lifting the lid. He frowned as he pulled out the object. A kimono.
"Eh, Ritsu," Shigure said looking over kimono uneasily "As much as I love the gift, this is girls kimono..."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!" Everyone jumped away from the monkey as he went into a full on melt down. "I'm sorry, I apologise to the world! I wasn't able to see the difference between a man and a woman's kimono, oh why!! Is it really that hard to tell the difference?!! I exist only to bring evil, I can make ants die and the sky fall!! Every step I take on the earth only hurts the grains of dirt and grass blades!!!! I'M SORRY EVERYONE, THE WORLD, THE BABIES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN BORN YET, THE FAMOUS PEOPLE, MY FAMILY, FATHER CHRISTMAS, THE EASTER BUNNY, THE UGLY DUCKLING, THE TOOTHFAIRY, THE PO-!!!!!!!!!"
For once everyone was glad that Shigure knew 'the magic touch'. Ritsy fainted to the ground as Shigure retrieved his finger where he had poked Ritsu. "Now next present!"
He picked up a light blue, glittery wrapped present. "Hatori...I'm touched!"
"It's not really from me," Hatori said taking out a packet of cigarettes "It's more from Tohru because she thought of the idea; I just supplied the photos..."
As Shigure tore the paper he quickly glanced at Tohru seeing her look back shyly. His eyes widened as he saw what it was.
He smiled genially at the girl "Thank you Tohru!" An album of Hatori, Shigure and Ayame from their high school days. The dog gently put the album with rest of the presents. He looked towards the seahorse seeing that he hadn't giving him a present yet. Sighing, Hatori handed Shigure two packets of cigarettes. "There a week or two's worth."
The dog then looked back to see there was one more present left.
Suddenly Ayame appeared behind him, looking as though he was about to recite an opera. "Now it's my turn! It's time for my present, the greatest present of them all!"
Shigure eagerly opened the present.
His eyes widened...
A huge grin shaped on his face...
A glint sparkled in his eye...
"A-A-Ayame....THIS IS THE GREATEST PRESENT EVER!"
Suddenly he noticed all the puzzled looks he was getting form everyone around the table. He quickly turned to Ayame signalling him something strange. The two perverts turned their backs to everyone whispering to each other.
Hatori, being the closest to the mysterious duo, managed to hear a few things. Then they said the name of the item...
His eyes widened in horror...
The cigarette he was about to light fell from his mouth which was now gapping open...
"And I thought you two couldn't get much worse or desperate," the seahorse muttered.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion as to what Ayame had gotten Shigure. They managed to catch some of what they were saying.
"Let's watch it later," Shigure whispered.
"I have a widescreen TV in my room, we can watch it there," Ayame whispered back.
"We might even pick up a trick or two!" Shigure whispered back suggestively.
They turned back to everyone smiling. "Alright, now let's party!"
Everyone in that room knew that whatever Ayame had gotten Shigure it wasn't for their ears or eyes...
The party was in full swing now, and everyone was having a good time talking, laughing, dancing, eating, joking around. Tohru was sitting outside, however, looking up at the starry sky. A cool breeze lifted her hair and caused her to close her eyes embracing the feeling of it against her skin. She smiled more than she ever had in a while...
And yet, when the day comes the happy and fun times will stop...
The thought made her eyes open and the smile disappear on her face. Sadness and sorrow took over her system. She felt her heart slow down.
What will she do when that happens?
Why did it have to stop?
So many questions ran through her mind that it burned her head.
"Miss Honda?"
She jumped hearing her name. She quickly turned towards the all too familiar owner of the voice.
"Is there something the-?" Yuki stopped mid sentence. "Why are you crying?"
She felt the tear running down her face. Why didn't she notice before? She turned away from the rat wiping the water away from her face.
She heard him making his way towards her and sit next t her. She saw from the corner of his eye the concern on his face. "I know I haven't been around lately to know what's going on, but is there something wrong?"
She searched her pocket. The rat waited patiently as she pulled out the notepad and pen. She began scribbling down what she wanted to say.
He didn't really know how he came up with that idea, but he was glad he did. It was only yesterday, in fact, that he'd come with the idea. He figured that instead of just nodding or shaking her head, Tohru could just write down what she wanted to say. Uo and Hana were thankful for the idea, even Kyo was but he didn't really show it in front of Yuki.
He felt a light tap on his shoulder knocking him out of his thoughts. He turned back to the girl seeing her response written on the paper.
'Everything's okay, I was just thinking about a few things but nothing big. I'll be fine...But what about you? I heard that you asked Machi to the dance. Are you two going to dance?'
The rat looked away uncomfortably "Well, um, eh...I'm not really sure. I guess I could try but I'd have to think of a way to not transform. I'll think of something..."
She began writing down something with a slightly confused expression. Once she was done she showed the rat again.
'Sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable. I guess it must be hard for the zodiac to dance. Oh well.'
"Don't worry about it," Yuki said smiling "I think there is a-"
"Ayame, it's time!"
The rat stood up shocked. Tohru stood up with him confused. She followed him as he walked back to the door. He didn't move from the doorway once he half opened the door.
Tohru, being careful, looked over Yuki's shoulder to see he was looking at the mysterious and suspicious snake and dog. They were whispering in the corner near the punchbowl.
Yuki sighed irritated "I can't believe they're actually going to do this..."
"Operation GDD is a go!" Shigure whispered to Ayame grinning.
The snake looked excited grinning back. "I'll go get the music ready..." And with that he sped off towards the stereo past a dancing Rin, an 'observing' Haru, a suspicious Hiro and a laughing Kisa.
Meanwhile, the dog walked over to the doctor, who sat on a stool leaning again the kitchen counter with a glass of punch. He was swaying slightly from side to side. Shigure reached him as he took another gulp of the punch.
"Hari," Shigure said to the sea horse, "Do you know this song...?" The dog whispered the song in the doctor's ear...
Hatori straightened hearing the songs name...
Ayame saw the signal from Shigure –a wink –and pressed play on the stereo.
The doctor swung on his stool towards everyone behind him. In a loud, slightly drunken voice he sung "I'm too sexy for my love; Too sexy for my love; Love's going to leave me..."
Everyone turned towards the doctor flabbergasted. The seahorse stood up from the stool he sat on and with swaying steps made his way towards the table. Everyone watched as he reached the table and he quickly pulled out a chair and stood on it continuing:
"I'm too sexy for my shirt
Too sexy for my shirts
So sexy it hurts" With that he pulled off his tie and unbuttoned the top two buttons of his shirt.
"And I'm too sexy for Milan" Ayame appeared out of nowhere with a picture of a countryside in Milan.
"Too sexy for Milan
New York and Japan" Shigure also appeared out of nowhere with a picture New York in one hand and picture of his house in the other.
Hatori then stepped onto the table with his hands on his hips, Shigure and Ayame doing the same. The dog was on the seahorse's right, while the snake was at his left. Hatori sharply turned towards the dog pointing on finger at him.
"And I'm too sexy for your party
Too sexy for your party
No way I'm disco dancing" With that Ayame ripped off his garments to reveal an extremely tight fitting, sparkly Elvis Presley disco costume underneath. The trio began walking down the table stepping in some of the food as they went. Hatori continued:
"I'm a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk, yeah
I do my little turn on the catwalk"
By this point Momiji and Kagura were cheering the doctor on, Rin was laughing so hard that her stomach hurt, Ritsu clapped them on, and Hiro covered Kisa's eyes. The trio kept walking until Hatori stopped them halfway down the table and pulled out his car keys from his pocket. He held them up for everyone to see striking a pose as he continued loudly: "And I'm too sexy for my hat "I'm a model you know what I mean "I'm too sexy for my "I'm too sexy for my cat
"I'm too sexy for my car
Too sexy for my car
Too sexy by far" He then suddenly threw his car key over shoulder through the open window. There was a smashing noise and a car alarm went off in the distance. If only he knew how much he was going to have to pay for a new windshield window...
Too sexy for my hat
What do you think about that?"
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk, yeah
I shake my little tush on the catwalk"
Too sexy for my, too sexy for my
'Cos I'm a model you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah on the catwalk yea on the catwalk, yeah
I shake my little tush on the catwalk"
Too sexy for my cat
Poor pussy poor pussy cat"
Striking a pose, Hatori concluded louder than before:
"I'm too sexy for my love
Too sexy for my love
Love's going to leave me
And I'm too sexy for this song!"
As the seahorse jumped off the table everyone clapped and cheered, except Hiro and Yuki, who was now running out of the room towards the nearest bathroom. Kisa, despite not seeing much of the performance, clapped along with Ritsu and Tohru. Haru whistled and cheered, but Rin wiped the tears away from her laughter. Kagura and Momiji cheered loudly yelling for an encore. Shigure and Ayame turned to each other and winked.
"Operation GDD was a success!" Shigure commented.
"With tremendous results!" Ayame cheered laughing flamboyantly.
But the cheering died as they all saw where Hatori was walking towards. The punch bowl. It was then that they realised Hatori was...drunk.
It was unfortunate that Tohru didn't realise this. Thinking that Hatori had come down with a cold, the girl made her way towards him concerned. He suddenly turned around not giving Tohru enough time to stop...
Poof!
The girl fell backwards seeing the brown smoke fill the air and a seahorse fly high above.
"Tohru!" she heard Momiji call out. The rabbit ran towards the falling girl, arms outstretched. But...
Poof!
Now see was sent forward surrounded by yellow smoke. She bumped into someone else...
Poof!
"Moo!"
Gray smoke surrounded her now. She stumbled to the side bumping into Rin. The horse tried to catch the girl only to just have her miss her grasp. Tohru dizzily towards Ritsu and...
Poof!
Orange-red smoke filled the air. This sent her stumbling backwards toward Shigure and Ayame...
Poof!
Poof!
Gold and black smoke arose. She was then sent stumbling forward towards...
Kisa, who also tried to grab the girl but fail and accidently pushed her into...
Poof!
Light green smoke joined onto the other smokes, put Tohru didn't know that she had bumped into Hiro.
Now she was sent to the side, her arms flailing in every direction, towards...
"I bags the first bathroom and you know it, ya damn rat!" Kyo said accusingly stomping into the dining and kitchen room.
"It doesn't matter, stupid cat, I was the first one there," Yuki argued back also entering the room.
Both of which were unaware of the scene in front of them or the girl...
"Oh that does-!"
...that just crashed into them.
Poof!
Poof!
Orange and purple smoke now ascended as the cat and rat fell to the ground. Tohru collapsed on her knees spinning dizzily with stars swirling around her head. As the smoke died down the dizzy and confused girl looked around her seeing nine, including the cat, of the zodiac animals look right back at her. Kagura, Rin and Kisa stood there surprised and wide eyed.
...Silence...
.......
.......
"Well...this is awkward" Haru commented.
Silence....
"Yes..." Shigure then said.
Silence...
And then, just like the dominos effect...
Poof!
Poof!
Poof!
Poof!
Poof!
Poof!
Poof!
Poof!
Poof!
Starting from the seahorse and ending with the rat, all nine zodiac animals transformed back to human. Coloured smokes filled the air.
Tohru shook her head managing to regain some balance. What happened just now? Did everyone just-?
She stopped seeing the male figures on either side of her. She looked from side to side
Yuki and Kyo were oblivious to the fact that Tohru was kneel in between them. Little did they know she had a perfect side of...
His and his...
WWWAAAAHHHHHHHHH!! her mind cried.
Her cheeks blushed madly cover her whole face as a result. Kagura, Rin and Kisa quickly pulled the embarrassed girl from the huge cloud of rainbow smoke. As she was being pulled away Tohru saw clothes and garments being thrown over the smoke.
"What the hell is that?!"
"Has anyone seen my costume?"
"Ayame, stop taking my clothes!"
"Who the hell wears this?!"
"I do!"
"Is that a-!"
"Yes it is a-"
"Who in the hell wears this?!"
"Give me my shirt back, ya damn rat!"
"I don't want 'cat' all over my clothes..."
"Well I don't want 'rat' all over mine!"
"Who owns a picture of Kisa in their pocket? Are you some kind of stalker, 'cause if you are-?!"
"Haru, don't tell me your turning black!"
"Who the hell wears these?!"
"I need my belt..."
"My pants are too tight, oh wait, these are Momiji's..."
"Ah, I'm sorry, I just spat on someone's clothes!"
"Ritsu don't tell me you wear these?"
"Get that thing the hell away from me!!"
"Oh, you found my-!"
"Why Ayame, I never knew you owned a green-!"
"You can buy one at-"
"Stop talking about where you can buy a-"
"I have your sheep underpants, Hiro!"
"Don't talk about them aloud!"
"Who wants a belt, let's start the bidding at twenty yen!"
"That's my belt."
"Was that a bid for thirty yen?" wears!"
"Just give him his goddamn belt back, Shigure!"
"AAAAHHHH!! Burn it! Burn this immediately!!!!"
"Oh, you found that did you?!"
"You wear that?"
"I say BURN it!!"
"I just found my socks, they looked like bunny ears!"
"I could use a sandwich right now..."
"What in the world are you wearing?!
"AAAHHH! It's come back to kill me! BURN IT!!"
"Can I keep these shorts?"
"I'd hate to be the person who wears this!"
"Don't dis my underwear! They're better than yours. Hell I'm sexier than you, the song said so!"
"Hatori, calm down..."
"He really is different when he's drunk! Now, who owns these?"
"Just hand them over Momiji!"
"Whose touching me in places I don't want to be touched?!"
"Oh, sorry! But you're wearing my underwear..."
"No, those are mine, see they seen have my name on them!"
"No they don't they're mine!"
"Can you two stop playing tug-a-war with my kimono, please...?"
Outside the girls heard every word the men argued. They were laughing and giggling as quiet as they could possible muster.
"Rin what are you doing?" Kagura asked seeing Rin hold something up in her hand. Whatever the object was she held it up to the window.
The horse evil grinned turning to the boar and quietly cackled revealing the object to be her phone "Guess what's going to be the most watched video on YouTube tomorrow?"
"Bye my beloved Ayame that was the best party ever!" Shigure shouted dramatically.
"Oh Shigure, until we meet again!" Ayame said even more dramatic. Tohru waved at the snake as the group walked off.
"Farewell Tohru!" Ayame said waving. Next to him a dunk Hatori barely lifted his hand to wave. He hunched over so much that his hands nearly touched the ground. Shigure and Ayame took this as a note to never get Hatori drunk unless it's for weddings...
Shigure looked over his presents again grinning carefree. Yuki and Kyo still couldn't believe that the dog and the snake got Hatori drunk. In between the Tohru smiled remembering the smiling faces, the laughter, the happiness of all the Sohma's...
I have to enjoy every day while I can. So...never let the fun stop.
Disclaimer: I own this laptop, this glass of pepsi, these awesome flare jeans, this T-shirt of my second cousin's band, the idea for this chapter, this phone, that copy of Phantom of the Opera, and this back brace I just took off, Natsuki Takaya owns Fruits Basket and Right said Fred owns I'm too Sexy. (There's a reason I put the disclaimer at the end ;))
I had an original copy of this chapter, which was funnier, better and better written. However, due to unfortunate circumstances, that copy got deleted. So I had to retype EVERYTHING that I could remember, which wasn't much in all honesty. So if I somehow still have a copy of the original I'll post it up to replace this chapter in the near future.
Oh and: GDD = Get Doctor Drunk
Anyway, what did you guys think of the drunk Hatori? Anyone guessed Ayame's present yet? Reviews are greatly appreiacted!
Thanks for reading!
Keep writing!!
-Warrayfinson
