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"Tohru, Mandy . . . Yuki, Kyo!" Momiji came running into our class, "It's bad, it's bad! Big problem . . .!"

"There's a big problem here too!" Uo informed him, looking slightly annoyed.

We had been arguing over where we are going for our class trip, er. . Sorry. We'd been discussing the issue . . . Though there wasn't much to talk about, it was going to be fun for me and Tohru. I think the others were just being difficult on purpose. Except for Kyo. His main problem was the fact that Yuki was in our group.

You see our problem now?

"Right now we are discussing about where we are going for our class trip" Tohru informed him cheerily.

"Eh!?" Momiji bounced over to her, "Have you decided where you're going? Where?!"

"Kyoto, Nara" I told him, doodling in a notebook.

"The standard places" Hana said, flipping through a guide book.

"Yes, indeed" Uo sighed.

"Oh, it's not gonna be that bad" I tapped my pencil on my chin, "It could actually be pretty fun!"

"You all are so lucky . . ." Momiji pouted at being left out, "I want to go too . . ."

I frowned at Tohru, "Is that allowed?"

"If you're willing to pay for yourself, I'm sure it won't be a problem" Tohru said thoughtfully.

Hmm, I guess it would be kind of fun to have Momiji there. Though, I'm not sure how Yuki and Kyo would take it. Both of them could only take so much of the kid before he started grating on their nerves. Kyo more so than Yuki, but still . . . it was bound to happen.

Momiji bounced over to me and tossed a fist in the air, "I've decided to pay for myself!"

"DON'T GO!" Kyo barked, finally turning away from the window.

See? Barely five minutes in the room and the rabbit was already rubbing Kyo the wrong way.

I reached out and gripped the younger kid's hand, squeezing lightly. "Pay no attention to Kyo, Miji, he's just upset."

His look of excitement went straight to curiosity, "Why are you so angry, Kyo?"

Uo answered this one, "He doesn't like the members of the group."

"Yuki's going too, right?" Momiji asked knowingly.

That just set Kyo off, he turned furiously. "I'm definitely not going! I don't like doing every single thing with that bothersome Yuki!"

I snickered, earning a slight glare from the irate teen. Little did he know, class trips are mandatory. Poor Kyo had no choice in the matter.

"Basically, school trips are compulsory" Uo answered his unspoken question, a sly grin on her face. "But if you go it'll be more fun! Because I can bug you."

". . . Am I a toy?" Kyo drooped.

I would have found it funny if Momiji hadn't attacked him with a folder, rubbing it against his hair and creating static. Not just the shocking kind either. Kyo looked just about ready to bust a plug on the kid. I stopped paying attention to Momiji's railing and began to doodle on my paper again. This was starting to become ridiculous, and I had a large tolerance for ridiculousness . . .

"SO THIS IS HOW YOU GUYS TOY WITH ME?!"

"It's love, love!" Uo chimed, smirking.

Uh . . . what the hell did I miss?

"Stop!" Kyo ordered, blushing profusely.

Yep. I missed something. I glanced up at the door, and jumped. At some point Yuki had come into the room, and he had a strange look on his face. I stopped my doodling, tucked my pencil behind my ear and waved casually.

"Hey Yuki!" I brought everyone's attention to him. "Congratulations are in order I hear?"

Our Prince Yuki had made class President. Not that I was really all that surprised. All of the girls in the school had probably voted for him, and Takai had his crazy man crush thing going on as well . . .

It had been inevitable, in the long run.

"Good job Yuki!" Tohru praised, beaming.

Momiji nodded solemnly, "Good job . . ."

"Momiji" Yuki looked at the shorter kid, "Is your tutorial over?"

"Eh?!"

I stood up and joined Tohru, "Yeah, didn't you say there was a problem?"

"Oh!" Momiji exclaimed, "Yeah, there was a problem because Haru turned black and got violent in the classroom!"

He said it so cheerfully! I'm not sure, but isn't that something you say immediately?! I looked at Yuki for guidance. Haru was most likely to react better to him . . . right?

"You should've said that earlier . . ." Kyo scowled.

After that there was no more time to waist, we rushed out of the class, trying to make it before anybody got seriously injured. When we got there, a crowd of students and faculty were hovering outside. I ignored the girls fawning over Yuki and stuck close to Kyo, keeping Tohru right behind me.

"It looks like he hasn't transformed yet" Kyo observed, "Hey Haru!"

The room was torn apart and glass was everywhere. What the hell had set him off?! Haru looked back at us when Kyo called out, an animalistic snarl on his face.

"AH!"

Tohru started in fright behind me, clutching the back of my uniform. I frowned, what the hell was his problem? Didn't Haru realize how much trouble he could get in for this? Not only that, if he got too out of control, there was the possibility of him transforming in the middle of school! Hatori would not be happy . . .

"The terribleness of violence" Momiji sighed, seemingly unfazed.

I shared a look of frustrated annoyance with Kyo, and rubbed hand over my face. Kyo shoveled his hand through his hair, obviously not looking forward to dealing with Black Haru.

"Haru . . ." Yuki sighed, "What are you doing?"

"I'm creating trouble! Can't you see!?" Haru brought up a hand to gesture at himself, "If you want to stop me, you better make sure you're ready to die!"

"Hatsuharu . . ." Tohru murmured, worried.

Momiji tapped his chin, "What should we do?"

That was a good question. I gingerly followed Yuki into the room, trying to survey the damage, and just how long it was going to take to clean it up. Desks were tossed everywhere, some obviously broken, others not. Papers were strewn across the room, making it obvious they'd been in the middle working when Haru had snapped.

"It's been a while since he's turned black" Yuki sighed, "This time it seems to be worse . . ."

"Stop messing around Haru!" Kyo ordered, calmer than I would have thought. "You are going to get us all in trouble if you mess this place up!"

"I don't think it's possible for this to be worse" I muttered quietly, making sure Haru couldn't hear me.

"Shut up stupid cat! Your presence just makes it worse!" Haru snapped at him, "Stupid cat!"

"Ah" Kyo tilted his head, trying not to react. "Lil' brat . . . if you have the guts to say that one more time . . ."

"Kyo" Yuki sighed, "You shouldn't be influenced by him, stupid cat!"

I thumped my hand to my forehead, groaning. "How is that supposed to help, Yuki?"

Was he seriously trying to set them both off?

"DON'T SOUND SO SMART! THINK OF SOMETHING!"

"Haru . . . even though I don't know what your reasons are, you shouldn't cause trouble in school!" Yuki gently scolded him.

Haru ruffled his hair with both hands, still obviously upset. "Ah . . . You are always worrying about others Yuki . . . if we accidentally get turned into our original form, it will be a problem huh? We'll all be in trouble huh . . ."

"No, that's not what I'm saying" Yuki tried to say, "It's more like . . ."

"Stupid . . ." Haru growled, "Stupid, stupid, I'm stupid! You're scared, that's why you say these things, why don't you just say the truth and forget about it."

"Hatsu-"Tohru started.

"Right!"

I, thankfully, was just an inch ahead of Haru's lunge. I managed to cut of his rout to Tohru, and ended up being the one he grabbed. I winced slightly at the force of his grip, but held my ground, gripping his wrist with my other hand.

"You think so too! Right?!" Haru asked frantically, scowling.

"Haru!"

I was unable to say anything else, due to the fact that Kyo gripped my shoulder and punched Haru hard in the face. He gently maneuvered me back, slipping between me and an enraged Haru. I gawked, lightly rubbing where Haru had grabbed.

"I don't know what you're so mad about. But I will definitely not allow you to involve Mandy in it . . ." Kyo said darkly, nudging me away.

Okay. Now I was scared. Kyo looked just about ready to kill, and Haru would only encourage this . . . how were we going to fix this?!Suddenly, a memory made itself to the front of my mind. It was when Kyo and Yuki had started fighting while I was dyeing my hair. I'd dumped a giant bowl of cold water on them . . .

"Don't try to be a hero, stupid cat . . ." Haru wiped at his face,

"I'm not kidding, idiot!"

Shit. Shit. Shit. I turned, ready to head for the nearest utility closet and find a bucket. This was going to end just as well and the Titanic did if someone didn't do something!

"Oh yeah! You like to act heroic in front of this woman!" Haru sneered, "In that case, come break my neck if you can! Ah!?"

"Bring it on brat!" Kyo challenged, "I am going to break all your bones!"

Just as I was passing Yuki and Momiji, I nearly bowled Mayuko sensei over. To my great relief, she was carrying a bucket of water. I stepped aside and gestured at the boys.

"Do the honors Sensei"

"Why thank you Mandy" She smiled at me, and then promptly dumped the bucket over Kyo and Haru's heads, "That's far enough you idiots"

"Teacher" Yuki seemed surprised.

"This way you two will cool down, huh?" Mayuko sensei stated.

"You fake teacher" Kyo groused, dripping wet. "Why'd yah do that to me too . . .?"

"Because you were going to kill each other" I deadpanned, hands on my hips.

"Ah . . ." Haru sighed peacefully, "That was refreshing . . ."

I drooped, letting my forehead thunk against Yuki's shoulder. "I . . . I don't . . . can't . . ."

Yuki hesitantly patted the top of my head, sighing in agreement. How did they deal with this kid in middle school? If he was bad now, what must he have been like as a little kid with no restraint or control? We followed Sensei and Haru to the teachers' lounge, and waited for them to finish outside the room.

I was leaning against the wall, arms crossed behind my neck, when Tohru spoke. "Hatsuharu . . . will he be alright?"

"He's going to get lectured for sure, eh" Kyo stated, stretching out his arm.

"What I don't understand" I said, "Is what the hell could have pissed Haru off so bad that he snapped in the middle of a class. Was anyone messing with you or him, Miji?"

"Momiji?" Yuki prodded.

"Eh . . . well, I am not always keeping an eye on him" Momiji said sheepishly, then looked down contemplatively. "He was acting as he normally does . . . But . . . something must have happened recently! He seems to be somewhat depressed."

The door separating us from Haru opened up, alerting everyone that his lecture must be over. For now at least.

"Hatsuharu!" Tohru gasped.

Momiji padded up to him, "Haru, the teacher must be very angry, huh!?"

"Yeah . . ." Haru rubbed his neck as he approached us, "He wants to meet my parents. I have to wait for them here."

Haru padded over to me, "Sorry for being so violent Mandy, Tohru." He looked me over, "You are one tough girl."

I smirked, bringing my arm up and flexing. "Don't you forget it kid!"

He turned to Kyo, "Kyo, nice punch"

"Hey . . ."

"Well then. Bye-bye . . ." He started walking away.

"Huh?" Tohru questioned, surprised.

"Where are you going Haru?" Momiji asked.

Haru glanced over his shoulder, "My mother . . . will take over an hour to put on her make-up before she comes here."

"Why is that asshole so selfish?" Kyo groaned.

I fidgeted slightly. Should he be going off on his own right now? Somehow, I didn't think that was suck a good idea at the moment. Haru was obviously off kilter about something, and until it was fixed, someone should stick with him.

Momiji voiced my worries, "Will he be alright by himself?"

"I'll go too" Yuki started after his cousin, "Miss Honda, Miss Cho, I'm sorry! Please go home without me!"

"Ah . . . "

"Let them be," Kyo told her, "Mandy and I are going to, we're already late for Dojo"

I thunked my hand against my forehead, "Damn it!"

With everything going on with Haru, I'd totally spaced that we were going to Kazuma's today. He would understand though, because we were making sure that Haru was okay before we left him to his own devices.

"In our group, Yuki is probably the best person to console him" Momiji reassured Tohru.

"Ye-yes, but I . . . "

She didn't look convinced, so I tugged on her bangs to get her attention. "I'm not going to tell you not to worry, because that's what you do, but I do want you to remember that Yuki is a very special person to Haru. They'll take care of each other."

Kyo sighed, ruffling his hair, looking at Tohru and I. "Ah, how should I put this . . . You shouldn't get so close to Haru when he turns black."

I shrugged, "I just reacted, it's not like I meant to get in the middle of it."

"Eh!?" Tohru squeaked questioningly.

"Because it's dangerous!"

"He's right Ru" I nodded, "Haru isn't in total control of himself when he snaps, it's best to let the boys talk him down."

Not that I really did anything different. But, like hell was I going to stand aside when Tohru was in trouble.

"Eh, but . . . I don't want to be rude to Hatsuharu" Tohru told us, trying to explain her actions.

"He's the rude one!" Kyo exclaimed, before turning on me. "And you should let others deal with situations like that!"

"Hey!" I frowned, "What's your problem?"

"But, doing that . . ."

"Don't you understand at all?!"

"I DON'T LIKE IT!" Momiji suddenly cried, a look of determination on his face, which then morphed onto a silly grin. "Hee! I think that's what Kyo wants to say!"

"Eh?!" Tohru blinked, surprised.

Oh. I guess that makes sense. Kyo was just too shy to really say what he meant . . .

I sighed, elbowing Kyo. "Why didn't you just say that then?"

"Momiji! You should leave too!" Kyo's fists clenched, "Don't talk nonsense!"

I smiled softly and gripped Kyo's hand, gently tugging him along. "Come on you guys, let's get going. I don't want to be any later than we already are."

~LINE BREAK~

When we got home that night, I was surprised by the presence of a very pretty young man sitting at our table. Hatori was here also, wrapping the pretty boys' ankle.

"Why are Ritsu and Hatori here?" Kyo asked.

Ritsu, who I was assuming was a Sohma, dropped his fish-pastry in distress. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

"Don't worry about him" I said, flapping a hand at Kyo. "He's just perpetually grumpy."

Kyo grumbled and whacked me lightly in the back of my head. I waited a couple of seconds, when he relaxed a bit, I whacked him in the stomach with the back of my hand. He grunted, letting me know my training wasn't all for show.

Hatori smirked, "Hello Amanda, how are you?"

"Great!" I chirped, then turned a smile on Ritsu. "My name is Amanda Cho, but you can call me Mandy. It's a pleasure to meet you!"

He turned and bowed while seated, "Please, the pleasure is mine. I am Ritsu Sohma, please take care of me!"

"Of course" I pointed up, "I'm very sorry, but I am exhausted and I have to finish my homework." I turned to Ritsu, "Goodnight, I'll see you in the morning!"

"G-Goodnight!"

Kyo followed me up the stairs, "How do you know he's staying the night?"

"Hatori was here, Tohru and Ritsu had wrapping on each of them, and he's a member of the Zodiac." I spun around, smiling. "Am I right?"

Kyo scowled up at me because I was a couple of steps above him, "Yeah, so?"

"First, it was Kagura" I held up my hand and counted them off, "Then Hatori, Momiji, Haru, Ayame, Kisa, and Hiro. Me thinks I see a pattern!" I grinned, "That leaves two more!"

A look of horror dawned on his face, poor Kyo looked just about ready to run for the hills. I grinned and waved, going to my bedroom. I had a lot of homework that needed to be done! Math first. Let's get the worst out of the way first, and then it should be smooth sailing from there!

At least, that had been what I'd hoped. Twenty minutes into my math I'd given up and shunted it aside to work on literature, and once that was finished I went straight for history.

I was in the middle of chewing my way through a pencil when Tohru came in, "Hey Ru, you think I could convince Shigure to eat my homework?"

"No" She giggled, sitting on her bed. "I don't think you could."

Bet you Shigure would do it if I told him I'd clean out his office. He was so easily bought. But no, somehow, I feel as though I would end up scarred for life. Who knows what that man has in there?

Eugh . . .

"Forget it" I flopped back, inches away from banging my head on the headboard. "I'll get Uo to help me with it tomorrow. So, Ru, Ritsu Sohma. Do you know what animal he is?"

"He's the monkey!" She clasped her hands together, "I feel so bad, and at first I thought he was a girl! Ritsu was wearing such a pretty kimono . . ."

I propped myself up on my elbows, staring at her. "Ritsu Sohma is a cross-dresser?!"

Tohru nodded, "Yes, I actually found out he was a boy when I broke a plate and tried to stop him from hurting himself!"

"You know" I yawned, "I think it's bed time. This strange life we now live is starting to seem normal."

If Haru snapping in the middle of school and having a cross-dressing man who turned into a monkey didn't faze me, I wasn't quite sure what would. Sleep sounded like the best idea right now. . .

"Goodnight Mandy" Tohru giggled.

"G'night" I rolled over and snuggled into my pillow, "Love you"

"Love you too!"

That last think I felt before sleep took me, was the sensation of my blanket being pulled over my shoulders, and a hand smoothing out my hair.

Tohru really was the best thing to ever happen to me.

For some reason, I really enjoyed this chapter . . . So I hope you do to!

It was actually a lot of fun for me to write, but right now all I want to talk about is the newest Doctor Who episode! Oh my god you guys, I don't know if I'll be able to sleep at all tonight! But! I must get on with thanking my reviewers!

MoonDancer89: Hiro is, in fact, a pain in the ass. But he's an adorable pain in the ass. I wish I could just hug Kyo! And I love Uo and Hana too! Thank you for reading and reviewing, it means a lot to me!

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