BirdBrain and the Whiskered Wimp Chapter 36, a fruits basket fanfic

--Um, okay. First matter of business. Answers to reviews. Firstly, T.O.M. – for those of you still unsure – is also known as a woman's Time of the Month…or the 'Stay-the-hell-away-from-me-or-I'll-skewer-you' time. Ahem….Secondly, sorry, but, though I've gone through at least 30 anime/manga series, I have not yet heard of D-Greyman. I am interested, though. What exactly is it about?

--Okay. I'm a couple days late, but that's fine. It's still this week. Good, good. I've been so bored this week, I've been reading One Piece (God help me). It's actually not so bad. Ace is awesome. I've also finally gotten into Naruto Shippuden, and I'm almost caught up. Deidara is awesome. I heart him. Sasori's true form looked kinda gay, though…

Disclaimer: I no own Furuba. Or Bleach.

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-Chapter Thirty-Six-

(Back at school…)

"I'm very glad that you're feeling better, Skye-chan," Yuki said, smiling.

"Me, too," Skye agreed.

"Yeah, you were pretty scary for a while there." Kyo laughed. "Even worse than Emily."

"What was that, maggot?" Emily appeared behind the orange-haired boy.

"I'm sensing negative waves," Hanajima stated.

"Yeah, even I can sense those," Arisa said.

Skye nodded. "I suggest we vacate the premises."

Everyone retreated to the opposite side of the classroom, leaving Kyo alone with Emily.

"Hey, so where did those other guys go?" Arisa asked.

"Huh?" Tohru wondered.

"What other guys?" Yuki said.

"The short, blonde kid; his little brother; and…that other creep. The green-haired one."

"Oh. They left," Yuki answered.

"And then we got other guests!" Tohru added.

"Eh?" Hanajima and Arisa stared at her.

Yuki clapped his hand over Tohru's mouth. "U-Um…Just some distant relatives. They left a while ago."

"Oh…You guys sure have a big family."

"Heh heh. Yeah…"

Emily and Kyo rejoined them, Kyo looking a bit worse for wear. Arisa was about to make a joke on his behalf, when the teacher entered the room.

"Alright, kids! Take your seats!"

Everyone sat down at their desks. Skye glanced back as Emily settled in behind her. The others weren't far away.

"Okay, listen up! Today's lesson is…" the teacher began to drone on.

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(About half an hour later…)

The teacher was still droning on. Emily glanced out the window, bored. In the distance, a large plume of dust and smoke rose up. She glanced back around the classroom. Then, she did a double-take. Where the dust cloud had appeared, a shadow loomed. When the air cleared a little, she could make out the basic features of a Hollow.

Subtly, Emily flicked a pencil from her desk onto the ground to her right, towards Yuki's desk. Noticing the dropped item, he leaned over to get it for her. She leaned down, too.

"Do you see that?" she whispered.

"What?" he whispered back.

"Out the window. Do you see it?"

Yuki straightened up, handing her the pencil, and peered out the window. Emily sat up as well. After a moment, Yuki shook his head, looking at Emily with a slightly puzzled expression. She sighed. Then, she gazed at the dark-haired head in front of her. Her face brightened.

Without warning, she smacked Skye hard in the head, knocking her unconscious.

She raised her hand. "Excuse me! Skye seems to have passed out! Can I take her to the nurse's office?"

"Oh." The teacher looked up in surprise. "Yes. Should we get a wheelchair, or-?"

"No need!" Emily grabbed the back of Skye's collar and dragged her out of the room.

She dashed down the hall.

"Where do you think you're going, Kitamura-san?!" President Takei yelled as she flew past him.

"Taking Ryusaki to the nurse!" was her hurried explanation.

"But that's…" Emily disappeared around the corner "…the wrong way…"

Emily ran outside. She headed toward the location of the Hollow. A few blocks away from it, she stopped, dumping Skye into a bush.

"Wake up!"

"Wha-?" Skye's eyes opened. She sat up, rubbing her head. "Ow…my head really hur-"

"No time for that now," Emily cut her off. "Your computer-file brain is still running, right?"

"Yeah, I guess. Why?"

Emily rolled her eyes and pointed.

"Oh...A Hollow."

"Exactly."

Skye stared at it for a moment longer. "So…?"

"'So?''So?' Are you kidding me? We're gonna destroy it, of course!"

"Ah. I see…"

"Kido is more powerful with the incantations, right?"

"Uh-huh…"

"So, if I could do a little bit of damage without the incantation, I could do a whole lot more with the incantations."

"Brava." Skye clapped. She yawned. "So what d'ya need me for?"

"Because, genius, I didn't memorize the incantations. You did."

"……Ah."

"Right. So let's go!" Emily dragged Skye to a standing position.

"Wait." Skye grabbed Emily's arm. "We need to lead it to a place that doesn't have a lot of people."

"Oh, yeah…"

Skye sighed. "It's not like I care if people get eaten."

Emily looked at her in disgust.

"What? Anyway…" She sighed. "I'll do it."

Before Emily could protest, Skye ran off in the direction of the Hollow. "Dammit." Emily ran after her.

"Oi! Hollow!" Skye lobbed a rock at its head. It turned in her direction. "Free food! C'mon, follow me!"

"And me!" Emily ran along next to her. The Hollow focused on her.

"Oh, right. It's attracted to your spirit energy." Skye noted. "Should've thought of that earlier."

Emily nodded.

They led the Hollow to a building site. High walls surrounded the perimeter, hiding them from view. When they reached the center of the area, they split up, going different directions. The Hollow, a bit slow on the uptake, paused, confused.

"Skye!" Emily yelled urgently.

"Okay!" Skye closed her eyes, concentrating. "Repeat after me!" She took a deep breath. "Ye lord!"

"Ye lord!" Emily repeated, focusing her reiatsu.

"Mask of flesh and bone…"

"…Flutter of wings, ye who bares the name of Man…!"

"Truth and temperance, upon this sinless wall of dreams…"

"…unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws!" Skye finished, opening her eyes.

"…unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws! Way of Destruction 33: Blue Fire, Crash Down!" A tremendous blast of blue energy shot from her hand. It blew a hole in the Hollow's head, leaving hardly anything attached to its neck. It quickly disappeared.

"Nice shot," Skye said, walking over to Emily.

"Yeah." Emily stared at her hand, grinning.

Skye looked up at the sky. "I guess we should head back."

"Uh-huh. Let's go!" Arm-in-arm, the two girls left the construction site, on the way to their next adventure.

-End-

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--Okay. So this was basically a filler, but not an annoying one, I hope. I know I liked it. Writing it was fun, too. So…a bit of fun before we drag you down into the angst. Oh, snap. Damn. That was a spoiler, wasn't it? My bad…

R&R. Ja ne.