Kita's Invasion
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters. *tear* Except for Kita, who happens to be me… and what I would do in those situations… but anyways!! If I were to own Fruits Basket, I'd probably die from happiness. So obviously, since I'm still alive, I don't own it.
Kita: I'm so sorry I haven't updated recently, but I finally found time to type on Christmas Day. See, I'm in the car right at this moment (well, not at THIS moment, when I'm typing this) and I can see downtown Dallas, Texas all lit up. It's really pretty. There's some big circle building all lit up, so it looks like a random ball in the sky. It's called the Reunion Tower, I believe. If my laptop will last, I'll try to type the entire four hour trip. *makes no promises* . .
For those who reviewed, thank you!! I donated a dollar per review for a fundraiser we had at school to save the rainforests. (My history teacher thought I was being very generous when I gave him ten dollars… I had to explain the entire thing to him. Now he wants to read my story! *le cringe*)
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There was a loud crash of thunder. Rubbing my eyes, I groggily woke up. It was still the middle of the night. Wind caused the foundation of the inn to creak. Rain hit the roof peacefully, lulling me back to sleep. I turned onto my side and cuddled against the pillow. I felt something warm against me. Instinctively I grabbed for it and hugged it close to me. I could feel hot wind on my chest. As soon as something wet touched me, I let go of what I had grabbed and pushed it away from me.
Lying in my bed was a naked Ayame. o_O
"PERVERT!" I tried to push him off the side of my bed, but he was still asleep. He grabbed onto my arm and pulled me close to him. Spooky for a sleeping person to do. -_-;; "LET GO OF ME! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE?!?" Some how, through all my shouting, Kagura and Tohru remained asleep. Those losers… not helping me out in my time of need…
"What's going on?" Haru had skidded into the room after waking up to my screaming. The moment he saw Ayame, black mode kicked in. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!?" He tore Ayame away from the bed and pinned him against the wall.
Hehehe, anyone could misinterpret a shirtless Haru pinning a naked Ayame against the wall. ^_^
"Eh?? What's going—" Yuki came walking into the room, his hand rubbing his head and his eyes still closed. As soon as his big purple eyes opened, he pointed and screamed. "I KNEW YOU WERE GAY!!"
"Shut Up!" Black Haru barked. "I Found Him In Bed Like This With Kita!!"
Amazing. Tohru and Kagura were still sound asleep.
"YOU WHAT?!?" Yuki was slowly making his way towards Ayame, a threatening fist in the air.
"I have a simple explanation," Ayame cooed calmly.
"You Will Not Be Forgiven," Yuki growled. Mice started creeping in from outside, surrounding Ayame's feet.
"I was simply trying to get in from the storm. I didn't realize someone was in this bed." ^_^
"Liar," Yuki said bluntly.
"Shi had kicked me out in the middle of the storm," ;_; Ayame began his story dramatically. "He says I was talking about Kita too much." He paused to flash me a dazzling smile. "He locked me out of our room. It was raining very hard and became cold. You know how I get in cold weather. Ohoho." He began giggling, then resumed, "I transformed and slithered in here. I found myself a nice warm bed to rest in. It was only a bonus to have Kita underneath the covers."
Someone came stomping into the room. "I told you not to touch her." Hatori was in his pajamas, cursing loudly at himself for allowing Shigure to lock Ayame out of the room. "Let go, Haru."
"You expect me to let this jerk go? I won't let him loose so easily!" Haru was still angry and in black mode.
"For the love of God, let him put some clothes on." Hatori shook his head. "Yuki, come with me." He didn't want to leave Yuki alone with Ayame while he was so angry. For an instant he debated about calling Haru back, but he knew neither Yuki nor Haru would forgive him for letting me sleep by myself… unprotected from perverts. Wait, what am I saying? Black Haru was a pervert too! Ahh!!
Haru unwillingly let Ayame go, but was still Black. He turned quickly towards me and grabbed my waist, pulling me forward. "Did he hurt you?"
"N-no! He scared me, that's all!" Ehehehe.. A little like you're doing now!! Let me gooo…
Instead, he did quite the opposite. Haru took a step forward. I counteracted by taking the largest step back I could in Haru's grasp. I eventually felt my back hit against the wall. Haru let go of my waist and put both hands on either side of my head, holding me in as if his body were a cage. Eep, I was getting claustrophobic!! O_O
"Wanna screw?"
Whoa buddy, Black Haru sure was a mood killer!! Erm, not that there was a *mood* before hand, right? Gah, Black Haru ish scary!! -_-;;
"LECHER!!" I slapped his jaw and ducked under one of his arms, only to be caught in the arms of a toga clothed Ayame. He'd taken *my* bed sheets to wear! How rude! And why the hell hadn't Kagura and Tohru woken up yet!! After a few poundings on his chest, Ayame finally got tired of it and squashed me against him so I couldn't raise my arms any longer. Geez, if this kept up, I wasn't going to be able to breathe!!
"Kita." I could feel Ayame bring his head down to nuzzle his face in my hair. Eek, talk about freaky!!! I mean, I enjoyed the closeness and all, but… Ahh! He was groping me again! Get Him Off!!! I did the only defensive move I could think of… I bit his arm.
"WAHH! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!!" Ayame let go, moving his arm up and down. I kept clinging on with my teeth.
Apparently Haru's concern about me being abducted by Ayame finally overcame his rage. He did a 180 degree flip in personality and came back to normal. The calm face of Haru simply came towards Ayame and plucked me away from him. "Listen to Hatori and don't touch Kita."
"Haru…"
Ayame put his hands on his hips and tilted his head back in a laugh. "I'm not going to listen to a half pint like you!" His face went serious and he caressed his chin thoughtfully. "But since its Tori's wishes, I'll leave Kita alone."
Haru let go of me and started walking towards the door, assuming I was safe. Ayame followed him out, waving and teasing him before he was out of hearing range. "Don't get lost on the way to your room!!"
I heard someone mumbling from across the room. Tohru was talking in her sleep, saying things that sounded a lot like, "It's alright… Yuki… Kyou… Don't be scared of love…" Maybe that girl knows more about those two than the rest of us. o_O Slowly I went to bed, trying to escape Tohru's mindless chattering.
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"Good morning!!" Ayame came waltzing into the room, fully clothed. He sat down at the table where Shigure and Yuki sat, cold looks on their faces. "What's wrong?" He grabbed a bun and stared at the two weirdly.
Shigure crossed his arms with a defiant "hmph!".
"Awe, Shi, you're not still mad about that!!" Ayame scooted towards Shigure, his eyes wide and watering.
"Of course I am!" He shifted his weight and turned his head away from Ayame. "Aya, you had Kita on your mind all night!!!"
Ayame shoved his hand down Shigure's gray robe. "That isn't true."
"Aya!" ^_^ Shigure blushed and giggled. He broke his stern posture and began joking with Ayame.
Yuki had moved clean across the room next to Tohru and Kagura, who were currently tying ribbons into each others hair. Yuki's dark stricken face displayed the distaste he had for his brother.
I rest my head on the table, trying my hardest not to doze off. The steady pounding of rain mixed with my lack of sleep was a sweet lullaby to my ears. It seemed that Tohru could NOT keep her mouth shut while sleeping. I'll have to fix that problem if I'm supposed to share a room with her. Carefully I shifted my head, staring at the gray rain through a window.
A tired Kyou came in dragging his feet. "I hate the rain." He sat down next to me and copied my actions, resting his head on the table. "Someone make it stop." With his eyes closed, I could tell all his energy was drained. No wonder he hadn't come into the room last night to help harass Ayame. The storm must have put him dead asleep.
"I think its nap time," I muttered, falling backwards.
"No time for that!" Momiji's cheerful voice shrieked at the door. "We can have just as much fun when it's storming!" With his perky attitude, Momiji grabbed me by the wrist, dragging me out of the room. I unclearly followed with my eyes still blurry from sleeplessness.
"Where are we going, Momiji?" We were coming towards a room where I could hear faint *pings*. "What's going on?"
"Hatori and Ritsu are playing ping pong, so I don't want to disturb them. I want to explore the inn!" Momiji had let go of my hand, letting me freely follow his footsteps.
"Don't you know all about the inn?" My knees were threatening to buckle any second, letting me finally rest and sleep. I wonder where Momiji is taking me… maybe there will be a nice, warm bed. Yeah, that'd be nice. Probably even Ayame free.
"Kita, hurry up!"
"Coming!" I quickened my pace to a near jog. I was finally catching up to Momiji when I was crashed down to the ground. I had hit my head on something. "Oww!" I rubbed the spot where I had hit and stayed on the ground. Although it wasn't a nice warm bed, it felt good to be lying down.
"Kita, are you alright??" Momiji came towards me, his big brown eyes wide in concern. "Did Haru hurt you?"
"Huh? Haru?" I opened my eyes to see black spots dancing around the faces of Momiji and Haru. Where did Haru come from? He held an expressionless face while holding a hand out to lift me up.
"What are you doing here?" Momiji glowered at Haru with his hands on his hips.
"I was looking for the nearest bathroom, but got lost." Haru stared off in space, trying to remember how he had gotten there with an aloof smile. Unlike last night, he now wore a white t-shirt along with his black pants.
"You're such a fat cow." Momiji pointed his arm down the hall and sighed with frustration. "It's down there."
"How long have you been wandering around?" I stared down at my wrist watch, announcing the time. "It's nearly nine o'clock."
"I guess around two hours." Haru casually followed Momiji's directions and walked down the hall.
"He's a lost cause." Momiji shook his head sadly and began skipping with me by his side. "I'd hate to be lost in the inn. It's so large! We might loose our way and go days without food!" He giggled and slowed down to a walk. "Is there anything Kita would like to do-" Momiji's short lived question was broken off by his own shriek.
As soon as I saw what Momiji had yelled at, he was hiding behind me. I was frozen in my spot, face to face with my worst enemy. On the ground lay a roach, twitching its antennae, getting ready to make his next move. "EEEEeeeeeekkkk!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs and tried to walk backwards, but Momiji was in my way.
A door from down the hall open and slammed shut. Bare feet clopped against the ground, echoing after my ear piercing scream. Haru was running towards us again, but with Kyou at his heels. They both must have been wondering what was wrong. "Is everything alright?" Kyou was in a stance ready to fight, trying to find what all the commotion was about.
"It's a… there… KILL IT!!!" My hands were covering my face as I tried to move back. Momiji wasn't getting out of my way!
"Oh, is that all?" Haru grabbed at Momiji's ankle and forced off his shoe. He took it in hand and crouched down, bringing the shoe quickly down towards the bug. I shut my eyes before hearing a disgusting SQUASH! There went my appetite… But alas, Kyou and Haru were my heroes! They vanquished the villain without a sweat!!
"Thank you." I was staring at them with dazzled eyes through my morning hair and unwashed face. As I've been described before in the morning, I looked like Medusa with my untamed curls. (The looks of my face probably didn't help the nick name much, either)
Haru shrugged off my gratitude and looked around the hall confused. "Where is breakfast?"
"We already ate." Kyou leaned against the wall, the short run from down the hall tiring him out.
"You what?!" Haru stepped towards Kyou, a spark of fire in his eyes.
"My shoe!!!" Momiji leaned over it, refusing to pick it up from the ground. I don't blame him, I was equally terrified (if not more) to see what was underneath.
Kyou picked up the shoe, agitation reflecting in his motions. He scraped it against the wall and tossed it back to Momiji. "There. Good as new."
"What are you talking about? It still has guts on it!" Momiji looked at the wall and cringed. "Why did you have to do that?!"
Kyou raised his arm and brought his elbow down on Momiji's head. "Shut Up and put your shoe back on!"
"I'm in the mood for tuna," Haru commented absentmindedly. He lifted his nose in the air, hoping he might catch the scent drifting in the air.
"Yeah, me too!" Momiji stood next to Haru and copied his sniffing techniques. Kyou was leaning against the wall (not the part with the bits of roach guts, though) with big bags around his eyes.
"Kyou, are you alright? Shouldn't you be in bed resting?" I reached out to touch his forehead, but he slapped my hand.
"I'm fine! I'm not sick, just tired! Leave me alone, you old prude."
"Don't talk to Kita that way, Kyou!! It's rude and you hurt her feelings!" But before Momiji could finish his scolding, there was a soft *ping* and a poof of smoke. On the floor was a sleeping orange cat.
I picked him up and held him close. "Momiji, do you think we could postpone our exploration? Kyou needs to be looked over."
"That stupid cat is just sleeping because he's lazy when it rains!!!" Momiji began whining and pulling on my sleeve. No matter how cute the kid is, he was getting on my nerves! Geez, very self-centered.
"Aren't there times when you feel so tired you can't take another step? I'm sure if that happened you would want someone to care and look over you, ne?"
Momiji just stared at me with his big eyes.
"Haru, do you know what I'm talking about???" I was nearly groveling for someone to understand.
"Hai."
Ahahahaha! Some compassion is found in the Sohma boys! I was getting ready to think there wasn't a bit of that in the family. [At least I know there isn't much in Akito -_-;;]
"That's a relief. Well then, I'm going to put Kyou to bed and then we can all play a game! I brought some games from my home!" I started making my way to the boys' room and put Kyou to bed. After tucking the blanket around him I made sure there was a bowl of hot soup and a pair of pajamas for him when he woke up and transformed.
"What game did you bring?" Momiji whispered. He had gone off and brought Yuki, Kagura and Tohru along with Haru.
"What's going on in here?" Ritsu walked into the room with a new blanket for Kyou. "Did I do something wrong?!?!?"
"No, nonononono! Ritsu, calm down!" Tohru patted her… erm, his arm reassuringly. "We're going to play a game."
"Would you like to join?" Yuki added with a small smile.
"Thank you! I will try my best."
"Kiiiiiita, what game did you bring?!?!?" Momiji jumped on the balls of his feet impatiently.
"Twister!"
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Kita: Oh my goodness!! It is so hard to type in the dark on a bumpy road while listening to Ben Folds Five and watching Ever After at the same time!!! I'm so happy I finally finished this chapter though!!
Kyou: Zzzzzzzzz
Yuki: What is the big deal about Christmas? All you did was eat the entire time and open presents with really annoying family members. *glares at Ayame. glare glare* O_O
Ayame: Christmas sounds like a fabulous holiday! *grabs Yuki and noogies* Oooh, Kita, I saw you working under that mistletoe!! ^_^
Kita: Eh? What are you talking about?? The mistletoe was an oak branch we found in the front yard. Nobody actually kissed under it apart from the old people. *cough cough my mom and dad cough cough*
Ayame: Oh Shi!! Why don't we get some mistletoe?!? *rummages through random crate for mistletoe*
Shigure: Ooh, sounds wonderful!! Maybe we can make it a year-round decoration!
Hatori: No. Put it away, Ayame.
Ayame: Ttttttttooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!
Hatori: Put it away.
Ayame: *tosses mistletoe at Tohru*
Tohru: Wha-wha-what?!?!?! *looks at a bit puzzled and flustered. Momiji jumps on top of her and starts kissing all over cheeks*
Haru: *grabs Momiji and locks him in cage*
Kita: I hope everyone had a Happy Holiday!!! Feel free to give me a belated gift and review!! ^_^ *blows kisses and hops off singing the 12 Days of Kwanza*