Ohayo! I'm back again!!! I'm really in to original fics right now but I just missed furuba, especially Yuki! :) Once I finish this one, I might finish See me no Curse as well. Enjoy!!

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10 ways on how to impress a woman

by ZA Franks

~special thanks to my friends in the internet especially Syao-chan, Hakukumo and LitoRiceball to keep me company this summer (even though I haven't talked to them for weeks already). ~

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1) Be yourself. Greet her when you meet her. By any chance, engage a meaningful but brief conversation. Make sure you use your common sense. This makes her feel more welcomed.

"Here he is~!" Gure sang loudly.

"Gure-san, I don't know if I'm…" Tohru began.

"Just joking." He winked. "False alarm!"

"Eh?" She sweatdropped. It wasn't very nice for him to scare her like that. She felt very nervous once he father kept on reminding her that she should make him feel comfortable, despite that he's her bodyguard.

"Do you think……he'll hate me?"

"Nonsense! Hating a lady like you? He'll be happy to see you!" he encouraged. "Don't worry, you'll be just fine…" He looked out the window.

"Shigure…" she whispered. "What is he like?"

"Eh? You mean Yuki?"

"Yuki is his name???" She stood up.

"What's wrong with Yuki?"

"I just heard that name from gossips." She answered. "They say that he's a very strong lad that can wipe out hundreds of men with his bare hands. He also had keen sense of hearing and is very wise."

Shigure laughed. "Really? My cousin? Hundreds of men?" He laughed hysterically.

"So, it's not true then."

"Well, a little, maybe." He looked at the onigiri. "It's true that he's smart and strong. I don't know much of that hearing thing but what I know is that he can survive in a battle of thousand men. That is possible if he won't transform."

"So that means he's also possess a Jyunishi curse, like you!" the girl concluded.

"Yes, yes but don't get too excited. My cousin is somewhat 'allergic' to girls." He reminded. "As long as you talk about his interests, he'll treat you nicely, I suppose."

"Eh, Gure-san, what do you mean exactly when you said allergic?" she asked.

"Do you want to know?" the onigiri nodded. "He doesn't really like women." He whispered.

"NE???"

"Don't worry! I'm sure you'll be doing great. He won't hurt you." He smiled. Then there was a knock on the door. "Here he is!"

"Is this a false alarm?"

"No, I don't think so." He smiled. "Get ready." The dog opened the door for his cousin to enter. Tohru stood up to greet the stranger but a mysterious grin from the Sohma forbid her not to. "Mistress, I would like you to meet my cousin, Sohma Yuki."

"Sohma Yuki…" she repeated to herself. He was definitely unusual. After she heard the rumors about him, she thought that he was tall, dark and tough looking like those wrestlers with huge biceps but..

Is he… my bodyguard?

"What are you staring at?" Yuki asked.

"Huh?" she completely didn't notice that he was already in front of her. "Aah, gomen."

Yuki turned to Shigure and laughed. "Is this the one I'll be guarding?"

"Yes." Shigure replied.

"Tell me." He looked at the girl coldly. "How did you manage to escape 5 assassination attempts without even dropping a sweat, Honda Tohru?"

She looked at him closely. He's so cold to me. Even though he's strong in the rumor, he doesn't look tough in person. But I admit, she smiled, he's so cute.

Yuki grinned at her. "Are you going to answer or I'm going to find the answer?"

"Huh?"

"Yuki, please." Shigure warned.

"This is the most pathetic job I ever took. All my life I've wanted to travel across countries and reach the end of the Earth. Now, what I'm doing now is completely different from my dreams." He stared at me. "Why are they after you anyway?"

"Actually, they were really after my stepfather." She explained. "I'm just sort of a bait."

"What did he do?"

"He never told me…" I whispered.

"Let me ask you again. What did he do?" he asked coldly and sternly.

"YUKI!" Shigure warned.

"Ano, I don't really know, Yuki-kun---" Yuki quickly drew his sword out and aimed it on her throat. She remained stiff as she felt the tip of the sword against her throat.

"Yuki, stop this." Shigure went towards him and pulled back the nezumi's sword. He obeyed the elder Sohma and stared at the girl.

"I'm warning you. You can call me with any name, but not Yuki, ever." He muttered.

"Yes, I understand, S-sohma-kun" she stuttered.

"I'll go now." He turned to leave.

"Where are you going?" Shigure asked. "You're on duty."

"I just wasting my time with you and that girl."

"Yuki, come back here." Gure yelled. "You have to protect her at all costs!"

"Why? She means nothing to me." He said coldly. Shigure sadly closed the door.

"I'm sorry, Tohru-chan. I just can't control him." He said.

"It's okay. There's always tomorrow." She smiled. "I'm going to my room, Gure-san. If he comes back, please show him his room, ok?"

"Yes, mistress." He nodded as the girl walked up the stairs and into her room. That is if he would come back. He thought sadly. I wonder how will they get along.

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"Huh?" As Tohru got in the room, she saw Yuki standing beside her bed. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm your bodyguard remember?" he said. "Wherever you go, I'll be always with you."

"That's so sweet…" she smiled.

"No it isn't." he muttered. "It's torture. I never had a chance to go somewhere freely. What I'm going to do everyday was to be with you and guard you."

"I'm sorry. I wasn't really the one who had this idea." She said. "My father did and…"

"I understand. Even though I'm your bodyguard," he replied. "I would like some real rules."

Huh? Rules?

"The first one is that you should never call me with my first name." He warned and the girl nodded. "The second one is……your father warned me about this and I might as well warn it to you just in case…"

"Yes?"

He looked away from her eyes.  "We shouldn't develop those mushy feelings with each other, understand, he asked.

"Mushy feelings?" she asked. "You mean falling in love?"

"Don't remind me."

She giggled. "Don't worry, I won't. Besides, love takes place after a few months or so but you're just going to guard me for two weeks." She explained.

"Better to be sure than nothing." He said frigidly. "My work is done. See you later, mistress."

"Uh, can I request something?"

"I'm listening."

"Can you call me by my name? I just don't want somebody to call me 'mistress'. It feels so unsafe." She suggested. He stared at her. After a few moments…

"No."

"Why not?"

"They say love starts by names." He explained. "I would do anything to prevent that from happening. Until then, good day, mistress." He closed the door behind him.