Hurricane
By: Ryoko [Raiju]
"I wonder if Kyou-kun found Hatsuharu yet...? The storm's getting worse..."
"TOHRU! YUKI!" Shigure called from the main room. He instinctively turned the TV up as the weatherman was speaking and a warning flashed on the screen.
"HURRICANE WARNING?!" The two said in unison as they froze in the doorway, followed by Tohru's two friends.
"We have to get to the basement." Uotani announced, being as calm as possible.
"We don't have a basement." Shigure sighed, standing up and glancing outside.
"Shigure...we...we can't...but...we have to..." Yuki was trembling as he spoke somewhat quietly.
"We've gotta get to the main house." He sighed, leaving the room through the four parted teenagers.
"What about Hatsuharu and Kyou?!" Tohru was nearly in a panic, forgetting all about the two missing boys.
"They can take care of themselves. Kyou's very good at sensing danger anyway...they're both probably already at the main house, knowing them."
"I hope...you're right..." she sighed, running for the hallway's coat rack and grabbing her coat off of it. The other three were silent as they imitated her action.
"It's getting pretty bad out here..."
"You go." The wet cloth, of Kyou's sweatshirt, muffled Hatsuharu's voice. "I'll stay here. It's not like it matters to anyone if I'm all right or not."
"Don't talk like that! Damn selfish bastard. I care!"
"This place is HUGE!" Saki and Uotani marveled at the small village of houses surrounding them.
"Sorry, no time to stare at the scenery. Follow me." Shigure huffed, trotting off toward the far left of where they were standing.
"Help me out here!" He called. Yuki took Tohru's hand, she took Uotani's and Uotani took Saki's, leading the three after him to his cousin. Grasping the slippery iron handles, the five of them pulled with all of their strength to open the cellar door. Once in, they were swift to slam the steel doors behind them and make their way down into the detached basement.
The five were greeted with a faint light and several familiar faces of the Sohma family. Luckily, in a separate room (Yes, I said ROOM.) lay Akito with Hatori by his side. Momiji, Kisa and Hiro sat quietly close to Ayame and Ritsu. It was bad enough Momiji was terrified of thunderstorms...but now he had to face a hurricane, which resulted in his frightened trembling in Ayame's arms. Rin and Kagura seemed to be occupying themselves very easily with a game of cards, overlooked by Kazuma.
However, there was no trace of Hatsuharu...or Kyou...
"They're..." Tohru began, "...not...here."
"Who are all of these people?" Saki looked around the rooms bewilderedly, seeing a few familiar faces.
"Okay, there's really no time for introductions...but uhh...this is the rest of the Sohma family, as of right this minute..."
We're gonna have to erase their memories of this, but, it'll be all for the better, I believe. Yuki thought to himself, unintentionally staring at Tohru.
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