Photo Shoot

"OK, people!! Rise and shine! Time to set off for our photo shoot!!!" Shigure brightly cheered.

Yuki moaned and rubbed his eyes, ready to drop his head onto the table. Kyou shot the overly excited dog a dark look as he gulped his milk straight from the carton. Tohru smiled gaily as she continued setting the table.

"Where is this place we're going to anyway?" Kyou grumbled.

"Well, it's just a city away but you don't need to worry about transportation and stuff! I've got everything prepared and under control!! I've chartered a bus just for the private use of Jyuuni!! It should be here soon...it's picking up Momiji and Haru first," Shigure explained happily. As soon as he finished these words, the doorbell rang. When Tohru opened the door, Momiji launched himself into her arms. "Tohru!!!! Did ya miss me? Did ya? Did ya??"

"You little brat...god, it's too early to face you," Kyou hauled the bunny out of the girl's arms.

Momiji the rabbit smiled mischievously. "Well, if you think it's hard seeing me... then I can't imagine your reaction when you see -"

"KYOU-KUN!!!!!"

The teenaged boy cringed and stared horrified at the door where his worst nightmare was bounding in.

Kagura mimicked Momiji's actions and leaped into Kyou's arms. "Did ya miss me? Did ya? Did ya? Because I sure did and if you say you didn't, then I'll be SO VERY UNHAPPY!!!" She swung her beloved into the air and made a pretzel out of him.

Half an hour later as Kyou laid bleeding in the sobbing girl's arms (Kagura: Who did this to you?? I will never forgive him! I promise you! I'll get your revenge!! Kyou: Uggggghhhh.), Tohru asked, "Kagura-chan, what brings you here today?"

"Well, since Kyou-kun is joining Shigure's rock band, I can't very well not support him in his decision! Therefore, I decided to help him out in my own way: I'm going to be Jyuuni's personal chauffeur of the bus!!" Kagura grinned. Shigure smiled and clapped.

Everyone was silent and then Yuki asked, "Um, Kagura-chan, do you know how to drive?"

Kagura nodded cheerfully. "Yup, I just got my driver's license yesterday!"

Yuki mumbled, "We're going to die."

"Besides, I can't very well leave Kyou-kun to the mercy of shameless, screaming fan girls, COULD I??" she threatened Kyou as she squeezed him. "My poor darling will be defenseless and vulnerable; I need to be with him always and protect him!!!"

"But who will protect him from you?" Haru said under his breath.

The oblivious Kagura got up and began dragging Kyou to the door. "What- what are you doing?" Kyou screamed and tried to cling onto the doorway.

"Ne, Kyou-kun, I wanted you to be the first to try my driving skills!! Momiji and Haru were nice enough to walk today so they can save you the privilege!" Kagura wrenched the boy away from the house.

"BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE THE FIRST!!! OH GOD -" Kyou's screams were covered by the screeching and squealing of the bus pulling away. The remaining people in the house listened to a cat shrieking and a dog yelping as the bus rumbled down the block. Tohru couldn't help but feel scared for Kyou.

The rest of Jyuuni stared at Shigure. He scratched his head uneasily. "What?! Since Tori is too busy to drive us around, you have the choice of either Kagura or me. You decide!"

Everyone pondered and hoped that Kagura would be the better driver since she wouldn't dare hurt Kyou while he's on the bus ...but then again, why wouldn't she? Her beating up of the boy was proof enough. Yuki had the desire to pound his head against the wall again...or better yet, Shigure's head.

An hour later, the bus returned and pulled to a stop after crashing into a few garbage cans. (Kagura: I couldn't help it! They were in my way!!) Kyou got off with wobbly knees and began kissing the ground. "I think I'm dying."

Shigure smirked. "Nonsense, Kyou!! You're a cat! You have nine lives!"

"Well, she just took 7 of them during that ride," Kyou moaned.

"Great, you still have 2 left!!"

"Not really. I took one of them when I committed suicide sometime along the drive," Kyou collapsed on the floor, exhausted.

After another hour for Kyou's recuperation, the band was officially late for their photo shoot. But with Kagura's *ahem* expert driving, they got there only 5 minutes past their appointment time. Everybody entered the building half dead. (Tohru: Okaa-san, I think I now know what you went through during your last moments *sob*) The photographers took one look at the group and freaked. "MAKE-UP ARTIST!! WE NEED THE MAKE-UP ARTIST NOW!!!!"

Ayame popped up. "Yosh! I'm here!!!"

Yuki cringed. "You're the make-up artist too?? Oh man, what have I gotten myself into?"

Ayame flicked his long white tresses over his shoulder and murmured huskily, "Well, I am the most fashionable one around here... aren't I, Shigure baby?"

Shigure smiled seductively, "Always, Aya dear, always." The two men grinned and gave thumbs' up signs to each other. Tohru smiled tentatively while the rest resisted bolting out of the door.

Ayame clapped his hands together. "Let's start, shall we?!" Yuki and Kyou backed away nervously as the snake slithered up to them with a dark evil grin on his face.

In the changing room, a scuffle could be heard and then Ayame was thrown out with 3 dresses after him. "I thought we specifically asked for NO dresses, skirts, gowns, or anything of the feminine category!!" Yuki growled dangerously from the doorway. "Why do you never listen??"

"But they're so beautiful! I couldn't resist! It would especially accentuate your exquisite feminine features and -" Ayame was last seen sliding down the hallway, courtesy of Yuki.

"Maybe Aya-san is right! It does look very cute on me, doesn't it, Tohru?" Momiji stepped out adorned in a white poofy gown and Tohru squealed. "Momiji-kun looks so adorable!!" The boy beamed but before he could throw himself into Tohru's arms, Kyou's arm reached out to pull him back into the room and Momiji began wailing again ("But I do look cute!! I do! I do!" Kyou: "You'll be even cuter once I squish you into a ball!")

When Ayame managed to find his way back to the changing room again, he brought new suitable outfits with him and Jyuuni soon stepped out to the delight of the photographers. Yuki and Momiji were decked out in creamy white trench coats, setting off the lightness of their skin tones. Momiji finally looked his age, losing the hat and the girl's school uniform. His hair was bleached until it verged on a pale yellow-white. However, his grin and the twinkle in his eyes still gave evidence of his carefree innocence. While Momiji in white was the quintessential of purity, Yuki in white was a whole new different matter. His lavender hair was radiant and almost sparkling against his snowy coat; the pale coat accentuated the mouse's aloof personality, increasing his aura of mystery and irresistibility. He gave an embarrassed smile at Tohru and she blushed. Her heart pounded, 'He looks so much like a prince now, Okaa-san!' Then Haru and Kyou came out and she really had to compliment Ayame's work.

Whereas Momiji and Yuki were purity in white, Haru and Kyou were the very contrast. Festooned in black leather jackets, they were the representatives of reckless rebels. Haru pretty much looked the same in his trademark black and white colors, cool and indifferent; his quiet chivalrous smile ready to make any girl swoon in a 2 mile radius. But Kyou...Kyou had his orange hair spiked and with his dark jacket fitted closely to his physique and his dark scarlet eyes gazing lazily at everyone, his devilish grin was both provocative and sexy. Tohru blushed again when his eyes rested on her. 'Okaa-san, Yuki is a prince and Kyou is a warrior. They're so cool!'

Kagura broke down sobbing. "My darling is so handsome! I love him so much! So much! AND IF ANY OTHER GIRLS STARTS HANGING AROUND YOU, YOU BETTER REMEMBER THAT I WILL ALWAYS BE THE ONLY ONE WHO WILL LOVE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE AND NOT WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE!!! KYOU-KUN, ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME!!" Kyou gagged weakly in the girl's deathgrip.

"Now I get your enthusiasm, Shigure-san," the photographers said. "You really have a nice group; any girl with a sensible mind will melt as soon as they see Jyuuni."

Shigure laughed heartily. "Muahahahaha, yes, that is the plan!!"

Snap. Flash. Click. Whirl. Snap. Flash. Click. Whirl. "Yes, that's beautiful! Smile! No, not you Kyou! Just keep glaring at me like the whole world's against you! Yes, that's right! Oh, you look like you want to kill me! Perfect! So sexy!"

Kyou had to fight the urge to snap the photographer in half like a twig. He was standing back to back with the mouse while Momiji grinned with his head popping up from his side. Haru was on Yuki's end, always with the same devoid look. Both the cat and the mouse had their arms crossed; they weren't too happy that they had to stand together in such close proximity. Little did they know, the photographers loved their "pose" and kept them there during the whole session. The only thing that kept the boys from turning around and punching each other was Tohru's encouraging smile across the room. Yuki smiled back at the girl, but Kyou, of course, was banned from smiling all together. This was really pissing him off and Shigure's smirk wasn't helping at all ... neither was Kagura's possessive evil stare.

Please let this be worth it all.

***Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!! Thanks to those who took the time to review...you do not know how encouraging you guys are! ^_^ How do you like this chapter? In the next one, I think I'm going to write about the boys' debut hehe... please keep reviewing!! Thanks again!***

Maeven