Back to School
~ ~ ~ Um...thanks to kuro-tenshi_2nd for, um, honoring me with ur longest review hehe ^_^...
Thanks to Azn ChibiSweetpea for her support (hehe I'll try to keep updating everyday ^_^ ...cuz it's vacation time for me now I have free time...already got the next chapter written too hehe...but I'll post it later... ^o^),
Risa (o yea!! I forgot to include Kyou's anger at the lead singer part oopsie...glad u're reading closely!!),
Nat (happy u like my humor and always glad to hear encouragement!),
and SeraphAngel (no prob...I like to give ppl with good, coherent writing good reviews ^_^ U keep reading my story too ^_~) Continue with ur reviews ppl!!
~Maeven~ ~ ~ ~
Kyou opened his eyes and squinted at the bright sunlight filtering through his window shades. 'Mmmmmm,' he stretched lazily in his bed. 'Finally, everyone went back home. It's quiet again...' A smile curved on his face as he listened to Tohru bustling around in the kitchen and the promising smell of breakfast wafting up. 'It's so nice to wake up to someone who's so cheerful and happy.' Tohru's smile flashed across his mind and his cheeks turned rosy. Suddenly, he frowned. 'Am I forgetting something? Today ... I'm supposed to do something ... but what? Hmmmm ... OH SHIT!' He threw back the covers and ran to get changed. 'Today's the first day of school damn it!!' He pulled on his uniform and scurried to the bathroom, buttoning his jacket at the same time. Just before he went in, he was roughly kicked out of the way and he leaped up in time to see the nezumi slam the door in his face.
"Oi, kuso nezumi!!" he yelled, banging on the door. "Have you no manners?! I got here first!"
"I didn't feel like I need to show my manners to someone who don't even have any," Yuki mumbled from inside as he brushed his teeth. Kyou gritted his teeth and kicked the door.
"Don't damage the house, Kyou-kun!!" Shigure cried out gleefully from downstairs.
"So deduct it from my payroll in Jyuuni!" Kyou barked back.
"... Did I say anything about paying you guys?" Shigure responded merrily.
"How about I stuff this door into your mouth?!" Kyou screamed.
"... ah haha, I was just kidding, Kyou-kun. Of course you're getting paid! How does ten percent sound?"
"It sounds like your share!" Kyou folded his arms.
"Ah hahaha, Kyou-kun so hilarious in the morning...why don't we just let Tori-san figure out this budget, shall we? Math just isn't my specialty!" Shigure exclaimed.
"You don't really have any specialty," Kyou grumbled.
"Ne, Kyou-kun, if you don't get a move on, you're going to be late!!" Shigure yelled.
The cat's eyes bulged as he looked at the time and he spun on his heels to pound on the bathroom door. As he lifted his fist, the door suddenly slammed open and smacked him on the face. Yuki stepped out and went downstairs. "Baka neko, don't block doorways. It's a hazard." Kyou snapped, rubbing his nose tenderly, "Yea, to me, stupid mouse!!"
* * *
Tohru walked to school happily with the two boys at her sides. "It's so great! I'm going to see Uo-chan and Hana-chan again!! I haven't really spent much time with them over the summer with my job and all!"
Yuki smiled lightly at the girl. "This year's also going to be the last year of high school. You're finally fulfilling your mother's wish. You're also planning to go to college too, right?"
Tohru bit her lip, "Well, I hope so...it all depends if I can get a good scholarship. Tuition is really expensive, you know. But even if I don't go to college, I'll still try to find a good job!!"
The boys frowned, troubled by her predicament. 'Tohru's so hard- working...she deserves to go to the best university there is.'
Meanwhile, Tohru was busy worrying over something else. 'That's right, this year will be the last year of high school. I could get a job soon...I shouldn't be bothering the Sohmas anymore. I've been staying with them for so long; I've overstayed my welcome a long time ago. After high school ends, I'm officially an adult...no need to continue being a nuisance...demo, I'm really going to miss having a family to go back home to...'
"Oi, what are you looking so sad for?" Kyou cut into her thoughts.
Tohru blinked and shook her head furiously. "N-nothing! Heh, absolutely nothing at all! I'm fine!!" The other two teenagers looked at her, disturbed by her behavior, but before they could pursue the subject any longer, the school bell rang and they sprinted to class.
* * *
When they got to the building, they saw a huge crowd standing outside. "What is this? A riot?" Kyou muttered. Then they saw the mass of people stampeding their way and two little blobs running in front of them. Their eyes widened as the two whirlwinds suddenly grabbed them and dragged them running along.
After five blocks, they were pulled into an alleyway and they leaned against the wall huffing and puffing. Only then did Tohru recognized the two blobs as Momiji and Haru. "Momiji-kun! Haru-kun! What -" Momiji covered the girl's mouth and placed a finger to his lips. The crowd that was following them rushed past the alleyway and the two boys heaved a sigh of relief.
Haru's eyes flashed and she noticed that he was in his Black Haru mode. "Dammit.......I understand that I'm quite a catch but those girls are really getting on my nerves. We didn't even get close to the school entrance. Just keeping tugging us around in circles. Wouldn't stop yapping and screaming and wouldn't stop yanking on my shirt either; almost made me transform. Someone even went as far as pulling out a strand of my white hair and another of my black...said it was for keepsake. Baka baka baka. I could have given her a black eye right there and then...'cept this little rabbit here chose to be a pacifist and dragged me off running. Not that I mind really cause I saw you, Yuki, and I'll rather spend any day running with you than hanging out in school," he draped an arm around the boy's shoulders and gave him a feral grin. Yuki smiled back and then punched him up into the sky.
Momiji sniffled and wrapped his arms around Tohru, poofing into a rabbit. "Tohru!! Normally, I'm very friendly and all but even I say those girls are excessively clingy!! (Kyou: "Wow...that's scary.) They're so intimidating!! They even stole my cute little hat!!"
Yuki frowned, "How are we supposed to get to school then? These fan clubs are already staked outside after one concert...I'm beginning to regret this."
Kyou yawned, "Then just don't go to school. Who cares?" Then he paused and turned to look at the distressed Tohru. "Well...okay, wait...how about we find another route? Let's find a back door or something."
Yuki nodded grimly, "Guess that's the only solution."
Haru rubbed his head, "What's up?"
Yuki retorted dryly, "You finally came down? Funny, I was hoping I had managed to send you off to the moon."
* * *
The group barged through the back door and doubled over, panting. "Finally..........we....made...it," Tohru gasped. "I never imagined it was this hard to get to school." They had to walk back five blocks, hike through a forest, leap over a stream, climb up a small hill, tumble down another hill, scale two walls, and clamber over a barb wired fence...and somehow, the thought of going through all this just for the joy of sitting in class listening to teachers ramble on and on about math, just didn't seem encouraging nor rewarding...well, maybe for Tohru.
And then they heard it. "L-O-V-E M-E! YUKI!" The usual fan club cheer for the Prince...only it was magnified two times. Yuki plastered on a fake smile and turned around to greet his devoted groupies...only to turn ashen as he took in the sight. 'Kami...is it really possible? Over one summer, the group of girls seemed to have increased by ten times. Oh no...how did the crowd from outside get into the school building?! All the hard work we went through in finding another entrance was for nothing...' His admirers rushed over to him and enveloped him in a circle. "Yuki-kun!! You were so cool! I saw you in the concert and in the newspapers!! I love you soooo much!!"
Kyou smirked and laughed his head off at poor Yuki, imprisoned in the center. Then he turned pale as he heard, "L-O-V-E M-E! JYUUNI!!! KYOU I LOVE YOU!!!" He was charged by his own supporters and like Yuki, he began trying to keep some space between him and the suffocating females; he didn't wish to turn into a little cat on his very first day of school. 'Oh damn...this is the one time I wish Kagura was here so she could throw these girls out the window for me...'
"MOMIJI! MOMIJI! YOU'RE SO SWEET! MOMIJI! MOMIJI! PLEASE LOVE ME!!," another cheer rang out. "Ack!" the little blonde hair boy ran in circles around Tohru trying to maintain distance from his own followers. "Please! Leave me alone!! Tohru!! Help me!!!!"
"HARU, HARU! YOU'RE SO COOL!" The black and white haired boy blanched and he automatically went into self-defense pose. "Flight or fight?" he mumbled. "If I flee, I'll probably get lost in the building...but if I fight, I'll probably turn into Black Haru and seriously injure these girls...oh no, Yuki! What do I do?!"
Yuki was still trying to back away from his devotees. "I don't know but don't let them get near enough to you for you-know-what!!"
"What's you-know-what?"
"You're supposed to know!!"
"So...I'm supposed to know this what?"
"You know...black and white...goes moo...god, forget it..."
Kyou barked at his screaming fans, "Listen! Don't you people have classes to go to?! Scram!! Where are the stupid teachers when you need them?!"
Momiji was still running the marathon around the bewildered Tohru when his chasers suddenly got impatient and knocked the girl away. "Ah!" Tohru fell against Kyou's group only to get pushed to Yuki's and so it went like a pinball machine. The befuddled girl finally got pushed to the ground by the crazed fans and she huddled into a ball to protect herself from the trampling feet. Tears sprang to her eyes as she cradled her sprained wrist gingerly.
Yuki looked around, alarmed. 'Where did Tohru go?' "Baka neko! You seen Honda-san?!"
Kyou spun around, startled. "What do you mean? Wasn't she right there? Oi, Tohru!! Where are you?!" Tohru raised her head weakly and tried to answer when someone crashed into her and she went sprawling again.
"Tohru!! Tohru!!" Momiji cried out anxiously.
"Kuso..." Haru's eyes began to gleam dangerously again.
Yuki spotted a familiar brown head of hair with yellow ribbons lying on the floor amidst the crowd. His eyes widened in apprehension and he pointed her out. "Momiji, she's over there! Check if she's okay!"
"I- I can't!" the eager girls surrounded the boy, causing him to back up against the wall. Something snapped in all of the members of Jyuuni; they had enough. "BACK AWAY!!" they roared at the crowd. The startled girls stumbled back. "Yuki- kun...Kyou-kun...Momiji-kun...Haru-kun...is something wrong?"
Kyou's eyebrow twitched but before he could curse them out, Yuki spoke up tiredly, "Please, minna...can you just give us a little room to breathe? You're hurting us and our friends..." The enthusiasts murmured anxiously among themselves, some even bursting in tears at Yuki's words. "Oh, Yuki- kun...we never meant any harm...please forgive us-"
The boy held up his hand to silence them and gave them a small smile, "I understand." They swooned. He walked over to Tohru who was staring up at everyone timidly. "Honda-san, are you okay?" His eyes fell on her black and blue wrist guiltily and he knelt down, touching it softly. He flinched when she winced in pain.
"TOHRU!!! DOES IT HURT BAD?! Ouchy, it looks like it hurts...I'm so sorry!!" Momiji wailed, his eyes glistening with tears.
Kyou bit his lip and ran his hand though his ginger hair. "Oi, maybe we should call Hatori. Wouldn't want the injury to worsen, you know." Haru nodded solemnly.
But before the girl could respond, a rough voice called out in alarm. "Tohru!! Oh god...what happened?" Uotani Arisa and Hanajima Saki pushed through the crowd. They fell to their knees before the girl and took a look at Tohru's wrist before glaring at everyone, including Jyuuni.
Hana-chan eyes sparked, "I suggest all the females that are currently occupying this premises leave immediately...before I am forced to do...something." The girls jumped and ran off, evacuating the hallway. The startled Tohru began to get up. "Not you, Tohru," Hanajima pushed the girl back down gently.
"Ah, thank you for your -" the prince began but he was cut off by Uo-chan.
She glowered at the boys. "Listen, pals, if you wanna get glomped by these girls afflicted by their raging hormones, then be my guest...but if you're gonna drag Tohru into this and cause her pain of any kind, then you should know that I'm gonna kill you," She folded her arms.
"That was blunt," Hanajima said quietly.
"Thank you," Uotani tossed her hair over her shoulder.
Kyou gnash his teeth, "Listen, Yankee, you must be crazy if you think I'm enjoying this. Hell, I feel just as bad about Tohru getting hurt and if I could have helped it, I would have protected her no matter what..." He trailed off and his scarlet eyes flashed involuntarily to the blushing girl. He turned red and stuffed his hands into his pockets. "Whatever...I'm heading to class." He stalked off and then stopped. He walked back and mumbled, "Well, maybe I should see her to the nurse first."
"It's ok, carrot top," Uotani snapped and she gently helped Tohru up with Hanajima supporting the other end. "We can help Tohru. We promised her mom we'll take care of her and no way am I letting the people who hurt her in the first place cause any more trouble."
Tohru stammered, "Ah- but Kyou-kun didn't -" But she couldn't finish as she limped off with her two friends pulling her down the hall.
Kyou's eyes flashed and he slammed his fist into the wall. "I don't know why they're making such a big deal out of this...it isn't our fault...at least not entirely..." He quieted and gazed intently at a nonexistent point on the wall. Yuki stared after Tohru guiltily. Momiji plopped himself on the ground and began bawling again. Haru leaned against the wall and stared out the window. A light breeze wafted through the window, ruffling their hair gently.
~ ~ ~ Um...thanks to kuro-tenshi_2nd for, um, honoring me with ur longest review hehe ^_^...
Thanks to Azn ChibiSweetpea for her support (hehe I'll try to keep updating everyday ^_^ ...cuz it's vacation time for me now I have free time...already got the next chapter written too hehe...but I'll post it later... ^o^),
Risa (o yea!! I forgot to include Kyou's anger at the lead singer part oopsie...glad u're reading closely!!),
Nat (happy u like my humor and always glad to hear encouragement!),
and SeraphAngel (no prob...I like to give ppl with good, coherent writing good reviews ^_^ U keep reading my story too ^_~) Continue with ur reviews ppl!!
~Maeven~ ~ ~ ~
Kyou opened his eyes and squinted at the bright sunlight filtering through his window shades. 'Mmmmmm,' he stretched lazily in his bed. 'Finally, everyone went back home. It's quiet again...' A smile curved on his face as he listened to Tohru bustling around in the kitchen and the promising smell of breakfast wafting up. 'It's so nice to wake up to someone who's so cheerful and happy.' Tohru's smile flashed across his mind and his cheeks turned rosy. Suddenly, he frowned. 'Am I forgetting something? Today ... I'm supposed to do something ... but what? Hmmmm ... OH SHIT!' He threw back the covers and ran to get changed. 'Today's the first day of school damn it!!' He pulled on his uniform and scurried to the bathroom, buttoning his jacket at the same time. Just before he went in, he was roughly kicked out of the way and he leaped up in time to see the nezumi slam the door in his face.
"Oi, kuso nezumi!!" he yelled, banging on the door. "Have you no manners?! I got here first!"
"I didn't feel like I need to show my manners to someone who don't even have any," Yuki mumbled from inside as he brushed his teeth. Kyou gritted his teeth and kicked the door.
"Don't damage the house, Kyou-kun!!" Shigure cried out gleefully from downstairs.
"So deduct it from my payroll in Jyuuni!" Kyou barked back.
"... Did I say anything about paying you guys?" Shigure responded merrily.
"How about I stuff this door into your mouth?!" Kyou screamed.
"... ah haha, I was just kidding, Kyou-kun. Of course you're getting paid! How does ten percent sound?"
"It sounds like your share!" Kyou folded his arms.
"Ah hahaha, Kyou-kun so hilarious in the morning...why don't we just let Tori-san figure out this budget, shall we? Math just isn't my specialty!" Shigure exclaimed.
"You don't really have any specialty," Kyou grumbled.
"Ne, Kyou-kun, if you don't get a move on, you're going to be late!!" Shigure yelled.
The cat's eyes bulged as he looked at the time and he spun on his heels to pound on the bathroom door. As he lifted his fist, the door suddenly slammed open and smacked him on the face. Yuki stepped out and went downstairs. "Baka neko, don't block doorways. It's a hazard." Kyou snapped, rubbing his nose tenderly, "Yea, to me, stupid mouse!!"
* * *
Tohru walked to school happily with the two boys at her sides. "It's so great! I'm going to see Uo-chan and Hana-chan again!! I haven't really spent much time with them over the summer with my job and all!"
Yuki smiled lightly at the girl. "This year's also going to be the last year of high school. You're finally fulfilling your mother's wish. You're also planning to go to college too, right?"
Tohru bit her lip, "Well, I hope so...it all depends if I can get a good scholarship. Tuition is really expensive, you know. But even if I don't go to college, I'll still try to find a good job!!"
The boys frowned, troubled by her predicament. 'Tohru's so hard- working...she deserves to go to the best university there is.'
Meanwhile, Tohru was busy worrying over something else. 'That's right, this year will be the last year of high school. I could get a job soon...I shouldn't be bothering the Sohmas anymore. I've been staying with them for so long; I've overstayed my welcome a long time ago. After high school ends, I'm officially an adult...no need to continue being a nuisance...demo, I'm really going to miss having a family to go back home to...'
"Oi, what are you looking so sad for?" Kyou cut into her thoughts.
Tohru blinked and shook her head furiously. "N-nothing! Heh, absolutely nothing at all! I'm fine!!" The other two teenagers looked at her, disturbed by her behavior, but before they could pursue the subject any longer, the school bell rang and they sprinted to class.
* * *
When they got to the building, they saw a huge crowd standing outside. "What is this? A riot?" Kyou muttered. Then they saw the mass of people stampeding their way and two little blobs running in front of them. Their eyes widened as the two whirlwinds suddenly grabbed them and dragged them running along.
After five blocks, they were pulled into an alleyway and they leaned against the wall huffing and puffing. Only then did Tohru recognized the two blobs as Momiji and Haru. "Momiji-kun! Haru-kun! What -" Momiji covered the girl's mouth and placed a finger to his lips. The crowd that was following them rushed past the alleyway and the two boys heaved a sigh of relief.
Haru's eyes flashed and she noticed that he was in his Black Haru mode. "Dammit.......I understand that I'm quite a catch but those girls are really getting on my nerves. We didn't even get close to the school entrance. Just keeping tugging us around in circles. Wouldn't stop yapping and screaming and wouldn't stop yanking on my shirt either; almost made me transform. Someone even went as far as pulling out a strand of my white hair and another of my black...said it was for keepsake. Baka baka baka. I could have given her a black eye right there and then...'cept this little rabbit here chose to be a pacifist and dragged me off running. Not that I mind really cause I saw you, Yuki, and I'll rather spend any day running with you than hanging out in school," he draped an arm around the boy's shoulders and gave him a feral grin. Yuki smiled back and then punched him up into the sky.
Momiji sniffled and wrapped his arms around Tohru, poofing into a rabbit. "Tohru!! Normally, I'm very friendly and all but even I say those girls are excessively clingy!! (Kyou: "Wow...that's scary.) They're so intimidating!! They even stole my cute little hat!!"
Yuki frowned, "How are we supposed to get to school then? These fan clubs are already staked outside after one concert...I'm beginning to regret this."
Kyou yawned, "Then just don't go to school. Who cares?" Then he paused and turned to look at the distressed Tohru. "Well...okay, wait...how about we find another route? Let's find a back door or something."
Yuki nodded grimly, "Guess that's the only solution."
Haru rubbed his head, "What's up?"
Yuki retorted dryly, "You finally came down? Funny, I was hoping I had managed to send you off to the moon."
* * *
The group barged through the back door and doubled over, panting. "Finally..........we....made...it," Tohru gasped. "I never imagined it was this hard to get to school." They had to walk back five blocks, hike through a forest, leap over a stream, climb up a small hill, tumble down another hill, scale two walls, and clamber over a barb wired fence...and somehow, the thought of going through all this just for the joy of sitting in class listening to teachers ramble on and on about math, just didn't seem encouraging nor rewarding...well, maybe for Tohru.
And then they heard it. "L-O-V-E M-E! YUKI!" The usual fan club cheer for the Prince...only it was magnified two times. Yuki plastered on a fake smile and turned around to greet his devoted groupies...only to turn ashen as he took in the sight. 'Kami...is it really possible? Over one summer, the group of girls seemed to have increased by ten times. Oh no...how did the crowd from outside get into the school building?! All the hard work we went through in finding another entrance was for nothing...' His admirers rushed over to him and enveloped him in a circle. "Yuki-kun!! You were so cool! I saw you in the concert and in the newspapers!! I love you soooo much!!"
Kyou smirked and laughed his head off at poor Yuki, imprisoned in the center. Then he turned pale as he heard, "L-O-V-E M-E! JYUUNI!!! KYOU I LOVE YOU!!!" He was charged by his own supporters and like Yuki, he began trying to keep some space between him and the suffocating females; he didn't wish to turn into a little cat on his very first day of school. 'Oh damn...this is the one time I wish Kagura was here so she could throw these girls out the window for me...'
"MOMIJI! MOMIJI! YOU'RE SO SWEET! MOMIJI! MOMIJI! PLEASE LOVE ME!!," another cheer rang out. "Ack!" the little blonde hair boy ran in circles around Tohru trying to maintain distance from his own followers. "Please! Leave me alone!! Tohru!! Help me!!!!"
"HARU, HARU! YOU'RE SO COOL!" The black and white haired boy blanched and he automatically went into self-defense pose. "Flight or fight?" he mumbled. "If I flee, I'll probably get lost in the building...but if I fight, I'll probably turn into Black Haru and seriously injure these girls...oh no, Yuki! What do I do?!"
Yuki was still trying to back away from his devotees. "I don't know but don't let them get near enough to you for you-know-what!!"
"What's you-know-what?"
"You're supposed to know!!"
"So...I'm supposed to know this what?"
"You know...black and white...goes moo...god, forget it..."
Kyou barked at his screaming fans, "Listen! Don't you people have classes to go to?! Scram!! Where are the stupid teachers when you need them?!"
Momiji was still running the marathon around the bewildered Tohru when his chasers suddenly got impatient and knocked the girl away. "Ah!" Tohru fell against Kyou's group only to get pushed to Yuki's and so it went like a pinball machine. The befuddled girl finally got pushed to the ground by the crazed fans and she huddled into a ball to protect herself from the trampling feet. Tears sprang to her eyes as she cradled her sprained wrist gingerly.
Yuki looked around, alarmed. 'Where did Tohru go?' "Baka neko! You seen Honda-san?!"
Kyou spun around, startled. "What do you mean? Wasn't she right there? Oi, Tohru!! Where are you?!" Tohru raised her head weakly and tried to answer when someone crashed into her and she went sprawling again.
"Tohru!! Tohru!!" Momiji cried out anxiously.
"Kuso..." Haru's eyes began to gleam dangerously again.
Yuki spotted a familiar brown head of hair with yellow ribbons lying on the floor amidst the crowd. His eyes widened in apprehension and he pointed her out. "Momiji, she's over there! Check if she's okay!"
"I- I can't!" the eager girls surrounded the boy, causing him to back up against the wall. Something snapped in all of the members of Jyuuni; they had enough. "BACK AWAY!!" they roared at the crowd. The startled girls stumbled back. "Yuki- kun...Kyou-kun...Momiji-kun...Haru-kun...is something wrong?"
Kyou's eyebrow twitched but before he could curse them out, Yuki spoke up tiredly, "Please, minna...can you just give us a little room to breathe? You're hurting us and our friends..." The enthusiasts murmured anxiously among themselves, some even bursting in tears at Yuki's words. "Oh, Yuki- kun...we never meant any harm...please forgive us-"
The boy held up his hand to silence them and gave them a small smile, "I understand." They swooned. He walked over to Tohru who was staring up at everyone timidly. "Honda-san, are you okay?" His eyes fell on her black and blue wrist guiltily and he knelt down, touching it softly. He flinched when she winced in pain.
"TOHRU!!! DOES IT HURT BAD?! Ouchy, it looks like it hurts...I'm so sorry!!" Momiji wailed, his eyes glistening with tears.
Kyou bit his lip and ran his hand though his ginger hair. "Oi, maybe we should call Hatori. Wouldn't want the injury to worsen, you know." Haru nodded solemnly.
But before the girl could respond, a rough voice called out in alarm. "Tohru!! Oh god...what happened?" Uotani Arisa and Hanajima Saki pushed through the crowd. They fell to their knees before the girl and took a look at Tohru's wrist before glaring at everyone, including Jyuuni.
Hana-chan eyes sparked, "I suggest all the females that are currently occupying this premises leave immediately...before I am forced to do...something." The girls jumped and ran off, evacuating the hallway. The startled Tohru began to get up. "Not you, Tohru," Hanajima pushed the girl back down gently.
"Ah, thank you for your -" the prince began but he was cut off by Uo-chan.
She glowered at the boys. "Listen, pals, if you wanna get glomped by these girls afflicted by their raging hormones, then be my guest...but if you're gonna drag Tohru into this and cause her pain of any kind, then you should know that I'm gonna kill you," She folded her arms.
"That was blunt," Hanajima said quietly.
"Thank you," Uotani tossed her hair over her shoulder.
Kyou gnash his teeth, "Listen, Yankee, you must be crazy if you think I'm enjoying this. Hell, I feel just as bad about Tohru getting hurt and if I could have helped it, I would have protected her no matter what..." He trailed off and his scarlet eyes flashed involuntarily to the blushing girl. He turned red and stuffed his hands into his pockets. "Whatever...I'm heading to class." He stalked off and then stopped. He walked back and mumbled, "Well, maybe I should see her to the nurse first."
"It's ok, carrot top," Uotani snapped and she gently helped Tohru up with Hanajima supporting the other end. "We can help Tohru. We promised her mom we'll take care of her and no way am I letting the people who hurt her in the first place cause any more trouble."
Tohru stammered, "Ah- but Kyou-kun didn't -" But she couldn't finish as she limped off with her two friends pulling her down the hall.
Kyou's eyes flashed and he slammed his fist into the wall. "I don't know why they're making such a big deal out of this...it isn't our fault...at least not entirely..." He quieted and gazed intently at a nonexistent point on the wall. Yuki stared after Tohru guiltily. Momiji plopped himself on the ground and began bawling again. Haru leaned against the wall and stared out the window. A light breeze wafted through the window, ruffling their hair gently.
