Chapter 4- Aches and Pains
Kyou woke up around noon, and he felt miserable. His room was pitch black, for he had asked Shigure to close the curtains last night. He tried to sit up in his bed, but the extreme pain in his back was to much to bear. He yelled out in pain, and fell back down on his bed. He had his jaw clenched, and his eyes tightly shut, for the pain was just to strong. Hatori had given him painkillers, but they weren't strong enough to stop a headache. Again Kyou tried to get up, his stubborn ways not stopping him. As he finally was able to sit upright, Shigure came bounding in, as idiotic as ever.
"Ah! Kyou, I see you're finally up! It took you long enough, considering it's twelve-thirty." Shigure flashed one of his goofy grins, as he pulled open the curtains. He normally wasn't like this, and Kyou noticed it. 'He's acting like Momiji.' The red head thought to himself. "Kyou! Guess what? We have a guest today! I'm sure you'll be happy to see him too!" Shigure said, as he stood only feet from the bed, not wanting to get to close when he shared the news. "Master!" Kyou inquired, with a tone of happiness obvious as he spoke.
Shigure simply shook his head, then laughed softly to himself, and stepped two more backwards. He wanted a good distance from the cat. "Why, I don't understand why you haven't figured it out! It's Kagura!" Shigure smiled mockingly, as Kyou's face went from lively and almost full of color, to pale as a ghost and disturbed. "You..you bastard! I can't believe you told her I was hurt! God by the time she's done with me I'll be so injured, there'll be no point in living!" Kyou tried to jump out of his bed, and hit Shigure, but only succeeded in falling to the ground with a loud thump. He lay there as the ground continued to tremble. It was as loud as a freight train, and violent as an earthquake. "Oh no! Not Kagura! Mark my words Shigure, mark my words, when I'm done with you." But Kyou could not finish his sentence, for Kagura stormed into the room, and ran to his side.
The sun shone through the window, and seemed to cast a spotlight on the two. Shigure slowly inched out of the room, and down the stairs. What Kyou also did not know, was Ayame had come to visit. However, Shigure had enough sense to keep the idiot to himself.
Outside his window, a breeze was made known, as the branches of a tree swayed to the left and almost out of view.
"Oh Kyou! Why did you let this happen to you!" She began with a placid voice, which slowly sped up into an anger filled sound. "YOU HAD ME WORRIED SICK!" She yelled as she picked him up and hugged him so hard, his back popped all the way down. She swung him around the room, and broke a good amount of things.
Loud thumping could be heard downstairs, in the dining room, where Ayame and Shigure sat. For once, Ayame was acting calm and collected, which wasn't his normal character.
"Kagura is here, isn't she?" He said as he sipped from his cup of tea. He simply smiled to himself, and proceeded to place his cup on the table, before turning to look outside. The sliding doors were open again, and exposed the outdoors. A breeze swept in and lifted his hair up as if someone was there doing it. Shigure nodded to his friend's question.
"Yes, she's here. I sort of invited her. More like told her Kyou was hurt when she called yesterday for her normal check up on him. She was wondering where Rin was, because Rin had not come home that night. I have to admit, she sounded almost like a normal person then." Shigure stood up and looked out the doors as well. He walked casually over to the porch and leaned against a column. Ayame followed and stood next to his long time friend.
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Lunch had finally ended, and Yuki and Tohru were escorted back to class by Uo and Hana. Over the course of about twenty minutes, Hana and Uo had gone from best friends, to bodyguards. Uo herself did not mind and found it quite amusing. Hana on the other hand was more or less tipsy about it. She sensed the strange magnetic signals from him, and did not like how much stronger they got when he was close to Tohru. She helped them out, despite how she felt. Hana would do anything for her best friend.
"Well, that was one of the most interesting lunch hour I've seen for a while. So you and Yuki are 'together' eh?" Questioned Uo, as she sat on Tohru's desk.
Tohru simply nodded to her friend's question, as she looked down at her shoes. She was worried right now about Kyou, for some reason. Her mind had jumped to thoughts about him. She thought how ironic it would be if Kagura were to show up.
"Tohru, I don't like you being with Yuki. It's one thing to live with him, but now that the two of you are together, his electric signals are much stranger than before. I really wonder about him. He could be someone totally different than you know." Hana added this in with Uo's statement, with her creepy, and bland way of stating things. She was placid again, and sat in a chair next to her brown-haired friend.
"You guys, you worry so much about me. I'm fine, honest. There's nothing mysterious that I do not know about him. Please try to relax, ok?" Tohru replied to the two. She smiled in reassurance.
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Haru paced the yards of the Main House. He was nervous, for Rin promised she'd meet him that morning, but she had yet to show. The sun was high, and indicated it was around noon, or one. The golden rays of the sun slipped through the branches of a tree above, and in the distance Akito was hanging out his window as usual. Haru did not notice, nor thought to look if he was there. Little did he know, Akito was watching him, and had a vague idea of what was going on. Well, it wasn't a vague idea at all, but the head of the family simply dismissed it at the moment. He was intrigued by the cow's strange behavior.
He gave up, and decided to head for Shigure's. Haru didn't hesitate a moment, and as soon as he made it around the wall's of the Main House, he took off running as fast as he could. The sun beat down on him, and made him hotter than he already was, due to the black clothing he wore.
'I really hope she's at Shigure's house.' He thought as he ran on.
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Shigure and Ayame had come back in the house finally, but stayed in the dining room all day, talking and having fun as normal. Kagura had finally calmed down, and cleaned up the wreck she made in Kyou's room. Kyou on the other hand, was in even more pain than he began with that day. He lay in his bed, a hand on his head and another on his side. He had aches and pains, no thanks to Haru and Kagura. Kagura had closed his curtains again, and let him try and fall back asleep. She headed back downstairs, and went to join Ayame and Shigure.
"Ah Kagura," Started Shigure in one of his sing-song type voices, "How is Kyou?"
Kagura scowled at him, but her face quickly changed and she was calm as she spoke, "He's fine, he's in a lot of pain from what Haru did to him, but he'll be fine."
Ayame and Shigure smiled at each other. They knew all too well she had a problem with admitting she had caused him even more pain only hours earlier. A breeze flowed in from the porch, and it felt wonderful to the trio. Kagura sighed, as she had taken her bag off, and fingered it's face. Shigure pulled out some paper and began writing. Ayame finished his tea, than sighed contently as he sat his cup upon the table. He stood again and walked onto the porch.
'What on earth?' He thought as he saw a good bit of bushes rustle violently. Then out came Haru, still running.
"Ayame! Is Rin here?" He yelled as he came to a stop once he reached the spot where Ayame was standing.
"Not unless Shigure has her locked up in his closet like he did to me once." He smiled and turned to Shigure who looked up from his papers. They both extended and arm and did a thumbs up.
"Yosh!" They exclaimed in unison.
"Ok Haru, what seems to be the problem?" Shigure said motioning for him to come in and sit at the table.
Haru pulled off his shoes, and sat down. He was breathing heavily, and so he waited a few minutes before answering. The room grew extremely quiet. None of the four spoke, but finally Haru replied.
"I was supposed to meet Rin this morning at the Main House. But she never showed. I saw her head for home last night, after we had talked.." Haru said, shock and slight terror played upon his young face.
Shigure turned to Kagura, who had looked up with all the commotion.
"Kagura, did Rin come home last night?" Kagura shook her head solemnly.
"Where could she be? Did you check.well anywhere else?" Haru shook his head, he knew she'd be no where else, well except for lurking in the shadows of the woods, but he just came through them. Surely he would have saw her if she was anywhere in there.
"Could she possibly be anywhere in the main house?" Asked Ayame.
"No, someone like Momiji or Kisa would have come and told me.
'Where IS she!' Thought Haru, who had now became quite nervous.
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Well hey there! I like chapter 4, don't you? Suspense is killin meh! Anyhow, please R&R as always.
Kyou woke up around noon, and he felt miserable. His room was pitch black, for he had asked Shigure to close the curtains last night. He tried to sit up in his bed, but the extreme pain in his back was to much to bear. He yelled out in pain, and fell back down on his bed. He had his jaw clenched, and his eyes tightly shut, for the pain was just to strong. Hatori had given him painkillers, but they weren't strong enough to stop a headache. Again Kyou tried to get up, his stubborn ways not stopping him. As he finally was able to sit upright, Shigure came bounding in, as idiotic as ever.
"Ah! Kyou, I see you're finally up! It took you long enough, considering it's twelve-thirty." Shigure flashed one of his goofy grins, as he pulled open the curtains. He normally wasn't like this, and Kyou noticed it. 'He's acting like Momiji.' The red head thought to himself. "Kyou! Guess what? We have a guest today! I'm sure you'll be happy to see him too!" Shigure said, as he stood only feet from the bed, not wanting to get to close when he shared the news. "Master!" Kyou inquired, with a tone of happiness obvious as he spoke.
Shigure simply shook his head, then laughed softly to himself, and stepped two more backwards. He wanted a good distance from the cat. "Why, I don't understand why you haven't figured it out! It's Kagura!" Shigure smiled mockingly, as Kyou's face went from lively and almost full of color, to pale as a ghost and disturbed. "You..you bastard! I can't believe you told her I was hurt! God by the time she's done with me I'll be so injured, there'll be no point in living!" Kyou tried to jump out of his bed, and hit Shigure, but only succeeded in falling to the ground with a loud thump. He lay there as the ground continued to tremble. It was as loud as a freight train, and violent as an earthquake. "Oh no! Not Kagura! Mark my words Shigure, mark my words, when I'm done with you." But Kyou could not finish his sentence, for Kagura stormed into the room, and ran to his side.
The sun shone through the window, and seemed to cast a spotlight on the two. Shigure slowly inched out of the room, and down the stairs. What Kyou also did not know, was Ayame had come to visit. However, Shigure had enough sense to keep the idiot to himself.
Outside his window, a breeze was made known, as the branches of a tree swayed to the left and almost out of view.
"Oh Kyou! Why did you let this happen to you!" She began with a placid voice, which slowly sped up into an anger filled sound. "YOU HAD ME WORRIED SICK!" She yelled as she picked him up and hugged him so hard, his back popped all the way down. She swung him around the room, and broke a good amount of things.
Loud thumping could be heard downstairs, in the dining room, where Ayame and Shigure sat. For once, Ayame was acting calm and collected, which wasn't his normal character.
"Kagura is here, isn't she?" He said as he sipped from his cup of tea. He simply smiled to himself, and proceeded to place his cup on the table, before turning to look outside. The sliding doors were open again, and exposed the outdoors. A breeze swept in and lifted his hair up as if someone was there doing it. Shigure nodded to his friend's question.
"Yes, she's here. I sort of invited her. More like told her Kyou was hurt when she called yesterday for her normal check up on him. She was wondering where Rin was, because Rin had not come home that night. I have to admit, she sounded almost like a normal person then." Shigure stood up and looked out the doors as well. He walked casually over to the porch and leaned against a column. Ayame followed and stood next to his long time friend.
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Lunch had finally ended, and Yuki and Tohru were escorted back to class by Uo and Hana. Over the course of about twenty minutes, Hana and Uo had gone from best friends, to bodyguards. Uo herself did not mind and found it quite amusing. Hana on the other hand was more or less tipsy about it. She sensed the strange magnetic signals from him, and did not like how much stronger they got when he was close to Tohru. She helped them out, despite how she felt. Hana would do anything for her best friend.
"Well, that was one of the most interesting lunch hour I've seen for a while. So you and Yuki are 'together' eh?" Questioned Uo, as she sat on Tohru's desk.
Tohru simply nodded to her friend's question, as she looked down at her shoes. She was worried right now about Kyou, for some reason. Her mind had jumped to thoughts about him. She thought how ironic it would be if Kagura were to show up.
"Tohru, I don't like you being with Yuki. It's one thing to live with him, but now that the two of you are together, his electric signals are much stranger than before. I really wonder about him. He could be someone totally different than you know." Hana added this in with Uo's statement, with her creepy, and bland way of stating things. She was placid again, and sat in a chair next to her brown-haired friend.
"You guys, you worry so much about me. I'm fine, honest. There's nothing mysterious that I do not know about him. Please try to relax, ok?" Tohru replied to the two. She smiled in reassurance.
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Haru paced the yards of the Main House. He was nervous, for Rin promised she'd meet him that morning, but she had yet to show. The sun was high, and indicated it was around noon, or one. The golden rays of the sun slipped through the branches of a tree above, and in the distance Akito was hanging out his window as usual. Haru did not notice, nor thought to look if he was there. Little did he know, Akito was watching him, and had a vague idea of what was going on. Well, it wasn't a vague idea at all, but the head of the family simply dismissed it at the moment. He was intrigued by the cow's strange behavior.
He gave up, and decided to head for Shigure's. Haru didn't hesitate a moment, and as soon as he made it around the wall's of the Main House, he took off running as fast as he could. The sun beat down on him, and made him hotter than he already was, due to the black clothing he wore.
'I really hope she's at Shigure's house.' He thought as he ran on.
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Shigure and Ayame had come back in the house finally, but stayed in the dining room all day, talking and having fun as normal. Kagura had finally calmed down, and cleaned up the wreck she made in Kyou's room. Kyou on the other hand, was in even more pain than he began with that day. He lay in his bed, a hand on his head and another on his side. He had aches and pains, no thanks to Haru and Kagura. Kagura had closed his curtains again, and let him try and fall back asleep. She headed back downstairs, and went to join Ayame and Shigure.
"Ah Kagura," Started Shigure in one of his sing-song type voices, "How is Kyou?"
Kagura scowled at him, but her face quickly changed and she was calm as she spoke, "He's fine, he's in a lot of pain from what Haru did to him, but he'll be fine."
Ayame and Shigure smiled at each other. They knew all too well she had a problem with admitting she had caused him even more pain only hours earlier. A breeze flowed in from the porch, and it felt wonderful to the trio. Kagura sighed, as she had taken her bag off, and fingered it's face. Shigure pulled out some paper and began writing. Ayame finished his tea, than sighed contently as he sat his cup upon the table. He stood again and walked onto the porch.
'What on earth?' He thought as he saw a good bit of bushes rustle violently. Then out came Haru, still running.
"Ayame! Is Rin here?" He yelled as he came to a stop once he reached the spot where Ayame was standing.
"Not unless Shigure has her locked up in his closet like he did to me once." He smiled and turned to Shigure who looked up from his papers. They both extended and arm and did a thumbs up.
"Yosh!" They exclaimed in unison.
"Ok Haru, what seems to be the problem?" Shigure said motioning for him to come in and sit at the table.
Haru pulled off his shoes, and sat down. He was breathing heavily, and so he waited a few minutes before answering. The room grew extremely quiet. None of the four spoke, but finally Haru replied.
"I was supposed to meet Rin this morning at the Main House. But she never showed. I saw her head for home last night, after we had talked.." Haru said, shock and slight terror played upon his young face.
Shigure turned to Kagura, who had looked up with all the commotion.
"Kagura, did Rin come home last night?" Kagura shook her head solemnly.
"Where could she be? Did you check.well anywhere else?" Haru shook his head, he knew she'd be no where else, well except for lurking in the shadows of the woods, but he just came through them. Surely he would have saw her if she was anywhere in there.
"Could she possibly be anywhere in the main house?" Asked Ayame.
"No, someone like Momiji or Kisa would have come and told me.
'Where IS she!' Thought Haru, who had now became quite nervous.
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Well hey there! I like chapter 4, don't you? Suspense is killin meh! Anyhow, please R&R as always.
