~ACT ONE~
It was snowing; not that hard, but then not that light either. It was snowing just right, enough for children to play outside.
A three year old Shigure was outside playing in the snow, and was making a snowman. He was wearing a puffy gray coat lined with white fluff and fat mittens with earmuffs that were clamped tightly onto the small boy's ears, tangling with his dark black hair. The wind blew as Shigure rolled the balls of snow, he was trying to make an snow inu-the key word here being TRYING. Somehow an hour later the inu that was he was building changed into a snow chair, currently which he was sitting on. Shigure was thinking of something very important, at least important to a three year old. He was thinking of . . .
"SHI-CHAN!!!!!!! WHERE ARE YOU!!!!!" wailed another three year old. "SHI-CHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!" yelled the same person yet again. Ayame, wearing the same coat as Shigure except in red and had no earmuffs or mittens, suddenly ran into Shi-chan's vision, running around in circles with his back to him screaming, "WHERE ARE YOU SHI-CHAN?!?!?!?"
Shigure just sweat dropped and said calmly, "Aya, I'm right here, behind you."
Ayame stopped running and screaming, and looked over his back. And with a huge smile yelled, "I FOUND YOU SHI-CHAN, I FOUND YOU! YEY!" with time he calmed down and said, "We can play now!!"
Shigure just stared and him and smiled and thought at the same time *heheh Aya is so funny, but now I forgot was I was thinking of!!*
Shigure and Ayame were of the same age and were close friends, of course it helped that they were cousins. They lived at the Souma compound, their home, with their other family as well. The Souma family was special, it was cursed by the Chinese Zodiac. The members of the Souma family would turn into their prescribed animal when hugged by the opposite sex. Shigure was the inu and Ayame was the ebi.
Shigure continued playing in the snow, but now with Ayame. They had fun for a couple of hours until Ayame started getting sick.
"ACHOO!" sneezed Ayame, "ACHOO ACHOO!!"
Shigure just looked at him and said, "Are you ok Aya? Your face is a little red."
Ayame stared back at Shigure and said, "I feel cold and wet and my nose is running, Shi-chan."
POOF! That dreadful sound occurred. Shigure was now standing a couple feet away from a pile of clothes which Ayame was just wearing, and rustling in the clothes was heard. A snake's head with swirly eyes popped out of the pile.
Shigure looked with shock written all over his face, "AYA COME HEAR I'LL KEEP YOU WARM!!" he yelled with his arms flung out ready for him to come. Ayame (in snake form) slowly slithered to Shigure, and jumped into his arms. He curled around one of Shigure's arms and clung there as if his life depended on it, which it sort of did. Shigure, with Ayame, walked slowly back into the compound in order to get some help.
When he got to a room, he looked up and stared. It looked like he subconsciously had walked to Hatori's room. Hatori, his other cousin was another three year old with a calm personality who had a gift (a gift which had yet to be honed and perfected), he was cursed by the ryu. Shigure knocked on the door, and heard foot steps. He was staring at the door, which was opened by Hatori, Hatori in turn stared back.
For a couple of minutes they stared at each other not really knowing what to say. So far Ayame was the only one to befriend them both, Shigure didn't really see Hatori that much. Later, Hatori then saw the snake head that was protruding from Shigure's coat and let them in. He closed the door and ran to find blankets while Shigure took off his coat and set it aside. Hatori and Shigure put Ayame in the middle of a bunch of blankets and sat next to him.
About 40 minutes later, everyone had fell asleep except Ayame who had just POOFED! Then the other boys woke up and stared at him. Ayame looked back and said, "Wow! I feel a WHOLE LOT better!!" while he was getting up.
Both Hatori and Shigure sweat dropped and said at the same time, "Get back under the blankets Aya/Ayame your naked." Ayame looked at himself, then sat back down in the blankets, as Hatori went to get clothes for him to borrow.
Ayame dressed in the bathroom while Hatori and Shigure started talking, and Shigure became friendly with Hatori. He looked at Shigure while he was talking to him and thought, *i guess i have another friend now*.
Ayame came out and said, "I guess we have to go now! It's late! Our parents might be worried!!"
With that note Shigure and Ayame got ready to leave, and just before they left they looked at each other with twinkles in their eyes and yelled, "GOODBYE HA-SAN WE'LL VISIT AGAIN!!!" Then they both walked out the door.
Hatori stared at the door and thought *this is going to be some crazy friendship*
~End of ACT ONE~
