Disclaimer: dun own it… nope but my lil fluffy orange tabby kitty is named Kyou! ^-^ He's so adorable; he even has those dark red eyes! *gushes*
Camping Accident
Chap. 4
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When they got back home, Tohru made a small lunch for everyone, then they all said their goodbyes and left.
"Finally!" Kyou sighed
"Aya!" Shigure cried dramatically.
"What now?" Asked Tohru, "Break isn't over for three more days!"
"I should go check on my secret base." Said Yuki as he rose from the table.
"May I accompany you, Yuki?" Ventured Tohru politely
"Hm?" Yuki murmured, turning around, "Oh, sure Miss Honda!" Kyou growled suddenly and left.
"Baka Neko's jealous!" Grinned Shigure.
Suddenly, they all heard someone come through the front door rather frantically. With his great canine nose, Shigure knew instantly who it was.
"Gotta Go!" He chuckled with a wave, before disappearing through a door for other parts of the house.
"Sensei!!" Screamed Mit-Chan(A/N: What is this woman's real name? I never caught it!) desperately as she entered the room that Tohru and Yuki were just leaving. Yuki merely pointed to the hall, he never liked the games Shigure played with his editor. She left and he turned to Tohru with a smile, "Let's go."
At Yuki's base, they began to weed the garden.
"Yuki?" Tohru began tentatively; Yuki made a noise to signify that he was listening, so she continued, "Why can I hug the junnishi males now?"
Yuki stopped weeding for a moment and looked to the sky in thought, "I'm not sure, but it definitely has something to do with that machine!"
"Am I really part of the junnishi now?" She wondered aloud.
"Maybe, but I have no idea who you'd be! As far as I know all the animal spirits are already occupying a body!" Yuki mused.
"Should we go to Akito about it?" She questioned.
"No!" Yuki yelped involuntarily.
"Yuki-"
"I think we should try Hatori first." Yuki suggested.
After they were done with the garden, Yuki and Tohru washed up and headed for the main house.
"Too-ru!" Momiji cheered and lunged for her at the gate; however, this time Yuki was ready for him. Momiji whined when Yuki held him away from Tohru, "I wanna hug Too-ru!"
"No."
"Please?"
"NO!"
"Too-ru!"
"Momiji, it seems that Yuki does not like you hugging me so much, though, I don't mind!" Tohru intervened, to try and quell the argument.
Yuki left Momiji sitting by a tree, pouting, while he walked protectively next to Tohru to Hatori's office where they awaited his arrival.
"Do you really think Hatori will have the answers?" Tohru questioned.
"If he doesn't then we'll have to consult Akito.." Yuki answered.
Hatori entered his office then and was surprised to find Yuki and Tohru seated inside.
"Back from camping so soon?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Ritsu…" Was all Yuki had to say to pass understanding unto the dragon.
"So, why are you here?" He questioned.
"Something..odd, happened on the trip," Yuki began, gaining Hatori's full attention, "and now Miss Honda is able to hug us without triggering the transformation."
The door was violently thrown open to reveal Akito, "Again, you never tell me anything first! You'll pay dearly…once I figure out what to do with you—Watch yourselves! Mwahahahahaha!" With that he stormed out of the room. Yuki and Tohru looked to Hatori for answers to silent questions.
"New medicine.." He mumbled. Understanding nods came from the young mouse and rice ball.
"Now, explain!" He demanded, "What do you mean, Tohru can hug us now?!"
"Miss Honda, hug Hatori please." Yuki instructed the girl.
"Umm… alright!" She said awkwardly and timidly hugged the dragon. Hatori's eyes went wide with surprise, this was the first time he felt contact with a female body without changing.
"That's enough Hatori…" Yuki growled
threateningly.
Tohru blushed when Hatori finally let go of her and returned to Yuki's side.
"Tell me, is there another junnishi animal we don't know about?" Yuki asked.
Hatori thought for a moment before responding, "I do remember a tale I heard about an honorary fox member, but as far as I know, that's all fiction; there's only one way to find out…"
"She has to hug someone who isn't one of us." Yuki finished rather bitterly. (quite the possessive type, isn't he, hehe I bet Amber-Chan's jealous! Erm.. yea, back to the fic!)
"Eh?" Tohru exclaimed, blushing. They bid Hatori farewell and left for home.
That night, as Tohru dreamt, she began to witness and awkward splay of events from different perspectives.
Coming out of the grocery store, Tohru hummed to herself happily. Checking her groceries one last time, she affirmed that she'd gotten everything she needed. As she rounded a corner, some guy, not watching where he was going as he teased his girlfriend, bumped into her. A puff of brown-colored smoke erupted, and when it cleared a small, brownish-red fox lay in the mess of groceries and clothes.
"Aww, how cute!" The guy's girlfriend gushed as she looked down at Tohru.
"What's it doin' in this mess though?" Asked the guy.
Tohru was very confused; why did everything seem so big, and where was this fox they were talking about? She turned her head this way and that, trying to find it.
When she couldn't find it, she asked, "Excuse me, I'd like to see the fox too, where is it?"
Both the guy and the girl blinked dumfounded.
"That fox just talked!" The girl squeaked.
The guy gasped and ran for his life, "DEMON FOX!" He screamed. The girl followed suit and also ran screaming about the demon fox that was going to possess them all.
Tohru blinked, "What are they talking about?"
Suddenly, in another puff of smoke, she was human again. She looked at the mess on the ground, groceries and clothes?
"Oh well…" She gathered both up and went on her way happily.
A little further down the street, a lot of people were surprised; some teenage boys got nosebleeds while the older adults were outraged.
"Get some clothes on!" Some random man shouted.
"Indecence!" A woman added.
"Why is everyone being so mean today?" Tohru whined.
A gentle wind blew past..
"Brr," she shuddered as her skin pricked up, she looked down and…
"AHHH!!" She shrieked, waking up immediately and just about head-butting Yuki in the face.
"Whoa! It's alright Miss Honda, calm down." He soothed. She looked around the room and noticed that just about all the Soumas were present there.
"What…what's going on, what are you all doing here?" She wondered, confused.
"You didn't make breakfast this morning Tohru!" Shigure whimpered.
"And we came up to check on you, but you had a bad fever." Kyou added.
"So we called Hatori to come check you right away," Yuki finished softly, "And he brought a couple of worried family members with him."
Hatori chased everyone out of the room after the explanation and told them that she'd be alright after some medicine and that she should rest up for a few days.
"But what about the cooking and the household chores?" She had worriedly asked.
"I'll take care of the shopping!" Kagura exclaimed.
"I could do the dishes for you Tooru!" Momiji offered.
"Hiro and I can do the dusting Oneesan!" Kisa volunteered.
"Stupid girl, why'd you have to get sick?" Hiro grumbled.
"Be nice to Tohru, Hiro!" Kisa scolded.
"I guess I'll have to take over cooking the meals since the Kuso Nezumi can't create edible food and the boar will only burn the house down.." Kyou sighed as if he were the only competent one present.
"My house~" Shigure whined with tears running down his face, "it's so abused!"
"I'll do the laundry Miss Honda." Yuki stated contentedly, "You just get some rest."
"Arigato!" Tohru sobbed happily.
The next few days went by uneventfully. Luckily, Tohru got better just in time for school to start again (yey.. -.-;) As always, Tohru walked with Yuki and Kyou to school and they parted ways when they got inside the main gates. After she switched her shoes out, Tohru met up with Arisa and Hana.
"Hana! Uo!" She cried joyously.
"Hey Tohru!" Arisa greeted.
"Welcome back Tohru, how was your break?" Hana smiled softly.
"It was wonderful!" Tohru exclaimed.
"Your wave feels different, its more like the waves I feel from those Souma guys now…" Hana trailed off thoughtfully.
"Ah! Did anything happen over break that we should know about, Tohru?" Arisa pried coyly.
"I wonder who received her affections? The Prince? Or maybe his cousin.." Hana drawled on.
"Orange-Top?!" Arisa laughed.
"No, I- I just went camping!" Tohru panicked.
"Our little Tohru's all grown up now!" Arisa cheered, patting Tohru on the back a little too hard and knocking her into one of her male classmates.
"Ah!~" She screamed.
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Wee Chapter 4 concludes! ^-^ another bitty cliffhanger there, but not too much! It's really amazing me how short these chapters are! They're all 4-5 notebook pages long!(not front and back btw!) I must either write really big, or the dialog takes up too much room…. Oh well, as long as you're all enjoying it.
Goddess_Diana_Hectate- hehe call me stupid, but I'm not sure what Kyuri is exactly.. is that a Yuki/Kyou pairing? If so than no, it's not gonna be like that. It's a Yukiru! Glad you enjoyed the cookie btw!
Inuyashachic515- hmm was that Kenshin I heard speaking??? :p I'm happy you like my fic, I love Kenshin too!
Grrl N- Thank you, I definitely will continue, I think my head's trying to formulate an ending for this thing too! *everyone cheers* keep your fingers crossed! ^-^