I'm really, really sorry if I'm writing so slow. I've been doing a lot of projects lately and… oh yes, I'm still in highschool, you see. But I kept on trying to fix my schedule just to give me some time to write.
Well, here it goes.
"Hello?" Hatori picked up the phone to answer. "Momiji?"
"Yes, can we meet?" a voice answered.
"Now?"
"As soon as possible… in my house…"
"Ok."
"Um… Tohru-kun…" Ayame smiled. "Are you ok?"
"Is this real?" she asked as she poked the dog again. "I mean… I'm not dreaming, right?"
Shigure laughed at her reaction. "No of course not."
She jumped back in surprise. Okaa-san, this happened to Yuki-kun also. So this means the Jyunishi curse is real… and it applies to…
"You too, Ayame-san?" she looked at him.
"Eh… gomen." He laughed. "I'm sorry. I didn't tell you that because---"
"I might get scared that…you transform whenever you get too close to a girl."
Gure blinked when he heard that. "Peasant always knows things ahead than we do."
"Ah!" Ayame glared at his cousin. "Don't call her a peasant. She's my model and she's a precious being. She didn't deserve to be called a peasant!"
"You sounded like you adopted her or something."
Tohru nodded slightly. That was so true. Ayame has been so protective.
"Yes, because I like her the way she is." He replied. He looked at the confused girl beside her. "Are you ok? Has my cousin hurt you in anyway?"
"Hurt?!" Shigure growled.
"He didn't hurt me, Ayame-san…well," she blushed lightly. "He did something unpredictable…" she lightly touched her lips.
Ayame gasped loudly. "HOW… DARE YOU!!!"
"Alright then, let's finish this." Shigure said, ignoring Ayame's reaction.
"SHUT UP… you… you CHEATER!" he hissed. "YOU PROMISED THAT YOU WON'T KISS ANYONE UNLESS WE AGREE UPON IT. Now, you're planning to kiss my little angel without permission?!"
Okaa-san, Ayame-san is angry again…"I'm just taking my chances, Aya-san." The inu grinned. "Please forgive me, my dear cousin. It won't happen again."
"Why are you here anyway?" Ayame asked quickly, still angered,
"I'm here to tell you that Yuki is alive." Shigure said it before there was a poof, and he appeared as a human again.
"Yuki?! My little brother?!" Ayame shouted. "ALIVE!!! Where is he? Can I see him? Is he alright? Has he eaten lately? How is he doing? Can he talk? Of course, he talks!---"
"Aya-san, calm down." He patted his cousin. "He's with Momiji… I think…"
"Then let's go!" Ayame clapped his hand happily, "Finally, I had the chance to meet my brother once again!" He glanced around to look at Tohru. "Let's go, my little angel! We'll be meeting my brother!"
He found Tohru facing the wall, shaking. "Tohru?" he called out again. "Are you alright, dear?"
"Um… could you tell… Shigure-san… to…" she said slowly. "to get dressed?"
Shigure looked down to himself and laughed. "What the heck! I didn't know that was in a human form already---"
"GET DRESSED!" Ayame ordered. "Tohru-kun, don't turn around unless I said so, ok?"
"Ok…" Okaa-san… I might meet Yuki again…
This Yuki… the same Yuki… at last, I'll be meeting him.
"Kyou!" Haru called out once he found Kyou alone in the middle of the road. "I was wondering if you could take me and Kisa back to the Sohma mansion."
Kyou approached his cousin and growled. "Sorry, I don't have the guts to go back to that place again."
"Why?" Kisa asked. "We're coming home and… you're not there?"
"Kisa," Kyou kneeled in front of her. "I need to go… because Akito is coming back."
"Really?"
"Yes, I heard Hatori talking to him on the phone. It seems like very serious business and I think only him, Hatori and Yuki was the only one who knows about something." Kyou wondered. "It doesn't make sense, does it?"
After a few minutes, a carriage came and passed by them. Haru stared at it until it reached the end of the road.
"That's Hatori's ride… right?" Haru asked.
"Yes, and it's going back to that village." Kyou continued.
"No… I think… it's going to Momiji's house." Kisa wondered.
"What's going on?" the neko asked.
"I don't know." Haru grinned. "Let's go follow it!"
"Right…"
"Where are you going?" Hiro asked his cousin.
"I'm going to follow Hatori." Kagura grabbed her bag and shoes. "That phone call is so mysterious… and Hatori is talking very seriously about it…"
"When did you last see Hatori talk about nonsense?" Hiro mumbled. "It might be some dumb business proposal again. Leave him alone---"
"NO!" she declared. "I wanted to see what he is up to!"
"Ok…" Hiro whispered. "Suit yourself."
"And you're coming with me."
"I said SUIT YOURSELF! That means I'M NOT INVOLVED." Hiro growled.
"Cmon…" she grabbed his arm and headed towards the door. "I need somebody to talk to on the way. Momiji's house is far…"
"Momiji? Why are we going to Momiji's house?"
"Because he's going there, dummy! Now let's go!" she yelled.
"Ayame-san…" Tohru whispered. "DO I have to go?"
"Of course you do!" Ayame helped Tohru with her clothes. "You will get to meet my brother and he's a very handsome young lad, like me. Who knows? You might fall head over knees in love with him!"
"Ayame-san, should it be head over heels?"
"Yes, I know, dear, but Yuki is not as romantic as you think." He whispered on her ear. "He's quite a politic person. He agrees much more to himself than anyone else… just like Akito."
"Akito… THE Akito?" she asked.
"Yes, you're right. You see, Yuki is directly raised by Akito Sohma himself and well, as his brother, I'm very against it but it was too late." He continued. "I overheard that Yuki bought the village and became one of the most powerful people in the land and it was all… planned by Akito. He knew that Yuki would lead him to success that's why he never let him go, like a puppet following his master."
"But that was until Yuki left the mansion and ran away. We don't know why. Maybe it was something that Akito or Hatori said to him. But it has been three days and…" he sighed. "I'm sorry, I'm a bit carried away. DO you even understand what I'm saying?"
"Yes… I think…" she whispered.
"Ok." He looked at her fully. "Finally, you're done dressing up. Let's go!"
"Ok…" she replied. Okaa-san… everything went by so fast…
"Where are you going?" Momiji asked.
"Just outside." Yuki replied.
"No, stay here." The little one yelled. "I don't want you to wander around again."
"Why?"
"Because I'm already here." Hatori opened the door of Momiji's house and went inside.
"Hello, Hatori." Momiji cheered. "May I ask what's going on?"
"What?" the doctor asked. "What do you mean?"
"Akito's coming home…" Yuki glared at him. "He was supposed to be out for 5 months but it has only been 2 months."
"How did you know about that?" Hatori asked.
"I asked Kyou to spy on you." Momiji replied. "And he's very good."
"what is this about, Hatori?" the nezumi asked again. This time, his voice had changed and Hatori's fully aware of that.
"Don't you care raise your voice when you're talking to me, Yuki."
"I have the right to say my opinion, Hatori."
"What are they talking about?" Haru asked. The three of them stopped by a nearby window in Momiji's house to spy on them.
"Quiet, I can't hear them!"Kyou hissed.
"I can't see…" Kisa whispered.
"Don't worry, Kisa. You'll get to see---"
"They're talking about something about… the order?" Kyou asked. "I'm not so sure…"
"Let's go in."
"What are you doing here?" a voice came. They turned around and saw Kagura and Hiro behind them.
"You should be back at the mansion, remember?!" Kyou hissed.
"Hatori gave me a break." Kagura replied silently.
"What?"
"A break."
"I heard you! I just… didn't know why he gave that to you…" Kyou wondered."
"Why are we all here?" Hiro asked.
"We're spying on Hatori." Kisa said.
"Same here. SO we should get inside the house for better observation."
"Ok, let's try the back door." Kagura hissed.
"Ok!" All of them agreed.
"Here we are!" Ayame cheered as he got off the carriage, followed by Tohru and Shigure. "Momiji's house."
Okaa-san, This Momiji lives in a very big house. Oh yes, no wonder. HE'S A SOHMA!"Look!" Shigure pointed at the carriages next to them. "That is Hatori's ride… and that is Hiro's coachman."
"Why are they all here?" Ayame wondered.
To meet Yuki, of course…"Are you ready, Tohru-chan?" Ayame smiled. "Let's go then!"
Ayame held her hand as they walked towards the front door. Shigure followed behind them.
"Ok… here goes nothing…" Ayame clasped at the doorknob.
Okaa-san, behind these doors is Yuki… Yuki Sohma!
Ayame opened the door fully and found Hatori scolding at someone.
"What are doing here?!" Hatori yelled at a group of people at the corner. "Are you spying on me?
Tohru glanced at them and, to her surprise, she found them very familiar. "Kisa-chan! Hiro-san, Haru-san!" she called out.
"Onee-chan!" Kisa called out.
"Tohru!" Haru called out also.
The name Tohru made Yuki and Hatori glance at the doorway.
"Honda-san…" Yuki whispered. She's with my brother and… why is she with those two perverts???
"Tohru…" Hatori repeated. I finally met her again… but why is she here? Why is she with them?
Okaa-san, I'm here now standing with all the Sohma's in front of me. No, they're ten. Almost complete. Yuki-kun, Ayame-san, Shigure-san, Hatori-san, Hiro-san, Kisa-san and Haru-san… and there are 3 others that I don't know.
Why are they all here???
"Wait…" Momiji wondered. "Why are you all in my house?!"
