Chapter Nine: Festival Day Three
That evening Hatsuharu sat down at his mom's piano. His father and her were in the kitchen drinking coffee and talking about their days. He smiled slightly as he heard his mom laugh. He pulled a piece of music from out of the box and placed it before his eyes. It was a new piece that he wanted to try so he took a deep breath and began to play. The music flowed beautifully under his fingertips and his mother and father stopped talking to listen for a minute. Then he began to sing.
Yea I know it hurts/
Yea I know you're scared/ Walking down a road to leads to who knows where/ Don't you hang your head/ Don't you give up yet/ When courage starts to disappear/ I will be right here/
When your world breaks down/ And the voices tell you turn around/ When your dreams give out, I will carry you/ Carry you/ When the stars go blind/ And the darkness starts to flood your eyes/ When you're falling behind/ I will carry you/
Everybody cries/
Everybody bleeds/ No one ever said that life's an easy thing/ That's the beauty of it/ When you lose your way/ Close your eyes and go to sleep/ Wake up to another day/
When your world breaks down/ And the voices tell you turn around/ When your dreams give out, I will carry you/ Carry you/ When the stars go blind/ And the darkness starts to flood your eyes/ When you're falling behind/ I will carry you/
You should now that you're not alone/
Take my heart and we will find/ You will find your way home/
When your dreams give out, I will carry you/ Carry you/ When the stars go blind/ And the darkness starts to flood your eyes/ When you're falling behind/ I will carry you/
Carry you/
I will carry you/ Carry you/ I will carry / Carry you/
I will carry you/
He finished on that last note and sighed with satisfaction. He heard his parents still talking and stood up from the piano. He turned off the living room lamp and went to his room.
Outside, Rin was staring at the window of the living room. She felt the tears sting her eyes as she brushed the hair from her face. She walked slowly away from the house and towards Kagura's.
On the final day of the Festival, once again Tohru and the two boys met up with Hatsuharu, Momiji, Kisa, and Hiro. Haru was carrying a small stack of papers with him.
"So we're on our final day" Momiji replied excitedly, "What do you guys want to do?"
"Well I have to go drop this stuff off near the piano" Hatsuharu said, "Sometime this afternoon Tohru, you and I, we need to practice."
"Okay" she agreed, "Well how about we finish off what we haven't seen, and then we can go."
"Can Hiro and I come watch Sissy?" Kisa asked.
"Oh you want to watch?" Tohru replied surprised.
"Yes" Kisa nodded, "Momiji was telling me and Hiro today that you are really good."
"How can he be an expert?" Kyo asked, "He's never even heard her."
"No. But I have heard from a lot of people at school that she's good" Momiji replied.
"Miss Honda" Yuki said, "Maybe you and Haru should go practice right now. Don't worry about me and Kyo."
"Yea Tohru" Momiji added, "I can take Yuki and Kyo on the rest of the stuff."
"Are you sure?" Tohru replied.
"Yes Miss Honda."
"Yea" Kyo nodded, "You need all the practice you can get for the competition today."
"What do you think Hatsuharu?" Tohru turned to him.
"I'm okay with either thing" Haru shrugged, "If we go now, we can get it out of the way though."
"So can we come?" Kisa asked again, "Can we Hiro?" she turned to her cousin.
"I don't see why not" Hiro replied with a shrug of his own.
"Don't worry about a thing" Momiji waved as the four of them headed towards the stage, "I have the perfect way to entertain Yuki and Kyo," he added with a laugh.
Kyo and Yuki looked at each other with a hesitant look on their faces.
When Tohru and the others arrived at the stage, they saw several people practicing for the duet competition. Fortunately for them no one was using the piano. Hatsuharu pulled two sheets of music out.
"I had two choices for today. First I think we should try this one" he replied as he sat down and showed her the song.
She nodded and he began to play. Hiro and Kisa sat on two wooden boxes and watched. Hiro had his arms crossed and frowned as Kisa excitedly watched the duet. When they were finished, she clapped her hands together.
"That was wonderful Sissy" she said, "Wasn't it Hiro?"
"It's okay I guess" he responded.
"Hiro."
"No he's right" Haru put a finger to his chin, "Let's try the other one."
"Okay" Tohru agreed.
"Come on guys" Momiji replied as he dragged them through the crowd.
"Momiji where are you taking us?" Kyo asked exasperated.
"You'll see" Momiji said happily, "It's a surprise."
"Um what kind of surprise?" Yuki asked.
"You'll see" Momiji repeated entering a building.
Yuki and Kyo gave each another look and followed him in.
It was very dark inside. There wasn't one bit of light.
"Can you see anything?" Yuki asked.
"Why are you asking me?" Kyo replied.
"Well you're a cat aren't you?"
"What's that got to do with it!" Kyo shouted.
"C'mon you guys!" they heard Momiji shouted.
They followed his voice and tried grabbing in the darkness.
"Where's the light in this dumb place?" Kyo shouted.
"That's not the switch. That's my hand" Yuki replied.
"Ah!" Kyo cried out, "That's disgusting."
Suddenly Yuki and Kyo fell forward. They were just behind Momiji as they slid down this enormous slide. When they arrived at the bottom Yuki and Kyo saw Momiji standing right in front of them. They were lying on the floor, Yuki on top of Kyo again.
"Get off my back" Kyo mumbled in the floor.
"It's not like I want to be on your back" Yuki shot back as he stood up, "Momiji what is this place?"
"Yea where have you taken us?" Kyo asked as he stood up.
"You mean you guys don't know yet?" Momiji giggled.
"How would we know?" Kyo replied.
"It's a fun house silly."
"A what?"
"Fun house" Momiji laughed and pointed, "See the mirrors."
Kyo and Yuki looked toward the funny mirrors that stood in front of them.
"I hate places like this" Kyo grumbled as he walked over to a mirror.
"What's the point of it?" Yuki asked as he walked over to another mirror that made him look really small.
"It's fun" Momiji replied, "See! Look at yourself in the mirror."
Yuki stared at the mirror in front of him, which he hadn't noticed moments before. He gasped when he saw his reflection.
"What is?" he started to say.
"You certainly are short rat boy" Kyo smiled.
"It's a trick mirror Yuki" Momiji explained, "See this one makes me look really tall."
"Trick mirror?"
"Boy you really need to get out more" Kyo replied.
"Well at least I'm not a fat cat," Yuki pointed at the mirror that was in front of Kyo.
Kyo backed away from the mirror while Momiji laughed at the comment.
"C'mon you guys there's much more to do in this place" he took off running.
"Momiji wait!" Yuki called running after him.
Kyo frowned then sighed as he followed them.
Meanwhile Haru played and he and Tohru sang another beautiful song. During the song, Kisa took Hiro's hand, which surprised him. He actually found himself enjoying the song. When it was over Kisa stood up and clapped even louder.
"That's the one Sissy, Haru" she pronounced, "That's the one for sure."
"I couldn't agree more" Haru replied with a smile.
Tohru smiled back and walked over to Kisa and Hiro. The four of them left the stage and bumped into Shigure.
"Shigure" Tohru said, "I didn't think we'd see you so soon."
"Yes well, I had to get here early today."
"What are you doing here?" Hatsuharu asked.
"Oh that's my little secret. By the way where are Yuki and Kyo?"
"Well we were on our way to find them" Tohru replied.
"You damn rabbit!"
"Looks like we don't have to find them" Haru said as they turned in the direction of the voice.
Kyo was chasing Momiji with Yuki not far behind.
"I'm going to kill you for making us go in that human death trap!"
"C'mon Kyo" Momiji cried out as he ran towards the group, "I thought that Yuki and you would enjoy the fun house."
"Momiji" Tohru replied as he stopped.
Kyo stopped abruptly as well at the sight of her. Yuki came up to the group out of breath.
"Did you guys have fun?" Tohru asked him.
"Well" Yuki sighed and caught his breath, "That's not the word I would exactly use."
"Where in the world have you guys been?" Haru asked confused as Momiji ran behind him for protection.
"That damn little brat took us into the fun house!" Kyo shouted.
"What's the matter Kyo?" Hiro looked at him with an evil look on his face, "Did you get scared?"
"That does it!" Kyo shouted, "Come here you little brats! Both of you!" he began to chase Hiro and Momiji who ran away from the group.
"Was it really that bad?" Tohru asked Yuki when he came up to her.
"Well let's just say that we weren't prepared for it" Yuki replied, "By the way Shigure what are you doing here?"
"He was just about to tell us, before you guys showed up" Haru said.
"That's right" Shigure grinned, "Well if you want to know, follow me" he began to walk towards another section of the festival.
Authors Note: Hey guys! This chapter turned out to be longer than I thought, so I am also going to break it into two parts. Don't worry you'll still get two chapters tonight. So that's a total of three chapters! So I hope you enjoy them!
Note One: Song is Clay Aiken's Carry You!
Next Chapter: Part Two
Tohru and Hatsuharu perform their song and Tai Ushida is a judge. Find out what happens next time!
That evening Hatsuharu sat down at his mom's piano. His father and her were in the kitchen drinking coffee and talking about their days. He smiled slightly as he heard his mom laugh. He pulled a piece of music from out of the box and placed it before his eyes. It was a new piece that he wanted to try so he took a deep breath and began to play. The music flowed beautifully under his fingertips and his mother and father stopped talking to listen for a minute. Then he began to sing.
Yea I know it hurts/
Yea I know you're scared/ Walking down a road to leads to who knows where/ Don't you hang your head/ Don't you give up yet/ When courage starts to disappear/ I will be right here/
When your world breaks down/ And the voices tell you turn around/ When your dreams give out, I will carry you/ Carry you/ When the stars go blind/ And the darkness starts to flood your eyes/ When you're falling behind/ I will carry you/
Everybody cries/
Everybody bleeds/ No one ever said that life's an easy thing/ That's the beauty of it/ When you lose your way/ Close your eyes and go to sleep/ Wake up to another day/
When your world breaks down/ And the voices tell you turn around/ When your dreams give out, I will carry you/ Carry you/ When the stars go blind/ And the darkness starts to flood your eyes/ When you're falling behind/ I will carry you/
You should now that you're not alone/
Take my heart and we will find/ You will find your way home/
When your dreams give out, I will carry you/ Carry you/ When the stars go blind/ And the darkness starts to flood your eyes/ When you're falling behind/ I will carry you/
Carry you/
I will carry you/ Carry you/ I will carry / Carry you/
I will carry you/
He finished on that last note and sighed with satisfaction. He heard his parents still talking and stood up from the piano. He turned off the living room lamp and went to his room.
Outside, Rin was staring at the window of the living room. She felt the tears sting her eyes as she brushed the hair from her face. She walked slowly away from the house and towards Kagura's.
On the final day of the Festival, once again Tohru and the two boys met up with Hatsuharu, Momiji, Kisa, and Hiro. Haru was carrying a small stack of papers with him.
"So we're on our final day" Momiji replied excitedly, "What do you guys want to do?"
"Well I have to go drop this stuff off near the piano" Hatsuharu said, "Sometime this afternoon Tohru, you and I, we need to practice."
"Okay" she agreed, "Well how about we finish off what we haven't seen, and then we can go."
"Can Hiro and I come watch Sissy?" Kisa asked.
"Oh you want to watch?" Tohru replied surprised.
"Yes" Kisa nodded, "Momiji was telling me and Hiro today that you are really good."
"How can he be an expert?" Kyo asked, "He's never even heard her."
"No. But I have heard from a lot of people at school that she's good" Momiji replied.
"Miss Honda" Yuki said, "Maybe you and Haru should go practice right now. Don't worry about me and Kyo."
"Yea Tohru" Momiji added, "I can take Yuki and Kyo on the rest of the stuff."
"Are you sure?" Tohru replied.
"Yes Miss Honda."
"Yea" Kyo nodded, "You need all the practice you can get for the competition today."
"What do you think Hatsuharu?" Tohru turned to him.
"I'm okay with either thing" Haru shrugged, "If we go now, we can get it out of the way though."
"So can we come?" Kisa asked again, "Can we Hiro?" she turned to her cousin.
"I don't see why not" Hiro replied with a shrug of his own.
"Don't worry about a thing" Momiji waved as the four of them headed towards the stage, "I have the perfect way to entertain Yuki and Kyo," he added with a laugh.
Kyo and Yuki looked at each other with a hesitant look on their faces.
When Tohru and the others arrived at the stage, they saw several people practicing for the duet competition. Fortunately for them no one was using the piano. Hatsuharu pulled two sheets of music out.
"I had two choices for today. First I think we should try this one" he replied as he sat down and showed her the song.
She nodded and he began to play. Hiro and Kisa sat on two wooden boxes and watched. Hiro had his arms crossed and frowned as Kisa excitedly watched the duet. When they were finished, she clapped her hands together.
"That was wonderful Sissy" she said, "Wasn't it Hiro?"
"It's okay I guess" he responded.
"Hiro."
"No he's right" Haru put a finger to his chin, "Let's try the other one."
"Okay" Tohru agreed.
"Come on guys" Momiji replied as he dragged them through the crowd.
"Momiji where are you taking us?" Kyo asked exasperated.
"You'll see" Momiji said happily, "It's a surprise."
"Um what kind of surprise?" Yuki asked.
"You'll see" Momiji repeated entering a building.
Yuki and Kyo gave each another look and followed him in.
It was very dark inside. There wasn't one bit of light.
"Can you see anything?" Yuki asked.
"Why are you asking me?" Kyo replied.
"Well you're a cat aren't you?"
"What's that got to do with it!" Kyo shouted.
"C'mon you guys!" they heard Momiji shouted.
They followed his voice and tried grabbing in the darkness.
"Where's the light in this dumb place?" Kyo shouted.
"That's not the switch. That's my hand" Yuki replied.
"Ah!" Kyo cried out, "That's disgusting."
Suddenly Yuki and Kyo fell forward. They were just behind Momiji as they slid down this enormous slide. When they arrived at the bottom Yuki and Kyo saw Momiji standing right in front of them. They were lying on the floor, Yuki on top of Kyo again.
"Get off my back" Kyo mumbled in the floor.
"It's not like I want to be on your back" Yuki shot back as he stood up, "Momiji what is this place?"
"Yea where have you taken us?" Kyo asked as he stood up.
"You mean you guys don't know yet?" Momiji giggled.
"How would we know?" Kyo replied.
"It's a fun house silly."
"A what?"
"Fun house" Momiji laughed and pointed, "See the mirrors."
Kyo and Yuki looked toward the funny mirrors that stood in front of them.
"I hate places like this" Kyo grumbled as he walked over to a mirror.
"What's the point of it?" Yuki asked as he walked over to another mirror that made him look really small.
"It's fun" Momiji replied, "See! Look at yourself in the mirror."
Yuki stared at the mirror in front of him, which he hadn't noticed moments before. He gasped when he saw his reflection.
"What is?" he started to say.
"You certainly are short rat boy" Kyo smiled.
"It's a trick mirror Yuki" Momiji explained, "See this one makes me look really tall."
"Trick mirror?"
"Boy you really need to get out more" Kyo replied.
"Well at least I'm not a fat cat," Yuki pointed at the mirror that was in front of Kyo.
Kyo backed away from the mirror while Momiji laughed at the comment.
"C'mon you guys there's much more to do in this place" he took off running.
"Momiji wait!" Yuki called running after him.
Kyo frowned then sighed as he followed them.
Meanwhile Haru played and he and Tohru sang another beautiful song. During the song, Kisa took Hiro's hand, which surprised him. He actually found himself enjoying the song. When it was over Kisa stood up and clapped even louder.
"That's the one Sissy, Haru" she pronounced, "That's the one for sure."
"I couldn't agree more" Haru replied with a smile.
Tohru smiled back and walked over to Kisa and Hiro. The four of them left the stage and bumped into Shigure.
"Shigure" Tohru said, "I didn't think we'd see you so soon."
"Yes well, I had to get here early today."
"What are you doing here?" Hatsuharu asked.
"Oh that's my little secret. By the way where are Yuki and Kyo?"
"Well we were on our way to find them" Tohru replied.
"You damn rabbit!"
"Looks like we don't have to find them" Haru said as they turned in the direction of the voice.
Kyo was chasing Momiji with Yuki not far behind.
"I'm going to kill you for making us go in that human death trap!"
"C'mon Kyo" Momiji cried out as he ran towards the group, "I thought that Yuki and you would enjoy the fun house."
"Momiji" Tohru replied as he stopped.
Kyo stopped abruptly as well at the sight of her. Yuki came up to the group out of breath.
"Did you guys have fun?" Tohru asked him.
"Well" Yuki sighed and caught his breath, "That's not the word I would exactly use."
"Where in the world have you guys been?" Haru asked confused as Momiji ran behind him for protection.
"That damn little brat took us into the fun house!" Kyo shouted.
"What's the matter Kyo?" Hiro looked at him with an evil look on his face, "Did you get scared?"
"That does it!" Kyo shouted, "Come here you little brats! Both of you!" he began to chase Hiro and Momiji who ran away from the group.
"Was it really that bad?" Tohru asked Yuki when he came up to her.
"Well let's just say that we weren't prepared for it" Yuki replied, "By the way Shigure what are you doing here?"
"He was just about to tell us, before you guys showed up" Haru said.
"That's right" Shigure grinned, "Well if you want to know, follow me" he began to walk towards another section of the festival.
Authors Note: Hey guys! This chapter turned out to be longer than I thought, so I am also going to break it into two parts. Don't worry you'll still get two chapters tonight. So that's a total of three chapters! So I hope you enjoy them!
Note One: Song is Clay Aiken's Carry You!
Next Chapter: Part Two
Tohru and Hatsuharu perform their song and Tai Ushida is a judge. Find out what happens next time!