I don't know if anyone will notice but I made a few references to the first manga volume in here. It's pretty obvious though if you've read them.
Even though Yuki is no longer a rat, old speaking habits die-hard, and so if I have Kyo call him a stupid rat...that's why.
Chapter 15: Shigure's Meddling
"Time to begin."
Jealousy was a dangerous thing to mess with but it just might be exactly what Akito needed to finally make a move. Still, if Akito ended up lashing out at the fellow... Hatori was right this was going to be more than a little risky. The smile that was plastered on Shigure's face was large and bright. If things worked out right though, there was going to be a rather big explosion. With any luck it would, for once, be an explosion he would actually want to see.
"Adrian and Akito sitting in a tree. K-I-S-..." Shigure hummed the rest of the song as he headed towards the kitchen.
"Tohru, Shigure's hungry." He whined in his most pathetic voice.
"Dinner will be ready in just a few more minutes." Tohru told him cheerfully. She was stirring something on the oven top. Well whatever it was it smelt great!
Now let's see how should the subject be brought up...
When Tohru brought in the food Kyo and Yuki were just coming in through the front door. Tohru gave them both a warm welcome home smile as they sat down to eat.
Kyo still hadn't defeated Yuki, but with everything Adrian was doing for the family... it was making him more than a little nervous. Sure she had broken so many of the curses, but would she be able to break his? Would the cat be the only one left behind? He found himself picking more and more fights with Yuki in an attempt to forget that underlying uncertainty that he felt.
"Tohru this is delicious."
"I'm so glad! This was an experiment tonight! I wasn't sure it was going to turn out all right at all." The two just sat there and smiled at each other for a moment... Kyo really found that annoying.
"Well the food may be good, but the company sucks!" He looked pointedly at Yuki.
"If you don't like the company you should just leave."
"I hate to interrupt your fun but..."
"...Damn rat!"
Kyo had already tried to get at Yuki, but Yuki had nimbly evaded Kyo's punch and in the same motion sent him flying with a sidekick, from the floor, straight into Kyo's stomach. For once nothing was broken, Shigure breathed a sigh of relief at that.
"Anyway, Hatori wanted me to ask if anybody knew if Adrian liked anyone at your school... Any really cute guys that have either been chasing her or her chasing them?"
This took everyone by surprise. The very first thing said was...
"Why? Hatori wouldn't ask something like that." Yuki watched Shigure from across the table, something had to be going on here, and his instincts said that he didn't like it.
"She's got her own fan-club at school. If you're trying to fix her up forget it. They are about as protective of her as they are of me. It's hard enough to go around school without being watched every second, and with them running interference..."
Perhaps a band of fan-like stalkers was exactly what was needed!
"What exactly is it that you have up your sleeve anyway?"
"It's not mine!" Shigure smiled. "This is Hatori's!"
Was he telling the truth? If Hatori was involved things would probably be under control, but with Shigure involved... worse what if he intended on getting his big brother Ayame involved to! Yuki was worried. Something told him that even with Hatori acting as a controlling influence not even he could keep both of those two in line. Yuki was going to have to keep an eye out. After all he owed Adrian a big debt. He watched as Tohru put rice in another bowl, yes he owed Adrian an enormous debt. A debt he doubted he could ever fully repay.
The next day Yuki was even more worried when he spotted Shigure walking in the halls up at school, with the principal. Still Adrian had missed today like she had most of the week, so there wasn't much Shigure could do.
"Adrian's been sick for almost a week now. It's got to be pretty bad."
"Did you get to overhear that cute guy in a suit? He was talking about how the Sohma's had taken responsibility for her. She's staying at their main house."
"Did you get an address? Do we know if this place is all right for our Princess to be staying at?"
"Whom exactly is she staying with?"
"That man said it was the head of the Sohma family household, probably an old geezer. Our beautiful flower stuck living in the shadows it's enough to make me weep!"
"Very poetic."
"Let's visit her. That might be exactly what she needs!"
"If we all go together, it might be to much for her. She's been sick and we don't want to make it worse."
Adrian's fan club decided that they would each visit her one by one over the next two days.
Unfortunately, none of the Sohma's had heard about it until it was too late.
Chapter 16: Chaos in a Handbasket
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Even though Yuki is no longer a rat, old speaking habits die-hard, and so if I have Kyo call him a stupid rat...that's why.
Chapter 15: Shigure's Meddling
"Time to begin."
Jealousy was a dangerous thing to mess with but it just might be exactly what Akito needed to finally make a move. Still, if Akito ended up lashing out at the fellow... Hatori was right this was going to be more than a little risky. The smile that was plastered on Shigure's face was large and bright. If things worked out right though, there was going to be a rather big explosion. With any luck it would, for once, be an explosion he would actually want to see.
"Adrian and Akito sitting in a tree. K-I-S-..." Shigure hummed the rest of the song as he headed towards the kitchen.
"Tohru, Shigure's hungry." He whined in his most pathetic voice.
"Dinner will be ready in just a few more minutes." Tohru told him cheerfully. She was stirring something on the oven top. Well whatever it was it smelt great!
Now let's see how should the subject be brought up...
When Tohru brought in the food Kyo and Yuki were just coming in through the front door. Tohru gave them both a warm welcome home smile as they sat down to eat.
Kyo still hadn't defeated Yuki, but with everything Adrian was doing for the family... it was making him more than a little nervous. Sure she had broken so many of the curses, but would she be able to break his? Would the cat be the only one left behind? He found himself picking more and more fights with Yuki in an attempt to forget that underlying uncertainty that he felt.
"Tohru this is delicious."
"I'm so glad! This was an experiment tonight! I wasn't sure it was going to turn out all right at all." The two just sat there and smiled at each other for a moment... Kyo really found that annoying.
"Well the food may be good, but the company sucks!" He looked pointedly at Yuki.
"If you don't like the company you should just leave."
"I hate to interrupt your fun but..."
"...Damn rat!"
Kyo had already tried to get at Yuki, but Yuki had nimbly evaded Kyo's punch and in the same motion sent him flying with a sidekick, from the floor, straight into Kyo's stomach. For once nothing was broken, Shigure breathed a sigh of relief at that.
"Anyway, Hatori wanted me to ask if anybody knew if Adrian liked anyone at your school... Any really cute guys that have either been chasing her or her chasing them?"
This took everyone by surprise. The very first thing said was...
"Why? Hatori wouldn't ask something like that." Yuki watched Shigure from across the table, something had to be going on here, and his instincts said that he didn't like it.
"She's got her own fan-club at school. If you're trying to fix her up forget it. They are about as protective of her as they are of me. It's hard enough to go around school without being watched every second, and with them running interference..."
Perhaps a band of fan-like stalkers was exactly what was needed!
"What exactly is it that you have up your sleeve anyway?"
"It's not mine!" Shigure smiled. "This is Hatori's!"
Was he telling the truth? If Hatori was involved things would probably be under control, but with Shigure involved... worse what if he intended on getting his big brother Ayame involved to! Yuki was worried. Something told him that even with Hatori acting as a controlling influence not even he could keep both of those two in line. Yuki was going to have to keep an eye out. After all he owed Adrian a big debt. He watched as Tohru put rice in another bowl, yes he owed Adrian an enormous debt. A debt he doubted he could ever fully repay.
The next day Yuki was even more worried when he spotted Shigure walking in the halls up at school, with the principal. Still Adrian had missed today like she had most of the week, so there wasn't much Shigure could do.
"Adrian's been sick for almost a week now. It's got to be pretty bad."
"Did you get to overhear that cute guy in a suit? He was talking about how the Sohma's had taken responsibility for her. She's staying at their main house."
"Did you get an address? Do we know if this place is all right for our Princess to be staying at?"
"Whom exactly is she staying with?"
"That man said it was the head of the Sohma family household, probably an old geezer. Our beautiful flower stuck living in the shadows it's enough to make me weep!"
"Very poetic."
"Let's visit her. That might be exactly what she needs!"
"If we all go together, it might be to much for her. She's been sick and we don't want to make it worse."
Adrian's fan club decided that they would each visit her one by one over the next two days.
Unfortunately, none of the Sohma's had heard about it until it was too late.
Chapter 16: Chaos in a Handbasket
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