"What was that all about?" Kyo asked as he aw Kaiya heading back towards
him.
"Its nothing. He just wanted me to sing on his radio station."
Kyos eyes grew large. "And what did you say!"
"I said I would think about it. There is something fishy about this and I don't like it. Like, how come a radio guy is here all the sudden? I don't know what it is, but something tells me Akito is behind his."
At the mention of Akitos name, Kyo felt a shiver go up his spine. He looked at her warningly, "I don't think you should go." He said flatly.
"I know, but a part of me really wants to do this. While another part of me is screaming out warnings not to go. But I can't just keep living my life in fear of him."
"You really want to do this don't you?"
Kaiya looked at him sheepishly, "I really do."
"Then allow me to come with you." He said, the beginnings of a grin on his face.
The two talked a bit longer when they w interrupted by a little girl tugging on Kaiyas dress. She couldn't have been more then three years of age. She was wearing a pale pink dress, a braud grin on her face. "You sing more? You have pretty voice."
Kaiya smiled warmly at the little girl, "and what might your name be?"
The little girl blushed, "My name Meho. I know you. You Kaiya, you sing pretty."
Kaiya laughed, Kyo looked at Kaiya warmly, he loved that laugh, so cheerful and carefree.
"Well now, how could I turn a delightful young lady like your self down? Of course I'll sing, and I'll sing just for you ok?"
Meho smiled and nodded, skipping happily away, eagerly awaiting Kaiyas performance.
"What are you going to sing?" Kyo asked with a sneaking suspicion that she had no idea.
"I have no idea." Kaiya groaned.
Kyo laughed and whispered something in her ear. "Sing that."
Kaiya nodded and headed towards the stage once more. The DJ introduced her again and Kaiya stepped up to the mic.
"This one goes out to you Meho." She grinned as the little girl started giggling off some place in the room. Some people "awed" in a sweet and cooing way before laughing a bit after.
Kaiya opened her mouth, letting the sweet air rush into her lungs, and started singing.
"My heart is ready to beat I can feel the wind underneath my feet I'm gonna jump over the moon hands in the air, waving up like a balloon
I'm free as a bird lost in the stars and waving down to earth Don't know where I'm gonna land But you gotta wobble up before you stand
* I'm soaring I'm alone and on my own I'm soaring and I know my heart will lead me home
Just look in my eyes Can't you see I'm not the same today I can see farther now, step off the edge I'm making my own way Don't know where I'm gonna land But you gotta wobble up before you stand
I'm soaring I'm alone and on my own I'm soaring and I know my heart will lead me home.
And I know that I gonna touch the skies
I'm soaring I'm alone and on my own I'm soaring and I know my heart will lead me home"
Holding the last note, letting it resonate through the room, she finished. Meho ran up to the stage and leaped into Kaiyas out stretched arms at the sight of the little girl coming towards her and twirled her around in the air, finally resting her on her hip as she walked of the stage beaming.
"Thank you for singing for me." She said blushing her hands clasped tight in front of her, her face looking down but eyes turned up.
Kaiya smiled at the little girls gesture and kissed her lightly on the cheek. "It was my pleasure." And the little girl ran off in delight.
"You sure know how to please and audience." Kyo said as she came back to him, still seated at the table.
"What can I say, the crowed loves me." She said jokingly.
"I think were gonna have to make the door bigger for that head of yours."
She gently shoved him and joined him in laughing.
~*In a different part of the ballroom*~
Somewhere else in the vast ballroom, there stood a young lady, no more then maybe 23 or 24 years of age. She wore a yellow dress and her hair was up in a bun, her bangs hanging in front of her face. She walked through the crowed with searching eyes. She was looking for one man and one man only. She spotted him near the back next to an open window smoking a cigarette. She walked up behind the man and tapped him on the shoulder. "You know, that things gonna kill you one day."
The man turned at the familiarity in the voice and a shocked expression played on his face.
"K-Kana?!" he stumbled out.
"You remember me?" It wasn't a question; it was a surprised and overjoyed statement. She hugged him tight; Hatori hugged her back warmly then caught himself.
"What about your husband Kana? He must be around here somewhere."
Kana's face looked down, "Its over between us. We were divorced just a short time ago."
"What happened?" Hatori asked concerned. He thought Kana was very happy with her husband.
"Can we step outside? It's a bit crowded in here."
Hatori nodded and lead her outside. They sat on a wooden bench under a willow tree not to far outside in the courtyard behind the ballroom.
"So what happened?"
"Not to long ago, He (referring to her ex husband), started over doing the sake, he would get very drunk and violent." Her voice shook at the memories of it all. Hatori placed a comforting arm around her and she continued. "One night, he came back, extremely drunk. I don't know how much he had to drink, but it the smell was intoxicating and when I greeted him at the door, he turned on me and started beating me endlessly, and mercilessly. He started complaining about how I was never home because of my job as a doctor. He blamed his 'problems' on me. A neighbor heard the commotion and called the police. He was ordered to keep away form me and we were divorced. I couldn't go on living in that town where everyone knew what had happened and looked at me with pity. I remembered my job here and decided to come back. I heard about the big Sohma family party and decided to come and search you out."
Hatori nodded, and gladly welcomed her back.
"Why do you keep that hair over your eye. I bet you would look more handsome if you would just put it back." She moved her hand to move his hair and stopped when she saw the eye. Hatori winced and took a step back out of her reach. "Im sorry." She said in a slight whisper.
"Its nothing. Really." He had hopped his eye wouldn't be an issue and scare her away." Shall we go back inside?"
Kana, looked at him with bright eyes. It was as if she knew what he had been thinking and reassured him that his eye made no difference to her and led him back inside to the dance floor.
Hatori received a few glances and a thumbs up from Shigure as the couple walked passed everyone.
Kana sighed deeply as she leaned onto Hatori while they slow danced. Something about him told her that she could trust him and she wouldn't be hurt anymore. And from that moment on, they started falling in love all over again.
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Yay! Hatori and Kana are back together!!! Whoo hoo! More will be revealed later! Mwahahaha! Should I leave you hanging like this? Do you want to know what happens next? Ok, ok, you've convinced me, I'll write more. Im on a roll!!
ON WITH THE STORY!!
~Day after party~
Kaiya woke that morning and at first didn't recognize her surroundings. She was in a sizable room with white walls. Ageist the walls were her bed, a dresser, a bookshelf, a study desk and a closet on the far end. She reached over to her night stand and looked at her light up alarm clock, it flashed red numbers that read 5:45 am at her and she groaned as she got out of bed to take a shower. She walked down the hall in her pale blue pj's to the bathroom. She almost bumped into Kyo as he walked out of the shower right, as she was about to open the door. He was only in his boxers and a towel drying his hair as he walked out.
They just walked passed each other like it was the most normal thing in the world and Kaiya closed the door behind her as she stepped into the bathroom and gave a large sigh as Kyo did the same as he walked into his room just across the hall.
Kaiya slipped into the shower and let the warm water cascade down her body. The room filled with steam, the mango mandarin scented soap and shampoo creating a wonderful soothing aroma. The smell leaked out the door and into Kyos sensitive nose. A smile slid across his face, taking comfort in the scent and went to sit on the roof before breakfast.
Kaiya stepped out of the bathroom fully dressed in her school uniform and headed back towards her room. She went inside, dried her hair and put it up in a claw. Her black hair that was now streaked with red shimmered in the sun pouring in through her window. She walked over to the window and opened it. Letting in the cool breeze and delighting in the morning song of and early bird in the trees.
She found she had nothing better to do and went into Tohrus room, changed the alarm to a different time so she could sleep longer but still wake up early enough if she wished to take a shower or something. Since she was going to make breakfast she saw no need for Tohru to wake up earlier then usual.
Twenty minutes later the smell of eggs, bacon and pancakes had brought the three remaining people in Shigures house down stairs for breakfast. She poured Yuki and extra large cup of coffee, which he thanked her for and went to fill Shigures cup. She offered some to Tohru and Kyo, both of whom declined politely.
Kaiya finished her meal quickly and asked to be excused from the table. " I have to go to school early today to find out how much I've missed and how I can make it up. And I also have to see about the sports teams Im on and fit in some extra practice. I cant let everyone down if we're to have a meet or competition." She said firmly and headed towards the door. "Etekimasu!" she yelled as she ran out the door.
"I hope she's ok with her work load at school and with all her different activities." Tohru said worriedly.
"She'll be fine. She has a way of coming out of these things on her feet. I better get going too." Kyo said dryly and picked up his bag and went to the door. He went to the kitchen to put his plates in he sink when he saw one of Kaiyas books on the counter. Next to it was a small black case. He opened the case and found a gleaming silver flute. He thought she might need it and took it with him to give to Kaiya when he saw her at school.
With that he left to school on his new bike he had gotten himself with some money he saved up over the years. With his bike he got to school much faster then expected and still had extra time. He walked through the school trying to find Kaiya so he could give her her flute and found her crossing the hallway to go out the two front doors. He called after her, his voice echoing down the hallway. Kaiya turned and her face lit up as she saw what he was carrying.
"Thank you so much for bringing this for me! I was just going to go back and get it."
"I saw it on the kitchen counter this morning and thought you might need it." Kyo said handing her the flute and music book. "I didn't know you played the flute. Or a musical instrument for that matter."
"Oh yeah, I also play the guitar. I play for the kids down at the children's hospital downtown. I use their guitar and since my father gave me this flute, that's just one more instrument to entertain the kids with. But I think most of them like the guitar better. I usually play the flute to calm the kids if they are about to go into an operation or something big."
Kyo looked at her in amazement. "Is there anything your not good at?"
"Well, now that you mention it.no." She said, a broad grin on her face. The two laughed and walked outside to sit on the steps before school started. "Is that your new bike Kyo?" Kyo nodded, explaining all the features of his bike to her. They got up a little later as they saw more and more students coming in and decided to go inside themselves.
Yuki and Tohru arrived a bit later, angering the Yuki fan club that Tohru had dared walk into the school hand in hand with 'their' prince.
The bell rang and the teacher ordered everyone to his or her seats. He first welcomed back Kaiya from her long leave of absence, mentioning how much the track and gym team suffered while she was away. "Next, I would like to remind all of you that the end of the year dance is coming up next week. Tickets are ten dollars and will be sold today during your lunch period." With that done the teacher felt it was time to begin class and the school day began.
That day was filled with people asking other people to go out with them, or to join them to the dance. As you may guess, many, if not all, of the Yuki fan club members flocked Yuki at once. But to every single one he told them proudly that he was going with 'Miss. Tohru Honda.'
All day Kyo worked up the courage to ask Kaiya, but she always left the room first, or didn't hear him as he tried to flag her down at in the halls. 'Is she avoiding me?' (Kyo) The bell rang for lunch to begin and everyone went directly for the tables that were selling the tickets. Kyo decided that he should ask her before he bought them, just in case she said no. He finally found her at a table by herself studying. He sat down next to her and nudged her elbow. "Whats up?"
With out even looking up she answered, "nothing much, just cramming before the science test next period." She scribbled down some more notes on a piece of paper.
"Hey, if its not to much trouble, do you."
Kaiya looked up from her book, he had her full attention.
"Do.you."
"Do I want to go to the dance with you?" She finished for him questioningly. He nodded shyly and a bright smile lit her face. "Of coarse. I would love to go with you." She packed up her books and before walking away, kissed him lightly on the cheek. "See you after school."
One of the guys in Kyos class, who had seen Kaiya kiss him, walked over to him and sat next to him on the bench. "Way to go man! You totally scored with the hot chick!"
Kyo glared at him. 'Who was he again? Oh yeah, he's one of the perverts who was going to take advantage of Tohru that one time in the hall last year.'(Kyo) "Shut up!" Kyo said annoyed and pushed the guy off the bench, making him land on the floor.
The rest of Kyos day was pretty good, he met Kaiya after school and she told him that she actually didn't think she did to badly on her science test. "Hey Kaiya, we have track in five minutes, see you there." Kyo said running off to the track behind the school. He had to get there early since he was the captain.
After 1 and half hours of practice, Kaiya went down to the children's hospital to play them music and entertain them. Kyo went along to, insisting that he could help. When they got there, Kyo grabbed the guitar and played a perfect scale to warm up.
"I didn't know you could play!" Kaiya said astonished.
"Well, now you do."
The nurse directed them towards two separate rooms. Kyo walked into a nursery where a bunch of small children were waiting for him. Kaiya went into a separate room where a little girl waited for her.
"Meho! What are you doing here? Is everything ok?" Kaiya said worried.
"Kaiya! I fine I just here because of broken leg. The girl next to me, I tink dat's why you here. She having an operation today. She about to get chemoterapy treatment and she willy scared. She fell asleep a little while ago though. But you play for me?" Meho asked with a smile.
"Of course." She got out her flute and played a soft comforting tune. Kyo, who had gotten to annoyed with his group of kids that he took them all on a 'field trip' down the hall to where Kaiya was. All the kids gathered around and sat on the floor around Kaiya, who didn't seem to notice and if she did, didn't stop playing until she was through with the song. All the kids clapped and the girl next to Meho woke up. She crawled onto Mehos bed (Meho didn't seem to mind at all) and asked her to play again.
"Hold on just one second." Kaiya said, dragging Kyo out into the hallway. "Why are all the kids in that room and not in the area they were in before?"
"Well the little brats started to get on my nerves and you said that your music calmed people down, which I now see is true, and so I took them all here to get.calm."
Kaiya shook her head smiling and dragged Kyo back into the room.
"Hey kids, how about Uncle Kyo sings you guys a song?" Kaiya said holding in a laugh.
"Uncle Kyo!" Kyo burst out outraged.
All the little kids yelled their agreement and started chanting "Uncly Kyo, Uncly Kyo!"
"They're all waiting, Uncly Kyo." Kaiya said mockingly.
"You are having way to much fun." Kyo muttered under his breath and strummed the guitar.
"YAAAAAY!!!" the kids clapped together.
Kyo, Kaiya sung a full round of 'Old McDonald', while they let the kids make all the funny barn animal noises. When they ran out of farm animals, they went to other animals, like bears, and tigers, and dinosaurs, ("Dinosaurs! What the heck is a dinosaur doing on a farm!" Kyo exclaimed, making the kids laugh.)
The rest of the day, Kyo learned to tolerate and even befriend the kids and was almost sad to leave at the end of the day. Almost.
Kyo and Kaiya were walking home side by side, Kyo dragging his bike next to him. Occasionally riding it at a slow speed. "There, now today wasn't that bad was it?" Kaiya asked him with a smile.
"Well at first, yeah, it was 'that bad' but once we started doing this thing together, it was better."
Kaiya laughed, "I know what you mean. Its a lot easier to play for them with two people."
When they got back to Shigures house they arrived to the smell of tempura coming from the kitchen. Shigure came to the door to great them and ended up making up fantasies about where they had been all day, ignoring their explanations and kept talking to the door long after Kyo and Kaiya had gone upstairs.
"Shigure, who are you talking to?" Tohru asked poking her head out of the kitchen, only to see Shigure talking to the door.
Shigure finally realized that no one was there and went back to his study. There he found Kaiya organizing some papers on his desk, skimming some of them before placing them down in a neat pile.
"Kaiya, I didn't expect to see you here!" Shigure said surprised. "If I had known you would be coming into my 'inner sanctum' I would have cleaned."
Kaiya laughed, "First of all Shigure, I highly doubt that YOU would clean, that's why I'm here. And second, "Inner Sanctum"?" She eyed him.like that ( o. O and went back to work with Shigure sweat dropping at the door, laughing nervously. He soon got over himself and went back to work. Kaiya helped him with some ideas when he got a sudden mind block (yes even the great writer Shigure gets writers block).
An hour later Tohru walked in and announced that dinner was ready. Kaiya walked into the kitchen and took the last of the tempura out of the frying pan. Tohru walked out to place some food on the table as Kyo came in to get some dishes.
Kaiya was just taking out the last piece of shrimp when a large oil bubble popped, splattering onto her wrist. Kaiya immediately dropped the plate onto the near by counter jumping and shaking her wrist rapidly.
Kyo noticed immediately something was wrong and when he saw the burn grabbed her arm and ran her wrist under cold water. Kaiya gave a small sigh of relief to the cold water while Kyo went to get her some burn cream and bandages. She was all cleaned up before Tohru or any of the others noticed something had happened. They only noticed her burn at dinner when she reached for some more tempura with the hand that had the burn. She quickly explained that it was nothing and that Kyo had taken care of it and that she was fine.
After dinner everyone set to finish their homework and the house fell silent except for the gentle ticking of the clocks.
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Ok, I think Im done for now. Whew, wow, I think this is one of my longest chapters. 10 pages! Ok, you might not think its much, but it is for me. Dude. I guess after that long dry spell the ideas just flowed out of my head. WHOO! Ok, this was fun. Now I gotta do homework. -__-" oh well, sorry for the late update and I'll try to write more soon.
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Till Next Time! ~Kyokyoneko Chan
"Its nothing. He just wanted me to sing on his radio station."
Kyos eyes grew large. "And what did you say!"
"I said I would think about it. There is something fishy about this and I don't like it. Like, how come a radio guy is here all the sudden? I don't know what it is, but something tells me Akito is behind his."
At the mention of Akitos name, Kyo felt a shiver go up his spine. He looked at her warningly, "I don't think you should go." He said flatly.
"I know, but a part of me really wants to do this. While another part of me is screaming out warnings not to go. But I can't just keep living my life in fear of him."
"You really want to do this don't you?"
Kaiya looked at him sheepishly, "I really do."
"Then allow me to come with you." He said, the beginnings of a grin on his face.
The two talked a bit longer when they w interrupted by a little girl tugging on Kaiyas dress. She couldn't have been more then three years of age. She was wearing a pale pink dress, a braud grin on her face. "You sing more? You have pretty voice."
Kaiya smiled warmly at the little girl, "and what might your name be?"
The little girl blushed, "My name Meho. I know you. You Kaiya, you sing pretty."
Kaiya laughed, Kyo looked at Kaiya warmly, he loved that laugh, so cheerful and carefree.
"Well now, how could I turn a delightful young lady like your self down? Of course I'll sing, and I'll sing just for you ok?"
Meho smiled and nodded, skipping happily away, eagerly awaiting Kaiyas performance.
"What are you going to sing?" Kyo asked with a sneaking suspicion that she had no idea.
"I have no idea." Kaiya groaned.
Kyo laughed and whispered something in her ear. "Sing that."
Kaiya nodded and headed towards the stage once more. The DJ introduced her again and Kaiya stepped up to the mic.
"This one goes out to you Meho." She grinned as the little girl started giggling off some place in the room. Some people "awed" in a sweet and cooing way before laughing a bit after.
Kaiya opened her mouth, letting the sweet air rush into her lungs, and started singing.
"My heart is ready to beat I can feel the wind underneath my feet I'm gonna jump over the moon hands in the air, waving up like a balloon
I'm free as a bird lost in the stars and waving down to earth Don't know where I'm gonna land But you gotta wobble up before you stand
* I'm soaring I'm alone and on my own I'm soaring and I know my heart will lead me home
Just look in my eyes Can't you see I'm not the same today I can see farther now, step off the edge I'm making my own way Don't know where I'm gonna land But you gotta wobble up before you stand
I'm soaring I'm alone and on my own I'm soaring and I know my heart will lead me home.
And I know that I gonna touch the skies
I'm soaring I'm alone and on my own I'm soaring and I know my heart will lead me home"
Holding the last note, letting it resonate through the room, she finished. Meho ran up to the stage and leaped into Kaiyas out stretched arms at the sight of the little girl coming towards her and twirled her around in the air, finally resting her on her hip as she walked of the stage beaming.
"Thank you for singing for me." She said blushing her hands clasped tight in front of her, her face looking down but eyes turned up.
Kaiya smiled at the little girls gesture and kissed her lightly on the cheek. "It was my pleasure." And the little girl ran off in delight.
"You sure know how to please and audience." Kyo said as she came back to him, still seated at the table.
"What can I say, the crowed loves me." She said jokingly.
"I think were gonna have to make the door bigger for that head of yours."
She gently shoved him and joined him in laughing.
~*In a different part of the ballroom*~
Somewhere else in the vast ballroom, there stood a young lady, no more then maybe 23 or 24 years of age. She wore a yellow dress and her hair was up in a bun, her bangs hanging in front of her face. She walked through the crowed with searching eyes. She was looking for one man and one man only. She spotted him near the back next to an open window smoking a cigarette. She walked up behind the man and tapped him on the shoulder. "You know, that things gonna kill you one day."
The man turned at the familiarity in the voice and a shocked expression played on his face.
"K-Kana?!" he stumbled out.
"You remember me?" It wasn't a question; it was a surprised and overjoyed statement. She hugged him tight; Hatori hugged her back warmly then caught himself.
"What about your husband Kana? He must be around here somewhere."
Kana's face looked down, "Its over between us. We were divorced just a short time ago."
"What happened?" Hatori asked concerned. He thought Kana was very happy with her husband.
"Can we step outside? It's a bit crowded in here."
Hatori nodded and lead her outside. They sat on a wooden bench under a willow tree not to far outside in the courtyard behind the ballroom.
"So what happened?"
"Not to long ago, He (referring to her ex husband), started over doing the sake, he would get very drunk and violent." Her voice shook at the memories of it all. Hatori placed a comforting arm around her and she continued. "One night, he came back, extremely drunk. I don't know how much he had to drink, but it the smell was intoxicating and when I greeted him at the door, he turned on me and started beating me endlessly, and mercilessly. He started complaining about how I was never home because of my job as a doctor. He blamed his 'problems' on me. A neighbor heard the commotion and called the police. He was ordered to keep away form me and we were divorced. I couldn't go on living in that town where everyone knew what had happened and looked at me with pity. I remembered my job here and decided to come back. I heard about the big Sohma family party and decided to come and search you out."
Hatori nodded, and gladly welcomed her back.
"Why do you keep that hair over your eye. I bet you would look more handsome if you would just put it back." She moved her hand to move his hair and stopped when she saw the eye. Hatori winced and took a step back out of her reach. "Im sorry." She said in a slight whisper.
"Its nothing. Really." He had hopped his eye wouldn't be an issue and scare her away." Shall we go back inside?"
Kana, looked at him with bright eyes. It was as if she knew what he had been thinking and reassured him that his eye made no difference to her and led him back inside to the dance floor.
Hatori received a few glances and a thumbs up from Shigure as the couple walked passed everyone.
Kana sighed deeply as she leaned onto Hatori while they slow danced. Something about him told her that she could trust him and she wouldn't be hurt anymore. And from that moment on, they started falling in love all over again.
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Yay! Hatori and Kana are back together!!! Whoo hoo! More will be revealed later! Mwahahaha! Should I leave you hanging like this? Do you want to know what happens next? Ok, ok, you've convinced me, I'll write more. Im on a roll!!
ON WITH THE STORY!!
~Day after party~
Kaiya woke that morning and at first didn't recognize her surroundings. She was in a sizable room with white walls. Ageist the walls were her bed, a dresser, a bookshelf, a study desk and a closet on the far end. She reached over to her night stand and looked at her light up alarm clock, it flashed red numbers that read 5:45 am at her and she groaned as she got out of bed to take a shower. She walked down the hall in her pale blue pj's to the bathroom. She almost bumped into Kyo as he walked out of the shower right, as she was about to open the door. He was only in his boxers and a towel drying his hair as he walked out.
They just walked passed each other like it was the most normal thing in the world and Kaiya closed the door behind her as she stepped into the bathroom and gave a large sigh as Kyo did the same as he walked into his room just across the hall.
Kaiya slipped into the shower and let the warm water cascade down her body. The room filled with steam, the mango mandarin scented soap and shampoo creating a wonderful soothing aroma. The smell leaked out the door and into Kyos sensitive nose. A smile slid across his face, taking comfort in the scent and went to sit on the roof before breakfast.
Kaiya stepped out of the bathroom fully dressed in her school uniform and headed back towards her room. She went inside, dried her hair and put it up in a claw. Her black hair that was now streaked with red shimmered in the sun pouring in through her window. She walked over to the window and opened it. Letting in the cool breeze and delighting in the morning song of and early bird in the trees.
She found she had nothing better to do and went into Tohrus room, changed the alarm to a different time so she could sleep longer but still wake up early enough if she wished to take a shower or something. Since she was going to make breakfast she saw no need for Tohru to wake up earlier then usual.
Twenty minutes later the smell of eggs, bacon and pancakes had brought the three remaining people in Shigures house down stairs for breakfast. She poured Yuki and extra large cup of coffee, which he thanked her for and went to fill Shigures cup. She offered some to Tohru and Kyo, both of whom declined politely.
Kaiya finished her meal quickly and asked to be excused from the table. " I have to go to school early today to find out how much I've missed and how I can make it up. And I also have to see about the sports teams Im on and fit in some extra practice. I cant let everyone down if we're to have a meet or competition." She said firmly and headed towards the door. "Etekimasu!" she yelled as she ran out the door.
"I hope she's ok with her work load at school and with all her different activities." Tohru said worriedly.
"She'll be fine. She has a way of coming out of these things on her feet. I better get going too." Kyo said dryly and picked up his bag and went to the door. He went to the kitchen to put his plates in he sink when he saw one of Kaiyas books on the counter. Next to it was a small black case. He opened the case and found a gleaming silver flute. He thought she might need it and took it with him to give to Kaiya when he saw her at school.
With that he left to school on his new bike he had gotten himself with some money he saved up over the years. With his bike he got to school much faster then expected and still had extra time. He walked through the school trying to find Kaiya so he could give her her flute and found her crossing the hallway to go out the two front doors. He called after her, his voice echoing down the hallway. Kaiya turned and her face lit up as she saw what he was carrying.
"Thank you so much for bringing this for me! I was just going to go back and get it."
"I saw it on the kitchen counter this morning and thought you might need it." Kyo said handing her the flute and music book. "I didn't know you played the flute. Or a musical instrument for that matter."
"Oh yeah, I also play the guitar. I play for the kids down at the children's hospital downtown. I use their guitar and since my father gave me this flute, that's just one more instrument to entertain the kids with. But I think most of them like the guitar better. I usually play the flute to calm the kids if they are about to go into an operation or something big."
Kyo looked at her in amazement. "Is there anything your not good at?"
"Well, now that you mention it.no." She said, a broad grin on her face. The two laughed and walked outside to sit on the steps before school started. "Is that your new bike Kyo?" Kyo nodded, explaining all the features of his bike to her. They got up a little later as they saw more and more students coming in and decided to go inside themselves.
Yuki and Tohru arrived a bit later, angering the Yuki fan club that Tohru had dared walk into the school hand in hand with 'their' prince.
The bell rang and the teacher ordered everyone to his or her seats. He first welcomed back Kaiya from her long leave of absence, mentioning how much the track and gym team suffered while she was away. "Next, I would like to remind all of you that the end of the year dance is coming up next week. Tickets are ten dollars and will be sold today during your lunch period." With that done the teacher felt it was time to begin class and the school day began.
That day was filled with people asking other people to go out with them, or to join them to the dance. As you may guess, many, if not all, of the Yuki fan club members flocked Yuki at once. But to every single one he told them proudly that he was going with 'Miss. Tohru Honda.'
All day Kyo worked up the courage to ask Kaiya, but she always left the room first, or didn't hear him as he tried to flag her down at in the halls. 'Is she avoiding me?' (Kyo) The bell rang for lunch to begin and everyone went directly for the tables that were selling the tickets. Kyo decided that he should ask her before he bought them, just in case she said no. He finally found her at a table by herself studying. He sat down next to her and nudged her elbow. "Whats up?"
With out even looking up she answered, "nothing much, just cramming before the science test next period." She scribbled down some more notes on a piece of paper.
"Hey, if its not to much trouble, do you."
Kaiya looked up from her book, he had her full attention.
"Do.you."
"Do I want to go to the dance with you?" She finished for him questioningly. He nodded shyly and a bright smile lit her face. "Of coarse. I would love to go with you." She packed up her books and before walking away, kissed him lightly on the cheek. "See you after school."
One of the guys in Kyos class, who had seen Kaiya kiss him, walked over to him and sat next to him on the bench. "Way to go man! You totally scored with the hot chick!"
Kyo glared at him. 'Who was he again? Oh yeah, he's one of the perverts who was going to take advantage of Tohru that one time in the hall last year.'(Kyo) "Shut up!" Kyo said annoyed and pushed the guy off the bench, making him land on the floor.
The rest of Kyos day was pretty good, he met Kaiya after school and she told him that she actually didn't think she did to badly on her science test. "Hey Kaiya, we have track in five minutes, see you there." Kyo said running off to the track behind the school. He had to get there early since he was the captain.
After 1 and half hours of practice, Kaiya went down to the children's hospital to play them music and entertain them. Kyo went along to, insisting that he could help. When they got there, Kyo grabbed the guitar and played a perfect scale to warm up.
"I didn't know you could play!" Kaiya said astonished.
"Well, now you do."
The nurse directed them towards two separate rooms. Kyo walked into a nursery where a bunch of small children were waiting for him. Kaiya went into a separate room where a little girl waited for her.
"Meho! What are you doing here? Is everything ok?" Kaiya said worried.
"Kaiya! I fine I just here because of broken leg. The girl next to me, I tink dat's why you here. She having an operation today. She about to get chemoterapy treatment and she willy scared. She fell asleep a little while ago though. But you play for me?" Meho asked with a smile.
"Of course." She got out her flute and played a soft comforting tune. Kyo, who had gotten to annoyed with his group of kids that he took them all on a 'field trip' down the hall to where Kaiya was. All the kids gathered around and sat on the floor around Kaiya, who didn't seem to notice and if she did, didn't stop playing until she was through with the song. All the kids clapped and the girl next to Meho woke up. She crawled onto Mehos bed (Meho didn't seem to mind at all) and asked her to play again.
"Hold on just one second." Kaiya said, dragging Kyo out into the hallway. "Why are all the kids in that room and not in the area they were in before?"
"Well the little brats started to get on my nerves and you said that your music calmed people down, which I now see is true, and so I took them all here to get.calm."
Kaiya shook her head smiling and dragged Kyo back into the room.
"Hey kids, how about Uncle Kyo sings you guys a song?" Kaiya said holding in a laugh.
"Uncle Kyo!" Kyo burst out outraged.
All the little kids yelled their agreement and started chanting "Uncly Kyo, Uncly Kyo!"
"They're all waiting, Uncly Kyo." Kaiya said mockingly.
"You are having way to much fun." Kyo muttered under his breath and strummed the guitar.
"YAAAAAY!!!" the kids clapped together.
Kyo, Kaiya sung a full round of 'Old McDonald', while they let the kids make all the funny barn animal noises. When they ran out of farm animals, they went to other animals, like bears, and tigers, and dinosaurs, ("Dinosaurs! What the heck is a dinosaur doing on a farm!" Kyo exclaimed, making the kids laugh.)
The rest of the day, Kyo learned to tolerate and even befriend the kids and was almost sad to leave at the end of the day. Almost.
Kyo and Kaiya were walking home side by side, Kyo dragging his bike next to him. Occasionally riding it at a slow speed. "There, now today wasn't that bad was it?" Kaiya asked him with a smile.
"Well at first, yeah, it was 'that bad' but once we started doing this thing together, it was better."
Kaiya laughed, "I know what you mean. Its a lot easier to play for them with two people."
When they got back to Shigures house they arrived to the smell of tempura coming from the kitchen. Shigure came to the door to great them and ended up making up fantasies about where they had been all day, ignoring their explanations and kept talking to the door long after Kyo and Kaiya had gone upstairs.
"Shigure, who are you talking to?" Tohru asked poking her head out of the kitchen, only to see Shigure talking to the door.
Shigure finally realized that no one was there and went back to his study. There he found Kaiya organizing some papers on his desk, skimming some of them before placing them down in a neat pile.
"Kaiya, I didn't expect to see you here!" Shigure said surprised. "If I had known you would be coming into my 'inner sanctum' I would have cleaned."
Kaiya laughed, "First of all Shigure, I highly doubt that YOU would clean, that's why I'm here. And second, "Inner Sanctum"?" She eyed him.like that ( o. O and went back to work with Shigure sweat dropping at the door, laughing nervously. He soon got over himself and went back to work. Kaiya helped him with some ideas when he got a sudden mind block (yes even the great writer Shigure gets writers block).
An hour later Tohru walked in and announced that dinner was ready. Kaiya walked into the kitchen and took the last of the tempura out of the frying pan. Tohru walked out to place some food on the table as Kyo came in to get some dishes.
Kaiya was just taking out the last piece of shrimp when a large oil bubble popped, splattering onto her wrist. Kaiya immediately dropped the plate onto the near by counter jumping and shaking her wrist rapidly.
Kyo noticed immediately something was wrong and when he saw the burn grabbed her arm and ran her wrist under cold water. Kaiya gave a small sigh of relief to the cold water while Kyo went to get her some burn cream and bandages. She was all cleaned up before Tohru or any of the others noticed something had happened. They only noticed her burn at dinner when she reached for some more tempura with the hand that had the burn. She quickly explained that it was nothing and that Kyo had taken care of it and that she was fine.
After dinner everyone set to finish their homework and the house fell silent except for the gentle ticking of the clocks.
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Ok, I think Im done for now. Whew, wow, I think this is one of my longest chapters. 10 pages! Ok, you might not think its much, but it is for me. Dude. I guess after that long dry spell the ideas just flowed out of my head. WHOO! Ok, this was fun. Now I gotta do homework. -__-" oh well, sorry for the late update and I'll try to write more soon.
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Till Next Time! ~Kyokyoneko Chan