Anony: Hello again! I hope everyone enjoyed the last chapter!

Yuki: (reading from cue card) I'm sure everyone enjoyed the guest appearance from Ritsu. Don't worry; there'll be more surprises in later chapters…..Anony hopes.

Anony: I also hope that my plan of….planness….goes well.

Yuki: What plan?!

Anony: I can't tell….it's a secret.

Yuki: But how will I know what to expect? You don't want me to be thrown off guard at your….plan, do you?

Anony: Well, no.

Yuki: Then tell me.

Anony: (sigh) Ok, fine. But, it might still surprise you.

Yuki: I don't mind, whatever it is.

Anony: (whispers in his ear)

Yuki: ::pause:: That's it. I'm leaving.

Anony: Y-Yuki…..TT

Ch.4: Drawing straws

"I guess we don't have to have lights," the announcer mumbled quietly to himself as he colored straws. Ritsu had been taken out of the studio, unconscious. The show had been put to a commercial break and the audience waited.

"Well, now that we finished that little….obstacle, let's continue!" said the tired looking announcer once the show was back on air. "I colored the bottom of each straw with on color, except for one that has a different color than the rest. The contestant who draws the different color gets to choose a category first." The announcer walked over to the row of podiums and stopped, letting the first contestant draw a straw, not letting anyone else see.

Hmm…I wonder what color the special straw is? Ayako thought as she looked at her blue straw.

Haru drew a straw next. Blue. I hope this is the winning straw; I want to make sure I get a category I know. And I hope Kyo doesn't win, he'll probably pick 'math mayhem'. I hate math, so many directions and steps……I hope this is the right straw. Haru tried to casually catch a glimpse of Ayako's straw, but she held it out of view.

Next, Kyo drew a straw. Blue. I hope this straw is the one. Now way that damn rat's going to draw it! Kyo tired to look at Miyako's as she drew, but couldn't tell if he saw a flash of blue or red….or purple or orange….maybe black? He was about to look at Haru's, but then realized Haru was trying to see his!

"What?!" Kyo hissed at him.

Haru looked momentarily surprised, and then answered coolly, "Nothing."

"Then quit staring at me!" Kyo shouted, making everyone turn to look at him. His face grew hot with anger and embarrassment. He heard Yuki mutter a "baka neko" under his breath.

Dammit, this better be the right straw! Kyo thought angrily.

Red. Either I won or Kyo won, he had a blue straw. Funny that he didn't even notice I had a perfect view of his while he was trying to see mine. Oh well, mine or his. Miyako thought to herself absentmindedly.

Blue is pretty. Maybe it's the special winning straw! It'll be okay if it's not, though, as long as I do my best today! Mom, I'll do my best! Tohru thought happily.

Yuki drew the last straw the announcer held. It's blue. Too bad I drew last, I probably didn't get the winning one. But, I guess you never know.....

"Alright, now that everyone has a straw, (Why did it take so many lines just to draw straws? This damned author is making time go in slow motion!) it's time to see who will pick our first category. The winning straw was colored…….(anxious looks) red!" The announcer looked at Miyako who had a slightly shocked look on her face, unlike everyone else's disappointed expressions.

"Oh, look! Miyako has the red straw!" Tohru chirped cheerfully from Miyako's left. Everyone looked at Miyako.

"Yes, I do," she said plainly.

"Well, at least Kyo didn't get it," Haru said aloud.

A little too loud since Kyo heard him.

"Hey! At least I wasn't trying to sneak and look at everyone's straws, you dirty, cheatin' cow!"

"Kyo-" Tohru started nervously.

"You just can't face the fact that if I picked the first category, I'd beat Yuki and you! Stupid cow!" Kyo yelled, getting pretty close to Haru's face. (Anony: Uh…not a good idea, Kyo!)

"You baka neko, why don't you-" Yuki started.

"I don't have to listen to you, kuso nezumi!" Kyo yelled, then turned back to Haru. "You know, it's a good thing you didn't get the right straw otherwise it might be harder on you when I take you and that damn Yuki out of the game!" Kyo shouted at Haru before…….

PUNCH! BOOM! CRACK! CRASH!

"Sorry, I wasn't listening. You wanna repeat that, neko?" Haru said in a malicious tone with a dangerous glint in his eyes.

(U) Tohru, Yuki and Kyo (U)

Black Haru.

"Ah! Uh....we're going to take a commercial break right now," the announcer said, flustered and shocked.

"Now look what you did, you stupid cat!" Yuki told the bruised up body that laid on the pile of broken podium stands.

"That damn cow's the one who broke everything, not me!" Kyo roared.

"Uh….Kyo, are you okay?" Tohru asked.

"I'm fine." Kyo got up. Tohru went to talk to the other contestants about Haru's…..personalities and to warn the announcer.

"Well, I guess we can keep score with paper and pencils," the announcer said and sighed, exasperated. "I'll go adjust the rules."

This is turning out very different than how I thought it would, Tohru thought as she went to see how Ayako and Miyako were doing.

Anony: (crying) I….hope…..everyone….liked…..this...chapter…WAAAAHHHH! I'm sorry to everyone! I made Yuki go away and now everyone's going to be mad at me and I hate when people are mad at me and there's going to be an angry mob and- (looks up to see purple eyes staring back) Yuki!!!! Does this mean you'll stay?

Yuki: Only because I have no idea how to get out of here. Now stop crying. I'm here.

Anony: Alright! (smiles) Everything's better. Ok, that's the end of chappie 4!!!! Yay!!! So, what do think, Yuki?

Yuki: ……………..

Anony: Awww, Yuki! Are you still mad?

Yuki: (sigh) No, it's alright. If I have to suffer, he should too.

Anony: Yay! I've got a surprise for the readers out there! (Pulls back a curtain that appeared out of nowhere) Another muse!!!! (An unconscious, tied up Kyo sits in a chair behind the curtain)

Anony: Muwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!