I made a new fic because I couldn't help myself. Anyways, I hope you don't get too confused in the beginning.
BTW, the beginning is set in like the US because that makes much more sense than Japan in this fic. Just pretend, okay?
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1. Arriving
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"I'm so excited!" Momiji hopped around in circles around Tohru. "It'll be so fun, especially with Tohru!"
Behind stood Yuki and Kyo, Yuki standing there with his arms crossed and Kyo looking as if he would punch Momiji.
"I'm excited too!" Tohru exclaimed. "It'll be so fun! I'm so glad you and Hatori-san invited me along!"
"No problem!" said Momiji, pausing to pull a cute smile before continuing to hop around Tohru.
Tohru smiled and looked up at the large ship moored on the dock. The Sohmas had given her so much she couldn't be able to thank them. Especially last week, when she heard the wonderful news.
...Flashback...
"Yay!" Momiji came running through the paper door, breaking it. Shigure sighed. First Yuki and Kyo and then Kagura and Haru and now Momiji too. Someday his house would be nothing but cheap repairs.
"Hatori got this from one of his patients!" Momiji exclaimed. "Twelve tickets to a pleasure cruise to Hawaii!" (A/N: I was going to make it the Caribbean, but I've never been there so it would have been difficult with the details)
"Wow that's terrific!" said Tohru, coming back from the kitchen. "Have fun!"
"No, no, no!" Momiji shook his head frantically. "Hatori says we should bring all of you, and Tohru too!"
"I'm out," snapped Kyo. Kagura would definitely be there. Living hell...
"I'm in," said Yuki, putting a hand on violently nodding Tohru's shoulder.
"Wait what?!" said Kyo suddenly, jumping up. "I'm going too!" No way was he going to let the rat and dog—let alone snake—alone with Tohru.
"Oh, that's great, Kyo-kun!" said Tohru, stopping herself right before she was about to hug him. "Gomen!" she apologized quickly.
"It's alright, Honda-san," said Kyo, ruffling her hair.
"Who else is going?" asked Yuki darkly, praying that Ayame wouldn't be on the list.
"Um," Momiji counted his fingers. "You, Tohru, Kyo, Shigure, me, Hatori..."
"We know that," interrupted Kyo, "Skip to the important stuff."
"Fine, fine, you big meanie," snapped Momiji. "Kisa, Hiro, Haru, Rin, Kagura,"—Kyo flinched—"Ayame,"—Yuki flinched—"and Rin."
"That's terrific! Almost everyone is coming!" Tohru was so easily excited.
"We're going next Friday!"
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Today was the "next Friday" and Tohru happily showed the man her ticket and identification. She boarded the huge liner.
Inside, she gasped. It was so beautiful, so fancy. Everything was furnished marble (or fake marble) and bright elevators lined the far wall of the lobby. Looking up, the exquisite lobby went through several floors—a glass dome where sky shined through at the top showed that it went right up to the deck. A tap at the back of her head woke her up from her awe.
"You're blocking the line," said Kyo gaily, pointing to the rest of the Sohmas behind her. "Wow," he said, walking into the lobby. "Must be really expensive,"
"Hey Tohru!" said Momiji, hyper as ever, "What's your room number?"
"What? What room number?"
"On your ticket," said Momiji, pointing to Tohru's ticket.
"797, what does that mean?"
"Cool! Mine is 792! It's on the same floor and hall!" Momiji seemed pretty excited.
"795," announced Yuki, "right next to yours, Tohru."
Tohru blushed slightly. Kyo glared. "799."
"Noooooo!"
"Yaaaah!" Kyo took off running as Kagura came and grabbed him a second later.
Kagura was tearful by now. "Our rooms aren't even close! 789! What do you call that?!"
"Isn't yours next to Tohru's too?" asked Shigure, tapping Kyo lightly. "Odd numbers on one side of the hall, even on the other. First digit stands for the floor, so the Sohmas are all together."
The huge group of twelve moved to the elevators, and scrunched together going up Tohru ended up turning Yuki and Kyo on the way up. ("Gomen, gomen!")
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Usually I don't write Author Notes halfway through, but I must tell you the floor plan of the end of the hall on the seventh deck:
789Kagura 791Rin 793Haru 795Yuki 797Tohru 799Kyo
---Hall---
788Hiro 790Kiso 792Momiji 794Hatori 796Ayame 798Shigure
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Hiding the mouse in her pocket and hiding the cat in Haru's jacket, they managed to stagger to the end of the hall on the seventh floor.
Tohru put Yuki down on the ground with his clothes and opened the door for him. "Thanks," said the rat as Tohru gave him his card key and closed the door.
poof Tohru swung the door closed with an "eep" and quickly retreated to her own cabin.
It was a nice little room with a small bathroom, a writing desk, and a small queen sized bed next to the balcony. Tohru walked out and looked out. There wasn't much of a view, but she noticed Haru at his balcony two rooms down. These cruises were just like crammed apartments.
Shigure came around knocking on everyone's door. "We're all going down to dinner together," he announced to the ten other Sohmas and Tohru. "Everyone out in the hall in five minutes, alright?"
Tohru quickly collected her hair into pigtails and grabbed her mini-backpack and exited the room.
No one was there, of course, seeing that she was out in just 30 seconds. "Eep!"
"Ayame what the—"
He buried his nose in her hair and she blushed. "May I escort you, my lovely little cherry blossom--"
WAPP
"Pervert," said Yuki grimly.
"Ahh, little brother—" began Ayame.
"Can it," snarled Yuki.
The rest of the cursed family slowly all arrived in the hall, and they all started down the hall. In the elevator, Tohru was careful to stand between Rin and Kisa this time.
The elevator doors opened, and the group made their way down to the dining hall.
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"Oh, table for twelve?" The seater shook his head sadly. "We have three tables for four, but no table for twelve. Is that alright?"
"Yes that's fine," said Hatori. Yuki and Kyo (Shigure too) automatically took a step towards Tohru. Hatori turned around and stared. "You're sitting with us," he said, grabbing Shigure by the ear.
"I'm sitting with Tohru-chan!" announced Momiji happily, almost turning himself into a rabbit, "I'm sitting with Tohru-chan; is that okay, Tohru-chan?"
"Of course," said Tohru happily. Momiji grinned. Kyo skulked.
"Alright, well follow me," said a waiter, seeing that the Sohmas had divided themselves equally into four.
Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, and Momiji were led to a small table by the corner. Tohru stared out the fancy framed glass window. The ship was still moored into the harbor; it would set sail this evening.
"Wow," said Kyo looking at the menu. "They want you to get one of each,"
"Appetizers, salad or soup, a main dish, AND dessert," added Yuki.
"Well it's not as if you have to pay, so that's good, right?" asked ever-optimistic Momiji.
"You can't eat it all," said Yuki dully.
Tohru blinked at the menu. "I don't know, I'm not very hungry. I guess I'll just get a salad and dessert."
"Hm, me too I guess," agreed Momiji.
The waiter came with their plates, and it was a rather peaceful dinner, other than Momiji's constant talking and Yuki chucking leeks at Kyo.
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By the end of the day, after Tohru had lugged her luggage that they had delivered to her room door into her room, stayed outside watching the ocean for half an hour, took a shower, she collapsed into her bed and fell asleep right away. This will be one fun vacation, she thought before sinking into a deep sleep.
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