Invasion of the Riceballs

Chapter TWO

"Miss Honda! What's wrong!?" Yuki yelled, running downstairs. "What happened?" Tohru sat on a chair trembling with fear, and she was getting dizzy at the same time. "H-haun...h-haunte-haunt..." Tohru kept on chanting. Yuki couldn't make out what she was saying. "I'm sorry...what are you trying to say?" Yuki asked as polite as he can ever ask. Kyo walked downstairs shortly as if he didn't even hear Tohru scream. Shigure asked what was going on, and Yuki had told her everything.

"Where'd that annoying brat go?" Kyo asked. That's right! Tohru thought. Where DID Momiji go!? "Miss Honda, are you feeling okay? Can you tell me what happened?" Yuki asked her in a soft voice. Tohru tried to speak as clearly as she could. "That one night...when I fell over, I don't know why. I didn't trip on anything because there was nothing there! I felt like something pulled me. And then, just now, Momiji said..." She started. Shigure looked confused. Kyo wasn't listening as he ate his breakfast. "Momiji said...what?" Yuki asked. Tohru tried to speak, but nothing came out of her mouth.

"Momiji said...THAT SHIGURE'S HOUSE IS HAUNTED!" She burst. Everyone stared, including Momiji who had just popped up. Tohru felt sweat rolling down her neck. "Uh, oh I'm sorry! I didn't mean to yell! It's just that I was scared, and I couldn't help myself, and, AND-" In a sudden moment Momiji covered her mouth. "It's okay Tohru. I was just guessing." Kyo stomped in front of Momiji. "EXACTLY WHAT DID YOU JUST TELL HER?!" He yelled. He bopped Momiji's head so hard it seemed like a punch. "Uh...t-there's no need f-for t-that..." Tohru said, trying to stop them. Yuki just ate his breakfast. "On day you will realize that it isn't merely noise. Their blabbering actually makes sense." Shigure said. Then sighed. Just as Kyo was about to explode in front of him, he locked himself in a room for safety. "Waaah...Kyo's hitting me! Waaah...WAAAH!" Momiji cried in complaint.

Later on that evening, Tohru had calmed down. She knew that Shigure's house wasn't really haunted, but she wasn't a hundred percent sure. Why would Momiji say that? I wonder if it's true...considering there is a curse going on, Tohru thought. Suddenly she caught a glance of something moving in the corner of her eye in the hallway. "What the...how did this get here?" She asked herself. She was holding a riceball, which she had found just sitting there, in the middle of the hallway. "I didn't make any riceballs today...maybe they were from yesterday. Or maybe Kyo made some." After looking at the riceball, she went downstairs and put it in a plastic container. "There. That should be a good place to put you."

Tohru went back to her room, reading Momiji a book. They have been there for about 20 minutes until the story finally ended. Momiji started to get bored and started singing.

"Who's in the forest strolling?"

"The birds and the bees say Momiji.."

"The frogs in the pond are calling..."

"Momiji, yes, it's true."

Tohru clapped after Momiji's excellent singing. She had loved that song for a long time now. "I can still remember where I first sung and heard that." As Momiji stood up and got out of the bed, he pointed to the hallway and said, "Tohru, I think that's yours." Tohru looked at him first, then the item Momiji was pointing at. "What the?" It was the riceball! It was back in the hallway, same spot and same appearance. Tohru held it again. "But...I just put it back in its' container! It couldn't possibly-" She started. "MOVE BY ITSELF?" A voice said behind her back. "K-kyo! Hello!" Kyo looked at Tohru in a strange way. "What happened this time? Was it Momiji's fault?" He asked in an annoying way. "Why is it always me?!" Momiji exclaimed. He already knew the answer: 'You're an annoyance, that's why.'

"Kyo...do you really think Shigure's house is haunted?" Tohru asked nervously. Kyo's eyes turned wide. "Why would you think THAT?" Tohru looked at her feet. "Never mind..." She replied. "Suit yourself!" Kyo said as he walked downstairs. This didn't surprise Tohru as much, but later she found a plum-filled riceball on her bed. "Strange...I wonder if these really are Kyo's riceballs. He's really good at making them, then." Tohru sighed, and fell asleep. She dreamt.