Chapter one: THE GANG'S ALL HERE!

Shigure's POV

Well, I've already packed, I'm not hungry, I've finished 499 of the pages due to my charming yet rather flustered editor, mi, who is currently ransacking my office searching for the pages...heh heh... poor woman, I'd feel sorry for her but I'm just having too much fun harassing her wicked grin I mean, really, it's not like she's even looking hard for them- any idiot would know to check under the rug.... Well maybe not ANY idiot, but you catch my drift. The pitiable woman is now bursting into tears, and hanging on my elbow...

"oh, why do you do this to me??!! I know this may seem funny to you, but I don't care any more! Why won't you give me the pages?! Why? What is it that makes you refuse to turn your work in on time, Shigure-san? Why won't you just write the 500 pages??!!! If you don't start writing soon, they are going to cancel the series! Did you know that? They WILL CANCEL THE SERIES!!!!!!!"

"oh, my. why can't you just accept me for me? Que sera, sera. Now if you don't mind, I have to finish packing my bags- I'm going on a vacation."

"Shigure!!!!! Just give me the pages!!!!!!"

I turned as I was about to leave the room. "you know, you might try looking under the rug."

Heh heh.... I do enjoy torturing that devastated woman- it's just so easy.... Sometimes too easy. I almost feel as if the fun has been sucked out of my writing- my creations are fervently anticipated by my editor, but then she literally tears my writing to pieces 'too wordy' or 'too short a chapter' and sometimes 'you need to revise this and start over'! I hate it! She may be mad at me for teasing her a little, but how do you think I feel? I have no respect. My creativity is being shattered. Slowly but surely, I am being drained of all independent thought. Soon I will be but a zombie who writes exactly what mi says! wow, I think I should write that down......

KYO"S POV

Why did that damn dog have to invite Kagura? Her of all people! He knows she's just gonna wreck his house again! She always does that... I wish she'd just leave me the hell alone! Why can't she get it through her thick skull that I DON"T LIKE HER?! She's so ...so...pig-headed, she just never stops. This vacation is gonna SUCK. It's gonna suck really bad. And why does that damn Haru have to come? He'll just turn black, and cause all sorts of trouble! and Momiji! He doesn't know how to ski! He's never even been to the mountains before, so why's HE coming? Maybe I should just stay here.... Then I wouldn't have to go with all of those idiots....images of Tohru flash through his head... no, I couldn't bear to spend Christmas vacation with out her......

"HEY WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT YOU DAMN RAT!!!!!!!!!"

Tohru POV

Alright then! I'm all packed, the food's done, now all we have to is wait for everyo- ding dong! oh, yay! Everyone's here!!!!

"they're here! Yuki, Kyo, Shigure, THEY'RE HERE!!!"

I run over just as the door is opening. In walks Haru, Momiji, Kagura, and Hatori.

"Guten Tag, Tohru-kun!"

"Oh, hi Momiji! Hello Haru, Kagura, Hatori-san"

"'sup?"

"Hi Tohru passionately embraces Tohru (for you slow people, WITHOUT TRANSFORMING)"

"Good afternoon Tohru."

"come on in everybody, why don't you join Yuki in the TV room. I'll go tell Kyo you're here..."

"Oh, Kyo, where is he? Where is my love??!! How could you let him run away Tohru?"

"ummm... I haven't seen him in a while...."

A crazed Kyo peeked his head around the corner of the hallway, saw Kagura, and ran for the hills, or rather the back yard.

"KYO-KUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY LOVE, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN??!! WHY DIDN'T YOU RETURN MY CALLS? DID SHIGURE NOT GIVE YOU MY MESSAGES??!! I mean.... I did call seventeen times... SEVENTEEN TIMES!!!! eyes twinkle madly DID YOU NOT GET MY MESSAGE SEVENTEEN TIMES KYO?? IS THAT IT, IS THAT WHY YOU DIDN'T CALL?? ANSWER, DAMN YOU! ......"

ding-dong

"oh! Meka must be here! Everyone, come meet my friend Meka!"

I ran frantically to answer the door

"hi Meka!"

"hey girl!"

"um... Meka, come on in, there are some people or you to meet....(they walk into the TV room) Meka, this is Haru" – Haru looks up from fixing Yuki's tie- "'sup?" "not much, you?" Meka responds. Haru gives her a half smile, and continues 'fixing' Yuki's tie. "...And this is Momiji..." "Ja! It is good to meet a friend of Tohru's from school!" "... awwww! He's so cute! How old are ya, little guy?" "....uhmmm, Meka, Momiji goes to our school." "as in.. like... HIGH SCHOOL?!" "um, yeah...".........."much kewl! So, like how many grades did ya have to skip?" sigh (I gues there's no point trying to explain it to her now....) "...and you know Yuki.... Oh! This is Hatori-san, he is a Sohma also, he's the Sohma family doctor." "Woah! Dude! A doctor? ...hmm..yeah, you look like a doctor..... nice to meet ya!" (Meka extends her hand to him) "huuunm? On um... nice to meet you too." Hatori managed, careully avoiding her gaze, turning a little pink. "...know Shigure, so let's go outside....Kagura.... friend of mine...."