Chapter 3: Momiji's song, a trip gone wrong, and an unlikely paring
Disclaimer: oh Kyo-kun, my darling! I do not own thee! (Nor any of the other lovely fruits basket characters blows nose ......I am so sad, methinks I shall cry now! starts to sob
Author Note: Thank you soooo much to all those who reviewed, keep 'em coming!
Sorry about my errors. I'm new to this. Enjoy my latest Chapter in Fruits basket Christmas...wow, that's a lame title. Okay, if you have any ideas about what I should change the title to, send 'em to me. Thanks again for reviewing, ideas and helpful criticism are always welcome!
- This has been a NOTE FROM The Author
"ALL RIGHT, EVERBODY OUT!"
The bus driver screamed half and hour later to group of sleeping teens (and a few people who are just teens in their minds).
"Mommy, five more minutes...." (Ayame)
"Backpacks! No, it's MY BACKPACK! MINE!!!!" (Gure-san)
"Whaa... oh, okay. EVERYBODY UP NOW!" (Hatori)
The groggy (and one still asleep) teens commenced unloading their 'stuff', and heading up the hill to the cabin.
"Oh, Miss Honda, we might not have mentioned, but we have a bit of a hike before we are really AT the cabin.....so if you want, I can carry your bags." Yuki shifted is own bags into his left hand, and held his right out expectantly.
"Oh no Yuki, I'll be ok. And besides, I know how Sohma-kun gets sick so easily- I wouldn't want you to overexert yourself
Yuki gave her a half smile and continued up the hill.
Tohru struggled with her bags, but managed to get them up the hill.
"Come on my darling, what sort of husband to-be would you be if you don't help me carry my bags!"
"Get away from me you stupid boar!"
"Oh, the fresh mountain air inhale it's so calming exhale don't you love it Gure-San?"
"You'd better carry my bags before you make me mad!!!"
"Oh yes, it's such a treat to able to get away from all the fuss and noise in the city. inhales the air tingles inside of my lungs, and revigorates me giving me the strength to carry on up the hill."
Pow! Kyo flies down the hill "oh, my love! Are you alright?!! Who did this to you??!!!"
sigh "Is Kyo-kun playing with Kagura again?? Now, now, Kyon-Kichi, don't bother poor little Kagura."
"Why if I wasn't pinned down to the ground right now...."
Meanwhile, Momiji Meka and Haru are talking about their favorite types of music.
"Well, I've never really liked rap...I'm more of a rock guy."
"Yeah, me too! I don't like rap or heavy metal- I'm rock all the way!" giggles
She's so cute when she laughs. I just wish Christmas break was going to last longer.
"Haru... earth to Haru....! Ooooh! Haru is thinking about Meka isn't he?"
Haru was suddenly called out of his dazed state and stared at Momiji who decided to stop right then.
"What performers/ groups do you like?"
"Well.... I kinda like classic rock too... so I like the Beatles, Aerosmith, and Jimi Hendrix.... And oh, I don't know... I guess I like music in general... how about you?"
"Led Zeppelin."
"That's it??"
"No... I like Aerosmith and Hendrix too....oh yeah, and Rolling Stones."
"Mmm... how could I have forgotten the stones..."
"I like to write my own songs! :P"
"You ...do?" Meka stared at Momiji, thoroughly startled.
"Yep! Wanna hear one?!"
"ummm... ok...."
Well... here it is:
Good morning sun
Today will be fun
We'll sing and dance
Frolic and prance
Oh today will be fun
Fun in the sun!
"What do you think?!"
vacant stares
"Oh! Look everyone! It's the cabin!" Tohru pointed at the top of the hill which was clearly in view "we're almost there!"
Yuki was at the top of the hill, Kyo running as fast as he can to get away from Kagura. Hatori is pulling out the keys from his left pocket; Aya and Shigure are trying to look up Meka's skirt. (They 'dropped' their pencils.) Meka notices after a moment, and uses a kickboxing technique that leaves them covered in snow. In fact they were so covered in snow they looked like snow drifts.
"Ooh! Tohru! That patch of snow just 'muuumphed' !"
"it seems to be trying to communicate with the helpless ball of lard next to it." Yuki stated, grim. "it's what you deserve you pervert!"
meanwhile, Tori-san has just unlocked the door and entered the dusty cabin. It was made of a nice cherry colored wood and had several windows on the upper floor. The window panes were dusty, and no one could not see in, but Meka sensed something moving around up there...
"EARTH TO MEKA!!!!" Momiji was dancing in front of me, trying to catch my attention by waving his hands in front of her face. Only problem with that was that he was too short.
"sorry.. I guess I sort of spaced out for a second there." She laughed nervously, and tried to smile, but failed.
I must look really stupid...is that what he thinks of me? Some stupid girl?
"um, Meka, why don't we go inside- it's kind of snowing out here?" Haru looked at em expectantly. I turned into mush, but somehow managed to make my mush legs walk me into the cabin.
"wow! It's really gorgeous!" Tohru squealed, just as she walked into a cobweb. "ooh!"
"would everyone please come into the living room..." Hatori Motioned with his hand for us to enter the room. We filed in, school kid fashion, the two snowballs following us....wow, how can someone as cool as Haru be related to two pervs like them? I thought to myself. Hatori then began to explain the rules...
"we will all participate in doing the chores- each person will be given something they can do- let's see... Cooking Duty goes to...Tohru and Kyo; Laundry goes to Yuki and Kagura; And the rest of you will be helping Ayame, Shigure and I clean the cabin."
At this point Ayame and Shigure had melted and joined Hatori in the front of the room. Ayame made goofy faces and held up bunny ears, while Shigure continued on the list of rules.
"There are three bedrooms upstairs for all of you youngsters- Tori, Aaya and I will share the master bedroom down here." He pointed across the hall. "you know where to find us- only interrupt us if it's an emergency." He stopped and turned to Ayame, who stepped forward."
"the definition of 'Emergency' in Ayame Sohma's Book of Me, is: if any of the many body parts fall off, you sprain, and/or break something (like my special lamp); OR if you need help deciding what to wear, or break a nail."
We stared at him, he giggled, Hatori grabbed him by the collar and yanked him backwards.
"Alright, I'm sure you're all ready to choose your rooms now... oh, and you MAY choose your roommates...well... I guess you can go now."
By the end of the sentence everyone had rushed up the stairs, dragging their heavy suitcases up with them.
Tohru was a little slow on the dragging her things upstairs, as was Momiji. They found themselves entering the room at the end of the hall.
"OH!" Tohru gasped, her eyes bugging out, "It's so BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!"
the room did have a certain...umm charm to it, but, as usual, Tohru made the very best out of things. She set her suitcase on the bottom bunk, and Momiji struggled to get his on the top bunk. They started to unpack.
Yuki made a left at the top of the stairs, and found himself in the same room he had 'sensed' motion in. A little perturbed, he told himself, it's just a room- there's nothing in her, it must have been my imagination... he was still a little unsure, but he put his bag on the bottom bunk, anyways. Then he went downstairs to make a cup of tea.
Meka and Haru both made a right at the top of the steps, and entered the same room. Meka's mouth dropped open in wonder, as she looked up a the ceiling- it was covered in paintings of the Zodiac. She sighed, dazzled by it's splendor, then she noticed Haru standing next to her.
"Oh, um.. you can have it... I'll find another room." Haru mumbled, trying to contain the fact that he loved the ceiling too.
"Oh, no! I couldn't...I'll move..." Meka looked back at the stars, and sighed again. Then she shook her head as if to clear it. "how about we share it- there are two beds, I'll take one, you'll take the other, okay?"
Haru nodded, and turned towards Meka. Then he smiled, and she smiled back, and they entered the room.
Kyo was a little late in getting a room, due to the fact that Kagura was chasing him around the cabin, yelling things about sleeping together. He managed to loose her after a short while, and ran into the first room he could find and locked the door. He put his suitcase on the top bunk (someone had already put theirs on the bottom bunk), and began doing his morning practice routine to calm himself.
Poor Kagura was left outside, half-frozen, her torso dumped in a snow drift. By the time she managed to get out, everyone had chosen their rooms already and had settled in. She didn't want to interrupt Haru and Meka who were talking (well, Haru was talking, and Meka was giggling...) She tried to open one door, but it was locked. She tried banging on it, but she just could not manage to open it- it was almost as if someone on the inside was leaning on the door so that she couldn't get in... The last room's door had been flung wide open. As she entered the last bedroom, warm, friendly sunbeams hit her face. She looked around, and saw pink wallpaper and posters of Hello Kitty on the walls. Tohru was unrolling a fuzzy pink bathrobe and hanging it up in the closet. Momiji was bouncing on his bunk. There was another single bed, tucked away in the corner. Kagura smiled for the first time that afternoon.
The Mabudachi trio was unpacking their bags downstairs in their bedroom when the lights went out. Several shrieks could be heard from upstairs.
"oh no, whatever shall we do?" asked Aaya, his eyes rolling to the ceiling. He then turned to Gure who returned his wicked grin.
"WHAT ARE YOU TWO UP TO?!" roared Hatori the last time he had seen them like this was when they were about to bomb the Japanese room, and that was in high school...
he didn't get a response as Aaya and Gure had headed off in the direction of the stairs.
Meanwhile.....
Yuki had just stated his cup of tea, and had left the pot on the stove. He left the kitchen when he saw Ayame coming. He headed upstairs with his half-full teacup. He turned his door handle, but it was locked. Yuki karate-kicked the door and it swung open, revealing a confused Kyo practicing his 'moves'.
"I never knew you did disco." Said Yuki, startled by what he had just seen.
"I didn't do any thing! You must have been seeing things or something- and what are you doing in here? This is MY ROOM!" Yuki yawned and transferred his cup of tea to his other hand and started walking over to the bedside table. When he reached the table, he put down his cup of tea and gestured towards the suitcase on the bottom bunk. Kyo stared at it, trying to make out the name tag on it in the increasing dark (it was dusk and the sun was setting) the name tag read 'Sohma, Yuki'. Kyo groaned, knowing he was in for a looong night.
Author's Note: whoo! I wrote a (slightly) longer chapter. You like? You don't like? R&R!!!!! It means so much to me to get feedback from my viewers, and if anyone has any ideas, I will try to incorporate them...somehow... next chapter will be up soon: P in the meantime, check out my other stories- Ayame's Journal, and Yuki's Big Secret. They're pretty good, if I don't say so myself
My next chapter, "IF YOU GIVE A BOY A LIGHTER", will include:
A power surge
No hot water
Ayame breaking a nail
And a little bit of....
FLUFF!
(Sorry!!!!!!!!!!!! I am apologizing right now for trying to write fluff.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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