Author's Notes: I've decided to write a chapter each on a few hand-chosen characters! All the credit for these chapters goes to my wonderful reviewers who begged for a sequel. Well give yourselves a hand because here are more chapters! Hugs everyone and gives them a plushie of whomever they admire X3 Thanks guys I love you all!
Warnings: In this chapter Shigure and Ayame get a little carried away and there is YAOI in here between them. I ask that all who cannot handle yaoi or just don't enjoy seeing two males kiss to turn back. Thank you
Summary: Uh-oh Hatori's got the hiccups and with Ayame and Shigure trying to get rid of them, how far with the crazy cousins go? Yaoi
Kyo vs. the Hiccups
Round 2: Hatori
Written by: XBlackfireX
With encouragement from my wonderful reviewers
Hatori blinked. He was confused at a sudden odd, unexpected reaction that had just taken place. His pen that was held tightly in his right hand fell to the table that his arm was leaning against. His eyes closed, trying not to focus on his surroundings. "Ha'ri are you alright?" Shigure asked to the doctor who sat in the living area with him. Hatori's eyes opened as he nodded in response.
"I'm fine but I thought for a moment that I had hic," he cut off from his sentence as the same reaction from before happened again. The dog's eyes widened slightly before a few chuckles escaped from his direction. Hatori rarely had any type of ailment and to hear anything other then his usual speaking voice was truly a most amusing sight.
"Awww has Ha'ri got a widdle case of duh hiccups?" he stated in the child-like voice he could muster. The dragon sighed feeling an uneasy sentiment in his lower stomach.
"I don't like hic that tone. What are hic you plotting?" Hatori said, suspicion coating his voice. Shigure's eyes softened as his expression took that of a puppy dog pout.
"Who me?"
The Sohma physician remained silent, hiccups still escaping from him. Although his hiccups were mostly silent, the dog got a kick out of it watching as the other male's body twitched with them. "You know," Shigure began, his hand going to his chin in his famous pose, "Kyo had the hiccups two days ago. Would you like to know how we got rid of them?" Hatori noticed the perverted gleam in his eye and stood quite quickly.
"What hic did you have Tohru do?" he demanded his tone quite on the evil side.
"SHAME ON YOU HA'RI!" Shigure cried, his form also standing, "to think I would place our dear Tohru in the middle of that? Also why so interested? I knew it; I knew it from the day you laid eyes on her. Love is in the air. Oh happy day!" Hatori had placed a hand over the ever persistent dog's mouth before he could babble on.
"Shut hic up."
"Mmmmf mff mfff," Shigure apologized with the dragon's hand still covering his mouth. The dragon released his cousin only to hear more things he didn't wish to hear. "I know I'll call Aya!" Hatori's eyes widened as he thought of the undying pride of the snake.
"I'd hic prefer if you didn't hic didn't."
"Oh but whyyyyy?"
"hic Because."
"Oh fine."
Hatori sat back down onto the wooden floor as Shigure in the next couple of minutes. Silence took the atmosphere, the only sounds being heard were the ever persistent hiccups coming from Hatori's direction. The dragon's eyes slowly traced to that of his relative as he noticed a look of an undying suffering. "Please Ha'ri let me call Aya, pleeeeeeeeeease," he pleaded, his soft brown eyes drooping.
"No."
"But we're a trio! We must have our most lively member on board."
"No hic."
"Guuuuuuuuuuuuure-san!" A familiar voice rang throughout the home of the Shigure as Hatori's eyes widened in disbelief.
"No," he whispered under his breath as he felt a migraine coming on.
"Aya my love perfect timing! Hatori and I were just talking of your brilliance," the novelist exclaimed standing and going over to his proclaimed to be "soul mate". Ayame laughed to himself before embracing Shigure and waltzing over towards Hatori's form.
"Why Tori-san your paler then a newborn sea-horse, literally, are you not well love?" The snake said in a serious yet usual ditzy tone of voice. Hatori cringed as Ayame had used yet another of his poor "sea-horse" gags yet alone the pet name "love".
"Haa has a case of the hippups," Shigure smiled using once again his child-like tone. Ayame looked taken away as he pushed his cat-like sunglasses onto his head, his olive-eyed stare becoming all at once worried. Placing a hand to the hiccupping physician's head, the serpent spoke.
"Does he have a fever?"
"You don't develop hic fever with the hiccups hic Ayame," Hatori mumbled yet his words were quite clear. The lively Sohma laughed as if he'd knew all along.
"Yes I know the moment reminded me of a scene in a soap opera I happened to come across some time ago. I just had to pull a Jason," he laughed standing erect and looking to Shigure who was fighting off an extreme urge of giggles. Ayame took off his coat and rolled up his sleeves a bit, shortly after tying back his long, thin hair. "Now then," he began a look of determination taking his face, "to get rid of the hiccups. There are many different ways to do such and yet I don't think we will be able to try them all. Hmm let me see, Gure-san what do you think we should start with?"
"It's a shame Tohru went to the library today with Yuki," Shigure started forth but was forced to stop as Hatori's sharp glare silenced him. "Then again let's try something easy. A good scare should work."
"What scares Tori-san," Ayame thought aloud bring a slender finger to his lips in thought. Suddenly Shigure approached Ayame in a brief moment. Their eyes connected and at once Ayame caught onto Shigure's plan. Hatori, already knowing of their scheme, felt a somewhat nauseating feeling developing in his stomach. The two became closer, and closer, until their lips touched in a passionate kiss.
"Yo we got any mayona—" Kyo had walked into the room with a turkey sandwich in his right hand hoping to ask Shigure a question, when his eyes fell upon a most unusual seen. Mouth gaping like a goldfish he turned his back on the pair with a look of disgust. "You know it's that kinda crap that gives Jerry Springer a right to make money sheeeesh! GET A ROOM!" And having saying that the cat-cursed male walked out of the room with a horrid image burned in his memory. Shigure pulled away from Ayame gently as he had not paid attention to Kyo's words, but wished to see if Hatori's hiccups had diminished. Ayame brought his tongue over his lips in an anxious method wishing that the kiss could have lasted longer as he had planned.
"Well?" The two asked in unison.
Hatori blinked before releasing the shiver that had lodged itself into his spine from the sight that he was immune to seeing from his earlier years. Saying nothing he hiccupped to answer their question. Shigure sighed as Ayame tried desperately to think of another solution.
"AH! I know," Ayame finally stated after a few minutes of silence and hiccups. The snake whispered something into Shigure's ear and at his nod skipped to the kitchen and returned with a jar of mysterious substance. "A spoonful of this should work."
"What hic is THAT?" Hatori asked not recognizing the jar of creamy brown contents as Ayame began to screw open the lid. The smells on peanuts filled the air as Shigure inhaled it gradually. He smiled as he continued to watch Ayame's "brilliance" in action.
"Its peanut butter you silly thing! Haven't you ever tried?" Ayame asked not believing that his cousin had never seen none the less tasted the sticky substance. Hatori shook his head releasing yet another fit of the hiccups he was plagued with.
"I don't try things that hic look like hic, well, anyway hic no I have not tried it."
"You've eaten peanuts have you not?"
"When I was eight hic."
Shigure gasped along with Ayame as they looked at one another and shook their heads in disbelief. Ayame took a spoon and scooped out some to Hatori's viewings. He held it close to the sea-horse's mouth. "Now open up Tori-san," he coaxed with his usual large grin.
"I don't want hic peanut butter Ayame," Hatori protested backing himself away from the spoon. Ayame looked undefeated as he inched the spoon closer to Hatori's mouth.
"Come on Ha'ri open up for the choo-choo, chugga, chugga," Shigure giggled into his hand as he watched Hatori's expression change from annoyed to confused O.o
"Fine if you want to act like that be my guest. Oh did I forget to mention Kana's pregnant?" Ayame said calmly.
"WHAT?"
PLOP
No sooner had Ayame placed the spoonful of peanut butter in his mouth. Hatori's eyes widened, finding to his displeasure he had been mercilessly tricked. Ayame beamed with joy as his plan had worked as he knew it would regardless. "There you go amour now that wasn't so bad, was it not." The young doctor couldn't respond due to the wave of nausea he kept fighting off from the taste of the sticky, gooey, strange substance that the snake had shoved in his mouth.
"Tasty?" Shigure inquired towards Hatori.
"I am amazed at hic the both of your stupidity levels," Hatori managed to spurt out after he had swallowed the peanut butter which, apparently, hadn't done anything to cure his hiccups. Ayame closed the peanut butter and set it down on the table. Shigure placed his arm around the silver-haired male in a loving manner.
"You tried Aya," he said reassuringly with a smile.
"Tried? I'm just getting started my sweet puppy!"
Hatori ignored the two as he had suddenly felt an itching sensation taking his arm. As he scratched it he felt the same feeling take his legs, followed by his back, stomach, and just about all over his tall body. As he scratched and scratched he noticed red blotches appearing where he rubbed his nails about. The itch was becoming too much to bear as he stood, his hands still scattering about his body, hiccups still amazingly coming from his mouth.
"Que pasa?" Shigure asked in his usual random foreign language change he liked to use once in a while.
"Tori-san what have you done to yourself?!" Ayame demanded seeing the taller male covered in red patches.
"I scratch, scratch think I'm having hic an allergic reaction to the peanut butter!"
"WHAT?!" The dog and snake cried together wondering if the third member of their trio was going to be alright.
"Well don't just hic stand there scratch, scratch do something!" Hatori told them in a voice that held misery written all over. Ayame began pacing as Shigure tried to think of something that would stop the dragon's reaction.
"Kyo bring me some duck-tape, the remote to the television, and that pink stuff from the cabinet in the bathroom!" Shigure shouted, his voice filling his home.
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"Hahahahahahaha! Hatori you look like a queer! Oh my God where's the camera I think it's time for some payback," Kyo laughed as he ran out of the room to seek out his digital camera he had received for his birthday that year.
"It could have been worse Ha'ri," Shigure tried to calm the humiliated sea-horse as he applied more of the pink lotion that he had used when Yuki had had the chicken pox. Ayame sat on a chair, his legs crossed, a hand to his lips to sustain the laughter that he held.
"It's only hic my luck that something this degrading hic would happen," Hatori sighed, but also relieved that the horrendous itch was finally diminishing into a simple prickle.
"Wa-laa! A mirror my dear Aya," Shigure requested as he placed the cap back on the lotion and reached for the mirror Ayame was handing to him. "Well what do you think? Personally I think pink is your color Ha'ri."
Hatori looked into the mirror and saw only a 28-year-old man with pink spots upon his face, and arms where the worst of the reaction had been. He pushed the mirror away wondering if this day could possibly get any worse. "By the way Gure-san why did you need duck-tape and the remote?" Ayame questioned looking over to the dog that was now holding the tape and remote.
Grinning, Shigure answered. "I remembered that the back of the remote had fallen off so I figured I could just tape it back on and I happened to recall that when I was thinking of a solution to Haa's issue."
"Such a clever hound!"
"Gracias!"
Kyo entered the room shortly after holding something behind his back, "Hey Hatori want some tea?"
"No hic thank you Kyo."
"No thank you what?"
"I don't want any right now hic."
"Want any what?"
"Tea," Hatori said looking straight up into the lens of Kyo's camera, soon becoming blinded by the flash. Kyo looked proud as a triumphant smirk took his lips.
"Payback is sweet. Tea, pah, like I'd offer it. I figured you'd know I was taking the picture if I used your cheap little 'what's the last letter of the alphabet' gig. See ya later I got some emailing to do heh."
"Pay not attention to him Tori-san I think you look spectacular! Simply marvelous!" Ayame exclaimed slight frightened by the glare Hatori gave him in return for his comment.
"I'm home," Tohru's voice chirped as she entered the room along with Yuki.
"I welcome you back princess," Ayame greeted taking the teenage girl's hand and placing a gentle kiss upon it. A blush soon took Tohru's face as she giggled softly. Yuki took a step forward in front of Tohru, the silent expression on his face giving off unfriendly vibes. Tohru's lively eyes finally fell upon Hatori as she allowed herself to adjust the room. She looked confused at first before releasing a feminine gasp.
"Hatori-san?" she asked aloud not believing that this truly was the Sohma doctor. Hatori remained silent, his head lowering in an inaudible sigh. Having forgetting his minor problem, he hiccupped softly, groaning afterward.
"Oh it sounds like you have the hiccups Hatori-san," Tohru said with her sweet tone as she knelt next to the doctor. Yuki shuddered as he had remembered what Tohru had DONE to rid Kyo of his hiccups and what a traumatizing experience that had been.
"We've been trying to get rid of them for an hour already," Ayame started forth shaking his head, "they just don't seem to be leaving." Tohru reached into her backpack as she pulled out a bottle of Dasani water. She twisted the cap off and offered it to Hatori who met eyes with her.
"Here drink some."
The room fell silent as Hatori had agreed to Tohru's method. The girl smiled as Hatori took the bottle of water gently from her grasp and raised it to his lips. He drank in a few sips before allowing the liquid to the gradually clear from his mouth. He handed her back the bottle with a look of gratitude.
"Thank you Tohru I appreciate it," he told her as Ayame and Shigure's mouth fell open at the same time. Twisting the cap back on, Tohru arose and walked out of the room with Yuki and a smile across her face. The shocked duo followed Tohru's form across the room before tracing back to Hatori's.
"Why didn't we think of that?"
"Because your highly immature capacity prolonged your being once more," Hatori stated, preparing himself to the leave Shigure's home for the day.
"God bless you," the pair spoke together once more at Hatori's "big words" and high knowledge. Hatori shook his head before grabbing his car keys off of the table and walking over to the thin rice paper door. But just as he was about to slide it open……….
"Hic!" The thunderstruck male turned back to see Ayame's laughing form and a wide-eyed Shigure who had his two hands pressed tightly against his mouth.
-End-
Author's Notes: giggles softly to herself I personally enjoy the ending because I can picture Hatori with a look that reads "What the….." on his face. Anyway I hope to all my "fans" out there that this chapter was humorous in a way I pictured it to be. The next chapter, obviously, will have to do with Shigure. Reviews are appreciated. Thank you and goooood night! Its 12:43 AM I'm going to bed -.-