Chapter 3
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Rivalry
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AN: you liked Anji-Chan? ~^_^~ he's actually based on my first dog. He was a huge, black German Shepard. He was so sweet...if he knew you. He would protect me from the evil mail man...not that he was evil. Just to say how big he was, we got him when I was three, and by the time I was four, he was about as tall as me. But, alas, he died five years ago. I'm gonna cry again. I miss Bruno. ;_; Anyway, okay, so far I've only gotten one vote for the Kyoru or Yukiru thing, and okay, I'll do a Yukiru pairing.:)
PS: um, sorry for the random pause, I had a Leonardo Da Vinci paper due 12-8 five pages and ten resources. I could probably tell you everything he did, when he did it, and in what city from fifteen different people. Blah. Anyway, so you can see why I didn't do anything. Gomen ne. Also, Yuki and Kyo are getting along too well, you say? Heh, heh, heh, I can fix that. :D
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"Hm," Tohru said, looking at the clock. "It should be lunch time by the time they get back. What do you think we should make for them?"
"Ano..." Kai said, looking around. "Do you have any instant ramen?"
"Eh?"
"I can't exactly cook," she admitted.
"Well, if we're making it together, maybe it won't be as bad as you think."
"You're pretty wise for your age, Tohru-San."
"How did you find such a calm dog?" Tohru asked, glancing at a half- asleep Anji after they had started making lunch with a side of rice balls. (AN: you have a plum in your back! But it's really small. It's like a baby plum. I can hardly see it. ~.? Okay, Kyo, whatever you say.)
"I was walking down the street about two years ago when I saw a sign that said 'Free Puppy'. So, I went to the address, and the owner of the mother dog said that Anji was the only one of the litter that wasn't a purebred Husky. No one else wanted him, so of course I took him home with me," Kai explained.
"So you knew Hatori, Shigure and Ayame during your high school days?" Tohru asked.
"Hai. But, we met right before finals in our senior year. We did go to college, but we only had a few classes together."
"I've only heard a few stories from Ayame and Shigure. How was it like going to school with them?"
"Hah, if I hadn't met them I wouldn't have gone to college. Those three were pretty much my only friends. I was pretty much an anti-social except when it came to them. Um, stories? When I first met them, Aya tried to explain the Zodiac Curse in his own terms, but Hatori stopped him before he could finish."
"What was his version of the curse's history?"
"Something about asking any girl that ran into them a random questionnaire. Then something about a god...then Hatori cut him off."
"Ayame's stories are so interesting. Has he told you how he got to keep his hair long in high school?"
"Many times. I could probably quote them if I thought hard enough."
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"OW!!" Kyo shouted as he, Yuki, and Shigure walked down a path leading to town. "WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT FOR YOU,~~?!"
"Please try to contain you harsh words, we're close enough to town people might hear," Yuki growled.
"WHAT KIND OF REASONING IS THAT?! AND WHERE DO YOU GET OFF KICKING ME TO THE GROUND FOR NO REASON?!" Kyo continued, throwing a full-arm punch, that missed.
"You insulted our guest."
"WHAT?! ALL I DID WAS SAY HER DOG LOOKED STUPID!!"
"He apparently has better common sense than you do."
Shigure shook his head and rolled his eyes as his younger cousins squabbled and fought as they entered town.
"What an interesting little parade we must look like," he commented happily.
"Wha?" Kyo asked, with a very contorted, confused look on his face.
"Yes, you two fighting and trying to beat each other up and then there's me, doing nothing of the sort, looking completely innocent...."
"I wouldn't exactly call you innocent," Yuki answered.
"Illegal, maybe, but not innocent," Kyo added.
"Do you even know how to spell 'illegal'?" Yuki asked.
"SHUT UP, RAT BOY, BEFORE I MAKE YOU!!"
"Oh, hah, you're going to MAKE me shut up now, are you?"
"Oh, well, look, there's the hotel," Shigure pointed out, pointing across the street.
"By the way, Shigure, how do you know which hotel to go to exactly?" Yuki asked.
"Why, it's right next to her apartment building. It was even there when she was in high school and college."
"How interesting," Yuki mused.
"Like your face is gonna be," Kyo growled.
"Don't worry, your face will be worse," Yuki countered as the three walked into the hotel
Kyo and Yuki were still going at it as Shigure talked with the innkeeper. He turned around, and now his cousins were nothing but a rotating cloud of smoke. "Boys? Boys... Oh, boys..." He knew they weren't going to like this next one, but seemed to be his last choice. "Kyo-Kyo, Prince Yuki..."
They both turned around.
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!!!!!" Kyo screamed
"Shigure, if you call me that again I'll cook dinner tonight," Yuki added.
"R-right. I have the key to Kai-San's room. Are you ready to go, or would you like to make fools of yourselves again?" he asked with his usual smile.
(AN: confrontational enough? ^_^ I like battle scenes, even if it is something as stupid as relatives have a brawl.)
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Tohru and Kai finally shoved lunch into the oven. "Well, hopefully we won't burn it as bad as I've heard Yuki can," Kai said, straightening up.
"Well, one good thing about Italian food is, you can always smell when it's done," Tohru explained.
Kai let out a laugh. "Guess that's true."
"Tohru...Shigure...Yuki? Princess Tohru..." They heard coming from the living room.
"Oh, that sounds like Momiji!" Tohru exclaimed.
"Who?"
Suddenly, the kitchen door slammed open, and a boy with spiky gray hair, looked in. "Where's that stupid cat?"
"He should be on his way back from town, Haru," Tohru explained.
"You mean I've been looking for him all day and he's not even here?"
"Tohru! There you are!" a smaller, blonde boy exclaimed, running in. "Who's your new friend?"
"This is Kai. Kai, this is Momiji, he's the rabbit and Hatsuharu, he's the cow."
"You know about the curse?!" Momiji asked, jumping up and down. "YAY!!" With that, Momiji leapt forward and gave Kai as much as a bone-crushing hug as he could.
"Nothing happened," Hatsuharu said with a blink.
"Cool!" Momiji squealed, hugging his new friend even tighter.
"Nice to meet you too, Momiji," Kai said with a smile.
"There you two are," a familiar voice said from the door. "Hatsuharu, do you know where you are now?"
"Hai," the boy answered. "But, before I go, could you explain something to me?" he asked, pointing to Kai, who still had Momiji around her neck.
"Hello, Hatori-San," Kai said with a wave.
"Ha'ri, I didn't change," Momiji said, confused.
Hatori shook his head. "You didn't change, Shigure didn't change, and no one knows why," he said taking his young cousin and setting him on the ground.
"But she's not a Sohma," Haru said with a pensive look.
"We didn't get it either," Kai admitted.
"Ooo, what's that I smell?" Momiji asked. "It smells like...lasagna."
"You've got a good nose, Momiji-Kun," Kai said with a chuckle.
"Out of my way, Rat boy, I smell a cow!" Kyo's voice said from the front door.
Haru gave a start and darted into the living room. Everyone went to the door to see what would happen.
"Boys, take it-" Shigure was cut off as Haru punched Kyo and he flew...through the door and outside. "There goes the door again."
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AN: I'm experimenting with color. I know it won't work with ff.net, but it should work with mm.org. we'll see...
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Rivalry
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AN: you liked Anji-Chan? ~^_^~ he's actually based on my first dog. He was a huge, black German Shepard. He was so sweet...if he knew you. He would protect me from the evil mail man...not that he was evil. Just to say how big he was, we got him when I was three, and by the time I was four, he was about as tall as me. But, alas, he died five years ago. I'm gonna cry again. I miss Bruno. ;_; Anyway, okay, so far I've only gotten one vote for the Kyoru or Yukiru thing, and okay, I'll do a Yukiru pairing.:)
PS: um, sorry for the random pause, I had a Leonardo Da Vinci paper due 12-8 five pages and ten resources. I could probably tell you everything he did, when he did it, and in what city from fifteen different people. Blah. Anyway, so you can see why I didn't do anything. Gomen ne. Also, Yuki and Kyo are getting along too well, you say? Heh, heh, heh, I can fix that. :D
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"Hm," Tohru said, looking at the clock. "It should be lunch time by the time they get back. What do you think we should make for them?"
"Ano..." Kai said, looking around. "Do you have any instant ramen?"
"Eh?"
"I can't exactly cook," she admitted.
"Well, if we're making it together, maybe it won't be as bad as you think."
"You're pretty wise for your age, Tohru-San."
"How did you find such a calm dog?" Tohru asked, glancing at a half- asleep Anji after they had started making lunch with a side of rice balls. (AN: you have a plum in your back! But it's really small. It's like a baby plum. I can hardly see it. ~.? Okay, Kyo, whatever you say.)
"I was walking down the street about two years ago when I saw a sign that said 'Free Puppy'. So, I went to the address, and the owner of the mother dog said that Anji was the only one of the litter that wasn't a purebred Husky. No one else wanted him, so of course I took him home with me," Kai explained.
"So you knew Hatori, Shigure and Ayame during your high school days?" Tohru asked.
"Hai. But, we met right before finals in our senior year. We did go to college, but we only had a few classes together."
"I've only heard a few stories from Ayame and Shigure. How was it like going to school with them?"
"Hah, if I hadn't met them I wouldn't have gone to college. Those three were pretty much my only friends. I was pretty much an anti-social except when it came to them. Um, stories? When I first met them, Aya tried to explain the Zodiac Curse in his own terms, but Hatori stopped him before he could finish."
"What was his version of the curse's history?"
"Something about asking any girl that ran into them a random questionnaire. Then something about a god...then Hatori cut him off."
"Ayame's stories are so interesting. Has he told you how he got to keep his hair long in high school?"
"Many times. I could probably quote them if I thought hard enough."
~~~
"OW!!" Kyo shouted as he, Yuki, and Shigure walked down a path leading to town. "WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT FOR YOU,~~?!"
"Please try to contain you harsh words, we're close enough to town people might hear," Yuki growled.
"WHAT KIND OF REASONING IS THAT?! AND WHERE DO YOU GET OFF KICKING ME TO THE GROUND FOR NO REASON?!" Kyo continued, throwing a full-arm punch, that missed.
"You insulted our guest."
"WHAT?! ALL I DID WAS SAY HER DOG LOOKED STUPID!!"
"He apparently has better common sense than you do."
Shigure shook his head and rolled his eyes as his younger cousins squabbled and fought as they entered town.
"What an interesting little parade we must look like," he commented happily.
"Wha?" Kyo asked, with a very contorted, confused look on his face.
"Yes, you two fighting and trying to beat each other up and then there's me, doing nothing of the sort, looking completely innocent...."
"I wouldn't exactly call you innocent," Yuki answered.
"Illegal, maybe, but not innocent," Kyo added.
"Do you even know how to spell 'illegal'?" Yuki asked.
"SHUT UP, RAT BOY, BEFORE I MAKE YOU!!"
"Oh, hah, you're going to MAKE me shut up now, are you?"
"Oh, well, look, there's the hotel," Shigure pointed out, pointing across the street.
"By the way, Shigure, how do you know which hotel to go to exactly?" Yuki asked.
"Why, it's right next to her apartment building. It was even there when she was in high school and college."
"How interesting," Yuki mused.
"Like your face is gonna be," Kyo growled.
"Don't worry, your face will be worse," Yuki countered as the three walked into the hotel
Kyo and Yuki were still going at it as Shigure talked with the innkeeper. He turned around, and now his cousins were nothing but a rotating cloud of smoke. "Boys? Boys... Oh, boys..." He knew they weren't going to like this next one, but seemed to be his last choice. "Kyo-Kyo, Prince Yuki..."
They both turned around.
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!!!!!" Kyo screamed
"Shigure, if you call me that again I'll cook dinner tonight," Yuki added.
"R-right. I have the key to Kai-San's room. Are you ready to go, or would you like to make fools of yourselves again?" he asked with his usual smile.
(AN: confrontational enough? ^_^ I like battle scenes, even if it is something as stupid as relatives have a brawl.)
~~~
Tohru and Kai finally shoved lunch into the oven. "Well, hopefully we won't burn it as bad as I've heard Yuki can," Kai said, straightening up.
"Well, one good thing about Italian food is, you can always smell when it's done," Tohru explained.
Kai let out a laugh. "Guess that's true."
"Tohru...Shigure...Yuki? Princess Tohru..." They heard coming from the living room.
"Oh, that sounds like Momiji!" Tohru exclaimed.
"Who?"
Suddenly, the kitchen door slammed open, and a boy with spiky gray hair, looked in. "Where's that stupid cat?"
"He should be on his way back from town, Haru," Tohru explained.
"You mean I've been looking for him all day and he's not even here?"
"Tohru! There you are!" a smaller, blonde boy exclaimed, running in. "Who's your new friend?"
"This is Kai. Kai, this is Momiji, he's the rabbit and Hatsuharu, he's the cow."
"You know about the curse?!" Momiji asked, jumping up and down. "YAY!!" With that, Momiji leapt forward and gave Kai as much as a bone-crushing hug as he could.
"Nothing happened," Hatsuharu said with a blink.
"Cool!" Momiji squealed, hugging his new friend even tighter.
"Nice to meet you too, Momiji," Kai said with a smile.
"There you two are," a familiar voice said from the door. "Hatsuharu, do you know where you are now?"
"Hai," the boy answered. "But, before I go, could you explain something to me?" he asked, pointing to Kai, who still had Momiji around her neck.
"Hello, Hatori-San," Kai said with a wave.
"Ha'ri, I didn't change," Momiji said, confused.
Hatori shook his head. "You didn't change, Shigure didn't change, and no one knows why," he said taking his young cousin and setting him on the ground.
"But she's not a Sohma," Haru said with a pensive look.
"We didn't get it either," Kai admitted.
"Ooo, what's that I smell?" Momiji asked. "It smells like...lasagna."
"You've got a good nose, Momiji-Kun," Kai said with a chuckle.
"Out of my way, Rat boy, I smell a cow!" Kyo's voice said from the front door.
Haru gave a start and darted into the living room. Everyone went to the door to see what would happen.
"Boys, take it-" Shigure was cut off as Haru punched Kyo and he flew...through the door and outside. "There goes the door again."
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AN: I'm experimenting with color. I know it won't work with ff.net, but it should work with mm.org. we'll see...