Chapter 8
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AN: THIS YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ, DE GOZARU YO!! okay, you've been reading the fic thus far. Time for a contest! Sort of. I've developed the couples to be Yuki/Tohru, Kyo/Kagura, and Hiro/Kisa..........and that's about all that's definite so far. Now for the relevant part. Which do you think Kai would be paired with? I've developed her so far to be possible with Shigure or Hatori. So, guess and I'll give you.........a small insert role........a cinnamon roll.........an egg roll.........or.........hey! A rice ball from our favorite onigiri herself!.........it's your choice if you guess right! And the answer will be given in the next chapter. So, hurry and guess! Oh, and no fair guessing for my muses who already know!
ANPS: I got a review from mm.org. and, yeah, I agree with you, Kai isn't too developed. YET. I promise as soon as I get these next few chapters out, she'll be as developed as she needs to be~! I swear on my stack of Rurouni Kenshin stuff! And I have a lot of that! Sorry for the long delay....
ANPPS: I'm really glad with the way everyone's reacting to Anji! Bruno would be proud! (goes off to cry) great........now I can't breathe
RANDOM NOTE: eh heh......I'm writing this while writing a Gravi fic...........and I think it's an unwritten law that if you're a guy and your name is Yuki, you automatically have millions of fangirls out of nowhere attack you at any given moment. (looks around) I like Yuki Sohma a WHOLE lot better than Yuki Eiri, though. (dodges flying objects from fangirls)
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"Kyo-San?" Kai asked, climbing onto the roof. "Are you okay after that fight with Yuki-San today?"
"Yeah," he snapped. "And you might as well go back inside, I won't be in there for a few hours at least!"
"Kyo-San, it's snowing..."
"Yeah, well it's really annoying when people come up here to check on me and all I want is to be left alone!"
"Yeah? Well, you know what really annoys me?"
"What?!"
"A case of pneumonia! Here ya go!" she said, flinging the blanket she had brought with her on top of him.
(AN: heh....I'm regretting that pneumonia comment now....)
"Kami-Sama, you're worse than Tohru!"
"Actually, Tohru had dinner to cook and she wanted me to come up here and check on you. So, Kyo-San..."
"What is it now?!"
"When's the wedding?"
"Shigure had you come up here and ask me that, didn't he?!"
"Nope. It was a random question that just decided to rear its ugly head."
"I guess I could at least wait until she's out of college or something. Anything else?!"
"Nandemo. Oh, New Year's Eve is tomorrow. Keep warm, you don't want to give everyone a disease at the banquet, do you?" With that, she jumped down and walked back inside.
Kyo squirmed under the blanket as he heard the door shut. That was definitely a weird one.
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Tohru turned from the stove when she heard the phone ring. "Moshi, moshi," she said.
"Who is it, Tohru-San?" Kai asked walking in.
"Ayame-San," the girl said with a sweat-drop as she handed the phone to her older friend.
"Aya-Chan?" Kai asked, putting the phone to her ear. "Oh, there is? At the mall? Oh, that sounds fun! Maybe you can show me your shop too! Oh, of course I'll bring Tohru-San! Oh, Momiji-Kun wants to come too? And of course Hatori-San is driving...Yuki-San too?"
"Okay," Shigure said, walking in, looking like he was about to cry. "I can stay here with Kyo...in a bad mood...working on my deadlines, like the good little writer I am...Go on, Kai-San, with the rest of the Mabudachi. I'll just be the odd man out this time."
"Shigure-San, you can come if you want to. I'm quite sure Aya-Chan wouldn't mind."
"Oh, no. I wouldn't want to intrude."
"Well, alright," she said, hanging up. "Tohru-San, would you get Yuki-San and make sure he gets ready?"
"No, wait!" Shigure suddenly shouted. "I mean...I wouldn't want to leave the Mabudachi so incomplete...and it's been a while since I've been to Aya-San's shop."
"Okay, just...dress for the weather."
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In about thirty minutes Hatori drove up. "This is going to be a problem."
"Well, I think we could arrange a few things..." Tohru suggested. In a few minutes, everyone was piled into the small car.
Shigure, Yuki, and Aya sat in the back seat. While Kai, Tohru, and Hatori sat in the front. And a transformed Momiji sat in Tohru's lap.
After the car stopped in front of the mall, everyone stepped in front of the car's windows and waited for Momiji to change back and get dressed.
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Akito smiled as he looked out on his estate. The truth would come out soon. He could feel it. Very soon...
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"Alright," Hatori said as everyone met in the foyer of the mall. "Time to go."
"But, Ha-San," Ayame whined. "I saw this gown that would be perfect for Kai-San!" he continued, taking his friend by the waist. "And one for Tohru- Chan!"
"Five gowns per friend is enough," Hatori drawled, hefting four large shopping bags.
"I suppose you're right, Ha-San," Shigure said with a shrug, carrying three of his own.. "The mall IS going to close in fifteen minutes."
Ayame sighed. "Oh, well, it was fun shopping with you once before New Year's, Kai-San. I'll call you the day after the banquet and we can do this for the FIRST time of the year instead of the LAST!"
"This was fun!" Momiji babbled as they walked down to Hatori's car. "Thanks for the good luck charm, Kai-San!"
"Are you sure it was good to give him a rabbit's foot?" Hatori asked.
"He asked for it when he found out what it was," Kai explained.
"It's really neat to know that rabbits are good luck!"
"This year is the year of the Dragon, Hatori," Yuki said as Hatori opened his car and everyone piled everything in the trunk.
"Oh!" Aya piped up. "Ha'ri-San gets to dance!"
"Too bad Kai-Chan won't be able to see it, though," Shigure lamented.
Hatori sighed, shook his head, and got into the driver's seat.
While he was driving back to Shigure's, Tohru noticed something. "Hatori-San, you can see your other eye."
"Wow, Ha'ri, is it the wind or something?" a bunnified Momiji asked from Kai's lap.
The driver took his eyes off the road for a second to glance at Kai. She was asleep. After putting up with Ayame and Shigure for so long, who could blame her? "Just a friend's suggestion."
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"Sorry to leave you two like this..." Shigure apologized as he, Kyo, and Yuki headed out the door for the New Year's Banquet.
"We'll be fine," Kai said with a smile.
"We've got Anji-Chan, after all!" Tohru added.
Yuki nodded with a smile and Kyo waved over his shoulder.
Not fifteen minutes after the three left, there was another knock on the door.
"Yes?" Tohru asked, opening the door. "Uo-Chan....Hana-Chan, what are you doing here?"
"We would have called," Hana started.
"But we know you'd say to go back home with our families," Uo finished.
"You SHOULD be with your families!!"
Hana smiled. "We've fixed that, too," she said, holding up a cell phone.
"You know I live alone," Uo explained.
"Megumi said he should call around fifteen minutes before midnight."
"We have visitors?" Kai asked, looking in. "Oh, I was fixing some dinner for New Year's Eve."
"I thought you said you couldn't cook, Kai-San," Tohru said, letting her friends in.
"I hope I can at least stew cabbage and beans for luck...."
(AN: hey, I know it sounds disgusting, but it's tradition where I live...)
A few hours later, Tohru, Uo, and Hana decided to climb the roof to see the first sunrise, and Kai said she'd be there in a minute, because she had to clean up from dinner.
Hana slowly blinked and picked up her small, ringing phone. "Right on time, Megumi," she said with a smile. "How is everyone?"
While Hana talked with her brother, Uo leaned over and called through the house. "Kai?! What's taking so long?!"
Kai and Anji walked out of the house, Kai had a very confused look on her face. "Minna-San...would you mind coming down here? I can't find anyway for Anji to be able to get up there."
Uo let out a laugh. "Sure, just a minute!"
After a few minutes of filing, playing pass-the-cell-phone-and- introduce-friends (AN: don't you hate that?!), everyone was sitting on Shigure's back porch, waiting for the sun to come up.
"Five minutes until midnight," Tohru said, looking at her watch. "You know, I've heard it's good luck to have someone kiss you on New Year's Eve before the night's over."
"Heh," Uo guffawed. "Good luck to any of us finding boyfriends!" she added sarcastically.
Hana and Uo gave Tohru a defensive look, hoping she would spill something or another.
"I've got an idea," Kai said with a smile. "Anji-Chan's a guy. He may be a dog, but he's still pretty kissable," she said with a wink.
"And he's so cute!" Tohru practically squealed., rubbing his fur.
Hana and Uo glanced from Anji to Tohru and Kai, then back again.
Hana smiled. "Start the countdown, then Tohru-Kun."
A few minutes of Tohru looking at her watch and announcing the time every now and then, it finally got down to seconds. "Three...two...one!"
"Dogpile on the dog!" Uo shouted as the four gave their furry friend a New Year's greeting.
After Uo and Hana left when the sun finally rose, Tohru turned to Kai. Was it her or did she just see her mother? No...maybe it was the lighting...or the color of Kai's hair? She smiled as she figured it out. She was able to give someone who had been in her situation a smile.
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AN: WOW, THAT WAS A WHOLE LOT OF FILLER!! Okay, I'm done. Sorry if that last paragraph didn't make much sense... my mind is complete and utter mush. Probably from being so sick and being out of school every other week. Anyone got an extra immune system they'd like to donate?
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Corners
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AN: THIS YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ, DE GOZARU YO!! okay, you've been reading the fic thus far. Time for a contest! Sort of. I've developed the couples to be Yuki/Tohru, Kyo/Kagura, and Hiro/Kisa..........and that's about all that's definite so far. Now for the relevant part. Which do you think Kai would be paired with? I've developed her so far to be possible with Shigure or Hatori. So, guess and I'll give you.........a small insert role........a cinnamon roll.........an egg roll.........or.........hey! A rice ball from our favorite onigiri herself!.........it's your choice if you guess right! And the answer will be given in the next chapter. So, hurry and guess! Oh, and no fair guessing for my muses who already know!
ANPS: I got a review from mm.org. and, yeah, I agree with you, Kai isn't too developed. YET. I promise as soon as I get these next few chapters out, she'll be as developed as she needs to be~! I swear on my stack of Rurouni Kenshin stuff! And I have a lot of that! Sorry for the long delay....
ANPPS: I'm really glad with the way everyone's reacting to Anji! Bruno would be proud! (goes off to cry) great........now I can't breathe
RANDOM NOTE: eh heh......I'm writing this while writing a Gravi fic...........and I think it's an unwritten law that if you're a guy and your name is Yuki, you automatically have millions of fangirls out of nowhere attack you at any given moment. (looks around) I like Yuki Sohma a WHOLE lot better than Yuki Eiri, though. (dodges flying objects from fangirls)
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"Kyo-San?" Kai asked, climbing onto the roof. "Are you okay after that fight with Yuki-San today?"
"Yeah," he snapped. "And you might as well go back inside, I won't be in there for a few hours at least!"
"Kyo-San, it's snowing..."
"Yeah, well it's really annoying when people come up here to check on me and all I want is to be left alone!"
"Yeah? Well, you know what really annoys me?"
"What?!"
"A case of pneumonia! Here ya go!" she said, flinging the blanket she had brought with her on top of him.
(AN: heh....I'm regretting that pneumonia comment now....)
"Kami-Sama, you're worse than Tohru!"
"Actually, Tohru had dinner to cook and she wanted me to come up here and check on you. So, Kyo-San..."
"What is it now?!"
"When's the wedding?"
"Shigure had you come up here and ask me that, didn't he?!"
"Nope. It was a random question that just decided to rear its ugly head."
"I guess I could at least wait until she's out of college or something. Anything else?!"
"Nandemo. Oh, New Year's Eve is tomorrow. Keep warm, you don't want to give everyone a disease at the banquet, do you?" With that, she jumped down and walked back inside.
Kyo squirmed under the blanket as he heard the door shut. That was definitely a weird one.
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Tohru turned from the stove when she heard the phone ring. "Moshi, moshi," she said.
"Who is it, Tohru-San?" Kai asked walking in.
"Ayame-San," the girl said with a sweat-drop as she handed the phone to her older friend.
"Aya-Chan?" Kai asked, putting the phone to her ear. "Oh, there is? At the mall? Oh, that sounds fun! Maybe you can show me your shop too! Oh, of course I'll bring Tohru-San! Oh, Momiji-Kun wants to come too? And of course Hatori-San is driving...Yuki-San too?"
"Okay," Shigure said, walking in, looking like he was about to cry. "I can stay here with Kyo...in a bad mood...working on my deadlines, like the good little writer I am...Go on, Kai-San, with the rest of the Mabudachi. I'll just be the odd man out this time."
"Shigure-San, you can come if you want to. I'm quite sure Aya-Chan wouldn't mind."
"Oh, no. I wouldn't want to intrude."
"Well, alright," she said, hanging up. "Tohru-San, would you get Yuki-San and make sure he gets ready?"
"No, wait!" Shigure suddenly shouted. "I mean...I wouldn't want to leave the Mabudachi so incomplete...and it's been a while since I've been to Aya-San's shop."
"Okay, just...dress for the weather."
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In about thirty minutes Hatori drove up. "This is going to be a problem."
"Well, I think we could arrange a few things..." Tohru suggested. In a few minutes, everyone was piled into the small car.
Shigure, Yuki, and Aya sat in the back seat. While Kai, Tohru, and Hatori sat in the front. And a transformed Momiji sat in Tohru's lap.
After the car stopped in front of the mall, everyone stepped in front of the car's windows and waited for Momiji to change back and get dressed.
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Akito smiled as he looked out on his estate. The truth would come out soon. He could feel it. Very soon...
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"Alright," Hatori said as everyone met in the foyer of the mall. "Time to go."
"But, Ha-San," Ayame whined. "I saw this gown that would be perfect for Kai-San!" he continued, taking his friend by the waist. "And one for Tohru- Chan!"
"Five gowns per friend is enough," Hatori drawled, hefting four large shopping bags.
"I suppose you're right, Ha-San," Shigure said with a shrug, carrying three of his own.. "The mall IS going to close in fifteen minutes."
Ayame sighed. "Oh, well, it was fun shopping with you once before New Year's, Kai-San. I'll call you the day after the banquet and we can do this for the FIRST time of the year instead of the LAST!"
"This was fun!" Momiji babbled as they walked down to Hatori's car. "Thanks for the good luck charm, Kai-San!"
"Are you sure it was good to give him a rabbit's foot?" Hatori asked.
"He asked for it when he found out what it was," Kai explained.
"It's really neat to know that rabbits are good luck!"
"This year is the year of the Dragon, Hatori," Yuki said as Hatori opened his car and everyone piled everything in the trunk.
"Oh!" Aya piped up. "Ha'ri-San gets to dance!"
"Too bad Kai-Chan won't be able to see it, though," Shigure lamented.
Hatori sighed, shook his head, and got into the driver's seat.
While he was driving back to Shigure's, Tohru noticed something. "Hatori-San, you can see your other eye."
"Wow, Ha'ri, is it the wind or something?" a bunnified Momiji asked from Kai's lap.
The driver took his eyes off the road for a second to glance at Kai. She was asleep. After putting up with Ayame and Shigure for so long, who could blame her? "Just a friend's suggestion."
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"Sorry to leave you two like this..." Shigure apologized as he, Kyo, and Yuki headed out the door for the New Year's Banquet.
"We'll be fine," Kai said with a smile.
"We've got Anji-Chan, after all!" Tohru added.
Yuki nodded with a smile and Kyo waved over his shoulder.
Not fifteen minutes after the three left, there was another knock on the door.
"Yes?" Tohru asked, opening the door. "Uo-Chan....Hana-Chan, what are you doing here?"
"We would have called," Hana started.
"But we know you'd say to go back home with our families," Uo finished.
"You SHOULD be with your families!!"
Hana smiled. "We've fixed that, too," she said, holding up a cell phone.
"You know I live alone," Uo explained.
"Megumi said he should call around fifteen minutes before midnight."
"We have visitors?" Kai asked, looking in. "Oh, I was fixing some dinner for New Year's Eve."
"I thought you said you couldn't cook, Kai-San," Tohru said, letting her friends in.
"I hope I can at least stew cabbage and beans for luck...."
(AN: hey, I know it sounds disgusting, but it's tradition where I live...)
A few hours later, Tohru, Uo, and Hana decided to climb the roof to see the first sunrise, and Kai said she'd be there in a minute, because she had to clean up from dinner.
Hana slowly blinked and picked up her small, ringing phone. "Right on time, Megumi," she said with a smile. "How is everyone?"
While Hana talked with her brother, Uo leaned over and called through the house. "Kai?! What's taking so long?!"
Kai and Anji walked out of the house, Kai had a very confused look on her face. "Minna-San...would you mind coming down here? I can't find anyway for Anji to be able to get up there."
Uo let out a laugh. "Sure, just a minute!"
After a few minutes of filing, playing pass-the-cell-phone-and- introduce-friends (AN: don't you hate that?!), everyone was sitting on Shigure's back porch, waiting for the sun to come up.
"Five minutes until midnight," Tohru said, looking at her watch. "You know, I've heard it's good luck to have someone kiss you on New Year's Eve before the night's over."
"Heh," Uo guffawed. "Good luck to any of us finding boyfriends!" she added sarcastically.
Hana and Uo gave Tohru a defensive look, hoping she would spill something or another.
"I've got an idea," Kai said with a smile. "Anji-Chan's a guy. He may be a dog, but he's still pretty kissable," she said with a wink.
"And he's so cute!" Tohru practically squealed., rubbing his fur.
Hana and Uo glanced from Anji to Tohru and Kai, then back again.
Hana smiled. "Start the countdown, then Tohru-Kun."
A few minutes of Tohru looking at her watch and announcing the time every now and then, it finally got down to seconds. "Three...two...one!"
"Dogpile on the dog!" Uo shouted as the four gave their furry friend a New Year's greeting.
After Uo and Hana left when the sun finally rose, Tohru turned to Kai. Was it her or did she just see her mother? No...maybe it was the lighting...or the color of Kai's hair? She smiled as she figured it out. She was able to give someone who had been in her situation a smile.
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AN: WOW, THAT WAS A WHOLE LOT OF FILLER!! Okay, I'm done. Sorry if that last paragraph didn't make much sense... my mind is complete and utter mush. Probably from being so sick and being out of school every other week. Anyone got an extra immune system they'd like to donate?