A/N: HIATUS. :) Sorry for it. It's hard to write when you're busy with school.

...Stupid grades.

Chapter Two: I Feel Pretty

Kyou looked at the clock and twitched.

He looked away and twitched again.

His agitation was clear. A tic was throbbing on his forehead, and cat ears were popping up on his head.

A rumbling shook through the house, and growing steadily louder and louder, was the lovestruck of "KYOOOOOOUUUUU—oof!"

Shigure, Tohru, and Yuki stopped short in what could only be described as amazement as Kyou held off Kagura easily, one had pressed into her face.

"Not now, Kagura!"

Kagura seemed to be growing angry. "But Kyou-kun…!"

"This thing is really bothering him, isn't it?" Yuki remarked wonderingly to Tohru, who nodded a little in frightened reply before bravely trying to separate the two.

"I do recall something Arisa-chan happened to mention involving Kazuma-dono," noted Shigure, nibbling on a potato chip.

"What was it about, Shigure-san?" asked Tohru, giving up on trying to restrain Kagura. Kyou was somehow doing a good job of keeping the boar at bay anyway.

"I think she said Saki-chan has developed a," he paused. "How do I saw this… 'schoolgirl crush' on Kazuma-dono."

Yuki actually looked startled, and Tohru yelped out in surprise, "What!!!" It took her a while to realize that all eyes were on her. She withdrew and sat back down. "I'm sorry…"

She then turned to Kyou, who had started twitching even more. "Kyou-kun, was that the reason why you're so jumpy? About Kazuma-san?"

"Jumpy? Who's jumpy?!" said Kyou, obviously annoyed. "Kagura! Will you get off?" he shouted, forcefully shoving the girl away, which, again, shocked the audience.

Kagura scrambled back to Kyou. "Kyou, how could you do something like that? You know how much I love you!" Her tone escalated from pitiful…to demented.

Kyou soon went flying out the house. All former amazement or shock on the onlookers' faces left without a trace.

"Ah. That was beginning to worry me," Shigure said cheerily. Suddenly, his face fell and tears streamed down his cheeks. "Oh no! The door!"

…---…

Megumi stopped outside his sister's door, head tilted in semi-curiosity. Was that…humming he heard?

Peeking inside, he saw Hana sitting by the window, looking out almost dreamily and humming a tune as she tapped her fingers on the windowsill. She didn't notice him.

Megumi looked at her oddly as she gave a slight chuckle, and said, "I feel so…excited."

The boy quietly drew back and continued on his way through the house. "I don't think I want to know," he murmured softly to himself.

…---…

Kyou was still twitchy. Very twitchy. In fact, he was so twitchy that when a hand came down lightly but unexpectedly on his shoulder, he reacted in the most violent way possible.

Luckily, his "attacker" was Yuki. Meaning, the rat was able to evade the blow and land a few feet away, in safety and unhurt. Still, he was angry.

"Geez, I was just checking on you, stupid cat!"

Kyou was livid. "Well don't sneak up on me, damn rat!"

"It's not my fault you're too edgy!"

The cat clenched his fists. "You're asking for it!"

Yuki automatically settled into a fighting stance. "Oh yeah?"

In the background, Tohru was sweatdropping, while Shigure was panicking, arms pinwheeling wildly. "Not in the house, NOT IN THE HOUSE! Kagura-san was bad enough!!"

…---…

Uotani rang the doorbell of the Hanajima household. Minutes passed, and yet no one answered. Frowning, she rang again. Light, hurried footsteps, and the door opened quietly.

Megumi looked up at the tall, blonde girl. "Ah. Uotani-san."

The Yankee inclined her head. "Yo. Where's your sister?"

What the…what was that flicker that crossed his face? "Saki?"

She arched an eyebrow. This was unusual. "Do I look for any other person?"

"She's…upstairs." The normally deadpan boy almost sounded…unnerved.

Uo wasn't so sure she wanted to go up anymore. But Megumi was opening the door wider, so she assumed that she was being invited in.

She followed the silent boy through the long, dark corridor. As they walked upstairs, she heard something, floating on the air, towards them.

Something that sounded disturbingly like a high, clear singing.

A small sound came from her side, and when Uo turned her head, she stared. She hadn't thought it was possible for Megumi to get paler, but she was wrong.

"Kid? You okay?"

He shook his head. "No…Listen." He opened the door of his sister's room.

Hanajima Saki was singing and dancing the tango with a potted plant.

"I feel pretty, oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty, and gay…!"

The two slammed the door shut, and stared at each other, not sure what had just happened.

The door opened, and Megumi didn't have a chance as Hana grabbed him, substituting him for the plant. Uotani watched as she twirled her hapless brother around the room, singing about how pretty she was with a…wonderful boy?

"Oh God, we've lost her."

…---…

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick Tock.

Looks like the clock was descended from a particularly slow line of turtles. Kyou wondered why it was taking Kazuma so long to get there. Wait a minute…he didn't even know what TIME Kazuma was getting there. He'd forgotten to ask the stupid dog. And the stupid dog wasn't even in the house. So how was he to know the time? How would he know when Kazuma arrived and how would he know whether to be scared or not and how did Shigure know if the psychic girl really liked Kazuma and…

A hand came down on his shoulder.

"AAH!" Kyou whirled and threw a wild punch, then backed away, expecting a counterattack. A blur of motion, and Kyou lunged forward again, dealing a swift, heavy punch….

That was easily blocked by a black-clad arm.

"Kyou? What's wrong?"

The cat stared up at the familiar, gray-haired form of his shishou, who had a puzzled, why-is-he-attacking-me? look on his face.

He didn't know whether to be very happy, or to be very scared.

"Shishou?"

To be continued…

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