Hoshi Akarui: Hi Again! This chapter is going to be a little bit funny so… I wuv this story already!On with the Fanfic.
Chapter 2: Blossom Trio
Last time, our heroes had discovered the shocking truth. "YOU 2 ARE BROTHER AND SISTER!" they exclaimed. "How'd you figure that?" Hotaru asked. "Oh god NO!" Kyo exclaimed. "Not another Haru, anything but that…" "Um, Kyo, she's really not-" "GOD SPARE ME! I ALREADY HAVE ONE HARU TO DEAL WITH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Kyo screamed. Everyone stared at the near- insane cat. "Can anyone call the funny farm for me?" Yuki asked. "I think the funny farm is too small. Send him to asylum" Haru explained. "Umm really! I'm not that much like my brother…" Hotaru tried to assure him. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Kyo cried. CRACK! "Shut up and listen." Hotaru growled. Silence. "I grew up in America. Haru grew up here. We have nothing in common. GOT THAT?" "Uh – Uh-huh" Kyo trembled. "I see the family resemblance…" Yuki said.
"You grew up in America? That explains the small accent…" Tohru began. "Yeah, but I've been speaking Japanese most of my life." Hotaru explained. "But really I never expected to come back" she shivered. "Why?" Tohru asked. "I don't know…" Hotaru signed, but it was obvious she did.
"Welcome back you…" Shigure began. "Eh, who's this unfamiliar face. "Oh, this is Hotaru. She just wanted to come over for dinner" Tohru explained. "Is she…" Shigure began. "High school girls!" Shigure thought pervertedly. "Hello there Shigure" Haru waved casually. "Oh Haru! What are you doing here?" Shigure asked still thinking about "high school girls". "I came so I know your perverted little mind doesn't try to harass my sister" Haru sat down on the couch. "Did you just say sister?" Shigure looked surprised. "Yep! Haru's my BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG brother!" Hotaru exclaimed. "And it shows" Kyo grumbled. "This is certainly BIG news, BIG! I need to make a phone call" Shigure ran off. "I wonder…" Yuki and Kyo thought. "Umm Tohru? Would you mind if I helped prepare dinner with you?" Hotaru asked. "Sure! I could use some help with the big company!" Tohru exclaimed.
"So Hotaru…" Tohru asked as she began to boil some water. "How long have you lived in America?" "Hmm? Well, almost all my life actually" she signed. "Umm, did Haru tell you about his 'black' side did he?" Tohru had a flashback. "Uh, I kinda found out when Kyo pissed Haru off…" "Well, I kinda feel responsible." Hotaru cracked an egg.
"What do you mean?" Tohru stared up at Hotaru. "I… never was really there for my brother. I left for America a little bit after his black side was born. Back then, I was the only thing that could calm him down. He'd always go on about how he didn't like the rat. When I left, he got upset over everything, or so I heard. It tears me apart inside, you know" her eyes began to water. "I abandoned my brother the time he needed me most. I feel like a criminal, taking away his reason to stay white, leaving him there to fend for himself. And he still is able to watch over me like a big brother, after all that. THAT'S why I came back. So I don't lose him as my brother."
By now, Hotaru was wiping the tear off her face with her sleeve. "Funny, I've got something in my eye…" she sniffed. "Hotaru…" Tohru began. "She left the home she knew for almost all her life, her friends, the place she loved…" Tohru began to cry as well. They cried together until they realized the hot water was boiling. They went back to work immediately.
"Well, I must say, you are a good cook Hotaru!" Shigure exclaimed. "Thank you!" Hotaru smiled. "Well this is a sudden change in attitude" a playful voice cried. "If I remember right you and Tohru were crying in the kitchen a few minutes ago." "Hello Ayame" Haru replied calmly. "Hello my fellow Zodiac! How's our little Momiji doing? And MY I haven't seen Hari in what seems like centuries and to think it was only a month ago" Ayame went on like an old lady rambling with an old friend. "I'm starting to see why you 2 hate him so much…" Haru was getting annoyed. "Ayame?" Hotaru looked confused. "And who is THIS amazing little flower? Did she pop out of a garden and you managed to pick her up?" Ayame asked. "Ha ha! Of coarse not! I'm Hotaru Sohma." Hotaru bowed. "Pleased to meet you Ayame" "Such manners! And to think Tohru was nice to start with!" Ayame gasped. "Can you go now?" Yuki growled.
"That is NO way to treat your brother, Yuki" Ayame replied. "Could you pass me a plate? I'm starved." "YOU JUST DON'T WALK INTO HOUSES ASKING FOR FOOD!" Yuki and Kyo said in unison. "Now calm down, this is partly my house too. I'm a Sohma aren't I?" Ayame sipped some tea. "Who invited you anyways? "Tohru asked. "SHI- GU- RE." Yuki and Kyo stared at our novelist dog. "Er, it wasn't me" Shigure's eyes shifted around. "You're going down!" Kyo began to beat up Shigure. "We're having dinner, Kyo" Haru looked at the poor Shigure. "SO WHAT!" Kyo yelled. "With that racket you could wake the dead" a voice replied.
"HARI! It's been SO long!" Shigure exclaimed. "Not Hatori too…" Kyo began to bang his head against the wall. "This is Hatori, Hotaru. He's the family doctor" Haru explained to his sister. "And Hatori, check on Kyo. I think he's going insane." "Ah Haru. And this is…?" Hatori gave Hotaru a stare. "I'm Hotaru Sohma. It's a pleasure to meet you Hatori" Hotaru bowed. "Ah. You must be Hatsuharu sister. Akito has been waiting for your arrival"
The room went silent. "H-he has?" Hotaru's eyes went big. "Tohru, Hotaru. Please prepare the desert" Shigure looked serious for once. "Yes Shigure" Tohru and Hotaru left for the kitchen.
"Hari, don't bring this up in front of Haru! You know what happened…" Ayame whispered. "What are you 3 talking about?" Kyo asked. "Well, it was a long time ago, in fact, 11 years to be exact…"
Hoshi Akarui: I wonder Hatori's talking about… Next chapter you'll find out a little about Hotaru's experience with the head of the family. Now I'm going to go listen to Fukai Mori a MILLION times!