hey hey hey! tis i, maria the great here with yet another chapter! sorri it took so long, but me and dani decided to get off of our asses long enough to write something. sorry but it's pretty short. bright side? i wrote most of the chapter!!!! isn't that just dandy? i haven't written this much since like.... chapter eight? damn... and that was like... forever ago! haha, funniness....
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Disclaimer: no, fruits basket does not belong to me... Rika and the rest of Twisted Revolution do. yeah... um. don't sue me...
Waking up naked
Kyo awoke next to Rika and sighed. her arm was across his chest as she lay facing him on her side.
as he began to creep out of the bed, rika quivered and let out a soft moan due to loss of warmth. the blankets had scrunched their way to the edge of the bed, only convering her ankles.
kyo rolled the covers over her bare body and stopped at her shoulders. she sighed again in relief and kyo smiled. he put on some clothes to train in and looked a tthe messy room. clothes had been strewn everywhere. he thought back to the night before.
flashback
kyo was over rika's body after all was done. he hunched over and whispered in her ear.
"i love you..." and began to kiss every inch of her body, starting with her neck. she moaned in a reply,
"i love you too."
end flashback
rika slowly opened her eyes. she saw how kyo looked at her and smiled back.
"hey."
"hi." rika let out a small sigh.he kissed her and got up,
"well i'm about to go out and train, so you need anything?"
"um..no." kyo smiled and began to head towards the door.
"wait!" kyo stopped and turned to face her.
"there is something.." rika took off the covers and put her feet to the floor. as she began to stand, her legs felt so wobbly and she fell to the ground.
"ow!" kyo rushed to her side, cuddling her and babying her.
"are you ok?" he said, kneeling beside her. she chuckled to herself.
"damn....i'm so clumsy... i guess i'm still rather sore..." they both blushed.
"anyways, what is it that you wanted?"
"two things. first, this," she leaned forward for a kiss. kyo complied happily and deeply.
twas a long kiss.
a very long kiss.
still kissing,
and kissing,
oh god, get a room!
wait, they ARE in a room... but STILL!
ok, they finally ended now.
they pulled away and kyo asked, breathless,
"and second?"
"clothes...i can't exactly roam the hallway in all my nakedness."
"why not?" they both laughed.
"well what the hell do you want me to do about it? going into thoru's room unanounced is sooo not gonna be an option!" rika looked down with sad eyes and pretended to cry a little. kyo sighed.
"fine, i'll see what i can do..." rika flashed him a bright smile. he gave her a quick peck on the cheek and left the room. leaving rika sitting there on the floor. she considered what she could do to keep herself entertained until kyo returned. she leaned back on her elbows and tapped the wooden floor with her fingers. she liked the sound it made, and began to make a song.
"sitting here in all my naked glory,
have a guy and i'm feeling rather girly..."
' oh hell.i am sooooo bored. where is carrot top with my clothes?' she thought to herself amusedly. she scanned the room for her glasses. she found them and put them on. behind her, she noticed a dresser cabinet. 'hmm... time for snooping!' she pulled out the bottom drawer and a curious expression spread on her face. beyond the boxers and socks, she found a photo album. she took it out and closed the drawer. opening the album. she saw a picture of a little orange haired kid and a man with long hair. she gushed like the girl she was.
"aww!!! this must be kyo and his daddy! how cute WAS he!?!?!?" just then kyo opened the door with a bath robe and towel in hand.
"hey!"rika looked up and smiled ear to ear. she held up the album for kyo to see.
"kyo is SOOOO cute!" his face turned beet red.
"WHERE THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM!?"
"are you mad at me for snooping...?" she asked innocently.
"grr...no, but, you don't just randomly go into other people's stuff you know!"
"I's " sniff "sowwy..." she faked.
"agh..." he sat on the floor and sighed. he tossed her the robe.
"here, i figured you'd wanna shower first. then you can walk around and get the clothes yourself."
"aww...you're so smart."
"indeed."
kiss
"so, this is your dad?" she pointed to the man in the photo.
"yeah, that's kazuma- er, my dad." she turned the page. it was a picture of kyo and kazuma sparing in a dojo. kazuma was blocking one of kyo's attacks, a fatherly expression of content on his face. kyo's face was fierce and full of determination. his normally intense eyes now looked like they were blazing with fire.
"i'm only a blue belt in this photo. i'd say this was about 5 years ago. i was probably 12 or 13 years old. it was a promotion ceremony, i think..."
"wow, he's certainly whoopin your ass, isn't he?" she laughed.
"hell yeah! he's the best, he'll even sweep the floor with ratboy's face!" he glowed with pride. rika continued to turn pages.
"you sure love fighting."
"oh, well does it show?" he said amusedly.
"mhm.." rika turned the page. the next picture was of an annoyed and blushing kyo. behind him a girl with her arms around his neck was smiling. she had rich, brown, shoulder length hair and gray eyes.
"...and, this is?" rika inquired.
"ugh... that's kagura."
"oh, you mean your abusive lover?" she giggled.
"she is SO not my lover!" he said in defense.
"she's crazy, she's had this insane idea that we would get married since we were little kids! who thinks about things like that when you're little!"
"well, you can't help but adore the determined ones at least a little." rika smiled. she looked back at the picture. "hey, how come she can hug you like that?" she asked.
"huh? oh its cause she's cursed too. we don't know why, but if they have the curse, girls can still hug us."
"are there more girls? which animal is she?"
"well yeah, kagura's the boar, rin is the horse, and kisa is the tiger."
"are they all as pretty as kagura?"
"what the hell?!?"
"well, are they?"
"kisa's only 12, so i'm not about to say if she's anything or not cuz that's just wrong. Rin looks kinda like Hana, only with expression on her face."
"you didn't answer my question."
"well since i don't like any of them or think of them in any other way aside from annoying cousins, what does it matter?"
"it was just a question carrot top. besides, i think i'm starting to get the feeling in my legs back. so, think you could help me up?" kyo got up and put the album on top of the dresser. rika held out her hands and reached up. kyo took her hands and pulled her to her feet.
as she stood there, her feet were still very wobbly. so she put her hands on kyo's shoulder, putting some pressure on them to give her support and balance. after a few seconds she moved her feet backwards to move away from him.
"ok... think i'm good. can you hand me the robe?" kyo picked up the robe and towel, he handed her the robe first. rika put it on and as she was tying it up kyo handed her the towel.
"thankies."
"do you need help getting to the bathroom?"
"why, you wanted to shower with me?" she teased.
"no!"
"no, i'm alright. you can go about your training."
"ok." kyo opened the foor and stood by it for rika to leave first."
"oh, such a gentleman!" she smiled. kyo kissed her forehead and followed after her.
kyo went out to his training. moments later, tohru happily came out of her room, fully dressed for the day and ready to begin her chores. she closed the door concealing a knocked out yuki on the bed room floor. she skipped down the stairs and passed by the open porch where she saw kyo.
"morning kyo!" kyo stopped for a moment.
"oh, morning.."
"how's rika doing?"
"she's fine, i'm sure she's gonna get over it, but i guess it'd be best not to bring it up either way."
"yes, that's a good point."
"where was everyone last night? it seemed pretty quiet."
"oh, well shigure stayed out with hatori all night, i think ayame was with them. and as for me and yuki, we went out as well, watched a movie. we were gonna invite the two of you, but it didn't seem like the right time to bother my cousin. and i'm sure you were trying everything you could to comfort her already." kyo had to hide a tiny snicker, knowing that tohru had no clue what they were doing the night before. tohru gave kyo a puzzled look because of the smirk.
"so um..anyways, i'll let you get back to training. breakfast needs to be made!"
all during his training, kyo's mind kepy wandering back to a certain punk rock emo chick. he smiled as he threw his head back and welcomed the sun on his face. Gods, he felt so alive! he couldn't believe how happy he felt at that moment. he knew rika couldn't stay forever, but still. he had her heart right now.
shigure bustled into the living room, greeting tohru as he passed by the kitchen.
"morning tohru!"
"morning!" shigure looked outside to see kyo training. he noted the extra bounce of the neko. he mentally reminded himself to tease kyo about it later. ' maybe the neko got some action last night! ' he thought to himself pervertedly.
lately, shigure had been observing his house of lovebirds. they were so young, so in for a let down. yuki and tohru would probably never get akito's blessing even more so, yuki could end up like hatori. and rika and kyo? they had already begun growing too close for them to just forget about each other (not without hatori's doing, anyways). perhaps both couple had completely overlokked the fact that they had to get pass akito. regardless, if they wanted a possibility of remaining together as couples, they would need akito's blessing. then shigure smiled to himself, thinking that if akito had allowed tohru to live here for so long, maybe, just maybe, it'd be ok. tohru was a special girl, and akito couldn't deny that. and rika was equally special. 'and incredibly hot,' he added to himself.
after training, kyo rushed upstairs to hop into the shower. after rinsing and dressing, he knocked on tohru's door (no yuki wasn't on the floor still, he had gotten out to change and shower and all that good stuff). loud screamo music could be heard throught he door.
"hold up!" rika opened the door to reveal herself in jeans. a white spasghetti strap was under a black blouse, checkered belt,black&white scarf, and a checkered wristband. her black hat was on her head.
"hey carrot to...." she was interrupted by a hungry kiss. kyo closed the door behind them; the blaring music drowned out the moaning and giggling as they made their way to the bed. he gently pushed her onto the bed and climbed on top of her. rika sighed happily and finally pulled away from kyo's lips. the music made t hard to hear kyo heavily panting, but she could see his shoulders moving.
"wow..what was that for?" kyo shot her a mischevious grin.
"missed you," he said, breathing hard.
"aww...we've only been apart two hours."
"much too long. longest two hours of my life." rika let out another giggle, followed by a yawn.
"oh my gosh.. i can't believe i'm awake at this time. i'm so.."yawn "tired..."
"take a nap. i'm sure people would be suspcious if you were up thie early anyways." he playfully took off her hat and placed it on tohru's bedside table. gently, he pulled a corner of the bedding down and placed rika underneath. placing her head on the pillow, he kissed her forehead and took off her glasses to put next to her hat.
"lemme turn that music down." kyo got up to turn off the boombox rika had brought with her. he turned to see rika, eyes closed, swimming in a bed of pink. as he turned to leave, he heard rika sit up.
"kyo, will you stay with me? i'm sure you're probably not tired, and i bet you have things to do, but can you stay at least until i fall asleep?"
"sure." kyo sat himself at the edge of the bed. she urged him to join her under the covers. he reluctantly climbed in; rika happily pulled kyo over her. he leaned down for a kiss.
"go sleep." he settled back next to her. she ran a hand across his stomach. it rested on his chest, and rika cuddled by positioning her head in the crook of his neck, just under his chin.
downstairs, tohru and yuki were cuddling in the kitchen (without being too close of course. haha, i bet i made it sound like i had forgetten they can't hug!). yuki kissed her softly, then moved to her neck. tohru granted him access, enjoying the pampering. it didn't last long, however, because shigure popped his head in the doorway.
"oh there you are! i was wondering why i was sitting all alone and starving at the breakfast table. but i realize its because yuki has you in here all for himself," he whimpered. yuki rolled his eyes.
"oh gomen gomen gomen! i am sooo sorry! breakfast is ready, let me set it on the table! she, embarrassed, rain hurredly out of the room to fix things. yuki glared at shigure and followed after her.
"oh poor me, i'm afraid with all the love being given in this house, there is simply not enough left for this ol writer..."
"oh shut up."
"the cruelty..." shigure went to join tohru and yuki at the table.
kyo awoke, surprised that he had actually fallen asleep. he remembered just watching rika fall asleep almost immediately. the steady breathing lulled him to sleep, he supposed. he looked down and smiled at the girl using his stomach for a pillow, hair sprayed all over his chest. his fingers moved delicately to push her hair behind an ear, causing her to stir. rika yawned and eyelids fluttered open.
"morning carrot top."
"morning! its porbably like noon, sleepyhead."
"its that early? damn." she moved so that she could be closer to him. kyo, eyes fierce and alert, stared at rika. rika, still slightly sleepy, stared back. silence.
finally, rika began a soft giggle. kyo looked at her funny, before rika closed the space between them with a kiss. kyo inched closer and pushed her back onto the bed.. hovering over her but not touching, kyo returned the kissing. the kiss began to deepen, and rika unrealizingly ( dion't care if that's a word or not) wrapped her arms around his neck. she brought him closer. kyo soon was having trouble bending over so close and supporting his weith, so a tug closer caught him by surprise. he fell onto her with a POOF!
"shit!" kyo was on rika's stomach, an incredibly annoyed look on his feline face.
"it's ok." rika giggled.
"no! its not! its not fair! you shouldn't have to deal with this!"
"oh carrot top. tsk tsk. i love you. all of you. even your fleabag side."
"fleabag, eh? you haven't seen shigure then!" they both laughed. rika pet the orange cat on her stomach. she then picked hi up to kiss the top of his furry head. then she set kyo next to her.
"time for my favorite part. you change back." at this she got out of bed to stretch.
"we should go downstairs and make an appearance before they worry about us." she heard a POOF behind her and gave him a few minutes to change back into his clothes. grabbing her glasses and hat, she went to the dresser to fix up her hair. pretty soon a pair of muscled arms wrapped around her without hugging her. in the mirror, there was an image that neither rika nor kyo wanted to forget: a nicely toned orange haired man affectionately wrapping arms around a brown haired, blue streaked girl with glasses.
As tohru left the breakfast table to clean up, shigure pulled out a smoke.
"yuki, i need to talk to you and kyo. about tohru and rika."
"what about?" he sneered, knowing where this was going.
"you know what about. and you also know you can't just not say anything to akito. you're upset that i'm correct, not upset at me." he drew in and blew out smoke. yuki, in restrained anger, banged a fist into the table.
"you know it must be done."
"try telling the neko that. i don't think he'll agree so easily."
"he has no choice. just like you."
"whatever." with that, yuki got up and left for his room.
later on that day, yuki headed out to search for the neko. he found him outside on the porch with tohru's cousin. she was in her usual favorite position, laying down with her head on kyo's stomach.
"oi, baka!" kyo looked over and glared at the intruder.
"what the hell do you want?" he grimaced after seeing that he had been too loud; rika had begun to stir.
"nn...."
"shh...go back to sleep."
"mm...mhm." after a couple seconds, rika had settled once again and gone back to sleep. kyo once more glared at yuki. in a quieter tone than kyo, he said,
"look baka. i need to talk to you. and it IS important. important enough that i would actually consider talking to you."
"my idea of important could be a hell of a lot different than yours. don't waste my time."
"one thing i DO know is that we both find tohru important. and for you, rika as well." at the mention of her name, rika shifted slightly. kyo knew what yuki was talking about.
"you know we couldn't avoid it forever." with that, yuki walked back inside.
when the girls had left to visit uo and hana, kyo finally met with yuki and shigure in the living room.
"the girls will be back before dinner, so i'll make it quick... akito needs to know." at this kyo angrily stood up and took aim to leave. he was stopped, however, by the nezumi grabbing his arm.
"let me go you damn rat!" he snarled.
"no. i don't like this as much as you don't, but at least i'm mature enough to accept it."
"and who exactly said we HAD to accept it?!?! why the hell do we have to get acceptance from someone other than ourselves? tell me, what rule or guard or task force is really making us follow these stupid orders?"
"you were born into this family knowing there is no other choice but to follow akito's orders. you ARE bound to this family, there is no escaping. you would be lost without the family."
"lost without them? i survivied FINE in the mountains without them! and i'm fine everytime my so called family leaves me outside of the main house every new years!"
"kyo, you know that if akito finds out from someone other than us, the repercussions will be horrible. and you know that." shigure said, making kyo's fists clench in the possiblities.
"she wouldn't touch them..."
"you know that's not true." kyo was getting ready to punch shigure. calmly, yuki interjected.
"tohru's escaped having her memories erased twice already. there's no telling if she can escape it again. and who knows about rika...but its better to take our chances and tell akitot he truth."
"DAMMIT I SAID NO!"
"Tohru and rika wouldn't want you disobeying orders, no matter how awful they are. and you know it doesn't matter to them that it could hurt themselves. its what they'd want you to do, follow orders." shigure pointed out. kyo stared silently at the entrance of the living room. rika's blue vans were at the door. 'she wore her black chucks to match the checkered outfit,' he thought to himself. without looking at the two,
"fine. we'll tell them we're going tomorrow."
BLAH. cliffhangers suck now don't they? lol sorry, andthis chapter isn't that long either? booooo i'm sorri guys, we decided to get off our lazy asses long enough to consider the feelings of our loyal readers.
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