Okay, I know I haven't updated in a while. And I'm sorry for it! I just haven't had any awesome ideas lately, and I don't want to give you readers $h!t to read. Here it is, and the point is you don't know who's talking, not just an accident or bad writing.

Ch. 8

Dai Hin Min

The two walked into the room and were instantly bombarded by questions.

"What happened?"

"Kyo, what's going on?"

"Kagome, what did you two do up there?"

"Nothing! We just settled our differences." Kyo resisted the temptation to snigger.

"What did he say to you?"

"Gimme that picture." Kagome replied.

"Cat!"

"Kyo, come on, what happened?"

"BAKA NEKO!" Yuki shouted above the chaos. Everyone turned and looked at him. He had stayed away from the group, waiting his turn to speak rather than crowding the rest. "I need to talk to you, now." His tone of seriousness made the room go silent.

The pair walked into the next room and Yuki closed the door behind him. Everyone rushed as quietly as possible to the door, placing ears all over the door to eavesdrop. Muffled voices came through the wood.

"What happened." Yuki asked in all seriousness.

"Nothing. I gave her the diary, she gave me the camera." Kyo replied in the same tone.

"What did you read?" Yuki asked in the deadly calm that resembled Kagome's previous outburst.

"Nothing!" he answered defensively.

"I'll ask you again, what did you read?"

"One entry. The first one. She was five years old, didn't make much sense."

"What else?"

"That's it."

"You filthy LIAR! What else!?" Those with ears pressed closest to the doors flinched slightly as they heard Yuki yell. He was usually so quiet.

"NOTHING!!" Kyo yelled in denial.

"I swear, if you read anything else, you will wish you'd never been born." There was a dull thump from within. Footsteps walked briskly to the door, giving the group seconds to get away from the door. There was utter disarray as everyone rushed to move someplace inconspicuous.

The door opened on a normal scene, with everyone calmly sitting around the table, Tohru having grabbed a deck of cards. She had started shuffling them briefly before the two walked out. Kyo was sporting a bruised cheek.

"Um, Kyo, what," Kagome started innocently.

"Nothing," he interrupted quickly.

"We were just about to play a game of Dai Hin Min, would you two like to join us?" Tohru asked politely.

"I'm afraid I don't know how to play," replied Yuki in his usual embarrassed tone.

"It's fairly simple. Well, it takes some getting used to. Two's are the high card, with Jokers wild. The person to the left of the dealer starts by putting down a card or group of cards of the same number. Suit doesn't matter. The next person clockwise plays a card or cards higher than the first person. If you can't play that turn, or decide not to play, you can pass. If someone plays a card that noone can beat, or every person passes, the cards are taken away. The person who played the high card starts the next round. You keep playing like this until someone runs out of cards, that's the goal, to run out of cards first. That person is the Dai Fugo. The last person left with cards is the Dai Hin Min. At the end of the turn, the Dai Fugo can make a new rule that is then added to the game. In a game, at any time, a person can play four of a number. This is called a revolution, and the cards value switch, with twos being lowest, then aces next to lowest, with threes being high. I know it's a lot to take in, but you get used to it after a while. Oh, and once there is a Dai Hin Min, that is the one who clears away the cards. We deal out all the deck to play. Ready?" (A/N: Yes, that is the real way to play Dai Hin Min in case you were wondering)

Tohru's long-winded explanation was clear enough, but had a lot of information in it. Only Tohru, Arisa, and Hana had played the game before and were used to its absurd rules. All others were mostly staring blankly at Tohru in confusion.

"We'll help anyone who gets confused." said Arisa, reassuringly. And the game began with the ever-popular statement from our dear Kyo: "I'll beat you this time, ya damn rat!"

"As if." was Yuki's sarcastic remark.

As the group began to play, there were frequent questions about the rules. After the cards were delt out and everyone was sorting, Kagome asked if twos were high.

"Yes, with threes low unless there's a revolution." replied Hanajima. The game started, with Arisa playing a four.

Here's the rotation starting with dealer than going to the left: dealer Tohru, Arisa, Kagome, Yuki, Hanajima, Inuyasha, Kyo.

Kagome looked at her hand carefully, thinking. Wait, I have a joker. That means... She played her highest card, an Ace. Everyone starred at her in surprise.

"Um, I think that's a high card," Yuki started, thinking she had made a mistake. Kyo looked at her suspiciously. Two can play at this game. he thought.

"I know," Kagome assured him.

Tohru looked at Yuki, as if asking if he could beat her. He shook his head no. Tohru looked around the table, then cleared the cards with a single sweeping motion into a pile next to her. Kagome played her next highest pair, two queens. Yuki countered with two aces, then Hanajima reluctantly gave up her two twos. Tohru cleared the cards again and let Hanajima start with three threes. Inuyasha played a joker with two eights. Kyo played three jacks from his hand, glaring at Kagome. Tohru cleared the cards again. Kyo started the game with a two, making poor Tohru put the card in the growing pile. Hanajima quickly looked at her cards, deciding in a millisecond. So that's what they're doing... Kyo played the remaining two queens and Tohru cleared the cards once again.

By this time, Kyo's hand was down to four cards. Tohru still had all of hers. Kagome's hand was considerably lighter than before. To everyone it looked like Kyo would be the new "Dai Fugo" soon.

Kyo played a seven, letting Tohru finally get a turn. She played a nine. (A/N: I hope you're not getting totally bored with my account of the game) Arisa played a ten, Kagome played the last ace, Yuki passed, and Hanajima played the last two. Tohru cleared the cards again and Hanajima played a three. Inuyasha played a four, then Kyo did something somewhat unexpected.

"Revolution," he said smugly, as he placed four sixes down on the table. Oh no he didn't just take my trick! And he's out of cards now! No fair! Well at least I only have my four cards left.

"Counter revolution," Kagome said, glaring at Kyo as she placed three nines and the other joker neatly on top of his cards. I thought so. Hanajima thought, as she placed her last cards down as well.

"I'm not exactly sure what it's called," she said calmly, placing four kings down, "but counter counter revolution." Everyone was stunned. Three people had just gone out simultaneously, and noone was sure what the high card was.

"Wait, so Kyo's the Dai Fugo and the high card is...." Tohru went through it slowly, "so first Kyo changed it to three, then Kagome changed it to two again, and Hanajima changed it back to three, so the high card is now three."

"Right, and it's my turn." said Inuyasha. Kagome glared at Kyo, but she saw something out of the corner of her eye that made her do a double-take. Wait, did Inuyasha just smile kindly at Tohru-san?! No way! No way no way no way!!

Okay, I know, it's short and seems incomplete, but people and friends continue to bug me about updating. Hope you're all happy.