Chapter 29: Mess and Stress

Princess Sango

Four days later…

A knock came to the door and Tohru ran to answer it. When the door was opened Hana and Arisa, "Hi there come on in, sorry for the mess!"

Hana and Arisa smiled and entered the hectic house. "Wow Tohru, you sure have your work cut out for you, and when's the wedding?"

"Oh in two weeks, and I've already have everything but some of the dresses are still needed. Ayame are you busy?" Tohru yelled out to her almost brother in law.

"I'm in the living room princess, come on, and are you friends here? All the boy's outfits are done. Come on now," Ayame prodded from his little work area in the living room. Tohru smiled and lead her friends to where Ayame sat waiting for them, "Aw, so these are the people you were talking about. I'm glad you chose to differ those two colors, since one will look perfect in the yellow and another in blue. Um, whose her name, the one with the blonde?"

"Um, I'm Uotoni Arisa, and you are?" Arisa asked the man with long silver hair.

"I'm Sohma Ayame and I'm Yuki's older brother of ten years," Ayame said before pulling her up on the huge stand, where Mine was waiting to take measurements. "Oh and that must mean your Hanajima Saki, am I right?"

"Hai, I am," Hana said in her usual quiet voice.

Ayame smiled and looked at her, "Why don't you step up on there and we'll start?"

Hana walked up on the platform and stood quietly. Yuki came inside with Kazuki, "Tohru, Kazuki wanted to see you, I hope you don't mind."

"No, not at all, come here Kazuki-chan!" Tohru called out for him, kneeling down and holding her arms out.

Kazuki smiled and ran into his mother's arms, "I never get to see you during the day anymore mommy and I missed you!"

Tohru smiled and hugged her son, "I'm sorry, I promise as soon as we're done with everything we'll go somewhere you want to go. Is that okay Kazuki?"

Kazuki smiled and nodded and Hana and Arisa both watched her stand there with her son which they didn't have the pleasure of meeting. "So Tohru who is that?"

"Oh I'm sorry Arisa, this is Kazuki, Yuki and mine son. Kazuki these are my two best friends, Hana and Arisa," Tohru answered Arisa's question.

Hana and Arisa looked at each other, "So you had Kazuki for how long?"

"Five years as of late; don't worry about me guys!" Tohru said as she covered hugged Kazuki close, "Since we're all together now, the past doesn't matter now."

Hana and Arisa didn't say a word, but they were worried about their friend, since that was their greatest weakness: Tohru. Yuki smiled at Kazuki, "Why don't we leave your mother alone right now Kazuki-chan, we'll see her at dinner."

Kazuki gave Tohru a hug before running over to Yuki, "Bye mom, see you then!"

Tohru smiled and turned to Hana and Arisa, "See I told you nothing to worry about. Ayame did you talk to Tomiko and Yoshiko, they didn't skip out again did they?"

"No they rescheduled actually, and Tohru, they'll be here soon too," Ayame answered, pulling a pin out of his mouth and looking up at Tohru.

"Mom!" came Tomiko's voice in an annoyed tone.

Tohru turned around, "Speaking of them, there they are. Tomiko, why didn't you call me and tell me you were rescheduling. I still have the rehearsal dinner, and…"

"Mom, take a deep breath, it's a lot of stress, and I know that okay? Now I'll go get changed into my dress and we'll wait for Ayame or Mine to stop with one of your friend's okay?" Tomiko gently said as she ran out of the room and into the room she was currently stuffed into.

Tohru nodded and couldn't wait for the day to end.

Dinnertime…

The house was full of people, but the secret is still covered. No one said a word until people started to bump into each other. All the Sohma boys were trying to distance themselves from Mine, Hana, and Arisa as much as possible, but that wasn't very successful. All it took was for Arisa to bump into Kazuki, who was the smallest member here, and poof, the secret was let out of the bag.

"Um, what is this?" Arisa asked as she looked for the little boy, or Tohru's son.

"Um this is Kazuki, in his Halloween costume, silly Kazuki why are you in that already? Why don't we go to your room and find a suitable item to wear?" Tohru said, covering up for Kazuki's transformation.

Kazuki nodded and went to follow his mother when, poof, there stood Kazuki naked. Tohru picked him up and ran out of the room, before another word could be said. Placing Kazuki on the ground and turning to his suitcase, Tohru turned to him. "It's not your fault Kazuki-chan it's okay, really. Plus since Hatori is the new leader he could let them know, but it's up to Hatori-san. Here's some clothes you can change into."

Kazuki looked up at his mother, "I'm sorry mommy."

"It's okay Kazuki-chan, the curse isn't your fault. Any way, get dressed and we'll go face them together."

Kazuki smiled and got changed, and then they headed out to the scene they had left.

TBC…