Disclaimer: Most all the stuff which you will find in my first ever Furuba fanfiction is © 2002 Natsuki Takaya/HAKUSENSHA - TV TOKYO - NAS - Fruba Project. Licensed by FUNimation® Productions, Ltd.
"I'm really sorry," Tohru said as she knelt beside a small bundle of grey fluff. It looked up at her with purple eyes, examining both of their drenched bodies. "It's all right Miss Honda," the small rat said with an emotionlessly kind voice, "I just didn't know you were that frightened by lightning." Tohru turned her head away to hide her embarrassment. Her voice was a little shaky as she replied, "Well, that last one hit a little close."
A long pause took over. The rain poured mercilessly down as the thunder rolled and streaks of flashing light accompanied it. "You should blame her," came a voice from an orange cat at the other end of the room, "She's just a stupid girl." Yuki, the rat, glared at the cat. "Don't be so rude to Miss Honda like that," he said. Kyo, the cat, got up and his hairs stood on end. "Don't tell me what to do you damn rat!" he said above a roll of thunder.
Tohru tried to calm them by saying: "Please, I don't mind it at all… don't fight." Of course, her voice was too soft for either to hear above their quarreling and numerous rolls of thunder, and don't forget the rain. "One more minute of your nonsense and I would go mad," came a new voice.
"Shigure!" Tohru said and got up to greet him at the door. He was in a businessman-like suit and just got in after twirling some excess water off his umbrella. "Thank you Tohru," he said as she took the umbrella and put it in its place. "Now," he continued, "we have a guest with some great news." By now, Kyo and Yuki were both in their human states, and had clothes on.
"Well?" Kyo said with growing impatience. Some rapid whispering came from behind Shigure but stopped just as he moved. "Tohru!" and "Big sister!" had greeted Tohru as one blonde and one orange haired kid, of three which came with Shigure, smiled and approached her. The one blonde, and the last to approach of the group, came forward with a straight face and no enthusiasm toward seeing anyone. Kisa, the one with orange hair, gave Tohru a hug. "Don't think you'll be able to hug her today," Kyo said as he held Momiji, the blonde one who greeted Tohru, by the collar of his shirt. "Whaa! Kyo's hurting me!" he whined.
"Now Kyo," Shigure said with a smile, "Let our guest go so he may tell us his news." Kyo reluctantly released his grip and mumbled something, wondering why the three little ones were here instead of one like Shigure had mentioned.
Kisa turned around and everyone looked at Momiji with wonder as to what he would say. As he pulled out eight airline tickets he said, "I am inviting everyone to go to Ireland with me!" Kisa counted the number of tickets in her head. "There're eight tickets," Kyo said, "I wonder who else is coming."
Momiji smiled and said, "Haa-san and Aya are joining us!" Yuki's face was grave, as it always was when he heard of his older brother, "He is not going to come with us."
The smile that was on Tohru's face faded, "Come on Yuki, it'll be fun!"
Shigure added, "I had managed to convince Akito into letting us go. This'll be the furthest away from the Main House that we'll be." Inside, Yuki was intrigued by this truth, "Whatever." Hiro, so far the only one not to have talked, exhaled deeply before adding, "I'm not going… I hear they eat sheep." Kyo growled and showed Hiro his fist, "You're just not going because Tohru's going. With your kind of attitude you might just blend in!"
A popping sound and yellow smoke came from nowhere. "Momiji!" Kyo yelled at a yellow rabbit which sat on Tohru's lap.
