Kyoko is Alive

By

Dragondolphin1990

Chapter 7-The Head

A/N- You guess must hate me. It's been over a week, again. I'm really sorry, but I haven't felt like writing lately. Actually, I've only been plotting the creation of my teacher voodoo doll. (he's being really annoying!) My voodoo doll is really cool, though!
But that is totally beside the point. I just want to say two things. First, no, I will not tell anybody the pairings. It's a secret! Second, I don't care what Akito or Tohru's father are like in the anime/manga. I'm making him be like I want. He's old enough to have kids, okay! Now, onto the much anticipated next chapter…

Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure all crammed into Hatori's car. Silently, he drove them to the Sohma main house. Everyone could tell that Tohru did not wish to speak about anything. Yuki and Kyo even tried to get a long, just a little. Once they arrived, the five headed to the center area of the house. Momiji was the first to notice their arrival. He bounded toward Tohru with immeasurable energy.

Tohru gave him a hug like always. Haru followed his cousin, "Hey, guys."

Ayame was next, immediately clinging to his brother, "I missed you so much!"

"Get off of me, brother," if looks could kill, Yuki would have killed Ayame twenty times over already.

Ayame snuck away and hid behind Shigure, "Shigure, my brother is being scary again."

"Don't worry, Aya, I'll protect you!"

Hatori simply shook his head at their antics before leading Tohru away, "Well, everyone is here. Time for the ceremony."

Tohru was at a loss for words, so she simply nodded.

A little while later, Tohru had become the family head. The authoress cannot explain any of the details of the ceremony for they are top secret and Hatori would erase her memories if she said anything, so you just have to believe that the ceremony took place. Tohru looked for Hatori. She asked Shigure, "Do you know where Hatori is?"

"I think he's out trying to erase dragondolphin1990's memories, Tohru-sama."

She couldn't help but burst out laughing, "I'm not use to such formality. Come on, Shigure, no formalities between friends."

"But…" he started, but he knew that there was no arguing with Tohru, "Is that an order?"

She giggled, "Um… Yes! It is an order!"

"Okay, Tohru."

"That's better."

Momiji bounded up as Shigure walked away, "Tohru!" then he stopped himself, "I mean, Tohru-sama, it is nice to see you."

Tohru groaned. She would never get used to being called "Sama". She smiled and hugged Momiji, "It's okay, you can just call me Tohru and hug me all the time, like always."

"If you say so," Momiji said, hugging back.

Still in Momiji's grip, Tohru was approached by Haru, "I'm sorry for not believing you, Tohru-sama."

"I guess I'll just have to tell every one of you that my name is Tohru, not Tohru-sama. C'mon, we've been friends for, like, two years already. You don't have to be so formal."

He simply nodded, bowed, and left. Tohru sighed, thinking, 'This is going to take some getting used to.'

Momiji was still clinging to her. Tohru looked down, "You can let go now."

"Okay, if I have to," he frowned, but nevertheless let go.

"So, Momiji, have you seen Hatori?"

He shrugged, "I dunno…"

Tohru started walking to find Hatori, Momiji on her heels. She suddenly stopped, "That's odd. I forgot why I was looking for him. I must be because the authoress is lazy…"

At her sudden stop, Momiji ran into her, "Sorry!"

Tohru turned around and headed back to where Shigure was. Once again, Momiji followed her. Low and behold, Shigure was talking to Hatori. They both stopped when Tohru and Momiji walked up. Momiji said, "Hi, Ha'ri! Hi, Shigure!"

They both said their hellos. Tohru remembered what she was going to ask Hatori, "Hatori, I was wondering… Do I have to live here? I want to stay with Shigure and the others."

"Well, I have no power over what you do."

"Does that mean I can continue living at Shigure's house? Yay!"

Momiji asked, "Can I live at Shigure's house?"

"No, Momiji," Hatori replied.

"Awww, I wanna stay with Tohru!"

"I'll come visit you, Momiji," Tohru comforted him.

"Really? Yay!"

Tohru, Shigure, Kyo, and Yuki all returned to Shigure's house. Tohru went in to make dinner when Kyo stopped her, "Hey, Tohru."

"Oh, Kyo! What is it?"

"We can't have you cooking for us, now can we? You're too important."

"No, but I have to cook and clean! I need to earn my keep in Shigure's house."

Kyo groaned, "You're the head of our family, now. You can do whatever you want."

"I… I want to cook for you guys!"

"You're strange."

"Hehe… thanks!"

"That wasn't a compliment, idiot."

"You called me a name! That's bad," she scolded him jokingly.

"I'm sorry, Tohru-sama. I'll never do that again," Kyo replied, also jokingly.

They both burst out laughing. A few minutes later, Shigure walked in, "Are you two alright?"

They finally stopped laughing, "Yeah, we're fine!" Tohru said.

"I'll be on the roof," Kyo said, leaving.

Tohru hummed a song as she cooked dinner. When she finished, she called everyone in and they ate. Just like old time, Shigure said, "Our lovely flower has prepared another wonderful meal!"

Everyone ate and talked like normal for the entire meal, all formalities forgotten. After a while, everyone finished and went off to bed. Tohru crept out of her room after everyone else had gone to bed, and called her mom.

"Hey, mom."

"Tohru! I haven't heard from you in a while."

"A lot has been happening."

"Really? What?"

"Well, um, Akito died not too long ago."

"Yes, Ha'ri told me."

"And, um, before he died, he said that I was to be the next head of the Sohma family. Today is my first day as head."

"That's wonderful, Tohru!"

"I… I don't know how to be head of a family, mom. I'm scared."

"Don't be, Tohru. You can do whatever you want, don't forget that."

"So, how have you been?"

"Good. I've gotten along with your grandfather and his family really well lately."

"That's good."

"You know, sometimes I have a hard time believing you're really alive."

"I know how hard it must have been for you. Both of my parents are gone."

"Shouldn't you be in bed now?"

"Yeah, I guess so."

"I'll talk to you later, then."

"Okay, mom."

"I love you."

"I love you, too."

They hung up. Tohru smiled as she went into her room to go to bed, finally realizing that she could handle being the head of the family. Besides, she had great friends like the Sohmas and her mom and Uo and Hana to back her up. Tohru drifted off to sleep, the smile still planted on her face.