Kyoko is Alive

By

Dragondolphin1990

Chapter 8-To the Carnival!

A/N-Since this is pointless, you can skip my A/N.

This is amazing. Since half way through chapter 6, I've had practically no clue where to go with this fic, but somehow, I made it this far. I think it's because of all of you guys and your reviews. Just now, I read one review, and it was so moving that I instantly got writing on the chapie, yet I have no clue what to write about… About half way through the chapter, I got lost again and I sort of forgot about this story for 2 weeks… I'm really sorry, really!

Tohru decided that she should tell Uo and Hana about her and the Sohmas. First, she addressed Shigure, "Shigure, I was wondering if I could tell my friends about, you know, me being head."

He replied, "I cannot tell you to not do anything. It would just be wise to not mention curses, or anything."

"Okay, thank you!"

She picked up the phone and heard the dial tone. She entered Hana's phone number and hit the 'talk' button, "Briiing, briiing."

"Hello, Hanajima residence."

"Hana?"

"Oh, hello, Tohru."

"How have you been?"

"Good, and you?"

"Great."

"How have the prince's family treated you?"

"Actually, that's what I wanted to talk about."

"If they hurt you at all, Uo and I will hunt them down."

"No need to zap anyone. It's a good thing!"

"What is it then?"

"I, um… this is kind of hard to explain. I guess I'd better start at the beginning. I found out who my father is."

"Really? Who?"

"Akito Sohma. He was head of the Sohma family."

"One of the prince's family?"

"Yeah."

"That is very odd, indeed."

"Well, the thing is, he died recently, and now I'm the head of the Sohma family."

"So you get to tell the prince, Kyo, Haru, and Momiji what to do? Cool."

"I wouldn't want to abuse my powers and be mean to them, but yeah, I guess you could put it that way. It's just no fun with everyone calling me Tohru-sama."

"'Sama' doesn't fit you, Tohru."

"I know."

"So, have you told Uo yet?"

"I'm going to tell her as soon as we hang up."

"Well, I mustn't keep you. I hope to talk again soon."

"Bye, Hana."

"Goodbye, Tohru."

She hung up and Tohru heard a dial tone. Quickly, she dialed Uo.

"Yo."

"Uo?"

"Oh, hey, Tohru. Wazzup?"

"I… um… well…"

"Is something bothering you? If so, I'll beat someone up for you."

"No, no, don't do something like that!"

"Then, what is it?"

"Well, I, uh, just learned who my father is…"

"Really? Cool."

"His name is… was… Akito Sohma."

"Sohma? Like the prince and Kyon?"

"Yeah, they're all related, cousins, or something. Well, um… you see, before he died, Akito said that I was to be the next head of the Sohma family…"

"… Wow."

"It's really weird, you know? I mean…"

Tohru trailed off, at a loss for words. Uo comforted her, "Look, Tohru, it's ok. You'll make a great family-head-thing."

"Thanks, Uo. You always know how to make me feel better."

"No prob." Some noise was heard on Uo's side of the line, "Hey, Tohru, I gotta go now. Let's talk again later."

"Okay, bye."

"Later."

The two friends hung up. Tohru went to prepare lunch. Carefully deciding on making something completely leek-free, she got to work. Yuki, who was still sleeping in, finally awoke and went downstairs. Shielding his eyes from the bright sunlight shining in from an open window, he asked, "How long did I sleep in?"

Tohru replied, "It's almost 1 p.m."

He yawned, "I am definitely not a morning person…"

Tohru giggled, "Mornings are always so much fun, though. The sun is shining and it's a new day to have fun!"

"You're too perky," Kyo said, walking into the room, "But I can't say that I agree with the stupid rat, though. Mornings are pretty nice."

"You wanna fight or something?" Yuki asked groggily.

"Sure thing," Kyo replied, not aware that Yuki was still half asleep.

As always, Kyo ended outside, slightly bleeding, face down in the dirt, unconscious. Yuki yawned again. Shigure walked by, "I'm proud of you, Yuki. You didn't hurt my poor house this time!"

"Shut up, dog, I'm tired."

"How late did you stay up last night, Yuki?"

Yuki shrugged. Tohru finished cooking. Some time shortly after she was done, the doorbell rang. Shigure pranced to answer the door. He returned a minute later with Hiro and Kisa. Kisa smiled widely, "Tohru-neesan!"

"Hello, Kisa!" Tohru gave Kisa a big hug.

Hiro rolled his eyes, "I'm only here because of Kisa."

Shigure laughed. "What's so funny?" everyone asked him.

He pointed out the window to his editor, who had just arrived to attempt to get Shigure's manuscript. Shigure left through, stepping over Kyo's unconscious body, to go torment his editor, again. In the meantime, Yuki had passed out, dead tired. Tohru shrugged, "I guess it's just the three of us, now. What do you want to do?"

Hiro replied, "Nothing with you, but anything for Kisa, I suppose."

Kisa smiled, "You should be nicer to Tohru-neesan."

"Hmph."

"Actually, you probably should be nicer to me, Hiro." Tohru said.

"And why is that?" Hiro muttered, not caring.

"Well… I am the head of your family."

"Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. You're still just a dumb girl to me, though."

"Hey! Be nice to Onee-san!"

Tohru shrugged it off, "I know, let's go to the carnival! This is its last weekend in town."

"That's a great idea, Onee-san!"

"Whatever."

And with that, the three walked four blocks to the carnival, which had been set up in a nearby park. Tohru paid the two dollars to get in for her and Kisa, but Hiro insisted on paying for his own. The three went on a few roller coasters before Kisa and Tohru decided that they were both getting dizzy.

Hiro sighed at the two girls and preoccupied himself by playing one of the overpriced carnival games. It was the one where you toss a ball and try to get some empty bottles to get a prize. A dollar later, Hiro returned to the others with a stuffed animal of a red bulldog with one eyebrow a different color from the other. (I really had a stuffed animal like this once!)

Tohru and Kisa noticed Hiro and his stuffed animal, and then they noticed where he had gotten it. Both of their eyes turned into hearts as they saw what they called the cutest stuffed animal in the world. Tohru had noticed an orange cat with a mouse sitting on its ear. Kisa noticed a fluffy white sheep.

Suddenly the two girls turned dead serious. Both pushed a dollar at Hiro, saying, "Win me one!"

Quite scared by the two girls, Hiro could do nothing but use his incredible gaming abilities to win the stuffed animals for the two girls. Hiro said, "Here, Kisa. I hope you like it!" and, "I'm only doing this because Kisa would like it."

The both smiled and hugged Hiro, since they could. He rolled his eyes, blushing slightly, "This is embarrassing! C'mon, let go!"

They both released the boy, "Sorry, Hiro."

"It's getting late. I guess we should get going. Do you want me to walk you two home?"

"No thanks, I'll make sure Kisa gets home safely."

"You're so brave, Hiro," Kisa said in admiration, "It's been fun Tohru-nee-san!"

Hiro smiled a little, "I, uh, thanks, Tohru-sama."

"It's just Tohru, okay?"

"Sure thing."

A/N-I really, really, REALLY apologize for being so late. I tried to make this chapter longer, but it's only longer by about 100 words. Since I can't possibly show you how sorry I am, I hired Ritchan! ((Ritsu suddenly appears and starts apologizing for dragondolphin)) Dragondolphin doesn't even deserve your reviews because she has made you wait so long! ((Ritchan disappears)) No, don't listen to him! Reviews make me write a little faster. Oh, and by the way, 79 reviews, I'm so honored! This definitely beats that one story I had on my friend's account with 17 reviews; they were all flames, too…