My Cherryblossom.../Chp. 2 10 Yen/Sherinda-san
They had given up playing cards due to Ayame's constant winning and the boys' whining, and were now starting to play truth or dare. Since Kagura thought of the game, she got to go first. She grinned evilly in Kyo's direction. Kyo groaned. Kagura pointed a finger at Kyo. "Truth or dare?" She asked. Kyo moaned again.
"Dare."
"Good! I dare you to...kiss me--"
"WHAT?!?!"
"—on the lips..." Kagura said with a smug face. Kyo just sat there, enraged at the thought of kissing her. Shigure leaned over and whispered something in Kagura's ear. She smiled. "Or run through town naked!" Everyone except Kyo found this hilarious.
"I'll take the kiss...I guess..." He grumbled. He leaned over to Kagura, blushing slightly. Kagura smiled then pulled him to her and kissed him. When they stopped, both were hiding behind one of their team-mates blushing every shade of scarlet.
Shigure looked behind his back at Kyo. "I don't see why you're hiding when it's your turn." Shii-chan said. Kyo stood up quickly.
"I'M NOT HIDING!!!!!!"
"Then hurry up and take your turn." Said Momiji.
"Fine!!! I pick Yuki! Truth or dare?" Kyo said. Yuki smiled, not to be out done by a baka neko.
"Dare."
"I dare you...to sit by Ayame all night...no leaving his side! And you have to talk to him nicely." Kyo said with a gleam of triumph in his eyes. Ayame looked ecstatic at the thought of his dear younger brother by him all night long talking to him. Yuki merely sat there with his eyes wide open with horror.
"Go on rat; sit by your 'dear brother'!" Kyo said with victory. Yuki got up, his expression not changing, and sat down next to Ayame.
"Dear younger brother! How pleasant of you to come and visit your beautiful older and wiser sibling!" Ayame said with his special flair. Yuki gave an awkward smile then snapped out of his trance. He pointed to Hana.
"Truth or dare, Hanajima-san?" He said.
"Truth."
"Do you have special training to control your electro poison waves?"
"No, I have complete and total control over them." Hana said bluntly. Everyone looked in awe at the psychic. "Shigure-san, truth or dare?" she said. Everybody snapped out of their daze and looked at Shigure, who seemed to be contemplating which to choose.
"Hmmm...I'll pick truth." He said.
"How many perverted stories have you had published?" Hana asked. Shigure looked embarrassed and confused all at once.
"Um...well...err..."
"Answer the question, Shigure-san."
"Ok, ok! I've had five naughty books published! Are you happy now?"
"Yes."
"Now it's my turn!" Shigure said, recovering quickly. "I choose...Arisa-chan! Truth or dare?"
"Dare." Said the Yankee. She narrowed her eyes at the dog of the Jyuunishi. "And no perverted crap either." She said with malice. Shigure gulped.
"Erm...I dare you to...um...not kill me?" He said.
"Works for me. Now who shall I choose? Hey, Ritsu! Truth or dare?" Ritsu winced as if he had been hit.
"Oh! I-I-I don't know! I choose truuuuth!!!" He wailed.
"Have you ever not been sorry in your life?" asked Uotani.
"NNOOOOO!!!!!!" Said Ritsu, suddenly. He got up and ran out the door for fear he would get pummeled by the Yankee thug.
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"So, how long have you been interested in music?" Shiko asked Hatsuharu. They had gotten to know each other over the walk to Shigure Sohma's house. They were quick friends.
"Well, I've written a few songs and I can play some instruments pretty well. How about yourself? I can see you play the guitar." Haru said looking at the guitar case on his companion's back.
"I write songs and the music for them, yeah." She looked at her feet embarrassed at what she does for a hobby. She saw a rock and kicked it and watched it roll away when she remembered what she came back for. "Do you know of any bands looking for a singer or a guitar player?" She asked Haru. He thought about her question for a few seconds.
"None that I can think of...why?" He said. Shiko shrugged.
"I wanted to get more involved with my music, I guess..." she said. Haru brightened a bit.
"Maybe we can start our own band. I know a club called Bushigaru. They have an open mic there every Friday and Saturday night. All we need to do is sign up and pick a time to play. How does that fit your tastes, Shiko?" he said. Shiko got excited.
"That sounds great! Now we need members! I can play the guitar and sing. How about you?" she asked.
"I can play the bass and sing backup...I think some we can ask my cousins about it at the sleepover. Are you planning on staying the night there?" Haru said surprisingly enthusiastic. Shiko rubbed the back of her head and grinned sheepishly.
"I don't really have anywhere to stay...especially if Uo-chan isn't at her apartment...I suppose if it's okay with your older cousin...sure!" She said, finally making up her mind.
Presently they heard a loud wailing "NO!" and ran to Shigure's house, which was about 30 yards away.
When they arrived on the scene, a monkey was dragging a purple kimono towards the house and a girl with light brown hair was sitting on her knees facing the ground. Shiko ran up to the monkey and picked it up hugging it and rubbing its cheek on hers.
"Aww! It's so cute!" she squealed still hugging it. Haru stood there, with his hand on his forehead. Clearly Ritsu had been hugged by Tohru. That would explain the monkey. He must have yelled "NO!" to something and ran out of the house. Tohru ran after him to tried and calm him down. She must have tripped and accidentally hugged him. Something like that anyways.
Tohru got up still blushing from her incident. She dusted herself off and noticed her guests. She ran up to Haru and bowed. "Hello, Hatsuharu- san! I'm sorry about Ritsu...Who's that?" She said turning and pointing to Shiko; who was still hugging Ritsu. Haru bowed in return.
"That's Shiko Arisa. She's—"
"Uotani's cousin!" Tohru ran over to Shiko. "Shiko-san! You're here! I'm Honda Tohru! I'm so excited to meet you--!" Tohru said excitedly. Shiko cut her off by standing up with the monkey on her side, clinging to her waist, and placed a hand on Tohru's head.
"Chill out, girl! Am I that well known? Whose monkey is this? It's so sweet!" Shiko said. Tohru looked at Ritsu who was about ready to have a heart attack.
"Oh...that's a wild monkey...he...um...lives in to woods...he likes to steal the laundry..." she said making it up as she went. She looked down and saw Ritsu's kimono. "He can have that old thing...here let me take him back to the woods were he belongs. Uo-san is in the house. I'm sure Haru- kun will show you the way to the living room!" Tohru said picking up the kimono and taking the monkey from Shiko's waist. She ran off into the woods. Shiko frowned a bit, but brightened up at the thought of meeting her cousin's friends. Hatsuharu walked up to Shiko.
"Well, let's go in. I'll introduce you to everyone." He said. Shiko nodded then grabbed Braveheart (who was a little peeved at Ritsu) and walked into the house with Haru.
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When they had taken their shoes off and walked into the living room, everyone but Uotani Arisa gawked at Shiko. Uotani ran up to her older cousin and held up her hand. Shiko gave her a high-five then they knocked their knuckles together. Uo smiled at her kin. "It's nice to see your mug again. Why did you come back from America? Was college to hard?" she said. Shiko winked.
"Nah, college was okay. I just got a little board there. Hey, introduce me to everyone." She said, nudging Uotani and Hatsuharu. Hana stood up and bowed to Shiko.
"That's Saki Hanajima. She's one of my closest friends." Said Arisa. She leaned closer to Shiko and whispered into her ear. "She has electro poison waves." Shiko's eyes widened. Haru pointed to the Tiger of the Jyuunishi.
"That's Sohma Kisa, one of my younger cousins. Then there's Sohma Kagura, Sohma Yuki, his older brother Ayame, Sohma Kyo, Sohma Momiji, Sohma Hiro, and finally, Sohma Shigure. All of them are my cousins." He said. They heard a sudden slam of a door and saw a human Ritsu and Tohru walk in the living room. Tohru was still blushing after the incident. Uo nodded toward Ritsu.
"That's Sohma Ritsu. He may look like a girl, but he's a guy. And that is To--"
"Tohru Honda-san. We met outside." Shiko smiled at Tohru. Tohru smiled back. Yuki was about to say something when he looked over at Kyo. He put his hand over his mouth and cleared his throat. Shiko looked at Yuki curiously. He motioned towards Kyo. She looked in his direction and gasped. Then she broke down in fits of laughter. Everyone else just stared at her. She pointed to Kyo. When everyone saw it, they laughed too.
Braveheart, Shiko's kitten, had made his way over to Kyo and was now sleeping on his shoulders. Kyo, on the other hand, was not too thrilled at the prospect of having a cat sleep on him. He didn't want to get Shiko upset for fear she would pummel him. Shiko walked over to Kyo still laughing. She picked up Braveheart and cradled him like a baby in her arms. "Don't go wandering off and sleeping on people like that, Bravey! Hahaheehee! It's not nice! Ahahahaheeheehee!" She said in a would-be scolding tone.
Kyo clenched his fists. "Why not tell us about yourself, Shiko?" he said, controlling his anger. Shiko looked at him as if he had given her the most brilliant idea (which he had).
"Well, my name is Arisa Shiko. Until this morning I lived in America attending a drawing college. I am about 17 years old (Shigure: "You don't look 17..."). I play the guitar and sing for a hobby. That brings me to a question. Would anyone be interested in joining a band? Haru and I chatted a little on the way here and we came up with the idea. We need a keyboard player, a drummer, and maybe another person to play the guitar." She said. Haru held up his index finger.
"If you're interested, you can come with us to the backyard. We'll set up an audition schedule and see if any of you has talent. We also need a name..." He said trailing off.
"I would like everybody to get apiece of paper and a pen or pencil and write down a name for the band. Fold the paper and put it in this hat." Shiko said, taking a hat out of her bag. Everyone found a writing utensil and little scrapes of paper and wrote down a name they each made up. Then everyone put them into Shiko's hat. Shiko shook the hat and held it out to Haru. He reached his hand in the old hat and drew out a piece of paper. In beautiful handwriting were: 'Ten Yen'.
Author's note: Thanks to everyone who likes my little story! It makes me happy when people appreciate my work. If anyone is wondering, Shiko is my own little character based off of me, and what I wish I could do...sighs Oh well! I'll try and get chapter three up a.s.a.p.
Thanx!!!
Sherinda-san
They had given up playing cards due to Ayame's constant winning and the boys' whining, and were now starting to play truth or dare. Since Kagura thought of the game, she got to go first. She grinned evilly in Kyo's direction. Kyo groaned. Kagura pointed a finger at Kyo. "Truth or dare?" She asked. Kyo moaned again.
"Dare."
"Good! I dare you to...kiss me--"
"WHAT?!?!"
"—on the lips..." Kagura said with a smug face. Kyo just sat there, enraged at the thought of kissing her. Shigure leaned over and whispered something in Kagura's ear. She smiled. "Or run through town naked!" Everyone except Kyo found this hilarious.
"I'll take the kiss...I guess..." He grumbled. He leaned over to Kagura, blushing slightly. Kagura smiled then pulled him to her and kissed him. When they stopped, both were hiding behind one of their team-mates blushing every shade of scarlet.
Shigure looked behind his back at Kyo. "I don't see why you're hiding when it's your turn." Shii-chan said. Kyo stood up quickly.
"I'M NOT HIDING!!!!!!"
"Then hurry up and take your turn." Said Momiji.
"Fine!!! I pick Yuki! Truth or dare?" Kyo said. Yuki smiled, not to be out done by a baka neko.
"Dare."
"I dare you...to sit by Ayame all night...no leaving his side! And you have to talk to him nicely." Kyo said with a gleam of triumph in his eyes. Ayame looked ecstatic at the thought of his dear younger brother by him all night long talking to him. Yuki merely sat there with his eyes wide open with horror.
"Go on rat; sit by your 'dear brother'!" Kyo said with victory. Yuki got up, his expression not changing, and sat down next to Ayame.
"Dear younger brother! How pleasant of you to come and visit your beautiful older and wiser sibling!" Ayame said with his special flair. Yuki gave an awkward smile then snapped out of his trance. He pointed to Hana.
"Truth or dare, Hanajima-san?" He said.
"Truth."
"Do you have special training to control your electro poison waves?"
"No, I have complete and total control over them." Hana said bluntly. Everyone looked in awe at the psychic. "Shigure-san, truth or dare?" she said. Everybody snapped out of their daze and looked at Shigure, who seemed to be contemplating which to choose.
"Hmmm...I'll pick truth." He said.
"How many perverted stories have you had published?" Hana asked. Shigure looked embarrassed and confused all at once.
"Um...well...err..."
"Answer the question, Shigure-san."
"Ok, ok! I've had five naughty books published! Are you happy now?"
"Yes."
"Now it's my turn!" Shigure said, recovering quickly. "I choose...Arisa-chan! Truth or dare?"
"Dare." Said the Yankee. She narrowed her eyes at the dog of the Jyuunishi. "And no perverted crap either." She said with malice. Shigure gulped.
"Erm...I dare you to...um...not kill me?" He said.
"Works for me. Now who shall I choose? Hey, Ritsu! Truth or dare?" Ritsu winced as if he had been hit.
"Oh! I-I-I don't know! I choose truuuuth!!!" He wailed.
"Have you ever not been sorry in your life?" asked Uotani.
"NNOOOOO!!!!!!" Said Ritsu, suddenly. He got up and ran out the door for fear he would get pummeled by the Yankee thug.
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"So, how long have you been interested in music?" Shiko asked Hatsuharu. They had gotten to know each other over the walk to Shigure Sohma's house. They were quick friends.
"Well, I've written a few songs and I can play some instruments pretty well. How about yourself? I can see you play the guitar." Haru said looking at the guitar case on his companion's back.
"I write songs and the music for them, yeah." She looked at her feet embarrassed at what she does for a hobby. She saw a rock and kicked it and watched it roll away when she remembered what she came back for. "Do you know of any bands looking for a singer or a guitar player?" She asked Haru. He thought about her question for a few seconds.
"None that I can think of...why?" He said. Shiko shrugged.
"I wanted to get more involved with my music, I guess..." she said. Haru brightened a bit.
"Maybe we can start our own band. I know a club called Bushigaru. They have an open mic there every Friday and Saturday night. All we need to do is sign up and pick a time to play. How does that fit your tastes, Shiko?" he said. Shiko got excited.
"That sounds great! Now we need members! I can play the guitar and sing. How about you?" she asked.
"I can play the bass and sing backup...I think some we can ask my cousins about it at the sleepover. Are you planning on staying the night there?" Haru said surprisingly enthusiastic. Shiko rubbed the back of her head and grinned sheepishly.
"I don't really have anywhere to stay...especially if Uo-chan isn't at her apartment...I suppose if it's okay with your older cousin...sure!" She said, finally making up her mind.
Presently they heard a loud wailing "NO!" and ran to Shigure's house, which was about 30 yards away.
When they arrived on the scene, a monkey was dragging a purple kimono towards the house and a girl with light brown hair was sitting on her knees facing the ground. Shiko ran up to the monkey and picked it up hugging it and rubbing its cheek on hers.
"Aww! It's so cute!" she squealed still hugging it. Haru stood there, with his hand on his forehead. Clearly Ritsu had been hugged by Tohru. That would explain the monkey. He must have yelled "NO!" to something and ran out of the house. Tohru ran after him to tried and calm him down. She must have tripped and accidentally hugged him. Something like that anyways.
Tohru got up still blushing from her incident. She dusted herself off and noticed her guests. She ran up to Haru and bowed. "Hello, Hatsuharu- san! I'm sorry about Ritsu...Who's that?" She said turning and pointing to Shiko; who was still hugging Ritsu. Haru bowed in return.
"That's Shiko Arisa. She's—"
"Uotani's cousin!" Tohru ran over to Shiko. "Shiko-san! You're here! I'm Honda Tohru! I'm so excited to meet you--!" Tohru said excitedly. Shiko cut her off by standing up with the monkey on her side, clinging to her waist, and placed a hand on Tohru's head.
"Chill out, girl! Am I that well known? Whose monkey is this? It's so sweet!" Shiko said. Tohru looked at Ritsu who was about ready to have a heart attack.
"Oh...that's a wild monkey...he...um...lives in to woods...he likes to steal the laundry..." she said making it up as she went. She looked down and saw Ritsu's kimono. "He can have that old thing...here let me take him back to the woods were he belongs. Uo-san is in the house. I'm sure Haru- kun will show you the way to the living room!" Tohru said picking up the kimono and taking the monkey from Shiko's waist. She ran off into the woods. Shiko frowned a bit, but brightened up at the thought of meeting her cousin's friends. Hatsuharu walked up to Shiko.
"Well, let's go in. I'll introduce you to everyone." He said. Shiko nodded then grabbed Braveheart (who was a little peeved at Ritsu) and walked into the house with Haru.
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When they had taken their shoes off and walked into the living room, everyone but Uotani Arisa gawked at Shiko. Uotani ran up to her older cousin and held up her hand. Shiko gave her a high-five then they knocked their knuckles together. Uo smiled at her kin. "It's nice to see your mug again. Why did you come back from America? Was college to hard?" she said. Shiko winked.
"Nah, college was okay. I just got a little board there. Hey, introduce me to everyone." She said, nudging Uotani and Hatsuharu. Hana stood up and bowed to Shiko.
"That's Saki Hanajima. She's one of my closest friends." Said Arisa. She leaned closer to Shiko and whispered into her ear. "She has electro poison waves." Shiko's eyes widened. Haru pointed to the Tiger of the Jyuunishi.
"That's Sohma Kisa, one of my younger cousins. Then there's Sohma Kagura, Sohma Yuki, his older brother Ayame, Sohma Kyo, Sohma Momiji, Sohma Hiro, and finally, Sohma Shigure. All of them are my cousins." He said. They heard a sudden slam of a door and saw a human Ritsu and Tohru walk in the living room. Tohru was still blushing after the incident. Uo nodded toward Ritsu.
"That's Sohma Ritsu. He may look like a girl, but he's a guy. And that is To--"
"Tohru Honda-san. We met outside." Shiko smiled at Tohru. Tohru smiled back. Yuki was about to say something when he looked over at Kyo. He put his hand over his mouth and cleared his throat. Shiko looked at Yuki curiously. He motioned towards Kyo. She looked in his direction and gasped. Then she broke down in fits of laughter. Everyone else just stared at her. She pointed to Kyo. When everyone saw it, they laughed too.
Braveheart, Shiko's kitten, had made his way over to Kyo and was now sleeping on his shoulders. Kyo, on the other hand, was not too thrilled at the prospect of having a cat sleep on him. He didn't want to get Shiko upset for fear she would pummel him. Shiko walked over to Kyo still laughing. She picked up Braveheart and cradled him like a baby in her arms. "Don't go wandering off and sleeping on people like that, Bravey! Hahaheehee! It's not nice! Ahahahaheeheehee!" She said in a would-be scolding tone.
Kyo clenched his fists. "Why not tell us about yourself, Shiko?" he said, controlling his anger. Shiko looked at him as if he had given her the most brilliant idea (which he had).
"Well, my name is Arisa Shiko. Until this morning I lived in America attending a drawing college. I am about 17 years old (Shigure: "You don't look 17..."). I play the guitar and sing for a hobby. That brings me to a question. Would anyone be interested in joining a band? Haru and I chatted a little on the way here and we came up with the idea. We need a keyboard player, a drummer, and maybe another person to play the guitar." She said. Haru held up his index finger.
"If you're interested, you can come with us to the backyard. We'll set up an audition schedule and see if any of you has talent. We also need a name..." He said trailing off.
"I would like everybody to get apiece of paper and a pen or pencil and write down a name for the band. Fold the paper and put it in this hat." Shiko said, taking a hat out of her bag. Everyone found a writing utensil and little scrapes of paper and wrote down a name they each made up. Then everyone put them into Shiko's hat. Shiko shook the hat and held it out to Haru. He reached his hand in the old hat and drew out a piece of paper. In beautiful handwriting were: 'Ten Yen'.
Author's note: Thanks to everyone who likes my little story! It makes me happy when people appreciate my work. If anyone is wondering, Shiko is my own little character based off of me, and what I wish I could do...sighs Oh well! I'll try and get chapter three up a.s.a.p.
Thanx!!!
Sherinda-san