I have finished with great difficulty and less amounts to do my homework, this chapter. I hope that all of you will enjoy it even though I wrote it really fast. Another thing, I'm trying to make this as Japanese as possible with my manga knowledge. If there is something wrong with a way I say something, it will be explained in the Author's Notes in the end of the chapter or you can send me a review. Now... for the story!!

Chapter 3- Surprises

Kyo woke up as usual by scratching his orange mess of hair and slouching out of bed. He stepped into the kitchen expecting to see Shigure ordering take-out. Instead, he saw an annoyed Hitoshi dressed up in a frilly apron with her long black hair pulled back into a sleek braid with her bangs still framing her face. No matter how much he denied it to himself, Kyo actually thought Hitoshi looked nice. Hitoshi turned around and looked at Kyo very annoyed and said,

"Well, if it isn't the jackass. Sit down and eat if you don't want to starve."

Kyo stormed up to Hitoshi and opened his mouth to say something, but Hitoshi shoved his chopsticks in his mouth, kicked him to his chair and brought him his breakfast. After prying the chopsticks from the back of his throat, he looked around the kitchen observing its size and cleanliness. He then moved his eyes to Hitoshi who was washing the dishes and paused for a minute. When he realized what he was doing, he shook his head and moved to his breakfast. At first, he only ate a little bit, but he ate bigger and bigger servings since it was so good. As he was beginning his feeding frenzy, Hitoshi looked out of the corner of her eye and saw that he was enjoying it. She turned around holding a soapy dish and looked very surprised yet happy. Kyo had just shoved a giant helping into his mouth and saw that Hitoshi was looking at him. They stared at each other for a minute until Kyo spit out the food and started to pretend that he was choking. Hitoshi narrowed her eyes and threw the soapy dish at Kyo, which hit him right on the nose knocking him off of his chair. Shigure stepped inside and saw the stunned Kyo. He stared at Kyo for a minute and asked Hitoshi,

"Hitoshi-chan, shouldn't you be getting ready for school?"

Hitoshi turned around and looked surprised saying, "You're right!!! Do I have to wake up Kyo-chan for school? Please say no!"

Shigure looked at Hitoshi annoyed, "Yes, you have to wake up Kyo-kun, but I'll let you call him Kyo-chan though."

Hitoshi groaned and walked over the seemingly dead body of Kyo. She kicked him with the tip of her foot saying, "Hey, loser. Time to go to school."

Since he wouldn't respond, she brought her face down till it was a few centimeters away from his and waited. Finally Kyo slowly opened his eyes and found that pair of green eyes were staring back at him. He started to panic until Hitoshi put her hand over his face saying, "Don't worry Kyo-chan. I won't beat you up since Shigure-san told me I couldn't."

Kyo got up and said very upset as Hitoshi was walking towards her room,

"What do you mean by that you could beat me up? And why are you calling me Kyo-chan?"

Hitoshi answered just as she had entered her room,

"Cause it fits you perfectly. Kyo-chan... it just rolls of the tongue doesn't it?"

She then slammed the door in Kyo's face before he could start to argue. Giving up, he walked to his room and got in his high school uniform. By the time he'd gotten ready, Hitoshi was already waiting for him to come. As he walked up to the front of the house, he noticed Hitoshi in the uniform. Somehow, the way that she wore it and the way she carried it made it seem special and different to Kyo although later he wouldn't admit it. Hitoshi waved goodbye to Shigure who was eating away at Hitoshi's breakfast. Then both Kyo and Hitoshi stepped out of the house. At first, things were very quiet and broody. Then Hitoshi exclaimed in anger,

"Gaaah!!!! I hate this uniform!! They didn't have any longer skirt sizes cause I applied too late and I got stuck with a Sailor Moon skirt!!"

Kyo laughed and pointed his finger at Hitoshi saying,

"Maybe you should gather a bunch of idiots like yourself and go and fight evil!!"

Hitoshi just stared at Kyo as though she was going to zap him with poison waves like Hana-chan. Kyo realized this and stopped laughing, but Hitoshi wouldn't stop her death stare making Kyo feel very insecure. It became quiet again until this time Kyo spoke up,

"Hey, how did you get into school so early? I mean Shigure-san only told you yesterday that you had to go to my school (Which is torture by the way)."

Hitoshi looked at Kyo very amused and said,

"You mean day before yesterday. You fell asleep for one whole day. Shigure-san made me take care of you. I should've stabbed you, but then my secret would be out. Yesterday, Shigure-san took me out and got me tested and I got in with my bad luck."

Kyo looked down for a minute until Hitoshi tapped him on the shoulder whispering,

"Did you see that group of girls that were darting back and forth in front?"

Kyo squinted his eyes and saw what Hitoshi was talking about. In fact, the girls were from Kyo's school and they were watching Hitoshi and Kyo. Kyo sighed and said very annoyed,

"They're always like that, it's like I have my own fan-club."

Hitoshi laughed and pointed at him saying,

"YOU?!!? You have your own fan-club?!!!!!? HA!!!!!!!! If you have a fan- club then a dead fly is really attractive!! YOU, KYO-CHAN HAVE A FAN- CLUB?!!!!? HA!!!!!!!"

Kyo growled at Hitoshi who was laughing her head off. They were quiet the rest of the way with Hitoshi's loud laughter sometimes breaking the silence. When they got to the school, three girls stepped in front of them. They were all covered with leaves and tree branches; it took Hitoshi only a few seconds to realize that these were the girls that were stalking her. Kyo slouched down looking at the floor as the one of the girls said,

"Hello. I believe that you are new to this school and I think you need a proper introduction. My name is Wakamikya Katsuko."

Another girl stepped out and said,

"I'm Natsuki Yumiko."

"And I'm Takahashi Oishi."

They all looked at Hitoshi, who smiled at them and said,

"Hello, my name is Kawakami..."

Hitoshi was interrupted by Yumiko,

"You might be our senpai, but that gives you no right to steal Kyo-kun from us."

"Yes!! We love him and you have absolutely no authority to steal him from us, Understood?"

As Kyo's fan club finished their lecture, Hitoshi was trying to hold back her laughter as Kyo stared at her like he was about to hit her. Eventually, Hitoshi couldn't hold back the laughter, so she burst out laughing. She grabbed her stomach and gasped for breath. Eventually she managed to say,

"Me?!!!? Steal your Kyo-chan?!!!? You can have him for all you care!!!! I just can't believe that you actually like this idiot!!!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The fan club walked away ashamed and scared of what Hitoshi was going to do. She was still laughing on the floor when the annoyed Kyo tapped her on the shoulder saying,

"Did Shigure-san tell you about Akito-san?"

Hitoshi stopped laughing realizing that Kyo was being serious. She flatly told him,

"No, he didn't. Why are you asking?"

Kyo was about to tell her until he realized that there were a bunch of fourth year students crowded around them whispering about Hitoshi and Kyo. Kyo got very annoyed and grabbed Hitoshi by the hand and took her to an empty classroom. Hitoshi was very embarrassed and was blushing madly along with Kyo. When they reached the classroom Kyo began.

"Akito-san is the head of all of the cursed Sohma's. We have to everything he says and does, and if he doesn't agree with you knowing about our secret, he might have your memories erased. It doesn't matter if you try to keep the secret. He will erase your memories if he wants to. I just wanted you to know that."

Hitoshi was very quiet, yet she was smiling like a maniac. She softly whispered,

"Tsk, tsk. You Sohmas don't understand do you?"

Kyo looked at Hitoshi with a questioned look on his face until she snapped her head around and pinned Kyo to the ground firmly with her hand tightly around his neck. As he was struggling to breathe Hitoshi spoke with a soft yet deadly voice,

"My memory cannot be erased by some stupid Sohma. There is more to me that you have yet to understand Kyo Sohma."

She tightened her grip around his neck and her eyes changed from their usual green to a bright red. She glared at Kyo struggling and laughed a frightful laugh. Suddenly, Hitoshi stopped laughing and her eyes changed from red back to green again. The grip on Kyo's neck loosened and Kyo took the opportunity to break free of Hitoshi's hand. As he was rubbing the bruise that was on his neck, he noticed that Hitoshi was grabbing her stomach and coughing madly. She wouldn't stop coughing until she collapsed on the floor gasping. Kyo stood up and look at Hitoshi asking her,

"What the hell was that for?"

Hitoshi didn't answer. She was still trying to regain her breath when Kyo asked again this time yelling,

"Hey you loser!!! What was that for?!!!? I'm asking you bitch!!!"

This time Hitoshi didn't just sit down. She ran up to Kyo and punched him in the nose. As he was holding a bloody nose. Hitoshi glared down at him with green eyes filled with rage. Suddenly, her eyes changed, they were no longer angry, but frightened. Kyo walked up to her, but Hitoshi yelled,

"Just leave me alone!!"

She grabbed her things and ran away. Kyo looked out from the classroom (holding his nose of course) and saw Hitoshi holding her hand up to her tear filled eyes.

Author's Note

Well, this is the part where I'm supposed to explain everything. I'll start with Kyo-chan. First off, chan and kun are used with friends and people that you know. (You wouldn't call your mom chan though because it doesn't show respect. You would use san. All of these endings symbolize respect.) Chan is used for girls and kun is used for guys. I used Kyo-chan cause Hitoshi thinks that he fights like a weak girl, so hence Kyo-chan. Also, for Kyo's fan club, I used the traditional way that the Japanese use to introduce themselves. Last name then first name. I meant to do that to Hitoshi's name, but I was too lazy to do explain. I used Western format for the choking scene cause she knows him. Also, for Kyo's fan club, if you notice, all their first names spell KYO. I did that on purpose, isn't that kawaii? Also, the reason that the fan club members know that Hitoshi is in a higher class (Japanese use senpai for older co- workers or classmates.) is because I noticed in the manga, the third-year students had a different uniform from the first-year students. (The fan club members are second year students. Kyo and Hitoshi are fourth year students.) I have a correction to the first chapter. The school is actually having a CULTURE FESTIVAL not a NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION. I'm sorry; I'll try to edit that, but I don't think it'll allow it. I have a question for all of you readers out there, do you have any idea what a prefecture in Japan is? I know an example of one. (Fukushima Prefecture which was originally Aizu during the Bakumatsu. Read Rouroni Kenshin and you'll understand what I mean.) I just wanted to know. Well, until Chapter 4, see ya!!!!

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