Well, I tried to put that site with that picture of Rikku in the last chapter, but it won't upload it. Oh, well! I'm sure that you all of you know how eeerrr...creative it is. Anyway, I am now taking Japanese and I know how to say, "I love you" and many other things that I don't have time to explain. Whatever, just R&R PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chapter 9- Reunion of Lovers and Enemies
The game had started after Kyo stopped fighting with Hitoshi in trying to get him out of wearing that Rikku dress. Shigure just stared at the ground while Tsubasha glared menacingly forcing him to play. Now, Hitoshi was in lead so far with Tsubasha following behind and Shigure and Kyo lagging behind to their deep sorrow. Suddenly, Kyo smiled wickedly and slapped down four sixes yelling,
"REVOLUTION!!!!!" Hitoshi's mouth plummeted to the ground in surprise and her eyes shrunk into her head.
"THAT IS SO NOT FAIR YOU BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Hitoshi utterly upset.
"It's in the rules loser," said Kyo sticking out his tongue and pulling down one eyelid, which made Hitoshi much more upset. As she was whimpering, Tsubasha shook her head slowly and gently put down four cards saying very softly,
"Counter Revolution." Kyo stopped celebrating and he then started to whimper while Hitoshi thanked her sensei repeatedly. Shigure meanwhile was watching Tsubasha very closely and he noticed very finite and beautiful details about her. Like, how there always seemed to be some of her bangs covering her face. He wanted to brush them back, but Tsubasha stared at him and all thoughts and attempts of doing were wiped from his brain (momentarily). As Kyo was fighting to control his temper and his instinct to curse at people when he didn't get what he wanted, Hitoshi was smiling happily watching shiver in anger. The game continued at without much effort, Tsubasha came first with Hitoshi in second and Shigure and Kyo sunken into the floor with foam coming out of their mouths. Hitoshi ran happily to her room to get the Rikku costume while Tsubasha waited for Hitoshi to come back. Hitoshi skipped back with the costume hanging onto a hanger. When Kyo saw the outfit, he fell back down to the ground onto his head as Hitoshi said,
"You'll be wearing this outfit tomorrow and you will be walking around the town just like we proposed earlier." Shigure started to laugh at Kyo, but Tsubasha cut him off by saying,
"Don't worry. Ayame-san will be coming in a few minutes to get your measurements for you maid dress." Shigure's face dropped a bit, but he perked up again and smiled mischievously at Tsubasha who grew a little bit afraid at Shigure.
"You can't do that," said Shigure with a deep serious voice. Tsubasha looked at Shigure very surprised and replied,
"You do remember the deal don't you Shigure-san?"
"Yes, but do you want your student's little "condition" out in the open with the Sohma family?" questioned Shigure raising one eyebrow at Tsubasha. At first, Tsubasha looked a little confused, but after a few seconds, she realized what he was threatening and her eyes grew wide with concern as she turned to Hitoshi as if she was asking her if it was all true. Hitoshi sadly nodded as she was trying to force Kyo to hold the costume. Tsubasha turned back to Shigure who was still smiling happily. She hung down her head in defeat and said softly,
"What are your wishes Shigure-san?"
"Now that's more like it!!!! Let's see here," said Shigure as he put a finger under his chin in deep thought.
"Instead of Kyo-kun wearing the Rikku outfit, Hitoshi-chan will now wear it and instead of me wearing the maid dress, Tsubasha-san will wear it," declared Shigure very happily. This time, Tsubasha and Hitoshi were the ones in shock. Shigure was still smiling while Kyo started to have a laughing fit. The rest of the day went by pretty normal unless you counted Kyo's sudden outbursts of laughter. Tsubasha and Hitoshi both went to bed feeling miserable and embarrassed about what they were going to have to do the next day. The next day started out as usual with Hitoshi cooking for everyone and slapping the half-awake Kyo with a wooden spoon. Then came the moment when Hitoshi and Tsubasha left for the shower. Kyo was actually anxious (although he would never admit it) along with Shigure who was sweating and blushing madly. First, Hitoshi came out of the bathroom blushing. She had braided her bangs so that she would look more like Rikku (although she didn't dye her hair) and wore the same color bandana along with the ponytail thing at the back of her head. When Kyo scanned the rest of Hitoshi's outfit, his head flung back with shock along with a nosebleed. Hitoshi stared at him for a minute as he tried to conceal his nosebleed, but every time he picked his head up, he saw Hitoshi's outfit and his nosebleed got worse (why does this remind me of Chobits?). Next, Tsubasha came out and Shigure's nose started to bleed as well as she saw him staring at her breathing heavily and blushing (Chobits again). Tsubasha started to walk over to Shigure and he started to blush even more and his nosebleed intensified. Expecting that Tsubasha would slap him, he snapped his eyes shut in preparation for the pain. Instead, she felt a light pressure on his head and found that Tsubasha had placed a handkerchief on top of his head saying,
"Take it. You need it more than I do." Then she walked away, unfazed (seemingly) leaving Shigure behind, but little did he know that she too was fiercely blushing. Everyone gathered in front of the door to watch as Hitoshi departed. She waved glumly to everyone and stepped out the front door slouching until a man came up to her asking her "how much." He walked away with a broken hand and a bloody nose. Kyo walked up to his room and locked himself inside and started to practice martial arts. That left Tsubasha and Shigure all alone (really big smile; -p). Tsubasha broke the silence by saying,
"God, Ayame-san really designed this to be painful and annoying. Do I have to wear the high heels?" Shigure shook his head and Tsubasha sighed and kicked off her shoes (they are really pointy shoes) and went about on her cleaning duties. Shigure just went to his room and started working on a novel while Tsubasha performed the cleaning and cooking duties with relative ease and was finished very early. At about five o'clock, Tsubasha slipped into her room and changed into her usual garb and waited for her student to come back. When Hitoshi finally came back (it's like seven when she does come back, what's she been doing...hummmm), all of the male members of the Sohma and Kisa (Ritsu didn't wanna come) were flocked around her ogling at her. Hatsuharu was practically drooling on Hitoshi's shoulder, Ayame was in his snake form and he was wrapped around Hitoshi's neck (why does this remind me of Brittany Spears, I hate her) with his little snake head nestled in Hitoshi's long hair so that he could get a good look at her face (he transformed because he was "cold"), Momiji was holding onto Hitoshi's arm hugging it with a passion, Kisa was walking right beside Hitoshi looking up at Hitoshi's face, but Hiro was staring at Hitoshi with pure evil in his face (slightly blushing as well). Kyo stepped inside to see Hitoshi and saw all the people hovering all around her. Hitoshi wasn't exactly happy about this and her face was scrunching into something that looked like she was about to explode. As Hitoshi's expression got worse, Ayame dropped off and fell asleep around Hitoshi's neck. Suddenly, Hitoshi burst out,
"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME YOU BAKAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" As though the sheer force of her yell flung them away from her, almost everyone was on the ground twitching in fear (except Ayame who is still around Hitoshi's neck). Kisa slowly approached Hitoshi, whose eye's were burning with rage and said very quietly,
"Do you wish that I leave Hitoshi-san?" Hitoshi stopped for a minute and turned to Kisa smiling gently at her.
"No! Not at all, and please call me Hitoshi-chan," said Hitoshi.
"Hitoshi-ch...ch...chan?" stuttered Kisa who wasn't used to this.
"Yup!! You got it!!!" said Hitoshi brightly. She stood up and stretched backward and all the guys (including Kyo) started to ogle again. When she was done stretching, she started to talk to Momiji who was still very determined in hugging her (he was still afraid of Kyo). Meanwhile, Ayame was moving around Hitoshi's neck (blindly) and unknowingly, his head moved downward in the direction of Hitoshi's chest. Kyo was talking to Hatsuharu (white) and noticed Ayame who was now moving downward closer and closer to Hitoshi's chest. Suddenly, out of anger, Kyo ran towards Hitoshi, grabbed Ayame from around Hitoshi's neck and flung him away from Hitoshi. Hitoshi was obviously startled by this, but she was even more startled when Kyo lost his balance and fell onto Hitoshi (without wrapping his arms around her). Ayame had gotten up and put on his clothes and Tsubasha and Shigure had come to the room to find out what was going on. All three of them and most of the Sohma family had found Kyo on top of Hitoshi staring into her eyes and Hitoshi doing the same for Kyo. Finally after what seemed like days Tsubasha spoke up and said very smug-like,
"Well, well Hitoshi-chan. I didn't know that you though of Kyo-kun like that!" Hitoshi at that very moment was brought back to reality and replied back blushing madly,
"Sensei!!! I did nothing and what do you mean that I think of him like "that?"
"Then what are you doing under Kyo-kun?" questioned Shigure playfully. Kyo was still staring at Hitoshi and only after a few seconds, he realized where he was and who was under him and when he did, he leaped off of Hitoshi and turned away from her scratching his head, blushing, and blabbering something. Hitoshi did the exact same thing and at the exact same time as well without realizing Kyo was doing the exact same thing. After a minute of stammering, the two rushed to their separate rooms blushing. Tsubasha smiled and said to no one in particular,
"Hitoshi really has changed, but..." Tsubasha grew very quiet and her eyes grew glassy as she finished her previous sentence,
"She might never be able to free herself of what plagues her." Shigure stared at Tsubasha amazed at her statement. Finally he got the courage to ask her,
"What plagues Hitoshi-chan and why does it make you so sad?" Tsubasha was a little taken aback, but she smiled although her smile seemed to be a cover-up for all of the sorrow she was hiding,
"There is always an opposite force governing a positive one. This is true for every person, but for some people it is more difficult to choose which path to take." Tsubasha paused and looked up at the ceiling, "My only wish is that the plague settle and that the opposite force die along with the sorrow that governs Hitoshi's heart." Shigure stared at Tsubasha as though she was speaking some foreign language. In his mind, he thought,
"What the hell did she just say?" Tsubasha dropped her head down and smiled and Shigure and said,
"It will all become clear very soon. I am just so glad that Hitoshi has a guardian like you to keep watch over her." Then she lightly kissed Shigure on the cheek and walked away leaving Shigure dumbstruck. Ayame and the rest of the Sohma family were still there and had heard and saw everything. While Shigure was standing in the same spot, Ayame punched Shigure in the head and said playfully,
"She's quite a catch Shii-kun!!!!" The Shigure snapped out of his trance and replied very flustered,
"Wwwhat are you talking about?!!!!!!!? S..sh..she doesn't l.lll.llike me!!!!!!!!" Ayame dusted Shigure's comment as thought it was a piece of dust on his shirt.
"What garbage. You're crazy about her and she's crazy about you! It's soooo obvious!!!!" exclaimed Ayame happily while dodging Shigure's punches. After about fifteen minutes of fighting and noise, Tsubasha and Hitoshi (who changed back into her normal clothes) cleared the house and got dinner ready for the four of them (Hatsuharu tried to sneak back into the house, but Hitoshi threw a frying pan at him). In the middle of dinner, the telephone rang and Hitoshi ran to get it.
"Hello?" questioned Hitoshi very politely.
"Hello? Who is this?" asked the other voice on the phone (it's a man on the other end).
"I'm sorry. Do you wish to speak to someone?"
"Yes, I'd like to speak to Kyo Sohma, and can you tell me who you are? You seem very nice." Hitoshi blushed and rushed the phone to Kyo saying,
"There's some weird guy that wants to talk to you!!" Kyo stopped eating and took the phone and questioned suspiciously,
"Hello?"
"Well, well... if it isn't the stupid cat," said the other voice. Kyo's eyes widened in anger and yelled back into the receiver saying,
"Yuki!!!" Hitoshi's eyes widened and she slipped out of the room and picked up another phone hoping that Yuki or Kyo wouldn't hear her.
"What the hell do you think you're doing you stupid rat?!!!!?" questioned Kyo angrily.
"I'm calling what else?" replied Yuki unfazed. "Oh and by the way, who was that girl that picked up the phone?"
"None of your business you stupid punk!!" said Kyo being unusually protective.
"Is she your woman?" questioned Yuki. Hitoshi's cheeks grew violently red and her breathing intensified (Kyo did the exact same thing).
"N..n..nnnno!"
"Yeah whatever. Well, we're gonna come see this Kawakami Hitoshi person after New Years'. Shigure's been calling us every week telling us the wondrous things about her. He even says that she's really pretty and can cook very well. I think Tohru-kun is getting jealous." Suddenly some voice from the background yelped,
"I am not getting jealous!!!!"
"Yeah whatever Tohru!! I see the way you cringe every time I say "Hitoshi.""
"You are so lying!!! Don't listen to him Kyo-kun! He's just being difficult!"
"Excuse me!! I'm not the one that's the Cringe Queen!!"
"Sush!!!"
"Anyway, you wanna talk to Tohru, Kyo?"
"Umm... sure." After a minute of shuffling, a cheerful voice answered the phone saying,
"Hello!!!!!"
"Eeeeerr... hello Tohru-san."
"There's no necessity to be all formal! Anyway, how's life with you?"
"Nothing much. What about you?"
"It's reallly hard!!! You won't believe how much work they give you here!! I heard that Hitoshi-san is going to the same school as you! Have you asked her out yet?!!?"
"Tohru-san!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Just kidding!!! Anyway, I hope you find that special person for you like I did."
"Um... thanks." Hitoshi stopped dead in her tracks and lightly put the phone down.
"He's still in love with Tohru-san," thought Hitoshi without much expression on her face. Then she walked back to the kitchen and ate her dinner very quietly as Kyo finished the phone call. After the phone was hung up, Kyo said to Hitoshi very cheerfully,
"Yuki-baka-kun wants to see you so he's coming after New Years along with Tohru-san!" Shigure then asked Kyo,
"Is he gonna join the Junnishi banquet?"
"Nope. I have no idea why. Him and Kagura are supposed to dance this year."
"Why in the world are Yuki and Kagura dancing? This year it's supposed to be Hiro and Ritsu!"
"Don't ask me why. Akito ordered a change." Hitoshi had been silently listening to the conversation, and suddenly, an idea struck her. She shot up out of her spot and dragged Tsubasha along with her to the living room. Shigure and Kyo were very surprised at their reaction and they were staring at the two whispering something into each other's ear. Finally, after a weird exit, the both of them reentered and both of them were smiling madly. Shigure and Kyo crouched back in fear as the two glared at both of them saying,
"This year, the banquet is going to be a little bit different."
"Eeeer... define different," said Kyo very much afraid of the reaction that he was going to receive. Tsubasha smiled at Kyo and said,
"Hitoshi just came up with a wondrous idea..."
"And what is that idea?" questioned Shigure stupidly.
"Don't interrupt me you stupid dog!!!!" said Tsubasha sending death rays at Shigure. Shigure shrank back in fear and nodded as Tsubasha continued.
"She suggested that she disguise herself as Kagura and Kyo disguise himself as Yuki and they both will go to the banquet."
Author's Note
Well well. I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter cause this almost signifies the ending of this fic. I'm very sad too because I don't think I can come up with a sequel to this. You all are probably wondering where I came up with the idea to disguise Hitoshi and well, I came up with when this idea came along in my brain. I just watched Samurai X Reflection yesterday. It was soooo sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I almost died!!!!!!! Shinta-sama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just hope that you all keep on sending me reviews cause well that's what probes me to write. Well, see ya next chapter!!!!
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