Taki - Geez, dom... I thought I did pretty good with the chapter... It's the longest one so far... so there! sticks out tongue
Chapter Four
"I see you fell asleep to music again, Suki." Takane muttered to the sleeping form of Suki. She walked over to the closed curtains and pulled them open, allowing the bright morning sun to shine into Suki's room. I'm glad her windows face the rising sun. This way it's easier for me to get her up.
"Time to get up. Rise and shine, sleepy head!" Takane pulled back the covers from off of Suki.
"Go to hell!" Suki pulled the covers back over her head.
"Now what have I told you about bad language, missy! Now out of bed! You don't want to be late for your second day of school!" Takane once again pulled the covers off of Suki, but this time she pulled them totally off the bed so Suki couldn't get to them.
"I'd rather not go to school. It's too early in the morning." Suki curled up into a little ball and placed a pillow over her head.
"You were up early yesterday." Takane stated.
"I was up all night that night." Suki mumbled from under her pillow.
"So you were doing your stay up five nights in the row routine again?" Takane questioned her charge.
"So what of it? I do it all the time and it's never harmed anyone before."
"But I don't like you doing that. It's not healthy for you. You've gotta take better care of yourself, Suki." Takane sighed.
"I'm healthy enough." Suki grumbled. There was no reply, except for a click of a door. Good. She left my room. Suki pulled the pillow off of her head. Looking around the room, she decided that the curtains needed to be closed before she could get anymore sleep, but before she could close them, or even get up, there was another click of a door. Suki looked over and saw Takane coming out of her walk-in closest, carrying her school uniform. "Oh, kami no!"
"Yes, you are going to school, and if I have to dress you myself, so be it!" Takane took the uniform of the hanger and started to walk towards her prey. She got to the bed and jumped upon it and started to tackle Suki. They wrestled on the bed for who knows how long, but once it was over, Takane's hair was a mess and her suit needed to be ironed. Suki, on the otherhand, was dressed in her school uniform with her socks on her feet and her school bag in her hand.
"How the hell did you get my bag... It wasn't in your hands when you were coming after me." Suki asked.
"It's magic. Now finish getting ready, or would you rather me do it." Takane threatened Suki.
"I'll do it. You would probably paint me up like some little pretty princess doll." Suki muttered, getting off her bed to head towards her vanity table.
"Good, I'll see you downstairs in ten minutes." Takane left the room.
Ten minutes later, Suki was walking down the spiral staircase and came into the kitchen. She spotted Takane, her hair now fixed, ironing her suit in her undergarments. Suki closed her eyes and shook her head. At least no one could see in through their kitchen windows. Suki was sure it would be a sight to see for the guys, with Takane being in her black lacey brace and black underwear.
"Put some clothes on, damnit." Suki growled at her guardian.
"I will once I finish ironing them. You wouldn't have to see me like this if you would of just done what I told you to do instead of forcing me to do it." Takane stated, with punishment in her voice.
"So what's the price now?" Suki asked, knowing that tone of voice.
"How 'bout you wash my car after I get home from work."
"Whatever." Suki said. Easy as pie. She always keeps her car nice and clean.
That day at lunch, Suki was joined by Hana, Uo, Hohru, Yuki, Kyo, Momiji, and Haru. They each said their hello's to Suki, and she just muttered a "hey" at them.
"You seem down today, what's wrong?" Hohru asked.
"Yes, what seems to be troubling you, Miss Takako?" Yuki asked of the pink haired girl.
"Nothing. I just have to wash Takane's car once she gets home from work." Suki muttered after taking a bite of the pizza they were served for lunch.
"Who is Takane, Suki?" Uo asked.
"Takane is her guardian." Haru answered for Suki. "She's quite nice. I met her yesterday. Wouldn't you say so?"
"Yeah, she's cool at times." Suki sighed.
"I don't think washing a car is what is really troubling you." Yuki said.
"She's probably worried about some boyfriend she left back from wherever she came from." Kyo said with a rice filled mouth.
"Learn to eat with your mouth closed and to not talk when your mouth is full, you stupid cat." Yuki muttered.
"What did you just say, you damn rat!" Kyo yelled, spitting rice onto the others at the table.
"Look what you just did. Now we're covered in your disgusting chewed up food." Yuki calmly stated.
"You wanna fight, rat boy!" Kyo yelled, with the contents in his mouth now gone.
"Oh, put a sock in it carrot top." Uo said to Kyo.
"Yes, please do be quiet. You're yelling is emitting bad electic waves, and I must say, it is giving me a headache." Hana stated.
"So, what has you so down?" Hohru asked Suki again.
"I'd rather not say."
"It's ok. You can tell us if you want to, we're your friends." Hohru tried to coax her.
"I'm sorry, but it is my personal business, and I believe you do not need to know what my business is." Suki stated, getting up from the lunch table to dump her tray. She then walked off down a hall, heading for her next class.
"What's her case?" Kyo asked no one in general.
"I hope I didn't make her mad at me." Hohru watched Suki walk off.
"I'm sure you didn't, Miss Honda. She'll open up to us in time." Yuki comforted Hohru.
"I hope so." Hohru said with sadness in her voice.
"I highly doubt that girl will open up to anyone, if you ask me."
"We didn't ask you, you stupid cat."
"What did you just say, you damn rat!"
"I said, you stupid cat, stupid."
"Dr. Sohma, I'm going to get some lunch. Would you like anything." Takane asked Hatori.
"No thank you. Please hurry back. I need you to go to Sohma house 401 to check on a sick little girl." Hatori said in his usual monotone voice.
"Sure thing, Dr. Sohma." Takane said with a smile. Damn. Acting this cheerfull is going to kill me. I wish this damn bastard would just lighten up a little.
The phone was ringing in Hatori's office. It rang, rang, and rang.
"Miss Takahashi will you please get that." Hatori called out. When the phone rang again he sighed. "That's right. She went to get some lunch."
"Dr. Sohma speaking, how may I help you." Hatori said into the receiver.
"Ha'ri! My boy, how are you feeling. Doctor Shigure and I are still worried about you." Ayame's loud voice rang out from the phone which caused Hatori to hold the phone a distance of two feet from his ear.
"I'm fine. I'm not sick if that's what you are wondering."
"Good. Now how is you new employee working out. We saw her on our way around the house. See looked pretty cute." Ayame laughed.
"She's a good worker. Over cheerful, if you ask me." Hatori sighed.
"You need some cheer in your life Ha'ri! If only you'd let me and Shigure cheer you up." Ayame hinted.
"I do not need that, nor am I like that." Hatori growled at the phone.
"Oh, come on Ha'ri. You need to spice up your life! Stop being Akito's lap dog!" Ayame whined.
"Good bye, Ayame." Hatori preceeded to hang up the phone.
"Wait! Ha'ri, don't ---" Click. Hatori hung up the phone with Ayame in mid-sentence.
"Who was that?"
"Huh." Hatori looked up from his desk to see Takane holding chinese take-out and two drinks. "Just my cousin, Ayame."
"I've got some chinese. I didn't really know what you liked, so I bought a mixture of items." Takane smiled at Ha'ri.
"I told you, I'm not hungry." Hatori said with his monotone voice.
"It's not good to not eat. You must have something, and I will not take 'no' for an answer." Takane was able to say with cheer in her voice. She sat the food down on Hatori's desk, purposely covering his current document.
"If I must." Hatori grumbled. He grabed some of the food and reluctantly ate it with pain etched aross his facial features.
"See, it's not that bad." Takane smiled once again. You could of at least said thank you, jackass. And it's not going to kill you, so just whipe that damn scowl off your face, Takane thought to herself with her smile still plastered to her face.
Back at Shigure's house, Ayame was staring at the phone in disbelief. How could Ha'ri hand up on his own dear and loving cousin. Tears started to come to his eyes.
"What's wrong, Aya, my love." Shigure asked from his bed.
"He hung up on me. Shigure! I don't think Ha'ri likes me." Ayame pouted.
"Nonsense. He'll come to a set of his sense sooner or later."
"You sure, Shigure." Ayame was still frowning.
"I'm positive. Now how 'bout you come back over here and finish what Ha'ri didn't want to join." Shigure lustfully said to Ayame, his robes falling off his shoulders. Ayame crawled towards Shigure after hanging up the phone. "So where did we leave off?"
"I'm sure I know, my doggy, Shigure!" Ayame giggled, rubbing his hands up Shigure's chest.
Taki - mwhaha! how 'bout that for a chapter, boo-ya! Review and make this lil of fanfiction writer happy... better yet check out my other stories under the name Taki-Sama. My name once was Anime-Law-11, just if anyone of you were wondering! Until next time, tata!