Woo! Three already? Hehe!

Hiii guys! I'm not sure if I'm updating too soon or not. :(

Thanx for the advice Slow Motion Runner, I looked over the last chapter again, but I couldn't see any bits that confused me. Anyways, it was Kyou who ruined the washing, but Tohru didn't say it was him, she said it was herself. I did try to fix the dialog up though!

If there was anything else you found funny (like, strange kind of funny), then… Tell me please! I'll try and fix it.

Ummm. I'm going away for the weekend. (BORING!) And after that school is back, so this weekend I won't be able to write anymore. (My kingdom for a laptop!) While school is on I'll be able to write, just not a chapter a day as I have been. Sheesh, I'm only 13!

Oooh, and the link in chapter two is wrong. It only says "photobuck" it's got to have an 'et' on the end. I was going to fix this, but it's not letting me upload the corrected replacement.

Oh! Poem is in………………… I have no idea! Thiiink! Ha-chan! (Hatori.)

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Blowing Free

By: TokyoSuburbia

Chapter Three: Kasumi.

This hard facade hides in anguish so unreal,
an unrelenting torment you'd never want to feel.
Look here, here past my eyes,
to find where pain forever lies.
A fate so much worse than death,
misery lingers on my every breath.
Now with all loves energy spent,
my heart is left twisted and bent.
Your heart, your love eluded me,
mine is a love, you can never see.
Yes, I'm the one, the one who cares,
and I'm the one who will be there.
I'll carry you over stormy tides,
but I'm left hollow here inside.
Cursed to a sad loveless existence,
still driven by passion so intense.
My strength is drained, I'm left helpless,
I'm drowning in darkened emptiness.
I can't see past tomorrow,
without you I'm left hollow.
I am hollow
I am the hollow man
Here before you I stand
Yes, I am the hollow man

YUKI

I tossed my head to the side, so my bangs weren't in my eyes, and ran at Kyou, who followed my lead.

"No!" I heard Honda-san yell, but then Shigure muttered to her to let us fight. Which we should!

Kyou and I reached each other, and Kyou tried to kick me. He was fast, but not fast enough. I ducked under his leg and kicked my foot out, which he tripped over on. I stood quickly, and before I could finish him off he stood also. He was faster than before. Maybe I was out of practice.

We stood for a while, waiting for each other to make a move.

"I'm not just going to stand here all day if your not going to do anyth-" He punched me in the face. I was talking too much. I got caught off guard. I almost fell, but I managed to stay standing, he was already in my face, about to let a punch fly into my stomach. I thought fast and ducked, he took a few steps as he had missed a hard shot. I stood up again behind him, and kicked his back, he fell again. I quickly kicked him hard in his side, and left him.

As I walked to the door I heard him groan, I smiled. Tohru put a hand to her mouth and Shigure grinned.

"Oh! Kyou, are you alright?" Tohru ran right past me, to help him. This was hard to understand. She didn't like Kyou, she liked me.

"I'm okay." He stood and brushed himself off, his hand in a fist of defeat and pain, before sprinting off to the nearest tree, and then he was gone.

"Well, that was fun! I must say!" Shigure smiled

"Are you okay, brother?" Before I knew it Ayame was hugging me. I didn't even notice he was watching. "You beat that pussy cat! I'm so proud of you!"

"You shouldn't be proud, it's a normal thing." I mumbled into his chest before pushing him away and walking inside.

"I'm going to sleep." I walked upstairs.

AYAME

"Well that was strange. It's not like my brother to be so cold!" I couldn't believe that he had just walked off mumbling about Kyou like that!

"It's okay Aya!" Shigure comforted.

"Oh dear. Poor Kyou." Tohru looked worriedly at the tree where Kyou had disappeared.

"It's okay Tohru dear! He'll be back! You know our Kyou!" Shigure said, patting Tohru on the back.

"I guess so. I'm going to go to sleep, too… You two don't mind doing the dishes, do you? I'm so sorry to ask something like that on you, but I really don't feel too well…"

"Our pleasure, Tohru, you go and rest that weary head of yours! Leave everything to us!" I stuck my thumb up at her and smiled; she bowed and thanked us, and went quietly upstairs.

"Well, washing up, ay Aya?" Shigure grinned "I haven't done anything of the sort since Tohru came. I've been too busy anyways!" We were walking to the kitchen as we talked.

"What ever happened to your editor? I hope you've been nice." I asked.

"Mie came yesterday, I think. She found me, and got the manuscript. Oh, it's not fair!" He pouted in the dramatic way we did everything.

"Well, I'm glad it worked out!" We started washing dishes.

"You know, Aya, new years isn't too far away, its November now, just a month… I'm wondering what Akito is going to do, about us. I hope he won't hit you again. Maybe he'll fix things himself before then."

"You're right… Let's not think about that… I have some news"

"Oh really? What?" He started drying another plate.

"Rin is out of hospital, now. Hiro is happy about that. The reason I'm saying this is that it reminded me of Akito… You see. Ren is coming to visit soon, to see how we are all being treated. Hatori told me so."

"How did that remind you of that lady?" He asked.

"Well, Rin and Ren both look the same and their names are almost the same, so when I thought of Rin, the news about Ren popped into my brain!" We started putting stuff away.

"You're mind works in strange ways, Aya." He paused as we finished and dried our hands. "We should be going to bed soon anyways, it's almost midnight."

We grinned.

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HATORI

I slid open the door leading to the veranda, and Akito looked up to see who it was.

"Hello Hatori" He smiled distantly.

"Good morning Akito. I have some news… Maybe Kureno should have told you this, but as you know he's gone into the city for the week. Ren is coming to visit next Tuesday. To check up on you."

"WHAT?" He sat up and glared, he was dangerous like this.

"Yes, I know. But there is nothing we can do." I turned and walked back inside, leaving Akito to curse to himself.

"Hatori sir!" One of the maids walked up to me and bowed. "Phone for you." I took the phone off her and she went off to do her duties.

"Hello?"

"Hello Ha-saaan!" Shigure and Ayame said in unison. I sighed. It was nice to have half a day off without those two.

"What do you want. I was planning to have a day off, so none of you better be sick." They didn't sound sick anyways. I think they just called to be annoying. I was right.

"We just wanted to say hi!" Whined Shigure.

"Well, you've said hi."

"Don't hang up! Yuki Kyou and Tohru are at school today!"

"So are Kisa, Hiro, Haru, Momiji and Kagura."

"So we thought we could organize something fun to do this weekend behind their backs!" Shigure said, Ayame butted in.

"You're the only one who can drive safely Ha-san so we were wondering if you could take us!"

"Where do you want to go then?" I sighed. Maybe I could leave them there forever.

"The hot springs! We heard that there haven't been many customers there lately, so we want to do something nice!"

I shook my head. I had sent Ritsu off there recently to help his mother and relax a bit, Away from everyone in Souma house. Especially with Ren coming to stay. "Who do you want to go with you?"

"You would have to make a couple of trips to the bus station, you know, the one that goes to the springs and back once every three days? We want to take Yuki, Kyou, Kagura, Kisa, Hiro, Haru, Momiji and of course, ourselves! You can come too."

I got an idea. "Well, I'll take you if you take Akito with you, too. Okay?"

"Akito!" They both said.

"It gives me a break from you all. It means the only people left in the house will be me and Rin. Gives her a chance to settle in, too."

"Oh, okay then, we'll see you on Friday! Just bring everyone at the main house to my place, and we can go!" I sighed.

"Bye Ha-san!" Ayame said, and they hung up. I put down the phone and smiled to myself. Peace for a whole weekend.

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KYOU

I had decided to avoid everyone that day. Because of yesterday's loss to Yuki. I sat down the back when I came in. I had slept in a tree last night, so I dashed inside and got my uniform and went to school late. The school holidays was very close, about two weeks away, and next week we got Monday to Wednesday off, because teachers needed time to mark our end of year exams.

Speaking of exams, we were having one right now. I wasn't very good at science, but I still finished with fifteen minutes to spare, of which only about ten seconds remained.

"Okay, pens down! Pass your tests along your row and then each end person come and hand them in"

I'm sick of tests. Everything should have been ended by now. But I had to listen to Haru. The bell went for recess and we all jumped up and left.

"Hey! Why are you being a loner?" I heard Uo say from behind me. I turned and she, Saki, Tohru and Yuki were standing, waiting.

"I… Ah…" I can't believe I got stuck like this. I can't run, but no way was I going to just go and talk to them. Maybe I could just ignore Yuki. Nah, that's stupid. "I'm not being a loner! I was just thinking you damn Yankee!"

"Oh yeah, I believe you." I decided to ignore her… "Well, come on, are you gonna hang out with us or not?"

"Well, yeah! What else could I do? It's a shame I'm stuck hanging out with people like you! Ahh, no offence Tohru, I don't mind hanging out with you…" I hate saying stuff like that, but at least she won't cry.

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SAKI

"So, what is this movie even about?" Uo asked Yuki, we had decided to go and see a movie after school, and we were on our way now.

"I hope it's not one of those damn Mogeta cartoons. (A/N: Mogeta is the little cartoon thing that Hiro lets Kisa borrow in the anime. If you have read the manga at least up to book 8; you will know who he is.)

"Its not. It's supposed to be scary; it's called 'The ring.' It was originally a Japanese book by Koji Suzuki. There have been three movies about the book in Japan, but it has been translated into English and two movies have been made of it in America, we're seeing the second."

"Yeah, but what's it about?' Uo asked.

"It's about a killer video tape, when you watch it, seven days later you die."

"I have heard of that movie. The girl in it. Her name is Sadako. She makes the video tape, but not with a camera, she does it using psychic waves, a lot like my own." I said. This would be fun. Everyone stared at me. I wonder why they do that when I talk.

"Honda-san? Would you like popcorn or anything?" Yuki asked Tohru

"Ummm, yeah! I think I'll just have popcorn and a drink."

"Same" Said Uo and Kyou.

"And you Hana? What do you want?" Tohru asked me. She is so sweet. I will always be there for Tohru, as long as I live.

"Just a drink." I smiled and bowed. Yuki went and ordered our food.

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