A/N: Sorry for the slow update! I've been grounded, and because of that haven't been able to read everyone's stories and review them! I did get to read some, because I printed them off, but I haven't gotten around to reviewing yet, so sorry! I'm still grounded, so I'm not sure when I'll get to, but I'll try to get to it ASAP! Sorry once again! You can blame my parents. :Wink:wink:

Furuba Invasion: Realizations, Occupations, and Complications

"Wake up honey, time for breakfast!" Zepuka heard her dad call through the door.

Zepuka groaned and sat up, and glanced around the room. Where was kitty?

"Oh, I also meant to ask you last night, that cat you had last night, it looked a lot your cat at home, mimo, was it?"

"Ah! Um, no! that wasn't Momo! …wait, THAT WASN'T MOMO!" Zepuka exclaimed, it finally dawning on her why her orange kitty was acting strange.

"Okay, you don't need to shout about it… meet me downstairs for breakfast in 10 minutes, okay?"

"Okay dad!"

Zepuka waited until the sounds of footsteps died down before she expressed her frustration saying, "Oh my gosh! He's right! That wasn't Momo! Why hadn't I noticed! I need to find Momo! How could I be so stupi- I mean intelligently challenged? Momo has white paws! And this kitty doesn't! Hey, where is that kitty who holds a freakish resemblance to Momo anyway?"

Kyo's Thought Bubble: (from the bathroom)
'ugh, it seems the only way out of this is to tell her…Well, here goes nothing…'

"Hm, perhaps he got locked into the bathroom?" Zepuka pondered to herself, making her way to the bathroom door. "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty-OOF!" Zepuka exclaimed as she ran into something with flesh.

(POOF!)

FLESH? "AH! Who's in my bathroom?" Zepuka opened her eyes to see nothing but the orange cat.

"What? But how? Oh whatever! Good morning little cute kitty who freakishly resembles Momo!"

Kyo's Thought Bubble:
'Okay, this works too…'

"Now, you stay right here, little kitty who freakishly resembles Momo, while I get ready, ok?"

Kyo's Thought Bubble:
'Okay, but quit calling me that!'
2 seconds later…
'Jeez! How long does it take a girl to get ready?'

"All ready! Now you must come with me so we can find your owner!"

Kyo's Thought Bubble:
'No way am I taking orders from this girl! I'm making a run for it as soon as she opens that door!'

"Okay, kitty who freakishly resembles Momo, I want you stay right by my side,okay? Now let's go!" Zepuka ordered then opened the door.

"Hey! Come back here, kitty who freakishly resembles Momo!"

Meanwhile…

"Come on Tohru! We have to hurry if we're going to find Kyon-chan and give the kitty with the white paws back!" Momiji excitedly shouted, bouncing up and down in anticipation.

"EH? The cat has white paws?" Tohru exclaimed, going into semi-hysteria mode… once again.

"Um, Yeah, didn't you notice?" Momiji asked in a concerned tone, like he always does when Tohru begins her semi-hysterics.

"N-no I didn't!" Tohru replied, still panicking.

"Well it doesn't matter now, so I suggest you get a move on it if you want to get kyo back in time for school, Oh and don't forget to take his clothes with you, it would be most… disastrous if he didn't have any when he changed back, if he hasn't already." Shigure interrupted, ushering Momiji and Tohru out the door.

"Are you coming, Yuki?" Shigure called up the stairs.

"No, tell Tohru I'm sorry but I have some student council things to attend to." Came Yuki's reply.

"You hear that, Tohru?"

"Yes!"

"Then I guess I won't need to repeat it! Now get going!"

"Y-yes, I-I'm sorry, I'll go right away! Come on Momiji-kun!"

Tohru and Momiji made their way to the hotel where Tohru worked, Momiji doing most of the talking, in hyper-active tones.

As soon as they reached the hotel the cat began to squirm, obviously recognizing where it was and anxious to get down.

"I guess our best bet is to follow the cat?" Momiji suggested, motioning to the restless cat.

"Good idea, Momiji-kun!" Tohru commended, placing the kitty on the ground, who took off running up the stairs.

Tohru and Momiji ran in hot pursuit, but Momiji halted suddenly when he heard the word: 'Momo!'

"Ah! Mom's not supposed to be here so early!"

"But, that doesn't sound like your mom, Momiji-kun." Tohru pointed out when the voice called out again, "And I think that's English they're speaking! Come on, Let's go!"

"Here, kitty kitty who freakishly resembles Momo! Where are you? Here, kitty kitty who freak-OUCH! I'm sorry! Are you o-?" Zepuka started to apologized to the girl she had just run into, or that had just run into her, but stopped when she saw her precious Momo.

"Momo! I missed you! Who's a cute kitty? Who's a cute kitty! You are! Yes, you are!" She exclaimed, picking up the cat and mauling it to death.

"Um, is that your cat?" the girl asked in Japanese. (A/N: from now on, all conversations will be taking place in Japanese unless zepuka is talking with her dad or otherwise specified. Since Zepuka doesn't know every word in japanse, she'll occasionally say a word in English. These will be represented with bold print.)

"Yes, this is Momo, thank you so much for bringing her back! Are you missing a cat? I thought that the one I took was Momo, but it wasn't, and I was going to look for the owners, but I'm afraid it ran off as soon as I opened the door!" Zepuka announced before a slight explosion was heard from the nearby restroom.

The girl handed something to the little boy who was with her, who then ran into the bathroom with it.

"Um, okay… Anyway, I'm Zepuka, who might you be?"

"Oh! I'm T-Tohru Honda! I'm very pleased to meet you, Zepuka-san!"

Zepuka cocked an eyebrow, "Zepuka-san…?"

"Uh, eh?"

"Why'd you add a 'san' after my name?"

"Oh! It's like a formality here, don't they have those from wherever you're from?"

"Oh yeah! I get it now! I'm from The United States, and we have titles like that too, I guess, like Mister and such, so I guess what you said would be the equivalent to miss Zepuka, or something."

"So, um, I would be Tohru…miss?"

"No, you'd be miss Tohru!"

"The American ways are strange..."

"Nah, they're just ordinarily challenged."

"Eh?"

"Tohru! Kyon-chan is back to normal!" the boy called, running out of the bathroom, followed by a boy with orange hair that resembled Momo's who gave the little boy a smack on the head.

"Don't call me that!" he said after he whacked the poor child.

"Wah! Tohru! Kyo's being mean!"

"Eh? Are you okay, Momiji-kun?" the girl called Tohru asked.

"Yup!" the boy known as Momiji-kun replied cheerfully.

Zepuka wasn't really paying all that much attention to Tohru and Momiji, she was too busy studying the boy called Kyo.

'He looks so… familiar…'

"What are YOU lookin' at?" He demanded, backing up a bit.

"You bear a freakish resemblance to the kitty who freakishly resembles Momo!" Zepuka exclaimed, it finally dawning on her who –or what- this guy reminded her of.

"…Come again?" he asked, obviously slightly confused by her outburst.

"Miss Tohru! Doesn't he look a bit like my cat?" Zepuka inquired excitedly.

"Eh? Uh, um…"

"He does, doesn't he?" Momiji affirmed joyfully.

"Shut up, brat!" Kyo shouted, giving the boy another little whack across the head.

"WAH! Kyo hit me again!"

"You poor thing!" Zepuka cried, giving the boy a hug to comfort him, but startled at the sound of a minor explosion…

A/N: haha, have the Sohmas been discovered? Find out in the next chapter! As for all you patiently challenged people… tough! You're gonna have to wait awhile!