Author's Note: This is a very, very random one that's supposed to be kinda scary, but it's not. Tear…
Story 9: KFC— Kyoto Fried Chicken
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"Urgh," moaned Kyo opening the refrigerator. "Where's Tohru to cook when you need her?" The fridge was void of any food whatsoever. Tohru was out at work today, and Shigure and Yuki had their own things to do. "Damn, I am SO hungry…"
"Hey," said someone, leaning through the kitchen window; it was Kureno. "Is Shigure around?" Kyo shook his head. "Oh well, see ya." As Kureno turned to leave, he stepped on the head of a rake that was lying on the ground. It 'thwacked' him on the head and he turned into his zodiac form, falling unconscious on the ground. Kyo ran outside to see if he was alright. The chicken lay motionless on the ground. Kyo's stomach gurgled hungrily, he glanced back at the knocked out chicken. He had an idea…
"Hi Kyo, we're home!" called Tohru as she, Yuki, and Shigure entered the house. "Sorry we were gone so long—you must be starving—I'll start dinner, now."
"Hm?" he asked, meeting the other people in the hall; he had a chicken breast in his mouth.
"Ugh," started Yuki in disgust. "What are you eating?"
"KFC, why?"
"No reason…"
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Early the next morning, Kyo woke up around 3, over come with the munchies. He shuffled down to the kitchen and opened the fridge; of course—still empty. Tohru had gotten back so late that she hadn't had enough time to go out shopping. "So… hungry…" he sighed.
"Hi, Kyo!" shouted Kagura. Kyo jumped in surprise, his imaginary cat ears popping out.
"Kagura?" he shouted. "What the hell are you doing here—the sun isn't even up yet!"
"I wanted to surprise you…but you're already up, so…" she trailed off, looking away. After a moment, she snapped her gaze back to Kyo, glaring at him. "Aren't you happy to se me?" she demanded. With that, she jumped through the kitchen window and into the house, charging at Kyo with all her "love" focused into a single attack. Kyo fled the room and turned a sharp corner. Kagura didn't notice in time that her path was no longer congruent to Kyo's and she smacked right into a wall. She fell backwards and transformed into the boar; her eyes were all swirly and she couldn't move.
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Tohru and Yuki came downstairs after a little while, they had smelled something cooking. "What're you doing, you stupid cat?" asked Yuki tiredly.
"Making bacon, why? Do you want some?"
"…Did I hear Kagura down here a while ago?"
"Nope."
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That day at school, Hatori came in to do a mini-check up on Yuki. Trying to be slightly nice for once, Kyo pulled him to another room to have a 'chat'. He said that he'd meet up with Tohru and Yuki at lunch.
When Kyo appeared out of the blue twenty minutes later, he was carrying a tray of sushi. "Where on earth did you get that?" asked Yuki suspiciously.
"What's it to you?"
"Hey losers, sup?" asked Hiro, approaching the school gates; he had school off today.
"What do you want, runt?" asked Kyo rudely.
"Me and Momiji are coming over to Shigure's tonight to have dinner, like it or not."
"Oh yeah? Could I talk to you and Momiji alone for a moment?" Kyo stood up and went over to Hiro and they both went to look for Momiji.
That night, they had rabbit stew and lamb chops for dinner. Hiro and Momiji were no where to be found, and when asked about it, Kyo just shrugged and said "What's your point, damn rat?"
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The next day at school, Haru had mysteriously disappeared and for some reason, Kyo had a steak for lunch. That tears it; Yuki then became extremely suspicious of Kyo and began to put two and two together. "Kyo," he started smoothly, sitting down next to the cat. "Do you know where Kagura, Hiro, Momiji, Hatori, Kureno, or Haru are? I can't find them anywhere."
Kyo shrugged half-heartedly. "I dunno…At the main house?" Yuki glared at him. 'I'm on to you, cat.' he thought menacingly.
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That night, Yuki was ready to present his evidence to the others. And he would have, if it hadn't been for Kyo's latest extravagant meal—snake meat. "You know," said Yuki, forcing himself to smile at the cat. "You're not so bad, after all…" Kyo cocked his head.
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Yuki was just about ready to give up his insane after a couple of days. Except, that three days after the disappearance of Hatsuharu, Tohru disappeared, and Kyo was eating rice balls only an hour after she went missing.
"That's it!" cried Yuki, pointing an accusing finger at Kyo. "I'm on to your sick plot, cat!"
"What the hell are you talking about?" asked Kyo, not meeting Yuki's eyes.
"I know that you ATE those zodiac members! The only thing I don't know is WHY. Why did you do it?"
"What crap are you spouting?"
"Oh really, it's 'crap' is it? Well, if it is, then tell me what you've done with Haru, Hiro, Momiji, Hatori, Kureno, Ayame, Kagura, and Tohru!"
"…I can't do that."
"Ah ha!"
"It's not like THAT, you idiot!"
"Then prove it!"
"Fine, but you won't like it."
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"KYO!" cried Tohru, running over to the boys as they entered Yuki's old room at the main house. "Why'd you bring Yuki here? This was supposed to be a surprise!" she whined.
"Lay off, if I didn't bring him here, he would have called the police and told them I was a cannibal."
"Why would he do that?"
"Because you all went missing for days on end and I got a little extra money, so I bought some cool foods."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"Ugh… Never mind…"
"Uh, um, uh… I know it's not all finished but—" Tohru turned to the others and gave them a premature signal.
"Happy birthday Yuki!" they shouted. 'Boy,' thought Yuki. 'Was I way off…?'
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"Hana…did that actually have a happy ending?" asked Uo, stunned.
"Why yes… It did, didn't it?"
"Why the hell did I have to be accused of being a cannibal?" demanded Kyo angrily.
"Because," said Hana, "you are the most likely to do something stupid like that."
"Feh!"
"Hey, Uo," asked Hana, "how would you like to tell the next story?"
"Sure, why not?" She put her hand under her chin and grinned evilly. "Alright, this is about a kid in your giant Sohma family…"
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TBC :)