Chapter: Two

"I hear you snickering Hatsaharu, what is it you need?" Hatori asked exasperated, he was fairly sure he knew what it was that troubled the young ox.

"I've come to be irrevocably lost and have come to be in the company of a friend of Tohru-san's, whom Tohru-san doesn't know is here." He says all of this in his customary calm style Haru takes the time to again snicker at his older cousin, though this time simply in his mind.

Struck speechless by Haru's announcement Hatori regained his thoughts. "Which state of here are you referring to, and are you saying you need, and would like for me to come pick you and this mystery person up?"

Haru stared at the phone for a second with the blank expression, he's so good at and says, "As in Tohru doesn't know she's in the country and yes, I would like for you to come and save us, please, oh great cousin of mine." Haru gets a rather mockingly smart look about him and then just slumps with as overload of witty remarks to throw at his cousin.

Marie decides it would probably be good to take over at this moment and takes the phone from Haru once he went into his slumped position.

"Haru-san just slumped with his head down, so I took the phone from him. So would it be a problem for you to take us from this place because businessmen can smell fear!" Marie was looking around at the people in suits, since they looked like they had just smelled fresh blood hitting the water.

Hatori looked at his phone in amazement. He hadn't known it was possible for there to be two people like Haru in the same place at the same time. "No, I don't have anything else to do." Hatori sighed out loud.

"Really! Then by any chance could you take us to Shigure-san's?" She asked with excitement lighting her voice.

Hatori sighs with the exhaustion Shigure and Ayame cause in him, But still answers, "Yes, I'll take you both to my annoying cousin's house."

Marie sniggered, she had gotten the impression Shigure-san and Ayame-san had a not so positive effect on Hatori from the hinting in Tohru's letters. After telling Hatori exactly where she and Haru were then giving a sickening sweet. "Okay, see you when you get here and thank you, bye-bye."

Glancing at Haru from the corners of her eyes Marie, skipped over to Haru. "You get over stimulated." she stated knowingly then proceeded to gather her parcels and place them just how she wanted them.

Haru just blinked at her with indifference, and waked over to a bench to wait for Hatori. Marie followed sniggering at his inaction.

Hatori did not leave them to wait too long as he got there within fifteen minutes Though in truth he didn't want to leave them to their own devices for too long fearing for the safety of the general public.

They piled the luggage in to the trunk and stumbled into the back seat not without a few bumps and "pardon me"s.

The drive to Shigure's was pleasant and quiet with the two most silent members of the Sohma family with her for the drive. The AC was cranked up for the seasonal heat. The occupants of the vehicle were pumping themselves for the chaos that is Tohru Honda's new life with the dog, rat, and cat.

Now Marie was not looking forward to getting yelled at by Kyo for waltzing in unexpected, and she psyching herself out just thinking about it. Just about the time that Marie would have jumped out of the car, and ran her little rump back to the air port seeking charity for a plane ticket back home, Haru put a "calming" hand on her shoulder which made her jump half way out of her skin this of course causing Haru to about inhale a bug who was fly by laughing at her reaction.

"You know I think that Tohru-san will be happy to see you in person. Did you ever send her a picture of yourself?"Haru asked being astute in seeing Marie was about to do something rash, plus she was ringing her hands in agitation and apperception.

Haru's assurance earned him a brilliant smile while she thought back on whether she had sent Tohru a picture. "Hm, I think we did exchange pictures over the holidays as well as presents. I sent her money because I knew she would need it with all the things she was liable to get you guys. I also put a card with it saying I would be very angry if she sent it back ." she says the last with a smirk and shared a knowing smile with the occupants of the car.

The drive ended with Hatori pulling up to the driveway, and the three getting out and listening to the ominous sounds of the interesting household inside.