Disclaimer: I don't own Furuba, no not at all,but I do own Hanako, no stealing please.

Warnings: A bit more swearing in this chapter, sorry for my younger readers.

Whoot! Look who's back! I finally finished the third chapter! Thank you to all who have favoured and watched this story. I'm starting the fourth chapter soon. What took me so long to finish this chapter? All the schoolwork >. , sorry everyone! Anyways this chapter isn't very exciting but I need to get all the background info out of the way, and then the real drama can begin...

When the light burns out

A young girl stumbled down the street after her chocolate eyed brother. Her brother was fast and hard to keep up to. His legs leaped it fast strides, while hers stumbled in messed up patterns. The boy paused for one moment as he looked back to see if the young girl was still following him. She was, he noticed, as she came running up the large hill in quick gasps.

"Shigure!" She called as she fell down onto the grass where her brother was sitting. "Mission ' escape the parents' is complete!" Shigure turned to face his sister and smiled.

"Yup, we sure did, Hanako!" He said giving her a thumbs up. Shigure looked around to make sure the coast was clear before getting relaxed. Hanako mimicked her brother but then paused and turned towards her brother.

"Why were we running away from them again?"

"They were in one of there 'I hate my child' moods again." Shigure rested his back against the grass and smiled towards the sky. It was amazing to feel free and get out of that stuffy Sohma house. His eyes wandered towards his sister who stood up and shook her fist.

"I hate it when they get in one of those moods!" she yelled as she fell to the grass beside him. Hanako sighed and stared at her brother. "So, what are we doing now?"

Shigure lifted his head towards his sisters. "Just relax Hanako; I'm in no hurry to go back to that wretched place."

The moon shined brightly down on Hanako as she sat on the Sohma porch that freezing cold evening. Her arms stretched around her thin legs. She spun directly around as she heard a door slide open behind her. Shigure stepped out onto the porch.

"Oh Shigure, it's you. Er…I'm sorry that we really didn't get to talk earlier, it's just…"

Shigure took a seat beside Hanako. His face stretched into a wide smile. "Hah hah, I know, I know, things are pretty chaotic around this house nowadays." Hanako laughed.

"Things are always chaotic with the Sohma family, but Yuki and Kyo…they sure seem different these days don't they?"

"Ah yes, that is truly the work of Tohru Honda, she really has an impact on Yuki and Kyo, in fact, she has an impact on many of the Zodiac members." Hanako seemed to maul this over for a few minuets, the she rose to her feet.

"It's been a long day my brother, sorry for the short conversation but I think I will retire early tonight."

"Yes, I understand Hanako don't worry," Shigure said, but he did sound a bit disappointed.

Hanako paused before entering the Sohma house. "Shigure," she began.

"Yes?" Shigure replied.

"Where am I sleeping tonight?"

Hanako slipped quickly into her dog covered pajamas and took a seat on the bed beside Tohru.

"Thanks for sharing your bed with me Tohru!" Hanako said, as she laid back and spread her arms across Tohru's mattress. "It's been a while since I slept in an actual bed."

"Oh, it's no trouble at all; I'm use to sharing beds with others." Tohru replied. "Oh, wait, I meant with friends, I'm used to sharing beads with my friends!" Said Tohru as her face flushed a bright red.

Hanako paused for a minuet, then began to giggle, "You're so cute, Tohru!" She exclaimed. Tohru's face once again resembled a tomato.

"Th-thank you Hanako-san, but…" She stopped in mid sentence, interrupted by the quiet snores from beside her. Tohru looked down to see Hanako sleeping silently beside her. Tohru smiled then gave a small sigh, it looked like she wouldn't find out much about Hanako tonight.

Tohru awoke to an empty bed in the morning, had Hanako already got up? A delicious aroma filled the air, which made Tohru fall silently back to sleep but few minuets later she awoke again and this time to a smell that was not as appealing.

"FIRE!" Tohru yelped as she sniffed the air, jumped off her bed, and raced down to the kitchen where the smell was the strongest, but when Tohru reached the kitchen, she realized that there was no fire but a few pieces of burnt toast lying limply on a plate. Hanako was standing beside it a startled look on her face, because of Tohru's wild screams.

"Um, would you like some toast for breakfast Tohru-kun?" Hanako asked quite innocently.

"Oh, wow, Hanako-san, this looks...well…very tasty! But you didn't have to go to all the trouble in making breakfast." Tohru said as she sat down to eat. Kyo walked into the room, an agitated look on his face. He scowled at the burnt toast on the crust-sparkled plate.

"What the hell is that?" Kyo demanded as he took a seat beside Tohru at the breakfast table.

"Breakfast!" Tohru chanted with a smile.

"It disgusts me."

"Won't you please try it Kyo-kun?" Hanako pleaded as she, too, took a seat beside Tohru.

"No! That stuff doesn't even look edible! I wouldn't eat it if you hanged me-"

"But Hanako made it herself Kyo-kun…" Tohru interrupted quietly. Kyo examined Tohru for a few seconds than he picked up a piece of burnt toast and took a bite of it.

"There, are you happy now?" Kyo asked briskly.

"Yes, very!" Tohru chirped. Hanako stared. Shigure was right, Tohru Honda did have quite the affect on the Sohma family. Hanako opened her mouth to speak but a weak and flimsy knock, barely loud enough for one to hear banged roughly on the door. Hanako's eyes gleamed, she stood up quickly and made her way towards the door.

Q: Oh ho ho! Is there a blossoming love between Hanako and Tohru?

A: Not at all -.-

Q: What about Hanako and Kyo?

A: No way.

Don't worry, everything will soon start to fall together, please keep reading, sorry for the lack of excitement of this chapter, and not much of a cliffie either, blah. Oh well, see you in chapter four!