Disclaimer: If I owned Furuba, Kagura would be eating worms o.o

O-oh spaghetti-o's! Kagura's coming in... what will she do to Kyo? How will Shigure react? Oh well. I hate Kagura, so for all you Kagura fans, it's not going to be pretty - I haven't decided if she's going to have a part in Akito's plot yet, though... but now that I think about it... Hrm...

Anywho's, I wrote two chapters in one day. Why? Because I start school tomorrow - gah! Year 11, time to get serious... although I should be able to upload a few more times this week without to much interruptions. Yay! You know what's great? I get to show off Lappy tomorrow! Not that that has anything to do with the story... I like pie n.n!

Anywho, have fun reading, and please remember to review! (I'm in the number one spot for review's now (Shigure x Kyo pairing wise), yay! I want to thank my iron, my remote, and all my reviewers!)

Part Sixteen: Kagura

Koda reached for his second shoelace, trying to figure out how to do it for the third time that week. Considering he hadn't had to tie shoe laces in eight years, he had completely forgotten to do it. "Let's see... this goes there... and this goes over here... and oh my god, what have I done." Looking down at the mess that equalled the mess on his other shoe, Koda groaned. He'd have to borrow the scissors later, but for now, he'd just leave them as they were, and hope that he didn't have to take them off again before he came back.

"Um... excuse me..."

Koda blinked. He hadn't heard anybody open the door, but then again he had been so sure he knew how to tie shoe laces. Maybe he was just losing it all together. He forced a smile onto his face as he looked at the seemingly innocent brown haired girl. "Yes?"

"Is... Kyo... Is Kyo here?" The girl asked, gripping the door rather tightly, "Please tell me he's still here..."

"Uh-huh. Kyo's in the other room." Koda said absentmindedly, thumping his heel against the floor to make his shoes – that, by the way, were restricting blood flow to his toes because of the tightness of the laces – more comfortable.

"Really? Thank you! Thank you!" She then called; "Kyoooo! Kyooo, I'm here to see you my darling!" and began to skip into the house (after she'd taken her shoes off, of course.)

"Okay, that was weird." Koda muttered, but went to where he was going anyway.

"No! No! No!"

"Aw, come on, Kyo-chan..."

"No! Get that chopstick away from my face! I'm not a baby, I can feed myself!"

Kyo and Shigure were sitting at the dining room table, eating a meal – that Kyo had surprisingly cook, considering he was hungry and Tohru was out with Yuki doing god knows what. Shigure had only got some because he'd outlined all the things he'd do to Kyo if he didn't. And, although to Shigure all those things seemed rather appealing, Kyo didn't feel the same way, and had made double of everything – or rather, Shigure was trying to feed the meal to Kyo, who looked about ready to stab the mutt.

"Come on Kyo, open wide!"

"No!"

"Well, I might just have to force you to open your mouth then, won't I?" Shigure cooed, reaching his fingers towards Kyo to manually open it.

"Kyoooo! Kyooo, I'm here to see you my darling!"

Kyo grabbed Shigure's hand before it reached his mouth, and ignored the squirming of it as Shigure tried to break free from his grasp. "Did you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"I just thought I heard death..."

"Don't be silly!" Shigure grinned, "You can't hear death!"

It was at that moment that Kagura ripped open the rice paper door to the dining room, announcing her presence with; "Kyooooo! I knew I'd find you here! Eh?" She blinked, pointing to Shigure's hand, which Kyo still had grasped. "Why are you holding hands...?"

"Kyo-chan," Shigure said, looking directly at Kyo who looked completely terrified, "you smell like death."

"KYO GET BACK HERE!" Kagura screamed, "I JUST WANT TO TALK!"

"YEAH RIGHT! I'M NOT FALLING FOR THAT!" Kyo called back, picking up the pace. Kyo had been running from Kagura for just under two hours now, and the house had paid the price. Shigure was sure that he could see speed lines outlining the walls, and if he didn't want to keep a close eye on Kagura, he would have asked them to take it outside.

Eventually, Kyo ran out of steam, and scrambled behind Shigure.

"KYO!" Kagura screamed, almost breaking the door to the dining room when she opened it, a blazing fire – although that was simply Kyo's imagination – following behind her. Shigure, quite sick of Kyo and Kagura's game, simply picked up the – now cold – food that Kyo had made him, and began to eat.

"Come out from behind Shigure, Kyo!" Kagura whined, sitting on the other side of the table, pouting at Kyo who was still huddled behind Shigure. Shigure was completely ignoring them – or well, trying to anyway. It was hard to ignore somebody who wanted Kyo almost as much as he did... so damn... hard... WHY WOULDN'T KAGURA SHUT UP? Shigure's eye twitched as Kagura repeated the same sentence again, and again, and again, and... gah! He couldn't take it anymore.

Grabbing the scruff of Kyo's shirt, he pulled the cat into a rough kiss, ignoring the strangled cry of anger and surprise from Kagura. Side glancing momentarily to look at the mortified look on Kagura's face, he deepened the kiss, until Kyo finally shoved him off, and afterwards, Shigure simply went back to eating – he was now eating Kyo's food.

Kagura was far to stunned to say anything; she just looked back and forth from Shigure to Kyo. Shigure decided to break the silence; "Hey, Kyo-chan, this stuff's really good."

"I HATE YOU!" Kagura suddenly screamed when what had happened sunk in, causing Kyo and Shigure to look in her direction, "I HATE YOU SO MUCH!" Feeling completely betrayed and heart broken, Kagura stood up, kicked the table, and stormed out of the room.

"Who does she hate?" Shigure asked absentmindedly.

"That was a bit harsh!" Kyo glared, Shigure simply arched his eyebrows. When Kyo didn't back down, Shigure sighed.

"Yeah, I guess I went overboard."

"I hope you feel bad for what you've done!" Kyo shot, glaring.

"Not at all." Shigure answered, pulling unsuspecting Kyo into another kiss.

Koda blinked, watching a very upset Kagura slam the door behind her as she exited Shigure's house, not bothering to acknowledge Koda, who had entered just moments before she'd rounded the corner to the door. Forcing his shoes off, Koda stepped into the house, stretching. The time he'd been out had been, well, good. He hadn't done anything in particular, just walk around town and do... Koda-ish things. Things that he enjoyed as a child but Shigure didn't – things that made him hate Shigure more.

Stretching, he walked into the dining area... coming across something that he really didn't want to see. Ever. Although, Kyo and Shigure seemed to be having a lovely time, eating each others faces. Shuddering, Koda cleared his throat to announce his presence.

Kyo and Shigure broke apart, leaving Kyo looking rather shy, and Shigure simply grinned.

"If anybody needs me," Koda said, "I'll be in the shower. I suddenly feel very dirty."