Author's Note: Oh yeah, when I was re-reading my second chapter of this story, I realized that I accidentally typed 'leaved' instead of 'lived'. Well, I meant to put in 'lived' so she lived with her stepmother and stepsisters. I hope I didn't confuse anyone…
Yay! Another chapter!
Also, I've decided to change the title back to the old one, since my sister liked it more, and I'm going to use this title for Love and War 'cause that title is kind of lame and Running from Love fits it more. So I'm sorry for all the changes.
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Also, this is a twisted version of Cinderella, so…it's a bit different, scratch that, it's very different. Here's the next chapter! So for the late update!
A Cinderella TwistDisclaimer: If I owned either of these things, I wouldn't have made Cinderella so nice. I'll make her kick her stepmother and stepsister's asses! (I'm feeling evil today…tee hee)
Chapter 3:
Damn it! He cursed in his head, as he hid behind a tree, waiting for the confused girl to leave. She had short-shoulder length brown hair and she was wearing a plain, but cute green dress. (Not Kagura!) As soon as the girl left, he moved towards his clothes and making sure that no one saw him; he grabbed his clothes the best he could and ran as fast as he could. He made sure that he hid them very well from view and left to explore a little while.
He was walking in his mouse form when he noticed a small cottage. It was small, but there was a huge mansion right next to it. Guess that cottage is for the servant…he thought absentmindedly and he entered the small cottage.
As soon as he stepped in, he felt a calm, and innocent aura in this small cottage. It was nice, and…protective. He wandered around, noting pictures of a red-haired woman and many flower vases filled with elegant and sweet smelling flowers. He found a small—yet comfortable chair and climbed on top of it. He sat down and looked around from the high view.
Suddenly, he heard the door open and cheerful—but familiar—female voice called out, "Mom! I'm home!" A female with long brown hair tied up in blue ribbons, wearing a ragged dress and an apron appeared.
The mouse looked up and saw the girl and gasped. She was the one whom he had run into that day! What was her name? Hana? No. Honda? Yeah, that's it. Honda Tohru? Right?
The girl noticed the mouse sitting on the chair and squealed with delight. "Oh, hello mouse-san! How are you today? Why aren't you cute?" she started to say. The mouse was astonished that she thought he was cute! She even called her 'mouse-san'! She reached out an arm and cupped him in her hands. Before the mouse could do anything, she hugged him, delaying the transformation without knowing.
"Wow! You have such beautiful eyes! And such sleek fur! It's so clean…and…" she trailed off, lost in deep thought. Thinking…about…Yuki? The mouse gave a little squeak and Tohru smiled. He was so cute! "Mouse-san? Oh wait; I shouldn't keep calling you that. How about…Yuki-san?" she asked smiling.
If mice could blush, Yuki would have been fully red by now. The mouse gave a little squeak of approval and she set him back down on the chair. "You can go ahead and take a little nap…I know it's not the best but, it's all I have," she said kindly, giving the mouse a little pat on the head and she left the room to do more chores.
Yuki—on the other hand—was astonished. He didn't think that anyone—none less a female—was going to ever treat him like that. Whoever heard of a human calling a mouse 'mouse-san'? And even naming it! Hell, she even guessed the right name! He shook his head and leaped onto the floor. He was going to transform back any minute now and he did not want Tohru Honda to find a naked man in her living room.
He crawled back outside and found his clothes. He sat on it and after a minute or two; he was human again. He quickly slid his clothes on and put his cloak on. He grabbed his bags and started to find a place to set up a tent.
(--?--)
She walked back into the living room to find no one there. Not even mouse-san. Well, there was her cat-san in her room, but she made sure that cat-san didn't eat mouse-san. And anyways, cat-san was upstairs in her room, while mouse-san was in the living room. Maybe mouse-san went for a little fresh air? She hoped that mouse-san would come and visit again. She'd like some company; Hana isn't due until a couple days, and Uo's time is very limited…being on the run all the time. It was amazing that she was in prison yet! For helping Uo…
She hoped that mouse-san was safe…where ever he was…she prayed…
She fell asleep and unknowingly to her, a person helped her up to her room and put her in her bed.
(--?--)
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Where is he?" a male demanded. He was wearing a crown. That was the first thing that would catch your eye. The huge crown, sparkling jewels on it and it symbolized his leadership of the kingdom. He was wearing a kimono. A red one, with flowers... He was also holding a staff and he had chin-length black hair and bangs. He had cold teal eyes. He was sitting on his throne, above two male.
One of the male had bi-colored hair. White and Black. He was about 15-years-old and handsome. He had cool gray eyes and was wearing all black. A black cloak to be exact... He also wore weird necklaces that symbolized his style and he wore an expressionless face.
The other male had long sliver-white hair that reached his all the way down to near his ankles. He had gold eyes like a snake and he could easily be mistaken as a 'she'. He was wearing a red-pink cloak and he was also wearing an unusual expression. He was expressionless…he was almost never that serious.
This could be very bad…very bad indeed.
TBC
Author's Note: Another chapter done. I hope it isn't too short. It's three pages long. Do you want me to make chapters longer? Okay, I've something to ask you. I want to know a few things.
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