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Bradybunch4529: Thanks! Glad you like it!KaguyaEvenstar: Thank you for being with me for all of my stories so far! I REALLY appreciate it!
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S.B. Kisses: I don't really mind KK, but if Takaya-san put Kagura to like Kyo then he should return. YUKIRU 4EVER!
yi wen1776: I personality don't really know for the manga. But from what Alexandra-Kyoko said (who got it from translations), as well as some research I did, Machi will show up soon and the Machi+Yuki and Kyoru hintings will start in upcoming books, but we Yukiru fans got to stick together if Kyoru and Machi+Yuki does happen. )
Missblondie: Glad you like it. Thanks for the idea. I think I'll use last suggestion. :)
I really don't like this chapter. It kinda sucks so please don't flame me.
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Chapter 2
-Auditions I-
Auditions with Uo and Hana
Saturday soon arrived as the Sohma household prepared for the day.
"You d- rat! Hurry up so I can take a shower!" the orange man yelled banging on the bathroom door.
The door quickly opened as one of Kyo's knocks missed the door and hit Yuki, but fortunately for him, he dodged it easily.
"You idiot cat. Don't be so impatient. If you had woken up earlier, then you wouldn't have this problem," the silver hair man muttered before kicking him in the bathroom. The rat was wearing the black slacks that he bought the other day along with a blue Chinese top.
"Now Yuki, don't mess with Kyo. You know it shall be you who will win the Princess's heart, and I brought one of my outfits to help," Ayame said cheerfully appearing out of nowhere and holding a prince suit.
"Onii-chan! What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at your shop, and where's Shigure?" Yuki barked.
"Oh…well, you see. We stayed up so long last night and didn't get enough sleep because we were having so much fun doing…oh well that's not important, so I let Shigure sleep in so I could see you on your big day. Now…here are some tips. One, whatever you do…Yuki, where are you going? I am trying to help you and this is the thanks? I command you to come back here and listen to me…Yuki? YUKI!" Yuki's older brother yelled at him as the young man slam the front door.
Yuki gave a big sigh as he ran his hand through his hair. "I guess I'll head to the station early then." He started walking toward the station catching many young women's eyes. He started to get nervous with the stares and picked up his pace. A few minutes he was at the station.
"Excuse me, miss. Can you show me the way to the auditorium," he asked politely tapping a young brown hair woman with a light blue skirt that went to her knees and a pale green top with a blue ribbon in her hair on the shoulder to get her attention. She turned around, and the young man gave a slight gasp. It was Tohru Honda. The girl from a few days rose his mind for they both had beautiful turquoise eyes. Then he was about to slap himself because they were the same person with the same height and everything.
"Huh? Oh, you must be one of the contestants. I'm Tohru Honda. I was about to head that way too. I'm a little late to meet my friends. It looks like you're a bit early though," she grinned happily though her face turned a bit pink, but Yuki didn't notice. 'It's the guy that I read in the contestants profile a couple of days ago. Wait…didn't I meet him some days ago at the university? Ah, he was the one that helped me.'
"Uh…yeah. My name is Yuki Sohma. I'm sorry to make you even later to meet your friends" he gave a sincere smile. 'She looks prettier in person than the poster Shigure brought home,' he thought.
"Oh, no. It's OK, but I really should get going. I'll show you the auditorium," she said quickly grabbing his hand and pulling him with her like it was an instinct. Tohru stopped in front of a set of double doors. "Here's the auditorium. Why don't you have a seat while we wait for the other guys?"
The purple eyed man nodded. Tohru was about to push in the doors when she realized that she was holding Yuki's hand. She let it go and turn to face him again not able to look into his eyes. "S…s…s…sorry, Sohma-kun," she whispered as her face turned red.
Yuki, who didn't even notice this, blushed too and replied, "It's no problem. I think you might want to go in before they wonder about you." The singer just walked to the auditorium in reply.
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The auditorium was filled with empty seats as a few people scattering in the front having small talk before the participants arrive. The door opened, and the bright light that shone outside sneaked in and caught the people's attention.
"Hey Tohru-kun, we were wondering if you were going to show up," Uo waved signaling the girl to come.
Tohru nodded and obediently walked over.
"Do you remember Yamato Nakano?" Hana asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Well, it looks like he was here early," Tohru's music dealer, Akito Sohma, stated while rotated to introduce the two. His cold, black pupil gazed from her to Yamato as his sleek black outfit gave his face an evil impression. (A/N: Yes, it's Akito! Do the others know? You'll have to wait and find out.) "Tohru, meet Yamato Nakano; Yamato, Tohru Honda. Yamato happens to be a good friend of mine."
When Akito moved, she saw the same blonde hair, green eye handsome young man from the picture. Up close, she could see that he was quite fit and muscular. Yamato was wearing a handsome black suit. She felt her cheeks get warm as he gently lifted her right hand up to kiss the back of it.
"It's nice to meet such a beautiful, talented young woman, who I've heard from your friends, is the kindest person ever. Akito talks of nothing, but how good of a person and singer you are," he smiled, and Tohru felt her heart flip, and her face turned to a shade of red.
"…Uh……Th…Thank you. It's nice to meet you too….I…I…I hope you do well in the first auditions," she stiffened a bit and gave him a cheerful good luck.
"Well, I'm sure you four need to discuss about the auditions so I'm going to walk around until it's time," Yamato bowed and left.
"That's right. We need to talk about how we are going to narrow it down to fifty today," the mysterious black hair young woman stated.
"Well, why don't we just choose Yamato-san? He seemed to be very interested in you, and you like him too right?" Akito said quickly. "We can forget about the other contestants."
"AKITO! You listen here. If you force someone to work with Tohru that she doesn't like, then you can count her good-bye. I will beat the crap out of you, you got that?" the ex-thug yelled grabbing at the collars of his button up shirt and lifting him up. Hana gave him a blank look as one of her hair strand popped up.
"O…OK…just let me go," he said in a threatened voice trying to get some air.
"You three are the judges, and I want this to be fair so the auditions will still resume. I'm just here to watch, listen, and be here until we narrow it down. That's when I step in," the brown hair singer whispered.
"Well, for us to narrow it down, they have to be able to sing well, get along with you, and meet our standards, right Hana?" the blonde added.
Hana nodded her head without showing any emotions. "To make today's auditions go by fast, I suggest we split up into two groups. Akito, you can take the singing part since this is what you specialize in. Uo and I can ask questions and judgements. Tohru-kun, you can just listen to them sing or walk around and get to know them," Hana instructed.
"Are sure it is wise to let them do the personality and judgement?" Akito sneakily questioned Tohru.
"What are you saying!" Uo slammed her fist to the wall behind him.
"…Uh…nevermind! I think you two can do it as long as you don't beat them up and do anything," he changed his mind.
Uo was going to add something to that, but the double doors opened again, and guys started to arrive.
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Yuki leaned his head on the wall once Tohru left. Something was telling him that there was something that wasn't right, but that wasn't important to him. Right now, he was trying to figure out what he was feeling for Tohru though he only went to the tryouts because of Shigure, and the idiot cat was here to compete against him. It's not like he was actually here to win, right? Maybe to show off Kyo, but that's it.
The young man stood there for a few more minutes before deciding that it was almost time to go in, but the door pushed out and made the surprised man fall down on the ground landing on his butt.
"Oh, sorry about that. You're here for the auditions right?" Yamato apologized as he offered his hand to the fallen man. The silver hair young man nodded and took his hand. "Well, I guess I'll see you around. Good luck on your auditions, maybe I'll see you in the second round," with that, the mysterious man left.
'What did he mean, 'Maybe I'll see you in the second round?' It seems like he knew for sure he made the second round, but the tryouts haven't even started. I wonder what that was about,' the confused rat thought.
Just as he thought he had a chance to go in, an annoying voice interrupted. "You whoooo Yuki, there you are. Did you miss me while we were separated? It was rude of you to leave before letting me finish, but I guess you were to stress out about winning a girl's heart so I will forgive you and give you advice since I have experience and know what it feels like to be in love," Ayame said loudly.
Yuki was annoyed and embarrassed as everyone around stare at the demented laughing man.
"What experience? The only girl you even know that comes close to is Miine," he hissed.
"Awww…there are more things you need to learn about me, little brother, like when the time I went out on my first date…" Ayame started.
"Will you close your d- mouth and shut up! No one here, especially me, wants to hear your freaking nonsense and blubbering," Kyo yelled at him. He was wearing a ridiculous outfit that looked like he was a prince wearing a prince-like ensemble with a sword and hat in the color of red.
The crowd, who was already staring at Ayame, drew their attention to the man in the weird costume and starting cracking up.
"Stop laughing at me!" he shouted before he stomped into the auditorium with an embarrassed face.
The crowd continued to laugh, but dispersed leaving an astonished Yuki and mad Ayame.
"They have NO sense in fashion especially while trying to win someone's heart. Speaking of winning someone's heart…Yuki," he started.
"Onii-chan, the auditions are about to start. If you don't mind, leave me only, and I don't need your help to win. I'm only here to beat the idiot cat," he said calmly.
"Well, actually, I was going to say good luck, and if she doesn't like you, well there are other fish in the sea, and one of them is bound to fall for you. I'm here if you ever need help with anything," he said with sincerity.
Yuki was startled. Those words coming from his mouth were normal and helping. He managed to whisper a small thank you before entering.
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In the auditorium, it seemed like the judges and Tohru were sitting on the first row waiting to start right at 10. Kyo, Yuki, and a few other guys from the age range twenty to twenty-five were the only contestants there.
When Yuki entered, he saw Kyo sitting in the last seat in the last row cursing under his breath about the costume. Yuki briskly walked by and sat in the fifth row. The other obsess guys sat on the second row near Tohru as possible. Yuki let out a sigh and thought, 'This is going to be a long day.'
Time flew by quickly as more and more young men entered. Most sat close to the singer as possible. When 10 o' clock came, the guys hushed when they saw the blonde woman go on the stage.
"OK, listen up because I'm only saying this once. If you don't know what to do after this, then get your butt out of here. You each have been given a specific number, which is the number of your performance. There will be two groups, number one to 100 shall be in-group one and will be do their singing portion first. 101 to 205 will have a little chit chat with Hana and me to see if you're worthy enough to go on to the second round," she began as Uo paused for a bit as the men got a little scared. "Once you finish the first part, then get to the other line. After you're finished, you can leave. You can come back around eight to see if you made it or not. Only fifty will make it, so you better do your best. When I call up your name, come and get your sticker number from our music dealer, Akito Sohma."
'…A…a…Akito? He's the music dealer? What is he going to do when he finds out about me?' Kyo and Yuki thought as their faces turned white as a sheet of paper.
"Julian Smith, 181. Kyo Sohma, 182. Yamato Nakano, 183. Yuki Sohma, 184…"
Akito smirked as he saw Kyo's and Yuki's face whitened. No one knew where he had disappeared to except for Kureno and Hatori. This was going to be fun toying with them. 'It would seem that Yuki wants to win the girl's heart. I guess I can let him think that and look like I've changed. At the end, he won't win, or I can torture him by threatening to kill her if he falls in love with her like most of these disgusting b-s,' Akito thought evilly.
When Kyo, Yamato, and Yuki got their sticker, Akito gave Kyo a warm smile, but when the cat grabbed his sticker, Akito pulled him in a hissed"Did you miss me Kyo? I promise I'll make your life h- if you go on in the contest. I'll spill your secret about being cursed, and everyone will be disgusted when I take your beads. Now we wouldn't want that do we."
Akito let Kyo go as he placed his fake smile on again and the next sticker to Yamato. Once it was Yuki's turn, the head of the Sohma gave him a less threatening threat. "Yuki…you've grown and changed since I last saw you. Wanting to win Tohru's heart? I never thought of that happening. Good luck on the auditions. I'm sure you'll get to the final round since I'm here," Akito lied.
Yuki glared at him and yank the sticker and left. 'Akito has a plan. I have to be on my guard or else. Maybe I should talk to the cat and see if we agree for a change,' he thought.
Once the guys got their number and split up, it was time to let the fun begin, in Uo's case.
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"Number 101, Justin," Uo called out from a room. He gave a slight gulp as he entered as each one felt pity for another. "OK, let's get to the point. Scenario 1, you're at work, and you've just received word that Tohru is at the hospital. What do you do?" Uo barked.
"…I…um…I…would…" he stammered looking at Hana and Uo. "I…would ask which hospital, buy some get well flowers and visit her to see if she was alright after work…" he said with more confident. Uo was about to yell 'WRONG', but Hana didn't let her.
"Say it was your first year anniversary as a couple, what would you do?" Hana asked.
"Hmm…well let's see…I know what NOT to do…Never ever do nothing or even forget the date. Roses don't seem to work either..." he said talking to himself.
'This guy is a nutcase,' Tohru's best friends thought. Uo was up to her last nerve from this lunatic. "NEXT!" screamed Uo as this surprised the young man as he hurriedly left.
This went on for a while until it was Kyo's turn….
Julian left without a sudden scream from the blonde manger as well as some few lucky ones. The line in for 101-205 was getting shorter, but so was Kyo's patience. He was glad that his turn was next so this could all be over, but that meant he had to deal with Akito.
The orange hair young man entered the room and once Uo and Hana saw him, Uo noticed his hair as well as Hana noticing something about his denpa wave that was strange though it didn't stick out as much as his outfit.
"Hey Hana, it's that guy that has Kyoko-san's hair color," she whispered. Hana nodded her head in remembrance.
"Will you just stop whispering and ask me the questions, d-it!" Kyo shouted.
"Hold you horses, Carrot Top. You know, that attitude won't help you get to the second round," she bellowed back.
"Carrot Top? My name's not Carrot Top you d- woman! As for winning, I don't care. My d- cousin entered me, and I'm only here to beat Yuki!" he roared.
"Well, I don't know what this rivalry is about, but if you want to beat him, then shut your mouth and listen. What's up with that ridiculous costume anyway?" the ex-thug yelled.
Kyo shut his mouth, but not before glaring at her and saying, "Long story."
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMTohru was siting with Akito listening to the voices as some of them did their best to win her heart. She had to admit that some of them were good and kinda cute, but Akito seemed to be bored out of his mind. The singer didn't even know if he was actually paying attention. Most of the guys had picked out love songs to sing. Tohru wanted to stretch her legs out and see how the others were doing. Unfortunately, she picked a bad time. She was a hallway down from the room where the line ended where she heard yelling and arguing. Tohru gave a long sigh knowing how over-protective her friends were, but they didn't have to scare people off. Tohru quickened her pace. As she walked by, the young men blushed. She brushed against the second person in front of the line, not knowing who is was. The brown young woman opened the door to interrupt.
"Oh, hello Tohru-kun. What are you doing here?" Hana asked calmly as the girl saw Uo ready to beat Kyo up.
"I wanted to see how it was going that's all," she cheerfully, "and you can hear the fighting from outside to the hallway," she added.
"It's going fine. Just some trash here and there. Do you wanna stay and listen for a bit?" Uo asked.
"Sure."
"OK, Carrot Top, what would you do on your first date with Tohru?" Uo asked.
"That's easy. Buy some flowers, pick her up, and go out for a nice dinner and movie," he replied carelessly.
"That was an actual decent answer too. Hmmm, you might a have chance," Uo said impressed.
"Question two: If Tohru was poor and lived in the streets with people bullying her, what would you do?" Hana stated.
"Save her and beat them to a bloody pulp."
"Final question. Will you tell Tohru that you've been cheating on her if you do?" Uo and Hana said in unison. This question had been asked so many times, and from their waves, Hana could feel if they were lying or not.
Kyo paused for a moment thinking about a violent brown hair girl, Kagura. She wasn't that bad, it was just because she liked him, right? But why was he thinking about her now? Kyo shook his head and hesitantly answered, "I don't know…it depends on the situation. Maybe I would tell because she deserves to know."
Uo looked at him weirdly and said, "OK, it wasn't so bad Carrot Top. You might have what it takes to make it to the final." With that, Kyo left with a confused heart.
"So Hana, what does your wave read?" Tohru asked wondering how they do this.
"I can't really tell. First of all, his denpa wave is really strange from everyone else like it's not human. Second, something was keeping him back from answering the last question. His heart is still confused about love, and there might be another in his heart, but his other answers seemed sincere," Hana replied in her infamous monotone voice.
"So he might cheat on Tohru? Not when I'm here he won't," Uo started yelling again.
"W…wait. He's still confused right? I think we should give him a chance since all his other answers were appropriate," the singer defended him.
Uo sighed, "You're too nice. I'll put him on for one of the lasts, K. NEXT!"
Yamato Nakano opened the door and made a big entrance to catch Tohru's attention. Uo looked disgusted as she let Hana begin.
"You're rich, Tohru's rich. If you marry her, you two would be really rich. Everyone likes being rich, and guys will do anything to be rich. Do you like her for her prettiness, money, or personality traits?" Hana seemed to raise an eyebrow.
"Personality traits of course. How can you love a girl just by how they look, and how much money is in her bank account?" Yamato said with reassurance.
Tohru looked impress as well as her best friends.
"OK, hot shot. Since you like Tohru's personality, care to explain which trait you like and don't in detail?" Uo emphasized.
Yamato just smiled and replied, "Her smile brightens the room. Her voice is like angels singing, but other than that, I don't really know her well so until then, that's all I can say."
Uo thought, 'He's not doing so bad either. Maybe there's hope after all.'
"I see…Then one finally question. If this relationship works out, where would the two of you live and how many kids would you have?" Hana inquired.
"I would buy the most biggest and most expensive house because nothing is too good for me…her. As for kids, I don't really plan on it, but if she wants some, then that's fine with me."
"Not bad," the blonde said, making him look good. Yamato didn't need to hear it twice left.
"Uo-chan, Hana-chan, do you two like him?" Tohru questioned noticing Uo's approval.
"He's one of the few that we've let go freely, right Hana-chan?" Uo said calmly.
"His aura gives off greed, but I have a feeling he will be more trouble to us as well as be in one of the finals. Akito seems to like him as well, but at the end, it will be your choice Tohru," the black hair young woman stated.
"Greed? I don't like the sound of that. There's more to him than meets the eye then," Uo murmured before screaming next.
Yuki stepped in and his gaze met Tohru's. For a slight moment, those two didn't notice their surrounding, but stared into the eyes of each other. Hana sneezed, which got the two's attention as they blushed.
"So you're a Sohma too? Are you related to the dimwitted orange head and the weird music dealer?" Uo butted in.
"Unfortunately, yes."
"I see. Well, let's get this over with. Do you like Tohru for her beauty, fame and wealth, or personality?" Uo asked the same question she asked Yamato hoping if anyone can give a better answer.
Yuki looked at Tohru again with a earnest look as he responded, "I don't know," he started as Uo was looking mad, "I don't really care for money as long as she's happy and well. She's really pretty especially when she smiles, but I would go with personality, but I haven't really gotten to know her well. I hope to though."
Uo and Hana looked pleased. Tohru just blushed and stared at Yuki.
"Very well. You two are starting a family and have to buy a house. Where would you buy it?" Hana wondered how he was going to reply compared to Yamato.
"I have really never thought about that except I know it would be somewhere nice, and a place we both like to raise our kids if we do get marry," the silver young man said with confidence.
"If you cheated on her, what would you do?" Uo asked making sure he was for real.
"I would explain the situation with her and say I'm sorry. If she's the one I love the most, then she deserves to know, and I want our relationship to be strong and on trust," Yuki said firmly though not really sure why he would cheat.
The three gawked at the purple-eyed man with awe. Out of all the guys, he had to be one of the best answers to the questions. With the look on the singer's eyes when he entered, only fate knew they were destined to be.
Yuki was getting uncomfortable with the looks. He wasn't sure if he was supposed to leave, but with the blank looks, Yuki slipped out of the room.
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Author's Note: I'm so weird…My first chapters always seem to be the best. Don't give up on my story because it might suck in some chapters. (puppy dog eyes)
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