Author's Note: Summer school is over… HAHA! I'm super happy, but school is starting soon for me…sigh. Less updates, but you know I'll try my best.

And I'm going to change the rating up to T again just to be safe, but I'm not gonna write the cuss words out. It's because of the Shigure and Ayame pervertness and future violence scenes.

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Chapter 13

--Caught Red-handed--

This morning, Tohru kept her promise and woke her best friends up. The three girls left the room five 'til ten. To their surprise, he was late.

"Hmm…he's late. It's not looking too good for him. Too bad. I kinda liked him," Uo remarked.

Just then, they saw him running toward them.

"I'm sorry I'm late," he said, gasping for air in between. "I promised my mother I'd visit her before coming here since the hospital is in walking distance of the hotel."

"Well, the important thing is that you're here," Uo commented.

"Uo, why don't we leave now? He is here. We told Tohru we just wanted to see her off," Hana said in her monotone voice.

"All right."

The two pretended to head back to their room, but instead, ducked behind large bushes near the entrance. People coming in and out stared at the weird sight, but ignored them.

"Midori-kun, before we leave, I want to talk about my promise," Tohru started.

"First off, call me by my first name and don't even add the 'kun'. What promise?" Ryo raised an eyebrow.

"You forgot? I promised that I would cook you something. You said you wanted to try some of my cooking," Tohru reminded him. "Unless…you don't want to…"

"Huh? No. of course I would love to, but I don't mind. If you want to, then you can," Ryo said without a care.

"OK. What's your favorite dish?" she asked.

"Hmm…let's see. My favorite would have to be okonomiyaki. It's not to complicated, is it?" Ryo asked abruptly.

"No, no, of course it isn't." Tohru waved her hands in the air. "Umm…where am I to cook it?"

"My apartment, unless you have a place in mind."

"And do you have the ingredients at your apartment?" Tohru asked.

"Sorry, no. I'll tell you what. First we're gonna go to an amusement park, then we can leave early, go to the supermarket, back to my apartment, and then I'll take you home," Ryo told her the plan.

"An amusement park?" Tohru squealed in delight, putting her hands together.

Ryo nodded. "You seem excited."

Tohru nodded her head like a child. "I've never been to an amusement park," the singer admitted as her face turned pink.

"Really? Then that settles it, I have to take you to one, but the thing is…I don't have my car with me…" It was his turn to be embarrassed.

"That's OK. We can take the limo. I'm sure Uo and Hana won't mind," she chirped as she waved for the limousine.

Once the two got into the limo, Uo and Hana jumped out of their hiding place and hopped into the nearest cab.

"Hey! That's my cab!" a woman cried out when Hana and Uo were in it.

"Sorry miss, but this is an emergency," Uo lied.

"What's the emergency?" the woman argued.

"Listen, if you don't want to feel the wrath of her and her electrowaves, then I suggest you get another cab," Uo barked, getting impatient. "As for you," she turned to the driver, "step on it and follow that limo."

Both the woman and driver too afraid of the electrowaves, they did whatever Uo said. The woman backed off and closed the door of the taxi. Then the driver hit it and followed the limousine.

"Hey, hey, hey, not too close or else they'll know something's up," Uo spat.

"OK, OK," the driver muttered, getting annoyed by her rudeness.

Meanwhile in the limousine, Tohru and Ryo were talking about their family.

Tohru had brought up the question as to why his mom was in the hospital. They each took turns asking and answering questions. Tohru had to admit that the date had started out better than yesterday's date until he asked her a question about her mom and dad.

"My parents are died…" Tohru said stiffly.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know." Ryo regretted asking her about her parents.

"I don't know much about my dad because he died when I was very young, but I know that my mom was the best. She worked hard to support us, but then she died in a car accident a year before I became a singer. Then, I had to live with my grandfather. I owned him so much. I was going to pay him back for all the things he had done for me, but he died right after my first CD was release."

Tohru wanted to cry. She didn't want to recollect on sad things, but she knew she couldn't run away from it.

Tears began to form, but she wouldn't let it out. She held them it by closing her eyes.

Ryo slid over closer to Tohru and placed a hand over hers for comfort. Now he really regretted asking her if she was going to cry.

Neither of them spoke until they arrived at the amusement park.

When they stepped out of the limousine, they heard screams from rollercoasters and other various sounds coming from the rides.

Usually there were tons of people coming in, but today, there weren't tons of people as usual. The sky was bleak, cloudy, and looked like it was going to rain. There was no hole for the sunlight to come through, but darkness was covering the city.

"Oh, do we need to bring an umbrella?" Tohru asked about to grab it, but Ryo stopped her.

"Nah, some water won't hurt. Besides, it might not rain at all. Com'on." Ryo led her to the entrance and paid for the tickets.

"So where to first?" the silver-eyed man asked.

Tohru didn't hear him. She was too busy gawking at her surroundings. Everything was so new to her here. She was like a little kid that had never been outside before. The shops intrigued her as to what it might sell. The rides were so much bigger than she had expected.

"Hello? Tohru? Earth to Tohru." Ryo waved his hand in front of her eyes.

"Huh? Did you say something?" she asked still in a daze.

"I was wondering where you would like to go first." Ryo handed her a map of the park.

Tohru opened it, and her eyes widen at the selection. There were so many rides. She thought it was big as the area of her concerts, but it was bigger.

"There's so many," she muttered. "I don't know which one to choose."

"In that case," Ryo gently took the map away from her, crumbled it up in a ball, and threw it away, "pick a direction and whatever ride we hit first that you want to go, we'll go on."

"Let's go on that one," Tohru pointed.

Him and his big mouth. The one that Tohru picked first wasn't a good one for a beginner. Sure the screams made it sound fun, but after the ride…you'd regret it.

He should know. He rode it with his friends, and they were puking after the ride. The ride was announced the highest rollercoaster in the entire world. Besides that, there were so many sharp turns, loops, upside down, and yes, there was even a straight drop. One part of the ride even went backwards.

"Honda-chan…are you sure you want to go on this one?" he asked as beads of sweat fell from his forehead.

"Of course. It looks like fun, and the line is short," Tohru said cheerfully.

'Wonder why the line is short,' he thought.

He reluctantly got in line with Tohru. He didn't want to disappoint her.

After a quick wait, they were finally seated in the ride waiting to take off.

It started out slow, and it went up…and up…and up. Then it went down really fast, but instead of going straight down, it went through three loops. After the third one, it made a sharp turn and went upside down through loops and sharp turns. Finally, it went up backwards and then there was a 100-foot drop straight down. The ride made one last loop going backwards and then a few seconds later, they were back at the platform. Tohru had screamed through the whole ride.

Everyone behind them was already out running toward the nearest trashcan or grabbed a barf bag that the workers were passing out. Ryo glanced at Tohru. Her face was green. The singer tried to stand up, but her feet were wobbly. Ryo helped her walk out and to the nearest bench.

Once they were seated, Ryo felt better. The second time wasn't as bad as the first. He was less dizzy, but still felt like he was going to vomit.

Tohru was leaning over, but then suddenly tugged on Ryo's sleeve. Luckily, he had taken two barf bags before leaving. He immediately handed her the barf bag, and she started throwing up. Just as he thought he was fine the sound made it worse. He grabbed the other one and started copying Tohru.

The site and smell disgusted people walking by, but they immediately knew which ride they were just on.

After some time, Ryo and Tohru felt a lot better though still dizzy.

"Ryo, I'm sorry. It was my entire fault that I wanted to go on that ride. I didn't know it was that bad," Tohru said with guilt.

"Honda-chan, actually, I've been on that ride. I knew what was going to happen, but you were really excited to go on it so I couldn't tell you. I'm sorry. It's not your fault," Ryo admitted. He was afraid that Tohru was going to get mad and hate him forever.

"It was fun," Tohru said slowly with a hint of kindness.

"Right…" Ryo said sarcastically. "I don't know about you, but I'm hungry. Do you want to get something to eat?"

Tohru's stomach answered for her.

They walked to the food court, but unfortunately, it was crowded because it was lunchtime.

Ryo grabbed the singer's hand so they wouldn't get lost as he made his way through the crowd, trying to get into a line.

"What do you want to eat?" he shouted.

Tohru could barely hear him. She skimmed through the menu and decided to get a pizza and diet coke.

When they finally got their food, Ryo immediately dug into his food.

"You must be really hungry," Tohru commented as she took a small bite of her pizza.

Ryo looked up, and Tohru tried hard not to laugh. His mouth area had some pizza sauce.

Ryo nodded as he grabbed the nearest napkin to wipe his mouth. His face was slightly pink. "You can't blame me. We just got our stomach emptied," he defended.

It took Ryo about ten minutes to finish his five slices of pizza. Tohru slowly ate her one piece, and she took longer than Ryo.

After lunch, Tohru was a bit hesitant to go on rides, but Ryo assured her it was going to be OK. She was still reluctant, but agreed if they only rode one more roller coaster and the rest can be anything, but roller coasters.

Ryo led Tohru to other rides first before heading on a roller coaster. She enjoyed the rides, which put Ryo at ease. For the roller coaster, Tohru was afraid, but at the end, she had fun.

Ryo and Tohru walked around the amusement park and occasionally went on a ride. Tohru mostly wanted to visit the shops.

On one of the rides, there was a man-made waterfall in the middle of a water ride. It was like déjà vu because the scenery was almost the same. There wasn't any trees or animals, less flowers, and there wasn't a vibe to it.

Tohru then remembered the man who said 'I love you'. Her face turned pink, and she tried to avoid Ryo's gaze.

'It couldn't have been Ryo," Tohru thought. 'But all of the waterfall and…' Her thought stopped as Yuki's face appeared. Tohru's face changed to 50 different shades of red.

"Honda-chan, are you OK? Your face is red," Ryo asked concernedly.

"I'm fine. It's just the heat," Tohru lied.

Ryo raised an eyebrow. There was no sun out, but he didn't want to push it.

The last thing that they did was going to the arcade. Ryo insisted that they play some of the games. He told Tohru that they weren't going to pay, which made her confused.

"Why aren't we gonna pay? I thought we were going to play," she asked.

"We are, but I have a different way in mind," Ryo said with a mischievous gleam in his eye. Ryo told her that they were going to pretend to play. He explained that they were going to pick a game and hit random buttons and make sounds as if they were playing. He told her that it was going to be funnier without paying.

After some games, the manager kicked them out for not paying and 'distracting' others. Tohru admitted that it was fun.

"So where to next?" she asked, looking at Ryo.

"How 'bout the market?" Ryo told her.

"Huh?"

"It's about five, Honda-chan. I thought you were going to make me dinner," Ryo pouted.

"Already?" she pretended to whine.

They two walked out of the park, and the limo drove they to the nearest grocery store around Ryo's apartment.

When they got there, Tohru insisted that he go back to the hotel just in case Hana and Uo wanted to go somewhere.

The driver was a bit hesitant because of Uo's threat yesterday on the phone when they were trying to find out where Tohru and her date was, but an order was an order.

Just when Tohru and Ryo had entered the store, he saw Uo and Hana in a cab staring at him. He didn't know if they had heard what Tohru told him, but he wasn't going to stay and find out. He left and headed back to the hotel.

Hana and Uo were in their cab waiting patiently. Uo was about to kill the manager when Tohru got kicked out of the arcade.

Both young women ducked down into their cab when Ryo and Tohru went out. Luckily, they knew where he'd lived from the application he had to fill out and gave them a twenty-minute head start since they were walking.

The two had bought three bags of grocery for the okonomiyaki. Ryo carried the two heaviest ones. Just as they were half way home, it started to drizzle. In a few minutes, it started to pour. Ryo and Tohru quickened their pace, but didn't run too fast because they might slip and fall.

Tohru and Ryo finally arrived at his apartment. Ryo quickly took out his keys, fumbling with it, as he wasn't sure how to put the key into the hole with his hands full. He accidentally dropped a bag and fortunately, nothing was ruined or broken.

A small click was heard, indicating the door was unlock. Both stepped into the apartment, and then sound of their soggy feet squeaked.

Ryo hastily took off his soak shoes and went to get some towels. It took them some time to dry off. The black hair man insisted Tohru to change into some of his old, small clothes so she wouldn't get sick. He lent her the smallest T-shirt he had and the only pair of pants he had that could possibly fit her was sweatpants with an adjustable waist.

Tohru took awhile in the bathroom, but when she came out, he knew why. The shirt went down to her thighs so she had to adjust it by rolling the shirt up to her waist and tied it. The pants were obviously too long for her so she rolled it up. The adjustable waist was tightened all the way, but it was still big.

"Errr…maybe I should lend you a belt?" Ryo offered.

After Tohru was more comfortable, she began making okonomiyaki. Ryo was the assistant since he didn't feel right letting her do all of the work.

Ryo did what he was told and chopped up some of the vegetables after Tohru had washed them. The singer was now preparing the noodle and some seafood items that were going to be added.

After about forty-five minutes, everything was ready. Tohru placed the noodle into to pancake-like shape. Once it looked ready, she flipped both of them and waited for the other side to be fried.

When it was ready, Tohru carefully put the noodles on to two plates and then put the toppings on.

Ryo took the first bite. "Mmmm…this is good," he complimented.

"Really?" Tohru exclaimed, touching her fingers.

"Yup, your friends weren't lying. If you get tired of the showbiz stuff, you should open your own restaurant."

During the meal, they talked about other stuff. It was mostly about their present things that their were interested in.

It was still early when they finished eating and cleaning up. Ryo popped in a movie for them to watch until the rain died out. He opened the curtains so they could see when the rain stopped.

Unknown to them, Uo and Hana were right outside the window watching them from when they were eating to now. Watching them eat made Uo hungry so she went to the nearest convenience store to buy something for the both of them.

The rain wasn't pouring, but Uo was grumbling at the rain and her stomach. She had to hold her angry in until she bought the food.

She wasn't paying attention to where she was going and crashed into a person carrying lots of bags of food.

"ARGH! Watch where you're going," she spat.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't see you there," he apologized.

Uo looked at her surrounding to find bags of chips around her but no basket.

"Uh…don't you have a basket?" she asked raising an eyebrow and getting a good look at him.

"A basket? Oh of course," the mysterious man stated as he went to go get a basket. Uo helped him pick up his chips and placed it in the basket.

She couldn't believe that there was someone who was clumsy and dense as Tohru. He was so much like her. He was even polite.

"Well, I better get what I came here for," Uo told herself as she went to get some food. She grabbed whatever that was convenient and didn't need a microwave.

When she got in line, someone grabbed her arm. Being cautious, she dropped her basket and grabbed his arm and twisted it.

"Ow! I didn't mean to startle you, but will you please let go?"

Uo looked up at the man. It was the same person who had crashed into her. She slowly let her hold on him go. "Well then next time, don't go grabbing people's arm by surprise."

"I'm sorry, but I wanted to pay for your food as an apology," he said with a smile.

"Uh…sure," Uo agreed. 'Yes! Free food,' she thought happily.

"I would've left the store, but when I first saw you, you looked vaguely familiar, but I couldn't place it. Now I remember," he said aloud.

"You know me? Are you some type of stalker person?" Uo asked, slowly stepping away from him.

"No! No! I'm a Sohma, and I was there when we went karaoking," he refreshed her memory.

Uo stared at him for a while trying to think. "Now that you mention it, you do look familiar, but there were so many of you guys, I really don't remember that well."

"I'm Kureno Sohma."

"The name's Arisa Uotani," she said.

"Isn't this a little too much for one person?" he asked once he had paid.

"Yeah, but it's also for a friend of mine. She didn't want to come with me," she lied.

"I see. Well, where do you live? Maybe a can drive you back," he asked.

"That's OK. I live right here in this apartment building," she pointed to the one that Ryo lived in.

"Let me at least walk you to your place," he insisted.

"Uh, no that's OK. I'm fine. Bye," the blonde said as she quickly turned around and walked to the back to Hana.

When the ex-Yankee got back, she told Hana about her encounter with the mysterious man while they were eating.

"So do you like him?" Hana asked.

"What? I don't know. He was nice and seemed a little dense, but handsome though. I doubt I'll ever see him again," Uo remarked, taking a bite of her food.

"If you do see him again, what would you do?" Hana asked.

"I don't know," Uo shrugged.

Then, the two heard the door open and Tohru and Ryo's voice.

"D---!" Uo cussed as both of they scrabbled to clean up their mess and leave.

"Hana, Uo?" they both heard Tohru's voice.

"Eh…he…he…hey Tohru!" Uo said.

"What are you doing here?" Tohru asked densely.

"We wanted to surprise you and pick you up," Uo lied, but Ryo knew better but didn't say anything.

"That's so nice of you Uo-chan, Hana-chan. I guess you don't have to take me home then, Ryo," Tohru said cheerfully. She didn't see the disappointment on his face, and he was glad.

"See ya," Uo waved to Ryo.

"Bye," Tohru said.

"Sorry about this," Hana whispered as she had to hurry up and catch up with the others.

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Kazuma had to talk to Kyo. Spending every day at the dojo and sweating him until he was out of breath was ridiculous. Kyo could kill himself by practicing that hard.

Ever since Kagura had talked to him at the dojo, Kyo had gotten angrier and had a short temper.

"Kyo, why don't you take a break?" Kazuma asked him calmly.

"No, Shishou, I'm not tired yet," Kyo said in a monotone voice, punching a punching bag. The bag was nearly ripping.

"I would like to talk to you if you don't mind," Kzuma tried again.

Kyo gave a few more punches and collapsed on the floor. "What is it, Shishou?"

"Kyo, I happened to overhear what you told Kagura yesterday," Kazuma started. Kyo knew where this was heading.

"I'd thought you'd be happy for her, after all, she won't be in your hair anymore," Kazuma said.

"I am happy," Kyo said with disgust.

"You don't sound like it," he commented. "It sounds like you do care if Kagura is with another man. It sounds like you are jealous."

"I'm not. I don't give a d--- care who Kagura loves," Kyo argued.

"Is that so? Then wh do you keep on coming here every day?"

"I want to beat the d--- rat!" Kyo exclaimed.

"Are you sure? It seems to me that you are training too much. You have never trained this hard to beat Yuki so why now?" Kazuma questioned.

Kyo didn't say anything. He was too busy thinking about it himself.

"Kyo, I'm going to close the dojo this week because I have some things to do so I'm not going to be here. I've already told all my other students so please don't come this week," Kazuma lied. "I'm sure you have to catch up on your studies as well," with that, he left.

Kyo didn't feel like practicing anymore. He got his stuff and went home, thinking about what his shishou had said. Was he really jealous? What did jealousy feel like anyway? He didn't know, and he didn't want to find out. His master was right though. He needed to catch up on his studies.

"I guess a week off couldn't hurt me," Kyo grumbled to himself. "I have to get over Kagura. I'm not jealous. Going to the dojo doesn't seem to help me forget Kagura. This has to be a way for me to forget her," he mumbled on the way home.

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Somewhere that night…

"Before I start taking a drastic measures, you still have the tape, don't you Motoko?" Akito asked.

"Of course. I've been waiting for you to let me do something," she smiled, revealing the tape.

"Good. I want you to follow Yuki and that Tohru Honda until you find a perfect chance to let Tohru hear the tape. After that, leave so my dear cousin doesn't see you. I suggest you wear a disguise," Akito told her.

"Of course. It'll be my pleasure to destroy whatever their relationship. I still get Yuki, don't I?" Motoko asked.

"Sure, if everything succeeds. Once Tohru leaves him, you can be there to comfort him, but I'm not promising that he'll like you. That's up to him. I'm just giving you permission to go out with him," Akito stated.

"I know. I know, but what if it doesn't work? What if I don't get Yuki? I want a foolproof plan that I get him," Motoko commanded.

"Hmph, all you think about is Yuki. I recommend you don't think so highly of him until you know the whole him. Speaking of, you will get Yuki no matter if Tohru is alive or not." Akito laughed.

Motoko joined in and laughed with him.

'Huh, stupid girl. No one will get Yuki, not even you. Yuki is mine. You'll just have to have an unsuspected death after this whole thing is over, won't you?' Akito thought.

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Author's Note: So what'd'ya think? Tohru is so dense, but that's OK. And hopefully you guys know Akito plans by now. If not, tell me and I'll explain it in the next chapter.

I'm not sure if I want a UoKureno coupling, but if you guys do then tell me or else!

Okonomiyaki: It's like a Japanese pancake, but the only thing that okonomiyaki and pancakes have in common is that it's round and flat. Okonomiyaki is noodles and you can add veggies, seafood, and meat. I got it from Tsubasa so I'm not really sure how it's made so I kinda made it up.

Yukiru's date is next!