Sorry for the late update! I've been busy with school and I've been sick lately. I also realized that I made a mistake in the previous chapter. Tohru is actually six months pregnant, not nine months. Sorry for the confusion…Thanks for letting me know Dark Inu Fan! Now on with the story!
Hatori paced the room nervously waiting to talk to Shigure. Shigure entered his office…
"Are you nervous?"
Hatori glared at him. "Shigure, if you hadn't hung up the phone last night, I could've explained to you that there could be some difficulties with Tohru." He sighed. "If I was to bring back her eyesight, it could lead to her having some dizziness, and blurry vision. Or, she could go through short periods of time being blind. If that were to happen, I'd have to put her on medication so that that wouldn't happen. There could be pain in her eyes, and it could be a real disaster. If I was to bring back her walking…there would probably be less problems."
"Yes, but then again, I don't think Tohru would want to be blind when she has her first child…" Shigure protested.
"And I don't think you would want to pick up a pregnant woman to get her onto a bed." Hatori retorted.
"…"
"It's settled then, we'll do her walking first…"
Shigure waited outside the operation room. It had all ready been two hours. As he began to worry that there were some complications, a young girl entered the room. Shigure's perverted instincts kicked in as she walked up to the desk to ask the secretary a question. The girl turned towards Shigure, before walking towards him.
"Are you Hatori Sohma?" The girl asked shyly.
"No, Hatori is in the middle of an operation. Perhaps I can help you, I'm Shigure Sohma, Hatori's cousin."
Jeez, the girl looked older from afar. Up close she was only about twelve or thirteen. She had golden hair, and bright green eyes. She had a slim build, and was a little petite.
"Oh, well I wanted to ask him when Tohru Honda's surgery was…"
"…Oh, that. Tohru went in about two hours ago. She hasn't come out yet, which I hope doesn't have anything to do with the baby…"
"…WHAT?" The girl interrupted sharply.
"Oh yes, I guess she didn't tell you that. Yes, my young flower is six months pregnant, she's growing up so fast." Shigure sobbed.
"But…But…Wait…So this means she won't be able to dance?"
Shigure looked at her quizzically. "Um…I wouldn't think so…"
"OH GREAT THIS IS A DISASTER! WE HAVE A COMPETITION NEXT WEEK!" The girl shrieked.
"Now…now I think you need to calm down, you sound just like my editor Mei (sp?)."
"CALM DOWN? WE'VE TRAINED SIX MONTHS FOR THIS! SHE CAN'T BAIL ON US NOW!" The girl said hysterically shaking Shigure by the shoulders.
"I'll just tell her you stopped by, what's your name?"
"Chinami!" Shigure and the girl whipped around to see Tohru leaning up against the doorway smiling.
"TOHRU! TELL ME IT ISN'T TRUE! YOU'RE NOT DOING THE COMPETITION?" Chinami sobbed.
Tohru smiled. "Of course I'm doing the competition…"
Something clicked into Shigure. "Wait a second, Tohru's had muscular dystrophy for a few weeks, how could she have been practicing for six months?"
"YOU HAD MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY?" Chinami screamed.
Tohru slapped her forehead. "Um, yes. I guess Dee Dee didn't tell you. It's okay though, I only missed a few weeks of dance, no big deal."
"Is that what the surgery was for? Because, I guess you called Dee Dee and told her you were going to have surgery on your legs. I was wondering when it was so I could come and see you. She suggested to come down here because she knew the operation was today…" Chinami babbled.
"Yeah, I still need a few days off my feet. I just woke up a few minutes ago. I'll be back in a few days. My eyes are a little sore from that additional surgery…I didn't know I was going to have double surgery…"
Hatori looked over her shoulder. "That's because I knew Shigure would be complaining to me when your next surgery would be, so I just went and gave it to you on the same day. I still have to check you out for any difficulties in your eyes or your leg muscles, right now you seem to be doing fine."
"You had to get eye surgery?" Chinami piped in again.
"Oh yes…Well you see…" Tohru started to tell her story of what was going on for the past couple of weeks.
Shigure looked from the two as they went into talk about the competition.
"What the hell is going on? Tohru, how can you dance when your pregnant?"
Tohru turned to him. "Shigure, I have been practicing for this for six months, that's half a year, I've been there twenty hours a week, I am not about to back down now."
"But, the baby, and besides, you can't be that good if you're in with a bunch of thirteen year olds. No offense." He said quickly.
Tohru and Chinami looked at each other before Chinami burst into utter laughter. "Not very good? Hell, have you seen her dance?"
"Well…Dee Dee showed me a ballet dance she did a few years ago. I think it was the only recent copy she had…"
Chinami rolled her eyes and whipped out a cell phone. "Here, educate yourself, watch this video." She said handing it over to him.
The song "Hey Mama!" started playing to show a group of kids dancing on stage. Shigure's eyes widened as he watched Tohru perform on stage. At one point in the dance, she did twelve turns in a row!
"I…I…"
Chinami cocked an eyebrow. "And you said she wasn't any good? Let me explain something to you…Tohru is in Senior Competition, I'm in Petite. There's a big difference. We are not in the same dances at all. We only know each other because of dance, and because she was chosen as my coach."
"But…she's six months pregnant, she can't move like that!" Shigure exclaimed.
"I can…and I will." Tohru argued.
"Tohru…It's not good for the baby! Go get Ha'ri, he'll back me up."
Tohru looked in the room. "Smart guy, he left."
"What? Great…Listen there's no way in hell that I'm letting you…"
"Oh! I know! Why not if you let Kisa take your place?" Chinami interrupted.
"She'd fit in petite level though…"
"No she wouldn't! That girl's got some moves!"
"You know Kisa?" Shigure asked getting confused once again.
"Yeah…we're friends, she's come to watch me dance a few times. Anyway, Tohru she's really good, she has just the form and everything? Please?"
"But she'd have to learn all the dances…and we'd have to find her the costumes…"
"No problem! Dee Dee has a ton of extra costumes that would fit her, and I've memorized every dance you'll be doing, so I could help her out."
"She'd have to memorize it by next week."
"She's a fast learner, she'll be fine." Chinami argued.
"OK, I guess it's settled then! I'm still going there for moral support though." Tohru said before pulling Chinami down the hall.
"…What just happened? That was…First she…I…Chinami…Kisa…Dancing…Wait, KISA!" Shigure yelled before flying down the hall to meet up with the two girls.
Next week…
"She's fine, how can shebe fine? Hatori muttered.
Shigure stood there. "Well technically Tohru isn't completely fine. Her eyes have been bothering her, and she fell twice…" Shigure said.
"The baby's fine though?"
"Yeah, the baby's peachy. I got to see the ultrasound."
"She had one all ready?"
"Yeah. Oh, she's so cute! Ha'ri you should've seen her! She's was kicking and it looked like she was stretching!"
"Ah, so it's a girl?" Hatori asked.
"Yep. Tohru all ready has half the stuff ordered…"
Torhu came racing down the stairs. "WHAT ARE YOU TWO IDIOTS DOING JUST STANDING THERE? KISA HAS TO GO TO THAT COMPETITION IN AN HOUR! GET MOVING WILL YOU?" Tohru screamed before racing out of the room.
"I see hormones have been kicking in…"
"Ooooohhhh yeah." Shigure said.
In the car…
"Are you nervous?" Shigure asked Kisa.
"No, actually. I'm fine. The kids I was with were really nice. I'm surprised I was actually able to memorize the steps so fast…"
"That's good. Unlike Tohru here, who's as nervous as anything…" Shigure said as Tohru continued to fidget in the back seat trying to make sure Kisa looked just right.
In the middle of the competition… (AN: Trust me, you don't want to be bored with the details of what a real competition is like.)
Kisa was doing great so far. As the group danced to "Pon de Replay", Kisa accidentally got too close to a boy. There was a loud poof.
Shigure and Hatori jumped up from their seats as people started screaming that there was a tiger up on the stage. Kids on the stage and backstage started going nuts and running around all over the place.
Tohru stood up to help Shigure and Hatori who ran to get Kisa. Her legs wobbled as she stepped into the isle. She felt her eyes begin to burn. Her vision began to blur and darkness began to close in. She lost hold of her grip to the seat she was holding onto, and began to lose her balance. She fell into the sea of people as she began to lose consciousness. Then a bunch of people trampled over her….
HA! You all thought she was going to be just fine and dandy didn't you? Find out what happens next! Sorry if the chapter was a little rushed. I suppose I shouldn't have left out as many details as I did, but that's okay. Once again, I didn't want to bore you with what goes on at an actual competition, and Tohru's operation in complete detail. I don't own any of the songs mentioned or anything else I may have added in this chapter!
