Chapter 5

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Later that same day, I bumped into Yuki, the other "Prince of Kaibara." I was heading to the meet up with Hana, Uo, and Momiji for lunch when I accidentally walked into him. He asked me to hide him. I took him to a quiet, hidden field behind the school building, where we spent about five minutes together.

"So…were those fan club girls chasing you again?" I asked hoping to start a conversation.

"Oh. Yeah. They can get a bit clingy," he answered and smiled.

"I see. So how long do you plan to stay here?" I asked.

"Just for a little bit. Do you have somewhere to go?" he replied.

"Well, actually yeah. I was supposed to meet up with my friends for lunch, but it's ok. I'll stay here with you if you want," I answered.

"Ok then. I'm---" he was interrupted by me.

"Yuki. Everyone knows you," I finished for him.

He smiled, "I honestly didn't want this much attention. In fact, I don't like attention much. I hate it, school I mean. Every other minute some crazy girl chases after me."

I laughed lightly, "Your life must be interesting."

"Not exactly how I would see it, but if you think so. So what's your name?" he asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Tohru Honda," I answered.

He smiled and bowed slightly, "Nice to meet you Miss Honda---" He paused as a group of girls ran pass us.

"They're gone now, you can go," I said.

"But I can't go anywhere, they will eventually find me," he replied.

I considered this for a little bit and decided to invite him to lunch with me. "Would you like to eat lunch with me and a couple friends today?" I asked.

A huge smile appeared on his face, "That sounds great! Thank you Miss Honda."

We headed to a grass field where I found Hana, Uo, Momiji, and (to my surprise) Prince Kyo. He was sitting right beside Momiji and right when I appeared he got up. Yuki and Kyo exchanged awkward glances and then both looked at me. There was an awkward silence.

Then Momiji interrupted this silence, "Tohru! Look what I've brought you. It's your favorite. Rice balls! Hehe."

I thanked Momiji and turned my attention to Hana and Uo hoping for an explanation.

Hana took my hint and clarified things a little for me, "Oh. Tohru, Prince Kyo here came with Momiji. He said he wanted to talk to you."

I looked at Momiji who now had a rice ball stuffed in his mouth. He saw that I was waiting for an explanation from him. He quickly swallowed it.

"Well, he came up to me and asked me where you were and I told him you'll be eating lunch here. I didn't invite him. He followed me," Momiji explained.

"Whoa, really? Are you some sort of stalker 'Orange-y'," Uo interrupted.

Yuki giggled a bit. Kyo ignored Uo's comment and focused his attention on Yuki.

"Excuse me, I need to have a word with the fool next to you," Kyo said to me.

Yuki didn't seem surprise. He merely smiled and said, "Excuse me Miss Honda. I'll be right back."

Kyo dragged Yuki to the other side of the field. I was worried.

"Hm, I guess Orange-y doesn't like that Prince Yuki much," she said as she looked over at them.

"I guess not. I wonder why they don't like each other," I replied.

"Beats me. Hey, Tohru? Why were you with that Prince Yuki anyway?" Uo asked.

"Tohru have a rice ball! Eat it, eat it!" Momiji interrupted.

"They happened to bump into each other when Prince Yuki was running away from some fan club girls," Hana suddenly answered for me.

"Yeah. That's what happened," I added as I bit a rice ball.

"Seriously? Wait Hana, how did you know?" she turned her attention to Hana.

"Simple. Her electric waves told me," she answered.

Uo seemed a little disturbed. "Hey, look! They're fighting! Oh yeah, this is my kinda lunch time entertainment!" Uo said excited.

I turned around to find Yuki and Kyo fighting on the other side. Without hesitating I ran toward them. I ended up right between them. Both were throwing a punch at each other with all of their strength. I instantly became their punch target. I was scared, but right when they were about to hit me, they stopped.

"Miss Honda, are you ok?" Yuki asked worriedly.

"Uh-huh. I'm fine," I answered.

"That was dangerous. You scared me half to death," he replied.

"Yeah, that fool's right. Why did you that for? Are you stupid?" he added.

I smiled and replied, "I guess I am."

There was a pause. Then I added, "You know Prince Kyo, someone very close to me have asked me once before. He said it just like you did. He asked me if I was stupid, but I didn't answer him that time."

Yuki and Kyo were silent. Then Kyo reached out his hand and tried to grab me by my arm, but Yuki stopped him.

"What are you trying to do?" he asked angrily, "You'll hurt her."

It was weird. It felt as if Yuki knew about the wounds on my arm and that Kyo did too. But that would be impossible right? Unless they saw my bandages, but I hid them all day carefully. No one could've seen it.

"You are the last one to tell me what to do! You're the one that did---" Kyo paused and looked at me.

Then he grabbed me by my hand and dragged me away, leaving my friends and Prince Yuki behind. We stopped and sat down on a bench under a huge tree. There was no one in sight.

"Sorry," he said softly.

"Oh, it's nothing really. Um, Prince Kyo?" I replied.

"You can call me Kyo. I don't really like people calling me 'Prince Kyo' anyway. It makes you sound like one of those lunatic fan club girls," he answered.

I laughed lightly.

"What's so funny?" he asked.

"Well, it's funny how Prince Yuki said the same thing. I mean, he thinks that those fan club girls are crazy," I answered.

"DON'T EVER COMPARE ME TO HIM!" Kyo yelled suddenly.

I was frightened. "I'm…I'm…Sorry," I mumbled.

He calmed down instantly, "I'm the one that should be sorry. I lost my temper. Sorry. I just don't like being put together with that Yuki."

"Oh? Do you hate Prince Yuki?" I asked.

"I don't like him. Tohru, listen to me; he's not a good person. Stay away from him," he suggested.

"But he seems very nice," I replied.

"Just stay away from him," he repeated.

I didn't say a thing. Suddenly Kyo grabbed my arm and pulled up my sleeves. It was so sudden I couldn't stop it, nor did I know how to react to it.

"Does it hurt?" he asked.

I was still shocked by what he did. Once I gathered up my thoughts, I answered, "Yeah, sort of. How did you know?"

"I'm not like your creepy friend if that's what you think. When I grabbed your arm this morning, I saw the pain on your face," he answered.

"Oh," I said disappointed because I thought that I had fooled him this morning.

"You're really bad at hiding things you know that," he said, "I know you're not the adopted daughter of a rich family."

Shocked again, I replied, "How did you know?"

"I know every wealthy family around here. Who are you?" he asked.

"I…I'm…" I didn't know what to say.

"It's ok, you don't have to tell if you don't want to," he interrupted.

He pulled my sleeves back to how they were originally.

"Kyo! There you are," we both turned around, "Your mother is looking for you."

It was Akito. He scared me. He came out of nowhere. Kyo somewhat glared at Akito. Then he looked at me again.

"I'm sorry Tohru. I have to go. I'll see you tomorrow?" he said.

"Yeah, sure," I answered.

I watched them head off. Kyo and Prince Yuki didn't return to their classes after lunch. I wonder what happened. I went back to class though. Hana eventually found me through my "electric waves." I walked Momiji to his class first and then I caught up with Hana and Uo. We were going to Health class now. When I entered the classroom, I noticed Akito first. I had expected him to be gone with Kyo, but he wasn't. Without hesitating, I walked up to him.

"Hi," he said.

"Hi," I said.

"Hm, let me guess. You're wondering what happened to Kyo and Yuki?" he asked.

At this moment I was beginning to think that everyone can read my mind. Kyo, Yuki, Hana, Akito, and everyone else can read my mind. How else can they always guess what I want? Anyways, I answered him politely, "Are they ok?"

"Yes, they're fine. There's no need to worry Miss Honda," he assured me and smiled.

"It's just…well, it just seems like they don't like each other much," I said.

"They don't, but they won't kill each other if that's what you're worried about," he replied.

"Ah! Um…Well, yeah. Akito?" I said.

"Yes, Miss Honda?" he replied coolly.

"I was wondering. Why don't they like each other?" I asked, "Oh! I was just wondering, but you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"No, no, it's fine. They've never like each other since the first day they met. Its all because of one little thing," he answered.

"Huh? What little thing?" I asked curiously.

"Well, one little person actually," he replied.

"Person? Who?" I asked.

Right after I asked this question Mr. Hatori Sohma walked into the classroom.

"Back to your seats!" he said.

"I'm sorry Miss Honda, class has started. Besides, I believe that I've told you too much already," he said, "If I told you any more I might have to punish you."

"What does he mean?" I thought to myself.

"Haha. I was just kidding Miss Honda. Did I frighten you? I'm sorry," he added.

"Oh! No. I'm sorry for bothering you. I should go now. Thank you," I finished the conversation.

"Ok, quiet down! Take out your textbooks," Mr. Hatori Sohma ordered.

Mr. Hatori Sohma is my Health teacher. He is one of the three Sohma teachers at our school. Mr. Hatori Sohma is a lot more serious than the other two Mr. Sohmas, but he is still very nice. Unlike Mr. Shigure, he prefers being called by his full name than just his first name. Maybe he thinks that that will be too informal for a student to call their teacher by their first name, but who knows. Mr. Hatori Sohma is a doctor outside of school and he only teaches to waste extra time away. Every girl in my class admired Mr. Hatori Sohma. He was handsome, smart, and mysterious.

"Oh, Suki look at him. Isn't Mr. Hatori Sohma dreamy?" a girl in front of me whispered to the girl next to her.

I began to take notes.

"The heart is a pump…" I wrote. As Mr. Hatori Sohma spoke, I wrote.

Then I caught a glimpse of something orange outside of my window. I looked out to find Prince Yuki and Kyo exiting from a limo. Prince Yuki came out first and then Kyo. They both headed for the school's entrance. Then the girl in front of me saw them.

"AH! PRINCE YUKI AND PRINCE KYO! I NEVER KNEW THAT THEY WERE FRIENDS!" she screamed.

Before I knew it, every girl in my class, except Uo and Hana, was crowded in front of the window. They were screaming and jumping. I, however, just sat still, but I too looked at them. Kyo and Prince Yuki noticed those girls and they both looked up. Then I found myself looking eye to eye with them. Prince Yuki smiled gently at me and Kyo just looked at me. For that couple seconds, I felt like there was a string tying us together. And together we made a triangle that surrounds many mysteries.

My chain of thoughts were interrupted by what a girl said beside me, "Oh my gosh! Did you see that! Prince Yuki and Prince Kyo looked at me! I think they like me! Oh my gosh!"

"Foolish girl, they weren't looking at you. They were looking at the love of their life," I heard Hana's voice from behind me. I turned around to find he right behind me.

"Oh yea, if that person isn't me, then who is it?" asked the girl.

She turned her head and focused her attention on me. "Tohru Honda," she said.

"Huh? What? That's impossible! She's not even apart of their fan clubs!" the girl replied hysterically.

"But it is true," she said and looked at me, "Tohru, their waves tell me so. Do you believe me?"

"Ah, um…Hana…I don't…uh…me…" I paused and looked down. How did she expect me to react to this?

"Back to your seats ladies! We're still in class!" Mr. Hatori Sohma's voice rang loudly from behind the big crowd of girls.

Suddenly, the loud group of girls that surrounded me was gone. I was glad. I needed some silence to get myself together. Hana too went back to her seat. What did she mean by "the love of their life"? Technically, I just met them 30 minutes ago. How can I be "the love of their life" so quickly? I'm so confused!

After Health class was over, I felt really sick, but I went to my next class anyway. My next class was History.

I faintly walked into class and greeted my teacher, "Good afternoon, Mr. Ayame Sohma."

"Ah, Miss Honda, you should call me King Ayame Sohma from now on. For I am born to be royalty!" he said energetically.

"Mr. 'King' Ayame Sohma?" Hana added from behind me.

"Oh? Yes, Miss Hanajima?" Mr. Ayame Sohma replied.

"I'm pretty sure that that's somehow against the rules," she said and headed off and then finished, "Oh, and Mr. 'King' Ayame Sohma…"

"Hm?" he answered with a lower energy level now.

"Your long, red coat is stuck to your lower right desk drawer," she finished.

He checked and the tip of his coat was in fact stuck to his desk drawer. He opened the drawer and removed his coat. Then thanked Hana. Mr. Ayame Sohma, our History teacher, is the other Sohma on campus. He is the most energetic and confident of the two. He is almost like Mr. Shigure, except he is much more charming. Mr. Ayame Sohma originally told us to refer to him as King Ayame Sohma, but we all decided to call him Mr. Ayame Sohma instead. The word "King" just seemed a little too much. Anyways, Uo walked in after Hana.

"Was sup, Mr. Ayaa?" Uo greeted him in a joking way.

"Oh, Miss Uotani. How can you be so rude to such a royal person like myself?" he asked half joking.

"You know Mr. Ayaa; your confidence level is beyond comparable. How ya do it?" she replied.

"Easy, I was born to be the royalty that I am. Besides----" Mr. Ayame Sohma paused when he noticed that Uo had already left.

When I was walking to my desk, I was very dizzy. I walked into someone else's desk and fell. The books in my hands flew everywhere and I was half conscious on the ground. Blurry figures surrounded me and Mr. Ayame Sohma's voice rang above me. I was become more and more faint. Eventually I fainted…