OH MY GOSH! I completely forgot about this fanfic! I thought I already posted everything at once, but I guess not… anyways, here's the next part of it. I'll add on the rest too… next week or tomorrow maybe…
Chapter 5: Announcement + sushi
"Miss? Miss?" Ritsu yells running through the property looking for Mitsuru. "Miss? Where are you?" If you can't tell, he doesn't know her name yet.
"Ritsu?" Ritsu turns around seeing Yuki, planting more vegetables in his… secret garden.
"Ah! Yuki! I'm so sorry to disturb you! Is a women here by any chance?"
"Excuse me?"
"I mean Shigure's editor! Is she here? Is she?"
"Inside the house, yes."
"Great!" Ritsu was about to run for it towards the house, but he turns back to Yuki with a sad look. "I'm lost."
As soon as Yuki and Ritsu made it back to the house, Ayame was there with Tohru and Mitsuru sitting on the floor crying. "What's going on?" Yuki asks.
"Your stupid uncle! That's what!" Mitsuru yells. "He disappeared on everyone!"
"T-that's terrible!" Ritsu yelps out.
"By Miss Tohru here's description, he noticed a young female in distress and ran to help her. Yet, I doubt he knows the way back so clearly he's lost out there in the cruel harsh world." Ayame states.
"THEN WE GOTTA LOOK FOR HIM!" Mitsuru screams standing up, but Ayame grabs her shoulder, gently pushing her back down.
"Ahh, but you see, that's the problem. In his conditions, it will be hard to find him. But for now, lets all go back home and wait till tomorrow."
"This sucks." Kyo moans.
This sucks. Shigure thought as he and the girl receive free sushi and two water bottles from the back alley of a sushi restaurant. This back alley gives me the creeps. He says, looking around suspiciously.
"Thank you! Thank you very much!" The girl says bowing many times.
"Heh heh, it's always a pleasure for me to help out people in times of hardship."
"You're so kind. I am very much grateful."
"Heh, come back when you go hungry again, alright?"
"Thank you very much sir." As the man walks back into his restaurant, the girl shows Shigure the food they just received with a huge grin. When they walked out the alley, they sat at a nearby bus stop to sit and eat their sushi.
"This is good, huh… Almighty Shigure?" The girl says as she stuffs a California roll in her mouth.
"Bark."
"My name's Maiko. But even though my name means "daughter of Mei" , my mom wasn't named Mei. My grandmother was." She says as Shigure starts eating his Nigiri.
"Very interesting." Shigure says causing Maiko to look around the place looking for whoever said that. Oops… "Bark Bark."
"Ok…" Maiko opens a water bottle. "Would you like some?"
"Bark." Shigure says nodding.
"Kay, open wide." Shigure does so as she pours water into his mouth till accidentally he coughs, spilling the water in his mouth onto the sushi. "Sorry!"
"No problem."
"HUH?" Maiko looks around again.
"Bark Bark."
"Uh… I guess, either way now, the rest of this Sushi's yours." YAY! "But hurry and finish up. I want to go to the book store real quick." Don't rush a dog while he eats.
Chapter 6: suppose to study
Later on in the day, Ritsu sits inside a very pinkish room along with a girl only 15 years old who has long black hair in pigtails with red streaks, thick black glasses, a purple-black sleeveless shirt, and jeans. Loud music is on while she and Ritsu are studying. To the Sohma's, she, Aiko, is to become the next heir of the family once Akito is dead. For her, she just moved to Japan from America, and only seems to get along with only the members of the zodiac then with any other members of the family.
"Riiiiitsuuuu…" Aiko moans as she flips through more pages in her book.
"Yes?"
"This Japanese stuff is confusin'. I can't even read these words."
"But you can understand it when said allowed?"
"YUP!"
"Oh, let me help you." Ritsu sits up to lean against her bed to point at some of the words, but finds that he's reading it instead. 'Never apologize for showing feelings-' 'gain that which is worth having-"
"HAHAHA! Wrong book Ritsu!"
"AH! I'm sorry!" Frantically, he looks for her social studies book.
"hehe… that's a book of wisdom… or actually quotes… I already bought the English version of it in American. Hmm, now I wonder why I bought the joponesey version?" She has trouble speaking Japanese... of course
"B-but I thought you were studying."
"Yea yea, I am." From underneath her stomach, she grabs hold of the social studies book that she was purposely lying on top of. She opens the book, finding herself lost. "I can't understand this!"
"Do you need help?"
"OF COURSE I DO!" Ritsu gets startled from the loud noise.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
"Haha! Na… I'm sorry! Wow, you reacted fast when ya said that! You've must have been sayin' sorry all yer' life!"
"Eh…"
"YOU HAVE!"
"SORRY!"
"I'm right!" She sits up holding both fists in the air "Woo hoo! Bout' time my cousins are nicerer!" She brings her hands back down to go in a thinking position. "Wait a sec…" Suspiciously, she stares at Ritsu right in the eyes.
"Eh, is there something wrong?"
"You're a bit TOO nice, wouldn't ya say?"
"Uh…"
"Ah, oh well." she starts to wave one of her hands. "That's a good thing. So tell me cousin Ritsu, what's a very kind dude like ya doin' all alone?"
"Excuse me?"
"Pleaaase tell me ya have a girlfriend…"
"I-I'm sorry, I don't."
"Aww…"
"I'm sorry! I can go get on-"
"NO! NO! Don't! Ya speak before ya think too much! Don't get a GF just cuz I said so. Do it for the loooove." She says crossing her arms over her chest. "Are ya in love?" Ritsu blushes uncontrollably. "Oops! Must have triggered a certain sense in ya, I'm sorry! Neva should have gotten into yer business. We really should be studying! Now help me with my Social studies college boy! Then afterwards, Algebra."
"YES MA'AM!" Ritsu quickly grabs hold of her Social studies book, pointing to certain symbols to explain what each meant while also trying to tell her how to pronounce it. After a while, each gets tired from the excessive studying. "Um… Miss Aiko?"
"PUH LEEZE don't call me Miss Aiko! It sounds so…" twirling her hand around in the air just to think up a word, "strange-ish… 'sides, we're cousins! Call me Aiko! Ya know better!"
"Ye-yes! I'm sorry!"
"What's up?"
"Your wisdom book, may I take a look at it please?" Aiko digs through under her papers and learning books. Finally she pulls out the wisdom book and tosses it to Ritsu almost hitting his head.
"Nock yerself out." Ritsu smiles as he opens to the page book marked. "Read whatever quote yer readin' out loud would ya? I needa hear some wise words from… wise people right now. And can ya turn off the music? Gosh it's getting tiring to listen to the same song over and over and over…" As Ritsu gets up to turn it off, Aiko jumps off her bed to do it herself. "Never mind, sorry." The music finally ends as she jumps onto her bed to lie down. "Ok, now go on, read read read."
"Yes… Aiko." Ritsu looks at the first quote on the top of the page. "'Never apologize for showing feelings. Remember that when you do, you apologize for the truth.' By Benjamin Disreali."
"Hmm… Apologizing for showing feelings is like lying to yerself I guess. Bad thing. Pay good attention to that quote Rits, it might come in candy for you."
"Candy?"
"yea. Candy she means handy."
"uh… yes, I will." Ritsu turns to the next quote over. "'To live with fear and not to be afraid is the final test of Maturity.' From Edward Weeks."
"Weeks? Wow, never thought that was a name… ok! I understand this one! Next one!"
"Aiko,"
"What?"
"Um… do you know Shigure's editor?"
"Ok… what a thing to bring up."
"I'm sorry…"
"Na… don't be! Ok! I heard things bout' her though. Ya know how this family gossips a lot," she says with a wink. "Now, she's an editor… Shigure's Editor. Once in a while, she'll find out Shigure's secret, but then Hatori's there to the rescue to erase her mind with bendy straws!"
"HUH?"
"Just kiddin' "
"I got that bendy straw thing from an American show. Anyway, nice person but has a freakin lousy husband." She- she's… married? Ritsu thought in shock with wide eyes. "Cuz of him, her kid ran away. So now a divorce has been filed down and stuff and she now lives with her bro! HEY! Why the heck is this family talkin' bout other people's lives who aren't even apart of this family?" Aiko stands straight up on her bed. "That is just plain wrong! Once I become head of this family, that talking behind back thing shall forever stop otherwise they'll have ta go into the dark creepy room! Bwa hahahaha!" Nervously, Ritsu scoots back. "Hey, want some sushi? We got plenty."
" -- y-yes… please."
"Kay!" As she trots out of the room, Ritsu looks outside seeing the sun setting.
"Haha, that was so stupid."
"Next time we do that, check for lookout dogs."
"Gotcha." As Aiko walks into the kitchen, her three younger brothers were they're eating the sushi she prepared earlier.
"What were you three thinking?" Aiko yells as she nears them. The three look at her with fear.
"We didn't steal! We didn't steal!" the three yelled out.
"Of course ya did! I made that sushi fer dinna and as a snack fer Ritsu and I and you guys barely left any fer us!"
"Oh…" Those look of relief caused Aiko to become very suspicious.
All on it's own, chapter six filled up 4 pages worth! XP Then again, it didn't feel so long when I read through it. Anyways, I plan on making more stories with Aiko in it. Maybe later on, I'll make one when she first came to the Sohma house and started becoming very very good friends with Ritsu and Kagura especially… Eh! Getting off subject I think! Eh, please comment. Thank you!
To add: hmm… I wonder why I put that reading quote stuff there… it barely has anything to do with this story… oh well! And I think Aiko sounds like a western or something! Then again, she's from the US, so of course she would…XPXP lets hope she can speak Japanese properly in the future. .
