Chapter two (2) Meeting Mir
Kyo woke up the next morning before anyone else. He decided to get some breakfast and head off to visit Sakura's grave again. As he would be doing this for the next six days after today.
Kyo headed downstairs and grabbed something to eat. Flipping on the TV he watched the weather to make sure it wouldn't start snowing on him like it did yesterday. Hearing footsteps, Kyo looked to the door to see Tohru sleepy standing there.
"Oh Good morning Kyo-kun." Tohru greeted now suddenly full of energy. "What did you want for breakfast?"
"Morning Tohru-kun. I already ate so make whatever you want." Kyo replied standing up and going into he kitchen.
"Oh." Tohru followed him. "You ready for school? Do all you weekend homework?" She asked trying to start a conversation.
Kyo looked up at her confused. "Hunh? Home...work…?" Kyo thought for a second, Then he remembered it was Monday. "Oh yea that's right!" Kyo exclaimed. "No, I'm not going today."
Tohru looked up at Kyo shocked. "What? Are not feeling well? Is something the matter?" She asked worriedly.
Kyo waved his hands to quite her down before she woke up the others. "No, No, I just have something important I need to do today and it goes through school hours." He explained.
"Oh… What did you need to do? May I ask?"
"Just a little-" Kyo was cut off mid-sentence as a knock came from the front door.
"Coming!" called Tohru and she headed for the door.
Tohru opened the door to see Hatori standing there; He was holding someone by his or her shirt over his shoulder.
"Haa-san would you put me down now!" the person, a girl, over Hatori's shoulder asked.
Hatori ignored her and turned to Tohru. "Good morning Honda-san." He said with a slight bow.
"Oh, uh, good morning Hatori-san." Tohru bowed as she greeted him.
"WOULD YOU PLEASE PUT ME DOWN NOW!" The girl yelled again.
Kyo looked down the hallway, "Yo who's making all the racket?" he asked. Then his eyes fell on the girl over Hatori's shoulder. "Mir?" he asked his eye twitching.
Hatori waved at the cat and Tohru looked at Kyo surprised. The girl shuffled around trying to see over Hatori's shoulder.
"Kyo?" She asked as she caught a glimpse of him. "Is that you?" She pulled herself out of Hatori's grip and stood beside the solemn doctor allowing Tohru to see her in full light. She had waist length sliver hair and red eyes. Her clothes were kind of like punks' clothes. Black cargo pants with chains hanging from them, A long sleeved green shirt and many dangling bracelets. On top of her head was a black French hat. Her ears were also pierced in about five different places.
"Well it's about bloody time I found you!" Mir yelled at Kyo.
"Found me? Did you get lost again?" asked Kyo. "How many days did you spend traveling around looking for me?" he asked.
"Uhh about twelve." Mir answered nonchalantly.
"Mir! You have worse direction sense then Haru does." Kyo yelled at her.
"Yea, well if you would have wrote the return address on the envelope I wouldn't have had to search for you!" Mir shouted back.
"I DID! IT WAS ON THE BACK OF IT YOU BAKA!"
"WHAT? ON THE BACK? WHO PUTS THE RETURN ADDRESS ON THE BACK OF THE ENVELOPE! NORMAL PEOPLE PUT IT ON THE FRONT!"
"EXCUSE ME!" A new voice shouted.
Kyo and Mir stopped arguing to see Shigure and Yuki standing in the doorway. Shigure was looking at the two of them fighting and Yuki just looked to tired to be mad.
A small silence settled over the group of people as the Shoma's inspected the strange new girl.
"Um, perhaps we had better go inside before we freeze to death." Tohru piped up shivering against the coldness of the early winter morning.
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"So who are you again?" Shigure asked the girl.
Mir sighed. All of them were seated in the living room. Tohru had previously brought out something for everyone to eat. "I told you. My names Mirialla Moon or Mir for short. I'm an old friend of Kyo's here." She pointed to the cat in question who was leaning against the doorframe.
"Who I see only once I year because she's to lazy to come and see me." Kyo retorted.
"Hey! That's not true!" Mir growled.
"Anyway." Shigure interrupted again. "What are you doing here? Just visiting?"
"What are you crazy?" Mir asked. "Travel 97 minutes and 53 second just to see the dunderhead over there?" She pointed to Kyo again who twitched at being insulted. "Nah. I'm here for the festival of the Eight days of Hell-" She was cut off as Kyo clamped his hand over her mouth.
"Shut up you dumb wolf!" Kyo yelled.
"Muy?" (Why) Mir asked through Kyo's hand. "Maven't muu roold rem get?" (Haven't you told them yet?)
"No, I haven't and I'm not going too! And either are you! Got it?"
"Rout yit." (Got it)
Kyo took his hand away and started to walk away.
"Hey where do you think your going cat?" Yuki asked.
"To get changed." Kyo answered before he disappeared from view.
There was silence once again as everyone turned to Mir who was playing with a sardine on her plate.
Mir looked up at them and the small fish she was playing with slipped out of her chopsticks. It landed with a splat on her plate. "Uhh, yes?" she asked nervously at the deadly looks the others, except Tohru, were giving her.
"What are the Eight days of Hell?" Yuki asked.
"Umm can't say…" Mir answered.
"Why not?" Shigure asked.
"Because I just promised I wouldn't."
For the next 15 minutes Yuki and Shigure tried to get information out of Mir, but she kept quite. All the meanwhile Tohru and Hatori shared a small conversation about… something… oh ah GO! The game, Go with the board and the pretty black and white stone… . You know.
Kyo came back downstairs and saved the poor silver-hair girl from insanity when Yuki noticed something.
"Why aren't you wearing your school uniform?" he asked.
"Cause I'm not going to school you dumb rat." Kyo said as if it was obvious.
"But we have a test today." Yuki told him.
"So?"
"It's worth almost half your grade."
"So?" Kyo turned around to walk into the kitchen when Shigure popped right out in front of him. Kyo fell over from shock. "Are you crazy. You scared the crap out of me!" He yelled at the inu who was standing in front of him looking at him evilly. "What's with that look?"
"If it's a exam that big, Your not skipping!" Shigure replied. "You'll go to school and take the test. Your education isn't free you know."
"Like I care!" Kyo said. "I've got something more important to do today."
"Hey Kyo-chan!' Mir piped up from the table.
"What?" He growled.
Mir glared at him. "Don't use that tone with me. I was going to suggest something, but unless you start to be nicer, I might just force you to go to school. Then I'll just have to go visit Sakura-chan with Aka-kun and Liam-kun instead of you." She offered.
Kyo glared at her. "You wouldn't dare."
"Try me!" Mir challenged.
Kyo glared at her and she looked totally serious. "No, I don't think I will." He sighed. "Fine I'll take the dumb test then I'm leaving. It can't take more then an hour to write."
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'It can't take more then an hour to write' Kyo thought of his pervious words. 'WELL I HAD TO GO AND JINX IT COMPLETELY DIDN'T I!' he yelled in his head. It was 11:50 and Kyo was beginning to get mad. He wanted to be out of here so he could meet up with the others at 12:34 like he was supposed to. He had finished the test a while back and he wasn't allowed to leave. Oh he was going to get his revenge. Revenge on a certain rat for opening his big, fat, girly mouth at breakfast.
'Stupid rat. Stupid, stupid rat! And Stupid wolf too!' He thought his eye twitching while his pencil snapped in his hand.
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Somewhere out on the middle of the sidewalk with two younger boys, twins both with black hair and red highlights, Mir sneezed. Snot came flying out of her nose. She rubbed her nose on the sleeve of her jacket.
"Mir, that was disgusting." They said in unison with unusual solemn voices that would make Hanajima proud.
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Finally the bell rang and Kyo looked up hopefully. Was he really allowed to leave now?
"Okay class. Pencils down but stay in homeroom till the next bell." The teacher announced.
Kyo groaned and his head smacked down on his desk. It was 12:00 and no way was he being late again. Luckily the graveyard was closer to the school then it was to Shigure's house.
Tohru leaned over Kyo. "Hey are you okay Kyo-kun?" She asked.
Kyo looked up at her and groaned again. "Yes, I'm fine."
"You don't look that happy." Uo stated coming up beside Tohru with Hanajima.
"You're waves are very unusual today Kyo-kun. They are filled with sorrow and uneasiness." Hanajima reported.
"And there's Hana-chan's wave report of the day." Uo said. She nudged Kyo in the arm. "So what's eatin ya Kyon?"
"Does it have anything to do with Mir-San?" Yuki asked pointing out the window.
"Hunh?" Kyo lifted up his head and looked out the window.
Large crowds of people were gathered around three distinctive people. Mir and two boys, who looked exactly the same, were outside at the school entrance. Mir was dancing and the two boys were playing instruments; one of them playing a portable keyboard, the other was using an electric guitar.
Yuki looked back at Kyo and could practically see flames surround him.
"They call this laying low!" he muttered under his breath hotly.
Other people around the classroom began to notice them too.
Suddenly the bell rang and Kyo immediately grabbed his bag and ran out of the room. Yuki and the others followed suit.