disclaimer: me no own furuba, ya?

...but the idea's mine. XD

One fateful morning, Tohru prepares to got o school, but the Souma's don't seem to behave normal today. The cursed family gets together to try to survive the annual Bloody Friday also known as...take a guess w

Watch it, major OOC-ness. But what the heck, enjoy!

Friday, Bloody Friday

Or: a special Souma day

Chapter1: the morning…

That one fateful day, seven thirty in the morning, Tohru Honda came bounding into the kitchen of the Souma house. She had already prepared for school, and was eager to see her friends. When she came into the kitchen, she expected to see Shigure cooking or cleaning, smiling his head off, or being amused at a certain rat and cat bickering over who'd get the last fried egg.

But no one was there. There was no trace of any of the Soumas, not even an empty glass of milk, that Kyo usually left behind when he came downstairs to drink something in the middle of the night.

The girl's brows furrowed in confusion. She glanced at the clock…no, she wasn't late or early.

"Anyone here?" she asked quietly. It was awfully quiet in the residence. She was hoping to hear someone reply, or hear someone yelling, or fighting, or even breaking something. She'd be relieved to hear a sound that meant trouble if only to confirm that she wasn't alone in the house…

She checked the kitchen again, and then the hall. No, no sign of anyone leaving or preparing to go to school. Tohru really began to worry now. It wasn't anything for the Soumas leave her alone without telling her…

At last, she retreated on her steps and went back up the stairs, to the sleeping rooms. When she stood in the middle of the upper hall, she could hear nothing…except for the faint noise of someone breathing slowly. Suddenly, she heard a whimper coming out of Yuki's room.

Without thinking twice, she opened his door and yelled his name. "Yuki-san?"

"Waaaah!" the rat sat up straight on his futon, looking mightily terrified.

Tohru hurried to him and calmed him, barely restraining herself from embracing him. The rat looked even grayer than usual, it looked as if he hadn't slept well and his grayish hair was a mess. His breathing was fast and uncontrolled.

It took him a few moments to recognize Tohru, and when he became fully aware of the situation, his demeanor suddenly changed. His eyes went wide, and with a frightened whimper, he ducked away from her and covered his head with his bed sheet.

For a moment, Tohru was taken aback by his reaction. But she easily regained her composure. Carefully, she placed her hand on Yuki's head under she sheets.

"Are you ok?"

Yuki let out a quivering sigh. "Y…yeah, I'm fine."

Tohru counted to ten in her mind, keeping her hand where it was and smiling. '..eight…nine…ten!'

At the count of ten, Yuki came out of his sheets, looking a bit more confident now. Tohru gave him one of her famous gentle smiles. 'They're so predictable sometimes' she thought.

"Now what's the matter?"

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Ten o'clock, front door of the Souma house. Someone rang the doorbell.

Tohru ran to the door, and wondered who it could be. As long as it wasn't more trouble…

"Hatsuharu-san!"

For a moment, the cursed ox looked amazed. Wasn't she supposed to be at school right now? He growled.

Now Tohru looked taken aback. She knew this member of the family fairly well, and there was something that looked wrong about him. When she saw that his hair was a wee bit darker than his usual white bangs, and that he had a mean glint in his eye, she jumped.

"Oh…i-…it's ..you!" she stammered. "He-heh…Come in!"

He cast her a dark look, and then he suddenly jerked. He behaved totally different than Tohru 'd have expected.

The young man, who should've been at school himself, bowed through his knees, held his arms in front of his chest and looked around frantically, as if he was a squirrel that felt a cat nearby.

"There it is again!" he whimpered. Tohru was about to ask what was there again, when Black Haru clutched his head and pushed her into the house. By the time she'd yelped and gotten up, he had already rushed inside, right past her, while slamming the door shut. When she looked at him, he still had this awfully terrorized look in his grey eyes.

The ox leaned back against the wall and sighed. He glanced at her.

'Sorry.', he whispered, and then slid to the floor, hugging his knees. He looked as messy as Kyo's room after a day of releasing his frustrations on his possessions.

After a long silence, Tohru found her voice again. "What's wrong?"

At those words, Black Haru jumped up and yelled: "You're askin' me what's wrong? Don't you see it? Outside, there's this noise, and that weird light, and the smell…it's driving me nuts! And Kisa's gone again, all because of today!"

"Ok…noise, light, smell, and Kisa's gone…" Tohru repeated "Wait did you say Kisa's gone!"

Haru sighed. "Yeah…it's the weather, I say! She feels it too." When he saw the confused look on Honda's face, he was confused too. "What?" Tohru could barely squeeze in a faint 'I don't quite get it' before Black Haru stated "You don't feel it, do you?"

"I'm afraid she doesn't, Haru-kun." A voice sounded from the kitchen. When Haru recognized the voice as Shigure's, his face lightened up. "'Gure-san! God I'm glad you're ok!" Without any further explanation to Tohru, he rushed inside the kitchen, and found Kyo, Yuki and Shigure sitting around the table.

"God, it's awful out there! The light is all funny, and everything sounds dangerous, and the smell's all weird. I think I'm not gonna survive this year and ooooh…" The rest of his lament was drowned in a wail and the sobbing that followed. Haru slumped to his knees next to Shigure, who had tears in his eyes.

Their eyes full of grief locked for a moment, and then they hugged each other and cried dramatically.

Yuki and Kyo, who were both exceptionally silent, turned their heads to them. With an apathic look , they both nodded. "You're right. " Yuki said quietly, voice quivering slightly. "We checked this morning, we went outside in the garden, and we can tell you it's no shame to feel bad."

"Yeah, this has to be the worst year in a century…" Kyo added. "I'm not goin' out there today."

Tohru had listened to the whole conversation. 'God, they've all been acting weird today. First, I find out that No one bothered to get up in the morning, then Yuki's all off, and a few minutes later I find Kyo-kun hiding in the attic, armed with his blankie and a can of milk.

And then Shigure-san. Usually he's the first one to get out of bed, but he slept 'till half past nine…it's nothing like him to skip his morning stroll .I had to drag them all downstairs and force them to get something to eat and get dressed. And they're all complaining about the weather…I hope it's not some kind of a family-disease…'

One thing was clear: Tohru had no clue about what was going on. The poor Shigure , for the half hour he had been awake, had been constantly on the verge of tears, Yuki and Kyo were drowned in apathy and didn't move unless told to. As long as she didn't suggest they go for a walk and relax outside, at least.

They had both 'checked the air' in the early morning, they said, and going outside was suicide. After she had gotten Shigure up, she had made them all some breakfast and had installed them in the kitchen, where she could keep an eye on them. (All this while consoling Shigure, who broke out in sobs at the sight of the floor, Kyo's shoes, a pen, a rubber ducky in the bathroom and Yuki's messy hair.)

The three of them had been sitting at the table for the last half hour, not budging an inch, no bickering or snarling between Kyo and Yuki, nor snapping at Shigure's wailing every now and then. And then Black Haru at the front door, who seemed to be in a similar state and who had just told that Kisa went missing again.

When Haru had calmed down Tohru gave him a mug of hot tea. The shizo eyed the mug, then looked at her with an unbelieving look in his eyes. "It's hot…"

Tohru raised one eyebrow. "Whaddaya mean 'it's hot'? I thought you liked it that way?"

When he placed the mug sown on the table and stared at it, suddenly looking pitiful and at a loss for words, she finally figured it out. "Oh, you mean it's TOO hot?" Black Haru nodded and smiled weakly, totally unlike him. "Yeah.." he said, almost too quiet to hear. Tohru took his mug and poured some cold water into it. Then she handed it to him again. "Thanks."

Tohru turned around, and out of the corner of her eyes she could see him blowing at the tea, as if he was afraid to get his tongue or his fingers burned. Finally, he carefully took a sip, and when he concluded that the tea wasn't dangerous, he leaned back a bit and enjoyed his drink, sighing contently.

"You guys gonna be ok? "Tohru asked from the hall. "I'm going to look for Kisa, okay?"

Two voices hummed a 'yeah', one wail was heard, and the last one advised her "Don't get lost! The streets are different today, I got lost at least SIX TIMES on my way here!"

Tohru sighed and left the house.

'Maybe…maybe I should call Hatori-san. He might know what's wrong today…oh great, now it's starting to rain!'

R&R pwease, I'll update soon, cuz' inspiration's surging!