A/N: Ok. First I would like to apologize for not posting for so long. Secondly, I would like to ask all of my ever-so-faithful reviewers for a little advice. I can't seem to type certain things on my fanfic posts, like a "?" and an "!" next to each other and certain characters are not showing up. Is there any way I can remedy this? I would really appreciate your input on working around this.
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em.
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Finished.
After four long, grueling hours of lifting boxes and cramming miscellaneous items into each and every cabinet and cubby they could find, Tohru and Kyo had at long last, been able to clear through the dark sea of clutter.
"Whew," Kyo wiped the sweat of his forehead with a rag towel. "I can't believe that we actually cleaned the place up."
Tohru faced him with her hands planted on her hips "There is nothing we can't do if we put our minds to it!" she told him enthusiastically.
Kyo looked at her and grinned. "Yeah…I guess so…Well- now that we are done, do you wanna visit the dojo?"
"Oka-!" Tohru broke off because she just remembered, "But we haven't opened it yet! We have to open it, Kyo-kun!"
He drew his brows together in confusion. He watched as Tohru's eyes lit up and her whole faced bloomed in anticipation. What was this nonsense she was babbling that had her so worked up? "Uh, what are you talking about?" he said.
Then Tohru did a very un-Tohru-like thing; she rolled her eyes at him.
Kyo blinked a few times to recover from the shock of having Tohru do something so daring.
"Don't be silly, Kyo-kun," Tohru said to Kyo as if she were addressing a young child, "I meant the chest, of course." she flounced over to where the spoken object sat and examined it thoughtfully. She put her ear against it and tapped on it lightly with one hand.
"Perhaps," she wondered aloud, "it contains a cursed artifact that will bring doom to the person who opens the chest…"
Kyo snorted. "Bring d-...you're crazy!"
"Or maybe," Tohru continued, "maybe a fairy is trapped inside and if we set her free she will grant us three wishes!"
Kyo folded his arms and narrowed his eyes at her. "Are you for real?"
She straightened and grinned at him. "Well! There is only one way we can find out right?"
"Whatever you say." Kyo said shaking his head.
"Alrighty then! Where is the key?"
He had no clue. "W-what do you want to open it for anyways? It's probably full of moldy old junk and crap that will disintegrate as soon as it's opened! Besides I've never seen it before today, so how the heck would I know where the key is?" Kyo told her.
"Oh." Tohru smiled weakly, trying to hide her disappointment, hoping he wouldn't notice. She had been so eager to see what was inside- she had to admit, she was at least a little let down.
He noticed anyway.
Kyo watched Tohru out of the corner of his eye. He could easily tell she was upset, despite her tone, by the fact that her smile didn't reach her eyes like it normally would. For some reason, that really ticked him off. Geez! Why did she have to look so damn depressed all the sudden? It…um…uh…well- he-didn't-like-it! He sighed. Alright….so what could he do to cheer her up? Kyo looked over at the blue chest and glared at it. Damn wooden crate! He couldn't open that stupid trunk, but he could sure as hell think of something else!
"C'mon." Kyo said suddenly, grabbing Tohru's arm.
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Tohru looked up at Kyo. "Kyo-kun….um,… wh-…where are we going?" she asked as he ushered her outside.
"You'll see." He gruffly responded and continued to yank her along. They headed straight into the woods that surrounded Shishou's house. There was no path, but Kyo carried on unwavering, making his own as he went. Since his hand was still locked tightly around her arm, she was forced to stumble after him and keep up with his swift pace, or be dragged through the dirt and brush.
"Are we going to the dojo now?" she pulled out a leaf that had become ensnared in her hair.
Kyo shook his head.
"No?" she asked in confusion.
"No."
Tohru frowned. It was getting rather dark and even in the dense forest, she could feel the wind beginning to pick up, making the leaves swirl around them. She had a feeling that they were in for some nasty weather and fairly soon, but now didn't seem like the time to point that out to Kyo-kun, who was running in pure-determination-mode.
Ow! Tohru bit her lip and kicked away a prickly vine that had scraped across one of her bare legs.
Tohru wanted to ask Kyo-kun where he was taking her again, but she feared that that would only make him angry, so she refrained from speaking for awhile and continued to follow him silently. Kyo-kun seemed to want to be left alone for the moment so, for now at least, she'd let him have his way and not disturb him.
Just then, she felt a fat raindrop hit her nose.
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Damn! Kyo thought furiously, Damn, Damn, Damn!
This is soooo just my luck! I cannot believe this! He whirled around, scanning the surrounding area for something, anything familiar.
Tree.
Tree.
Tree.
Another tree.
A rock.
A tree…
"Dammit" He mouthed silently. This isn't helping at all! They had been wandering aimlessly in the woods for a full hour now. Of course, it was only twenty minutes ago that he even considered that they might not be headed where he wanted to go anymore, and only ten minutes ago had he considered they might be lost, and five minutes ago that he finally acknowledged it.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE HELL WE ARE! He mentally screamed.
He rubbed his wet forehead. Wait…..Wet?...Kyo looked up and noticed it was starting to rain. Oh, God! Can this get ANY worse?. . .wait…don't answer that…I don't want to know.
Kyo finally stopped walking and groaned. "I give up!" He felt something lightly touch his shoulder and turned to see Tohru looking up at him.
"Kyo-kun….are we-?"
"SHUTTTUUP!"
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A/N: I'm sorry if this chapter is a little short, but I promise, after this chapter, the story will start to follow the plot more closely, and yes, I will eventually tie everything in together. Keep Reading and reviewing to spur on my will to type, please!
Joss
