Bird: Ahem! Hey! This is an AU fic, and the curse does not apply!

P.U.: Hi! I'm Bird's imaginary friend. I'm a big blue hyacinth macaw!

Bird: So, P.U., what does 'PU' stand for?

P.U.: It stands for Pudorina Urino, Christy

Bird: I didn't tell you to call me Christy… It's not even my name!

P.U.: Duh! I have my own free will! Besides, what kind of name is 'Pudorina'?

Bird: I knew there was something fishy with my Magic Markers… I do not—

P.U.: Own Furuba!

Bird: Ye Gods! You did it again!

A girl named Tohru Honda once worked in a bookstore. The bookstore was called, "Crazy and Urino". Tohru Honda was very attached to all the people who worked there: Yuki, Kyo, Kagura, Momiji, Haru, Hatori, and Shigure. They all came from the Sohma family. The manager was also in the Sohma family: His name was Akito Sohma. Tohru's good friends, Uo and Hanajima came to visit the bookstore frequently, reading books in the store to keep Tohru some company. I'm so lucky to be working around nice people like these, Tohru thought.

"Um, may I please buy this book?" A girl came up to Tohru, the cashier for this shift.

"Oh! Oh, yes, of course! I'll bag it for you," Tohru said politely. Beep! Beep! The receipt slid out, and Tohru carefully placed the book in a "Crazy and Urino, Inc. Thanks for coming!" bag.

THE NEXT DAY…

Kyo spotted a note that said, "I took $10.81 from the register. And I put my book that I bought back. Fair, right?"

"Hey! You fools can't do that! We just did book stock checks! Oh God, I have to find that one puny book now?! So… without tax… that's $9.99? Now I have to check all the $9.99 books?!!!" Kyo said, bursting with rage. He walked up to Yuki and asked, "Hey, Mr. Perfectionist, where are all the $9.99 books?"

"The whole graphic novel section, O Smart One," Yuki said, pointing the shelves out.

"Yeah, whatever, O Stupid One." Kyo trudged to the graphic novel shelves. He gaped.

"Oh, crap… I have to check every single one of those?"

SIGN: WE HAVE 40 SHELVES OF GRAPHIC NOVELS… JUST FOR YOU!

Bird: These are meant to be short. Hehe… sorry.

P.U.: Please review, suckers!

Bird: ::nudge:: Don't call them suckers! They might suspect our evil plan!