Chapter Two: NO!

Kyo Sohma groaned as his fist fell onto the letter.

"Are you kidding me?" He yelled. "SHIGURE!"

"Whattt?" A casual voice sounded from the writer's office.

"COME HERE!"

"I'm busy, Kyo. Get me la-"

"NOW!"

Silence; then a sigh. Shigure walked into the kitchen, manuscript in hand. "What is it?"

"Someone wants us to be an ambassador family thingy."

"... What?"

"They want us to let some 8th grader from America stay with us, dumbass!"

A glare was shot at the redhead, if only for a moment. "Watch your language, Kyo."

"Not important. What is important is what we're gonna do about this."

"Call the company and tell them we can't, of course." Eyebrows furrowed, Shigure lifted his glasses up to scan the letter.

"People to People.." He said. "The number is right here. Let's call them."

Kyo mumbled, "You'd better be right about this." He crossed his arms and flopped down on a chair.

"Is this People to People?" Shigure asked, phone to his ear. "This is Shigure Sohma. I'd like to talk about the letter you sent us.." Pause. "No, we can't... participate in the shelter part. You see, we're very bu-" Pause. Shigure's eyes pretty much bugged out. "What? N-no, you didn't hear me correctly. We can't." Pause. "That's not fair!" He pouted. "Fine. We'll take care of the... GIRL." He glanced at Kyo, who looked back nervously. "Yessir. I still say that's not fair. Can't we negotiate?" Pause. "I'll give you free copies of all my books, plus a sneak peek of my new one, Love in Despair!" Pause. "Why wouldn't you want my... sappy stupid books- HEY! They're not stupid! They're filled with tra-" He cringed as a very loud yell came from the reciever. "Fine. Bye." He slammed the phone down.

"Damn! Now we have to take care of some kid, and it's a girl!"

"Watch your language," Kyo said smugly, unable to resist it.

"You should be worried, too! She could hug one of us and find out about the curse."

"Don't let her hug us, then.. wait.."

They both said it in unison, voices filled with horror. "Momiji."

"W-we can just keep him away, right?"

"No one can keep Momiji away." They sighed.

"We'll just see what happens, they said, with nervous chuckles following.