Disclaimer: Don't own, don't sue. This applies to all chapters. If I'm not allowed to do that, tell me and I'll fix it.
Also, this is a challenge fic. To see what challenge I've taken, look around in my forums. I'd be delighted to have you anyway. Beyond that, these chapters are going to be sporadic in length. They could be nearly a drabble or more than five hundred words. I'm not used to writing chapter fics, but I'll do my best!
Important to note: This is not supposed to be sane. Don't expect it to make sense. If you like sense, go elsewhere. I can't help you. Now, enjoy!
It began with a board game.
It had been Shigure's idea, and, when Tohru had agreed, Kyou and Yuki hadn't been about to let her walk unprotected into the wild abyss of Shigure's room. So of course they had to play as well.
But Shigure chose the game.
"Oooh, four letters with 'k' on the triple letter score means--"
"That. Is not. A word." Kyou's voice came out in short spurts between his clenched teeth. Tohru didn't understand why he looked so angry -- or, for that matter, why Yuki was hiding his eyes behind his hands and sighing -- so she looked at the word, frowned, and decided that it didn't look all that strange.
"It's not?" Tohru asked, brow furrowed, "But Shigure told me--"
Two loud sounds that startled Tohru much less than they should have, and Shigure toppled forward with a dazed grin on his face. The Scrabble pieces scattered across the table, making nonsense words and a mess that Tohru felt obligated to clean up.
Well, after she got Shigure to wake up. That took a while. But then she knew that she had to do her part to keep their home clean!
She looked at the pieces first, because there were some interesting words that had made themselves up. Touching them each in turn, she saw 'zi', 'ppy', 'razzma', 'tazz', 'bipp', 'ity', 'bo', 'pitty', and 'boo'.
And suddenly the world shattered.