TITLE: Somewhere, The Fates Are Laughing At Me
SUMMARY:For Rika Haruko, eating a blessed fruit which leads to being cursed like the one on the Sohma family and impersonate her twin brother are the least of her worries when she has to deal with love! Oh, and did I mention she has an active conscience?
DISCLAIMER: No, I do not own anime/manga/products of Fruits Basket, so don't attempt to sue me. Thank-you.
IMPORTANT: "..." speech )...( annoying A/N interruptions
Make them 16 (Hatsuharu and Momiji) or 17 (Tohru, Kyo, Yuki, etc.), the rest, I don't remember -.-
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RECAP:
"Of course not! I just gave her a script, she just followed it!" he said with a laugh. Shaking his head slightly, he patted his camera which contained the fluffy little interaction. 'Oh yea, this is definitely blackmail, alright!' Shigure thought with some joy.
Chapter 10: Dramas, Blackouts, Storms, and Fears !
"No! Kenai! She's evil; don't go with-No, you fool! Arg, YOU MORON!" Rika said out loud, almost yelling at the drama being shown on the T.V. in front of her. "Why in the world-ah-ah-ACHOO!" She sneezed, rubbing her nose.
"Hmm, someone must be talking about me" Rika simply said, returning back to her favorite drama.
Road to Shigure's House
"Hehehe, I got Haru-kun to come with me!" Momiji sang happily, skipping around the bored cow.
"…Tell me why I'm here again?" Haru asked in a bored tone, without glancing, he wondered where he was as well. Glancing at the sky, he mentally scowled. 'Damn it, I didn't bring an umbrella! Looks like a storm, too.'
"Weeeeeeeelllllllll, we're going' to Shigure's house! Why? Because someone's sick, and Tohru wanted me to give the homework to that sick someone, since she's out with Yuki!" Momiji explained, not mentioning Rika's (fake) name.
Why, you ask?
Well, because Hatsuharu will go all black and kill our little cupid bunny, for getting Yuki together with Tohru! Sure, Haru wanted his beloved cousin to be happy, but it ruined his chances (if there were any) with Yuki. And the fact that Rika was in on it as well didn't make him that happy either.
"Hn," was he said, before veering to the right.
"W-wait! The house is to the left!" Momiji cried out, catching onto Haru's arm.
"So, why isn't Kyo going? Or Shigure?" Haru asked after awhile, surprisingly, he remembered where he was going, but not where he was at the moment.
"Hmm? Oh! Kagura has Kyo on a date, and Shigure's not allowed to go near the school anymore." Momiji happily said, sucking on a lollypop.
oO...Flashback...Oo
"Sorry, I was going to get Yuki-kun's homework, but then, I got…ehh…distracted." Shigure said innocently, rubbing the back of his head nervously.
"YOU MEAN PEEKING AT THE GIRLS CHANGING ROOM IS A DISTRACTION!" Rika screamed, smacking Shigure's head.
"My god, you're a pervert!" she said in an after thought, with her arms crossed.
"Ow! Help, Tohru-chan! Riku's being mean!" Shigure said, hiding behind Tohru.
"DON'T TOUCH HER!" Rika, Yuki and Kyo yelled, punching Shigure to the ground.
oO...End
Of Flashback...Oo
"Huh? Momiji? Hatsuharu? What are you guys doing here?" Rika asked; eyebrows rose in mild surprise when Haru just stared at her.
And stared at her.
And stared at her.
And stared at her.
And stared at her.
And stared at her some more.
Until…
"I'M GONNA KILL YA!" Haru yelled, lunging at the poor girl.
"EEEHHHH!" Rika almost shrieked, taking a step backwards. Haru stopped, and after a second, he took a kick aimed to her middle.
Rika fell backwards to the couch.
"WHAT. THE. HELL!" Rika screeched, throwing a chair at the enrage boy. Walking towards him, she fell to her knees and started punching him.
"I-punch-MEAN-punch-I-punch-OPEN-punch-THE-punch-STUPID-punch-DOOR-punch-AND-punch-YOU-punch-ATTACK-punch-ME! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU! YOU'RE MAKING ME MISS MY DRAMA!" At that, the room was filled with silence, except with the huffing of Rika trying to catch her breath.
Momiji just looked at the two with some (okay, a lot) surprise, before slipping away in terror. He wanted to live to eat his chocolate chip cookies he stashed at home!
Rika was still trying to catch her breath, while kicking Haru in the leg half-heartily, waiting for the commercials to end.
Haru finally turned back to white, and grabbed her leg to make her stop kicking her. He stared at her, and she stared back. Once again, an awkward silence filled the room. As Haru opened his mouth, a dinging sound could be heard from the T.V. Squealing with glee; she shrugged off Haru's hold on her leg and bounded over to the couch, just in time for her drama!
"Ohhh, here comes the good part!" Rika said again, hugging a pillow and glued her eyes to the screen. Haru just followed dumbly. He just stood there, staring at Rika and then at the screen, which showed a guy with glasses walking with a dark haired girl bump into a girl with long brown hair.
"What the hell?" Haru just said, staring at the screen in confusion. Glancing at her again, he asked, "Aren't you sick? Shouldn't you be sleeping?"
"Eh? Sick? Me? Heck no, I skipped school today because of a marathon of my favorite drama! Why? Did you think I was sick?" Rika answered, only half aware of what she was saying. She groaned as the dark haired woman on the screen dragged the boy away from the long haired girl.
Suddenly, since fate loved laughing at Rika, the lights started flickered, and died. The only light that came to the room now was the glow of the T.V. screen.
"…Wow, Well, at least the T.V. didn't go!" Rika said happily, after half an hour of lighting the candles.
"What's even more amazing is that the T.V. is still on." Haru dully remarked; the long commercials finally ended to the drama again. )A/N: Actually, the REAL amazing thing is that the commercials took just the right amount of time so our little Rika doesn't miss her show, lol(
Well, the fates had their fun, and decided to laugh some more…at Rika, of course.
(5 seconds later)
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NOW I'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT'LL HAAAAAPPPPPPEEEEENNNN!" she mourned knees to the ground and hands in the air. Haru, taking his fingers out of his ears, punched Rika in the head.
"Act like a man! Besides, there are always reruns," he added, trying to shake the girl out of it.
"R-reruns? ARE YOU INSANE! That was the ending episode! THE ENDING! And don't tell me to act like a man! I mean, WHO'S THE ONE THAT WEARS JEWLERY HERE!" Rika exploded.
"AT LEAST I DON'T WATCH SOAP OPREAS!" Haru shouted in return, feeling rather pissed off.
"IT'S A DRAMA!" was the retort!
Oh, just kill the girl, already! The dark side of the cow said. 'Girl?' Haru questioned, ignoring the ranting person in front of him.
Did he say girl? That guy, stupid dark side! GUY! He's obviously viewing Riku-san as a girl because of his…shows? The white side of him said, mentally putting a gag to the other cow spirit. Haru seemed satisfied with the answer, since he went back to the real world.
"-And then I'll never live it down, because I have no idea-!" Rika was suddenly cut off, and looked at the window with such a look with terror, that Hatsuharu was convinced that a masked, chainsaw-wielding murderer paired up with some guy with a bloody hook holding someone's (he was hoping it was Momiji's, so he wouldn't annoy him anymore) head.
Patter, patter, patter.
Confused, he glanced at the window, but no psychopaths were there, just rain pelting down on the glass. He glanced at the stunned girl again, and started to wave his hand in front of her, trying to get her attention. After about five minute of this, he swung his leg under her, making her fall.
"Guess I can't leave yet," Haru said. Noticing Rika about to protest, he continued, "Rain's too hard, and I have no umbrella." The girl had no choice but to let him stay.
Suddenly, a flash illuminated the room, followed by a large booming sound. With a slightly strangled shriek, Rika jumped for the nearest comfort; in other words, the couch, surrounded by candles and a blanket.
Too bad someone was standing in her way.
Someone named Sohma Hatsuharu.
"OWW! Why the hell did you do THAT for!" Haru yelled, trying to shove the disgruntled girl off of his chest and lap.
"Well, I'm SORRY, for you being in the way!" Rika countered, thanking Buddha that the candles didn't light the room enough for the other to see her blush.
Wanting her to get off, and with some desire to make her suffer, he tried a different tactic. Stroking her back a bit, he was satisfied that she started to stiffen, her eyes wide as those plates Tohru uses.
"Soooooo, Riku, want to stay here or get off of me? I prefer the first option…" he said with an evil grin. Seeing her look of horror and realization, he silently gloated with glee one can only get by mortifying another.
With a shudder, she scrambled off of him, and punched him to the floor.
"Don't be a pervert" Rika mumbled, face to the side.
"Ouch." He calmly climbed back on the couch, careful to stay away from the person (coughRikacough) her deemed a psycho.
'I really should've brought an umbrella' he thought with a sigh. Glancing at the window, he watched the slow pitter-patter of the rain drops fall, occasionally, lightning and thunder struck, but he didn't care.
After about ten minutes of this, he felt something, something warm next to him. With a jerk of surprise, he swerved his head, to meet a frightened looking Rika, clutching his sleeve and her eyes shut. 'What the…' Haru thought with a raised eyebrow.
Again, thunder shook the house, but that didn't make Haru want to jump up in surprise. No, it was a certain girl-pretending-to-be-a-guy who felt the need to jump into his lap that did.
"R-Riku!" Haru exclaimed. But all she did was shake her head, mumbling incoherent words. Leaning forward, he was surprised to what he heard.
"Thunder isn't real... thunder isn't real... thunder isn't real"
"Don't be stupid." He said without hesitation. "Thunder's real, you moron. What do you think that sound was? A dancing panda wielding swords?"
Where Ever The Gods Are Suppose To Dwell
The fates started rolling on their backs in pain due to the laughter. Yamu happened to pass by, and stopped to watch the fates roll.
"…Freaks…" he said after a while, and left.
Back To Haru And Rika
She stopped her ramblings, to give him a look that spelt out 'where-the-bloody-hell-did-that-come-from?' As thunder came again, she jumped a bit (much to the discomfort of Haru) and buried her face in his shirt.
'What the hell is wrong with this guy!' Haru mentally thought. A bit ticked off by the amount if dense that consumed his brain, both sides of the cow spirit mentally punched him. This, of course, made him lean forward, his head gently bumping to a frightened Rika.
BAKA! The black side screamed, slapping him again.
Now, now, now, that's no way to treat him. Haru nodded in agreement to the white side. Haru's just…hold on a minute…yea! You ARE stupid! Can't you see she's freakin' scared of thunder! My GOD, you're a moron! And with a jab, they both left. This jab, of course, made Haru dive forwards a bit, causing Rika to fall to the floor with a loud 'Thump!'
"Err…sorry, Hatsuharu. Didn't know what came over me…" Rika said, realizing how long she was in his lap made she blush harder.
'Ohohohohoho…regret running away, now?' it came with a snicker.
'You! I thought you died…' Rika thought, trying to ignore her conscience.
'Nah just felt too tired to nag you…I was also bored of it.'
'That's nice. Now, be bored again, and leave me be!' Rika mentally said. With a cluck of disproval, her conscience left. Attempting to get up from the floor, she was puzzled to why she couldn't. Looking around, she was very, very, very surprised to see that she was once again in Haru's lap.
"It's okay. Never knew you were scared of thunder. My legs fell asleep," was all he said to explain himself. 'Pfft, you're just like Kisa…' he added in mentally.
"Hey! I am NOT afraid-eep!" she squeaked, her clutching to his shirt resumed, even after the latest bout of thunder died down.
'Yep, definitely like Kisa.' He thought with a smile, not entirely mocking, but not entirely warm, either.
'Guess the umbrella wasn't really needed…' he thought after a while.
He spent the rest of the evening sitting there, wondering what kind of guy watched soap operas (dramas!) and was sacred of thunder.
Remembering what the cow spirits called him, he agreed. Rika was kind of girly at times. 'Maybe, he should have been born a girl…' he mused with a smirk.
Rika spent the rest of the evening in Haru's lap, jumping a bit every time thunder decided to rear its head. Afterwards, she would deny any of this happening, with a huge blush on her face, of course.
Several hours later, Shigure, Kyo, Yuki, Tohru, and Momiji would find themselves a shock: A Rika sleeping in a semi-ball in Haru's lap, with Haru's head resting on her head, and arms around her.
(This, of course, made the dog, cat and rat fall to the floor with shock and Tohru and Momiji gush with match making intent.)
The floor felt very sorry for itself that night, because of the things (and people) that kept on falling on it, not to mention the wax, too. Poor floor.
-.-
Hitaru: Darn, fluff is hard!
Mini-Waffle: 6 ½ pages, MY GOSH!
Hitaru: Hehehe…anyways, I'M SORRY, BUT RIKA CAN'T be a fox! Why? B/c she doesn't fit a fox's character, and Rika's physical appearances, either. Sorry, guys! But, I wanna thank you guys for the votes! So…here's the new poll!
Poll for the Animal!
-A bird (up to me, though)
-Canine (Again, the species up to me, unless convinced other wise)
-Any other animal, but you guys got to say what and why, well…not why, but it'd be nice!
Mini-Waffle: You fail to mention that the fox is over used….
Hitaru: Yea, and the falcon…EPP! Dodges enraged people who voted for fox.
I SAID I WAS SORRY!
Mini-Waffle: Readers, kill her AFTER she finishes the story!
Hitaru: For once, I agree! And it'll be a loooooong time, too. Guess the amount of chapters! Winner gets his/her vote count as double! MOOOAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (And the reason her topic was of the fox is b/c…I like foxes too! Hug's an African desert fox, they're so freakin' cute!)
Mini-Waffle: 7 reviews, please. Oh, and shouldn't you study?
Hitaru: o.o huh? For what?
Mini-Waffle: For your Japanese test.
Hitaru: Oh, yea! I completely forgot! AHH! I'm screwed!
Mini-Waffle: Make little Hitaru over there feel better with a review or two.
Hitaru: (Whimpers) Arg! Got to study!
...And they all walked away