(A/N: HELLO EVERYONE! I'm back for the 8th chapter of Surprise. I am happy with the fan response for this… so anyway, hope you enjoy, this should be a fairly humorous chapter…)
"Sheesh. Thank God school's over for the day." Kyo said as he raised his arms behind his head as the gang walked home from school.
"I hear that!" Arianna said as she punched a fist into the air.
"But, I like school!" Momiji hollered happily as he smiled and gave Ebony a wink.
"Well, that's your own damned fault." Kyo muttered as he rolled his eyes. Tohru giggled and Yuki sighed.
"You just don't like school because you're so stupid, you dumb cat." Yuki sighed, looking at the ground as he walked.
"SHUT UP! I AM NOT STUPID!" Kyo hollered as he pointed an accusing finger at Yuki.
"You know what Kyo, shut up!" Arianna yelled and slapped a hand over his mouth. His shocked expression was replaced by anger and her calm expression was replaced by disgust. "EWWW!" Arianna shrieked, she pulled her hand away from his mouth and screamed. "I touched HIM! QUICK EBONY! DISINFECTANT!" Arianna screamed as she held her hand out to her sister, her eye twitching.
Ebony sighed, reached into her pocket and pulled out hand sanitizer (A/N: don't ask why she has that in her pocket….) and popped the cap and squirt a little on her sisters hand. Arianna rubbed the sanitizer onto her hand like it was the last thing she was going to do. "All better." Arianna smiled.
"YOU'RE AN IDIOT!" Kyo bellowed.
"I know you are but what am I?" Arianna smirked devilishly. "Lalala, come on Momiji let's skip!" Arianna held her hand out to the blonde haired boy and he smiled.
"OK!" Momiji smiled as the two skipped down the sidewalk. Ebony grimaced; Momiji was the person who separated Hatsuharu from her. It was last night, but still, she didn't want to be near Hatsuharu. She sighed and thought how happy and carefree Arianna was, even with their curse. IT was like Momiji, he was so happy and carefree, even though he has the curse.
"So, Ebony-san, do you want to help me with dinner tonight?" Tohru asked politely. "I could teach you some things." She said hopefully.
"Oh, I'm sorry Tohru, I-I can't, I won't be home for dinner tonight." Ebony said sadly.
"Oh." Tohru said, her face fell.
"Why not Ebony-san?" Yuki asked, turning his head to face her.
"Well, I uh-" Ebony started nervously. "I have to work…" She said softly as she lowered her head.
"Oh. Does Arianna-san know?" Yuki asked softly.
"No, but please don't tell her." Ebony begged.
"Don't worry, we won't." Tohru said as she smiled reassuringly at Ebony.
"You're weird… but I won't tell." Kyo said as he shoved his hands in his pockets.
"Thank you." Ebony bowed as the five of them continued walking.
"Oh, Hatsuharu-san, would you like to stay for dinner?" Tohru asked politely.
"Oh, I wish I could, but I can't. I'm sorry Tohru." He said politely as he continued to star off in the distance.
"What's eating you two?" Kyo asked, looking at Ebony and Hatsuharu.
"Eh?" Ebony asked, turning to look at Kyo.
"You guys have been more quiet then usual." Yuki said as he glanced at the two.
"Oh, no, I'm just thinking…" Ebony said and gave a small smile. She glanced at her watch. "YIKES! I'm late for--- I'll be back tonight Tohru, could you save me some dinner?" Ebony asked hopefully.
"Of course." Tohru said and smiled.
"Thank you." Ebony said and hugged Tohru. Tohru seemed taken aback, but she then hugged Ebony. "I have to go, bye!" Ebony said and made a turn onto the street and made a mad dash for the pet store.
"Hey, where's Ebony going?" Arianna asked.
"Oh, uh-" Tohru started.
"She had a doctor's appointment with Hatori." Yuki said and gave a small smile.
Arianna's eye twitched. "Oh." She said and dropped the subject.
"I'm going to go and follow her. Bye." He said calmly and followed behind Ebony, his hands shoved in his pockets, his necklaces showing in the opening of his shirt.
Ebony jogged towards the pet shop. Her arms pumping at her sides and she tried not to let her skirt fly up and reveal things that shouldn't be revealed. She let her jog dwindle down to a walk, and she held onto the straps of her backpack as she watched her feet.
Why was she so upset about Hatsuharu? I mean sure, she liked him and all I guess, but why did she care so much. It's not like she could hug him… it's not like he would want to if he could. She sighed. That was all she was doing lately, was sighing.
"Argh!" She grumbled as she kicked at a stone as it bounced away down the sidewalk. "Stupid." She mumbled in English.
"Ebony-san?"
She stopped and turned around to see the lazy gaze of Hatsuharu. She glared at him slightly, then turned her back to him. She could hear his combat boots coming closer. She closed her eyes and folded her arms across her chest. 'Stop being so damn dramatic!' She scolded herself.
"Ebony-san?" he asked again, she felt him standing behind her. "I want to apolo-"
"You don't need to apologize Hatsuharu-san." She said coldly. He stared at her, his eyes squinted. "I know you were trying to help, but what I don't understand is how you could be so different…" She said softly.
"I- I have a black side. They call me "black" Haru when I get upset like that." He said simply. She turned on her heel to face him, not realizing how close he was. She blushed.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean I have a sudden change in personality, when I'm full of anger, and rage." He said and cast a glance down at his feet. 'Darn, he's taller then me.' She realized.
"Oh, I'm sorry." She said simply, feeling guilty.
"For?" He asked and looked at her questioningly.
"Slapping you." She smiled softly.
"Oh, ha, it's alright." He smiled warmly down at her.
"Well, is that what you wanted?" She said and took a step back from him.
"Oh, well, I wanted to know if you got that pet job?" He said, switching back to slight monotone.
"Oh, yeah, I did." She said and looked up at him.
"Well, that's good to hear." He said. "Mind if I walk you there, you might get kidnapped." He said and joked with her.
She lightly punched him in the arm. "That's not nice."
"I'm so intimidating, I'll scare off any perverts." He said jokingly.
"Well, thank you." She smiled as the two walked side-by-side. "You just need three more of you so that no one can see me." She winked at him.
"Too bad I can't replicate myself." He said and snapped in mock disappointment.
Ebony smiled slightly. "Well, it's okay, I think one of you should be sufficient." As the two walked towards the small pet shop.
"GUYS!" Arianna whined, she fell over backwards onto the floor with a loud thud.
Yuki looked at her strangely, cocking an eyebrow at the strange American. "GUYS! What do you want for dinner? Tohru left to go to Hanajima-san's house with Uo-chan and she didn't make dinner!" Arianna said exasperated.
"Our Flower left us!" Shigure said and placed his hand over his forehead dramtically. "And our sweet little Ebony isn't here either?"
"I KNOW!" Arianna snapped up her eyes wide with happiness. "I'll make dinner!" She smiled triumphantly as she stood up with her fist in the air.
"You will make dinner?" Yuki asked, looking at her.
"I'd rather have Shigure's cooking." Kyo mumbled as he crossed his arm over his chest.
"Okay, I'll need help going to the store, so-" She started.
"I'll go with you Arianna-san." Yuki said passively and stood up.
"Oh, THANK YOU YUKI-SAN!" She said and bowed. "This means so much, I'll make you guys the best American dinner ever!" Arianna smiled as she pulled Yuki's hand and Arianna sprinted out the door, dragging Yuki behind her.
"Yuki-san, I thank you so much for helping me!" She smiled as she looked back at the purple-silver haired boy.
"You're welcome Arianna-san." He said and smiled slightly.
"This will be so much fun! We'll have—wait, what will we have?" Arianna slowed into a walk.
"Um-" Yuki started, as Arianna let go of his hand.
"Let's see, hot dogs, or pie?" She said and put her hand on her chin in deep thought. "No, no hot dogs… maybe not pie…" She said and kept walking. "I KNOW! MACARONI AND CHEESE!" She said and snapped her fingers in joy.
"Um, Arianna-san, are you sure that is what you want to make?" He asked, not totally sure of what this macaroni and cheese was.
"Yes! It's pretty simple, and it's good to! Well, we'll have to have rice too… no, no rice, what about…CHICKEN NUGGETS!" She said and smiled. "Or corndogs… will have corndogs? No… I should go with a vegetable… what about…GREEN BEANS! OKAY! This will be so good!" Arianna smiled as the two walked towards the grocery store.
"Oh Arianna-chan, this dinner was wonderful! Who knew that you could cook, and cook a very wonderful American meal?" Shigure praised Arianna as she smiled contently.
"Thank you Shigure-san! Isn't it good?" She smiled as the three boys ate her macaroni and cheese and green beans.
"Yes, Arianna-san, I doubted you at first, but it is quite good." Yuki said as he kept eating the food.
"I guess it's okay." Kyo said quietly.
"YAY! And for dessert, I made LEEK PIE!" She smiled triumphantly.
"WHAT?" Kyo screamed, looking disgusted.
"Just kidding." Arianna said and walked into the kitchen, a minute later she came out with an apple pie. "I made apple pie!" She smiled as she held the pie dish in her hand.
"Yum, it smells good!" Shigure said and smiled as Arianna set the dish on the table and pulled a knife out and cut the pie in pieces and set them on plates, handing them to her friends.
"Thank you for walking me home." Ebony said tiredly as she and Hatsuharu walked down the path towards Shigure's. It was dark out, considering it was 9:06.
"It's no problem." He said quietly as the two neared the house.
"No, I'm sorry you had to waste your time and walk me home, I would have been fine." She insisted.
"No, its fine, really." He said and looked at her, his hands shoved in his pockets.
She smirked devishly, as she cast a sideways glance at Hatsuharu. "Hey Hatsuharu-kun?" She asked and smirked.
"Yeah?" he asked as he stopped, because she stopped. She stepped closer, their bodies almost touching. His eyes grew wide as he stared down at the girl.
"I was wondering…" She walked her fingers up his chest. "What zodiac animal you were…" She said and raised her eyebrows.
"Y-Yes?" He asked, stuttering at the close proximity.
"So that is why, I'm going to hug you…" She said and smirked, looking up at him.
"Oh, really?" He asked nervously.
"Really, so that is why I'm hugging you, 'cause if you're going to change, it might as well be with someone cute, now wouldn't it?" She teased him.
His cheeks turned a slight shade of pink and she smiled up at him. "So, here we go." She said and wrapped her arms around him, pressing herself against him. She felt his gloved hands snake around her, and suddenly POOF!
Ebony fell backwards on her bottom, on the dirt-laidened road. She stared into the face of a black and white… cow? "You're the cow?" She asked and cocked an eyebrow as she smirked.
"Yes." He said sadly, almost like he was embarrassed.
"Well, I didn't expect that…" She said and stifled a giggle. "Don't worry about it." She said.
He sighed. "Alright… that was very—not you." He said in his cow form.
"I'm sorry, I was curious." She said with a small smile.
"Whatever." He said and sighed. POOF!
"AH!" She shrieked as she covered her eyes. Hatsuharu poofed back to normal and was nude. "Please, get some clothes on…" She insisted. He dressed quickly and soon, he was fine. She cracked an eye open. "Ok, you're good now."
"Yes." He said as the two walked closer to the house.
"I HEAR EBBIE!" Arianna shrieked wildly as she bounded out the door again.
"How can she hear her?" Tohru asked, she had gotten home from Hana's house and was currently doing some laundry.
"Don't ask." Kyo rolled his eyes.
Suddenly they heard a shriek and then, "EBBIE!" in a shrill squeal. Then they heard a smacking sound, and "OW!" and "ARI!"
Suddenly, Arianna, Ebony, and Hatsuharu came walking through the door. "What took Hatori so long?"
"Excuse me?" Ebony asked, looking at her sister like she was on drugs.
"You were at the doctors-" Arianna shivered. "Yuki told me." Realization hit Ebony.
"Oh, yeah. Sorry." She said and looked at the ground.
"She got lost at the Sohma house and I walked her home." Hatsuharu said looking at Arianna.
"Oh, that's nice of you." Arianna said nicely. "Oh, hey Ebbie, I need to talk with you. Upstairs."
"Oh, okay." Ebony said and looked oddly at her sister.
"That's okay, we'll have some tea and sit with Hatsuharu-kun!" Tohru smiled happily.
"Oh that's good." Arianna said and pulled Ebony up to their room.
"What?" Ebony hissed harshly.
"Ebbie, it's growing." Arianna said panicky as Arianna shut the door.
"What are you talking about?" Ebony asked.
"You know, the thing." Arianna shivered as she looked towards her bed.
"It's growing?" Ebony asked.
"Yeah." Arianna said simply, looking at the floor.
"You've got to be kidding me." Ebony said and shook her head.
"I'm not! LOOK!" Arianna said and pulled Ebony onto the floor, Arianna pulled up the bed skirt and the two stared at the glowing purple blob. Ebony gasped in disgust as the blob pulsed and made a hissing sound.
"Ari." Ebony said in disgust, her nose wrinkled as she looked at her sister. "How could you let it get that bad? We've only been here a few weeks!"
"How would I know that ice cream could do that!" Arianna said exasperated.
"W-Where's the bowl?" Ebony asked as she stared at the thing again.
"I think it ate it…" Arianna said simply, looking at it too.
Ebony was too shocked to say anything and just stared at her sister. "You are unbelievable." She said simply and glared at her sister.
"Quick, get me a broom." Arianna said, not looking at her sister.
"What?" Ebony asked, looking at her sister strangely.
"Ebony, you heard me, get a broom." Arianna said determined. Ebony rolled her eyes, hoisted herself up and walked out of the room to the broom closet across the hall. She came back in the room, with a small broom. "That's good enough." Arianna said, putting her open hand out, palm towards Ebony.
The broom began to vibrate and suddenly, it was pulled out of Ebony's hands and quickly floated over to Arianna, who grabbed onto it when it was in her palm.
Ebony walked over and laid down next to her sister, the two of them looking under the bed, slightly nervous. Arianna slowly stuck the broom under the bed, hesitant on touching it. She slowly poked it with the bristles. It his loudly as its purple-ish goop went onto the bristles. They both shrieked as Arianna quickly pulled it out from under the bed.
The two of them stared in astonishment at the end of the broom. All of the bristles disintegrated to ash and fell to the floor. Arianna and Ebony stared wide-eyed when suddenly Arianna spoke. "Ebony, we're gonna need a bigger broom…" She said slightly monotonously and slightly from shock.
"Ah- ah, okay." Ebony said nervously as she jogged quickly out of the room, going to get another broom.
As she shut the door behind her and she went for another broom, Ebony heard a loud 'BOOM!' Her eyes widened as she slowly turned on her heal, but suddenly, "AHHHHHHHHHH!" A shrill scream erupted from the room.
Suddenly, Arianna came bursting through the door with the purple thing on her face, her arms flapping everywhere as the thing covered her eyes and nose. She kept screaming as she ran downstairs, arms still flapping, and head shaking in every which way. Ebony's wide eyes didn't go away as she hurriedly ran down the steps after Ari.
"AHHH!" Arianna kept screaming her head off in a shrill scream as she met the eyes of Shigure, Kyo, Yuki, Hatsuharu and Tohru.
"ARIANNA-SAN!" Tohru shrieked when she saw the state that her friend was in.
"EW!" Kyo yelled, his face knotted in disgust. Ebony made her way down the steps and stood behind her sister.
"That's what that boom was…" Shigure said quietly as he stared at Arianna in slight horror.
"WAIT!" Arianna said as she stopped flapping her arms and screaming. She moved her hands in a circular position around her face and the goop came off, floating in mid air. She used air to get it off her face.
Ebony, again, stared wide-eyed at her sister, her mouth wide open, just like the rest of the Sohma's and Tohru. Yuki shook his head as he looked down at the table.
Arianna, realizing what she did, grew wide-eyed also. "Oh, wait…" She said, moved her arms in the same pattern and the goo flew back on her face. She screamed again as Ebony stared at her. "EBONY!" She shrieked as she used her powers over air and caused the goo to come off her face once more and fly out the window.
Everyone just stared in shock, except Arianna. Hatsuharu was the first to speak. "What was that?" He asked.
"That was two week old ice cream that was left under my bed." Arianna tried to change to subject. Tohru practically fainted when she heard this. "Tohru, I'm sorry about that."
"I didn't mean that- but, ew." Hatsuharu said as he wrinkled his nose.
"Um, Shigure, tonight I'm gonna have to sleep on the couch…" She said sheepishly.
Shigure just stared at her. "Ebony, I think I'm an alien!" Arianna shrieked as she stared at her hands.
"Save it." Ebony finally spoke. Arianna felt bad that she had done that. But she looked at the ground, ashamed. "Arianna and I have the power over water, fire, earth, and air…" She said turning to the Sohma's. "We're cursed." She said simply.
"Ebbie, could you explain, why I go wash my hair?" Arianna asked hopefully.
Ebony nodded as she turned her gaze to the floor.
"That was ice cream?" Yuki asked hesitantly. Ebony nodded.
"I didn't know ice cream could do that…" Tohru said, slightly hyperventilating.
(A/N: well there is chapter 8! I hope you enjoyed it! Well reviews would be greatly appreciated! I love all who review! U guys rock! Well c ya later!)