Wow. I can't believe the response I got from the last chapter. I'm getting spoiled. Keep it coming. Before I continue to chapter five, some people need to be recognized.

BIG thanks to Spirel-chan and Jenny-chan for their help on this chapter.

Another BIG thanks to Sailorprincess3234, littlefiction, cherrymoonblossoms, and Rae-Anime-Neko for reviewing EVERY chapter so far.

Also, I won't be updating for about two weeks because I leave for San Francisco tomorrow. I then have three days to unpack, do laundry and repack because I'm going to Disneyland with Spirel-chan. Right Spirel-chan? I should be able to post a new chapter between my two trips. After all, we're driving down to San Francisco so I have plenty of time.

For the next chapter, vote after reading this chapter. The choices are as follows.

1) Milk

2) Sheets

3) Night singing (thanks to ultra-violet-catastrophe)

4) Ayame

Now onto chapter five.

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Chapter 5-Bubbles

It was a typical weekday afternoon. Kyo and Tohru were walking home from school (Kimi had cornered Yun-Yun after school for an emergency student council meeting). They were about halfway home and passing by a park when they heard a familiar voice.

"Onee-chan!"

It was Kisa who was hurtling towards Tohru. Before Tohru knew what was happening, Kisa was pulling Tohru by the wrist, insisting that Tohru come to play with her and Hiro.

"Would you like to come too, Kyo-kun?" Tohru asked the feline.

Kyo contemplated. Playground with Tohru or home with Shigure…alone.

"Sure," he shrugged, trying not to sound too anxious.

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"What are they doing here?" Hiro asked, annoyed. "I thought you just had to go to the bathroom."

"I did and then I saw onee-chan. I haven't seen her in a while and I thought it would be fun if she could play with us."

Hiro could see the possible disappointment in her eyes so he agreed but not before throwing a dirty look at Tohru and Kyo behind Kisa's back.

Kisa pulled a Frisbee out of her bag and tossed it to Tohru. They continued to play for a while until Tohru (who wasn't completely paying attention) was hit in the face by the flying disc (by Hiro and Kyo wondered if it was really just an accident). Kisa insisted that that was a good time to stop while Tohru tried to insist that she was fine and they could continue with the Frisbee. Kisa didn't listen. She put the Frisbee back into her bag and pulled out a neon bottle.

"Bubbles!" Tohru squealed happily.

"What?" Hiro started. "How can you be so excited to see bubbles? Are you childish or just afraid to grow up? You can't spend your whole life in a dream of your delusions of reality. You'll never make it in the real world. And those who can't make it will be swallowed by the jaws of society. Is that what you want?"

After a moment of awkward silence, Kyo pushed Hiro to the ground. Hiro sat there for a moment in complete disbelief.

"You stupid cat! I should call child services!" he exclaimed getting back to his feet.

"Go ahead! After a minute with you, they'd take my side!"

For a moment they both stood there glaring at each other but a sudden giggling burst the silence. Tohru and Kisa turned their attention to the bubbles and were quite enjoying themselves. Hiro rolled his eyes but Kyo's curiosity became peaked. There were so many bubbles floating on the breeze. He couldn't figure out which one to destroy. Instead, he jumped over Kisa and Tohru into the cloud of bubbles and started batting wildly at them. Once all the bubbles had been massacred, Kyo reverted back to himself. Then he turned around to see Tohru and Kisa with very shocked expressions and Hiro who was-simply put-dumbstruck. But it didn't take too long for him to get riled up again.

"What are you doing! Are you trying to be a child again? Are you trying to recapture the magic of your youth? Do you live in some magical fantasy world where time runs backwards? They don't exist! If you keep living in a fantasy land, you'll amount to nothing. You'll become crazy and live in a box on the side of the road begging for bits of change. Could you live with yourself that way?"

Another moment of silence followed and Hiro ended up on the ground again. The arguments arose again and all Tohru and Kisa could think was "Boys."

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Well, there's chapter five. I'll be working on chapter six on the road and in San Francisco. I have a feeling which one will be voted for the most. DON'T FORGET TO VOTE! I didn't get many votes for this chapter. VOTE! As always, reviews will be rewarded with sweets.