Birthday Crashers

"91 bottles of coke on the wall, 91 bottles of coke! Pepsi is better, way way way better, 91 bottles of coke on the wall!" Miaka sang as Hotohori clutched his head in agony. Miaka was not exactly a choir singer.

Meeeeaaannnnwhile on the planet of Neptune little blue men were attacking- er.. I mean Keisuke and Tetsuya were exploring the fridge in search of tuna chips.

"Move outta my way! I'm in need of tuna chips!" Tetsuya growled flinging Keisuke's face away from the fridge.

"Arg...There ain't enough room in this fridge for the both of us!" Keisuke glared pulling Tetsuya away from the fridge.

All of a sudden, Miboshi and Tomo ran by, Miboshi chasing Tomo singing the 'Tomo Tomo, I wuv you, I wuv you' song. Keisuke and Tetsuya gawked at them, Tomo and Miboshi circling around Tetsuya and Keisuke. Tetsuya sweatdropped.

Suddenly, Miboshi stopped and turned to Keisuke. "IDIOTS, TUNA CHIPS AREN'T KEPT IN FRIDGES!" he yelled.

"T-T-aiitsukun?" Keisuke gulped, fooled by Miboshi's disguise.

Miboshi took the shape of his usual little bald guy and sneered, "No! I'm the one and only Miboshi!"

Tetsuya, who had his mind only on finding tuna chips, finally asked, "Okay, so then where the hell are the tuna chips?!" There was silence for a few minutes...

"THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS TUNA CHIPS!" Tomo finally yelled, "Is there?"

And that is a question that will never be answered in this story...

Amiboshi and Suboshi began playing old maid using Fushigi Yuugi cards. Suboshi held up his cards and smirked at his brother who took the Taiitsukun card from his hand (the old maid.) ACK!

::And suddenly Taiitsuken runs in the room and bops the author over the head with a log::

Ahem… Amiboshi frowned when he looked at his card.

Tasuki and Chichiri searched the upstairs guest room. Chichiri went through the closet and Tasuki looked under the bed. "So Chi, who do you think is pulling this crap on Miaka?" he finally asked, rising from the floor.

Chichiri shrugged, "Probably some psycho escaped from the sanitarium who hates Miaka for rejecting Hotohori." Hotohori can suddenly be heard sobbing from the deck.

"SHADDUP HOTOHORI, IT WAS SO LONG AGO!" Tasuki snapped. The whining stopped.

"Tasuki, come here no da! There's something freaky about this closet na no da!" Chichiri beckoned Tasuki to come over to the closet with him. They both looked at the back of the closet and saw a hidden door that suddenly sprung open.

"Wooaaah….Coool…" Tasuki said dazed. Suddenly two hands reached out and pulled them inside the closet shutting the door behind and leaving the guest room empty.

Miaka's stomach growled. "Hotohoriii!" she whined.

"Yes, Miaka? I am by your side and will do anything to protect you… with style." Hotohori grabbed Miaka and held her close.

Miaka blinked, "I was just going to ask if I could step inside to get some food." Hotohori sweatdropped.

He chuckled and let go of her, "No, Miaka. I'll do that. You wait right here, you hear? And don't move, there's a dangerous person afoot." Hotohori winked as Miaka nodded. Satisfied that Miaka wasn't going to run off, Hotohori left her to go to the kitchen.

"Waaaah, I can't take it anymore," Miaka sweatdropped and dropped to her knees with a big yawn.

"Maybe...if I take a short nap, I'll have more energy for later on.. and then I can help look for the troublemaker… zzzz…" Miaka leaned over and was soon asleep. A dark figure started to pace towards her with a sign on its back saying: 'Troublemaker'. He/she/it made its way to Miaka and gently picked her up. Then he/she/it disappeared with her.

Hotohori walked back outside with a bag of tuna chips and a milk tea for Miaka. He dropped the food seeing that Miaka was gone. "MIAKAAA?!" he called. It was no use. Miaka was gone, vanished, disappeared, sayanora, bye, ja ne, d-well not dead..but you get the idea. ::Hotohori glares at the author:: Ok, I'll shut up.

Knowing he had to alert the others, Hotohori dashed inside and ran up to what he assumed was Miaka's room. When he entered, he gasped. Miaka's panty drawer was on the floor and some of her clothes had spilled out all over the place. Remembering what he came upstairs for and not seeing Tamahome or Nuriko in sight, he went to tell Tasuki and Chichiri instead. Hotohori went to the guest room and couldn't find them either. So the only thing he could do next was find Chiriko and Mitsukake, which is what he did in the downstairs living room.

"All? Gone?" Mistukake repeated. Hotohori nodded solemnly.

"What should we do now, Hotohori-sama?" Chiriko asked, his fingers caught in a Chinese finger trap he had stumbled upon during his search.

Hotohori shrugged and Mitsukake sighed. The three stood in silence, all except Chiriko who just whimpered in frustration when he couldn't free his fingers. Hotohori raised an eyebrow. "YOU BROUGHT IT UPON YOURSELF!" he and Mitsukake yelled. Chiriko sighed and dropped his hands in resignation.

Chiriko then said, "Alright, well let's look for Soi and Nakago! They're bound to have seen something, right? Where trouble goes, trouble follows." Hotohori agreed and he and Chiriko went to the basement to talk to Soi and Nakago while Mitsukake stayed in the living room to wait and see if any of the others turned up.

::To be continued…::