1The Return Of Tenshi
Ch13
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or Sailor Moon.
AN: I'm sorry that I didn't update in a while. I had a busy schedule in the past couple of weeks. What with prom and senior finals, graduation rehearsals and now graduation, I've been busy. But since I don't have to focus on my school work anymore and there's the summer vacation, I think I'll be able to update more chapters to my other stories.
"Bummer…soccer practice doesn't start until tomorrow," Shingo said as he kicked his foot into the ground. "And I was waiting for this all day."
Hiro laughed at his cousin's face. "Hey, since you don't have anything to do, why don't we go and walk home with Kisa?" he suggested.
"Yeah! Let's go!" Shingo said, racing down the street with Hiro right behind him. He just laughed and continued to run when he heard his cousin shouting that he didn't know the way to go.
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Kisa was standing just outside of her junior high school with her head bowed down slightly as several girls glanced at her with slight giggling and continued on their way. She was about to start walking home when she heard her name being called. "Kisa-chan!" Kisa lifted her head and saw that Hiro and Shingo were racing towards her. "Kisa-chan, we're here to walk you home!" Shingo said.
"Hiro-chan! Shingo-kun!" Kisa said with a smile on her face. However the grin vanished when a group of girls started to squeal, ran right by her, and started to crowd around her two best friends, or rather Shingo, since Hiro raced to her and hastily took her hand, hoping the girls would take a clue that he likes Kisa and won't go by him. "What are you two doing here? I thought that Shingo-kun was going to try out for soccer," Kisa said.
"That's gonna be tomorrow," Hiro said, "Since we got time, we decided to walk you home." He smiled gently at Kisa when he saw how happy the news made her. Hiro turned around and smirked in a playful manner when he caught sight of Shingo looking uncomfortable from the girls' lovesick attention. "How about I leave you here, Shingo, and walk with Kisa back home?" Hiro said.
"Oh, that's just being plain cruel, Hiro," Shingo shouted. He pointed at his cousin and yelled, "Just because you've been dieing to go on a date with Kisa-chan, doesn't mean you can just leave me to fend for myself!"
Hiro's face quickly turned bright red. "Sh-shut up!" Hiro yelled. He glanced over at Kisa to see her blushing at Shingo's exclamation. He then turned back to Shingo and continued, "It's not my fault if you attract a lot of girls' attention."
"Onee-chan said that those who often come from the Sohma bloodline are beautiful on the outside," Shingo said. He then looked to the sky in a thoughtful manner. "And that is kinda true. I mean with how almost everyone treats Kyo-nii just because of what he symbolizes proves that beauty is only skin deep."
Kisa nodded her head in silent agreement. Almost 99 percent of the Sohma family would treat Kyo horribly because he's the cat and that probably was the reason for his tempered personality. Sometimes Kyo does scare her a bit because of his temper or aggravated tone, but when he's around the people who truly care about him, like onee-chan and Usa-nee-chan, he becomes very tolerant and nice, almost like Haru and his black side. "Can we come over, Shingo-kun?" Kisa asked, "I want to see Usa-nee-chan and onee-chan again."
"But you just saw that stupid woman yesterday," Hiro complained.
Kisa was about to reprimand Hiro when Shingo interrupted her and said, "Don't call her stupid, Hiro."
Hiro looked from Kisa to Shingo. "Why not?" he asked.
"Because she's not stupid," the brunette shouted.
"Yes, she is," Hiro argued, "She's the most clumsiest, scatter-brained, and gullible idiot in the world."
"SHE IS NOT!" Shingo yelled. Everybody watched the squabble go back and forth like a volleyball game. However, as the argument dragged on, nobody realized that the arguing was being based on a misunderstanding. "What's wrong with you, Hiro?" Shingo asked, "I thought you loved onee-chan."
"I do, but what does Shi-nee have to do with the stupid woman?" Hiro asked back.
Shingo's mouth opened, but no words came out as he thought about the whole argument. When he realized what had just happened, he burst out into laughter. Kisa also caught what Shingo had been thinking about and ended up laughing along with him. Hiro, however, remained confused as his two best friends continued to laugh. "What's so funny?" he asked, glancing at them back and forth.
"We were arguing over nothing, Hiro," Shingo said, "I thought that you were talking about onee-chan before."
"Why would I be insulting Shi-nee?" Hiro asked, "I was talking about Tohru."
"Why don't we go and see them?" Kisa suggested with a sweet smile on her face while at the same time, trying to break up the fight. The two boys nodded their heads in reply. "Is Usa-nee-chan doing okay in school?"
"I hope so," Shingo replied, "What I'm worried about is onee-chan having a fan club in school?" The three friends began to walk down the road towards the house now lodging two more inhabitants. They were walking in the same order that Yuki, Kyo and Tohru would walk in with Kisa being in the middle and Shingo and Hiro on both sides of her.
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Now back to Shigure's lovely and peaceful home, which the Sohmas enjoy tearing apart in their fights, to the dismay of the owner, several loud voices were shot out into the air, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE HAS A FAN CLUB?" Shingo, Kyo, and Yuki glared at Momiji, who broke the news to them. As they glared angrily at the rabbit, they were all glad that Usagi had left with Tohru to buy groceries, while Shigure was glad that nobody had tried to tear his home apart again.
"It's true!" Momiji replied excitedly, apparently he was the only one, "I heard that there was a lot of boys and girls, first years, seconds years, and third years(1), who joined the Goddess Club."
Kyo smacked his forehead with his left hand as he shook his head, muttering, "The Goddess Club? That is just as pathetic as the Prince Yuki Fan Club."
Yuki's head dropped, as he said dejectedly, "Just when things couldn't get worse."
"Now I really have to kick the lovesick bakas' butts to keep them away from onee-chan," Shingo said, slamming his head into the table.
"What's wrong with Usa-chan having a fan club?" Hatsuharu asked. "I think it's great that a lot of people like her."
"Haru, do you remember Yuki's fan club?" Kyo shouted, "They practically try to maul him every fricking day, for god's sake! Not to mention the fact that they try to get rid of any girl they consider a threat and stands between them and Yuki!"
"So what's wrong with that?" Momiji asked, still not grasping the concept.
"You're afraid that Shi-nee's fan club will try to get rid of you," Hiro said, tauntingly. He shrugged his shoulders in an indifferent manner. "What a fraidy-cat."
"That's not it!" Kyo shouted.
Yuki then stepped in, saying, "It's just that we don't want to trouble Tenshi. She's been through so much already, having a fan club could be strenuous on her." Kyo nodded his head in agreement.
Hiro's brown eyes widened as he caught the movement and shouted, "OH MY GOD! Kyo is agreeing to what Yuki just said!" He jumped behind Hatsuharu, yelling, "It's the end of the world!"
"Why you little brat!" Kyo shouted, "Come back here!" He chased after the laughing and evading sheep as he was shouting out a string of curses along the way.
"Kyo-kun, please refrain from destroying my house," Shigure said, not looking up from his newspaper as Kyo completely ignored him and his serious toned plea.
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Akito watched from within a black car at Usagi as she was walking back home with Tohru. A soft smile crept up to his face as he studied her every feature. "She has grown a lot more beautiful," he said, "Hatori, I want you find out everything about what has happened since she left."
Hatori glanced at the rearview mirror at the head of the family as he said, "Hai, Akito-sama." He narrowed his pale green eyes and thought silently, "I'm surprise to see that he didn't order Usagi to return to the main house. What is he scheming?"
Akito leaned back against his chair with a knowing smile on his face. "She'll come back to me…just like each and every one of the Junnishi. And when she does, I'll make sure that nobody will ever lay eyes on her, they're all unworthy to be in the presence of her. As a tenshi, she belongs to me, the god, and me alone," he said silently as the car drove back to the main house.
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The next day after school, Shingo stood right at the edge of the soccer field with Hiro and Kisa sitting at the bleachers. The three of them watched as the team was warming up and waited for Shingo to be allowed to try out for the team. The coach looked to the side and shouted, "Tsukino, come here."
Shingo ran to the field and caught the soccer ball flying right towards him. "Yes, sensei? What can I do?" he asked.
"I want to see how good you are in certain positions," the coach said. He then walked to the edge and shouted, "Shingo, you're the leader in group two. And…begin!"
"Go, Shingo!" Hiro shouted with Kisa cheering her cousin on. They watched anxiously as Shingo had played as he always had, whether in a competition or for fun, with his heart set out to do the very best he could.
The coach watched, slightly impressed. He had watched Shingo all day yesterday when he heard the child's love for the game and anticipation to trying out. Last night, he did a little research and discovered that Shingo had played in a team over at Juuban and had also helped the team win a lot of competitions. But what really got him impressed was the fact that despite winning all those games, he still believes that he could do better, continues to try his best, and isn't the type to hog the ball and glory. He closed his eyes and thought about how much Shingo had reminded him when he was younger and very much in love with the sport.
"Time out," he shouted. Everyone stared at the coach and then at the scoreboard; the first team had scored four goals and the second team had scored seven in the past half hour. "Tsukino…you're in," the coach said.
Shingo's jaw dropped and then broke out into a smile as he jumped in the air. "All right!" he shouted.
"Yes! All right, Shingo!" Hiro cheered happily. Kisa hugged Hiro and laughed as she waved at her cheering cousin.
"Shingo!" Everyone looked up to see Usagi standing with the rest of the group. Usagi smiled at him and winked playfully as she said, "You did great, Shingo. Okaa-san and otou-san would've been so proud of you." Shingo grinned at his sister as he raced over to her and gave her a big hug.
(1) 'First years, seconds years, and third years' is actually like the grade system in high school over in Japan. First years would be 10th graders. Second years would be 11th graders. And third years would be 12th graders.
AN: Chapter 13 is finished with Akito still being the obsessive 'god' he is and Shingo getting into the soccer team. And like sister like brother, since I made Usagi have a fan club, I figured I had to make Shingo popular with Kisa's classmates. Isn't it cute with how Shingo is so observing to know that heart stricken girls are chasing after him and Usagi is so oblivious to guys liking her? Review! Review!