Never Give Up

By Ginta and Hakakku Fangirl

Disclaimer: I do not own Furuba.

A/N: Hey! I told you that I'd give you four chapters in one publishing, didn't I?!? Anyways, um, so, who have I brought in so far? Um…Kyo, Tohru, Yuki, Shigure, Hana, Uo, Momiji, Haa-kun, Haa-san, Aya, Mine…um, Kagura, Isuzu, Rii, Akito, Kureno, Kazuma…I've mentioned Kyoko…Kisa and Hiro…have I missed anyone?

I suppose that you guys all want a happier chapter now…um, okay…I think that it's time to do this one anyway. So, here you go, and enjoy.

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Chapter Eighteen: Tell Us!

"Hey, Tohru!"

"Huh?" Tohru turned around as she heard Uo calling her name.

"I told you that she'd be here," Hana said.

"Yeah, yeah, the electric waves," Uo said impatiently, taking Tohru by the arm. "So, Tohru, have you registered yet?"

"Registered what?"

"What do you mean, 'registered what'? For your baby shower, Tohru!" Uo said with a laugh, leading Tohru away from her locker. "Hana, pick up her bag. She shouldn't be carrying anything too heavy."

"What?" Tohru asked, looking from Uo, who still had a vice-like grip on her arm, to Hana, who had picked up her bag and was now following Uo as she half-led, half-dragged Tohru along with her down the hallway to class.

"I talked to that Hatori guy who's your doctor, and he said that you shouldn't be carrying anything that's too heavy—"

"No, that's not what I meant! I meant," Tohru said, trying to loosen Uo's grip, "what do you mean by registering for my baby shower?"

"Ayame did tell you about the baby shower, didn't he?" Uo asked, steering Tohru into the next hallway.

"Yes! But I didn't know that I had to register for anything!"

"I think you're hurting her, Arisa," Hana said as Tohru winced a little.

"Oh, sorry Tohru." Uo loosened her grip. "And you don't have to register. But it just gives us a better idea for what you need!"

"Oh, um, actually…" Tohru blushed a little bit, embarrassed, "everything."

"What!?!" Uo stopped abruptly, causing Hana to bump into her. "Oh, sorry, Hana." Turning back to Tohru, she all but yelled, "What do you mean, you need everything?!?!?!"

"Oh, I—"

"Don't you have a basinet? Onsies? Baby blankets? A crib? What about--?"

"You're scaring her, Arisa," Hana said, drawing Tohru towards her and away from Uo; Tohru was starting to appear a bit stressed.

"Actually, Shigure just bought a crib for me yesterday," Tohru said, "and a mattress for it. I guess I was exaggerating a little when I said everything," she admitted with an apologetic giggle.

Uo laughed as well.

"That's okay. Listen," she said, "how about Hana and I take you and Orange Top to the mall this afternoon after school, and you guys can register for whatever you need together, okay?"

"Oh, um…"

"You and Kyo aren't speaking, are you?" Hana asked, as the three girls entered their classroom; Yuki was the only other student there, and absorbed entirely in his book.

Tohru sat down, shaking her head, suddenly sad; Uo looked suddenly outraged.

"What?!? What do you mean, you and Orange Top aren't talking? Did you have a fight? Is he bailing? Oh my God, is he going to leave again? Where is he?" Uo yelled. "If he's hurt you, I'm going to take him by his orange head and—"

"No, that's not it," Hana said, before Uo could say anything more. She turned to Tohru. "It's not anything like that, is it?" she asked.

Tohru shook her head. "Mm-mn."

"Oh." Uo calmed down. "Then what is it?"

"Akito."

All three girls jumped as Yuki spoke. Closing his book, he stood up.

"That's it, isn't it, Miss Honda?" he asked Tohru, who nodded her head.

"But how did you know about that?"

"I just assumed," Yuki said with a shrug. "Akito hasn't been happy about this from the beginning, and the fact that Kyo was gone until Christmas with Kazuma just made him hate Kyo all the more."

"Who's Akito?" Hana asked. She and Uo looked confused.

"Akito is the head of the Sohma family," Tohru said; Yuki nodded.

"And he isn't very happy about Tohru's pregnancy," he said. "And apparently Kureno came here and asked the teachers about Kyo and how he was coping, as well as about Tohru, and then he told Akito what they said."

"Is that what happened?" Tohru looked up at Yuki, surprised.

"Yes, didn't you know?" This time, it was the Rat's turn to look surprised.

"No, Kyo only told me that Akito knew that he wasn't exactly 'behaving' himself at school," Tohru said. "And that from now on he was going to live with Kazuma, instead of at home with Shigure."

"Oh," Yuki sat down at the desk beside Tohru's. Sighing, he said, "I really don't think that this is necessary."

"What do you mean?" Uo asked, as she and Hana sat down as well.

"I mean," Yuki said, "that I just don't see why Akito is so against this baby. You'd think that he'd be happy to have another Sohma added to the family, even though Tohru isn't a Sohma." Yuki sighed again.

"Maybe he'll change his mind," Uo suggested, "once the baby is born."

"Maybe," Tohru said, but Yuki shook his head.

"I know Akito," he said softly. "His mind never changes."

"Yuki," Tohru sighed.

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"Okay, so what do you need, Tohru?" Uo asked. "You said that Shigure already bought you a crib and a mattress. Anything else?"

"Um, no, not yet."

"Someone say my name?"

"Uh! Oh, Shigure!" Tohru cried, turning around, only to find herself face to face with the Dog.

Shigure grinned.

"What are you doing here?" Uo asked with a grin of her own, putting an arm around Tohru.

"Oh, Yuki told me what you were doing, so the Mabudachi Trio thought that we would come and offer you our services!"

"Oh, Ayame and Hatori are here, too?" Tohru exclaimed in delight.

"Of course, Princess!" Ayame answered from behind her, gently gripping her shoulders. "Ha'ri and I just couldn't let Shigure have you and your friends all to himself, now could we, Ha'ri?"

Shigure laughed as Hatori came into view, rolling his eyes.

"I brought you a list of items you'll need, if you want to register for them," he said to Tohru, handing her a folded piece of paper. "Unfortunately, I can't stay, I have to get back to the Sohma estate. Akito is running another one of his fevers, presumably from too much stress."

Ayame scowled.

"Oh, of course he's stressed!" he said. "He's still seething over the fact that Shigure and my dear little brother didn't show up for New Year's; he's trying so hard to keep Lucky Kyo and our precious little Princess Tohru apart, and—"

"I told you to stop calling me that!" Kyo snapped; Tohru, Uo, Hana, and the Mabudachi Trio turned to see Kyo glaring at the Snake.

"K-Kyo!" Tohru said, shocked. "What are you doing here? I thought that—"

"It's a mall," Kyo said, "so I figured that it would be a lot less likely that Akito would find out about us being together."

"And I'll be making sure that Kureno is staying with Akito today," Hatori added, "so there's even less chance."

"Oh! Thank you so much!" Tohru exclaimed as Kyo grinned at the Dragon.

"I think that we'll leave you alone now," Hatori said, indicating himself, Shigure, and Ayame.

"What? Oh, come on, Ha'ri!" Shigure said, "This will be fun!"

"Yes, it'll be fun!" Ayame said, both he and the Dog protesting the Dragon as he led them from the store.

"Come on, Ayame," Hatori said.

"Okay!"

Kyo sighed.

"Thank God they're not gonna stay," he muttered, before realizing that Uo and Hana were both smiling at him. "What?"

"Oh, nothing."

"We should probably go as well," Hana said.

"Yeah, lots of homework," Uo said, grabbing Hana's hand and heading quickly towards the door.

Kyo raised an eyebrow at Tohru.

"You'd think they had planned this," he muttered; Tohru giggled.

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Hahaha!!! Four chapters, so you can't flame me for the lateness!!!!!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Okay, so maybe you can, I can't do the Mind-Transfer Jutsu yet, so I can't control your actions. But review and try to hold back on the flames.