Neverending Annoyingness

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own anything! It's sad, but true... I know... I don't even own the books. XD Only three of them. And I don't own Nana Kitade. o.o;

A/N: (be prepared for a long one, here) Oh my gosh... I know... this is scary... I'm updating this story!!! -screams- Wow... I started writing this when I was TEN years old. xD And last time I updated, I was merely eleven... and now I'm a teen. Wows. I remember that I thought Sasha was so old when I started writing... -sighs- now I'm her age. XD

Anyway... I haven't read Furuba in the longest time. I haven't read the most recent ones, and I haven't reread any for more than a year and a half... I think I'm waiting until I buy them all and then I can just read them. But that would cost about a hundred more dollars, so... yeah. -squeaks-

I have a feeling this is going to be hard for me to write. Seeing as I've forgotten some of the things the Furuba characters do and all... xD;;;;; Gomen...

Talim; Omg you're updating!!!

Shia; I know, I know.

Kyo; Wow... I'm alive again. o.o

Yuki; You were dead? Wish it stayed that way...

Kyo; What did you say, you damn rat?!

Shia; Heeey, calm down peoples! I have to start the story!

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The morning dawned bright and early, as was usual for summer. Sasha, having forgotten to close her curtains the night before, was woken rather unpleasantly by a beam of sunlight that had chosen to land directly on her eyes.

Grumbling to herself, the young teen swung her legs out of bed and sat there for a moment, trying to return to the waking world. She'd had the oddest dream of a huge hotdog that was chasing Shigure...

When she got to the kitchen, she noticed that she was the only one awake. That meant she had to cook herself breakfast.

She sighed angrily– she had never been good at making anything other than sandwiches, and they were all out of bread. Sasha braced herself and reached for a pot and some food out of the fridge.

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Talim woke up, muttering groggily to the air as she pulled on some jeans and a black shirt. She noticed that Sasha's bed was empty. Suddenly she heard a voice scream "Kuso!!!".

Startled, she ran out into the hallway, seeing Tohru emerge from her own room too. The two cousins exchanged confused looks before cautiously entering the kitchen.

A cloud of black smoke greeted them. Coughing, Talim could make out Sasha, still clad in light blue pajamas, standing by the oven.

"Oh," said Tohru worriedly. "What did you do, Sa-chan?"

Sasha scratched the back of her head. "Er... making oden?"

Talim and Tohru sweatdropped. "That... doesn't look like oden, sis," said Talim as Tohru hurried forward to turn off the flame on the stove.

"Gyahh... I'm hungry!" Sasha whined, plopping down into a chair. "Gomen ne, Tohru. I'll clean the pot if you like."

Talim stared. "Are you... being nice?"

Sasha shot her a look. "I'm usually nice!" Picking up the pot, she went to the sink to clean it.

Yuki and Shigure entered the kitchen. "We smelled–" One glance at the blackened mess had Shigure coughing discreetly. "...food."

"Don't worry!" Tohru said cheerily, grabbing the cleaned pot that Sasha handed her and setting it back on the stove. "I'll make some oden for all of us."

The two Sohmas sat themselves at the kitchen table across from Talim and Sasha. Silence, something that was blessedly hard to come by in this house, fell over all of them.

The kitchen door then banged open as a certain orange-haired teen stormed in. "I smelled something burning," Kyo said shortly, pulling out a chair at the table by Talim and sitting in it.

Silence fell again, though this one was accompanied by tension-filled glares exchanged between the cat and the mouse.

"Can't you two ever calm down?" Shigure sighed. "Guess not!" He squeaked, after two blood-lusting looks had him cowering.

Talim stretched and yawned noisily. "Almost done Tohru?" She called. The brunette nodded.

"Just a little longer, 'kay?"

Finally the last member of the household entered. Shia was still in her pajamas, like Sasha. She stared at all of them for a moment with an uncomprehending look on her face and then sat down too, staring at nothing.

"Not a morning person?" Said Yuki, hiding a smirk.

"Neither is Talim," Said Sasha, pointing to the unusually silent girl.

Talim whacked the arm that had been pointing towards her, slumping back. "MEH."

"Oh, I fear your words of wisdom, Talim! Please, tell me more!"

Sasha earned a few more slaps at that statement, and some giggles from people around the table.

Tohru carried over some bowls to the table, placing them in front of most of the seated people. She went back to the counter to get the rest of the bowls before sitting.

"Itadakimasu!" They chorused, before digging in to the oden.

"See, Sasha? This is how you cook!" Talim seemed more lively after she got some more food into her.

Sasha growled as everyone else laughed good-heartedly. Finishing her oden, she sighed. "Imma get dressed now."

Shia leapt up from the table, almost knocking over her chair. "Me too!" The two sisters walked companionably to their separate rooms, getting changed.

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Nana Kitade's song "Alice" came out of the speakers of the stereo, the occupants of the living room listening. Shigure was writing and concentrating deeply. Sasha had been attempting to read over his shoulder before she had gotten an odd look on her face and turned away, face bright red.

Suddenly Talim popped into the room, and the general peace was disturbed. "Hey everyone!!" She said loudly.

Kyo made an angry noise in his throat. "Are you ever quiet?"

Talim chose not to respond to that. "I'm going shopping!" She said, bouncing up and down.

"We don't need any food," Tohru said, confused.

"Except bread!" Sasha chimed in.

Talim shook her head and smiled mysteriously. "I'm not getting food... anyway, Ja ne!" She was out of the door before anyone could say anything.

Shia made a sad face. "I wanted to come!"

"I wonder what she's getting," Yuki said slowly.

"Can't be anything good, if she's buying it," Kyo grumbled.

"Did I ask you, idiot?"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY??"

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A short forty-five minutes later, Talim bounded into the room, her hands full of bags."I'm baaaack!" She sang. "And guess what I got??"

Everyone stared.

"Haven't the slightest idea," Yuki said dryly.

"Fiiiiireworks!" She grinned insanely. "Come on!!" She ran out to the backyard.

For a split moment no one moved. Then everyone jumped up, chasing after her.

"Wait, Talim!" Tohru said, reaching the spot where Talim had already begun setting up a few fireworks. "That's... that's not legal!"

Talim raised her eyebrows. "Sooo?"

"So you shouldn't do it!" Shia practically screamed.

"Too late!" Talim cackled as she set off the first one, running a short distance away. The firework went up a few feet before exploding, bright green sparks cascading onto the grass.

Shigure stared with a " Dx" expression. "What if the grass catches fire??"

Luckily, it didn't. Slowly, very slowly, everyone began to relax and appreciate the beautiful fireworks.

That is, until they heard the sirens.

"Oh my god!" Sasha cried. "I don't want to go to jail!"

"One of the neighbors must have heard," Tohru said, clutching Kyo.

"Better not've been the Sumire girl..." Kyo growled.

"It wasn't." Talim rolled her eyes.

A few policemen entered the yard.

"Have you been setting off fireworks?" One said, eyeing the bags near Talim. Sasha began hyperventilating.

Suddenly Talim was all sweetness. "I'm so sorry officer..." she said, looking truely contrite. "I didn't know... you see, I'm visiting from North America and I thought this was legal here." This wasn't true, of course, but the policeman nodded.

"Make sure it doesn't happen again," He said sternly, as the rest of the police officers picked up the remaining fireworks. They all left.

Waiting until the car had left, Talim let out an angry growl. "Do they know how much I paid for that?? Seriously! How could they take those away?"

Shia stared for a minute. "Talim? How much exactly did you pay?"

Talim sweatdropped before turning and running back into the house.

"Hey! Get back here!"

A/N: Well, that's it. I'm afraid this chapter isn't as crazy/insane -sweatdrops- Nyaa... it's hard to get back into this. Oh, and if you want to hear the song, go to Youtube and type "Nana Kitade Alice". It's a good song. D