Welcome, welcome...please...read. Tee hee. Well since school is fixing to start I won't be able update like I usually do, but I won't take a looooooong time like I did with chapter seven. -hugs everyone-
Utari: I may be singed but I'm back in action! -walks out wearing Hatsuharu's shirt-
Hatsuharu: Oh.....she's back in action alright. -walks out wearing Utari's pants-
Kotori and Neko: -switch outfits- Now we can be like them!
Utari and Hatsuharu: -choke- yeah...like us......-sweatdrop-
Chapter 7: Sexburgers and a Surprise
"Shigure! Come taste this!" Neko scooped a spoonful of some of her soup and fed it to Shigure.
"Why that taste delicious. You are a fine cook. What kind of soup is that?" He eyed the pot with the soup.
"Its cheese and potato soup. You've never had it?" Shigure shook his head. Utari walked into the kitchen and looked in the pot. She stuck out her tongue.
"You going to poison everyone with this?" Utari dipped her finger in the soup and stuck some into her mouth. "Not bad.....I need to get back to the meat." She walked away sucking on her finger. Neko and Shigure watched her.
"She scares me sometimes." Neko said mixing the soup.
"I think she's and interesting young girl. All of you are." He smiled and stood at the back of the kitchen.
"Speaking of girls, how did Tohru come to live with you?" She asked cheerfully.
"I think it actually a funny story you see..." Shigure told Neko about how Tohru's mom had died, then of her living in the tent. He told of the avalanche then of Tohru staying.
"Wow. That's nifty. You know you could make your house into a homeless shelter."
"Yes, well, I don't think this place can hold anymore people. We have seven people living in this home."
"Thank you Shigure, for keeping us. Most people would've thrown us out by now." Neko said softly putting the spoon down and turning off the burner.
"No problem. This place needed something to liven it up a bit. Now we have a total of four beautiful, young, and lost girls. I can be noting less than grateful." He looked up at Neko who had the sweetest smile on her face. She went over and hugged Shigure tightly. Shigure hugged her back. Kotori was about to enter the kitchen and burst into song, but she saw Neko and Shigure and decided she wouldn't ruin the moment. She giggled and trotted outside to Utari.
Utari watched her and wondered, "You're awfully giddy..." She flipped over a beef patty.
"I think our little Neko has found herself a loyal "friend"."
Utari raised her eyebrows. "Oh really...and who might this new "friend" be?"
"Shigure. I found them hugging in the kitchen." Kotori sat down on the soft grass behind Utari.
"You can't about that stuff because of a hug." She flipped over another piece of meat.
"Well it was a special hug. I could tell."
"Whatever you say."
For a few minutes they stayed in silence. Kotori watched the clouds float by and Utari concentrated on not burning the meat. Soon Ayame joined them.
"How's the food Utari? You haven't burnt down the house. That's a good sign." Ayame laughed.
"What's that supposed to mean!?" Utari stared at Ayame.
"Oh I'm just playing with your head." He looked over at the grill. (I don't know if they use outdoor grills. If the don't...they do now!) Suddenly Kotori jumped up and hushed Utari and Ayame. She looked around the area for something.
"Umm.. Kotori? What are you doing?" Utari whispered.
"Shh...my Kyo senses are tingling." Kotori got on all fours and crawled away. Ayame leaned over to Utari.
"Do her senses work?" He whispered. Utari shrugged her shoulders and put all the meat onto one plate.
"She thinks she is psychic." Utari said yelling the word psychic at Kotori.
"I have ESPN!" Kotori yelled back.
"ESP!"
"That's what I said! ESPN!"
Utari shook her head. "Ayame please take these inside." She shoved the plate into Ayame's hands. Ayame looked at the plate then back at Utari who was following Kotori. He simply smiled and skipped back inside the house.
Somewhere behind a tree......
"We watch as again the lioness awaits for the arrival of her prey. This time she will be successful." Kotori whispered as she hid behind a bush. She saw the trio approach her.
"You damn rat! It wasn't my fault! That stupid psychic girl blackmailed me into it!" Kyo yelled.
"Oh, Hana was only kidding!" Tohru tried to defend her friend.
"Don't bother Ms. Honda. It won't get through to his small mind." Yuki said
"What was that! That's it! I'm going to take you down right here, right now!" Kyo yelled and lifted his arms to attack Yuki.
"Kyo!" Kotori jumped out from behind the bush onto Kyo. "Kyo! You're back! I'm happy!" Kotori cried out.
"Get off of me!" Kyo grabbed Kotori's arms, but her grip on him was too tight.
"Yes, the lioness has caught her prey! Now the feast!" Kotori growled and bit Kyo's neck.
"What the hell are you doing!? Stop that!" Kyo struggled hard, and eventually he bumped into Tohru who then was pushed into Yuki. Both the boys went poof. (Gotta love my detailed work). Kotori looked around for Kyo, but only found his clothes.
"Kyo?" She looked around again and noticed a rat sitting on top of Yuki's clothes and Tohru looked like she was about to explode.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to get in the way...." She said
"It's alright Ms. Honda. It wasn't your fault." Yuki looked at Kotori who looked confused. "You remember about the curse, don't you Kotori?" He asked. Kotori nodded.
"But I still can't find Kyo....is there any kind of bug in the zodiac?" Kotori examined the ground.
"Um..Kotori..." Tohru began, "I think you're sitting on top of him." Kotori looked down and sure enough she was on top of a little orange cat.
"Oh no! Kyo! You're the cat! Now you're the dead cat!" She shook Kyo. He was out cold. "Wow they make cute animals don't they Tohru? This is the first time I've seen anyone's zodiac form." Kotori smiled and Tohru smiled back. "Well we'd better get back home. Utari probably finished the meat already. Tohru grabbed Yuki and Kyo's clothes. Kotori picked up Yuki and placed him in the pocket in the front of her shirt, then scooped Kyo into her arms. By the time the got to the house Kyo, came back to consciousness. He then preceded to chew Kotori out, but she just laughed and jumped on Kyo again.
Back in the woods.......
Utari lurked about the spot where Yuki transformed.
"Interesting..she muttered to herself." This knowledge will come in handy for future experiments." She continued to investigate till she heard a car coming. She stood up in the middle of the road as the car stopped in front of her. She could make out a familiar face in the drivers seat. "Hatori!" She skipped over to the car. Hatori rolled down the window and greeted Utari. In the back seat was Hatsuharu and Momiji. She waved at them, and got into the backseat with them.
"Are they treating you ok?" Momiji asked.
"Yup," Utari said, "I got them wrapped around my fingers." She let out a maniacal laugh and threw her arms wildly in the air.
"Hey, you going to poke somebody's eye." Hatsuharu said.
"It would only be on accident....Utari wouldn't do that on purpose." Momiji laughed.
"Accident, accident. Kids in the back seat cause accidents, and accidents in the back seat cause kids." She winked at Momiji who didn't quite get it. Hatsuharu laughed and Hatori didn't say a word. As they approached Shigure's house Neko and Shigure walked out to greet them.
"Neko!" Momiji ran out of the car and into Neko's arms.
"Hello Momiji!" She hugged him.
"What? No hello Shigure, I've missed you so much?" Shigure wined.
"Oh Shigure, its been a whole two minutes since I've seen you. That's too long for us to be apart." Ayame walked up behind Shigure.
"Ayame...nice to know someone cares." Shigure cooed. Both of them gave each other a thumbs up and yelled out 'Yes!'
"Do they always do that?" Neko asked. Momiji nodded. Hatsuharu walked up with Utari clinging to his arm.
"So what we eating?" Hatsuharu asked.
"We are having cheeseburgers!" Neko jumped.
"Aren't they made with beef?"
"Yeah...so?" Neko stared at Hatsuharu's blank expression.
"Oh..guess you don't know. Haru's zodiac form is the cow." Momiji told Neko.
"Ohhhhhhhh......" Neko pointed at Hatsuharu and giggled.
"What?" Hatsuharu asked.
"You're a......" She laughed. "......gay cow!" Neko ran inside the house along with Momiji. Everyone stared.
"I still love you Haru!" Utari squeezed his arm. He smiled at her and they walked inside the house.
"Shigure, are you sure that it is ok to keep them?" Hatori questioned.
"Of course! Hari, you really should get to know them better!" Ayame said. All three of them walked into the house.
"Yes, they are really nice girls. They clean and can cook. They are calm, normal, gentle and quiet flowers." Shigure smiled. In a flash Kotori skid in front of them wearing a pair of boxers, with a shirt that was too big for her. On her head was a round black pot, and a pair of goggles covered her eyes. In her right hand was a mixing spoon; she held it to her lips and was singing 'You give love a bad name.'
"Give me back my boxer shorts!" Kyo yelled.
"Mrs. Kotori, please give me back my shirt!" Yuki also yelled. Kotori laughed and ran, with Yuki and Kyo behind her.
"Calm, normal, gentle, and quiet you say?" Hatori looked at Shigure.
"Yes, but only for a short while, then they become, wild, loud, but they are fun." Shigure said. Hatori groaned and made his way into the dining room. At the table, Utari, Hatsuharu, and Momiji were sitting, and talking. Tohru came out with some plates. She set them down on the table.
"We're going to have to get close to eat." She smiled.
"I don't mind." Utari said snuggling closer to Hatsuharu. He nodded and stared at the plate. Utari's stomach growled and she fell over. "Hurry up in there! I'm so hungry!" She growled.
"Coming!" Neko hopped into the dining room carrying all the cheeseburgers. Carefully she placed one onto each plate. Tohru came back out carrying a tray of vegetables to put on the cheeseburgers. Shigure and Ayame joined the rest of them at the table. Neko brought in her soup and Tohru followed with some bowls.
"Ok...everyone eat up....wait..." Neko looked around. "We're missing some people. Where's Kotori?"
"Oh, she is probably getting beat up for stealing Yuki and Kyo's clothes." Utari said as she placed some lettuce and a few other vegetables on her burger. Everyone else did the same.
"Kotori!" Kyo yelled from upstairs. It was followed by a big bang, and Kotori's screams and laughter, then all went silent. Everyone stared at the doorway. A few minutes later, Kyo and Yuki walked into the dining room fully dressed.
"Sounds like you two had some fun." Ayame said. Kyo grumbled as he sat down and Yuki shot him and evil glare. Kotori stumbled into the room laughing. She was in her normal blue jeans and t-shirt. She still had the pot on her head. She sat down and fixed her burger. Everyone continued eating.
Utari took one huge bite of her cheeseburger. "If sex is anything like this I can't wait!" She yelled. Everyone choked on their food.
"Utari, I really don't think you should've yelled that out." Tohru said.
"Yeah, we do have smaller children in here." Neko said.
Kotori stared down at her cheeseburger. "I will never look at another cheeseburger the same way again." She whispered. "Oh well!" She continued eating.
"Why did you have to yell that?" Kyo grumbled.
"I was only expressing my feelings!" Utari acted innocent.
"I guess these are no longer cheeseburgers. They are now sexburgers." Neko added.
"How interesting." Shigure said.
"Can we please drop the subject, and finish eating." Yuki said quietly, barely taking a bite from his cheeseburger.
"M'kay!" Neko said as she ate. "So did they miss us at school?" Neko asked.
"A couple of people did ask about you." Tohru said, taking some of the soup. "They wanted to know how all of you got expelled."
"Did you tell them?" Kotori asked.
"Hell no! Why would we wanna tell anyone you did...that." Kyo said.
"What exactly did you do?" Momiji asked.
"They gave one of the teacher's something they shouldn't have. Don't worry about it right now." Yuki said.
"Oh that reminds me. Since you three are out of school I've arranged for you to meet Akito." Shigure said. Everyone stopped eating and looked at him.
"Are you sure that is the best idea right now?" Hatori looked concerned.
"Don't worry. I think they can handle Akito." Ayame laughed.
"Who's Akito?" Utari asked.
"He's the head of the family. He makes all of the decisions concerning the Sohma family." Hatsuharu said. "He's not a very friendly guy. He's very short tempered."
"When are we supposed to meet him?" Neko asked.
"Tomorrow." Shigure said. "While the others are at school, I'll take you over to meet him."
"So we barely arrive, discover a secret curse. We are miles from home, and already we're going to meet the head of your family, and who knows what he'll do with us?" Neko said narrowing her eyes and swinging her hand about.
"Well that's one way to look at it." Shigure said.
"Well...I think it's a great idea!" Neko laughed, taking another bite of her burger.
"Alright then! We get to meet this Akito guy tomorrow. We have to make a good first impression girls!" Utari said with her mouth full of cheeseburger.
"Don't worry. We'll be on our best behavior!" Neko laughed.
"Can I wear my new hat?" Kotori asked pointing to the pot on her head.
"I think it'd be best if you leave it here." Hatori said.
"Darn. I could've used it as a weapon."
"That's what I'm afraid of."
"Just no faith." Kotori ate the last of her cheeseburger. They rest of the group finished their food and thanked them for the food and good cooking. Neko and Kotori did the dishes. Hatori, Momiji, and Hatsuharu left. It took them a long time to get Utari off of Hatsuharu's arm. She cried hysterically when he left, but she soon got over it. It was night time by the time Neko and Kotori finished the dishes. They all got cleaned up and said their goodnights and went to bed. Kotori, Neko and Utari were excited about meeting Akito. Kyo and Yuki were worried and Tohru and Shigure just wondered how they would react to him. Soon all the lights were out and everyone went to sleep.
Well, dunno if that was one of my best chapters but I hope that everyone liked it. Next chapter a meeting with Akito. This should be very interesting. TeeHee! Please Review!
Useless Ramble:
Oh..an the sexburger thing really did happen also. Me and friend were starving, and we went to Burger King and ordered those huge Texas Whoppers and supersized our fries and drink. Well when my friend took the first bite of her whopper she yelled, "If sex is anything like this I can't wait!" I then preceded to choke on my food and laugh. Well just thought I'd share some useless information with you.