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Chapter 4: In Which There Is Excitement
The next day, KT convinced Megan to go to the arcade. Right now they were on the DDR mats. And they were both failing horribly. But Megan was doing slightly better than KT. They were just kind of stomping and jumping around hoping that they were hitting the right arrows. Once it was over, Megan emerged as the victor. KT went to sulk in the corner with a little rain cloud over her head. Soon, the storm passed over KT and KT then challenged Megan to a deer hunting game.
"Arcade! Arcade! Arcade! Arcade!" Momiji chanted over and over again. Kyo looked ready to smear Momiji into the pavement. Momiji had convinced, more like decided for them, that they would go to the arcade. Tohru and Kyo decided to accompany him. They walked in and saw to their utter amazement, Megan and KT. And at the present time, Megan looked ready to yank the gun off the cord and hurl it across the room. KT however was winning and took the liberty of rubbing it in Megan's face.
"Look it's them!" Tohru said. Kyo just stared.
"Who's them?" Momiji asked tugging on Tohru's sleeve.
"We'll tell you later." Kyo said. Momiji looked confused.
"Well, I guess we should do what Shigure said. Lets go--!" Kyo realized he was talking to air and saw Tohru striding up to the two girls.
"God dammit that deer can just go and die! This gun is defective! I demand a refund!" Megan growled as she continued to try and shoot a virtual deer.
"Game over. Player 2 loses." the game said. Megan looked ready to go postal on the machined while KT did a happy dance.
"How are you so good at this?" Megan growled.
"I'm from Texas!" KT said proudly.
"You use that excuse for everything."
"KT-san! Megan-san! Long time no see!" someone interrupted. KT and Megan turned to see Tohru standing there.
"Hey!" Megan said quickly.
"Whats up?" KT continued.
"Nothin. Kyo and I are here with Momiji." Tohru explained. As if on cue, a small boy appeared by her side.
"Hi my name's Momiji!" the blond said proudly.
"Hey I'm Megan and this is KT." Megan said. After a few more minutes of small talk, KT and Megan joined Tohru and the rest of them in playing arcade games. KT had challenged Kyo to DDR. Now don't ask why because no one quite knows the reason. Even though Kyo had refused at first, his inner kitty pride wouldn't let him back down. If anyone was worse than KT at DDR, it was Kyo. When KT saw this, she was extremely happy. Momiji was having a good time laughing at Kyo from the side.
Two hours later, everyone decided that they had had enough of destroying their brain neurons. Now was Tohru's chance.
"Would you guys like to come over for dinner?"
"Uh…sure!" KT said. Tohru almost looked like a light bulb her face was so bright.
"Can we go back to our hotel so we can get ready?" Megan asked.
"You guys aren't from here?" Kyo asked.
"No we're from America." Megan said. Tohru squealed in delight.
"Really? I've never been to America." Tohru said.
"Yeah…so…what time should we come over?" KT asked.
"Um…its 1:30 right now…how 'bout 4:30?" she asked.
"Sure. Where do you live?" KT replied. There was a pause until Kyo spoke up.
"We'll come get you. I assume you don't know where you're going right?"
"That would be cool since this dimwit," KT said poking Megan's head "has no sense of direction what so ever."
"That's not true!" Megan objected.
"Oh yeah? Which way's east?" KT smirked. Megan thought for a minute before running outside. She stared up at the sky for moment.
"What is she doing?" Tohru asked.
"Cheating." KT replied. Megan joined them.
"That way!" Megan said pointing east.
"You looked at the sun you cheater!"
"So! At least I've got survival instincts!" Megan said putting her hands on her hips.
"Survival…instincts….BWA- HAHAHAHAHA!" KT said bursting into a fit of laughter.
"Oh yeah laugh all you want! At least I have legs!" Mega yelled referring to when KT was a fish, she of course had no legs. Kyo and Tohru were very confused. Kyo was looking like he could slap both of them. Finally Megan and KT regained their composure.
"Right…4:30. We're at the Radisson Hotel. Room 204." Megan said. Both parties exchanged good byes and were off on their separate ways.
"Shigure-san we found them!" Tohru yelled as she entered the novelist's house.
"Found who?"
"Megan-san and KT-san. They are coming over for dinner at 4:30." Tohru explained.
"Ah how wonderful! More women to grace this house of barbarians!" Ayame said walking into the room followed by an annoyed Yuki.
"I better start cleaning and getting ready." Tohru said.
"Tohru-kun I have a question for you." Shigure suddenly announced.
"What is it?"
"How old are they?" he asked with a pervy grin. Tohru formed 2 sweat drops.
"Are they high school girls?" All except Ayame and Shigure left the room.
"Was it something I said?" Shigure asked with a small grin. Both Yuki and Kyo had refrained from hitting him because the punches would have been wasted and would be much more suitable for their rival cousins.
Hours later, Tohru had begun to make dinner.
"It's 4:15. I should probably go get them." Kyo said.
"Hang on I'll come with." Tohru yelled from the kitchen. Kyo was about to speak but Ayame intervened.
"I will humbly go retrieve our beautiful guests." he announced proudly. Kyo was positively dumbstruck.
"Why would we let you do it?" Kyo yelled.
"Tsk tsk Kyo. You should refrain from yelling when the guests arrive. Plus, the ladies need a desirable escort. So while I'm away, you should stay here and buff up your people skills. Tohru-kun? Would you be so kind as to give me directions to their location?"
"Are you sure Ayame-san?"
"Yes. You must stay here and prepare the feast."
"Alright then. They're at the Radisson Hotel. Room 204." Tohru said.
Megan and KT were lounging on their beds watching Anime in Japanese. It was currently 4:20.
"I don't understand a word they're saying." Megan complained staring blankly at the TV. The only thing she knew was that they were watching Naruto.
"I do!" KT said proudly. She only knew what they were saying because she had basically read the whole series.
"Well yippee for you. Hey look it's the Emo kid!" Megan said excitedly while pointing to Sasuke. There was a knock at the door. Megan slowly looked at it.
"That must be Tohru." She said getting off the bed "Are you ready KT?"
"Almost." KT replied disappearing into the bathroom. Megan opened the door expecting to see Tohru but got a big surprise instead. It was the silver haired store guy!
'What on earth is he doing here! Wait a minute….STALKER! HE CAME BACK TO FINISH ME OFF!' she screamed in her head referring to the near rape at the store even though it wasn't.
"Good evening Megan-san. I am humbly replacing Kyo in transporting you to the Sohma residence." he said putting his hand over his heart to symbolize that he was noble.
"Uh…um…" was all that Megan could squeak out.
"Forgive me my name is Ayame." he said grabbing her hand, bringing it to his lips, and kissing her knuckles. Megan blushed about 20 different shades of red and her eyes were the size of softballs.
"K ready!" KT said emerging from the bathroom. She came to a stop when she saw Ayame. She was just as shocked as Megan.
"KT this is Ayame." Megan said in a trance like state with her eyes threatening to engulf her whole face.
"Well if you're ready lets go." Ayame said walking away. Megan and KT were still standing there shocked. This man knew Kyo which probably means that he told Tohru and them about KT's lovely transformation. Damn it.
"Come on you don't want to be late!" Ayame said suddenly reappearing at the door. He quickly grabbed Megan's hand and began to drag her out leaving KT to follow.
They arrived at the Shoma residence in less than 10 minutes. The whole way there had been of Ayame and his constant babbling and KT's few words. Megan didn't say anything at all as her eyes were still taking up most of her face. God only knows why her face was still like that. Maybe it was stuck like that. They were greeted at the door by a man with black hair who looked to be in his late 20's.
"Hello and welcome to the Sohma house. My name is Shigure." He greeted happily. Luckily, by this time, both girls had recovered and were able to speak in complete sentences.
"Thank you for inviting us. Nice to meet you Shigure-san. I'm KT and this is Megan."
"Hello." Megan said.
"Well don't just stand there come in come in!" Shigure said standing aside so the girls could enter " I'll give you a quick tour."
Shigure wasted no time in giving them a tour mostly because he was able to be alone with two fresh out of high school girls. Megan and KT were less than thrilled because Shigure had basically no respect for personal boundries. When the tour was over, he led them to the dining room where Ayame, Kyo, Yuki, Hatsuharu, and Momiji had congregated. Tohru was just coming out of the kitchen to greet the guests.
"Welcome to the Sohma residence. Dinner will be ready shortly." she said with a warm smile. They chatted for a few minutes before Ayame dived right in.
"Are you two really members of the zodiac?" he asked. KT and Megan looked at each other quickly.
'Damn! I knew this would come back to bite us in the butt!' KT thought. KT was quickly racking her brain for ideas. Meanwhile, inside Megan's head:
'Damn this sucks! I wonder how we can…whatever Tohru's making smells really good…stop it! Ok how to get out of this….but…food!'
Obviously Megan was having problems concentrating on the matter at hand. It was up to KT to save the day.
"Oh that? Pfft! Total likes. Megan is totally crazy." KT said. There was a pause as she waited for Megan to back it up but when she looked over at her, she found that Megan was in her own world. KT nudged her hard in the side.
"Huh? Oh…oh yeah! That's me! I'm totally crazy! In fact, I escaped from the mental hospital last week!" Megan said making the crazy gesture next to her head.
"Really?" Tohru asked in disbelief. Megan was tempted to tell her that gullible wasn't in the dictionary. Megan continued to spew out crap about her daily life in the nuthouse while KT seriously considered her friend's mental stability.
"Cut the crap! Just tell us the truth. It's not like we'll bite you." Kyo yelled.
"Well we won't but Kyo might." Yuki said.
"Shut up you damn rat! And you two, start talkin'!" Kyo yelled. KT sighed dramatically and decided that there was no use continuing the lie.
"Darn. It seems they caught onto our little ruse." Megan said.
"Yes we are members of the zodiac." KT said. The silence was so thick you could almost cut it with a knife. Shigure was the first to recover (surprise surprise).
"Are you by any chance year of the dog?" he asked hopefully. There is no way to escape the perivness of Shigure.
"No. We're not from the Chinese Zodiac. We're from the Western Zodiac. You know like Aries, Virgo, Cancer etc etc." Megan said.
"The Western Zodiac…interesting." Shigure said rubbing his chin.
"So what is your symbol?" Haru asked.
"Well I'm…wait! How come I didn't change when you hugged me?" Megan asked remembering the park incident.
"We are members of the Eastern Zodiac to put it bluntly." Ayame said.
"Really?" KT asked.
"Well…that explains a lot." Megan replied.
"It does?" Tohru asked.
"Yes. It makes sense now why Yuki calls Kyo a stupid cat because he is one." Kt explained glancing at Kyo. Kyo had a few pulse marks.
"I mean you're not stupid but you are the cat am I right?" she recovered.
"Yes." Kyo grumbled.
"And since Kyo calls Yuki rat, it must mean that he is the rat." Megan continued.
"So what are you guys?" Haru tried again.
"Well I'm--" KT began but was interrupted by Tohru.
"Wait! Is…is it ok if we guess what you are?" she asked sheepishly.
"Why?" Momiji asked.
"It'll be more fun. I mean if its ok with everyone else." she continued. The rest of the Sohmas nodded their approval.
"You can if you want but it wont be easy. Unlike the Chinese zodiac, we don't have any tell tale personality traits." Megan explained.
"But here's a hint. In the Chinese Zodiac, I would be the rabbit and Megan would be the Dragon." KT said.
"How's that a hint? The Western Zodiac goes by months and days, not by years." Megan realized.
"Oh yeah."
"Ner!" Megan said making fun of KT.
"Oh! I forgot about dinner!" Tohru cried before running into the kitchen.
"So you don't change when you're hugged by another zodiac?" Momiji asked.
"Apparently not." Megan answered.
"Yay!" Momiji cheered before running and tackling KT to the ground in a vicious hug.
"I found another Rabbit! I'm so happy!" he cheered attaching himself around KT's neck. Megan fell to the ground laughing because she knew that KT was not a touchy-feely person.
"Dinner's ready." Tohru said coming out of the kitchen. KT tried to sit up but Momiji made it difficult for he was attached by hug-power. Once KT had pulled Momiji off with the help of Kyo, they proceeded to eat a delicious meal.
Were you thrown for a loop? My friends were when they read this! Yay for loops! I have drawn scenes from this story so hopefully I can get them on my profile for all of you guys to see. Though I'm not sure how to do that….oreos r nummy!