Nanatsu Doubutsu
Chapter Two: The Hunt Prevails
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"Kyo! Kyo are you alright! Open the door!"
Kyo slowly opened his eyes and heard the crying. He slowly sat up and as he looked around, he saw seven little children crying. When they noticed he was looking at them, they pushed themselves against the wall. Kyo recognized them immediately.
"Kyo!"
The door was thrown open, even thought it was locked, and Shigure ran in with Yuki and Tohru behind him.
"Kyo-kun...are you okay?"
"Huh?" he then noticed how much his arm hurt. He looked at it, and saw the skin shine in the light from the hallway from burns. He winced as he gingerly touched it, and then ignored it completely as he walked over to the children.
Neko and Usagi were being blocked by the other children, as Kitsu and Ookami were ready to lunge at him, fangs bared. Kyo knelt in front of them and looked at each of them and saw pain and fear in their eyes.
"I promised your...I promised I'd take care of you." Kyo said.
Shigure and the others stared at them, completely confused. Kitsu walked up to him, then after a pause, she held his hand.
"I trust you." She said, as a tear rolled down her cheek.
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The next morning, Kyo explained why the children were there as they slept. Tohru cried in the middle of his explanation, saying she knew how they felt.
"It's okay Honda-san." Yuki said calmly, though sorrow was in his eyes.
"I'll have to talk to Akito about this of course." Shigure said.
"Go ahead. I don't give a damn what he says. I promised I'd take care of them and I will. Akito can go to hell if he doesn't like it...where he belongs."
"Kyo, what-"
"Kyo-san...?"
They turned to see Sakana in the doorway. She was rubbing her eyes sleepily as she leaned against the doorframe. Tora was standing next to her. She walked forward, and plopped onto Yuki's lap, while Sakana sat next to Kyo.
"What is it, Sa-chan?" Kyo asked.
"We couldn't sleep. Kitsu couldn't either, but she's still upstairs." Tora said drowsily. Sakana looked up at Kyo.
"You're going to take care of us." It wasn't a question. "You don't care about what the other people think."
"She can...read...emotions..." Tora managed to say, right before she fell asleep in Yuki's lap. Sakana fell asleep as well shortly after.
"They're so cute..." Tohru said.
"What did she mean...when she said Sa-chan can 'read emotions'?" Shigure asked.
A scream from Kyo's room startled all of them, and Tora and Sakana woke up. They saw Kitsu run out of the room, one of Kyo's shoes in her hand, and chase a spider down the stairs. The spider headed fro the dining room where they all sat. Tora and Sakana screamed and ran behind Shigure, who was farthest from the spider.
Kitsu chased the spider, a murderous look on her face. The spider's legs were a light tan while its body was a dark-dark red. Its pincers had green tips and it was at least six inches tall. She jumped on the spider, holding down, and was nearly thrown off as the spider struggled.
"DIE YOU STUPID JERK!" Kitsu pounded its head with the shoe, but with no effect. "I'LL SHOW YOU TO BITE MY SISTER!" Kitsu jumped off and kicked it ten-feet away as Tohru screamed. The spider let out a small screech as it flew and hit the wall. Kitsu threw the shoe at it and jumped on the counter as it ran at her.
She grabbed a steak knife and held it ready. As the spider ran beneath her, she pounced on it and Tohru screamed again. The knife now stuck out of the spider's body and was still squirming to get free. Ookami ran down the stairs, a ball of pure energy in his hand.
"Kitsu!" she looked behind her and immediately jumped out of the way. Ookami threw the energy at the spider and on contact, it was set ablaze. Ashes floated to the ground in the spider's place, the knife still stabbed into the floor.
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That afternoon, after everyone had gotten over the whole spider episode, they sat down to lunch. The children ate hurriedly and asked if they could play outside. Shigure gave them permission and they ran outside, evil smirks on their faces.
"I don't trust them." Yuki said as he finished.
"Come on Yuki-kun, they're kinda cute and-"
"That's not what I meant Shigure. I mean I don't trust seven kids out there alone when we live on a hill."
A pause followed his words.
"Didn't it...rain...last night?" Tohru asked. They looked at each other, and then ran outside. They opened the door to see Neko, Usagi, and Kame on one side, and Kitsu, Tora, and Ookami on the other. They had laid a line of leaves down the middle of the yard with Sakana standing on the far end. Usagi and Tora stood across from each other on the sides of the yard as Kame, Neko, Kitsu, and Ookami seemed to be kicking around a pillow.
Ookami had just kicked the pillow past Usagi into a gap between two trees. Sakana whistled loudly as she raised her left hand, indicating that Ookami's team had scored.
"Are they playing...soccer?" Tohru asked wide-eyed.
"Looks like it." Kyo said. He crossed his arms and leaned against one of the pillars, watching the game. The doorbell rang and Shigure went to answer it. Tohru left as well to clean the neglected dishes.
Yuki and Kyo watched as the two teams scored three points each. They were short, but they were fast as hell.
"Kyo-kun! Some one here to see you!" Shigure called. "You too Yuki-kun!"
"Tie!" Sakana finally declared as the two left. The six children collapsed onto the ground, panting. "We're gonna have to switch people around soon."
"Maybe later we can get Kyo-san and Yuki-san to play—EEEEEK!" Neko was cut off as Kyo came flying through the paper door. A dark-brown haired girl jumped after him, a deadly look in her eyes. She grabbed Kyo by the shirt collar and began hitting him non-stop.
"GET HER!"
The children lunged forward and Kitsu and Neko jumped on top of the girl and started biting her as the rest dragged Kyo to safety. Shigure, a tall black haired man, a small blonde boy, and Yuki stepped outside and sweat-dropped as they saw all seven children taking the girl down.
"Whoa! Stop it! Hey!" the children ignored Shigure and continued attacking. "STOP RIGHT NOW!"
The children immediately stopped and stared at Shigure.
"Why are you attacking Kagura-kun?" he asked them.
"It hurt Kyon-san." Kitsu said.
"'It'?" the tall man said.
"Yeah. That thing." Kitsu pointed at the now bruised, scratched, bitten, and unconscious girl.
"Where's Kyo-kun?" the blonde boy asked. They scattered into the woods and brought back Kyo, who was in a little better shape than Kagura. "Why did you attack Kagura though?"
"NOBODY HURTS KYO-SAN! NOBODY!" the children roared.
They got Kagura inside and sat in the living room. Kagura woke up, and the tall man checked her wounds. He would have checked Kyo as well, if the children had let him.
"Who are you?" Kitsu asked the tall man, pulling on his pant leg.
"Hatori Sohma."
Kitsu looked at him hard for a moment, then-
"Would you mind getting off my leg?" Hatori asked in a flat tone.
"Yes I would." Kitsu said, smiling as she hugged Hatori's leg.
"Who are you?" Usagi asked the blonde haired boy.
"I'm Momiji Sohma!" he said with a smile. "And you?"
"Usagi! That's my sister Neko, my other sister Sakana, my other sister Tora, and my other sister Kitsu, my brother Ookami, and my other brother Kame!" she said smiling. Momiji stared, along with Yuki and Shigure.
"You're all related?" Tohru asked as she came into the room.
"Yep!" Usagi replied happily.
Sakana was currently chasing Neko and Tora while Kame was sitting next to Kyo with his eyes closed.
"Get off, Kitsu!"
"Stop it, Ookami!"
"Then get off!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"I'll hit you!"
"I'll hit you harder!"
"I'll hit you hardest!"
"I'll hit you harderest!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Yeah-huh!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Yeah-huh!"
"Nu-uh!"
"Yeah-huh!"
Kitsu jumped off of Hatori's leg and tackled Ookami. They both rolled on the floor, kicking, punching, biting, pulling, and choking each other as they went. As they rolled past him, Shigure grabbed the back of their shirts and pulled them apart.
"There will be no more fighting in this house. Well, at least until we get the door fixed."
"He started it."
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Enough already! Don't you two ever stop fighting?" Shigure asked.
"Not really."
"Ha! I healed Kyo!" Kame suddenly said. They turned to see Kyo, with no bruises or cuts, and Kame doing a victory dance. Sakana had run out of energy and fell to the ground. Neko and Tora sat by her, just out of arm's reach.
"You wouldn't even have to if porkchop over there hadn't hurt him." Neko pointed out.
"Porkchop?" Hatori asked.
"Yeah. Since she's a pig." Neko said.
"Boar." Sakana corrected tiredly.
"Whatever."
"How did you know?" Kagura asked.
"Know what?"
"You mean you don't know about the curse?" Shigure asked.
"Curse?" the children asked in unison.
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"Coooooool..." the children said, later that night. Hatori had promised to tell Akito about the children, seeing as how everyone else was needed to look after them, and dragged Momiji with him. Kagura left after their fifth attempt to attack her.
Later, Kyo, Yuki, and Shigure lay exhausted on the floor after spending two hours chasing Kitsu, Neko, Usagi, and Tora when they had found the sugar. Tohru was trying to distract her friends, who had decided to come over to check on her. It was a miracle they still didn't know about the children; especially after Ookami had fallen off the roof right behind them...twice. Sakana had poked all the men in the house at least two-hundred times, saying she was going to the Olympics after seeing a commercial about it. Kame, however, was nowhere to be found.
"Okay, see you at school!" Tohru said, waving as her friends walked away.
"Please stop, Sa-chan." Shigure said as he tried to swat away the young girl, poking his arm. She turned to her head to the side, looking confused.
"What's wrong, uncle Gure-san?"
"I'm really tired an-...uncle?"
"Yep! You're our uncle!"
The girls sat around Kyo, Yuki, and Shigure, still lying on the ground as Ookami nursed his hurt arm. Kame still hadn't turned up. Tohru walked into the room holding a little figure in her arms. It was completely covered in twigs, mud, leaves, and grass.
The figure seemed to turn it's head to the side and jumped to the ground. It walked over to Yuki and stared.
"Kame?" he nodded and wiped some mud off his face. "Where have you been?"
"With Racoo-chan."
"You've been playing with a raccoon?" Shigure asked.
"Why isn't Kyo-kun moving!" Tohru yelled. Kyo was lying on his side and, as Tohru said, not moving.
"He's just asleep." Kame reassured her.
"As you all should be." Shigure said, getting to his feet. The children protested but were eventually sent back to Kyo's room, where they had decided to sleep for the length of their stay.
"Now it's our turn. Come on—" he stopped to see both boys asleep on the floor; Kyo on his side, Yuki on his back.
As Shigure and Tohru left, a small figure approached from the shadows.
"Hehehe..." it said. "The kitten approaches it's next meal. As it jumps to devour-"
"Neko-chan? Is that you?" Tohru walked into the room with blankets and pillows in her arms.
"Alas, this is not the time for the hunt. Curse the fates... The kitten flees!" Neko ran out of the room and Tohru shook her head, smiling. She put the blankets on the boys and the pillows under their heads, trying not to wake them up. She left to her own room and fell asleep.
"The distraction has left...the hunt continues..." the small figure approached Yuki, hands raised like claws.
"Bwuahaha...now, my prey...now we see what year of the Zodiac you are..."
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Shigure woke early the next morning. He dressed in his usual attire and walked to the dining room. He walked past Yuki and Kyo, and then backtracked.
Neko was asleep on Yuki's chest, curled into a little ball. Shigure raised an eyebrow as he heard her purr; almost exactly like a cat. He faced Kyo, and stared as small lump wiggled free of the blanket.
He smiled to see Kitsu back away from under the blanket with her hair over her face. She pulled it back and looked up at Shigure. He smiled and the both walked into the dining room. Kitsu ran to the fridge as Shigure read his morning paper. He heard the fridge door close with a small 'eek', but looked up five minutes later when Kitsu was nowhere to be found.
His eyes grew wide and he ran to the fridge and opened the door hurriedly. There, between the milk and leftovers, was Kitsu, holding a small package of lunchmeat. She looked up at him with wide eyes.
"I'm so sorry Kitsu-chan. I can't believe I forgot such a cute little girl like you." He picked her up, still holding the lunchmeat, and shut the fridge door as Kyo walked in with messy hair. He walked over to the cabinet as Shigure sat down with Kitsu, still wide-eyed. She ran over to Kyo and pointed up.
He got the hint and lifted her onto the counter. She looked around the room, before snatching a fork from a drawer Kyo had opened. She opened the lunchmeat package, stuck the fork into a few slices, and then cautiously opened the fridge. She threw it in there, and slammed the door, scooting away from it.
Once awake, everyone sat down to breakfast and Shigure told of Kitsu's time in the fridge. Yuki and Kyo both raised their eyebrows and looked at Kitsu, currently sitting in front of the fridge and bouncing the fork of the door.
Kyo, Yuki, and Tohru got dressed in their school uniforms and left for school. Three o'clock found them sitting in homeroom, discussing what to do with the children.
"We can't keep them forever." Yuki pointed out. "There has to be some family they can live with."
"How are we going to find them though?" Tohru asked.
"Find who?"
They turned to see Tohru's two best friends: Arisa Uotani, a Yankee thug who acted tough but had a soft spot for her friends; and Saki Hanajima, a girl who could supposedly see 'waves', like a psychic.
"Uo-chan! Hana-chan! Um, nothing. We weren't really talking about anything." Tohru said, not meeting their eyes. Kyo stared past them, and his mouth dropped open.
"Kyo? What's up with you?" Arisa asked.
"Noooo..." he said. He backed away and stumbled over a few chairs.
"Kyo-kun!"
"Dammit!" Kyo ran to the window, but never made it, as he was tackled by a brown-haired girl.
"Kagura get the hell off me!"
"But Kyo-kun, couples should-"
"We're not a couple, dammit! Can't you leave me alone! I'm at school!"
"Eh? What's this? Kyo's got girlfriend?" Arisa asked slyly. Everyone was now looking in Kyo and Kagura's direction, especially the girls.
"Not girlfriend, fian-"
"Shut up Kagura!"
"But I think we should let everyone know..." Kagura said, wrapping her arms around Kyo's neck. "...that we're engaged."
"What!" screamed almost everyone in the classroom.
"No we're not! Would you stop saying we are? I don't even like you!" Kyo yelled.
"Kyo, don't be so rude to your wife-to-be!" Arisa teased. "Have you set a date yet?"
"Would you just shut up already! We're not engaged! I only said yes because you threatened me with a butcher's knife when I was four!" Kyo shoved Kagura off of him and glared at her. "You stay the hell away from me!"
He ran out of the classroom as the bell rang, signaling the end of homeroom.
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"Kyon-San!"
The children ran towards him and jumped up-and-down in front of him.
"Guess what? Guess what? Gure-san said he'd take us to see the people at the one place tomorrow! Yaaaaaaaaaaay!" they shouted in unison, still jumping. They then ran off to jump in circles around Shigure.
"What are you doing home so early?" Shigure asked, trying to get the children to stop.
"Kagura showed up at school today, and told everyone in class we're engaged." Kyo said.
"We'll since you're here, and trying to escape your beloved, you might as well look after them. I must go on a perilous journey to speak to Akito." Shigure said, still being jump-circled by the children.
"Okay. And she's not my beloved!" Kyo shouted after him as the door shut.
Shigure left for the main-house as the children waved good-bye. They turned to Kyo, standing in a straight line, and not talking. They did their own version of a solute, which included clapping and spinning, and stood silent again.
"At ease, midgets." Kyo said.
"Aye-aye, CatMan!" they ran around the house for two hours with Kyo chasing them, then outside where they stood and stared into the forest.
"What are you doing?" he asked them. "Wait...where are Ookami and Kame?"
"Chopsticks!" the girls ran at him without warning and tackled him to the ground. He managed to stand up, but in an awkward way. Sakana and Usagi had latched themselves onto either of his legs while Neko and Tora had his arms. Kitsu rode on his shoulders and had her hands over his eyes.
"Chopsticks!" they screamed again. This was the beginning of another hour's chasing.
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"Do you think Kyo-kun's home yet?" Tohru asked as she and Yuki entered the house.
"Hope not."
"I hope he's okay..."
"Like I said."
"The ever sneaky cat comes closer to her unsuspecting prey. Unable to detect her, the cat prowls behind him. Sensing her surroundings, she pounces!"
"Ah!" Neko had jumped onto Yuki's back with her arms around his neck. She smiled evilly and hugged him.
POOF!
"The hunt has succeeded!"
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