Sorry again for the long disappearance. I'm a little squirmy when it comes to making things a habit. I tend to go off track and write random things to myself. Horrible habit. Well, I hope you enjoy the fifth chapter! I'll try to work on the 6th as soon as possible! –bows and leaves-
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THE FURUBA SERIES… Self-explanatory
Chapter 5
The night passed on slowly like this, and when morning came, Kisa was nowhere to be seen. She had crawled off of the bed, and wasn't in the house at all.
Hiro woke up when he felt an odd tingling in his foot. He quickly realized that with the way he was sitting, it had fallen asleep. He unfolded his legs, and shook out his foot. Now all to do was see if she had survived through the...
She was gone.
Gone?
The word hardly registered in Hiro's worried, depressed, tired, and stressed mind, until all the aforementioned were swept away by a tidal wave of panic.
"Where is... where's Kisa?" he asked, looking around frantically. He walked out into the living area to see if Hari had taken her out there to get out of bed or something, and found nothing.
He ran quickly upstairs and knocked on the room with Momiji in it. There was no answer, so he knocked harder, practically pounding his fist on there. A moment later, the door opened, and a very tired looking messy-haired Momiji peeked out. He brightened up a little seeing Hiro. "So, what's the news? Is Kisa-chan all right?"
Hiro shook his head. "I don't know, I thought she was with you..."
Momiji looked confused for a moment, and looked back into his room. Haru was in there, due to lack of bed space, and the obvious fact that Hiro was probably not going to be sleeping in the room anyway. A moment later, a black and white head popped up from under the sheets.
"What time is it...?" Haru muttered softly.
"Time to wake up, Haru... I can't find Kisa!" Hiro said in a loud whisper, remembering that people were sleeping.
"That's nice, Hiro, wake me up when it's something import-" there was a sudden silence. Within the next moment Haru was looking back at him with a glare. "What did you say?"
Hiro gave him the sarcastic glare, and crossed his arms, anger bubbling up. "I said, I couldn't find Kisa, Haru."
Momiji, too tired to deal with this, made a run for Shigure's bedroom.
Shigure slowly exited his room and yawned softly, stretching. He had heard some sort of commotion and wondered what time it was. Looking around, he read 4:30 in the morning on the clock and yawned again.
"What do you mean can't find her! You were in the bedroom with her, weren't you!" Haru yelled, jumping quickly out of bed.
Hiro bristled slightly at the comment. "Hey, I need sleep too, kids don't have endless energy after all!"
Momiji ran up to Shigure, and waved his hands around in a bit of a panic. "Hii-kun says that Kisa's not here!"
Yuki woke up when he heard a loud thump. He jolted up and glanced at the clock. It wasn't even sunup or even close to it. What could the commotion be this time?
Hiro sat flat on his bottom in the hallway, leaning against the wall. Haru had pushed him into it.
"Tell me why again," Haru said softly, dangerously. "You can't find Kisa?"
Hiro looked down, and away, then jumped up to his feet and ran for the door. "I don't have time to deal with you, you stupid cow, I'm going to go find her!"
Yuki looked surprised in the hallway, his eyes unusually wide for this early in the morning.
But there was little Kisa, lying there with her eyes half open on the ground in front of the porch. Blinking silently, her ears flicked and she remained laying there with her head on top of her paws. It was much cooler outside.
Hiro, in an unusual moment of no composure at all, managed to trip over himself when he saw the flash of orange, and land hard on the ground, almost on his face.
Haru, standing in the doorway, laughed until tears came to his eyes.
Momiji wandered out to Hiro and Kisa. "Are you alright?"
Hiro grumbled and turned red with embarrassment.
Yuki stifled a laugh with his hand.
Kisa looked quietly over at the others and growled softly, closing her eyes and digging her claws lightly into the ground, giving the wounded temper, meaning that she wanted to stay outside for now.
Momiji smiled, no, grinned at Kisa, and turned around, looking back at the house. "Is Hari-san awake?"
Hiro sighed, and sat next to her, leaning back on his hands and looking at the pre-dawn sky. It was almost cold outside.
Haru shrugged, and smiled. At least Kisa had made it through the night, and she was still on Shigure's property.
Without warning, Hari walked up beside Momiji and glanced at the stubborn Kisa, revealing a small smile.
Kisa remained where she was, still with a high fever, but alive.
Momiji cocked his head at Kisa. "Is it alright if she's out of bed like this?" he was talking to Hari.
Haru walked back inside. His sleep had been interrupted again, that didn't put him in a good mood for the morning. He was going to leave before he took it out on someone.
"Ahh... You are right Momiji... Kisa should not be out here, even though it is more comforting." Hari informed them. He seemed to know exactly why Kisa would be out here in her condition.
Kisa, refusing, shook her head from side to side when she heard this information.
Hiro gently placed a hand on Kisa's head, and sighed. "She's still hot. But... she wants to be out in the cool air... could we just give her a little time out here... it's probably horrible feeling in there. She survived the night. We should be happy."
Hari sighed. For once he agreed, though being a doctor, he knew better. Compromising, "Fine... Five minutes..." he said strictly as he stood there, watching them as if something would happen at that very moment. But nothing did.
Hiro looked back at the sky and smiled. He moved his hand back and placed it lightly beside her as to support his sitting position.
Yuki retreated back into the house, and Momiji sat on the back porch until the time was up.
The time was up soon and Kisa dug her claws into the ground lightly as she was tugged backwards, growling. Quite uncharacteristic.
Hiro shook his head lightly, watching Kisa protest. "You know you have to go back inside, you'll get better faster that way. I have something to show you once you're well enough."
Momiji smiled and nodded ferverently, agreeing with his younger cousin's statement. But at the 'someplace to show' her comment, he looked a little confused. Where could he have found that was special in the last few days?
Yuki and Haru were simply sitting at the table, patiently awaiting breakfast, and ignoring the commotion outside.
Kisa growled again and then released her hold on the ground as she was carried inside. When she spotted Haru sitting there at the table, she growled softly again and tried to get out of Hatori's grip.
Tohru, finally out of bed, wandered over to the kitchen, cooking random things, and some that weren't very edible, for she was only half awake. Smelling melted plastic, Tohru's eyes snapped open instinctively and she began to run around with a torched pan in her hands.
"What in the world is that...?" Yuki asked, smelling the foul stench. He leapt up quickly, and ran into the kitchen, Haru following behind him. The other people outside also smelled the burning, and peeked in the door, seeing if it was all right to venture inside or if the house was really going to be burnt down.
Yuki grabbed the pan from Tohru, set it quickly in the sink, and beat the fire out with a towel.
Haru laughed softly after it was all done, and Hiro and Miji walked in the door.
Miji ran immediately up to Tohru, and asked her if she was all right over and over again, looking her over like a worried mother.
Hiro just started snickering. "And to think... we're all living in the house, dependant on getting our food from someone so dense she can't even remember to take the plastic off of it. We're all doomed..."
"I'm so sorry!" Tohru cried as tears streamed down her cheeks and she bowed continuously. She only suffered a small burn on her right hand from the pan.
Kisa seemed to laugh from Hatori's arms. Hatori placed Kisa back in Hiro's arms, knowing he would take care of her at the moment, while he walked over to Tohru to inspect her hand.
Hiro kept laughing and absent-mindedly ran his fingers over the soft fur of the small orange tiger's face, forgetting for a moment that he wasn't holding a regular house cat. He sighed and rolled his eyes at Tohru when it was revealed to only be a small injury.
Momiji grinned at the good news, and hugged Tohru, turning into his rabbit form. Yuki sighed and sweat dropped a little.
Haru walked over and lightly thumped Tohru on the head. "Make sure you're fully awake and alert before attempting to use a stove next time, alright?"
Kisa licked Hiro's hand with her small tongue and watched the scene unfold as Tohru received a scolding from Haru.
"A-All right..." Tohru mumbled as she nodded.
Kyo stood there in the kitchen doorway and watched Tohru closely. "Baka.." he muttered softly.
Hiro turned slightly pink when he felt her tongue on his hand, and stopped what he was doing, moving his hand down a little bit so he wouldn't be tempted to start again. Then he just stood there and watched, trying not to laugh again.
Momiji climbed his way up to Tohru's head, and flopped down on there, looking like a pale yellow hat.
Haru shrugged. "We especially don't need THIS particular house to burn down. If it did, then we'd all be in trouble and without a feasible place to stay."
Yuki smiled lightly, turning away from the black cancerous blob in the sink that may have at one time been called breakfast. "Just be more careful, Tohru..." he walked out of the kitchen, and sat back down at the table.
Tohru sighed as Hatori made her put her hand under the cold water noting that that was the only treatment. Looking up at her new hat, Tohru smiled. She soon returned to cooking, and managed not to burn anything this time. Breakfast turned out fairly well. Placing it on the table, she sighed.
Hatori soon took Kisa back into his arms, as to put her back in her room. In attempt to feed her more medicine, she detested, which therefore resulted in Hari having to force Hiro to try to get her to take it.
Hiro looked a little stunned at the request, but shrugged and gave it a try anyway. He thought he might have an idea as to what to say. "I know the medicine is nasty. I've had it before, too. But think of it this way... if you take it, you'll be healthy and back to normal before you know it... and once you are. I have something I want to show you. I'm sure you'll love it."
Everyone else simply sat at the table enjoying their food, and talking happily.
Kisa tucked her head under her pillow stubbornly and began to ponder thoughts about Akito.
Speaking of Akito, she wasn't too happy. She had found the cage empty this morning and began to thrash around angrily. "GO LOOK FOR HER!" she yelled at Kureno.
Kureno nodded and left Akito standing there, and walked to the nearest phone, calling Shigure's house.
Yuki heard the phone ring, and was the first one to answer it. "Hello...?"
Hiro picked up the pillow, and looked at her, shaking his head. "Quit being so stubborn, it's better for you than not..."
Kisa hissed softly, staring at the medicine of which she thought was evil, and tipped the small cup over. Pouring the cold, slimy liquid into her mouth, she gagged at the flavor, and finished it, crawling under her blanket to pout.
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Kureno remained silent for a small while and finally spoke. "We have a problem... Akito-sama has gone on a rampage..." he told Yuki.
It was Yuki's turn to be silent for a moment. "So... what do you want me to say...? We can't tell Akito where Kisa is..."
Hiro smiled softly, and lightly patted the lump under the blankets. "That medicine should work well..." he walked back out into the living room, and watched Yuki on the phone. "Whom is he talking to?"
Haru shrugged, and so did Momiji.
Tohru was busy cleaning dishes at the moment, so she didn't know what was going on.
"I'm not sure..." Kureno mumbled as he sighed. "I think he is becoming suspicious of you and the others... But if he wants to go over to Shigure's house... he will go. What will you do then?" he asked.
Yuki sighed. "I don't know. I would have to ask Shigure, but I haven't seen him yet..."
Hiro sighed. "It's the main house isn't it?"
Haru nodded slightly. "Looks like it..."
Hiro glared at the phone. "Well, we're not giving her back, that's for sure!"
Shigure was asleep in an unconscious way in his study. "H-High school girls and short skirts.." he slurred in his sleep as he twitched slightly.
Kisa clawed slightly at her door and growled, trying to open it like a dog that wanted in or out of a house. Hissing at the door softly, she laid down and fidgeted, not liking the though of being alone in a room that seemed so large to her. She just didn't want to be alone, for she was remembering the cage.
Yuki turned back to the others in the room. "Would one of you please go wake Shigure up?"
Haru looked at Momiji, who, with a poof, turned back into his human form and ran off to get his clothes. Hiro had noticed the sounds coming from the room where Kisa was, and went to go figure it out.
Haru sighed, and walked to the study, knocking heavily on the door. "Alright Shigure, time to wake up. We have a situation here!"
Hiro opened the door, and found the little tiger lying on the ground in front of it. "Kisa... what are you doing out of bed?" he leaned down and picked her up.
Kisa had her eyes closed and dug her fangs into Hiro's arm before she heard him speak. Retracting her small fangs out of his arm, she curled up into a ball and clung to Hiro lightly. "I...I don't want to be alone..."
Shigure shot up instantly and yelled, "High school girls! ...?" as he opened the door slowly and looked at Haru, hair sticking up in several places.
Haru sighed and shook his head. "Shigure, you have a phone call from Kureno. Seems Akito already knows Kisa's gone."
Hiro winced slightly when he felt her bite him, but didn't move. "Not alone... I get it. But you can't leave bed, you're not even well enough to change out of your animal form..."
Shigure was already with the phone in his hands and chatting away with Kureno, who, in response, held his phone away from his ear.
Kisa growled softly and continued to cling to Hiro, her warmth radiating off of her as she growled.
Hiro sighed, slightly feeling defeated, and walked out of the room. "I'll talk to Hatori..."
He found the entire current cast sitting in the room, looking at Shigure and sweat dropping. He sighed, and shook his head when he realized Shigure was rambling, and continued to look for Hatori. "Have any of you seen Hatori?"
Hatori appeared behind Hiro like a ghost from a horror film. "What is it?" he asked, watching Shigure with that same annoyed look.
Shigure finally stopped chatting. Hearing what Kureno had to say, his face becoming serious again. "Right... Hmmm... This isn't good... I fear a confrontation soon..." he muttered as he sighed heavily. "Do your best to try to change Akito's mind..."
Hiro straightened up a little bit in surprise, and then looked down at Kisa. "She says she doesn't want to be alone... and none of us want to spend the entire day in that room..." He gave a warning glare at Momiji and Haru that promised pain if either of them was to say that they wouldn't mind it. Momiji looked the other way. Haru looked at Hiro in agreement.
Hiro turned back to the doctor. "Is there any sort of compromise we can make?"
Hatori sighed, pondering the right answer. "She may come out of her room... but do not let her outside until she is healthy again. But someone must always watch her closely..." he informed them looking down at Kisa.
Kisa growled softly and closed her eyes again, a small cough escaping her lungs.
Hiro smiled softly, and nodded at the doctor. "We'll take good care of her..." his hand was once again absent-mindedly stroking the side of her face.
Kisa twitched slightly but didn't mind all too much as she rested, cradled in Hiro's arm. Hatori nodded silently. "Now… if there is nothing else I am needed for... I will return to Akito before he suspects anything." he informed them.
Hiro nodded, and went for the TV room.
Momiji stood up and waved. "Good luck with Akito-san, Hatori-san!"
"Because everyone knows you're going to need it," Yuki added, sipping tea.
Haru stood up and went for the door. "Hang on, I'll go with you. If I'm away from the house for too long, then I'll be as much of a liability as you." He waved briefly to the others.
Tohru waved to the two whom were leaving from the kitchen and yawned softly, still slightly asleep.
Hatori smiled slightly; maybe everyone was hallucinating, and then turned away, walking out of the door.
Kisa looked up at Haru sleepily and watched him leave before returning to her original position in Hiro's arms.