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Sohma Estate:
"Kira should be back now…" Hatori said with a slight concern in his tone. They all sat at one of the many tables that surrounded the dance floor.
"Aw, Haa-san, leave her alone! She's out with her true love, Kyo!" Shigure defended, glancing at Haru, Shigure knew that the young ox had some feelings for Kira but he let them go when Kira began dating Kyo.
"Hmm… a love triangle? Between Kyo and Haru… hmm…" Shigure thought and began planning in his head.
"Why do I have a feeling you set them up?" Hatori looked around for any sign of Kira.
"This could be bad… what if she remembers something?" Hatori thought in panic
"I'm sure she and Kyo-kun are fine!" Tohru said optimistically.
"Yeah… I'm sure Kira is fine" Yuki agreed without mentioning Kyo.
"If that stupid cat does something to her, I'll kill him…" Yuki threaten in his mind. He loved Kira like a brother loves a sister and would do anything for a sibling.
"Yuki! I found you!" Ayame cried out.
"Except for him… I will rather see him die…" Yuki shot a glare of annoyance at his brother but said nothing.
"It's starting to snow." Haru said, staring at the golden doors, waiting for Kira burst through.
"Oh no! Is it snowing hard?" Tohru gasped.
"Not really." Haru answered, still not taking his eyes off the doors.
"If Kyo did anything to her… I'll kill him… and then I will ask Kira on a date…" Haru planned in his mind.
"C'mon Hatori! We have to get ready!" Momiji suddenly came out of nowhere and began to drag Hatori.
"Where are you Kira?" Hatori thought as the little rabbit dragged him.
Ramen restaurant:
"It's almost midnight! We can still catch the dance! C'mon! Hurry up!" Kira urged Kyo as he continued to slurp on his noodles.
"Ok, ok, hold on." he said
"C'mon Kyo! It's starting to snow!" Kira complained and when he got up, she got up and both of them threw some money on the table.
"Hey! I'm paying!" Kyo yelled.
"C'mon! Let's go!" Kira dragged him out of the restaurant, into the flurries surrounding them.
"Damn! It's cold!" she cried out and began running.
"Hey! Wait up! I said I was paying! Why did you pay?" Kyo asked angrily, jogging besides her.
"Why can't I pay?" she asked innocently, running through the main gate.
"Because it's wrong!"
"How is it wrong for paying for your own food?"
"Because!" he yelled, thinking of a comeback as they ran through the outer room where Shishou notice them and stared after along with other people but no one said anything. They both stopped arguing to sneak Kyo into the banquet hall where they both walked among the shadows towards where everyone was sitting.
"Eh? Kyo? Kira?" Tohru murmer, surprised
"Because? Is that the best you got?" Kira whispered to him sarcastically, sitting between Haru and Shigure while Kyo had to take Hatori's empty seat besides Shigure.
"Because you're a girl and I'm a guy!" he whispered back furiously.
"I know I'm a girl, I don't know if you're a guy but I know I'm a girl. What's that got to do with anything?" she whispered back quickly as the lights began to dim.
"It has to do with everything!" he shot back.
"What are you two fighting about?" Shigure asked curiously.
"Nothing." they said in unison.
"Where have you been?" Haru whispered to Kira.
"No where in particular… just out for ramen…" Kira shrugged casually, keeping her eyes on the stage. And then she saw Akito walk out with Kureno by his side and announce into the microphone,
"Let the dance begin!" and the lights flashed off.
Haru felt Kira hold on to his arm but he said nothing and he put his arm around her shoulders. He felt her muscles tense and then relax when she heard a drum begin to beat to some traditional music. There was a spotlight at a door in which Momiji entered, dancing playfully like his zodiac sign.
After a few moments of dancing, another spotlight appeared at a door on the opposite side. In came in Hatori, moving around awkwardly at first but hen he slipped into a more graceful dance. The spotlights began to merge closer to each other, making Hatori and Momiji dance next to each other and then suddenly the drums gave one final blast and the music cut short while they stopped in poise pose. There was a low applaud for them as they exit the dance floor.
"That was great!" Kira laughed as she remember Hatori's dance.
"Yeah…" Haru smiled at Kira, his arm still around her, avoiding eye contact with Kyo who was giving him a death glare.
"THAT. DAMN. PUNK! What the hell is he doing with his arm around her?" Kyo thought in rage.
"Haa-san did better than I thought he would" Shigure beamed in agreement.
"How bad did you think I would have done?" Hatori came up behind them, out of his costume already.
"Oh! Haa-san!" Shigure said nervously.
"You were wonderful!" Tohru exclaimed
"Your dance was amusing…Where's Momiji?" Kira asked.
"Over there. And what do you mean amusing?" Hatori pointed towards a door where Momiji emerged from and came running to them. Kira pulled him to a hug and exclaimed,
"I loved your dance!"
"Thank you!"
"You were beautiful Momiji!" Tohru nodded, smiling.
"Thank you so much!"
"Where have you been Kira?" Hatori whispered to Kira
"Out." she whispered back
"Ah, the little rebel has come back and she brought back her pet monster too…" Akito observed from behind them. Kira narrowed her eyes, her hand gripped on her sai but she calmly said,
"I only came to watch the dance."
"You are leaving for England first thing tomorrow." Akito declared, ignoring what she said.
"Yeah right!"
"Say one more word and I'll have a nice chat with Yuki. In. His. Room." Akito threaten. Yuki's face paled at his message
"Go ahead and try." Kira said boldly. Yuki's face paled even more.
"Kira!" Shigure exclaimed, noticing Yuki's expression.
"Come with me Yuki! NOW!" Akito cried out. Kira watched as Yuki got up obediently but she said and did nothing.
"What the HELL is she doing?" Kyo thought, this wasn't like Kira.
"I see, my fight with you last time has taught you a lesson. Good." Akito said and grabbed Yuki's hand and began to walk. Kira cocked her head to one side, waiting for the right moment.
"Hey!" she shouted, causing Akito to stop and turn around, giving Kira the advantage to run up to him and kick his head into a nearby wall, knocking him out. She then hugged Yuki,
"I scared you, didn't I?" she apologized
"It's alright." Yuki said, his face began to gain its color back. Kira looked down and lifted her spiky heel up, lingering on top of Akito's groin…
"Don't touch him. Don't go near him." Kureno said, his emotionless voice fighting down his fury.
"He shouldn't go near Yuki." Kira gave him an icy glare.
"That's none of your business. Leave him alone!" Kureno's voice rose slightly. Kira clenched her fist so tight that her knuckles had turned white but she didn't punch him. Hatori had gotten up to check on Akito.
Shigure came up to Kira and whispered softly, "You shouldn't have been so hard on him."
Kira sighed as she unclenched her fists, revealing blood; her nails had dug into her skin.
"He shouldn't have threaten Yuki." she protested, and reached for a napkin to wipe off the red droplets.
"Oh Kira! You're hurt!" Tohru exclaimed, seeing the blood
"It's nothing."
"What are you doing here?" a young male's voice asked from behind them.
"Hello Hiro-san! Hello Kisa-san!" Tohru ran up to hug Kisa.
"Hi Onee-chan." Kisa said softly
"I could ask you the same, isn't it your bedtime?" Kira frowned at Hiro. She always got annoyed with Hiro.
"Shouldn't you be England getting famous?" he remarked with a smirk. Kira eyes widen and then she narrowed her eyes and grabbed Hiro's arm.
"We need to talk." she said as she strides off quickly, dragging him.
"Getting famous?" Haru spoke everyone's thought aloud.
"Well of course! Kira is a very beautiful! Not as good looking as me, but she is very cute!" Ayame said casually.
"What are you saying?" Yuki stared at his brother with annoyance.
"Maybe Kira is model!" Toru suggested, not far from the truth.
"Kira is prettier than a model!" Momiji suddenly spoke up out of nowhere.
"…" Kyo said nothing
Kira and Hiro:
"How do you know?" Kira asked the witty tyke.
"I was watching the international news channel once and you wee all over it, Kira Katsura."
"Shh!"
"Aren't you going to tell them? They're going to find out later you know and when they do-"
"Shut up! They're not going to find out if you SHUT UP!" she yelled, frustrated with this; with Hiro, with her not-so-secret secret.
"How dare you yell at me! I'll have you charge for child abuse and it will be all over the news-"
"Agh!" she cried out and smacked him on the head.
"Hey!" he said but Kira had already began to drag him back to the others and whispered,
"Say anything and you're dead."
"Fine." he sulked but he knew she wouldn't do that. 'He vaguely remembered what happen but he heard so many rumors about it afterwards. Especially from three women gossiping,
"That girl was such a monster! Disobeying the great Akito-san!""And hitting him! It was a good thing that he sent her to England!"
"Didn't you hear? She has been having a relationship with the CAT!"
"That MONSTER?""Who could ever love him? How long have they been betraying Akito-san?
"For a few years…""What did you two talk about?" Shigure asked as he saw them come back
"Nothing." they said in unison.
"Kira-nee?" Kisa said and Kira hugged her
"Kisa!" Kira cried out in joy.
"A RIVAL! Another RIVAL!" Hiro thought jealously.
"Hiro's jealous!" Momiji announced in a singsong voice
"Shut up!" Hiro shouted at him
"Hiro? You alright?" Kira asked him while Kisa watched him, concerned
"Of course, I'm all right! Do I look DEAD?" he retorted
"Hiro! That's no way to treat women!" Ayame exclaimed, horrified
"And how would YOU know?" he asked. Yuki sighed as he absentmindedly put his arm around Tohru's shoulder. Both Haru and Kyo were walking to Kira.
"Why through experience of course! Why Kira and I learned from each other along with-" Ayame began but Kyo cut him off,
"WHAT?"
"Aaya! How COULD you?" Shigure began to sob.
"Oh Gure-san! Hiro asked me about women and you're very much a man." Ayame comforted him.
"Oh Aaya! You know how to make my heart soar!"
"STOP THAT!" Yuki and Kyo yelled.
"We're going home!" Yuki grabbed Tohru and stomp towards the golden doors.
"Eh? Yuki…?" Tohru said, surprised
"Us too!" Kyo grabbed Kira and walked towards the doors but Kira tried to resist him.
"C'mon!" Kyo said and turned around and saw that her eyes were closed.
"We're snowed in." she murmured and her eyes open.
"What?" Kyo asked
"We're snowed in!" Kira squealed happily
"Yay!" Momiji cheered as Kira beamed at him
"Whoopee." Haru cheered sarcastically while Kira laughed
"Yes! I bet Akito did this but I get to explore this place right? And besides, he probably dying because he used so much of his power on this snow storm…" Kira thought excitedly
"How's getting snowed in good?" Hiro asked Kira
"Snowed in?" Kisa asked.
"What? Snowed in?" Shigure asked, worried and looked around the room, it was empty now since everyone else left early and from what he could see, the outer room was empty too.
"Oh DAMNIT!" Kyo yelled in frustration
"We're snowed in." Yuki said as he walked back to them, his face paled with fear.
"How deep?" Kira asked joyfully
"I think solid." he replied
"YAY!" Kira cheered.
"Let's go!" she said, walking towards the dark doors. She looked up and saw a balcony about 3 floors up and doors leading anywhere. The main house was usually used for storage and as a banquet hall.
"Go where?" Hatori asked as he appeared, grabbing Kira's arm before she can run off.
"We're snowed in." she said, breaking away from his grip and walked towards a random door and opened it. It was a darkly lit hallway, lit by only fire burning lanterns and torches, leading down so far that she couldn't see. Kira grabbed a torch and began to vanish in to the sinister shadow.
"Talk about old fashion torture chambers…" Kira thought as she fingered the torch.
"HEY! KIRA!" Kyo yelled at her and she stopped and turned around. She saw everyone grab a torch or a lantern.
"Where do you think you're going?" Hatori asked Kira, suspicion in his eyes.
"If we're going to be stranded here, we rather as well look around." and began to walk again, followed by close footsteps.
"I'm coming with you." Haru said, holding on to Kira's hand.
"Me too!" Kyo said quickly.
"We want to follow too!" Momiji and Tohru, followed by Yuki, came running.
"We want to come too." Kisa softly called out, clinging on to Hiro.
"Us too! US TOO!" Shigure and Ayame cried out as they grabbed a resisting Hatori.
"C'mon Haa-san! What's wrong?" Shigure asked as the trio lingered behind. He always wanted to go explore the main house but he rarely did since Akito and lived further off in another house, along with Hatori.
"This is where we keep storage, Kira might find something…" Hatori said.
"This place is huge! She won't find anything that has to do with her here!" Ayame said and they began to catch up with everyone else. Kira suddenly stopped at where there was a crossway there the hallways meet. Two of the hallways were narrow stairs that led down to darkness as Kira leaned closer to one of them.
"These stairs are too narrow. We're going to have to split up." she said.
"What? NO!" Shigure cried out in horror.
"Splitting up NEVER works!" he continued
"Fine… I'll go with Haru, Kira, Kyo, Yuki and Tohru. Shigure you go with Ayame, Momiji, Hiro and Kisa." Hatori said and Kira began to go down the stairs.
"C'mon you guys!" she called out.
"Shigure, Ayame you go that way." Hatori pointed to a wide hallway.
"Kira, Ayame, do you have your cell phones?"
"Yeah!" Kira shouted, her voice echoed
"Of course! What if Mine needed me?" Ayame said, shocked at the thought of not having his phone with him.
"We'll see you soon Haa-san!" Shigure grabbed Ayame and went walked away.
"Bye Tohru!" Momiji cried out
"Bye Onee-chan." Kisa waved
"Bye Kisa! Bye Momiji!" Tohru waved back
"Let's just go!" Hiro complained, dragging Kisa.
Hatori's group:
"It looks like a cave…" Haru commented.
"Or a tomb…" Kira lifted her torch higher, looking at the strange marking on the rocky walls.
"T-tomb?" Tohru stammered, as Yuki put a comforting arm around her.
"Why do we have to look around anyway? It's like 2 in the morning! I'm tired!" Kyo grumbled
"You sound like Hiro." Hatori said.
"Doesn't he?" Kira agreed
"HEY!" Kyo protested his voice echoed loudly, over and over again…
"Shh! These walls could collapse!" Kira scolded him as they came to the end of the hallway with 3 doors at the end.
"C-c-collapse?" Tohru whispered, frighten.
"Don't worry, it wouldn't if Kyo quit screaming out like that." Kira gave a reassuring smile to Tohru and turned back to the 3 doors.
"Which door do you guys want to go in first?" Kira asked.
"It depends on what's behind the door." Haru said
"How about if we all open a door?" Kira reached over on the first door and turned the knob. It led down another hallway. Haru reached for the second door and it led down some stairs. Yuki opened the last door to reveal a large room. Hatori felt a draft from the second door,
"The exit is probably through here…" he thought.
"Let's go through here." he pointed to the second door.
"I wanna check out that huge empty room." Haru said
"Me too!" Kira cried out eagerly.
"I wanna leave!" Kyo said in frustration.
"I want to leave but I will be brave and follow everyone wherever they want to go." Tohru said.
"You don't have to." Kyo said, looking at Tohru's pale white face and fearful eyes.
"Yeah, we can just leave." Yuki said.
"No. I want to come with everyone." Tohru said, her voice was a bit shaky but her look had fierce determination.
"Come on Tohru, we could leave if you want to." Kira said softly.
"No! I'm fine! Let's go." Tohru tried to be cheerful and went into the empty room, in which everyone followed after her.
Shigure and Ayame's group:
"How did we get stuck with the three idiots? It's unbelievable! I could sue Hatori, the supposed doctor, for doing this to us!" Hiro complained.
"Hiro-kun, you're already stuck with us idiots, complaining won't help." Shigure said
"Who are you calling an IDIOT Gure-san?" Ayame's voice rang out in objection.
"Oh Aaya! I didn't mean you! I meant me! Please forgive me!" Shigure sobbed for forgiveness.
"But you said us!" Ayame pointed out, obviously hurt from that word.
"I meant someone else!" Shigure cried out, pleading
"OH? So there's someone else now is there?" Ayame accused
"No! I meant Momiji!" Shigure sniffed
"MOMIJI? HOW COULD YOU?" Ayame cried out, heartbroken
"Eh?" Momiji looked at them with oblivion.
"Idiots… this stupid family full of idiots…" Hiro muttered and then gasped,
"I didn't mean you Kisa! I meant them!"
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The whole Shigure and Ayame thing is just playful/perverted teasing… nothing real… I think…
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