XxDarkFairy46xx- lol… yeah the snow IS too deep for Jake but I put it in this chapter so don't worry…lol, I really didn't actually think about that until you reviewed…
Another Reader- hmm… no I don't have a beta reader (unfortunately, all my friends complain about the grammar errors too…) and I guess my Spell check on Microsoft Word isn't really that great either… lol, I'll try to re-read it over if I have time after I do my homework…
Wow… the seventh chapter…
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Hatori's group:
"Where's Kira?" Hatori asked. All of the animals had fallen asleep around them.
Hatori glanced at his watch,
"It's already 8 AM… " he thought
"I think she went to stretch her legs." Yuki said as Tohru fell asleep with her head in his lap.
"She left like 10 minutes ago, shouldn't she be back by now?" Kyo asked
"You're the one who saw her last stupid cat!"
"Don't call me stupid DAMN RAT!"
"I'll go look for her." Haru got but there was a bright flash and everyone stared at it.
"What the hell?" Kyo muttered
"Welcome my animals." a voice rang out and a transparent figure appeared in the center of the flash.
"Akito?" Hatori murmured at the wispy figure
"So good to see you all. I see your beloved liberator has left-BOOM! THUD!" Akito began but a crashing from the doorway interrupted.
"WHY DID YOU LOCK ME OUT?" Kira glared at Akito. The animals suddenly vanish into thin air, revealing Kira at the doorway, glowing from he light behind her.
"HOW DID YOU GET OUT?" Kyo yelled, angry that Kira didn't tell anyone.
"I WAS going to TELL you guys but the door SLAMMED behind me because of HIM!" she screamed, pointing at Akito. Her headache was gone even though she was raging.
"This family has such a temper… I must be going." and disappeared.
Sohma Estate:
"She came back." the spirit told his master.
"That witch kicked the door down… well I've gotten lost in this shit of a place. It's like a fucking maze, I can't get to her!" Akito cried out madly. The spirit said nothing, it knew that it was Akito's fault for all these rooms but it wasn't going to say that aloud.
"Forget it! I'll get her next time!" Akito spat and return to the banquet hall.
Shigure's and Ayame group:
"Ugh… my head hurts." Shigure woke up.
"Mine does not, for I am too amazing for such petty hangovers!" Ayame shouted, waking the others.
"AGH! My head! Too loud!" Shigure shouted
"SHUT UP! MY HEAD HURTS!" Hiro covered his ears and yelled
"Eh? Hiro-chan? Are you ok?" Kisa asked and put a hand to his forehead.
"My head hurts." Hiro replied sullenly.
"HAHA! MY HEAD HURTS! HAHA!" Momiji burst out laughing as everyone stared at him.
"You shouldn't have attacked Momiji, Hiro! It's affected his head!" Ayame scolded the violent boy.
"Let's go home…" Shigure moaned and then asked,
"Ayame, call Kira and ask where are they."
"AGH! I CAN'T FIND MY PHONE!"
"Oh, right…" Hiro muttered and pointed to something on the floor.
"AGH! MY PHONE IS BROKEN!" Ayame sobbed
"AGH! WE'RE STRANDED HERE!" Shigure cried out in panic.
Hatori's group:
"Let's go find the others!" Kira yelled, holding the door open. Everyone ran out and began going down the hallway they came from. Yuki had to carry Tohru since she was still asleep and he didn't want to wake her.
"Which way do we go?" Haru asked
"Up, we came down those stairs." Hatori noted the narrow stairs.
"You're going to have to wake her, you know." Kyo said to Yuki
"Kyo's right, she could hit her head." Kira said
"Honda-san… wake up." Yuki whispered.
"Eh? Are we alive?" Tohru asked, ever so optimistic. Kira laughed,
"Yeah we're all fine, we have to go up some stairs."
"So we escaped?" Tohru asked hopefully
"Yeah, we have to find the idiots." Yuki replied
"O-oh…are Shigure-san and the others all right?" Tohru asked, worried.
"We won't know until we get there." Hatori said as he began to climb the stairs first, followed Haru, then Kyo, Kira, Tohru and Yuki.
"I hear yelling from over there." Kira pointed down the hallway that Shigure and Ayame had gone down. They followed the sounds to a closed door on their left. Hatori opened it to find sheer chaos.
"HAHA! EVERYBODY'S GOING CRAZY!" Momiji cried out cheerfully laughing. Nobody notice that Hatori and the others had came in or the door was opened.
"WAAH! MY PHONE!" Ayame sobbed
"WE'RE DEAD! WE'RE STUCK HERE FOREVER!" Shigure cried out
"DAMNIT! EVERYONE SHUT UP!" Hiro yelled
"Hi Hatori-oji-chan!" Kisa said in relief, ran towards Hatori, and hugged Tohru.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" Kyo yelled loudly that everyone stopped and looked at him.
"AGH! SHUT UP DAMNIT! MY HEAD HURTS!" Hiro screamed out, clutching his head in agony.
"Nice job." Haru commented
"Are you being sarcastic?" Kyo asked but Haru ignored him and went over to Kira and Ayame.
"Calm down Ayame! We'll get a new phone! A better phone!" Kira comforted the sobbing tailor.
"Better? I need the BEST phone! I am the BEST after all!" Ayame said happily.
"Right…" Kira said and glanced at Shigure who was crying on Hatori.
"I thought we were locked in here forever Haa-san! You saved us!" he cried on to Hatori's shoulder
"The door wasn't even locked." Hatori said, awkwardly patting the sobbing dog's back.
"You're all a bunch of idiots!" Kyo yelled out, frustrated with all of them.
"What's wrong with Momiji?" Yuki asked as he watched the rabbit dance on the antique couch.
"Wheee!" Momiji cried out in joy.
"Hiro attacked him." Shigure said
"EH?" Tohru asked, surprised and worried.
"Why?" Haru asked.
"Hiro was crushing Aaya's phone and Momiji called him an 'asshole' and he attacked him and Momiji hit his head." Shigure replied
"That doesn't sound like Momiji." Hatori said while Kira looked around and notice empty bottles and bottles of wine and liquor.
"YOU ACTUALLY LET THEM DRINK?" Kyo shouted
"THEY'RE UNDERAGE!" Yuki yelled at Shigure and Ayame. Kyo smacked each of them on the head.
"Ow! Go away! My head hurts!" Shigure whined
"That's because you have a hangover, along with Hiro and I think Momiji is still drunk. The hit to his head probably affected his mind." Hatori shook his head in disbelief. Hiro was in a chair, moaning that his head hurts.
"I can't believe I'm related to these people…" Hatori thought.
"Let's just get out of here." Kira said as she helped Hiro to his feet.
"STOP MOVING ME! MY HEAD HURTS!" Hiro pounded on Kira's back and she carried him on her shoulder, ignoring his protests.
Hatori helped Shigure and Ayame to their feet while Kisa held hands with Tohru and they left the once valuable antique room that had turned into a dump in a few hours.
Shigure's house:
"I'M HOME!" Shigure kissed the floor. Hatori had took Momiji, Hiro and Ayame to his place while Haru decided to stay at Shigure's, away from the haunted banquet hall.
"Finally!" Kyo went to his room and slammed the door. Everyone went to either their room to freshen up or take a nap. Haru followed Kira to her room.
Kira's phone started to ring as she turned it on, sitting on her mattress in her room.
"Hello?"
"I TRIED TO CALL YOU A BILLION TIMES! WHAT HAPPEN?" Jake screamed
"I shut off my phone since my battery was running low." Kira said casually.
"Oh… I couldn't find a shovel and I got lost in all of those snow tunnels the town made a couple hours ago so I gave up and came home."
"Wow… you're a real trooper…whatever, we all escaped and we're alive." Kira said sarcastically and nodded as Haru pointed to her bed, meaning he wanted to lie down and sleep.
"Anything bad happen?" Jake asked
"Shigure, Ayame, Hiro and Momiji got drunk."
"Who are Ayame, Hiro and Momiji?"
"Relatives."
"Shigure got drunk?"
"And a hangover." Kira grinned
"Hmm… I always wanted to see that…"
"Didn't you get drunk at the club?"
"Nah, it was no fun going alone, I had to dance with all these sluts." Jake complained
"That sounds horrible!" Kira laughed.
"I got to go, talk to you later." Kira said
"'Kay, later." and they hung up.
"Haru-chan? Are you asleep?" Kira whispered in to his ear.
"Almost." he replied, opening one eye. Kira smiled and laid down next to him.
"Night!" she said softly as she turned her back to him
"Good night." Haru said, turning so he can put his arm around her waist and whispered,
"Kira?"
"Yeah?"
"We're friends right?"
"Of course! Why wouldn't we be friends?"
"Just checking…" Haru trailed off as Kira closed her eyes and fell asleep. He moved closer to her and kissed her gently on the cheek.
"So close and yet so far…" Haru thought as he drifted to sleep, holding on to Kira.
Two weeks later:
"GO AWAY! OR I'M CALLING THE POLICE!" Shigure screamed into his phone.
"Um… I just wanted to talk to Kira… I don't like your books anymore…" Jake said
"WHAT? WHY?" Shigure said in panic
"The whole restraining order thing really turns a fan off. Can I talk to Kira now? I can't reach her cell phone."
"YOU WEREN'T A FAN! A STALKER! THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE!"
"Were." Jake corrected
Kira then popped her head into Shigure's room and asked,
"Is Jake harassing you?"
"NO! He moved on!" Shigure sniffed, clinging on to the phone
"Um… ok… can I have the phone please?" Shigure handed the phone to her and sat at his desk as Kira left. This was bad, he was out of ideas, he had no more motivation, and he didn't know what to do; it was bad when a fanatic reader suddenly stopped reading your books.
"Ugh… what to write about…" he mumbled into his hands and then his head shot up as he got an amazing idea and his fingers began to fly across his keyboard.
"He sat on the roof, staring at the horizon, thinking. What was he going to do? His heart broke two years ago and then she returns out of nowhere just when he felt he could move on. He had such subtle feelings for a young girl living in their home, Tohru and now his feelings for Kira came back, rushing in every color.
"What am I going to do?" Kyo thought and sigh in defeat against love…
"This is going to be my best story! I could RETIRE after this!" Shigure cheered
"Why the hell are you talking to yourself for?" Kyo stuck his head in when he heard Shigure say something as he walked by.
"Agh! Kyo!" Shigure said, surprised as he quickly saved and close the window of his story.
"What were you doing?" Kyo asked suspiciously
"Nothing! Nothing! Is it lunchtime yet? I'm famished!" Shigure said in a rush, pushing Kyo out the door, into the hallway where they bumped into Kira.
"Hey. Here's your phone Shigure!" Kira handed the phone to Shigure, smiled at Kyo and headed to the door.
"Eh? Kira? Where are you going?" Shigure asked
"Jake's. He's going to take me out for lunch." she called out.
"Kyo, tell Tohru that I won't eat lunch here!" and she was gone.
Kyo turned back at Shigure and glared at him.
"What? What? It's not my fault you didn't take your chance earlier!" Shigure protested
"Shut up!" Kyo yelled as he headed up the stairs.
"I guess this wouldn't be a good time to tell you Haa-kun slept in her room before!" Shigure sang out.
"What?" Kyo looked shock
"You know how much Haa-kun likes Kira! In fact, I bet Haa-kun is going ask her out soon! Maybe on Valentine's Day… or Jake might…" Shigure said casually, waving his hand in a 'not-caring' motion. Kyo said nothing and ran to the roof.
"If he's not going to do anything on his own, I'm going to help them out… it's the least I could do for sweet Kira…" Shigure smiled.
"And besides, it will help my story very much… now for my onigiri to do her part…" he grinned and sipped his tea.
"Is the tea too hot? Too cold?" Tohru asked sweetly.
"No, it's perfect. Everything's fine." he answered, getting puzzled stares from Tohru and Yuki.
"Tohru, can you go get Kyo for lunch? He's on the roof." he said.
"Oh yes!" and she left.
"What are you up to now?" Yuki frowned at his idiotic cousin.
"Oh nothing… what do you think about Kira and Haa-kun together?" Shigure asked. The question threw Yuki off guard.
"Kira and Haru?" he asked, astonished
"Yes, yes, you're right, Kyo is a much better match but I'm surprise you didn't take Haa-kun's side."
"…" Yuki said nothing. He hated Kyo but Kira was so much happier with him.
"Aw… Yuki likes Kyo!" Shigure smiled broadly but Yuki kicked him out of the house.
"Waah! Yuki, you're so cold! Yuki! I'm cold!" Shigure yelled as he shivered in the melting snow.
Roof:
"Stupid dog! What was he talking about? Haru wouldn't do that! Kira doesn't like him like that! And that Jake is a dimwit!" Kyo thought angrily.
"He's too old for her anyway…" he muttered to himself.
"Who's too old?" Tohru asked as her head popped up.
"Agh! Tohru! Don't scare me like that!"
"Oh! I'm sorry! I'll leave if you want me to!" Tohru started climbing down but Kyo stopped her.
"It's all right…" he sighed
"What do you want?" Kyo ask
"Oh! I just came up here to tell you that it's lunch time."
"Oh, ok." Kyo replied and then asked,
"Tohru, what do you of Kira?"
"She's really nice. You love her, don't you Kyo-kun?" she smiled sincerely at him.
Kyo lowered his eyes to his hands and said nothing for awhile and then whispered softly,
"Yeah, yeah I do."
"Then you should tell her that. It would be nice if you do it on Valentine's Day."
"But what about her memory?" Kyo asked
"It will be a risk but what if something good comes out of it? Wouldn't you like it if Kira loved you too?" Tohru looked at him with sorrowful eyes sparkling with hope.
"Yeah… let's go down for lunch. I'm hungry." he said quietly and descended the ladder.
Park:
"That was a good lunch." Kira smiled at Jake.
"Yeah… Kira?"
"Hm?" she answered, looking out into the trees
"Kira, can't we-" Jake looked at her
"No." she replied, staring at the ground as they walked.
"Why? Why not?" Jake asked
"Because… it doesn't feel right. I… no. Just no." she said, picking up the pace as they walked towards the Sohma Estate.
"Hey." Jake grabbed her shoulder, stopping her.
"Yeah?"
"I'm sorry for asking again."
"It's all right. I have to stop by in here. I'll see you later!" she gave him a small smile.
"Yeah, later." he said and watch her enter the gates.
"Why? Why is she so close and yet keeps me so far?" he thought and began to walk home.
Sohma Estate:
"Hey Hatori-chan!" she greeted the stoic doctor in his office.
"Eh? What are you doing here Kira?" Hatori looked up from his files, slightly surprised
"Can't I just come without a reason?" she smiled and sat down in a chair across from Hatori's
"No… were you planning on visiting someone?"
"If you think I'm going to visit Akito, then you're crazy. I just wanted to see how everyone was, especially Momiji and Haru."
"Right…" Hatori said in disbelief and went back to his files.
"Don't you believe me Hatori? I never lied to you, have I?" she complained
"Not that I know of."
"Exactly! Well I'm off! See you!" Kira got up and headed to the door.
"Kira."
"Yes?" she turned around
"Don't visit Akito...-" Hatori warned but Kira interrupted him.
"Don't worry!" Kira grinned and was about to leave but Hatori stopped her.
"…And Haru."
"Why? What's wrong with Haru-chan?" Kira asked, worried.
"I don't want you to visit him. He's been turning Black more often lately and he might be dangerous."
"I'll go check on him to see what's wrong then." she said and left.
"This will not go well… Haru is going to lose control and do something drastic…" Hatori thought and picked up his phone.
"Hello? Shigure?"
"Haa-san!" Shigure greeted
"I'm working on a new story!"
"That's nice… do you mind telling Yuki to come to the estate?" Hatori asked
"Eh? Why? Does this have to do-" Shigure sound worried but Hatori interrupted
"No. It has to do with Kira and Haru."
"Really?" Shigure gasped and then said,
"I'll send him over right away!" and hung up.
"Why do I have a feeling that he's up to something?" Hatori thought.
Shigure's House:
"Oh YUKI-KUUUNN!" Shigure yelled in a singsong voice as he enters the dining room.
"Yes?" Yuki asked, watching Shigure suspiciously.
"You're needed at the main house!" Shigure squealed happily. Yuki paled and dropped his chopsticks. Kyo stared at Shigure wide-eyed as Tohru just watched, puzzled at their reaction.
"You seem too happy. What are you up to?" Kyo asked, narrowing his eyes.
"Tsk, tsk, so suspicious… Yuki! GO! It's an emergency!" Shigure grabbed Yuki's arm but he resisted
"Why? I'm not going." Yuki said emotionlessly
"But it has to do with…" Shigure stopped and glanced at Kyo.
"What?" Kyo looked at Shigure in the eye but Shigure turned back and whispered into Yuki's ear,
"It has to do with Kira and Haa-kun. I would send Kyo but… you know…"
Yuki immediately got up and asked anxiously,
"They're not hurt are they? Did Akito do anything?" as he walked quickly to the door.
"No… at least not yet…" Shigure answered cryptically
"Who's injured? Are they going to be fine?" Tohru asked Shigure
"They? Who's 'they'?" Kyo asked, annoyed with all the secrecy.
"Don't worry Tohru! If Yuki gets there in time, they'll be fine!" Shigure ignored Kyo
"WHO'S 'THEY'?" he yelled
"You don't need to know if nothing bad happens Kyo-kun." Shigure replied calmly as he poured himself a cup of tea.
"Of course, you and I both have different definitions of 'bad', but deep down, you want Kira to remember your love, don't you Kyo?" Shigure thought.
"And if something bad does happen?"
"So pessimistic!" Shigure sipped his tea.
"What if something BAD HAPPENS?" Kyo yelled
"Then Hatori will be very busy."
"How bad is it? And why can't I go help?" Kyo asked, calmer.
"Hmm… it would make it worse." Shigure looked straight into Kyo's fiery eyes.
"What? Will you quit looking at me like that?" Kyo shouted
"Like what?" Shigure asked innocently
"I really don't see why Kira likes him, he has a terrible temper… so does Haru… I wonder if Jake does too…" Shigure mind wandered.
"LIKE THAT!" Kyo pointed at Shigure's face.
"I just see Shigure-san's face." Tohru answered, looking at Shigure.
"It's incredibly handsome, isn't it?" Shigure smiled at Tohru causing her to blush.
"You're CRAZY!" Kyo got and stomp up the stairs.
Streets:
"I heard that Haru was having problems in school since winter break, but to take it out on Kira seems impossible! He loves her…" Yuki thought as he jogged slowly to the estate.
"…That idiot is going to say something in front of Kira!" Yuki thought, infuriated as he enter the main gates. He ran through the door, nearly bumping into Hatori.
"Yuki. It's good that you're here. I would go but it might seem suspicious and Haru always listened to you better." Hatori walked Yuki to Haru's room and then stopped a few feet away, so he wouldn't get in the way.
"Haru?" Yuki opened the door and looked around. He didn't see any room damage, he heard no screaming, no yelling, but he saw one thing that made his jaw dropped.
He saw Haru and Kira making out on the bed.
Aww… Poor Kyo!
Note: it's two weeks later so winter break is over and everyone is back in school again.
I hope everyone isn't too confused, I'm seriously confusing myself, there's so many characters! lol…
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