TQL: Another chappie! I don't own Fruits Basket.
With Ellen and Kyo… (He he... TIME TO SPY ON THEM!!!)
"You. Ellen, right?" asked Kyo gruffly.
"Yeah. What's it to you, Kyon-Kichi?" She grinned as he cringed at the name. "And what was up with Yuki's brother?"
"I don't know. But you, you free Thursday night?"
"So what if I am?"
"You're coming with me to the Crescent Moon at 7, Thursday night."
"And what if I don't want to?" Ellen said, her voice slowly rising.
"Just deal with it then!" He exclaimed.
"WHY SHOULD I, CAT-LOVER?!?!"
"JUST DO IT!!!"
"FINE!"
"FINE!!!"
They stomped away in opposite directions. Shana and Yuki sweatdropped. Kakeru walked up to them.
"Hey Shana… Do you think you could maybe… bring Kori too?" He asked, with pleading chibi eyes. Being the good person she is, Shana sympathized with him. She smiled reassuringly.
"Sure. I already have a plan."
"OH THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!" He exclaimed, latching onto her leg.
"Get off me." She said.
"But I'm just so grateful!!!"
"Get off or I kick you into the wall." He stood up at the speed of light.
"Eh he he he…So, remember. The Crescent Moon at 7 o'clock, got it?" They nodded and he ran off.
"So, I'll get Ellen to help me. See ya Thursday?" Yuki nodded. Shana ran off to Ellen.
"EL-LEN!"
"What?" Asked Ellen angrily. She still wanted her notebook.
"I'll give you your notebook, if you help me!" Ellen looked wary.
"What is it exactly?" Shana whispered her plan as Ellen listened. At the end, they were both grinning. Ellen nodded and her notebook was finally given back to her. (A/N: Darn it!) They walked to Kori, who was tapping her foot, waiting.
"What was that about?" She asked.
"Nothing." Said Ellen and Shana together.
"Hey, you wanna go somewhere Thursday night?" asked Ellen nonchalantly.
"Sure. Where?" asked Kori.
"The Crescent Moon. How 'bout 7 o'clock?" said Shana.
"Sure!" smiled Kori. "I'll dress up." Shana and Ellen grinned.
"Okay!"
Thursday Night at 6:50…Ellen was dressed in a pale green tank top with white pants, a pale green ribbon through the belt holes. Her hair was down, a pale green hair pin on the side of her head. She had on green sandals.
Shana was ready in a light blue T-shirt and black capri pants. She was wearing white tennis shoes and her hair was in two ponytails, one on each side of her head.
Kori was wearing brown sandals, a calico skirt, and a turquoise tank top with a panda on the front. Her hair was down with a panda clip on the side of her head.
"Ok, let's go!" said Shana, happily. The other two nodded and they reached the Crescent Moon in 10 minutes.
"Hey look!" said Ellen, "They're having Karaoke tonight!"
"Cool! We are SO gonna sing!" smiled Kori. The other two nodded. The walked in and looked around to see Kyo, Yuki and Kakeru in a booth, waving at them. "Oh no… I'm leaving." Ellen and Shana knew this would happen and they grabbed her arms, dragging her to the booth, intentionally sitting her next to Kakeru. Ellen was next to Kyo as Shana was next to Yuki.
"Glad you all could make it!" said Kakeru. They nodded. They all felt awkward. There was a girl singing a song up on the stage. (Concrete Angel by Martina McBride)
She walks to school with the lunch
she packed
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
Wearin' the
same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with linen and
lace
Kyo remembered sometimes that Ellen would come to class with unexplained bruises. Only Kori and Shana seemed to know why. Well, Ellen was a very violent person. She probably got into a lot of fights.
The teacher wonders but she doesn't
ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the
burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born
Yuki immediately thought of the suicide poem that Shana had written. You could hardly tell that she had such a dark side. She was always the hyper and happy one of her 3 friends.
Through the wind and the rain
She
stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But
her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's
loved
Concrete angel
Kakeru knew that Kori always tried hard and never really asked for help. He had always wondered about that.
Somebody cries in the middle of the
night
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
A
fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll
be too late
Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard
as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams
give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete
angel
A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with
an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken
heart that the world forgot
Through the wind and the rain
She
stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But
her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's
loved
Concrete angel
The guys thought about how there was so much they didn't know about the girls sitting next to them. Whether she loved pandas, was a violent maniac, or dark-minded, they knew they cared for them a lot. Ellen looked up at the stage and her jaw dropped.
"LESLEY?!?!!?" She exclaimed. Lesley was another one of their friends at school. She had short black hair and brown eyes. Kori and Shana's heads shot up.
"WHAT??!?"
"WHAT THE HELL!!!" Came Kyo's voice, "HARU!" Yuki looked at the stage, and sure enough, there was Haru Sohma, with this Lesley girl, both rushing out of the restaurant.
"Wait!" Yelled a waiter, "You didn't pay the bill!" But it was too late. They were long gone. The 6 teens sweatdropped. There was an awkward silence.
"So…there's Karaoke here…" noted Yuki.
"Kyo's going first." They all said together.
"WHAT?!?!"
"Just go." They all said together.
"Fine. Dammit…" He went up to the stage and told the manager what song he was gonna sing. He walked on into the middle of stage and the music started to play. He closed his eyes.
TQL: This is SORT OF a cliffie! Review!