A/N- Ok, so, I got 2 reviews and one person who put my story on alert, so I will keep going! Yay! Now bow before me, Minions! Haha, kidding, I really am thankful, though. I'll usually be doing third person, but if I do first person, It's in Nim's point of view. The only reason I uploaded this chapter was because someone asked me very nicely to please upload the next chapter! I was flattered, and it was already written, so I thought, hell, why not? And so, it is here. Don't expect this too often though! :)! Anywho, enjoy!
"Sounds like she's here early." Shigure remarks.
"Run, kitty, run!" I giggle as Kyo leaps up from the floor and tries to run away, but then Shigure catches him by the back of his jacket.
"Not so fast Kyo." He says, clearly enjoying himself.
Tohru goes to answer the door, and Kyo turns to me desperately.
"Please, Nim."
"No, no, no, no, no, you didn't help me when I needed it, so you die alone." I snicker.
"Yes, of course, Kyo's here, would you like to see him?" Tohru asks from the door.
No going back now.
"Hi, Kagura!" I call cheerfully.
"Kagura!" Kyo struggles in Shigure's grasp even more.
"Kyo…" Kagura shivers like she can barely contain her excitement. I take three big steps away from Kyo, knowing full well what's about to go down.
"Kyo, why did you run away for so long?" Kagura looks at Kyo with shining eyes, clearly hurt.
"Yeah, Kyo, not even a phone call or a crappy fifty cent post card. That's just rude." I purr, antagonizing Kagura even more.
There was one plain expression written on Kyo's face. Oh, Shit.
"I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!" Kagura launches forward and delivers a jaw breaking punch to the side of Kyo's face. He went flying through the wall, and I carelessly brush some wall fragments of my shoulder. I can't help but feel a little sorry for him as Kagura grabs his leg and starts to swing him in a circle.
"It appears we'll need another door, doesn't it?" Yuki muses.
"Please, you break it more than anyone else." I point out.
Tohru looks slightly scared as she watches Kagura and Kyo.
"Don't worry," I tell her, grinning. "That's Kagura's special brand of affection."
"Yes, well, from the looks of it, she must like him a lot." She says sheepishly.
"Yeah, she's pretty passionate."
"You might not believe it, but she's actually two years older than us." Yuki says.
"She's also part of the zodiac." Shigure adds.
Tohru perks up almost instantly. "Really, which animal is she?"
"Hmm, I figured that would have been obvious at this point." Shigure murmurs.
"Damn, she's getting good." I note, watching her deliver knock out after knock out to Kyo. If he wasn't used to taking hard hits, he probably would've passed out by now.
Whoop, spoke too soon. I think as Kyo hits the ground with an audible thunk. Kagura pulls back her fist to strike him again, but she suddenly freezes.
"Oh, darling, what happened, you're hurt!" She begins to glomp him, and I roll my eyes.
"I'm sorry, but when I saw Kyo, all my love just came out at once." Kagura mutters sheepishly.
"That's your love? One's got to wonder what she's like in bed." I scoff to myself.
"Who says I forgot?" Kyo growls to Kagura, gaining my attention. "I didn't want to call you."
"Of course you did, silly! We're going to get married!" She protests.
"WHAT! SINCE WHEN?" Kyo roars.
"You mean you don't remember? When we were kids, you promised me we would get married!"
"Only because you were going to kill me if I didn't!" Kyo howls.
"A promise is a promise, isn't it?" I point out.
"So, what, are you gonna marry Hiro, too?" Kyo snaps.
"Hey! We said we would never speak of that!" I bristle. "And besides, I was hammered, so it doesn't count!"
"Oh, you guys are engaged, that's wonderful!" Tohru beamed.
"Well, at least now you have someone else to fight instead of me." Yuki says.
"Congratulations." Shigure agreed.
"Ugh, you guys!" Kyo protests.
Kagura cuts him off and she begins to babble about how love between zodiac members was the greatest thing, and understanding each other, or something. I wasn't really paying attention. I content my self with watching Kyo's expressions and Kagura cuddles him. Kagura jumps up and begins to snuggle with Yuki instead, and I'm confused for a couple seconds when I realize that they are explaining to Tohru about how zodiac members can hug each other.
"And we know its not just Kagura, I can do it, too." To demonstrate, I reach over and hug Kyo. I feel him go stiff, and when I pull away, I notice his cheeks are a light, primrose pink. I don't think much of it and brush it off. Kagura suddenly pushes through me and Kyo. "Kyo, be honest my love, Do you love me?"
"There's the big question." I mutter. She begins ranting about how much she loves Kyo, and about how she'll do anything for him, and I tune her out again.
"That's me, the year of the cat fan club." Tohru says happily.
"A rival." Kagura hisses and then proceeds to chew her out about how she won't lose, and demands to know what Tohru likes about Kyo.
"The good things, the bad things, I like them all." Kagura squeals.
Wait, I think. Is she going to... she won't, right?
"Even if he turns into-" I jump up to stop her, but Kyo beat me to it.
"Shut your mouth. Right now. One more word and I'll-"
"You'll what?" Kagura roared. I smirk as Kagura launches herself at Kyo and holds him to the ground.
"Well, I have to go out today. I'll see you all later." I excuse myself.
"Bye, Nim!" Tohru calls perkily. I wave back and walk out the door. I'm half way down the drive when I notice Kagura trying to rip Kyo's clothes off. Eventually, she gets the shirt, but loses the cat. He runs into the brush, and Kagura walks inside, looking defeated.
I smile and walk after Kyo.
"Damn psycho from hell…" I hear Kyo grumbling in the bush. I walk up behind him.
"Well, she just wants to please you." I point out. "She can be very overbearing though."
"You're telling me!" He snarls. "Its like I can't get away from her!"
"She just wants your affection." I say gently. "Maybe you should give it to her. Just a little, not even a lovers' affection. Maybe just a friends'."
"Yeah, I'll do that when Hell freezes over!" He growls.
I shrug. "Just thought I should offer. At least pretend to be inspirational. Come on, let's go get your clothes back, Sir Streaker."
"Go to Hell, Nim."
I grin at him. "I'm driving."
"You're all idiots..." I mutter coated head to toe in whatever you call that white stuff from the fire extinguisher.
"I'm sorry…" Kagura whispers, tears in her eyes.
"It's alright." I tell her, gently rubbing her back. "You were only trying to help."
"Yeah, so what? 'Sorry' isn't going to get us a new kitchen!" I glare at him, But Kagura launches forward and bends him all the way back.
"I'M SORRY, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?"
"At least she's being consistent. She wouldn't let us help either." I say, motioning to Shigure and me.
"Is it okay to leave her in there?" Tohru asked, concerned.
"Don't worry, Kagura's always been the resilient one." Yuki soothes.
"I guess we'll just have to grit our teeth and order take out." Shigure sighs dramatically.
"Oh, I'll do it!" I volunteer. "They know my name at the one place down the street."
"Do they really?" Yuki asks.
"Yup. I have no feminine skills whatsoever, and my roommate didn't either, so we called them all the time. I'm on a first name basis with all the staff."
"That's rather depressing."
"Yeah, well, screw you, too, rat!" I growl.
"Ugh, I'm going to burst!" Shigure says, exasperated.
"What about you, Miss Honda?" Yuki asks.
"I couldn't eat another bite!" She promises.
"Hey, Shigure, pass me your plate." I command.
"You're still not full?" He asks, handing me the plate.
"Shigure, you should know me well enough to know that I don't stop eating when I'm full, I stop eating when I hate myself." I shovel a few more bites into my mouth before I groan. "Yup, I'm there."
"What about Kyo and Kagura?" Tohru questioned. "We shouldn't let their food get cold."
"I'll take Kyo's." I offer, picking up the dinner on top and a pair of chopsticks. I carefully climb onto the roof. I see Kyo sulking on the other side of the roof, his arms crossed and his back to me.
"Hey, Koneko." I say gently, sitting next to him. "I brought you something." I hand him the dinner, but he looks away.
"I'm not hungry." He mutters.
"Come on now, eat. You can't go hungry just because you're so upset."
He looks away again. I sigh and put the meal down.
"Kyo, please. You need to eat. I know Kagura is overbearing and bothersome, but at least try to understand. I'm not saying you have to be nice to her or love her back, but at least eat." He didn't budge. "Please, Kyo? For me?" I push the food in front of him again. He glances at it, and then picks up the chopsticks so he can eat. I smile.
"Thank you." I tell him. I gently touch his shoulder. "Good night."
I climb back into the house. I run into Yuki in the hallway.
"You survived." He noted.
"Yeah, I did, why?" I look at him confusedly.
"I assumed he would still be mad."
"He was." I admit. "I barely got him to eat."
"Why do you try so hard?" He asked me. "You always look out for him, why?"
I shrug. "Because no one else will. He was always there when I needed him, why shouldn't I do the same? Besides, no one has ever particularly cared about the cat or the jaguar, so I figured we should at least care about each other."
"Nimian, I-"
"Don't bother." I say, cutting him off. "We both know its true, There's no point in feeling sorry for ourselves, that's just the way it is. Anyways, I'll see you tomorrow. Night, Princey."
"Goodnight, Nimian." We begin to part ways, when Yuki stops me.
"Oh, and Nim?"
"Yeah?"
"That's very nice of you."
I smile at him. "Thanks, Yuki."
"Kyo, if you don't stop, I won't give you a goodbye kiss!"
"Who needs one, anyway?" Kyo snapped at the Boar.
"Fine, be like that!" Kagura yells, before running outside. I watch her run when I notice the paperboy outside the window. Emphasis on boy.
"Kagura, wait!" I call, jumping in front of her. She slams into me and we both go crashing through the wall, slamming right into him. A big poof of smoke surrounds all three of us. Damn. Yuki quickly takes care of the mailman, while Tohru has an epiphany about Kagura's zodiac. I heave myself up. I never really liked transforming, and now wasn't any different. But I had no choice but to wait it out, so I went and lay down by Shigure's feet.
"KYO YOU TWO TIMER!" Kagura roars.
"I thought she was going to forgive his little fling?" Shigure murmurs, amused.
"I DIDN'T SAY I WOULDN'T HURT HIM FIRST!"
"Even as a pig she can kick his ass." I muse.
Tohru quickly rephrases her previous statement, and Kagura calms down. Tohru then turned her attention to me.
"You look very pretty." Tohru tells me, referring to my zodiac state.
"Thank you." I tell her.
"Why are you the jaguar anyway? Why isn't it mentioned in the story?" She looks at me curiously.
Great. I think privately. Just the question I've been trying to avoid.
Then poof and Kagura and I change back. I swear loudly, throwing an arm across my breast while quickly pulling up my pants.
"My eyes are up here, you perverted mutt." I growl at Shigure.
"I know." I tug on my shirt before cracking him in the face.
"Owwww…" he whined, massaging his jaw.
"Get over it." I turn to Tohru. "Now, you wanted to know about the story of the Jaguar?"
"Yeah, if you don't mind. -"
"Tohru, its fine." I promise, cutting her off. "But let's start walking and I'll tell you on the way to school. Plus, I don't want to be around when Kagura says her goodbyes to Kyo." I notion behind me.
"Oh, okay." We begin to walk, and when we get to the side walk I start to speak.
A/N- And hang. Just kidding, I felt this chapter was getting kind of long, so I put the story and Tohru leaving in the next one. See you next time!
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