A/N- WOOOO! DOUBLE DIGITS! Hey guys, I'm back! To celebrate, I made a twitter account, the name is still TheKillersTears, and you can go there for any info on any of my stories. Feel free to go check it out! Warnings for this chapter, more swearing than usual and mentions of that horrible demon called 'Sex'.
"Dammit you stupid rat!" Kyo roared, pointing an accusing finger at Yuki. "One day, I'm gonna make you say you're sorry!"
"I'm sorry." Yuki was staring at Kyo with a mixture of amusement and irritation. Mostly irritation.
"That's it; we're taking this outside, Pretty Boy!"
"We are outside you stupid cat."
Kyo let out a feral growl, and Nim sighed. Could those two at least pretend to behave in public? People were staring. Not that she was really one to talk. Tohru padded out of the store, and Nim gave the small girl her full attention.
"Did you get everything you needed?"
"Mm-hmm."
"Alright, then, lets go." She turned back to the brewing fight. "Hey, Cujo, Ratatouille, lets go."
Kyo and Yuki stopped and fixed Nim with a confused looked.
"Ratatouille?"
"Cujo?"
"Yeah. It was a joke." Nim explained. "Cujo 'cause Kyo's the cat and Ratatouille because Yuki's the rat."
The pair continued to look at her with blank looks on their faces.
"Never mind. I thought it was funny." She grumbled. "Let's just go."
"You do have a fever…" Tohru admitted, pressing a hand to Yuki's forehead. Yuki flushed a brilliant shade of red, but Tohru was too concerned to notice. It was cute.
"Maybe you should skip school tomorrow."
"No, I'm fine." Yuki insisted.
"Are you sure? We have the endurance run tomorrow."
"She's right. We don't want you to transform because you pushed yourself too hard." Nim pointed out.
"So they still make you kids run around outside in the cold?" Shigure asked, digging around a chest for some medicine.
"Yeah, the bastards." Nim huffed.
"A set time? A specific place? THEN IT'S A RACE!" Kyo yells boldly.
"I don't know if it would be considered a race, per say…" Nim debated. "Besides, Yuki's sick, and-"
"Well then, you better give him some medicine and then put him to bed, 'cause he's not wiggling out of this one." Kyo smirked. Nim took a deep breath in and out.
Tomorrow was gonna be a long day.
"This blows on so many different levels…" Nim growled. She had her arms crossed tightly around her chest, and her body was shivering. "I hate the cold."
"It's fifty degrees out." Kyo sighed at the jaguar's dramatics.
"Exactly. I wasn't made for cold weather. And Arisa left my ass here… She didn't even pretend to invite me to skip with her."
"Fifty degrees is not cold."
Nim scoffed. "It is when the girls' gym uniform is a pair of spandex booty shorts with a t-shirt."
The coach called for all the girls.
"I'll see you later." Nim told Kyo. "Good luck with Yuki."
The run, or race, as Kyo insisted, started uneventfully, and Nim quickly pulled ahead of the pack. She was a natural runner, and the more she ran, the warmer she got. Her mind and her eyes began to wander as her body went on auto pilot. She noticed a person sitting casually on a hill, watching the sky. He had his hands nonchalantly tucked behind his head, and his hair was a startling white. He was wearing a long, cream colored trench coat, and he seemed vaguely familiar. As she got closer, she thought she recognized him, and a light smile graced her lips.
No way.
Nim slowed down her pace until she was stealthily stalking up to the boy. At the last possible second, her body uncoiled and she launched herself at him.
"HARU!"
She tackled him, and Haru let out a loud 'Ooof' as over 150 pounds of pure female muscle slammed into him at full force.
"Hello, Nimian." He said when he realized who it was. The jaguar laughed lightheartedly, she enjoyed Haru's company greatly. You would think that since they slept together, it would make things clumsy and awkward, but really it only made the relationship more casual with plenty of perverted inside jokes.
"So," Nim began as she and Haru began to resituate themselves comfortably onto the grass. "Why are you hanging out here like a stalker?"
"You, Kyo and Yuki all skipped New Year's."
Nim fixed him with a confused look. "What's your point?"
"I was going to challenge Kyo then, but he wasn't there."
"Oh."
"Momiji was upset you weren't there."
A sharp pang of guilt entered Nim. "Was he?"
"Yeah, but he got over it pretty fast."
"Oh, good." Nim relaxed. Soon, however, she began to shiver again.
"Hey, Haru?"
"Hmmm?"
"Can I have your jacket?"
The ox raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"Because I want to eat it." Nim growled, her voice heavy with palpable sarcasm. "I'm cold, you reject."
"But I'm enjoying my view." Haru smirked mischievously as his eyes wandered up her bare legs and tight shorts.
"Whatever. These pants give me a camel toe."
Naturally, Haru's eyes began to wander a little bit higher.
"You can't really notice." He mused thoughtfully.
"I'm still cold."
Haru laughed, before taking off his jacket and throwing it to Nim. She caught it easily and shrugged it onto her shoulders, pulling it tightly around her. Nim turned her gaze back to the road, and notice Tohru as she began to jog past.
"Tohru!" Nim yelled as she flagged the girl down.
"Hi, Nim!" Tohru then noticed Haru sitting next to the jaguar. "Oh, hello…"
"Oh, I almost forgot! This is Hatsuharu Sohma, my-"
"They're coming." Haru said, looking down the road. Tohru and Nim exchanged confused looks when they saw Kyo and Yuki sprinting down the road like seven year olds trying to catch the ice cream truck. Which, needless to say, was pretty frickin' fast. Haru calmly tied a rope to a post at the opposite end of the street, then he returned to the side Tohru and Nim were on, the other end of the rope in his hand. He lies down on his stomach, and Nim took the hint, lying next to him in the same position.
"What are you doing?" She whispered.
"Hush." Haru's eyes were concentrated on the long piece of rope.
"Did you just hush me?"
Just as Kyo began to pull ahead of Yuki, Haru pulled the rope taunt, and Kyo tripped, Face planting into the concrete.
"Nice timing." Nim complimented the ox.
"I try."
Tohru rushed to Kyo's side, and Nim heaved herself up off the ground. Kyo leapt up, anger emanating off of him.
"What the hell was that for!? I was wining, too!" Kyo yelled.
"Well, if I hadn't done that, then you wouldn't have stopped, now would you?" Haru pointed out calmly. He then turned his head slightly to the left, glancing over his shoulder. "What I just did was very dangerous, and if anyone but Kyo had done that, they would've been hurt pretty bad, so don't try this at home."
"Don't try it here! Who the hell are you even talking to anyway?" Kyo demanded roughly.
"Shouldn't you be in school?" Yuki sighed.
"Well, yeah, but I left on Sunday with the intent of returning later that night, but I was swept away into the heart of the darkness and it took me three days to find my way out." Haru explained.
"Why can't you just say you got lost?" Yuki said exasperatedly.
"His sense of direction is as crappy as ever." Kyo huffed, rubbing the back of his head.
"Saying that would imply that he has a sense of direction." Nim laughed.
"Umm, guys, maybe we should get out of the way." Tohru suggested, warily eyeing the crowd that was approaching the group.
"Yeah, good idea." Nim praised. The five teens migrated to under a bridge, well out of the way.
"Why are you here, anyways?" Kyo glared at Haru with intent scarlet eyes.
"I was going to challenge you at New Year's, but you skipped out." Haru smirked. "So I've come to you!" Haru put up his fists and took a fighting stance.
"Hey, wait a second I'm in the middle of something here!" Kyo snarled, and the two began to argue.
"This is gonna get dirty." Nim said, looking at the ox and cat with reproachful amber eyes.
"Kyo, maybe you should do what he asks before-" Yuki began.
"No. I said no, and I'm not doing it." Kyo turned around and began to walk away, only to have Haru leap forward and attack him violently from behind. Haru clashed his head into the nape of Kyo's neck, and Kyo knelt on impact, his heads clutching where Haru had hit him.
"You make me sick." Haru growled ominously. "You and your pathetic girly whining. You think you're a man? You're nothing but a little kitty cat afraid of a fight! And you know what? YOU CAN GO TO HELL!" Haru's hand shot forward to smack on the back of his head. "HAHAHAHAHA- UGH!"
Haru's head snapped back as Kyo kicked him square in the jaw.
"You little punk!" Kyo roared. "Who do you think you are?"
"That's more like it!" Haru laughed dementedly.
"And black Haru makes his long awaited appearance." Nim sighed.
Tohru was looking at Haru like he was something from another planet.
"Haru has two personalities." Nim explained. "On most days, he's mellow and real easy to get along with. Until he gets angry. Then it's explosive, as you can see here."
"So you're saying he's kind of like Kagura?" Tohru asked.
"Not at all." Yuki said. "We're saying he's a thousand times worse."
"Are you comfortable enjoying the show Yuki?" Haru purred rather seductively, taking Yuki's chin in his hand and tilting the boys head up. Their faces were inches from each other. "Because I'm coming for you next."
"Is that a fact?" Yuki sneered condescendingly.
A gentle laugh rumbled up in Haru's throat, before he stepped away from Yuki. Nim expected Haru to turn back to Kyo, but instead he pinned her to the wall, his hands on either side of her head, pelvis pressed hungrily against hers.
"I suggest you save your energy, babe." His voice was sultry, caressing her ear, but Nim fixed him with a defiant gaze. "'Cause you're gonna need it later when I'm done with you." His voice was practically sex on silk sheets, but she crossed her arms stubbornly over her chest and glared at him. Rough sex with Black Haru was great, granted, just not here, not now, and especially not around Kyo.
"Fuck off." Nim snarled, and the same condescending laugh escaped the ox, before he finally turned back to his opponent.
"Get up, Kyo!"
"I've been up, where the hell were you?" The red head barked. The two engaged in combat yet again, and Nim sighed.
"This is gonna go on for hours."
"Ms. Honda, I suggest you go on your way." Yuki told her politely. "Those two may be here a while."
"But, shouldn't we try to stop them?" Tohru eyed the pair unsurely, flinching when Kyo landed a satisfying punch.
"They'll wear themselves out." Nim dismissed. "Eventually…."
"I suppose-" Yuki began, but then he began to cough. The coughs became harder and more violent, until Yuki was on his knees, struggling for breath. Haru and Kyo both stopped fighting as Haru rushed to Yuki's side. Nim knelt and pressed one hand firmly against his chest, the other hand in the middle of his back.
"Easy, easy." She whispered to him gently, almost like she was calming an animal. "You're okay. Just breathe. You're alright."
"We have to get him to the main house." Haru said. Yuki looked up at him with fearful amethyst eyes.
"Guess not, huh?" Nim looked at Haru and Kyo thoughtfully. "We could take a cab, but…"
"It'll be a real pain if he transforms." Haru shook his head.
"Is there anyway I can help?" Tohru was looking around frantically, like she was trying searching for some sort of magic medicine that would stop the asthma attack.
"You know, there is one thing you can do." Haru smirked dangerously at Tohru. "After all, if I have to do it with someone, she might as well be cute." Haru shot forward and wrapped his strong arms around Tohru, pulling her into a tight hug. The customary 'poof' of smoke, and a massive cow replaced Haru.
"Hold on to my neck so I don't change back."
"Yeah, we're gonna look so normal strutting around with a cow following us like a lost puppy." Nim laughed as she heaved Yuki onto Haru's back.
Tohru gently placed the ice pack on Yuki's forehead, looking down at him in a worried manner.
"I told you so." Nim sighed, before zoning out from the conversation. Her eyes wandered from Yuki, to Shigure, to Kyo, to finally rest on Haru. He was still a cow, and Nim stared at him for a second when she got an idea. She got up, but no one paid attention to her until she seated herself comfortably on Haru's back.
"What are you doing?" Shigure fixed her with a confused look, not sure if the jaguar was ok or not.
Nim adjusted her seat, trying to get more comfortable.
"What?" She asked innocently.
"Nim, get off of him!" Kyo roared, leaping to his feet.
"Why?" She giggled. "It's like riding a pony." She squeezed Haru around the middle with her long legs.
"Onward, mighty steed!"
Haru turned his head and glared at Nim without amusement.
"Come on." She squeezed him again, harder this time. "Forward!"
"…"
"Please?"
"…No."
"Jerk." She pouted, crossing her arms over her chest. She squealed as a colorful cloud of smoke erupted around her, and she felt herself fall to the ground. When the smoke cleared, she found herself straddling the back of a very naked Hatsuharu.
"Oh, sorry." She said, getting up off him.
"I'll go call Hatori." He volunteered as Kyo began to yell at him about getting dressed.
"Alright. Ok. Sorry. Ok. Ok. Bye." Haru sighed as he hung up the phone.
"So what did Nemo say?" Nim asked curiously.
"He sounded mad for some reason." Haru cocked his head to the left, almost as though he couldn't understand why the doctor had been so upset.
"That's what happens if you disappear for three days." Kyo growled. "So that damn rat's been taken care of. Wanna finish our fight?"
"No." Haru sighed, turning to leave. Kyo jaw hit the ground. "You really have gotten stronger, Kyo. I need more training."
Kyo launched forward and grabbed Haru in a headlock. "No wait a second you think just 'cause you go back to white Haru-"
"Oh, so you're white Haru now?" Tohru asked.
"Uh, yeah. Is Yuki asleep?"
Tohru nodded her confirmation.
"Good." Haru turned his gaze to Kyo. "Don't attack him while he's asleep, Kyo."
"What? Why would I pull some kind of cheap trick like that? The day I knock that rat on his tail, its gonna be fair and square!" Kyo turned on his heels and began to stomp out the door. "Aw, to hell with it, I'm going back to school." The door closed with a resounding thud, and Nim sighed. She picked herself up and waved goodbye before padding after the cat.
Who the Hell did Haru think he was? He thinks he could just strut in to challenge Kyo, and then just leave? The coward. Kyo's thoughts wandered back to their fight, and Kyo felt his blood boil when he remembered the way Haru had addressed Nim. His body pressed firmly against her lithe figure, the way he purred to her, and the way Nim didn't shove Haru away. Not that he cared, Dammit! Why would he care?
Kyo growled under his breath and quickly scaled a tree, getting comfortable on a particularly high branch. Couldn't those two have some decency? It was no secret they slept together, but still! It was one of those things where you knew what had happened, but you didn't think it really happened.
But he didn't care, Dammit!
Nim wandered the around the trees, she knew Kyo wouldn't go back to school. And, being the cat, she knew that he liked to be someplace high when he got upset, but this time, the roof was too obvious. She glanced up around her, searching the tree tops. She saw a flash of orange to her right and grinned. She easily climbed the tree, being rather feline herself.
"Hey, Koneko." She purred, nestling herself close next to him. All she received, however, was an unsatisfying grunt in response.
"What's up?"
"Nothing…" Was his gruff reply.
"Come on. Something's wrong. Now tell me."
"I can't."
She cocked her heads to the left and looked at him curiously. "Why not?"
"Because you'd laugh."
"I promise I won't."
Kyo snorted.
"Please?" She hooked her arms through Kyo's, and gently placed her chin on his shoulder. Kyo pulled away, and Nim looked at him with obvious hurt in her golden eyes. Kyo mustered up all his available courage and slammed his lips against hers. The kiss was clumsy, their noses bumped and their bodies were at awkward angles, but it was almost like he was trying to send her a message.
I'm not perfect, he seemed to say. Judging by the way she threw her arms around his neck to pull him closer, almost causing them to fall out of the tree; she had a message, too.
That's okay, because I'm not either.
When they broke apart for air, they kept their forehead pressed together, but neither of them breathed a word. After a few minutes, Kyo tilted his head forward and placed a chaste kiss on the right corner of her lips.
I want more.
Nim smiled gently and brought their lips together again.
Then you'll get it.
A/N 2- Finally! Am I the only one who thought that took forever? Oh well. Sorry it took so long, my flash drive thought it would be a good idea to disappear. But I found it! MUWAHAHAHAHA! I think Haru is sexy as hell, black or otherwise, and I probably show it in this chapter. Oh well. Anyway, see you guys later! R&R please!