Kyo was on the phone with Hatori shortly after breakfast was over.
"No. Yes. She wants me to train him." Kyo said.
Tohru watched from the couch as Kyo talked on the phone.
"I'm not going to do it. Can't you tell her that? Well why not!"
"I'm not yelling Hatori. Why can't he just go somewhere else? Why do I gotta do it?"
"That doesn't help Hatori. Thanks a lot. Yes I'm being sarcastic. Whatever. Bye." Kyo hung up the phone.
"What did Hatori say?" Tohru asked.
"He's no help. Says it might be good for me and him." Kyo said sitting down.
"You really don't want to train him do you?"
"No. I don't." Kyo said.
"Don't you kind of owe him? He did let you live in his house during high school." Tohru said.
"No. I don't owe him. I didn't want to live there."
"But you had no other choice, it was either Shigure's house or the street." Tohru said.
"You're trying to make me feel guilty aren't you?" He asked looking at her.
"No, but I do think you owe him."
"I don't want to train him though."
"Then do it as a favor for me. I'd hate to see Akito really hurt Shigure. Even if it's just one lesson, please? Please, Kyo?" Tohru asked. He hated how her eyes widened like a child's when she begged. All right, he didn't really hate it, but he hated what it was making him do.
"Fine. One lesson. That's it." He said. She hugged him.
"Thank you Kyo. You won't regret this." She said.
"Watch me." He said.
"What do you want to do?" She asked.
"I don't know. Anything." He said.
"Let's go over to Shigure's and tell him that he's your new student!" She said with a child like smile.
"You had this already planned, didn't you?" He asked. She jumped up and nodded. She went over to the door, slipped on her shoes, and headed out. Kyo followed after her.
They walked to Shigure's. When they reached the house they could hear him crying.
Tohru ran to the door and opened it.
"Tohru! She's done it! She's sending me to Kyo!" Shigure said running over to her.
"Oh, relax! This won't hurt you!" Akito said coming after him.
"Not Kyo! Please! Let's find some other alternative!" Shigure pleaded.
"Glad to see someone feels the same way." Kyo said.
"Now Kyo, that isn't nice." Shishou said coming out of the living room.
"What are you doing here?" Kyo asked.
"I came to see your future student. To make sure you were compatible." He explained.
"And what's the verdict?" Tohru asked.
"They are more than compatible." Akito said with a grin.
"NO!" Kyo and Shigure yelled.
"Yes." Akito said with the same evil grin.
"Oh, okay." Shigure said with a wink.
"Huh? What?" Kyo asked confused.
"Teach me Master. I am your humble student." Shigure said falling to his knees in front of Kyo.
"No! Stop calling me Master. Don't ever call me Master." Kyo said.
Shigure pulled on one of Kyo's pant legs. Kyo looked down.
"Just fake it." He whispered.
"Oh, okay." Kyo said with a wink, quoting and mimicking Shigure.
"Rise student. Our first lesson begins at seven tomorrow." Kyo said.
"In the moning?" Shigure whined.
"Yes in the morning." Kyo said.
"But…But… That's a whole, wait a minute…One, two three, four", Shigure was counting on his finger, "five, six, seven. Seven hours before I usually get up."
"You get up at two in the afternoon?" Kyo asked.
"Ah, a writer does his best thinking later in the day. Ever heard that 'Just because one is not awake, doesn't mean he's sleeping'? The life of an author." Shigure said.
"What kind of quote is that? When you're not awake you're sleeping! What is that? Some lazy writer's quote?" Kyo asked.
"Of course not! It is not just some 'lazy' author's quote. It is the authors' creed. What we all live by." Shigure said.
"It's stupid! That's what it is!" Kyo yelled.
"See? Totally compatible." Shishou said.
"Yes." Akito agreed.
"I must get going, but it was good to see you again. Good bye, Shigure, Akito, Kyo, and Tohru." Shishou waved as he stepped onto the porch.
"Bye!" Tohru called after him.
"I think we should go to." Kyo said.
"Bye." Akito said.
"Bye Master. Tohru." Shigure said.
"Don't call me that!" Kyo yelled before the door closed.
They started walking home.
"That wasn't so bad, was it?" Tohru asked.
"Maybe not for you." Kyo said.
"It was nice to see Shishou."
"That depends on what you think nice is." Kyo grumbled.
"It great that you and Shigure are compatible." Tohru said.
"Tohru. Stop trying, all right? This isn't helping." Kyo said.
"I-I'm sorry." Tohru said.
"It's alright. That just wasn't something I wanted to do today. Or any day." Kyo said.
They reached the house and went in.
"What do you want for lunch?" Tohru asked heading into the kitchen.
"Uh…" Kyo shrugged his shoulders.
Tohru just prepared some soup.
They ate and then cleaned up.
"You know, I don't think training Shigure will be so bad." Kyo said as he finished drying a dish.
"Really? What made you change your mind?" Tohru asked taking the plate and putting it away.
"Well, many things. For one, he has to do whatever I say, whenever I say. For second, he has to get up early. What did he say, seven hours earlier than when he gets up? That will be funny. For third, Akito is going to pay me. A nice amount if I say so myself. Fourth, Shishou can see me in a real situation. He can actually watch me work with some one other than Reiji and be able to put aside his fears of me owning the dojo. And fifth, it will make you happy, am I right?" He asked.
"Yes, it will make me very happy, Kyo. Wow, it sounds like you did a lot of thinking." Tohru said.
"Yep." Kyo agreed and put away the last dishes.
"Want to watch some T.V.?" Tohru asked.
"Sure." Kyo said and followed her into the living room.
She turned on the T.V. and handed him the remote.
"I'm glad you changed your mind." Tohru said, putting her head on his shoulder.
"I figured that there were more pros than cons." He said.
"I love you, Kyo." She said.
"I love you too." He said. She gave him a kiss and they went back to watching T.V..