Prettyinpinkgal: Five words. You. Guys. Rock. So. Hard. I
officially have 20 reviews. ...BOOYA! Sorry about the whole confusing
thing! Oh, I'm working on this original novel (I think I mentioned this
b4, or
maybe it was on my Xanga), and my dad says that if it reaches 100 pages
(it's nineteen computer pages so far), I can get it
published! So please look for my book in the future! I'm not sure what
it'll be called yet (I'm trying to get it to have a
really deep and gripping title). I'll let you guys know when I
get that figured out ;) Um, about Mayu-chan...she might seem a
little harsh when she appears in this chapter, so I'm sorry that she's
OOC. -.-" She's kinda difficult to do...or maybe it's just
me. Probably the second one u.u Anywho, please enjoy the
Furuba fic "Troubled Love" Chapter Seven ya'll! BTW, I just
realized that I used two different names for Tsuki/Tohru's new
teacher. He'll be called Rikono if he's mentioned again, k? Uh,
I'm GUESSING hikari means light, but I'm not sure XP
Disclaimer: No ownie. I do own the song playing on
Tohru's radio, "Memories" (creative title, huh?). I wanted it to be
Japanese, except I'm not fluent
enough in the language to do it, so the lyrics are "translated", which
is why they don't rhyme. It's a kinda depressing song, but I
wanted it to be related to how Tohru's feeling at that moment.
Enjoy!
TROUBLED LOVE
CHAPTER SEVEN: RETURNING
"...You'll be going to Kaibara High School."
Tsuki blinked, unable to believe the news. She'd only gotten out of there one month ago! What if Kyo-kun and Yuki-kun recognized her? 'Guess that means I'll just have to be a lil tougher,' she thought, determined.
Yuki Sohma and Kyo Sohma had come back a week before. The girls in the class had all sent them candies while they were out of school, but it just made them more depressed, for it made them remember Tohru's homemade chocolates she got them for Valentine's Day. When walking home from school, they'd split up and scan the area again and again, visiting police stations and questioning passers-by if they'd seen a brown-haired girl who was sixteen years old "and on the air-headed side," as Kyo-kun always said. Nobody saw her. Uo-chan and Hana-chan also searched for their friend and threatened to beat the person to the pulp or shock them if they were lying. They normally got nowhere doing this.
A week after Kyo and Yuki returned to school, Mayu-chan made an announcement. "Everybody, listen up...Yo Orangey! Stop daydreamin' and listen! Anyway, we're going to have a student from Shibuya named Tsuki Nekono for the rest of the semester. I want you guys to not act like idiots and be jerks to her. We want her to have a nice stay here. She'll be arriving in a couple days, so help her out here, okay? It's a brand new school for her, and in a new part of Japan, so she'll need all the help she can get." Little did she know that Tohru/Tsuki was once a second-year student at Kaibara, and one of her own students, nonetheless.
"Hai!" the students replied. In the minds of the girls, this was what they really wanted to say...
"That girl better not speak to Sohma-kun..."
"Kyo-kun's all mine..."
"If she's pretty, she's dead..."
(A/N Isn't that nice to think of a new kid?)
Arisa noticed that they had some murderous expression on their faces, and said, "Yo, do anything to New Kid and I'll rip your tounges out."
That made the girls look like they would get murdered.
The only ones not talking were Kyo and Yuki. They didn't talk that much anymore. They never even smiled (well, with Kyo that's kinda typical, but Yuki wasn't able to even attempt to fake a smile to people). It was like a voice-robbing desease had consumed them. And only Tohru was the cure...
ONE DAY LATER DURING DINNER...
Tsuki poked at her food. Traveling to Kaibara High was consuming her thoughts and made her lose her appetite. Although her heart ached to see Uo-chan, Hana-chan, and her Sohma friends again, her mind kept reminding her of the deal with Akito. If the Sohmas ever did find out who she really was, Akito would be able to find out, one way or another.
Her foster-father, Yoshimura, noticed that she wasn't eating. "Tsuki-chan, you okay? WAAH! You're not coming down with a fever, are you?" Yoshimura was a bit like the old Tohru.
"Uh, no. Just thinking, that's all," Tsuki replied plainly, not even glancing up.
Kimoto smirked. "Thinking...that's a first, Tsu--!" Before he could finish, Tsuki, who was beside him, punched (yup, she now knew the martial arts) him point blank in the face. He groaned at the pain while his nose began to bleed.
"Geez, shut UP! I was just thinking about what I'm gonna do 'bout living arangements when I arrive at Kaibara, 'kay? And as for thinking, I always think, just a lil less than others!" Tsuki added, making Ai and Suki laugh and agree. Noticing this, Tsuki fake-glared at the twins. "Mo (geez), not you guys too! You both are uber lucky you're little, or I wouldn't let you off so easily."
This went on for a while, with Tohru temporarilly forgetting her problem, when Himiko said, "Tohru."
Tsuki/Tohru froze. "E-Eh?"
"Tsuki," Tohru breathed a sigh of relief, "...we have a little going-away present for you, until we meet again." Tsuki closed her eyes as the family led her to her gift. "Now, open!" Tsuki looked, and squeeled. "EEK! A CELL! Omigosh!" She picked it up and loaded all the numbers of her friends' cells into her phone at lightning speed. She then got a pic of her family. 'Mom, this is incredible! A cell phone...' Suddenly, a flashback occured.
FLASHBACK
It
was a bright sunny day. Hikaru-kun and Tohru were out on a
date. They were heading to see the movie "Tsuki no Hikari"(A/N
Made it up). They walked past a shop, where Tohru-kun stopped and
gasped. "Ah! Hikaru-kun, look!" He walked over and
saw a cell phone. "I want that one so much, but I don't have the
money..." She frowned.
"Hm? Well, why don't you ask your mom for some money?" Hikaru asked.
"I don't want to. Mom and I are a little poor, so I don't want to burden her and ask her for something as pricy as a cell phone. She tries hard enough to make ends meet so we can pay our rent, and I have many things to be grateful for already, so I shouldn't be selfish." With that, Tohru gave a big grin to Hikaru, making him grin back.
"That's so like you, Tohru-chan, always thinking about others. Sounds to me like you get along really well with your mom, huh?"
"Yes! We're best friends!"
"And what about your father...?"
"Ah! Um, he died when I was really little from a fever, I think. I can't remember him too well."
Hikaru froze. "I-I'm so-"
"It's okay! It's been a long time since it happened."
The boy thought for a while. "Tohru-chan, when's your birthday?"
"Two weeks from today," she replied.
Two weeks later, Hikaru was shot. They found that he had a cell phone in his pocket wrapped up. With it, there was a note which said, "Happy Birthday, Tohru-chan! I'll love you always."
END FLASHBACK
Tohru's bangs covered her eyes, so the others didn't notice she was near tears. In a couple seconds, Tsuki regained her cool and her tears vanished. She went back to being cheerful and spunky, even though she cried when no one was around.
When Tsuki went to her room, she turned on the radio. Some new song was on, one that described how she felt.
I tried to forget, but my memories won't let me
Memories are supposed to one day be precious, but
Why do they still hurt after all this time?
The day you left me, I wanted to cry forever
Even now that is impossible
As my tears drip, I smile to everyone
How can they not see the real me?
I remember when I used to be truly happy.
Will anyone help me become that again?
Tohru walked up to the closed door of 2-D (A/N Can't remember if this is the name of the classroom or not). She heard Mayu say, "Everyone, treat Nekono-san kindly. You can come in now, Nekono!" 'That's my cue,' she thought. She entered her old classroom. Her heart tightened when she saw Uo-chan and Hana-chan. She noticed the plastic smiles on the other girls' faces, and a couple of Kyo-kun's companions.
Then, she saw them.
Kyo and Yuki looked up, and their eyes widened when they saw her. 'They must think I look familiar.' The two boys looked like they had completely healed, but they didn't have that glow like they used to have. It broke her heart.
"So," Mayu-chan's voice penetrated her thoughts. "Why don't ya introduce yourself and tell us about yourself?"
"What's up? I'm Tsuki Nekono! Nice to meet ya'll. In Shibuya, I'm known practically the queen of the ko-gals! I'm a black belt in a lot of the martial arts, and I use my skills to beat up my older bro when he becomes an uber big pain in the butt."
"Wow, so you're a kick-butt girl, huh? Well, we need someone to show you around the school...let's see...Yuki, you have student council stuff, so Kyon, you go and show her around."
Prettyinpinkgal: Please review :) I think I'm gonna write another Furuba fic today, just a one-shot. It's gonna be on when Tohru finally reaches her limit and gets angry. It'll be fun writing that...lol. Ja ne!
