A/N: Pretty, short, but I really hope you guys like it!

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"Alright, you guys ready?" Ivory says as she stands a little ahead and in-between both Kyo and Bass who are in a runners crouch.

"Just wave the flag!" Kyo shouts at Ivory and she giggles.

"You in a hurry to lose orange top?" Bass taunts jokingly.

"Shut up!" Kyo shouts his ears perked.

"Alright! On your marks….get set…and….—,"

"Get on with it!" Both Bass and Kyo shout towards the white tiger who giggles.

"Go!" she waves one of her red ribbons up and the two cats are off. Ivory hurries over to Yuki, Tohru and Shigure.

"Uh, how do we know who's in the lead," Tohru wonders and everyone sweatdrops.

"I didn't think that far," Ivory says honestly.

"I guess we'll know when they come back," Yuki says going back inside.

"Wait! I see Kyo!" Tohru shouts happily.

"What? Already? The turning point was like half a mile away," Shigure says.

"That's Kyo's hair for sure," Ivory confirms as Kyo and a dust trail follows. Not far behind is Bass.

"It's over," Ivory says happily and starts laughing.

"But, they haven't crossed the marker,"

"No, but Kyo does this every time, he uses all of his energy in the first lap, and then when it's time to come back, he lasts about a little more than half way, but then starts to slow, and that's when Bass, who's been keeping a constant pace, wipes him out," Shigure explains to Tohru. Tohru makes a face then stands on her tiptoes—

"You can do it Kyo! Just a little further!" Ivory looks to Tohru with a smile. Sly little girl…she's smart…the only support team Kyo's had is me and his Shishou…and we can only go so far…but with a fair maiden on the sidelines…well, that's a whole different story…Ivory thinks her smile increasing.

Kyo looks over at Tohru, but doesn't look where he's going and ends up tripping…over a tiny little rock. "Oh God," Ivory mutters and she and Yuki facepalm and Shigure hides his laughter with the sleeve of his robe. Bass crosses the finish line and does an aerial cartwheel. Just to rub it in.

Kyo jumps up and storms over to Tohru who's almost in tears at the fact that her shouting possibly lost him the race. "What the hell were you cheering so loud for?!" he shouts loudly at her his ears picking up. Ivory steps in front of Tohru simply.

"Stop being a baby, you're the one who tripped, and she was just showing support," Ivory says simply, she loves Kyo, but she hates it when he takes his anger out on sweet innocent people. Kyo fumes a little, but then Shigure bursts out in laughter once more, this time not even bothering to hide it, in fact he points at the orange cat as he laughs his stomach open.

"And what the hell are you laughing at?!" Kyo shouts and storms into the house no doubt going up to the roof.

"He's right, I shouldn't have shouted like that, he could've won if he was focused enough,"

"No he couldn't have, sure he's gotten much faster, in fact I actually had to put a good amount of energy into not getting too far behind, but I still would've creamed him," Bass says coming over wiping the dirt off of her legs.

"Still, he wouldn't have tripped—,"

"Tohru, don't worry about it, if it'll make you feel better go up and apologize to him, but you did nothing wrong, in fact I think you did something right, Kyo doesn't always have someone on the side lines, so it was good for him to see someone who cared," Ivory says simply. "And if you are going to apologize, then you should wait a little anyways, he'll just be a jerk if you go up there now,"

"The best we can do now is go inside and have some more of Tohru's amazing cooking," Shigure says with a devious smile since everyone had already eaten the food that Tohru prepared, meaning he wanted her to make more.

"Sure, and it's gonna rain any minute, plus I'm kind of hungry again," So maybe Kyo's not up on the roof…he's probably gone to sleep already…and it explains why he was so easily annoyed…well…more than usual…Ivory thinks thoughtfully as they all walk inside.

"You eat too much," Yuki mutters informally to Bass, the few people he can be informal with.

"Did you not see how fast I ran back there? Plus the flip!" Bass mutters back.

"Show off," he says with a small smile. Bass pushes him a little, but he barely moves which only irritates her. Everyone sits back at the table, the food and tea renewed, everyone laughing and joking…but Tohru and Ivory can't help but wonder about the orange cat upstairs, listening, alone, to the sound of the beating rain.

"I don't want you to go back so soon," Ivory complains slightly like a baby.

"Don't worry, I'll come and pick you guys up from school and maybe we can go and have some fun together! Besides, I wanna see Momiji and Hatsuharu!" Bass says happily as she talks to her sister on the small porch.

"That'll be great! And maybe we'll invite Hanajima and Uotani—you know—Tohru's friends, I know you'll like them a lot!"

"Of course!" Bass says with a smile. She looks up at the large house. "Everything is so much different…the tension is so much lighter now—breakable even. Don't you think?" Bass looks at her sister with her gleaming yellow-green eyes.

"Yes, very fragile. I think just a few more blows…and everything will come falling apart—or maybe together would be a better word,"

"Yes," Bass nods with a smile. "Alright, I've got an early day tomorrow, you're out at twelve thirty right?" Bass says walking to her wet bike.

"Yeah I think," Ivory says waving. "Don't die,"

"Wouldn't dare," Bass laughs as she revs the engine and pops a wheelie, she sends a flying salute, then zooms off.

Just a few more blows…and everything…will fall…together…