Landslide

As Sakura cleaned up the ticket stand for the haunted house, she sighed. Haruka was looking frward to this...

"Hey Sakura, did you find Haruka yet?" Momiji asked, helping her carry a box.

"No... And it concerns me, she..." Sakura trailed off, she reached for the closed door. That's when it opened and she ran into three girls. Minami, Mio and Mai, the Yuki fan club members.

"Watch it loser!" One said.

"Yeah, we have to look perfect for Yuki!" And they walked off laughing. Sakura sighed.

"Don't let them bother you Sakura, they're just jealous that you're friends with him, that's all" Momiji smiled as they put the box on top of a table. "Well, that's the last of it..." Momiji said, wiping his hands together.

"Thanks Momiji" She smiled at him.

When the final bell rang that day, Sakura walked home alone, Kyo was on a date with Mitski, Yuki was student council president trainee, they were both going to be gone. When she reached the house, she went to the room that her and Haruka shared, Sakura's side was pink, while Haruka's was light blue. Of course that's the blankets... But the room was white.

Haruka, I hope you are safe... she sighed.

Haruka tried making a sphere for the fifth time, she tried to get connected to the creature inside.

You know it won't work...the voice kept telling her.

It will She snarled at it.

Break... And her concentration broke, shards of the unfinished sphere clattered everywhere, her hands bleeding, she was breathing heavily.

"It won't take much longer" Kazuma said from a corner. "Patience is key..." He walked over and tended to her wounds. "I say we work on something else..."

"What is it, I'll do anything" She huffed.

"You see the markings around the room?" He gestured to the Japanese symbols that circled them.

"Yeah..." Haruka said.

"Now, close your eyes... Good, now I want you to concentrate on a symbol, only one" He added.

"Now what?" She asked.

"I want you to figure out who drew that symbol..." She got it on the first guess.

"Your father did draw that, when he was sixteen, and first met your mom. That symbol shows his love for her..." Haruka looked at her lap.

That's a year older then I... Perhaps I may find him next year?

"Wait, if you don't mind me asking, why is there a symbol my father drew in the dojo?" Haruka looked at him.

"My father trained him in this dojo" Kazuma said. "Now, let's take a walk..."

While they were walking Haruka listened to her surroundings, something was off with the cats that lived around here...

"Oh dear..." Kazuma looked at the big crater and all of the dead cats. Haruka looked around immediatley.

"There has to be one that's still alive..." She said, loking around. "Or I wouldn't have sensed this place" Kazuma looked at the girl in surprise. "Someone had to send that signal." And then, she saw a cat being cornered by two dogs, she had to help. "Hey!" She threw rocks at the dgos, hitting on target. "get away" And she ran over, the dogs coward and ran off.

Haruka looked at the timid cat, and bent down to it's level, it was a kitten, she just got away from it's mom, it was small and it was white with large black spots on it.

"You're okay" Haruka held out her hand slowly, trying not to spook it. "I won't hurt you..." The cat leaned against her hand and Haruk petted it. "See, not so bad" She smiled and got up. "Be careful okay?" And she walked back.

Haruka stepped back into the house after their walk, but saw a cat, the same cat, sitting on the porch.

"Meow!" Haruka spun around at the cat as it walked into the house. "Puurrrr" it rubbed against Haruka's leg.

"Hi there again" She smiled. "You wanna live here with me? Okay, but you'll have to stay outside" she said gently. And the cat meowed softly and walked out of the room.

After several weeks of not hearing from Haruka, everyone thought she may never come back. Thanksgiving was fast approaching and everyone wondered if they were going to get a thanksgiving miracle.

"You know, this'll be the first Thanksgiving without Haruka..." Sakura said.

"Cheer up" Tohru said. "I bet we'll see her soon" It was the weekend before Thanksgiving and everyone was gathered at the Sohma's summer vacation homes.

"Yeah, I just wish Haruka was here" Sakura sighed and wrote down somethings on her homework page.

"I know!" Yuki said. "Why don't we cook Haruka's favorite dish for Thanksgiving!" Sakura looked at him.

"She does like stuffing" Sakura said, smiling. "I bet we should cook that" He smiled.

"What do we have here?" A grey haired man walked into the house, his suitcase in his left hand, and a cat bed in the right.

"Master!" Kyo came from upstairs, smiling broadly.

"What are you doing here, Kazuma?" Shigure asked. "I thought you weren't coming" Shigure raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, I can't stay, I'm here to drop off some stuff" He lifted his hand.

"Oh, Kyo!" Kagura skipped inside the house. "KYO MY DARLING I MISSED YOU!" But before she could tackle him, she noticed Kazuma and bowed. "Hi Master Kazuma... What are you-" Before she could finish, a cat jumped on her head and jumped down, Kagura fell. "What the heck?" The cat then jumped onto Kazuma's shoulder.

"Ah, there you are Fuji..." He petted the cat under it's chin. "Now..." He gave the suitcase to Kyo. "I hope you don't mind Shigure, but I had to get into your house to get the things, don't worry I locked up before we left..." He smiled at the man who poked his head out of the living room.

"Ah, no problem, as long as it's locked..." Then Ayame walked in and started to talk louder and louder.

And then, Ayame looked at Sakura, his face so close to hers, she felt nervous, and well, screamed.

"Meow" The cat sighed as a brown blur ran in and kicked Ayame in the face.

"NEVER go near my sister again without permission from her, you got it?" Haruka snarled. "You perverted old snake" She mumbled.

"Haru...ka..." Everyone said in unsion.

"Hi everyone!" Haruka said, she bowed. "Sorry for the long wait! I had to do somethings!" But Sakura hugged her sister and cried hysterically.

"I thought I lost you forever!" She cried.

"Saku, you'll never lose me, no matter how far we are from each other" Haruka smiled, holding her sister. "And now, I'm back for sure..." Haruka smiled and went around giving hugs.

After Kazuma left, Haruka approached Kyo.

"Hey Kyo" She smiled at him, he looked at her. "Here!" She handed him an envelope with his name on it.

"What is this?" He asked.

"Open it silly!" Haruka told him.

He did and pulled out two tickets.

"What the?" He looked at them. "Tickets, to what?"

"Kazuma told me that sometimes you'd like to see Tohru more often then you do..." She glanced at the tickets. "Those are train tickets I was able to snag..." She laughed. "That is the quickest-" Kyo got up and hugged her, Haruka was surprised for a moment, then hugged back.

"I missed you" He whispered in her ear.

"I missed you too" She whispered back.

"Oh Kyo!" Haruka and Kyo pulled away, Haruka walked away, just as Kagura was walking towards them.

Sakura looked at Yuki, he was laughing with HatsuHaru and Momiji. Haruka walked over.

"You still have feelings for Yuki I see" Sakura giggled.

"You don't know how much he missed you" Sakura said.

"Yuki?" Haruka looked at the purple haired boy.

"You know as well as I do, that's not who I was talking about" Haruka looked at her lap, Sakura saw her blush. "You know, him and Mitski broke up, he really wasn't that sad about it though, it was more like he was happy" Sakura added.

"My life is so complicated..." Haruka laughed a little.

"Hey, Eri and I are going on a walk, you two wanna come?" She smiled at them.

"Sure" They both said. they walked outside, Eri, Momiji, HatsuHaru, Yuki, and Kyo were waiting for them.

"Is everyone ready?" Eri asked, everyone nodded. "Let's go!" And they started to walk.

Momiji was talking to Haruka straight away, HatsuHaru looked at the flowers around him, Yuki, Kyo and Sakura started to talk as well.

"I've never really noticed the trail" Sakura said, looking at the ground.

"Me either..." Yuki said.

"Meow!" Haruka's cat jumped on Sakura's shoulder and purred.

After awhile, the earth started to rumble.

"Earthquake!" Haruka and Sakura yelled at the same time.

"No, Landslide!" HatsuHaru pointed to a cloud of dirt and debris that was heading straight for them. And then, it hit, splitting the group.

Sakura felt someone pull her into their chest, trying to protect her from the slide. But she was also screaming her head off, she highly doubt, whoever it was, was going to come out, being able to hear.

After everything had settled, she looked to who had saved her, it was Yuki.

"Oh my gosh! Are you okay?" Sakura asked in a panic.

"Yes, I'm quiet alright, what about you Ms. Sakura?"

"I-I'm fine, thanks to you!" She smiled. "But it looks like we got seperated from the group..." She sighed.

"It seems that way..." He stood up and looked at the landslide behind them. "There is no way we can get back up there, we'll have to find another way..." Sakura felt her pet rat squirm in her pocket, she took it out.

"Go find another way back to the house" She told her. "And please hurry..." The rat squeaked and ran off into the night.

Tohru opened her eyes to see Eri next to her, he was looking at her with sleepy eyes.

"Eri, are you okay?" She asked, sitting up really fast. He chuckled lightly and sat up as well.

"I'm fine Tohru..." He put his hand on her cheek. "Don't worry I'm fine" He smiled.

"Oh, that's good' She sighed.

Momiji opened his eyes to see he was tangled up in a tree branch, HatsuHaru wasn't that far below him on another branch.

"Are you okay?" Momiji called out to him. He looked up at him with an annoyed look.

"I can't get down..." He told him.

Momiji went and helped him out. "What am I going to do with you?" He asked.

"Let's just go find the others" HatsuHaru started to walk.

Kyo open his eyes to feeling warm, a bright fire was in front of him, hesat up, noticing that he was laying on a torn up blanket.

"I see you're awake" He heard the girl say softly, poking at the fire.

"What happened?" He asked, rubbing the back of his head.

"You got knocked out by the landslide, thanks by the way..."

"For what?" He asked her.

"You saved my life..." She said. "You pulled me into your chest, and softened my fall, thank you..."

"Your welcome"

Sakura grabbed Yuki hand as they crossed the river, they had seen smoke and they were hoping it was someone from the grup.

"Wait" Yuki stopped and Sakura looked up at him.

"What is it" She stopped. And that's when he pressed his lips to hers.

TBC...

Sakura: Yuki kissed me! He kissed me! happy, dancy :)

Haruka: Dancy? is that a word?

Sakura: I don't care!

Haruka: Whatever

*Curtains close*