Machi...
Haruka was happy, the kiss felt right, everything felt right. She broke the kiss as Sakura came running shouting: "KYO AND HARUKA SITTING ON THE PAVEMENT K-I-S-S-I-N-G.."
"WOULD YOU BE QUIET!" Kyo chased after her while Haruka sat there blushing.
"So, you and Kyo, huh?" She turned to see Eri, staring at the sky. "I guess he doesn't need Tohru anymore..." Haruka blushed and looked at the ground.
"I don't know if you'd say that..." She looked at Kyo. "Wait, where is dad?" She looked for her dad.
"Your dad was here?" Eri looked at Haruka.
"Yeah, he's still alive!" Haruka stood and grabbed the key chains.
"WHOOPS!" Sakura made Kyo run into Haruka, knocking them both down, and since they were surprised, they turned into cats.
"Haruka, are you okay?" Kyo was starting to panic as a bump formed on her head.
"Hm?" She didn't even feel it. But she moved her paw to feel it and flinched at where it was. "Kyo, it doesn't hurt that bad, just a little bump, no worrie-" She felt someone pick her up and she was staring at Eri, who looked at the bump.
"Yup, it's pretty serious, you could die from this bump if-" Eri said, but Sakura kicked him.
"It's just a bump Eri... And you are not a doctor... Kyo, if it makes you feel any better, we can take her to Hatori and-"
"That won't be possible" Arsen arrived in his car, he walked over. "Uncle has taken over the Sohma main house, has Hatori under his orders..."
"Uncle?" Sakura asked more then stating.
"Yes, he also has Kisa and Hiro... but the others escaped..."
"We didn't exactly... 'escape'" Hatsuharu, Momiji, and Kagura walked over. "We came before the mess happened..." Momiji said.
"So I guess you guys don't have a place to live right?" Haruka asked.
"No..." Kagura admitted.
"They can stay at Arsen's place" Sakura offered.
"What?" Arsen looked at her.
"Don't look at me like that..." Sakura scolded. "You know you have more then enough room in that MANSION of yours" Arsen almost strangled Sakura for saying this.
"You'll let us live with you?" Kagura smiled. "But I'd feel better if I was living with Kyo..." Kagura looked at Kyo, who was still in cat form.
POP
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Haruka and Kyo got dressed quickly. As they walked home, Yuki and Sakura were holding hands. Haruka didn't mind that she wasn't holding hands with Kyo, she wasn't even sure if they were boyfriend/girlfried... But she surely hoped so.
Give me a sign Kyo! She thought. But then, she felt something slip into her hand, she looked at it, it was hand. She smiled and grabbed his back.
Sakura smiled at Kyo and Haruka who were holding hands. She was holding hands with Yuki. They walked to the house, Shigure was snickering at Haruka and Kyo.
"What about you Shigure, you got a lover?" Sakura raised an eyebrow at him, knowing that he didn't.
"Well... No... It's just that a sweet girl like Haruka is in the clutches of Kyo..." He said dramatically, grabbing Haruka's hand.
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?" Kyo yelled at Shigure, tail and ears popping out.
"Oh, nothing..." He shook his hand in a sheepish way, but Kyo whacked him.
Sakura was glad everything was back to normal, and the whole experience brought Haruka and Kyo together. she leaned on her sister to whisper in her ear.
"Haruka and Kyo sitting in a tree K-S-S-I-N-G first comes love, then comes marriage then-" But Haruka covered her mouth.
"Would you shut it?" She smiled. "Yuki and Sakura sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G..."
"THAT'S MY LINE!" They started laughing at each other, the boys stopped arguing and looked at them.
"That was a good laugh..." Haruka said, wiping away a tear.
"Yeah..." the girls looked at the confused faces of Yuki, Shigure, and Kyo.
"Don't worry boys, we haven't forgotten you, c'mon Haruka, let's go make dinner..." Sakura turned to Haruka.
"Okay, any requests?" She turned to the guys.
They threw out their own suggestions and Haruka nodded.
"Spaghetti it is!" And they cooked it.
After dinner, Kyo went to the roof, thinking of the kiss him and Haruka shared. He closed his eyes and played it over and over in his mind, when something tickled under his nose. He sneezed and looked to see the cause, Haruka was holding a long feather behind her back, he got really close to her.
"What are you hiding?" He asked her as their faces were almost touching.
"Nothing..." she smiled at him, like she was innocent.
"Oh really" He pretended to go and kiss her, but instead grabbed the feather from her hand.
"Okay, you caught me... what's my punishment?" Haruka looked at him.
"Now let's see..." He tapped his chin in thought. "Oh I know..." He smirked and kissed her lips gently, it took him awhile to realize that she was kissing back.
He pulled away and pressed his forehead to hers. "You thought you could esape me?"
"Now why would I do that?" They both smiled and laughed for a second before realizing that Sakura was there behind them.
"Okay, now it's just getting disgusting" She laughed.
"What? Are you jealous?" Haruka smirked.
"Why would you say that?" Sakura asked.
"Oh, nevermind... Aren't you supposed to be with Yuki though?"
"No... He's working on his project and I got bored so I came here!"
"Usually rats don't like the roof..."
"Meow!" Fuji jumped in between Haruka and Kyo, layed down and purred loudly. Haruka scratched her behind her ear.
"She's so different" Sakura put her hand on the cat's head.
"What do you mean?" Haruka asked.
"She's different from Minori, yet the same..." Sakura laughed while her sister gave her a blank look. "I mean, sure she doen't look like Minori, she still likes you as if she was Minori... Ad the way she purrs, it's that loving purr and not the fake purr..."
"Wow, I didn't know you knew so much about cats..." Haruka said.
"Me either..." She admitted. "But iIcan see the love Fuji has for you..." She sighed.
"Is something going on between you and Yuki?" Kyo looked at Haruka for asking this question.
"Well, it trully isn't a big deal..." Sakura confided.
"It's a HUGE deal! What's going on?"
"Do I have to kill Yuki?" Kyo asked.
"It's just... Yuki and I are going out but we haven't had our first date yet, and he studies all the time, which I don't mind... It's just..." Sakura trailed off.
"You know what? Kyo, we have to plan our first date too!" Kyo blushed.
"What are you saying?" Kyo asked blankly.
"We should have our first date as a double date!" Haruka smiled. "Of course, if that's okay with you..." Kyo smiled.
"Yes, it is" Haruka hugged him.
"Hey, how about the festival!" Sakura said excitedly.
"What festival?" Kyo and Haruka asked the same time.
"Well, there is this festival that is being held not too far away, we can go there!'
"Alright..." Kyo said. Looking at Haruka.
"That'll be fun!" Haruka said, clapping her hands together.
"Meow!" Fuji stood and went on Kyo's lap.
"Okay, but I warn you, there's going to be fireworks!" She winked and got off the roof.
"Meow?" Fuji looked at Haruka.
"Ugh, my sister can be such a pain..." She sighed.
"Meow, Meow, Meoooowwww!" The cat jumped onto Haruka's lap. and rubbed her head onto her hand.
"Yeah... Well, at least we'll get out of the house" He scooched closed to her and wrapped her in his arms.
"Wait, Kyo?" Kyo looked at her.
"What?"
"Why do you think Yuki is so distant from Sakura?" Kyo sighed and looked at the moon.
"I guess it's because he still likes Tohru, or Machi..."
"Who's Machi?" She never heard the name before.
"It's his Ex..."
"Ex? When did this happen, I'm so confused!"
"Haruka..." He looked into her eyes and found that her irises twinkle against the stars. "Machi passed away... Right before you came..."
"Eh?" Haruka looked at him in horror. "How? Oh my gosh, I have to tell Sakura!" She was about to run off and Kyo grabbed her arm gently.
"No... She died from a sphere" Haruka's eye twitched.
"I'm so gonna kill my uncle..." She sighed and got up. "But in any case it's getting late, I have to get to bed. Goodnight Kyo"
"Good night Haruka" They kissed again.
Haruka layed there in her bed, thinking of the kisses Kyo gives her and she sighed. Now moving onto the story he told about Machi...
So... Does Yuki trully like Sakura? Haruka thought to herself.
"This Machi girl must be something special if Yuki still loves her" Haruka jumped at hearing her sister's voice in the darkness.
"You heard us?" Haruka yelled/whispered.
"No, Shigure told me while you guys were on the roof... you guys were talking about it too?" Haruka stood up and turned on the light.
"Strange, huh?" Sakura put a thoughtful finger to her chin. "But we both know it can't be a coincedence..." Haruka nodded.
"Well, from what Kyo told me, was that she was killed by a sphere..." Haruka said.
"Shigure told me that too, but why would they be after Machi?"
"To make Yuki miserable?"
"But we figured that they just wanted Kyo's power..."
"Hold on a second Sakura..." Haruka was standing at the window.
"What?" She walked over. Yuki and Kyo were walking away from the house.
"I say we follow" Haruka pulled out her clothes from the hamper and got dressed. Sakura did as well.
"What do you think they are doing?" Sakura asked.
"I don't know..." Haruka noticed they went into a grave yard.
"Nevermind... I know now..." She stepped up to the last step and sat down, she didn't feel like disrupting the guys.
"Are we just gonna sit here?" Sakura sat next to her.
"I am, you're not..." Haruka winked. "You know they say if you visit a loved one's grave with a boyfriend/girlfriend, love may strike you in the heart"
"there's no saying like that!"
"I know, but in this case, it's the truth... Go!" Haruka pushed her sister towards the graves.
"Okay..." She sighed and walked over to the boys.
"Yuki?" Sakura stood a few steps away, whispering his name.
"What are you doing here?' He stood up and looked at her.
"Well, Shigure told me what happened and I wanted to pay my respects and see if she approves of us..." Sakura looked at Yuki as Kyo walked away.
"It's okay Sakura, I do miss her, but I do like you.."
"Yuki..." Sakura looked at him through her silver bangs. "It's not okay! I want you to tell me the truth, what do you really feel! I don't care if it's nice or sweet or even if it tears you up! I just want to know what's going on with your life!" She started to cry.
"Sakura..." He reached for her, knowing that she was going to cry for a long time.
"Don't!' She turned her back towards him. "Yuki, you get your feelings straight and you come back to me when you're ready, I'll be waiting!" And she took off, knowing that her sister wil follow her, she neded some sister time, not more guy time.
Yuki stood there, watching Sakura run off and Kyo came back.
"What did you do, you darn rat?" Kyo looked at him.
"I don't need this right now, Stupid cat!" They started to fight, Yuki won of course. "You never change..."
"Whatever..' He mumbled. "you should apologize to her..."
"To who?" Yuki looked at Kyo.
"Sakura, you compare her to Machi..."
"I do not!"
"Look Yuki, Sakura is not Machi, she's another person, you can't expect the same things you did with Machi work the same way with Sakura..."
"I don't need love advice from someone who just got their first girlfriend..." He walked away from Kyo.
But he's right I do compare her to Machi... when did that cat become a love advice giver?
TBC...
Uncle: what? No scene with me in it?
SWS: Of course not...
Uncle: But-
SWS: But nothing... I'm the writer, you follow my script and my demands, you got that?
Uncle: And what are you going to do if I hire a new one?
SWS: That's the thing, you can't...
Uncle: And why not?
SWS: Don't you see? You are what I created... I can easily replace you
Uncle: You wouldn't dare!
SWS: Would you like to find out?
Uncle: You win this round! But I'll be back!
SWS: Ugh! That man is so annoying... Anyway, please review!