"I hate school!" Natsuki grumbled stretching her legs as she waited. "I should have ditched, like Arisa!"

"Oh come on Suk." Kami sighed. "I thought you would like this. We aren't in class, we are outside and about to run."

"Kami is the one who should be complaining. After all, she hates running." Miyako laughed.

"It's still school." Natsuki grumbled. "And I hate school."

Miyako laughed, but blinked spotting Tohru walking over. She had just been with Kyo and Yuki. Miyako flushed as she saw Kyo acting like an angry cat. He was so cute, in a different way from normal.

"Good morning!" Tohru smiled. "Ready?"

"Not really." Kami sighed. "It's too cold out, and we have to run." She smiled. "And as Natsuki said 'it's school.'"

Tohru smiled as Saki walked up. "Let's just all do our best!"

"Right." Miyako smiled and caught one last glance at Kyo before they started running. She shot off faster than the rest, hoping to impress Kyo.

Kami and Natsuki went a little slower, saving their energy. They outpaced Tohru and began to relax after a while, slowing to a walk.

"Kami what are we going to do about Miyako and Aki?" Natsuki asked. "They are crushing so obviously on Yuki and Kyo... If Yukio finds out..."

"He won't." Kami smiled. "And if he does we will deal with it then. But I'm sure it will be fine." Kami didn't look at Natsuki, not wanting her to discover her own uncertainty and worry.

"I guess... Hey!" Natsuki blinked stopping. "There's an old guy laying over there." She pointed of to the side.

"What?" Kami asked. She blinked seeing the white hair. "Let's go help." The two were about to go down when Tohru walked up. They watched her stumble slightly down the hill, then followed. Natsuki blinked shocked as all three girls realized it was a teen guy with white hair. "Are you alright?" Kami asked as Tohru babbled.

"... Do any of you three know where Sohma house is?" He asked calmly.

"Sohma?" Kami blinked at the same time Tohru and Natsuki asked,

"Are you a Sohma?"

The boy blinked and got up ignoring them. "They're coming." He walked up to the path and set up a string. He laid on his belly and waited a moment. The girls watched in shock as Yuki and Kyo ran up. Right at Kyo was pulling ahead the white haired boy's string tripped him.

Natsuki started laughing as Yuki stopped and stared in shock at the boy. Kami and Tohru just stared blankly and confused.

"Haru?" Yuki blinked as Kyo jumped up angrily, which only made Natsuki bust up laughing harder.

"WHY'D YOU DO THAT! I WAS WINNING! STOP LAUGHING!" Kyo yelled angrily.

Haru looked off blankly. "Don't try that at home."

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING, IDIOT! IT TOOK ME THIS MUCH EFFORT PASSING YUKI..."

"If I didn't do that, you wouldn't have stopped." Haru said as if it was the most logical thing to say.

"Hatsuharu...?" Yuki sighed.

"Huh?" Kami, and Tohru asked. Natsuki was still giggling at Kyo's enraged face.

"DO YOU THINK I'M AN IMMORTAL!? SEE, I'M BLEEDING!" Kyo looked torn between hurting Haru, and hurting Natsuki. "SHUT UP GIRL!"

Natsuki only started laughing harder as Yuki explained. "This is Hatsuharu...One after another keep coming here..." Yuki sighed. "And don't you have to go to school?"

"HOLE ON! I'M BLEEDING HERE, DON'T YOU CARE!?"

"Not really." Natsuki smiled, as she finally stopped laughing.

"Ah... I came on Sunday." Haru said calmly. "I'm not sure how I got here... by the time I woke up, three days have passed..."

"So, to sum it up... you got lost..." Yuki sighed, not looking at all surprised.

"You are still an idiot when it comes to directions." Kyo said calming down.

"He's been lost for three days... You must be hungry." Kami blinked. "I wish I had thought to bring some food with me.."

"It's a run, why would you have." Natsuki pointed out.

"Oh... I guess you're right."

"Ah... Let's think about where we are ….if the teacher find out..." Tohru said a bit nervous.

"Who cares." Natsuki shrugged. "What's he going to do, yell at us?"

"Let's just get off the road so we don't block the other runners at least." Kami pointed out. They all headed down beneath the bridge.

"This is Hatsuharu Sohma. He's one year younger than us. Haru this is Tohru Honda, Kami Kibaru, and Natsuki Kibaru." Yuki introduced.

"Ah... it's you. Nice to meet you." Haru bowed.

"Ah, Ah you too. You too!" Tohru bowed back.

Haru turned to Natsuki and Kami and bowed as well. "Hello."

"Hi." Kami smiled. "No need to bow."

"Hey." Natsuki nodded. "Nice to meet you. And that was hilarious what you did to Kyo."

"HEY!" Kyo glared, then frowned turning to Haru. "So why are you here?"

"For a duel." Haru said calmly getting up and shocking all three girls. Natsuki got over it quickly and started to smile.

"Huh?" Kyo blinked, just as shocked.

"Originally I wanted to find you during new years, but you disappeared. So here I am now." Haru said calmly.

"New years?" Kami and Natsuki blinked.

"Oh yeah. Kyo and Yuki didn't go to their main house during new years... They said they didn't want to."

Kami paused thinking of what it would be like to not go to a family holiday event.

"Come on! Let's fight." Haru said getting ready.

"Wait a minute!" Kyo frowned. "I'm competing with Yuki now!"

"I spent three days to find you.." Haru said starting to sound annoyed.

"That's because you got lost!"

"Anyways, we have to duel." Haru said ignoring Kyo's comment.

"After we get home, I'll deal with you! Now is not the time!" Kyo said turning around.

"No way."

"This time things seem bad..." Yuki frowned. "Hey... Kyo. You should follow Hatsuharu's suggestion..."

Kami blinked. "What?"

"NO WAY, NO WAY, NO WAY! GO AWAY NOW!" Suddenly Haru headbutted Kyo.

"Too late... that idiot." Yuki sighed.

"Stop... mumbling... If you are a real man, let's fight! Little cat..." Haru said darkly.

"What..." Kami blinked. "Is going on...?"

"I don't care. This is hilarious!" Natsuki smiled. "Go Haru!"

Kyo suddenly kicked Haru back. "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?! DO WE HAVE PROBLEMS BETWEEN US?"

"I remember now, you have another name called "Black Haru." Yuki sighed. "Although, Haru looks like the calm type, when he gets angry, he's unstoppable."

"Really?" Kami and Natsuki blinked.

"This is going to be interesting." Natsuki smiled.

"That means... he is like Kagura?" Tohru asked.

"That's right." Yuki said. Before Natsuki or Kami could ask who Kagura was, Haru was gripping Yuki's chin.

"Don't just stand there, Yuki. Today, I will make you mine..."

"You're worse than Kagura..." Yuki said while the three girls stared in shock at Haru.

"STAND UP, KYO!" Haru said turning back to his fight.

"I'm already standing up! Where are you going?!"

"This looks like they will take a while... You girls can go." Yuki said coughing slightly.

"But... But..." Tohru blinked not sure what to do.

Natsuki just turned back to watching the fight. "Is there any way we can stop them?" Kami asked.

"No way! Kami this is hilarious!" Natsuki grinned.

"You almost sound like Shouta now." Kami sighed. "I don't think it is a good thing to let them fight." She said watching the two banter back and forth, their conversation unheard by the three watching.

"YOU ANNOYING BRAT! IF YOU WANT SOME, COME AND GET IT!" Kyo yelled angrily starting to get serious.

"It should have been like this from the start, coward!" Haru laughed.

"Whatever you say, you noisy girl!" Kyo growled.

"I like this guy." Natsuki smiled pointing to Haru. "He's hilarious!"

"Why don't we go? They will take a long time." Yuki coughed a few times.

"Yuki?" Kami blinked as Tohru just fussed over trying to stop the fight.

"COME OVER HERE, COME ON!" Haru yelled.

"SHUT UP! I ALEADY SAW YOUR FEEBLE TECHIQUE!" Kyo yelled back.

"Ah.. Hey... you guys..." Tohru said stepping forward.

"Don't stop them Tohru. This is the best entertainment I've had in a long time." Natsuki smirked watching the fight as if it was a movie.

"Don't mind them Miss Honda... Just let them do whatever they feel like. And also... I don't really want to get dragged in and get caught in the crossfire." Yuki smiled.
"Huh?" Tohru blinked.

Kami just sighed. "Something tells me this is not going to turn out well."

"YOUR WEAK PUNCHES AND KICKS HAVE NO ATTACKING POWER AT ALL!" Haru yelled. "Idiot! Moron! Come and hit me! I don't mind."

"Man he's got anger issues." Natsuki laughed.

"WH... WH... WH...! I'LL KILL YOU!" Kyo yelled getting more and more angry. "YOUR SKILL LEVEL, COMPARED TO YUKI'S IS ONLY GOOD FOR A WARM UP!"

"What about you? Yuki started his training later than us, but you can't win against him! What kind of training did you get, anyway? How embarrassing!" Haru smirked. "Your workout isn't even comparable to ours... You're just a newbie! A wet-behind-the-ears newbie!" Haru taunted

"I'LL HAVE YOUR HEAD FOR THAT!" Kyo yelled. "I'LL KILL YOU! KILL YOU!"

"That Haru is just making it worse." Kami sighed. "We really should stop this before someone gets seriously injured."

"Let em fight." Natsuki waved her hand for Kami to stay. "This is the best entertainment I've had in a long time."

"... It seems as if... Kyo is a bit stronger than him." Tohru pointed out.

"Yeah. Compared to Haru, Kyo is indeed stronger." Yuki said, Natsuki just ignored them. "Either way, they're both idiots who love fighting! And because they love martial arts, they started training long ago.." He coughed slightly.

"Yuki you also love martial arts, don't you?" Tohru asked.

"I don't even know.." He started coughing really bad. Enough that even Natsuki turned around.

"Yuki! YUKI! What's wrong?!" Tohru gasped.

Kami rushed over, as the two fighters paused. Kami frowned. "He's having a coughing attack... This isn't good..."

Haru rushed over and gently pushed Kami away so he could check on his cousin. "Yuki? You had an attack? Hey, you have a fever!" He said feeling Yuki's forehead. "You should be more careful if you have a cold. Go lie down for a bit... I'll go contact the main house..." Haru said getting up.

"...no." Yuki choked out, grabbing Haru's leg.

"You don't like the main house..." Haru paused then turned to Kyo. "Kyo! We will postpone our fight for now."

"Ah... yeah, that's fine... so then we should postpone the marathon as well, huh? How boring!" Natsuki got up.

"Let me know when Haru's going to kick your butt then Kyo... Kami we should help them out."

"Yeah. Is there anything we can do?" Kami asked.

"...Come on, let's go back to sensei's house." Haru said looking at Yuki and paused. "Even if we could get a taxi, we can't... it'd be bad..." He paused and looked at Natsuki and Kami.

"We know about your curse." Kami nodded.

"Oh... Well it will be bad is Yuki were to transform. And also, if he transforms into a mouse, he'll have to work even harder..."

"I should go too, I can help out!" Tohru smiled.

"Natsuki and I can as well." Kami nodded. "Is there anything that we can help you with?"

Haru paused and looked at Natsuki. "Oh, yep. You're really cute. Please, do help out."

"Huh?" Natsuki blinked confused. "How does my being cute help out?"

"If I have to hug someone to transform anyways... Of course I'd rather hug someone who's cute." He said, hugging Natsuki suddenly. He transformed into a cow, while Natsuki stared blankly and shocked. "When I'm like this... moving Yuki will be a much easier task. And just so that I don't return to my human shape, one of you should hug my neck tightly."

"Uh... Right." Kami helped Kyo pick Yuki up as Natsuki hugged Haru's neck.

"Tohru can you grab Haru's jacket? We can use that to keep him warm." Kami said as Kyo put Yuki on Haru's back. "Okay let's go." Kami nodded as her and Tohru stayed on each side to keep Yuki in place.