Author's Corner:
I just wanted to apologize to everyone who's been waiting for and wondering about the next part of the story. My life until recently had gotten very confusing/complicated/out of control/ bad, and until my personal affairs were in order I was unable to write anything. But, now that my life has gotten back on track/better ( 3) I can finally focus on writing. So enjoy the latest installment of Thirteen Forms: Kyo n-n
The prints were most definitely feline. There was no mistaking the outline of thin paw pads, four small pads above one big three pronged pad. Shigure had been able to confirm that they were not as big as his normal prints. Definitely feline.
"There's just one thing I don't understand about this." Yuki mumbled, staring down at the prints.
"What's not to understand?" A flourished voice Yuki hoped was delirium speaking and not whom the voice belonged to, echoed. "What causes you such puzzled distress dear brother! Whatever puzzle it is we shall solve it together, I won't rest until I know my Yuki is confused no longer! I'm am quite good at solving puzzles you know, you could ask any—"
"And who invited you? How did you get here?" The iced tone waving through Yuki glowed in his eyes. Ayame took a step back and dramatically threw his arm across his eyes.
"Surely you don't mean the impoliteness, I forgive you Yuki! Now what kind of puzzle are we working on? Scenery? Flowers? Baby animals? Tohru!" He demanded clapping his hands twice in a row so as to call her. She stumbled through the dense underbrush and lined up very properly in front of him, she even included a half hand salute.
"Yes? How can I help?" She was trying to stand as tall as she could and wasn't as balanced as everyone could've hoped.
"Well, Yuki here—"
"Don't order her around!" Yuki growled at his brother. He hated seeing him take advantage of her like this.
"N-no! It's no trouble at all! Really!" She tried to sound convincing, but the sweat dripping down her face told another story.
"Wonderful! So, what are we working on?"
"Well you, aren't working on anything! Who invited you to come?" Yuki was beginning to lose his patience. Who had invited Ayame? Everyone here knew how Yuki felt about his brother. So that would mean the person who called him didn't care… There was only one person among them who fit that description.
Shigure could've sworn that he felt a chill run up his spine. Odd, there wasn't any wind blowing. He followed Hatori unconsciously now, his thoughts drifted. I wonder if Aya's arrived yet…
Flashback to Shigure's conversation with Ayame :O (With smilies for emphasis)
"So Aya, how are you! It's so boring here, Tori won't talk to me at all." ;-;
"Oh Gure, I just finished the most annoying costume request, I had to get Mine to run out to a specialty fabric store three towns over because we're all out of the duck-like material again, you know what it's like, supply and demand." n-n
"Ooo, I bet Mine was an excellent model for it." 8D
"Actually Gure, I modeled in it, I'm closer to the customer's size." n-n''
"Well that's even better." B)
"Gure!" :D
"Aya." :D "I've got an idea, how about if you come here and visit with us! Everyone's here, Tohru, Tori, Momiji, Yuki…"
"How is my dear brother?" ''
"Poor Yuki, trying to help Tohru when he's already so confused…" ;)
"Yuki, confused! He needs a brother's assistance! I'll be right there Gure don't move!" :O
The soft disconnect buzz on the old style phone hummed. With a slight shifted smile Shigure hadplaced the phone back on the hook, and left to go find where Hatori had gone off to.
This was getting ridiculous, why was he even putting up with this anymore? He was probably just too tired to care.
"Squawk." Shut up! Kyo hissed at the bird, which had located the most bothersome place to stay. The bird had decided to hitch a ride, and was now sitting most comfortably on Kyo's back. The worst part was, that Kyo wasn't as flexible as a cat and couldn't swipe at it. Even if he did get the chance it'd just come back.
Everything looked the same, but it was all different from anything that was around Shigure's house. Kyo had no idea where he was going anymore. He was so tired, his paws ached, and he felt as though he could collapse at any moment. But he had to keep going. I need to get home, I need to see her again… Is she thinking about me?
Tohru leaned over to examine the paw prints. They looked like they could be Kyo's, she'd followed his prints once before. She'd accidentally triggered him to transform and he'd run off to sulk. He got his feet muddy, and she was able to follow the prints right to him. He was on the roof again…
"Shall we follow them?" Yuki startled her and she slipped forwards, right into Ayame. There was a brief puff of purple smoke, and where Ayame had been standing in his place coiled up was the small zodiac snake.
"I'm sorry! Ayame!" Tohru cried and ran to pick him up.
"Tohru it's okay, as long as you make it up to me by keeping me warm in this cool night air…"
"Stay away from him." Yuki held his arm out in front of Tohru, picked up Ayame, and launched him into oblivion. Tohru stood there dazed until she was quickly jolted back to reality.
"H-help. Please help me!" Danny screamed out as he toppled through the forest.
"What's wrong?" Yuki looked around in alarm.
"It's Ivy, I can't find her anywhere. She's gone!"
Kyo reached delicately out with his paws and felt a solid substance beneath him. He leaped down onto the rocks below. The bird started shrieking. Hey! Calm down! We're on the ground now! The bird got off of him and stood on the ground awestruck. It took off without warning and struck Kyo across the face.
What the hell is wrong with—No. Damn it no! No! Kyo backed up very slowly.
"Peeeeaaaaaacheeessss. Peeaaaaaachhhesssss. You're my kitty, not theirs, only mine. You're going to come back with me and we can finish our game. Just you and me Peaches, we can play together just us. Won't that be fun?" Kyo glanced horrified in the direction of the looming figure that was Ivy.