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Chapter One

Disclaimer: I don't own Furuba. I do own this fanfic so please do not copy or steal.

Author's Notes: Hello everyone. Welcome to my new fic. I hope everyone will enjoy it…though not much happens in the first chapter, but don't worry! More interesting stuff is on the way!

Chapter One

"Hello Akito," Tohru smiled as she poked her head into the head Sohma's room. "How are you doing today?" she inquired as she entered and knelt down on the floor.

"Fine," he muttered softly. A long silence filled the room as Akito starred outside. "I wonder…Tohru Honda…why do you persist in coming to see me all the time? What do you gain from an hour of nothingness each week?"

"But it isn't nothingness!" Tohru shook her head in protest. "I enjoy coming to visit you, because I care about you. I'm sure you get lonely, everybody gets lonely…even me, and that's when we need someone to share time with. So that's what I'm here for!" she tried her best to make clear that she really did want to be there.

"Do what you like then," Akito replied, only half listening. "Though I am quite, tired and require sleep," he said casually as he lay down on a bed roll that had been laid out.

"Well all right," Tohru nodded. "I'll just stay here until you fall asleep."

A few moments passed and Tohru could hear the sounds of Akito sleeping on the other side of the room. 'All right,' she thought. 'It's now or never! You can do it!' she mentally encouraged herself as she stood up and made her way to the bookcase that stood in the far corner or the room.

Ayame was bustling about his store just an hour before it opened. Both he and Mine were rushing about placing some new fabrics as well as other supplied on the shelf. He placed the last roll of fabric he had on a shelf and smiled with satisfaction. "Mine!" he called and turned the corner around a shelf, only to come face to face with Mina herself. Not being able to stop himself in time, he crashed directly into her, closing his eyes and fearing the worst.

But to his surprise no popping noise sounded, now smoke rose, and he defiantly did NOT turn into a snake. He still stood, quite human, and quite shocked with Mine in his arms. He blinked then looked down at himself.

"This is amazing!" he laughed and lifted Mine up in the air, spinning around in circles. "It's a miracle! A true miracle!" he continued to laugh and laugh.

"Er…boss? Boss are you feeling well?" Mine shouted as she was spun around.

"I'm fine," Ayame replied and let Mine down. "No, not fine, amazed, overjoyed…. no! No word can describe how I feel right now!" he shouted and ran to the phone, quickly dialing Shigure's number.

Shigure was at the moment hiding from Mii, who with a tear-streaked face was searching the house for him. He was safely hidden in the hallway when the phone rang. He quickly went to it and picked it up only to have to pull it away from his ear due to Aya's loud shouting. "Oh Shigure! You'll never believe what has happened! Do yourself a favor and find the nearest female to you and hug her! Yes, I said hug her! Now trust me when I say this! I know you'll find the results quite shocking!"

"All right Aya…" Shigure said, for once at a loss for words. He placed the phone down on the table and followed the sound of Mii's strained voice. He found her in the kitchen, looking behind the refrigerator. "Mii?" he said, moving closer to her, still rather out of it due to Ayame's call.

"SHIGURE!" Mii shouted angrily and spun around to face them. "Where is that manuscript? I need it now!" she cried.

'Aya, this had better be good,' he thought, but smirked anyways. He reached forward and pulled Mii into a hug, clamping his eyes shut.

Mii stiffened up in his embrace and continued to shout at him. "Shi-gur-e! What do you think you're doing? Let me go this instant!"

Shigure opened his eyes and when he saw that he was still himself, and not the beloved 'Spot', he, with wide eyes, silently complied. His jaw dropped open and he starred at Mii, who was still yelling at him, though of course he wasn't paying attention. "Uh…be right back!" he said, dashing out of the room and back to the phone.

"Aya! What in the world did you do?" he shouted into the phone.

"Nothing, nothing! I merely bumped into Mine while working and well…you can guess the rest! Isn't this fantastic?" Ayame laughed joyfully.

"Yes, yes." Shigure agreed whole-heartedly.

"Ah, now I must call Hari!" Ayame said.

"Right, and I should go tell Yuki and Kyo!" Shigure nodded and hung up the phone. Shigure then began to search the house, Mii always on his tail. "Yuuuuki! Kyoooooo!" he called

Kyo lazily moved up the stairs to his room. As he reached the door to the bedroom a familiar, yet despised scent filled the air. "What the hell?" He said, covering his nose with his sleeve. 'It can't be,' he thought. 'It's impossible' He reached his hand to the doorknob, but suddenly Shigure seemingly out of nowhere leaped up and landed on his back. "Kyo! I have the most amazing news!" He said in a singsong voice.

"What the hell?" Kyo shouted and tried to throw Shigure off his back, but failed. "Get off of me!"

Shigure pouted, but got off his back anyways. As he did, he reached down Kyo's arm, and before the cat knew it, Shigure had pulled his beaded bracelet off his hand. "Shigure! What that hell?" Kyo screamed, now extremely pissed. What did he think he was doing, forcing him to change into his ugly, monstrous form? But then Kyo realized that he didn't change to that form which he despised so much. He was still very much himself. "But…wait…. how…. what the hell is going on?" He shouted frantically.

Author's Note: Mm-hm. I think I'm going to stop there. I was going to continue for a little more, but I think what I wanted to add to the end of this chapter will do better at the start of the next chapter. Well please review! -Bribes with Kyo-shaped cookies-