Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Sing a song ❯ testing ( Chapter 6 )

Special thanks go out on this chapter to my stand in beta's OptiMoose and cesmith for their help on betaing this chapter. They were great!! I hope that Melli gets back soon as I did miss her input for this chapter. As always, you can make comments on this story in reviews (oh How I love them) or you can visit us at the ffnetauthors proboards29 com (fill in spaces with periods) There the story has a thread all it's own. Responses to reviewers at the bottom. I hope there are Gters here reading. I am getting to the singing! Happy Labor day weekend everybody!

Chapter 6 Testing

"Testing, testing?" blares out of the two black speakers on either side of the karaoke equipment. Aya shakes his head, handing the microphone to Haru. Aya turns back to the sound equipment, he has been trying to balance the sound for the last ten minutes or so. He waves his hand at Hatsuharu in a go ahead motion for more vocal testing.

"Ah, what am I to say?" Haru repeats into the microphone.

"Sing something," Aya prompts offhandedly.

Hiro, who has been quiet for too long, chimes in with, "Yes, sing something cowboy. Know any Country and Western tunes?"

Haru glances over at the smirking sheep. After pausing thoughtfully for a moment, he starts singing-

"movin', movin',

Keep movin', movin', movin',
Though they're disapprovin',
Keep them doggies movin' Rawhide!"

"Arghhh!" sputters both Kyo and Hiro, while Yuki just shakes his head and moves towards the kitchen for a drink.

Haru is proud of himself for at least shutting up the the sheep, if not for annoying the stupid neko. He turns to find Ayame looking at him with puzzlement.

Haru looks down to switch off the mic, and then he glances back at Ayame, "What?"

"Nothing. I just didn't think you had it in you." Ayame replies softly.

Bending down to Ayame's level, so only he can see his face. Haru asks playfully, "Did you see the look on Hiro's face?"

Ayame is holding back his amusement with considerable restraint when he replies, "Lucky Kyo's was better."

He's chuckling now. Turning towards the rest of the room, flourishing his jacket for the proper mood he turns on the mic again. "Well that was fun wasn't it?" Noticing half of the promised audience isn't in the room, he decides to try his luck later. Turning the mic back off, he puts it in a stand he has placed just where he deems center stage to be.

He walks over to the lounging Hatori, "So, having fun yet?"

"Yes, actually," Hatori replies. "The evening looks to be rather enjoyable."

"Where did Shi-chan go?" inquires the snake innocently.

"I don't know, but I am sure he is sorry he missed that last bit," Hatori nods his head toward Hatsuharu. The black leather clad youth still fiddles with the equipment.

Ayame takes this as a reason to go search for the errant dog, and turns towards the door to the hallway. As he comes closer to it, he hears a rumbling noise. 'What could that be?' he wonders until he hears Kyo start mumbling.

"Not her. Please let it not be her." Kyo is repeating it as he gets in a better position on the opposite side of the house away from the front door. His cat ears appear along with a bristling tail.

Then the whole house hears, "KYOOO! Where are you my darling?" followed by crashing as Kagura enters the house.

"Kyo, Kyo where are you?" she continues to call as she gets closer and closer to the main living room, causing Kyo to scramble to find a way out. Kyo's reverent prayers are unanswered once again as she gets to the room before he can escape.

"Kyo!!" she screams, hurling herself across the room.

"No, get away!" Kyo yowls, as he unsuccessful tries to fend her off. As usual he ends up a trapped pet in the main room, by her mere presence in the door.

The ruckus does bring Shigure out of hiding at a run though, carrying a nice big jug of sake from the kitchen. "Kyo? You aren't breaking my house again, are you?"

"No! Stay away!" a desperate cat screams as he is engulfed in a boar hug.

Kagura starts a quiet chant of "Kyo, Kyo, Kyo..." as she pulls her victim and herself to a floor cushion.

Shigure looks at the unfortunate feline with humor, as he pulls a cushion up beside the lounging dragon. "Here Hai-san, Sake!", he chimes sing-songingly, and produces cups from somewhere.

Momiji, who followed Kagura in and watched as she did her normal insanity, has been looking around for Tohru. Not finding her, he takes this time to ask the still standing Ayame. "Where is Tohru?"

Ayame turns his attention away from Lucky Kyo for the first time, to glance Momiji's way. "Why Momiji don't you look charming." As the snake circling surveys the brightly clothed Rabbit.

"You really think so?" Momiji twirls to show his outfit to the room. He is wearing a stylish yellow button shirt down with a lacy black vest and a pair of black slacks. "It isn't to stark?"

"Momiji you look very well tonight." Hatori adds from his place to the side.

Ruining any adult image he might have been going for, Momiji squeals, "Really Hari? I look Good?", and claps his hands together in glee.

"Oh, how they are growing," Ayame laments "Shigure we are getting ancient!" Turning towards the dog, yelling, "Hold Me!" he launches towards the waiting canine.

"Aya!" Shigure loudly returns, and holds out his arms.

"Don't you two ever quit?" Yuki questions, coming back into the room from the kitchen.

"But Brother, we are having Fun," Ayame whines, from just inches before the dog's arms.

"Momiji, are you here too?" Yuki remarks, on noticing the bunny.

"Yep! Where is Tohru?" bouncing around Yuki to see if he was leading the rice ball.

"The Baka brought an outfit for her." Nodding his head towards his brother, "She and Kisa are up stairs putting it on," Yuki answers with a sour look toward certain people in the room.

"Really! An outfit by Aya? What did it look like? Did he only bring one?" Momiji inquires, bouncing from one question to another as he dances around Yuki playfully.

From her cushion with her defeated semi conscious captive, Kagura shouts, "Look! Look, at my outfit isn't it perfect?" Letting go of the captive to get her desired response, she opens her arms wide to show off her red silk top and black jumper. "Well Kyo, aren't I perfect?"

"Hell, No!" screams the irate cat, jumping woozily up to try and flee the room.

"What?!" Kagura lunges at the escapee. "But I worked so hard to be Perfect," she shouts as flames start to leap over her body and a new timbre can be heard in her voice.

"Now tell me I'm perfect," she demands, knocking Kyo's face against the floor till he is unconscious.

Cesmith who has gone from reviewer to beta! and who really helped me.

Alanna-of-Olau, who I hope finds this chapter was worth waiting for. Also I can't wait for the 28th!!

Tohma's Sleepless Beauty, I hope you continue to love Ayame. He is so great. In chapter 8, I finally get to the singing, ha ha ha.

RabbitTsukino, stay tuned! The funny parts aren't over.

OptiMoose another reviewer turned beta. You are way too kind to me.

SladesDaughter, I'm trying my best on the grammar I some times despair over it. Keep reading and hopefully it will get better.

Aura Black Chan, yes you were my only but more have come. I still Love You for being first though! I will keep your idea in mind. Right now I am in negotiations with Hatori about the whole I think he should sing problem.