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[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

A/N: X-OVER WITH FRUITS BASKET.


KALERAGETSUSEI

CHAPTER LXXX

HAPPINESS SHROUDED IN GRIEF

Once the Blade Children, as Eyes and his friends were known due to a defect in their make up and special powers that made the group appear to be cursed, had been settled and freshened themselves, the group gathered to follow a waiting server to the dining hall where the others were undoubtedly waiting. Once in the dining hall, many who had never seen such luxury silently oozed at what their eyes beheld.

“Welcome, children, come join us. Shuichi informed me that he had invited you and the family of Sohma, as well. Has he told you that through our association, we have a way to beak the curse that seems to be your lives?” Vegeta had greeted the group of five special elder teens and led them into the room.

“You are serious, Vegeta-sama? That the curse can be broken and we can live normally? That those of us who do not know how to laugh or smile can do so?” Eyes gushed, such news opening the stoic musician’s emotions.

“When, Sire?” the youngest Blade Child, Rio Takesumi asked in wide-eyed glee.

“Why don’t I take the children with me, Vegeta, to fulfill their life long wishes?” a light voice asked and the group turned to find…

“Kaibito? To what-”

“To give these children what they desire most, a chance at normal lives,” the Supreme Kai smiled as he took hold of Kanone and Eyes.

The elder Blade Children then took hold of the other three and in an eye blink, the group vanished.

“What was that about, sire?” Shuichi asked as he moved up beside Vegeta.

“To make five dreams come true. I’ve so often wanted to use the Dragon Balls to wish their plight away but there are some wishes that overgrown worm just cannot grant and removing the negative curse from those kids’ lives might have been one of them. It would involve near recreation. You’re looking well, princess, and I sense you are carrying again,” the Saiyan prince smirked as he and Kurama moved to go join their mates in the dining hall.

Kurama blushed as red as his hair then replied, “Hiei’s insatiable and so is Youko. I don’t mind in the least. So, have you seen the Sohmas as yet? I hear their curse had been lifted while I was in Makai those three years. Sire, I’ve been thinking…about how after the one year term that I’ll be returned to a boy,” the red-head sighed.

“I know where you’re going with this. Have you thought it through completely and what it would mean? And, yes, in a way the Sohma family curse has been lifted in that they can hug a member of the opposite gender without transforming. I had asked Momiji, Ritso and Ayame to model a few outfits for me along with Quatre, George and Duo. Maria Louise dropped by and you know what happens when she sees George, she forgets she‘s a princess. She ran into the dressing room, tripped over a stool and was caught by both Ayame and Ritso. I had been informed of the curse by the boys and along with Momiji tensed for the worse. Nothing happened.” Vegeta asked.

“I don’t want to lose my gender entirely, just at times when the Youko becomes with child. Is that possible?” the fox asked. “What, the Sohma cousins didn’t transform when Maria touched them? Amazing!

“Yes, but we’ll have to go to Namek and summon Purunga for that wish. We’ve already used the three wishes on the Spirit World balls and I’ve used Shenron’s to aid another A.L.F. (Alien Life Form), so that leaves Namek unless Kaibito’s doing just that. We have time, little one. As regards to the Sohma cousins, they wondered why they didn‘t transform, either and we all looked for the source. They were modeling clothing stitched with Araknian webbing to give them strength and make them flame resistant. I had the Sohma boys strip then cover themselves with ordinary towels. I gave them each a thread of webbing and had Maria hug them again. We discovered that the webbing neutralized the effects of the curse. Since then, all of their outfits have come from me and Ayame has crossed the Araknian webbing with his own creations, thereby providing the family with the chance at living normal lives. Many former relationships have been mended because of the discovery. Now, little one, have a good time and again congratulations,” and with that Vegeta gently pushed his foster son to a scowling fire prince and the prince moved to his own awaiting mate, as well.

Dinner commenced only interrupted by the reappearance of Kaibito and the Blade Children, who were actually smiling from something other than a necessary killing. The five thanked the supreme being then moved to locate Kurama and Hiei, who they joined for dinner.

During dinner, the humanized fox let his eyes wander to the other diners until he let out a surprised gasp.

“What is it?” Hiei asked as he devoured a Slugarthan steak, medium-rare.

“M-my mother and Sheik Winner!” the red-head stared open mouthed at the handsome couple not four tables away from his own.

Hatanaka-Minamino Shiori was embraced in the strong arms of the auburn haired Arabian Sheik, his daughters, son, son’s partner and Sheik’s grandchildren watching the passionate exchange with disbelief. The pair looked as if they had been going together for sometime and only now came out in public. Both red and brown haired Shuichi rose from their tables and moved the where their mother sat.

The sheik opened a lazy brown-gold eye and smirked then broke the kiss. “Don’t look now, my one, we seem to have garnered mass suspicion,” Daoud Rasheen Winner, Sheik of the clan whispered and Shiori lifted her head only to greet confused green-gold and gold-brown eyes.

Lying her head onto Daoud’s right shoulder she nodded to her sons and heaved a sigh. “I suppose an explanation is in order, my ones. Daoud and I were college sweethearts before that Briefs woman entered the scene and stole his interest. She took him from me and I was devastated. That’s when I met your dad, Shu-chan, and we began our life together. After graduation, Daoud married another of our friends, Catherine Peacecraft, the king’s sister, began his massive family and moved into space. After Cathy had passed from birthing Quatre, Daoud had looked me up, it wasn’t long after your dad had passed as well. I never told you but he fought in the wars with the colonies and had followed Daoud to space. That was where I lost my second heart but I had to raise you and you were a hand full. Anyway, we renewed our acquaintance after we had lost our partners but on a more friendly note. Then I’d heard he’d been killed as well, another casualty of war. To make a long story short, it was after the wars had ended and I had already gotten involved with Hatanaka-san that I learned many of the casualties had been restored to life, except your dad, who had already been sent to reside in another host.

“When I saw the Sheik here the other day, I nearly passed out from the joy but I was with your dad, Shu-kun. I make no apologies that the union fell apart but we all know how uncomfortable my red one made him just by coming to visit,” Shiori spoke.

“He felt that brother would be after me but I tried hard to tell him it was not like that and that Shu-chan was already committed to someone but he would hear none of it. Besides, while brother was off in Makai a few years ago, I did venture to space with Quatre, Sire and a few others and met the Zeon prince that blonde female was to have married,” Hatanaka Shuichi blushed.

Kurama, who had been feeling upset that his mother had had another during her brief marriage, gasped and gave his brother a shocked stare. “And they call me a sly fox, I think I’ve just been bested. You and Terro, huh? Who’da thought,” the green eyed wonder pondered.

“I found it hard to live up to your bright and shining example everyday, so when Sire said that he was taking the Gundam pilots to space to see their friend Quatre Winner, I asked to go. Nataniel was present and we hit it off. A chance came to be an exchange student to Zeon and I jumped at it, then I transferred using an alias I had gotten from Duo,” the brown-haired youth smirked.

“And will you continue to be Evaughn or will you revert back to your natural name, mi amour?” a husky French accented voice whispered in Shuichi H.’s ear and the other male fell into a pair of waiting arms.
Shuichi H. turned in the strong arms that held him and a smile as bright as any his brother had bestowed lit his handsome face. “I like being Evaughn. Besides, if momma has no problem with things the way they are…” the young brunette trailed off.

“I just want my boys to be as happy as I am!” Shiori got up to hug her stepson then turned to her natural son who had once again lost his smile. “Shu-chan, can you not be happy for me? Is this not what you wished for on that mirror?”

At that reminder Shurama looked up and into his mother’s bright eyes. He’d not seen such brightness since his return from Makai two years ago. Far be it for him to darken that light and truth to tell, every time he’d go visit the woman he loved above any in the last few years since her marriage to Hatanaka, he’d see how strained and weary her countenance had become. He would do nothing to hinder this relationship and welcomed it with open arms. Just then, the red -head felt a light weight settled about his shoulders. Turning, the green-eyed wonder found himself in the casual hug of Quatre Winner, the latter sporting a big bright smile.

“Congratulations, you two! Don’t forget to invite us to the wedding!” the blond prince effused.

“Oh, as what, her maids in waiting?” Shurama quipped then the entire group fell into peals of happy laughter. “So, let’s celebrate this happy union? Mr. Rutherford, might I persuade you and the Brothers Narumi to join in a musical?” Shuichi asked his long time friend who nodded.

Hugging both Shiori and Daoud, Shuichi took Quatre’s hand and the pair of them led the others to the stage that had been set with four sets of keyboards, a violin and a flute for Trowa. Not one to be left out, Vegeta moved from his seat beside Kakarrot to join the boys and that prince was followed by several others who desired to lend their talents to the mix. The song the group played was unfamiliar to all but a few in the audience.

“I know this song! It’s Eyes’ big hit ‘Heart of Stone to Heart of Clay!’ He wrote it for Kanone to express his feelings!” Rio effused as she bounced in her seat beside Viola.

“I didn’t think that Ice Prince had any feelings the way he shuns every advance,” Alvitra sneered.

“That’s because his feelings are so deep and he’s so easily hurt that he doesn’t allow himself to express them,” Rio defended.

“So you say. I had the privilege of going with him once in Cambridge and only out of politeness did he acknowledge me but he was all over that guy sitting by the stage,” Alv pointed to Kanone who had followed the group to the front of the dining area.

“They’re childhood friends, which, for a Blade Child is very important. Until a few minutes ago, we weren’t allowed to live as normal humans and children do. We’ve had to fight to survive, kill or be killed due to an experiment gone wrong! I bet many beings in this room are in the same situation and that is why we are gathered here!” Rio retorted in harsh tones that would have carried over the music if she had raised her voice.

The girls then turned back to the show and noticed several new faces on the stage. One could have been Sinistra’s twin except the eyes were a jade green and not blue jay hued, another could have passed for a younger vision of Quatre and a third could have passed for an Armondo (Armblast) clone with a shorter pony-tail and purple eyes.

“Wow, where did those guys come from? They are gorgeous!” Eighteen remarked as she and many other females in the audience began to drool over the new arrivals.

Much of the male portion of the audience had long since drowned in their own drool after having caught sight of the new musicians.

“Damn, are these guys for real? Who are they I wonder?” Iria asked to no one in particular.

“I don’t know but I hope they’re single,” Ryokou, of the Blade Children, asked.

“Oh, they’re very real, they’re three of the Sohma cousins,” a light masculine voice spoke.

Shizuru, who had been sitting at Eighteen and Megume’s table looked up and smiled. “Shigure, how are you all? We haven’t seen any of you since Sakyou’s last takeover,” Mrs. Sakyou nodded.

“And what a lovely takeover that was! I see sire’s engaged in his other favorite activity. These outfits he and Ayame made for us are the bomb, as the kids say. We’ve been able to hug our Tohru, reunite Momiji and his dad with his mother and sister along with Kana and Ha’ri. Do you mind? It’s a bit trying talking to such beauty from a standing position,” Shigure Sohma, the Dog of the Chinese zodiac, requested and Shizuru waved him into and empty seat.

“Y-you’re Shigure Shoma? God, I’ve heard many things regarding the Sohma family and that…Mmphmm…Shizuru!” Botan gasped from behind Shizuru’s hand.

“Don’t utter a word about their family secret, ya hear?” Botan nodded as the look in the Sakyou female’s eyes promised a slow tongue removal.