Since I've been a witch on the mailing list recently, with absolutely no cause except my own foul temper and mindset as of late, I'm typing this up finally... everyone please forgive me for being such a bitch? Especially Subaru-san and Umi-san.... *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* The alarm got the day off to a sudden start. Subaru stretched and got out of bed. He moved to his dresser, then glanced suspiciously at his sheets. Today, however, they remained still. Subaru breathed a sigh of relief and pulled out his school clothes. At least Hokuto-chan and Seishirou-san weren't trying to play games with him this morning. Which was just as well, as Subaru suddenly noticed that his clock had woken him up nearly an hour late. "WAAAHH!!" Subaru rushed down the stairs and into the kitchen, where he grabbed a piece of toast, put butter and jam on it, and ate it in a record three seconds. "SUBARU!!!" Hokuto's voice cried out as she ran down the stairs. "We're late!!" "I know! You grab something to eat and find the keys! I'll get our books!" So saying, Subaru started a frantic search for the satchels he clearly remembered placing by the front door the previous night. He found them underneath the coffee table. "I'll get the door!" Hokuto cried as Subaru ran out the door, handing his sister's satchel to her on the way out. Subaru wondered as he ran slowly enough for Hokuto to catch up. Footsteps sounded lightly behind him. "Hurry _up_, Subaru!" Hokuto urged as she passed him. Subaru stared. "Ho- Hokuto-chan?!" he gasped, losing his step and stumbling slightly. She _had_ been dressed in her school uniform... hadn't she? "You're supposed to be in your uniform!" he cried, speeding up to try to catch his twin. Hokuto's rainbow-colored skirts fluttered around her black bodysuit, silk scarves caught by the breeze. She looked over her shoulder as she ran. "Hurry _up_, Subaru-kun!" she urged again. Her high-heeled granny boots picked up their pace just as Subaru began to close the distance between them. "Hokuto-chan!!" Subaru cried once more, flushing with embarrassment. Hokuto's white rabbit tail and ears winked at Subaru in the sun as they ran on. Subaru sighed. Fifty feet from the school, and fifteen minutes late, Hokuto disappeared from Subaru's sight as she rounded the last corner. Subaru raced around the corner, hoping to finally catch up-- -- and fell into an open manhole. Or, at least, Subaru thought it was a manhole. After thirty seconds of falling, though, he became somewhat less sure of that. Subaru-kun in Wonderland As Subaru fell, terrified, for what seemed like an eternity, but was probably closer to ten minutes, he found himself wishing only one thing: that he hadn't gotten out of bed that morning. Had Hokuto also fallen through the hole? Subaru didn't know, and just wanted to stop falling downwards. With a soft bump, he did. Subaru cautiously opened his eyes after a few seconds, and found himself sitting in a sunny green meadow, near a large oak tree. He breathed a sigh of relief that he was alive, and looked around him in wonder. He stood, somewhat shakily, and walked over to the tree, where he slumped to the ground again. "Good morning," a low voice greeted him, purring into his ear. Subaru would have jumped, except for the claws that threaded through the fabric of his uniform and lightly touched his skin. He settled for nervously turning his head to face his attacker. The beautiful golden eyes of a tawny cat-woman greeted him. She affectionately swiped her rough tongue over the bridge of Subaru's nose. "What's your name?" she purred into his ear as Subaru stared at her. "Su- Sumeragi Subaru," Subaru managed to nervously stutter. "So cute..." she purred, one lightly furred hand running through Subaru's hair as her tongue caressed his ear. Subaru broke away with a start and scrambled to his feet, backing away. "Myau?" the cat-woman asked questioningly, looking disappointed. Panicked as he was, Subaru couldn't help noticing her clothes and blushing furiously. "Wh- what's your name?" he managed to ask nontheless. "I'm Cheshire," she replied, lying down on her branch of the tree. Her red-gold curls drifted down to play with the breeze. "Why do you ask?" She shifted so that Subaru had a nice view of her breasts underneath the near-translucent material of her tiger-striped catsuit. Her tail moved lazily back and forth. "Where am I, Cheshire-san?" Subaru asked, trying to force his blushing to die down by ignoring Cheshire's more... revealing... points. "The meadow," Cheshire replied, idly scratching claws along the bark on the underside of her branch. "Ummm... where is the meadow?" Subaru asked, hoping for more information. "Here." Subaru was considering whether or not Cheshire indeed knew where she was when she beckoned him closer with a nicely kept hand (paw? Subaru wasn't sure.) Having nothing better to do, Subaru moved back towards the tree. "You're not asking the right questions," Cheshire confided softly, her claws catching the coat of Subaru's uniform and pulling him closer. Her breath caressed his ear as she whispered, "But I'll give you your answers anyway. This place is Wonderland." Cheshire pushed herself off the branch and landed above Subaru as he fell to the ground with her. "Myau!" she said happily, proceeding to roughly run her tongue over Subaru's face like an anxious kitten. Subaru relaxed. Then she started moving her body against his, rubbing her chest against his, as well as her lower torso. Subaru promptly freaked. "What are you doing?!" he demanded, struggling against Cheshire, which just made her myau again in pleasure. She kissed him. Subaru went still in shock, which enabled him to hear the footsteps running across the meadow. "Hi, Subaru-kun!" Hokuto cried as she lept over him and Cheshire. "Hokuto-chan!" Subaru cried, breaking away from Cheshire and scrambling out of his coat, as she didn't seem to be inclined to let go of it. He ran after Hokuto as she disappeared into the woods. (Never) End Part 1 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Okay, the first part of what is supposed to be a four-parter. Based partly on the Miyuki-chan manga, but mostly on the Miyuki-chan anime. I hope to get the rest of it out of my head by Christmas. I have decided that my best part to play on this mailing list is as an author, and shall make noise accordingly. Again, my apologies, and I beg forgiveness from everyone and especially Subaru... I am such a thoughtless idiot, and I don't mean to hurt anyone, but I always do....