Release

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the following characters (except for the ones I create); they belong to their original creators, so don't go around saying that I created Fruits Basket or anything, because I didn't. All of you out there looking for a lemon fanfic ain't gonna find it here.

A/N: This Fic takes place after the end of the anime, so if you don't know the story, too bad. Go out and buy the anime, dammit!

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Chapter One : A Gift for Kyou

It was a rather quiet Saturday afternoon at Shigure's house, and Kyou had just gotten himself out of bed. His orange hair messily shook with his movements as he stretched. He looked down at his alarm clock, which had, yet again, failed to wake him up on time. It was now almost one o'clock and Kyou growled growing evermore angry.

"YOU DAMNED, STUPID CLOCK!" he shouted as he threw it out the open window. Not feeling much better, he stomped down the stairs to grab some food before disappearing for the rest of the afternoon. As he opened the door to the fridge, something hit him in the back of the head. Hard. He flopped on the ground and looked to where his attacker had been standing. Yuki was holding Kyou's now smashed up clock to him.

"Next time make sure you look where you throw it, you stupid cat," Yuki said rather calmly while pointing to the large clock-shaped indent on the back of his skull. He tossed it at Kyou's feet and at the counter unpacking the groceries Shigure had sent him out to buy.

"Next time, I'll make sure it hits you right between the eyes, you damn rat!" Kyou muttered as he walked away from Yuki finishing off the banana we had managed to get before Yuki's leg connected with the base of his skull. He tossed the peel in the trash and walked outside. On the front step, he found a package that had his name on it, and another with Yuki's. He picked the packages up and headed back inside. He headed back to the kitchen where Yuki had just finished putting the groceries away. "Here," said Kyou in a flat, monotone voice as he tossed one of the elongated packages to Yuki.

Yuki, who still had his back turned, turned around just in time to catch the box with one hand. "What's this, I wonder?" Yuki said, staring at the box with inquisitive purple eyes.

"I dunno, but look," said Kyou holding up his box, "I got one, too."

"Is that right..."Yuki's voice trailed off, while he stood there, still entranced by the box as if it had him under a spell. "Well, I might as well open it later, I still have to tend to my garden." Yuki walked out the back door in the direction of the garden he tended, usually with Tohru. Kyou stared after him and shrugged. He turned back to the package he had laid on the counter beside the still unpackaged groceries and opened the cardboard box. He held the box at a slight tilt and out slid a letter. He pick it up and read it.

Hello Kyou-kun,

I know it's been a while, but I hope you will accept this small token of friendship between us. It's not much, I know, but I had to save up for a year to get it. I REALLY hope you like it.

-Atchika Sohma

Kyou stood there in awe still holding the paper and staring at it in disbelief. "No... it can't be...Atchika's back in town!"

"Oh, really, now?" Kyou turned around and there was Shigure staring at him with a playful look in his eyes, "I hear you two got on quite well in the old days."

"And just what is that supposed to mean?" Kyou said staring Shigure straight in the face.

"Oh, nothing except the fact that you still care for her, huh?" Shigure said, his smile widening on his face.

"No, I don't. I wish you would quit saying crap like that...you're really starting to piss me off...," Kyou said, his anger levels rising.

"Instead of wasting energy on me, why not use it to see what Atchika sent you."

"Hell no! I'll open it later!" Kyou yelled as he ran out the door, leaving the letter on the floor.

"Kyou-kun! Wait!" Shigure shouted after him, "Oh well, at least he left the package here..." Shigure dumped out the rest of the contents of the box. A few pieces of plastic fell out along with a long something wrapped in paper. He unwrapped it and gasped, "Well, this is surprising."

End chapter one.

Sorry about this part being so short, but I'm kind of having a bit of trouble...sorry. But don't worry! I never have writer's blocks for TOO long, so wait about a week and I'll have a bit more for you! See ya next time!