Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket.

Tibby: This is an AU type of Fruits Basket fic. I did a roleplay on this before realizing that roleplaying it wasn't really a great idea since Tohru wouldn't meet all the characters at once and therefore, leaving some of the roleplayers out of it for awhile. This idea is fairly original; at least more original than those ideas involving another cursed family. Sorry people, but it's getting old. Kudos to the person who started the fad.

This chapter is mainly acting as a prologue. It's basically replacing the story of the animals and the party mentioned in Fruits Basket. Granted, I might incorporate that in somehow. Not 100 sure myself. Oh, and the setting is sorta feudalish. A lotta trees and such.


A plague of sorts had recently started to spread across the land, affecting only humans. It would appear as a miasma, very similar to fog. Slowly, humans would succumb to its effects and grow weaker until they would finally die as a result. Less savory creatures, low class demons, would feast upon the humans' remains at that point. Needless to say, they had no qualms about this new poisonous fog.

Legend has it that there would be an unyielding miasma that would slowly spread across the world and if not stopped, destroy the entire human race. Legend also has it that there are twelve demons, representing each of the twelve animals from the Chinese zodiac. Once united, they could dispel the fog forever with an immense power that they and only they alone could produce. It was rumored that there was a thirteenth animal based on the fairytale about how the Chinese zodiac was formed. The Cat. The demon representing the cat is famed to be the most powerful for reasons unknown, but again, the thought of there being a possible thirteenth addition was only rumored.

It is also said that one human alone could unite them, as relations between all twelve of them are bitter. The human would be pure of heart and tame the beasts, bringing them together to save the humans from complete extinction. That's where the legend ends, although many say that there is a tragic ending and that the human dies as well after the world is saved.

Currently, the elite demons were separate and controlled different territories. Most worked to gain control of another's territory, but the power between the twelve remained balanced. All twelve were in the highest rank in demons when it came to sheer power, although if there was the Cat of legend, he would be among their ranks as well. Unknown to all with the exception of the twelve elite demons, there was a Cat. However, he favored being on his own and without an interest in controlling a portion of land.

Now comes the story of a young woman by the name of Tohru Honda, who was on a journey to unite the elite demons of legend and stop the spread of the miasma. Her town had not been affected when she had left on this adventure, but she knew it would only be a matter of time.

While she was an ordinary human, she had the extraordinary power to understand and befriend almost any individual. She left in hope to quell the animosity between the demons of legend and help the remaining humans so that they would not have to suffer. She was also interested in finding out what types of people these demons were, although many feared demons in general. It was also possible that she would be the one to successfully unite them, although she did not know that. Legend would slowly become a reality…