Welcome to my Fruits Basket Fanfiction. I take no rights or claim over Fruits Basket. Just over my OC. That's it. Nyeh.

Chapter 1

It was pretty much just like an other day in the Sohma house. While Kyo, Tohru, and Yuki were at school, Shigure stayed home and did..whatever he does. Maybe work on his manuscript, maybe absolutely nothing at all. At one particular moment, he just happened to be headed downstairs to get something when he stopped and decided to just stare out the window for a little bit. Sometimes, just relaxing and staring out a window for a few moments can change everything. Especially on this day. Shigure had looked outside right at the moment a strange girl with long blond hair, black bangs, cut up and bruised, and clothing torn (Nothing private exposed. .) fell down on to her face.

After staring briefly, shocked that he just saw some random girl who looked like she had been running from someone, something, or whatever, fall down in his yard. When so many acres around the house were Sohma land. Which..meant this was probably someone new in town. After recovering from the shock, he got up and went to observe. For a minute he wondered if she had just fallen down, but pretty soon realization hit that she was unconscious. It would be rude to just leave her here, and he knew that. Shigure thought for a bit, trying to think of how he could get her inside without transforming. He did the only way he knew how. He gently pulled her inside, making sure not to accidentally hug her. You'd be surprised at how many things the curse counts as a hug. He simply put her on the couch and waited for the others to get home, not really wanting to leave the girl in case something happened.

It was a few hours later, and Shigure had dozed off. Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru walked through the door, home from school.

"Shigure? We're home!" Tohru said, setting her bag down.

Shigure awoke by her voice and stood up. He went over to the others.

"Welcome home my lovely little flower!" Shigure said in his usual overly-chipper sing-song voice.

"Jeez, just hearing you talk pisses me off," Kyo muttered, glaring at Shigure.

"Kyo, don't be mean~! I have something to tell you three," Shigure said, leaning against the wall.

"And what meaningless nonsense is it this time?" Yuki said calmly, narrowing his eyes at Shigure.

"Well if you think it's so meaningless maybe I shouldn't tell you there is an unconscious girl on the couch!" Shigure said, putting on an act of being offended.

"...You sick bastard! What did you do to her!" Kyo said, hitting Shigure straight in the head.

"Ooow! I didn't do ANYTHING, thank you very much! She just passed out in the front yard!" Shigure said, rubbing his head where Kyo had hit him.

"Like we'd believe that, you filthy dog," Yuki muttered, walking into the living room and seeing her lay unconscious there.

"I did nothing, I promise. I mean it this time," Shigure muttered, walking in there, "See? There she is. Safe and sound."

Tohru walked in, and saw her, "She's all beaten up! What could have happened to her!? Oh no!"

The girl opened her eyes slowly, and pushed herself up so she was sitting on her knees on the couch, her back to the Sohmas. Her hair hung in her face in a messy manner. She turned her head slightly, looking at her surroundings. The instant her eyes saw the Sohmas and Tohru, they shot wide open. The girl got up carefully, and slowly backed away from them into the corner.

Yuki took a step forward, but Tohru put her hand onto his shoulder and murmured, "She's scared...it's best not to make her feel trapped. Let's just stay back, and maybe she'll calm down..."

Yuki blinked, and then nodded, moving back again. The girl's eyes were filled with pure terror as she looked at them, and fell backwards against the wall and slid down. She pulled her knees up to her chest and stared at them, eyes wide like a scared child's. She was shorter than all of them, and looked about Momiji's height. Tohru knelt down, getting onto the girl's level, but keeping a distance.

"Hello...it's okay. We're not going to hurt you. You can trust us..alright?" Tohru said with a gentle voice as she gave the girl a reassuring smile.

Tohru got a little closer, and the girl didn't move. Tohru held her hand out to the blonde girl.

"Hi, my name is Tohru Honda...You don't have to tell us your name yet until you're comfortable with us. This is Shigure, Yuki, and Kyo Sohma."

The girl got onto her hands and knees and moved closer to Tohru, and took her hand lightly. Tohru stood up and helped the girl up. Some of the fear had left the girl's eyes.

"We should get you cleaned up, come one, you can borrow some of my clothes," Tohru said. The girl nodded and followed Tohru. Tohru lead her up the stairs so she could show the girl the shower and get her some non-torn up clothes.

"Just why the hell did you bother with her anyway?" Kyo muttered, looking at Shigure.

"Stupid cat! She passed out in front of our house! What was Shigure supposed to do leave her there on the ground!? That's cold, even for you!" Yuki said, glaring at Kyo.

"..Sorry. So now what do we do about her?" Kyo muttered.

"I guess...we'll just have to wait until she's ready to talk. We can ask her some questions if she's willing to answer them, but we shouldn't pressure her," Yuki murmured.

"Well then let's sit around and wait~! Our pressure flower is so nice look at her helping the girl out~!" Shigure said, as if nothing had just happened.

"...Do you ever calm down?" Yuki and Kyo said in unison.

Aaah! This first chapter is so short!

Originally I had posted "Strange Girl Livin' Zodiac Style" on a different account, but I lost the information for that account, and I wanted to rewrite the whole thing.

There are some changes. Like the name is now Sage, not Eliza. And parts of my OC's background are different. And the whole storyline has changed.

I will continue Dark and Light, but I needed to get back into the writing spirit!

~Dapplepaw~