Fruits0basket02: Hello and welcome to my fanfiction, 'The Way of the Cat.' I chose the name because the main character is the new cat and the name kind of just came to me. I know how the series ends so don't get on my case about how Tohru broke the curse and it will never return, blah blah blah. This is my story. Enjoy!
The Way of the Cat
Chapter One
Happiness. Laughter. It was all a distant memory that can never be found if you are too stubborn to realize that you were once happy before tragedy struck. Being cursed is just half of it but when you are disowned by your own parents when you are very young, is hard. You have never seen your parents faces, have no memory of them, no pictures, no nothing; all you know is that your older brother was there watching you. At least, that is what Izumi felt. Since the curse had broken by Tohru, life was easy for the Sohma clan but the curse never really disappeared. This is the story of the next generation of cursed kids.
'A young girl ran through the garden with her older brother, happily as their parents were watching them with smiles on their faces. Loving arms reached out toward her but they burst into flames before she could reach them and soon the whole garden was on fire. A voice called for her but her voice was lost, her vision started to blur and then her world went black.'
Bright blue eyes shot open and she sat up quickly, gasping for air, her hand went to her neck and she closed her eyes, relaxing. 'I had that dream again.' She though as she picked herself up out of the bed, walking to the bathroom and flipped on the light, her orange hair was messily in a ponytail. She checked the clock she had by the bathroom mirror. 5:00 am. She didn't have to get up for another hour but it was time for her lazy brother to get up and out of bed. Walking, actually stumbling, down the stairs, Izumi grumbled under her breath until she reached her brother's bed. "Time to get up Kiba." She said, kicking him out of bed and he landed on the floor with a light 'Thud.'
"Do you have to wake me up before you go to school?" Kiba said, raising a sleepy head out from the blankets. His hair was an ashy blonde, with black streaks and his eyes, unlike hers, were a soft grey. Izumi didn't answer her older brother, just walked past him, making her way to the kitchen and started making herself some breakfast. Cereal. It was odd that she was eating cereal because she either made herself pancakes or didn't eat breakfast at all because she was normally in a rush to get to school. This was life. Just as she was about finished, the doorbell had rung and Izumi cursed under her breath as she made her way to the door, tripping over a pillow her brother left in the middle of the floor.
"Hello?" Izumi asked as she opened the door, staring at the figure in the doorway before recognizing who it was. It was Daichi, the rat. 'Why is he here so early?' she thought to herself then glanced down at his left arm, which the sleeve of his shirt was red. Blood. "Daichi, are you okay? You're bleeding?!" She looked up into his piercing, yet soft, eyes and he didn't look her in the eye. Kyoshi. She grabbed his right arm, dragging him into the house, into the kitchen, turning the water on and pulled up the left shirt sleeve.
"OUCH! Damn Izumi, can't you be more careful!?" Daichi said, nearly a yell as she yanked his arm under the freezing cold water then left for the first aid kit. The morning hadn't been good for him; since Kyoshi was in a fowl mood, he took his anger out on anyone, including Daichi, who Kyoshi really favored above the rest of the zodiac. Izumi came back and wrapped his arm up until she was satisfied with her work then pulled off the rest of his shirt.
"You won't be needing this anymore, since it is covered in blood, no thanks to Kyoshi." Izumi said, with a slight blush on her cheeks but Daichi didn't notice, "I'll go find a shirt out of Kiba's closet that will fit you." She ran off to Kiba's room, which he still hadn't gotten up but she didn't worry about that right now, only Daichi was on her mind. She had seen him a couple times without his shirt but that was only once every year when he joined her and Kiba when they went to the beach. "Wake up Kiba." She said once again, kicking him in his side then went back to the kitchen, where Daichi waited for the shirt.
"Thanks." He smiled as she handed him the shirt, which he got on in less then a minute then looked Izumi in her eyes, which were a fierce blue. "Since I'm here, why don't we walk to school together?" Daichi said calmly, which his green eyes matched the sound of his voice, making Izumi swoon a bit before nodding her head with a smile. She could never tell what he was thinking or even how he was feeling because he could mask any feeling, never revealing his true personality. She envied him for that. No matter how hard she tried, anger always pushed pass the mask. Her smiled faded quickly and, almost reading her mind, Daichi said, "Kyoshi caught me off guard and I didn't have time to rect. Don't worry about me, okay? It was only a vase, I had accidentally hit, it fell and Kyoshi got mad, cutting me with a sharp piece." He smiled softly, reassuring Izumi he would be alright and it seem to work because the worry left her eyes and she smiled, glancing over at the oven clock then nearly screamed.
"Oh my gosh! We're going to be late and I haven't even got dressed yet!" She rushed out of the kitchen up the stairs and in her room. Daichi chuckled softly to himself as he watched the orange hair girl run up the stairs then went to stand by the door, taking his and Izumi's backpack in his hands. She came back downstairs, in her blue uniform, smiled thanks to Daichi as she took her bag from him and down the path they went toward school. Izumi walked calmly beside Daichi, but on the inside she was panicking because, like the rat before Daichi, he was pretty popular among the females and not many of them like Izumi, for whatever reason. Normally this would mean Izumi would get beat up, scowled at, or hopefully, she won't get noticed at all once they get to school.
No such luck. Almost every girl in school gave Izumi dirty looks and Izumi only glared back at them but lowered her gaze as Daichi looked back at her. Daichi could feel how Izumi was feeling toward the girls and wish he could help some how. He turned on his heel, suddenly, which made Izumi run into him but with one quick, swift movement, Daichi had his arms around the cat. Smiling softly, "Zu-chan, thank you for having me over for breakfast this morning, I really enjoyed it." Izumi couldn't say anything because she was totally confused and before she thought of anything to say, Daichi gracefully had pressed his lips against hers, which took her by total surprise. She didn't hear the gasps of the girls, the murmurs going around the students, or the scolding of a teacher, who was trying to hurry the students along. Daichi pulled away, his green eyes soft and calm as he smiled then let go of her, walking to his class.
"I, uh…" Izumi couldn't find the words, just standing in the exact spot for a few moments longer before she shook it off and ran to her next class, just before the bell rang. Sitting down in her seat, she was trying to think of how to deal with the event this morning and how she would deal with the female student body.
Fruits0basket02:Well, here is my first chapter. I know it ain't long but it will do for now until I can figure out more of my fanfiction because I still have two more to write and type up. Please read and review! And stay tuned in for the next chapter of my fanfiction, 'The Way of the Cat.'