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That fateful day is one that I will never forget. The fateful day when I met her. I met her the first time at that school of theirs, my old school, just to 'check-up' on Yuki, with his bronchial tubes by Akito's orders. For me, it was truly a blessing to see that angel worry so much about two young boys that she would've never even knew if she didn't know about the curse placed on us.

Her smile was all I needed to see that she was definitely an angel. She was placed on Earth for a reason, and that was it. Her smile brightened anyone's day. It definitely brightened Momiji's, for all he could think about was Momo, his younger sister. Once he saw her though, it was all that he needed to smile too.

The angel was also a flower. It bloomed right in front of me, in front of everyone, and it seemed only I was to notice it. Kyo, Yuki, and Shigure get the company of the angel, and I was the only one to see her beauty illuminate the classroom. It was the most gorgeous thing I have seen since Kana.

Maybe, just maybe, she does this to every guy she is around. Maybe she does squirm right into their hearts, their dreams, their hopes. Maybe it just makes them love her even more, from the bottom of their hearts. But, what will happen when the men start to confessing their love? What will happen when she is overwhelmed with the love she has given everyone?

When did it start for me? When did this ever start for me? I just knew her as one of Yuki and Kyo's friends. But, as I started to see her more and more, I began to grow attached to her. I began to worry about her, to care for her, to love her. Even when she is 10 years younger then I am, I love her. When did it begin?

That special place in my heart was only for Kana and Mayu. Now, she resides in it. Now, I want her. I don't need anything else. If I have her, then the world is a bit brighter for me. But, how would I get her? How can I win her heart, when all of the men around her love her as well?

Love truly is a battlefield.

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"Let's eat!" Shigure said at the table. He grabbed his chopsticks, and began to grab as much food as possible and put it right on his plate. He was about to eat some of the rice in his bowl, but he felt Kyo hit him right on the head with his fist. Figures.

"Can't you wait to eat for one night?" Kyo yelled at him. He sat down next to him, and kept talking. "Tohru will be right out, then you can eat, you stupid dog." Shigure began to 'cry', and all Yuki could do was sigh, who was sitting across from the two of them.

"This is take out, you stupid cat." He also began to take some food from the table and set it on his plate. "Miss Honda isn't home tonight. She is at work." He saw Shigure rubbing his head from the wound he previously gotten from Kyo, and began to eat.

"Yeah, Kyo. You know, you didn't have to resolve to violence." Shigure began eating the food, rapidly, and still kept talking. "You could've just said it in words, but no. You just had to hurt me." Kyo was at boiling point, and slammed his fist on the table.

"Shut up! That's what you get, you pervert! And you," He pointed to Yuki. "I knew that she was gone! I am just used to her being with us!" He began to take some food from the table, and just kept staring at Yuki, who seemed calm about everything going on.

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'I hope they have enough food at home. I would die if they starved to death!' Tohru thought as she began mopping the floor. 'Oh, what if they ordered take-out? I forgot that I didn't pick up any foods this week! Gyah… I feel so horrible now.' She began mopping faster, thinking more and more as the night progressed on.

'Then again, they always tell me that they can never cook. Maybe that is why they order take-out. Oh, I think I am worrying too much! Who will do the dishes? Who will clean the place while I am gone?! Who will…'

"Tohru." Tohru jumped, instantly getting out of her thoughts, and looked behind. It was one of the workers. 'She always does that to me.' "There is some guy here to see you. He's in the room down the hall." The lady pointed down the hall. "Tohru, you should take a break too. Get some rest for 15 minutes." Tohru nodded, and placed the mop right next to a blue chair and began to walk down the long hallway.

'I wonder who it could be. I won't be off for another hour, so it cannot be Kyo or Yuki. Maybe it's Uo or Hana checking up on me, and seeing how I am doing. But, there isn't anything to check up. School isn't out. Huh.' She gradually began to walk faster, anxious to see who would visit her at her work. But, no one knew where she worked except for Kyo, Yuki, Uo, and Hana.

So, who could it be?

She opened the door to the room, and noticed the lights were off. Then, she saw someone standing in front of the window, facing the streets, and she couldn't see any of the features. She went to reach for the light switch, when she heard his voice.

"Leave the lights off." She stopped reaching and flinched in fear. Why is he here? Why is he here so late and at her work? She dropped her arm, and looked at him. "How is living at Shigure's been for you, Miss Tohru Honda?" She fidgeted her fingers, trying to think of a smart answer, but it was to no use.

"It's been fine, Akito." He turned around, and smiled. Not one of those nice, hello smiles, no. This one was malicious, evil, disturbing. He leaned his back against the window, and just kept smiling. She didn't want to ask, but she did. "What are you doing here?" The smile began to fade, and he looked her right in the eyes. She shivered in fear, wondering what she got herself into.

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"Oh that was a magnificent dinner! Although I would rather have Tohru's cooking. Oh how I miss it already!" Yuki stood from the table and grabbed all of the dishes, wanted to get away from the pervert, and just sighed from what he just said. 'Lecherous old man.' "Oh, which one of you is to get Tohru from work?"

Yuki looked at Kyo, who looked at Yuki. "It's your turn, you stupid cat." Kyo felt his anger rise, and glared at Yuki.

"Hey, quit calling me stupid!" He grunted, and got up from the table. He grabbed a small light jacket and put his shoes on. "I'll be back in a half an hour." And just like that, he was out the door. Shigure waved farewell to him, while Yuki just wandered into the kitchen.

'Now that he is gone, I can roam around the place!' Shigure got up from the table, and just walked outside. He loved to be outdoors. It made him feel renewed, like his life was beginning again. He smelled the air, and the scent of jasmine picked up. He sighed, and looked back into his home. It sure was lonely without her around.

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"It isn't a big deal for why I came, but," He coughed. "you are to leave that home." She just stood there, listening to every word. 'But I want to stay with them.' Her voice in her head screamed, but she couldn't let it come out. "But, you are not to leave our lives that easily. No. I have decided for you to live at the main house." She nodded, and smiled.

She really didn't want to leave Shigure's home. But, if Akito were to hear that, he would probably get her memories erased. "It is your choice on who you would like to live with. I won't force you to live somewhere you don't want." She froze. At that moment, she wanted to scream that she wanted to live at Shigure's, but she knew better.

"I understand." Akito smiled again, and she had to look away to get rid of the fear. 'Oh, what will the three of them think?' "When am I to move in?" Akito didn't really know how to answer that, but since the girl was attached to Shigure, he might as well let her stay there for another night, right?

"You have two days to move in. After that, there will be someone to pick you up. You may go back to work, Miss Honda." She nodded, and was about to open the door, when she saw that he and Yuki were alike in so many ways. One was kind, while the other was cruel. She looked back at him, and saw him staring out the window.

She flung the door open, and closed it behind her. She felt like crying so much. She put her hand up to her mouth and began to walk back to her workstation. 'It hurts.' The worker down the hall saw her struggling to walk, and she began to run towards Tohru.

"Tohru! Are you okay?" The worker helped her walk, and Tohru looked at her. 'It still hurts.' She nodded, and the worker shook her head. "Go home, Tohru. You look like a wreck." Tohru nodded and began to walk to the locker room.

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Yuki started to wash the dishes, turning on the hot water and running it when he froze. He felt something hurt, and he couldn't put his finger on it. It wasn't something that he would get either. No, he knew this was new. There was something going on, and he didn't know what.

He looked down at the dishes, and sighed. 'Her smile. It's all I look for every day. It cheers everyone up. But, it feels as if the smile is now gone. It was like that for me long ago.' He grabbed a sponge and began to wash the dishes, worried about what was to happen.

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'Why does it hurt? It shouldn't, but I feel like there is nothing I can do anymore. There is nothing anyone can do anymore.' She opened the locker and put some of her stuff in there. 'Who would I live with though? Kagura's house is packed with her and Rin, Haru seems he never goes home, Momiji is usually busy, Hatori… is always busy… Oh I don't know who to live with. It's too hard. Why didn't Akito just assign a person for me to live with?' She shut the locker, and waited. She had to.

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Suddenly, the phone rang. They both jumped, getting out of their thoughts. Shigure walked over to the phone and picked it up. "Hello, Shigure speaking." He heard a laugh on the other end, and he just stood there, knowing who it was. "Hello Akito." Yuki dropped a plate and began to listen to the whole conversation.

"I talked to Miss Tohru Honda today. Would you like to know the contents of the conversation?" Shigure didn't know what to do. He didn't know if he wanted to hear it, or if he just wanted to let it pass like it was nothing. So, he agreed.

"Sure. Let's hear what you said to her." Yuki began to quietly walk to the doorway, standing next to a wall, looking at Shigure's back. He knew it was something bad. He knew what it was.

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She had to get picked up, or the three of them would worry. 'I'll miss them. All of them. What will happen when I leave? Will things be different?' She heard the door open behind her and she looked to see who it was. "Kyo? How did you know I was back here?" He closed the door, and looked at her.

"I ran into a couple of workers who said you were in here, and then I ran into Akito, who looked happy about something. Anyway, are you okay?" She nodded, but inside of her, she shook her head. 'Make the pain go away.' He walked over to her and sat next to her. "Are you sure? Because you are crying."

She wiped the tears away and looked at him. "I don't think I am okay, Kyo." He was fully listening to her now. He didn't think she would actually open up to him with her pain. "It hurts. I don't know how to stop it, and it keeps hurting. I don't know why, but it hurts after I talked to Akito." Wait, she talked to Akito?

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"Well, I had to get her into the room first. I told her what was on my mind ever since the New Year's banquet. Shigure, get her things packed immediately." Shigure didn't know why he wanted her things packed. "Why? Well, she is to move out of that rambunctious home of your's, and move into the Main House."

Shigure froze. At that moment, he wanted to tell him that she was to stay. But, he knew there would be a price from that remark. "Yes, Akito. I will get everything ready for her." Yuki looked up at the ceiling, hearing the phone hit the receiver, and began to slowly progress his back towards the floor. He knew it.

She is to leave them.

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"And what did Akito want, Tohru?" She felt the tears still coming, and all she could do was wipe them away, hoping the tears would stop. 'I can tell you. But, you would be mad at me for accepting it. Please. Don't be mad when I tell you.'

"I have to leave." 'Leave?' Kyo didn't really understand what she meant by 'leave', but she continued. "I have to leave Shigure's house, and move into the Main House." Right then, he felt time stop. He didn't know what to do for her. He couldn't hold her, he couldn't do anything to ease the pain. He was stuck.

He stood up and looked down at her. "But you can't leave!" He felt his anger coming, and he struck the locker with his fist. "Why does he want you to leave?" She shrugged her shoulders, but she kept crying. 'She doesn't know what to do.' He sat back down and looked at her. "It's okay, Tohru. It won't be so bad. Who do you have to live with?"

"I don't know. He told me that I have to pick." Kyo sighed, and felt his anger rising again. Why did Akito have to put her through this? Why couldn't it be something else other then this? He stood up, and looked at the clock. They really should be leaving, or else the other two at home would be worried.

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'Why is it always her to get hurt in the end?' Yuki thought as he hit the floor. He felt tears coming, and yet, he didn't want to shed them. He knew Shigure was to come and see him on the floor. But, now, he didn't care. He cared for her, and now, she was to leave them. For good.

Shigure looked down at Yuki, who had his eyes closed, tears streaming down his face. But, he too had tears falling for her. He didn't want her to leave. Never. He didn't want the loneliness before she was here to ever come back. Now, they had to face it.

They had to face the darkness once again.

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He held out his hand and she looked at it. "Come on. We should get going. Besides, don't you have to tell the rest too?" She nodded, and reached for his hand. She placed it inside of his, and got up. She straightened up, and smiled. 'She still smiles when we can see she is in pain.'

"Thank you, Kyo. Thank you for being here for me." He nodded, and gripped her hand tighter. He didn't want to let her go. But, he had to. If he put up a fight, Akito would never like it. He began to walk towards the door, feeling her follow him, and progressed out into the hall.

Then, he saw him. He saw Akito standing at the end of the hallway, staring at them both. He saw the evil smile on Akito's face, and couldn't help but wonder why it was there. Kyo growled, and Tohru looked at him, seeing his anger about to burst.

"Let's go, Tohru." He turned his head, and she turned to see Akito staring at her. She didn't like the feeling, so she had to look away. She looked up at Kyo, who was holding in his anger with all of his might, and she began to cry once again, feeling his pain too.

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Shigure walked out of the kitchen and into the living room. He couldn't help but wonder if he did something right, or something bad. Either way, he had to go with Akito's wishes. He began to walk, slowly but surely, towards the stairs. The one's that led to her room.

He felt horrible. She was to leave so abruptly without saying goodbye. He looked at a notepad and pen sitting on the desk, and took a mental to use it later. He began to gradually climb the stairs, trying to find the strength to do it. He wanted to call Akito back, to tell him no. But, he reached the stairs, and began to break down and cry. He had to let her go, but he didn't.

No one wanted to let her go.

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"Don't worry about me, Tohru. Everything is fine." They were outside, and she felt the cold air surround her. She felt refreshed, and she felt happy. For some reason, she felt happy. She bit her bottom lip, and began to walk to her home she was willing to go back to.

"I will worry about you Kyo. Every day now. I always worried about you, and it will never change." He walked aside her, hand-in-hand, and felt like something was holding him back from yelling at Akito for everything he has done now. Kyo felt like he wasn't going to see her as often anymore.

She was leaving them, and reality hit him. Hard.

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Yuki heard Shigure's cries coming from Tohru's room, and he could only imagine the pain she was going through. He noticed a notepad and a pen, and he grabbed it. He sat down at the table and looked at the piece of paper. What was he to write to her? Whatever it was to be, it was going to be what was on his mind right there. Even if it was just one sentence.

Shigure came down from the room, with luggage in both hands, and saw Yuki rip out a piece of paper from the notepad. Yuki looked at him, and left the notepad and pen where it was. He wrote a note too. He folded it up into small folds and put it on one of the bags. Shigure walked over to the table, and began to write his sentence, his one sentence, and a suggestion on who to live with of course.

Tears fell down both of their faces, hitting their papers, and filling the house with dread.

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As both of them walked through the woods, no words were spoken. Tohru was too caught up in her thoughts, and so was Kyo. His thoughts were mostly about his memories with her, and her's were memories of all of them. All of the fun, laughter, tears, joy they had together. And now, they were to be gone.

They reached the house in no time, and she felt it was hard to let go of him. She didn't want to. She wanted to stay with him. Together. He felt the same way, but he felt his heart in pain, and he couldn't hold it back. His anger was now going to be vented.

He saw the bags. He saw them.

"Who the hell did this?" He stared in shock as Tohru just sat down on the porch, smiling. "And they even wrote notes! Damn it!" He ran upstairs, trying to find the 'rat', or Yuki, and all you could hear was him banging on the walls. She was going to miss it.

"Miss Honda." She turned around and saw Yuki, tears in his eyes, shocked. He didn't know what to say to her. "Don't leave mo—Miss Honda." She looked down, and she knew she had to say no. She couldn't say 'I won't go!' anymore. It was too late.

"I have to. I am so sorry." She wiped the tears away, and stood up. "I should leave then, since Shigure did this for me." Yuki had to hold it back. He had to hold back his anger. She walked past him, and saw the notes on her bag. She smiled again, and picked them up. The first one was from Yuki.

Miss Honda,

Do not forget us.

Yuki

She nodded. She didn't think she was going to forget them anyway, so why would he write that? She went to the final note, which was written by Shigure.

Tohru,

It hurts.

Shigure

She frowned at that one, but she read on.

Oh, and since you are living at the Main House, stick with Ha'ri.

She smiled, and nodded. Although, he was rather busy with Akito and all of his sicknesses, she could see herself living in his quarters. She put the notes in the bag, and picked both of them up. She realized that it was to probably be the last time she was going to live here. Ever. So what was she to do? She looked at Yuki, who couldn't stand her leaving.

"Don't worry, Yuki. I'll come to visit." He looked at her and smiled. She would always try to reassure everyone that everything was going to be alright. She looked behind her, to Shigure's room, and smiled. "Goodbye, Shigure." All you could hear was him tapping his foot, and him muttering something, but she couldn't understand.

Finally, she looked up the stairs to Kyo, who was standing there, in fear. She felt the tears coming again, and she didn't want to feel the pain again. She smiled. "Goodbye, Kyo. I'll come to visit you every day." He nodded, and closed his eyes. He couldn't see her leave. "Thank you for letting me stay here. Oh, and don't worry. I'll get food for you guys." She laughed, and just like that, she was gone.

Kyo slumped down, and shook his head. "You aren't suppose to leave us."


Hello there! It's been a while since I have ever writting a Fruits Basket fic... Or updated one -.-;;

I promise I'll update It was Meant to Be! I might rewrite it to make more sense, but I will update it!

Anyway... On to this story!

I think this is a prologue. What about you guys? I think it situates me to write the main story, but is it too long to be a prologue? I don't know XD Some writer I am! DX Oh, I think Tohru is OOC... And Kyo... and Yuki... and Shigure... Not Akito! He's the same! ((By the way, in my story, Akito's a guy. Yes, I realize Akito is a girl in the Manga, but I like Akito as a guy!)) If they are too OOC, tell me. Because... I think it's too OOC... Not sure though XD

I made everyone too depressed. CRAP! ((Oh, and I shouldn't have let her just walk through the woods like that, should I?))

Anyway, the basis of the story is that Tohru is to leave Shigure's and live in the Main House with whoever she chooses. Who will she choose!? Hmm... I wonder... -.-;; I think I made it too obvious. Eh.

Oh, in the beginning! Can you guess who that is?! ((He's OOC too, isn't he? DAMN IT!)) Oh well. I tried.

Well, enjoy, and I will make sure I update my stories ASAP! ALL OF THEM... I think... :P Until next time!

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