Something Like Cinderella
Summary- We all know the story of Cinderella: Girl is forced to be a servant: Girl goes to the ball and meets Prince Charming, and so on and so forth. But have you ever heard the tale of Cinderella: Fruits Basket style? Welcome to "Something Like Cinderella". . .
A/N: GOOD MORNING, WORLD! THIS IS HEAVEN AND EARTH REPORTING FOR DUTY! lol First off, I would like to thank EVERYONE who reviewed my one-shot Why are there Orange Hairs on my Bed? I was so happy to see that people liked it :)
I really hope you guys like this story! As I told you in my One-shot HieislittleDragon is my beta writer :) So, she might comment on this once or twice :P lol!
I really hope you guys like this story! (I just repeated myself :P) I know it is only the first Chapter, but I hope it catches your interest :)
Kyou- Why the hell am I here!
H&E- The reason why you are in so many fanfics is because people(including me) LOVE you! You're one of the coolest characters in FB and stuff! Though some people are mean to you and Tohru, and also other people of FB, which makes me upset :(
Kyou-Whatever, I don't want to be in this.
H&E- I know what will make you want to stay!
Kyou- What-?
Tohru- Kyou-kun, I'm sure this story will be wonderful! There will be princess, princes, knights, balls, love, and we're all going to be in it, Kyou-kun!
Kyou- [sighs in defeat and looks over at H&E) Fine. . . I'll stay.
H&E- YAY! And just to let you know, I didn't tell Tohru-chan to do that! Lol!
Disclaimer(I remembered this time!): I own NOTHING of Fruits Basket! Nothing I tell you :(
In the end we shall have a surprise visit from the tooth fairy!
Kyou- What the hell?
H&E- Don't ask. READ ON!
!IMPORTANTE! (sorry I couldn't make the exclamation point upside down :()
KYOU AND YUKI DO NOT HATE EACH OTHER! REPEAT! KYOU AND YUKI DO NOT HATE EACH OTHER! THEY WILL NEVER ADMIT IT, BUT THEY ARE BEST FRIENDS! THAT IS ALL!
Chapter One: To Ayame's shop!
It was a nice sunny day: the sky was blue, the grass was green, and everything was simple and clean! (Ha ha, sorry, I just had to rhyme:P) This story began in a kingdom, a kingdom which lived a royal family, who was loved by all. Akito Sohma, the ruler of the kingdom was sickly, who always seemed to never leave the castle. That is not where the story begins, however.
The Sohma castle looked over the kingdom with grand elegance. The forest separated the castle from the closest village, and a small cottage sat on a hill, was the farthest from the castle.
Just outside of the cottage, were clothes hung up to dry. A young girl with long, brown hair, and kind brown eyes, stepped outside. She had a kind smile on her face as she began to take the now dry clothes off of the clothesline. Her brown hair was secured in a ponytail, to keep her hair from blowing in the wind. She looked up at the blue sky and her smile grew.
"Ah! What a beautiful morning! The sky is so blue!"
Hello, my name is Tohru Honda. I live in a cottage with my grandfather from my father's side, along with my grandfather's daughter and her family. My mother died last May, in an accident. My father died when I was three-years-old, so I don't remember him much. . .
"Tohru-chan!"
Tohru jumped a bit, before slowly turning around, nervously. "Um. . . Y-yes?"
Standing before her was her Aunt. "Are you done with the clothes yet? We need to go to the market before sundown, to get the costumes for the Ball tomorrow night."
"Oh! Um, yes, of course! Just let me get the rest these clothes down." Tohru said, as she hurried to get the clothes down, and to take them into the house, so her aunt and her cousin, will not have to wait long.
"Okay! I'm ready!" She said, after putting the clothes up. She was just putting two ribbons in her hair, as she came down the stairs.
"It's about time! Let's get going, before the market gets too full, and all of the good costumes are gone!" Tohru's cousin, Naomi said, impatiently.
Naomi was a year older than Tohru. She had short brown hair and she treated Tohru as more of a maid, than a relative.
"Coming!" She said, following her aunt and her cousin out of the door. She was stopped by her grandfather.
"Goodbye, Kyoko. Be safe."
"Grandpa, that's Tohru." Naomi told her grandfather.
"I will, Grandpa." Tohru said, with a smile. She was already used to being called her mother's name by her grandfather. "Bye!" She said, as she walked out of the house.
"Isn't Uncle coming with us?" Tohru asked, her aunt as they walked the trail to the village.
"No, he already has his outfit." She told her. "We just have to worry about mine and your cousin's costumes."
"Oh. . ." Tohru said, before she thought back to yesterday, when they first heard about the Ball.
---------------Flash-Back-------------------
"Tohru! Could you get the door?" Her aunt called from upstairs, just after the doorbell rang.
"Okay!" Tohru said, before washing her hands. She was just making lunch, when the doorbell rang. She walked into the hall and opened the front door.
"Hello, how may I help you?" She said, smiling at the two young men that were at her door.
One had black hair and dark brown eyes, with a large grin on his face. The other had light brown hair, and had an annoyed look on his face.
"Good day to you, Ma'am! We have a message for you from the Palace!" The first boy said, giving a salute.
"Feh! I don't get why we were sent out to do this! I mean, couldn't the Messenger Boy do it?" The second one said, annoyed.
"Awe, come on, Chibi-Suke!" The first one said. "We've gotten to meet all the pretty young girls of the village!"
"You have a girlfriend, remember!"
"Besides," The first one said, ignoring his partner. "The Messenger Boy had to do all of the other villages of the kingdom, earlier this week! He's pooped!"
"Hmph! Well, I still say that they should have made someone else go. When I find out whose dumb idea this was, they sure are going to get it!" The second boy said, making the air feel slightly tense to Tohru.
"U-uh, um. . .?" Tohru began, right before she was cut off by the first boy.
"Oh, that was me." He said, with a shrug.
"WHY YOU! HOW COULD YOU DO SOMETHING WITHOUT CONSULT-!"
"E-EXCUSE ME!" Tohru said, causing the two boys to stop what they were doing, and look at her.
"I-I'm sorry. Y-you s-said that you had a message for me?" She said, stuttering.
"Ah! Right!" The first one said, placing his fist in his hand. He then pulled out an envelope out of his pocket, and handed it to her. "This is an urgent message from the Palace." He told her.
"It states that in honor of Prince Charming's birthday that there will be Ball to celebrate. All the eligible young women in the kingdom are invited to the Ball, for the Prince to choose his future bride." He said, finishing with a big smile. "Oh! It's a Masquerade Ball!"
"R-really? A ball?" Tohru asked.
"Yup! I hope to see you there!" He said, as he was dragged by the other boy, away from the house. "Goodbye!" He shouted, waving, right before he and the other boy disappeared down the hill.
Tohru shut the door and leaned against it. She looked at the envelope in her hand, to see Sohma's royal seal on the envelope. She began to imagine what the Ball would be like, with everyone in costumes, dancing, before she was knocked out of her thoughts by her aunt.
Tohru gave her the envelope, and after her aunt read the contents, she jumped for joy and called down her daughter. She told her about the Ball and they both started jumping, talking all excited. As the two women left the room, Tohru vaguely heard something about going to the market tomorrow to buy costumes.
----------------End Flash-Back------------------
Tohru stared up at the sky, before a thought came to her. "Um. . . Will I be able to go to the, um, Ball, too?"
She looked up at her aunt, who was up ahead of her, to see her stopped. Her back was facing Tohru, so she could not tell what she was thinking.
"Tohru-chan. . ." Her aunt said, before turning to her, smiling. "I'm afraid that you can't go. Your uncle, Naomi, and I are going, and if you go, who will be there to watch Grandpa?"
"O-oh." Tohru said, looking down. "How selfish of me, not thinking about Grandpa. . ."
"Yes, Tohru-chan! That was very selfish of you!" Naomi said, when her mother began walking again. Whether her aunt heard her or not, Tohru did not know.
"Why the hell are we doing this again?" A young man with messy bright orange hair, orange eyes, and tanned skin asked his companion, annoyed.
"Because, we need costumes for the Ball tomorrow." The young man walking beside him said, in a calm voice. The two men wore similar clothing, as well as similar clothing to the rest of the villagers. The only real differences was that the second man, was paler and he was wearing a hat and a pair of dark sunglasses.
"Couldn't you have just ordered him to come to us, instead of us going to him?"
"Because, Stupid Cat, " He said, rolling his eyes behind his dark frames. "the whole kingdom will be coming to his shop to get costumes, therefore, he'll be busy. Since he is busy, he cannot come to us, and we don't deserve special treatment anyways."
"I told you not to call me that, you damn rat!" 'Stupid Cat' yelled.
He rolled his eyes at his companion, before stopping. "We're here." He said, standing outside of a clothing store.
"'Bout time." The orange haired boy, muttered under his breath. "We just have to pick them up, right?" He asked.
"Yes." 'Rat' said, as they entered the shop.
"I assure you, Madame, these are the best in the Kingdom!"
"Good, good! We only want the best!" The two boys heard, when they entered the shop.
Rows upon rows of costumes, dresses, filled the shop. On one end of the wall, were rows of fabric, on another wall was more rows of fabric. Wings, shoes, and jewelry were held at the back of the shop, where a small huddled group stood.
"It seems Nii-san is dealing with customers. . ." He said, before the orange haired boy, began to leave the shop. "And, just where do you think you're going?"
"I'm going to look around at some of the shops near by. Call me when Ayame's done." He said, with a wave of his hand over his shoulder. The 'Cat' wore a secret smirk as he left the shop.
The other boy sighed. He was always the impatient one. . . He thought, with a slight smirk, before he walked over near the group. He slightly leaned against the wall.
"Oh, Mother! This costume is perfect! It will surely make the Prince fall in love with me!" The daughter of the women said, holding up a costume.
He winced slightly. Oh great. . . He left me here with a fan girl. . . One false move could blow his secret, for the very prince she was speaking of, was in that very shop, without them knowing it.
"I want to dress her up! She's so cute!" Mine, Ayame's assistant, said to Ayame.
The 'Fan Girl's mother laughed. "My daughter is quite lovely!"
"Oh, no, not her! Her!" Mine said, pointing to another girl, who had just set some stuff down in a nearby chair. He did not notice her till now.
The mother and the daughter froze for a second. "Oh no, no! Tohru-chan will not be going to the Ball tomorrow night." The mother said. Ayame appeared in front of her suddenly.
"You dare defy the Royal families' request? For all eligible young women of the whole kingdom to attend the Ball?" He questioned them.
The older woman looked nervous for a minute. "Um, of course she will be going to the Ball! We already have her costume at home! So, you don't need to worry about her!" She said, with a nervous smile. The Prince could tell she was lying through her teeth.
"So, are we ready to go?" She said, after paying for the two costumes. "Tohru-chan! It's time to go!" The said girl's head perked out from behind a shelf of fabrics.
"Oh! Coming!" Tohru said, picking up the stuff she set down and the two costumes, before following the two women out of the shop.
A/N: Well! That's the end of Chapter one! So far Tohru-chan, Ayame-san, Mine-san, Yuki-kun, and Kyou-kun have made an entrance!
Momiji- I didn't see Kyou and Yuki there.
Haru- 'Rat' and 'Cat' were Yuki and Kyou, Momiji.
Momiji- Oh!
H&E- Anyways! Lol! Life's short, so eat Ice Cream!
Kyou- What's with you at being random?
H&E- Don't know, I feel like it :P lol!
Kyou- Whatever. I was barely in this one!
H&E- That's because it's not all about you, unlike in my one-shot!
Kyou- What one-shot?
Momiji- [gasp) You mean you haven't read it, Kyou! It's so cute! You have to read it!
Kyou- Well, I ain't reading it now!
H&E- Just read it, Kyou-kun. You'll like it!
Kyou- [muttering under his breath as he goes to read it) What the-? I did- What! (blushing badly and stuttering)
H&E- [giggling madly) I knew he'd like it!
Momiji- He likes it so much that he can't speak (big grin)
H&E- LOL! Well, that's our show! GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY!
Haru- H&E-san, it's not night yet.
H&E- [sweat drop) Well, I know that! I just wanted to say it. . . [pouts)
