The Reason
Disclaimer: Fruits Basktet is property of Takaya Natsuki-sensei, all I'm doing here is let my imagination go wild lol. This story has been re-posted, in order to fix some mistakes.
Chapter1; the arrival
The rained poured hard on Yuki's head as he worked on his 'secret base'. Trying to protect the vegetables from being damaged was something that required strength, and he could handle that chore on his own so there was no need to ask Tohru to come with him like the last time.
"I better do this quick.. 'I bet Honda-san is worried by now'" he thought to himself.
Not far from there, behind some trees, someone stood watching. "Yuki"
Yuki turned around quickly at the sound of his name. "What the hell?"
Inside the Souma's house, Tohru stood by the door looking outside with a worried expression.
"If you don't put a sweater on you'll catch a cold Tohru-kun"
Startled, Tohru turned around and found Shigure leaning on the wall with a grin on his face.
"Ah, Shigure-san, that's ok you don't have to worry about me it's not that cold anyway.."
"Are you sure?" Shigure said as he walked towards her "I think you're looking pale today Tohru-kun, why don't you let me take a look.." –BAM-
"S-Shigure-san!"
Kyou stood behind him with an upset look on his face and a red vein popping out on his forehead.
"What are you trying to do you perverted old man!"
Shigure stood next to him with a bump on his head and a pitiful expression. "You're so mean Kyou-kun I was just trying to help"
"You're no doctor, why don't you just call Hatori if she's sick..."
"A-ah... I'm not sick really!" Tohru answered with an awkward smile. "I was just..."
"What were you doing standing by the door anyway" the cat interrupted her; it looked like he wasn't paying attention to what she was saying, actually he seemed tired.
"I'm just worried about Yuki-kun... he's still not come back and with this rain I'm worried something bad might happen to him"
"Keh! That rat is smart he'll make it home once the rain stops"
Shigure glared at him and his lips curved forming a smirk. "well well, looks like Kyou-kun's finally getting along with Yuki; he called him a 'smart rat' which is something you hardly get to hear"
"Shut up! It's because of this stupid rain I'm not thinking clearly! I cant help it, when it rains I get weak and words just come out of my mouth..."
"I know it was the rain talking don't worry Kyou-kun" he said with a big smile on his face as he patted his shoulder.
"I meant what I said about you"
Shigure's eyebrow started twitching as he forced a smile. "ahahah..."
Tohru kept her usual awkard smile when this kind of situation showed up. "Ano... Kyou-kun... why did you come downstairs , do you need anything?"
"Yeah I'm just gonna get a glass of milk that's all..."
"Oh! but I could've done that for you, you should've called me and..."
"What? I'm not handicapped you know, I can get a glass of milk on my own ..."
"A-Ah... yes but... I know you don't feel well when it starts raining, and for these cases it's better to rest and well if you need anything just let me know". Kyou blushed as he saw Tohru smile.
"Ge-h.. whatever..." he said as he stormed off to the kitchen.
"But Kyou-..."
"Look Tohru-kun, it seems Yuki's back home in one piece after all..."
Tohru turned aroud smiling and feeling relieved to see he was ok. "You're right Shigure-san!... eh..."
"What's wrong?"
"When Yuki-kun left he didn't take anything with him..." Tohru answered with a puzzled look on her face as she squinted her eyes to try to figure out what he was carrying on his hand.
"Hmm... you're right... and he is walking rather fast too... I wonder why..."
Before he could finish his sentence Yuki was already standing in front of him looking pissed.
"Take.Care.Of.This.NOW..." Yuki said as he held what it looked like a wet rope in front of Shigure's face.
"Ahh! But that's..." Tohru started saying nervously.
"What? A wet rope?"
"Take a closer look" Yuki said, his eyebrow twicthing as he sqeezed the 'rope' hard.
"Oh wow, it's changing colors... it's blue-ish now... wait... what the... Aya?" Shigure said in surprise. "Yuki-kun you better stop squeezing him he's blue now"
"Then take it away now before I commit homicide"
"Ayame-san! Quick let's get him inside, he needs to be warm right? Should I boil water? I better arrange a room for him right? Maybe he needs to eat! Soup? Miso! Ahh! Please dont die Ayame-san! I'll go get a towel!" Tohru said as she rushed inside the house, leaving them behind. Sweat drops fell.
"Honda-san..."
"She... she forgot to take Ayame with her..." Shigure held the poor snake close to his chest as they went inside.
A few hours later, they were all sitting in the living room having tea.
"Ahhh, this feels great... a warm cup of tea after being outside in this cold cold rain that tortured my precious body and soul" red veins popped out on Yuki and Kyou's foreheads as they heard Aya.
"You should've stayed home then! Why did you have to come here if you knew you were gonna faint!" Kyou yelled at him.
"Ah, am I hearing right? Is Kyonkichi actually worried about me? I never knew you cared so deeply about my health Kyon-chan; Shall I find brotherly love in you? Maybe we could be pretend brothers until Yuki-kun finally realizes what a great onii-sama I can be"
Aya started picturing himself as Kyou's brother, with a colorful flower background as he spoke.
"Oh how much fun that would be, of course, we'd have to change those ragged clothes you're always wearing, and I know we'd have to dye that orange hair of yours in order for people to think we're brothers, but that's ok that would only make me say 'Only because he is a carrot top doesn't mean you people can jugde him!'"
Shigure sat next to him smiling while the others sat there turned into stone.
"What! Who said I wanted to be your brother!"
"Hmph..." Yuki said while sitting in front of Ayame, crossing his arms.
"Yuki! You seem upset! Is it because Kyonkichi asked to be my pretend brother?" Kyou stared daggers at him. "You know I was only kidding! There is no way I would change you, my beloved little brother, for Kyonkichi! Please don't take this the wrong way Kyon but there is no way we could pass as brothers..."
"You don't say!"
"That is not the reason why I'm upset" Yuki said in a serious tone of voice. "Why did you show up like this all of the sudden? You have already met Honda-san I don't see why you'd have to be here now" Ayame's eyes saddened for a brief moment.
"Yuki-kun..." Tohru said in a low tone of voice.
"Yuki-kun, you shouldn't treat your brother like that... besides, it is always a great pleasure to have him visit us... ne Aya 3" Shigure said jokingly.
"Of course... always a pleasure, Gure-san 3" –wink-
"ahehehe..." tohru laughed nervously.
"Enough! Yuki's right, why are you here?"
"Oh well, you see..." His eyes got serious and everyone, including Yuki, payed attention to him, after all a serious Ayame was not something you saw everyday. " This is... a very serious issue... I've come to stay here for a while, something happened that I cant stay in my house..."
"Wh-What is it?" Kyou asked, a little worried and looking straight at him.
"Well, you see... a couple of days ago, I was sleeping peacefully in my bed, I woke up because I needed a glass of water and just when I got off my bed, I felt... something on my foot... it was some kind of liquid, but because I couldn't see anything I thought it was just water, spilled for some unkown reason, but then... when I turned on the lights... I saw it..."
"You... y-you saw what?" Kyou asked once again.
"It was red! I saw myself standing in a pool of blood! I thought to myself 'Oh my God Aya you're bleeding to death' but no! I was fine, it was the blood coming from the ghost that haunts my house! Rukibago's blood! Yes the same Rukibago that once lived in my house and was killed by a serial killer named Fufutori, oh how scared I was because I thought the ghost was going to kill me, but I said 'NO! I must live for Yuki's sake!' that's when I took my things and came here"
"..."
A cool breeze blew around the silent room.
"In other words, your house flooded..." said Yuki with his eyes closed and eyebrow twitching.
"Well if you want to see it that way, yes, but that's a little boring don't you think?" Ayame said after drinking some of his tea.
"You idiot! What kind of stupid story is that!"
"Ahh, but I noticed you were interested at first Kyon, mmm... I should work on my stories better then..."
"Gahh! I'm going upstairs! And don't you think of coming into my room again!" Kyou stormed off, followed by Yuki.
"Where are you going Yuki-kun? I've just started explaining why I'm here..."
"I don't need to hear anymore, I think I better leave or else I'll get a headache..."
"Ahh, wait! Yuki-kun! But, Ayame-san was just..."
"Just let him go Tohru-kun, he's ok, he just needs to calm down" Shigure said with a smile.
"H-hai... I'll go get some more tea then" Tohru got up, picked up the tray and left for the kitchen.
"You know Yuki-kun doesn't like those kind of stories, why do you keep telling them when he's around?"
"Ahh, that's just a way to keep me entertained; seeing Yuki-kun interested in what I've got to say is always good for me"
"...ne, you're not only here because your house flooded... are you Aya?" Shigure's eyes turned serious.
"No, there is a more important reason..."
"Are you gonna tell me now?"
"Mmm... no, I think it's better if we talked about it later... after all, I am welcome to stay here, arent I... Gure-san?"
Shigure smirked. "You know you are... I'm just wondering... why is it that you seem... sad for some reason"
"Being friends for such a long time really gives you the gift to sense when something's not ok, doesn't it?..."Ayame smiled slightly as he heard Tohru's foot steps coming closer.