Hi there! Welcome to my first EVER Fruits Basket FF. :D This is about Yuki and Akito because their pasts are just emo to the extreme. And we all love the angst. Don't deny it. :D A few things. 1. I haven't read the manga, but I've seen the show a million times. 2. Akito's gunna be a guy since it just flows better. 3. There's gunna be some good ol' Yuki angst, which we all love.
Copyright: I don't own it. Seriously. At all. :(

Everybody hates you…Yuki Sohma's mind repeated to him over and over again. He knew it wasn't true. It couldn't be true. Except when it came to Kyo, but he didn't count. Everybody else loved him, didn't they? No. They did. He knew it! But why wouldn't his mind let him accept it. He wanted to so bad. But whenever he told himself that they did, his mind just told it to him again. Everybody hates you. And it wasn't even his voice telling him that. It was a voice of someone he loathed. It was the voice of someone whom he never wished to see again, but he had too. It was the voice of Akito.

While lying in bed, tossing and turning, he tried to make the voice leave his head, but it wouldn't work. Not only that, but the voice began to get louder, and his once pleasant dream turned to a nightmare. A nightmare of him back in the room that he tried so hard to escape. And he wasn't even young. He was grown. Grown or not, Akito still had his hold upon Yuki.

"It's good to see you again." Akito said to Yuki, who was basically cowering in a corner, covering his eyes. "It's been too long. I do wish you would come and see me more." Every time he spoke, Yuki turned over. He just wanted to wake up. But he wouldn't. He couldn't. Walking over to him, the head of the Sohma's squatted a bit before him and lifted up Yuki's head so he could look at him in the eyes. "Why don't you see me more, Yuki?" He paused. "Is it that girl that lives with you?" Another pause. "What's her name…? Tohru?"

Turning again, Yuki, almost automatically, covered his ears, still asleep. "No." He muttered. "Keep her out of this…" The rat told Akito, glaring at him. "She hasn't done anything to you." Hearing him bring up Tohru just ignited a fire inside of Yuki. He wasn't going to let anyone harm her. Especially Akito of all people. "No…" The rat muttered again, shaking his head. "Leave…leave her alone…"

"'Keep her out of this'…'She hasn't done anything to you.' Are you sure about that, Yuki dear?" Standing back up, Akito shook his head and pointed towards him. "She stole you away from me, didn't she?!" He shouted. "She turned you into a deceiving little rat, didn't she?!" Before Yuki could get a word in, the head stomped his foot on the ground, shouting for Hatori. "Bring her in!" He shouted at the top of his lungs. Removing his hands from ears, Yuki gripped his blanket tightly, shaking his head. "Don't'…"

Within seconds, the door slid open and there stood Hatori with Tohru standing in front of him with tear-stained cheeks. Snarling, Akito quickly grabbed her by her throat and pulled her into the room, shutting the door with his free hand. "She's the reason why isn't she?!" He shouted, looking over at the rat, tightening his grip on her.

"Stop it, Akito!" Yuki shouted, standing up, about to run over to him.

"Make another move and I'll kill her!" Knowing that he wasn't kidding, Yuki made a wise choice of staying there. All he did was stare at Tohru, seeing her gasping and choking for air. "Don't!" He shouted, turning over again, hoping that his cries would some how stop him. Yuki shook his head, looking down at the ground. He didn't want to watch. He couldn't watch. He'd rather sacrifice himself then watch it. "STOP IT!" The rat shouted and ran towards Akito. Before he knew it, the Sohma leader placed both of his hands on her face and quickly snapped her neck, letting her fall to ground. "NO!" Yuki shouted, shooting up out of bed, looking around frantically.

Seeing Miss Honda kneeling before his bed, obviously worried, Yuki let out some shuddered breaths and blinked a few times. "Yuki…ar-are you okay? You were shouting…and I got worried. And I couldn't just let you lie there while you were having a nightmare." She paused. "It was a nightmare, right? You are okay, right?! Do you need medical help?! Should I call Shigure?! He'll know what to do!"

"…No." He said quietly, shaking his head. "I'm fine. It was a nightmare." Yuki told her, giving her a reassuring smile, though he wanted to do anything but smile. Pushing himself out of bed, he wiped the sweat that formed on his forehead and smiled again. "Really. You can go back downstairs. I'm just going to bathe." He said, nodding. Tohru stared at him for another moment, and then smiled brightly, nodding.

"Alright, Yuki. I'll re-heat your breakfast. It'll be done when you come down!" She said and cheerily ran back downstairs. When she left, Yuki grabbed his clothes for the new day and made his way over to the bathroom. He shut the door behind him, casting a glance towards the stairs before he did. Shaking his head, Prince Yuki looked at the mirror and sighed heavily. He looked rather pale…paler then usual. He looked away from the mirror, took off his old clothes, and then hopped into the shower. After about twenty minutes, he was out of the shower, dressed, and ready to go. Though, after his night, he wasn't too sure if he wanted too.

The rat made his way down the stairs and took a seat at the table, smiling as Tohru sat beside him, beginning to eat her meal. "Good morning, Shigure." He said, beginning his meal. Oddly enough, Shigure wasn't his natural sing-songy self. He was rather quiet and seemed to be in deep thought. Leaning over to Tohru slightly, Yuki raised an eyebrow, staring at the dog. "What's wrong with him?"

"Nothing, Yuki. I need to talk to you though." Shigure said, pausing and then standing up. "Come with me into the kitchen." He said quietly, walking into the room, crossing his arms. With his eyebrow still raised, Yuki glanced to Tohru then followed his cousin into the kitchen, crossing his arms as well.

"What is it?" He paused and shifted his position. "Did Kyo run off again?" Shaking his head, Shigure kept his arms crossed and sighed heavily.

"No. Kyo's on the roof. I got a call from Hatori today…"

"Did my tests come back? Has my asthma gotten worse?"

"No. It's not that. He said that…" He sighed and looked down at the ground, then back up at Yuki. "He said that Akito wants to see you." At that moment, Yuki's world had stopped. Anything else that Shigure could have said would be nothing compare to those five words. Akito wants to see you. Nothing. He would rather die then have to see him.

"Wh…what?" He stuttered and looked up at Shigure with worry in his eyes. "W-why?!" Yuki shouted, taking a step closer to Shigure. "Why does he want to see me?! I-I have done anything! You know I haven't! You have to tell Hatori that! I shouldn't have to go back!" He paused and clenched his fists. "I'm not going back!"

"Yuki, you have too."

"No! I don't! I'm not going!"

"Please, Yuki, don't make this any harder. I know you don't want too, but he's really serious this time. He will really do anything to get you there."

"Then let him! I don't care. I will not willingly put myself in that position again. I won't. I refuse. Akito can do whatever he wants to get me there, but I will not go down without a fight." Yuki spat and turned quickly and exited the kitchen. And it was true. Yuki would not go through that again. He's already scarred by it. It doesn't need to be refreshed.

The rest of the day was rather tense and awkward. You could really feel it in the air. Tohru tried to lighten the mood by suggesting that they all go out or something, but Yuki didn't want too. It was so tense that not even Kyo could tolerate it. And he was usually the person that caused it. The cat asked a few times what happened, but neither Yuki nor Shigure responded. He asked Tohru what happened, but she just shrugged and shook her head. She had no clue. She knew some what about Akito and what happened to Yuki when he was a child, but not enough to worry.

Finally, the awkwardness of the day had passed and it was night once again. Before he decided to hit the hay, he stood right beside Shigure, making sure that he called Hatori and told him that Yuki refused to go. After that, he smiled a quick smile and headed upstairs. Did Yuki want to go to sleep? Not particularly. But, he did want the day to end. That was all. After that, he would be fine, and the morning would go back to normal. Before he walked into his room, he told Tohru goodnight and smiled. It gave him a bit of comfort knowing that she was there, he had to admit. Walking into his room, the rat flopped over onto his bed and sighed softly. Almost immediately, he drifted away into his sleep, breathing softly.

It was a quiet night until about 2 AM. Yuki heard the door downstairs shut. How he heard it? He wasn't quite sure, but he did. Maybe his hearing was impeccable at night or something. It wasn't loud enough to wake him up fully, just cause him to stir. Eh…it must be Kyo coming in from the roof. He thought to himself, closing his eyes again, and setting his head down on the bed.

After a minute of resting again, he heard his door slide open. "…huh?" He asked, turning his head slightly and opening his eyes again. At first he thought it was Miss Honda, checking up on him, but when he fully adjusted, he saw they were much taller…and a man. "What…?" He asked, turning a bit more. Yuki squinted his eyes a bit, making out who the person was. "…Hatori?" Seeing him take a few steps forward, he sat up a bit, tilting his head slightly. "What are you doing? It's like 2 in the morning…"

Without saying a word, the dragon of the zodiac walked over to Yuki and covered his mouth with a cloth. Trying to push Hatori away from him, he took a deep breath, inhaling the substance that covered the cloth. Feeling himself become weaker and weaker, his eyes soon closed slowly, falling unconscious in the doctor's arms.