Title: Falling Snow.

Chapter One: Cold Outside.

'thoughts' "Talking" 'Dark Haru thoughts.' "Dark Haru Speech"

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket, or any of the characters. They belong to Natsuki Takaya. The plot and this individual fanfic is completely mine!

TOHRU, TOHRU, TOHRU, TOHRU, TOHRU, TOHRU, TOHRU, TOHRU, TOHRU

Walking home from work in my school uniform hadn't been smart, but then neither was walking home from work at 11:50pm. High school was hard but since mom had died and the gang she was with couldn't be found, I'd been forced to get a job and live on my own in a tent in the woods. It was far enough out that no one should have been able to find me.

"Hey girlie how about I show you a good time?" I was just turning towards the trail leading towards the woods with my tent hidden in it. I growled and tried to hold myself back, but the scent of alcohol and smoke filled my nose and I had the urge to blanch.

"How about you get lost creep." I started on my way fully intending on zig zagging back an fourth until I was sure I'd lost him.

"No one says no to me!" he yelled before grabbing my arm and attempting to force me to go with him. I didn't budge an inch, he was in major trouble.

. Time Skip .

YUKI , YUKI , YUKI , YUKI , YUKI , YUKI , YUKI , YUKI , YUKI , YUKI , YUKI , YUKI ,

I was walking home with Kyo, Haru, and Momiji when a blood curdling screech was heard from behind us. Momiji shivered and Kyo tensed, Haru and I shared a look.

"Haru why don't you and Momiji go ahead and let Shigure know we'll be a little late." It was more of demand than a question but he understood and nodded. Momiji jumped up onto Haru's shoulders and they walked on. Kyo and I turned back, we made it to the main pavement beside a trail when we started to notice little blood splatters. I looked sharply at Kyo and started walking faster, soon the small splats of blood were becoming bigger and bigger until there were a puddles of blood. By this point we'd gone a good 500 yards into the forest and far away from prying human eyes. 'THUD!' We jumped around to find a few hunks of what we could only assume were human body parts. A wild howl went up to our left but, just as I caught sight of what appeared to be a huge wolf, the shadow I'd caught sight of disappeared out of thin air. Rain came down in curtains at that moment, washing away the blood and as the wind picked up I could only hope that the storm got bad enough to wash away what was left of the remains. We made a mad dash for Shigure's house, keeping ourselves on high alert the whole time.

HARU, HARU, HARU, HARU, HARU, HARU, HARU, HARU, HARU, HARU, HARU,

I walked a little faster, whatever was going on out there wasn't something Momiji needed to see. We finally reached Shigure's, not bothering to peel off my shoes I walked into the dining room where I knew Shigure was waiting.

"Your late Haru, Momiji." He addressed us both, no smile, all seriousness.

"We were caught up. Yuki and Kyo went to go check something but said they'd be along shortly." Momiji filled him in before sitting at a random spot at the table, I sat at the end opposite to Shigure and waited.

. NEXT MORNING .

We had decided to stay the night. Momiji, Shigure, and Kyo had slept most of the night. Yuki and I Stayed up I had asked him what had happened but, he waited till Momiji went to bed before explaining everything about the body and the wild creature running around. I would have to keep a sharper look out, especially with Momiji.

TOHRU, TOHRU, TOHRU, TOHRU, TOHRU, TOHRU, TOHRU, TOHRU, TOHRU ,

I woke up to a yellow ceiling and realized I was back in my tent. I didn't remember how I'd gotten home only that I was. I knew I had blacked out shortly after the guy attacked me but I'd somehow managed to get myself home, zip up the tent and crawl into bed. The only perplexing thing was that I was completely nude…

"What happened?" the question wasn't supposed to be said aloud but it was all the same. Sighing I knew I would have to buy yet another school uniform. 'Damn it, I'm guna go broke just buying the stupid things.' Sighing again I ran my hand through my hair before getting up. Looking at the chest of clothes on the left side of my tent, I swayed over and sat down on my knees before opening the chest. That's when I decided on the perfect outfit for today since it was free dress day at school students were allowed to wear anything without getting in trouble. Which was perfect since I had apparently lost the last one I had last night but, luckily enough I also got paid last night.

HARU,HARU,HARU,HARU, HARU, HARU, HARU, HARU, HARU,HARU, HARU, HARU,

Momiji, Kyo, and Yuki had gone to school already but I decided to hang back and even though I would be a little late I didn't really care. I had wanted to check out the area near where last night's little fiasco went down. Of course Shigure had said not to go anywhere near the area but what do I care? Hands in pockets I quickly made my way through the forest but quickly hid when I heard someone coming through the forest. Peeking around the side of the tree I noticed the young Honda woman we went to school with.

'Seriously? Free dress day and that's what she picks? Maybe I should help her ou-' 'Don't you DARE finish that sentence.' Dark Haru and I bickered often and I often had to cut him off before I started to agree with him.

'You know you want to! Check out that hot body of hers.' And just like that my eyes were glued to her frame. Today she was wearing skin tight black spandex shorts, black cross trainer running shoes and a red shirt with gold lettering that read: No I Won't Do Your Math ;). Her hair was pulled up into a bun but a few strands on either side of her face were left loose to frame her face. Her stride was long and even but she was distracted and I fell into step with her easily, that is until she grabbed my wrist, flung up and over her should and finally pinned me to the ground.