The switch of the difference.
A/N: ok…well, I know I know… I'm new to fruits basket. PLEASE forgive me if I have wrong information…but I think I've got this story down pat. Please…no flames, but good critiques on how I could improve this
Disclaimers: Fruits basket doesn't belong to me. I also dedicate this one to Courtney (as well as give her credit), who…well, with her permission let me use the 'switch' sort of plot…and some other things she has suggested.
Chapter 1
"Well, the bath is available." Yuki said calmly, as he slowly entered the room, dressed, but holding a towel in his hands.
"About time!" Kyo yelled at him.
"I wasn't that long…" Yuki said annoyed.
Kyo didn't say anything, with lose of words, but instead just trotted out the room.
Tohru came into the room, holding a plate of rice balls, and gave Yuki a smile. He gave a weak smile, as he sat down, leaving the room empty with Tohru and Yuki. Yuki took a bite out of the rice ball and looked up at her.
"Thank you." He said.
"Don't worry about it." She smiled back.
Yuki all of a sudden became very dizzy. He touched his forehead, as he placed his elbows on the table, and made a small moan. Tohru sat up, quite alarmed.
"Sohma-kun!"
That was the last word he heard all night.
Kyo got out of the bath, and went down stairs to see Tohru. "Hey Tohru…have you noticed anything about the wa-" He stopped, as he saw Tohru leaning over Yuki. Kyo looked puzzled.
"How the hell?"
"I don't know…he said he became dizzy…and then he passed out…" Tohru said. "Where's Shigure-san?"
"He…well, I don't know really." Kyo stood thinking. "Shopping?"
"Around eight PM?" Tohru doubted.
"Well, you never know…"
"Can you phone Hatori?"
"Sure…" Kyo said, as he left the room to the phone.
"Yo, Hatori…Yuki passed-" Kyo stopped. He too, felt very dizzy. "Hatori…" He tried saying again. Kyo. Like Yuki, touched his forehead, and leaned against the little table.
"Kyo? Kyo?" Hatori asked slowly, as he didn't hear a reply. Kyo fell to the floor with a large thud, and left the phone with Hatori continuing 'Kyo?' and, then after a while heard beeping. Tohru looked up, as she heard the thud, and ran to where Kyo was. She then looked even more alarmed, as he was sprawled across the floor, holding the phone beeping in his hand. Had he actually reached Hatori? Or did he just get to the phone?
"Oh no!" Tohru said, wondering in circles. "What to do…Ummm…oh! Hot cloths." She said, running to the kitchen, grabbing wash cloths. She ran and got pillows, as she laid Kyo's head on the pillow, and put him in a more prone position. She did the same for Yuki, who was in the other room.
That's when Hatori came charging in.
"What's going on?" He called out to Tohru.
"OH…he did reach you!" Tohru smiled gratefully. "They passed out." She said alarmed.
"Passed out? Were they fighting again?" He asked.
"Actually…they came from completely different rooms." Tohru said.
"Weird…what were they doing?"
"Well, Yuki and Kyo both came from having baths." Tohru said. "But I don't think that's got anything to do with it, does it?" she asked.
Shigure entered the room, slightly amazed to see Yuki on the ground.
"I leave the house for a few hours…and look what happens." He said spotting Yuki on the ground, sighing to himself. "What they couldn't do without me." He continued as he looked up. "Ahh…Hatori…hello."
"Hello Shigure. Back from Akito's?" He asked.
"Yeah…nothing big though." He said, assuring Tohru.
"Oh, ok." Tohru said quietly.
"Yes, well, I'm off for a bath."
"Shigure…no." Hatori called out, making Shigure stop.
"Huh? And why not?" Shigure asked.
"There might be something in the water." Hatori said.
"Shall we put him into bed?" Shigure asked.
"Good idea." Tohru said. "But it happened to Kyo too."
"Oh really?" Shigure took just as puzzled as Tohru and Hatori were.
"Wait a minute. Kyo was trying to tell me about water…but, I interrupted him before he could finish." Tohru brought up, hoping that would help.
"Yes…well…let's get these guys to bed." Hatori said to them.
Tohru, Hatori and Shigure were able to get Kyo and Yuki into their beds. Still not able to figure out what was wrong with them, Hatori left, promising to return the next day and Shigure and Tohru went to bed.
The next morning Kyo woke up. He sat up quickly and looked around the room. "Why the hell am I in Yuki's room?"
"Cause it's your room silly…" Tohru came in, holding a breakfast tray.
"Wha—this isn't my room!" Kyo yelled at her.
"Wow…something's really wrong with you Sohma-kun, Hatori's coming by some time." Tohru said.
"Yuki? I'm not that damned Yuki…It's…"Kyo said slightly paranoid, and then looked down at his body. Not only was he in Yuki's clothes…but he was in his body too. Kyo looked down at his…lower areas. "Wow…he's…he's more of a girly boy then I first thought." Kyo said quietly to himself, as he wanted to burst out laughing, (obviously to point out that apparently Kyo had a bigger…Yeah.) to the real Yuki…wherever he was.
Tohru giggled. "Just lay bad, and relax yourself. We're lucky it's the weekend." She placed the tray down on his lap. "Now…I'll be back…it's weird. Right after you passed out, so did Kyo…" She said giving herself a fumbled look.
Kyo looked around the room. "Yea…right. Okay." He said, trying to make himself more like an idiot. She left the room, and Kyo looked around the room. "What the hell am I doing in Yuki's damned body?" He swore to himself.
Tohru entered Kyo's room, which Yuki became awake.
"Oh! I'm so sorry Kyo. I didn't wake you up did I?" Tohru asked, starting to back up a bit.
Yuki looked confused at her. "Miss Honda…I'm…not…" He said, as he looked at his wrist to see the black and white bracelet that Kyo wore all the time. He was also wearing clothes that he didn't remember having. "Kyo?" He asked.
"Kyo…are you sure you're ok? Good thing you phoned Hatori for Yuki, I was very grateful you made it in time before you passed out too." Tohru replied.
"Miss Honda…"
"Miss Honda? You've never really called me 'Miss Honda' before…" Tohru felt slightly touched.
"Err…sorry. I thought…Where the hell…is that damned rat?" Yuki choked out and tried to imitate Kyo.
"You and Sohma-kun are acting so weird." Tohru joked, as she left the tray and then left the room.
Shigure entered Yuki's room to see Kyo, whom he thought was Yuki.
"So…Yuki. How we feeling?" He asked.
Kyo nearly growled. "For the last god damned time…I'm not…" He stopped and looked around.
"You are acting kind of…odd." Shigure said sitting on the edge of his bed.
"I am not."
"Are too."
"AM NOT."
"…Yea you are." Shigure almost wanted to laugh.
"IM FINE." He said, standing up out of bed, and walking out in a storm. That's when he bashed into Tohru, who was about to come into the room anyway. This was Kyo's first experience of turning into his worst enemy…and yet…kind of what he had always really wanted. A life of being Yuki. Yet again, he didn't want to BE in Yuki's body…he just wanted to have that experience of Yuki's so called 'acceptance'.
"Oh! Yuki! I'm so sorry." Tohru apologized.
Kyo looked up at her. "That's fine." He said.
Kyo, as the rat started walking away. "Kyo?" She said. Kyo looked up at her. "Hatori's here…you might want to hear what he has to say. It's really important."
"How'd you…"
Tohru smiled. "It seemed kind of obvious. With the real Yuki calling me Miss Honda in a very calm tone…not to mention, actually struggling to say 'where's that damned Yuki…'. And then you, who was yelling at me…which-" Tohru blabbered.
Kyo looked away, and then transformed back into his human form. Tohru looked away, blushing, as he put on his clothes as fast as he could.
Yuki in Kyo's body came quickly out. "Did you just transform?" He asked quite suddenly.
"What's it to you?" Kyo replied smugly.
"Uh…cause your in MY body?" Yuki replied annoyed. He turned to Tohru. "I'm sorry Miss Honda. I guess it seems weird to see us like this."
Tohru blinked. "Yea…right." She was very confused with everything that was happening. It was like there were two different personalities coming from the people she knew for a long time.
"Ahh…so, it really did happen." Hatori said, as he and Shigure came into the hallway.
"What happened?" Kyo yelled at him. "I don't want to be stuck like this forever."
"Calm down Yuki…I mean, Kyo. It's only temporarily." Hatori blinked like Tohru.
"What happened?" Yuki asked.
"Well, I looked some stuff up; apparently there was something in the water. It's weird that you switched bodies as it happened. Can I ask what you guys were thinking about while you were in the bath?" Hatori questioned. Neither of them wanted to reply. Tohru, who had discussed with them individually, that they both envied each other. She was the only one who knew what they were thinking.
"Miss Honda, you know what I was thinking about don't you? We've talked about it before…" Yuki asked.
Tohru stopped and thought for a moment, and then nodded her head. "Yes I remember."
"Heh…telling Tohru dirty dirty fantasies are we?" Shigure winked.
Yuki gave him a disgusted look. "No. It had to do with Kyo"
"Fantasies…with Kyo?" Shigure said very quietly, slightly disturbed and yet very interested all the same.
Yuki became annoyed with his idiotic questions, and the next thing that happened…well, lets just say there were a few bumps on Shigure's head.
"Idiot." Hatori said quietly.
"Argh. I'm sick of this nonsense talk. Tell me what the hell is going on…" Kyo said angrily.
"Calm yourself Kyo. I think its cause we were both thinking of each other…you know…" He looked at Shigure (Who seems to give an interested look again), "not like that." Yuki said.
"Alright…then what about the water?" Tohru asked.
"Well, as I was going to say…I was looking at the newspaper. Apparently the water was affected with some…well, even scientists aren't sure. Apparently, the water filters haven't been very careful, and a lot of people have become sick. We…well, bathrooms are safe to use…just be careful of the water. Meaning, no tea…stuff like that. It's weird, because I'm sure you guys didn't drink water while you were in your-" Hatori stopped as he saw both Yuki and Kyo making puzzled looks.
"Well, I was taking a sip of water out of the tap as it was filling up. I was thirsty." Kyo said.
"And I accidentally took some in when I was lying there."
Hatori scratched his head, thinking it was slightly ironic that that would even happen. "Well anyway, because nothing dangerous has happened to us…ahem…seeing I had tea last night while I was reading this information..." Hatori said sighing dully. "I'm guessing since we're put under this curse, and thinking of others…maybe that caused the switch?" Hatori sighed. "I'll have to talk to Akito about this." He said.
Yuki and Kyo looked alarmed. "What!"
"Well, Akito needs to know what's going on…" Hatori said.
"Well, I guess it's good that it's Sunday…we have a day…uh oh…" Shigure started.
The rest of them looked at them.
"What?" Yuki asked.
"Well…school for you guys. You have total different personalities. Kyo I hardly doubt that you'll be able to keep your cool let alone actually act like Yuki…and Yuki acting like Kyo." Shigure sighed.
"I can ACT for one day!" Kyo posed proudly.
"Yeah…like your improving the acting by doing that." Yuki sighed.
"It may be for more then a day. Weeks, or even a few months…" Hatori said. "That is…until we figure out what's really going on."
Kyo growled. "I don't like this at all."
"And you think I do?" Yuki asked. "Being in your body…well, let's just say it's not the kind of thing I've wanted…or needed right now." He looked at Tohru slowly.
"OH!" Tohru stood alarmed. "NO!"
"What?" Kyo asked calmly.
"Tests. This isn't good." Yuki said for her. "There's a big test worth a lot right now. We…well…"
"All we have to do is just put our 'real' names, and answer them the way you would." Kyo suggested, shrugging like it's no big deal.
"That could work." Shigure assured. "Although…if a teacher were to catch you."
"Then…well…we'll redo it…hopefully when we're back to normal."
Tohru gave a weak smile. "I hope you realize the test is on Monday."
They all gawked at her. "WHAT!" Kyo shouted. "NO ONE TOLD ME!"
"You stupid cat…the teachers did. You just weren't listening. Are you saying you haven't studied at all?"
"You're the stupid cat right now you…" Kyo shot back. "And. no...I haven't studied."
"Calm down right now. This is not the time for petty arguments." Hatori said. "I'm off to see Akito now."
"Bye…" Shigure said.
Hatori left, leaving the four of them standing in the hallway, confused.
"Well…what do you think we should do?" Yuki asked.
Shigure and Tohru looked at each other…and then hesitated.
"I have an idea."
"What?" Tohru asked.
"I don't think you'd be interested…" he started turning to Tohru. "…But, I'm up for it. Can you say…girls in…nothing?" Shigure imagined.
Both Kyo and Yuki looked at each other and then at Shigure, who got another whap in the head.
"Perv." Yuki said.
"Is that all you can think about at a time like this!" Kyo yelled.
"Well…there's that…and…let's not go there."
Tohru gave a dull laugh. "Well…I think I should make some tea for us all, and discuss it down there."
"Lovely idea, Miss Honda. Although you have forgotten…we cannot have tea remember? Especially you…you'll be really sick." Yuki reminded her.
Tohru gave a small laugh, and softly smacked the side of her head. "Oh ya. Well…I'll make something."
She started walking away, as the boys started to follow slowly behind. They then sat down at the table, while they waited for her to come back.
"Better not screw anything up."
"Same goes for you…" Yuki assured.
Yuki touched the orange hair that was now temporarily his. "This seems so awkward."
"And how's that?" Kyo asked.
"Well, I've never really heard myself shout before…and hearing you yell all the time using my voice…it just seems weird. At school you must not yell. You must act me…whether you like it or not, and I must act you." Yuki told Kyo. Shigure nodded, whether he was listening to what he said or not, he seemed pretty content with his eyes closed.
They both gave him an odd look. "Don't want to know what he's thinking about." Yuki said first.
"Naked girls probably…"
Tohru entered the room, somewhat disturbed hearing Yuki, which was actually Kyo talking about 'naked girls'. "I'm very sorry. Did I interrupt something?" She asked holding the tray, slightly shaking it.
"No…Shigure's just being himself."
In relief that it was only Shigure, Tohru placed down the tray on the table and they all helped themselves with some cookies she laid out on a plate.