OK, so here's my first fan-fiction! Please review and tell me what you think. Oh yes...I wanted to set them in middle school just because. And Yuki's character will probably a little OOC in this chapter, so I'm sorry! Please forgive me. Anyway, wonder what you guys will think about Julie and her 'black' side, eh? ;) Yes, the Elementals have dark sides just like the Zodiac members.
Disclaimer: I do not own Furuba, unfortunately, and never will. However, my original characters are my own property.
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There were three new girls at school. It was as if they'd suddenly dropped out of nowhere, and had arbitrarily decided to go to this middle school. Yes...where Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru also went.
Faith Alexandria Wilson was very kind and shy normally--but when with her two best friends, the other two new girls, she was extremely outgoing. Then there was Marie Wilson, a mysterious girl who wore only black. She had black everything--black clothes, black hair, black nails, black eyeshadow, you name it. And finally, Julie Taylor Wilson. She was different in some unknown way as of yet. But everyone noticed her sometimes light-less eyes, her toughness of manner, and especially her fierce protection of her best friends.
When the new trio of students joined halfway through the year, they were assigned to class 3-D, where Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru also were. But that first morning...
"Ah...what a nice, peaceful morning!" Faith exclaimed, her eyes sparkling as she skipped up the path leading to school.
Marie smiled. "Yes, it is, isn't it?"
"That's right," Julie replied. "I can't believe we've finally found the right school, where all three of us can be together all the time!"
"How did you work that out, Julie?" Faith asked.
"Ha ha! You'll see soon enough, Faith," Julie answered, chuckling.
Suddenly, all three girls were shoved to the side as a blur of orange sped past them.
"Hey, you idiot! Watch where you're going!" Julie exclaimed, shaking her fist at the disappearing orange-haired teen.
"Please, excuse Kyo's rude behavior. Hello, girls, I'm Yuki Sohma."
The three girls turned and saw the most handsome, delicate boy ever. His voice was soft and calming, and his eyes seemed to welcome them to the area.
"Uh, hi. Pleased to meet you, Sohma-kun. I'm Julie--Julie Wilson," she said, shaking hands with the surprisingly gray-haired teen.
"Yes...it's nice to meet you, Yuki Sohma. I am Marie Wilson." Marie also shook hands with Yuki, noting his unease at her goth-like appearance.
"Uh, um, hello! I-I'm Faith Alexandria Wilson. It's a pleasure to meet you," she introduced herself, bowing to him the formal Japanese way.
Abruptly, a new girl, with long brown hair and kind eyes, came up the path. Noticing the three newcomers, she also bowed and gave her name. "Ah! I'm Tohru Honda. How nice to meet you! Oh! Are you three going to our school?" Tohru asked, eyes shining in anticipation as she danced around on the sidewalk.
"Uh, I guess. It's the school about one block away from here, right?" Julie looked from Yuki to Tohru.
"Yes, that's right. So since we're all going to the same school, will you three join Honda-san and I?"
To make a long story short, the three cousins walked with Tohru and Yuki to school, then everyone dispersed to their lockers. Coincidentally, Julie, Marie, and Faith's lockers were all right next to each other. Once Julie and Marie were done getting their stuff out, they helped Faith with her stuff.
"Um, er, you two can go to class without me," Faith said while closing her locker. "I just have to use the restroom real quick."
The instant she came out the ladies' room, a group of four other eighth-grade girls cornered her.
"So, you're the new girl, eh?" the leader sneered, stepping forward until her face was inches away from Faith's.
"Actually, one of three new girls," Faith quietly replied, looking down at the floor.
"Hmph! Even worse. Girls, state her crime and force her to admit that she acted wrongfully!" The other three girls immediately responded to their leader's command, marching forward until the whole gang of four girls surrounded poor Faith, trembling on the inside but standing proud and strong on the outside.
"You have come into close contact with the Royal Prince Yuki Sohma-kun," they said, like robots following its mother-board's instructions. "Although you are new at this school, you will soon learn the rules of the Prince Yuki Sohma-kun Fan Club. Now explain to us why you happened to be walking with the Royal Prince Yuki Sohma-kun. Or else." Suddenly, all four girls' eyes shone brightly as they stepped closer to Faith, inching forward slowly.
"Uh, er, it was just a coincidence! He was the one who invited Marie, Julie, and I to walk with him and Honda-san! Besides, don't you think you're...over-reacting...?" Faith noticed that their eyes only shone brighter as they growled, "Honda-san also walked with him?! Tell us...tell us exactly what happened!"
"Be quiet, you big-mouthed idiots. Miss Wilson hasn't done anything wrong, and on her first day here at Kaibara Middle School, instead of welcoming her, you frighten the poor girl to death! Where is your shame and humility?" Yuki fiercely intruded on the conversation, his own eyes shining a bright gray.
To Faith's amusement, the four Fan Club girls instantly bowed to her and apologized, then ran off. Faith then turned back to Yuki and bowed. "Um, thank you. I owe you one."
"Don't mention it," Yuki replied, smiling. "As long as those bullies don't bother you again, you don't need to do anyth--"
"Faith! My gosh, are you OK?! We heard the raised shouts and--" Julie's breath caught when she saw Yuki with Faith. Then she continued, "Thank you so much, Sohma-kun! I'll never be able to thank you enough for protecting Faith!"
Marie also came up, having run all the way from the classroom halfway across the school. "Yes, indeed, Yuki Sohma. We are most grateful for your protecting her from...those idiots, did you call them?" She smiled.
Suddenly, the bells started ringing. "Oh no...I haven't even gone to 1st period yet! Now what should I do...?" Faith trailed off.
"Hey, no matter. We'll just vouch for you. Marie and I," Julie said, hugging Faith to comfort her.
"You...that is...do you mind if I come along?" Yuki asked.
"Of course you can come with us, Yuki Sohma. As long as you also vouch for Faith in front of Mayuko-sensei, we'll be just fine with you coming along," Marie replied, turning her impassive eyes on him.
Back in the classroom, Mayuko accepted the others' vouching of Faith and sent them all off to lunch.
So on the way down to the cafeteria, Julie remarked, "You know, I haven't seen that Kyo all day, not since he smacked into us. Where do ya think he went?"
"I did see him in the classroom for part of 1st period today," Yuki answered. "But he seemed to have left all of a sudden. I went out to look for him and heard the raised shouts of those Fan Club members--" he spat out the name in disgust--"and then you all know what happ--"
"Move, you idiotic Rat!" Kyo suddenly appeared out of nowhere and shoved the whole group out of the way.
"C'mon, everyone...let's go!" Julie's eyes shone with excitement to catch this rude boy who'd already bumped into her twice, then she took off sprinting down the hallway at a speed no one else could rival...except Kyo.
The others practically gave up, lagging a hallway behind Julie, while Yuki tried to speed them up and keep their excitement going. Julie noticed them trying to get her to slow down. She instead ran even faster, gaining on Kyo, now at a dead end hallway.
"Kyo, there's something you need to explain," Julie began, slowing to an easy jog, then a power-walk.
He shook his head frantically. "Who the heck are you?! Stop--stop--stop...!" As he turned towards the open window behind him, he suddenly got an idea.
Marie, half-a-hallway behind Julie now, felt the presence of excitement in Kyo and somehow read his mind: I've got an idea. She cried out, "Julie! Be careful--Kyo Sohma is plotting something!!"
"So you want to escape." Julie sounded cold and cruel as she backed Kyo into the corner of the hallway, five feet away from the window. "I don't think that's happening any time soon," she hissed at him, baring her teeth.
Kyo's anger was right at boiling point right now. He struggled to control himself, but he couldn't any longer. "I'll kill you, you jerk-off!"
Julie smirked. "Say that again, you idiotic little boy. Say that again and see what happens...!" She cracked her knuckles, primed for a fight.
"Oh no, don't, Julie!" Faith whispered, extremely worried now.
"I'm sorry, Faith...her eyes are shining a golden-yellow. When that happens..." Marie trailed off as Kyo and Julie started circling around each other.
"I knew this idiot would get into a fight with one of you girls," Yuki muttered.
Marie, surprised, turned to Yuki. "Does he always do this when new girls arrive at this middle school?"
"No, not always...but I could tell that a bunch of unwelcoming situations would greet you today, on your first day of school."
"Grahhh...SHUT UP, YOU IDIOT!!" Kyo shouted, throwing the first punch, extremely irritated at Yuki.
Julie coolly dodged it. "Are you moves always this easy to defend against?" she asked, catching him off guard by slamming him against the back wall. Before he could retaliate, she had him by the collar. "I believe there are some things you need to explain, you idiotic nincompoop. First off...why do you need to bump into Faith and Marie two times before you're satisfied? Are you some sort of evil lord, who shows no mercy to anyone, even people who aren't his 'subjects'?!" Her voice deepened dramatically. "Who the heck do you think you are, anyway?!"
"Please stop!!" It was Tohru, running down the hallway. Julie let go of Kyo, making him crumple to the floor. Her eyes dimmed again as she bowed to Tohru. "I'm sorry, Honda-san. But this complete IDIOT here is totally insensitive and clueless!"
"Julie...calm down," Marie said, gently touching her shoulder. "You're scaring everyone right now."
"Yes, we appreciate that you care so much for us...but it's not worth it, frightening everyone else," Faith murmured.
Julie sighed and nodded. "We should probably go to lunch now."
Yuki and Kyo didn't eat at all; instead, they sat outside in a deserted corner of the schoolyard.
"I hope you are happy with yourself, stupid Cat," Yuki said, sitting with his back to Kyo.
"Tuh! You're the stupid one, Rat."
"Thanks to you, the three new girls are very displeased with the Sohma family. You should congratulate yourself, Kyo. Give yourself a pat on the back," Yuki sarcastically replied.
Kyo jumped up and turned to Yuki. "Shut up, you bastard!! That's it--I'm gonna beat you once and for all! Prepare yourself, cold-hearted Rat!!"
Yuki also stood and prepared to fight Kyo. "You stupid Cat--you'll never learn, will you?"
"I said SHUT UP!!" Kyo's anger was now at Heat Overload point. As he started running towards Yuki, Faith saw from inside the cafeteria and immediately rushed towards the two feuding Sohmas, her friends following her. She rushed in front of Yuki, protecting him from Kyo, now about two feet away. He tried to skid to a stop, but Julie saw that it would be too late and shoved Faith out of the way. Everything would've worked out, but Kyo accidentally tripped and pushed Julie out of the way into Yuki's arms as he landed hard on the ground. Poof!
Julie reacted quickly. She knew there was only one way to get out of this desperate situation...but it was impossible when another of a different curse transformed. She skidded across the pavement, looking around for Yuki. Ah! There he was...as a tiny gray mouse. Julie gritted her teeth. "Dang it, how're we going to get out of this one...?"
Kyo was dumbfounded. "I must be seeing things. There's no way anything as weird as this can actually be happening!"
At that instant Tohru came up. "I-I heard the shouts...is everyone alright...?" Julie groaned inwardly as Tohru turned towards her. "Um, Julie-san, w-what's wrong...?"
"Nothing, nothing! It's just..." Julie trailed off. She must look a sight! Everything would be red, yellow, and orange--her hair, her clothes, everything! "Well, since there's no getting out of it..." Everyone looked at her now. "Faith, Marie, and I are more than just friends. We're...the closest cousins on earth, OK? As you might've seen already, I'm really protective of them. Probably over-protective of them. And we aren't normal girls. You can tell, can't you? We have a curse, just like the Sohmas. But I think us three have reason to believe ours is so much worse than your Zodiac one. "
Marie took over the commentary. "I'm the oldest of us three, but only by a month; Julie's right in the middle, and Faith is about a year younger than both of us. The thing is...we don't exactly transform, but...yes, we sort of do transform, but not in the way you might think. We are part of the Elemental Guardians. It's a top-secret organization...that...was formed thousands of generations back by the family head millions of years ago. And we are controlled by the Elements. I'm Ice, Julie's Fire--as you can see--and Faith is Light. There are many others in our family also possessed. But the chains run even deeper in our family...there are at least three people that have the same element at any given time in our family; and this goes for every element. Almost."
"How...how many elements are there?" Yuki quietly asked.
"There's twelve main ones that run in our family...just like the Chinese Zodiac. But there is an 'outsider' element, if you will, which three people have at a time in our family. It is Space, meaning Outer Space. Finally, there is one that only one person can be at a single time in our family," Faith explained. "However, it takes three forms--Void, Sky, or Heaven. Sky is somewhere in the middle--neither cold nor hot, but neutral. The Heavenly form is amazing and wonderful--pure bliss at its best. But just as easily, this person can switch to Void--a dark abyss which no one can escape; its wrath tortures everyone it comes into contact with and...!" Faith gasped for a moment and lowered her voice to the merest whisper. "If you make him mad enough to go to The Darkest Void...he will kill you. And...no one can go against his will. He is set above us, the Regular Elementals, who are set above the Outsider Elemental. This person is in charge of our Fate and Life itself in our Elementals' world."
The three cousins then said in unison, "The Sohmas may be able to sympathize with us and somewhat understand our world of torture and anger...but no one outside our family can ever completely get the whole picture of what goes on in our lives. Like what we said before...no one can go against the head's will."
A deep, dark voice responded, "And the head himself is here right now."
Everyone turned to the outskirts of the schoolyard, where the voice had come from. A black-haired, hooded man stood besides the tallest tree there, his back turned to the others. Julie, Faith, and Marie immediately stiffened and tensed. Isamu Takuma Wilson...
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Heh, I really came up with this draft incredibly fast. Please excuse the minor mistakes/typos/etc., and I hope you enjoyed! Anyway, here's a short commentary from the Fruits Basket characters! :)
Tohru: Bravo! That was amazing! *claps*
Kyo: Are you kidding me?! Why am I always the bad guy?! Seriously.
Me: Be quiet and stop whining, Cat. You'll have a very important part in this story, I assure you.
Yuki: Yes, that's right, stupid Cat. Stop acting like a spoiled brat.
Shigure: WAHH!!! I wasn't even in this part! *bawls like a baby*
Kagura: I hate you, whoever this writer was! Poor Kyo-kun seems to be the villain in every single fanfiction story I see nowadays...
Me: *turns black* Would you like to say that again, Kagura-san? *eyes start to glow*
Momiji: Aw, Kagura-neechan's scared! How could you?!
Hatori: Momiji, stop it. *sighs* If you don't want her to turn on you.
Me: Finally, someone understands me!! Seriously!
Faith: Kyo and Kagura do have a point though.
Julie: Yeah, you gotta admit, Shigure and Momiji's opinions also make sense.
Marie: Hehe, I like my role in this story. So mysterious and creepy...
Hatsuharu: *pouts* Geez, I wasn't in here either. Nor was Rin, or Akito, or Shigure--wait, he already said that--or Ayame or Hatori or Honda-san's two best friends or...well, you get the picture.
Ayame: Hello, everyone! I do hope you weren't lonely while I was absent!
Yuki, Kyo, Hatori: *in unison* Would you just shut up?
Kisa: Uh, um, p-please don't fight...
Hiro: Kisa, ignore them and leave 'em to fight it out. I mean, that's just about all Ayame can do--force others to fight against him.
Ritsu: AAAH! I'm sorry! Please forgive me for not being present yet! *sobs*
Rin: Oh, gosh. I can't believe I actually came here. Well, at least Haru's here...
Kureno: *is silent as he looks around at all the fighting*
Akito: Ooh, spooky. That 'Isamu Takuma Wilson' guy sounds just like me! Heh. But is that a good thing or a bad thing...?
Arisa: Hmm, interesting. I seem so similar to this Julie in the story....
Saki: As I resemble Marie Wilson so much...
Kazuma: Ha ha! Kyo, you're such a pain in this chapter. And so very rude.
Manabe: I really don't see anyone I know that well here..ah! Yun-yun! I'm so happy to finally see someone I recognize and know well!!
Yuki: Please stop, Kakeru-kun. Or whatever--Vice President-san.
Shigure: Yun-yun?! *laughs uncontrollably for 10 seconds, then finally recovers himself* Oh my gosh, that was funny!!
Machi: President...this person that's laughing at you...is he related to you in any way...?
Me: No. No. Believe me, Shigure is no relation at all to Yuki-kun. It's true.
Ren: *is very quiet and glares at everyone else*
Katsuya: Tohru...you know, your mother and I are so proud of you. You've come so far, and we wanted to let you know we love you.
Kyoko: Yes. We're so happy for you! I just hope we somehow end up in this story, in the weirdest way possible...haha! Not very likely.
Me: Hmm, I'll try doing that. Yes, yes...there's got to be a way....
Prince Yuki Fan Club: No...! AAAHHH!! Run away! There's the one who humiliated us...! *all of them point at me*
Me: Say that again...say that again and see what happens!
Everyone else: That's right. Get out! You're not welcome here!
Prince Yuki Fan Club: *run off like a bunch of scaredy-cats*
Isamu: Greetings, everyone. How have you been? I do hope the poor author of this idiotic story did not frighten you with her visions of my personality...because I am not evil, I assure you.
Me: Hey, I'm your creater, you nincompoop. How dare you defy me?! You know I could destroy you in the next chapter?
Isamu: Heh, but you can't kill me off in this chapter. Besides, how would you destroy me anyway?
Me: You'll see...bwa ha ha ha....
Yes, I also have a black side. But I try not to show it too much. Anyway, hope you enjoyed. Please review! :D