Hi! This is my second story, so yeah.
Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, do not own fruits basket :( BTW, Tohru doesn't exist in this story, ok? Hana and Arisa are best friends still, though, and they sit with Kyo and Yuki at lunch .I had to add that to avoid any confusion.
"We have a new student class, I expect you all to welcome her warmly," the teacher announced, pulling a girl with them. She had waist-length wavy black hair, with a purple-red tinge, her eyes were a deep violet, her skin was pale, but not sickly with pale rosy cheeks. She looked downwards, her lashes casting long shadows across her cheekbones."I'm, um, Naomi Raksha, but most people call me Rose, Naomi or Nyx," she said sheepishly. "How interesting, what do you like to do?" the teacher asked her.
Naomi mumbled something. "Pardon?" asked the teacher.
"I said that I love to paint, draw and read," she said, raising her voice slightly. "I also like drama classes."
"You're very artistic Naomi, why don't you take a seat in between Kyo and Arisa, you'll be in front of Yuki, our school president, and behind Hanajima and those four should be good at helping you around the school. Do you hear that? You three will sit with her and show her around, understand?" They all nodded. The teacher motioned for Naomi to sit. She dropped her pink and black messenger bag with a cat on it next to her desk and sat down, smoothing her dragon embroidered blue jeans and low-cut white shirt with Japanese characters and a cat on it.
"Cool shirt and bag," whispered Kyo to Naomi. Naomi looked up and smiled, she glanced down for a moment and then back up, "Thanks Kyo, I designed them myself, as in painted them with the special paints, I also embroidered the dragon on my jeans."
Arisa leaned over, "Wow. You're really artistic, Rosie. Why do they call you Rose, or Nyx anyway?"
Rose closed her eyes and stretched, "They call me Rose, Bell, Nyx, Diva, Clary and Naomi because my full name is," Rose took a huge breath, "Naomi Clarissa Rosabel Nixie Deva Raksha. Yeah, my mother had something with long names; my brothers both have four names each and my twin sis has five. I don't know, maybe mum just couldn't choose between a lot of good names."
"Probably," said Arisa. Kyo nodded in agreement, frowning at Arisa.
"What?" asked Rose.
"Me and her never agree, it's abnormal."
Rose opened her mouth to reply, but the bell rang.
"I've got PE," said Arisa.
"I've got English," said Kyo, pulling a face.
"I've got Art class," said Rose, smiling.
Hana walked over, smiling, "I've got Art too, after art, I'll show you where we sit, 'kay?"
They walked to art together. At the end of class, Hana pulled Rose over towards the shade of a big, pink cherry blossom tree. There was a dying shrub at the base of the tree. Rose touched one of its wilted flowers. It suddenly bloomed, becoming recognisable as a rose of the deepest red imaginable. Her eyes widened slightly, as the entire shrub became alive again as she watched. She looked over at Hana, she was too busy eating an apple as she read a book.
Rose sat in front of the shrub, hiding it. It wasn't long before Kyo, Arisa and Yuki arrived. Kyo frowned; he motioned for Rose to move. She slowly shuffled to the side. He picked the most beautiful rose on the bush, inhaling its exotic scent, before presenting it to her.
He smiled, jokingly. "A rose for a Rose."
She took it, smiling and shaking her head. Kyo fell back against the tree, using it too lean down into a sitting position at its base. He jumped when a piece of bark scratched his back, making Rose laugh. He glared at her. She lowered her head, still smiling.
Kyo, still glaring, poked his tongue out at her childishly,
"Very mature Kyo," said Yuki dryly, making her laugh even louder. She had such a wonderful laugh, so sweet, it made him want to smile and make her laugh some more. He lunged for her waist while she was biting into a strawberry, she squealed, laughing, while he tickled her.
"No, no! Get off!" She giggled, "Stop! I give up! I surrender!" She couldn't stop laughing.
'It's just like kindergarten,' Rose thought. 'Five minutes after you meet someone, you're laughing like you've been friends for five years!'
Kyo finally let her up, she smiled, 'that was odd, why did he barely touch me when he tickled me? Why would he take so much care to not put his arms around me at all?'
He was so odd. Just as she was about to ask him, he asked her, "Why do you like cats so much?"
His question took her by surprise, "Well, I like dogs as well, but I like cats better because it's harder to gain their respect, with dogs, birds, rabbits, mice and so on, it's so easy, but with cats, if you gain their respect, or love, you know you've done something right, you really have to commit, and, I also just love them, they're hated by so many people, I think they're some of the most noble animals on the earth, they're so independent."
Kyo could only look at her in awe, she'd just taken everything in his life and made it sound good.
When he got home, he said to himself, "I think I love her, Rose, or Naomi, or whatever."
He went outside to Yuki, "Rose is nice, don't you think?" asked Yuki, absentmindedly. Kyo could only nod and smile.
I'm really sorry if it's too long, I just felt really inspired! Please let me know what you think! I love fruits basket and I'm kinda worried about changing it, but I want to know what you guys think, I accept creative criticism and obviously, praise, but no flames, please. So, please, please, please review! xoxo