Oi, fellow Fruits Basket fans! Nano here, currently writing her not first FB fanfic ever, but first published. All the other ones were unworthy! Hehe, but lately I've been busy so I couldn't put this up earlier, but after a long period of deep thought, consideration, and lots of pie eating... I decided to use this on FanFiction.net. ~Sigh~ I doubt this fanfic will get any reviews, but hey, I try!

Anyway, if you're offended by things such as...hmm...Shigure for instance, don't read this! Cause there is a lot of Shigure in this story! So, if oddly dressed and clever-witted authors offend you, don't read this! Ok I think that covers it all...oh wait...I don't own any of these characters...except maybe a few plushies but that doesn't count...does it...? ~Dramatic pause~

-Summary - "Oi, Ha-san! What, may I ask is this sudden call for? Oh and how is Tohru-kun?" "...Shigure...Tohru-kun has been--". The phone clattered against the console of the car. "Why?!" Shigure thought life was perfect--a great job as a college professor of literature, beautiful women, and he knew Tohru was still happy at the Souma household - Until December 2nd-

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"Tohru-kun? Yuki told me to come here and check on you while he was out...". Hatori paused before calling out the young girl's name again. Just as he was starting to worry, he remembered how absorbed Tohru sometimes got when it came to her chores.

Hatori decided to go upstairs to see if Tohru was in her room. Taking his time going up the steps, Hatori noted the odd silence of the house, but continued, paying it no mind. When finally reaching Tohru's room, his hand hesitated about three centimeters from the door. 'She might be busy with a school project or some sort of important task, why bother her?' Hatori considered this but the other side of his brain reminded him that Tohru was not one to lock herself in her room doing such things.

Knocking on the bedroom door lightly, Hatori anticipated the usual cheerful greeting Tohru always so graciously gave to him. This never came. Not so much as even an uttered welcome or dismissal emerged from the room. 'It would be best not to disturb her...she is probably busy...and for all I know she could be dressing or...' Hatori's train of thought came to a screeching halt as he realized where his mind was taking him. 'No...Tohru- kun would never be doing that...!' Mentally kicking and cursing himself, Hatori quickly scanned the upstairs for something to take his mind off of Tohru.

'Wait, the whole reason I came here was because of her, so why try and-- '

All thoughts froze in Hatori's mind when he saw what he would have never expected. The door to the bathroom, which was closed, had an obvious deep red streak near the doorknob. There were also some smears of it directly on the knob. Upon further inspection of the substance, Hatori realized that the mark was blood. Worried and not considering the fact that someone might be taking a shower or something of the sort, he yanked the door open, some of the blood from the handle coming off onto his hand.

Hatori stared, dumbstruck, at the sight before him.

Kyou was tied to the toilet, his whole body was covered in blood and bruises, with a piece of duct tape plastered to his mouth. (Actually that is quite comical...hehe my sick humor.)

Hatori took quick strides toward Kyou, ripping off the duct tape when he got to him.

"Damn, you don't have to do it so harsh, you goddamned dragon!!"

Wanting to get straight to the point, Hatori glared at Kyou as he was out to kill and asked, "Where is Tohru-kun?"

"How am I supposed to know? These guys ran in the house, beat the living crap out of me, tied me up, then ran off!". Kyou seemed furious, but his worry for Tohru reflected in his eyes.

"Who were they? Did they say anything to you?". Hatori's emotions, for once in his life, shown straight through his cool exterior. Looking down at his bloodied hands, Kyou started to realize how serious this really was. "They said that they weren't here for me...that they were here for Tohru...".

When Kyou looked back up all he saw was the empty hallway. 'Hatori must've gone to look for Tohru...wait a minute..."



"YOU GODDAMNED DRAGON!! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO UNTIE ME!!"

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Hatori ran to Tohru's door, not bothering to knock this time, and slammed it open.





"No...."

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"Well ladies, I'll have to see you tomorrow, I believe it is the end of my day here.", Shigure stated, winking at the young college girls looking at him with hopeful eyes.

"But Shigure-senpai can't I come with you?" "Yea, Gure-chan let us come!!" "Please?"

The girls looked at him with puppy dog eyes, using every excuse in the book to go with him, yet Shigure still refused. (amazin ain't it?)

"I'm sorry girls, but today I can't do that, it seems that I've been spending too much time with you, and the board is getting suspicious". Another wink.

"Aw..." "But what if we pretend like we're not with you?" "Yea! We're good at pretending!"

"I thought you would be...", Shigure mumbled under his breath. "I really am sorry, but I must go, I promised my family I would come to see them today."

All the girls moaned and pouted.

"I really don't see why you ladies aren't in acting school you can fake disappointment so well! Well, sayonara!".

"Oh yea and girls?"

"Yes senpai?"

"Make sure you do your homework!", said Shigure, giving them a charming smile and playful wink, before turning around and heading towards the elevator.

Excited giggling could be heard throughout the hall.

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Shigure stepped into his car, parked right outside of the University of Tokyo.(Ok, so I'm not that original) He turned on the engine of his silver mustang convertible. (I'm living out my dreams through Shigure's life =D...except the professor thing...)

Sighing, Shigure turned on the radio and pulled out of his parking space.

"Oh, goody! My favorite song is on!", Shigure says while cranking N*Sync's 'Bye, Bye, Bye'.

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~cough~ Ok that was a joke.....back to the real fanfic.....

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"Oh, goody! My favorite song is on!", Shigure says while cranking 'It's gettin hot in here' by Nelly. (hehe...what?! If anyone listens to that song it would be him...perverted dog...)

While singing to the song (~cough~) Shigure started thinking about his life. It was perfect. The wonderful job, beautiful women, and of course he always had To--

The sound of his cell phone ringing brought his attention back to the road and 'the now' (couldn't help it...that's my little saying thing...). Shigure thought about not answering it, for interrupting -his- song and his thoughts, but then remembered that it might be Tohru. Deciding to answer, Shigure picked it up and said 'Hello!' in the most playful tone possible.

"Shigure I have to tell you some--"

"Oi, Ha-san! What, may I ask, is this sudden call about? Are Yuki and Kyou doing well in school? Is Akito alright? Oh and how is Tohru?", Shigure interrupted, with what seemed like a thousand questions.

"...Shigure...Tohru has been--"

The cell phone clattered against the console of the car. "Why?!", Shigure questioned under his breath, his hand trembling as it tried to grasp the phone again.

When he had it back in his hand, Shigure starting yelling into the receiver. "Why?! Who did it?! Who raped Tohru?!".

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~Hears collective gasp from the audience~ Hehe...well, I didn't exactly mean to just leave you hanging like that but...I couldn't help it!! Nyahahahaha! ~cough~ Anyway, sorry about the weirdness, and those little things I stuck in the story here and there, but I can't help it, angst isn't my thing...

Well...I knew it sucked, but at least TRY to review! In the next chap I'll be answering reviews so...review...............................well you don't have to........ .............ok nothing else to say! I've got 2 go anyway, so sayonara!

-Nano

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All characters in this story are owned by the creator of Fruits Basket and not Nano, though she does have quite a few plushies of the characters that doesn't count...kinda..........