Rain
Prelude to a Storm
Stupid game! Stupid stupid game! That's exactly what it was. He had lost at Dai Hi Min once again, the third time this week in fact, and was stuck cleaning the classroom all alone. And it didn't help that Uotani hadn't let up on her teasing at all…
/"Carrot-top, you suck at this game! You're still no good at challenges… You're not even worth my time anymore... hahahahaha…"/
That damnYankee. It was all her fault as usual. Yelling at him so much and making such a commotion that he got distracted. It had actually been Hanajima that won, but he had gotten the lower score, so he was stuck with Uotani's classroom duties. Such was the penalty for losing. Tohru had offered to stay after and help, but his pride wouldn't let her do something like that. Besides, if she stayed you know that damn mouse would have too. The two of them had hardly fought much the last couple days, and now that he thought about, not at all since… since that day when they saw his true form. Did Yuki pitty him now, feel sorry for him? Just the concept of it angered him. He didn't need Yuki's pitty, and he didn't need anyone for that matter. Just thinking about the all of it made his blood boil and he felt the color in his cheeks rise as his annoyance with the whole situation deepend.
He set the mop against the desk and walked silently over to an open window, the faint smell of moisture on the air. /Great/, he thought, /rain. And it will probably start up as soon as I leave. And I didn't bring my umbrella. Just my luck. Dammit, now I'm really getting mad/. He angrily pushed a few strands of carrot colored hair away from his eyes, glaring at the dark gray clouds looming ever closer, the disdant sound of thunder rolling across the sky. He'd have to hurry if he wanted to beat the rain, but by the looks of things, he didn't have a chance. There was a storm coming, a big storm in fact. But when it rains, it pours, and Kyo would soon learn that there was more to this particular storm than just wind and rain, lightning and thunder. No, this storm would bring with it a figment of his past, a link that even he did not know existed, a secret kept from all the Souma's… with Kyo stuck right in the middle.
*Author's note: This story is set after the anime. For sake of the originality of this plotline, I am holding the manga as a separate and different continuation. While I intend to involve every character at least once, please note that this story revolves mainly around 3 characters: Kyo, Tohru, and my own addition to the Fruits Basket world, who you will meet in Chapter 2. This story is meant to be in the drama/action category, and while I love romance, it is not the underlying theme of this fanfiction. There are no intended pairing between Yuki, Kyo, or Tohru in this story. Family, acceptance, friendship… these are the underlying currents of RAIN.
Prelude to a Storm
Stupid game! Stupid stupid game! That's exactly what it was. He had lost at Dai Hi Min once again, the third time this week in fact, and was stuck cleaning the classroom all alone. And it didn't help that Uotani hadn't let up on her teasing at all…
/"Carrot-top, you suck at this game! You're still no good at challenges… You're not even worth my time anymore... hahahahaha…"/
That damnYankee. It was all her fault as usual. Yelling at him so much and making such a commotion that he got distracted. It had actually been Hanajima that won, but he had gotten the lower score, so he was stuck with Uotani's classroom duties. Such was the penalty for losing. Tohru had offered to stay after and help, but his pride wouldn't let her do something like that. Besides, if she stayed you know that damn mouse would have too. The two of them had hardly fought much the last couple days, and now that he thought about, not at all since… since that day when they saw his true form. Did Yuki pitty him now, feel sorry for him? Just the concept of it angered him. He didn't need Yuki's pitty, and he didn't need anyone for that matter. Just thinking about the all of it made his blood boil and he felt the color in his cheeks rise as his annoyance with the whole situation deepend.
He set the mop against the desk and walked silently over to an open window, the faint smell of moisture on the air. /Great/, he thought, /rain. And it will probably start up as soon as I leave. And I didn't bring my umbrella. Just my luck. Dammit, now I'm really getting mad/. He angrily pushed a few strands of carrot colored hair away from his eyes, glaring at the dark gray clouds looming ever closer, the disdant sound of thunder rolling across the sky. He'd have to hurry if he wanted to beat the rain, but by the looks of things, he didn't have a chance. There was a storm coming, a big storm in fact. But when it rains, it pours, and Kyo would soon learn that there was more to this particular storm than just wind and rain, lightning and thunder. No, this storm would bring with it a figment of his past, a link that even he did not know existed, a secret kept from all the Souma's… with Kyo stuck right in the middle.
*Author's note: This story is set after the anime. For sake of the originality of this plotline, I am holding the manga as a separate and different continuation. While I intend to involve every character at least once, please note that this story revolves mainly around 3 characters: Kyo, Tohru, and my own addition to the Fruits Basket world, who you will meet in Chapter 2. This story is meant to be in the drama/action category, and while I love romance, it is not the underlying theme of this fanfiction. There are no intended pairing between Yuki, Kyo, or Tohru in this story. Family, acceptance, friendship… these are the underlying currents of RAIN.