A/N - This is my first Fruits Basket fanfic, please be kind. Anyway, this is a Hatori/Tohru fanfic! haha! Please enjoy, and review!

Fruits Basket

Chapter One: Would You Really Like To Know

Hatori sat in his room thinking, Akito-san wants Tohru-san to come here? Why, though?

Hatori's mind race through the different possible answers to his question, none of which sounded good to the ear.

Does he want to punish her? Hatori thought, but, if so, for what reason?

Hatori couldn't think of an answer, he didn't want to bring Tohru to Akito, but he had no choose in the matter, Akito was god.

Hatori sighed and picked up his car keys, and headed out the door, for Shigure's house.

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Hatori arrived at Shigure's house within a few minutes; he walked up to the door just as there was a loud crash, and yell that sounded unmistakeably like Kyo's.

Hatori sighed, why is this house always in such chaos?

Hatori knocked on the door, then after a few minutes of standing there figured no one could hear him, let himself in.

Bad idea, Tohru had heard him knock, and just as he opened the door, she walked towards it, knocking into him, and he transformed with a small 'poof'.

"Oh!" Tohru exclaimed, looking down at Hatori in his sea dragon zodiac form, "Hatori-san! I am so sorry! I didn't mean to! Really I didn't!"

Hatori sighed once more, "It's not your fault, don't apologize."

Tohru let out a small breath that she had been holding.

Did she think I was going to yell at her? Hatori thought, looking up at Tohru.

Suddenly, there was a small 'poof', and Hatori returned to his human state, completely nude. Tohru jump with a scream, and turned.

Hatori slid his clothes back on, and then placed a hand on Tohru's shoulder, "Are you alright, Honda-kun?"

"Um, yes," Tohru answered, turning to him and giving him her usual bright, and cheerful smile, "I'm fine!"

"Well," Hatori started, "I'm here to tell you, that…Akito requests your presence at the main house."

Tohru stared, and spoke, "Oh, well, then, okay, I'll go get dressed, then."

Tohru ran up the stairs to her room where she changed from the causal t-shirt and skirt she had been wearing, into a semi-formal light blue kimono that had pale pink cherry blossoms on it.

Tohru then walked down stairs to where she could hear Kyo yelling at Hatori.

"Why the hell does Akito want to see Tohru?" Kyo yelled, as he sat across from Hatori at the table in the living room.

"I don't know, Kyo," Hatori admitted, "He just asked me to come and bring her to him. He didn't give me a reason."

"Argh!" Kyo shouted, "This is insane! What if he hurts her?"

"Kyo," Tohru say in a soft, and gentle voice, as she walked into the living area, "I'll be fine. I promise!"

All the Sohma's that were in the living area, which included Hatori, Kyo, Yuki, and Shigure, looked at her in that odd way, that they always did when she said that she'd be fine.

"All right, then," Hatori said, getting to his feet, "Let's go."

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Tohru sat in the back seat of Hatori's car, with Kyo, and Yuki on either side of her, and Shigure-san in the passenger seat.

Akito had requested that she come to the main house. Tohru was a little frightened, at first, then Hatori, Shigure, and Yuki, had told her that that they would come with her. Kyo-kun had even said that he would wait at the front gates for her, since he wasn't allowed into the main house, being the cat.

Tohru looked out the side window at the houses that whipped by as they drove past. After a while though, she got dizzy, and decided to focus her attention on something that wasn't moving eighty miles an hour.

She looked around the car, and noticed that everyone looked as though they were holding their breath. Tohru, of course new why, it was because of this sudden request of Akito's, but the fact that they were so rigid, made her even more frightened.

"Um, I'm sorry," Tohru, blurted out, not really knowing why she was apologizing.

Hatori, Shigure, Kyo, and Yuki jumped at her out burst. Shigure, Kyo, and Yuki turned their heads to look at her, and Hatori looked at her thought the rear-view mirror.

"Um, Honda-san?" Yuki inquired, "Is something wrong?"

"Huh?" Tohru didn't really know what to say, "Um, it's just that I…well, I don't really know. Um…"

"Say something already, will ya?" Kyo shouted, making Tohru jump.

"Oh, yes, well, I'm just…" Tohru began again, "I'm just really sorry."

"For what?" Kyo asked, glancing at her.

"It's just, you all are so tense, and it's kind of…" Tohru didn't know how to describe the feeling, "…scary."

Everyone's eyebrow raised at the comment, but it was Hatori that questioned her about it, "That's our fault, Tohru-chan, not yours. You have no reason to apologize."

"Oh, I'm sorry," Tohru apologized nonetheless.

Kyo rolled his eyes, Yuki smiled pleasantly, Shigure started to hum a little song, and Hatori just shook his head at her carefree, and frankly…ditzy attitude.

When they arrived at the Sohma family estate, Kyo waited at the gates as Tohru walked in step with Hatori, Shigure, and Yuki behind her.

They arrived at the door to Akito's room, and waited. Tohru took this time to take a small, yet fairly deep breath of much needed air. She hadn't at first realized it, but she, too, had been holding her breath.

"Calm down, Tohru," Hatori told her.

Tohru was about to respond when Akito's voice came from the door before them.

"Enter."

Hatori reached out and slide the door open, to reveal Akito in his robe, standing by his open balcony window, "Come in."

Hatori motioned to Tohru to step inside, and she did so, and Hatori, Shigure, and Yuki, followed her in, Yuki shutting the door behind him.

Tohru walked up, until she was about five feet from Akito and then sat on her knees, behind her, was where Hatori sat, then a few feet behind him was where Shigure, and Yuki did.

Akito walked towards Tohru and gave her his creepy smile, "tell me Honda-san, how long do you expect me to allow this?"

Tohru looked at him with a puzzled expression, "What do you mean, Akito-san?"

"You, how long did you think I'd allow you to continue," Akito rephrased his question.

Tohru was silent for a moment then answered, "For as long as you wanted."

Akito narrowed his eyes at Tohru, "You don't care?"

"Of course I do," Tohru answered immediately, her eyes blazing with determination, "I love all the Sohma's!"

Akito raised an eyebrow, "Really?"

Tohru nodded confidently, a lightly closed fit held to her chest.

"You don't hate any of them?" Akito questioned.

"No," Tohru answered, "I don't like to hate people, because, I don't think, there's any such emotion."

Akito glared at her, "So, you don't hate anyone? You don't believe in it?"

"Yes," Tohru confirmed.

"You don't hate Hatori for erasing all those children's memories?" Akito asked, "Do you love him?"

"No I don't hate him," Tohru answered, without a second thought, "Of course I love Hatori-san!"

Tohru was sudden meet with a sharp pain, as Akito's hand came and slapped her hard across the face. She hit the ground, and slowly got to her, hands and knees.

Hatori, Shigure, and Yuki, made to get up, to hold back Akito, but Tohru with her head slumped she could see past her legs, and shook her head at them. They paused, and glanced at each other, then withdrew from their actions.

Tohru sat back down on her knees, and looked at Akito, he glared at her.

"Do not hate the cat?" Akito asked, "Do actually love that foul creature? In his true form?"

"I'm frightened of Kyo-kun's-" Tohru began, but was stopped abruptly be Akito's hand across her face, and hit the floor once more.

"Don't you dare utter that disgusting name in my presence," Akito snarled.

Tohru shook her head once again at Hatori and the others, as they made to help her again; they complied and sat back down on her knees.

Tohru then sat back up, and continued from where she left off, she didn't push it by repeating her statement, along with Kyo's name, but she didn't rephrase herself either, she just continued from where she left off, "-true form, but I don't hate his true form either. I love Kyo-kun," Tohru was slapped once more, but she just continued, "I just wish that I could understand him better. I've always loved the cat from the zodiac, I've always wished that I had been a cat, like Kyo-kun."

Akito raised his hand to slap Tohru's already red cheek, but paused, "Really?"

Tohru gave Akito a puzzled look, and answered, "Yes, ever since my mom told me the story of the Chinese Zodiac I've loved the cat, and wanted to be it."

Akito smirked, and got to his feet, he walked to his bedroom door slid it open and spoke to someone in the hall.

"Bring the cat to me," Akito said, "He's probably out front, waiting for his dear Honda-san."

Tohru could hear a female voice say, "Yes, sir."

Akito then walked back inside the room, and stood before Tohru, eyes closed, smiling wickedly.

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Kyo lay on the roof of the wall that separated the Sohma estate from the rest of the world, when he heard a voice call to him.

"Somha-san, Akito-sama requests your presence," one of Akito's servants informed him; Kyo raised an eyebrow.

"Why the hell would he request my presence?" Kyo shouted at the women.

"He did not say," the women answered.

Kyo glared at her, and then jumped down to where the women stood.

The women turned and began to walk, "Follow me."

Kyo did, and she led him to Akito's bedroom door, she knocked and Akito voice came through it, "Yes?"

"The cat is here," the servant women informed Akito through the door.

"Let him in," Akito voice said, and the servant did, and Kyo walked in.

A/N - Hope you liked it! This is a story that I'll update by the number of reviews. I'm going to say ten for now, if the story grows really popular, I might change it. So, until ten reviews, see you!