Kon'nichiwa kids! I'm Keiti-San, and I do loves me some Fruits Basket!
Seeing as how this is the first chapter, I should give some info...
Yuki: Just get on with it Keiti-chan, please.
Hatsuharu: Yeah, we all can't wait for our lovely scenes, right?
Me: Guys, shuddup. I'm getting there. Anyway, I'm Keiti, I don't own Fruits Basket or anyone in it other than Keiti and the occasional OC...
Enjoy!
"Ōpunmaindo to ōpun tamashī wa, wareware wa subete no sekai o issho ni sakusei shimasu. "
Open mind and open soul, we all together create the world.
Kon'nitchiwa, my name is Keiti. I'm honest, and hopeful, and most of all, important to the storyline of my story. I'm the main character, actually, of the Keiti Chronicles. My full name, Keiti Fōsu, is simply...me. I look like a Keiti, with light brown hair, almond shaped eyes, and a porcelain skin tone. I act like a Keiti with my abrasive personality, that has kind undertones.
I live in a simple neighborhood. It's much more of a city than most old-fashioned Japanese towns, but it still is authentically Japanese. Small, decorative houses line the cobblestone street, leaving a few particular places out for parks and the likes. With two small shops, one a grocers, one a clothing shop, we never really need to leave town for much of anything, other than furniture and the occasional person who needs glasses... other than that, that was a simple thirty minute drive to the next town. It was quiet, and quaint, and there was a small gas station on the outskirts that still had workers pump the gas for the people who pulled in. In America, this town would be called a hick-town, in Japan, we call it simplistic and rural.
The school itself was small. Compared to any regular public school, we were miniscule, barely a speck of dirt on their huge gym floors. But to us kids, it was regular. Another current event in our lives. Not only were the class sizes smaller, but we also only had two classes per grade, which is two less than most schools, so it was much simpler for our classes to do things together. All three school, the elementary school, the middle school, and the high school were separated by a road. The high school wasn't mandatory, but most of us chose to go to it anyway, to get the best education we could get in the town. I myself never really enjoyed school, but I went to it to be able to, well, honestly... get the best education I could afford. It was free (thankfully) and we always made sure that it was going to be. My parents were on the board of education, and were in full support of my attraction to knowledge.
"Get up! Get up; Gettup!" My mother yelled into the stairwell, the reverberations carrying into my bedroom. I had the only room on the second floor, and it was a large bedroom. It had it's own bath and everything, and it was the most modern house in our town. Thankfully I was able to convince my friends that it suited my families needs perfectly, with how I had two younger brothers, Kaen and Micha. They had a large basement with three rooms to themselves, and had had that room since we got the house, so my parents found it to be in the right for me to get my own room as well, one separated from the family. I was very appreciative for that. Sighing and rolling over in my bed, the sheet drifted off from my body and onto the mats. I sat up, stretching out my thin arms.
"I'm up! Thank you!" I yelled back down, standing up in my slippers. Getting ready for school took about a half an hour, and I don't want to delve into those details. I got out of the shower and dressed in my schools uniform, quickly brushing my hair and pulling it into a ponytail, doing nothing in the area of makeup. I was very pretty without it, and have been told that by everyone since I was younger really kind of bashed that into my brain. And off I went, down the stairs, still in my slippers, to my first day at a newer school. The school last year burnt down, and all the students who went there had to go to the school in the big town beside us, called Kurisutaruu. It was a normal high school, a bit bigger than the one that burned down in our town. As soon as I hit the floor, I ran to the door, sliding on my shoes quickly, trying to rush to meet the bus that greeted me down on the road. It had a five minute waiting policy, and my mom said that it had been sitting there for at least three. After slipping on my shoes, I ran outside, reaching the bus in four minutes. The driver greeted me pleasantly, and pointed to a seat near the back. It was one of the only empty ones, and in it sat a Grey/White haired boy. His eyes seemed violet in the early sunlight, and his body was petite. The only way I could tell his gender was the fact that he was as flat chested as a board. Sighing, I nodded, stepping quickly back to where he was, seating myself quietly next to him. Before even greeting me or doing any motion of greeting, he slid the half an inch of room he had on the other side of him, pressing himself up against the wall. I'd never seen him before, so I figured he had originally gone to the school. I was one of the two hundred new kids in his school. Hoping to break ice, I spoke, cautiously, but soundly:
"Hello... Uh, My name is Keiti." He looked over at me as though I was insane. Then with a willing sigh, he spoke, almost like he was biting down on my arm:
"Hello. I'm Yuki. I assume you're one of the new kids to Kurisutaruu?" I nodded, unsure of what to say with the ice that he had blatantly thrown into his voice. As intriguing as it was to listen to what he had to say, I sighed and turned away. There was obviously no friendly actions behind his words, so I decided to be rude back, it was the least he deserved.
Once the bus pulled itself up to the front sidewalk of Kurisutaruu, I scrambled out, my book bag secure on my shoulder. I didn't want to be near that cold Yuki character again, it made my head numb. So, with a sigh, I slowly walked towards the front door. It was a one story school, like mine, but it was larger, and had a gym that could eat three of my towns gyms for breakfast. Blinking, I walked in; unsure of what to do.
Me: Now, that wasn't so bad, was it? I thought it was cute! So, Arrigato for now, and enjoy this chapter. I'll work on getting one up as soon as possible! See you all soon!