Summary: It's been 7 long years after Tohru went with her 'uncle.' Yuki has pretty much given up all hope of ever finding her again. Until he comes to an old run down neighborhood...Now that he has her, he has found that she isn't the same Tohru Honda he once knew and loved. He is going to stop at nothing to get the Tohru back.

Yuki walked through the town. It had been 7 long years since he had seen her. His hair looked the same, although a little longer. He still had violet eyes. But his eyes had become colder and harder ever since Tohru left. Although he was still goregeous, no one could think he was a girl anymore.

He stared down as he walked, not careing where he was going. He could remember the day so clearly...

It was dinner time at the Sohma's house. Everyone was very quiet for some reason. Then she said it.

"Um, my uncle came by the other day...he said I had to come live with him..." Tohru said meekly, looking up from her food.

Everyone was shocked. Especially Yuki.

"Well, he said he's my mother's brother and that my mother would have wanted me to live with him if anything happened to her..." Tohru explained, her voice growing softer with each word.

"W-We understand, Tohru." Shigure said. Although he wore a smile, you could tell he was hit hard.

Kyo's anger began to rise, but he just began to stuff food into his mouth.

Yuki just stared at her, as if not believeing what she had said.

Then she turned her back, and ran upstairs, muttering something about packing.

The next day, her uncle came to pick her up. Yuki hated him the moment he saw him. He went upstairs to get Tohru.

"Ms. Honda...your unc-" he began. He stopped when he saw Tohru sitting on the bed crying.

He hesitantly walked over to her. He sat down on the bed next to her.

"Ms. Honda..."

"I don't want to leave." was all he heard.

She looked into his eyes and he looked into hers. He ached so badly to embrace her and tell her everything was ok. He wanted some much to hold her in his arms. But he knew he couldn't. The second he hugged her, he would transform into a rat.

"But he said that's what my mother would want. So I have to go." she fineshed, makeing it final.

She could see the hurt in Yuki's eyes. See how forlorn he was.

She blushed and leaned over to kiss him on the cheek, her own cheeks burning.

Yuki began to blush as well, eyes wide with surprise.

Tohru took his wide eyed surprise as rejection and turned away, starting to get up. But he grabbed her arm, and made her sit back down. When she turned to see why he had grabbed her, she was engulfed into a kiss.

She kissed him back, eyes fluttering closed. She fell into his kiss, and his in to her's.

She opened her mouth to allow his tounge to enter. Their tounges entertwined, exploreing eachother's mouths.

They broke apart for air. Tohru blushed madly and looked down for an instant. She didn't want to keep her uncle waiting. She leaned over to Yuki, near his ear, and whispered three words.

Then she got up, said good-bye, and rushed downstairs with her bags.

Yuki was awe struck. He couldn't move. He basked in those three words. Those three magical words: I love you.

That had been the last time he had seen her. She didn't come to school and he never saw her anywhere else. The ice around his heart slowly began to engulf it once more. He clenched his fists, finnaly looking up. he stopped in his tracks when he saw where he was.

He had never been to this side of town. He couldn't beleive how disgusting it was! All the shudders on the houses were broken in some way, swinging freely. The paint was chipped off of the houses, garbage in the yards.

A few rats even stopped to look at him for a minute, before going on their way. He heard a crash and looked over to one of the worst houses. Windows were broken, some towels were placed over them, the door looked like it would fall off it's hinges, paint chipped off everywhere, and some shinkles were missing from the roof.

Then he heard yelling.

"You worthless girl! After everything I've done for you your still not grateful?" screamed a man.

"I never should have left them! Never should have left him!" Screamed back a girl's voice.

Another crash. Then what sounded like a 'slapping' noise.

A girl ran out of the house, tears in her eyes. She was dressed in rags, scars and bruises all over her legs and everywhere else, her hair in a tumble. But she had beautiful blue eyes. Her hair was a soft brown. Her face looked as though it had once smiled very often.

The girl ran right past him, not giveing him a glance. He watched as the girl ran, disbelevie and terror in his eyes.

"Tohru...?" he muttered.

He ran after the girl, followed her into an ally. He looked around for her, then saw her near the back, curled up in a ball. There were some blood splatters around her. He slowly walked up to the girl, not wanting to scare her.

"Tohru...?" he asked quietly.

The girl looked up with a start. She stared at the man. She rubed her eyes for better vision.

"Yuki..."

Yuki smiled at her, giveing her a small nod. His body just couldn't react. There she was. Sitting a few feet away. After all those years of searching...

"Yuki!" Tohru cried happily. She ran over to him, hugging him tightly.

POOF

A small white rat stared up at her.

Tohru put a hand to her mouth.

"It really is you..." she said in awe.

She picked him back up and hugged him gently, tears streaming down her grimy face.

After a few minutes...

POOF

Yuki blinked, blushing slightly. He had turned back. But he was confused. Tohru would usually start to yell and spaz out whenever they turned back. But her eyes were mere shadows of what they used to be.

She shook her head, trying to clear it, and turned her back. Yuki got dressed and took her hand.

"C'mon, you can stay with me for a while." he said gently.

Tohru smiled, more tears comeing down her face. As they walked, she leaned her head against his arm.

He heard her mutter, "I'm home."

Yay! First chapter done! Please read and reveiw! This is my second fic. ever! And my first Fruits Basket one. Next chapter will be ready soon!