Hey all! It's me again. I should be getting third chapters on my other fanfics out sometime soon—that is, if things go as planned…--'
Well, here's another Fruits Basket one!
NOTE:: I don't do disclaimers because everyone should know that I don't own the friggen' thing cause if I did, things would have turned out a lot different…
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Chapter 1: The Incident
"New school tomorrow, don't forget!" Jenny exclaimed as she ran down the hall, he long red hair flying behind her. Her bright green eyes shone with excitement as she burst into her friend's room.
"I know Jenny. Man, what a way to wake up. What time is it anyway?" This was Max, Jenny's best friend. She had a tired look on her face and her shoulder length brown hair knotted in some places. She slowly turned her head to look at the clock. Life suddenly sprang into her as she turned on Jenny. "You woke me up at 5:30 in the morning for nothing! What would possess you to do something like that!" she yelled. Her red eyes seemed to be filled with anger, but as quickly as it came, it left.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry!" Jenny cried. "I was just so excited I couldn't contain myself. You can go back to bed if you want," she said walking away.
"Nah, I don't think I could go back to sleep if I tried. Besides, I'm already up anyway," Max decided. She walked out of the room following Jenny to the kitchen. They sat down at the table after getting some coffee.
"Ya' know, we probably shouldn't be drinking this stuff so early," Jenny said.
"Come on, Jen! Coffee's not gonna hurt ya'!" Max took a sip of her coffee. "Besides, ain't nothin' wrong with tryin' to wake up right?" she took another sip, "Ahh, caffeine is good for the soul!" she said as she closed her eyes smiling. She leaned back in her chair and put her feet up on the table. All this caused Jenny to laugh. Max opened an eye and looked at her, "What's so funny?"
"You are! Geez, you can act so stupid sometimes," she said smiling, "but that's okay."
"Well thank you very much, Jen. I'm glad I have your approval," Max said finishing of her coffee and putting her cup in the sink. She then looked at Jenny, suddenly serious, "I still don't understand, though."
"Understand what?"
"Why would you come here?" Max replied, "Why, after leaving your family would you come all the way over here?"
"Well, where else would I have gone? Plus, you're my best friend why wouldn't I come here?"
"I don't know, Jen. I guess I'm still confused as to why you left them in the first place."
"Max, you know I can't stand them! Why wouldn't I leave? All they ever do is yell at me and give me crap about everything I do!"
"Look, it's alright. Calm down."
"I can't just calm down!" Jen yelled as the room began to feel cold. "Why can't they understand that it's just the way I am? This is who I am!" Things got colder.
"Jen! Jenny stop it!" Max ran over to try and get her to calm down. The room felt frigid Max began to warm herself by spreading heat throughout her body. She wrapped her arms around Jen in a comforting hug, remembering that it was her who caused her to act this way. "It's gonna be alright, Jen. Everything's gonna be fine. I promise." Things slowly began going back to normal. Jenny hugged Max as well.
"I'm sorry, Max. I guess I just overreacted again."
"Hey, it's okay! I should be sorry anyway, I brought it up. At any rate, it's much better than me overreacting, right?" Max said smiling.
"Yeah, you probably would have burned the place down!" Jenny laughed as she said this, causing Max to smile even more. She hated seeing people upset, especially her friends. "Let's go!"
"Huh?" Max had jumped back, surprised and confused by her friend's sudden outburst. "Go where?"
"To the mall, silly! Where else would we go, come on!" she grabbed Max and dragged her down the hall, throwing her into her room.
"Thanks for saving me the trip, I guess."
"No problemo!" Jenny said slamming Max's door, smacking her in the back of the head with it.
"Damn it!" Max yelled. She heard Jenny's door slam down the hall and slowly began to get up. "This is going to be a long day."
At the mall
"C'mon, c'mon!" Jenny was saying as she dragged Max through the doors.
"Jesus, you're hyper today! Maybe I shouldn't have given you that coffee…" Max wondered. "Hey check it out! Riley, over here!" Max and Jenny ran over to their friend.
"Hiya, hiya, hiya!" Jen exclaimed in Riley's face.
"What the hell!" Riley said looking shocked to see Jenny in this state so early.
"That's what I said, but it didn't help much." I think giving her coffee was a bad idea. I mean, she was already crazy to began with sigh I just had to make it worse, didn't I? Great job Max." she told herself with sarcasm and explaining the situation to Riley.
"Yeah, well, I can't believe you gave her any kind of stimulant to begin with. She doesn't need it. You don't either." Riley pointed out.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. But she didn't do this last time! And besides, I'll admit I'm hyper myself sometimes, but in the mornings I can be pretty bitchy without my coffee." Max defended.
"Whatever. Nice clothes by the way. Did you get them here?" he asked.
"Thanks and yes these clothes were bought from here." Max answered back. He was referring to her dark green pull over that had a monkey patch sewn on the front and her baggy blue jeans that were obviously too big on her and made her look as if she had gotten dressed in the dark. "I thought the bright yellow flip-flops would add a nice touch. What do you think, Ri?"
"I think you're a retard and that outfit makes it look like the shopping here is shitty, which it most definitely isn't."
"Oh, that was harsh. Especially considering that these are David's clothes."
"Ha ha! Would you like some calamine lotion for that burn, Ri?" Jenny teased, finally joining the conversation from her previous spinning.
"No thank you and how did you get his clothes?" Riley demanded.
"Hey, cool it, dude. I just asked to borrow them when I was being klutzy and fell in the mud last week." Max once again defended.
"Oh, okay."
"What the hell are you so worried about anyway? I mean, the dude's gay and he's your boyfriend." Max pointed out.
"Oh, guys! Let's go there!" Jenny was pointing them to a store that was selling all kinds of clothes and accessories—on sale.
"Well, I guess David's gift could wait a little bit." Riley concluded.
Hours Later
"That was so much fun! We should do it again sometime." Jenny said having calmed down from her caffeine overdose earlier.
"Yeah, when's the next sale?" Max asked. They all laughed.
"Well, I was able to buy clothes and a birthday present for David." Riley said proudly.
"Well, we got him presents about a week or so ago." Max stated.
"Yeah, yeah. When you have a boyfriend then we'll see how easy it is for you to shop for him." Riley then informed, "You'd be surprised at how difficult it can be."
"I know what you mean. I had a boyfriend once." Jenny concurred. "And don't you say a word Max because you know you've never had a boyfriend before."
"Oh hush up!" Max exclaimed. "I'm perfectly fine the way I am! I don't need a—!"
"Max are you okay?!" Jenny and Riley said together as went over to their fallen friend.
"Yeah, I think so. What did I hit?" she asked.
"Watch where you're going next time!" they heard a boy yell. They looked up and noticed a boy on the ground across from Max. He had orange colored hair and burning red eyes that were darker that Max's.
"Here." Max said getting up. She stuck out her hand to him, but he just shoved it away, shoving her with it. "Hey, rude much!"
"Whatever, I don't need your help—what the?!" The orange haired boy was in the wall and Max looked pretty upset. She also had some scratch marks on her leg that were bleeding. It seemed the boy had inadvertently scratched Max's leg when shoving her hand away.
"Gosh you're rude! What the hell's wrong with you, I was just trying to help!" Max yelled and ran off without another word. Riley and Jenny were right behind her and the orange haired boy was left behind staring after them.
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"Hello Kyo! Have fun on your little walk?" Shigure asked as Kyo walked through the door.
"Huh? Oh, yeah sure," he said as he walked down the hall toward the kitchen. He reached in the refrigerator to drink some milk, only to find there was none. "Damnit!" he yelled, slamming the refrigerator door. At that, Yuki came into the kitchen.
"What is it now, stupid cat?!" a seemingly pissed off Yuki asked Kyo.
"All the milk's gone!" Kyo yelled again.
"Then go out and buy some more. Tohru's at a friend's house for the night." Yuki informed the overheated cat before he could ask. Plus, it would mean more quiet time for him if he went out again.
"Fine then! I'll go get it myself." Kyo gave in and walked past Shigure and out the door again all the while mumbling under his breath.
Not too Far Away
"Man, how rude can you get!" a pissed off Max yelled as she paced back and forth.
"Hey, quiet down will ya?!" Riley asked of his friend in a loud whisper. "We'll get yelled at again."
"Yeah, and besides, you're one to talk. You can be pretty rude yourself ya know." Jenny pointed out.
Max stopped her pacing and sat down (they were outside of the store sitting on those kiddy machines that you put quarters in, I love those things-). "Yeah, but, do I go off and scratch someone like that! Look at this," she showed them her leg which had stopped bleeding, but still had the dried blood from earlier. She tried touching it, "That hurt a little bit. Maybe I'll go in the store real quick and get something for it." She got up and began walking toward the entrance of the store.
"Guess we'll wait out here." Jenny said to Riley as she turned the other way. "Uh-oh," Jenny whispered, but Riley heard her.
"Huh? What?" he asked her. Jenny pointed to a figure walking up the way. It was the orange-haired boy from before. "Oh snap! Uh, Max let's go around the corner and get a drink real quick."
"Why? I ain't thirsty. Besides, I need to get something for my leg remember?"
"Can't you just walk with me, please?"
"Fine, whatever. Let's go."
"Well, that was close." Jenny sighed as her friends walked off. At that moment the orange-haired boy walked past her and into the store. She didn't even notice him glance her way.
With the Other Two
"Thanks for walking with me, Max." Riley latched himself onto her arm when he said this.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." She replied.
With Kyo
Wasn't that one of those girl's from earlier? he thought. He shuddered at the thought of that girl that pushed him. "Damnit! Just wait until I see her again!" he snapped angrily earning a few sideways glances from other customers in the store.
He continued walking up and down aisles looking for the milk. "Ha! Found it!" he cried. He grabbed the milk, went to pay for it, and left.
What? Why is she still here? Is she waiting for someone? He glanced over at her one more time before walking on. And why the hell is she sitting on those things? Little kids ride those. he sighed and walked home.
Back with the Others
"Hey, you're back!" Jenny called to her returning friends.
"Yup, look what we got!" Riley yelled back as he held a canned drink in the air. Jenny noticed Max had a drink too.
"Hey Max, I thought you said you weren't thirsty?" Jenny asked eying Max's drink.
"Well, you know I can't resist temptation," Max stated. "If you're so upset, then here," she tossed her a can filled with soda, "I got one for you, too."
"Thanks!" Jenny exclaimed. However, she failed to notice the sideways glances Riley and Max gave each other. None the less, she opened the can and as soon as she did, fizz came flying out all over her. "Oh my God!" she screamed. "Max, you're dead!"
"AHHHHHH!" Max screamed as she ran from Jenny. Riley began laughing his ass off as they ran around him.
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Soon, however, they grew tired of the chase that no one was winning and began on their walk home.
"Oh, man. I feel…so sick right now," Jenny was out of breath from chasing Max everywhere.
"You fell sick! What…about me! I actually…drank…my soda!" Max retorted also out of breath, but full of soda as well. "Yes, home." She said as she began walking up the steps to her house. Turning to say goodbye to her friends, she came face to face with Jenny. "What the--?!" she exclaimed jumping back, "Where the hell are you going?" she questioned her friend.
"Umm…inside?" Jenny said.
"With me?"
"Yeah."
"Uh, why?"
"Maybe because I live here now. Remember?" Jenny said, finishing off her statement by thumping Max over the head.
"Ow! Huh? Oh yeah!" Max said all at once.
"I'm tellin' you, you should have been born blonde," Riley said to Max as he walked of to his house laughing.
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Okay, that was the first chapter ya'll! I hope you thought it was alright. I wasn't gonna do anything with it at first but I decided after I wrote another chapter, that it wasn't so bad! -