Prologue

Note: This story comes after the Anime with no reference to the manga whatsoever (except maybe some outside info such as how Kyo knew Kyoko.) This is because I haven't read any of the manga outside of the first volume. Also, I don't mind doing this to Akito because the Akito in the anime is not the real Akito. The real Akito (from the manga) is a girl. Finally, this is my first story so I am soooo sorry about anything I do.

Background Information

Tohru Honda is just your average high school girl until her mother (Kyoko Honda) dies as the result of a car accident. She goes to live with her grandpa. Almost one year later, her grandpa tells her that her aunt and cousins will be moving in with them and he's getting some renovations done. He asks her if she has a place to stay and she lies and says yes. She begins to stay in a tent on what she thinks is nobody's land in the middle of the forest because she couldn't ask her friends Arisa Uotoni (Uo) or HanaJima (Hana) to stay with them as she did not want to inconvenience them. One day she is walking to school when she spies some rocks painted like the animals of the Chinese zodiac. Then she discovers that the house and property belong to the family of "Prince" Yuki Sohma. (The students call Yuki "Prince" because they think he looks and acts like the ideal prince should.) She meets Shigure for the first time. Later on she comes out of her tent to find Shigure and Yuki staring at her. A landslide covers her tent and it is revealed that she is sick. Later on she agrees to live with the Shigure and Yuki and in exchange she will do the cooking and housework. Kyo comes crashing in and she accidentally hugs him and finds out about the Zodiac Curse. The curse relates to the legend of the Chinese Zodiac and it is that if a Sohma who is a member of the zodiac is hugged by a member of the opposite sex who is not a member of the zodiac or their bodies are put under a-lot of stress they transform into an animal of the Chinese zodiac. The legend goes like this...

One day God invited the animals to a banquet that was to be held the next day. The rat told the cat that the banquet was the day after the next day and tricked the cat. The next night, the rat rode on the back of the ox to the banquet and the animals became the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, all except for the cat who slept, oblivious, dreaming of a feast he would never get to attend.

Here is a brief overview of the characters...

Hatsuharu (ox) (Haru)-Has a split personality. Black and White Haru. Black Haru is a pervert and has an attitude problem. White Haru is nicer and is easy to get along with. Has a terrible sense of direction and meets Tohru one day when he came to fight Kyo.

Momiji (Rabbit)-Mother chose to forget he is her son and had her memory erased of him. Her words: "The only regret I have is that that thing came out of my body." He has a sister but he can't be with his family and he says that he wants to live with all of his memories now matter how painful they are. Even so, he is sill cheerful.

Hatori (dragon)-When he transforms he turns into a seahorse. Loved a woman named Kana but was forced to erase her memory when she became depressed because Akito hurt Hatori. Akito hurt Hatori when he found out that he wanted to marry Kana. Because of this, Hatori is nearly blind in his right eye (I think it's his right.)

Kisa (tiger)-Kisa is a little girl (just started middle school) and calls Tohru sissy. Tohru helped her when she was being bullied in school because of her hair and eye colors.

Kagura (boar)-In love with Kyo, tends to show her affection through violent actions.

Ayame (snake)-Yuki's (much) older brother. He designs clothes "to fulfill men's fantasies." He also sells cloth and such. He hates the fact that there is a gap between Yuki and him.

Hiro (sheep)-Boy Kisa's age who loves Kisa. He doesn't like Tohru because of the bond she shares with Kisa. Tried to avoid Kisa to help her after Akito hit Kisa when he found out about Hiro's feelings for her.

Ritsu (monkey)-Son of the hot springs lady and is always apologizing with a-lot of feeling. He has an incredibly low self-esteem and no confidence. Was mistook for a girl by Tohru at first because he often dresses like a girl to make himself feel better.

Shigure (dog)-Shigure is old best friends with Hatori (Hari) and Ayame (Aya). He is a bit of a perv and has a laid-back childish attitude. He is also very immature for his age and is a novelist. He enjoys taunting the lady from the publishing company.

Yuki (rat)- Known at school as Prince and has his won fan club (run by Mokoto). Popular among all and student body president. Everyone admires him even though few really know the real him. Pretty much hates Kyo and Ayame.

Kyo (cat)- Not technically a member of the zodiac (just like the legend). He has a whole other form (true form of the cat) and his bracelet keeps it under control. He has a terrible temper and fights with basically everybody (especially Yuki becuase Kyo hate Yuki). Nobody except for Tohru and his sensei (don't know his name, forgive me, will find out later) really accepts him for who he is. They all just see the cat. Always fights with Yuki and looses. Akito told him if he beat Yuki he could become a member of the zodiac.

Arisa Uotoni (Uo)- former Yankee and one of Tohru's oldest friends. Fights with Kyo a-lot and knew Kyoko. She doesn't let anyone give her or her friends any crap.

HanaJima (Hana)-A psychic (has to do with electrical waves) who is Tohru's other old friend. Did not know Kyoko. Wears black whenever possible. Protective of her friends.

Tohru Honda- Innocent and naive. Always thinks about everyone else before herself. Spacey all of the time and tries really hard in school for her mother.

Akito-the head of the Sohma household. He bears the full weight of the curse and it is slowly killing him.

The anime ends with Tohru finding out about Kyo's true form. She helps and accepts him anyway and then Akito tells her that they didn't even ask him if he wanted to die and tells Hatori to erase her memory but the shocked Hatori doesn't act. Akito then softens up a little to Tohru because she said it wasn't fair he had to fact this and that she couldn't even begin to understand his pain. Akito used to beat (maybe still does) Yuki. He also told Tohru at one point that he would make her regret ever being involved wit the Sohma's.

Afterward (My creation starts here)

Akito realizes he has feelings for Tohru and calls Tohru in to see him. Tohru is at home when she learns Akito wants to see her right away. Story starts here...

Enjoy!

Note: If you have any urge to know what the character's look like or wish to learn more about them then you can google them or something... Also, all of my stories have at least one song that goes with them. This story's songs are Face Down by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, All These Things I Hate (revolve around me) by Bullet for my Valentine and Imaginary by Evanescence.