Friends of a Rice Ball

DG32173 & Aniasin

Sarah: well, here's a little Fruits Basket fanfic I'm making with my niece. Please enjoy. We don't own Fruits Basket, but we do own Sari and Casey Hinori and this story. So please don't steal.

Aniasin: Howdy, I'm the niece Sarah's talking about here. That is not my real name. It's my pen name just to clear that up. Please don't steal. That'd make me sad…very sad.

!!WARNINGS!!

Lots of cursing, plenty of funny moments, and … um … I think that's it for now.

SUMMARY

A story about a Rice Ball and her friends. Kyo/Tohru, Yuki/Sari, Shigure/Casey

NOTE
(Authors note)
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Scene change
POV change
Memory
Scene change in memory

DESCRIPTIONS

Sari
Name: Sari Hinori
Age: 16 same as Kyo, Tohru, and Yuki
Height: 5'6"
Eye Color: metallic blue
Hair Color: snow white
Hair Style: straight usually kept in a French Braid
Hair Length: waist
Status: psychic, Casey's little sister

Casey
Name: Cassandra Hinori
Age: 17
Height: 5'3"
Eye Color: reddish-green
Hair Color: four-colors Red, Blonde, Black, Brown
Hair Style: wavy usually kept in a pony tail
Hair length: shoulder blades
Status: shape-shifter, Sari's older sister

Chapter 1

Sari and Casey

"UGH! DAMNED SHIGURE!" Kyo yells as he, Yuki, and Tohru run across Sohma land at top speed. "WHY THE HELL DID HE GO AND DO THAT?!"

In case you're wondering, Shigure had decided to play a prank on the three students by setting their alarms back by half an hour. And now they are really late. It takes about thirty minutes for them to walk to school from Shigure's house, and they usually get there with fifteen minutes to spare. Unfortunately, today they have only thirty minutes before school starts and they had just set off.

Suddenly, Tohru runs straight into a girl with long white hair wearing a boys' school uniform, knocking them both to the ground. "Dammit! Watch where the hell you're … TOHRU?! HONDA TOHRU?!" the girl starts, ending in a yelp.

"Huh?" Tohru asks, looking up at the girl in shock.

"IT IS YOU!" the girl screeches, tackling Tohru in a tight hug.

"SARI?! HINORI SARI?!" Tohru yelps in surprise, returning the hug.

Suddenly, another girl comes running up. This girl has multi-colored hair up in a ponytail and reddish green eyes. She, too, is wearing a boys' uniform. "Sari! We don't have time to go around hugging people! We're late as it is!" she yells at the white-haired girl.

"But Casey-nee-chan! It's To-chan!" Sari whines, pushing Tohru towards the shorter girl so as to prove it.

"Nice to meet you; but we'll get to introductions later. For now we're late!" Casey says. "We've only got twenty minutes until school starts!"

Sari yelps, grabs Tohru's wrist, and takes off down the road at top speed, Tohru flying behind her like a flag. "Uh…," Kyo says, wondering what the hell just happened.

"We'll talk later," Casey insists. "For now, I need to make sure my sister doesn't jerk Tohru-san's arm out of socket on accident." With that, she takes off at top speed after her sister and Tohru, the boys following right behind her.

At school

"IS EVERYONE TRYING TO BREAK THE RULES?!" a sharp male voice yells when the student president sees Casey and Sari Hinori walking through the school with Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru.

"Mah," Sari mutters, rubbing her head. "Shut up, bastard. You're giving me a headache."

"GIRLS SHOULD NOT BE WEARING THE BOYS' UNIFORM!" the guy (we've seriously forgotten his name) yells. Then he turns his full attention onto Casey. "AND YOU SHOULDN'T DYE YOUR HAIR SO ABSURDLY!"

Casey scowls. "This is natural," she growls as she glares at the boy. Who gave this idiot the right to boss people around? It was making her very angry.

"LIES!" he yells. "DYE YOUR HAIR BACK TO ITS NORMAL COLOR!"

Casey raises an eyebrow and is about to say something when Sari sighs and grabs the guy by his collar, bringing his face close to her pissed off one. "I see you've forgotten who I am, bastard," she snarls angrily. Casey chuckles inwardly. "And here I thought you'd never forget the name Hinori Sari after that beating I gave you seven years ago! And leave my sister alone, asshole, or you'll get a beating that'll make that one seem like a tap on the head."

The guy pales when Sari says her name. "S-S-S-S-S-SARI?!" he yelps, turning whiter than her hair. "You're back?!"

"Of course I'm back, bastard," Sari says mockingly. "Now get the hell outta my sight," she continues, releasing him. He runs away at top speed, as if she had sent a demon after him or something.

"About damn time." Casey growls angrily as she subconsciously twirls her hair around her finger. She was getting real ticked about people teasing her about her hair. Well, at least she had Sari.

"Damn, I've never seen anyone move that fast," Kyo murmurs.

"Mah, I had a record a kilometer long when I was younger. He's one of the kids I used to beat up regularly to vent frustration," Sari states, putting her arms behind her head and smiling wistfully as she thinks back on it. "Nobody ever messed with my friends and family and survived unscathed. It happened so often, even the cops were afraid of me. After all, a few of the people who messed with my friends were cops. They were so mean to Koko-chan, To-chan's mom. I mean, sure, Koko-chan was a gangster when she was our age, but that's no reason to be cruel to a woman who put every fiber of her being into raising a daughter alone after To-chan's dad died. So I decided to have a 'talk' with them one night … they left Koko-chan alone after that, as they should've in the beginning!"

"You're joking about the record, right?" Yuki asks uncertainly.

"Che, Sari doesn't joke about that sort of stuff," Casey says. "If anything, she's understating it. I'd thought it was over two kilometers long." She grins at the now dumbfounded boys. "You don't mess with Sari's friends and family without retribution. Hell, she even beat up some kids who were bullying me about my hair; they left me well enough alone after that. She is a black belt at every martial arts there is, after all."

"Every martial arts?" Kyo asks, blinking his eyes in wonder.

Sari smiles. "There might be a few overseas that I haven't found out about yet; but every martial arts I've heard of, I've become a black belt at it. And a champion lightweight boxer and wrestler to top it off," she says, closing her eyes merrily.

"Damn, you must be a good fighter," Kyo says.

"Of course I am," Sari confirms. "I'm even a jujutsu sensei at our family owned dojo. And I tutor in karate, wrestling, and boxing." Suddenly, she narrows her eyes at Kyo and Yuki, instantly putting them on high alert. Casey jerks her head towards the two to make sure they won't get killed. "I hear that To-chan is staying with you two and another relative of yours," she says softly. "Treat her well…," she continues at their nervous affirmatives. "Don't cause her any form of emotional pain, or the one who does will answer to me. That's your only warning; warn your relative as well. I'm sure that he has heard of Hinori Sari's reputation." Then she smiles brightly, closing her eyes. "I'll stop by sometime, just to check the place out. Don't worry about giving me directions; To-chan has already taken care of that."

"Hey, I'm coming too!" Casey protests loudly as she crosses her arms and gives Sari a playful glare. Sari nods in agreement.

Ding dong. Ding dong. Ding dong.

"Well, it seems we best get to class," Casey says, looking up at the ceiling. "See ya later, Sari," she says, turning and heading off for A-block.

"Bye Casey-nee-chan!" Sari calls happily. She then links arms with Tohru. "You said you're in Class 1-D, right?" she asks as they head for D-block. Tohru nods. She smiles brightly. "That's good; we'll be classmates again, just like in the old days!"

'Oh no…,' is the only thought going through Kyo's and Yuki's minds as they follow the girls.

Sarah: well, that's it for chapter 1. Hope you enjoyed! Chapter 2 will be up eventually, when we write it up.

Aniasin: YAY!! .