AUTHOR'S NOTE: No I don't own Fruits Basket or any of the characters contained therein and this fiction has been written soley for entertainment purpose I neither expect nor will I accept any money for this particular work.

Now that the disclaimer's taken care of, I'll tell you a little about this story. It takes place just before Episode 24 of the animé series and lasts through 25 and 26 then proceeds even further into the future. I've only read the first 3 mangas (as they are the only ones available right now I can get my hands on) and what I write is based purely on speculation (unless covered by the manga and/or animé). In general I prefer Japanese over anything else in my stories, but I like the "Three Musketeers" (the English summation of Shigure, Ayame, and Hatori) better than the term they used in the Japanese version, beyond that everything else is based on the Japanese version I watched.

As you may or may not have guessed the character introduced in this story is a fan character I've created for the story for various reasons. Her name is Sakura Alexander and more of her story will be revealed as it continues on.

Anyway, that's enough from me. On to the story!

When Spring Comes

…Remember Me

Prologue: The "Fourth Musketeer"

Tohru Honda sneezed as dust rose from the pile of boxes she'd pulled down out of the closet in the study to go through, causing her to lose her grip on the box she was holding in the process. Her cheeks went red as she immediately dropped to her knees and began scrambling to put the contents back inside. "Tohru-kun, what was that?"

Shigure Sohma appeared in the doorway and Tohru turned wide green eyes towards him. "I am so sorry, I accidentally dropped one of your boxes!"

"Tohru, Tohru, don't worry about stuff like that," he said reassuringly and came further into the room. "Well, fancy that…I thought I'd lost those a long time ago."

"Shigure-san?" Tohru asked in confusion as he knelt down beside her.

He picked up one of the books and blew lightly over it sending both of them into a choking fit. He opened the book and Tohru peered at it and her eyes widened. "If it isn't prying too much, may I ask who she is?"

"That, Tohru-kun, was the 'Fourth' Musketeer."

Tohru stared in awe at the picture. Three familiar faces gazed out at her from it, but in the center was a young girl that hadn't been present in any of the other photo albums Shigure and Ayame had shown to her. "Where is she now?" Tohru asked.

"Life blows us in a thousand directions, where her life took her, I cannot say," Shigure said expansively and for a moment he became serious, "but I hope one day it might blow her back our way. Well, qué sera sera, let's get this old stuff put away."