Title: Without You

By: Author 888

Disclaimer: Fruits Basket does not belong to a human by the online screen name of Author 888.

Note: Book 3… Doesn't it seem like forever since it's started? Book 3 takes place about four months after book 2 ended, and it once again starts at a wedding. This time I would like to tell you the main characters are Kisa, Hiro, and that ebony-eyed woman.

Update: I have a new monitor!

Update: I have the sudden urge to write about a battle between Mother Theresa and Mother Goose.

Mother Goose: "Jack be nimble. Jack be quick. Jack be hit by this candlestick."

Mother Theresa: "I dodge your blow and teach you the way of God."

Mother Goose: "Little bird, little bird, fly away home. Your house is on fire and your children are burning."

Mother Theresa: "I've been a bad nun… a very bad nun. I've had many and many children. I've been horrible. Horrible… I say!"

Many times

They

Told us

That we wouldn't make it

Live your life

Without him

You don't have to take it

But they didn't know

We loved each other so

And that was enough

To keep us on the road

There were hard times

And there was pain

There was some good times, baby

And oh how it rained

We've learned to laugh

We learned to lie

We've learned to love

We've learned to try

Kisa sat alone against the wall of the ballroom. Most of the Sohmas and the few Hondas were dancing around the new bride and groom. She watched the happy couple smile and hoped Tohru's luck had turned around. After the incident with Yuki, Tohru's life was finally starting to pull back together. Now, there was the new incident…

Most of the couples were out dancing, enjoying each other's company. Why could she not have a good day also? Hiro could not make the wedding or the reception. He had a business meeting in Beijing with the Chinese division. Why had he stopped paying attention?

She felt starving again. The baby… All the other children were running around the room, playing. Tiburo was chasing Takasho, Ritsu and Mitsuru's child. How old is the child now…three? Yes, I believe he's three.

She noticed everybody returning to his or her seats and watched the room darken. A spotlight fell on Kyo and Tohru. It was time for the spotlight dance. The two stood close to each other, hands around each other's waist. The song started, and the dance flowed gracefully from the couple.

It ended and everybody joined the couple on the dance floor again. Why does he do this to me every time? He never is around when I need him to be. She looked up to see the bride walking to her.

"Kisa! There you are. You should be out having fun… or at least eating. You need food, don't you? I'll go get some." She turned around and took a step away.

"Stop! I'll go with you, Sissy."

"Okay!" She made her hand into a thumb up and began to run forward, soon tripping on her dress and falling forward. "Ouch!" She jumped back up, barely remaining standing as Kisa ran up to hug her.

"Are you okay, Sissy?" She let go, and Tohru finally got a chance to breathe.

"Yes, just fine." She heard Kisa's baby scream for food again. "Come on!"

They made their way through the buffet, filling the plate. Tohru looked Kisa straight in the eye, and she told her, "You can't leave here until you eat it all. You hear me."

"Yes, Sissy…" She returned to her seat, eyeing the overfilled plate. "I think Tohru's trying to make my baby fat." She took her first bite. "I don't think I can eat this all."

She continued to watch the dancers as they twirled around the ballroom floor, the formal clothing adding to the brilliance of the scene. It reminded her of her wedding, only a few short months ago. "Why?!" Tears fell from her eyes as she remembered how happy she was. Hiro was her's forever.

If that's true, then why does it not seem like it? He's never around, and when he is… She looked down at her plate to find it finished. Why? Why then does he just leave me alone!? Why does he- Why does he…

She threw her plate to the wooden floor, shattering the porcelain and sending shards all around. "I can't take it anymore!"

Tohru looked in her direction, watching the girl stand above the broken dinnerware. Blood trickled from the new cut on her left cheek, dripping from her chin down onto her black heels. Everything was silent, the shock of the moment still sinking into the brains of the guests.

"Isn't that girl usually quiet?"

"The mood swings are getting bad, huh?"

"Did she really do that?"

Kisa looked up to see all faces on her, and instantly, her face flushed a bright red. She ran towards the door and out to the Zen garden surrounding the building. "I can't believe I just did that!" Her hands were in her face, and she continued running. "I won't stop. I won't stop."

"She's changed…"

"To think she used to be so innocent and quiet."

"What happened?"

Tohru looked to Kyo, waiting for him to give her the signal. He nodded, freeing her to follow Kisa. She exited just in time to see Kisa disappear behind the nearby tree. "Kisa!" She continued to run, following Kisa around the tree and onto a bridge over a small creek.

Kisa stood on the edge, her arms wide open to embrace the end. She opened her eyes to see the creek below with just enough water to end it all. "Sleep embraces all who seek it, but it only stays for the weakest, such as me."

"Kisa! Kisa!" Tohru ran onto the bridge, stumbling over her dirty wedding gown. "Stop this! What are you doing out here? You need to go back in there and have fun."

Kisa put her arms down and looked over her shoulder, looking straight at Tohru. "Oh, Sissy, it's you." She looked down at her bloody palms. "I'm so stupid. I don't deserve to live."

Looking at Kisa, Tohru felt pity for the girl she knew. "Yes you do. You deserve to live more than any person I know."

"Not according to Hiro. He's changed, Tohru. He's not the man I married. He's not even the little pest he used to be to you…" She sat down, cleaning her hands on her dress. "I'm sorry, Sissy."

"It's not your fault…"

"It has to be, even if it makes no sense." She let a tear fall to her face.

"It'll get better. I promise it will… It has to." Tohru hugged the crying girl. It has to get better… for your sake, Kisa.

"That's what you said four months ago!" More tears fell from her face. "I can't take it anymore!"

"I won't let anything bad happen." Tohru looked down at the head buried in her soaked gown. "I promise…"

"Don't you remember? He… He… He hits me!"

Oh, marriage is hard

Oh, how we know

But we learned to pray

To the master we go

We go

There were hard times

There was pain

There were some good times, baby

But oh how it rained

It rained, it rained, it rained

I am sorry

Oh-oh

We've learned to say

Please forgive me

That's what's

Kept us together

Today

Oh-oh

That's what's

Kept us

Together today

Note: Well, book three has now officially started to sadness. Why is it that the Sohmas can't have a good relationship? What could this mean for Kisa and they baby? Will something worse happen? Can you believe I'm this evil? Anyway, I do hope that I can update faster during Spring Break (this week) so look for updates during this whole time.