I am a humungous fan of Fruits Basket. I have read the manga, time and time again, and cannot get enough of it. But I am also a tremendous supporter of Yuki and Tohru. When I read the manga from the beginning, I had always thought that Yuki would end up with Tohru, but suddenly Kyo ended up with her, and Yuki had some girl from the student council, named Machi. I don't hate Machi in any way, but I honestly think that the best for Yuki is Tohru. So this story is definitely one filled with spoilers, taking place after Volume 21, but with a twist, biased towards Yuki.

Tohru lay down on the hospital bed, unconscious, her pulse was returning to normal and the doctors had predicted that following the proper treatment she would be just fine. Just fine? That was an understatement.

Meanwhile at school, Yuki was leaning against the wall in the hallway, next to Haru. He watched Uotani Arisa and Hanajima cornering Kyo, preparing for his murder.

"Did you hear, Arisa? He says he's going to visit. How sweet!" Hanajima, giggled darkly.

"Hanjima, that just makes us feel warm inside doesn't it?" Arisa said, smiling.

"I almost fell in love with him just now. Oh no!" Hanajima mocked. Arisa cackled.

Kyo looked down, ashamed. "Look, if you guys want to say something - " Kyo started.

"WHAT KIND OF DELUSION IS THAT?! SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO VISIT WITH THAT GUILTY FACE OF YOURS?!" Arisa screamed. Her eyes glimmered dangerously, her fists clenched ready to beat him up. Arisa turned to Hanajima. "Bring me the yari (a long traditional Japanese sword)!"

Kyo sighed. How long was he going to endure this treatment? He felt guilty enough.

Hanajima just smiled, her black nails held her chin, thinking. "No, not the yari." She dropped her hands and glared icily at Kyo. "A yari would leave evidence." Kyo felt chills running down his spine. He regretted rejecting her already.

"How could you understand?! You called her delusional!" Arisa spat.

Yuki eyed the whole scene calmly, but inside he was boiling with anger. Once again, Kyo had it all. He had friends, had a loving father-figure and the worst and best of all he had Tohru's love. After all these years, being cloaked in darkness with no hope of escape, he found someone who was willing to extend a hand to him. Tohru Honda was his savior. Her voice, her eyes, her long auburn hair, her soft hands and the most enticing of all, that captured his heart, his soul, stole his breath away was her smile. He lived on that smile. Ever since he met her, he woke up every morning yearning to see that smile. He skipped home daily after his student council meetings, looking forward to those smiles. It lifted his heart, his spirits and just for a brief second where she smiled at him, his whole world seemed like a brighter place, void of hate and rejection. He was delusional, he knew, but he couldn't let go of these thoughts that plagued his mind when he saw that smile. Her smile. Her pure, gentle smile.

But those smiles could have never been for him. He could never receive the beauty of it as Kyo had. Because when she smiled at Kyo, there was something more to those smiles. It was love. And oh! How he wished he could see the same smile being directed towards him. But no, she loved Kyo. The cursed cat. She loved the damned Kyo. And yet, as he watched from his bedroom that rainy morning, Yuki watched Kyo reject her. That ungrateful bastard! He pushed away her love and her smiles.

His insides boiled with anger and spite towards Kyo more than ever before, more than when he had met him.

"WE BAN YOU FROM VISITING TOHRU!" Arisa cried.

Hanajima softened her gaze as she looked at Kyo. "Tohru doesn't blame you."

Kyo turned away guiltily.

"Do you think she's asking for an apology?"

Yuki knew Tohru's forgiving nature, loved it, adored it, but at the moment he almost hated it. She would forgive Kyo's actions towards her, his cruel words and let it go.

Haru looked at Yuki who seemed to be lost in thought. "Kyo isn't going to visit the hospital then, just because Arisa and Hanajima banned him?"

Yuki got up and began to leave. "It seems so." Yuki left irritated.

"He's an idiot."

Yuki glanced at Kyo, who was looking down on the floor, his eyes deep with regret. "I know," he muttered under his breath.

Yuki entered the student council meeting room. He was tired, exhausted from all the excitement and anxiety that had took place in his backyard for the past few days. He was tired of the rejected that never took place, but knew was there before it happened. His ability to love was almost lost until she came, but Tohru had chosen another, in the end not returning his.

He sat at a desk and lay his head down, looking at the clear blue sky hovering above outside. The tender summer breeze played with his hair, as he slowly closed his eyes. His troubling muse He was grudgingly brought him to Dream Land, and he was lost.

(flashback)

"You don't know anything! You don't know what I've done!" Kyo yelled at Tohru. The rain started to pick up and it was now beating heavily down on them.

Kyo shot Tohru a venomous look, leaving her frozen and cold. Then his look softened and looked away. "She shouldn't have died."

Tohru looked at Kyo quizzically. "What – "

"The truth is, I knew your mother. I know your mother. I saw her that day. I was there on the day of the accident. I immediately recognized her from the past. I knew her when I was younger. I saw car coming at fast speed. I thought that if I reached out to her in time, I could have saved her. But then I stopped."

Tohru drew a sharp intake of breath. Her soaking wet clothes were ignored.

"But I didn't. I only had to take her arm, and it would have saved her life." Kyo clenched his fists. "But I didn't! I was afraid that if I grabbed her, I would have turned into a cat and everyone would have thought me as a monster. And everyone would have known that I was not… human."

Tohru's eyes were brimming with tears. She had spent days, weeks reliving the horrible ordeal of her mother's death on what had really happened, speculating, wondering, but now that it hit her, she felt frozen, unsure of what to do. She wanted to say something, words of comfort for in her heart she had a new special "someone". Her most precious person was someone else. She was sad, not for her mother, but for the sad person that stood before her, trembling as he told this story.

"I let her die," Kyo finished, bowing his head. "I felt as if I was worth more than your mother's life. What is wrong with me?! I chose myself over a life!"

Tohru just stood there, listening to Kyo's confession. So patiently listening. Like she always did.

"I killed her."

I am still contemplating on where this story is heading, but I do have an idea for an ending. It's the best one. Yuki ends up with Tohru! But it doesn't mean that I love rivals. Momiji is one. I was thinking of Hatori as one since Tohru reminds Hatori so much of Kana, but I'm not sure how that is going to end up. So... work in progress. I welcome any suggestion to improve the story-line. I think I'd need it.