As a disclaimer, I don't own any original Fruits Basket characters, only my OC's.

Also, as a little note, this happens after the end of the anime, with a bit of a twist to the end. For example, Tohru doesn't come back, and she has moved out of Shigure's house.

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Chapter One: Rescues and Confusions

A sleepy teenager slams her hand down onto her alarm clock. "Stupid alarm, stupid morning, stupid everything," She mumbles, as she sits up in bed. She's not a morning person. She slowly gets up, takes a quick shower, then puts on her training clothes. She then places her school uniform in her bag and heads out the door. Before leaving she takes a look in the mirror by the door and frowns at the image before her. Hikari Koboyashi looks at her reflection in disdain. Her long dark turquoise hair coming to her waist, now tied up by a single black ribbon, would usually frame her round, pale-skinned face. Her cerulean eyes have no shine in them as a normal 15 year old girl's would.

She then looks away and walks out the door, locking it behind her. 'No use looking at something that'll never change.' She reasons with herself as she walks to the elevator, playing with the pendant around her neck, as was her habit. Once she reached the exit of her apartment complex, Hikari takes off down the sidewalk for her usual morning jog. Her mind ponders on how her day will go and dreading the later meeting with a certain head of a certain family. She rolls her eyes at the thought. 'I wonder what he wants today...' She passes by parents saying goodbye to their children as they walk off to school, and her heart hurts slightly, the yearning for a family like that rearing its head again. She just pushes it back and continues to run.

After her run she walks to school, early as usual and uses the shower to get ready for the long day ahead of her. Once she's ready, she straightens her knee-length skirt and buttons up the shirt. She looks at her reflection again, her eyes still containing no shine. She walks out of the locker room and down the hallway, head down as usual. This causes her to bump into someone, and she falls to the ground.

"Ooof. Ouch..." She mumbles, looking up at whoever it was she bumped into. She stares into the eyes of the Prince of her high school, Yuki Sohma.

"Oh, Ms. Koboyashi, I'm dreadfully sorry. I should watch where I'm walking next time." He says smoothly, his usual keep-people-at-a-six-foot-distance attitude apparent. He reaches down and offers a hand. "Let me help you..." Hikari accepts the hand and straightens her skirt and shirt again, rubbing her backside slightly. "No, Sohma-kun, was my fault for looking down. My apologies." She nods her head slightly, then brushes past him, a light blush on her cheeks. 'Why didn't I feel anything when I bumped into him...' she wonders as she walks into her classroom. Little did she know that he was wondering along the same lines as her.

After she finishes this thought, however, she bumps into someone yet again, since she was looking at the floor, yet again, and also in deep thought. Before she falls, the person has her in his embrace.

"Hikari, babe, how nice it is to see and hold you again." Says a deep male voice, rather smugly. She looks up in horror and see her ex, Yukio Ichiro. Strangely enough, he was the only male that she could actually touch without feeling pain. This caused her not only to befriend him in junior high, but they had also fallen in love, or so she was meant to believe...

"Ichiro. Let me go." she says coldly, struggling in his grip. "Aw, now don't be that way. Last I recall, you were head-over-heels in love with me." He says, twirling a piece of her hair inbetween his fingers. "That was before. You've lost all trust, emotion, and passion I've EVER felt for you, Ichiro. Now, let. Me. Go." She states, struggling even more now.

Now, from what she had experienced, Yukio gets a nasty temper when he either doesn't get what he wants, or things don't go his way. He wasn't named Yukio, which means "gets what he wants" for no reason. This becomes apparent when he slams Hikari up against the wall. She trys not to wince, but it was hard, considering she had just fallen to the floor a while ago.

Suddenly, he leans in closely, and comes to where his lips are barely touching hers and whispers, "Listen up. I always get what I want. Right now, that'd be you, sweet-cheeks. So you are going to be cooperative. Besides, you know that I'm a whole lot stronger than you." She does't stand for this. She then yells, "I said, Let. Me. GO!" However, as she screams, he crushes his lips onto hers in order to silence her. She couldn't take this, the kiss was bringing back really bad memories and she could practically feel her pendant start to glow. Suddenly, someone taps Yukio on the shoulder. Yukio turns around to see a rather pissed off, but familiar looking red-head.

"You're god-forsaken fighting has woken me up, and besides, I believe that the lady said for you to let go. Now, in your best interests, I suggest you letting her go, before I'm forced to do something....drastic." the red-head says, balling his hand in a fist, his red eyes blazing. All this seems to do is amuse Yukio. With Hikari still in his arms, he turns to the red-head and smirks. He then says, "What is a guy like you gonna do, yell until I go deaf?"

In return, all this seems to do is piss the red-head off. "The name is Kyo, and I'm gonna do a lot more than just yell at you!" And before Hikari can blink, Yukio is on the ground, and since she was in Yukio's arms, and Kyo was right in front of them, I fall into Kyo's arms. She squeezes her eyes shut, preparing for the sharp, burning sensation, but it never comes. She opens her eyes slowly and look up with a shocked look, only meeting Kyo's own shocked face. What surprised her the most, however, was the sadness, rejection, and depression she saw in his eyes. Yukio then stirs, and and sees her in Kyo's arms. This pisses him off to no end.

"This isn't over, moron! I won't let anyone embarrass me like that in front of Hikari!" and with that he runs to boys restroom, nursing a bloody-nose. She is, however, still looking at Kyo in shock. Suddenly, a blush crawls over Kyo's cheeks and he shoves Hikari away from him, thus, causing her to fall to the floor, again.

'Damn. Twice in one day, and not the falling on the floor thing, either...' she thinks as she looks up at Kyo, a look of rejection fleeting across her face before forcing it away.

'What did I expect, no one loves the Cursed Angel.' she thinks dejectedly. Suddenly, a familiar hand is in front of her face. She looks up and sees Yuki, yet again offering his hand to help her up. She doesn't accept his hand this time and stands up on her own. Yuki then shifts his attention to a now blushing Kyo.

"Way to go, you stupid cat. Now you've upset Koboyashi-san."

"Don't call me that you damn rat! I just saved her ass!"

'Rat? Cat? Kyo? Yuki? This can't be....they can't be....' She thinks, frantically. Then it dawns on her and she runs out the doors, heading for the park, the only place she could feel a sense of peace, and with only one thing on her mind...

'What the heck is going on?!'