Fruits Basket Fanfic The Twin
Prologue
"Doctor, Doctor! What do we do?"
"What's going on nurse?"
"The ultrasound didn't pick up on twins, sir!"
"Twins? That's impossible!"
"Come see Dr. Sohma." The frantic nurse led the way to said patient's room. "We don't know how it happened, but at least they don't have any defor-"
Suddenly several people burst onto the room. "This must be the room of the zodiac child."
Dr. Sohma was appalled; who did these people think they were? He thought. "Hey, you people, get out!"
The intruders completely ignored this demand and swept a very angry doctor and nurse outside.
"Who are you people?" The mother whimpered.
"We've come to see the cursed child."
"Cursed? What do you mean? There is nothing wrong with my child!" She noted that they didn't know there were twins.
"We know that your boy will be in the next generation of cursed ones. He will transform into a zodiac animal at certain times. Go ahead, hold it!" A man from the small group sounded threatening.
"That's insane!" The mother said moving to grab the boy. She covered the girl gently with her blanket. The infant was lifted into his mother's warm arms. POW! There was a cloud of orange smoke as the baby boy shifted into a tiny mewling, hairless cat.
"Gyaghhhhhhhhh!" The woman flung her son off her lap and into the air. Time almost stopped as everyone lunged to catch the soaring kitten! Most landed in a big pile at the end of the hospital bed.
"Who caught him? Who caught him?" They asked thinking it had fallen to its death.
"He's right here you fools." Came an important sounding voice from the doorway. There stood an old man wearing long, loose traditional Japanese clothing. In a blanket he caressed the infant, dreaming of beating him down if he tried to betray the family.
The zodiac members got up and bowed before him. Head of the family is a position that commands respect. He snickered. "Look at your son, take a good look. He will always be an outcast, a scapegoat, he will never belong. This is his fate as a cat."
At this the mother started to cry, "Leave me alone!" She flung the telephone book at his face!
"How dare you!" He raged, eyes filled with hatred. He raised his hand ready to strike, when the zodiac members surrendered the kitten and dragged the old man in robes out the door. All the while he was screaming at the mother making her feel guilty for her very existence.
"What kind of world have I brought you into little Kyo?"
Ch 1 Introductions
"Hey Yuki, you forgot your lunch again!"
A boy with silver-gray hair and purple eyes turned to see a slight girl chasing after him.
"Why- must- you- do- this- to me?" She rasped trying to catch her breath.
Yuki chuckled as he stopped and waited for the girl to catch up.
"Oops, did I forget again, Sakura?"
"I swear you forget on purpose, don't you? Next time you leave your lunch at home; don't expect me to bring it!"
"Sorry, has Shigure taught you to fetch?" He said with a dreamy expression. It was out of habit since he had drifted off into his own fantasy world.
"Why you! I go to all this trouble and all I get is your lame comebacks? Show some respect!" Sakura released a torrent of fury upon him.
Those two were so absorbed in their argument they didn't notice the scouting division of the Yuki Fan Club lurking in the bushes.
"Take note on this Number 2, a girl with short black hair is bringing Yuki his lunch! Who does she think she is? We must investigate immediately!" At this the girls strained for a look at the girl who dared get close to Yuki under their noses.
"Right!" Came a chorus of replies.
The fan club trailed the unsuspecting Somas all the way to school where the two finally split up.
"You better get going Sakura, you don't want hall the hall monitor to find you again…" Yuki whispered, "Let's not repeat that little incident, agreed?"
Sakura laughed wistfully, "Ah, good times."
"What do you mean good times? You stole his keys and tripped him in a mud puddle. He was locked outside for three hours because they thought he was a hobo!"
By this time Sakura was rolling on the sidewalk laughing her guts out! Yuki just sighed and walked away muttering. She could just make out: *…can't believe I'm related to her…hopeless… must get away…" He hurried off to school.
"Fine, fine, I'm going. Bye, rat boy!" Sakura sauntered off back toward Shigure's house. This was the perfect opportunity for the fan girls to spring their trap!
"Alright lady, you had better have a good explanation for all this!" The leader spewed obnoxiously.
"Explanation?" Sakura tensed, ready to fight off these potential muggers.
"Don't pretend to be innocent, we saw you there a minute ago with Prince Yuki! So what exactly is your relationship with him?"
So that's what this is all about! A sly grin spread across Sakura's face. "Oh it's about time someone noticed US." The chance to prank these girls was just too irresistible. "I can't wait until he gets home…" She oozed suggestively. "We're gonna have so much fun!"
"You're lying! Yuki would never be with the likes of you!" The fan girls swelled with rage.
"You jealous?" Sakura taunted.
"Girls, it's our duty to defend Yuki! Let's get her!"
For a split second Sakura wondered if she had taken this prank too far. But more importantly, how will this affect my cousin? As the rabid girls closed in, Sakura gracefully flipped over their heads and made a break for it.
"Wanna hear what we did last night at the lake? It was a beautiful night full of passion and picnic sandwiches!" Sakura kept going, building up the girl's mindless wrath like a stack of bricks. "He seems cold at day but he's a completely different person at night."
When they reached the town, Sakura streaked through it like a ghost. She led them on a wild goose chase. After a while the fan club retreated to the school (those who weren't too out of breath to move that is).
"Haha! That was almost more fun than making a fool of the hall monitor! What a strange day…
Yuki was amazed the fan girls were leaving him alone for once. Maybe the cousin that randomly showed up out of the blue could be my good luck charm ,he thought. Sakura's brother, unfortunately, is a complete idiot, the benign of my existence! The thing I don't know yet is if she is a zodiac animal or not. Just the fact that we are that closely related and have never seen each other is mysterious. Does the curse affect her? I will find out in time.