\ay, so this is my first Furuba fanfic. It might not be that great, but I've had this idea for literally MONTHS and I've been writing a lot of it for months as well. I have at least....four? Five? Six chapters written already? I never get a beta, just because I want to try to improve myself without someone's help. With that said, there's bound to be a mistake or two. With that said, I give you Chapter 1 of Fantasies and Wishes!

"Dammit," I growled, rubbing at my eyes furiously to remove the tears that had leaked out from my face. I was watching the conclusion of the Fruits Basket anime, for about the fifth time this week, on my laptop. It was a Saturday afternoon, so my sisters, twins Luna and Nova, were at their usual Saturday basketball game, Mom with them, which meant I was home alone.

The power had gone out about three hours ago because of the pouring rain outside, so I had been stuck in the dark for some time before I decided to finally use up the charge on my laptop. I hadn't receive any worried phone calls from Mom, and I didn't expect one either. Today's game was an hour's drive- I doubted it was even raining there. I looked out my bedroom window, looking into the rain. It was pouring in sheets, drumming in a rhythmic beat on the roof. It was so heavy that I could barely see the edge of the woods, let alone five feet from the window. Everything seemed totally dead, for there was absolutely no wildlife anywhere outside, no movement besides the rain from what I saw.

Until I saw something flicker in the corner of my eye.

I turned my attention towards the edge of my yard, where the trees of the woods met the lawn. There,by one of my mother's now severely damaged planted flowers, was an orange cat. I looked curiously at it, and within an instant, its head snapped around to look straight at me. I blinked. How the hell did it even know I was looking at it? Not only that, what the hell was it doing just sitting in the rain like that? I frowned slightly. If it stays out there too long, it'll get sick. I thought. Not wanting anything to happen to it, I quickly ran to the living room, shoved on my sneakers that had been left in the middle of the floor, ripped my sweatshirt off of the arm of the recliner, and ran outside.

I splashed through the mud as I ran towards the backyard, praying the little thing was still there. Mom was always a kindhearted person, not to mention she loved animals, so there was no doubt in my mind that this cat would be turned away. I'll name it Kyo. I thought, I mean, he is an orange cat.

Sure enough, the cat was still there when I reached the backyard, its eyes burrowing into me as it spotted me. But as soon as I looked at it, it turned towards the woods, heading into the thick trees. "Wait!" I called after it over the rain, as if it would understand me. I took off after it, not wanting it to get hurt or sick or worse. Besides, the rain wouldn't be as bad, for the fact that I would have the trees for cover, right?

Wrong. Unfortunately, the rain had collected on the leaves of the trees, flowing down almost heavier than the rain. I wiped the water out of my eyes, looking for the cat. There it was, just a little ahead of me. It looked at me straight in the eye before turning and running further into the woods. I turned to look behind me. I was still close enough to the yard that I could see the house. I knew the woods well enough, but with all the rain, it would make it easier to get lost. Thinking the cat wouldn't go to far, I ran after it. "Come back!" I shouted in the direction it had taken off.

It went on like this for some time. The cat would stop every so often just long enough so that I ====\ld catch up with it, and then turn and go deeper into the trees. Every time I thought I had lost him, he would turn up just as soon as I would turn to head back to the house.

After a while though, I was almost sure I had lost him. "Kyo?" I called. "Come here, kitty. Please!" That's when I looked around. I could no longer see the house behind me, or from any side of me for that matter. Which way did I come from again? I thought, becoming a little panicked. I took a deep breath. Calm down, you know these woods well enough. Just wait for the rain to slow down and you'll find your way in no time. I heard a meow from behind me.

"Kyo!" I called, turning and running in the direction of the mew. I didn't get far, though, when I tripped over a fallen log. "Shit!" I growled, closing my eyes and putting my arms out in front of me to catch my fall.......or not. When my hands should have made contact with the ground, I did a somersault in the air....and kept falling. I opened my eyes to see pure blackness around me. What the hell is happening? I thought, letting out a shriek. I flailed my arms around the blackness as I fell, groping for something that I could grab onto. "C'mon, come one!" I shouted at myself, knowing that at this rate, hitting the ground would most likely mean death.

That's when I saw it. A pinpoint of light coming up from somewhere below me. A light at the end of the tunnel. I thought bitterly, closing my eyes because I knew I was about to die.

I landed with a thud on the ground, a disturbing sounding crack coming somewhere by my head. Of course, when I went to open my eyes, I realized I was unable to.

"Is this what it's like to die?" I whispered to myself, a tear or two leaking from my eyes \efore I drifted into unconsciousness