Chapter 1

Tohru's Perspective:

"Good morning Miss Honda. How are you feeling today?" Yuki asked me as I walked down the stairs of the Sohma house. Did I miss something today? Everyone - Yuki, Kiyo, and Shigure Sohma - was already seated at the dining room table. I was usually the first person awake of the morning.

"Good morning. I'm fine, thank you." I replied, smiling as everyone turned to look at me. My smile soon turned to a look of confusion as I processed my surroundings. It was clean! This wouldn't be such a surprise to me but if you would have seen how it looked when I first came here, you would have my same expression. "Are we expecting a guest?"

"Yes. Hatori is coming for all of our check ups. He should be arriving any time now." Shigure answered my question.

"If it's alright, may I go out today since you will be busy with Hatori and all." I asked, hoping they would let me leave. I have a goal that they mustn't know about. My goal is to talk with Akito. I need to understand why it seems like he hates me, and to help with all of the other Sohma's who are cursed by the zodiac animals. I promised Yuki and Kiyo that I would lift the curse so that they could live a normal life.

"Why of course you can, our blossoming flower! If you don't mind me asking, where are you going? Out with friends, the theater, a clothing store, the library?" Why did Shigure have to ask this question!

"I am going to meet Hana and Uo at the park. We are going to decide where to go for our upcoming school vacation. I have a week off from work during the vacation, so we all decided that it would be good if we had fun and spent more time together. I got a raise at work and I get a bonus check the month of our vacation. You guys are welcomed to join in on our vacation. We will come up with some ideas, then see which one we all could agree on. After that, I have to go to the store to stock up on groceries. Well, I have to go so I won't be late, bye." I said, nearly running out the door. I don't enjoy telling lies, in fact, I don't like it at all.

Yuki's Perspective:

"Bye." Shigure called, even though he knew that she wouldn't hear him. "My my, that girl is something all right."

"Hopefully she's gets home early enough to make dinner." Kiyo muttered.

"You both are stupid. Didn't anything she said sound odd?" I questioned, already knowing their answers.

"Nope." They both said in a somewhat form of unison.

"Don't you guys ever listen to her? She said yesterday that she was off work and that Thursday she was going to the park with Uo and Hana. Today's only Wednesday. You guys are really dumb. I should go after her." I screeched, laying my hand on the handle to open the door when someone knocked. I gently pulled it opened revealing Momiji and Hatori.

"Hello. Ready for your check-ups?" Hatori chuckled and walked through the threshold with Momiji at his side.

"We saw Tohru on our way here. She looked a little angry, if that's even possible. Is she feeling alright?" Hatori asked me as he was listening to my heartbeat with his stethoscope.

"She said she was fine. She has to go to work then meet her friends at a park." I replied, even though I didn't believe this, no offense to Tohru.

"Tohru's off today silly!" Momiji taunted, punching my arm playfully. "And she wasn't going in the direction of any park that I know of., but there could be one that she's heading for that I haven't heard about."

"And she told us that she was going to visit Kisa at the Main House. I tried to tell her that Kisa wasn't there, she insisted that she'd go, just to make sure." Hatori said, original thoughts correct.

"Though Tohru never lies, and this technically isn't a lie, I wonder why she'd lie now and where she's really going?" I thought aloud.

"You don't think that she's going to the Main House for a reason, do you? I mean, if you think about it, what if she's going there to see him? Even a idiotic rat should be able to figure that part out." Kiyo insulted me, but had a very good point. How could I not figure this out?

"For a foolish cat, you've done well. I may be proud in a weird way to say this, but you're actually right." I said, escaping my monotone voice for a second and trying to sound happy.

"Enough with this. We have no time for bonding. We need to find Tohru before she arrives to the Main House. Akito's not happy right now, not to mention he doesn't like Tohru one bit for making all of us happy. If he gets his hand on her, who knows what he would do." Hatori said.

Tohru's Perspective:

I opened the door to the main hall. The Main House was huge and so elegant. I was surprised when I first saw this place, knowing that Akito was dark and evil. I would have never thought that he could own or even decorate anything as beautiful as this. I mean, this place is so bright and he's so dark, how could he handle it.

I walked down the long, dark hallway leading to Akito's room. The farther I walked down the hallway, the colder and stronger my cold chills became. Hopefully, no one has figured out me coming here or my lying just to do it.

"I'm so sorry." I whispered, before I gained the courage to knock on his door and not run off.

"Come on in. I have been expecting you Miss Honda." A spine chilling voice echoed from the other side of the door. I was frightened so much that he was expecting me, but I have to do this.

I slid the door open with caution, awaiting what was on the other side. I stepped in and nearly fell over at the sight of what was at Akito's feet.

"Welcome Tohru." He chuckled the door slamming shut. I tried to open it, but it was no use. It was like it was bolted shut from the outside.

So, how'd you like it? This is my first Fruits Basket fanfiction so I'm very sorry if it's not very good. Sorry it's short but making it short makes more chapters and I love to create cliff hangers! Thank you for reading. Please R&R. Thanks :)