Disclaimer: I, queen of the sheep, do not own Fruits Basket or any it's fine characters. However the mysterious character I have introduced in this chapter (the new girl) she is mine and so is the salami and cheese spread bagel I am eating at this minute.

SEEING DOUBLE

CHAPTER ONE

A mystery arrival

It was the start of a new school term and Tohru, Yuki and Kyo entered the classroom ready to start the new day! Well….not Kyo, he was as miserable as ever after loosing yet another battle with Yuki that very morning.

"Hey look, a new girl." Tohru was referring to a solemn looking girl sitting in the corner

of the room staring longingly at a photo on her desk.

"Yes, she transferred over from a school in England last week." Once again Hana had

snuck up on the group and Kyo was so startled he almost fell off floor when he turned to come face to face with her standing only an inch away from him.

"Where the hell did you come from!" Was Kyo's only response (bear in mind that Kyo was trying to hide the fact that he was actually quite freaked by the girl's sudden appearance!), whereas Yuki just looked blank.

"Yeah, I heard that she got expelled from her old school and ran away to come live with her Uncle here in Japan." Uo had now also joined the bunch unexpectedly; Kyo almost had a heart attack!

Yuki gazed at the new girl for a moment. There was something about her that was just so familiar and he couldn't work out what it was. Maybe it was the orangeness of her short, choppy hair, or the deep redy/brown of her eyes or perhaps it was just the glum, grumpy look on her face that he really felt was so strange.

"Yuki?" Tohru was now looking at him with her head tilted slightly to one side. Like a dog does when it's wondering what the hell you're feeding it bran flakes for. "Yuki, are you o.k.? You don't look too good."

"Oh, I, I'm, sorry Honda-san, I was just daydreaming again!"

"Stupid rat, you should keep your mind on the real world for a change!" Kyo scowled at him with a sly smirk on his face.

"Well I'm not the one who goes off to sulk on the roof when he's in a bad mood, now am

I?" Yuki was practically hissing!

"Are you two love-birds gonna stand there all day arguing, or are you gonna join us in the real world?" It was Uo's turn to add a contribution now.

Neither of the two rivals said anything but just sat down and steamed their little heads off.

MEANWHILE

Ayame was in the back of his shop cooking up another scheme to get his beloved Yuki to value him as an older brother:

"Now I have it! This is the ultimate plan! Yuki will have to respect me once he sees how much effort I have put into forcing him to LOVE me. MUWHAHAHAHAHAA!

Oh, I can see it now, 'Ayame,' he will say, 'I love you Ayame, I always have. I just didn't no it. But now I do! Now I now that I truly respect you for your work and astonishing charisma qualities!'

'That's alright, Yuki. You are forgiven. I love you too Yuki!'

'I love you Ayaa! Gimme a hug!' MUWHAHAHAHAHAA!"

As Ayame played out this sick fantasy in his head, The rest of the world was moving on in life! (Take a hint Ayaa!)

BACK AT SCHOOL

It was home time

Tohru, Yuki and Haru where standing in the corridor chatting. (Momiji was forbidden to go to school that day, by Hatori, after running into a wall out of excitement of going back to school!)

Just then the new girl from the class walked by but started to speed up when she saw the group. She stumbled on her own feet then fell, dropping her bag and causing it and it's contents to fly across the corridor.

Yuki immediately went to help the girl up

"Oh! Are you hurt?" He gently grabbed the girl's arm but was pushed away and was also nearly sent flying!

"That's no concern of yours you damn rat!" She spat out the words as if they were poison.

Yuki, who was now on the floor, was quite rightly startled, and so was everyone else!

"Wh...What…did you call me?" At this point, Kyo came charging round the corner just as the girl was brushing herself off.

"Hey! I've been waiting for you guys…" Kyo stopped as soon as he saw his enemy on the floor. His first thought was "Hey! Someone finally kicked his ass! Damn, I wish I could have seen it! Damn, I wish I could have done it!"

"You heard me, RAT!" She then calmly turned to Kyo with a sly but almost friendly grin.

"Kyo! It's great to have met you, at last!" With that the girl gave Kyo a firm hug. At first, Kyo was too much in shock, by what he heard and by what had just happened, but after a few seconds it sunk in and he realised that a girl was hugging him tightly round the shoulders! He pushed her away.

"HEY! WHAT THE….! How, why, WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON HERE!"

Yuki was still on the floor glaring at the scene. Tohru and Haru where standing aside, jaws gaping! Their worlds were spinning!

To be continued….

Well? That was the first chapter of 'seeing double'. My chapters are short but there're sweet! What do you think? Please bear in mind that this is my very first fanfic and I don't really like English anyway but that's probably because I've got a witch off a teacher that thinks I know how to birth a lamb just because I don't live in the city! I do know how to birth a lamb, but that's not because I don't live in a city! Never mind, I'm babbling again! Anyway, please R&R both criticism and compliments welcome!