*Ya! I finally put up a story! I'm so excited... I'll try to update soon, but no promises!*

Disclamer: I do not own Fruits Basket, Katana, Alikiy, or Sakina. I only own Sakachi. Katana belongs to ~ChiyoChi-Yamamoto, Sakina belongs to ~Sakina Ci-Kurosaka, and Alikiy belongs to my friend Sam!

There he was, the prince of the school. I stared longingly at him and watched as his fan club came up asking if they could do anything for him. He simply shook his head and said no thank you, the perfect gentleman. My name is Sakachi Tomoyo, and I'm talking about Yuki Sohma when I say prince. He was adored by everyone, and he didn't like to talk about himself. He was the perfect guy for anyone.

"Hey Sakachi, want to walk home together?" Yuki came and woke me from my day dreaming.

I smiled, "Sure, let me just get my stuff from my locker. I'll meet you back here."

I walked away, happy he asked to walk me home (well, with me at least). We lived in the same general direction, or at least I think so. He always drops me off at my house, so I'm not exactly sure where he lives. I picked up my gym clothes that need to be washed over the weekend and packed my books so I could study for the big test coming up. I was doing well in my classes, but I didn't want to fall behind, and that's exactly what this test would do if I slacked off.

I walked up to Yuki after grabbing everything and we started to walk , not paying much attention to the rain that constantly poured in this city, "So, Sohma-kun, I was wondering, don't you think that fan club following you around is annoying?"

His face was blank as he said no. It was hard to get him to smile and talk openly about things. We walked in awkward silence until we came up to my house. I smiled and thanked him for walking me home and he began to walk away. I sighed and thought, I wonder if he is ever going to open up.

I shrugged off the thought and turned to go inside. I opened the door, "Hey, I'm home! Sakina, Katana, Alikiy? Are you here?"

I was greeting by screams and tackling from Sakina, as usual, and Katana stood back and waited to give me a hug. They were twins and one year younger than me. Their personalities were opposite in everyway, and so was their appearance. Katana had brown hair with purple bangs that covered her right eye, while Sakina had black hair that came a little past her shoulders. Once they let me take five steps into the house, I asked, "Where's Alikiy?"

Katana responded with a disgusted face, "She's with that boyfriend of hers. They went to go see a movie."

I nodded and walked into the kitchen, searching for the note I know she would leave. I found it on the fridge and read it aloud, "Will be gone for a while, probably going to dinner after movie. Dinner in the fridge, don't destroy the house."

Alikiy was our sister and our guardian, even though she was only two years older than me at the age of 18. She ended up meeting a really nice guy named Hatori Sohma, and yes, he is sort of related to Yuki. The Sohma family is difficult to explain; apparently they have a bunch of Sohmas that are only related by name.

Anyway, Alikiy started to date Hatori, and they like each other a lot. It's nice though, it give Alikiy a break from the stress of taking care of her sisters for a while. She works after school Monday through Thursday. I also work, but I don't work as many hours. Sakina and Katana don't work, but they help around the house so when we came home we didn't have to do anymore work besides homework and dinner. So far this routine worked for us well.

I grabbed the spaghetti and meatballs from the fridge that Alikiy wanted me to re-heat for Sakina, Katana, and myself. I told Sakina and Katana to wash up while I do this, but the door bell rang and scared the crap out of me making me drop the glass container it was in.

"Shit," I cursed under my breath. I ran to the door and looked through the peep hole. I couldn't see anyone so I unlatched the door and opened it. I gasped when I saw who was there.

Alikiy was shivering uncontrollably on the porch and she was soaking wet. She clung to something at her chest even though she was mostly unconscious. Her black hair was clinging to her face as well as strewn around her head. I tried to pull her in, but my 16 year old body was not strong enough.

"Sakina! Katana! Get over here now," I screamed for them and heard their footsteps as they ran outside.

"Alikiy," they both screamed at once while grabbing on to both of her arms. Together they pulled her into the house and onto the couch.

I panted and said to Katana, "Go get her some dry clothes and Sakina help me get her undressed. Grab whatever she is holding."

Sakina reached out for the thing pressed against her chest when a cloud of smoke came out of nowhere and *POOF* Hatori was standing there wrapped in Alikiy's arm, passed out. Unfortunately he was naked, so Sakina looked away screaming and I closed my eyes.

"Sakina, go get a blanket to cover him with and I'll find some of dad's old clothes for him to put on when he wakes up."

She didn't hesitate to jump up and turn around, but she kept her eyes covered and ran smack into a wall. She opened her eyes and ran upstairs to fetch a blanket.

Katana came in before Sakina returned and dropped the clothes when she saw Hatori, "Uh… Sakachi? Please don't tell me that is a naked man in Alikiy's arms."

"Go away Katana, find some of dad's old clothes in the basement please," I ordered. She ran into the basement just as Sakina came down with a blanket. I covered both Alikiy and Hatori with the dry blanket and left them in Sakina's care while I picked up the broken glass in the kitchen and tried to sort things out. It made no sense so I just figured I would ask after they woke up.

Katana came up with some of dad's old clothes and handed them to me. Looking at them made me cry; they were his favorite shirt and pants. I shove my face into them and cried think of how mother and father died. Katana came up behind me and put her arm over my shoulder. When I finally brought my head up, I could see Katana had tears in her eyes and coming down her cheeks too. The tears stung, but I was used to them, I mean, I cried these same tears every night, every time I looked at the picture of my parents.

I walked over to Sakina and sat down next to her on the two person couch, looking at Alikiy. This went on for several minutes until Hatori's eyes fluttered open, or should I say the eye we could see. It took him a minute to process where he was and who he was with.

"Sakachi?" he asked while looking at me. I nodded and handed him dad's old clothes, which he gladly accepted. He pulled himself out of Alikiy's arms and sat upright, keeping the blanket covering you-know-where. He pulled on the pants under the blanket and stood up. After covering Alikiy with the rest of the blanket, he pulled his arms through the gray button down long sleeve.

"I'll leave you guys so you can get her dressed into some dry clothes. Call for me and I'll come back in and explain," he said while buttoning the shirt. I must admit, he looked pretty good, but not as good as Yuki. He left and Sakina and Katana helped me undress a still unconscious Alikiy and get her into some dry pajama pants with a matching tank top.

"Alright, Hatori, you can come back, and you better explain everything," I yelled out. Hatori entered the room and sat on the floor next to Alikiy's head. He brushed some stray hair from her face and I could've sworn I'd heard him whisper an apology.

Turning his head to look me in the eye, he asked, "What exactly happened after you found Alikiy?"

"I heard the door and opened it to find Alikiy unconscious. Sakina and Katana helped me drag her in here and on the couch. We were about to take the thing she was clinging to her chest when a cloud of smoke came and you appeared in her arms. Then we waited for you to wake up," I explained quickly. He nodded.

"Alikiy and I were walking in the rain, and she tripped and fell into me. I transformed into a seahorse, and Alikiy freaked. She kept most of her cool, but she wasn't sure what to do, so she ran home with me in her arms, preventing me from changing back. It started to rain, but she managed to get to the front door before passing out. Unfortunately, I was unconscious after the rain began to fall," he explained shortly. I had so many questions.

I let these questions pour out, "Why did you transform? Why a seahorse? How did Alikiy falling into you make you change?"

He answered all of them in one explanation, "13 people in the Sohma are born with the spirit of one of the Chinese Zodiac inside of them. It's a curse that takes affect when one of these 13 people is hugged by someone who does not possess a spirit of the opposite sex. Do you see how that works?"

I nodded, understanding but still totally confused, it was a lot to take in. Sakina was listening to the story along with Katana, but Sakina paid close attention, so she caught something no one else did, "If it's supposed to take affect when someone of the opposite sex hugs you, then how did you change back in Alikiy's arms?"

Hatori was puzzled by the question, and he didn't have the answer to it. He looked at Alikiy, then back at the girls, "I'm going to try something."

He reached one arm over the top of Alikiy's chest and grabbed her arm. He hesitated then pulled her so she rolled onto his lap. He held her close, and nothing happened. His eyes grew wide.

He motioned for me to come over and hug him, so I did. He transformed into a seahorse but soon recovered, putting his clothes back on, "I don't change when I hug Alikiy. This is not normal."

*Isn't it crazy! I can't believe I wrote it!*