UPDATE: 5/10/2013

Madeleine Rosas: Please Read: OKAY! I have found a title for this fic and it will stay that way. AND I MEAN IT! Lol. This one fits the story big time! You don't have to worry about me changing it. I kept changing it because it didn't feel right at all. This knew title does!

The story: The plot it hasn't changed and Tohru still falls in love with you know who. I can't promise the happily ever after but it's going to be good. This fic is very mysterious and sentimental at the same time. I aim for the reader to wear the feelings of each character, especially Tohru and Kyo. It is a love story but it also illustrates emotion and life lessons which, bring the characters to life. Warning: There is violence, angst, lemon, and turning points. Reviews are welcome, good ones, bad ones, but also, I would love constructive reviews. Tell me how I'm doing! I'm curious and I'm open to new ideas!

ALSO: I revised the whole fic. I'm so happy I HAVE WORD NOW. So it should be easy now to catch those obvious mistakes! (There might be a few still. Don't judge me. Lol)

Things to look forward to: I still have a huge plot ahead. Plus, I plan on making a second sequel of this fic. I already got half of it planned and scribbled on paper. I'm craving a fluffy lemon/ lime. It might draw out some passion. Can't have a love story without some love!

Feel free to email me, I open up that inbox like its Christmas all year long. Please stay in tuned.

Beyond The Sohma Curse

There is more to the Zodiac Curse than you could ever conceive…

Chapter 1 - I do… or I don't?

"Spring is nice for picking strawberries… right Miss Honda?" Yuki smiled at me, with a starlight twinkle in his eyes.

"Of course it is." I nodded, hiding my feelings. I think they were feelings of uneasiness. Maybe because Yuki still calls me by my last name after two years of being together. Even in high school, when I first moved in with the Sohmas, he always called me that. Well I don't mind, but you'd think he would stop calling me that by now.

Awe, no! I'm talking about my fiancé like he's not even here. I'm sorry, let me start over. I'm Tohru Honda and the young man standing over me, helping me pick strawberries is Yuki Sohma. He took off school for a month to be with me so I wouldn't be lonely at home. He told me he wanted to make up for the lost time he had been away. Yes, he is the sweetest guy I could ever ask for. And even though I don't deserve him, he always cares for me.

Anyone watching from the outside, would have thought we had it together; that we were too perfect for each other. Or maybe you would have thought we were happy together. With free money and the potential to spend it as we pleased, maybe you would have thought we had everything we wanted. But if you were me, you could see that things weren't as bright as they seemed.

I promise you, it's not because Yuki changes into a rat every time we attempt to hug. I willingly accepted that long ago when I first found about his family's curse. Actually, my feelings came just a few weeks back when Yuki came home from finishing his two year college. Around that time, Yuki decided to surprise me with the popping the question. I proudly said yes. But I hated to admit it… Unfortunately, that was the day that started everything.

…Yuki wasn't the trouble.

Maybe it was… me…

Three weeks ago…

"You and Tohru are getting married huh?" Shigure asked Yuki for a third time that evening, "So soon to ask a hand in marriage? You just came back…"

Yuki replied with an irritating no.

"Why not?"

"…Why do you keep asking me that?" Yuki sighed quietly, proceeding to answer his cousin's question. "I haven't asked her yet, so till then, the answer is no. I plan to wait awhile… I don't want to rush her."

"I see. Well that's good that you're getting married, I was starting to think otherwise…"

"Grr… what do you mean by that?"

"Well, Tohru is the only girl you have ever dated." Shigure pointed out. "For a while I was starting to think you were…" and quickly the conversation was over just as I reached the room. I wondered why it was so quiet, then Shigure started talking again.

"Good morning Tohru." he smiled at me.

"Good morning you two." I grinned back. "What's up." on that day things were awkward. Yuki even seemed different. I really thought something was wrong after I asked what's up and no one answered. Instead the two men stared at each other. I could tell Yuki was keeping something. He frowned, his violet eyes swearing his cousin to secrecy.

"Nothing." Shigure smiled.

"…I and Shigure were just talking about him leaving the house for the night." I heard Yuki reply and he was so calm about it too. But he was always like that. He never raised his voice, I shouldn't have been surprised.

"Ah yes." Shigure agreed with him. "I guess I could, to leave you two alone…"

I blinked. I kinda wanted to know why he was wanting to leave us here alone in the house. Yuki wanted to break up. That wouldn't explain us being alone. I couldn't imagine the pain I would feel if that were to happen. I would have to move out, find my own place and get a job. Which I had no problem with but I didn't want to do that. I wanted to stay here with Yuki.

"Why… is there something wrong?" I watched them look at each other then look back at me.

Or… could it be that Yuki wanted to spend the… true couple time we never got to have. That made me nervous. I could remember only kissing Yuki twice for the two years we had been together and we never did anything more than that. I never dreamed of doing more than that…

"No, nothing is wrong. "Yuki smiled, "I just wanted us to be alone tonight."

I couldn't help it, I found myself confused and anxious. My stomach churned, filling up with butterflies and I could feel my face getting warm. Suddenly I felt Yuki's hand on my shoulder, easing my thoughts back down to reality and calming me down. How embarrassing…

"Relax, I just want to talk." Yuki was never the type to think that way anyways. I had no idea why I thought we were going to do more than just talk.

"Okay." I hoped he didn't read my face, which would have been uber embarrassing.

"In a few weeks, Kyo is coming to stay with us again." Shigure mentioned to us. "I know how much you two like each other, Yuki."

"Real funny…" Yuki finally removed his hand from my shoulder and frowned, "After three years, he wants to come back and start more trouble, such a stupid cat. I wouldn't call him that anymore…"

Kyo…

I remembered him. I couldn't forget him actually. Kyo was Shigure and Yuki's cousin who left three years ago after we all graduated high school. He told no one he was leaving so his disappearance was a mystery to us. I know he never liked living in Shigure's house and he hated Yuki even more. But I always had this feeling that he left because Yuki finally asked me out, I don't know. Or… maybe it was my fault for saying yes.

"Well he'll even be more surprised that you and Tohru are getting married…" And there was a big silence, suddenly Shigure went, "…Whoops… I…"

"Oh my… Yuki…" I covered my mouth. Is that what Yuki wanted to talk to me about? Marriage? I didn't what to say and like always I found myself leaving the room. Behind me, I could hear my boyfriend grumble at Shigure for his outburst...

But enough about that, was I really getting married? Did I even want to get married? I guess it was only natural to assume so. I and Yuki had been dating for two years. Were these mixed feelings of embarrassment and joy normal? I didn't go back into the kitchen, instead I waited for Yuki to find me in which he did with a frown on his face.

"I'm sorry, Miss Honda."

"For what?"

"For Shigure. Apparently he didn't understand when I said I hadn't asked you yet. I feel so horrible." he looked at me with his violet eyes, shinning so brightly. "Forget what he said."

"I'm sorry, I can't." I mumbled, "Its okay I was just taken by surprise. I'm happy that you would want to… marry me." Actually, that was a dream come true. I was scared but I wanted it to happen. I was fine with being a Sohma. Yuki just looked at me. His eyes just softened more and more like he was glad I knew about the whole marriage thing. Though it wasn't the way he wanted.

"Happy huh?" he wondered. "So…" he stopped for a second before continuing. "Would you, Miss Tohru Honda, marry me?"

Honestly it sounded better than Shigure's outburst. And for just a moment, my heart stopped. I wanted to remember this forever. The look in his eyes, and this happy feeling; just like I was floating in midair. I always wanted to feel like this. I didn't deserve it, but I wanted it so badly. "Yes." I answered. "I would love to!"

For a third time Yuki kissed me… and for the first time, I didn't feel complete. Like this moment wasn't meant to be. I had been waiting all these years for someone to come along and sweep me off my feet. It's just like the fairy tales Mom used to tell me. A princess looking for her prince, then finally finding him and they live together happily ever after.

Yuki was my prince… right? Then why did I feel like he … wasn't? "Eh, Yuki…"

"I love you." he told me, lightly kissing me on the cheek.

"Oh… I love you too." My mind told me no… but my heart was saying yes. I hoped my heart knew better than my mind.

Present…

Yuki handed me the basket of strawberries he picked. "Spring is nice for picking strawberries… right Miss Honda?"

"Of course it is." It was sweet that he took what I said in consideration and planted strawberries in the fall so they would be ready by spring. He told me picking something as beautiful as that, would need a touch of heaven from me. Years ago, that would have been something weird coming from Yuki but now he has been nothing but open on how he feels about me.

Since three days ago, he has only gotten more enthused about me. I know I should feel the same way but I don't. I don't understand, it's not how I pictured it. It's not the way I was supposed to feel.

"Are you okay?" Yuki blocked my thoughts and suddenly I gasped, "I… don't think you are?" he was so quick to assume something was wrong in which he was right. But I said it was nothing, like always.

"I guess I'm just hungry."

Suddenly our stomachs growled. "Eh… I guess I'm hungry too… heh." Yuki admitted grabbing his belly. I started to laugh, "Then I will make us something… It's about lunch time anyways."

"Okay, I'll clean up here and meet you back at the house. " Yuki mumbled softly, handing another full basket of strawberries to me.

With that said, I left, carrying two big baskets of strawberries. I'm really clumsy so I don't know how I made it even half way to the house. Whatever the case was, I stopped. I was far enough from Yuki and no one else could hear me talking to myself.

"Mom…" I called out, quietly. "I'm lost, what am I going to do…" Of course I was talking about me and Yuki's relationship but unfortunately lost my way back to the house as well. Several years of being here you would have thought I would have known my way by now. I must have been thinking hard, and took the wrong away or something.

"Oh boy…" I giggled lightly to myself. "I'm such a goof…"

"I'll say…" a voice called to me and I gasped, dropping the two baskets of fruit in my arms.

"More like an airhead." that voice was the only voice that pulled my attention at that time. I forgot about the strawberries and turned around to see a young man there, looking down at me with ruby eyes. Well… they were angry ruby eyes.

"Kyo…" I whispered. Although he wasn't the Kyo I remembered… this one seemed unusual.

Short and Sweet.