Yay! First Fruits Basket Fic! It makes me happy just typing it up!

Tohru-Two Steps

Chapter 1 - I will dance with her!

"Isn't it such a beautiful day today?" Tohru Honda beamed as she made her way towards school with her two friends, Kyo and Yuki Sohma.

Kyo scoffed, "Everyday is a beautiful day according to you."

"Yes, but today's even more beautiful, because there's just so many possibilities waiting to be happened!" Tohru replied.

"You mean like Yuki getting beaten by me?"

Yuki rolled his eyes upon hearing this. It was the same old same. Everyday at some point, Kyo would raise his fist threateningly and claimed that one day he would finally beat Yuki the Rat and claim his rightful place in the zodiac.

"Hey you three!" greeted a voice from behind the trio.

Tohru turned around quickly, she had already guessed who the voice belonged to and seeing her made Tohru even more happier, if that was possible, "Uo-chan and Hana-chan!" she greeted, waving her around like mad.

(A/N – I can't remember what Uo's full name is so I'm just gonna call her Uo in this story)

Uo ran up and caught up with her friend while Hana ambled on slowly behind. She flicked back her long blond hair and playfully smacked Kyo on his head, "Good morning, Kyo-Kun!" she greeted.

Kyo-kun snarled, "Stop calling me that!" he ordered but Uo took no notice.

"And how are you this morning, Tohru?" she asked.

"Fine, thank you. How about you Hana-chan?" she asked as her second friend, Hanajima, dressed in her usual black attire, finally made it to where her friends were.

"Perfect, couldn't be happier this morning," she replied in a monotonous voice, her expression blank.

"It doesn't look like you're happy, you actually look like you just came from a funeral." Yuki said after Hanajima's comment

Hanajima blinked once, "Thank you for the comment, Yuki-san, you look like you just came from a funeral yourself."

Yuki groaned. "That wasn't meant to be a compliment you know".

"Hey you know what?" Uo cried unexpectedly as they continued to walk down the street towards their school, "Have you heard about this after school program thing that our school is having…"

"Is it martial art? Because if it is, I'm totally there," Kyo interrupted, "And maybe I'll finally beat Yuki, and in front of the entire school, too!"

Uo cleared her throat annoyingly, "As I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted…our school is thinking about starting a dance program after school…"

"Dance program," Kyo snorted, "Who would want to do something as stupid as that?"

"A lot of people," Uo replied, "In fact, I heard the class is already halfway full…"

"What a bunch of losers." Kyo snickered. But before he could continue, Uo had punched him squarely in the face. Kyo got up angrily, "What do you think you're doing?" he demanded, but quieted back down once he saw Uo staring back down at him, flame flickering in her eyes, her body towering above as if she was going to tear him limp to limp.

"Will…you…stop…interrupting…me?" Uo demanded in fury. Then she turned towards Tohru and spoke in the softest voice she had ever talked in, "How about joining the dance class, Tohru, it might be fun"

Tohru raised her hands up defensively and shook her head, "I don't know. I don't really dance."

"Oh come on Tohru, stop being so embarrassed like that, me and Hana-chan had never even wore dancing shoes before and we're joining the club. Beside Yuki will be there."

"I will?" Yuki asked confusingly.

"Of course! That's why the class is so full: everyone thinks you're going to be there so they're signing up hoping that they'll dance with the handsome Prince Yuki."

"I don't know…"

"Uo is right. Joining could be fun, I'll be there if it'll make you feel better," Yuki chimed in.

Tohru bowed her head and became completely immersed in her thoughts. If she joined, she was afraid that she would make a complete fool of herself, and not to mention her friends, if she kept tripping over her feet and bumping into everyone there. She thought of herself as the clumsiest girl who had ever lived, she had already broken half the plates in the Sohma household after they had so graciously allowed her to live with them. But if she didn't join, she would let down her friends who would be there.

"I guess I'll go…" Tohru said slowly.

Uo patted her on her back, "You don't have to if you don't want to."

Tohru shook her head, "No, I do want to go!" she cried, "It'll be fun, and I'll get to learn something new!"

Uo beamed, "Alright Tohru. What about you, Kyo-kun?"

Kyo shook his head, "Why would I want to do something as stupid as dancing"

"I heard that the first type of dance will be the waltz. And we'll be required to partner up and dance with one another." Hanajima spoke suddenly.

Kyo crossed his arms, "That does nothing to convince me."

"You can dance with Tohru," Uo teased.

Kyo felt his face go red, to which he hid by pretending to be angrier than he was, "Why would I want to dance with someone as clumsy as that airhead over there?" he cried, pointing a finger at Tohru.

wham! This time, it was Yuki who had just delivered a punch to Kyo's face. The impact sent Kyo flying through the air. When Kyo managed to sit up, there was Yuki standing there, flames of fury erupting from his body, "You will not talk to something like Honda-san that way. Now you are going to attend that dance class or I will make you."

Kyo gulped, "Okay," was all he could say.

Uo wasn't kidding, the class was almost full by the time Tohru and her friends put their name down on the sign-up list. Kyo said he didn't know why so many people signed up, considering the lists of required material that they needed to purchase. "Not even dancing with Yuki is worth this much yen," he scoffed.

After school, the five friends went looking for a store where they sold dance costumes. Since none of them had dance yet, none of them knew where to go. Tohru's first idea was to go to Ayame's costume store, which was Yuki's brother's store. However, Yuki convinced her that Ayama wouldn't have any dancing material. Of course, Kyo had a suspicion that Yuki didn't feel like meeting his brother again, but he never said anything. He didn't feel like meeting that egoistic snake either.

If it wasn't for Shigure Sohma, another Sohma family member who went on for nearly fifteen minutes talking about all the great stores that were available, they would be wondering around for hours without any success. As for why Shigure knew of so many stores, they didn't want to know.

Uo scratched her head as she looked through a bunch of yellow dancing dresses, "Who knows dancing could be so expensive," she commented after looking at the price tag. They were shopping at a store called "The Dancing Frog" – one of the first stores Shigure had mentioned. (They also sell wonderful tutus)

"I think yellow is a nice colour for you, Uo-chan!" Tohru said as she held up one of the dress.

"Hmm…too expensive, maybe we should've just gone to the second-hand store. But this one looks very nice, Tohru," Uo said as she held up a light pink dress, "Go on…try it on."

"Umm…okay," Tohru replied hesitantly and made her way to the dressing room.

"Now, I wonder who would be willing to dance with Tohru," Uo wondered aloud, "I'll bet anything that that Kyo would want to dance with her."

"Hey, I'm right here, you know!" Kyo cried out from the men's tight section.

"Well, don't you?" Uo teased as she ruffled Kyo's hair.

Kyo slapped her hand away, "It's none of your business. Besides, if it wasn't for that rat Yuki, I wouldn't be here in the first place, picking out these tights." Said Kyo as he held up a pair of orange tight which didn't look the least comfortable.

Uo giggled, "That is totally you!"

"Shut up!"

Yuki, who had just finished paying for his purchases, came back and decided to join in the conversation. "If you don't want to dance with Honda-san, then maybe I should dance with her,"

Kyo's left eye twitched slightly, even though he tried to hide it, "Why not? I don't care!"

"Are you sure?"

Kyo held up another pair of tight, pink this time, "I'm making a purchase," Kyo said quickly.

"Pink tights, that's very interesting," Hanajima commented as she modeled a black dress she had just put on.

Kyo groaned. He slammed the tights down then absentmindedly grabbed a black pair before storming towards the counter.

"You know, his action just proves that he wants to dance with her," Hanajima said.

"Looks like they'll be competition for who will dance with Tohru," Uo snickered, "What do you think, Yuki?"

Yuki was about to reply when Tohru stepped out of the dressing room, fully clad in the light-pink dress Uo had picked out. She was absentmindedly twirling her two thin braids around and around her finger while her face was blushing ever so lightly. Yuki was frozen on the spot as he thought of how perfectly marvellous she was at the moment. (A/N Cabaret stuck in my head…I hope you understand what I meant by that)

Uo gasped, "Tohru, you look absolutely marvellous!" she cried. "Yes! That's the one! I would buy it for you if it's too expensive."

As Tohru and her friend's conversation went on, Yuki could only think of one thing. No matter what, he will dance with Tohru.

Kyo hurriedly paid the man at the counter. Along with the tight, he was also paying for a pair of dancing shoe. A white tank-top was also required, but his closet was half-filled with them. As the cashier, which was an old man too blind to do anything, was squinting hard at the price tag, he turned around and caught sight of Tohru, with Uo and Hanajima crowding around her and saw how perfectly marvellous the dress was on her. She looks like a dancing princess , Kyo thought to himself.

And as Yuki, Kyo could only think of one thing. No matter what, he will dance with Tohru.

Yay! It's originally a one-shot concept, but I realized it was too long to be one, so I just gave up trying to make it one and planned at least two chapters for this story. Please R&R