YOU MUST READ: Once again I enter the realm of fanfiction to create a story that could be criticized as a horrific fanfic or praised as a masterpiece. Ah, and the victim to my poor use of language is Fruits Basket. Yet you see, I quite enjoyed the anime and I felt obliged to write a fic concerning some of my favourite characters! So I give you fair warning that you might not like this story because I have decided to write it in script form. Ok, it's not exactly script form but I don't know what type it is nonetheless, yet it is mostly dialogue than actual description. I know I'm lazy…
The main idea of this fanfic is that it will be sort of interactive. It will be just like a breakfast show with listeners calling up and asking Shigure and Ayame questions. You are the 'listeners' and your reviews can either appreciate or degrade my writing skills, or, you can ask questions to Shigure, Ayame, or any other main character in the series. But you have to be prepared to be in my fic as the 'caller.' It's sort of my way of saying thank you. I don't know whether I'm bending the rules here at yet if I am, I'll remove this fanfic with no questions asked providing I get a warning from one of the administrators or someone who is going to report me.
Anyway, once you have reviewed your request or your question it will be suspended after I have incorporated it into my fanfic. I'll keep a check on the reviews and questions that I have answered to on my profile so there won't be any double-dealing. -nods-
So hopefully you have gotten the drift of what I am saying and that you can review and like the idea of my fic. So, the faster you review and spread the word about my fic, the faster I will update! So be good little munchkins and review! Please? -Puppy eyes- ENJOY!
P.S. It's radio.
THE BREAKFAST SHOW
FIRST SHOW
Lost Virginity
By shinujigoku
The bright sunlight filters through the blinds of Shigure's home and a gentle breeze trickles past them to gently caress the locks of the male inhabitants sitting there. A man, with long, white locks and amber eyes smiles suggestively to the man sitting opposite him as he hands him a cup of jasmine tea; the enticing fumes greeting his sensitized nose. He smiles warmly and winks, taking the cup from the man's slender fingers and sips it, testing how hot it is. The other man sits down and takes out a microphone, a pair of headphones and other equipment. The other man, known as Shigure, raises an inquisitive eyebrow and smiles mischievously, a smile echoing his tea partner. Together they each place on the headphones respectively and the man with the long, luscious locks presses the green button.
(Ayame and Shigure singing inharmoniously) –
When the sun wakes up at the break of day,
Before he starts upon his way,
He looks about so cheerily,
Then he calls to you and me:
Good morning! Good morning!
I hope you're well today.
Come join Ayame and Shigure
On this brand new day!
(Ayame) – Good morning everyone! Welcome to Ayame and Shigure's breakfast show! I hope we all had a pleasant night's sleep! I know I did!
(Shigure) – Ayame, please, not in front of our listeners!
(Ayame) – Well they're perfectly old enough Shigure! Do not condemn they're curiosity for knowing our personal lives! They say 'curiosity kills the cat,' but frankly the cat's still alive! Speaking of which where is Baby-Ky –
(Shigure) – AAAANNNYYYway…welcome to our first breakfast show everyone! 'Tis a landmark event and we have plenty in store for you today! I think…
Shigure turns to Ayame with a worried frown. Ayame who was brushing a hundred strokes of the hairbrush through his hair waves dismissively at Shigure in exasperation.
(Ayame) – Of course we do Shigure! Our dear listeners will embark on a journey that will be a breakfast feast for their ears! Their starvation will end and we will be the saviours of their fulfilment!
(Shigure) – Well, my dear Ayame, tell them what we have in store for them today!
(Ayame) – Well…since it's our first time using the equipment let's just have a few segments of 'Shigure and Ayame's Boyish Memories,' 'Fashion Fiesta,' 'Wise Words from a Poet' and 'Ayame and Yuki's Brotherly Love,' where I shall win the affections of my brother Yuki!
(Shigure) – Excellent! I hope that will keep your appetites wet folks! Now let's go to a commercial and we'll be right back listeners! So keep your soba noodles warm and we'll talk to you soon!
Shigure slurps his tea and clears his throat, whilst Ayame looks into his handheld mirror and applies facial crème.
(Commercial man a.k.a. Shigure) –
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Shigure smiles warmly whilst Ayame begins to sing a distorted version of 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' to signal the end of the ad break.
(Ayame) – And welcome back everyone! What a morning to wake up to! And to make it all the more magnificent let's have a few wise words from our own doggy-dog poet…SHIGURE!
(Shigure) – Writer! Writer!
(Ayame) – Yes whatever…
(Shigure) – Ahem…
Love is such a fickle thing
Indeed it is! Indeed it is!
And I'm stuck right in the middle of it!
Oh me oh my! Oh me of my!
And so what shall I do?
My sneaky friend! My sneaky friend!
But sleep with my lover's hate!
Just as she slept with mine.
Ayame presses the Applause button, which ends up turning into a cacophony of farmyard sounds. Shigure beams in happiness as he helps himself to a strawberry.
(Ayame) – Magnifico! Stupendous! A true insight to the world of a literary genius! I bow to the master!
Ayame procures a plushie of himself dressed in a waitress' uniform that he manipulates to bow to Shigure from across the table. Shigure politely accepts the bow with a wave of his hand.
(Shigure) – Oh how you flatter me my dear snake!
(Ayame) – I praise you when it is duly needed my doggy companion.
The door slides open and admits a boy with white hair and black undergrowth wearing necklaces and a black and white school uniform. He looks serenely at Shigure and Ayame and smiles warmly at the men.
(Shigure) – Ah it looks like we have an interviewee folks! This is our lucky day! The legendary cow of martial arts and the artist of split personalities! A Casanova to be sure my young spooning damsels! Meet Hatsu Haru Sohma, the future heart breaker of women the world over!
(Hatsu Haru) – Er…hi…
(Ayame) – Now! Now! My dear boy! Say hello and introduce yourself to your adoring fans! There's no need to be bashful!
(Hatsu Haru) – Well I was wandering around the wilderness and I came across a waterfall where the gushing sounds of water thundering against the serene surface of the lake made me aware that the calls of nature was beckoning to the bowels of my existence and thus, –
(Shigure) – The bathroom is up the stairs, to the right.
(Hatsu Haru) – Thanks.
The boy languidly rises and opens the door to the hallway and to his escape from the sitting room. Shigure and Ayame wave goodbye before the door closes again.
(Ayame) – Aww! I so dearly wanted an interview! Perhaps next week we'll have some lucky male or female specimen of our community to introduce. Yet until next time then! Shigure! We must plan to kidnap one of them! Perhaps Yuki?
(Shigure) – Well you can try that after DBSK's morning song 'Rising Sun!' Hero's a cutie in the video don't you think? Don't worry Ayame; you're the only man who could ever get me howling! Well when we come back we'll have the long awaited fashion advice from the clothing extraordinaire sitting opposite me, and 'Ayame's and Yuki's Brotherly Love' special! See you soon!
Shigure and Ayame remove their headphones and finish the dregs of their now cold tea. Shigure looks over to his companion and smiles as Ayame frets over his frilly cuffs.
'Grr…Shigure! How can I be presented to my brother with tattered cuffs! I knew I should have brought my sewing kit!'
'Now, now! Ayame, this is exactly a four minute, and forty-two second song! You'll have enough time to go change right?' Shigure said bemusedly.
Ayame stilled, his eyes wide and a large smile gracing his effeminate features. He quickly untangled himself from the remaining electrical equipment with a hurried 'You're a genius…' in Shigure's direction before he opened the door and ran to a room upstairs somewhere. Shigure leaned back and sighed, letting the morning rays filter through the blinds and onto his face. He could hear the birds twittering outside his home and he sat, contemplating on how he could work this Breakfast Show to his advantage. As he was listening to the final chorus of the song, Ayame burst through the door in one of Shigure's spare robes and smiled triumphantly towards his best friend.
Shigure sat there stunned…
(Ayame) – What an awesome song that was! However, I beg to disagree with you on Hero as being cute. Max, the youngest of the Korean boy band, has my vote on being the cutest. And boy can he pull a note! Anyway, this is Ayame and Shigure Sohma here if you're just tuning in and we're about to talk about fashion and bring you the newest segment of 'Ayame and Yuki's Brotherly Love!'
(Shigure) – Surprising since we are new! So tell us your tip of fashion for today Ayame!
(Ayame) – Well, you know how zippers of pants and jeans have those dratted teeth that hook onto your underwear, or something else if your not wearing anything, you know what I'm talking about males! I've come up with a way to not be embarrassingly caught by those sharp suckers of fashion disasters. Are you ready dear listeners? All you have to do is place the zipper inside your trousers! Zip yourself up from the inside of your pants instead of the outside and you're ensured that nothing will get stuck! Only zips on dresses should be on the outside because it's far easier to handle for women and men alike. We don't want lecherous men snaking their hands to the inside of your dress and zipping it up now do we ladies?
Shigure coughs, trying to hide his smile behind his hand as his overactive mind worked on scenarios where zippers were on the inside of dresses.
(Ayame) – Well that's my fashion tip for today! Now onto the conquering of my brother Yuki!
(Shigure) – And how do you suppose that wearing my clothes?
(Ayame) – Easily! You have an amicable relationship with Yuki. If I dress up in our clothes and try to act like you, I'll surely win Yuki's respect!
(Shigure) – Well if you think that'll work…
(Ayame) – Of course it will work! Yuki will no doubt be astounded by my presence that he'll no doubt accept me with open arms!
(Shigure) – Well listeners! You heard the man! Today he shall woo Prince Yuki into recognizing a beloved brother worthy of his admiration!
(Ayame) – Indeed I shall!
Ayame and Shigure rise from their seats and walk out into the main hallway in search of Yuki.
(Shigure) – I'm reporting to you live as Ayame Sohma tries to valiantly enter the rat's kingdom. Will the snake win? Or will the rat just eat the poor sod? Stay tuned to find out!
Ayame and Shigure enter the kitchen wear a weary Yuki leans against the kitchen bench drinking orange juice.
(Shigure) – Aha! We've found Prince Yuki drinking the pulp of an orange liquid unknown to me. Ayame languidly moves towards the unaware Yuki and stands with his hands upon his hips in what he hope to be…intimidation?
(Ayame) – Yuki I demand to drink that orange liquid to be in your glass!
Yuki hands him the glass sleepily.
(Shigure) – Recognition! Wow folks! Yuki has given Ayame his half-filled glass of an orangey pulp!
(Ayame) – Yuki the world is like raspberry liquorice. Do you agree?
Yuki grunts.
(Shigure) – A response to Ayame's question! This is a record in the making and you're listening to it live!
(Ayame) – Yuki in the natural world the snake preys upon the rat to be its dinner. Some sort of predatory love. So, dear brother, be my prey!
(Yuki) – LIKE HELL I WILL!
Yuki punches Ayame in which the slender man flies through the kitchen door and lands in the hallway. Yuki, his deep violet eyes glowing, stomps out of the room and Shigure stares wounded at his now destroyed door.
(Shigure) – My poor, helpless door. How many times have I repaired your wounded skeleton only to find you once again shattered by my feet? OH THE HORROR! Well it seems that Ayame is again unsuccessful in achieving his goal of brotherly affection. Maybe next time he will triumph.
(Ayame) – Owwww…
(Shigure) – Now onto another song, Todokanai Ai to Shitteita no ni Osae Kirezu ni Aishitsuzuketa and this is by Gackt from his album, Diabolos. Enjoy!
Shigure walked over to his injured friend and held out his hand for the other to grab hold. Ayame, rubbing his jaw and smiling softly accepted Shigure's help and rose from the floor.
'I really thought it would work out this time.' Ayame said softly.
'Maybe you shouldn't have chosen me as a role model,' answered Shigure as they both began walking back to the sitting room where they had been holding the Breakfast Show for the past hour or so.
'The song's nearly finished; let's get back into spirits eh?'
(Ayame) – Ah, and we're back! Well I daresay the tussle with Yuki wasn't a waste! Did you see it Shigure, and did you hear it listeners? Yuki, my beloved and most cherish brother gave me his drink when he could have been parched and dry from a long night's sleep! He willing gave me his pulp so I could drink from it. And from the same glass too! That's just a stepping-stone to a much bigger, and wonderful thing! Don't you agree Shigure?
(Shigure) – Yes I do!
(Ayame) – Good! Now onto our most cherished segment for today! 'Shigure and Ayame's Boyish Memories!'
(Shigure) – Ah our youth! The adventures of our childhood and teenage years were wondrous! The pranks, our love lif-
The door slowly slides across and the light trickling in from the blinds illuminate the tall, dark man wearing a black suit, his bangs covering one of his eyes. He looks at the both of them and sighs, entering the room.
(Ayame) – Ah who do we have hear? Har'i' it's a pleasure for you to grace us with your presence!
(Shigure) – Yes what do we owe the pleasure?
(Hatori) – I came to pick up Ayame and take him home. Sohma houses orders.
(Shigure) – Aww…you're going to take my fun away? All our poor listeners wanting to learn of our life as hormonal teenagers will be shattered!
(Ayame) – Yes Har'i,' come join us.
(Hatori) – No.
(Ayame) – Aww…but…
(Hatori) – Come Ayame, the house told me to collect you before you make an utter fool of yourself.
(Ayame) – All right! Bye bye Shigure, listeners!
Ayame bounds up and joins Hatori as he begins to leave the room.
(Shigure) – But wait!
(Ayame) – I'll be with you next week! You can close the show by yourself right?
(Shigure) – But…
(Ayame) – Bye!
(Hatori) – Goodbye.
(Shigure) – Well I guess that's it people! Hopefully we'll both see you next week for more news and gossip on your favourite Breakfast Show.
(Shigure singing dissonantly) –
Put a smile on your dial
We'll see you in a little while
Goodbye for today
We'll see you again
Put a smile on your dial
We'll see you in a little while
With Shigure and the snake!
(Clap, clap)
Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye! Put a smile on your dial!
Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye! Put a smile on your dial!
Put a smile on your dial
We'll see you in a little while
Goodbye for today
We'll see you again
Put a smile on your dial
We'll see you in a little while
With Ayame and the dog!
(Clap, clap)
Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye! Put a smile on your dial!
Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye! Put a smile on your dial!
(Clap, clap, clap!)
NOTES ON FIC:
Credit goes to William Gardner and 'In the Box' show hosts that present the most annoying Goodbye song ever that's as bad as the 'Song That Never Ends.' They both get stuck in your head at the worst of moments. (Well at least Lambchops was cute!)
The band and singer mentioned are real and the mention of Hero and Max from DBSK and how cute they are apply to me. I believe Hero is hot and Max, to me, is cute. Gackt has been around, if you haven't heard of him he use to be in a band called Malice Mizer. I suggest you check their songs out.
Shigure's poem was based on his relationship with Akito and what had happened between them in the past. It's only brief so hopefully I haven't spoilt it for the people who have still yet to read the manga.
A/N: Well, hopefully you liked this story and wish to take part in the storyline. All you have to do is submit a review telling me what character you'd like to be interviewed and any questions you might like to ask. If not you can just praise or criticize my work if you don't want to be a part of it. The more requests for certain characters, the likelihood that they'll be in the next fic. Well thanks for reading and I'll see you next time.
P.S. Damn auto poetry recognition on this site! Ok poems and songs are not meant to have massive gaps between lines. Sorry.