Authors' note: Okay, My sister and I wrote this story together. It is not just MY idea, my Sister (Rikka) gets most of the credit (it was her idea lol) but we both contubuted our share of ideas.

Disclaimer: We do not own Fruits Basket (though we wish we did lol) It belongs to Natsuki Takaya

Kyo: OMFG HELP US!

Rikka: -Shoves Kyo back into the closet and locks it- Um...sorry about that...I guess I forgot to lock it again -smiles evilly-

Yuki: please help us...

Emi: -shoves Yuki back underneath the desk- I told you to pick up my soda cans!

Yuki:-cries-

Emi and Rikka: OKAY ON WITH THE FANFICTION!!

Yuki and Kyo: God help us all...

Us: SHUT UP! -smacks them on the head-

PS: This is our first FF, be nice plz

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The search for freedom

Ch1: What?

Shigure dropped the phone when he heard the news, making a clattering sound as it hit the floor. Hatori on the other end repeating, "Shigure...are you still there?" After a moment, the dog regained his composure and picked the phone back up off the floor,"Yes Hari...I'm still here..." He said slowly. "I'm just...shocked. I never thought it would happen so suddenly. I knew it would happen eventually but never ever this soon." "Yes well he was always a sick child. Anyways, you might want to tell the others, I'm sure they will want to know." Hatori replied calmly as ever. "Okay, see you tomorrow Hari." He said as he hung up the phone.



The others, already in there because they were alerted by the clatter of the phone, gave Shigure a puzzled look. "W...what happened?" Thoru ventured, slightly worried. Shigure looked over at them, "Akito died last night." he said slowly, gauging the others reactions.

"Oh, that's awful!" Thoru exclaimed. Kyo threw his hands in the air "YEEEEAAAAAHHH!!" Yuki heaved a sigh of relief, finally feeling at ease for once in his life. "So, I guess that means the curse is broken, right?" Yuki asked, curious. "I would suppose so." Shigure replied, back to his old light-hearted self again. Yuki, wanting to see if it was really gone, reached out and pulled Thoru into a hug.

POOF!!

Yuki sighed "I knew it was too good to be true..." he said as he sat on the floor in his rat form. Kyo started laughing "That's what you get you damn rat!" "Shut up you stupid cat." Yuki snapped back.

Shigure was now completely puzzled, and Thoru, completely lost as ever. "But, I thought he was the one who held the curse." Thoru said, confused. Shigure thought for a moment, "I...don't think that's the case here." he said to himself.

Yuki, Kyo and Thoru all three looked at him. "What?"

Meanwhile, somewhere on the outskirts of town...

Emi had the map glued to her nose as her older sister, Rikka, drove through the Tokyo streets. "Okay, turn le- Oh good lord! Where are we!?" Emi shouted as she realized where her sister was. "I'm TRYING to find Thoru's house, but with you shouting it doesn't really help you know." "B-but we are in the wrong part of town!!" Emi shouted, her arms flailing. "Um...where should I go from here?" Rikka asked sheepishly with a sweat drop. Emi sighed, "Turn right at the next street." she said in exasperation.

Emiko Honda was the short one, while her sister Rikka was a good foot and a half taller, not to mention two years older. 16 years old, with raven black hair and amber eyes, her glasses made her look smart and actually fit her face. Her short hair was pulled back into a small pony-tail at the back of her head, even then some hair was still a little too short to go back, including her bangs that covered her left eye. She tugged at her black zip up hoodie which was zipped down half way to where you could see her black tank top with a large white skull on the middle right 

side of the shirt, surrounded by lightning bolts and stars scattered across the shirt. Her jeans weren't skin tight, but not baggy. Her converse were low-cut, and loosely laced up, her fingerless gloves were black as well, and her sister wondered how she could stand those things.

Rikka Honda, of course, was a lot taller. She and her sister were both well built, but Emi was a lot smaller. Rikka loved her orange cut-off hoodie with no sleeves. She almost always wore it. Underneath it she wore a white cut off tank top, with jean shorts that cut off right above her knees. Her white flip-flops on her feet, she almost never wore sneakers or anything. Her hair was long and dark brown, her eyes, a deep hazel.

She drove whichever way Emi told her to go, because she knew she could trust her with the directions. After a while of driving silently, Emi spoke up. "It looks like we're here." She said as a signal for her older sister to stop. Rikka slowed to a stop as she looked at the house in front of them. It was a fairly good size, and it looked like traditional Japanese style. Emi hopped out of the car, walking up to the door, followed by her sister.

She knocked on the door nervously, not knowing what to expect.

Not too far away...

Kyo heard a knock on the door and stood up from the table, annoyed that he had to get up and go get it. He stalked over to the door and grabbed it, thrusting it open all the way "What do you w-!" he shouted, but stopped himself when he saw a scared looking small girl, and behind her, the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. Perfect body and he could tell because he could see her stomach perfectly. Her long dark brown hair framed her face, going perfectly with her deep hazel eyes. He looked her over, completely stunned. The orange wasn't too bad either.

Yuki wondered what was taking 'Kyo so long at the door, so he decided to go see what was up. He walked over to the door and saw Kyo standing there like an idiot. He sighed and walked over, "What is going on?" Yuki asked, then spotting the girls. The taller one seemed to be staring at Kyo just as hard as he was staring at her. He then looked at the shorter one who looked up at him timidly. "Can I help you?" he asked kindly. "Yes, um, we are looking for our cousin, Thoru. Um...would she be here by chance?" she asked, obviously a bit scared. Yuki blinked, her cousins? "Um yes come with me." The small girl grabbed the taller one by the hand and pulled her into the house, snapping her out of her stare-down with Kyo. "Oh um, is this the 

right place?" the taller one whispered to the smaller one. "Yep." she replied, following Yuki through the house.

Thoru had just finished washing and putting away the dishes, satisfied by her work. She turned around when she saw Yuki walk into the kitchen "Miss Honda, I believe you have some visitors." he said stepping out of the way for the two girls to walk through the door. "Um, hi Thoru." They both said sheepishly. "Rikka, Emiko!?" she exclaimed obviously surprised to see them here. "What brings you here all the way from Kyoto!?" she asked. Kyo, who had just walked in was now standing beside Yuki. They both blinked in surprise, Kyoto was really far from Tokyo. "Umm...well...our mother kicked us out." Emi admitted ashamed. "And we have nowhere to go, we already tried everyone else, and we are at a loss." Rikka continued. Shigure walked in a moment later "Hmm? What's going on in here?" he asked, confused.

A few minutes later, everyone was seated at the table, and everything explained. "I see, so you have absolutely nowhere to go?" Shigure asked yet again. "Yes, that's right." Emi replied, looking down at her small gloved hands folded on her lap.

Rikka occasionally glanced over at her sister, but otherwise her gaze never left the floor. Shigure was in thought for a long moment, then after a bit he finally said "Okay." Emi and Rikka snapped their heads up "Um…Okay to what?" Rikka asked, confused now. "Okay to you two staying here!" He sang in his usual dorky way. Everyone stared at him in shock, especially the other three in on the 'secret'. "R-really?" Emi asked, extremely happy.

"But…there is one condition." Shigure said slowly, holding up one finger. Emi and Rika gave him a puzzled look, while Yuki, Kyo and Thoru watched Shigure, wondering what he had in store for them. Shigure became serious "Can you keep a secret?" he asked cryptically. Yuki and the others understood what he meant now, and held their breath, waiting for it to come. Emi and Rikka exchanged confused looks.

"What?"

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Emi: END OF THE FIRST CHAPTER!! XDDD

Rikka: Yay! See, that was not so painful, was it?

Yuki: I guess not….

Kyo: YOU MADE ME SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT! THAT WAS PAINFUL YOU STUPID GIRLS!

Yuki: That is because you ARE, in fact, an idiot.

Emi: Ooookay both of you cool it before I make you go to the 'special' room again.

Yuki and Kyo: -both have horrified looks on their faces- No not again! Please!!

Rikka: You never did tell me what was in there.

Emi: -chuckles darkly- It's a secret…

Kyo: You don't want to know…

Emi: Oh by the way, I lost my pillow again, I need to use you as one Yuki

Yuki:...you lost it again on purpose didn't you?

Emi: Yep

Yuki: -sighs- fine…I guess I have no other choice…

Rikka: Okay then…don't forget to read an review guys!!

Emi: I hope you enjoyed it! :D