In The Company of my Future

Chapter One

By: Sakoko-chan

Disclaimer: Are these really necessary? Anyway, I don't own Fruits Basket.

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His day had been a disaster.

First, two of his teacher's had decided to shove a pop quiz in his face, which would make anyone unhappy. Though nobody did well on the test, so the teacher's had issued another test to be taken three days from then, which meant anything anyone had been planning on those days would have to instead be spent studying.

Second, he had been pushed by one of his classmates, causing him to nearly collide with a girl. That in itself was bad, but after that he had pushed the girl roughly away, and in return she burst into tears. If it was one thing Kyo hated, it was making (or watching) a girl cry. He apologized to the girl, but in return he got laughter and never ending comments from the men of the class.

Then thirdly, he had the joy of being eaten out by Yuki, and told him how irresponsible he was for allowing himself to nearly transform in front of the entire class. Along the lecture he also added how stupid Kyo was, and how he needed to control his temper for once. Kyo wanted to yell at him, call him names and then fight with him. But he had changed. He wasn't sixteen anymore, he was eighteen. He had grown up after he met Tohru, and he had learned not to pick fights in which he would never win. He was, after all, the cat, and Yuki was the rat. The rat would always win. At everything.

Many other things had gone wrong in his day as well, but Kyo had managed to narrow it down to those three things. Those were the ones that caused the rest of his day to be rotten.

The orange haired boy sighed as he walked home alone on the street. Sometimes he did get lonely walking home alone. He would even have let Momiji or Haru walk with him, though he would never admit it.

Kyo stuffed his hands in his pockets and looked up, seeing that he was nearly at Shigure's.

Never thought I would end up calling this place 'home'. Thought Kyo as he walked off the curb and onto Shigure's driveway. Then again I never thought a lot of things would happen.

When Kyo got inside he took off his shoes and walked upstairs. He went into his room and dropped his bag on the floor, quickly noticing that all his clothes that he been washed were now neatly folded and laying on his bed. Kyo smiled to himself.

Tohru's such a...girl. She does everything round here, though I wish she didn't. She works herself way too hard.

A thought than came to Kyo. How had Tohru done the laundry when he was the first one home? Though as quickly as the question came the answer followed it.

Oh yeah, I took the long way home. She must have come here before me to get something, and must have finished doing the laundry.

Kyo shook his head, wondering how the young woman could do so many things in such as short period of time.

Tohru's gonna make a man a great wife someday. He's gonna be spoiled, that's for sure.

Just then the phone rang. Kyo waited a few seconds, expecting Shigure to pick it up. He then remembered that Shigure wasn't home, he had gone to the main house. The young man went down the stairs and picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hi Kyo-kun! It's Tohru."

Kyo smiled softly.

"Oh, Hey Tohru."

"Hey Kyo-kun, I was wondering if you could pick up some baby powder on your way home tonight..."

Kyo frowned. Baby powder? Was this a joke?

"Baby powder?"

"Yes silly! Didn't I mention that we were out this morning before you left for work?"

Kyo could hear Tohru giggle.

"Oh well, I must have forgotten. Silly me!"

Kyo stayed silent, not sure what to say. He wasn't even sure if he was really speaking to Tohru, or someone that sounded like her.

"Kyo-kun?" Said Tohru after the man didn't say anything. "Kyo-kun are you there?"

Kyo blinked, then slowly answered.

"Uh, Yeah, I'm... still here."

It was then that the door opened, and Yuki walked in. Kyo quickly glanced at the boy, a frown of confusion still on his face. Yuki raised his eyebrows, but said nothing and began taking off his shoes.

"Well Kyo-kun, if you could do that for me, that would be great!"

Kyo shook his head. What the heck was going on? This girl sounded JUST like Tohru, but there was no way on earth that it could be.

"I'll see you when you get back from work. I love you!"

The last sentence was what finally managed to cause Kyo to snap.

"Is this a joke?" He asked.

There was no reply right away, but when it did come, the person talking sounded shocked.

"A joke...about getting baby powder?"

"NO! Who is this? What do you want?"

"It's Tohru, Kyo, is something wrong?"

Kyo grabbed his hair with his free hand, clenching it tightly. There was just no way this person on the other line could be Tohru. There was just no way! But it sounded just like Tohru! JUST like her! If this was another person, they were pretty darn good at mimicking voices!

Yuki stared at Kyo. Who was he talking to that could cause such an outburst of distress? Usually if Kyo was talking to Shigure or Momiji and they were bothering him he'd simply yell at them, but now his eyes were wide and he was nearly pulling out his hair. What was getting him so riled up?

"Kyo-kun? Kyo-kun is everything alright?" The person who claimed to be Tohru now had worry in her voice, and it was very genuine.

Kyo looked around, then spotted Yuki staring at him. Yuki caught this and asked,

"What's going on?"

Kyo for once didn't say anything mean, but instead took the phone and hit the 'speaker' button. Yuki could now hear everything the person who Kyo was talking to was saying.

"Talk to her!" Said Kyo, frowning slightly. Maybe whoever this was would stop the joke when they heard Yuki come into the conversation.

Yuki glared at Kyo, but stopped when he heard the person talk to him.

"Hello? Kyo-kun are you still there? Are you alright? Kyo-kun!"

Yuki frowned, and looked at Kyo. The cat was worried over this? Over talking to Tohru?

"Hello Tohru-san." Said Yuki calmly, still frowning at his orange haired cousin.

"Yuki? Is that you?"

Yuki noticed that Tohru hadn't added the 'kun', but he ignored it.

"Yeah, it's me. Is something wrong?"

"Well I was just talking to Kyo-kun, but he's acting very odd!"

Yuki rolled his eyes. That was an understatement.

Tohru continued,

"I just asked him to pick up some baby powder! And- hold on. Why are you at Kyo-kun's office?"

THIS got Yuki to stop all that he was doing. The rat glanced at the cat, his eyebrows raised.

"Um, baby powder, Tohru-san?"

"Yes! Is there really anything wrong with that?"

"Well, no, Tohru-san but... who would the baby powder be for, I'm wondering. And I'm sure Kyo is too."

Silence.

"Why, for Miki of course!"

The two teenaged boys stood there, completely stunned.

"M...Miki?" Asked Kyo tentatively. "Who's Miki?"

"Oh good Kyo-kun, your still here! Wait... did you just ask- Kyo-kun did you hit your head?! Oh no you must have hit your head! I'll call the doctor right away! Please, stay where you are, I'll be over right away!"

Yuki was taken aback. Was this really Tohru? Or a joke? Who on earth was Miki, and why did Tohru ask Kyo to pick up baby powder her?

"Tohru-san, is everything alright? Why are you asking for baby powder, and who is Miki?"

"Yuki! Did you hit your head too? Miki is our daughter!"

Yuki instantly blushed.

"Our d-daughter?"

Tohru laughed faintly.

"No, no, me and Kyo."

Yuki looked at Kyo, expecting him to be as white as a sheet. But instead he got the exact opposite. There was no colour whatsoever drained from Kyo, like there was before, and Kyo was now calmly staring at the speaker phone that was laying on the desk.

"Don't worry Tohru-chan, I'll pick it up on my way back."

A sigh of relief was heard.

"Oh good. Now Kyo-kun, would you mind telling me why you and Yuki were acting so strange? Are you sure you didn't hit your head?"

Kyo chuckled.

"Naw, we didn't hit our heads. We were just teasing you."

Tohru laughed.

"Oh, okay. You two were very good at acting! I really thought you had forgotten about Miki!"

Yuki stared at Kyo, noticing that the man's eyes were glazed over. Yuki was very confused, a minute ago Kyo had been as much in the dark as he had in this conversation, but now he seemed as though everything was normal. He had even chuckled, something he had never in his life hear him do. The young man was also smiling, another thing Kyo would normally not want Yuki to catch him doing.

"Of course I couldn't forget. How could I forget my baby?"

Suddenly gurgling was heard, followed by Tohru's laugh.

"I think Miki knows we're talking about her honey."

"Oh, hey Miki! How are you?" Asked Kyo, genuinely happy to be talking to his daughter.

More gurgling, then a baby's laugh.

"Well I better let you go." Said Tohru finally.

"Yeah, I'll see you when I get home." Kyo quickly added, "And I wont forget the baby powder."

Tohru laughed.

"No, don't forget the baby powder. Take lot's of pictures for me, okay? I really hope you win the prize this year!"

A smile brushed Kyo's lips.

"It wouldn't mean anything without you Tohru."

Then suddenly the line started to crackle, and a white noise was heard instead of a voice. Yuki watched Kyo's eyes as their haziness slowly disappeared, as well as his smile.

"What... what was... what happened?"

Kyo looked at Yuki, confusion written all over his face.

"Don't ask me, idiot." Said Yuki. "You're the one who was talking to Tohru about your child."

Kyo's eyes widened, but as soon as they did they closed. The young man clutched his head as a sudden throbbing pain slammed into his head. But as soon as it had come, it had gone, leaving behind the faint picture of a twenty four year old woman with soft, brown hair.

Kyo took a deep breath, then stood shakily to his feet. Yuki was about to ask what was going on when the door suddenly opened and Tohru walked in. She smiled when she saw the two men.

"Oh hello Kyo-kun! Hello Yuki-kun! I'm sorry, I just came by for my book... I forgot it when I was here. Um..."

Tohru looked nervously at Kyo and Yuki, not sure as to why she was getting such odd looks from them.

"Um... is everything alright?"

Nobody said anything at first, then suddenly Kyo straightened and started walking towards the stairs.

"Nothing's wrong Tohru, we were just... surprised you had come back so early. That's all."

Tohru mouthed a small 'Oh.' as Kyo walked upstairs. She listened to his footsteps as they walked across the floor, then into his room. The sound of the door shutting echoed throughout the house.

Tohru looked at Yuki, and Yuki looked at her. Yuki smiled softly, trying hard to regain his composure as quickly as he could.

"Well, uh, Tohru-san. I'll see you when you come home later. Have fun."

With that, the silver haired boy walked upstairs and into his room.

Tohru remained by herself, in the same spot she had been when she first walked in.

Well that was... strange. I wonder if I somehow made them upset? Oh no, I hope I didn't upset them in anyway! Oh no, oh no!

Though Tohru didn't know it, she was indeed the cause for Kyo and Yuki's behaviour. Though it was in a way that she could never imagine.

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Kyo sat on the floor, his back up against the wall. His legs were drawn up, and his head was laying across his knees. He clutched his head, though it wasn't from pain. Instead he was trying desperately to figure out what was going on. What had come over him before? How had he suddenly known exactly what to say, and how did he know exactly what they were talking about?

Kyo ran a hand through his hair, his eyes narrowed in deep concentration. Finally he managed to whisper one thing.

"What's going on here?"

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Well I hope this is okay! I wrote it in one sitting, something I haven't done in ages. Hopefully for this story my mind can stay on the plot and not wander. That only creates confusion among the stories and for the readers.

Tell me if the rating should be changed! Ideas are also welcomed! Thanks for reading!

- Sakoko-chan