AN: So I started this new story because I just got the idea and decided to run with it. Plus I just finished up my last story and started on the sequel so I thought I'd try out a new story too. Anyway I hope you guys enjoy this story. And hey, if you do, you can check out my other ones too.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket. I don't.

Prologue

I was thirteen, Akito was fifteen and I worshipped her. She was my best friend, my confidante, the person who was always there. There were smiles reserved only for me, a room right next to hers, and time was always made for me. Who was I to deserve such treatment? They called me the God's consort, the only one who could truly understand Akito. The only person who ever knew what she was truly feeling. Just one of the perks of being who I am.

For a while, this satisfied me. I was the only one who could calm her down during her rages or make her smile when she was sick. But I grew lonely stuck in the main house all day, so one day I gathered up my courage and followed my idol to a small room on the outskirts of the property. She stomped into the room, and I tiptoed behind her, my snow white hair blowing in the soft wind.

The room was dark with almost no lighting except for the sun light trickling in from the small windows. Even with little light I could see the blood smeared on the wall and the shivering figure in the corner, hidden mostly by Akito looming over them. I stepped closer as Akito struck them, a bubble of fear coming up in my belly. She hit them again and again before my eyes met with the ones on the floor. She raised her hand again and this time my hand shot out and grabbed her wrist. Her head whipped towards me and so did the head of the person on the ground.

"Mika? What are you doing here?" Akito asked me angrily. I shook my head at her.

"I got lonely staying in the house by myself so I followed you here. What are you doing to this person?" I stepped around Akito to get a good look at the kid on the ground.

It was a boy who was the same age as me, I saw him maybe once a year at the banquet. My brother hated him, but we got along fine. Yuki Sohma, the Rat. Tears dripped down his cheeks, mingling with the blood on it. The fear in my stomach turned to pity, guilt, and a little anger. I didn't see Yuki often but he was still my friend!

"Punishing him. Yuki was being disobedient." She said in the coldest voice I've ever heard her use. I kneeled down so that I was eye level with Yuki, and took my sleeve to wipe one side of his face. He flinched at my touch and tried to back away, his back already against the wall. "I know you've always a soft spot for them but they're just idiots. Useless, the lot of them."

"I don't care. You can't do this anymore Akito. This is wrong. Let Yuki go." I ordered her, talking back to her for the first time in my life. I couldn't just sit by and let this happen.

"Mika. Who are you to talk back to me? Apologize." She demanded, angry again. I trembled but fought back, my own anger fueling me.

"Or what? You'll punish me too? Let him go, Akito. Can't you see what you're doing? I know you're not this cruel." I retorted but I softened, trying to reason with her.

"Fine, then. Choose him over me. But if you do, don't come back." She paused. "If you do this, Mika, you'll be just like you're brother. You'll be just like that stupid cat." She answered her voice iron hard. I ignored her dig at my brother as I looked at Yuki, shaking, not even looking at us and my mind was made up.

"Fine. I won't come back." Akito scowled at me, then she turned and walked out the door. I watched her go sadly, losing my best friend, my home, and the family I never had in one second. I didn't dwell on that for long as I turned around and gave Yuki a smile, reaching a hand out to him.

"Take my hand. I'm going to take you to Hatori and then I'll take you somewhere safe. I'm not going to hurt you, honest. Trust me." I coaxed, bending my knees to get a better look at him. Tentatively, he stuck out a slim hand and put it in mine. I grinned at him.

"Okay. I'm Mika, Kyo's sister, if you don't remember me." I helped him stand up, my eyes trained on his face but as soon as we took a step, his eyes fluttered and he collapsed. I dropped to my knees instantly to see if he was okay.

What I saw horrified me. His too large yukata had fallen off of one shoulder, revealing his ribs and large cuts on his chest, some of which were still trickling blood from them. Scars ran up his arm to the shoulder. Tears flooded my eyes as I gently scooped him up into my arms, his head resting on my shoulder. He was so thin and light but it was still difficult to carry him to Hatori's by myself. I knocked on Hatori's door with my foot, not wanting to put Yuki down for fear of hurting him.

When he came to the door, he gasped, pushing his hair out of his eyes before taking Yuki from my arms. He took Yuki into the house and I followed him silently. I turned to Kana as he took him into the back room. She was one of the only people who I actually knew outside of the main house. She was one of my friends. She opened her arms to me and I sunk into them, confessing the whole story to her. She then pulled me into the kitchen where we sat down and talked about where I would go after this. I refused to tell her my plans no matter how much she begged me, mainly because I had no plan. The main house was the only home I'd had since my parents had given me away when I was four. Kana tried to convince me to stay with her and Hatori but I was adamant about going on my way so we sat silently at the table until Hatori came into the room.

"Hatori? How is he?" I asked him anxiously as he sat at the table next to Kana.

"He'll be alright. His breathing is normal and most of the cuts weren't that deep. I cleaned and bandaged them and he's sleeping now. Although it's not the physical wounds I'm worried about, it's the emotional ones. It's about time he got away from Akito." Hatori sighed, looking at me.

"Hatori?" I asked cautiously. "How long has this been going on?"

"A couple of months, a year at the most. There's a lot you don't know about Mika. Stuff you are too young to know about." He explained quietly. I felt the anger from before come rolling back in, this time directed at Hatori.

"Months? A year? How come no one stopped it? I don't care if I'm too young to know about it, I'm old enough to know this is wrong! Yuki's a person and he has feelings!" My voice became louder with every sentence and I stood up. Hatori and Kana shushed me but it was too late.

"Hello?" A weak voice called from the back. Hatori moved to go see him but I waved my hand at him, walking into the room myself.

"Hi." I said gently. "Sorry about waking you up, Yuki. You should get some rest, I won't be loud anymore." I turned to leave the room when he called out my name.

"Mika-san?" I turned back towards him.

"Yeah, Yuki-kun?" I smiled softly at the gray haired boy looking at me with a nervous expression.

"Thanks. For saving me, I mean." He looked back down at the bed. I crossed over to him and gave him the tiniest kiss on the cheek. He looked startled.

"It was my pleasure." I said, as I left the room blushing.

As I left the room, I realized I had two choices. I could join my brother with his new adoptive father at the dojo and live with them or I could run away and begin a new life somewhere else. There were Sohmas everywhere; it wouldn't be hard to find someone to take me in. As I looked at the kitchen though, I knew I couldn't just leave these people behind, wondering where I had gone. So I walked back into the kitchen and asked Hatori if I could use the phone. And then I called my brother.

Chapter 1

"Shishou-san, I'm going out to see Kyo! Do you have a message for him?" I called from the doorway. The wind made my mid back length hair tangle in the wind, my bangs covering my eyes, the only feature I shared with my brother.

Shishou came walking slowly around the corner, Kunimitsu in tow. He smiled at me benignly as he came closer, a father's smile. I remembered that smile. It was the exact one I had gotten when I had first shown up here.

"Just the usual. That I miss him and he needs to come practice more often if he ever intends on beating Yuki." We shared a small smile at that. "Also, tell Yuki he should come by as well. We shouldn't let him get rusty now, should we?"

"Definitely not." I laughed as I reached down and grabbed my bag. "Alright, well then, I'll be off. Be back in a couple of days. Be good both of you." I called over my shoulder as I went down the path.

I looked back long enough to catch Shishou's teasing expression and Kunimitsu's outraged one. They made me laugh, the two of them did and I loved them. I continued down the road towards Shigure's place. My brother had recently moved in there with Shigure, Yuki and another girl. I hadn't seen him since he had gotten back from the mountains so this was my trip to see both him and Yuki and welcome him back.

I traveled down the road for a while before getting to the forest path. In the distance I could just see an orange head bobbing along. I grinned and took off to catch up with him. I jumped on his back and he made a surprised "oof" sound.

"Kyo! I missed you!" I cried, squeezing him tight. He squirmed around, trying to get me off but I just tightened my grip on him. He gave up quickly and turned his head towards me.

"Mika, Get off me!" He yelled. I shook my head, grinning. It was then that I noticed the pretty brunette on Kyo's left. She was standing there with a confused expression.

"Oh hi. You must be Tohru, right? I'm Sohma Mika." I grinned at her, waving from Kyo's back. I then slid down so I could bow politely. She bowed back hurriedly.

"Honda Tohru. Pleased to meet you. May I ask which zodiac animal you are? I thought I had met all of them but since you hugged Kyo, I assume you're in it." She said hurriedly. Kyo answered for me though.

"Tohru, this is my slightly older sister. She's not an animal but she's a part of the Zodiac called the God's consort." He scowled as he explained and I punched him lightly in the arm.

"It doesn't do much good though. I can only hug Kyo without him transforming and he's no fun." I pouted. Kyo started to walk again and Tohru and I followed him, still in our conversation.

"Kyo didn't tell me he had a sister." I scowled.

"You jerk." I yelled at him. He waved me off and I could imagine his smirk at my insult. "We're twins, you know. Kyo likes to pretend he's an only child even though deep down he loves me. He's probably angry because I still get to live at the dojo and he doesn't." I told her in hushed tones. She nodded.

"I see." She said as we arrived at Shigure's place. "So will you be staying for dinner, Mika-san?"

"You can call me Mika-chan or just Mika if you want. And I'm actually staying for a couple of days, I hope it won't be a bother to you. Shigure told me you were the housekeeper or something when I told him I was coming." With my sentence, Shigure burst out of the house to welcome us.

"MIKA! It's been so long little flower! I see you've met Tohru, our little house wife, I know you two will be the best of friends. Kyo, won't it be nice to have your older sister around for a while?" He cried as he danced around us. I snickered as Kyo punched him.

"Don't be so freaky about my sister, you damn pervert!" Kyo shouted at him as Shigure cried, crouched in the fetal position. I grinned.

"Hi Shigure. Thank you for letting me stay here for a while." I said pleasantly. He stood up and brushed himself off.

"It was no trouble. Maybe you'll be able to handle your brother better than I can." He said as Kyo stalked off, Tohru chasing after him.

"It looks like Tohru's got it covered. But you know if I need to, I'll handle it. I've had enough training." I said somberly, looking at the house. Shigure nodded without a smile.

"You're going to Akito next week?" Shigure asked quietly as we started into the house.

"Yeah, that's why I wanted to see you three before I went over there. It'll be a while before I get a break." I said, looking up at the sky. "Speaking of, where is Yuki?"

"Tohru, where is our little Yuki?" Shigure yelled out into the empty house.

"He should be here soon, he just had to get help with some homework, Shigure-san!" Tohru's voice echoed from the kitchen. I followed him in there where Tohru's food had started to make a delicious aroma.

"I hope so. We wouldn't want him to miss out on our special guest." Shigure said teasingly and I laughed, blushing.

We chatted like this for a while and eventually Kyo came down to join us after he cooled off. I think it was the lure of Tohru's cooking that brought him down. I surmised that it was delicious from the way Kyo and Shigure talked about it. It was almost ready when we heard the door open.

"Hello? Tohru, Shigure, I'm home." Yuki's voice called out. I grinned and put a finger to my lips, indicating that they shouldn't say anything.

"We're in the kitchen, Sohma-kun!" Tohru called back. I waited by the door and as he came round the bend I tackled him.

"YUKI!" I squealed as he transformed. I scooped him up out of his pile of clothes and brought him close so I could hear him.

"Mika? Do you always have to do that?" He said exasperatedly. I laughed.

"I can't help myself. I missed you. Plus, you're just so cute as a rat!" I gushed, cuddling him to my face. He sighed.

"Well, I was going to change anyway. Put me down so I can go do that." I set him down carefully and he scurried off. He came back a few minutes later in a t-shirt and some sweats. Kyo walked off as he entered the room, most likely to avoid the coming reunion.

"Next time, Mika, could please try to contain yourself?" He said bemused, as he gently kissed me on the cheek. "I missed you as well but I didn't tackle you, did I?"

"Only because I did it first." I teased him. He just shook his head at me.

"The cute couple is reunited. Oh how wonderful!" Shigure sang but was interrupted by Yuki bopping him on the head. I giggled at them but I turned as I heard Tohru's gasp of astonishment.

I looked at her to find a look of utter shock on her face. I had completely forgotten that she had been behind us when Yuki had come in. I felt bad a bit, Yuki probably hadn't told her about us and I didn't know if he wanted her to know about us. He turned too, and blushed when he noticed that Tohru was there.

"Oh Honda-san, I didn't see you there." He said quietly.

"Sohma-kun, you and Mika-chan are a couple?" She said excitedly. I looked at Yuki, wondering if he would lie about our relationship.

"Yes. For almost a year now." He replied calmly, looking down to smile softly at me. My heart filled at his words and I reached up to give him a peck on the lips.

"That's great!" She said. "It's wonderful that you two can have a relationship even with the curse. You guys are really suited for each other." I blushed.

"Thanks, Tohru. Anyway, is dinner ready?" I asked, changing the subject. She nodded and so I ran off to get Kyo.

We all sat down to eat together, Yuki and I on one side, Kyo and Tohru on the other, and Shigure at the head. I had forgotten how rambunctious it could get with Kyo and Yuki around each other so most of dinner was spent with them fighting. After dinner, I helped Tohru with the dishes and then Yuki and I went for a walk out to his garden.

"So, what's new?" I asked as we treaded slowly on the path, our hands swinging gently in between us. He looked up at the sky, thinking.

"Let's see, what's new since we talked two days ago on the phone. Not much I believe." He teased and I pouted at him.

"Sorry for asking then. I mean, it's not like I see you every day like those girls at school who are in love with you. I only get to see you once in a while. Sorry if I get worried once in a while." I huffed angrily, crossing my arms. He sighed, and turned me to face him.

"None of the girls can even begin to compare to you. I love you. Only you." He said, tracing my cheek with his thumb gently. I gave him a small smile.

"I know. I do too. It's just, I miss you." I finished lamely.

"I miss you too. I worry too, you know. Who knows what kind of men come into the dojo and hit on you? I don't but I don't get angry with you about it. Neither of us can help our situations right now." He reasoned with me, kissing me gently on the nose.

"Alright, I get it. I'm sorry, alright? Happy now?" I threw my hands in the hair, exasperated. He grinned and took my hand again.

"I'm always happy when you're around." He said quietly, observing the forest around us. I shook my head but my smile matched his.

"Yeah, yeah, let's just go look at your plants." I said nonchalantly, looking away.

We continued to his garden where we picked a couple of leeks and then I helped him put the cover over the growing plants. I carried the basket for Yuki as we headed back to the house. I soaked in the moment of quiet contentment, knowing it wouldn't last very long with the news I would have to give him. I figured I could wait a few days before telling him though.

"Hey Yuki? What are you doing tomorrow?" I asked before we got back to the house stopping in the middle of the path. He cocked his head.

"School, of course." He said slowly.

"Do you want to do something after school? Just you and me. We haven't had a date in a while and I'm here so I thought we could, you know." I finished lamely, looking down at the basket. When it came to Yuki, I had almost no confidence.

"Of course. I'd love to." He replied softly. "Now come here."

I gave him a quizzical look but walked closer to him anyways. His hands went to my waist and I almost dropped the basket from his suddenness. I looked at him and he kissed me on the lips without either of us moving, keeping me at a steady distance so he didn't transform.

"I really wanted to do that." He said blushing, as he released me. "I really have missed you, you know."

"Yeah. I do now." I said slowly, a smile curling my lips. He blinked at me and turned red before grabbing the basket and heading into the house. I laughed and ran after him.

AN: How's that for a first chapter? Tell me how you feel about it. I'd love feedback. Next time is the date, Hooray. And how will Yuki take the news Mika has for him? You'll find out if you stay tuned! So I hope you enjoyed. Peace out!