Hey I'm taking a break from updating my other fanfic "My Cousin Toji" to bring you this…its got comedy but also lots of Drama for ya mama.

Disclaimer: Fruits basket doth not be claimed or in any form owned by thee.

A/N: this story takes place about 13 years after the anime. Yuki, Kyou and the gang are about 29 years old now (kagura 31), while Kisa and Hiro are about 24 and 25 and Hatori, Shigure, Ayame are all 40 (old farts lol j/p). Ritsu, Ren, kureno are not in this story because I don't know much about them. This story begins about 6 years after Tohru's death…you'll find out how she died later…also Tohru left the Sohmas a few month after Kyou's true form was revealed…sort of suddenly and soon after she switched schools but you'll learn more later…trust me its not as sad as it sounds.

Ch.1: Burring the devil…meeting an Angel

'It feels so strange to be back in here' Kyou Sohma thought with a sad smile as he crossed over the threshold of 'her' room, he hadn't been in there since the day after 'her' funeral. He thought about that day and shook off the memory as he felt himself begin to break down again. That's what always happened when he thought of her …he didn't cry too much anymore…it had been 7years since Tohru died, but it was still hard for him to think of her and not be upset. He thought the first time she left was hard enough, but even that day when he knew he'd lost her he still never thought it'd be forever.

/Flashback/

"Why… Honda-san why are you leaving…I don't understand," Yuki said as calmly as his current state of mind would allow him. Kyou and Shigure were sitting down next to him at the table all with looks of equal horror/sadness and confusion. "Where will you go my little flower?" Shigure asked sounding just a bit less light hearted as he usually was, she hung her head low covering her probably red puffy tear stained eyes and cheeks.

"My uncle and aunt need my help…he needs me with him…I-I want to thank you all for being so kind to me and opening your home and hearts to me...I-I will miss you all so much…and the others too" she said in a soft shaky voice. Kyou was red with silent fury as he tried to blink back rebellious tears "well then go…if you really want to then leave already…I knew you'd leave someday…I don't know why I thought you'd stay…why should you give a damn about us!" Kyou shouted as he pushed the table over and stormed up the steps to the roof.

Tohru looked up to see him leave and began to spew fresh tears of regret and sorrow; Yuki stood up and walked over to the girl. "Stupid cat" he mumbled, Yuki put his right hand on the girl's narrow shoulder and placed his left index finger and thumb under her chin and brought her face upward. "Don't worry about him Honda-san…he's just upset…we all are," he said as he stared into he sad eyes and tried to give her an encouraging smile. Tohru's face lightened a bit and she smiled at him through her tears, "I'm sorry about this but I really have no choice" she whispered as she leaned upward and kissed him softly on the cheek making him blush slightly and smile at her…a true smile.

She then left his side and walked over to Shigure and bent down to kiss his forehead, "thank you so much Shigure-san…I'll miss you" she said as she blinked back a tear. "I have to go now…be safe…I-I-I love you all!" she cried as she ran from the dining area to the front door and rushed out of the house…she never came back. /END FLASHBACK/

Kyou wiped back a stray tear as he left the dust filled room, still intact with its large bed and pink sheets and desk. After she had left that day she never came back to school her friend Arisa had told the Sohmas that she switched schools because her grand father's family moved to a new city. It seemed odd at first but with the pain of knowing they'd never see her smiling face in their home or classroom was too great to allow them to dwell on such things. They were a wreck at first, Kyou stopped talking to everybody and started to loose his temper more frequently, and Yuki began to shut himself off from others again and started spending all his free time locked in his room basking in his sorrow. 'But things got better on that one day' Kyou remembered with a sigh as he sat down on the pink bed. The day they got their first letter from their beloved Tohru.

/FLASHBACK/ Tohru had been gone for about 5 months already and the house reeked of depression and sadness as Shigure Sohma rushed into the house after receiving the daily mail. "Yuki-kun! Kyou-kun! Come down here I have exciting news!" the dog yelled happily as he skipped into the living room, after a while Yuki came downstairs with a bored emotionless face and his hair disheveled "what is it now…I was sleep" he sighed as he walked over to the man expectantly. "Not yet we need Kyou first" Shigure wagged his finger disapprovingly at the youth who merely rolled his eyes and turned to shout "HURRY UP YOU STUPID CAT SO WE CAN GET THIS OVER WITH!"

"What the hell did you call me sissy boy?" Kyou said as he came bounding down the steps towards Yuki and Shigure with his fists clenched. "Good now that you're here…we got a letter today!" Shigure chirped cheerfully, both boys looked at him with murderous glares "that's what you were all excited about…who gives a damn…it's a stupid letter for god's sake!" Kyou shouted at the dog in frustration. Shigure smiled a sneaky, playful smile "but you never let me finish…we got a letter…from Tohru" he said with a wide grin as he saw both the boy's eyes light up, "what does it say?" Yuki asked him impatiently. Shigure just smirked and threw them the torn open envelope, "read it yourself…I'm bored now," he yawned as he scampered off to his study. /END FLASHBACK/

"That was one of the best days of my life" Kyou whispered to himself as he remembered the letter to himself, it was the first of many letters after that. After that letter, telling them all how much she missed them and that she was fine she sent more letters, one every month along with small gifts for everyone (this is Tohru now people…you know she got one for EVERYBODY) on holidays. Yuki, Kyou, Haru, Momiji, Kisa, Kagura, and even Hiro (well he was forced to come) would all gather at Shigure's house the first day of every month when they knew she'd send a letter. They all missed her and wanted to write back but oddly she never left a return address, 'wait how could the letters be mailed if they had no return address' Kyou thought suddenly. "We're home!" came a loud overly cheerful and annoying voice kyou had heard so many times, he suddenly realized where he was and quickly left the room shutting the door behind him.

He glanced at his wrist watch as he walked down the stairs, 'damn…5:30 already…I dint know it was this late…maybe later I'll go to the dojo and clean up a bit for tomorrow's class' he thought with a happy sigh. Kyou loved his dojo; he had taken over the dojo after Kazuma moved to America a few years ago to be with his new wife Saki Hanajima. Kyou's dojo was very successful and he loved teaching the kids to fight, luckily it was close by near Shigure's house where Kyou has been staying the last few months while the repair men work on building the house that Kyou wants attached to the dojo so he could live and work in the same place. Although he never was a big fan of Shigure he didn't mind the company and was grateful that he gave him his old room back to use until the building is done.

"So how was the party?" Kyou asked dryly as he entered the room of people dressed in black, "Kyou-kun that was so not funny" Shigure sighed as he loosened the tie around his neck. "Have some respect for the dead you stupid cat?" Yuki said as he sat down on the couch next to Kagura and Haru. It's almost funny how none of them seemed to have changed much in the last 13 years except that Momiji, Yuki, Kyou, and Hiro had gotten considerably taller and their facial features matured a bit. Hiro and Momiji especially had grown taller and turned out to be handsome strong looking young men, Momiji even started wearing men's clothing and had calmed down quite a bit from the hyperactive teen he used to be. "Why the hell should I care it's not like I even liked Akito when he was alive…why should I give a damn now that he's dead?" Kyou snapped back. Yuki just rolled his eyes and clenched his teeth in silent annoyance at the cat, "its ok Yun-Chan calm down" Kagura cooed as she held Yuki's hand firmly and kissed his cheek. Kagura and Yuki had been married for about 5 years now, they started going out a few weeks before Tohru left them, they'd been drawn to each other after Yuki realized that Tohru loved Kyou more and after he talked Kagura into letting kyou go to be with Tohru. It had been a big sacrifice to them both, letting go of the ones they loved the most in order for their loves to be happy…although Tohru had left before her and Kyou could ever really get together.

"I'm hungry… does anyone have any candy?" Momiji asked with a large smile on his face as he rubbed his growling belly, "aren't you a bit old for candy" Hiro asked mockingly. Momiji began to pout and they all sweat dropped, "well that didn't take nearly as long as I thought…maybe I should call into the office and tell them that I'll come in tomorrow instead of taking the day off" Yuki said aloud to himself as he eyed his watch idly. "No…stay home with me…you promised we could go out to lunch tomorrow" Kagura pouted as she snuggled up to Yuki's shoulder, "Kagura-kun…don't you still have to file those records for me at the estate tomorrow?" Hatori asked as he suddenly appeared from the kitchen holding a mug of steaming tea. Kagura sweat dropped and fell off the couch "urg! I forgot…damned records!" she cursed as she tried to get up from her sprawled out position on the floor, Yuki began to laugh, "Are you ok honey? That looked like it hurt" Yuki asked through muffled laughs as he helped her up. "She's fine the only thing hurt is her pride" Haru said with a stone faced expression as he fiddled with one of his many chains around his neck. "Ow!" Haru hissed as Kagura bonked him over the head with her purse, "what was that for?" he whined angrily teetering on black. "That's for being an idiot" she stuck her tongue out at him and walked over to Kisa who had been quiet this whole time Kisa looking out the window at the rain falling had grown taller as well and had turned out to be a very lovely young woman although she still kept her hair the same length.

"What's wrong Kisa-Chan?" Kagura asked the girl with worry in her voice, Kisa seemed started as she was broken out of her trance like state by the older woman's voice "oh…it's just…with Akito's funeral and all…it makes me think of her…" Kisa said as her voice began to tremble. Suddenly Kagura grabbed the girl into a strong embrace as she too began to cry, "I know…I know…we all miss Tohru too," she said to the girl through sniffles. The whole room grew silent at the mention of Tohru's name, Yuki looked away from the girls and closed his eyes trying to force back the oncoming memories and the tears. The other's reactions were basically the same, even Hiro and Hatori had to admit that they missed her as well…that they loved her as much as everyone else did. Just as the silent morning began to fall onto the room there was a knock at the door that seemed to jolt everyone out of their memories. "I'll get it!" Shigure sang, quickly changing moods as he bounced off to the door even in his advancing age (ok he's not that old only 40) he was still as lively as ever.

"Hello!" Shigure said brightly as he opened the door, but as soon as he looked down at the sight before him his smile faded. In front of his door lay small body wrapped in a soaking wet brown hooded poncho, he panicked and called for someone to come quick when he noticed that the body wasn't moving. After a few seconds Hatori and Momiji came out to help Shigure carry the body inside of the house and lay it on the couch. "Who is that?" Hiro asked as they dumped the body onto the couch and sent Kagura to go get a blanket and for Kyou to go make some tea, "how should I know…I opened the door and saw this…this person lying on the front porch" Shigure shrugged defensively. Kagura came back to the living room with the blanket as the others gathered around the small unidentified form on the couch "Haru…pull off the wet clothes would you?" Hatori asked as he began to search his bag for some medical supplies (Hatori always has that damn bag…he's a doctor for cheese's sake). Haru looked at the older man oddly "why me?" he asked Hatori just looked at him with his intense green eyes "because I said so" he replied monotone. Haru shrugged and started to pull the poncho over the person's head when suddenly the body jolted awake and kneed Haru right in the groin. "DAMN!" Haru hissed in a strained soprano as he hunched over and fell to his knees.

All the guys in the room mentally winced as they felt the pain of their fellow man, "Back the hell off pervert!" came a semi-raspy female voice from the couch. Everyone turned his or her attention back to the large aqua blue eyes that peered out from the hood of the poncho, "Who the hell are you?" Haru asked, as he finally was able to stand. "Do I know you?" the girl asked, as she looked Haru strangely, "I don't believe you do…but may I ask your name?" a handsome man with purple eyes and dark grey hair asked her, 'he looks familiar too…maybe I did find the right place! I hope so…dear god I hope so' she thought biting her lip hopefully. Suddenly she realized they were all looking at her, "oh…ahh! I'm so sorry…um…I'm sorry…my name is Kyoko it's nice to meet you" she babbled blushing and starting to spaz. The adults around her couldn't help but smile at the girl's antics, they couldn't quite put their finger on it but her actions seemed somehow familiar.

"Kyoko…that name sounds so familiar…" Shigure pondered but everyone just ignored him, "it seems late for a young girl like you to be wondering around in the rain like that…what were you doing out there? Where are your parents?" Hatori asked the girl in a very serious manner. The others all waited for her answer because they were curious too, "yeah…why are you here?" Hiro asked in that bratty smart-ass way he always speaks. "Hiro don't be rude" Kagura hissed at the light brown haired boy, "shut up boar!" he hissed back, "don't speak to her that way you little punk" Yuki snapped. Before long everyone was yelling and shouting and it was giving Kyoko a headache.

"Damn it can't there ever be any peace and quiet in here" Kyou mumbled to himself as he took the kettle off the stove, he could hear the yelling all the way in the kitchen and it was pissing him off. 'I'd better go in there and stop them all before my head caves in' Kyou thought as he walked out of the kitchen and stepped into the living room where all the noise was generating from. 'I can't take this anymore' Kyou thought to himself as he walked to the side of the couch, 'this is getting out of hand' Kyoko thought "SHUT THE HELL UP!" Kyou and Kyoko yelled at the same time. Everyone in the room turned to the couch where Kyoko was sitting and kyou was standing right beside the couch, they looked at each other then at the other adults in the room. "What the hell is that?" Kyou snorted as he gestured to Kyoko, "I'm not a what stupid I'm a girl and my name is Kyoko" the blue eyed girl hissed at the cat. Kyou would have said something back to the young girl but he found himself lost in the young girl's majestic blue eyes, 'her eyes…there's something about them…so familiar…so beautiful…almost like.' before kyou could finish his thought he snapped himself back to reality.

"Why is she here? Where are her parents?" Kyou asked the others who all shrugged and looked at the girl who was shivering in her wet poncho, "oh yeah I never did tell you why I was here" Kyoko smiled sheepishly and blushed. "Well…first of all I'm not a little girl I'm 12 and a half I can take care of myself" she said with a look of determination, "and I was out there because I was looking for the Sohma household…it's getting late so if you could…would you give me some directions…I want to reach them before it gets too late" she finished. All the Sohmas looked at each other then at the girl cautiously, "and why is it that you seek the Sohma family Kyoko-Chan" Shigure asked the young girl sweetly. Kyoko looked a little panicked and darted her eyes nervously around the room "um…it's rather private…personal business…sorry" she explained with a smile, "that's ok we understand" Kagura said. " So could you direct me to the home of Shigure?" she asked curiously, Hatori began to grow suspicious of the girls 'knowledge' and interest in the Sohmas "how do you know the Sohma family anyway" he asked the girl.

TBC

A/n: I hope you liked it…please review but be nice and don't send flames!!! Sorry for killing off Tohru…I like her alright but it was necessary for the plot…you'll see…and check out my other stories that I'll update this weekend "My Cousin Toji". Luv ya!