I don't own Fruits Basket, and I'm not taking any of the writer's ideas.
"Tohru, have you made breakfast yet?" Kyo called from the stairs. Wiping sweat from her forehead, Tohru smiled up at Kyo and said,
"Yes, just about. It'll be ready in a minute." Tohru heard a crash from behind her, and she whirled around. She saw Yuki, fast asleep on the ground. He was already in his school uniform, but was dirty, even though Tohru had done the laundry the other day. Tohru saw how Yuki had fallen; he had tripped over the trashcan.
"Damn rat; how can someone so strong be so lazy." Kyo said as he came downstairs and saw Yuki snoring lightly. Instantly, Yuki leapt up and punched Kyo across the room and through the screen door; after landing on a plant and squishing it, Kyo leapt up and launched himself at Yuki.
"Damn rat, I thought you were asleep!" Kyo growled, preparing to punch Yuki. At that second, Tohru walked in front of Kyo and Yuki, carrying a tray of food. CRASH! POOF! Kyo and Tohru landed in a tangled heap, Tohru covered in food and Kyo in cat form.
"Stupid cat, now we're going to be late for school," Yuki said. "Are you alright, Honda-san?" he said, helping Tohru to her feet.
"Yes, but the food… I will cook some more!" Tohru started to rush back into the kitchen, But Shigure, coming from his own room, stopped her.
"Tohru-kun, don't worry about breakfast; I'll give you guys some money so you can buy some on the way to school. You go and change now, and you too, Yuki." At that moment, Kyo turned back into a human, and Tohru ran back to her room.
"Tohru, there's a new kid at school…" Hana-chan said as Tohru joined her friends in the classroom.
"Really? Where is she sitting?" Tohru asked. Uo-chan pointed her out.
"At lunch, we'll ask her to sit with us and Prince Yuki and Kyon. It's always hard to be a new kid at a high-school." Uo-chan leaned back in her chair and yawned.
"I feel the same waves that I get from the rest of the Sohmas…" Hana-chan said. Tohru looked closely at the new girl. She had long, tawny hair that was in a braid that fell down her back. She was she was tall, and held herself high. Tohru wondered how she could have the same waves as the other Sohmas, since there were no more zodiac animals that she could be.
"What's her name?" Tohru asked.
"Mishke… I don't remember what her last name was…" Hana-chan said.
At lunch, Tohru grabbed Mishke before she sat down by herself.
"You shouldn't sit alone! You can sit with me and my friends!" Tohru said, pulling Mishke to where her friends were waiting.
"Yuki-kun, Kyo-kun, this is Mishke-san! She just started coming to our school!" Tohru said, pulling Mishke down to sit next to her. Mishke smiled warmly.
"Where did you move from, Mishke-san?" Yuki asked.
"I moved here from Kyoto. But I was born here in Tokyo." Mishke said. Her voice sounded like a feminine version of Kyo's. Yuki looked at her curiously, but the girls didn't notice; Tohru, Hana-chan, and Uo-chan were deep in a conversation about something only girls were interested in.
Shigure and Hatori were sitting around the kotatsu in Shigure's house, talking about Kyo and Yuki.
"Ever since Tohru started living here, they've begun to get along, to some extent." Shigure looked sadly at his busted door. "But it's better than before, when they beat each other at the sound of their breath.
"Speaking of Kyo, have you heard anything about…her?" Hatori lowered his voice to a whisper.
"No. actually, I heard rumors that she moved out of Kyoto, but I haven't heard anything, not since Kyo's mother died." Shigure leaned back and stretched his arms. "I doubt we'll here anything from her father, too, since he doesn't want any affiliation with the Sohma's." Shigure and Hatori were silent; thinking about a girl that they only knew existed due to murmurs, murmurs that could very well be wrong, granted the mystery that surrounded her.
As Kyo and Tohru were walking home from school, they saw Mishke leaning against a wall, out of breath, as if she had been running from something. She had a bruise rising on her cheek. They heard a shout.
"Dammit Mishke, where the hell are you?" Mishke turned her head wildly, looking for a place to hide.
"Mishke!" Kyo called. Mishke turned, and saw Kyo and Tohru waving at her, beckoning her to them. She started to run towards them, but at that second a man burst around the corner and grabbed her wrist. Pulling her back, the man threw her to the ground and started beating her viciously.
"You think you can run away? Well, this'll keep you in check!" the man landed a kick right between the ribs. Mishke screamed in pain. Kyo ran at the man and punched him in the nose. The man sprawled back, clutching his bleeding nose. He saw Kyo and Tohru bending over Mishke. Kyo bent to pick her up.
"I wouldn't touch her if I were you," the man said through the blood running down his face. "She has a medical condition that if you touch her, she transforms into a hideous creature."
"Well, she can't be as bad as you," Kyo said, bending to pick up the prone from lying on the ground.
"You want proof? Well, watch this!" the man shoved Tohru to the side and gave Mishke a hug. There was a loud POOF, and when the smoke cleared, there was a tabby cat lying on the ground.
End of chapter One