How Minnie it takes to break a Curse
Fruit basket fanfic! I'm so excited! Do you feel my excitement? I bet you do!
Sparkly love from sparkleeyes20.
There's Minnie in the Gang
It was Friday evening and Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo were just coming out of the store from picking up some things they needed for that nights diner. Of course, Kyo and Yuki couldn't do even this without starting a fight with each other. Tohru, after living with them for a little over two years now, learned to keep her distance when they fought. She knew that they would calm down eventually. Besides, it's how she knew if they were feeling alright. Yuki and Kyo kept yelling at each other when they heard a laughing from beside them. All of the group's heads turned to a fence. Sitting on top was a girl their age with orange colored locks of hair. An eye patch was over her left eye. She was laughing hard.
"What are you laughing at?" Kyo screamed at her.
"You. Duh!" she replied.
"Us?" Yuki asked quietly.
"Yeah," she hopped down from sitting on a fence post, "It's pretty funny the way you two are fighting."
"WHAT?" Kyo yelled.
"Yet, it's very brave of you two as well," she continued, ignoring Kyo's yelling.
"What do you mean 'brave of them'?" Tohru asked.
"Well, not many people have the guts to fight in public, especially if it's a verbal fight. People just eat that kind of thing up," she answered.
"Um… thank you?" Yuki replied, quite confused.
"You're welcome. Anyway, are you two brothers?"
"NO!" they yelled in union.
"Okay… jeez… just asking."
"Can I ask who you are?" Tohru asked.
"Oh right! The name's Kayla. Kayla Vega."
"Vega?"
"Yeah… my mother was American."
"That explains a lot."
"Do you have relatives?" Yuki asked.
"I do. Brothers and sisters."
"How many? Two?" Kyo asked unimpressed.
"No. Twelve." Kayla replied happily.
Tohru gaped at this statement. Yuki blinked a few times. Kyo… well, let's just say that his jaw probably hurt after hitting the concrete sidewalk.
"Tw-twelve?" Tohru repeated.
"Yeah. Is there, um, something wrong?" Kayla asked concerned.
"No. Just making sure I heard you right is all."
"Alright."
"So which sibling are you closest to Kayla?" Yuki asked.
"Probably my fraternal twin, Minnie."
"You have a twin?" Kyo asked.
"A fraternal one but yes."
"Kayla! It's time to go! Minnie will have dinner ready soon!" A voice called to their new friend or acquaintance, as she was known to Kyo.
"Coming Sally!" she turned back to the three, "Bye guys. Hope to see you again someday."
With that she ran off to the top of the hill where a woman with pitch black hair and wearing a kimono was waiting. The two walked off, leaving the other three to watch their retreating forms with interest.
The three returned home a little later than expected. Shigure poked his head out the door of his study when they came in.
"You're later than usual," he noted.
"We know but we met someone at the store and kind of lost the time while talking to her," Tohru said.
"Her you say?" he said with full attention now.
"Don't get your hopes up. She's way too young for you," Kyo said.
"What does she look like?" he asked, not as excited now.
"Well," Yuki started, "she's about the stupid cat's height. She has long orange hair. Her right eye was green but I don't know the color of the other."
"What do you mean?" Shigure pressed.
"He means she wore an eye patch over her left eye so we never got to see it," Tohru explained.
"I see," he said.
"By the way, she has a way too rebellious attitude," Kyo added.
"She sounds like a female Kyo except for the eye patch and her green eye," Shigure inquired.
"HEY!" Kyo screamed.
Yuki smirked at this while Tohru simply chuckled lightly. Kyo fumed at his cousin. Shigure didn't notice this for Tohru had set dinner on the table. They all sat down and had a quiet dinner. A few hours later everyone in the house was sound asleep in bed.
Saturday at last. The three were once again strolling through the many stores and stalls. They stopped at a stall filled with jewelry. Tohru looked with interest while Kyo and Yuki stood back and waited for her to finish so they could move on.
"Why did I have to go with you again?" they heard a familiar voice ask.
The three turned to the voice to see Kayla walking with, what looked like, a female Hatsuharu.
"Because Minnie said you had to," she replied.
"Oh, right," Kayla agreed with a sigh.
"Miss Kayla," Yuki called softly to the girl.
She looked over to see them walking over to her. When they stopped in front of her she chuckled.
"Guys when I said I hoped to see you again someday, that didn't mean the next day. You know that, right?" she playfully asked.
"We know!" Tohru replied laughing.
"By the way, I didn't have enough time to catch your names yesterday," she said.
"My name's Tohru Honda," Tohru said.
"I'm Yuki Sohma," Yuki said.
"Kyo Sohma. We're just cousins though," Kyo said unhappily.
"Cool," she replied.
The girl beside Kayla fake cleared her throat to get Kayla's attention.
"Oh, right! Guys this is one of my sisters," Kayla said motioning to the girl standing next to her.
"Really? What's your name miss?" Yuki asked politely.
"It's Hailey. Hailey Vega," she replied with a calm voice.
"Pleasure to meet you Hailey!" Tohru said happily.
Hailey nodded to Tohru in reply. Kayla took her cell phone out and checked the time. Her face fell in disappointment.
"Aw! It'll be dark soon! And I was hoping I'd get to introduce you three to Minnie!" Kayla whined.
"I know! Why don't you come to dinner at our house? We can meet Minnie and get to know you three a little better," Tohru suggested.
"That sounds great! But someone's gonna have to call Hanna," Kayla said.
"You do it. She scares me," Hailey said.
Kayla gaped at her in disbelief. She shook her head, saying she wasn't going to do it.
"Let's get Minnie to do it," Kayla said.
"Get Minnie to do what?" a sweet, polite voice asked from behind.
All heads turned to the voice. Standing there with two grocery bags on her arms was a girl about the same age as Kayla. Her hair was a silver color; much like Yuki's but just a little bit darker and with a light grey streak on the side, and trailed down to her lower back. Her eyes were a ruby red that stood out against her face with ease. Her lips were a light red that matched her eyes. She was looking quite confused at Kayla.
"Minnie! Listen… call Hanna and tell her that we're not coming for dinner because some friends invited us to dinner at their house," Kayla requested.
"Alright," she said and gave the bags to her sister, "Here, hold these."
The girl called Minnie took the phone from her sister's hand and dialed a number.
"Hello Hanna... no we're fine… we're going to have dinner at a friend's house is that alright?" she paused momentarily, "No they aren't murders… We won't go shop lifting… by nine? Alright… See you at home… goodbye," she finished her conversation and hung up the phone.
"Well? Did she say yes?" Hailey asked.
"Yes but we're to be home by nine," she replied.
"Sweet!" Kayla exclaimed then added, "Lead the way Tohru and boys."
Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo led the three girls back to where they live. They all dropped their shoes at the door.
"Shigure, we're home!" Tohru called.
"And we brought some friends for you to meet," Yuki added.
"It's not my editor is it?" he asked from the study.
"No. It's our friend Kayla and two of her sisters," Tohru answered.
Shigure walked out of the study.
"Well I'm dying to meet them. Where are they?" he said.
"That would be us sir," Minnie replied.
"My, what manners! Please call me Shigure," he said calmly.
"Well Shigure, I'm Kayla Vega. This is my fraternal twin sister, Minnie Vega and one of my younger sisters, Hailey Vega," Kayla introduced.
"A pleasure to meet you all. And how much younger are you than Minnie and Kayla?" he asked.
"One year," Hailey answered quickly.
"Not far is it?" he teased.
"No. Not really," was all the reply he got.
"We'll get to know more about them at dinner, which is ready now. C'mon and eat up!" Tohru said happily.
They all gathered around the table. The girls got to choose their food first being the guests and all. As soon as all of them had some food, Kyo and Kayla making sure they didn't have leeks, they began to tell each other about their lives. Kyo and Yuki explained to the girls how they fight all the time no matter what it's about. Shigure told how he was a writer who liked to avoid and tease his editor. Kayla giggled a little at this. Tohru just said that she was a simple high school student who lost her father when she was young and her mother about three years ago. The girls understood that part. They told how they lost their mother a long time ago as well and that was the reason that them and their siblings took care of each other. When the four asked about their father the girls just said they didn't know about him. They continued to ask each other questions and sometimes gave advice to each other.
"So is there just one set of twins in your family?" Kyo asked, without interest.
"No. There are many more. Even one set of triplets," Minnie answered.
"A set of triplets? Who are they?" Shigure asked.
"They're actually the oldest ones in the family," Kayla said.
"Amy, Sally, and Hanna Vega. You could tell right off the bat that Sally and Hanna are monozygotic and Amy is the fraternal one but not by much," Minnie continued.
"Mon-Monowhatsit?" Kyo asked confused.
Minnie and Yuki sighed at the same time.
"Monozygotic. It's a proper term for identical," Hailey explained.
"What do the three look like?" Shigure asked, quite curious.
"Hanna and Sally both have raven-black hair which they wear in different styles to allow us to tell them apart and deep hazel eyes. Amy has snow white hair with deep green eyes," Kayla told him.
"I thought you said it wasn't by much?" Tohru asked.
"Well, I mean, look at me and Minnie. We look nothing like each other. I have orange hair, she has silver. I have green… um… a green eye, she has ruby red," Kayla explained.
"Or take Hailey and her twin. Hailey has black hair with white streaks, her twin has blond hair. Hailey has golden-green eyes, her twin has bright baby blue," Minnie said matter-of-factly.
"Oh, so you have a twin as well Hailey?" Tohru asked.
"Yeah but I don't see how," she replied.
Kayla looked at the door.
"Question," Kayla said raising her hand.
"Yes, your question," Shigure said.
"Who are the three walking towards the door?" she asked finally.
Sure enough about a minute later the door opened. Momiji ran inside and jumped on Yuki's shoulders. Hatusharu and Hatori followed him inside.
"Family?" Minnie asked them.
"Yes. How did you know?" Yuki replied.
"I guess you could say that it is natural instinct. When living with twelve siblings for several years you can kind of tell other families," she said.
"Who are they?" Haru asked.
"Guys this is Kayla, Minnie, and Hailey Vega. Girls these are our cousins Momiji, Hatori, and Hatusharu Sohma," Shigure explained.
"Wow. More cousins," Kayla said.
"Hey! That's a cool eye patch!" Momiji said reaching for Kayla's eye patch.
Kayla automatically pulled away.
"Don't. It may be an old wound but it still hurts," she said.
"Can I at least see it?" he asked excitedly.
"Momiji, don't pester her," Hatori warned.
"No it's fine. I'll show you," she replied.
She carefully reached behind her and untied her eye patch. She pulled it away from her face and placed it on the table. In the place where a normal eye would be was a closed eyelid with a gruesome, jagged scar right through it. Tohru shuddered and turned away. Yuki and Kyo looked wide-eyed at her eye. Momiji turned slightly green at the sight of it. Hatori and Haru blinked a few times before glancing at each other. Shigure just gaped. Kayla sighed at their reactions, knowing it would happen. Minnie placed her arms around her twin sister lovingly. Hailey patted her sister on the back in reassurance.
"W-we… we had no idea." Tohru said finally after calming down.
"It's alright. You didn't know. And it's not as bad. I just can't see very…" she trailed off.
Her eye glistened with tears, which she blinked back before they fell. Minnie reached her hand up and stroked her sister's hair in a calming manner. Hatori reached up and touched his bad eye. He could see out of it, just not as well as his other eye.
"I know what you mean but only slightly," Hatori told her.
"I'm sorry," she said, looking away.
Minnie tightened her arms around Kayla, continuing to stroke her hair.
"We should go," Minnie said.
All three of the girls stood up and began to head towards the door after Kayla picked up her eye patch and retied it on her eye.
"No you don't have to go. A hug will make you feel better!" Momiji screamed running towards them.
"MOMIJI, NO!" the Sohmas and Tohru shouted.
The blond boy threw his arms around Kayla. Kayla, Minnie, and Hailey tensed. The two men, three boys, and girl waited for Momiji to transform. Surprisingly, he didn't. The girls eventually relaxed.
"Um, could you… let go of me Momiji?" Kayla asked the boy.
"Sure," he said and let go of her.
The three girls looked at each other before turning back to the group.
"Well, Miss Honda. The dinner was lovely but we must be going now. We thank you for having us over," Minnie said.
"Anytime," Shigure answered nervously.
"Well, goodbye," Minnie said.
"See ya," Kayla called.
"Later," Hailey said calmly.
"Goodbye," the group called back.
The girls walked out the door and began to walk into the forest towards their home. The Sohmas and Tohru turned to each other.
"Why didn't Momiji change when he hugged Kayla?" Tohru asked.
"I don't know. It's very strange," Hatori admitted.
"It means I can hug them and not have to worry! Yay!" Momiji yelled happily.
"It could just be Kayla, you know," Kyo noted.
"Doesn't matter to me! Her scar may be gross but I can hug her all I want!" he retorted.
"I wonder if it's just Momiji who can hug her and not change," Yuki pondered.
"I don't know," Shigure said.
"I think you all should do some experiment with them. See who can hug whom without changing," Tohru suggested.
"That's a good idea Miss Honda," Yuki said.
"Yay! I get to hug them and not worry about getting hit!" Momiji shouted.
"Shut up!" Kyo said, hitting Momiji on top of his head.
"OW! Kyo hit me!" he whined.
Everyone in the room shook their head at their antics.