Moving On
by:Rikku Himura
Okay! Welcome to another story! Please do enjoy. OH yea, I do not own the cute show know as fruit baskets. Now, read on and enjoy! Oh and if you have a suggestion for a better title, let me know, I'm not to sure about this one.
Chapter 1
Little Mouse!
Yuki, Kyo, Tohru, Hana, and Uo...were standing beside Tohru's locker. They were talking about what they were doing this weekend and teasing Kyo and Tohru constantly. Yuki wasn't paying them much attention, instead he was watching other students leave until one girl got his attention. She was walking towards them, her left eyebrow twitching in irritation. She had long slate black hair tied up in a low pony tail by a dark blue ribbon matching the schools uniform. She was wearing the girl's long skirt uniform. What did catch attention the most was her eyes, they were emerald green. Yuki was so caught up and watching her that he failed to notice the conversation around him had stopped and Hana was looking in the same direction.
"Hey Tohru, isn't that Jade?" Uo asked suddenly. She pushed some of her blonde hair out of her eyes to see if she was seeing right.
"Jade? When did she get back." Hana stated following Uo's line of sight.
"Who's Jade?" Yuki asked.
"Jade's a friend of ours. She was attending this school but started doing home school instead." Tohru explained. "She always looks so sad. But whenever you ask her she just glares at you or ignores you."
Yuki was about to ask something else when the girl they were talking about was in hearing range of them. And the look on her face was definitely a peeved look. Somewhere behind her you could hear a male shouting "Little mouse!"
"Hey Jade," Tohru smiled at her. The girl looked at her and nodded without stopping.
"Sounds like your brothers coming," Uo teased stepping in front of her.
"Move," Jade growled.
"There you are little mouse," came a male voice directly behind her. Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru's eyebrows all rose. "Honestly I just wanted to see, you don't have to get all pissy."
Another growl ensued from her pink lips before she spun on her heels and threw her right fist towards the males face. The man managed to duck. He was tall, judging by his height he was older than them which meant he had graduated. His hair was dark brown and slightly spiked, and he had piercing blue eyes.
"And that, is Jade's brother Devin." Hanna stated deadpan as they watched him dodge another fist.
"Why's he call her a mouse," Kyo asked.
"That's the nickname he gave her," Tohru giggled. "A teacher called her that when we were little. When Devin heard it, it just stuck."
"I've never seen them so close before," Uo observed. "Something must of happened.
"Let go!!" Jade yelped struggling to free her arms from her brothers grasp. "Devin dang it all let go!"
"Not a chance," Devin looked up surveying the crowd in front of him. "Your her friends I assume. I remember you Tohru Honda, right? Mind giving me a hand?"
"No! Don't help him," Jade's struggles increased. Her green eyes widening Damnit all!
"Sure, what do you need?" Tohru asked moving closer to the struggling siblings.
"Roll up the right sleeve," Devin stated keeping a tight grip on Jade. "Stop struggling I just need to see how bad it is."
"Oh my," was all Tohru said. She had rolled up Jade's right sleeve and a large purplish black buries encircled her elbow. "Does it hurt?"
Jade finally managed to fight her brothers grasp. A swift stomp with her left booted foot, made him cringe. However, her right booted foot connected with a more delicate area that made Yuki and Kyo wince. Devin immediately let go and fell to the ground in the defensive position.
"Nice," Uo complemented. Watching Jade roll her sleeves back down.
"Are you okay?" Tohru asked softly. Jade turned and glared at her making Tohru back up.
"I don't need your help," she stated coldly before walking away.
"Geez," Devin commented dryly. "Sorry about her."
"Where'd the bruise come from?" Tohru asked him.
"Can't tell you that," Devin replied avoiding her eyes.
"But you know," Yuki prodded. Devin nodded, "Then why not say?"
"I can't betray her. My sister," Devin sighed. "She doesn't trust a lot of people. And doing what I just did pushed my limit of trust for her. I can't follow her everywhere. So watch out for her when I can't for me?"
"That's what friends are for," Hana stated. Devin smiled and nodded before running after Jade with shouts of "little mouse." Kyo leaned towards Yuki without being noticed.
"Umm, two mice?" Kyo teased silently. Yuki glared at him.
And there you have it folkz, chapter one. So it has begun. Please hit that review button down there. And when you do, suggestions are definitely welcome!! Thank you!