Chapter 1 - The Dream
Behind the closed door of her bedroom; Tohru Honda slept calmly. Her body didn't flinch as she was thrown into the world of calm, happy slumber; where her dreams were filled with happiness and joy.
Or not.
The red clock on her nightstand blinked back 1:30am. Also known as; nightmare time. Tohru's face scrunched up, she lightly wined as she tossed back and forth from the left to the right. Just like every other day this week. Sweat starts to bead on her forehead as she violently shakes her head from side to side, like she was asking the dreams to stop, to go away, to leave.
The same dreams had been occurring to Tohru for weeks now. She couldn't figure out why, she couldn't figure out what they meant, or why she was so scared by it. But everyday, the same dream would replay in her mind.
I could feel my wrists burning from the rope that was tightly tied around them. However I wasn't concerned for myself, or the fact that my long brown hair was threatened to be chopped off by Akito of all people. No, I was concerned about the fact that the two people who mean the most to me in this world, are strung by my sides.
Yuki and Kyo.
They both gave me a look of pity and terror as I gave them small smiles; trying to plant hope in their minds. Of course looking down, hope wasn't something that we see.
Boiling hot water.
I sigh sadly as I turn to my two friends, whom are staring where my eyes were just moments before. I want to get there attention, to speak, to do something! But suddenly with a jolt, we are all being lowered down into the bubbling H2O.
I frantically turn to Yuki who I can see is being lowered faster than me, and looking over at Kyo I can see the same. As I look up to see what exactly is going on, I lock eyes with the person who controls our fate:
Akito.
As soon as Kyo has one foot in the water, he yells in pain.
"I hate water damnit!" he yells trying to kick his feet out. Unfortunately, Akito makes him decend faster causing him to almost come to tears in pain.
"KYO!" I scream at the top of my lungs. I hear more yells and turn to my right to see Yuki almost waist up in the water. "YUKI!" I scream as I try to struggle away.
I can hear Akito laugh as I watch Kyo's body disappear under the hot water. He gives me sad, pitying eyes.
"I'm sorry." He said quietly as his face disappeared under the waters with a cry. I see bubbles surfacing and realize that he's trying to breath.
"STOP IT! LET HIM UP!" I cry as I also slowly begin to descend closer to the water.
"Ms. Honda?" I hear Yuki's rough and hoarse voice say. I turn to him frantically as he gives me a small smile. Before he can say a single word, he disappears quietly under the water.
"YUKI!" I scream at the top of my lungs. "YUKI, KYO, SPEAK TO ME!" I scream; my lung burning at this point. I turn to look at Akito as my foot makes contact with the burning water. I gasp and kick my leg upwards trying to escape from the burning sensation. Slowly, my leg grows closer and closer to the water and once submerged; I scream as I feel burns appearing on my pale skin.
And then, everything stops.
Kyo, Yuki and Shigure Sohma all woke up with a gasp to something they had never heard before in their house; a woman screaming. Of course, they had heard screaming often; after all Kagura always had to stop by to see Kyo and that always caused some sort of loud reaction, but this was different.
It sounded like a terrified girl, not a happy one.
Kyo sat up straight in his bed for a split second before he bolted out of his bed and headed down the hall to the room where the noise was coming from. Just as he had ripped Tohru's bedroom door open, Yuki and Shigure had joined him. They all stared in utter shock as they saw Tohru, their sweet, innocent Tohru; gripping the sides of her head with tiny fists as tears streamed down her face.
Once they had opened the door the screaming had stopped, and Tohru now started panting loudly as she covered her ears with her tiny hands. At first, Kyo thought someone had come into her room and done something to her. Maybe hit her, or stole something. Kyo gritted his teeth at the thought of anyone coming close to Tohru to cause her pain. Nobody can hurt Tohru on his watch, or ever.
"Ms. Honda!" Yuki said in a panic, snapping Kyo out of his trance.
Not missing a beat, Kyo ran over to her bed side and gripped her shoulders; pulling her into a sitting position. "Tohru." he said calmly at first, with Yuki and Shigure behind him watching his every move. When Tohru didn't flinch, he bit his lower lip in worry. "Tohru!" he yelled as he gently shaked her. Yuki and Shigure hid the looks of surprise when the yell wasn't one of frustration and anger; but one of worry and care. A yell that had never hear him use before.
Tohru's eyes bolted open with her tiny fists hiding her face, only exposing her wide-blue eyes so she could see. She continued to pant as she glanced around the room frantically. She saw Kyo, shirt-less (normal sleeping attire but she couldn't help lightly blushing), Yuki in his normal matching pajama shirt and bottoms, and Shigure dressed in a dark robe. Of course, the only thing linking them all together was the look of concern on their faces.
"Are you OK Tohru?" Shigure asked with concern. Kyo continued to keep a firm grip on her shoulders as Yuki stood right beside him, towering over the side of her destroyed bed.
Tohru lied down and wrapped herself in the blankets, finally escaping Kyo's grasp. "Y-yes I'm fine. It's nothing..." She said quietly, muffled by her sheets. She pulled them closer to her body, trying to hide he tear streaks on her pale skin; embarrassment creeping in.
Kyo reaches out to touch her but Shigure grabs his wrist and pulls him back. He gestures to hall and after a dozen dirty looks, Kyo follows.
"We aren't going to help her?!" Kyo whisper-yells from the hall. Yuki shoots Shigure a look of concern as he nods.
"Tohru knows that she can come to us if she needs to. She'll be fine-"
"She's obviously not fine! She just screamed in the middle of the night for a reason we don't know!" Kyo whisper-yelled again angrily. Shigure raised an eyebrow to why he was getting so defensive and so he waved and left.
"If she's dealt with your laundry, she can handle anything." he said with a smirk as he left. Kyo and Yuki both shot him a deathly glare as he turned the finally corner of the hallway, and disappeared from their view. Kyo was ready to punch him through the roof; this is not a time to joke.
All in sync; the two teenage boys looked from Tohru's door, to their bedroom doors and back. After giving each other each an equally worried glance, they left to their rooms.
Once he had closed his door, Kyo immediately began beating himself up inside. 'Stupid! You should have ignored Shigure and just gone in away! Obviously something is bothering her, and you have to help her!' He sighed as he layed down against his bed railing, the same thoughts as before swirling in his head. 'Obviously I can't go now, maybe she's finally asleep. I don't want to wake her up...' He placed his hands over his face in frustration and concern as he closed his eyes.
Even though sleep, wasn't an option.
Once everyone had left her room, Tohru Honda gently placed a hand to her forehead. 'Why did I scream? That was the first time I've ever done that...Maybe these dreams are really getting to me.' She pondered.
After around 10 minutes of just lying in her bed feeling silly and embarrassed, she sat up and stared out her bedroom window.
"Mom, what's going on with me?" She asked with small tears of frustration clouding her eyes.
Somehow, she knew this wasn't a normal nightmare.
Thank you guys for reading Chapter 1! IM SORRY IF IT'S REALLY SUCKY DX
So pretty much, this idea came to me in a dream (That's right, I dream about Fruits Basket fluff in my dreams) and with some tweaking I decided to turn this into a fan fiction!
So, this story is going to be about 4 chapters long or so, so if you don't like it there are no worries :D
I will try to update every few days but no promises! After all, it's summer and unfortunately I'm busy lots :P
Again, thanks for reading!