This Story Starts 15 Years Before Edward meets Bella! She Will Eventually Be In It So Don't Worry!
Quick synopsis of Fruits Basket: There is a family called the Sohmas where 14 of its members are possessed by the 12 spirits of the Chinese Zodiac (Rat, Ox, Rabbit, Tiger, Boar, Rooster, Dog, Ram, Monkey, Snake, Dragon, and Horse) the cat (who was left out of the zodiac) and the god of the zodiac. Tohru Honda stumbles across this secret. Whenever the cursed members become weak, or are hugged by a member of the opposite sex, they turn into their zodiac animals.
Dr. Makae Sohma was resting, something he rarely had time to do between Ritsika being sick and all the pregnant Sohma women. The old cat had died, and all of them were terrified at the thought of their child being the cat. Suddenly his aide came running in.
"Dr. Sohma, come quick! Someone has gone into labor!" He immediately got up, and followed the aide down the hall. "She's not due for another two months! You know what that means, right?" Makae nodded. One of the zodiac was being born. About an hour later, two babies were sleeping peacefully, but before they had drifted off, Makae had seen the tell-tale red eyes of the cat. He was confused. Couldn't there only be on cat at a time? He hurried off to find Ritsika.
Ritsika listened carefully to the doctor's story. Once Makae had finished, he yawned. "The answer is simple- get rid of the girl cat. If anyone asks about her, say she died from being premature." Noting the look of disgust on the doctor's face, the head of the family said, "There can only be one cat at a time Makae."
Returning to the hospital room, Makae prepared a syringe of narcotic- a large enough dose to take down a bull elephant. The girl-child opened her eyes and smiled at him. He couldn't do it. He put down the syringe. Doing so, his hand brushed against a slip of paper. Curious, he pulled it out. It was a phone number for Carlisle Cullen. Makae smiled at the memory of the blond haired British doctor and his lovely American wife, Esme. An idea struck him. He remembered something that Dr. Cullen had said. Esme couldn't have children, even though she loved them. Surely they wouldn't mind taking in this little girl. He dialed the number.
"Hello?" a voice on the other end said.
"Hello, this is Dr. Makae Sohma. Is Dr. Carlisle Cullen there?"
"Just a sec," person said, then yelled "Carlisle, phone for you!"
"Hello?" Carlisle said.
"Hello Dr. Cullen, this is Dr. Makae Sohma. We met at a Doctors Without Borders conference?"
"Ah yes, I remember. I'm sorry about Alice yelling into the phone. I hope she didn't hurt your ears."
"Thank you for your concern. I assure you, I am fine. However, there is a favor I would like to ask of you. I was instructed by the head of my family to end the life of a girl-child who has the curse of the zodiac cat, because her twin brother was also possessed. I couldn't do it. Would you please take her in?"
"Of course Dr. Sohma. My wife and stepdaughter would love the chance to raise a child as their own."
"Meet me at Tokyo airport, by the koi pond."
"I'll see you there."
Carlisle's point of View
As I hung up on Dr. Sohma, I turned to Alice. "Are you sure that Jasper will be able to control himself?" Alice's face went blank as she looked into the future. Esme was positively aglow with the idea of adopting. Even Rosalie was happy.
"Surprisingly, her scent doesn't seem to effect any of us. She'll smell like catnip."
Just then, Edward came out his room.
"Carlisle, could I come with you? I just want to confirm what Alice saw."
"Are you calling me a liar Edward Anthony Mason Cullen?!?" Alice yelled from the top of the stairs. I cringed. Did she have to do that? We could have heard her perfectly fine without yelling.
"No, but you've been wrong before. This is merely a precaution. Carlisle wouldn't notice- he's to used to the scent of blood."
Esme and Rosalie were talking about remodeling the basement into a nursery. Just then, Emmett came running into the house.
"Why is everyone downstairs?" he asked. Jasper looked up from the book he was reading.
"We're adopting a baby girl from japan." Even though his voice was quiet, I could detect the undertone of excitement in it. Everyone loved the idea, espetially since the girl wouldn't smell appetizing.
"We need to go shopping for toys, clothes, a crib, formula and other things!" Alice was dancing with happiness. "They should be yellow, because she is going to have orange hair! Why are we still standing here? Let's go, let's go!" With this she grabbed Rosalie and Esme and dragged them out to the car. Sighing, Edward followed them. Jasper had disappeared to the basement, probably to get his stuff out before the remodeling started. I followed the rest of the family out to the garage, leaving Emmett confused.
Edward's point of View
Adopting a child. We would obviously have to tell her what we were, and that could bring the Volturi down on us. But then again, she was one of the cursed Sohmas, so they might not care as much. Alice's head was full of ideas for the baby's room.
I'll put ducks on the curtains and have a yellow blanket with cats on it. This is going to be so much fun!
Esme and Rosalie were talking about the infant as well. Carlisle probably wouldn't let me drive his car, so I sat in the passenger seat. He came out a second later, thinking about what the baby was going to be named. I seriously hoped that it wouldn't turn out like the last time we had tried to name something.
Rosalie had gotten a baby doll from Emmett, who insisted that it be given a name. Well, Rosalie couldn't think of anything, so Emmett suggested Barbie, and the rest of us had chimed in with various names from books, movies, celebrities, and other random places.
Eventually, Rosalie had gotten fed up, and chucked the doll at Emmet's head. Emmett ducked, and it hit Jasper who spent the next week making Rosalie emo. All in all, it had not been a pleasant experience. Although, watching Rosalie be emo had been entertaining. Carlisle always drove the speed limit, so it took us an hour to get to the airport. Then he pulled into a parking spot that seemed like it was a mile away from the terminal. I felt sorry for any human that parked this far away. Once we finally got to the building, we had to stand in line for half a hour to buy tickets. Finally, we managed to book a flight to japan. I sat in my seat waiting for the plane to take off, and trying to block out the annoying thoughts of the hyperventilating teen whose seat was next to mine.
OMG! He is sooo hot! And so is the blond! Their eyes are really strange though. I never knew people could have gold eyes! Are they related? I wonder if one of them would go on a date with me?
I sighed, and double my efforts to ignore her. She was really making me uncomfortable. Did all humans have to think about me that way? I was really beginning to wish Jasper had come with us. He could have mad these people go to sleep. Carlisle had a window seat, and was completely unaware of the girl's thoughts. Lucky. Boredom eventually over came me, and I turned to the girl.
"Hello," I said to the girl, who promptly passed out. Carlisle came out of his trance.
"Edward, what did you do to her?" he asked.
"Nothing, I swear, all I did was say hello."
Carlisle signaled the attendant. "Could you bring me a bottle of water?" he asked her. She did so, and Carlisle splashed some of it on the girl, who woke up sputtering. Blushing, she sat back in her seat, and turned on a tape player. The plane took off. I scanned the minds of all the humans on the plane, hoping that someone was thinking something interesting. Unfortunately, all the females under forty were salivating over Carlisle and me, and most of the males were angry with us for stealing their female admirers When the plane finally landed, I hadn't been so happy since the last time Jasper thought I was depressed. I was out of there faster than a frog in a French restaurant
"So where is Doctor Sohma meeting us?" I asked.
"By the koi pond."
We turned a corner to see a man with steely gray eyes and black hair that was turning gray as well. He was holding an infant wrapped in a white blanket. Carlisle walked over to him.
"Its nice to see you again Dr Sohma," Carlisle said.
"Always a pleasure Dr. Cullen."
"This is the child?"
"Yes. She hasn't been named yet. Be careful," he warned as Carlisle took the baby. "She is the cat, which means if anyone of the male gender embraces her, she will transform."
"My wife and I have always wanted to raise a baby, but we've only adopted teenagers. By the way, this is my adopted son Edward."
"Pleasure to meet you Dr. Sohma," I said. He shook my hand, but was thinking about how to hurry this up. I decided to help him.
"Carlisle, Alice and Rosalie will kill us if they think we're dallying. I'm sorry Dr. Sohma, but we must be going."
"No problem, I really have to get back to Ritsika before he realizes what I've done."
We said goodbye to Dr. Sohma, and bought tickets back to the states. I made sure to get the window seat.
Well, I hope you liked chapter one. I have through chapter 18 written out, but I'm a slow typist! Please review, or I'll not post the rest!