Disclaimer:  I do not own Fruits Basket.  Fruits Basket belongs to Takaya Natsuki.

Prologue

Stars zoomed past them as they continued to fly towards the blue planet.  They weren't going at the speed of light, no; that was way too fast for poor Iku's sensitive stomach.  Then again, just this speed was enough to cause her stomachaches.  "Why?" she whined.  "Why do I always get stuck with you?"

"Because you're supposed to be my partner?" suggested the girl hopefully.

"But why did you have to do that????"

"Um… well, it wasn't my fault!  Well, okay, maybe it was, but I didn't know that she was there.  And, um… I lost my balance and I guess I fell on her."

"You fell on the queen, you baka—waaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!"

***

Yuki was busy taking care of his garden when he heard Kyo begin arguing with Shigure about the prom this school year.  Kyo refused to go, and Yuki wasn't planning on going either, even though practically every girl at school asked him to go with them to the prom every time that they saw him.  He sighed, looking up toward the sky.  That's when he noticed something out of the ordinary.  Was that a spaceship hurling towards the forest?!

It landed quite loudly in the core of the forest; right after many people heard the sonic boom.  Getting to his feet, Yuki decided to see what it really was.  "Damn Rat, what the hell was that?!" he heard Kyo growl behind him.

"I don't know, baka neko," Yuki said, glaring at his cousin.  "I was just about to go and find out."

"Fine, why don't we both find out then?"

"If you really want to."

***

"Ow…"

"Tohru," said Iku, lying on her back in a most uncomfortable position, "did you ever learn how to land?"

"Well, I didn't exactly…Remember, I was sick the day that they taught us that."  Tohru tried to unbuckle herself so that she could climb out, but it was stuck.  "Now I can't even get out of here."

"Could this punishment be any worse?"  Then Iku's ears picked up something.  What was that sound?  Footsteps???  Oh no…

"Iku?  What is it?"

"I think we were found."

***

Yuki and Kyo looked at the unidentified crashed object that was in front of them.  Neither of them dared to get any closer to it.  "I thought that these things only existed in science fiction," mumbled Kyo, moving around so that he could get a better look at the UCO.

"Well… maybe aliens have decided to experiment on your tiny brain," said Yuki.

"You damn rat!  You know damn well that ain't true!"

"I can hope, can't I?"

A noise came from inside the spacecraft, causing both boys to jump.  A violet-colored rat scurried out of the cockpit window that had opened, and now stared at them with soft gray eyes.  It seemed to be judging them.  After a few moments of inspection done by the little rodent, it said, in a female voice, "Can you two bakas help us out here?  She's stuck inside and I can't help cuz I have smaller paws!  Hurry it up, bakas!"

The two teens just stared at her.  Was this thing really talking to them?  It did indeed look like a rat, but what about the crazy fur color????  Finally, Yuki spoke up.  "So, there's the someone else in there also?"

"Yeah!  My partner!  Even though she's the biggest baka on our home planet."

"Home planet?"

"Duh!  Have you ever seen an Earth rat talk to a human before?!  I thought they were too stupid to understand anything besides cheese!"

Kyo tried to hide the laughter that was bubbling up inside him.  Yuki's kind was being criticized by one of its own, only this rat was from another planet.  "I think I like the little thing," he mumbled to himself.

Then the violet rodent ran back into the cockpit, saying something that sounded like 'we have help.'  She came back out and said, "Open up the door-like thing and help her out!  Right now!  I can't be fed when she can't even reach the food in here!"

Yuki and Kyo exchanged confused looks, but decided to do what was asked of them.  Kyo pulled with all his mite, opening the tightly shut door slowly.  Then he and Yuki both looked inside, and were surprised with what they saw.

A girl was sitting in the seat, watching them curiously with big blue eyes.  However, something was different about her.  Sure, her face was normal, and she seemed to be a perfectly healthy girl…but…well…her ears were…um…and behind her…

"THAT GIRL IS LIKE HALF-CAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" shouted Kyo.

Okay, her ears were cat-like, and she had a black cat-like tail.  So what if she was a cat-girl!  What was the big deal?  "Um…" said the girl, still watching them.  "If you don't mind, could you please help me out of here?  I'm kinda stuck."

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Yeah, I know I have too many stories right now to keep up with. But I can't help it. Every time I think of something new, I write it.  But this story was actually thought up quite a while ago; I just couldn't figure out a good way to start it and stuff like that.  Well, here it is!  This is for you, Mi-chan!  Sorry 'bout the super long wait for this one, but I finally got it started!