Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket, it is (c) Tokyopop and Natsuki Takaya.


It was a day, as normal as any other, in the Sohma household...

"Tohruuuuuuuu!" A small blonde boy stuck his head into the kitchen, a smile on his face. A petite brunette girl in an apron with bows in her hair turned around. She was very nice looking, and stepped down from the step stool she had been standing on to go over and greet her friend.

"What is it, Momiji?" She said. She was carrying an armful of flour and sugar, among other things, but hastily set them on the counter when Momiji took her by the elbow and started dragging her into the living room. He was rather bouncy, and seemed to have something he wanted todo, or say. Yuki, Kyo, Uo, Hana, and Shigure were all sitting around the table.

"Uo-chan! Hana-chan! When did you get here?" Tohru questioned in a squeaky voice as she gave each of her friends a hug.

"Oh. That boy called.. Momiji?" Uo said, in a careless voice, and pointed to him. "He said it was important.."

Kyo piped up "Look, you little brat, you better have a good reason for dragging us all here! I have better things to do than listen to you.." at which point Yuki hit him on the back of the head with a book.

"You dont need to yell." Yuki gave Kyo a stern look. The cat just sulked. He didnt need to be embarrased in front of so many people and was sure Tohru shouldnt have to fix the screen door... again. Besides, the sooner everyone was quiet, the sooner Momiji could do what he wanted, and the sooner Kyo could get out of here.

"Yes, Momiji... I am curious to know the occasion of our meeting..." Hana said in her creepy-as-usual voice as she sipped her tea and gently set ot down.

Momiji got a big smile on his face as he almost shouted "It's a murder! Isn't that wonderful!"

Tohru turned white, with an empty scared look on her face... "A... a... a... murder...?" She shrank into the nearest chair. She couldnt possibly imagine anybody who would take another person's life. It was too much for her to bear. Shigure ended his silence.

"What do you mean, there's been a murder?" He asked frantically. By then, everyone was silent, and sitting a little straighter in their chair. This was definitely news nobody expected... but who? And why was Momiji so .. happy?

"We're going to have a Murder Mystery Party!" He told everyone with great enthusiasm. That seemed to have quite an effect on the room, from Hana just relaxing in her seat, to the color returning in Tohru's face, to Kyo exploding, just terribly angry at Momiji for making everybody so worried. A party? He couldnt believe he'd been dragged from his room for a party.

10 minutes later, Momiji had already pulled out a sheet of instructions and what not, and began assigning roles.

"Everybody gets a character, and they have to play that role." He began explaining. "Tohru, you are going to be--"

All of the sudden, Momiji was cut off as everyone heard a high pitched blood curdling scream from outside.

Yuki immediately got up out of his chair and ran to the door where the scream had seemed to come from. Momiji, Tohru and the others followed closely. Yuki placed his hand on the door handle and shoved the door open quickly to find only a limp body hanging from a branch, merely 10 feet away.


A/N: Okay, so, how did I do? I started writing this story and left off mid-chapter one back in August. Please review, and tell me what you think, or howI could make it better. Thank You!