A/N: Yo! I wish the lovely plot bunnies would come to me because I have no idea how to start this story. Oh well. Oh and if your wondering what the frig is up with the title of my fic then don't because I was having such a hard time thinking of a title that I just decided to look down at some random piece of paper on my desk, and pick out four random words off it. Well of course those were the four random words I saw so ... you get the picture.

Dis-of-the-claiming: Roses are red, violets are blue, I don't own Fruits Basket but either do you so insert fuzzy llama sticker here. Wait a sec... fuzzy llama sticker... WTF? Oh well just read on already.

Empire Leads To Roses

The final bell of the day rang, and everyone got up to leave. Well everyone but a certain orange haired moody teenager. Instead of hurriedly collecting his books and rushing out the classroom like all the other students, who were probably all to ready to start their weekend, he remained seated at his desk, seemingly spaced out. He was completely lost in his thoughts, completely oblivious to the fact that he was the only one left in the classroom. In his mind he was silently cursing himself. He was the cat and Yuki was the rat, they were supposed to hate each other, right? But why then did he suddenly find himself thinking those kind of thoughts about Yuki, and why was he starting to feel nervous and could feel himself beginning to blush every time Yuki got too close or brushed against him on the way by. Damn that stupid rat, it was all his fault. Him and his stupid all too perfect hair, and all too perfect smile, and his beautiful-

Kyo stopped himself there. There was no way in hell he was going to finish that thought, no way at all. He hated Yuki, he detested him, yet why, why was he feeling this way about him. Kyo was so lost in thought that he didn't notice a figure silently slip into the room and approach him. He didn't even notice when the figure stood in front of him and said, "Hey you stupid cat, you okay? Honda-san got worried when she didn't see you come out of the classroom so I came back to check on you and... hello are you even listening ya dumb cat?" The figure bent down and flicked him on the head.

Kyo snapped out of his thoughts as someone flicked him on the forehead. His vision came back into focus and he saw Yuki staring at him, his face just inches from his own. Kyo gasped and quickly turned away, trying desperately to fight the blush he knew was surely clearly visible on his face. It was the last thing he needed for Yuki to see him blushing. But his face had been so close and he had been so surprised that he had had no time to try to stop. "What are you doing sneaking up on me like that you damn rat?!" Kyo snapped.

Yuki half smirked as he noticed how red Kyo's face was, though he decided to play along with him and pretend not to notice. "Well, on Tohru-kun's request I went back to check on you, and it looks to me like if I hadn't you'd end up sitting there staring into space the whole weekend. Now come on, let's not keep Honda-san waiting."

Kyo scowled and began walking on ahead of Yuki. 'Well at least by the looks of it he didn't notice that I was blushing,' he thought.

When Kyo and Yuki left the building into the bright sunny afternoon air, they saw Tohru, Haru and Momiji waiting for them. Tohru had a worried look on her face and when she saw Kyo she sighed in relief. "Umm, Kyo-kun are you okay? How come you didn't come out of the school, I was worried something happened to you," she said, running over to Kyo.

Kyo frowned. He hated making Tohru worry. "Sorry Tohru, you really shouldn't worry about me. I was fine I was just... just lost in thought I guess."

"About what?" Momiji chimed in.

"None of your business squirt!" Kyo said, bringing his fist down on Momiji's head. He really didn't want to remember what he had been thinking about, it was starting to irritate him.

"WAAAAH, Kyo hit me!" Momiji yelled crying to Tohru.

"Yeah well suck it up squirt you deserve it!" Kyo shot back.

"B-but, b-but all I did was ask you what you were thinking about," Momiji whimpered.

"Like I said before, it's none of your business what I was thinking about!" Kyo yelled and began running on ahead of everyone else. He really didn't want to talk to anyone right now, he was way too confused about his thoughts, and he especially didn't want to be by that damn rat.

"What's eating Kyo?" Haru asked, directing his question at Yuki. Yuki just shrugged, thinking the same thing. Kyo really had been acting quite strange in last few days, especially towards him; he seemed to be more on edge. And had he actually blushed or had it been his imagination. Maybe it had been red in anger or Kyo was feeling sick; that would definitely explain Kyo's strange behaviour lately. Yuki just shook his head. Well one thing was certain though, Kyo had been acting strange.

When Tohru, Kyo and Yuki arrived back at Shigure's house, Tohru at once began to start dinner and Kyo mumbled something about going to bed early and began trudging upstairs towards his bedroom. Yuki turned towards Tohru and said, "I think I'm going to take a shower before dinner, so if you'll excuse me Honda-san."

"Of course Yuki-kun," she said, blushing slightly at how polite he was. She never really understood why he was always so polite to everyone, even when he was angry he rarely seemed to lose his cool. He always seemed to do almost anything for anyone.

Yuki left the kitchen and headed towards the bathroom, but he paused at the door. No, before he was going to take a shower he was going to do something else first. Instead of going into the bathroom he continued on, heading towards Kyo's bedroom. Normally, it wouldn't really be his personality to butt into another persons' business but he was going to find out why Kyo was acting so strange around everyone and especially him. So without even knocking he burst into Kyo's bedroom, revealing Kyo in nothing but his boxers. Kyo seeing Yuki blushed a shade of red not known to man and screamed, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOU STUPID RAT! GET OUT!"

Yuki just walked into the bedroom, and shut the door. He began walking towards Kyo, who was trying to back away from Yuki but with not much luck because he had already come to the wall. Yuki stopped just inches from the cat's red face. "Now Kyo, don't make a scene. I just want to know why you've been acting so strange. You seem even moodier then usual."

Kyo felt like he was going to die. Here he was in front of Yuki in nothing but his boxers and his face was so red that it felt like it was on fire. Yuki's face was so close that he could feel his warm breath on his face; if he were to lean forward just a bit more, his lips would meet his. Kyo turned his head to the side, refusing to meet Yuki's eyes. He would definitely not give in to his inner wishes. He could just imagine the look on Yuki's stupid face if Kyo forced his lips upon his, it almost made him laugh. "Well," Yuki said, "are you going to answer me, or will I have to force it out of you?"

Kyo tried to push Yuki away from him, but failed. Yuki now had a good grip on his arms and he could barely move let alone push him off. "Get away from me!" Kyo snarled. "It's none of yours or anyone else's business. Now stop being vulgar and let me get some clothes on!"

"Vulgar?" Yuki questioned raising an eyebrow. "Not until you tell me." Yuki tightened his grip on Kyo's arms. "Just tell me," he insisted, moving his face even closer to Kyo's.

Tohru's voice from down below saved Kyo. "Yuki-kun, Kyo-kun time for dinner!"

Yuki sighed and let go of Kyo, he turned away and walked out the door. Leaving a stunned and red faced Kyo to get dressed and head downstairs himself.

Dinner was unusually quiet, as Kyo never said a single thing and refused to even look at Yuki-- where as Yuki kept glancing at Kyo and only politely answering Tohru's desperate attempts at conversation. Shigure only shrugged at the lack of conversation from the two teens. Not even his flirting with a red faced Tohru got them going. This was puzzling, because he usually ended up with two identical lumps on his head whenever he did that.

After dinner Kyo said once again that he was going to bed. This time though when he got to his room, he made sure to lock his door. He then sank down on his bed and stared up at the ceiling. Damn that Yuki. He told himself for the fiftieth time that he was just lusting after Yuki and that it would go away in a few days, because there was no way in hell that he could actually love that rat, no way at all. He tried to let sleep overcome him but he couldn't. He just had way too many thoughts going on in his head. So he did what he did every time he had too many thoughts jumbled up in his mind. He went up to sit on the roof.

He laid down on the roof and stared up at the sky. The stars twinkled beautifully in the clear night sky, and Kyo smiled. He loved just lying there staring up at the sky. It made him feel so free and it seemed like all his troubles just melted away for the time being. His hair swayed slightly in the breeze and he yawned. Yup, he was feeling tired already, and so he decided to sleep on the roof tonight right under the stars.

Downstairs in the house, Yuki decided to try Kyo once more before he went to bed. When he tried the door though, he discovered it was locked. Oh well, he sighed. He'd just have to try him in the morning. He went to the bathroom and actually took his shower this time, enjoying the steaming hot water on his skin. He dried himself off and went to his bedroom. He fell to sleep almost immediately, his body nice and relaxed after the steaming hot shower he had just taken.

Shigure was amazed at how quiet the house had become. All three teens had gone to bed early. It must have been a miracle or something. It had been ages since he had had a quiet night to himself. He smiled smugly. Maybe he'd go out and visit Aya and have some fun tonight. I mean he did deserve a break from looking after those three moody teenagers once in a while right?

End chapter 1,

A/N: Well I originally intended for this to be a one shot story but now I decided to make it longer. Well stay tooned to see if Yuki will manage to force the truth out of Kyo in the next chappie. Also, please tell me if this story is any good at all. Just press the little periwinkle blue button.