Title: Long Live The Emporer

Contents: Fruits Basket

Pairing: Hatsuharu x Yuki

Rating: NC-17

Warnings: Character death. Blood. Gore. Smut. Yaoi. Incest. Rape. Schizophrenia.

Summary: Everyone thought the cat would sevre the tie between God and the Animals, but while the cat counted down his last days there was another who cried mutiny.

Enjoy

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A long time ago The Jade Emporer called all the animals to a banquet to celebrate the very first year. Twelve of the thirteen animals were going to be promised a place in the calender. The rat, fearing his place in the Zodiac was challenged due to his small stature, tricked his neighbor the cat by telling him the party was the day after. The foolish cat believed his friend, and did not recieve a place in the Zodiac.

Because of the cat's vengeful spirits, he was not allowed near The Jade Emporer, nor was he invited to New Year's eve in fear of his cries for mutiny. As the days went by the cat yearned more and more for acceptance, forgetting his revenge and replaced it with the want for acceptance. However, while the cat counted down his last days there was another who cried mutiny.

The air was completely still. Just the way he wanted it. He checked his watch, 2:18a.m. Perfect timing. The dark tonight was in his favor for the duty he had to uphold. Revenge was to be dealt for all those year, and for the delicate boy he held so dearly.

No more.. No more pain..

At the age of 15, standing nearly six feet tall, Hatsuharu Sohma had a bone to pick with the head of the family. Akito Sohma has ruined them for long enough. He had waited for a desprate soul, more desprate than his own, to put an end to this. He had hoped when the family progressivly moved further from the head it would end, but god only placed himself at their locations.

Silently he crept into the head's room, barly making a noise. He surprised even himself, as stealth and silence were not his specialties. Knife in hand he gripped the hilt so hard his knuckles turned white. There he was.. peacefully sleeping while other cried. The Jade Emporer.

"Oh God, you made this too easy.. Sleeping in the same spot. Don't you know royalty should always fear assasination?"

Hatsuharu kicked the deity awake. The fragile body of a lord fell off his bed, and lunged for the attacker. The ox was not so dumb as to not expect such a highness to resist fighting back. He held his holiness against his chest, clapping a hand over his mouth hard enough to bruise.

"You knew your time was coming.. We all knew our Lord and Savior would die before his third decade.. It should be my hands.. It should be my hands that end our suffering.. For all of us.."

The knife pressed against the soft stomach of god. Grinning he could feel the fear of the broken body he held.. Gripping the hilt tighter..

Once, twice, thirteen times for the thirteen Zodiac members plus the cat.

"For the Rat! For the Ox! For the Tiger and the Rabbit! For the Dragon! The Snake! The Horse and the Ram! The Monkey! The Rooster! The Dog! The Boar! And the unaccepted Cat!"

Dropping the body and his knife Hatsuharu laughed, taking a few steps back as he caught his excited breath. He had done it. Grinning he turned the body over with his foot, knealing down to the mortal's face.

"Long live the Emporer.."

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He was going to have to get rid of the body before sun rise. Slugging the dead weight on his shoulder was no problem for him, but thinking about a good hiding spot wasn't a strong point. But he knew the perfect man for the job...

Today was a long day. Slumping down on his bed Yuki was exhausted. The student consol elections were today, and although he was a shoe-in for president, all that fake smililng and waving was a real pain in the neck. On top of that he had to come home to a very lonely Shigure, which always turns out to be very annoying and troublesome. That stupid Cat had taken Ms. Honda out on what could be called a date..

... He had to get over this jealousy thing. The past needed to be put behind him. Yuki was not the one Ms. Honda chose to be with, and although he couldn't approve of her choice he had to respect a friendship was all they were ever going to have. But he couldn't stay jealous of that Cat. Did Kyo have a fanclub? No. No he didn't. So there. That defined Yuki as the better Sohma.

When the two knuckleheads did come home there was another fight. He had sent Kyo down the stairs, which really didn't hurt the Cat at all physically (maybe his pride had been hurt though). Still, Ms. Honda had run after him like a doting girlfriend should, and reminded Yuki of his own loss at their ultimate competition.

Still, a small good had come out of today. After Kyo cleaned up himself Ms. Honda had offered to help Yuki with his ten page paper. It wasn't due until next month, but he accepted the help as appriciation. Though Ms. Honda helping Yuki in acedemics was more like one step forward, two steps back.

But the paper was done now.. And it was time for bed..

Hatsuharu smiled as he watched Yuki undress and redress. Yes, he was quite the voyuerist. It was such a shame such a body was modest. He didn't need to be. Haru liked the prince's look. Soft, slender, fragile...

He wanted to break that boy in half, make him cry for mercy...

Shaking his head, Haru realized he was getting ahead of himself. He still had a dead king on his shoulder, let alone asking for a prince's help. He left the dead body in a bush nearby before looking for a ladder. Where did he leave it again? Hatsuharu had snuck into Yuki's room many times before, a lot of which the prince wouldn't have recollection about. Once he found the stepping ladder he placed it against the window he had been staring into, climbing to find it was... Tohru's room? Opss. Wrong window. It wasn't his fault Yuki had such a girlish figure.. Maybe if he were a bit more manly-... Okay, so Kyo's room, guest bedroom, Sensei's room(the ox had figured there was a guest bedroom inbetween to calm Kyo's fears and to spare Shigure's life), then the hold land.

Oh good the rat was still awake. Hatsuharu rapped on the window, waiting for his prince to come unlock it for him while he settled on the roof.

"The theme implies.."

Yuki paused his reading, dog-earing the page to save his spot as he heard the noise at the window. Someone was there? ... Kyo was sleeping, so it wasn't a call for a midnight fight.. And neither Shigure or Ms. Honda were trusted on the roof alone -- let alone at night. Ritsu, perhaps? But it'd be incredcibly obvious if it was. For instance, accompanying the tapping would be a stream of apologies for disturbing Yuki's reading.

Whoever it was they went through some trouble to find the ladder, which made Yuki cautious it was a criminal.

Yuki opened the window and foolishly looked down of all places. Mentally punishing himself for late night stupidity, he looked up to see the Ox.

"Hatsuharu?"

His normally soft voice was softer than normal, attempting not to wake even a mouse. No pun intended.

"Hey dollface, staying up waiting for me?"

Hatsuharu swung himself into Yuki's room, massaging his shoulders as he looked around. It'd been a while since he had climbed through the window, seeing how Yuki now had this nasty habit of locking the window before going to bed. The room was naturally clean, and flawlessly decorated.. And was that febreeze he smelt? To get rid of the 'pet' smell? Pfft.. Yuki was such a girl.. But the only girl he wanted. Rolling his shoulders he grinned at the rat, taking in his surprise.

"What? You don't want to see me? Is the kitty already enough for you?"

Laughing he scanned over Yuki before sitting on his bed.

"I've got a favour to ask you. It's a pretty big one though. But I know you'll help me, won't you Prince Yuki? You can't deny your subjects help." A snort."But you don't mind... Do you?" It was really a rhetorical question.

Oh great, Black Haru. Should have known when Yuki saw him sitting on the roof. What a pain he was at times like these. It usually was best to drouwn him out. Maybe he was more than a pain.. White Haru Yuki could deal with. It was nice to have someone who generally cared about you. But Black Haru was such a pest..

.... And a privacy invader. Being scanned over in his own room by the younger Sohma was more than a violation.

Yuki walked over to the lightswitch, having left it off in hopes of falling asleep.

"It depends on what you want."

Yuki tried to be stern, but Black Haru always made him nervous. Haru would have started towards him. He would have made pass after pass. But now was not the time. He had a dead head outside of the house, and later they'd find Akito's blood in Yuki's room. Besides, Yuki would need to recover from tonight, regardless of what they did after they disposed of the body.

"Well I need to hide something. Something big. You know the landscape pretty well, right? Well do you know any good hiding places?" He smirked, standing up. "And if not, we can make one."

Hide something? Something big? Like what? A motorcycle? Yuki knew Hatsuharu had been wanting one for a while now, but he was too young to own one legally. Yuki flipped the switch and turned around.

Hatsuharu watched the rat's face. Oh how cute, was he confused? He'd look a whole lot cuter in pain, or holding onto him... Again. Distraction. Not good.

Before Yuki had flipped on the switch Hatsuharu had jumped out the window, calling up for Yuki to follow.

Oh geez, jumping out the window again. Didn't anybody use stairs anymore? Regardless, Yuki climbed down the ladder. Hatsuharu presed his body against the back of the rat, whispering huskily into his ear.

"I killed Akito..."

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[A/n]

This is a story based on a roleplay between WonderingWhatBreakfastIs and myself. She played Hatsuharu and I play Yuki.

This is not word-for-word of our play. This story has been modified slightly to be able to follow easy.

All changed in personalities and character developement should be duely noted, as they are very very important to the storyline.

DO NOT ASK FOR SPOILERS

R&R Please!!! For both of us!!!

Ch.2 will be posted after I recieve five reviews! (I need motivation)