Finding New
Chapter 1: Alone
By: Nikumu Chan
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket
Author's note: This story is dedicated to hurricane Isabel that just hit my state and many others. I sincerely hope no one out there was hurt. I decided to write this as a break from constant clean up of moving nearly 20 feet and at least 50 lbs. branches and picking up fence pieces! I thank God no full grown trees fell down; that would be utter hell to clean up but hey, I'm getting paid for it! ^.^ Sure, there are lots of blisters and bruises and all but that won't stop me from writing . . . well, as long as ya'll review! ^_^
Read, enjoy, and review please!
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The clouds were low and churning uneasily.
Kyoko gazed up into the sky, curious as to what was happening, while her sixteen-year-old daughter, Tohru, urged her to come inside, tugging on her sleeve.
Kyoko gently removed her daughter's hands and nudged her into her home. "Go hide; I'll be there in a minute, I promise," she said.
Tohru reluctantly obeyed. She was afraid of what the storm could become but she was even more afraid for her mother's safety out in the storm. She felt guilty for she knew what storms like the outside could be. Tornado's were very probable with the weather occurring but her mother wouldn't listen. The radio and news told every one to go inside but Kyoko was a stubborn one, even her own daughter could not stop her.
Tohru walked, rather quickly, to the storeroom under the staircase, where she and her mother were planning to hide out, and slipper herself inside.
She waited for ten minutes . . .
There was no sign of her mother.
She waited ten more minutes . . .
Kyoko hadn't come.
Tohru's house shuddered, terrifying the girl. She gently tucked herself under the blankets, shivering in fear.
Where was her mother??
She heard the wind howl and the house quake again. Tohru let out a frightened yelp and curled up into a ball under the warm blankets, still quivering.
The ghastly wind had long past calmed down and the house stopped trembling when Tohru finally convinced herself to crawl out of the small closet. Her mother still had not made an appearance.
"Okaa-san?" Tohru called through the eerie silence of her home. "Okaa-san! Where are you?!"
The quietness was scaring Tohru. Her mother wasn't answering her! Where was her mother, for God's sake?!
"Okaa-san, answer me, please!!"
She met only silence.
Tohru panicked.
She ran through the house, flinging open every door she came to and screaming for her mother. "Okaa-san, answer me!! Let me find you!! Help me find you, please!! Talk . . . anything! Where are you?!?!"
She threw open the last door to find . . .
. . . Nothing . . .
The room was vacant, free of any and all life.
Tohru collapsed to the floor, nearly hyperventilating with sobs. Her mother was gone. The last hope was outside and that was almost no hope at all . . . for her or her mother.
Tears slid down her cheeks as she tried wildly to brush them away.
She had to try! She had to find her mother if it was the last thing she ever did. Her mother promised and she was going to help her keep that promise to her only daughter.
She practically flew down the stairs and flung open the main door. She gasped.
It was disastrous! Trees were uprooted or broken, some in roofs, windows, or even, now crushed, cars!
Tohru's eyes widened when she didn't see any sign of her mother, gleaming tears fell once again. "Okaa-san!!" Tohru yelled hysterically.
Several people gave the girl odd or strange looks but she didn't seem to notice them.
A gust of wind thrashed, nearly taking Tohru off her feet. Her swirling mind still didn't notice.
She fainted on the spot.
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I'll keep the babble for later . . . to be continued . . . please review!
Chapter 1: Alone
By: Nikumu Chan
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket
Author's note: This story is dedicated to hurricane Isabel that just hit my state and many others. I sincerely hope no one out there was hurt. I decided to write this as a break from constant clean up of moving nearly 20 feet and at least 50 lbs. branches and picking up fence pieces! I thank God no full grown trees fell down; that would be utter hell to clean up but hey, I'm getting paid for it! ^.^ Sure, there are lots of blisters and bruises and all but that won't stop me from writing . . . well, as long as ya'll review! ^_^
Read, enjoy, and review please!
~
The clouds were low and churning uneasily.
Kyoko gazed up into the sky, curious as to what was happening, while her sixteen-year-old daughter, Tohru, urged her to come inside, tugging on her sleeve.
Kyoko gently removed her daughter's hands and nudged her into her home. "Go hide; I'll be there in a minute, I promise," she said.
Tohru reluctantly obeyed. She was afraid of what the storm could become but she was even more afraid for her mother's safety out in the storm. She felt guilty for she knew what storms like the outside could be. Tornado's were very probable with the weather occurring but her mother wouldn't listen. The radio and news told every one to go inside but Kyoko was a stubborn one, even her own daughter could not stop her.
Tohru walked, rather quickly, to the storeroom under the staircase, where she and her mother were planning to hide out, and slipper herself inside.
She waited for ten minutes . . .
There was no sign of her mother.
She waited ten more minutes . . .
Kyoko hadn't come.
Tohru's house shuddered, terrifying the girl. She gently tucked herself under the blankets, shivering in fear.
Where was her mother??
She heard the wind howl and the house quake again. Tohru let out a frightened yelp and curled up into a ball under the warm blankets, still quivering.
The ghastly wind had long past calmed down and the house stopped trembling when Tohru finally convinced herself to crawl out of the small closet. Her mother still had not made an appearance.
"Okaa-san?" Tohru called through the eerie silence of her home. "Okaa-san! Where are you?!"
The quietness was scaring Tohru. Her mother wasn't answering her! Where was her mother, for God's sake?!
"Okaa-san, answer me, please!!"
She met only silence.
Tohru panicked.
She ran through the house, flinging open every door she came to and screaming for her mother. "Okaa-san, answer me!! Let me find you!! Help me find you, please!! Talk . . . anything! Where are you?!?!"
She threw open the last door to find . . .
. . . Nothing . . .
The room was vacant, free of any and all life.
Tohru collapsed to the floor, nearly hyperventilating with sobs. Her mother was gone. The last hope was outside and that was almost no hope at all . . . for her or her mother.
Tears slid down her cheeks as she tried wildly to brush them away.
She had to try! She had to find her mother if it was the last thing she ever did. Her mother promised and she was going to help her keep that promise to her only daughter.
She practically flew down the stairs and flung open the main door. She gasped.
It was disastrous! Trees were uprooted or broken, some in roofs, windows, or even, now crushed, cars!
Tohru's eyes widened when she didn't see any sign of her mother, gleaming tears fell once again. "Okaa-san!!" Tohru yelled hysterically.
Several people gave the girl odd or strange looks but she didn't seem to notice them.
A gust of wind thrashed, nearly taking Tohru off her feet. Her swirling mind still didn't notice.
She fainted on the spot.
~
I'll keep the babble for later . . . to be continued . . . please review!
