Supergrl26: Hello there people! It is Anters and Supergrl26 here! We have decided to do a story together on an awesome show, Fruits Basket! Please enjoy and tell is what you think! Thanks!
Anters: Hey all! Okay, this is our first time writting Fruits Basket, so it might totally suck. Bare with us, lol. Anyways, the plot takes place after Book 11 of the manga and a special thanks goes out to Nora 27 and Alternia for help on this chapter! You guys rock! Anyways, hope you enjoy!
A Fight Against Time
Chapter 1- An Unexpected Surprise
"Shigure, where is Kyo?" Tohru asked while sitting at the dinning low table in her inquisitive tone. It was the afternoon after they had all returned from the summer home and where Akito had made a rather unexpected appearance. Shigure looked up from the newspaper he was reading. Before he could reply, Yuki answered for him,
"I believe he is up on the roof." Yuki said between a bite of beef stew.
"I wonder if he is alright." Tohru thought at the reply she was given. "He has been up there almost the whole time we've been home. What if I did something wrong?"' Tohru thought to herself frantically.
"Miss Honda, are you alright?" Yuki asked after another bite of beef stew. He had reason to believe something was up by Tohru's thinking face, aka her freaking out face.
"Oh, yes, I am fine! Thank you for asking." Tohru said smiling her warm smile at Yuki. "I think I might go check up on Kyo." Tohru finished as she got up.
"Be careful Tohru, Kyo has been acting weird lately." Shigure warned Tohru without looking up from his paper... Tohru gave a small nod that went unnoticed by both Yuki and Shigure before going to the kitchen and grabbing some previously made rice balls and continued towards the roof.
Tohru climbed the ladder up to the roof and looked around for Kyo, her bangs blowing slightly in the light afternoon breeze. She found him on the other side of the roof and continued over.
"Kyo?" she asks as she nears his oblivious self.
"WHA…!" Kyo yelled in shock as he turned around and noticed Tohru standing holding the three rice balls she had grabbed. "Oh, Tohru, it's only you." He said turning around back to the view he was watching earlier.
"Oh, I'm sorry for disturbing you; I just wanted to know if you were hungry. You skipped lunch this afternoon and I thought you might like these rice balls I made." Tohru said softly, sitting down next to him and offering him the one of the rice balls she had carried up with her. Kyo eyed them hungrily before taking her offer and grabbing one.
"Thanks." He said roughly. Tohru knew he was preoccupied in thought that he didn't mean to say it unthankfully. Kyo took another one and stuffed it down.
"Wow, you really are hungry! Maybe I should have made more!" Tohru smiled her soft smile. He eyed her for a moment and smiled before turning back to looking at the forest around the Shigure's house.
"What are you looking at?" She asks after a little while of silence, trying to eye what Kyo was looking at.
"Nothing really, I was just thinking is all." Kyo said lying back down on the roof. She lay beside him looking at the sky.
"It is a beautiful day." She says sweetly. The day was balmy and lazy. One of those days you wished for when things got hectic.
"Yeah, it's alright." He says simple.
"Hm…what should I make for dinner tonight? Wait! I forgot to go to the store yesterday and get the ingredients for the stew, like leeks!" She yells as she gets up from lying on the roof. Kyo gave her a sickened face.
"Why the hell would you buy those? It's best forgotten!" He yells at her as she raced to the ladder.
"Well, Yuki and Shigure seem to like them, I was going to make you something special." She says as she descended the ladder to the main ground again. Kyo's eye twitched as he thinks of her buying leeks, but his temper goes down when he realizes she was going to make him something special. "I'll go with you to the store if you want." He yells to make sure Tohru heard him as he made his way to the ladder himself.
Kyo saw Tohru looking up at him as he made his way to the edge. Her whole face was brightened up,
"Oh Kyo! That would be wonderful! I'll go and tell the others that we will be going." She said overly happy. Kyo gave a tired smile at her. He had wanted to be alone with her since the summer home, when they were with each other each day while the others went to see Akito. He thinks for a moment or two before heading down. "I think she can do it"'
"Good bye! We'll be back soon!" Tohru said, waving Yuki and Shigure good bye.
"Take care you two. Kyo, don't lose your temper and yell at unsuspecting people!" Shigure yells back smiling.
"SHUT UP!" Kyo yells back as he and Tohru leave.
Tohru took a deep breath with a smile on her face as they walked to the store. They were still in the woods around Shigure's house since they had only just left.
"The air is so clean!" Tohru said, enjoying the crisp breeze blowing through during the time.
"Yeah, that's because it just rained." Kyo said point blank, looking over at her.
"Oh yeah! I love the rain I wish it would rain more often!" She said before stopping and looking back at Kyo, she knew the rain made him tired. "Oh! I didn't mean I wanted you to get tired or anything or..." He stopped her.
"It's ok; it can rain if you want it too..." He says smiling down at her, he was taller then her still. She blushed. She wasn't totally sure what she meant, but she continued along down the path to the store with him.
It didn't take them long to get to the store. Tohru and Kyo headed for the produce section and got some of the leeks needed for the stew.
"I can't believe your buying that…" Kyo says and sighs. She smiled at him,
"I'm going to make Cod Fish for you." She says. He was surprised by what she said.
"That's my favorite..." He says.
"I know!" She says happily to him. He gives a warm smile to her. She was the only one who could make him smile that way. After gathering some other ingredients Tohru was ready.
"Are you ready?" She asks.
"Ah, yeah sure." He says snapping back to what was going on. They purchased the necessary items and left the store.
As they turn a corner heading home, Kyo holding two bags of groceries, a familiar fellow with white hair on a bicycle comes towards them.
"Is that –"Kyo begins before being interrupted by Tohru.
"Hatsuharu!" Tohru says happily as the bike comes to a stop next to the two and Haru pulls off his goggles.
"Hey guys, have you seen Rin around?" Haru asks before even returning Tohru's greeting. Tohru puts her index finger on her chin like she usually does when she tries to remember something.
"I'm sorry, I haven't." Tohru said after a few moments of the soft drone she let out.
"Why are you even looking for her anyways?" Kyo asks, still holding onto the bags of groceries. Haru puts his goggles on again before getting on his bike.
"No reason." He said before setting off on his bike again, not bidding the two ado.
"How strange." Tohru says as she watches Haru ride off. Kyo begins to walk towards Shigure's house again and Tohru slowly follows. They walked in silence for a little while before Tohru looked over at Kyo carrying the bags.
"I can carry one if you want Kyo." She offers, reaching over to grab on. Kyo suddenly jerked away.
"It's okay, I've got it." Kyo said continuing on.
"Oh, alright." Tohru said, continuing on. Kyo looked back at Tohru and her walking with a bit of a sad face.
"Look, I didn't mean I don't want your help or anything, it is just—"Kyo began before he heard someone before them.
"Kyo?" A man with red hair stops before the two.
"Kureno?" Kyo asked surprised. "What are you doing here? Is Akito with you?" Kyo asks getting worried. If Akito was there is was something bad, he didn't want him to hurt Tohru anymore. He was glad that he was there to protect this time; he would never let Akito touch her again, he knew no one would.
"No, he is back at the house. But I need to talk to Miss Tohru Honda." Kureno says in a little bit of a rush. This made Kyo suspicious.
"Why?" Kyo asks getting angry, clenching his fists a little.
"Kyo, it's alright. I would love to hear what he has to tell me." Tohru says sweetly. Kyo eyed her suspiciously.
"Don't worry Kyo; it will take no longer then ten minutes. Please, I need to talk to Miss. Tohru in private..." Kureno says as he walks towards Tohru. Tohru gave Kyo a reassuring smile and he gives a small nod. Kureno then lead Tohru to a secluded part near a fence out of Kyo's ear shot.
"Miss. Honda, I need to tell you something about Kyo, and I think you should know." Kureno says. This made Tohru tense.
"What is it? Is he in trouble?" She asks getting worried.
"Not yet. There is another reason for Kyo longing to beat Yuki. He does want to be accepted by the family, but Akito has a hold on him. After Kyo graduates, if he does not beat Yuki, he will forever be confined until the day he dies, like his master's grandfather. I can see that he has changed because of you, and I need you to save him Tohru." His words made her confused and more worried then she had been when he first said something was wrong.
"What can I do?" She asks.
"I need you to break the curse." A light breeze blows by and Tohru just looked at Kureno.
Kureno looked to his watch. "I need to get back before Akito finds out I have left. I hope to talk to you again, Miss Honda." Kureno says and leaves her.
"Wait, how am I supposed to do that!" Tohru yells as he passes by, wrapping his right arm in hers. In a sudden puff of red smoke Kureno was no longer there and instead, and rooster.
"Oh, I'm sorry; I really didn't mean to do that!" Tohru freaks out like she usually does. Kyo came running over; looking around to make sure no one was around. Thankfully it was a slow moving day and no one was.
"What happed?" he asked, looking at the rooster that was once Kureno. It was pretty obvious what had happened, but he felt he needed to ask anyways.
"This isn't good, I need to get back to the main house." Said the rooster Kureno.
"We should take him back to the main Sohma house! He can't walk back there looking like this and he needs to get back!" Tohru said freaking out and grabbing up Kureno, being rather ditzy like a mentionable Ritsu.
"Why the hell would I want to go there!" Kyo yelled after them, grabbing up Kureno's clothes and chasing after Tohru and Kureno. Well, it was a quiet afternoon…
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