A/N Hey everybody, Nari's back! YAY!!! I'm so excited for my new story. I really think that I can actually go somewhere with it, finally! Anyway, this is a Shigure/Tohru fic but it's a couple years after the end of the series, six to be precise, so Tohru is twenty-three and Shigure is thirty-three. Just wanted to clear that up from the start. Well, let's get started shall we?

Oh, I almost forgot…(I hate doing this)

Disclaimer: No part of Fruits Basket, plots, characters, etc. belongs to me. That is and always will be Natsuki Takaya's honor.

Dedication: I've decided to dedicate this fic to my cousin Daniel, aka Emerald Guardian. Love ya Doola!!

The Onigiri and the Inu

Chapter 1- So Long, Nezumi

Hello, my name's Tohru Honda. Eight years ago in may, I lost my mom in a car accident. After she died, I began living in a tent so not as to be a burden on anyone. I was living there for a while until I was found by Yuki Sohma. He and his older cousin, Shigure, invited me to stay with them. So I took them up on their offer and became a member of their household.

While I was living there, I met all of their other relatives and I discovered the Sohma family secret. Certain members of the family turn into the twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac and the cat when they are hugged by a member of the opposite sex. Obviously they don't want anybody to know about it, so it's a secret I've kept for them ever since I found out.

It's been seven years since I began living with the Sohmas and I've come to love each and every one of the zodiac members. They're family to me and I can't imagine my life without them.

Recently, Yuki, the rat, and I confessed our feelings to each other and now we are boyfriend and girlfriend. We even managed to break the Sohma curse! I'm so happy with Yuki and the Sohmas…everything is just perfect.

"I'm home!" Tohru called as she entered Shigure's house. All of the lights were off and a comfortable silence blanketed the house. "That's strange," she said to herself as she set the shopping bags down on the kitchen counter. "I thought Shigure would be home."

She walked over to the phone to check the messages and found a note attached to the receiver. It read…

Tohru,

I've gone to the main house to check on the New Years preparations. Expect me home for dinner. Don't you and Yuki do anything inappropriate while I'm gone…I would hate to have my lovely flower be deflowered.

Sincerely,

Shigure

Tohru shook her head and blushed a little bit. 'Oh Shigure', she thought. She threw the note in the garbage and then walked back over to the counter. "Okay, now what to make for lunch." She was about to begin putting the groceries away when she heard a groan from upstairs. It was definitely Yuki's voice.

'Yuki isn't supposed to be home yet,' Tohru thought. 'Could he be sick and he came home early? Oh no!' With that thought in mind, Tohru rushed upstairs. She heard another groan, which only made her run faster. She stopped in front of his door and then ripped it open. "Yuki!"

Then she stopped dead in her tracks and her eyes widened. There, on Yuki's bed, was Yuki and a woman, whom Tohru didn't know, having sex. "Y-Yuki?" Tohru's voice was weak and she felt her knees wobbling and tears coming to her eyes.

"Tohru…" Yuki breathed out. He obviously was not expecting her back so soon. "Th- this isn't what it looks like," he tried to explain quickly, pulling his boxer shorts and pants back on. The woman had now pulled the blanket up to cover herself.

"You didn't tell me you had a girlfriend Yuki," she said quietly, clearly mortified. Tohru's eyes widened even more. 'He's cheating on me and he didn't tell that woman that he has a girlfriend?!'

"It's not true!!" she suddenly screamed and then she turned and ran.

"Wait Tohru, come back!" Yuki cried, running after her.

Tohru bolted down the stairs and out the door, almost running into Shigure who had just returned home. "Tohru what's wrong?!" he called to her. He was then nearly run over by a shirtless Yuki. "Yuki, what the hell is going on here?!" Receiving an answer from neither, he bolted after them.

Yuki continued to run after Tohru, who was surprisingly fast. "Tohru, wait please I can explain!" he cried.

"Explain what?!" she screamed through her tears, still running. "How you were having sex with another woman?!" The end of the forest came and Tohru shot across the road, not bothering to pay any attention to the oncoming traffic. She was nearly hit but got past just in time. She was about to continue running but she heard breaks being slammed on and then a woman scream.

She whirled around and saw Yuki lying face down on the pavement with blood pooling underneath him. Her tears started to come out even faster as she brought her hands to cover her mouth. People were running towards Yuki. One woman got on her cell-phone and dialed 911.

Shigure had now appeared out of the forest on the other side of the street. "Yuki!" He dashed over to Yuki and called out for Tohru.

She absentmindedly maneuvered through the crowd and dropped to her knees in front of Yuki. "Why?!" she screamed to the sky. Ambulances were heard in the distance and they arrived a few minutes later. A large crowd had assembled around Yuki, Tohru, and Shigure by the time they pulled up.

Tohru could hear everyone muttering something along the lines of "Oh my goodness, is he going to be all right?". She even heard a few women crying. But nothing was really registering in her brain. Her brain was going through a hurricane of thoughts and emotions. She was angry, hurt, scared, and confused all at the same time.

She was brought back to her senses, when she felt Shigure's hand on her shoulders and him getting her out of the way so the EMTs could get to Yuki. They put him on a stretcher and quickly loaded him into the ambulance. It drove away and Tohru said nothing.

Before she was conscious of everything again, she and Shigure were at the hospital along with the rest of the Sohmas, even Akito. Shigure had his arm around her and she was leaning on his chest, still crying.

A doctor came out a few minutes later and everyone tensed. "I'm sorry, we did everything we could." Tohru cried harder now, knowing what was coming. "But we lost him. Yuki Sohma is dead."

A/N Phew! Wow, sorry if that was rushed. My fingers were going like 90 miles an hour writing this. Well anyway, okay you can all yell at me for making Yuki OOC, I know he is and Tohru might be a little bit too. But just to warn you all now, Tohru will be a little OOC in this story. She's older than she was in the series so I want to make her seem older, more mature, and not stutterish (if that's even a word). But I'll still make her have her 'Tohru' moments.

Also, sorry to you Yuki fans out there but this was the first scenario that popped into my mind to allow Tohru to be with Shigure. And for those of you who are wondering, Kyo is married to Kagura and he lives back at the main house, you know now that the curse is broken. But Akito will always be Akito so he'll still be like he was in the series, for now at least.

All right then, well you know what to do. Until next time then! Ja ne!