The Other Curse
So far, the three have just met two mysterious people. Who are they? And why are they getting lost? Read on to find out their identities and more…
Note: Names are given in traditional Japanese way (surname, first name). Oh, this is also a chapter that has lots of descriptions. Beware of really long paragraphs!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket, but I do own the mysterious characters.
CHAPTER 2
It was the end of the school day, and Tohru, Arisa, and Saki were still there. Yuki had gone to a council meeting and Kyo went to Kazuma's dojo. Hatsuharu and Momiji left early to watch the Mogeta movie with Kisa and Hiro.
The three girls were cleaning up the classroom. Everything was beginning to look sparkly when a problem arose.
"Aw, man!" Arisa said. "I'm out of soap! Does either of you two have some left over?"
"No, I used mine all up," Saki replied monotonously, pointing to her empty bottle (I don't know if they actually do these, but it fits!).
"Ah, I'll go get some!" Tohru exclaimed. "I'm out of soap as well. I don't mind going."
"Are you sure, Tohru? Cleaning up is pretty tiring," Arisa looked at her.
"Yes, it is very hard on your arms," Saki added in. She was eating some takoyaki. "I can barely lift up the takoyaki with my chopsticks."
"That isn't strenuous at all!" Arias poked her.
"No, it's alright! I won't be long!" Tohru convinced them, and left the room. She was walking down the hallway to the supply closet, when she heard a door open. Oh, it's the principal's office. She saw two people come out as the door closed. Ah! It's those two from earlier! I guess they found the school all right. "U-um, excuse me…?" she called to them and they turned around.
"Oh! It's you!" the girl smiled at her and waved. "We want to thank you for helping us earlier. We're not good with directions here, so…"
"Oh no! It wasn't a problem!" she fretted. "At least you found the school. Oh, um, I didn't introduce myself! I'm Honda Tohru. Nice to meet you!"
"Ah, I'm Nobiki Mikomi," the girl bowed to her.
The boy answered, "I'm Kusanchi Saiki. It's a pleasure to meet you, Honda-san."
"So, what brings you to our school, Nobiki-san and Kusanchi-san?"
"We were getting enrollment papers," Saiki replied, showing her a packet. "This is why we had to meet with the principal today."
"Oh, so you two are coming to our school?" Tohru asked. "This is exciting! We usually don't get new students in the year, especially two."
"Oh, we're not the only two enrolling," Mikomi smiled. "Remember earlier? There were supposed to be eight of us when we met you three."
Tohru had a shocked expression on her face before exclaiming, "That's wonderful! It will be so fun to have new friends! Oh! That reminds me! I have to go get soap."
"What for?" Mikomi wondered. Tohru told her about cleaning up and she nodded. "Well, let's not keep you waiting, Honda-san. It was nice meeting you again!"
"Oh, it's a pleasure! Ah, if you two wouldn't mind, would you like to have a tour of the school?" Tohru said. "I'll just need to get some soap and finish up."
"That would be great!" Mikomi grinned while Saiki smiled.
Tohru, Saiki, and Mikomi entered the classroom after Tohru got the soap. Arisa and Saki were eating takoyaki when they entered. They both stood up and walked over to them. Tohru introduced them all to eachother. Once introductions were done, Tohru, Arisa, and Saki continued cleaning while Mikomi and Saiki were talking lowly to each other. Once the classroom was clean, Arisa and Saiki had to leave for a job and a dinner, respectfully.
"Well then! Shall we start the tour?" Tohru exclaimed. She led them through the entire school. Saiki and Mikomi asked lots of questions, to which Tohru was glad to answer.
"I didn't know Japanese schools had these things," Mikomi commented. "We've definitely learned a lot today!"
"Eh? You didn't know…?" Tohru gave her a confused look, but they didn't touch on that subject further.
"Thank you for showing us around, Honda-san," Saiki bowed. "Now we've got to make sure that the others learn about this, too. That will take a while…"
"True," Mikomi sighed. "We better get going. I'm sure they're waiting for us."
"Did you have a good time?" Tohru asked, leading them to the front of the school.
"We did," Saiki responded. "Although, we still need to learn a lot more."
"We will, when we come back," Mikomi bowed. "Thank you!"
"You're welcome! I hope to see you soon!" Tohru waved to the two as they walked out of the school grounds. Ah! I better get going soon, too! I need to prepare dinner! Tohru rushed back to the classroom and gathered her things. As she walked out of the school and the main gate, she almost bumped into someone. "Oh, I'm so very sorry! I wasn't wa-!"
"Watch where you're going, idiot! You could've knocked me into the street!" the person yelled at her. It was a young boy. He looked a little shorter than Tohru. He had black hair and black eyes.
"I'm terribly sorry! I-!" Tohru stuttered, but was cut off.
"Move out of my way! People aren't supposed to be stopping in the middle of the sidewalk!" the boy yelled at her again, then pushed her aside and stomped his way through.
Who was that boy? I-I didn't mean to offend him or anything! Tohru fretted in her head. She kept thinking about it while she was walking home. Once she reached the house, Shigure greeted her.
"Ah, Tohru-kun! Welcome home!" he grinned, holding up another book.
"I'm home, Shigure-san!" Tohru walked in. "Are Yuki-kun and Kyo-kun back?"
"Yes, they just arrived before you did. They're waiting in the other room." Shigure and Tohru entered the room and saw Yuki writing papers and Kyo watching TV.
"Honda-san," Yuki looked up. "Welcome home."
"I'm home," Tohru smiled. "How was class council?"
"We have loads of work to do, and school's almost in it's second term," Yuki sighed.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't disturb you."
"Keep disturbing him," Kyo scoffed. "He'll die from exha-"
"Shut up, stupid cat," Yuki went back to his papers after retrieving his notebook.
"Ah, Kyo-kun! Are you okay?" Tohru went to him and checked his forehead. "I-I'll go get a band-aid!" She ran off.
"Damn rat…" Kyo hissed, but didn't try attacking him because Tohru was putting on the band-aid.
"There!" Tohru said, after putting it on. "I'll go make dinner now!" She left and went into the kitchen. Soon the aroma of good cooking wafted in.
"What would we do without our lovely flower?" Shigure said poetically. "Really now, you two should be helping her in the kitchen instead of letting her do all the work."
"That's what you do, Shigure," Kyo and Yuki said at the same time. They looked at each other and gave a glare before going back to doing what they were doing.
Shigure sighed and sat down at the table. The three Sohmas waited as Tohru finished cooking and brought in the dishes.
"I hope I didn't burn in," Tohru put a plate of fish down. "I overcooked it a little."
"No, it tastes great, Honda-san," Yuki took another bite.
"At least it isn't leeks," Kyo said. "I would be glad if they disappeared forever."
"That's impossible, Kyo-kun," Shigure waggled chopsticks at him. "New dishes are made all the time with leeks. It's a universal ingredient."
"Oh! That reminds me!" Tohru exclaimed. "Yuki-kun, does student council know that there are transfer students?"
"No, we didn't hear from the principal. How did you find out?"
"Ah, well, the two people we met earlier today are two of the eight transfer students," Tohru explained. "I think they're enrolling tomorrow."
"Wow, eight new students," Shigure awed. "Are there any girls?"
"Shigure, stop being a pervert," Kyo said to him. "We'll find out tomorrow if any of them are in our class. Maybe in Momiji's and Haru's class, too."
"I can't wait! It's so exciting!" Tohru clapped her hands together. "I hope that they'll be our friends."
"With your personality, they'll be coming to you like moths to a fire," Shigure said poetically again, to which he got the reply of "You're not a poet."
What will tomorrow bring, I wonder? New classmates, new friends…I hope they're all as nice as Kusanchi-san and Nobiki-san, Tohru thought as dinner proceeded. As soon as the dishes were washed and the doors locked, the four went to their rooms and on to bed.
Yay! Second chapter done!! That kind've took me a while… I suck at keeping time and school has been troublesome.
Thank you to IceAngel5, who is my first ever reviewer!! gives hug I will keep your advice in mind as I write more.
Hopefully, I can keep going and make it all better! Please read and review!
