I don't own any aspect of Fruits Basket. The words "fan" and "fiction" speak for themselves.


"Wah! Ha-san! Do you mind if I take a rain check, perhaps? Maybe coming, tomorrow, say?" Hatori gave him a deadpanned expression. "Shigure, what did you do?" "Hatori! What makes you think I did something! You wound me so!" The dog entered the living room. "That's enough. What happened?" Shigure sighed. "Well, Yuki is kind of missing... as of a few hours ago."


Hatori said nothing, although his eyes widened. "Explain." Shigure's nervous expression was back. "Well, this morning, Yuki left for school, and he stayed a little after the meeting with the rest of the council, but..." he look helplessly at Tohru, who was crying silently. "...but then I received a phone call from Manabe-" The former dragon gazed at him questioningly. "Ah, Manabe is a good friend of Yuki's he's on the council as well. Anyways, he called us asking where Yuki was. Apparently, he hadn't shown up at the meeting." By this point, Kyo had walked in through the front door, a deep scowl on his face. "He wasn't at his dumb garden either." he grumbled. Although they considered themselves enemies, Hatori mused, he doubted that Kyo would want to be Yuki seriously hurt... at least by someone who could actually do him some damage.

"Ah! Hatori, we also found his bag by the school's back entrance. His phone was smashed to pieces." Tohru burst into a new wave of tears. "H-he's probably been kidnapped!" she hiccuped. "This is all of my f-fault! If I had stayed after with him when he offered, maybe this wou-wouldn't have happened! Ah, he looked so nervous today too, I should have known something was wrong when he asked me, he normally goes out of his way to make sure I'm not inconvenienced or anything, if only I-!" Kyou stopped her, ("Enough already!") and then Hatori focused on her as well. "Tohru, what exactly did he say to you when he asked you to stay?" The housekeeper paused, still hiccuping slightly, and thought back. "I, um, don't remember the exact wording, but it was along the lines of 'I saw you bump into someone, and he didn't help you up. Did he hurt you? Are you alright? I could walk you home after' and so on." Shigure chuckled. "How like Mr. Prince Charming. Who bumped into you? Do you remember who he was?" The girl shook her head. "No. I think Yuki told me that he would find out who he was, because he wasn't a student. Something about how he didn't have a visitor's... pass... NO! What if he was the kidnapper?! I feel awful! This really is all of my fault!" "Tohru, can you think of what this man looked like? I'd alert the authorities... but... there are some things that are better left uncovered by others."

Tohru sniffed miserably. Kyou muttered something about water and walked into the kitchen. He came back out and handed a glass of water to his girlfriend, and she chocked out a thanks. Shigure lit a cigarette. "He was wearing dark clothing. His big necklace left a bump on my head, and it really hurt. It doesn't hurt anymore though, so don't worry! Like I said, there was no visitor's pass, and since he was walking in the hallway, Yuki told me it was against the rules, so that's why he followed him." The two oldest shot each other a look. "Maybe he thought that Tohru was the one who was in trouble." Kyo wrinkled his nose. "Pffh, yeah that sounds like him. So annoyingly "noble". Dumb rat, trying to play the hero..." he mumbled grudgingly.

"Not good, Akito won't be happy about this at all." "Obviously Haa-san, he's the former rat of the zodiac, he's going to need to be around to welcome the new heir." Hatori pinched the bridge of his nose. "Shigure, you don't understand. That's the big problem. You see, Yuki is the new heir." After these words, the silence was heavy and thick. "Um, what do you mean Hatori? Yuki is going to be the head of the Sohmas? But, Akito is, uh, well, what about Akito?" More silence. "Akito is dying, Tohru." Shigure said softly, his expression worn. It was clear that he was in pain to know that his lover was on her deathbed. The young girl covered her mouth, her eyebrows scrunched up. She tried to keep herself from once more breaking out into sobs. If she had known this, she would have gone to great lengths to prevent this problem, even if it was pure naivety. Sniffing, she ran upstairs. The men heard her withheld sobs break loose. "I'll... go talk to her. The unusually silent Kyou went to comfort the housekeeper. This left the two friends alone. "Hatori, what now?" The man sighed. "First things first, we should probably let Ayame know. He'll be angry if he isn't a part of this. He might be overenthusiastic about it, but, even so, it's the right thing to do." Shigure chuckled. "Naturally. In fact, it may actually help us a bit. Enthusiasm might be exactly what we need in a situation like this." Hatori smiled softly. "Maybe. Anyways, I'll go-" "SHIGURE! SHIGURE! I HEARD THAT TOORU WAS CRYING! Is she okay?!" There was rapid knocking on the door to go along with these words. Shigure muffled his surprised yell in his long sleeve. "Speaking of enthusiasm..." he grinned. Shigure walked out of the room to greet the visitor at the front door. Hatori walked over to the landline. He already had a vague idea of who was at the door...

"Hello 'Miji. How did you find out so fast?" The blond worriedly twiddled his fingers. "I was going to visit you guys already, and I heard her crying through the window! Is she sick? Is she gonna be okay? Can I see her?! Why is she crying?!" The former dog host nervously laughed. "Momiji, those are a lot of questions. Well, we're in a pretty difficult situation right now, I don't think she's taking it very well. Kyo is actually upstairs trying to help her, but... umm..." "What happened 'Gure?" Shigure looked around outside, and then shuffled the former rabbit inside hastily. "You see Momiji- wait, first swear that you won't tell anyone." Momiji hummed in agreement. Shigure smiled slightly. "'Miji, we think that Yuki may have been taken by someone. Tohru is scared that he might have been hurt." Momiji pondered the information quietly. "...Was this after school?" Shigure nodded. "Are you sure?" Shigure stared at his cousin questioningly. "I think so. Do you know something?" "Yeah. Yuki said he was going to walk home with me and Haru today. He walked home with us for a little bit, but he said he forgot something and ran back. When he didn't show up for a while, we just walked back without him. Haru almost turned black, but he didn't because I told him to call him just to make sure he was okay. He calmed down after that. Yuki answered us. He said he was fine, and he hung up. It was funny, now that I mention it, but I forgot about it. I think that Haru wasn't happy with that though. He wanted to come with me, but his Mom said that he needed to try and clean his room. I left just as he started to turn black. I kind of feel bad, but I didn't really want to be caught up in it. He's been really angry lately. Even with he and Rin back together, something's been bothering him. Oh! Also, today, I-" Shigure held up his hand, to stop the slight rambling. He told Momiji that he should go and chat with Tohru, which he did gladly. He faintly heard Momiji complain on how everything has gotten smaller in the house, due to his big growth spurt, but it only slightly registered in his brain.

They had two stories. What really happened? Where in the world was Yuki?


His head was pounding. The light that seemed to be shining directly in his eyes wasn't helping, either. He experimentally tried to move his hands and feet, but they seemed to be bound tightly, which was odd. He started to panic slightly. He couldn't defend himself very well if he was bound like this. He tried to open his eyes, only to find that he had been blindfolded. Yuki sighed exasperatedly. If this was his fan club gone psycho, which he wouldn't put past them, he was certainly going to press charges. If it wasn't them, then, well... "Hello?" he called out. His voice echoed slightly. He took a deep breath when he heard heavy footsteps come near him. These also echoed. The certainly didn't sound like they belonged to any girl. The air was musty, wherever they were. He was about to call out again to whoever was coming near him, but he was picked up and slung over someone's shoulder. "Keep quiet, or we'll cut out your tongue." Yuki's heart rate picked up. These definitely wasn't the Prince Yuki fan club. He was in serious trouble. He wracked through his brain, trying to remember what had happened, but all he remembered was leaving Hatsuharu and Momiji to go let the office know of the man without the visitor's pass, but then nothing. It was a blank after that.

It now felt like they were moving up a flight of stairs. He thought back to the man who had spoken to him after picking him up. His voice was low, and steady. It almost reminded him of Haru's monotone, but it seemed more mature. The man couldn't have been older than 23, at the absolute oldest. What on earth had he gotten himself into? He was dropped onto something softer than the chair downstairs. A couch, maybe? "And there's the pretty boy! Welcome!" Yuki could feel his face turn red, with anger or embarrassment, he couldn't tell. Maybe a bit of both. His girly complex was a sore subject for him. The new voice chuckled. Then his blindfold was taken off. He was assaulted with a temporary blinding light, but then he blinked, and his eyes adjusted. He examined his surroundings, and then his captures. They seemed to be in an unfinished warehouse. The site must have been abandoned for a while. Faintly, he heard a ship horn blare in the background. The must be near the coast. Most likely the coast closest to the rest of the Asian continent, as that was closer to his home. The people who had taken him all seemed to be around the ages of twenty to twenty five, not much older than himself. The one who had spoken to him second, was the only exception. He was even younger than the rest, probably eighteen, like himself. Even though he looked the youngest, something about him seemed like he was the leader of the small group of seven. Yuki could tell by the way that they had positioned himself around him. The boy had dark red hair that reached his chin, and a tattoo of some sort of thorny vine that wrapped around his neck. Whenever his hair moved, his ears glinted, so he assumed that he also had piercings. Yuki wrinkled his nose in distaste. He wore clothes that he could picture Haru wearing. In fact, the rest of the group was dressed similarly, he noticed. Maybe they were a part of a gang.

Yuki glared at him, but the boy only smirked back. "Look, I don't know what it is you want, but I don't exactly own anything of value, so if that's the case, you had better let me leave immediately." No reply from the other, only him continuing to smirk at his captive. "Listen you, I don't know what your problem is right now, but so help me, if you don't-" "If I don't what?" His purple eyes widened. The leader was suddenly right by his ear. He had moved impossibly fast. He had barely seen him move, much less come close to him. Yuki swallowed thickly. He gathered up his resolve, and glared at him once again. "What are you trying to achieve with this?" The other sighed dramatically and straightened up. "It's straightforward. If we get 120.8 million yen, then you might be able to go home. If we don't get back the money, we'll send you back piece-" he grabbed Yuki's chin, "-by piece." He smiled. Yuki turned away, his heart hammering. "Why go through all of the trouble?" His captor winked and put a finger to his mouth. "It's a secret." He wasn't going to get anything else out of him.

Yuki looked away. Getting out of this was going to be much harder than anticipated. Although the leader acted like a complete idiot, there was a glint in his eyes that told him that this wasn't entirely the case. "You're not going to get any money." The leader tilted his head. "How do you figure?" Yuki rolled his eyes. "The Sohma family is huge. I'm just another member of one of the outer branches. I doubt the head even knows that I exist." With that, the redhead laughed. In fact, he was laughing so hard that tears started to come out of his eyes. "Wow! You're pretty good! I almost believed you!" He turned around to look at the others. "How come you guys can't be as funny as him? Everyone shuffled their feet and avoided his gaze. He sneered at them and faced the former rat host. "As I said, I might have believed you if it wasn't for this." He held up a picture of the gray haired boy leaving Akito's personal chambers. It was taken recently, because Yuki had bought that shirt about a month ago. "So, what are you to Lady Sohma? Are you Lovers? No...that face you just made tells me otherwise. Well, anyways, this is only one of several others. So, tell me again, are you expendable to the Sohma family?" Silence, and then: "Go to He-" A hand reached into his mouth and caught his tongue, effectively choking him. Yuki's chest rose and fell rapidly, his eyes widening even further. How fast was this guy!?

The smile had left the other male's face. "One more chance, and then you're done. Now, tell me again, how much are you worth to your family?"


Wow! Is this for real? Am I actually on time?! Woo! I'm even early! What did you guys think? Did you like;)

Guess what, I need glasses. For reals. I'm excited, but hesitant. Wish me luck!

So, any pairing ideas? For the record, the only established relationships so far are ShigurexAkito & KyoxTohru. I get that these pairings are canon and eh... straight, which is unusual for me, but, this is gonna end up as a yaoi story, trust me. If you're offended by this, I'm sorry, but that's how most of my stories are. There's just more to work with in my opinion. Anyways, If you have any pairings you want to see, don't hesitate to let me know! The one with the most votes will be the one that I'm most likely to write, just saying. Heck, it can even be between Yuki and one of his captors, I don't care! However, in case it isn't obvious, the kidnappers are OCs. I don't normally use OCs, because I hate them. I hate Mary Sues and the like. So, in general, I don't write them. I've also got all of the OCs written out, so I know who they're gonna be, don't worry.