Hello lovely readers,

Yes I know this is posted late, but in my defence I just recently found out I was pregnant! WOHOO! So yeah its been a crazy few weeks getting everything sorted :D

Anyway here is Chapter Two FINALLY! YAAAAAAAY!

I've watched Fruits Baskets and gone through the Manga (probably for the hundreth time)

You know the usual drill. I do not own Fruits Baskets.

Enjoy.

Chapter 2

Kyo padded slowly towards the destination he feared the most. All of his insides were churning, his instincts telling him to flee. Yet he moved onwards, determined. It had been weeks, weeks without seeing her, weeks without holding her and suddenly he had found the courage to come here today.

No one could understand, not Yuki, not Shigure and not Hatori. The one person he wanted to talk to most, the one person who could help him wasn't here anymore. Who knew when she was coming back to them all and most importantly back to him. Back to what they had.

Looking up he realised he was already here. The small villa looked gloomy and oppressive in the dusk. Something tightened within him and he realised with sudden clarity that it should be him stuck in there, it should have been him going through all of this. As usual Tohru had taken it upon herself to help others with no regard for her own safety. As usual Tohru was trying to do the right thing and as usual he had foolishly let her.

Trouble was, Tohru wasn't here anymore.

Steeling himself he stepped forward onto the path. What Shigure had said to them all last night had propelled him to finally visit her, he had finally found the courage to face up to the consequences of his actions. Taking a deep breath he stepped up close to the bars on the window.

"Tohru?" he called out softly.

There was a slight rustle of movement, something stirred in the shadows and he instantly stepped back. Gritting his teeth he moved forward again, his hands curling around the bars.

"Come out you bastard!" he said.

"Kyo?" a voice asked.

Kyo's eyes widened. It sounded so much like her! It sounded exactly how she said his name, in that special tone she reserved just for him. Maybe...just maybe she was fighting, and maybe she was making her way back to him.

"Tohru?" he asked, astounded.

"Kyo!" she called, stepping into the light.

Tohru's face was pale and drawn but her eyes were brimming with tears of happiness and a wide grin was plastered on her face, she stepped forward and curled her hand around his. Sparks flew up his arm and he allowed himself a small smile in return. Just being here relaxed his entire body and it almost felt like old times.

"Your finally here!" she smiled wider. "Ive been waiting for you to come Kyo."

"I'm sorry" he apologised, reaching forward to touch her face lightly. "I am so sorry"

"I don't think it was fair for you to make me wait this long" she said softly.

Kyo stilled. Ice shot through his heart and he pulled his hand away. Regarding Tohru again lightly he realised with a jolt that it wasn't her. Those wildflower blue eyes were darker than he remembered, bordering on the thin line between blue and black. Everything else about her was the same.

"You know Tohru would never say that right?" Kyo finally grit out. His fingernails were biting into his palms and he was resisting the urge to punch something. "You sound and look like her, but don't try and act like her"

"Ah dammit" she said her voice dropping slightly. "I thought I was doing so well! You seemed so happy to see me"

"Bastard" he snapped.

"Now now Kyo" she wagged her finger at him. "Don't swear at precious Tohru"

"When are you going to let her go?" Kyo demanded.

"Hmm" she put her finger to her lips. "Lets see...the year two thousand and never?"

"I will make you pay for this!"

"What are you going to do?" she smirked. The look was just completely wrong on Tohrus face it was a smirk bordering on sarcasm. "You wont hurt me while I'm in this body"

"Maybe not" he admitted. "But don't think your going to be in there forever! I will kick your ass as soon as she's save."

"Whatever" she rolled her eyes.

"You didn't even get what you wanted! Whats all this for huh! Your still trapped and alone!" Kyo yelled now. "You got nothing outta this so just let her the hell go you stupid cat!"

"Now someone sounds like Yuki" she laughed

"Argh! I'm gonna smack your face in!"

"No your not" she taunted. "Don't threaten me Kyo!"

"It wasn't a threat, it was promise"

"We shall see" she shrugged. "Bye Kyo! Be Safe!"

The chirpy tone sent him off the edge. As Tohru slipped back into the shadows his fist met the wall with a crunch. Falling to his knees he dropped his head into his hands, this was all so wrong. It never should have been like this, finally he'd found someone to accept him and he'd lost her...he'd lost her for good. All because he had been too much of a coward! This should never had happened, it was all his fault!

The front door slammed closed and Shigure sighed again. Honestly could Kyo never close a door without breaking it? Hatori shifted at the noise but didn't say anything. Neither of them needed to say anything, they both knew Kyo had finally gone to see Tohru. It had taken him weeks to pluck up the courage to go. As strange as it sounded though, after the quiet, reserved and moping Kyo they had seen in the past few weeks it was nice to see some energy back in the boy.

"How is she doing Hatori?" Shigure asked quietly.

"The days that she is actually her are getting less and less" The Doctor said honestly. "Most of the time it is Kano who is speaking, but he's getting clever"

"Clever?" Shigure frowned.

"He's beginning to act like her" Hatori looked at him. "It's hard to tell now who is in control. Although I do know that the possession has begun to physically change her as well as mentally. Tohru's eyes are now darker, her hair is getting lighter"

"So she's actually turning into Kano?" Shigure shook his head. "Even for me that sounds a little far fetched"

"We turn into the animals of the zodiac and you believe that is far fetched?"

"Always so mean Hari!"

"Stop crying"

"Seriously though" Shigure touched his chin. "Something has to be done"

"Hopefully our new lead will shed some insight into the situation" Hatori stubbed out his cigarette. "We can expect no help from within the Soma family"

"So your just going to send two school boys off on some crazy mission to find a mythical artefact?" Shigure laughed. "That's going to work"

"It's not mythical" Hatori pulled on his jacket.

"You don't know that" he frowned. Everything about this situation was beginning to sound mythical.

"I know Akito got extremely agitated when I mentioned it" Hatori replied.

Shigure sighed and slowly got to his feet. Walking Hatori to the door he thought about what they were going to make Kyo and Yuki to do. No doubt both boys would want to go, they'd probably insist on going. However, they weren't the brightest of the bunch and he had to wonder if Kyo and Yuki would stop fighting enough to actually be of any help.

"We should never have brought her into this" Shigure finally admitted.

"No we should not have" Hatori agreed. "What is done is done, now we need to make the best of our situation. There has never before been anything akin to this within the history's. All we can do now is hope"

"Sure"

The door closed softly and Shigure looked around his house with a growing sense of dread. It sounded so easy when Hatori laid it out like that, but why did he have this feeling that everything was going to get a lot worse?

"This isn't going to work is it?"

Shigure turned to the voice. Yuki's eyes were sad. Unlike Kyo, Yuki didn't have the quality of fire in his blood. Yuki unlike Kyo had actually thought the situation through and prepared himself for what might happen. If there was no way to bring Tohru back something drastic would have to be done. At the very least she would be imprisoned for the rest of her life. But if indeed what Hatori was saying, it would be Kano rotting in that small room.

"You heard Hari" Shigure smiled brightly. "We have to hope"

Yuki made a small disbelieving noise and turned away. Shigrue sighed again and stared into the distance. This was never going to work...