I'M BAAACCKKKK! LOL! YAY! …Hello, um…haha, sorry for the happy outburst. This is the sequel to the prequel Onigiri in a Fruits Basket. If you haven't read Onigiri in a Fruits Basket, I suggest you read it. This is a Yukiru fiction, so um…if you're offended by it…then I guess you leave…BUT PLEASE DON'T! LOL! Well, now I'm blabbering… Enjoy!
"thoughts" flashbacks regular
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TRANSLATIONS
Ano um or huh(hesitation)
Iie no
Hai Yes
Arigatou Thank you
Maaa Well, well, well
Nezumi Rat/Mouse
Kuso Damn
Neko Cat
Hentai Pervert
Baka Idiot
Ittekimasu I'm leaving(said from someone leaving)
Itterasshai Take care(said to someone leaving)
Kawaii Cute
Konichiwa Hello
Oi Hey
Inu dog
Sumimasen I'm sorry
Jyuunishi Zodiac
Mononoke Monster/Demon(I translated this right, right? LOL)
Usagi Bunny/Rabbit
Let's Stay Together…Always
Chapter 2Festivities
Tohru Honda was washing clothes outside on the balcony when eighteen-year-old Yuki Sohma snuck up behind her and kissed her cheek. Tohru let out a smell yelp of surprise and delight before she leaned in for another kiss. "Oi! Get a room!" a gruff voice yelled as it passed by the open doorway. Tohru blushed pale pink and Yuki did the same. They both turned to see who it was.
Kyo stood there, a smirk on his face. "Maaaa…hai, this is kawaii!" came another voice. Shigure peeked around the door, grinning and waving at them. Three blue lines appeared on the sides of Yuki's face as he yelled, smiling a bit, "Can't we have some privacy, baka neko and hentai inu?" Shigure just laughed as he scampered off and Kyo smiled warmly at Tohru before smirking at Yuki again. Then, he too walked away.
"Now," Yuki whispered softly, walking over to Tohru and putting a hand on her waist, "remind me where we were?" He smiled playfully. Tohru returned the smile with one of her trade-mark grins, then stood up on tip-toe to reach Yuki's handsome face…
"TOH-RUUUU?" a bubbly voice sang. Less than two centimeters from each other's faces, they stopped and sweat dropped. Yuki sighed. "Well, Princess Tohru, it seems we just can't get any peace and quiet in this house!" he exclaimed dramatically, grabbing her hand and placing it on his heart. Tohru giggled. No wonder he had gotten the main lead in the school play last year; Yuki was a wonderful actor, and could make any girl swoon on the spot. He kneeled down and kissed her hand. "May I have the honor of escorting a beautiful Princess to the dining area?" he asked romantically. Tohru almost swooned in delight then. She truly loved Yuki, her dream Prince. She smiled, "Hai, and I would be delighted if you would." He gave her a quick, sweet kiss, and then led her, arm in arm, down the stairs and into the kitchen.
On their way down, two hands enclosed over Tohru's chocolate eyes. "Ah?" she squealed. "Guess who, Tohru? Guess who, guess who?" She laughed. "Why, konichiwa, Momiji!" Momiji bounced in front of the surprised and happy Tohru, and the baffled and amused Yuki. "Ding, ding, ding! Correct! Now may I also have the honor…?" Tohru nodded. He grabbed her other hand and the two boys promptly led her into the kitchen. Tohru thought happily, "Look Mom! I'm being led into the kitchen by two handsome princes!" She laughed in her day-dream filled thoughts.
"So! Tohru, Tohru! How are you?" Momiji asked, bounding in front of her immediately after she stepped into the room. Yuki took this as his cue to get the ingredients out for Tohru to prepare lunch. Kyo was in front of the fridge, gulping milk from one of the milk bottles. "Well," Yuki thought, "now we can't use that bottle!" "Idiot…" he murmured inaudibly, as he shooed the neko out of the way. Momiji nuzzled his head on Tohru's, for he was slightly taller than she, and they were always in a playful 'Now I'M Taller' contest. She smiled affectionately at the usagi, whom she believed would always have the fun-loving personality and bouncy nature he has had since she met him, even when he was eighty. She thought of a graying, eighty-year-old Momiji, bouncing up and down like today, and she couldn't help herself; the image she concocted was so funny, she just had to. Tohru burst out laughing.
Momiji's head was knocked off of Tohru's shoulder as she began laughing, but as he saw her face, and the warmth that was glowing from it, he didn't know why, but he began to laugh too. The others, Yuki and Kyo, exchanged 'That Tohru…!' glances and then smiled at the usagi and onigiri laughing.
"Hahahaha!" Tohru giggled, "O my gosh, haha! Sumimasen!" She held her sides as she laughed. "Ah, what's this? Do I hear my precious, lovely flower laughing a laugh that can warm even the coldest man's heart and soul? I think I do," Shigure smiled as he walked in. "Shigure!" Momiji smiled. Shigure nodded to Momiji, "Oi!" When Tohru finally stopped laughing, Momiji began conversing with her. Kyo sweat-dropped as an annoyed and anger mark appeared on his temple. "Oi! Usagi! You said you had something important to tell Tohru! That's why you came, isn't it? Yea, I heard your loud mouth on the phone and the instant you walked in this house you yelled her name. Get to it!" Kyo grumbled loudly, annoyed with the usagi's flamboyant persona.
"O, yea! Thanks Kyon-kyon!" "UGH! IT'S WORSE ENOUGH WHEN AYAME DOES IT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO START SOMETHING TOO!" Kyo yelled. "I bet you could blow a house down, what, with your loud screaming and temper," Yuki stated in a monotone. The anger/annoyed mark on Kyo's temple got larger in size as he attempted to hold it all in. Tohru burst out laughing at Kyo, Yuki, and Momiji. "O, Tohru!" Momiji laughed as she began a fit of giggles.
"Anyway," Momiji continued when Tohru stopped, "I wanted to tell all of you that there is going to be a big festival this year. This is the first time that our city is doing it, but it'll be annual. You have to be fourteen and up for most of the activities. It starts tomorrow (Sunday), and ends on Saturday! O! The best part is that on Saturday, there'll be a big dance and fireworks to conclude the festival. I think the dance is going to be a masquerade! I'm sooo excited! Tohru, will you please do one of the activities with me? Please? We'll have lots of fun!" Momiji held the brochure up in the air. There was a list of all the activities in the festival.
Momiji grinned at Tohru's reaction. Her eyes were wide and her face lit up immediately after he had finished talking. "I'd love to attend one of the activities with you Momiji! Wow!" she smiled happily. He loved making her laugh, and seeing her reactions. She was such a fun person to be around. Also very nice…he just felt so attracted to her…in a friendly way of course. He knew that one: he thought of Tohru as more of an onee-chan, a big sister, or a mutti, mom; and two: Yuki would kill him if he stole Tohru away anyway. Momiji smiled to himself. "Well then, I can't wait!" Momiji grinned.
For the duration of the morning, Tohru and Momiji spent the time talking about the festival. At around twelve, Momiji said his goodbye. "Oi, Momiji," Tohru said softly, grabbing at the ruffles on one of his baby blue sleeves. "Hai, Tohru?" he smiled. She whispered in his ear. "O, hai! I'll be here for the par--" he said loudly before Tohru covered his mouth with her hand. His laugher at Tohru's reaction was muffled. "Hai…" he whispered, "and I'll remind everyone too." He began to walk off. "O, and Tohru! If you need me…" he said, waving a small light blue flip-phone that was decorated with little images of usagi heads. Tohru smiled and nodded. She knew that he was very proud of his phone, which he had bought last year. He had to buy it himself though because if his mother saw him on their family's phone plan…there would be suspicion. Then the memories…. "Momiji is so strong…" Tohru whispered to herself as the usagi walked away.
She remembered the night when he opened up his feelings to her…about his father, his sister…his mother…. Tohru shook the sad thoughts away. "I have to get ready for tonight!" she exclaimed to herself. With that last comment, she walked into the house to prepare…
What do you think! It was longer, huh? I hope you liked…please review! YAY, lol. I'm so excited! I've already gotten seven reviews! Well, tata for now!
