Stubborn Hearts

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket and all that legal stuff. I'm just a person writing a story about the characters in the show/manga Fruits Basket. Though the character I made up, Sia, is fully and totally mine.:) So no touchy!

First Day of School

Note to Reader: Some parts of this story will be in either Sia's POV or Kyou's. For this chapter, Kyo's POV will be used. Just a heads up.

I had been having a nice dream about beating up that smug little Yuki when I was awoken by a loud, angry voice. "A MINI SKIRT?!" It seethed.

My eyes took in the fact that I was still on the roof of the house. Standing up, I walked over to the window where the yelling had come from. With a smirk I see Sia dressed in her school attire, grabbing at her skirt and giving it a look of pure hatred. I guess she wasn't use to school uniforms. With a look at her clock, I see that it's getting late and I'd better hustle if I want to be at school on time.

I walk away from Sia's window and hop through mine. Quickly I dress in my own school uniform and slip on some shoes. Walking out of my room I look over at Sia exiting her door as well.

"Morning." She said to me, blushing slightly. She must think that she looks odd in her outfit or something, but really it's not that bad. I nod my head and head down the stairs, her right behind me.

We both enter the kitchen and see a cheerful Toharu and sullen Yuki eating breakfast.

"I made you some rice balls and egg rolls." Said Toharu towards the new girl. I greedily take the plate which the rice balls are on and slam them down.

"Hey! Those are for everyone, you pig!" Toharu said, taking the egg rolls away from me just in time, "Here Sia, have some egg rolls before he gets a hold of them."

I watch as Sia gently picks one up and nibbles at it gingerly. "Why are you so slow?" I asked, annoyed at the girl's eating behavior. I feel a harsh slap on the head as Shigure comes into the room.

"Don't mind him, Sia, he's just not a morning person." Shigure said, cheerful smile on his face.

"Hey, we'd better get going, or we'll be late!" Cried the worried Toharu. We all exited the house and started down the dirt road that would lead us to the jail like facility for teenagers. Code name, 'High School'.

"Kyou, could you walk any slower?" Asked the always taunting Yuki.

"Shove it, mouse." I told him, already getting pissed.

"So how far is it to your school?" Came the voice of Sia.

"Why? Legs getting tired already?" I ask sarcastically. I feel a harsh pain against my face as Toharu slaps me.

"Not that far away, it shouldn't be long until we get there." She said, trying to be cheerful and ignore my glaring.

Sia nods her head as we continue our way, now on a sidewalk. I sigh as the sight of my hell comes into view. 'Stupid school...Why can't I just drop out?' I think to myself as we get closer and closer to my doom.

It's not that I didn't like learning, that was ok. It was just dealing with people...Especially girls at this school. They wouldn't leave me the hell alone! At least I wasn't the only one who suffered when it came to girls. Even my enemy Yuki had his troubles. Maybe I wouldn't mind as much if I could get away with hugging them and not turning into my animal form. Yet then again, maybe not. We entered the school and as usual me and Yuki were getting looks and sighs from all the freakin' fan girls. I looked over at Sia and noticed that she too seemed to be getting attention.

"That's the new girl..."

"She came all the way from America..."

"Look at her tan skin..."

"And those eyes..."

"She's so pretty..."

All these little voices I heard as we walked by crowds of people. I found it weird that right away she would get attention, I mean she wasn't that pretty. Even though her hair was smooth and silky, and her eyes looked just like the ocean waves...Hey!? What was I thinking? She's a girl, that's all there is to it. So why was I feeling angry as we kept walking and I kept hearing those voices talking about her. Those undeserving eyes looking upon her.

"Kyou!" Toharu said.

I looked at her and she seemed slightly annoyed with me. What did I do now?

"I've been trying to get your attention for a while now. What's wrong with you?" Toharu asked.

I stared at her blankly, which she groaned at, "As I was saying, would you mind showing Sia around? You guys have the same classes together, and I don't seem to have any. It would really be helpful if you showed her how things are ran around here."

I shrug my shoulders, "Whatever." I say, looking over at Sia who was busy looking at her class schedule. Grabbing my own from Toharu, who I don't know why had it, I looked to see what my first class was.

"Gym, huh? Well, lets get going, Sia." I say as the two of us leave Yuki and Toharu and head over to the gym. Sia walked really close to me, as if she was slightly intimidated by everyone around her and clinging to something familiar. But maybe I was reading into this too much. We entered the gym and sat down on the bleachers and waited for the first bell to ring and class to start.

Again, while the two of us sat together, I heard more whispering voices.

"Hey isn't that Kyou?"

"Yeah, and he's sitting next to the new girl."

"I wonder if she's seeing him."

"Nah, he's the lone wolf type, so she's totally up for grabs."

"Oh man, I can already tell this year's going to be sweet."

"Hey, think she's got a boyfriend?"

"Doubt it, she's new right? So she's probably free to date whoever."

"Man, I'm totally going to tap that..."

"Not if I beat you to it bro."

I was about to rip those throats right out when the bell rang. 'You're lucky...' I think as the teacher comes up to us and begins speaking. Basically he goes on about nothing, saying participation is the key to a good grade in this class. When he shut his trap, everyone started to get off the bleachers except for me and Sia.

"Hey, this is probably like your other schools in America. Just go down to your locker room, dress down, then come back out and do what the teacher asks you." I say to her, trying to be nice.

She nods her head and stands up, "I wasn't expecting to change, I didn't bring any gym clothes with me."

"Oh, at this school, they provide you with some, so don't worry about it." I tell her, standing up as well.

"Okay...See you in a few." She said and headed down to the girl's locker room. I headed off to my own, not talking back to all the question's the boys were giving me. Dressed down, I exit and come to the gym and see Sia overwhelmed by a flock of guys. She spots me and gives a pleading look. 'Shit, what do I look like? Prince charming, coming to save the day?' I think as I grudgingly go over to her and grab her by the hand, dragging her away from the now glaring crowd of testosterone.

"Thanks." She said, as we were far enough away to get out of ear shot from everyone else.

"Whatever." I say, crossing my arms and leaning against the wall. She keeps looking at me, as if expecting me to say something more, but I just keep quiet. Finally, the teacher comes and yells to all that we're playing volleyball. I watch as the more jock type guys help set up the net and the teacher picks teams.

Being part of her 'Host family' I was chosen to be on Sia's team. As we walked over to the rest of our team mates, I grimaced. Our team was full of the type of people who you would choose last. 'I guess it's all up to me...' I think as we get in our positions and the whistle is blown.

We start the game and I get ready to send the ball flying back to the other side, when out of no where Sia knocks me out of the way and hits it over the net with strength and swiftness. Gaining our team the first point. This surprised me, she sure as hell didn't seem the type to be aggressive or sport loving. My wonder is cut short as we serve the ball and the game starts all over again.

We keep scoring, me scoring some points, and her others. The other team was getting pretty pissed off by the time there was only five minutes left in the game. They had scored a total of zero while we had about forty-five points. It shouldn't have surprised me when something bad happened. We were going at it, the other team really pushing back, when Sia scored again. One of the girls on the losing team, seemed to have had enough. While Sia was looking over at me, not really paying attention to what was going on, the girl took the ball and slammed it against Sia's face.

I was pissed. I rushed over to Sia, who kept saying she was fine, holding her nose and not letting me see the damage. When I saw blood leaking through her finger...I completely snapped.

"What kind of low blow was that?!" I yelled at the chick, who had a smug grin on her ugly little face.

"Should've been paying more attention." She said to me. I grabbed the ball and headed over towards her, "Hey, what's that?" I ask, pointing over to the side lines. The stupid blonde looked and I threw that ball as hard as I could right at her face.

"How do you like it?!" I yelled, watching as she cried out in pain, holding her own face. I had not gotten her nose, but she had a big red mark on the side of her face. With vengeance taken, I walked over to Sia to see how she was doing. She looked at me with surprised shock.

"Why did you do that?" She asked, not in an angry tone, just plain curious. I shrugged my shoulders and took her hands away from her face. I felt bad for the girl as I looked at her bleeding nose.

"Come on, lets go clean this up." I say, taking her along with me to the nurse's office where she could get that thing taken care of better. I completely ignored the teacher who was yelling and cussing at me the whole time walking out of the class. Sia tried to stop and face the teacher, but I kept her going. She'd had enough of that class for one day, she didn't need to deal with more.

We entered the nurses office and she took Sia off my hands and began to fix her up. She told me I could go back to my class, but I just shook my head.

"I want to make sure she's alright." I lied, really not in any mood to head back there. With slight reluctance, the nurse let me stick around, waiting for her to finish up with Sia's nose.

By the time the bell rang for the second class, Sia and I were dressed back into normal attire and headed for our 'Ancient History' class. I found two seats in the back row and the two of us sat down and waited for this class to begin. When the bell rang, the teacher began to speak of what the class was mostly about and what was expected of it's students. Finally, the teacher brought up the subject of their new foreign-exchange student, Sia. He had her stand up and introduce herself to the whole class. I was surprised she handled herself so well. Obviously the girl was not intimidated by much.

When that class got over, we both had study hall, which on the first day of school who really works in this class anyways? So mostly we sat there and made small talk, until the lunch bell rang. I showed her to the cafeteria and we got our lunches and found a table where Toharu and Yuki were sitting.

"I've been hearing rumors that you got a bloody nose during gym class, Sia. Is that true?" Asked Yuki.

Sia nodded her head and told them how that girl had hit her with the ball so suddenly and how I had come to her rescue. Yuki gave me a weird look...surprised then smirk kind of look, which I really didn't like.

"Well, I hope the rest of your day goes better Sia." Said the comforting Toharu.

"I'm sure it will." Sia said, as the bell ending lunch rang.

"See you guys after school!" She said as I lead her to our next class, Drama.

"You're taking Drama? That's kinda funny." She said towards me.

"What's so funny about it?" I asked, feeling defensive again.

"Oh it's just hard for me to picture you...I don't know, on a stage, acting." She said, trying to be gentle about it, but still I was pissy.

"Whatever, I just like the action scenes ok? Besides, what other class do you get to kill your fellow classmates?" I asked, making my point.

We both grew silent as the teacher came and talked to everyone about what things would be covered in this class and what plays we were going to perform.

I listened to the list and was excited to hear we were going to so the play 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare. That had TONS of murder in it! I was so excited, that I guess a smiled crossed my face for I heard a gasp from Sia.

"That's the first smile I've seen on your face." She said, acting as if it was a miracle from God or something that I had smiled. I shrug this off and listen to the teacher tell us about reading up on our plays we were going to perform so that we could really get into character. For the rest of the period, we were handed books on the plays and read until the bell rang to dismiss us.

"Well, one more left to go..." I say as Sia and I walk down the hall towards our next class, "Biology..."

Here is where we are told that this is the class where you dissect animals. All the guys were excited and all the girls were like, "Gross!" All, that is, except Sia.

"When do we begin that section of the course?" She had asked the teacher.

"Next semester, first off you got to know what your looking at." The teacher had told her.

That class seemed to fly by as suddenly we heard the bell ring to end it. We walked out of the class and out of the school to the waiting Yuki and Toharu.

"So how was your first day, Sia?" They both asked her.

"Not too bad." She said, as we made our way home. "Kyou was really helpful." She added, making me blush.