Again, as a disclaimer, I don't own Fruits Basket, only my OC's and supporting characters.
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Chapter 2: Questions and Reactions
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As Hikari dashes out of the school, mind ablaze, she's unaware of the confusion she has left behind.
"Well, what the hell was that about?" Kyo asks, calmed down now.
"How should I know? She seemed to have reacted to when we called each other 'Rat' and 'Cat'." Yuki states.
"Think we should go check it out?" Kyo asks, already walking ahead, not caring if Yuki came or not.
"Whatever." Yuki answers.
'What I want to know is why both Kyo and me could embrace her.' Yuki thinks walking behind Kyo towards the place where Hikari dashed off to.
Meanwhile, with a certain distraught teenage girl...
Hikari arrives to the park and seeks out her favorite spot. A clearing in the woods, if one could call it that, that had a small stream running through it.
She collapses onto a large rock that sits beside a stream. Questions and memories blaze through her head. Unknown to Hikari, however, she was followed, not only by Yuki and Kyo, but also by a beloved friend.
"Hikari, are you OK?" comes a deep voice from behind me.
She turns around and sees Hatsuharu standing behind her. Yukio wasn't the only one who could touch her, Haru can too, but how she didn't know, she had a feeling she didn't want to ask.
"Haru!" She cries, finally letting the tears fall. She hadn't cried in the longest time, the memory of sher last cry was still branded deep into her brain...
A ten-year-old Hikari was walking slowly down a hallway to a dark room, a two-toned nine-year-old, and a dark-haired 21 year old beside her.
"Hatori-san, did Akito-sama say why he wanted me?" she asks the doctor for the Sohma's.
"No, Hikari, he didn't." the man answers, rather reluctantly.
The group arrived at the dark room and Hatori opens the door, and looks to the nine-year-old.
"Akito only wants Hikari and me to go in." he says, directing an apologetic look towards the nine-year-old. The nine-year-old looks to the floor sad. Suddenly his head is raised by Hikari's words.
"Don't worry, Haru-kun! I'll probably come out safely!" she says with hope, not knowing the doom that was past that doorway.
That day had been the worst ever. She was forced to leave the Sohma estate. Akito wanted her memory erased of everyone, but somehow, vague memorys of every Sohma were still existant, and she hadn't forgotten Hatori, Shigure, Ayame, or Haru at all, for some strange reason. Today she was actually being forced to move back into the Main House. Akito's orders.
"Haru, its them isn't it? The Yuki and Kyo at school is them isn't it?" she asks, looking at him forlornly.
"Hai, Hikaru. They are." He says, hugging her. Suddenly they hear voices and footsteps coming towards them.
"They're coming, Hikaru, don't worry, I'll be right here." Haru says, letting her go and standing beside her. The voices get louder and she could make out words now.
"Of course she came this way, damn rat! I have a good sense of direction." Kyo's voice yells. A calmer voice responds.
"I never said that you didn't." Yuki replys. Then they appear out of the trees into the clearing. They stare at the scene in front of them.
"Haru? What are you doing here?" Yuki asks, now at Hikari's side immediately. Haru doesn't respond. Suddenly, a small voice reaches his ears.
"Yuki? Kyo? Is it really you?" Hikari asks, looking up at them, now standing behind Haru.
This simple question effects the two boys drastically...
From Yuki's point-of-view:
When Hikaru says this, it sends Yuki's mind into a frenzy. 'Is it really me, what is she talking about?' He looks her over, up and down, trying to remember where he's heard that voice before. Suddenly, it hits him. Memories of a little gray haired boy and turquoise haired little girl playing in the gardens of the Sohma estate, memories of a 10 year old Hikari looking at him strangely when he came up to her that fateful day. The day Akito took his best-friend Hikari away from him, seemingly forever. Yuki can't hold it in anymore.
"Hikari!" I exclaim, rushing to her and embracing her, the same time as Kyo.
From Kyo's point-of-view:
When Hikaru says 'Is it really you?' memories start to frantically run through Kyo's mind. Memories of a 5 year old, turquoise haired girl reaching out her hand to him when all the other children used to exclude him from their play. Two nine year olds embracing after he transformed into his 'other' side for the first time. She had accepted that side from the start, unlike a certain air-head who never showed her face again... Kyo suddenly can't keep his feelings in any longer and yells,"Hikari!" rushing over to her and embracing her, the same time as Yuki, tears of joy coursing down his cheeks.
Tears of joy are also flowing down Hikari's cheeks, as she embraces her best friends from so long ago. It had been so long since she could hug them. Suddenly the reason why she could hit her like a ton of bricks. She pulls away suddenly, and looks away from them.
"Hikari, what's the matter?" Yuki asks, concerned.
"I never told you guys why I could hold you without you guys transforming, did I?" She states more than asks, still looking away from them.
"Come to think of it, you haven't even told me, Hikari." Haru says.
"Well, I guess now is a good a time as ever, huh?" she says, looking back at them, fresh tears in her eyes.