Disclaimer: we do not own any of the fruits basket characters with the exception of Kiera and Gene. So Natsuki Takaya, please don't sue.

A/N/ the scene changes are as follows.***********

The time changes are also as follows ………………

Chapter 3: Hospitalized.

* Main Sohma House *

"Ahahahahaha! Kiera, you can punish 'her.' But first, she must meet you. Now this is what you must do." Akito said. He then whispered into Kiera's ear.

A ringing laughter was issued from the room. "Oh Akito, you know how to frighten that little Bitch. Right, take away what she cares for the most. And destroy it." She grinned manically. "Whatever or Whoever that may be."

"What do you mean whoever it is?" Akito demanded.

"Well I heard that she is dating Yuki Sohma." She said painfully slow. "That's why Kyo was so pissed off the other day."

"Ah…so if we hurt Yuki, we hurt the Honda bitch."

"Yes." Kiera said evilly.

Akito stood and walked to the window. He stared outside, and watched a random drop of rain fall upon the petals of the roses just beyond the window.

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Stalking out of the hospital, Gene stopped on the front steps; beads of sweat lined her forehead. "The heat is getting to me." She said to herself as she leaned against the railing. Slowly she descended; she stumbled off of the stairs. Pulling a chain out from under her shirt, she let it hang over her shirt. Her breath beginning to get heavy, Gene stopped, and leaned against the side of the building. A few people slowly walked by and stared, debating on whether or not to say anything. Her vision became blurry, and Gene fell to her knees, sweat beads streaming down her face.

"Are you alright?" a voice came from behind.

Unable to hear the voice, or anything for that matter, Gene fell forward, falling unconscious. The one who had stumbled upon her was a boy from school, who didn't know she was a Sohma. Sliding his arm under her knees and the other behind her back, not embracing her, he walked her back up the stairs and into the hospital.

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Darkness plagued the room, only two voices being heard. "So…" one voice spoke, just above a whisper. "Gene hasn't come, Hatori?"

"No Akito." Hatori answered.

"And why not?"

"I just received a phone call, from the local hospital. Apparently Gene lost consciousness and a student brought her in." he said.

"Then what are you still doing in here?" a female voice echoed, a bit aggravated.

"Kiera, I…" Hatori began.

"I shall go and pay the wolf a visit…" Akito interrupted.

Silence fell in the dark room, a soft sound of shifting, and the sound of footsteps across the wooden floors.

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Semi bright lights pierced their way through her eyelids. Gene squinted as she opened her eyes. She awaited her vision to clear before beginning to sit up.

"Oh…you're awake…" spoke a soft, nervous sounding voice.

"Wha- what happened? Where am I?" Gene questioned, eyeing the room with confusion.

"You passed out…I wasn't sure if you'd be alright on your own, so I stayed with you. I hope that's alright."

The voice was still nervous, "I am called Konohakunishii." He blushed at the unusually long name. "But you can call me Haku."

"Ah. Gene…I'm so glad you're ok." The cheerful voice, belonging to none other than Akito Sohma, came from the doorway. "When Tori-San told me what had happened, I rushed right over…" his voice rang with concern.

Confused, Gene stared in horror at Akito. "Wh-What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Well," stepping into the room, Akito laid a hand on Haku's shoulder. "Would you leave us alone for a moment please?" Akito smiled the sweetest smile.

"Um, sure." Haku stood, and exited the room, Akito shutting the door and locking it behind him.

Tensing, Gene's eyes widened as Akito approached her bedside.

"You disobey me." He whispered to her. "You know what happens to those who are disobedient?"

Keeping silent, Gene's breathing became heavy.

"No?" Akito grinned. "It looks like you don't remember how I trained you before…before you were sent to boarding school." Leaning closer, he whispered in her ear. "Your mother can't save you this time. Punishment will be handed out. That is a promise Wolf." Pulling back he gave a sinister grin. Grasping her wrist, he held it tightly as he continued. "I'll make sure your mother doesn't interfere again." Releasing her arm, Akito stood to exit the room, leaving Gene frozen in horror.

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Rip the bag split…and everything spilled out. Oranges and noodles spilled everywhere, the milk crashed and the spices rolled into the street. The long haired Sohma stared and stared.

"Hey are you ok?"

"I…" the Sohma said.

"Yes?" asked the woman. "What?"

"I…I…I'M SOOOO SOOOORRRRRYYYYYY!!!" The Sohma raised his hands up and grasped his hair and swung himself up to his feet. "I'M SORRY! A PERSON SUCH AS ME DOESN'T DESERVE TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD!! I AM JUST TROUBLING SOCIETY!!!! MAY KAMI STRIKE ME DOWN, RIGHT HERE IN THIS VERY SPOT!! I'M SORRY!!! I'M SO SOORRRYYY! I AM BOTHERING YOU ALL WITH MY EXISTANCE!! I SHALL RID YOU OF MYSELF SOON!!! GOOD BYE CRUEL WORLD!!!"

Startled, the woman reached out a comforting hand, "Um. Miss…it is ok…" she accidentally poked his side, and he collapsed upon the ground, passed out.

"Ah!" the poor woman gasped, and ran away. A few minutes later, a small child was running at full speed, chasing a ball, which sailed over the poor collapsed Sohma. The little girl tried to stop, but stepped onto a fallen bottle of thyme, and slipped. She tried to catch herself, but to no avail. She landed upon the unconscious Sohma.

Poof As the child watched, the smoke cleared, and on the ground laid an adorable little monkey, Ritsu. The wind blew and the child stared. She was amazed. "But…you were a girl just now, and now you aren't. You were a human, but now you are a Monkey?" Bewildered she picked up the monkey, and hugged him to her. She smiled. It was so soft and cute!

"Ah." Said a voice, "I see you found my monkey."

The child looked up. A man with dark black hair, and a traditional outfit stood before her. "Your monkey?" she said confused. "But she was a girl, and now she is a monkey."

"Yes, yes I know. The monkey's name is Ritsu, and she is a magic monkey!"

"Magic?" she looked even more confused.

"Um-Hm." Shigure said smiling. "She's magic! She likes to turn into a girl and run away from me. But her dinner is getting cold and so she has to come home now. Actually she will turn into a girl again on the way home."

"Oh… I had wanted to-" the little girl said sadly.

"Keep her?"

"Yes."

"I'm sorry. But she has to come home, oh, see, she's waking up." Ritsu looked up. "Shigure!" he jumped from the little girl to Shigure.

"Ahh-huh!" she gasped.

"See." Said Shigure, "Magic, I taught Ritsu to talk."

"Bye!" Ritsu called happily waving.

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They walked for some time. Shigure paused when Ritsu transformed back, and handed him his Kimono. "You know Ritsu; you need to be more careful. That little girl saw you. It is just good I came along when I did." He lectured. "I was on my way to fetch Hatori, Tohru is making dinner, and since you're here, why don't you join us?"

"Oh. I would not want to intrude. And I do not have a gift…" Ritsu began.

"That is fine. Just bring one next time." Shigure said. "Now come on. Let's fetch Ha-ri together."

"Okay." Ritsu said smiling softly.

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Tohru busied herself spooning leek Miso soup and soba noodles onto everyone's plates and bowls. She placed a plate of peaches onto the middle of the table, and a second plate of stewed leeks and spring onions beside it.

Every guest thought in unison, 'What's with all the leeks?'

Kyo walked into the kitchen and at the sight and smell of the onions and especially the leeks, promptly passed out onto the ground. Shigure then immediately grabbed a handful of stewed leeks and began shoving them up Kyo's nose. Hatori kept eating, without a second glance at Shigure, and turned to Tohru.

"Tohru-San." He said to her. "These leeks are delicious."

Tohru beamed at the compliment.

Yuki snickered to himself at he listened to Shigure's nonstop laughter. He delved into his own meal, happy that justice had been dealt.

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"Honda-San?" asked Yuki. "Where is Ritsu?"

"Sleeping." She replied. "He has had a tiring day."

Yuki looked up. "Yes. Yes he did."

"You look like that too…a tiring day Yuki?" she said as she brushed her hand against his face.

"Yes." He looked at her and smiled. In that moment, the doorbell sounded, and Shigure went to answer it. Before Shigure could open the door, it flew open and standing there, in a long black kimono, pink and light blue flowers on it, was Kiera. "Where is Miss. Tohru Honda?"

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"May I come in?" a shy voice questioned from the hospital door. Much to Haku's surprise, the bed was empty. "Excuse me?"

Arching a brow, he looked toward the bathroom door. The open door and light on, sparked Haku's curiosity, and he stepped toward the doorway. He peered inside, to see Gene standing in front of the mirror.

"You shouldn't be here." Gene informed him, not looking away from the mirror, as she raised the scissors to her hair. "Leave. Now."

As she stared blankly into the mirror, thin slightly curly hair fell into the sink. She forced herself to stay white. If her personality changed, and she went black, who knows what she would do.

Haku took a step toward her, it being obvious she was fighting something. "Maybe you should---"

"I SAID GO!!" Gene shouted, spinning around and aiming the scissors at his throat. "You have no business here outsider!"

"Gene?" a familiar voice sounded from the doorway, it belonging to none other than the Ox Zodiac himself. Hatsuharu.

"Oh! It's Haru! Nice of you to finally visit me!" Gene shouted, throwing the scissors down on to the floor. "I've been waiting, Ox!"

"Hmm. Black eh?" Haru thought aloud, not at all fazed by Gene's violent gestures.

"Uh…" Haku stampered for words, which seemed to get stuck in his throat, no further. "What's going on?" he finally forced out.

"You need to leave." Haru grabbed his shoulder and led him out the door.

After they had been left alone, Haru went to grab Gene's arm, but to no avail. Gene flung her arm back, and the other arm forming a fist which would connect into Haru's jaw. Stumbling back, Haru applied pressure to his jaw, which Gene had slugged. Grabbing anything in reach Gene began to throw them rapidly at Hatsuharu.

As soon as the toiletries began to fly, Haru covered his head with his arms, "Gene! Control yourself!" he yelled in an attempt to stop the items from being thrown. When the flow of random toiletries, had subsided, Haru lowered his arms from about his head. A large lamp struck Haru in the face, and shattered on impact, leaving a large welt, in the dead center of his forehead. Once she ran out of things in reach, she switched to her fists once more. Before she had the chance to hit him, Haru beat her to it with a quick punch to the gut. It hadn't been hard, just enough to stop her.

Grasping her shoulders, Haru gave a light shake. "Gene, stop it." He spoke sternly. "Do you realize what you're---?"

Before Haru had a chance to finish his sentence, Gene's eyelids fell shut, and she collapsed in his arms. Apparently getting through to her, Haru rolled his eyes, and carried her to the bed.

During the fight, Gene had cast a lot of fear into Haku. He had run to the hospital staff, and security, telling them about the fight that had broken loose.

A light knock came to Gene's hospital room door, it opening shortly. Two male security guards and a female nurse entered, walking straight to Haru.

"There was a fight reported." A tall thin man questioned, his glasses making a glare. "We're going to have to ask you to remove yourself from this hospital, and do not return."

"The fight wasn't any of our faults…" he attempted.

"Please excuse yourself from the hospital, or we will be forced to take action." He inched up his glasses.

"I'm sorry…I'm staying with her." Haru's voice was final. Turning away from them, Haru grabbed Gene's hand. Unaware, Haru jumped slightly at the crackle of the mans walkie-talkie.

"We have an insubordination case here. It may get hostile." The guard said over his walkie-talkie, as the other one laid his hand on Haru's shoulder. Not much was said after that. Haru stood and flung the man's arm off of him.

"Don't touch me." He said flatly, serious. "I'll let myself out." Hatsuharu turned and shouldered Haku out of the way. He glared at him, making him flinch. He ran down the hall at full speed. The guards realized what he had done, and immediately broke into a sprint, and chased after him, while the nurse approached Gene's bedside.

"Hmmm." She said to herself. "Such unusual hair…Hm. Oh well. It is a shame we have to restrain you dear," she said to Gene, as she pulled out two heavy leather bands, and tied them around each of Gene's wrists, and attached them to the metal bars on the bed. "Your actions could result fatal…" she gave her an apologetic look, and turned from the bed and left the room, shutting the door behind her.

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Shigure blinked. "Tohru?" he questioned. "What would you have Tohru for?"

Kiera stared critically at Shigure, trying to decide on whether or not to hit him, for not jumping and running to do as she had requested.

Shigure, seeing and recognizing the look on her face, and what it meant, hurriedly spoke. "Of course it was clearly rude of me to question your motives, Kiera." He stood, and hurried from the room. "My apologies." He bowed.

Kiera sighed, as she looked around. There many ways she could destroy this place, she thought, if she had the energy.

"Um…uh… um…"

She turned and saw Tohru standing near the door, looking rather uncertain.

"Oh. Miss Honda." She smiled. "Please, walk with me."

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The wind blew softly, their hair fluttering in it. They walked past the tree, the sakura blossoms falling to the ground softly. One landed in Kiera's hair. Tohru noticed, and said, "Kiera." She clasped her hands together and smiled softly. "There is a sakura flower in your hair. It flatters you."

The look of peace on Kiera's face, changed. "So. I need a flower to become me?" she snapped angrily. "Am I not 'pretty' enough?" she flared at Tohru, who blanched.

"Ah! NO! That's not what I meant!" Tohru cried out, now scared of the woman before her. "I meant that you flatter the flower."

Slap Tohru's face snapped to the side, and she lost what little balance she had, and fell to the ground; a large red mark on her face, in the shape of a hand print.

"I have a message for you, from Akito himself." Kiera said, to the fallen girl. She reached down and grasped Tohru by her hair, pulling her to her knees by it, and relishing in her pain and tears. "Stay away from Yuki Sohma!" she screeched, and hit her hard in the stomach, causing her to double over.

"Ahh!" cried Tohru in immense pain.

"If you don't," Kiera snarled, hitting her several times about her face and shoulders. "I will be forced to do the same to your precious Yuki."

Through her pain, tears, and the blood that ran in a streak down her face, from a cut just below her hair line, Tohru gasped, "Huh?"

With another couple hits, and kicks to Tohru's legs and sides, "Well," she said grinning like a mad woman, "To put it in simpler terms, if you continue to stay with Yuki, I will destroy him. I will hurt him, then send him away, and erase your memories of all the Sohma." She still had a handful of Tohru's hair. Looking at her with blatant hatred, she muttered. "Disgusting filth." Kiera flung Tohru over to the tree, where she hit the trunk.

"Owah!" she grunted as she struck the rough surface. She fell to the ground, in a crumpled heap. The flowers continued to fall, landing on her bruised and bleeding body. She lay disheveled; her breath coming in short bursts. Her vision blurred, and she faintly saw Kiera walk away. She saw her stop, and heard her call back, "Oh and do not call me Kiera. It is Kiera-Sama to you." She turned and stalked away, leaving Tohru where she had fallen, under the tree.

Tohru lay on the cold ground, feeling the petals cover her body, obscuring her, wishing she had never met Kiera…Sama. She was going to have to get used to saying that. She wished she was home, safe in her room, in her bed. Tohru tried to stand, and failed miserably. She fell once again to the ground, blacking out.