*Ok, this is really long, and I'm sorry it took so long, honest! I hope this is a good chapter!*
Disclaimer: You probably need one after so long! I do not own Fruits Basket, nor do I own Katana (ChiyoChi-Yamamoto), Sakina (Sakina Ci-Kurosaka), Alikiy (Sam), Lily (Meghan), or Tori (Victoria, or Tori)! I do own the plot line (and if there is another story like this, I did not know!) and my OC, Sakachi!*
*POV: Sakachi*
Lily and I walked to school, talking and laughing the whole way. As soon as we got there, we scanned the crowd. We found who we were looking for and ran in that direction, yelling and waving.
"Tori!" Lily and I yelled in unison. We couldn't hide our happiness, Tori is our best friend, and she was probably the coolest girl ever. As she turned around we could see her flawless face and gorgeous brown eyes. Her dark, almost black, hair whipped in the breeze, making her all the more beautiful.
"Hey guys, how's it going?" Tori said after we ran up and glomped her. Lily smiled and was about to say something when a man walked through the crowds in a bright and colorful outfit with white hair.
He looked around and his eyes stopped on us, "Hey girls, I need help. Do you know where I can find Yuki?"
Yuki? I thought.
"No, I haven't seen him around, but I did see the fan club walk in that direction," Lily pointed. I looked at Tori to find her staring at the beautiful man in awe. I looked back to find him staring back at her. A blush crept up to Tori's face.
"Thank you, can I get your names?" the man asked.
"I'm Lily, this is Tori, and this is Sakachi," Lily said fearlessly, "Now what about your name, otherwise we would be stuck calling you Mr. Colorful."
"I am Ayame Sohma, a designer and the man who can make your dreams come true," he said in a loud voice. (A/N: Yes it was supposed to sound dirty.) Tori was still staring in complete fascination, and she even let out a little gasp.
He caught on and spoke to her directly, "Do you like to dress up in costumes, my dear?"
She nodded, blushing like a mad women. Out of a bag he'd been holding, he grabbed out a short French Maid's outfit with a big puffy skirt. It was adorable, but not appropriate for school. Ayame handed the little outfit to the gawking girl in front of him.
"For you, my dear," he said.
*POV: Tori*
He handed me the little dress, and when I reached out to grab it, our fingers brushed together, sending a wave of electricity through me. I could feel my cheeks burn, I didn't know what was going on. I had never felt this way towards anyone before, twitter pated and child-like.
"Th-thank you," I managed. Ayame smiled the most beautiful, white smile I had ever seen. I was so distracted, I didn't feel myself reach out and hug him.
*POV: Ayame*
It took me by surprise when she fell into me, so I didn't have the chance to stop her.
Too late, I thought as I transformed into a white snake with golden eyes. I looked up to see Tori staring at me with her beautiful brown eyes. I tried to move but someone picked me up, and I could see the ground getting farther away.
Turning, I stared into the face of the black haired girl, Sakachi, and she took me around the corner of school. She ran down the wall as fast as she possibly could, looking behind her for her friends. Lily was following just a few paces behind. Tori was a little farther behind, and the expression on her face was that of a scared child.
I wasn't sure what the hell was going on, and why this girl was carrying me away instead of running away her self. As soon as she turned the back corner of the school, she stopped, panting.
I was placed onto the ground softly, and I waited for her to catch her breath. Before she had the chance, Lily turned the corner and glared at her, "What the hell was that all about? Why did he change into a snake? I know you know about it, otherwise you wouldn't have grabbed him so quickly and ran from the crowd like that."
Tori turned the corner and looked around. When her eyes landed on me, she ran and fell to her knees in front of me, "I'm so sorry! What did I do to make you change into this? It was my fault!"
I shook my head, "No, it's not your fault, do not tell yourself that! It's something I have to live with!"
She picked me up and hugged me to her chest. I wasn't able to breath, so I couldn't tell her I couldn't change back with her hugging me like this.
"Lily, go get his stuff and ours please, he'll need his clothes," Sakachi said, hands on her forehead in frustration.
Lily nodded quickly and ran off to fetch our things. I was about to ask how she knew of the Sohma Curse, but I transformed back into a human.
Tori screamed, letting me go and turning around. Lily came around the corner again with her arms full of stuff and stopped dead in her tracks.
She threw me my clothes and I pulled them on with no hesitation. I had so many questions to ask, I was confused on what just happened.
*POV: Sakachi, after explaining everything to everyone.*
Ayame was nodding, Tori was staring in wonder, and Lily's eye was twitching as I finished with the Hatori/Alikiy incident that happened just a few days ago, "And so you see, I now have a reason to believe that there is one of these people who they transform with once and then don't transform with them again."
Tori spoke, "So you're saying that Ayame and I are, um, "Soul Mates"?
"Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying."
I was wondering how to explain this to Hatori, now that there is two more people on top of the current three that know about the Sohma secret. He would probably get mad at me if he had to go to the Head of the House again to ask the same question.
I suddenly thought of something, "Why did you want to know where Yuki was?"
Ayame looked up from Tori's face and replied, "He's my brother and I wanted to see him, that's all. I feel like he doesn't like me at all, so I want to make him love me in any way possible."
"Brother? That's right, he's a Sohma. Does he possess a Zodiac?" Lily asked curiously.
Ayame nodded, "He possesses the spirit of the rat."
I was about to speak when the bell tolled, "Damn, I forgot about school for a second there."
Standing up, I grabbed mine and Tori's bag, knowing she'll be walking in clutching to Ayame's arm like she had been for the past 15 minutes.
At the door, the parting was tragic. Tori was looking up at Ayame with big brown eyes, "Promise me we'll meet again?"
Ayame smiled softly, "Of course we will, my sweet flower. Nothing can keep us apart!"
They peeled apart and Tori joined Lily and I at the front door.
After what had just happened, I could tell this was going to be a long day.
*Unknown POV*
I watched as the black haired girl walked into the school with her two brown haired friends. She was rubbing her temples and shaking her head as she glided through the doors.
She was beautiful, and I was going to have her, one way or another.
*POV: Sakina* (A/N: I haven't put you in this story at all! I'm sorry Saki-chan!-Don't worry Kata-chan and Ali-chan, you're coming later-)
"Hey, Katana, do you think any of the Sohmas at this school are cursed?" I asked my twin sister, who shrugged in response.
I wondered about this while I was getting my books from my locker for homeroom. I had a major crush on one of the Sohmas: Momiji Sohma. He was cute, sweet, and a lot like me.
I was walking into homeroom, when I ran right into Momiji. Well, I ran into the books he was carrying at least.
"O-oh, s-sorry Momiji-kun, I-I didn't mean to—" I stuttered until he cut me off.
"It's alright Sakina-san, it wasn't your fault," he said around the stack of books.
I felt a blush creep up my neck to my cheeks when he asked me to help him carry the books to the library. Nodding quickly, I grabbed half the stack and nearly fell over. I wasn't a very strong person, unlike Katana, and I couldn't carry heavy things.
Momiji saw my struggle and took a few books off my stack, making it a little easier for me to carry and see over the top.
While walking down the stairs, Momiji dropped a few books. Gathering them up, he started to say something in German, mumbling to himself, "Verdammt noch mal, ich bin so ungeschickt Junge! Ich ließ die Bücher wieder!"
"Momiji-kun, you can speak German?" I asked, lightening up a little.
He smiled, "Yeah, I'm half German, half Japanese. Didn't you know that?"
I blushed and looked away, "I don't pay much attention to anything at all, unless I'm interested in the subject, which isn't a lot of the time. The only subject I do like is German."
His face brightened, so I said a few sentences in German, "Ich liebe Deutschland, es ist wie eine zweite Sprache zu mir! Es ist großartig, dass es jemand anderes an dieser Schule, der fließend Deutsch spricht!"
He smiled, and we started to walk to the library again, having an entire conversation in German. We didn't stop until we made it back to the classroom and people looked at us funny for talking in German.
Taking our seats, I wondered if Momiji had any girl friends or crushes, or maybe, if he was one of the cursed members of the Sohma family. I wondered about this all day, deciding not to ask in case he had no idea what I was talking about.
*POV: Katana*
I stared at him from behind, he was just too amazing. Hatsuharu Sohma, the most laid-back, drop-dead-sexy guys in my grade. His black and white hair was so unique, just like my brown and purple hair. We have a lot in common: we both have nice and not-so-nice personalities, we both have weird hair, and we both don't get along well with other people.
"Hey, Tomoyo-san, will you let me see your homework for math?" Hatsuharu asked, snapping me back to reality.
I snapped at him unintentionally, "Why didn't you do it yourself?"
He got a look on his face, but it was gone as soon as it came. It was replaced by a look that he wore regularly, "Oh, I was busy with a girl. So if you wouldn't mind…"
Those words cut into me like swords: Oh, I was "busy" with a girl.
They repeated over and over in my mind, like an old record, but I couldn't stop it. He put emphasis on the "busy," making my day instantly bad. Pulling out my homework, I set it atop my desk and Hatsuharu pulled out his blank homework and copied it down.
I was ashamed for letting someone like that cheat of my homework, but I couldn't help it. He was too amazing, and I was a sucker for him. What I really wanted to know was if he was one of the cursed Sohmas that Hatori was talking about.
*POV: Alikiy, after school (time skip)*
I sighed; I had to pick up Katana and Sakina from school today because it was one of the days Sakachi had to work. Getting in the car, I waited for the two girls to exit the school. They came out with the rest of the crowd, looking for me. I waved them down and they climbed inside.
As soon as they were in with the door closed, Sakina began to talk, "Hey Alikiy, I think my hair is too boring. Nobody will notice me with plain black hair, can I dye it?"
I looked back and saw that she was totally serious. I nodded and turned around to start the car, "Okie dokie, if you really want to."
Pulling out of the parking lot, I almost ran a kid over. I jumped out of the car and apologized immediately, feeling like crap. He was a good looking kid, but he wasn't in uniform. He had black hair, and he was wearing a nice black suit. He glared at me and I climbed back into the car, feeling weird under the kid's gaze.
Forgetting all about the kid in black, I took Sakina to the hair dresser. She took her to the back and began to work on her. I figured I could use a hair cut and something different, so I asked if I could get my hair cut short and the tips of my bangs dyed yellow. The lady took me back and worked on me for a while. A half hour later, I was in front of a mirror examining my new hair. I was cute, and it definitely worked for me. Sakina came out a few minutes later and Katana and I gasped at the same time. Her hair was an off white with a big chunk of baby blue in the front covering her right eye. I fought the urge to get a pair of scissors and cut off a chunk to gawk at it all day.
"Sakina, by 'my hair is too boring, can I dye it', I didn't think you were going to go all out!" I yelled, not being considerate about the people in the hair salon. She smiled, so I sighed and gave up.
We got in the car and went home. By the time we got there, it was time to start dinner, so I put a pot on the stove and filled it with water. I let it boil and then put in four packages of top ramen, figuring we didn't have much time before I had to pick up Sakachi, who was sure to be hungry when we got home. I put in the packets of flavoring, which were chicken because we could never decide on flavors. I added some other random spices and waited.
Sakina came in the kitchen, "Ali-nee-chan, weren't you supposed to pick up Sakachi already?"
I looked at the clock: 6:45.
"Damn it all, I thought I had more time," I said to myself, handing the mixing fork to Sakina, "Finish the ramen and serve Katana and your self."
I ran to the car while pulling on a jacket. It was raining, and if Sakachi had to wait outside, she would be pissed at me. I drove as fast as I could without speed to the building she worked at.
*POV: Sakachi*
I waited outside for fifteen minutes waiting for Alikiy to come and pick me up. It began to rain, and I sighed. Today wasn't going as I'd hoped. I had that incident with Ayame, and then I had this job with Torhu Honda, an all-too airheaded and clumsy girl who doesn't shut up.
She was talking about how she was working so she could pay for herself, then she was telling me about how her grandfather's house was undergoing renovations and she had to live on her own. It was like she was expecting me to pity her.
That was when she began to talk about how she found out just recently that Yuki Sohma lived with his cousin, Shigure Sohma, out in the woods. This perked my interest, and I found out exactly where Yuki lived.
I looked around and saw my sister's car pull around the corner. I opened the door when it rolled to a stop and Alikiy immediately apologized. I sighed and nodded, telling her it was alright. I was too busy thinking about Yuki, and whether or not I should surprise him.
*POV: Unknown from earlier*
The black haired girl climbed in the car, unaware that I was watching, unprepared for what was yet to come. I smiled and said to myself, "You wait Sakachi Tomoyo, I will do everything in my power to stop you from what you are trying to do."
The car pulled away and I slinked back into the alleyway, smiling the entire time.
*Here is the longest chapter so far! I was so excited when I finished! Sorry it took forever though! I know you probably want to know what they are saying in German, so here is the English translation: "Darn it, I'm such a clumsy boy! I dropped the books again!" and "I love German, it's like a second language to me! It's awesome that there is someone else at this school who speaks fluent German!"
Thank you so much for reading and I'll post the next chapter soon (ish) I hope!
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