Fox's Curse

Ok Chapter four. Now we will get back to her interaction skills. She comes back to school and she's famous and becomes a princess like Yuki is the prince. And Oh the secret is out. So hope this will be an enjoyable chapter.

I do not own Fruit basket, just Hikaru, Eichi and Sakura.

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

-Last time she moves her things from her apartment into Shigure's house making her living there official. At work she meets Eichi and his little sister Sakura and was happy to meet his sister. She bonds with Yuki by helping him pick strawberries which she eventually makes a cake out of. She reveals that she's making a cake to thank everyone for taking her in, allowing herself to open up to everyone more—

"What are you doing Tohru?" Hikaru asked.

"Packing cake for Momiji and Haru, there are also Sohma and I'm sure they would love some o this cake" Tohru replied.

"Ah more Sohma…so are both of them zodiac members?" she asked.

"Hai, Momiji is the year of the rabbit. Haru is the year of the ox" Yuki responded.

"The rabbit, kawaii" Hikaru said and could already see Momiji as a rabbit.

"Come on fox we got to get going" Kyo grumbled.

"Coming" she heads for the door.

"Have a nice day everyone" Shigure said.

"Bye bye" Tohru said to him.

"Thanks for helping me with my work Yuki-kun, I absolutely hate math" Hikaru said to Yuki as they walk to school.

"I was happy to help Hikaru-san" Yuki said. "It's ok to call you that right?" he asked a moment later.

"Of course, Tohru calls me by name, right?" Hikaru said turning to Tohru who just smiled.

"Hai, I want us to get along and be friends." Tohru replied happily.

Hikaru nods her head in agreement as she walked with them to school. When they arrived there was a group of guys there.

"Good morning Fujiko-san!" they said together.

This both perplexed and made Hikaru uneasy receiving non zodiac males attention.

"Good morning everyone" Hikaru replied trying her best to give them a smile.

"Kawaii!" they said most of them turning pink as they went off.

"What was that about?" Kyo grumbled looking at the guys go some distance away and cast glances their way though he knew by the look they were looking at Hikaru.

"I dunno, this just happened all of a sudden" Hikaru replied.

"I think guys like you like girls like Yuki" Tohru said causing the three of them to look at her.

"Me? You think so?" Hikaru said unsure what to think.

"Well I haven't thought of that…well Hikaru-san you going to be careful, some guys can possibly be more aggressive and try to hug you like girls try to hug me, thoguh girls don't try that often" Yuki said.

"No worries" she said dismissively.

"Oi Hikaru-chan" they turn to see Eichi and a girl next to him.

"Tenjou-san good morning. Hi Sakura-chan" Hikaru said once she saw them.

"Hikaru-senpai, good morning" Sakura said.

"G-good m-morning Sohma Yuki-senpai" Sakura shuttered as she saw Yuki nearby.

"I believe you were with Tenjou-san during the weekend am I right?" he asked.

"H-hai" Sakura turned a little pink unable to believe Yuki was talking to her.

"Ah that's right. Well then this is my little sister Sakura" Eichi said ruffling her hair a little.

"Geez don't mess up my hair" Sakura said straightening it out.

"Nice to meet you I'm Honda Tohru" Tohru said happily.

"Hi Tohru-senpai" Sakura replied.

"Come on we better get you to class" he said.

"It's embarrassing to have my brother walk me to class everyday" Sakura said with a sigh and walks off.

"How about I take you" Hikaru offers.

"Arigatou Hikaru-senpai" Sakura's face brightens up and leads Hikaru to her class.

"Alright Sohma-san, Honda-san, Sohma-san I'm outta here" Eichi said and leaves as well.

"Sakura-san is kawaii" Tohru said with a smile.

"Doesn't she remind you of Kisa?" Yuki replies.

"Hai, she does, that's why I thought she was cute" Tohru said smiling.

"Minna!" Yuki and the others turned to see Momiji bounding towards them with Haru walking calmly behind.

"Yuki" Haru said.

"Momiji, Haru what's going on?" Kyo asked.

"Is it true?" Momiji said as he came to a halt.

"What's true?" Tohru asked.

"That the legend is true. The fox" Haru said rather calmly.

"How did you know that?" Tohru said looking surprised.

"Ha-san was reading something and he got up and went to attend to Akito and I went to look and I saw some type of documentary by Shi-san and old stuff on the fox legend. And I told Haru." Momiji explained.

"You nosy brat" Kyo grumbled.

"Who else knows?" Yuki asked.

"If Ha-san didn't tell everyone else than just you guys and of course me and Haru" Momiji answered.

"Hai, we didn't tell any of the other members" Haru replied.

Yuki just sighed "Ok I'm not sure if it's supposed to be a secret but we kept it a secret" Yuki said.

"So who is the fox?" Haru asked.

"I bet I know. It's Hika-chan right?" Momiji said with a grin.

"How did you guess?" Tohru asked clearly giving it away before Yuki and Kyo could come up with an excuse.

"Well her hair is red like fox fur. And I know only cursed members have distinctive hair color" Momiji explained proud he got it right.

"Who is this person you talking about?" Haru asked.

"Fujiko Hikaru, she transferred into our class and well she lives with us so Shigure can send things to Hatori" Yuki replies. "You can meet her later and she already knows that you two are zodiac members" he adds.

"Fujiko-san" Hikaru turns to see some guys that she recognized as her classmates.

"Hi there" she said trying her best to smile.

"We can walk you to class" said one

"Ah, arigatou" she said to them and walks with them to class though keeping enough distance for her to avoid a hug and to just avoid bumping into them.

"Those books look heavy I can carry them" another guy said.

'Getting my books carried…now I can get used to that' "Okay, you may, arigatou" Hikaru said to him and the boy turned pink as he accepted her books.

They soon arrived to class and the boy put her things on her desk and sat down and started talking to the guys who walked with her to class.

"Arigatou you guys" she said to them as she took her seat and makes a small sigh.

"There you are Hikaru" Tohru said happily.

"Did Tenjou-san's sister get to class?" Yuki asked.

"Hai, she was just a little embarrassed that her brother was walking her to class that's all" Hikaru said to them.

As the day went on Hikaru was realizing more and more guys approached her and was starting to feel overwhelmed she couldn't really sit for lunch in peace.

"You guys I think Hikaru-san would like to be left alone" Yuki said rather calmly.

"Gomen nasai…I would just like to enjoy lunch with my friends" Hikaru said softly.

This made them all turn red "Kawaii!"

"Ugh just leave her alone she doesn't want you guys bothering her" Kyo grumbled getting annoyed.

"Aw you Sohmas just want all the pretty girls" some of them said.

"Yea it's bad enough most of the girls in the school are crushing on the Sohmas, we regular guys don't stand a chance" some said.

"Not our fault you guys are to plain and boring. We are just being ourselves" Kyo responded.

"Please don't fight" she said and they all surrounded her.

"Aww gomen don't be upset with us Fujiko-chan"

Soon she was so nervous, her heart was rapidly beating. 'Calm down…calm down.' she took a step back instinctively and bumped into someone.

POOF

Kyo was first to act diving into the confused crowd of guys, and scooped up Hikaru and her clothing and went off somewhere leaving Yuki to deal with the guys.

"Hey where Fujiko-chan went?" some of them asked.

"You guys overwhelmed her. So she left to be off alone" Yuki replied.

"Why was their smoke?" someone questioned.

"You guys didn't notice the cloud of dust and sand you guys were kicking up" Yuki said.

It didn't take much to convince them that everything was normal and they went off.

Kyo stopped running once they made it behind the school and looked down at the bundle of red fur. "Great you just had to transform in front of all those people" Kyo said looking angry.

"But… It's not my fault they just were too close and I took a step back and ended up bumping into them by accident…" Hikaru explained looking up at Kyo. "Thanks for coming to my rescue Kyo-kun" she said to him flicking her fluffy tail.

Kyo grunts and looked away red faced "Well… I couldn't exactly leave you alone out there in fox form could I?" he replied.

"Arigatou" She licked his cheek.

"Ahh gross" Kyo said rubbing his face which made Hikaru laugh.

"Fox kiss as thanks" she said laughing still.

"Seriously you could have been caught" Kyo replied letting her onto the ground and kneeling under a nearby tree.

Hikaru looks up as some of the sakura petals cascaded down in the gentle breeze. "Yea… it was bad… I never transformed before in public" Hikaru muttered.

"You gotta know how to handle yourself. What if someone saw and Hatori had to erase everyone's memories? You could end up leaving and going to see Akito" Kyo continued to scold her.

"Well I didn't get caught I could have ran off on my own" She growled turning away to gather her clothing. "Least Yuki would have been a lot calmer" she grumbled.

"Yuki, Yuki, everyone always likes and respects him. Always listens to what he has to say. He's so great and just better than everything" Kyo said in anger.

"But I think you influence others too in your own way. I do notice some girls looking at you in class. And you have great relationships with the guys I think you have something special about you too Kyo" Hikaru said.

Kyo looked down at her a slight blush appeared on his face but he was surprised to hear such a statement from her. He felt almost happy for a moment. "Well it doesn't help you're on 'Team Yuki' too, you like him better, at home you two hang out more" he grumbled.

Hikaru shook her head "I like you too Kyo-kun."

POOF

At that very statement she transformed back making Kyo turn away for her to change into her uniform again.

"Sorry, like I was saying I like you too. When I got a good look at you for the first time I felt something I never felt before, something different when I saw Yuki and Momiji. A bond that perhaps only the cat and the fox have" she continued to explain.

"And perhaps I hang out with him a little more at home is because he's naturally calming. But mostly is because he always offers. So I do things with him. It doesn't mean I like anyone more or less. Besides I only been here for a good week. So I think it's too soon to jump to conclusions like that." She said and ruffles his orange hair.

Kyo grumbled and grabbed her wrist after a moment "I get it. Let's go before everyone comes looking for us" he said avoiding her eyes.

"I haven't seen Hikaru in a long time actually" Tohru replied when Eichi and Sakura came over.

"Oh? 'Hikaru'? I guess you guys are a little more familiar with each other now" he said.

"Hai" Tohru said happily.

"Tohru where are your friends today?" Yuki asked.

"Oh they had something to do during lunch. So they may not be here" Tohru said.

Soon enough Kyo came back with Hikaru.

"Hello Hikaru-chan" Eichi said with a grin.

"Tenjou-san, Sakura-chan, hello there" Hikaru said as she sat down.

"Hi, I was wondering where you have gone" Sakura said as she sat down.

"Tooohru-chan!. Hika-chan!" Momiji came running up smiling brightly

"Momiji" Tohru said smiling as the hyper rabbit zodiac came to their table.

"Ah it's Sa-chan" Momiji said as he recognized Sakura.

"Oh...um…Hi Sohma-kun" Sakura said shyly recognizing him from class.

"I didn't know you were friends with Tohru and Hika-chan. They are really nice people" Momiji said.

"You know a Sohma?" Eichi asked his sister a bit surprised which didn't surprise me because he made it clear he didn't too much care for the Sohmas.

"Well…yes he's in my class" Sakura said.

"Hai, Sa-chan is so shy though, you really should be more open in class" Momiji said .

"That's easier said…you're popular and everyone wants to hear what you have to say" Sakura said making me think what Kyo said about how everyone wants to hear what Yuki has to say.

Momiji just beamed "I'm sure you will be too if you speak more Sa-chan" Momiji suddenly saw the container with cake and he looked at Tohru.

"Tohru-chan those cakes look yummy" he said to her.

"Hikaru-san made it this weekend using freshly picked strawberries" Yuki said and the fox turned glanced away shyly.

"It was so yummy I wanted to share some with you and Haru…but…." Tohru trailed off not seeing him around.

"Here" Haru said calmy. "What's this about a cake?" he asked.

"Hika-chan made it and Tohru cut a slice for us" Momiji said brightly and Tohru handed them a slice each.

"Aww no fair" Eichi said.

"Hey if it helps that chocolate cake that you had at the café that weekend I made it" she said.

"Oh really?" He asked.

"Yea the chief allows me to help make cakes for him I intend to make the plain stuff like the chocolate cake you ate. Anything super fancy he makes" she said rubbing her hair.

"Hikaru-senpai is amazing" Sakura said.

"Delicious. Hika-chan can cook" Momiji said happily.

Hikaru was happy he liked her cake and she took the time to observe Momiji and Haru. Momiji's bubbly personality put her in the mind of a bouncing rabbit and Haru seemed to be the relaxed type. And his hair was black and white, like cows were white with black patches.

'I guess I can see them being in the zodiac' she thought for a moment till the bell ranged, signaling lunch being over.

After a day of dealing with guys fawning over her she realized it was an official Fujiko Hikaru fan club she was flattered and nervous because she was in danger of being hugged at any time.

"By Fujiko-san/senpai" some of the boys called out as they went home. Hikaru smiled and waved.

"Bye-bye, have a nice day" she said and heard a series of 'kawaii', moments later and she just sighed, glad the stress was over for the day.

"So the new pretty girl is getting all the Sohma's attention" she whipped around to see a group of three girls.

"Especially Yuki" said one.

"We can't deal with Tohru because of her weird friends, but you best to stay away from Yuki" they said.

"Sohma Fan club or not, you can't tell me who I can and can't be friends with. It's not my fault he acknowledges me and not you" she said as irritation bubbled inside her memories of her old school came back to her, girls singling her out. She would not back down this time.

"Three against one isn't fair now is it?" Hikaru turned and saw Eichi.

"It's easy to see why Yuki or the Sohmas would ever show interest in you" Tenjou said in disgust and took Hikaru by the wrist. "Come on, Hikaru-chan" and walked away tugging her gently behind him.

"Thanks" she said to him when they were alone.

"It's ok, my sister faced this problem in our old school, jealous cause she made friends with a popular guy…so I didn't want to relive it again. Be careful ok?" he said his green eyes filled with concern.

"Thanks Tenjou-kun" she said. "I didn't know you would be my guardian. Thanks for saving me. But I have to wait for the others" she said. Yuki had Student Council, Kyo and Tohru were doing a makeup exam they failed on the previous week.

"I think it would be better if you head on home" he said and Hikaru sighed.

"Sakura-chan?" she asked.

"She has an art club meeting today so I'm waiting for her. But I'll walk you home and come back for her" he said and pink faced Hikaru shook her head.

"Oh no, you don't have to do that. I'll be fine really" she said not wanting to be a burden.

Not taking no for an answer Hikaru ended up walking with Eichi back home. All the while she was thinking she couldn't lead him to the Sohma house.

'Well I can just have him go to my apartment' this plan came to her after a few moments and she was feeling ok about that. Only thing was he kept looking down with a serious look that would otherwise be a smile plastered on his face.

Before she could ask what was wrong he spoke. "You really shouldn't be around those Sohmas…more Yuki than anyone else, girls seem to be more protective of him" he said looking up at her with intense green eyes.

"Because of those girls? I've handled worst at my old school." She told him nonchalantly.

"Some of the freshman members of that club who actually have the sense to go after Momiji-san was already targeting her just because they saw him talk to her at lunch. I have to protect her…but…I want to protect you also" he said.

"No worries, I think I have a fan club of my own. I'm confident they will look after me" she said though she had just came to this realization.

"But you don't have nearly as much as Yuki or the Sohmas period. And they cornered you soon as they left" Eichi logically remarked.

"I have you"

"…" his face was turning a shade of pink and rubbed the back of his head.

"I just don't like seeing people being bullied" he said.

"Aww come on Tenjou-kun. You've been my friend from day one it seems like" she said and really got a reaction she was looking for. A big smile and a look of determination appeared on his face.

"Alright, but I'm not a Fujiko fan club member, it's ridiculous." He said giving into the fox zodiac.

Soon the apartment came up and she smiled and pointed to the place across the street "I live there, thanks for walking me home Tenjou-kun" she said to him.

"Alright, better head back to pick up Sakura or she'll worry" he said and the two went their separate ways.

"Aww where's Hika-chan?" Momiji whined as he walked with Yuki, Kyo, Tohru and Haru back to the house.

"I thought she was waiting, I hope we didn't hold her up" Tohru said feeling bad.

"Meh, Fujiko probably had something to do" Kyo said brushing it off.

"Hika-chan had a lot of boys around her today, do you think she's getting fans like Yuki?" Momiji asked randomly.

"No duh you brat" Kyo grumbled to Momiji.

"She's so cute so I don't blame the guys. But Tohru-chan is cute too" Momiji said quickly turning to the ditzy school girl.

"Oh arigatou Momiji" she said smiling.

"Back to the matter at hand she transformed today. She needs to be more careful now that she's turning into the school princess" Yuki remarked.

"Nani? Hika-chan transformed? I bet she was the cutest fox ever" Momiji said and Kyo just rolled his eyes.

"So do we have to make sure she's not in situations where the guys are too overbearing?" haru asked calmly.

"I would think so, guys are more aggressive with cute girls than girls are with guys. The girls hardly ever approached me" Yuki said.

"Girls approach me and Haru. Well mostly senpais" Momiji replied.

"Well Momiji, you are short and childlike and girls find it cute, that's why they approach you, and he transformed quite a bit since school started, I have to continuously watch him" Haru said which earned Momiji a hit on the head from Kyo.

"Are you insane? You trying to get our secret revieled?" Kyo exclaimed.

"Waaaahhhh Tooooohruuu Kyo hit me" Momiji whined.

"Ano…please relax Kyo-kun…" Tohru said trying to console the crying boy.

"Girls are so kawaii and they think I'm kawaii and I just let them hug me. If it helps I always hop away, I'm a bunny so I know I'm fast" Momiji whimpered rubbing his head.

"I understand they are cute but soon they will think it's ok. Haru I'm going to need you to watch him" Yuki said and Haru nods.

When they got home Shigure was happily prancing around the house with the gentle whistle of tea that was ready.

"Hikaaaruuu-chaaan the tea is reeaaady" Shigure chimed with his usual playful sing song voice and turned to notice the others. "Ah welcome home you guys" he added.

"Hai" she called from upstairs.

"Hika-chan is home?" Momiji said.

"Oh wait….did Hatori…?" he asked slowly trying to ask without giving it away if they didn't know.

"This snooping rabbit found out about her being a fox" Kyo grumbled.

Soon footsteps could be heard as she came down stairs and stopped dead in her tracks when she saw the slightly familiar figures of Haru and Momiji.

"Guests, welcome" she said bowing as her waitress mode kicked in before going to the kitchen.

"Sorry I had to leave early, but whine I was home I figured I'd put a snack out for everyone and some tea" she called within the kitchen.

"Oh you didn't have to" Tohru said knowing she would normally do it.

"It's the least I could do for leaving everyone" the fox replied as she stepped up with five small cups filled with warmed tea and sat them in front of them. "Ey Shigure-san let the others eat some" she added and swiftly swapped at the man's hand when he reached in for another cookie.

"Aww" he whined and let everyone else get some of the snacks.

"So Hika-chan you're the legendary fox zodiac?" Momiji asked after stuffing a cookie in his mouth.

Hikaru's eyes widen, surprised that more people knew about it and whirled on Shigure "Did you guys tell t hem?" she wasn't sure what to make of it, were they sent to get her to take to the leader? Or were they here to harass the fox like she grew up to believe.

"No, the runt found out and told Haru." Kyo remarked.

"I think I heard this story once from father when I complained about being a zodiac member once. I never thought it was real, I'm glad it's a girl as kawaii as Hika-chan" Momiji smiled brightly and Hikaru lets out a breath of air she never knew she held in, warmed by his compliment.

"Not nearly as scary as the stories made the fox to be" Haru said calmly.

"She's her own person you guys, I don't think the spirit of the cursed animals makes that person." Tohru said.

"Aww Tohru-chan" Momiji beamed. "That sounds right to me, right Haru?" the bubbly boy asked.

"I suppose, however the spirit does make a big part of you" Haru said calmly.

Hikaru looked up and sat up straight "I'm not letting it, even if what old stories said it's true…I'm not a horrible person…" she said.

"So can you hug us? Can you?" Momiji asked looking really excited but who could blame them, with so many of the zodiac members male they can't hug no female outside of the curse.

"Of course, she's so cuddly" Shigure said and reached and hugged the fox, startling her a bit.

"Pervert" Yuki hits his older cousin.

"YAY!" Momiji hugs her tightly, knocking the wind out of her but couldn't help but find a smile in his hug and ruffled his blonde curls.

"This is so amazing, I wish I could see your transformation though. Oh! You wanna see my rabbit form?" he asked and before anyone can stop him he hugs a surprised Tohru and before everyone's eyes he was a small soft cream colored rabbit with brown ear tips with red eyes.

"Aww" Hikaru's once nervous face soften and picked him up. "So cute" she said rubs his face against hers, her soft spot was always for cute animals.

"Hey Hika-chan" he said looking at her.

"Hm?"

The cream colored bunny kisses her cheek and at that very moment…

POOF

He transforms back and Tohru blushes and turns away and Kyo clonks him. "Put your clothes back on your little perv" he grumbled.

"But I'm not Kyo, I wanted her to see my rabbit, she called me cute too" Momiji whined a little as he rubbed his head, getting dressed in the process.

"This is why you transform in school" Haru scolds

Hikaru was still pink that a boy, no matter how short and kid like, had kissed her. 'Only the cheek…calm down' it was too much, her heart started beating faster and her face was a warm pink.

POOF

She ended up transforming to her fox form even more embarrassed then before.

"So you transform when you're embarrassed. How cute" Shigure scoops the irritated and hotly flushed Hikaru.

"Silence…I've never been around so many guys before" she said glancing away from everyone.

"Hika-chan changed, so cool" Momiji said happy and proud he made her transform.

"That reminds me you are going to have to be more careful now guys are taking an interest in you" Yuki said.

"Gomen…" her ears sagged as she apologized and looked at Kyo "Thanks for coming to my rescue" she told him and he just grunts in response.

POOF

She transformed back and quickly throws her clothes back on, fully clothed a little after the smoke cleared.

"It's alright Hikaru-san, we'll have your back until you learn how to handle it yourself" he said and she glanced to everyone.

"I'll help too, we don't want your cover to be blown at school" Tohru was smiling brightly.

"Arigatou everyone" she said to them.

Evening had come and Momiji and Haru had went home and everyone was settling into bed. Hikaru's phone was ringing after the shower and she quickly rushed to answer it.

"Moshi moshi?" after a long pause her eyes were wide and then her face soften. "Hai, can't wait. Bye" she said hanging up.

"Who was that?" Tohru asked as she crawled in the bed.

"Oh no one really" the fox responded as she bundled herself up in blankets. Before she went to sleep a smile was imprinted on her face.

Finally the end of chapter 4. I've gotten such positive feedback with plenty of emials saying either me or this story is on alert. I'm a freshman in college now so hopefully I'll still get time to write fanfiction. So who did Hikaru just talked to and why does she look happy? Find out next chapter.