Okay,let's get one thing straight,people. I don't own any of the charatcers for Fruits Basket. I'd love to say that I did,but I'm too young for jail. The only character from this story that I OWN is Mina,my own character that I made up. Plus,if someone sued me,it would all be for nothing because they'd only get about ten dollars out of me. So HA. Also: Mina's other side is now to be called Dark Mina for when she's mad.
Kyo:What are you babbling about?
Me:None of your business,cat-boy. :P
Kyo:Hey!!
Yuki:She's just saying that the only one of us she owns is Mina,you stupid cat.
Kyo:Shut up,girly-boy!
Mina:Guuuyyysss!!! Plleeeasse don't fight!! There are people reading this right now!!
Me: ...
Yuki&Kyo:WHAT?!!
Mina(Dark Mina):YOU BOTH HEARD ME,NOW GET OUT OF HERE!!!!!!
Yuki&Kyo:CRAP!!!!!
Mina:starts chasing them away
Kyo&Yuki:Aaah!!!! Dark Mina's out!!!!! RUUUNNN!!!!!!! run's for their lives
OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo
Yuki awoke suddenly. He yawned quietly and opened his eyes. He found himself staring at Mina,their faces inches away. He sat up,and wiped his face,as if trying to hide the color coming to his cheeks from an imaginary person. He realized everyone else was asleep.
He looked down at Mina,who was curled up in her pallet,her long light-brown hair spread itself out behind her. Yuki couldn't help but smiled and place his hand gentley on her cheek,brushing away stray hairs from her face. She stirred in her sleep and cuddled in the sheets on the pallet. Yuki chuckled lightly as she yawned quietly. She really did look like a sleeping angel.
"Yuki,what are you doing?" Momiji's tired voice startled Yuki. He turned and saw Momiji sitting up,rubbing his eyes.
"I,uh... I woke up,and I couldn't get back to sleep,Momiji."Yuki said,and looked at the clock. "Oh,wow. It's only six'o clock in the morning."Yuki said,and Momiji yawned again.
"I'm going back to sleep..."Momiji said,and fell back onto his pillow. Within a minute of so,Yuki could hear Momiji snoring softly.
OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo
"But I don't waannnaaa goooooooo!!!!"Momiji whined when the five teens were done gathering up their stuff.
"Well,too bad!! We have to,Momiji!"Kyo said,beginning to get annoyed once again.
"Nnoooooo! Yukiii! Tell meanie-Kyo that we don't have to goooooo!!"Momiji said to Yuki. Yuki sighed. As much as he didn't want to go as well,he knew that they had to go anyway.
"Momiji,you know very well that we need to go back. I myself don't rally want to leave just ye,but it's already eleven in the morning."Yuki told him.
"But Yukiiiiii!!!"Momiji whined.
"Shut up,brat!"Kyo yelled at Momiji("Yukiiii,Kyo's scaring me again!!!").
"Don't tell Momiji to shut up,cat!"Haru yelled at Kyo.
"Guys,please stop fighting!"Tohru said.
"Um..."a quiet voice spoke out. It was Mina. All of them stopped what they were doing and looked at her.
"Yeah?"Haru asked her.
"I,um... I made some extra rice balls for you guys to take home,if you want them."Mina said,holding a big plate with rice balls on it(duh... . ).
"Thank you,Mina. That was kind of you."Yuki said with a smile and took the plate from her.
"It's my pleasure."she said with a small smile.
"Yay!!! Now we can give some to Shigure!"Momiji cheered.
"It was nice to meet you all."Mina told them. She looked happy,but on the inside,she was hurting. Her mother wasn't going to be back for another few days,and she was going to be lonely. Those five teenagers were her first friends she had made a long,long time. She hated to see them leave so suddenly. Yuki must have seen beyond her appearance,because he placed his hand on her shoulder comfortingly.
"Is there... Anything wrong,Mina?"he asked her. She tried to hide it,but she found she couldn't contain her sorrows. Yuki felt her shaking as she tried to hide her tears.
"You all are very special to me. You're the first friends I've made,no had,for..."she started,Yuki's calm expression was now one of worry. "...for... for eight years!"she finally got it out. They all gasped. Yuki was the one that was mostly shocked. The horrible memories flooded back to Mina all at once...
flashback into Mina's memories
You're a freak...
A big freak!
You have no friends! An rumor has it you pushed your father in front of a car!!
A girl around the age of fourteen was crying on her knees. There were four girls that had backed into a corner. She covered her ears. Stop saying that! Stop it!! I loved my father!!
The girls just took a step closer. You killed him! You should be in jail! You never loved him!! Never! One of the girls kept repeating that to her. the young girl,trembling in the corner had blue eyes and light-brown hair. Those last five words they told her echoed in her head menacingly... You never loved him!! Never!
The second of the girls pulled young Mina up by her hair. Mina screamed in pain. Then,the girl kicked her hard in the stomach.
Ahh!! Young Mina gasped for air,her heart was racing really fast.
You're worthless! You'll never make anything of yourself!! You're better off dead!! the girl kept yelling at her.
Stop it!!!!! Young Mina screamed,and got up. Bruises could be visible all over her arms and legs. Her head was bleeding,dripping to the ground,only to make the small puddle of blood slightly bigger. Mina looked at the girls,breathing shallowly. Why... Why are you doing this to me? she asked them.
We're just doing us all a favor. the third of them said,and Mina's tears dripped down,mixing with the blood on the ground. Young Mina suddenly screamed and she knelt down and held her head. Her head felt like it was going to explode.
STOP!!!!!! she screamed,and balled her hand into a fist. She punched the first girl as hard she possibly could in the jaw. She sent her flying seven feet. She hit the wall of a building,and fell to the stone ground in a heap,unconscious. She closed her eyes,and she heard a voice in her head.
...you know you want to hurt them... they said all those nasty and horrible things to you. Go ahead. Show no mercy... Get...
...revenge.
Young Mina opened her eyes,her gaze blank and her face expressionless. She balled her hand up into a fist again,and her fist collided with the next victim.
end flashback
Mina came slowly back to reality.
"Mina! Mina!!"Yuki shook Mina. She found herself on her knees,her clothes stained with her tears. She looked slowly up at Yuki.
"Yu...ki...?"she said weakly,tears still falling down her face.
"Mina! I'm here!"Yuki said.
"Yukiiii!! What's wrong with Mina?"Momijij asked,Yuki looked at him.
"I don't know."he said,and looked back at Mina.
"I'm... sorry... Yuki..."she said,starting to regain her strength a little at a time. Haru,along with Yuki,helped her stand up. She clutched her hand to her head.
"Mina,what happened?"Yuki asked her. This confused Mina.
"What happened to... me?"she asked him. Yuki gave her a comforting smile.
"I mean,what happened to you... erm... you said that we were the first friends you've had in eight years? Why is that so?"he asked her. Mina looked at her feet.
"I can try to explain it so it might make sense."she said,searching through her thoughts and memories. "I wasn't always like this. I had friends,and family members who loved me. Until I was nine years old. I... I was being bullied. By alot of kids all at once. They were teasing me,and my temper got the better of me. I fought against seven different kids,all of them bigger than me..."she started. She took a breath. Everyone seemed interested in the story so far.
"And?"Haru said. Mina started shaking again. She hated people seeing her in her ultimate moment of weakness. She took another breath.
"And... I almost lost. But... But,they started saying how embarassed my parents must have been of me,for being so stupid. They said that my parents must have rather wanted to die than care for me anymore. I lost all control. Despite my broken ankle. I... won. But,when the rest of the school and most of my family saw what I did to all of those kids,they avoided me. My best friend said she didn't even want to look at me. She said that I sickened her. I lost all respect,and I thought I could start again in middle school. But,I was wrong. High school was no different,either. I never had another friend again. Then,it just became worse when a rumor hda started that I pushed my dad in front of a speeding car."she stopped to take another shaky breath. "Then,this small group of girls cornered me in my first year of high school. They kept filling my head with horrible words. I... lost control again. I almost killed them all. They went crazy because they saw my true-"she cut herself off.
"What? What did they see?"Kyo asked,Tohru nodded. They wanted to know more. Mina looked at them.
"You should know,Kyo. Tohru saw the same thing of you when it rained that day."Mina said. Everyone gasped and looked at Kyo.
"Wh... what?"Kyo said. Mina gave Kyo a very weak smile.
"Like all of you,I'm possesed by a vengeful spirit. But,it's not a spirit from the zodiac. It's just a spirit out to destroy the lives of the ones it posseses. I've been overcome by the anger of the spirit on multiple occasions. If I lose too much of my control,it might show up. The spirit is my... true form..."Mina told them. "I'm cursed. You guys seem to understand what it's like to be cursed. But,Kyo slightly understands my situation better. The same as Haru." Mina explained further. Kyo and Haru looked at her. "You,Kyo. You have a form that's frightening as well. And Haru. You have an uncontrollable temper."she clutched the fabric of her pants,tears dripping down her face yet again.
"Mina,I... I had no idea."Yuki said. "But... wait. Was the the spirit that was making you so angry at Kyo and Haru?"he asked her. Mina shook her head.
"No. If the spirit was the one fighting for me,Kyo and Haru would probably be dead right now."she told them. She became slightly lost in her thoughts. She looked down again,hoping that they wouldn't leave and never come back like the rest of the people did. "You guys?"she asked weakly.
"Yes,Mina?"Yuki said.
"Is is alright if... if I can... go with you back to your world? To see what it's like?"she asked them,looking up. Yuki smiled weakly.
"What do you guys think?"Yuki asked them,and noticed Tohru was crying as well.
"Mina!"she said,and rushed to her. She hugged the poor and fragile girl. Mina hugged her back.
"Awww!! How sad! Poor Minaaa!!!"Momiji exclaimed. Kyo just stared at them,and Haru's expression showed his worry.
"I think... That we should take Mina with us."Tohru said,smiling at Mina.
"I agree."Haru said.
"Alright. Now everyone,get your bags. They all held hands,except for Mina. "Mina,don't you want to go?"Yuki asked her. Mina nodded.
"Yeah,but I'll get there myself,okay?"she told them. Yuki nodded. "But... Where should we meet at? Your house?"she asked.
"How about the front yard?"he suggested. Mina smiled and nodded. "See you there,Mina." he told her,and they disappeared. Mina closed her eyes,and the next thing she knew,she was standing in front of Yuki's house.