And now for chapter two! Thank you!

Disclaimer: Fruitsbasket is not mine, nor is the original idea behind this fanfic. Mermaid Beauty holds all rights to the twists in this plot unless otherwise specified. Many lines until after the original six chapters have been rewritten shall come directly from the original version of this story. No money is being made out of this.

"Uggh, where am I?" I mumbled to the room. My head was pounding, and my eyes could scarce make out what was surrounding me due to the immense darkness. If it weren't for the silken sheets I lay upon I would have thought it to be my room, but I did not possess anything so extravagant. Let's see... the last thing I remember is- AKITO. Where is Akito? I knew I was panicking, but I couldn't help myself. It isn't every day you wake up to find yourself kidnapped from your home by the head of the zodiac. Especially after everything he said...

Getting up from the very comfortable bed, I stumbled around in the darkness on my search for a light switch. It took several bumps and trips to finally locate one, and as the light flooded the room i gasped. Red and gold surrounded me on every side, with a magnificent canopy bed on the far wall, and an oriental dresser and full length mirror in a corner. Against the other wall was a fire place with an ornate tea table near by. My eyes took in the sight of everything, inch by inch, just basking in the perfection of it all. Last but not least, I turned around to the light switch i had found and realized it was conveniently next to the door. It was a miracle I didn't bump into that in my search. "how could I have missed that, anyway? It was so nearby I should have bumped into it. Oh, well, at least now I might be able to get my questions answered as to why Akito brought me here, where ever here is. To my surprise it was unlocked.

As I searched around, I became increasingly more worried. I thought I was a prisoner here, and yet here I was wandering around by myself in this beautifully decorated palace like place. Even though it was dark as the room had been I was able to see my way down the hall way. Each door I came to i opened in hopes of finding an exit. To my dismay none of them were such. I might have despaired had I not seen a light at the end of my proverbial tunnel, peeking beneath a door at the far end of the hall. Quelling my curiosity, that door too, was opened. As soon as my eyes adjusted from the sudden blindness from light, I wished I hadn't opened it. There sat Akito on a pillow at the end of a very long dining room table.

"A... A... Akito..." I gasped.

"You seem to say my name like that a lot don't you?" He smirked once again.

My cheeks heated in embarrassment. "Oh, I'm sorry..."

"And you apologize a lot, too."

"I'm sorry," I whispered again, turning my eyes downcast.

Akito laughed quietly under his breath. Relaxing a little I pushed myself into walking into the room.

"Um if you don't mind me asking where are we?" I asked him.

He stood up, and started coming towards me. "I thought that was kind of obvious my dear,"

"Obvious? What's obvious?" He was stepping too close... I backed up some.

"Why my dear it's obvious that you're at the main house," I had hit the wall and closer still he came until he was completely pushed up against me.

My hands went to his chest in a vain effort to separate us a bit. "The main house... why am I here?"

"Again," he whispered, "isn't it obvious? It's because I …Want …You," Ever so slightly he pushed himself more against me and I felt the strain a little bit better through my hands.

I was pushing against him, struggling to get away. Instead of screaming I tried to keep him talking, in hopes that it may keep him from doing anything more. "You want me. Why?"

You are the forbidden fruit that I can't have but I still want that fruit, Tohru. I want you, and I always... get what I want." As soon as the last words left his lips his mouth crashed down on mine, and my mind froze. His lips moved hungrily over mine, and yet all I could see in my head was my first kiss stolen. All of my dreams of a happy marriage shattered then and there and a solitary tear ran down my cheek. I stopped breathing, and again saw the darkness that would always welcome me with open arms.

Akito

She fell limply into his arms, her struggles ceased. For a moment he held her there, but then called for a servant to take her to his chambers, and to lock the doors this time.

It had actually surprised him when she entered the dining room, as he'd thought he'd locked the doors before. He decided it was all right seeing as he was able to kiss her for the first time, though if she wished to have any privileges she'd have to join in on the kiss next time. His mind grew steadily darker as his lusting thoughts of what Tohru could do to earn those privileges ran wild through his head.

Shigure's House

The men of the house had finally returned home from the store. It had taken much longer than any of them had bargained when it became obvious that each would try several different tactics to rove to Tohru who could help her the most. One would argue that the better quality items would be what she wanted. The other would reply that she was a thrift shopper, always taking bargains because she could season anything into tasting like it has come from a fancy restaurant. Then along the way home each grumbled over having to carry all the bags while Shigure held nothing, the manipulative dog saying that the one who carried the most in would be given bonus points.

"Oh my little flower we are home," the writer called upon entering his home. He stayed put for a moment, purposefully standing in the way of the two burden laden cousins behind him. After a moment the goofy grin he'd plastered on his face slipped off to be replaced by one of confusion. "Strange... where is she?"

"Tohru, where are you?" Kyo yelled, placing his load carefully on the floor so as not to ruin any of the groceries.

Yuki followed suit, finally relieving his own arms of the heavy burden. "Usually miss Honda greets us outside before we step into the house." Roughly he pushed Kyo out of the way so that he may enter the house as well. It was obvious no one was coming to them, so the group split up and searched the house. Kyo checked her room first, thinking she might have been taking a nap but found only her things. Yuki ran down to check out their secret base and was greeted by ripe strawberries. Shigure found no sign of her in the kitchen, or the dinner he was hoping she'd have started.

Admitting defeat, the three trudged into the living room. Yuki sat on the couch, Kyo found a chair, and Shigure, deep in thought, preferred to stay standing. After a moment, he asked the two with all seriousness "Do you think someone kidnapped Tohru?"

"Who would want to kidnap her?" Kyo said sarcastically.

Yuki hit Kyo on the head for that remark.

"This is no time to be joking around Miss Honda could be in real danger," Yuki growled.

"Why you……," Kyo started to stand up, preparing to fight with Yuki, but Shigure pushed him back down before speaking again.

"No, Kyo he's right. We don't know what happened to our little flower and she could be in trouble."

"She could just be at a friend's house," the cat said, trying to come up with alternate theories.

"No, Miss Honda would have left a note if she did," replied Yuki, growing worried.

Shigure headed for the phone. "Well, instead of standing here doing nothing I'm going to make some phone calls and see if any one has seen her."

"I'll go to her friends' house just in case she went there and forgot to leave a note," Kyo announced, after glaring again at Yuki.

After the other two had left Yuki sent a silent prayer to Kami that Tohru would be all right, before heading out of the house as well, to wait for her on the front porch.

And that's it for chapter two. Now that I'm actually working on it, I hope yo guys are happy! Please tell me you thoughts on everything in a review, its very much appreciated.