In The Company of my Future

Chapter Four

By: Sakoko-chan

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket.

I'm sorry this was a little late. I had a case of writers block, and couldn't really think of what to write or how to write it. I also had midterms, so some time was spent studying.

Actually I still kinda have writers block right now, but I tried to push myself to finish, since I know I'm gone for the next few days. So if the chapter seems a little off or just plain bad, that's why.

Here's chapter four! I hope you enjoy. I'll try and make future chapters better!

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Kyo moved around in his sleep, trying to get into a comfier position. He moaned as light hit his unopen eyes, trying to tell him that it was time to get out of bed. Determined to fall back asleep, Kyo turned onto his side and breathed in deeply. The scent of strawberries entered his nose, and he smiled contentedly. He buried his face in the warm pillow, ready to sleep. As he did so, a small sigh was heard.

But it wasn't from him.

Kyo ignored it, thinking he was simply hearing things.

"Mmm... Kyo-kun..."

Kyo's eyes shot opened and he sat up in his bed, his brain fully awake at the sudden call of him name. But what he saw only made him think he had to be dreaming.

Tohru lay beside him, sleeping with a smile on her face. Her brown hair lay strewn across the pillow, and Kyo realized that her hair was what he had smelled, and obviously buried his face in. A deep blush crossed his cheeks as he shot away from the bed, his eyes wide. He was about to yell out, but stopped himself. If he had accidentally crawled into bed with Tohru during the middle of the night, than he wanted absolutely no one to know about it.

Kyo stood up shakily to his feet, his eyes still fixated on Tohru, hoping his hardest that she wouldn't wake up. He walked over to the door slowly, as silent as a cat. When he reached it, he grabbed the door knob and quietly stepped outside, closing the door behind him.

Kyo stood with his back to the door, his eyes still wide in shock as he realized what he had done. Could it be that his subconscious was making him do things while asleep in response to his verbal rejection of Tohru?

Kyo shook his head.

This all had to be a dream. It had to be. And if not, than he would bang his head against a wall until he knocked himself out and forgot this whole incident ever happened.

Kyo nodded, satisfied with his decision. He breathed in deeply, and began walking down the hallway. He made his way to his room and opened the door, ready to forget that this ever happened. Kyo walked inside and shut the door behind him. It was then that he noticed two significant changes about his room.

One, a small night light lay turned on in the socket on the left hand wall.

Odd.

Kyo thought as he raised his eyebrows.

Last time I checked I didn't sleep with a night light.

The second thing Kyo noticed was a crib that stood against the wall straight ahead of him.

Okay

Kyo thought as he gripped the door knob and began to turn it.

Obviously this is a dream. Why I'm dreaming that a baby moved into my room, I don't know. But all the same, I'd rather not be here right now.

Turning around Kyo opened the door and walked out. He closed the door behind him. He closed his eyes as he tried to calm himself, determined not to shout or lose his cool. Since this was a dream, he would be waking up any minute to find Tohru downstairs making breakfast for everyone, just like normal. He didn't want to end up jumping out of bed yelling, than having to explain himself to everyone. It would just be another embarrassing situation for him to endur-.

"Daddy?"

Kyo's eyes shot open and he looked down to see a small girl staring up at him with wide, curious eyes. She was in her pajamas, and she was holding on tightly to a blanket.

Kyo blinked.

The girl tilted her head to the side and smiled.

"Hi daddy."

"AAAHHH!!!"

Tohru shot out of her bed, her senses on full alert. Her head swivelled around as she looked for the source of the yell. She turned to her left to wake up Kyo, but found that he wasn't there. Standing up she quickly ran out of the room, only to find Kyo and Sakura standing in the hallway. Sakura was looking up at her father with wide, curious eyes. Kyo was standing across from her, his own eyes wide, though they definitely weren't curious.

"Kyo?"

Tohru stared at Kyo, confusion all over her face.

"Kyo what's wrong?"

Kyo turned his head to her his eyes widening even more.

"Tohru?"

The woman sighed. Kyo could act so weird at times.

"Yes Kyo, it's me. Can I ask why you were yelling?"

Kyo stared at Tohru. It was then that he noticed she looked older. Much older. Like, 'way past a teenager' older. She had to be at least in her early twenties. She was wearing flannel pajamas, and her hair was long and messy, but it was definitely Tohru.

"Kyo? What's the matter? Is something wrong? Did you see something? Oh no, what happened?!"

Kyo listened to Tohru as the worry in her voice escalated. Though he didn't really pay any attention to that. He was more concerned as to why she wasn't a teenager any more.

"Daddy?"

Kyo's thought's were suddenly turned back to the little girl in front of him. He didn't say anything to her, he just stood there and stared.

Tohru saw this, and walked over to him.

"Kyo." She said, putting a hand on his shoulder. "What's wrong?"

Kyo looked at Tohru, not sure what to say. He decided to put it bluntly.

"Who's that?"

Tohru's eyes widened.

"Wh-what did you say?

"Who is that?" Kyo repeated. "And why do you look older? And why is my room changed? Why-."

"Kyo!"

Kyo stopped talking.

"Kyo that's your daughter, Sakura! And I'm Tohru, your wife!"

Kyo stared, a frown on his face. He was too taken aback by this statement to really say anything except,

"What?"

Tohru was now very worried. How could Kyo forget her and Sakura? Did he hit his head in the night? Did he somehow get amnesia? But most of all, how could she get him to remember again?

Than suddenly a thought hit her. She smiled in relief.

"Oh Kyo!" She sighed.

Kyo raised his eyebrows, taken aback by Tohru's sudden change in character.

"Wh-what?"

"Your just kidding with me, aren't you? Just like you were the other day! You and Yuki both tried to convince me you had amnesia!"

Kyo's eyes widened.

The phone call. She remembers the phone call! But... but how...?

Tohru continued to smile as she took Kyo's hand in her own. She than took Sakura's hand and led the two across the hall and into the kitchen.

It was then that Kyo realized that this wasn't Shigure's house. His room was upstairs and the kitchen was downstairs.

Maybe this isn't a dream. I mean, if I was dreaming about Tohru and I living together, wouldn't I dream it in a house that is familiar to me?

Kyo let himself be led to the kitchen table. He started to sit down when he suddenly banged his elbow against the table, hitting his funny bone.

"OW!"

Kyo grabbed his elbow, wincing in pain. It was then that he realized that this was no dream. You didn't feel pain in a dream.

"Oh Kyo are you alright?"

Tohru let go of his hand and looked at him worriedly.

Kyo stared at her, and she at him.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine."

Tohru smiled.

"I'm glad."

Tohru leaned forward and placed her lips on Kyo's. Kyo was surprised at first, but soon found himself kissing her back.

He felt as though he were in heaven. He had wished so often that he could tell Tohru he loved her, but he would always end up running away. Just like he always did.

"Ew! Mommy and daddy are kissing! Mommy's gonna get cooties now!"

Kyo felt Tohru smile and they broke apart. Kyo looked at Tohru, not sure what to say. Tohru smiled at him, then walked over to the stove, turning it on.

"Kyo could you get Miki for me?" Asked Tohru as she turned around.

Kyo continued to stare, but now for a new reason.

"Wh-what?"

Tohru just rolled her eyes and playfully pushed Kyo over and into the hallway.

"Please get her, I'm going to make breakfast, okay?"

Kyo couldn't do anything but nod in confusion and walk down the hallway. He watched as Tohru disappeared into the kitchen. He then turned his attention to his room - no, Miki's room. He opened the door and turned on the lights. To his surprise Miki was already standing in her crib - no, she was crawling out of her crib. Her little arms clung to the side as she tried to somehow get to the ground. Then without any warning she slipped. Without even thinking Kyo had yelled and ran over to her.

"Hey!"

The orange haired man grabbed the girl just as she was about to hit the floor. He closed his eyes, awaiting the poof. But it didn't come.

Kyo heard Miki giggle, and he opened his eyes slowly. He stared at her, then at himself.

I'm still holding her

He thought as continued to glance from himself to his daughter.

But... how could that be... I'm the cat... unless...

And suddenly it clicked. He was in his future, he had to be. Well, some future, anyway. And the curse was broken. And he wasn't living in the cat room, like he had been told he'd be. And he was married to Tohru... something he thought was the last thing that would happen to him.

Miki giggled again, bringing Kyo out of his thoughts.

The small girl clapped her hands, making gurgling sounds. Kyo stared at her, into her face, into her eyes. She looked so happy. So happy just to be with him.

"Kyo? Is everything all right?" Tohru's voice came wafting through the hallway and into the room.

Kyo looked out the door, than at Miki. He held Miki tightly in his arms and stood up, getting used to this new feeling.

The feeling of being a father.

Kyo walked into the kitchen with Miki and sat down beside Sakura. He set Miki in his lap and watched as Tohru scurried around the kitchen, setting dishes of food on the table and going back to get more. After a few minutes Kyo couldn't help but ask,

"Is there anything I can do Tohru?"

He looked at Tohru as she laughed her sweet, loving laugh that he loved so much.

"Kyo you ask me that every morning! I'm fine, really. Thank you though!"

Kyo gave her one last glance, than turned to Sakura, who had been tapping him for a while now.

"Uh, yes?"

Sakura gave Kyo a weird look, but shook her head.

"Daddy are we visiting Machi and Yuki-ojisan today?"

"Yu-Yuki-ojisan?" Kyo repeated, not sure he heard right.

Tohru finally sat down and put some food on her plate.

"Yes. We're going to visit them today." She turned to Kyo, only to see his confusion written plainly on his face. "You didn't forget, did you honey?"

Kyo's head snapped up.

"For-forget? No... no! Of course I didn't! Um..."

Kyo stopped, not sure how to continue.

Tohru saw this and spoke.

"Are you feeling alright Kyo? You've been acting strange all morning!"

Ring! Ring!

Kyo didn't have a chance to answer as the phone suddenly rang. Tohru was about to stand up when Kyo instinctively stopped her.

"No, I'll get it."

Kyo began to stand up, when at the last second he remembered that he had a baby in his lap. He quickly grasped Miki in his arms and walked towards the phone. He didn't consciously know where the phone was located, but his feet did. They led him to the phone which was in the living room. He picked it up, careful to keep a hold on Miki.

"Hello?"

"Oh good morning Kyo!"

Kyo's eyes widened as he realized who he was talking to.

"Shigure?"

"Yes! How did you know? I would have thought you'd forgotten me, since I was gone for so long!"

Kyo furrowed his eyebrows. For a moment he forgot that he wasn't living with Shigure.

"Shigure what are you talking about?"

"I see your voice is as deep and gruff as ever!"

Kyo frowned.

Deep? Gruff?

"Shigure, what-?"

"Never mind Kyo! I'll tell you all about it later, since I can tell your dying to know. But do you think you'd be kind enough to let me talk to my flower for a bit?"

Something snapped in Kyo's mind, and without thinking he yelled,

"How many times have I told you to stop CALLING her that! She's not your flower!"

Shigure chuckled.

"Oh yes, I forgot. She's your little flower."

Kyo shook his head, trying to get rid of a headache that was beginning to form. He could hear Shigure talking some more, but he couldn't make out exactly what he said. After a moment he managed to say,

"Look Shigure, we're busy right now. Call back some other time, okay?"

Without waiting for an answer Kyo turned the phone off and placed it back in it's holder. He closed his eyes, trying to get rid of the pain in his head.

"Dadda?"

Kyo opened his eyes slowly, realizing that he was still holding Miki.

"Dadda..."

Kyo couldn't help but smile at the girl's pretty face.

I don't know how I got here

He thought as he walked back into the kitchen. He smiled as he watched Tohru and Sakura eating and talking with each other. Tohru looked up at him as he walked in, smiling widely when she saw him.

But I think I like it

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Well there it is. I'm sorry if it was off. I really had to push myself to finish, since I didn't want to make you all wait another week.

Thank you all for your reviews! They mean a lot to me, and they tell me that you guys still want me to keep going. Thanks so much!!!

I'll update when I can, though it may be a while, since I'm gone all weekend and into the week for my birthday. Again, I hope you all liked the chapter!

Until next time!

-Sakoko-chan