A/N: hey here's chapter six for those who read my stories.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN FRUITS BASKET OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS SAVE RENA AND A FEW OTHERS!! But the person who owns it is very lucky.
Chapter Six(Dream)
Rena was sitting on a couch. The living room she was in was drained of all color and rather small. It was his house. She knew but couldn't change the out come at all.
A boy a couple years older than the 13 year old Rena walked in. He had long hair, to his shoulders, which Rena remembered being a dull gold. He eyes were a brilliant blue outside of this colorless memory. He was a few inches taller than Rena and he was wearing jeans with a black T-shirt.
He stormed over to Rena and pushed her down on the couch, forcing his lips to hers. She tried to push him off her, but he wouldn't move. He ripped the front of her shirt, ignoring her screams of protest and rape. She managed to knee him in the groin causing him to roll off her. She ran into the kitchen to grab a knife.
The boy ran at her ignoring the knife she had. He slammed into her and shuddered. Rena pushed the boy off her, dropping the knife. There was blood welling up from a laceration in the boy's chest. Rena turned and ran to get her stuff before leaving.
(End Dream)
(4:36 A.M.)
Rena jerked up in bed and whispered, "William."
Then, she shuddered at the shadows in her room. She got up and went down stairs to make herself some tea. Soon, she found herself in the kitchen on a stool with a cup of tea.
"Why are you up so early?" Someone asked from behind her causing her to jerk bad enough to dump her tea on the counter.
"Whoa. What's wrong with you?" Kyo inquired grabbing a rag to mop the tea up with.
"Just a bad dream." Rena said pouring herself another cup of tea.
Kyo's arm brushed hers and he heard her voice in his head, ' I killed a man.'
"What?" Kyo questioned, as he stopped what he was doing. His arm still touching hers.
'Oh no! He's touching me. He can hear my thoughts! Shit! Shut up, stupid!' He heard before Rena tore her arm away from his.
"Please, let me explain." Rena half begged.
"I'm all ears." Kyo said, pouring a cup of tea for himself.
"Ok, just let me think about how to go about this," Rena said, Kyo nodded in response while she started to thin. "'K. I guess I'll just tell you the truth. When I ran away from the orphanage, a man named William found me. I was twelve at the time.
"I lived with him for around a year but a few weeks after my thirteenth birthday, he came in and," Rena's voice cracked. She just shook her head and took Kyo's hand. From there, she just replayed the memory that she had dreamed about.
When the memory was finished, neither of them spoke. At first, Rena thought Kyo might not have believed her or that he was going to freak out about the telepathy thing, but then he brushed his thumb across the back of her hand in a comforting motion.
"You shouldn't feel bad," Kyo whispered to her as Rena could see the anger in his mind. "He tried to rape you. You just did what you did to protect yourself." He looked at her and she saw a spark of something in his eyes.
"Do you want to watch some TV?" Rena asked, knowing she wouldn't be able to sleep for a little while, if at all.
"Sure." Kyo smiled down at her and she managed to smile back whole-heartedly.
So, the two teens made their way to the living room with their tea. Kyo sat down on the couch as Rena grabbed the remote before flopping down beside him to flip through the channels. After ten minutes of flipping, they decided there wasn't much on. So, they left it on a show re-run and began to talk.
"So, what's up with the touching thing?" Kyo asked Rena innocently.
'This?' Rena asked mentally, holding his hand.
'Yeah. This.' He replied getting the hang of the mental communication.
'I'm not entirely sure. It's something I've always been able to do. I just haven't ever told anyone because I'm already strange enough without this coming to light.' Rena retorted.
'Well. I think its cool. What all can you do?' He asked, keeping a tight grip on her hand.
'Oh. Let's see. Obliviously, I can talk mentally with someone. I can set up a one-way connection, so that I can read their thoughts without them seeing mine. The last thing is I can see their memories or share mine as I demonstrated in the kitchen. That's it, I think.' Rena finished.
'Wicked! That sounds really cool. This is really cool. So, another question. Yesterday in the forest, when you 'tripped,' was it because you heard my thoughts?' Kyo inquired.
'Ah. Yes.' Rena replied quickly, feeling a heated blush make its way to her cheeks.
'What did you hear?' He pushed.
'You thought I was beautiful.' Rena answered, feeling the heat intensify.
'Well. In my defense, you are beautiful.' Kyo retorted, too busy watching her to pay any attention to the TV.
'Um. Thank you?' Rena said unsure of how to respond to the orange haired boy.
'You're welcome,' Kyo responded as Rena blinked sleepily and yawned. 'You should get some sleep.'
'I'm not tired.' Rena replied like a child.
'Ok.' Kyo laughed.
Five minutes later, Rena was asleep leaning against Kyo. He smiled and pulled a blanket around her and him, for fear of moving and waking her up. She seemed content enough in her slumber. Sooner than he would have thought, Kyo was asleep, soothed by the sleeping girl beside him.
(The next morning)
Rena was half concise to the fact that whatever she was laying on was breathing and smelled good. She sighed before shifting slightly. Then, she felt a pair of arms tighten around her waist.
'Shigure and Ayame are posed with a video camera and a regular camera, so don't let them know you're awake,' She heard with a slight undertone of, 'Don't get up. I'm comfortable.'
Rena smiled and snuggled closer to Kyo, putting her face in the hollow of his throat. 'I'm comfortable, too. Maybe they'll go away.' She replied, feeling his slight embarrassment in his mind.
At that moment, Tori walked into the living room to look at the sleeping teens. Then, he said, "Rena, I know you're up. Do you want some breakfast?"
"Good morning to you too, Dad. Make the twerps go away. I'm still tired." She mumbled into Kyo's neck causing him to shiver slightly.
Tori glared at Shigure and Ayame. They squeaked. "Okay. Out, you two." He ordered.
"B-but Tori! Kyo's the one canoodling your daughter!" They both yelled.
"He's not canoodling me. I had a nightmare and went to watch TV. He heard me, or something, so he came to check on me. I guess we fell asleep on the couch, maybe an hour or two after my dream." Rena said after chucking a cushion at them.
"You fell asleep that soon after a nightmare about him?" Tori asked with a look of surprise.
"Yeah. I know. It's got me confused, too, but I fell asleep. I'm still tired so go away." Rena said with her face still tucked into Kyo's shoulder/neck.
"Okay. Come on, you two. Let's let her get some sleep." Tori replied, dragging Shigure and Ayame out of the room.
Rena sighed before she heard, 'Canoodling? Do I even want to know?'
'A nice way of saying we were doing something we shouldn't.' Rena said tiredly.
'You mean…' He asked blushing.
'Yep.' Rena replied yawning.
For some reason, Rena felt like someone was staring at her. At first, she tried to ignore it but after awhile she realized it wasn't working. Thus, she looked up to see Haru with his chin in his hands and his elbows on the sofa arm, grinning his ass off.
"Are you enjoying your snuggling fun, Onii-chan?" He asked.
"Go to hell, little brother," Rena stated with a slight smile. "Is Momiji here, too?"
"Yes, I am. Why are you laying on top of Kyo?" Momiji appeared beside Haru with a lollipop.
"He's become my good dream charm." Rena replied with a huge grin while she patted Kyo's shoulder.
"Oh. So, you dreamed about him again?" Haru asked quietly.
"Yeah but Kyo helped me get to sleep again. He's really understanding and helpful." She yawned.
"He helped you now, did he? How?" Momiji giggled.
"I talked with her. Then, we watched some TV. That is it." Kyo growled.
"Sure." Both boys said rolling their eyes in disbelief.
Rena sighed and sat up on Kyo's stomach with one of her legs on each side of him. "Well. I'm not going to be able to get back to sleep right now. So, I'm going to go take a shower," She replied before ducking down and giving Kyo a kiss on his nose. "Thanks, Kyo." She got up and walked upstairs toward the shower.
When Rena got out of the shower, she jogged down the steps, toweling her hair dry. It was hanging over her shoulder and hanging half way down her torso in chunks where other pieces were only hanging to her shoulders. She sighed thinking of how she needed to cut it. Fix it. She, of course, walked into someone.
"Ow." Rena said as she hit the floor. Looking up she same Ayame.
"Rena! I'm sorry." He said helping her up. Then, he started eyeing her hair.
"Do you like my new hairstyle? It's called Ode to Akito." Rena snipped.
Ayame looked like he could feel the pain she had felt when Akito had ripped her hair. "Rena, do you want to spend the day at my shop? You can bring Tohru." He asked softly.
"I don't really have anything else to do, so yeah, okay. I'll go ask Tohru." Rena replied giving him a quick hug.
Rena found Tohru in the kitchen and bounced up before asking, "Hey, do you want to come with me to Nee-san's shop?"
"You mean Ayame?" Tohru inquired confused.
"Yes." Rena replied.
"Okay. I don't have anything to do today." Tohru replied smiling.
"Great. Let's go." Rena said happily, dragging Tohru out the door, heading for Ayame's shop.
A/N: Hey here's chapter six. I hope you enjoyed it. Sorry it took me so long to update. I got sick then my Internet wouldn't work but this will be the third chapter I load up tonight. So love me. AND REVIEW!! Pwease? TT.TT