Title: Tohru's Task
Summary: Tohru made a pact with a god to save haru's soul, but what consequence does the onigiri have to pay? Sequel to Demon Days, the adventures of the afterlife abound, but somehow she has to keep up with a normal life. What's a messenger of the dead to do?
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket, but I do think I own the idea of Tohru becoming a reaper! Just think about her ushering souls into the afterlife! Oh and Remi and almost any reaper in the future...
And now here's a poor excuse for the 12th chapter… even know you waited sooo long for it... :(
Chapter 12-
"Tohru!" Remi said as he jumped out from in back of her surprising her.
"Remi!" she screamed, "don't do that."
School had just let out and she was walking back to where she'd meet up with Yuki and Kyo.
"Sorry, couldn't help myself," he snickered walking beside her. "Watcha doin today?"
"Nothing I have today off at my real job," she told him.
"Come hang out with me and the others then," he asked.
"I really shouldn't I've got stuff to do," she told him.
"Oh, like what?" he asked interested.
"Homework," she stated, "and making dinner and cleaning house."
"Well, I can't help on the make dinner and clean house thing but we could help you with the homework part," Remi offered.
"I don't know," Tohru said.
"Please!" Remi whined, "it'll be fun, I promise."
"But… I really have to go home," Tohru sighed.
"And do your homework and clean and make dinner like a good little girl?" Remi asked, a mischievous grin on his face.
"Yes," she said trying to avoid his pleading.
"Well fine, you go home, I'll just have to tell the others that you didn't want to come with us," Remi said dramatically and looked rather sad.
"Well, I suppose… it wouldn't hurt to go out for a little while," Tohru relented of course falling for Remi's ploy.
"Good," Remi said straightening out, he stared at her for a moment, "you know you've got to get harder to trick then that."
She paled, "I'm not that easy to trick!"
"Oh yes you are! I just did it," Remi laughed and then pulled her on her way.
"You really are real bad aren't you, Remi," she sighed, "admitting to tricking me like that."
"Yeah, but see you said, 'yes' are you gonna go back on your word?" Remi asked her mischievously.
"No," she sighed.
"Good, that's about the worst thing you can do to a person," Remi said, "I wouldn't even do it."
"So, what am I suppose to tell Yuki and Kyo?" Tohru said worried that they wouldn't like her hanging out with Remi again.
"Tell 'em the truth," Remi sighed as if it were the easiest thing in the world.
"Well, I get the feeling they don't like you very much," Tohru pointed out.
"Look, for one you don't have to tell them that your going out with me and two they don't run your life," Remi reasoned with her.
"Okay," Tohru said she saw Yuki and Kyo up ahead. "Be right back."
"Where've you been? We were worried," Kyo told her annoyed.
"I was talking to a friend. They invited me to hang out with them, so I'm gonna go. I just wanted to tell you so you didn't worry about me," Tohru explained.
"Oh," Yuki said quietly.
"And when you coming back?" Kyo asked annoyed.
"Umm… I don't know," she said thinking about, "I'll probably be home in time to make dinner."
"All right, well have a good time with your friend," Yuki sighed and Tohru ran off back to Remi, whom they didn't see.
"Gee, Hatori, what's the surprise visit for?" Shigure said as he saw the doctor standing on their front porch.
"Is Tohru home?" Hatori asked quickly.
"Oh, I knew you like her; you want a little housewife all…" Shigure was interrupted by Yuki hitting him.
"I've got the results," Hatori told him quickly before Yuki could get any ideas of hitting him, for some odd reason, as well.
"Oh good," Yuki said brightening up.
"Results! Results for what!" Shigure asked curiously.
"Yuki asked me to order an investigation into Remi," Hatori explained as they went into the kitchen.
"Isn't that, that co-worker of Tohru's?" Shigure asked.
Yuki nodded and then turned to Hatori, "I don't see a file or anything?"
Just then Kyo came down.
"Just in time I was about to tell you all the results of the investigation," Hatori told him.
"Yeah well, spill it," Kyo said impatiently.
"To answer Yuki's last question no I don't have a file or anything," Hatori sighed, "Maison said that he couldn't find a thing on Remi. Not an address, criminal record, school file, birth, not one thing on him."
"That's weird," Yuki said.
"He said it was like Remi didn't even really exist," Hatori told them.
"What if his names not really Remi?" Yuki asked offering up a possible explanation.
"And what if he's in some secret government project that Tohru's now becoming a part of?" Shigure asked worriedly, "and some day she'll disappear and we'll…"
"SHUT UP!" Yuki yelled at him annoyed and made to hit the dog.
"I'm sorry," Shigure said and cowered away from him.
"Either way we still don't know anything more on the guy," Yuki sighed.
"Where is Tohru anyway?" Hatori asked curious.
"She's visiting a friend," Yuki sighed.
"Who?" Hatori asked.
"We didn't ask," Kyo sighed now thinking that they should've.
End of 12…
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