The Zodiac Curse
by KyouXKagura

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket or any of the characters you have come to love, such as Kagura and Kyou but I do own Hârâ, Haruna and Shane – who are all mentioned in this fiction!

Chapter Twelve

"We're back!" Hârâ shouted as she entered the house alongside Haru. It did happen to be weird because she hadn't expected to still be holding Haru's hand and when she noticed, a blush appeared on her cheeks and she let go of his hand, besides the only reason she reached for it was so she could get his attention.
"Hârâ-nee!" The ever familiar sound of Kisa rang in her head softly like a bell. Soon enough Hârâ found herself in a hug from Kisa. "We finished the drawing, come look." It was then that Hârâ found herself being pulled into the living area by the small tiger. Haru just followed, though at a more casual speed.

"Do you want to help me get the girls their snacks?" It was a rough masculine voice that spoke next so the ox realised that it must have been Shane. If you want a better description of the gemini then here you go – Shane's black hair was up in a high ponytail, in dreadlocks and reached his neckline when they came to a halt, his skin was quite pale, though he seemed to have some colour here and there, he had crimson eyes which seemed to match the fact that he recently dyed his small beard the same colour and he was just taller than Haru. Shane was at that moment of time wearing a hoodie which was duo coloured, the hood area and both sleeves were white whilst the main area was orange and he wore black trousers which seemed to be quite loose and on his feet he wore matching orange and white trainers. Yes even Shane could get away with the colour orange!

With a nod, they went to get the riceballs. Kisa was sitting on the floor beside the small table, where she had her drawing presented for the girls. Tohru just smiled and awarded Kisa happily with a great big smile:
"That's very good, Kisa-san." Tohru replied as Kisa soon wore a timid smile as she turned to Hârâ who was sitting next to Tohru on the sofa.
"Yes it is. You'll make a good artist one day!" Kisa just laughed as she watched Shane and Haru come back in, Shane was carrying the riceballs and Haru was presenting the juice in a container and a few cups placed one inside the other so he could carry them better. He placed them one in front of them all, Kisa, Hârâ, Tohru, Shane and himself, it appeared that even though the snacks were only for the girls, Shane had made some more as the time passed for both him and Haru.

Elsewhere though, across from the house where they were, was Shigure's house and as usual he was fighting off his editor!
"Shi-Gu-Re… your manual script, they need it today, there was only five hundred more pages to do. Please… Please… Please tell me you've got it." Though a small shake of the head had caused Mit-chan to start crying again, she really expected him to have the manual script ready. "SO WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? YOU'VE BEEN IN HERE FOR DAYS! THIS IS YOUR WRITING ROOM, YOU SHOULD BE WRITING!" Yet Shigure just ignored her and walked into the living area where Kagura was sitting by herself quite happily… yet the boar wouldn't say she was sitting by herself, as she had beside her the orange cat toy which Hârâ had given to her earlier at the shops.
"Oh my darling, Kyou, what are we to do with you?" Kagura laughed as soon it was revealed what she was doing, the boar was writing into her diary for today's extract, well it was getting late and all she was doing after this was going home. Well of course she would demand a kiss from Kyou if he didn't offer one first.

In the background there was Mit-chan grabbing Shigure and dragging him back into the writing room, him pretending to be crying himself though winking to show his 'audience' and my readers that he was joking!
"Well that's that almost done." Kagura spoke as she tenderly picked up the stuffed toy; it was amazing it did look so much like Kyou that she could have cried. "I have the perfect place for you, on my bed with my other teddies!" Well she did have many stuffed toys just no orange cats that looked so much like her darling. Yet you couldn't blame her, Kagura was a softy at heart. She continued writing in her green diary which had in gold on the front the classic word: Diary and smiled, she still couldn't find last years, it hurt her so much because that was all of her memories… Yet writing the last item of tonight she closed the cover and placed the book alongside her toy inside her orange cat-bag and then started to walk outside… her mother would be angry with her if she wasn't home soon.

"Hey Kyou-kun! I'm going home now!" Yet expecting a 'great, see you next year…' like usually she was shocked when she realised that Kyou wasn't up in that roof where she had spotted him when she had returned from the shops.
"What isn't he up there?" Shigure had appeared in front of the boar in the doorframe and Kagura nodded, he wasn't there at all. "Oh well…" Yet that wasn't the end of the dog's antics because soon enough he found himself running from his mad editor once more. Kagura sighed as she turned around and started walking away from the house and out to the woodland area so she could make her way to the Sohma Estate, it may have been a harsh place to live but it was her home and it was the only home she had. It wasn't for a while before the shock happened to Kagura; someone grabbed her around the waist causing her eyes to widen and her voice to rise to a scream. She almost blanked out as she turned her head slightly to see… a mop of orange hair on her shoulders, it was Kyou… she sighed.

"Don't you do that again, you'll give me a heart attack?" Kagura moaned but then Kyou moaned back at her:
"Don't you do that again, or I'll go deaf." Kyou let go of Kagura and she stood there staring at him wondering what he wanted for some time because the silence between them was annoying. "I couldn't let you go just like that, Kagura-san." He said as it was soon clear what was going to happen, what she wanted. He placed his hand tenderly on the pale column of her neck and leaned down towards her because he was taller and kissed her rose coloured lips. Catching her in surprise even though she knew what was going on. When Kyou pulled back Kagura was blushing furiously. "I thought you would have gotten used to that by now." The cat spoke as he noticed the redness in her face. "Well goodnight." And with that Kyou was on his way back to the house… Kagura just stood there frozen until Tohru shown up as she was heading back too…

It took a good five minutes before Kagura felt ready to go back home… When she did, she had her mother worried because of the time.

"Don't worry mom, Shigure-chan took great care of me. I went out shopping then had something to eat and Kyou-kun kissed me good night." Those word's never entered her mother's ears at the right time, but as Kagura kissed her mother on the cheek before exiting to her room, they did… she couldn't help but say that she never expected him to kiss her daughter. As Kagura sat down on her bed she grabbed her diary and described the kiss in it. The words she used made the kiss sound passionate and hopeful and yet she had to say he really made her feel special tonight and she knew she did the right thing giving him his space.