Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or Naruto...Because if I did, Akito would have never magically become a girl....that's bullshit even for an anime. You mean to tell me Hatori never noticed? Although he was taking care of the sick Sohma? I know he had eye problems but I doubt they were that bad. Sorry got carried away there...anyway

Sorry I took so long to update...No motivation...anyway the next chapter is gonna come sooner because I already started it. read on....

Chapter 14 Just a little hope

Shikamaru and Sai leaned up against the door listening as the meeting began. The lazy nin had used his shadow manipulation to make the guards walk into a closet against their will and punch each other out. His pale companion looked at him smiling as he locked the closet door, "Could you imagine what I would do if I could do that?"

Shikamaru tried to get the image of an unwilling Naruto doing a strip tease in front of all his friends, "Troublesome…at least for Naruto."

"No…not only Naruto" Sai licked his lips as Shikamaru rolled his eyes in response.

Back to focusing on the mission, Sai pulled out a piece of paper and drew a small device that they could use to hear exactly what was going on in the room. He then activated his jutsu to make the drawing pop off the page and attach itself to the door. Soon both of them could hear everything being said.

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"Why are we here?" A deep voice asked.

"The people are getting restless." A raspy voice answered, "It's been almost a month, and it's time we made a move."

"But the Kazekage…" The deep voice spoke again.

"What about him? He gone, out of our hair and even if he did somehow find a way to come back, he would never suspect us."

"Okay, well Raidan, who are we going to elect as a replacement Kazekage?"

The other voice that we now know to be Raidan spoke, "Chiyo, its becoming obvious how much you have underestimated me. Do you think that I would be foolish enough to go into this without thinking it through? Nothing that happened so far is a coincidence."

"What are you talking about Raidan?" A new voice asked, "I knew that wormhole had been all your idea, but what else did you do?"

Raidan chuckled darkly, "There is a reason that the Kazekage was not the only one went through that wormhole. I made sure that the people that went through were the ones that were closest to him and that would go through the most trouble to find him. He has strong allies. That annoying brat Naruto carries the Kyuubi; he is a strong determined one and would go to the ends of the earth to figure out what happened to his friend. His team would probably help him and each of them is uniquely strong. Sasuke last of the Uchiha clan has made a name for himself for being a great ninja, Sakura the pink hair girl, studies under the Hokage herself and Kakashi Hatake their sensei is Konoha's legendary White Fang."

"What about the other boy?"

"Hmm, Rock Lee…he is too close to the Kazekage. He would also look for him."

"But isn't there a rumour that he can only do ninjutsu?" Chiyo asked

"Ah but it's not a rumour, it is true. Konoha's so called Ninja of Youth can only do ninjutsu. I was going to leave him out but luckily I studied each of my victims closely. He was the one who help the Kazekage against Kimmimaru and I have seen him train with him. He is dangerous and would have been an even greater threat than possibly even Naruto."

"What about the wormhole? Can it be reversed?"

"I am the only one with the knowledge of that and I intend to keep it that way."

"Fine, but you didn't answer me before, who do you plan on making the new Kazekage and how are you going to get the entire elders council to comply? The four of us only count for four votes what about the other eight?"

"Don't worry I have my ways and as for who I plan on making the new Kazekage. I already know who would be perfectly accepted for and wrong for the post."

"And who is that?"

"Kankuro."

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"Who was that asshole?" Naruto asked Shigure.

"That 'asshole' as you so put it, is Akito Sohma, head of the Sohma family?" Shigure answered.

"What?! Head of the family, but he is so…so…"

"Young," Sasuke finished for him.

"Yes I know, but there is a reason behind all this." Shigure went on to explain Akito's place in the Chinese zodiac as their god and the automatic head of the family. He also told them about the zodiac god's unnatural obsession with Yuki and his hatred for whoever was the cat."

"Maybe when Akito sees Yuki and Kyo together, he'll understand…maybe he'll accept them." Sakura hoped.

Lee smiled at her attempt to muster up some faith that things would turn out alright, "Yeah, maybe he'll understand the power of youthful love."

"I doubt it." Shigure looked down at his hands remembering how Hatori had once told him how much he admired his ability to adapt, accept and brighten any situation. He had smiled back then…just smiled, but he knew it wasn't true. He could never take the feeling of being helpless in any situation. It was the one thing that he could never adapt, accept or fake a smile for. Like that time… "Akito hates the thought of anyone from the zodiac being happy or finding love. It happened once, with Hatori. He found someone to love him for whom he was despite the curse. Her name was Kana and Hatori was prepared to marry her. He went to Akito and told him, he almost killed him but thankfully he only ended up hurting his eye. Hatori still has problems seeing clearly sometimes. It was hell, Kana blamed herself for Hatori's injury and she became a depressed shell of herself."

"What happened?" Sakura asked.

"Hatori did the only thing he could do to save her. He let her go. As the dragon he has the ability to erase people's memory. So that's what he did, he erased himself from her memory."

"What? But that's horrible!" Sakura cried.

Naruto grew angry, he liked the tall sarcastic Sohma, and so the thought of him being in pain upset him. "Doesn't Akito care that he hurts people?"

"I…I don't know. Akito he…he's dying. It's a part of the curse. He has to die, while the rest of us live normally. Well as normal as we can. It drives him crazy knowing that he was made to suffer for us, so he makes sure that while he is alive we all suffer with him."

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Akito could no longer stand the sight of the two teens lying in the bed. He stalked into the room and latched onto Kyo's hair pulling him off the bed. Yuki stirred on the bed from the loss of heat.

"Ahh, what the fuck?!" Kyo half shouted still not fully awake or aware who was pulling him, "Haru I know your upset but would ya let go of my fucking ha…"

"You disgusting animal, what have you done?!" Akito shouted causing both Kyo and Yuki to snap fully awake.

"Akito, what are you doing here?" Yuki asked willing his voice not to shake with the fear he was feeling, as the one Sohma who gave him nightmares, stood before him, holding his boxer wearing lover by the hair.

"Does that really matter Yuki? Obviously this piece of filth," he pulled on Kyo's hair with more strength than before, "hasn't been properly housetrained."

"Stop it!" Yuki yelled at him, jumping off the bed and trying to get Kyo's hair out of the strong grip, "Let go of him!"

The head Sohma growled furiously and pulled the cat from his lover's grasp. "You dare go against me to help this thing?"

"He's not a thing, he's a person."

"A person? Oh really? This monster? Well maybe you don't know it yet, but this thing is nothing like you and me. I'm going to show you what this trash really looks like, then you'll come running to me. Don't worry I'll forgive you. You'll get back that special room that I have for you."

"No, please don't." Kyo held back the tears that were threatening to break through as the pain in his head increased. "I'll leave him alone, just let him be, okay." He knew the room was the place that Akito used to beat Yuki then lock him in.

"Why are you afraid he'll like me more than you, once he knows the truth? That he'll thank me for saving him from the monster that you are?" Akito pulled Kyo out the door and down the steps, not stopping until they reached everyone outside.

Yuki followed closely behind, not bothering to put on any clothes over the boxers he was wearing.

"I'm going to show them what you really are. Then they will all hate you…"

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