A/N: So I skipped Arisa explaining how she met Tohru and Minami because, it went as canon and Tohru was Arisa's friend first. They just knew each other, but Minami didn't really hang out with Arisa that much. She just let it go as canon because she didn't want to mess anything up. I also skipped the Yuki Fan-Club Presidents story because… Minami didn't need to be there, they had a similar reaction to Minami like they did with Tohru. Also guys, this is going to be such a long series, Fruits Basket has about 136 chapter (I think) and we're already pass 150 pages ( 55,120 words in total!) None the less, we shall continue!
Onward! To chapter 43 of the manga.
"Minami, Yuki, Kyo.. It's bad, it's bad!" Momiji yelled as he slammed open the classroom 2-D door, it had been a few weeks since the Hiro 'bonding' moment and it was rather peaceful. Though Arisa had three delinquents that would follow in her footsteps. "Big problem…!"
"There's a big problem here too!" Uo yelled as Kyo looked outside the window.
"We're talking about the school trip." Minami explained and Momiji quickly wrapped his arms around her.
"Eh? Have you all decided where you're going?! Where?!" Momiji asked happily.
"Kyoto, Nara." Minami said.
"The standard palaces." Uo said.
"Yes, indeed…" Hana said as she read a book.
"You all are so lucky…. I want to go too…" Momiji pouted for a second and then his eyes lit up. "I've decided to pay for myself!" He cheered.
"DON'T COME!" Kyo yelled at him.
"Kyo, you knew Yuki was going to come didn't you?" Minami asked.
"I AM DEFINITELY NOT GOING! I DON'T LIKE DOING EVERY SINGLE THING WITH THAT BOTHERSOME YUKI!" He yelled in return.
"But fi you go it'll be more fun!" Uo said. "Because I can hug you."
"Am I a toy…?" Kyo asked and Uo and Hana nodded their heads.
"No matter what I won't agree…" Kyo said only for Momiji to mess with his hair with a piece of paper.
"Kyo, you stubborn idiot…! It's a rare opportunity to go on a trip together with Minami, you shouldn't be so rebellious…!"
"Hey…" Kyo said as static produced from his air.
"I really want to go on a trip with Minami! I want to eat biscuits with her…" Momiji yelled.
"You can't eat those." Uo said.
"Kyo, don't you want to? Don't you like doing activities with Minami?!" Momiji yelled.
"Naomi is coming too." Minami said and Kyo froze, with a red face. Tanaka Naomi was a cute and happy girl who was in the same class as them. Naomi and Kyo were partners whenever they had to clean up the classroom. The girl had the average long black hair and eyes, she wasn't very noticeable but she had the best personality in the entire school.
"WHY WOULD I CARE…" Kyo yelled.
"'...care?'" Hana said.
"Care?" Uo said.
"Care?" Minami said.
"Care?" Momiji said.
"SO THIS IS HOW YOU GUYS TOY WITH ME!" Kyo yelled, his face even redder than before.
"It's love, love!" Uo said.
"Stop!" Kyo yelled.
"Ah! It's Yuki…" Momiji said.
"Welcome back, good job Yuki." Minami said, he was working hard as the school president.
"Thank you." Yuki said.
"Good job." Momiji said just as happily.
"Momiji, is your tutorial over?" Yuki asked.
"Eh?" Momiji asked,
"Wasn't there a problem?" Minami asked him.
"Yeah, there's a problem because Haru turned black, became violent in the classroom…" Momiji said casually.
"You should've said that earlier…" Kyo said and they hurried off to the classroom where a bunch of students were blocking the hallway. All it took was Yuki to tell the teachers and students not to come into the classroom. "It looks like he hasn't transformed yet! Hey, Haru!"
Almost all of the window in the classroom were broken, there were books, desks and chairs thrown everywhere. Hatsuharu turned his head with the scariest expression on his face, that was total rage.
"AH…?!" He asked annoyed.
"..."
"The violence is terrible." Momiji said.
"What are you doing, Haru….?" Yuki asked.
"I"m creating trouble! Can't you see! If you want to stop me, you better make sure you're ready to die…"Hatsuharu said.
"What should we do…" Momiji muttered.
"... It's been awhile since he changed to black… this time it seems to be worse…" Yuki muttered and Kyo moved into the classroom.
"Stop messing around, Haru! You are going to get us all in trouble if you mess this place up!" Kyo yelled.
"Shut up, stupid cat! You presence is a problem itself, stupid cat!" Hatsuharu yelled.
"Aah…?" Kyo yelled getting up in his face and Hatsuharu smirked. "Lil' brat… if you have the guts say that one more time…"
"You shouldn't be influence by him, stupid cat!" Yuki said and Kyo backed away.
"DON'T ACT SO SMART, THINK OF SOMETHING!" Kyo yelled.
"Haru… Even though I don't know what your reasons are… you shouldn't create trouble in school!" Yuki scolded and Haru covered his ears.
"Ah… You re always worrying about others, Yuki. If we accidentally get turned into our original form, it will be a problem huh? We'll all be in trouble huh…" Hatsuharu said with a sigh and darker smirk.
"No, that's not what I'm saying… It's more like…" Yuki said calmly but Hatsuharu cut him off.
"Stupid… Stupid stupid… I'm stupid… You're scared that's why you say these things, why don''t you just say the truth and then forget about it."
"Haru.." Minami said.
"Right!" Hatusharu said and in an instant he pulled her arm towards him. "You think so too, right?!" There was a big punch to Hatsuharu's face, that made his neck snap back at the impact. He released her arm.
"... I don't know what you're so mad about. But I definitely will not let you, involve Minami in…" Kyo said.
"Don't try to be a hero, stupid cat…" Hatsuharu said, there was already a bruise on his face.
"I'm not joking, idiot!" Kyo said back.
"Oh yeah, you like to act heroic in front of this woman! In that case, come and break my neck if you can?!" Hatsuharu yelled and grabbed Kyo's collar.
"Bring it on brat… I am going to break your bones." Kyo said and grabbed Hatsuharu's collar.
"W-" Minami said but Shiraki-sensei poured a bucket of cold water on them.
"That's far enough. You idiots." She said.
"Teacher…" Yuki said in shock.
"This way you two will cool down huh?" She said.
"You fake teacher… why'd you do that to me too…" Kyo asked annoyed.
"That's because you also lost yourself, didn't you?" She asked.
"Ah… that was refreshing." Hatsuharu said and he was back to his normal self again.
"Oh yeah? Well then come over to the staff room since you have freshened up." Shiraki-sensei said and they did exactly that. Though Haru was the only one who went inside. After some time Haru came back outside.
"I'm sorry, Minami. For being so violent just now." Hatsuharu said.
"Ah… right.." She replied back, still in shock. They stared at each other for a moment and Hatsuharu looked over at Kyo.
"Kyo, nice punch." Hatsuharu said. Hatusharu said a few more words and then walked away. Yuki was quick to follow him. Momiji left shortly after.
"Minami, are you alright?" Kyo asked.
"Um.. yeah I think so." She said in response.
"I'm supposed to go to the dojo, but do you want me to walk back with you?" Kyo asked.
"No, I'll be okay. Thanks Kyo." Minami said and there was a similar stare that Haru had. Kyo wrapped his arms around her.
"You're shaking." Kyo said. "But don't worry to much about him. He'll be alright."
"Okay." Kyo said and they walked out of the school. With a quick goodbye, Minami walked back to Shigure's.
"IYAAAAAAA…" A high pitched voice yelled and Minami froze and looked over to see a woman wearing a beautiful kimono, she was holding a bag that had some books in them. "Paper bag… The paper bag's bottom.."
"Do you need help?" Minami asked as she bent down to pick up the books.
"No, I can't impose on someone I don't know…" She said.
"It's okay, you sound pretty upset about it." Minami said as she collected up the last book.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I always cause trouble for the people around me or else I can't seem to live. I know… I should be remorseful for merely breathing! The fact that the paper bag's bottom broke just means that I never should have visited. Oh, I'm so sorry. I will apologize to everyone in the world. I'm so sorry I was so thick skinned as to come and visit. I'm sorry… I apologize to everyone in the universe. I should not have come to visit!"
Minami looked up in shock. "Ritsu?" Minami asked and he turned around. Ritsu was beautiful with fair skin and an average build and height. He wore traditional long sleeved kimonos. With straight, peach colored hair which fell below his shoulders. He had straight abgns that covered his forehead, two locks of hair framed his face, and a piece of his hair was tired back into a small ponytail, held by a big ribbon. He also had big brown eyes.
"Even a stranger knows my name…" Ritsu said ashamed. "I had no idea my name was so notorious. I shouldn't even live normally in this universe. I'm sorry, I brought trouuble to people with the same name as me…"
Ritsu Sohma was even stranger in real life.
