Author Note: It's my 21th birthday!

P.S. I don't remember what the original summery for this chapter was so I had to wing it.

I do not own Fruit Basket.

Enjoy!

Xisto was understandably alarmed.

When did he slip up?

When did he alerted them to the fact that there was another Zodiac?

However, looking through Yuki head, he found out that it was actually Hatori who alerted Akito of the seal in his mind.

Being practically god, it was little issue for him to break it.

Now the family was looking for the Serpent and even speculated that it could be him but thankfully they weren't a hundred percent certain.

Should he run?

Should he inform his parents that the Sohma family know that the Serpent exists?

They would move away immediately, if he did so.

"Xisto, are you okay?" Suddenly a female voice said and he was stunned to see Toru out of the water and looking at him in concern.

He didn't realise he was sweating.

"I-I'm fine" He said, before suddenly getting up and saying. "I've been out here for so long enough, that's the heat is getting to me. I better go outside to cool off" before saying. "Unless you would like to accompany me back to my summer home, Tohru-chan?"

"Leave" Both Kyo and Yuki said.

"Okay. I'm leaving" He said, getting up and walking away.

He know full well, they were watching him.

He should stay away from the Sohma for a bit or give them a red herring.

Ch 17: An unwelcome agreement between two families

Xisto had been inside his home ever since he had met the Sohma's that day but even he got bored and decided to venture out, however he had the sense to stay away from the beach side and instead walked through the woods.

He started to think about how to throw the Sohma's off his trail to the point he was lost in thought, he did even realise he had walked into an unusual scene until he heard.

"Xisto..." Said, a female voice drawing him out of it.

He blinked and took in the scene in front of him, it was Tohru and the group however what was most noticeable was the watermelon underneath Hatsu and how two Sohma's had mysteriously been added to the pack that was already here.

"What the hell are you guys doing?" he couldn't help but say and why in the forest as well.

Hiro and Kisa looked surprised to see him, but then Hiro remembered the last time he saw him and couldn't help but shrink a bit.

Xisto resisted the urge to lick his lips teasingly even though, he didn't eat ram.

"Were doing a watermelon breaking contest to celebrate Hiro mother having a baby!" Momiji said.

And that's when Hatsu came down on the poor watermelon, who did nothing wrong and was forced apart with his bare hands.

"You should be a brother who can break watermelons" Hatsu said.

Xisto reaction was the same as everybody else.

"Do you want to have a try?" Momiji said to him.

"If I tried, there would be nothing left of my hand" He lied. "I don't have super strength like you guys"

His statement was met with subliminal looks.

"T-Then! I want to try my best and break a watermelon in celebration too!" Toru said, much to all their shock and surprise.

Isn't she the least likely person to even attempt it?

"I've done it once before..." She said, while Xisto wondered what magic did she use, but then she said. "Although at that time, I did it with a stick and a blindfold..."

"You were playing it right" Both Yuki and Kyo said.

"Please stay away from the Watermelon and hit it with a stick, like a normal person" Xisto said, concerned for her safety like the rest of them.

However, Tohru did not listen and yelled.

"TO CELEBRATE HIRO-SAN BABY!"

"It's not my baby!" Hiro said. "It's my mom's"

"I, Honda Tohru will break a watermelon too!' She said, and then her hand came down and he looked away for a split second. "HA...YA!"

When he looked, he saw Tohru hand on the hard surface of the Watermelon, not even leaving a dent, instead her hand was trembling along with her whole body from pain.

"con...grat...ula-tions..." She said, in a small voice, not successfully keeping the tears from coming out her eyes.

"Are you crying because you couldn't break it? Or are you crying because your hand hurts?" Kyo said, as he and Yuki looked on in concern.

Suddenly Xisto sprung into actions and said. "Don't worry Tohru-chan. There is a first aid kit in my summer home. Let's go t-"

"Hold it" Both Yuki and Kyo said, darkly, the clear danger extruded from them.

"I was just joking" Xisto said, it was so easy to mess with them.

"I...too want to do my best...to celebrate" Kisa suddenly spoke up.

"PLEASE KISA! I"M BEGGING YOU, DON'T!" Hiro said.

"Let's break them by dropping them on the floor instead, so that nobody can get hurt!" Momiji said, with a happy expression.

"THAT'S NOT THE POINT AT ALL!" Hiro shouted, angered that Momiji had the gall to look happy as if he had spoken something clever.

"Hiro, you sound just like Kyo" Momiji said, getting both of them involved and irritated.

In the end, Xisto mysteriously got involved and joined in, in breaking a watermelon on the floor without using brutal strength.

But then he left, he had a very strong feeling that if he followed them back to their Summer Home, he would enter a hotbed of Sohma.

He had no idea, that Akito had just arrived and wasn't that far from him.

He entered the house and was immediately greeted with.

"Welcome home, young master" from a servant who bowed, however, what he didn't expect was for the servant to continue. "Your parents wish to speak with you"

"Eh?" He said, before he was taken to where his parents were.

He entered the room and saw both of them, his masking dropping showing emotionless eyes.

"Son, we have to restrict your movements this summer" Said, his father, cold as always. "We brought this home because we assumed there would just be a couple of Sohma's living here at a time. However, there are far too many children here and we have even seen adults arriving"

Of course, both of them had seen the alarming number of Sohma's, arriving, it was like an infestation.

"There is a high chance that the Head of the Sohma household may come here as well or is already here" Said, his mother, making his eyes widened. "The serpent has a hatred for God so who knows what would happen if you two meet. So, we're keeping you inside until the Sohma leave"

Just fantastic.

We'll there goes his beach like summer he dreamed of.

However, his parents weren't done taking his summer away.

"Son, you've come of age so we thought, we should finally tell you" His father said, "When you were born, we made marriage contract with another family to marry their daughter, in case a daughter was conceived from their side."

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Silence.

Wait.

What!?

"Father. Mother. What did you just say?" Xisto said, he could have sworn his parents just admitted that they had sold him off before when he was born and he was going to be forced to hook up with a girl he had never met.

He didn't even know if he liked girls, that way!

He was honestly hoping for some Yaoi action.

He did have a female soul in him, after all!

"You will meet the lady tomorrow" His mother said, confirming the horror. "And when you are both over 20, you will marry"

"What?" Xisto couldn't help but say.

"Is there something wrong, son?" His father said.

Yes, there was something wrong!

They wanted to marry him off without his permission or consent.

His first thought was to run away, but where would he run to?

The Sohma house?

It was the first place they would look and he didn't know anybody else's address.

How far can he get on foot, with no money?

So, he had no choice but to say.

"No. There is nothing wrong" He said, "I'm excited to meet my wife to be"

"That's good" His mother said. "You may go now. In the morning, we expect you to be appropriately dressed to meet her"

"Yes, mother" He said.

"You may now go" His father said.

And Xisto got up and walked out of the door, he did not show any emotion on his face because he know, the servants would rat him out to his parents, however once he got into his room and closed the door.

He released his anger on several pillows, not only were their durable enough to withstand his wrath but they weren't noisy enough to have somebody check on him.

His scream of rage was muffled by the pillows.

The next morning came all to quickly for him and he was practically robotic he tried on a suit and somebody combed his hair.

After eating, he followed his parents outside and into a black expensive look car.

They drove past the Sohma home, he didn't know a good portion of the household had seen him inside the car and noticed how lifeless he looked.

They drove for what seemed like hours before getting into a plane and flying for a bit, when they landed they got into another car and that car took them to what looked like a big compound.

Xisto was not surprised, after all, they wouldn't marry him off if the other family did not have a finical backing and his parents did not have anything to gain.

He walked into the loud compound robotically and the servants there were stunned by his good looks.

A year ago, he had a face that could easily be mistaken for a girl, now nobody would dare mistake him for one.

He had become a red haired, very handsome man who looks gave the Sohma males a run for their money.

Males and females looked at him from his expensive suit to his face but then they saw his parents and you could see where his good looks came from.

He was taken to a large building and told to take off his shoes and enter in slippers.

A family who took something from Japan... He noted.

Then they were allowed in and were met with two slightly older people, than his own parents.

"Welcome" Said, the man.

"Oh, my. Is that little Xisto?" Said, the woman surprised. "He's grown into such a splendid looking young man. It seems like only yesterday that he was the size of a small ball."

"We'll he could stay small forever. He's got me and my wife's genes, after all" Said, his father boasting and coming across as a kind and sincerer man.

"Please sit down" The man said, while Xisto really did not want to but did so anyway.

"So Xisto, tell us about yourself?" Said, the woman.

"We'll I-" He began.

"He's going to be in his third year of his school, after this holiday" His mother said, speaking for him.

!?

"He has the best grade in class and is fluent in several languages" She said, continuing to advertise him "He plays several different instruments and he's exceptional with the handling of money"

Allow me to speak damn it! Xisto thought.

"Oh, he sounds like the perfect young man for our daughter." Said, the woman.

"And speaking of daughter, where is she?" Said, his father.

"Oh, she should be about done presenting herself" Said, the man.

Just then, they all heard a knock and small female voice said. "Mother. Father. May I come in?"

And Xisto would rather not have her come in, at all.

"Come in and meet these people" Said, the man and the door opened.

Xisto turned to find a girl who had long silver hair, thin eyelashes, Jade like green eyes, a round cute face and dressed in the traditional ceremonial robe.

She was incredible beautifully but if he had something to say about her, it would be one thing.

Young.

She was incredibly young!

She did not even have a chest!

"This is our daughter Rika" Said, the woman. "She is only 10 but she's is very advanced for her age so she has skipped grades. We have decided to let her attend Xisto high school this summer. So please take care of her."

Silence.

What?

10 years old?

NANI!?

The girl looked at him with a blush and said.

"Please take care of me"

In that moment, Xisto felt his world spin.

And scene!

I haven't come up with an idea for the next chapter so you just have to wait and see. Review/fav and follow!