Crimson on Lilac
[A X / Fruit Basket Crossover ]
By: Teno Hikari
email: tenohikari@cs.com
Summary: Sequel to 'Family Reunion' - reunited with his family, Kamui's peaceful life with his father, Souma Yuki, comes to a shattering halt when history repeats itself.
Warning: Dark themes with some slashy hints but I'm sure you're use to them if you've see X ... (and there's a little of it in Fruit Basket) ... you have been warned.
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Chapter One
Shirou Kamui was an ordinary high school student who lived with his father and two of his relatives. Okay, 'ordinary' would be a lie since not many sixteen (going on seventeen) year old boys had saved mankind from total annihilation. But he doesn't like to talk about it much ... more like, at all.
As birds chirped outside his window, he slowly awoke from a dream he couldn't quite remember and slowly sat up in bed. The alarm clock beeped it's final beep as it exploded into little bits onto the floor. The former Dragon of Heaven still had problems dealing with his telekinetic abilities when he was cranky in the mornings. Slowly, he got up from bed to stretch, stepped over the scattered alarm clock remains and went to go wash his face. Upon returning, he changed into his school uniform, grabbed his book bag and headed downstairs and out the door ... well, almost out the door.
A strong hand grabbed him by the arm and sat the teen down at the table. Glancing up, he met his aunt's challenging stare and instantly backed down. Kagura, who lived with them on the weekends, smiled in triumph as she stalked back to the kitchen to finish breakfast. It was said that ever since his mother left, Kagura took it upon herself to make sure her relatives (especially her darling Kyou-kun) ate a healthy breakfast. As for lunch, dinner, the other stuff like cleaning and laundry, the men of the house were on their own.
The house and acres of land it was on is all owned by his relative, Souma Shigurei, a novelist who stayed home most of the day and went out at night. Souma Kyou, was the first relative Kamui met upon arriving in Kyoto. The redhead who had been an outcast of the family, since he had once been possessed by the spirit of the cat, was a dojo instructor who continued to study from his master: Souma Shishou (whom Kamui had never met). The soul reason why Kamui went to Kyoto was to find the father he never knew nor heard of until after the Promise Day, Souma Yuki, an entrepreneur who owned his own company.
Ever since they were teenagers, Kyou and Yuki, had lived in Shigurei's house and didn't feel like moving to different locations despite their many quarrels. The truth was, they enjoyed each other's company but would never admit it. What had tied them closer together had been HondaTorhu, and even though she was gone, they would not forget her and start hating each other all over again.
Despite how odd it looked, they made a very close family. When special days came along, their family unit expanded into an army, like it would the next few days. School would be out for the summer starting tomorrow and their cousin, Souma Ritsu, had invited everyone over to his home over the weekend. Kamui thought about passing it up since Ritsu and his family at the hot spring resort made him nervous to do anything ....
// flashback
Kamui pulled the steaming hot cup of tea from his lips and made a grab for the glass of ice cold water. From his side, Yisou-san, Ritsu's mother, was starring at him with wide and worried eyes. Swallowing hard he smiled to reassure her.
"I just burned my tongue a little," he placed the glass down and was about to resume drinking his tea.
The woman shrieked in horror, grabbed the tea cup and flung it's contents down the drain. She was then instantly back at his side, clutching and nearly shaking him to death. "Are you all right?!" she cried out. "I'm so sorry, Kamui-san! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!"
"It's all right!" he squeaked. "I should have cooled it down first, I should have -"
"NO!" she roared. "It is never a guest's fault! I'm so sorry! How could I do this? How on Earth could I do this to Yuki-san's only son! I'm so sorry, Kamui-san! I'm so sorry!"
"Okay, I forgive you!" he cried out and began to feel nauseated from being shaken. "Please stop!"
"Oh, no! You look ill and it's my fault! I'm so sorry, Kamui-san!" she wailed and began to shake harder.
"Guuh...," he groaned. "I don't feel so well ... please stop ..."
"I'M SO SORRY!"
"Urk!"
"Oh my! I'M SO VERY SORRY!"
// end flashback
Kamui shuddered at the unpleasant memory and tried to get out of going but his father was really looking forward to the trip. He even asked if his friend Yuzuriha would like to come join them. His former Seal, and close friend who lived in Tokyo, was excited and would be arriving in Kyoto tonight. So the trip was looking up to have her there with him even if met endless teasing by his Uncle Ayame and Momiji-san.
"Ittadakimasu."
As he began eating his breakfast, Yuki finally came awake with a second cup of coffee and smiled at him. "Last day of the semester, Kamui-kun, feel relieved?"
"Very," he answered, as Kagura handed him a second helping of rice. "No more teachers ... no more homework ... no more fan club ..."
Kyou laughed, "Like father like son, I suppose. Does yours make cute little gadgets with your face on them?"
Yuki flushed, "They didn't have my face on them!"
"Yes, they did!" Kyou continued to snicker, pointing a chopstick at his embarrassed cousin. "One of those 'princesses' even had a toothbrush with your face on it! And there was also a rumor going around about a dild-"
Kagura clobbered her fiancee to the ground to silence him. "Kyou darling," she glared. "Don't say such inappropriate things in front of Kami-chans!"
The teenager sulked, "I'm not a little kid you know ..."
The day should have passed by pretty quickly since it was the last day of the semester. No homework but the teachers piled down plenty of it over summer break and Kamui knew his history paper was going to be done at the very last minute. Maybe not, since Yuki made sure he had his homework done before the older man came home from work to go over. It had taken a lot of time and energy to get caught up in his studies, but with his father's help he was able to and Kamui was happy about that. However, the last day did not pass by quickly enough and the teen could swear the minute hand on his watch was moving backwards.
'I'll go insane if I don't get out of here!'
Around his third class that started before lunch, Kamui decided he needed a brief respite from the drudgery of the last day of school and headed over to Kyou's dojo. Normally, any ditching student wouldn't go places that had people who would rat you out to your parents - but Kyou wasn't one of them. However, when his father found out somehow, Yuki disapproved of Kamui's few vanishing acts, especially when the teenager made the most ridiculous excuses ...
// flashback
"I'm sorry."
"You're only sorry because you got caught."
"This is true, but I have an excuse!"
"Let's hear it."
"I was on my way to school and out of the blue a big dog came up and stole my backpack. So, naturally I had to chase after it because my bag had all my school utensils. You know I can't go to class without my books, teachers get mad about that. One time, I left my literature book at home and ..."
"Stay on subject, please."
"Er ... well, I was chasing the dog all around the city and ..."
"Why did the dog relinquish your bag when you were at Kyou's dojo?"
"Dogs like cats?"
"Kamui-kun ...."
"Hai?"
"You should stay in school for the sake of making up better excuses."
"Hai ..."
// end flashback
But he was sure Yuki wouldn't mind if he ditched on the last day ... especially since he wasn't planning on letting the older man find out. Making sure he wasn't seen, he hopped from roof top to roof top and found it to be easier to travel that way like he had in Tokyo. But he had to be extremely careful since there weren't a lot of tall buildings around. Getting caught ditching school was one thing, having people see you jumping from buildings in a single bounce was another.
When he arrived at the dojo, he silently made his way in through the back and found Kyou getting ready to eat lunch that Kagura had prepared. However, something was off and Kamui paused as he realized the redhead wasn't alone and swiftly ducked behind a tall stack of training mats. Something 'off' became something 'worse', when he saw Souma Yuki sitting across from the redhead for lunch. This was unusual since the business man usually spent his break with his coworkers or Haru and Momiji. What was more unusual, was the fact the former cat andmouse weren't fighting.
"So he's coming back?" said Kyou in a normal tone of voice.
"Hai," Yuki nodded. "Hatori said he made a miraculous recovery since the new year and will be returning to Kyoto at the end of the month."
"That's ridiculous," snorted Kyou. "The creep's been sick all his life and for someone who was on his death bed ... it's impossible to quickly make a full recovery like that!"
"I too believed he would be staying with his half-sister in Tokyo," Yuki's voice suddenly dropped down to it's subzero level. "And I had also hoped he would die there."
Kamui was shocked at those words. He had seen the few times his father angry in the months he knew him, but never thought he was angry enough to want someone dead. Who were they talking about?
"It's funny," Kyou said blandly. "I thought I was the cat in the family ... and it's *him* who lands on his feet."
"Well, even if he does return and tries to resume command, it doesn't mean I'll let him anywhere near my so..." Yuki paused and then the older man sighed. "Kamui-kun, you can come out now."
The teenager flinched as he was being addressed from his hiding place. Looking up, he saw a small mouse starring down at him with it's black beady little eyes. He frowned at it and muttered a curse under breath.
"Tattletale."
The mouse squeaked and ran off as Kamui stood up. Looking rather sheepishly at the two annoyed men, he made his way to the table where they were having lunch and sat down. Whatever foul mood Kyou was in, quickly vanished as he grinned at the young just like a Cheshire cat.
"Mouse steal your pencil this time?" Kyou teased.
Yuki took a sip of his tea, "Ditched school again?"
Kamui sweat dropped, "Well, I guess it would be pretty dumb to say 'no' now ..."
The violet eyed man narrowed his eyes at his offspring and Kamui hastily added, "Just on a lunch break, I'll go back when my next class starts."
"No, it's okay," Yuki sighed and continued to eat and gestured for the boy to join them. "I don't mind since it is the last day."
The teenager gave a sigh of relief and helped himself to Kagura's rice balls. Delicious, he wondered if she got the recipe from his mother. "So," he began, glad to be off the hook. "Who were you talking about?"
Kyou flinched as he placed his chopsticks down and looked almost nervously at his cousin. But Yuki remained calm and merely shook his head, "Nothing for you to worry about, Kamui-kun. Finish eating so we can go buy a nice gift for Yuzuriha-san when she arrives tonight."
With that said, the teenager knew the topic was closed and decided not to press further. Besides, the day was getting good. He ditched school completely, Yuki hadn't scolded him for ditching, and Yuki hadn't asked about a certain something...
"Kamui-kun?"
"Hai?"
"Report card, please."
"... Hai ..."
Oh well ... two out of three wasn't bad.
[A X / Fruit Basket Crossover ]
By: Teno Hikari
email: tenohikari@cs.com
Summary: Sequel to 'Family Reunion' - reunited with his family, Kamui's peaceful life with his father, Souma Yuki, comes to a shattering halt when history repeats itself.
Warning: Dark themes with some slashy hints but I'm sure you're use to them if you've see X ... (and there's a little of it in Fruit Basket) ... you have been warned.
--------------------------
Chapter One
Shirou Kamui was an ordinary high school student who lived with his father and two of his relatives. Okay, 'ordinary' would be a lie since not many sixteen (going on seventeen) year old boys had saved mankind from total annihilation. But he doesn't like to talk about it much ... more like, at all.
As birds chirped outside his window, he slowly awoke from a dream he couldn't quite remember and slowly sat up in bed. The alarm clock beeped it's final beep as it exploded into little bits onto the floor. The former Dragon of Heaven still had problems dealing with his telekinetic abilities when he was cranky in the mornings. Slowly, he got up from bed to stretch, stepped over the scattered alarm clock remains and went to go wash his face. Upon returning, he changed into his school uniform, grabbed his book bag and headed downstairs and out the door ... well, almost out the door.
A strong hand grabbed him by the arm and sat the teen down at the table. Glancing up, he met his aunt's challenging stare and instantly backed down. Kagura, who lived with them on the weekends, smiled in triumph as she stalked back to the kitchen to finish breakfast. It was said that ever since his mother left, Kagura took it upon herself to make sure her relatives (especially her darling Kyou-kun) ate a healthy breakfast. As for lunch, dinner, the other stuff like cleaning and laundry, the men of the house were on their own.
The house and acres of land it was on is all owned by his relative, Souma Shigurei, a novelist who stayed home most of the day and went out at night. Souma Kyou, was the first relative Kamui met upon arriving in Kyoto. The redhead who had been an outcast of the family, since he had once been possessed by the spirit of the cat, was a dojo instructor who continued to study from his master: Souma Shishou (whom Kamui had never met). The soul reason why Kamui went to Kyoto was to find the father he never knew nor heard of until after the Promise Day, Souma Yuki, an entrepreneur who owned his own company.
Ever since they were teenagers, Kyou and Yuki, had lived in Shigurei's house and didn't feel like moving to different locations despite their many quarrels. The truth was, they enjoyed each other's company but would never admit it. What had tied them closer together had been HondaTorhu, and even though she was gone, they would not forget her and start hating each other all over again.
Despite how odd it looked, they made a very close family. When special days came along, their family unit expanded into an army, like it would the next few days. School would be out for the summer starting tomorrow and their cousin, Souma Ritsu, had invited everyone over to his home over the weekend. Kamui thought about passing it up since Ritsu and his family at the hot spring resort made him nervous to do anything ....
// flashback
Kamui pulled the steaming hot cup of tea from his lips and made a grab for the glass of ice cold water. From his side, Yisou-san, Ritsu's mother, was starring at him with wide and worried eyes. Swallowing hard he smiled to reassure her.
"I just burned my tongue a little," he placed the glass down and was about to resume drinking his tea.
The woman shrieked in horror, grabbed the tea cup and flung it's contents down the drain. She was then instantly back at his side, clutching and nearly shaking him to death. "Are you all right?!" she cried out. "I'm so sorry, Kamui-san! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!"
"It's all right!" he squeaked. "I should have cooled it down first, I should have -"
"NO!" she roared. "It is never a guest's fault! I'm so sorry! How could I do this? How on Earth could I do this to Yuki-san's only son! I'm so sorry, Kamui-san! I'm so sorry!"
"Okay, I forgive you!" he cried out and began to feel nauseated from being shaken. "Please stop!"
"Oh, no! You look ill and it's my fault! I'm so sorry, Kamui-san!" she wailed and began to shake harder.
"Guuh...," he groaned. "I don't feel so well ... please stop ..."
"I'M SO SORRY!"
"Urk!"
"Oh my! I'M SO VERY SORRY!"
// end flashback
Kamui shuddered at the unpleasant memory and tried to get out of going but his father was really looking forward to the trip. He even asked if his friend Yuzuriha would like to come join them. His former Seal, and close friend who lived in Tokyo, was excited and would be arriving in Kyoto tonight. So the trip was looking up to have her there with him even if met endless teasing by his Uncle Ayame and Momiji-san.
"Ittadakimasu."
As he began eating his breakfast, Yuki finally came awake with a second cup of coffee and smiled at him. "Last day of the semester, Kamui-kun, feel relieved?"
"Very," he answered, as Kagura handed him a second helping of rice. "No more teachers ... no more homework ... no more fan club ..."
Kyou laughed, "Like father like son, I suppose. Does yours make cute little gadgets with your face on them?"
Yuki flushed, "They didn't have my face on them!"
"Yes, they did!" Kyou continued to snicker, pointing a chopstick at his embarrassed cousin. "One of those 'princesses' even had a toothbrush with your face on it! And there was also a rumor going around about a dild-"
Kagura clobbered her fiancee to the ground to silence him. "Kyou darling," she glared. "Don't say such inappropriate things in front of Kami-chans!"
The teenager sulked, "I'm not a little kid you know ..."
The day should have passed by pretty quickly since it was the last day of the semester. No homework but the teachers piled down plenty of it over summer break and Kamui knew his history paper was going to be done at the very last minute. Maybe not, since Yuki made sure he had his homework done before the older man came home from work to go over. It had taken a lot of time and energy to get caught up in his studies, but with his father's help he was able to and Kamui was happy about that. However, the last day did not pass by quickly enough and the teen could swear the minute hand on his watch was moving backwards.
'I'll go insane if I don't get out of here!'
Around his third class that started before lunch, Kamui decided he needed a brief respite from the drudgery of the last day of school and headed over to Kyou's dojo. Normally, any ditching student wouldn't go places that had people who would rat you out to your parents - but Kyou wasn't one of them. However, when his father found out somehow, Yuki disapproved of Kamui's few vanishing acts, especially when the teenager made the most ridiculous excuses ...
// flashback
"I'm sorry."
"You're only sorry because you got caught."
"This is true, but I have an excuse!"
"Let's hear it."
"I was on my way to school and out of the blue a big dog came up and stole my backpack. So, naturally I had to chase after it because my bag had all my school utensils. You know I can't go to class without my books, teachers get mad about that. One time, I left my literature book at home and ..."
"Stay on subject, please."
"Er ... well, I was chasing the dog all around the city and ..."
"Why did the dog relinquish your bag when you were at Kyou's dojo?"
"Dogs like cats?"
"Kamui-kun ...."
"Hai?"
"You should stay in school for the sake of making up better excuses."
"Hai ..."
// end flashback
But he was sure Yuki wouldn't mind if he ditched on the last day ... especially since he wasn't planning on letting the older man find out. Making sure he wasn't seen, he hopped from roof top to roof top and found it to be easier to travel that way like he had in Tokyo. But he had to be extremely careful since there weren't a lot of tall buildings around. Getting caught ditching school was one thing, having people see you jumping from buildings in a single bounce was another.
When he arrived at the dojo, he silently made his way in through the back and found Kyou getting ready to eat lunch that Kagura had prepared. However, something was off and Kamui paused as he realized the redhead wasn't alone and swiftly ducked behind a tall stack of training mats. Something 'off' became something 'worse', when he saw Souma Yuki sitting across from the redhead for lunch. This was unusual since the business man usually spent his break with his coworkers or Haru and Momiji. What was more unusual, was the fact the former cat andmouse weren't fighting.
"So he's coming back?" said Kyou in a normal tone of voice.
"Hai," Yuki nodded. "Hatori said he made a miraculous recovery since the new year and will be returning to Kyoto at the end of the month."
"That's ridiculous," snorted Kyou. "The creep's been sick all his life and for someone who was on his death bed ... it's impossible to quickly make a full recovery like that!"
"I too believed he would be staying with his half-sister in Tokyo," Yuki's voice suddenly dropped down to it's subzero level. "And I had also hoped he would die there."
Kamui was shocked at those words. He had seen the few times his father angry in the months he knew him, but never thought he was angry enough to want someone dead. Who were they talking about?
"It's funny," Kyou said blandly. "I thought I was the cat in the family ... and it's *him* who lands on his feet."
"Well, even if he does return and tries to resume command, it doesn't mean I'll let him anywhere near my so..." Yuki paused and then the older man sighed. "Kamui-kun, you can come out now."
The teenager flinched as he was being addressed from his hiding place. Looking up, he saw a small mouse starring down at him with it's black beady little eyes. He frowned at it and muttered a curse under breath.
"Tattletale."
The mouse squeaked and ran off as Kamui stood up. Looking rather sheepishly at the two annoyed men, he made his way to the table where they were having lunch and sat down. Whatever foul mood Kyou was in, quickly vanished as he grinned at the young just like a Cheshire cat.
"Mouse steal your pencil this time?" Kyou teased.
Yuki took a sip of his tea, "Ditched school again?"
Kamui sweat dropped, "Well, I guess it would be pretty dumb to say 'no' now ..."
The violet eyed man narrowed his eyes at his offspring and Kamui hastily added, "Just on a lunch break, I'll go back when my next class starts."
"No, it's okay," Yuki sighed and continued to eat and gestured for the boy to join them. "I don't mind since it is the last day."
The teenager gave a sigh of relief and helped himself to Kagura's rice balls. Delicious, he wondered if she got the recipe from his mother. "So," he began, glad to be off the hook. "Who were you talking about?"
Kyou flinched as he placed his chopsticks down and looked almost nervously at his cousin. But Yuki remained calm and merely shook his head, "Nothing for you to worry about, Kamui-kun. Finish eating so we can go buy a nice gift for Yuzuriha-san when she arrives tonight."
With that said, the teenager knew the topic was closed and decided not to press further. Besides, the day was getting good. He ditched school completely, Yuki hadn't scolded him for ditching, and Yuki hadn't asked about a certain something...
"Kamui-kun?"
"Hai?"
"Report card, please."
"... Hai ..."
Oh well ... two out of three wasn't bad.