Snow fall turns into spring

Disclaimer: I donot own Fruits Basket nor any of it's characters. Though I wish I owned Kyou!^_^

Hey guys! I've decided to start a story about Furuba. I haven't seen the anime nor the manga, but by looking at other people's websites I began to like it. Now I love Furuba! If you find something wrong with the story, just tell me.

(*)-character's thoughts

It has been a week since Tohru ran away from home. She loved her grandfather, but she couldn't live there anymore. Besides, no one would miss her. Tohru never felt like she belonged anywhere. Especially after her mother died. Tohru missed her mother so much. No matter how bad anyone treated her, she always had her mother. But now.............

Tears and rain drops traced down Tohru's cheeks. When her mother died, she had to go live with her cousins, unt and uncle, and grandfather. Her cousins were horrible and her aunt was terrible too. They would always berate her and act like she was dumb. Finally, she couldn't take it anymore. Why couldn't she find a place where she was wanted? It's been a week or two since she ran away. She was hungry, tired, sick, and dirty. She hadn't anything to eat in days. She felt so weak, she didn't think she could go on.

On she trudged through the mud and rain. "Aaahh!" she yelped as a sharp pain went through her shoeless feet. She fell down, and took her foot gingerly in her hands. She had stepped on some glass, and it was bleeding. Wincing again, she tore a piece of her dress and wrapped it about her foot for at least minimal protection. Then she stood again,and started limping along the grass to find some sort of shelter. Tohru then began to get dizzy, and she couldn't walk any longer. She fell down coughing. "Mother......," she murmered weakly. Then she fell unconscious.

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"Hurry up. I'm getting wet," Kyou said irritably. "I don't give a d*** about your stupid vegetable garden. Shigure will pay for this. He knows I hate the rain." He stared up into the sky, water running down his face.

"Be quiet. I would be done faster if you would help. So if you're not going to help, just wait till I'm done." Yuki Sohma continued to tend to his garden, feigning obliviousness to Kyou's growing anger. "That's it! Come on. Let's go, right now!" Yuki stood and smiled coldly at Kyou. They both got in a fighting stance. "Fine Kyou. But you know you're going to lose." Kyou didn't answer, but he rushed at Yuki with his fist extended. Yuki slapped Kyou's arm aside, and hit him with an open palm blow to his chest that sent him flying. Kyou made a loud sound as his body hit the ground.

Yuki just dusted his hands off, and went back to tending his vegetables. Kyou groaned as he rubbed his chest in pain. He sat up, eager to take another swing at Yuki. As he was making his way back, he tripped over something soft. He turned to see what it was, and his eyes widened in fear.

"Aiiiiieeee!!!!!" Yuki heard Kyou yell. He stood and ran to where Kyou lay on the ground. Kyou immediately clutched onto Yuki's leg and stammered in fear:"I-i-i-it's a d-d-dead body!" Yuki dragged Kyou over to the "corpse" and prodded it gingerly. "Get off me, idiot. It's not a dead body. This person is still alive."

"What?" Kyou let go of Yuki, and crawled over to get a closer look.

Yuki turned the body over, and saw it was a young woman. She was deathly pale, soaking wet, and dirty. Yuki felt her pulse. It was weak and her breathing was shallow. Then he felt her forehead, and it was burning up. He put his arm under her legs and lifted her in his arms. "What are you doing?" Kyou asked. Yuki handed him the umbrella and said: "Hold this over me and the girl. She's really sick and doesn't need to get any wetter."

"Hey, you don't tell me what to do......!" Kyou was cut off by Yuki roughly grabbing him by the collar. Kyou was surprised at how strong he was, even with a girl in his arm. "Just shut up and do what I tell you. Or me and you can have it out right now. And I won't be nice about it." Kyou glared at him for a minute, then took the umbrella and held it over Yuki. Then they both made their way to Shigure's house. Once inside, Yuki took her into Shigure's room and laid her gently on the bed. Kyou leaned against the door frame, watching Yuki.

"Don't just stand there, Kyou. Run her some hot bath water, and get her out of those wet clothes. I'm going downstairs to call Hatori, and to make some soup." Kyou's eyes widened, and his face reddened in embarrassment. "What!? I'm not undressing her. Why can't you do it?" But by the time he said this, Yuki was already gone. He looked at the girl uneasily. *Maybe if I do it really fast, I won't see anyhting.* He walked over to the bed and pulled off her sweater. Then he took off her shoes and socks, then with much apprehension started to remove her dress

His face was as red as his hair by the time he was done. He put a towel over her, lifted her up, then laid her gently in the tub. Then he washed the dirt and mud off of her, lifted her out of the tub, dried her off and dressed her in one of Shigure's kimonos. Kyou laid her back on the bed, and stared at her face. It was pale and her cheeks were flaming. Her long brown hair lay in knotted tangles about her face. She was beautiful. Kyou reached out his hand to brush the hair away from her face, but pulled it away when he heard someone coming.

"Here she is Hatori. We found her dirty and lying in the rain unconscious." Hatori leaned over the girl, examining her. He frowned briefly, his black hair falling over his face. "It doesn't look good. She's malnourished and she has pnuemonia. She might not make it through the night." Kyou and Yuki looked sad. "I can give her something for the fever, and I'll stay here tonight to watch over her." When Hatori and Kyou went outside to get somethings, Yuki went to the girl. He took her pale, cold hand in his and gripped it tightly.

He sat there, silently willing her to live............

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