Disclaimer: I own nothing I tell you! Nothing!!! Fruits Basket belongs to
Takaya Natsuki. *sad sigh* (I forgot to mention it in the first chappie!
Oops! ^_^ )
A/N: This chapter should explain the title. Katsuka's a bit freaky in my opinion! You'll see what I mean.
Chapter 2
Shigure sat down at his desk in front of his computer, signalling for Tohru to sit down beside him. As she sat she recalled the fear that played on everyone's face and wondered what Katsuka did to create such a fear.
"The story begins when the curse was first placed on our family," Shigure told the tale with remorse, " It was decided by those who created the curse that our family be given a shred of hope. So, they created a curse, which runs parallel with our own, related yet different. Two families were chosen. In one family, one child in each generation was given the power, that if they were to hug any of us, whether it be male of female, the curse would be lifted. Although, this seemed too much in our favour, so once again they chose another family, a second family, where one child of each generation was given the power, that if they were to hug us like the other, the curse on that Jyuunishi would be permanent and would spend the rest of their days as that animal. But this still gave us a 50% chance of lifting the curse and such a high percentage was despised by those people. So another decision was made. It was that our hope be place somewhere in the world and that our destruction be place somewhere in Japan. No one was given the location of each other than what I've just told you but both children were not given any notification of the curse which they carried."
"Oh! So that's it. Katsuka must be the destruction you're talking about," Tohru interrupted accidentally.
"Hai, demo please don't interrupt," he told her softly, "I should finish this story as soon as possible just in case she over hears. Okay?"
"Hai, gomenesai."
"Anyway," Shigure continued, "For some strange reason Katsuka discovered her ability, she was only about 9 or something at the time. No one knows how, she just did. One day she just strode into our house roughly 10 years back and told us who she was and that if we didn't do what she said she would hug us. No body believed her of course, so she stepped forward and grabbed Kenichi, who was the tiger at the time, and hugged him. Still no one believed her because it was natural for him to transform after being hugged by a female. But the hours passed and he still hadn't transformed back. After that we didn't go against any word spoken by her. Kenichi died three months after from grief and despair. Then of course Kisa was born but back to the story. This lasted for just over two years, she loved this power. It was almost the third year and everyone was fed up. Akito kept having tantrums, no body could properly attend school or work and the more she got the more she craved." He paused to catch his breath. He could hear the clink of a teacup being placed on the table. It would still be safe to continue. "So one night, after a month of planning, Hatori, Ayame and myself crept into her bedroom. We were careful not to let her too close to us as we placed a straight jacket on her and carried her out to the car. We ended up having to gag her she was screaming so loud. So many people stared at us as we dragged her through the airport but we found one of the security guards there who was kind enough to help. We told him that she we found her and that she was just an insane little girl who was to be directly transported to a mental institute in America. The guard understood and offered to escort her to her destination, which we were thankful for. As they left she spat out her gag and began screaming at us 'I will return and I promise you this! I will permanently turn you into the worthless animals you are! I swear I will take my revenge! You just wait, you'll see. I'll turn you into those shit little animals forever!' She kick and screamed and fought as we watched her being taken away. There was no doubt that that guard believed us, especially after hearing that." He laughed nervously at the end of his story. "And I have a feeling she hasn't forgotten that promise," his voice was solemn, almost a whisper.
"Shigure-san, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to." Tohru told him with damp eyes.
"Daijyoubu desu, you didn't know."
"Is there anything I can do? Anything at all?"
Shigure shook his head slowly, "No, at least not at the moment. I should probably tell everyone at the main house and warn them." He made to get up but sat down again as soon as the door slid open revealing the 'destruction' of the Souma family.
"You weren't thinking of leaving so soon Gure-san?" she asked almost playfully.
"N..not at all."
"Good, I was hoping to catch up since I've been gone such a long time," she grinned mischievously, " You must show me around your house, it's quite interesting." With that he got up and gestured her to follow, an obviously struggled smile across his face as they left the room.
"Honda-san, daijyoubu desuka?" Yuki asked with concern as he entered the room.
"Hai, daijyoubu," she answered with smile, though maybe not as happy as her usual smile.
"I hope she doesn't try anything sneaky," said Kyou, arms folded and leaning against the wall. "We should stay on our best behaviour and do all that she says, even if she is a frickin' bitch," he added.
"Hmm, I agree, we should call a truce for now, don't you think?" Yuki asked.
"Yeh, whatever," Kyou unhappily agreed but the thought at being changed permanently into a cat did not agree with him as he shook Yuki's hand in his own.
"Sumimasen Yuki-kun, ima nanji desuka?" Tohru asked.
"It's about 3:45," he answered.
"Ahh, I better get started cooking. I don't want to disappoint Katsuka! I should make something special, and with an extra person, it would take longer," with that she rushed out of the room and into the kitchen.
* * *
Kyou found Katsuka inspecting his room and Shigure standing off in the corner. She had a disgusted look about her face, her nose scrunched up from the stench. There were dirty clothes scattered over the floor forgotten to be cleaned by Katsuka's sudden arrival, his report papers spread out untidily over his desk from when he had been viewing them, the bed sheets weren't made but thrown across the foot of the bed and the room itself smelled of sweat and dirt. She turned to leave but instead met Kyou's surprised gaze.
"You disgusting little boy," she told him with a sneer as she pushed her way past, Shigure trailing behind like a good little dog.
Kyou stood frozen for a second longer. Just a little further to the right and she would have hit him in the chest causing him to change...permanently. He snapped back to reality and began cleaning his room, muttering to himself.
"Little bitch," he whispered softly to himself, " Damn slut."
Once he was done he lay down on his bed and watched the ceiling.
"I have to control my temper," he told himself softly, "I can't get her angry." He closed his eyes...
~:~
"YOU STUPID LITTLE BOY! HET BACK HERE THIS INSTANT!"
Kyou ran without looking back, his heart racing a mad beat against his chest. He was scared... scared of the evil woman... the evil girl. What had he done that was so bad? He didn't even know what he did that was so wrong as he climbed the old tree and escaped over the high fence, frightened tears streaming down his face. "I didn't do anything," he whispered as he ran, "I didn't do anything." Images flashed across his mind. Kagura... Katsuka...a stick... yelling...anger. Kagura had done something to get 'her' upset, something he didn't know. She was crying and the evil girl was yelling. The evil girl held a stick, like a broom handle, and was about to lash out with it. Kyou had come into the room and, seeing what was happening, pushed her over using a chair. He would have grabbed her but remembered Hatori's warning not to touch this girl. He saved Kagura, that wasn't wrong, she was wrong for almost hitting her. He had almost reached Kazuma's house, 'Shishou'. He didn't care for her stupid orders, he wasn't going back...
~:~
"Oi! Kyou! Dinner's ready," Yuki called from the door.
"Huh?" Kyou stirred, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"I said dinner is ready."
"Whatever," Kyou replied fully awake. 'That dream... that memory...I hope she doesn't remember,' he thought desperately to himself.
* * *
"Huh?" Shigure walked downstairs the next morning to find everyone missing. "Where is everyone?"
"Ah! My precious little puppy," Katsuka greeted with an evil glint in her eye.
"Umm, w...where is ev...everyone?" he asked nervously.
"Well, the cat and the mouse had a slight disagreement this morning and Kyou ran off somewhere. Then that girl, Tohru right? She had to go shopping and Yuki offered to help her," she finished with an exasperated tone.
'This is not good,' Shigure thought to himself.
"What's the matter Gure-san?" her smile widened, "You seem tense. Why don't I comfort you with hmm... let me see... let's say, a hug?"
He backed away against the wall but with nowhere to go.
"That really is...isn't necessary," he insisted, his voice broke in fear.
"Did you really think I would forget my promise? Promises mean a lot to me Gure-san and I never mean to break them, any of them." She advanced on him, arms spread ready to embrace him, to keep the promise she made so long ago.
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Please review. If I don't get more than zero I won't continue. Just kidding! ^_^ Remember it's my first fic so please be gentle!
P.S. Katsuka has a real problem, don't you think? I mean, come on, this promise thing. Sheesh! Then again, if she didn't have this problem I wouldn't have a story : p
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A/N: This chapter should explain the title. Katsuka's a bit freaky in my opinion! You'll see what I mean.
Chapter 2
Shigure sat down at his desk in front of his computer, signalling for Tohru to sit down beside him. As she sat she recalled the fear that played on everyone's face and wondered what Katsuka did to create such a fear.
"The story begins when the curse was first placed on our family," Shigure told the tale with remorse, " It was decided by those who created the curse that our family be given a shred of hope. So, they created a curse, which runs parallel with our own, related yet different. Two families were chosen. In one family, one child in each generation was given the power, that if they were to hug any of us, whether it be male of female, the curse would be lifted. Although, this seemed too much in our favour, so once again they chose another family, a second family, where one child of each generation was given the power, that if they were to hug us like the other, the curse on that Jyuunishi would be permanent and would spend the rest of their days as that animal. But this still gave us a 50% chance of lifting the curse and such a high percentage was despised by those people. So another decision was made. It was that our hope be place somewhere in the world and that our destruction be place somewhere in Japan. No one was given the location of each other than what I've just told you but both children were not given any notification of the curse which they carried."
"Oh! So that's it. Katsuka must be the destruction you're talking about," Tohru interrupted accidentally.
"Hai, demo please don't interrupt," he told her softly, "I should finish this story as soon as possible just in case she over hears. Okay?"
"Hai, gomenesai."
"Anyway," Shigure continued, "For some strange reason Katsuka discovered her ability, she was only about 9 or something at the time. No one knows how, she just did. One day she just strode into our house roughly 10 years back and told us who she was and that if we didn't do what she said she would hug us. No body believed her of course, so she stepped forward and grabbed Kenichi, who was the tiger at the time, and hugged him. Still no one believed her because it was natural for him to transform after being hugged by a female. But the hours passed and he still hadn't transformed back. After that we didn't go against any word spoken by her. Kenichi died three months after from grief and despair. Then of course Kisa was born but back to the story. This lasted for just over two years, she loved this power. It was almost the third year and everyone was fed up. Akito kept having tantrums, no body could properly attend school or work and the more she got the more she craved." He paused to catch his breath. He could hear the clink of a teacup being placed on the table. It would still be safe to continue. "So one night, after a month of planning, Hatori, Ayame and myself crept into her bedroom. We were careful not to let her too close to us as we placed a straight jacket on her and carried her out to the car. We ended up having to gag her she was screaming so loud. So many people stared at us as we dragged her through the airport but we found one of the security guards there who was kind enough to help. We told him that she we found her and that she was just an insane little girl who was to be directly transported to a mental institute in America. The guard understood and offered to escort her to her destination, which we were thankful for. As they left she spat out her gag and began screaming at us 'I will return and I promise you this! I will permanently turn you into the worthless animals you are! I swear I will take my revenge! You just wait, you'll see. I'll turn you into those shit little animals forever!' She kick and screamed and fought as we watched her being taken away. There was no doubt that that guard believed us, especially after hearing that." He laughed nervously at the end of his story. "And I have a feeling she hasn't forgotten that promise," his voice was solemn, almost a whisper.
"Shigure-san, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to." Tohru told him with damp eyes.
"Daijyoubu desu, you didn't know."
"Is there anything I can do? Anything at all?"
Shigure shook his head slowly, "No, at least not at the moment. I should probably tell everyone at the main house and warn them." He made to get up but sat down again as soon as the door slid open revealing the 'destruction' of the Souma family.
"You weren't thinking of leaving so soon Gure-san?" she asked almost playfully.
"N..not at all."
"Good, I was hoping to catch up since I've been gone such a long time," she grinned mischievously, " You must show me around your house, it's quite interesting." With that he got up and gestured her to follow, an obviously struggled smile across his face as they left the room.
"Honda-san, daijyoubu desuka?" Yuki asked with concern as he entered the room.
"Hai, daijyoubu," she answered with smile, though maybe not as happy as her usual smile.
"I hope she doesn't try anything sneaky," said Kyou, arms folded and leaning against the wall. "We should stay on our best behaviour and do all that she says, even if she is a frickin' bitch," he added.
"Hmm, I agree, we should call a truce for now, don't you think?" Yuki asked.
"Yeh, whatever," Kyou unhappily agreed but the thought at being changed permanently into a cat did not agree with him as he shook Yuki's hand in his own.
"Sumimasen Yuki-kun, ima nanji desuka?" Tohru asked.
"It's about 3:45," he answered.
"Ahh, I better get started cooking. I don't want to disappoint Katsuka! I should make something special, and with an extra person, it would take longer," with that she rushed out of the room and into the kitchen.
* * *
Kyou found Katsuka inspecting his room and Shigure standing off in the corner. She had a disgusted look about her face, her nose scrunched up from the stench. There were dirty clothes scattered over the floor forgotten to be cleaned by Katsuka's sudden arrival, his report papers spread out untidily over his desk from when he had been viewing them, the bed sheets weren't made but thrown across the foot of the bed and the room itself smelled of sweat and dirt. She turned to leave but instead met Kyou's surprised gaze.
"You disgusting little boy," she told him with a sneer as she pushed her way past, Shigure trailing behind like a good little dog.
Kyou stood frozen for a second longer. Just a little further to the right and she would have hit him in the chest causing him to change...permanently. He snapped back to reality and began cleaning his room, muttering to himself.
"Little bitch," he whispered softly to himself, " Damn slut."
Once he was done he lay down on his bed and watched the ceiling.
"I have to control my temper," he told himself softly, "I can't get her angry." He closed his eyes...
~:~
"YOU STUPID LITTLE BOY! HET BACK HERE THIS INSTANT!"
Kyou ran without looking back, his heart racing a mad beat against his chest. He was scared... scared of the evil woman... the evil girl. What had he done that was so bad? He didn't even know what he did that was so wrong as he climbed the old tree and escaped over the high fence, frightened tears streaming down his face. "I didn't do anything," he whispered as he ran, "I didn't do anything." Images flashed across his mind. Kagura... Katsuka...a stick... yelling...anger. Kagura had done something to get 'her' upset, something he didn't know. She was crying and the evil girl was yelling. The evil girl held a stick, like a broom handle, and was about to lash out with it. Kyou had come into the room and, seeing what was happening, pushed her over using a chair. He would have grabbed her but remembered Hatori's warning not to touch this girl. He saved Kagura, that wasn't wrong, she was wrong for almost hitting her. He had almost reached Kazuma's house, 'Shishou'. He didn't care for her stupid orders, he wasn't going back...
~:~
"Oi! Kyou! Dinner's ready," Yuki called from the door.
"Huh?" Kyou stirred, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"I said dinner is ready."
"Whatever," Kyou replied fully awake. 'That dream... that memory...I hope she doesn't remember,' he thought desperately to himself.
* * *
"Huh?" Shigure walked downstairs the next morning to find everyone missing. "Where is everyone?"
"Ah! My precious little puppy," Katsuka greeted with an evil glint in her eye.
"Umm, w...where is ev...everyone?" he asked nervously.
"Well, the cat and the mouse had a slight disagreement this morning and Kyou ran off somewhere. Then that girl, Tohru right? She had to go shopping and Yuki offered to help her," she finished with an exasperated tone.
'This is not good,' Shigure thought to himself.
"What's the matter Gure-san?" her smile widened, "You seem tense. Why don't I comfort you with hmm... let me see... let's say, a hug?"
He backed away against the wall but with nowhere to go.
"That really is...isn't necessary," he insisted, his voice broke in fear.
"Did you really think I would forget my promise? Promises mean a lot to me Gure-san and I never mean to break them, any of them." She advanced on him, arms spread ready to embrace him, to keep the promise she made so long ago.
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Please review. If I don't get more than zero I won't continue. Just kidding! ^_^ Remember it's my first fic so please be gentle!
P.S. Katsuka has a real problem, don't you think? I mean, come on, this promise thing. Sheesh! Then again, if she didn't have this problem I wouldn't have a story : p
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