A/N: I love the song "We Didn't Start the Fire"! My friends did a dance to
this song and I can't stop listening to it! That's why it's the chapter's
name. I don't own it. Hehehe. Oh, I wrote this chapter listening to the
"Harlem" CD by Sarah Brightman. It is really soothing to listen to while
studying or writing or drawing. Err, if you're a DBZ fan, I just started
posting "The Story of Tige, the Last True Sayajin", so I would love it if
you wandered over there and checked it out! Enough delay, here's the next
chapter! Enjoy! And thanks for the reviews!
Disclaimer: Alas, Fruits Basket is still owned by another soul.
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~~We Didn't Start the Fire~~
And Kyou just sat there, for hours. He watched Mari breathe and on the occasion seem to mumble something. He focused on her, not knowing how much time had passed or if people walked in and out of the room. Then, when Shigure finally woke up, Kyou jumped to feel his hand on his shoulder.
"Kyou-kun. I think you'd better head home."
Kyou looked up to see that it was 9:30. He hadn't even touched any of the homework that he had gotten that day. Kyou looked over again at Mari and stroked the hair away from her face. He knew that it would be pointless to try to argue against Shigure.
"Fine. I'll leave now. But I'll be back tomorrow."
"I would be surprised if you didn't." There was a smile in Shigure's voice, something that no one had heard for days. "Bring Yuki and Tohru if you could. Mari would love to see them too."
Kyou smiled. "Sure." Just as Kyou was about to head towards the door, a doctor came through the door.
"Sohma-san?" she asked.
"Yes?" It had seemed that Hatori had awaken as well, so the three answered. The doctor seemed so confused.
"You're all Sohma's? But could I speak to the father?"
"Oh. Of course. Sorry about that." Shigure got up and stepped out to talk to the doctor. Kyou and Hatori waited to see what was going on. Actually, Hatori got up and put on his jacket and cleaned up the space he was sitting in.
"You're going back to Shigure's right?" Hatori asked Kyou.
"Hai. Why?"
"It's closer to the hospital than the main house. I was going to go there for the night to just clean up before coming back in the morning."
"Oh. I see."
Shigure came back into the room, frowning. "That stupid doctor. Expecting me to leave at a time like this. 'It's for your health' my ass." Shigure looked up to see Kyou and Hatori staring at him confused. "That doctor thought that she could make me leave. Like she really thought I would leave now." Shigure sat down stubbornly and crossed his arms.
"Shigure. You know that the doctor is right. I'm going home for the night." Hatori tried to convince his friend as well to go home for the night. "You need the rest. It'll make you feel better."
"No."
"But Shig-"
"No."
"It would help a whol-"
"No."
"Fine. I give up. Stay here. I'll be back in the morning. But on one condition."
"What?"
"Tomorrow afternoon you have to go out. Eat some real food, breathe fresh air."
"Fine. I'll do that."
"Very well than. Come on Kyou. It's getting late." Hatori nodded at Shigure and turned around and left with Kyou.
When the room was silent, Shigure turned back at his little girl. "I know they're trying to help," he started to say. "But I just can't leave for that long. It would hurt me more than staying here and watching you waste away." Mari just kept on breathing, softly, barely. "How I wish I could hear your sweet little voice again Mari. Promise me that you'll get better. That you'll run around everywhere." Shigure put his head down on Mari's bed and started to cry, once again.
~~Next Day~~
Kyou walked past the front desk again, and sure enough, the same lady, Yoko Ohki was sitting there. "Don't you have anything else to do beside sit here all day?"
Yoko shrugged. "These are my hours. You got a problem with it kid?" She smiled at Kyou.
"Nah. You're fine."
"More friends with ya today?'
"Yep." He pointed towards Tohru and Yuki who waved back at Yoko.
"I think it's great you connect so well with that girl. Go on. Tell the sweetie that I said hi."
"Okay. Arigato!" Kyou nodded to Yoko who gave a half wave, you know, the ones that kinda look like you're slicing the air, before smiling.
While the three were walking down the hall, Tohru asked Kyou, "Do you know Ohki-san from before?"
"She's been at the desk everyday since we brought Mari in."
"She's so nice." Tohru looked at some patients who were lying on hospital bed nearby and shuddered at bit. Kyou put his arms around her shoulders and walked at bit faster, knowing that hospitals make Tohru uncomfortable.
When the three finally entered Mari's room, Hatori was already trying to get Shigure to stand up and head towards the door.
"Shigure. Get up!"
"NO!!!!! Ha-chan!!!!" Shigure was holding on to the edge of the table in the room. Kyou sighed and walked over to help Hatori pry Shigure's hand off the table. Then, somehow, Hatori was pulling Shigure out of the door.
"We'll be back in a few hours."
"A few hours? I thought you said only an hour! Ha-chan! You're so cruel!" Then the two were off.
"What was that about?" Yuki asked Kyou as Tohru went to sit by Mari's bedside.
"Hatori decided that Shigure needed some fresh air since he's been inside all the time. Shigure isn't very happy about it." Kyou sat on the couch and looked on at Mari. Yuki stood by other side of her bed.
"Mari-chan. How are you doing?" Tohru tenderly touched Mari's face. "The house has been way to quiet without. I miss you helping me with meals. Oh, that's so selfish of me. All I want you to do is get better. Really. That's all I want." She started to cry. "You've always been stronger than Tohru-kun. You're so brave for being so very small. Just get better Mari- chan. Kyou-kun, Shigure-kun, Sohma-sama, and Tohru-kun all just want to see you well." She took the small girl's hand and kissed it.
Yuki just looked on the girl, as if he was afraid of saying anything to her. He just looked at the girl, with thoughts running through his head. Then he began to speak, almost in a whisper.
"Mari. We all want you to come back. To come up with your crazy ideas. To make Shigure-kun laugh again. To give Kyou his second chance. You brought us all back together. You made us whole again, whether you knew it or not." Yuki felt a tear escape from his eye. He didn't even bother trying to brush it away. "I know I didn't spend enough time with you as I should have. When you're better, I'll make up for it. I promise." He lightly brushed a piece of stray hair away from Mari's cheek before quickly retracting his hand.
"Why are you so afraid of her Yuki?" Kyou questioned Yuki, after noticing how quickly he had pulled his hand away.
"I don't know how to act around her. When I think of having a relationship with someone so young, all I can base it on is my relationship with Ayame." Yuki looked at Mari before closing his eyes. "He wasn't there for me. He says he realized his mistake now and wants to make up for it, but I don't know if I could believe him now. I don't want to let her down. What if I hurt her?"
"But you promised to make it up to her, didn't you?"
"Hai. But it will very hard for me to keep. I can't understand her the way that you do and that scares me."
"She adores you, you know that. She just is worried about be rejected as well. She's told me-" Kyou paused for a moment before going on, as if he was deciding whether or to say what he was going to say. "She's told me that she thinks that the family really doesn't like her. That they feel sorry for her because her mother's dead and Shigure is always in a better mood when he's with her. She thinks you're all faking."
"But we're not! You know that! We don't look down at her just because she happened to be born that cat!" Yuki was now standing right in front of Kyou, who was crossing his arms in front of himself.
"I know that. But she doesn't understand that yet."
"I just hope it's got nothing to do with me." Yuki sat down beside Kyou on the couch. "Or the next rat. I don't want to punish her that way that, that. "
"You're punishing me." Kyou finished.
Yuki looked over at Kyou, with his eyes glossing. He placed his head in his hands before he started crying.
Tohru, still watching from her spot, looked over at Kyou, as if to say 'do something to help him. You know I can't'. Kyou just watched Yuki cry; his whole body shaking, his hands trembling.
Kyou bit his lip, knowing that what Yuki had just realized hit him hard. Yuki had known this all along, but never really realized it. Kyou slowly put his arm around his cousin before allowing him to cry on his shoulder.
It was a sight like no other; one that had never been seen before in the Sohma family. A cat, the outsider, embracing the rat, the main tormentor, in a time of need.
And so they stayed like that. Kyou holding close Yuki, who was still crying. Soon, Kyou himself began to cry and their tears mixed, giving birth to a new time when the two would understand each other, support the other, and become one.
As she sat watching, smiling a sad smile, Tohru whispered to Mari, "Look. It's all because of you. You're helping heal this broken family filled with rules and traditions that no one likes. You, so small, so brave, so honest, are changing everyone."
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A/N: I know. So short! But I wanted to update and I really liked how this chapter ended with Yuki and Kyou understanding each other, so I just let it end here. Well, school is coming up soon and I haven't finished my summer homework and I'm searching for a new dance studio to join and I'm trying to enjoy that last days of summer, but I will keep on trying to update! I promise you that! Keep on reading. I really don't know what's going to happen in this story-this is the one story I'm really working on and have nothing planned out for-so if you want to see something, feel free to leave it in your review! Well, I gotta go finish reading my "How to Draw Manga" book (volume 8-Super Basics), so until later! Hey, don't laugh!!! It's really helping me! WAAA!!! Until I write more! D-Yai!
Disclaimer: Alas, Fruits Basket is still owned by another soul.
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~~We Didn't Start the Fire~~
And Kyou just sat there, for hours. He watched Mari breathe and on the occasion seem to mumble something. He focused on her, not knowing how much time had passed or if people walked in and out of the room. Then, when Shigure finally woke up, Kyou jumped to feel his hand on his shoulder.
"Kyou-kun. I think you'd better head home."
Kyou looked up to see that it was 9:30. He hadn't even touched any of the homework that he had gotten that day. Kyou looked over again at Mari and stroked the hair away from her face. He knew that it would be pointless to try to argue against Shigure.
"Fine. I'll leave now. But I'll be back tomorrow."
"I would be surprised if you didn't." There was a smile in Shigure's voice, something that no one had heard for days. "Bring Yuki and Tohru if you could. Mari would love to see them too."
Kyou smiled. "Sure." Just as Kyou was about to head towards the door, a doctor came through the door.
"Sohma-san?" she asked.
"Yes?" It had seemed that Hatori had awaken as well, so the three answered. The doctor seemed so confused.
"You're all Sohma's? But could I speak to the father?"
"Oh. Of course. Sorry about that." Shigure got up and stepped out to talk to the doctor. Kyou and Hatori waited to see what was going on. Actually, Hatori got up and put on his jacket and cleaned up the space he was sitting in.
"You're going back to Shigure's right?" Hatori asked Kyou.
"Hai. Why?"
"It's closer to the hospital than the main house. I was going to go there for the night to just clean up before coming back in the morning."
"Oh. I see."
Shigure came back into the room, frowning. "That stupid doctor. Expecting me to leave at a time like this. 'It's for your health' my ass." Shigure looked up to see Kyou and Hatori staring at him confused. "That doctor thought that she could make me leave. Like she really thought I would leave now." Shigure sat down stubbornly and crossed his arms.
"Shigure. You know that the doctor is right. I'm going home for the night." Hatori tried to convince his friend as well to go home for the night. "You need the rest. It'll make you feel better."
"No."
"But Shig-"
"No."
"It would help a whol-"
"No."
"Fine. I give up. Stay here. I'll be back in the morning. But on one condition."
"What?"
"Tomorrow afternoon you have to go out. Eat some real food, breathe fresh air."
"Fine. I'll do that."
"Very well than. Come on Kyou. It's getting late." Hatori nodded at Shigure and turned around and left with Kyou.
When the room was silent, Shigure turned back at his little girl. "I know they're trying to help," he started to say. "But I just can't leave for that long. It would hurt me more than staying here and watching you waste away." Mari just kept on breathing, softly, barely. "How I wish I could hear your sweet little voice again Mari. Promise me that you'll get better. That you'll run around everywhere." Shigure put his head down on Mari's bed and started to cry, once again.
~~Next Day~~
Kyou walked past the front desk again, and sure enough, the same lady, Yoko Ohki was sitting there. "Don't you have anything else to do beside sit here all day?"
Yoko shrugged. "These are my hours. You got a problem with it kid?" She smiled at Kyou.
"Nah. You're fine."
"More friends with ya today?'
"Yep." He pointed towards Tohru and Yuki who waved back at Yoko.
"I think it's great you connect so well with that girl. Go on. Tell the sweetie that I said hi."
"Okay. Arigato!" Kyou nodded to Yoko who gave a half wave, you know, the ones that kinda look like you're slicing the air, before smiling.
While the three were walking down the hall, Tohru asked Kyou, "Do you know Ohki-san from before?"
"She's been at the desk everyday since we brought Mari in."
"She's so nice." Tohru looked at some patients who were lying on hospital bed nearby and shuddered at bit. Kyou put his arms around her shoulders and walked at bit faster, knowing that hospitals make Tohru uncomfortable.
When the three finally entered Mari's room, Hatori was already trying to get Shigure to stand up and head towards the door.
"Shigure. Get up!"
"NO!!!!! Ha-chan!!!!" Shigure was holding on to the edge of the table in the room. Kyou sighed and walked over to help Hatori pry Shigure's hand off the table. Then, somehow, Hatori was pulling Shigure out of the door.
"We'll be back in a few hours."
"A few hours? I thought you said only an hour! Ha-chan! You're so cruel!" Then the two were off.
"What was that about?" Yuki asked Kyou as Tohru went to sit by Mari's bedside.
"Hatori decided that Shigure needed some fresh air since he's been inside all the time. Shigure isn't very happy about it." Kyou sat on the couch and looked on at Mari. Yuki stood by other side of her bed.
"Mari-chan. How are you doing?" Tohru tenderly touched Mari's face. "The house has been way to quiet without. I miss you helping me with meals. Oh, that's so selfish of me. All I want you to do is get better. Really. That's all I want." She started to cry. "You've always been stronger than Tohru-kun. You're so brave for being so very small. Just get better Mari- chan. Kyou-kun, Shigure-kun, Sohma-sama, and Tohru-kun all just want to see you well." She took the small girl's hand and kissed it.
Yuki just looked on the girl, as if he was afraid of saying anything to her. He just looked at the girl, with thoughts running through his head. Then he began to speak, almost in a whisper.
"Mari. We all want you to come back. To come up with your crazy ideas. To make Shigure-kun laugh again. To give Kyou his second chance. You brought us all back together. You made us whole again, whether you knew it or not." Yuki felt a tear escape from his eye. He didn't even bother trying to brush it away. "I know I didn't spend enough time with you as I should have. When you're better, I'll make up for it. I promise." He lightly brushed a piece of stray hair away from Mari's cheek before quickly retracting his hand.
"Why are you so afraid of her Yuki?" Kyou questioned Yuki, after noticing how quickly he had pulled his hand away.
"I don't know how to act around her. When I think of having a relationship with someone so young, all I can base it on is my relationship with Ayame." Yuki looked at Mari before closing his eyes. "He wasn't there for me. He says he realized his mistake now and wants to make up for it, but I don't know if I could believe him now. I don't want to let her down. What if I hurt her?"
"But you promised to make it up to her, didn't you?"
"Hai. But it will very hard for me to keep. I can't understand her the way that you do and that scares me."
"She adores you, you know that. She just is worried about be rejected as well. She's told me-" Kyou paused for a moment before going on, as if he was deciding whether or to say what he was going to say. "She's told me that she thinks that the family really doesn't like her. That they feel sorry for her because her mother's dead and Shigure is always in a better mood when he's with her. She thinks you're all faking."
"But we're not! You know that! We don't look down at her just because she happened to be born that cat!" Yuki was now standing right in front of Kyou, who was crossing his arms in front of himself.
"I know that. But she doesn't understand that yet."
"I just hope it's got nothing to do with me." Yuki sat down beside Kyou on the couch. "Or the next rat. I don't want to punish her that way that, that. "
"You're punishing me." Kyou finished.
Yuki looked over at Kyou, with his eyes glossing. He placed his head in his hands before he started crying.
Tohru, still watching from her spot, looked over at Kyou, as if to say 'do something to help him. You know I can't'. Kyou just watched Yuki cry; his whole body shaking, his hands trembling.
Kyou bit his lip, knowing that what Yuki had just realized hit him hard. Yuki had known this all along, but never really realized it. Kyou slowly put his arm around his cousin before allowing him to cry on his shoulder.
It was a sight like no other; one that had never been seen before in the Sohma family. A cat, the outsider, embracing the rat, the main tormentor, in a time of need.
And so they stayed like that. Kyou holding close Yuki, who was still crying. Soon, Kyou himself began to cry and their tears mixed, giving birth to a new time when the two would understand each other, support the other, and become one.
As she sat watching, smiling a sad smile, Tohru whispered to Mari, "Look. It's all because of you. You're helping heal this broken family filled with rules and traditions that no one likes. You, so small, so brave, so honest, are changing everyone."
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A/N: I know. So short! But I wanted to update and I really liked how this chapter ended with Yuki and Kyou understanding each other, so I just let it end here. Well, school is coming up soon and I haven't finished my summer homework and I'm searching for a new dance studio to join and I'm trying to enjoy that last days of summer, but I will keep on trying to update! I promise you that! Keep on reading. I really don't know what's going to happen in this story-this is the one story I'm really working on and have nothing planned out for-so if you want to see something, feel free to leave it in your review! Well, I gotta go finish reading my "How to Draw Manga" book (volume 8-Super Basics), so until later! Hey, don't laugh!!! It's really helping me! WAAA!!! Until I write more! D-Yai!