hypersarcasticinternetaddict: OMG she delivered her baby on her OWN? Is that even possible? Either way, it's really good and TOTALLY unexpected. Update soon!

Shiemi: Yes. Giving birth on your own is very possible and more common than what many people think. Especially if the baby is small. If the baby is small the contractions after 10 cm dilation can actually push it out even if a woman doesn't push much, but actually when you are 10 cm dilated the urge to push comes naturally and you cannot hold it. My friend Miyuki actually got to the hospital with half her baby's body hanging between her legs scaring the nurses. And some women have given birth in the bathroom when the thought they needed to use the loo. Of course the possibilities are small. Most women will have their baby in the hospital. Word from the mother of a one year old.

*Fruits Basket belongs Takaya Natsuki.

On with the chapter!

6. Chaos in the compound

"She's beautiful isn't her? She has her ratty daddy's eyes." Tohru shivered at the sarcastic voice beside her. Hatori had just left her locked in the clinic with non other than Akito himself! He must have been hiding there the whole time! Tohru was trying to relax. If she didn't relax Aimi wasn't going to be able to suckle well, but her heart was beating too fast and as if perceiving her mother's nervousness Aimi's eyes opened. Her little eyes had been closed after latching into Tohru's breast as if asleep. "A-Akito-san! How!? You... here?" Tohru's voice was broken and she hated it. Akito smiled non-genuinely and sat beside her staring at the breastfeeding baby. "You certainly didn't think I wasn't going to see what's mine, Sohma Tohru-san." He then noticed restlessness in the small creature. "Relax or she won't be able to feed well. I've been studying you know. I know that you have no milk yet, but colostrum is very important." Tohru suddenly turned red. Not only was Akito there with knowledge about babies and breastfeeding, but also looking at her exposed chest.

Yuki was desperate. Haru had phoned him to tell him that Tohru had given birth prematurely. He had to get into the Main House. Somehow he had to and he knew a way, but it was risky. There had been a way before, but Akito had ordered repairs when he had discovered that Momo, Momiji's sister, entered their grounds to see Momiji from time to time. Without that one as a possible way Yuki had only one other way. To enter as a rat. That meant he needed a female to hug him. He couldn't transform at will and there was only one woman he could count on. Uotani Arisa. It meant revealing his secret to someone else, but if it had to be revealed, who better than Tohru's friend? Yuki saw Arisa working on some papers and he cleared his throat catching her attention. "Uotani-san, Tohru gave birth today." "WHAT!? She was nine months pregnant!!! (eight months in western culture)" "Exactly. It was a premature birth. It was too quick to be stopped. Apparently Tohru is one of those lucky women that do not feel the contractions as strong and painful. She didn't notice that she was in labour until too late, but the baby is fine." Arisa was registering the information Yuki was giving her and she bit her lower lip a little nervous. "Will you try to see her boss?" "Yes I will try, but I need your help." Arisa grinned. "How can I help?"

Saki and Megumi had been in their room for the last two months not doing anything. Neither of them liked to run so escape had been out of the question. In fact they wanted to see Akito again. That day they had heard Tohru's screams. "It's happening. She is in labour", Saki had stated. Both her and Megumi had walked to the door and easily got out of the room. They watched everything. People running like mad and many gathered in front of the room where Tohru was. No one had even noticed the two black haired siblings. After Tohru had been taken out in a wheelchair they had followed unnoticed and had waited for Hatori to leave. After a while Saki entered the 'hospital'. "Hello Tohru. Akito-san" "Hana-chan!? Hana-chan! How did you...? Did they let you go?" Tohru was quite surprised, but then calmed because she didn't want to wake little Aimi who seemed to be sleeping while being breastfed. "No one said if we could get out or not. We got out because I knew you had gone into labour. Now is the time when you need me the most Tohru-chan. He will try to take the baby from you, but I won't let him." Tohru knew very well of what 'him' Saki was talking about. Akito. Saki smiled eerily and Akito looked angered. "HOW DID YOU GET OUT!? HOW!? WITCH! YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PROTECT ANYTHING!" Saki didn't looked scared one bit. Megumi's face could be seen looking inside, but he had noticed Tohru breastfeeding and so he closed the door staying outside.

Yuki and Arisa were already in front of the Main House. Yuki was still debating on how to tell Arisa his secret. Not knowing what to do he suddenly hugged her. Arisa was pretty shocked: "What the hell are you doing boss?" Nothing had happened. Now Yuki was the one with a shocked expression: "Nothing... happened!?" "Of course nothing happened!! What the hell is wrong with you? Are you sick or something???" "I was supposed to transform! Something must be wrong with the curse!" "Now what the heck are you talking about Yuki Sohma!?" "I have to try again." Yuki hugged Arisa again and this time: POOF! After the smoke dissipated Arisa looked at the rat standing on Yuki's clothes on the floor. "Huh!? What happened to you? You look like a rodent." "I am a rodent Uotani-san! I'm cursed and in this form I can now enter the Sohma compound." Arisa chuckled. "I can make it easy for you by throwing you over the wall." "That is an excellent idea Uotani-san!" Arisa was now in disbelief. She had been kidding about throwing Yuki the rat over the wall. "Hurry Arisa-san! I could transform back any minute!" Arisa obeyed and threw Yuki. He easily landed on the wall and scurried down to the other side. Arisa was smiling. "Now I know what Saki felt from these Sohmas. So that is their secret? They turn into rats?"

Yuki knew exactly where to find Tohru. She just had to be in Hatori's clinic. He felt even better when he saw someone standing as if waiting. With a closer look at the person he saw it was Megumi Hanajima. 'How is he walking free?', Yuki thought. Yuki got in front of the clinic's door and Megumi stared at him and greeted him: "Hi boss. Sorry about the long absence. I think I will also have to reapply for college or justify my absence. Mother must have been crying." Yuki's hairs crisped and he stared at Megumi from his floor level. "We'll talk about it later Megumi-san." Megumi then opened the door for the rodent to enter the room. There was Tohru with Saki and... Akito? Saki smiled to herself: "Tohru, your husband is here." Tohru started to look everywhere. "Where? Where?" Then she felt little paws on her feet and looked down. "Yuki? Why are you in that form? Hana-chan is here! And, and..." "ME!? HOW DID YOU ENTER? I HAD INSTRUCTIONS! KURENO WILL PAY FOR THIS!" Akito was standing up and it hit them (Tohru and Akito). Hana-chan had just said that Yuki was there. 'She knew!' Tohru looked at Saki in disbelief. Saki put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "It's okay Tohru-chan. Oh my! Megumi also knows Tohru." "EH!? How... How come?" A little voice spoke from below: "Uotani-san also knows Tohru." Tohru's head was now spinning and Saki held her. At that moment Yuki transformed and rapidly grabbed a sheet to cover himself more from Akito than from Saki. He didn't have to cover himself from his wife.

Arisa was resolved in getting in too. She wasn't going to stay outside waiting like an idiot and this time Kureno was not going to interfere. She loved spending time with him, but she had to get to her friends. Arisa climbed a tree that was in front of the wall where she had thrown Yuki. She couldn't believe Yuki hadn't tried this other way, but then she noticed why. The wall was a little far. She could see it in front of her, but it was a nasty jump, difficult, but not impossible. The worst thing that could happen was breaking some bones in the process. She concentrated hard on the wall and jumped with all her might. Her hands were able to grab the corner, but her body slammed hard against the concrete. 'It could have been worse', she thought grinning to herself. With all of her strength she pushed herself up. It was a long way down, but Yuki had used his paws to climb down. She hanged herself from her hands again, this time on the other side and let herself go. Falling on her back wasn't too painful. She thought it would have been actually more painful if she had fallen on her feet. She would have probably broken her ankles. At least the floor had been earth and not concrete. Noticing that someone could easily see her Arisa ran to some bushes, but then decided that hiding wasn't going to lead her far. She came out grinning. She was going to have some fun turning Sohmas into rats or so she thought.

Akito's screams came from inside the clinic alarming everyone in the compound. 'How did he get in there?', thought Hatori running towards the clinic. He was also hearing... Yuki's voice? Hatori saw the Hanajima boy in front of the 'hospital' and ignoring him he opened the door. The scene in front of him was strange. Yuki was wrapped in one of the clinic's white sheets looking like a ridiculous Greek character, Akito was on the opposite side of the room pointing at Yuki, while the black haired girl was beside Tohru seemingly protecting the woman and her child. "YOU WON'T TOUCH MY CHILD! I'LL KILL YOU! I AM NOT KIDDING! I WILL KILL YOU! I AM NOT YOUR PUPPET ANYMORE!" "SHUT UP! SHUT THE F*CK UP! THAT IS NO WAY OF TALKING TO ME YOU WORTHLESS RAT!" Hatori wondered why they were quarrelling and Akito wouldn't get near Yuki. Was Akito afraid of Yuki for once? But then Hatori had his answer. Akito was not afraid of the dark gray haired young man at all. He was afraid of the woman in black that served as a division line between them.

The crowd had moved closer to the 'hospital'. Everyone wanted to see the baby, but they were all afraid of what was going inside. The last thing they had seen was Hatori running towards the clinic. Then there was also that strange guard at the door who looked as if he didn't care about anything in the world. Megumi, seeing the crowd in front of him felt a little bit uncomfortable so he decided to get inside the 'hospital' closing the door behind him. Tohru had already put a sleeping Aimi into the hospital crib. Outside, everyone seemed to be waiting for the door to open. Hatori had told them that Tohru was breastfeeding and so they didn't want to interrupt although the doctor, Akito, and now the 'guard' were inside and they were all males!

Hatori decided to do something. "Yuki put on some clothes. There's a closet in my office." "I WON'T LEAVE TOHRU AND MY DAUGHTER ALONE WITH THAT PSYCHO!" "Yuki, he won't harm them. Just put on some clothes." Akito smirked. "What makes say what I will or will not do Hatori?" "Will you harm them Akito?", asked the doctor in an expressionless tone. Akito looked confused. "Actually, no." "You heard him Yuki, now go." Yuki opened the door that connected the clinic to the doctor's office not taking his angry sight off of the 'Master'. Tohru was standing to one side of the crib and Saki was standing at the other. Megumi was looking curiously at Akito making the Clan Leader notice. "What are you looking at you piece of crap?" Megumi kept staring at him as if studying him. Hatori then left the clinic. He expected everyone to be worried and waiting for him to come out.

Arisa was getting closer to the crowd when a hand grabbed her by the shoulder. "What are you doing here? How did you get in here?", Kureno asked noticing her dirty clothes and her scratches. Her long skirt was even torn, but it didn't show much of her legs. Arisa wasn't going to let him escort her outside so she hugged him surprising him. *POOF!* A chicken like bird was in front of her standing on its clothes. "Huh? I thought you guys turned into rats!" Kureno ran away embarrassed. 'Just like a chicken', Arisa thought. She then saw the other Sohmas: Haru, Momiji, Orange top, the perverted writer, the doctor coming out of some room... She ran first towards Kyou. "Hey Orange Top! What do you turn into?" Everyone looked at her shocked because of her question and they all noticed the bird/Kureno running like crazy moving his wings. Without warning she hugged Kyou and *POOF!* an orange cat over a pile of Kyou's clothes. Arisa then hugged Momiji who actually opened his arms for her, Haru, Shigure who had tried to escape from the scary ex-Yankee, and then Hatori who didn't even try rejecting her and had a cold expression on his face. 'Poofs' sounded around them. Ayame had arrived at that time from his shop to see Tohru and he saw all of the animals. "What's wrong with everyone?" Then Arisa hugged him from behind. Ritsu had a frightened face when Arisa got to him and he screamed like a woman before the *POOF*. The blonde woman was enjoying herself and heading now for Hiro who had a blank expression and was holding Kisa's hand.

Inside the 'hospital' Saki had started saying every animal name whenever there was a transformation: "The bird. The cat. The rabbit. The ox. The dog. A seahorse? Curious. Oh my! Even a snake. Monkey. Sheep." Akito ran towards the door and opened it. The psychic couldn't be sensing animals just like that. He couldn't believe his eyes watching the animal chaos outside and his servants laughing nervously at the scene. Yuki was now dressed in Hatori's clothing that fitted his adult body nicely and he followed Akito outside after giving Saki a strange glance. It had been a life saver that Hatori had some clothes in his 'clinic'. Shigure was barking and Yuki lifted his hands to his face talking to himself: "What an idiot. He's not fooling anyone." Rin, Kagura, and Kisa were watching the male Jyuunishi making fools of themselves, but the most stupid was definitely Shigure, followed by Ritsu apologizing while heading for the nearest tree, followed by Kyou who was screaming insults at Arisa: "YOU YANKEE! YOU REALLY ARE A B*TCH YANKEE! WHY THE HECK DID THE RAT GIVE YOU A JOB ANYWAY!? AHO! I'M TALKING TO YOU!" Arisa was laughing her head off. She hadn't tried hugging anymore Sohmas because she tried hugging Kisa after she hugged Hiro and Kisa had told her with a sweet smile that it didn't work from female to female. Kagura then had added that Arisa had already done a good job in transforming the males that were actually cursed. Rin was dead serious with her arms crossed in front of her chest. The servants kept laughing at the ridiculous scene their masters were acting. Along with Shigure's barkings, the orange cat yells, and the crazy chicken; Momiji was bouncing happily, Haru was walking slowly towards the 'clinic' to be close to Yuki, Hatori seemed dead on the ground, Ayame was sliding in circles around seahorse Hatori, Hiro had ran away embarrassed to hide behind a bush, and Ritsu was apologizing upside down hanging from a tree branch. "GOMEN NASAI! GOMEN NASAI! THIS IS ALL MY FAULT! I DON'T EVEN DESERVE YOUR FORGIVENESS!"