Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Fruits Basket characters.
Note: The characters will get at least a little OOC through out this fic…please keep this in mind. Please don't complain too much about it or else I may just stop if I'm displeasing so many people. My tenses (past, present, etc.) do get mixed up now and then. This is one of my bad habits while writing. Forgive me if I do this and please tell me if it ever makes the story to confusing. Also, I did this chapter in a hurry. Please let me know if anything is seriously wrong and I will replace it as soon as I can.
Chapter 3: An Unexpected Guest
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Kyo stepped out of the theater and blinked several times. His eyes were getting more sensitive every time he ate. He was becoming more like the others…but he would never be exactly like them…
"Here," said Yuki as he offered Kyo a pair of sunglasses.
He just pushed past his hand and headed for the main house.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Kyo scowled at Yuki as he stepped in front of him, blocking his path.
"To the main house, where else!?"
Yuki was really starting to tick him off. He continued to glare at him as he replied,
"You're moving in, unfortunately, with Shigure and me."
"What!?"
Kyo stared at Yuki for a moment before resuming his glare and said,
"Well lead the way, we were done for the day anyway, weren't we?"
"For now, yes. We'll hunt down that girl tonight. You have to stop feeling sorry for your food before sundown."
He reluctantly stayed quiet and followed Yuki as he glared at his back,
'You'd feel sorry for them too if you only knew what it was like…'
"Tohru! Come on out!"
"No…I—"
"We'll stop making you try on these dresses as soon as you show us the one you've got on."
"Promise?"
"Yes, now just come out!"
Tohru reluctantly stepped out from behind the dressing room curtain, clothed in a black dress. This dress just didn't drag the ground, its long sleeves were a see-through black mesh, it had a high collar, and wasn't tight, but not loose either.
"I like that one."
"Then why don't you get it, Hana? Black's not really my color…"
"I think it'll look better on you…and besides, you're the one that could use a new dress."
"We'll look again tomorrow. We've all got weekend homework that needs to be done."
"Uo's right. You can sleep on what kind of dress you want and we'll meet up tomorrow after school."
"Thanks Uo…Hana, for helping me with this."
"No problem, see you tomorrow!"
"Bye Tohru."
"Bye!"
She smiled at them as she watched them walk off then got out of that dress. She headed straight for her part-time job. Today she had to work a longer shift to make up for someone who was out sick. For hours she worked as hard as she could and around midnight she was finally done. She dragged her feet as she walked to her little tent. Her head was hot and the world moved every now and then.
'I must be coming down with some sort of fever…'
She was so out of it that she didn't even notice that she was silently being followed. When she entered the woods the two figures that had been following her stopped and began to talk.
"What's wrong? Why are you stopping?"
"I just remembered that I was supposed to see Hatori before we left…I have to go back. You go on and finish her off. If you mess this up you will be punished, severely."
Kyo nodded as Yuki shimmered out of sight. He then went back to following the girl. He stopped to gawk at her living quarters when she entered a small yellow tent.
'Wait a minute…this is Sohma property…How long has she been living like that!? That's no way for a teen girl to live...'
He walked up to the tent and before he could finish looking around, the girl crawled out with a washrag in her hand.
Tohru jumped when she realized someone was standing in front of her tent and she tried to stand up to run, but failed as she passed out.
Kyo caught the girl out of what was left of his human compassion—that was a big mistake.
POOF!
An orange neko lay on top of the girl for a moment before squirming out from under his clothes.
'Great. What now, idiot? I can't let her see me like this and I can't bite someone who's sick…'
After much thought, he decided to take her to Shigure's house as soon as he changed back. It was the only thing he could think of that would get him in the least amount of trouble. So, after some time, his form went back to normal, he got dressed, and decided to teleport her to Shigure's home. It would be far too risky to try and carry her.
Shigure held the phone away from his ear as his editor started yelling and crying again.
"Now, now…stop worrying. I'll have it ready before the end of the week."
"SEN—"
He'd hung up the phone before she could nag him about it anymore. If it wouldn't cost him his job, he'd bite her to shut her up…but then again…it was fun to tease her so. He turned when he heard Kyo's voice cry out,
"Shigure!"
He sighed and walked into the living room. He stopped in mid step when he saw what the cat had dragged in, so to speak.
"Why did you bring a human here?"
"She's the one Yuki and I were to hunt. Yuki had to go see Hatori and I continued to follow her. She's been living in a tent not far from this house and she's got a high fever."
"I see. So you brought her here to get in the least amount of trouble and to help her to get better so you can bite her, correct?"
"…Yes."
"Great!"
"Huh?"
Kyo gawked at the, suddenly, doubly cheerful Shigure.
"I'll gladly take good care of her!"
Suddenly remembering Shigure's nature Kyo snapped,
"No, you damn pervert! I'll see that she's better and then I'll kill her. That's what everyone would want, right? That would prove that I shouldn't be treated quite so harshly, right?"
"Yes…but you're no fun, Kyo," he pouted as he turned to head upstairs.
Kyo sighed in aggravation as he turned to go get the medical supplies he would need to treat the girl.
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