Nekura: I'm BAAAAAAAAAAACK! Hehehe. . . alright, I got my 5 reviews, so as promised; here is the next chappy! And I blame ff.net for this taking so long…it wouldn't let me log in! –pouts-

Disclaimer: there once was a man from Peru. He dreamed he was eating a shoe. Later that night, he arose with a fright to find that his dream had come true. I don't own this man, his shoe, or Fruits Basket…

After The Storm Passes

By: Nekura

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Her eyes suddenly opened wide and she clasped a hand over her mouth to stifle her gasp. "Oh no! I almost forgot. . . "

The people in the room turned to look at her in surprise. Yuki and Kyo looked at her anxiously and waited for her to continue.

"SCHOOL!" she shouted leaping from the bed forgetting the state she was in.  Her feet met the floor and the rest of her followed soon after. Yuki, who was on the side of her bed she had crumbled off of, caught her before her head could make contact. His eyes held concern as he gently lifted her off the floor and back onto the bed. Her eyes fluttered open and a weak smile made its way onto her face. "I guess I should move a little slower. . . " She said and attempted to sit up again only to be pushed back on the bed by Kyo and Yuki.  Kyo made a face and looked down at her.

"You've got to be crazy! You're not going anywhere. You're gonna stay here until I say its ok to get up." Yuki looked at her kindly.

"The stupid cat is right, Miss Tohru; you need you're sleep if you are to be feeling well enough to be going back to school." Kyo's hand left Tohru's shoulder and grabbed Yuki's collar.

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!" Yuki brushed his hand off his collar and turned his attention to the rest of the room.

"I think we should all let Miss Tohru get her sleep now. We can all see that she will recover, so there is no need to worry." He glared at Kyo who was gritting his teeth in anger, "we'll continue this downstairs" he whispered so only Kyo could hear and walked out of the room.

"Damn rat. . . thinks he knows everything. . ." Kyo said to himself slowly walking out of the room. He was stopped by a small giggle and he turned to look at its owner.

"Kyo. . . I'm so glad that everything's still normal. . .i mean. . ." she let her eyelids droop shut and smiled happily. "I'm so glad that I have you guys still. . ."

Kyo gazed at her in awe. She was such a magnificent creature, the way she cared about everyone else before even thinking about taking care of herself. 'She's so amazing. . . she never ceases to amaze me…' he took one last glance before turning out of the room.

"HEY RAT BOY! YOU BETTER WATCH OUT, TODAYS THE DAY! I CAN FEEL IT!" Tohru heard outside of her room and she giggled to herself. Everything was going to be okay.

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Yuki and Kyo returned to find Tohru in the kitchen attempting to cook and hold herself up at the same time. They stared at her shocked for about two minutes before she noticed them.

"Oh, hi Yuki, hi Kyo. I was just cooking something. I. . ." Yuki and Kyo had already stomped off to Shigure's room with fists clenched and teeth gritted. Tohru made her way over to the door and pressed her ear against it.

". . .honestly didn't realize she was even awake!" came Shigure's voice from the other side of the door. Yuki mumbled something and Kyo shouted some obscenities. Following were a few "oofs" and desperate apologies. Finally, the door slid open and Tohru stood up quickly and pretended to be examining something. Yuki and Kyo stepped out trailed by a bruised Shigure.

"I'm sorry Tohru, for not noticing you were awake and stopping you." He mumbled before turning his attention to the calm boys behind him. "Can I please have my magazines back now?" he whispered cautiously glancing back at a somewhat confused Tohru. Kyo grumbled and handed him a stack of magazines. Shigure leapt with joy and ran back into his room.

"Miss Tohru, you have to go back to your room now. You are still not well." Yuki said as he and Kyo started to push her back up the stairs.

"I thought I told you to stay there until I said you could come down. I DON'T remember saying you could come down!" Tohru looked at the two boys and bowed her head guiltily.

"I'm sorry. . .I didn't mean to upset you, it's just, I felt bad for making you all worry, so I decided it would be nice if I cooked. . .OH NO! I LEFT THE STOVE ON!" Tohru exclaimed and ran past the two shocked boys.

"Maybe, maybe she IS feeling better. . ." Yuki said still staring at the doorway where Tohru had rushed through. Kyo simply nodded in agreement.

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a/n: ok ok, I know its REALLY short, but I'm not exactly inspired right now…it may be a lil while before I write again, but I will continue! Eventually! Lol…ty to everyone who reviewed tho…

animelvr4evr: here it is! And yeah, I wish they would too…

Lillie Frost: thank you SOOO much! I was really confused at first, then I went back and watched it again and I saw the real last episode and was very happy…I'm not usually this stupid…^^;

The-Great-Monk-Grl: thank you! And here you are!

Silent Bob 546: o.O eeeya! Another Ritsu! One is enough I think…but thank you very much ^^; I'll get writing again soon…hopefully…^^

Grace7: well, whaddya think? Heh…thanks for reviewing anyways, though..

All right! That's it for now, I'm gonna ask for another 5 if ya want another chappie, although I can't promise on it coming really fast…

-Nekura