AUTHOR'S NOTES (IMPORTANT)
Okay, this is when I'll violate some rules. I, at first, never own Fruits Basket and its characters. From this point I'll be using some characters in a way that their history will be against the original Fruits Basket information. Please bear with me ^_^.
This is just a trial. I promise that if all of this goes wrong, I have another ending in pending (Hey, that's rhyme). I accept flames, by the way, because flames are the reasons why I kept on writing my stories.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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Kyou sat up against the tree branch. His eyes were focused on the cerulean skies, but his mind was off to somewhere far, like Momiji's house, where Tohru lives.
After that ball, he had been thinking if he had feelings for Kagura. Or maybe, he just danced with her to ease the pain that he feels? What was it? Jealousy.
Yuki and Tohru dancing… and both of them went to the balcony. All of them were eager to see what will happen. AS for me, I left…
Am I really that jealous? Yuki, the successor of Sohma's treasure, the next head, the one who made successfully out of different schools, the one who had the fame and fortune…
The one who won Tohru's heart.
I've been jealous to him. Now, after she came… I felt so… different.
Maybe that's why I left…
"Were you waiting that long?"
Kyou looked down to the person looking up to him. Seeing whom the person is, Kyou jumped down and grinned at him. "Not that long."
"Did you run away again?" the man asked him. He looked a bit older with a cloak around him.
"Not really. I just need some time---"
"Like what Yuki said when he ran away." The man grinned. "You're just imitating what he said."
"As well as what you said." Kyou grinned. "You also ran away, didn't you, sensei?"
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Kagura glanced at Hatori, who was fixing some papers. "How's Yuki?" he asked.
"Not good. He's been locking himself up all day in his room… well, actually it's Momiji's room and Momiji never liked that." Kagura wondered. "Were you like this when Akito told you?"
"…yeah," Hatori nodded. "Leave him inside. He needs some time to think."
"But---"
"He's a civilized person. He never wanted Tohru to be like this. Perhaps now, he's planning something for this problem…"
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"What am I going to do?" Yuki asked himself. He had tucked himself at the corner of the room. "What should I do…"
Right now, Akito is making the wedding arrangements and for sure, he'll marry her in a week.
If I choose to ignore the order, he would use Tohru greedily and she might even get hurt.
But if I choose Tohru, I would lose thousands of lives…
And I wouldn't want that… because I was back then against the order… I shouldn't do it…
But what about Tohru…
"Oe!" somebody shouted outside.
Yuki felt his mind stop for a moment. God, don't tell me it's him.
"KUSO NEZUMI!!!" Kyou shouted again.
Please not now… anybody but him… Yuki thought over and over again.
Then there was minute silence. Yuki wondered why then he saw a hand grasping the side of his window. Kyou then jumped inside and grinned at his cousin. "It has been a long time, right?"
"I don't need you now. Leave me alone…" Yuki grumbled.
"Actually, I heard what happened and… I decided to help." The neko replied.
"Wow, nice thing to do for a change." Yuki grinned. "DO it for somebody else, like Kagura or Hatori."
"Hey, I went back all the way here just to help you! And now, you're rejecting it!" he shouted. "Geez, what's wrong with you?!"
"I worried for Tohru! That's what's wrong!." The nezumi yelled and soon calmed down as Kyou nodded.
"You're not the only one."
"I know that everybody is but… I was the first one to blame in the first place."
"So do you want help or not?" Kyou asked.
Yuki didn't answer. He just walked towards the bed and sat on it. Kyou followed him and sat beside him. "I found sensei."
Yuki's spirits rose. "Really?! Where?!"
"You have to come with me first." He grumbled. "Nobody should know."
"Where are we going?"
"To the village…"
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Tohru sadly stared at the aquarium in her room. Small fishes of different colors swam in it and one of her favorite was the grayish one ^_^
"Yuki-kun…" she whispered softly.
At that very second when the line went dead, she felt her heart stop beating. She felt that she lost everything at that moment. She felt that she won't meet him again.
She lost all her hope.
Okaa-san, I'll be marrying the ruthless leader that you told me. I was against this will… but I don't want to be a burden at this point. I got involved in this… but I shouldn't involve anyone else like Uo-san and Hana-san.
I'm all alone now. Okaa-san, guide me. Give me a sign of hope.
The door of her room opened slowly. A man in a dark green kimono came in. He had his grayish hair tied back and he was carrying a small tray with 2 teacups. "Good Afternoon, Honda-san."
Tohru stared at him again and then she smiled. "I know you! You passed by Uo-san's house!"
"I didn't." he replied. "I slept there… and I also met your other friend… Hana, was it?"
"Hai." Her spirits rose again and her sadness slightly faded away. "But I didn't get you name."
"Oh, yes. I'm Kazuma." He bowed lowly. "May I fix you some tea?"
"That would be nice, thank you." She smiled.
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"Where are we going, baka?" Yuki grumbled as he followed Kyou deep inside the forest.
"Hey, I'm just asked to do this." The neko replied.
After a few minutes of silence and walking, they reached into a mountain ridge where a person in a black coat was waiting for him.
"Ok…" Yuki stopped. "Who's he?"
"Beats me. I haven't met him." Kyou replied.
The person turned around and grinned at him. "Ohayo, Yuki-san. I'm a close friend of Hatori. Don't worry, I won't hurt you."
"SO you know sensei?" Kyou asked.
"Yes, Kazuma had been very helpful. With him, we discovered a few things about your father---"
"Akito." Yuki reminded. "He's not my father."
"Very well, let me continue." The man spoke. "We inspected a few things about the death of Kana Sohma. They said it was murder. But it wasn't."
"What is it?" Yuki asked.
"Suicide."
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"Suicide?!" Kagura almost yelled at the top of her voice. Hatori snatched the letter from the stranger's hands and stared at it.
"You went all the way here just to tell us some dumb police report?!" Shigure yelled. "I demand an explanation!!!"
"But sirs, ma'am, this is based from the best
investigators in the country. I'm only a messenger." The man in black cloak assured.
"Hatori, do you believe this stuff?" Kagura asked
Hatori gripped the paper tightly in his hands. "I… I don't know…"
"Then why did she commit suicide?!" Shigure asked.
"Maybe she didn't want to marry Akito at all." The man wondered. "She committed suicide after you said that you won't implement the order, right?"
"Yes…" Hatori replied calmly. "Thank you for the information."
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"Why are you telling this to me?" Yuki asked angrily. "Are you theorizing that Tohru would do the same?! Have you even met her?!"
"No sir, we're just trying to tell you that the one who is affected most at this time is Honda Tohru herself. If you won't do something other that disagreeing the order, I believe she would do something that is disagreed by all." The man explained.
"What are you trying to say, messenger?"
"We're running out of time…and ideas, sir. " the man said. "The police would suggest to implement the order soon----"
"Are you crazy?!" Kyou yelled. "This place is overrun by peasants! Cleansing this place would be like killing the whole colony of ants!"
"But if we would start now, we would be finished soon…"
"Yuki, don't do this." Kyou suggested. "Trust me, Tohru wouldn't want----"
"To live her life with Akito." Yuki finished his cousin's sentence. "I had to do this…but not now." He stared at the cloaked messenger. "Tell the police to stay on hold. I'm not yet implementing anything yet. I need confirmation from my fellow relatives."
"Well start from me." Kyou demanded. "I'm against this order."
"Kyou, you have to put yourself in my shoes." The nezumi eyed him angrily. "Don't you even care about Tohru's life for once?!"
"Well that sounds like you're the only one who understands her!" Kyou answered him angrily. "YOU should put yourself in her shoes! How would you feel if you live in a state of wealth and happiness while your friends are being torched to death?! Of course, Tohru would choose to sacrifice herself for her people!"
"How am I suppose to save her?!"
"Wait for the right time! Don't you remember?! Kazuma was there!" Kyou yelled.
Yuki stopped for a moment. "Did you say… sensei was there… when Kana committed suicide?"
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"Thank you for your time, Tohru-san." Kazuma bowed once again.
"Hai, I had a great time." She replied.
"Me too." He nodded. "No wonder Yuki likes you."
Tohru stared at him and sadly replied, "I miss him."
Kazuma held her hand. "Maybe this would cheer you up a bit." He placed small wood-carved figurines of a cat and a mouse on her palm. She smiled a bit and a small tear fell on her eye.
"Kyou would be very happy if you would keep these figurines apart." Kazuma added. With that, Tohru giggled.
"Cat and mouse never gets along with anything…" she whispered.
"That's true…" Especially when they fight about you.
"Can you tell Yuki that…" Tohru asked, "…I missed him… and I'm doing fine and I'm---"
"I understand." He nodded.
"Thank you." She replied softly as she went towards a small table and placed the figurines.
A small frown was formed on Kazuma's face. You had her resemblance… and you also asked the same thing.
Both were loved, used and taken away.
God, please guide her always.
