Nekko-Chan: Hello everyone! Well, just telling you (so you won't be disappointed!) This chapter will be fairly short! ( I'm so sorry!!! But if you read the last chapter, you would've downloaded "Only Hope" by Mandy Moore. Remember, it will take dramatic effect on the story. But I'LL tell you WHEN to play it. If you think it's a stupid idea and do not care what so ever, then don't do it.
Again...Fruits Basket does not belong to me nor do any of the characters either.

Chapter 5 (Finale)

Tired, both Kyo and Tohru fell asleep in each other's arms, waiting for tomorrow to come. After four hours, Yuki came back and found the house quiet. "Hmm...everyone must be asleep. I'll just get to bed," Yuki told himself. So he did. The house was quiet and still, Shigure sitting outside and smoking a cigar, Kyo, Tohru and Yuki sleeping, and Hiro and Kisa still out on the balcony.
"Hiro...what do you think will become of Yuki, Kyo and Tohru?" Kisa questioned quietly, making sure not to wake anyone up. Kisa leaned her head against Hiro's shoulder, feeling definitely relaxed with a warm blanket around them, a candle lit and the quiet night to enjoy. "Well...what will happen will happen, Kisa. I don't know what's going to happen, but whatever it is, I know it's gonna be for the best," Hiro said, not a single doubt in this voice. 'I hope he's right...' Kisa thought in her mind. With that, Hiro and Kisa fell asleep side by side under the stars.

Morning...

"Oh my god!!! Help!!!" screamed Hiro. "Kyaaaa! Fire!!! Help!" Kisa also screamed. Right away with his keen senses, Kyo jumped out of bed (into his clothes, of course ) and right out to the balcony. "What the hell happened here?! Hiro, Kisa, get off of the damn balcony! Don't just stand there!!!" Kyo yelled. Yuki woke up from all of the commotion (obviously) and ran to where Yuki stood. "What the damn did you do here?! Setting our balcony on fire?! Akito is not going to like this..." Yuki placed his hand on his head.
"What about us?! We're the ones stuck in the fire!!!" Hiro screamed and hissed at Yuki. "Oh, that's right," Yuki said (He's still tired...). "Hiro, Kisa...why don't you just jump out?" Kyo said, realizing that only a small part of the balcony and their blanket was on fire (sweat drop). "Sigh and you bring me out here for nothing," Kyo shook his head in anger. "Fiiiiiiiire!!! Incoming!!!" Tohru yelled as she meant to throw a bucket of water on the fire, but tripped on her foot and dumped it on Kyo. Silence "..."
"Tohru! Why the hell did you do that?! You know I hate water!" Kyo yelled in her face. "Stupid cats. Water phobia is the worst of all the phobias one could have," Yuki shook his head in disappointment. "You shut it, rat!" Kyo hissed back. Then he turned his head slowly in Tohru's direction. He found her on her knees and bowing her head over and over saying, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm—," she said before her head was stopped from bowing by Kyo's hand. "Eh?" Tohru asked. "Just, stop it. Forget it. You did it on accident," Kyo sighed. "You know Hiro, if only you would've remembered to blow out that stupid candle!" Kisa told Hiro. "Oh yeah? Well I wouldn't have if I hadn't talked so much when you asked what was to become of Tohru, Yuki and Kyo!"
Silence "Eh, heh...see ya, guys!" Hiro and Kisa said as they comically jumped off of the balcony. Kyo went out on the balcony and raised his fist. "Rrrrr! I'll get you, Hiro! You damn son of a—." Kyo was cut off by the loud creaking of the balcony "Eh?" Kyo chirped. "Kyo-kun you're going to fall!" Tohru said as she ran out and hugged his body. "No, Tohru- kun! You're going to fall if you save that loser!" Yuki said as HE ran out as well to grab on to Tohru's body. Well, the balcony wasn't going to fall after all, if only Tohru and Yuki didn't get on.
"AHHHHHH!!!" The three of them screamed. They landed in the pool, along with the half burnt balcony. "It wasn't going to fall," Kyo said, a hint of edgy anger in his voice. "Well, I guess it's time for breakfast," Yuki told himself as he climbed out of the pool. Yuki put out his hand and said, "May I help you, Tohru-kun?" Tohru looked up to see a drenched-but- good-looking Yuki. As you know, the night before, Kyo and Tohru had an affair and the first thing she saw to put on was her summer dress. Little did she know it was see through when it was wet.
She blushed at Yuki's kind gesture and grabbed his hand. He saw that it was see-through and blushed as well and looked away. "Erm, Tohru-kun...y- your dress..." Yuki stuttered. Tohru looked at herself and gasped. "Oh no!" Tohru squealed. She put one arm over herself and that was basically it. Yuki pulled her out and flashed a towel on her right away. "Thank you, Yuki..." Tohru said. But then, a mind-disturbing thought entered her head. 'Wait...I hugged them, didn't I? Weren't they supposed to change into animals? What's going on?!' At this point Tohru was so confused, she was holding her head in her hands and shaking her head saying, "No, no...this isn't right!" Yuki noticed and said, "Is something not right?"
"Tohru, what are you talking about?" Kyo said, trying not to hiss as he got out of the pool. He started walking over to Tohru and Yuki when all of a sudden Tohru hugged Yuki, somewhat 'passionately'. 'No, this isn't right! What's going on?!' Tohru screamed in her head. "What the hell are you doing?" Kyo growled. Yuki became overly flustered at this time from the sudden action. "Um, Miss Honda-sama...?" Yuki questioned with a hint of nervousness in his voice. "Yuki...I'm going to kil—," that's all that Kyo could say before Tohru hugged him. "What the...?" Kyo said, almost to himself.
"Tohru-kun...would you mind telling us why you're doing this?" Yuki asked, trying not to sound disappointed. "Oh...it's just that, whenever I hug you guys, you don't change into animals..." Yuki and Kyo looked at each other, then themselves. "That's true..." Yuki said, puzzled. "And it happened last night, too..." Kyo said. "Last night?" Yuki said harshly.
"Eh heh...yeah, when I walked into Tohru's room and slipped," Kyo said, laughing nervously. 'That was close. Can't tell him I actually had sex with Tohru. God would he kill me then...' Kyo thought. "Oh, no! What's going on!!! This isn't supposed to happen! Was it something I did?! Oh no! It's all my fault," Tohru yelled and ran around. "Hmmm...we better go ask Shigure about this..." Yuki said. "Yeah, what's going on...?" Kyo said to himself.
"Shigure-kun!!!" Tohru screamed as she yelled and ran in his room, hugging him so fiercely she fell on top of him. "Oh, hello there. Tohru, would you mind keeping the hugging to a limit? Or is it just the fact that I'm so good-looking?" Shigure said, holding his chin. Yuki and Kyo started smashing their fists into their hands and giving Shigure a threatening and dark look. "Eh, heh...I'm just kidding!" Shigure laughed. "Oh, Shigure-sama! What's going on?!" Tohru yelled in his face.
"What the hell?!" Kyo yelled, touching his head, which now had cat ears on it. "Shigure, you better tell us what's going on!!!" Kyo yelled. "Ah!" Yuki seemed to have grown a tail..."Kyaaa! Shigure, you have ears!" Tohru yelled, still hugging him. "Well, yes indeed, I do have ears. So does everybody else, To—," Shigure said, as if he were talking to some first- grader. "No, no no! On your head! Dog ears!!!"
"Oh my lord...it's happening," Shigure said quietly. "W-what's happening?!" Kyo screamed. "Okay, everybody calm down, I have to—." "What the fuck do you mean, calm down?! I have fucking cat ears on my—." Kyo said, before he was hit very hard by Yuki. "Watch your mouth while talking in front of a lady," Yuki hissed. "Okay...it seems to me that everyone here, including me smile, grin, is in love with Tohru. Once that happens and the one that is loved is in your presence, then we will actually start turning into the animals from our zodiac.
"And I mean the real deal, guys. Fur, claws, ears, whatever you can imagine...you won't even be able to talk human anymore..." 'Since when did people talk human...?' Yuki thought to himself. 'And he calls himself a novelist...' Kyo thought. "It's all my fault! Everything's going bad because of me! I'm the one that caused all of your problems! I'm so sorry! I promised all of you that I wouldn't be a burden and that I would never cause any trouble to you guys! I'm so sorry!" Tohru started crying. Shigure went over to her and hugged her. "There, there...it's all right. It's not completely your fault," Shigure said, trying to calm Tohru down. Then she heard a thumping noise behind Shigure and looked.
"Wahhh! It's all my fault!" She had seen that Shigure's tail was thumping the ground. Shigure sighed. "Look Tohru. This is really serious. I know you didn't mean to put us in this situation, but...you're going to have to leave...forever and never come back," Shigure said sadly. "W-what? Never come back?" Kyo said, in shock and disbelief. Yuki couldn't say anything, for he knew it would come to this. Tohru sat on her knees and looked down. "W-well, if that's what you w-wish, then I shall...leave," Tohru said with much difficulty.
"Even if it means forever..." Tohru said quietly. She went to her room and started packing up her things.

If you downloaded the song "Only Hope" you could play it now and read the story...this is the sad and depressing part. If you don't want to and again, think it's stupid, then don't. I'm just trying something new. Be aware that the ending is kind of corny...I got it from the "A Walk to Remember" movie. Laugh at me if you think it's pathetic

She packed her clothes, her belongings, the picture of all the Sohma residents, and her mom's picture. She picked up the picture of her mom and said to it, "Well...I guess this is for the best...right Mom?" She placed the picture on top of her stuff. She took them downstairs and took one last look at the house. She dropped her stuff at the front door and picked up the phone and called her grandfather. "Grandpa, I'm coming home..." Tohru said quietly. "Are you sure this is what you want, Kyoko?" He asked. "Yes...it's for the best," Tohru said. "Goodbye Grandpa. I'll see you soon," Tohru said as she put the phone on the receiver.
For some hours, she walked around the house taking last looks at everything before she left. She tried to get the scent of the house as much into her system as she could before she could forget. She whirled around each room, crying. It was like a nightmare, but a dream at the same time.
As she picked up her things, she turned back to get one more look at the house when she saw everyone there; Hiro, Kisa, Kyo, Yuki and Shigure. Tears started streaming down her face as she walked out and they followed. She turned around for the last time. She dropped her things by her sides. She started running towards Kyo and hugged him for the last time. "I'll miss you so much, Kyo," Tohru whispered in his ear. "I'll miss you too, Tohru," Kyo whispered back. He then planted a passionate kiss on her lips. Then she walked towards Hiro and Kisa, hugging them both.
With tears still welling in her eyes and streaming down her face, Tohru hugged Shigure. "Thank you so much for letting me stay here, Shigure- san. I'll never forget you," Tohru cried quietly. Then she saw Yuki at the end. She walked up to Yuki and kissed him. "I'll miss you, Yuki. I promise I'll call and write," Tohru said, gasping for her breath. "I'll miss you so much, too Tohru-chan," Yuki said as he placed another kiss on her lips. It was now evening, and there was a beautiful sunset.
"Goodbye, everyone. I'll miss you all so much. I promise to write!" Her tear stained face turned around and she walked into the sunset, the wind blowing the cherry blossoms around her. She never looked back, for the pain was too much to bear. "I'll miss our little flower..." Shigure told himself.

A week later...

"Kyoko, you have a gift waiting for you at the front door," Tohru's grandpa said. "Okay, grandpa," Tohru said, putting on her best smile. She walked to the door and opened it, only to find a basket filled with fruits. "Gasp this is beautiful!" She picked it up and read the note. "'I love you, Tohru. I always will. Love always, Yuki'", she read quietly. She started to cry once more and took them up to her room.

The same day...

'Tohru...save my life. I'll always miss her...but her love, it's like the wind. I can't see it...but I can feel it.' Kyo thought to himself as the wind whirled around him and blew a cherry blossom on his hand.

Yuki stood outside and looked straight ahead, exactly where Tohru walked away. The wind blew a cherry blossom in his hair. He carefully picked it off and looked at it. 'Perfect...' Yuki said to himself, letting the wind take the cherry blossom away. 'She never called...she only wrote...once...' Yuki said, holding the letter that Tohru had written a while ago. He held it to his chest and sighed sadly.

SEQUEL

Three years later
"Kyo, get the door!" Kyo sighed. "Fine." Yet again it was summer, nothing to do. He opened the door slowly and saw a beautiful, smiling woman. She had long, dark brown hair blowing in the wind. The day was bright and there were cherry blossoms whirling everywhere. She was holding a basket and was wearing a pink dress with yellow bows. It reminded him of someone...
"...Tohru?"

AN: AHHHH! That's the end...I know...it's corny. sniff sniff I tried to make it sad. I'm sorry if it's stupid. But I assure you, there will be a sequel as written.