They Were Just So Cute As Children…

By: ShadowMage21 and ShadowWarrior16

Disclaimer: Roses are red. Violets are blue. We no own, They no sue.

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ShadowMage: First off a have a few corrections to make to chapter 2. First of all at the very end ShadowWarrior wrote, "…which I don't have to right…" (2). That should be write. That is a grammar/spelling error she should have corrected but didn't.



Secondly, they got "creams" to eat. Now, we had a long argument about that via AIM. She wouldn't believe me even though I am right, it is "crepe" not "cream." I don't see why she wouldn't believe me. The part of Fruits Basket in which they do eat "crepes" has Hiro in it. Hiro is my favorite character, therefore I know that part very well and it is most definitely "crepe," plus the fact that I have had a "crepe" before and it is most definitely "crepe," not "cream."

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It had been about four days since the Sohma's transformation. Tohru had called everyone's schools/bosses to say that the Sohma involved with that person was transferred to a different school or found a different job.

Tohru had just got home from school and was starting to make a very late lunch for the 14 hungry Sohma children. She was almost done when there was a knock at the front door. When she opened the door she found a professional looking woman in a suit.

"Hello. My name is Kirika. I am a social worker. We have received reports from nearby residents that you are housing quite a few young children. Upon further investigation we discovered that none of these children are enrolled in school. If they are not enrolled and attending school within one week they will be taken by the state and put into foster care."

"Oh, uh, yes. I'll get them enrolled immediately."

Kirika smiled brightly, "Thank you. That will be all." Then she left the slightly dazed Tohru standing in the front door.

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"Umm, everyone…" Tohru said, trying to be heard above the loud crashes and screams of pain, anger, and agony. She tried again, this time shouting, "Everyone! I'm going to have to enroll you in school!"

With that all crashes and screams stopped, everyone was to busy staring at Tohru to try and kill each other or Shigure's house.

"What the hell!?"

"I'm not redoing elementary school!"

"Middle school girls, middle school girls, all for me, middle school girls…"

"No one expects too much of you in middle school!"

"I'm not going to elementary thcool again! It will be tho boring! I already know all that crap. I refuthe to go to thcool!"

"Err, I don't think you really have a choice, if you don't go to school they social workers will take you away and put you into foster care…"

"What!"

"We'll never get back to normal if that happens, we'll be all split up!"

In less then a minute all 14 Sohmas were offering to do household chores so that Tohru could fill out the school applications.

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The next morning everyone went to school, Hatori, Ayame, Ritsu, and Shigure to seventh grade, Akito and Kureno to 6th grade, Kagura to 5th grade, Rin to 4th grade, Yuki and Kyo to 3rd grade, Haru and Momiji to 2nd grade, Kisa to Kindergarten, and Hiro to day care.

Tohru sat in class wondering how everyone was doing…

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Hiro was in daycare with about seven other three and four-year-olds. The lady running the daycare was a kind, pretty woman in her early twenties. Needless to say, Hiro did not like daycare.

The horror started when he asked one of the four-year-old girls for her cookie. When she gave it to him, he began yelling at her…

"Idiot. What the hell did you give me this for? If you always do what other people want you to you'll never get anywhere in life. Learn to think for yourself. I can't believe…"



At this point he was cut off by the sobs of the girl and the outraged voice of the daycare lady.

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While Hiro was terrorizing daycare children it was recess time for the second graders. Momiji was having fun playing with his classmates who had gladly welcomed him…after they had established that he was in fact, a boy. But on the other side of the playground, things were not going so well…

"Hey punk! You think you're so cool wearing those clothes, don't you?"

"They don't even fit him, how retarded." (Tohru had done her best to hem the zodiac members clothes so they would fit properly…it didn't work to well)

"What a freak."

"Look at his hair; he probably dyed it to look cool."

"It looks retarded."

Haru was standing in the middle of a circle of 5th graders, (all the grades have recess together) who were teasing and taunting him. One stepped forward and pushed him to the ground, another kicked him.

"How pathetic, he doesn't even try to fight back."

The world began to spin and Haru could see the faces of his tormenters spinning faster and faster in front of his eyes until…

"Get away from me you bastards."

"Ooo, the tough guy thinks he can boss us around."

"Who is he kidding; he can't do anything to us."

"Shut up! I could kick your asses blindfolded."

"What an idiot, lets teach him a lesson."

The fifth graders advanced on Haru who was standing, looking at his shoes. One of the fifth graders ran forward, ready to punch him, he was stopped with his fist three inches from Haru's face by a fist in his gut. Seeing this, the others ran forward.

Using a combination of kicks, punches, and…other…rather strange tactics, (such as slamming his head into the base of their necks), he beat the crap out of every last one of them.

It only took about a minute after the fight for a teacher to show up.

"My God! Look what you've done! You are going strait to the principle!" The teacher grabbed Haru's hand and half-dragger him towards the school.

But Haru ripped his hand away and turned to face the teacher. "Who do you think you are? Don't touch me!"

That is how Haru ended up in the principle's office and Tohru was called out of class to receive a phone call.

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"Tohru Honda, please come to the office, Tohru Honda to the office." The bland female voice rang out over the speaker system. Tohru stopped talking to Hana and Saki and rushed towards the office.

Inside the office she walked to the desk, "Hello, I'm Tohru Honda I was just…"

She was cut off one of the secretaries, "Tohru, there's a phone call for you."

Tohru took the phone from her and listened to what the person on the other line was saying.

"Is this Tohru Honda, Hiro Sohma's guardian?"

"Yes, this is Tohru."

"This is Kimiko from Sunshine Smiles daycare center, Hiro has been causing somewhat of a disturbance."

"Oh no! What has he been doing?"

"Well, he asked for one of the other girl's cookies, when she gave it to him he started to yell at her. I'm sorry but I'm not sure Sunshine Smiles is the place for Hiro, he is a very special little boy but…"

Tohru couldn't hear her, she was to busy remember, with horro, the day she first met Hiro. She felt suddenly VERY sorry for the little girl who had been kind enough to give Hiro her cookie.

"Tohru? Miss. Honda? Are you still there?"

"What? Oh, yes, I'll pick Hiro up as soon as possible, I'm sorry for the disturbance he caused…"

She hung up and was almost out the door when the office phone began to ring again and, after picking up the phone and listening for a few seconds, the secretary called after Tohru, "Umm, Miss. Honda, another call for you."

"Oh, thank you." Tohru took the phone dreading what she was about to hear…

"Miss. Honda?"

"Yes?"

"This is the principle of the school Hatsuharu is attending. There was quite an incident on the playground today. I'm afraid Hatsuharu was being teased by about seven of the fifth graders. He went ballistic and beat them all into the ground. He was swearing at them and then proceeded to bad mouth a teacher. I believe we will have to suspend him for at least a week…"

"Oh…thank you for calling; I'll be there to pick Haru up as soon as I can…"

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What will happen next? And will they ever find a cure to the zodiac members transformation?