Fog
Disclaimer: Furuba (Fruits Basket) isn't mine. I don't own it.
Author's note: Since I have no where to go with all my other fics I'm starting a new one. Um... The fruits basket people are now back in the sen goku era. Enjoy!!!! ENJOY!!! Word translation guide (for the ones who don't know what some of the words in this fic mean:
Hakama-the loose pants worn over a normal kimono. (Inu-yasha wears one)
Setta- Leather Sandals worn casually with a kimono
Neko-(used as a reference for what Kyo turns into...)basically, neko is the japanese word for "cat"
Kombanwa-Japanese term for "Good evening"
Bishoujo-young, pretty girl
Dishoubu ka?-Are you okay?
Minna-san-everyone!
Autumn...
Leaves crackled. Fires were lit at night to cheer up the grayish, night sky. Rain clouds ruled the sky and rain fell almost every afternoon.
A samurai sat on the roof of a solitary dojo, obviously meditating, though it was raining heavily falling. His kimono was a fiery red color, though the rainwater dulled it to a darkish rust color. He wore a pair of black 'hakama' over the lower part of his kimono. Though the rain dulled the color of his outfit, his hair was still bright orange as ever. The roof of the shrine was specked with shadows from the tree that towered over it. Water cascaded over the roof, like a miniscule waterfall. The samurai's kimono was soaked through, yet he didn't open his eyes or reach up to stretch.
"Kyo-kun...Are you gonna come down anytime soon? Just to let you know, it's raining..." a deep voice called from the entrance to the dojo.
The samurai (Kyo) didn't flinch at the sound of the voice at all; he just punched through the roof.
A discouraged sigh sounded through the door of the dojo and a tall, black-haired adult in a gray kimono stepped out and looked at Kyo.
"Why do you insist on smashing the roof every time I tell you to come inside?" the man whined.
Kyo stayed silent.
"Are you listening to me?" he whined again.
"SHUTUP, SHIGURE!!!! I'M MEDITATING!!!!!" Kyo yelled, "Why do you always have to call me when I'm busy?"
The man (Shigure) shook his head and smiled, "Kyo-kun...You're always so stubborn... It's raining and you're sorta soaked..."
Kyo looked absentmindedly down at his clothes. They were truly soaked. "...Oh..."
Shigure sighed and walked back inside the dojo. Kyo growled to himself, then stood up and juped off the roof onto the muddy ground. He landed catlike on all fours. Standing up, Kyo shook water from his hair and slipped out of "Setta" which he placed by the door of the dojo.
Kyo stepped inside, dripping little puddles of rainwater as he went. Shigure had placed a bucket under the hole Kyo made, and the rain dropped into it with a soft 'plink' every few minutes.
"What's for dinner...."Kyo murmured, stalking into the small room that served as a dining room. He sat himself down on one of the cushions by the table and began to pick at a stray seam on the hem of his sopping kimono.
"Aww....You're getting the cushions all wet. Can't you dry off before dinner? The other samurai need a place to sit too!!"
"Seriously...If I didn't want to become a high level samurai so bad...I'd leave..." Kyo murmured.
Shigure laughed, just as a storm of sound was heard outside the door. A herd of samurai-in-training hurried in through the door laughing, talking, and spreading the dojo with large pools of water.
"Could you guys dry off before..." but Shigure's warning wasn't heard through the din. Kyo looked over at the group lazily. It pained him so much to see them all chatting and teasing with one another. They were able to train out in the larger dojo on the other side of the rice paddy. That dojo had more equipment, more practice targets, and it was big enough to keep everyone dry. Kyo, on the other hand, was forbidden to accompany the group. If he wanted to train, he had to do it outside, for the dojo he had to remain at was too small for swordplay, karate, or even meditating. Basically, all this dojo had was rooms enough for all the samurai besides Kyo and a dining hall just large enough to squeeze everyone in...except Kyo.
Kyo was an outsider among outsiders. Every samurai-in-training that trained at the dojo had a powerful curse put upon them. Every time he or she hugged into a member of the opposite sex (excluding other members of the curse) or became too weak, he or she would turn into a miniature version of an animal of the zodiac. Kyo didn't turn into an animal of the zodiac. He was cursed too, yet when he was hugged by the opposite sex or became weak, he would change into a neko. A neko could never be a member of the zodiac therefore he was an outsider...forced to live a life of prejudices, not only from un-cursed people, but the cursed members of the zodiac as well.
It wasn't that his fellow, cursed samurai were cruel to him in any way... He was just the odd man out... Forced to play the ogre or demon in the childhood games he played with the other members of the zodiac; forced to take stupid dares no one else would take; and no matter how many times he passed his samurai test, Akito (a feudal lord who knew well of the zodiac curse and funded the dojo) never allowed him to join the other cursed members that passed the test and become a true samurai.
"Kombanwa, Kyo-kun!" a zodiac member, the rabbit, Momiji called out to him. Kyo waved reluctantly at him. Kyo had nothing against Momiji. In fact, he was happy that Momiji actually was one of the few who wasn't completely prejudice about him. Momiji was just such...a kid...
"Domo Kyo-kun..."Kisa, the tiger blushed from behind Hatsuharu, the ox. Hatsuharu waved to Kyo while focusing his eyes on Ritsu the monkey. Ritsu totally ignored Kyo as he sat down at his place around the dinner table.
"You're in my spot, neko..."Hiro the ram muttered at Kyo before pushing him roughly out of the way. Kyo slunk out of the room, even though the urge to pound Hiro into the ground rose above all other feelings. Through many hours of meditating and lessons from Shigure, Kyo had learned not to react "in anger" towards others unless at war.
"Kyonkichi-chan!!!! Hiya hiya hiyyyyyaaa!!!!," Ayame, the snake yelled, scrubbing Kyo's head with a rough hand. Kyo gritted his teeth and ignored him. Ayame's type of prejudice was different, almost as hard to bear as Hiro's actions. Ayame would baby him, play silly games with him...basically treat him like a helpless child.
"Aya-kun. Go inside and eat," Shigure said. Ayame sauntered off into the kitchen.
"You seem dryer now. Here's your dinner," Shigure said, smiling at Kyo. Kyo nodded in thanks and squatted on the floor, taking huge, hungry bites out of his bowl of rice. Shigure was a member of the zodiac as well. He served as a caretaker for the smaller dojo and as a 'rolemodel for the insolent neko' as worded by Akito (Hatori, the dragon, took care of the larger dojo and served as a sensei). Shigure had built an extra large attic on top of the dojo to serve as a room for Kyo. He would have made a whole, separate room if Akito hadn't have stopped his work. Kyo was greatful for Shigure's actions to make Kyo feel "equal".
"Hmmmm...we don't have many girl zodiac members, huh...." Shigure sighed longingly. Being the dog of the zodiac, Shigure was very interested in "young bishoujos" and was kind of a pervert when it came to them, "All we have here is Kisa-chan and she's so young. Kagura-san left about six months ago with Yuki-kun, didn't they?"
Kyo swallowed his rice too fast and coughed hard as he struggled to gulp down his caught food. Shigure looked surprised as he patted Kyo on the back.
"Daishoubu ka?" Shigure asked with concern. Kyo swallowed hard and breathed heavily.
"Yuki...don't mention that demon's name again...that #$%$..." Kyo growled. The hair on his head stood on end, like a cat arching its back. Kyo angrily dashed away out the door into the rain. Shigure sighed, picked up Kyo's discarded bowl of rice, and placed it near the pump.
Kyo and Yuki (the rat) were rivals ever since they were old enough to glare at each other. Both strived to be a high-leveled samurai and both were convinced beyond all reason that the other was in his way of becoming one. They both possessed awesome fighting abilities, but there was one factor. Whenever Kyo would fight Yuki, Kyo's fighting technique would be made clumsy by his bad temper. Yuki, who had a more controlled temper, always won against Kyo, much to Kyo's rage.
Just 6 months before, both Yuki and Kyo had passed the test to become samurais. However, Akito had scornfully pointed at Kyo and stated that he wasn't deserving of the honorable position of a samurai. Yuki had joined a highly thought of group of samurai. Kyo was forced to stay behind in the training camp to continue his training. Ever since that day, Kyo's technique grew more and more reckless, driven by his rage.
Kyo would be back the next morning, ready to continue his training with his heart and soul but a dead ambition and a crushed hope. Shigure pushed back his scraggily black hair and addressed the dinner table.
"Minna-san. I must announce something," Shigure called over the noice. Everyone became relatively quiet and Shigure continued.
"A new student will be joining us tomorrow. She's not a member of the zodiac, but she was told of our history by Akito."
Murmurs rounded the table. 'why did akito-sama let a person from the zodiac in?' 'what's this new person's name?' 'what will happen if she bumps into on of the guys?'
Shigure clapped for quiet and continued, "Akito needed the extra money to keep this dojo going and her family is fairly wealthy. She's very familiar with our history so it won't matter if she bumps into you. Her name is Honda Tohru-chan."
Momiji blinked his bright brown eyes and raised his hand, "How will Kyo know?"
"I'll tell him later" Shigure assured Momiji. As everyone went back to eating and talking about this new "Honda Tohru" person, Shigure wondered...How would Kyo react to this outsider...especially if he knew that she would be training alongside him.
(End chapter 1)
Author's note: Konnichiwa, minna-san!!! Thank you so much for reading this fic. Please, review nicely. I really hope everyone likes this and fills up my e-mail box with review alerts! I would appreciate it greatly!!!
Disclaimer: Furuba (Fruits Basket) isn't mine. I don't own it.
Author's note: Since I have no where to go with all my other fics I'm starting a new one. Um... The fruits basket people are now back in the sen goku era. Enjoy!!!! ENJOY!!! Word translation guide (for the ones who don't know what some of the words in this fic mean:
Hakama-the loose pants worn over a normal kimono. (Inu-yasha wears one)
Setta- Leather Sandals worn casually with a kimono
Neko-(used as a reference for what Kyo turns into...)basically, neko is the japanese word for "cat"
Kombanwa-Japanese term for "Good evening"
Bishoujo-young, pretty girl
Dishoubu ka?-Are you okay?
Minna-san-everyone!
Autumn...
Leaves crackled. Fires were lit at night to cheer up the grayish, night sky. Rain clouds ruled the sky and rain fell almost every afternoon.
A samurai sat on the roof of a solitary dojo, obviously meditating, though it was raining heavily falling. His kimono was a fiery red color, though the rainwater dulled it to a darkish rust color. He wore a pair of black 'hakama' over the lower part of his kimono. Though the rain dulled the color of his outfit, his hair was still bright orange as ever. The roof of the shrine was specked with shadows from the tree that towered over it. Water cascaded over the roof, like a miniscule waterfall. The samurai's kimono was soaked through, yet he didn't open his eyes or reach up to stretch.
"Kyo-kun...Are you gonna come down anytime soon? Just to let you know, it's raining..." a deep voice called from the entrance to the dojo.
The samurai (Kyo) didn't flinch at the sound of the voice at all; he just punched through the roof.
A discouraged sigh sounded through the door of the dojo and a tall, black-haired adult in a gray kimono stepped out and looked at Kyo.
"Why do you insist on smashing the roof every time I tell you to come inside?" the man whined.
Kyo stayed silent.
"Are you listening to me?" he whined again.
"SHUTUP, SHIGURE!!!! I'M MEDITATING!!!!!" Kyo yelled, "Why do you always have to call me when I'm busy?"
The man (Shigure) shook his head and smiled, "Kyo-kun...You're always so stubborn... It's raining and you're sorta soaked..."
Kyo looked absentmindedly down at his clothes. They were truly soaked. "...Oh..."
Shigure sighed and walked back inside the dojo. Kyo growled to himself, then stood up and juped off the roof onto the muddy ground. He landed catlike on all fours. Standing up, Kyo shook water from his hair and slipped out of "Setta" which he placed by the door of the dojo.
Kyo stepped inside, dripping little puddles of rainwater as he went. Shigure had placed a bucket under the hole Kyo made, and the rain dropped into it with a soft 'plink' every few minutes.
"What's for dinner...."Kyo murmured, stalking into the small room that served as a dining room. He sat himself down on one of the cushions by the table and began to pick at a stray seam on the hem of his sopping kimono.
"Aww....You're getting the cushions all wet. Can't you dry off before dinner? The other samurai need a place to sit too!!"
"Seriously...If I didn't want to become a high level samurai so bad...I'd leave..." Kyo murmured.
Shigure laughed, just as a storm of sound was heard outside the door. A herd of samurai-in-training hurried in through the door laughing, talking, and spreading the dojo with large pools of water.
"Could you guys dry off before..." but Shigure's warning wasn't heard through the din. Kyo looked over at the group lazily. It pained him so much to see them all chatting and teasing with one another. They were able to train out in the larger dojo on the other side of the rice paddy. That dojo had more equipment, more practice targets, and it was big enough to keep everyone dry. Kyo, on the other hand, was forbidden to accompany the group. If he wanted to train, he had to do it outside, for the dojo he had to remain at was too small for swordplay, karate, or even meditating. Basically, all this dojo had was rooms enough for all the samurai besides Kyo and a dining hall just large enough to squeeze everyone in...except Kyo.
Kyo was an outsider among outsiders. Every samurai-in-training that trained at the dojo had a powerful curse put upon them. Every time he or she hugged into a member of the opposite sex (excluding other members of the curse) or became too weak, he or she would turn into a miniature version of an animal of the zodiac. Kyo didn't turn into an animal of the zodiac. He was cursed too, yet when he was hugged by the opposite sex or became weak, he would change into a neko. A neko could never be a member of the zodiac therefore he was an outsider...forced to live a life of prejudices, not only from un-cursed people, but the cursed members of the zodiac as well.
It wasn't that his fellow, cursed samurai were cruel to him in any way... He was just the odd man out... Forced to play the ogre or demon in the childhood games he played with the other members of the zodiac; forced to take stupid dares no one else would take; and no matter how many times he passed his samurai test, Akito (a feudal lord who knew well of the zodiac curse and funded the dojo) never allowed him to join the other cursed members that passed the test and become a true samurai.
"Kombanwa, Kyo-kun!" a zodiac member, the rabbit, Momiji called out to him. Kyo waved reluctantly at him. Kyo had nothing against Momiji. In fact, he was happy that Momiji actually was one of the few who wasn't completely prejudice about him. Momiji was just such...a kid...
"Domo Kyo-kun..."Kisa, the tiger blushed from behind Hatsuharu, the ox. Hatsuharu waved to Kyo while focusing his eyes on Ritsu the monkey. Ritsu totally ignored Kyo as he sat down at his place around the dinner table.
"You're in my spot, neko..."Hiro the ram muttered at Kyo before pushing him roughly out of the way. Kyo slunk out of the room, even though the urge to pound Hiro into the ground rose above all other feelings. Through many hours of meditating and lessons from Shigure, Kyo had learned not to react "in anger" towards others unless at war.
"Kyonkichi-chan!!!! Hiya hiya hiyyyyyaaa!!!!," Ayame, the snake yelled, scrubbing Kyo's head with a rough hand. Kyo gritted his teeth and ignored him. Ayame's type of prejudice was different, almost as hard to bear as Hiro's actions. Ayame would baby him, play silly games with him...basically treat him like a helpless child.
"Aya-kun. Go inside and eat," Shigure said. Ayame sauntered off into the kitchen.
"You seem dryer now. Here's your dinner," Shigure said, smiling at Kyo. Kyo nodded in thanks and squatted on the floor, taking huge, hungry bites out of his bowl of rice. Shigure was a member of the zodiac as well. He served as a caretaker for the smaller dojo and as a 'rolemodel for the insolent neko' as worded by Akito (Hatori, the dragon, took care of the larger dojo and served as a sensei). Shigure had built an extra large attic on top of the dojo to serve as a room for Kyo. He would have made a whole, separate room if Akito hadn't have stopped his work. Kyo was greatful for Shigure's actions to make Kyo feel "equal".
"Hmmmm...we don't have many girl zodiac members, huh...." Shigure sighed longingly. Being the dog of the zodiac, Shigure was very interested in "young bishoujos" and was kind of a pervert when it came to them, "All we have here is Kisa-chan and she's so young. Kagura-san left about six months ago with Yuki-kun, didn't they?"
Kyo swallowed his rice too fast and coughed hard as he struggled to gulp down his caught food. Shigure looked surprised as he patted Kyo on the back.
"Daishoubu ka?" Shigure asked with concern. Kyo swallowed hard and breathed heavily.
"Yuki...don't mention that demon's name again...that #$%$..." Kyo growled. The hair on his head stood on end, like a cat arching its back. Kyo angrily dashed away out the door into the rain. Shigure sighed, picked up Kyo's discarded bowl of rice, and placed it near the pump.
Kyo and Yuki (the rat) were rivals ever since they were old enough to glare at each other. Both strived to be a high-leveled samurai and both were convinced beyond all reason that the other was in his way of becoming one. They both possessed awesome fighting abilities, but there was one factor. Whenever Kyo would fight Yuki, Kyo's fighting technique would be made clumsy by his bad temper. Yuki, who had a more controlled temper, always won against Kyo, much to Kyo's rage.
Just 6 months before, both Yuki and Kyo had passed the test to become samurais. However, Akito had scornfully pointed at Kyo and stated that he wasn't deserving of the honorable position of a samurai. Yuki had joined a highly thought of group of samurai. Kyo was forced to stay behind in the training camp to continue his training. Ever since that day, Kyo's technique grew more and more reckless, driven by his rage.
Kyo would be back the next morning, ready to continue his training with his heart and soul but a dead ambition and a crushed hope. Shigure pushed back his scraggily black hair and addressed the dinner table.
"Minna-san. I must announce something," Shigure called over the noice. Everyone became relatively quiet and Shigure continued.
"A new student will be joining us tomorrow. She's not a member of the zodiac, but she was told of our history by Akito."
Murmurs rounded the table. 'why did akito-sama let a person from the zodiac in?' 'what's this new person's name?' 'what will happen if she bumps into on of the guys?'
Shigure clapped for quiet and continued, "Akito needed the extra money to keep this dojo going and her family is fairly wealthy. She's very familiar with our history so it won't matter if she bumps into you. Her name is Honda Tohru-chan."
Momiji blinked his bright brown eyes and raised his hand, "How will Kyo know?"
"I'll tell him later" Shigure assured Momiji. As everyone went back to eating and talking about this new "Honda Tohru" person, Shigure wondered...How would Kyo react to this outsider...especially if he knew that she would be training alongside him.
(End chapter 1)
Author's note: Konnichiwa, minna-san!!! Thank you so much for reading this fic. Please, review nicely. I really hope everyone likes this and fills up my e-mail box with review alerts! I would appreciate it greatly!!!