I DO NOT OWN FRUITS BASKET!

A/N: Hello everyone! Back again! It's an ok day today. Got a raise at work, and another A on another paper of mine! Yay! Well, I won't keep you long. WARNING, though: there are some pretty 'steamy' scenes in here between certain people. Nothing R, strictly pg-13, as there aren't many details. Okay, read on!

Chapter 12 – The Eclipse part 4

Uo stared at Akito in the dim light, and scowled. He was staring back at her in the same fashion. Even though they seemed to remember eachother in some form or another, Akito still felt uncomfortable. His eyes narrowed.

"What is it?" He asked, a tad bit of annoyance in it.

"This curse really is strange. I wonder why the spirit cursed your family. There must be some explaination, right? Your ancestors – maybe they killed her, and this is a dead, evil spirit haunting your family." She said, but didn't expect his snappy comeback.

"I didn't kill her!" He exclaimed angrily, but then bit his lip at the realization that that wasn't his voice, or his thoughts. He had just said it, it had rolled off his tongue at the very mention of her. "S-sorry, I don't know what. . . . got into me." He looked away from Uo's startled eyes.

"That was odd." She mumbled. He heard her.

"I'm sorry for yelling. . . . . Maybe I haven't gotten rid of her during this eclipse, or maybe this is who I really am. I'm so confused right now." He looked at the flickering shadows against the wall. He could see his shadow, and Uo's. was she moving towards him, or was it the flicker of the flames. He turned, and saw she was extremely close to him, her face inches from his. Her eyes looked glazed, glossed over. She didn't look herself.

"Aki . . . ." She breathed against his lips. That voice again! It wasn't hers, it was someone else's. And suddenly Akito blanked out too, his eyes glossing over as well.

"Asa . . ." He said back to her in his own foreign voice. He placed his lips on hers knowingly, as if he had done it a thousand times before. She accepted the kiss and placed her hands on his chest, and he ran his hands through her long hair.

There was a flash, and both Akito and Uo saw two familiar figures kissing in the dark. They were familiar, but no more than that. The man was thin, but muscular, as was seen as he took off his shirt. The woman was tall and thin, with a wonderful body and long, black hair. Her kimono was falling off her shoulders as the man hungrily kissed there for a moment, before raking his mouth lower. He laid her down under him, and brought his head up to capture her mouth again in a passionate kiss. He moved against her and she gasped into his mouth.

Then another flash, and Akito and Uo froze as they regained their senses. They actually had been lip-locked, and now were confused at what just happened. Akito pulled slightly back, as did Uo, and their lips released their contact with eachother. Uo blinked, feeling out of place, and noticed she was on the ground. He was ontop of her, just as they had seen in the flash. Akito's eye twitched, and he propped himself up from her, noticing her long skirt had ridden up on her long slender legs, showing pale smooth flesh. Incidentally, his hand was on one of her thighs, and he quickly pulled it away.

"Okay . . . as I have said before, that was odd." She managed to say, even though her voice was a little shaky and hoarse.

"And I'll apologize again. Sorry." He stood up from her, and she pushed down her skirt and slowly stood as well. But whatever they had been doing, her stomach still had butterflies, and her knees trembled. She opted to sit back down at the table, thinking to herself, and trying to slow her breathing. She tenderly touched her lips. They were really swollen. He must have been kissing her really roughly.

He gave a shuddering sigh, and sat back down as well, but on the other side of the table. He didn't want that –whatever it was- happening again. "There has to be something going on. I take it you saw what I saw in the flash."

"Yeah. I don't know what got into me. it was like it was controlling my mind, my body. I wonder what's happening. Do you suppose we knew eachother in another life? Do you believe in reincarnation?"

"Yes. Almost our entire family does. It shows up so often –with all the zodiac spirits being reborn in our family. It's the same spirit, and it keeps coming back. I alone am the holder of the bulk of the curse. I once thought that maybe she possessed me because I'm the reincarnation of the one she was angry with enough to place the curse on my family, but that theory was enver confirmed. Do you suppose . . . . that maybe I am the reincarnation of the man that the spirit hated, and maybe you're the reincarnation of the person that he loved. Aki and . . . . Asa."

"You really have been thinking about this." She replied, and saw a slight hint of a smirk on his face.

"Sometimes, all I can do is think." He said simply, and tapped his finger on the table lightly. "What do you think about that being the explaination? Reincarnation."

"I think it's an easy excuse. For some reason, I think it's much more complicated than that. Whatever this is that's controlling us is powerful, maybe it's because of the eclipse, the curse being stopped, and her being gone from you. That's why suddenly these . . . . two people have been coming out in us."

"Sounds like you've been thinking a lot too." He retorted, and she half-smiled, and shyly looked down at her hands. What was this? She asked herself. This isn't like me, blushing and acting coy, not to mention kissing the guy . . .. . twice. I'm not acting myself at all around him! this is getting a little out of hand. Who knew I could be so . . . .. girly. This is so lovey dovey -oh, I think I'm gonna puke gummy bears!

She rubbed her temple, trying to slow her thoughts. They needed to straighten this out! What was happening? They needed to figure it out, and soon, before the evil spirit that occupied Akito was back. They only had a few more hours. . . . .

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Somehow or other Yuki and Hana had ended up taking off half their clothes before they realized they should stop. It was an almost mutual decision, as soon as Yuki passed enough bases (wink,wink) , and Hana was biting back moans. Yuki had pulled away from her, and was leaning against the wall, trying to slow his frantic breath, and calm down his heightened 'nerves'. She had snuggled next to him, and was under his arm, trying to do the same thing, but the very touch of his hand on her bare shoulder was making her dizzy.

"Where did you . . . . learn some of that?" She asked, almost a whisper.

There was a small chuckle from Yuki. "You'd be surprised what kind of literature is in Shigure's fine home."

"I see. That despicable writer . . . . but I must say, literature is still literature, as long as you learned something from it." She smiled, almost to herself, relishing the memories and still lingering sensations he had sparked within her. She snuggled closer.

She placed a hand on his chest, resting it there. His shirt was already unbuttoned, but had yet to leave his body. He liked the feeling of her against him, her small and soft body tenderly pressed against his own. He leaned his head on hers, and breathed in that jasmine smell. She had let her hair down. It was so long and soft. He could get lost in it's curly depths.

There was a thud from next door, and then voices. More thuds. Kyo was saying something about pulling her hair and having to go to the bathroom. There was then many apologies, from both parties, very loudly. Hana and Yuki both sweatdropped. It was so typical of those two. They both sighed, exasperated.

"That stupid cat, he doesn't know any better. I swear he can be so dense, the stupid idiot." Yuki said in his usual annoyed, but soft tone, whenever he mentioned Kyo.

"And she's no better. She's probably apologizing for something he did." Hana replied in a soft tone as well, and shook her head. She rubbed his chest reassuringly, but soon her hand trailed down his chest and to his abdomen. The small, but firm, muscles tensed, and a sound in the back of his throat escaped. She smirked. "Who knew, that the quiet, charming and polite prince would be so daring and sexy." She whispered against his ear as her hand 'explored'.

He held back a groan, and instead managed to reply to her whispered voice. "And who knew that the freaky and enigmatic, psychic, electric girl would be so open and daring herself." He retorted back, and placed a hand on the back of her neck, and pulled her into another gentle kiss. He promised in his head he would stop after a while before anything advanced, but that voice was getting quieter.

A/N: awww.... No shigure/mii, or Tohru/Kyo!!! I'm so evil, aren't I? But these were good too, huh? Sorry if it was a little 'racey' and 'steamy' for you. I said it was pg-13! Nothing 'really' happened, and it was all innuendo. oo; hehehe, oh okay, well, gotta go now. Very tired, and stargate atlantis is about to come on. I can't miss my little Shephard-boy! (he's sooo cute!!!) Oh, and this might be kind of bad to hear, but I want to start a new fanfic (yugioh) as I have mentioned last chapter. So, these might not be popping out so quickly. But I'm still debating, so you might not have to worry at all. Okay, gotta go! Bye! See you next chapter!

meanwhile . . . . Shigure and Mii were at it again, if you know what I mean.