DISCLAIMER: Fruits Basket belongs to a writer who is amazing. That's not
me. ^_^
A/N: Please note here that I haven't watched all the episodes of FB, so
forgive and feel free to point out any errors. Also, there are SPOILERS in
this chapter for FB episodes, especially ep 26.
To everyone who reviewed: Thank you soooooooo much! Really really.
J: Thank for the mention about the stool. I've changed it.
Emmi-chan: Changed Yuki's voice from low to silken. Does that work?
Mina: I'd really like to see what other Kyo-Tohur fics there are out there.
I've only read Strawberry sweet. What are the others? I'd really love a
Kyouru fix! ^_^
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Chapter 2
Kyou stared into his cousin's stunned features, and all he could think was- I've beaten the mouse! I've finally beaten him!
Shigure's office door slid open and the oldest Souma looked out, first at the stunned Tohru, then the delighted Kyou and finally at the fallen Yuki.
"My my," he said. "What's happened here? Yuki-kun, did you trip and fall?"
"Trip? Are you joking?" Kyou demanded. "I kicked his ass into the wall!"
Just thinking about it, he crowed with delight and stalked toward his long- time nemesis.
"I told you I'd kick your mousy ass one day," he gloated as he walked forward and hunkered down in front of Yuki. His cousin's violet eyes were large with rage, Kyou was glad to see.
Yuki lashed out with his left leg, catching Kyou by surprise and sending him off balance. Yuki grabbed his opportunity and although Kyou saw the roundhouse punch coming, he somehow couldn't react fast enough and experienced that familiar sensation of once again sailing through the air. Then his head hit something and purple lights danced across his vision.
"You're really aggravating me," Yuki said softly as he stood and brushed off his pants. "At least you didn't bore me this time."
Tohru turned her head, watching Yuki with wide-eyes as the iron-haired boy walked into the kitchen. She switched her gaze back to Kyou who was groaning and sitting up on his elbows.
"Kyou-kun!" She exclaimed, and ran forward to kneel beside him. "Are you all right?"
Shigure watched it all with a calm that hid his inner thoughts. It's already started, he said to himself.
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Kyou watched Tohru as she knelt beside him, worry in her great, green eyes. He couldn't remember when he'd first started thinking of Tohru as his. Certainly her acceptance of his third form went a long way towards it, but recently he'd started to find himself searching out her slim form whenever he came into a room. His eyes constantly tracked her movements and he sometimes caught himself trying to make her smile on purpose, which, come to think of it, wasn't really too hard. She was so easy to please.
Not like some. (Akito..)
Not like.. (Mother)
Kyou shook his head as Tohru gently ran her fingers along his face.
"Are you all right, Kyou-kun?" she asked. Kyou could feel the demon within him surging hot to his skin at her touch. He wanted to.no, it wasn't him, it was the cat, no, the demon..
"Idiot!" Kyou knocked her hand aside before he did something stupid like jump her right in front of Shigure. "I'm fine!" He sat up with an effort of will, less because Yuki had actually hurt him than because sitting up brought him closer to Tohru, closer to her silky, brown hair that he ached to wind about his fist so he could pull her closer..
"Grrrr!" Frustrated at a number of things, including having nearly beaten Yuki, Kyou went with his cat instincts and beat a hasty retreat, leaving Tohru staring after him with her mouth open.
"Ahhhh, Tohru-kun, life's just not simple around here, ne?" Shigure said with a sage look, and then ruined it by waggling his eyebrows at his young housemate. "You should be happy that at least I'm such a simple guy.."
Tohru stared at him blankly.
**********
Yuki stood in the kitchen, looking at nothing. What had just happened? Kyou had actually succeeded in one of his moves. How was it possible? The sleekest animal in the juuniishi also knew his strength was considerable. Anyway, Kyou had never come close to beating him before. Had he been training in secret?
And the look on that stupid cat's face when he'd cornered poor Tohru, like he was going to eat her alive. Yuki scowled. Come what may, he was going to keep Tohru safe from that prowling tomcat!
***********
Some miles away, in another part of the city, a figure sat at a wrought iron table, staring at the cards laid out before him. He motioned, and a card with a picture of a cat on it rose into the air, and began to whirl around.
The man laughed.
"Soon, oh the time is soon," he murmured. "I've waited so long..."
************
Night fell softly on the city. Around Shigure's house, the forest grew darker and the noises of night-creatures grew as they hunted for their food or simply went about their business.
Kyou lay on the rooftop as usual, listening to the forests' sounds and staring up at the velvet sky. He never got tired of seeing the stars so clearly out here, away from the lights of the city. He could even make out a few familiar constellations.
Eventually, even the forest quieted. Everyone in the house had long since gone to bed. Kyou had been spending some time turning over his fight with Yuki in his head. How had he managed to defeat the admittedly super-strong mouse? When Kyou had been standing over Tohru, ready to browbeat her into revealing Shigure's stupid secret, whatever it was..well, suddenly her scent had floated upto him again, a sweet scent of lilies, and all he'd wanted to do was dip his head and..that's when Yuki had tossed him. He'd been so enraged that he hadn't even thought about it as he recovered and threw Yuki across the room.
Simply because Yuki had been a barrier. Between Kyou and what he wanted.
Kyou sat up as the realization hit him. He hadn't even been thinking of defeating Yuki. His cousin had simply..been in the way.
"What's going on?" he muttered to himself. "Dammit, I hate this mysterious fucking crap that's part of the Sohmas. And I'm not even really one of them.."
Tohru. She made sense where he only saw secrets and confusion. He had to see her. How? Kyou glanced around. He crawled across the roof so that he knelt directly over Tohru's room. He hung his head out and peered through her window. He realized two things simultaneously.
One, Tohru was fast asleep.
Two, her window was open.
There was a quick debate between the angel-Kyou and the devil-Kyou that sat on his shoulders.
Angel-Kyou(with cute wings and a little halo over his orange hair) : Creeping into a girl's room at midnight when she's sleeping is wrong!
Devil-Kyou(also cute with two cute lil' horns and a lil' red tail and uber- cute fangs): No it's not! It's Tohru! She wouldn't mind!
Angel-Kyou (frowning cutely): Of course she would! Only a burglar or a pervert would try such an underhanded thing!
Devil-Kyou(pulling out his pitchfork with a cute mini-snarl): Are you calling me a pervert?
Angel-Kyou(sticks his tongue out): Bwee! Pervert!
Devil-Kyou: But I wanna see Tohru!
Angel-Kyou(considering): Hmmm, me too.
The two little Kyous(together): Let's go!
Kyou swung off the roof with his catlike grace and jumped lightly through the window, landing noiselessly on Tohru's bedroom floor. He carefully walked forward, making no sound, until he stood at Tohru's bedside, looking down at her.
She looked angelic in her sleep. All he could see was her face and the top half of her white, lacy pajamas. Some of the lace curled against her flushed, pink cheek. Her thick, dark lashes covered those incredibly caring eyes that never, ever looked at him with revulsion. Her hair was loose and lay in ribbons and curls around her face, meandering around her pillow.
One slim arm hung off the bed so that her knuckles nearly brushed the floor. Kyou carefully took hold of her wrist, marveling at the fragile bones he could feel beneath the soft skin, raised the arm and placed it over her quilt.
Tohru sighed.
"Kyou-kun.." she murmured.
"What?" Kyou stared at her in shock. Was she awake? Did she know he was there?
Tohru sighed again, then turned to her side.
"Let's play badminton today," she muttered.
Kyou grinned. She was talking in her sleep. His grin grew wider. She was dreaming of him!
And just that suddenly, the cat demon in him woke and it woke hungry. It watched the sleeping Tohru through Kyou's eyes.
*Take her! Take her now! She's so vulnerable right now.*
"No!" Kyou hissed, fisting his hands. He turned and scrambled out of the window and jumped down to the ground below. There he stood, trembling as he fought the prowling cat in his psyche, his body.
"Dammit! I need a cold shower!"
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Chapter 2
Kyou stared into his cousin's stunned features, and all he could think was- I've beaten the mouse! I've finally beaten him!
Shigure's office door slid open and the oldest Souma looked out, first at the stunned Tohru, then the delighted Kyou and finally at the fallen Yuki.
"My my," he said. "What's happened here? Yuki-kun, did you trip and fall?"
"Trip? Are you joking?" Kyou demanded. "I kicked his ass into the wall!"
Just thinking about it, he crowed with delight and stalked toward his long- time nemesis.
"I told you I'd kick your mousy ass one day," he gloated as he walked forward and hunkered down in front of Yuki. His cousin's violet eyes were large with rage, Kyou was glad to see.
Yuki lashed out with his left leg, catching Kyou by surprise and sending him off balance. Yuki grabbed his opportunity and although Kyou saw the roundhouse punch coming, he somehow couldn't react fast enough and experienced that familiar sensation of once again sailing through the air. Then his head hit something and purple lights danced across his vision.
"You're really aggravating me," Yuki said softly as he stood and brushed off his pants. "At least you didn't bore me this time."
Tohru turned her head, watching Yuki with wide-eyes as the iron-haired boy walked into the kitchen. She switched her gaze back to Kyou who was groaning and sitting up on his elbows.
"Kyou-kun!" She exclaimed, and ran forward to kneel beside him. "Are you all right?"
Shigure watched it all with a calm that hid his inner thoughts. It's already started, he said to himself.
***********
Kyou watched Tohru as she knelt beside him, worry in her great, green eyes. He couldn't remember when he'd first started thinking of Tohru as his. Certainly her acceptance of his third form went a long way towards it, but recently he'd started to find himself searching out her slim form whenever he came into a room. His eyes constantly tracked her movements and he sometimes caught himself trying to make her smile on purpose, which, come to think of it, wasn't really too hard. She was so easy to please.
Not like some. (Akito..)
Not like.. (Mother)
Kyou shook his head as Tohru gently ran her fingers along his face.
"Are you all right, Kyou-kun?" she asked. Kyou could feel the demon within him surging hot to his skin at her touch. He wanted to.no, it wasn't him, it was the cat, no, the demon..
"Idiot!" Kyou knocked her hand aside before he did something stupid like jump her right in front of Shigure. "I'm fine!" He sat up with an effort of will, less because Yuki had actually hurt him than because sitting up brought him closer to Tohru, closer to her silky, brown hair that he ached to wind about his fist so he could pull her closer..
"Grrrr!" Frustrated at a number of things, including having nearly beaten Yuki, Kyou went with his cat instincts and beat a hasty retreat, leaving Tohru staring after him with her mouth open.
"Ahhhh, Tohru-kun, life's just not simple around here, ne?" Shigure said with a sage look, and then ruined it by waggling his eyebrows at his young housemate. "You should be happy that at least I'm such a simple guy.."
Tohru stared at him blankly.
**********
Yuki stood in the kitchen, looking at nothing. What had just happened? Kyou had actually succeeded in one of his moves. How was it possible? The sleekest animal in the juuniishi also knew his strength was considerable. Anyway, Kyou had never come close to beating him before. Had he been training in secret?
And the look on that stupid cat's face when he'd cornered poor Tohru, like he was going to eat her alive. Yuki scowled. Come what may, he was going to keep Tohru safe from that prowling tomcat!
***********
Some miles away, in another part of the city, a figure sat at a wrought iron table, staring at the cards laid out before him. He motioned, and a card with a picture of a cat on it rose into the air, and began to whirl around.
The man laughed.
"Soon, oh the time is soon," he murmured. "I've waited so long..."
************
Night fell softly on the city. Around Shigure's house, the forest grew darker and the noises of night-creatures grew as they hunted for their food or simply went about their business.
Kyou lay on the rooftop as usual, listening to the forests' sounds and staring up at the velvet sky. He never got tired of seeing the stars so clearly out here, away from the lights of the city. He could even make out a few familiar constellations.
Eventually, even the forest quieted. Everyone in the house had long since gone to bed. Kyou had been spending some time turning over his fight with Yuki in his head. How had he managed to defeat the admittedly super-strong mouse? When Kyou had been standing over Tohru, ready to browbeat her into revealing Shigure's stupid secret, whatever it was..well, suddenly her scent had floated upto him again, a sweet scent of lilies, and all he'd wanted to do was dip his head and..that's when Yuki had tossed him. He'd been so enraged that he hadn't even thought about it as he recovered and threw Yuki across the room.
Simply because Yuki had been a barrier. Between Kyou and what he wanted.
Kyou sat up as the realization hit him. He hadn't even been thinking of defeating Yuki. His cousin had simply..been in the way.
"What's going on?" he muttered to himself. "Dammit, I hate this mysterious fucking crap that's part of the Sohmas. And I'm not even really one of them.."
Tohru. She made sense where he only saw secrets and confusion. He had to see her. How? Kyou glanced around. He crawled across the roof so that he knelt directly over Tohru's room. He hung his head out and peered through her window. He realized two things simultaneously.
One, Tohru was fast asleep.
Two, her window was open.
There was a quick debate between the angel-Kyou and the devil-Kyou that sat on his shoulders.
Angel-Kyou(with cute wings and a little halo over his orange hair) : Creeping into a girl's room at midnight when she's sleeping is wrong!
Devil-Kyou(also cute with two cute lil' horns and a lil' red tail and uber- cute fangs): No it's not! It's Tohru! She wouldn't mind!
Angel-Kyou (frowning cutely): Of course she would! Only a burglar or a pervert would try such an underhanded thing!
Devil-Kyou(pulling out his pitchfork with a cute mini-snarl): Are you calling me a pervert?
Angel-Kyou(sticks his tongue out): Bwee! Pervert!
Devil-Kyou: But I wanna see Tohru!
Angel-Kyou(considering): Hmmm, me too.
The two little Kyous(together): Let's go!
Kyou swung off the roof with his catlike grace and jumped lightly through the window, landing noiselessly on Tohru's bedroom floor. He carefully walked forward, making no sound, until he stood at Tohru's bedside, looking down at her.
She looked angelic in her sleep. All he could see was her face and the top half of her white, lacy pajamas. Some of the lace curled against her flushed, pink cheek. Her thick, dark lashes covered those incredibly caring eyes that never, ever looked at him with revulsion. Her hair was loose and lay in ribbons and curls around her face, meandering around her pillow.
One slim arm hung off the bed so that her knuckles nearly brushed the floor. Kyou carefully took hold of her wrist, marveling at the fragile bones he could feel beneath the soft skin, raised the arm and placed it over her quilt.
Tohru sighed.
"Kyou-kun.." she murmured.
"What?" Kyou stared at her in shock. Was she awake? Did she know he was there?
Tohru sighed again, then turned to her side.
"Let's play badminton today," she muttered.
Kyou grinned. She was talking in her sleep. His grin grew wider. She was dreaming of him!
And just that suddenly, the cat demon in him woke and it woke hungry. It watched the sleeping Tohru through Kyou's eyes.
*Take her! Take her now! She's so vulnerable right now.*
"No!" Kyou hissed, fisting his hands. He turned and scrambled out of the window and jumped down to the ground below. There he stood, trembling as he fought the prowling cat in his psyche, his body.
"Dammit! I need a cold shower!"
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