Chapter 2
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Anji
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AN: okay, simple question: Tohru/Kyo or Tohru/Yuki?? I like the Cat and I like the Rat. And they both make a cute couple with her. So, I'm indifferent. Just tell me what you want with that. Domo, Minna-San:) oh, and the first scene isn't supposed to be biased on those choices, it's just the best scene that came to my mind.
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Tohru and Yuki were sitting in the living room working their English homework.
"Okay," Yuki started. "Let's start with animals. Chicken."
"Niwatori," Tohru said with her usual smile.
"Bird."
"Tori."
"Leopard."
"Hyo."
"Owl."
"Fukurou."
"Hawk."
"Taka."
"Cat."
"Kyo!"
Yuki lifted an eyebrow. "I suppose that works. Rat or mouse."
"Nezumi."
"Nah," Kyo said, walking in. "You forgot a word. Kuso."
"Well," Yuki growled. "That makes ONE of you."
"Nandako?"
"There's a dog," Tohru said out of the blue.
"You heard me coming down the hall?" Shigure said with a laugh.
"No, there's a dog outside."
He shrugged and started working on manuscripts.
Everyone else turned their heads, and sure enough, there was a bark.
"Maybe it's that random mutt that comes up to the porch every now and then," Kyo suggested.
"No, this dog is bigger, baka," Yuki retorted.
"Anji, what did you want to show me?" a woman's voice asked from outside.
"Can I help you?" Yuki asked, opening the door.
"Yes, for some reason my dog refuses to leave your porch," a red- haired woman (AN: um, that's supposed to be Kenshin-like red, not Kyo- like. Just thought I'd let you know.) explained. "Ano...do you think I could let him in and show me...whatever he wants to show me?"
"Hm," Shigure mused to himself. "Anji...and that voice sounds familiar too. But where have I heard it before?" He shrugged and went back to work.
"Alright, ma'am, I'll just let Anji explore until he finds what he's looking for," Yuki said, letting the enormous dog inside.
Everyone watched as the huge brown, gray-spotted dog calmly walked in. 'He probably sniffed out Shigure,' Kyo and Yuki thought.
Sure enough, the dog went straight to the distracted man and nudged his arm. "Oh, hello there," Shigure greeted the dog with scratch behind the ears.
"Shigure-San?" the lady asked. "Long time no see."
"Ah, Kai-San!" Shigure said, turning around. "Is this the concrete version of Anji?"
She laughed. "Hai. This is my imaginary dog, Anji."
"What the heck are you two going on about?" Kyo asked.
"He doesn't look too imaginary to me," Tohru noticed, patting the dog's head with a smile.
"What breed is he?" Yuki asked with a confused look.
"He's half wolf hound and half Siberian husky," she said. "Well, it was nice seeing you again, Shigure-San. Nice meeting your...this may sound rather strange, but who are they?"
"This is Tohru, our live-in housekeeper and close friend."
"She probably saves your stomachs too, huh?"
"Yup," Kyo said. "Yuki here could burn cereal if he tried."
Yuki rolled his eyes.
"This is Yuki, the Mouse."
Kai slowly nodded. "A fellow Sohma, I see."
"And this is Kyo, the Cat."
"WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO PULL?!" Kyo screamed. "SHE'S NOT A SOHMA!!"
Tohru blinked. "Oh," she said with a smile. "You're just another rice ball in a fruits basket, huh?"
Kai thought for a minute on the metaphor. "Hai."
Yuki got very quiet. "Shigure, who is she?"
"This is Kaigara Gentou. Though, everyone calls her Kai..." He explained. "And she's even more a strange case than Tohru-San."
"How so?" Kyo asked.
"Well, when Aya, Ha'ri, and I were in our last year of high school, she quite accidentally ran into me..."
"And?" Yuki asked.
"Nothing happened," Kai finished.
"You had Hatori erase her memory, didn't you?" Kyo asked.
"No..." Shigure said with a sweat-drop. "Nothing happened. That's it. I didn't transform."
"That IS more unusual than Honda-San," Yuki mused.
"What's even stranger, she already knew we had the curse before we even thought of telling her."
"What are you, some sort of stalker?" Kyo asked.
"Not the last time I checked..." Kai said with a sweat-drop of her own.
"By the way, Kai-San. What brought you around this area?" Shigure asked. "You didn't seem to know where you were exactly."
"Well...just recently my apartment building closed down and now I'm living in a hotel. This is the first day I've stayed there if that tells you how recently. Well, they don't allow dogs. But they said I can keep my things there until I found a place for Anji to stay. So, I decided I could find a nice clear spot in a place away from urban life."
Kyo blinked in confusion. "You've got time to wander like that? What do you do?"
"I'm an artist. Besides, what better place to get inspiration than to the woods, ne?"
"Ano..." Yuki started. "These woods are property of the Sohma family."
"Hm, I seem to be constantly running into the Sohma family, don't I?"
"You too?" Tohru asked.
"Well, Kai-San, you're welcome to stay here," Shigure assured her. "If you don't mind a roommate, of course."
'Don't tell me he's thinking what I think he's thinking,' Yuki thought rather flatly.
'Oh brother,' Kyo thought.
"Well, I don't think Kyo or Yuki would want a roommate, and Tohru-San has studying, work, and housecleaning to keep her occupied. I suppose you'll have stay in my room."
'Yup.'
Everyone turned around at the sound of Anji's growl.
"I don't think Anji-Chan would like that too much, Shigure-San. Maybe we should let him choose. What do you think, Anji-Chan?"
Anji walked over to Tohru and happily wagged his tail. "He's a good judge of character," Yuki said with a smile.
"Hm," Kai mused. "I still have to go get my things from the hotel."
"Not to worry, Kai-San," Shigure said, getting up. "Yuki, Kyo, and I will go get your things."
"Sure," Yuki agreed.
"I don't want to," Kyo growled.
Anji answered him with an even stronger growl.
"If I have to," he said, getting up as well.
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AN: hey, thanks for the review. I'm gonna cry. That was the first time anyone complimented me on my language skills. Sometimes I would get a review saying I had misspelled a word, or mistranslated it. But, I'm sorry, it's probably from being in Spanish for too long. Anywho, glad you like the fic. I love FB too ^_^
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Anji
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AN: okay, simple question: Tohru/Kyo or Tohru/Yuki?? I like the Cat and I like the Rat. And they both make a cute couple with her. So, I'm indifferent. Just tell me what you want with that. Domo, Minna-San:) oh, and the first scene isn't supposed to be biased on those choices, it's just the best scene that came to my mind.
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Tohru and Yuki were sitting in the living room working their English homework.
"Okay," Yuki started. "Let's start with animals. Chicken."
"Niwatori," Tohru said with her usual smile.
"Bird."
"Tori."
"Leopard."
"Hyo."
"Owl."
"Fukurou."
"Hawk."
"Taka."
"Cat."
"Kyo!"
Yuki lifted an eyebrow. "I suppose that works. Rat or mouse."
"Nezumi."
"Nah," Kyo said, walking in. "You forgot a word. Kuso."
"Well," Yuki growled. "That makes ONE of you."
"Nandako?"
"There's a dog," Tohru said out of the blue.
"You heard me coming down the hall?" Shigure said with a laugh.
"No, there's a dog outside."
He shrugged and started working on manuscripts.
Everyone else turned their heads, and sure enough, there was a bark.
"Maybe it's that random mutt that comes up to the porch every now and then," Kyo suggested.
"No, this dog is bigger, baka," Yuki retorted.
"Anji, what did you want to show me?" a woman's voice asked from outside.
"Can I help you?" Yuki asked, opening the door.
"Yes, for some reason my dog refuses to leave your porch," a red- haired woman (AN: um, that's supposed to be Kenshin-like red, not Kyo- like. Just thought I'd let you know.) explained. "Ano...do you think I could let him in and show me...whatever he wants to show me?"
"Hm," Shigure mused to himself. "Anji...and that voice sounds familiar too. But where have I heard it before?" He shrugged and went back to work.
"Alright, ma'am, I'll just let Anji explore until he finds what he's looking for," Yuki said, letting the enormous dog inside.
Everyone watched as the huge brown, gray-spotted dog calmly walked in. 'He probably sniffed out Shigure,' Kyo and Yuki thought.
Sure enough, the dog went straight to the distracted man and nudged his arm. "Oh, hello there," Shigure greeted the dog with scratch behind the ears.
"Shigure-San?" the lady asked. "Long time no see."
"Ah, Kai-San!" Shigure said, turning around. "Is this the concrete version of Anji?"
She laughed. "Hai. This is my imaginary dog, Anji."
"What the heck are you two going on about?" Kyo asked.
"He doesn't look too imaginary to me," Tohru noticed, patting the dog's head with a smile.
"What breed is he?" Yuki asked with a confused look.
"He's half wolf hound and half Siberian husky," she said. "Well, it was nice seeing you again, Shigure-San. Nice meeting your...this may sound rather strange, but who are they?"
"This is Tohru, our live-in housekeeper and close friend."
"She probably saves your stomachs too, huh?"
"Yup," Kyo said. "Yuki here could burn cereal if he tried."
Yuki rolled his eyes.
"This is Yuki, the Mouse."
Kai slowly nodded. "A fellow Sohma, I see."
"And this is Kyo, the Cat."
"WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO PULL?!" Kyo screamed. "SHE'S NOT A SOHMA!!"
Tohru blinked. "Oh," she said with a smile. "You're just another rice ball in a fruits basket, huh?"
Kai thought for a minute on the metaphor. "Hai."
Yuki got very quiet. "Shigure, who is she?"
"This is Kaigara Gentou. Though, everyone calls her Kai..." He explained. "And she's even more a strange case than Tohru-San."
"How so?" Kyo asked.
"Well, when Aya, Ha'ri, and I were in our last year of high school, she quite accidentally ran into me..."
"And?" Yuki asked.
"Nothing happened," Kai finished.
"You had Hatori erase her memory, didn't you?" Kyo asked.
"No..." Shigure said with a sweat-drop. "Nothing happened. That's it. I didn't transform."
"That IS more unusual than Honda-San," Yuki mused.
"What's even stranger, she already knew we had the curse before we even thought of telling her."
"What are you, some sort of stalker?" Kyo asked.
"Not the last time I checked..." Kai said with a sweat-drop of her own.
"By the way, Kai-San. What brought you around this area?" Shigure asked. "You didn't seem to know where you were exactly."
"Well...just recently my apartment building closed down and now I'm living in a hotel. This is the first day I've stayed there if that tells you how recently. Well, they don't allow dogs. But they said I can keep my things there until I found a place for Anji to stay. So, I decided I could find a nice clear spot in a place away from urban life."
Kyo blinked in confusion. "You've got time to wander like that? What do you do?"
"I'm an artist. Besides, what better place to get inspiration than to the woods, ne?"
"Ano..." Yuki started. "These woods are property of the Sohma family."
"Hm, I seem to be constantly running into the Sohma family, don't I?"
"You too?" Tohru asked.
"Well, Kai-San, you're welcome to stay here," Shigure assured her. "If you don't mind a roommate, of course."
'Don't tell me he's thinking what I think he's thinking,' Yuki thought rather flatly.
'Oh brother,' Kyo thought.
"Well, I don't think Kyo or Yuki would want a roommate, and Tohru-San has studying, work, and housecleaning to keep her occupied. I suppose you'll have stay in my room."
'Yup.'
Everyone turned around at the sound of Anji's growl.
"I don't think Anji-Chan would like that too much, Shigure-San. Maybe we should let him choose. What do you think, Anji-Chan?"
Anji walked over to Tohru and happily wagged his tail. "He's a good judge of character," Yuki said with a smile.
"Hm," Kai mused. "I still have to go get my things from the hotel."
"Not to worry, Kai-San," Shigure said, getting up. "Yuki, Kyo, and I will go get your things."
"Sure," Yuki agreed.
"I don't want to," Kyo growled.
Anji answered him with an even stronger growl.
"If I have to," he said, getting up as well.
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AN: hey, thanks for the review. I'm gonna cry. That was the first time anyone complimented me on my language skills. Sometimes I would get a review saying I had misspelled a word, or mistranslated it. But, I'm sorry, it's probably from being in Spanish for too long. Anywho, glad you like the fic. I love FB too ^_^