The Secret Juunishi

Or

How to Mary Sue Yourself and Your Friend into Fruits Basket

by secretjuunishi

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Fandom: Fruits Basket

Spoilers: for the anime only, although I do mention the name of a Juunishi that is mentioned in the manga

Rating: PG-13 (for now)

Pairing: Mary x Hatori, Sue x Shigure

Genre: Humor/Romance/Angst/Drama

Disclaimer: I don't own them...I'm just borrowing them. Hail to Takaya Natsuki.

Summary: Mary Smith and Sue Jones end up in the Fruits Basket universe and they have *secrets.* *spooky music* Mary/Hatori, Sue/Shigure.

Author's Note: Please, oh, please...do not take this seriously. ;)

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Chapter 1 of ?

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"Ahh!" Mary exclaimed before the ground abruptly came up to meet her. With a thud, she landed hard on the road. She glared at the random bucket that had tripped her up.

"Kyaa!" A voice said beside her. Mary winced at the volume of Sue's voice.

"Are you ok, Mary?" Sue's worried face came into her vision and she had to smile at her friend's expression.

"I'm fine, Sue. Don't worry. Just a little scratch, see?" Mary raised her left arm and pointed at the scratch on her elbow.

"Eek!" Sue suddenly jumped up and looked from side to side quickly, as if looking for something. She took a deep breath before suddenly screaming, "SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP!!!!"

"What the Hell are you doing, Sue?!" Mary screamed, hoping no one heard her hysterical friend.

"Blood! Blood! BLOOOOOOOD!" Sue was jumping up and down by now, pointing excitedly at Mary's scrape.

Sure enough, Mary was bleeding. But it really wasn't that big of a deal.

"Sue...please calm down before-" Mary was interrupted by a voice from above.

"Um, is everything ok?"

Slowly, Mary and Sue's heads tilted up and noticed a little boy sitting on top of the wall they were near.

"Kawaii..." Sue whispered.

"Not often you see a little blond-haired boy in Japan," Mary thought to herself.

"Everything is fi-" Mary started.

"No! Everything is *not* fine!" Sue jumped in. "Is there a doctor nearby? My friend...she's hurt! She's bleeding! She might die! Please! Can you help?"

"Sue..." Mary muttered, turning red with embarrassment.

"Oh!" The little boy exclaimed. "We have a doctor right here. I'll go run and get him!"

"No, wait!" Mary called, but it was too late. "It's really not that...bad..." she finished lamely.

Mary sighed and smacked the palm of her hand against her forehead. She looked up at Sue, who was bouncing from foot to foot. Mary shook her head and laughed to herself.

They both turned at the sound of the residence's front door sliding open. The little boy was back, a tentative smile on his face.

"I'm Momiji!" he introduced. "And this is my home. This," he gestured to the person just behind him, "is Hatori. He's a doctor. Ha'ri-san can help you, can't you?"

Momiji's head tilted up to address the newcomer and Sue and Mary's heads followed.

"It's really nothing," Mary tried to explain again. "It's just a little..."

And then she finally took a good look at the other person.

"...uh...scratch..."

Who happened to be quite a striking man.

"Um...Hi." Mary was trying not to stare and failing miserably.

Sue glanced between Mary and the guy Momiji called Hatori and started to smile.

"Oh, this is going to be so much fun..." Sue thought.

Hatori stepped forward and knelt in front of Mary, his white coat flaring.

"Let me see." His voice was quiet, yet strong. And deep. Mary and Sue both almost physically melted at the sound of it.

Mary offered her arm to Hatori and concentrated on not looking at Sue. Because she knew Sue would give her Hell later. And she knew she deserved it since she was practically drooling.

Hatori handled the girl's arm gently, peering closely at the scrape with his right eye. His gaze shifted as he took in the situation, noticing the old bucket that must have caused the fall as well as the many pebbles on the road that contributed to the cuts the girl had suffered.

"Nothing too serious," he declared, leaning back to look at the girl normally. "But we should clean it up before it gets infected. It also appears your leg is bleeding."

Mary looked down. "Oh," was all she managed.

Sue took another deep breath before she started with "Bloo-"

"Sue, stop it!" Mary said quickly. She smiled gently at the other girl's crestfallen look.

A gentle tug reminded Mary that Hatori was still holding her arm.

"If you would come inside, we could clean this up easily," he offered slowly.

Hatori frowned. Why was he offering to help a total stranger? It wasn't as if she was in any mortal danger. Inviting her and her friend inside could cause problems, especially if either one of them accidentally bumped into Momiji or himself.

"Can you stand?" he heard himself ask.

"Yes, I think so," she replied and started to stand.

"Ow!" Mary exclaimed. Putting pressure on her left foot was apparently a bad idea. She gave the offending bucket another glare.

"The bucket and the fall have conspired to sprain my ankle," she muttered. Mary jumped slightly at Hatori's sniff of amusement. He wasn't supposed to have heard that. She blushed fiercely and kept her gaze down, waiting for something to happen.

Unfortunately, something did.

A group of elementary school boys playing street soccer came careening down the street, bumping into each other and the walls in their quest to steal the ball from each other. They were close to the group of Momiji, Hatori, Sue, and Mary when one of the boys bounced off another and went flying right at the group.

Sue yelped in surprise and dove out of the way. Mary, however, was not so lucky, even though Hatori tried to push her out of the way. The young boy slammed into Mary.

*pyon*

A pretty butterfly suddenly appeared and landed on Hatori's outstretched hand.

The little boy, having recovered from his collision, stared up at Hatori.

"Sorry, sir!" he exclaimed. "I didn't mean to run into you like that."

"Ah," Hatori said, stunned. "Just be careful from now on."

"Yes, sir! Sorry again, sir!"

The group of boys scampered off.

Sue, who was crouching on the ground, was afraid to look up. She'd grabbed Mary's clothes and sat on them as soon as the transformation had happened. Luckily, the little boys hadn't noticed, but there was no way Momiji and Hatori could have missed it.

"Oh, crap," was the first thing that came to mind.

Mary fluttered her wings in irritation. "Oh, crap," was definitely among the things she was thinking.

"Um, this might be a little...awkward," she started to say.

"She just- !" Momiji began.

"Momiji, get back in the house *now*!" Hatori commanded. Mary saw the little boy jump at the fierceness of Hatori's voice before complying.

Hatori turned and looked at the butterfly. He had so many questions, but now was not the time. He turned toward the girl's friend. What had she called her?

"Sue-san," he said. She gaped at him.

"Why isn't he freaking out?" Sue muttered under her breath.

"Sue-san," Hatori said a little stronger. "Please bring your friend's belongings inside."

He turned on his heel, remembering to shield the butterfly with his other hand so she wouldn't get blown away, and walked inside the main grounds. He was relieved to hear Sue shut the door behind him. She'd at least regained enough sense to know she should follow.

"Er," the butterfly said. "You don't seem too...phased...by all this."

"We can talk later," Hatori said. "I think right now the best thing to do is get you inside before you transform back."

"Good idea," she said. Carefully, she walked the length of Hatori's hand and settled in his palm.

"By the way," Hatori ventured. "What's your name?"

"Oh! I can't believe I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Mary. Nice to meet you."

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End Chapter 1