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: Er...sorry for the lack of updates. Had a business trip. Then I was really tired. Then I had stupid house crap to take care of...and work keeps rearing its ugly head. And I just didn't write for a couple weeks. Anyway, here's the next part. It's becoming clear that I'm going to have edit/censor some of the later stuff pretty soon as it's getting to the point where it will have "mature content." Hey, what Mary Sue story doesn't have the Mary Sue marrying a main character and having like, a billion children? And, you know, children don't grow out of trees. *eg* Thanks much for all the reviews, I'm thrilled that people enjoy the story and realize that it's intentionally cliche and what not. ;)
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Chapter 7 of ?
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It took Sue just under an hour to get Mary to spill the story. Mary regretted it the second she finished talking.
"That's it?" Sue asked, incredulous. "You were leaning over him, practically on top of him, and you didn't kiss?"
"You came home," Mary pointed out.
"And? You could have ignored me," Sue retorted. "I would have turned right around and left again."
Mary raised a skeptical eyebrow.
"What?"
"Nothing," Mary said and flopped back on the couch.
"You guys are so frustrating," Sue huffed. "I'm disappointed I didn't come home to find you having hot sex on the floor."
"Sue!" Mary yelled in utterly embarrassed surprise. "Geez, I've only known him, what, a day?"
"And this matters how?" Sue shot back.
"You know, I really don't know," Mary replied, rolling to her side to face Sue. "Must be that American sense of sexual taboo or whatever."
"You need to lose some of your inhibitions," Sue suggested. "So does he. And his pants."
Mary couldn't help but laugh.
"I'm beginning to think you want to get him out of his pants more than I do," Mary said.
"See? That's the attitude you have to take. Be bold!"
"Give me some time," Mary said. She'd flopped on her back again and threw her arms over her eyes.
Sue was uncharacteristically quiet. Mary waited.
"So, when you guys finally have sex, can I watch?"
Mary snickered.
"Although, I mean, by the time you get there, I'll probably be dead of old age."
Mary snickered more.
"Actually, you're older, so you'd both be dead before you get that far. That's so wrong!"
Mary laughed out loud. "You're not going to let this go, are you?"
"Not a chance in Hell, Nee-chan."
Mary sighed and pushed herself up off the couch. "Oy. We need to find you a nice boy to sink your teeth into."
"Promise?" The look of pure hope on Sue's face made Mary burst into a fit of giggles. Sue soon followed.
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The rest of the week passed achingly slow. Mary no longer had an excuse to stay away from work and every excuse to go back. She reluctantly left every morning at the crack of dawn to commute into Tokyo. At work, she was utterly and completely distracted, useless beyond compare. It was amazing she got any work done at all. Luckily, it was a slow time and no one really noticed. Which, of course, made her wonder why she was there in the first place.
Oh. Right. That money thing.
Mary returned home early on Friday to a Sue bouncing in the doorway. She eyed the younger woman suspiciously.
"Sue-chan, what are you doing?" she asked as she took off her shoes.
"Waiting for you," Sue replied with a huge grin.
"Why?" Mary was extremely wary, now.
"Because we're going to go for a walk!"
"Really."
"Uh huh." Sue was practically leaping. "It's such a beautiful day and you're home early and your ankle is pretty much healed..."
"And, let me guess," Mary put her hand to her chin in a mock-thinking gesture. "We're going to end up in the Souma neighborhood?"
Sue grinned. "I knew you'd see it my way!" She grabbed Mary's hand and they practically flew down the stairs.
"Whoa, whoa, whoaaaaaaa, Sue," Mary shouted, trying to get the girl's attention.
Sue came up short. "What?"
"You said walk," Mary pointed out. "So, let's walk."
"Oh, right," Sue pouted. She immediately brightened. "That'll give you a chance to figure out how to jump Hatori when you see him."
"Suuuue."
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They were in the neighborhood again. They were next to The Wall where it all happened. Mary noticed the offending bucket was nowhere to be seen. And then...
"Yay! I hoped I'd see you two today!"
The voice.
Sue and Mary melted immediately, having been deprived of Momiji's ultimate cuteness for the better part of a week.
"Momiji-chan!" Sue practically screamed, reaching for the boy who'd perched himself atop the Souma property wall again.
Momiji hopped down and embraced Sue with all his might. Mary spontaneously joined the pair, hugging them both.
"I'm happy to see you, Momiji-kun," Mary said, smiling broadly.
Momiji smiled a big, toothy grin at the women. "What are you guys doing around here?"
"We were out for a walk," Mary explained.
"But we were hoping we might get to see you, too," Sue winked.
"Well, you did!" Momiji said, hopping out of Sue's arms and doing a little dance around the women.
"Would you like to come inside?" Momiji asked, hopeful. "Shi-chan is visiting, you can meet him!"
"Ok!" Sue and Mary both exclaimed.
Into the Souma family estate they went again, weaving through houses as Momiji pointed out where everyone in the family lived. Mary and Sue doubted they'd remember everything, but they were having fun nonetheless. Finally, they reached the house that Mary recognized as belonging to Hatori but instead of going inside, Momiji circled around to the back.
"Ha'ri-san! Shi-chan! Look who I found!" Momiji exclaimed excitedly.
Mary's stomach flip-flopped as Hatori came into view. He stood under a cherry blossom tree near the little pond with another gentleman.
Sue, on the other hand, tried not to gape at the other gentleman. He was about Hatori's height and had the same color hair, but his demeanor was much different. He seemed much more relaxed and at ease. In other words, he looked tasty.
Mary was not so oblivious to miss the little sound of approval Sue made when she spotted the other man. She smirked. Payback. Except, it would be harder since Sue didn't have as many inhibitions as Mary did. She would have to scheme.
Hatori was staring at her and Mary blushed as she smiled back. Sue noticed the other man's eyebrows raise in interest at the look Hatori gave Mary.
"Um, hi," Mary said as they reached the two men. "I hope we're not intruding..."
"Not at all, not at all," the other man replied, waving his hands. Sue immediately liked the mystery man. Not only was he nice to look at but he had quite a lovely voice, too.
"Ah," Hatori finally said. "We were just catching up. This is Shigure, another Juunishi."
"Nice to meet you!" Shigure greeted, giving a little head bow.
Mary and Sue grinned. Shigure was definitely different from Hatori.
"This is Smith-san and Jones-san," Hatori continued with the introductions.
"Mmm," Shigure said, putting a finger to his chin in thought. "The secret Juunishi members, hmm? Your story is starting to spread."
"Oh, I hope it's not causing any problems," Mary replied with concern.
"No, no, not at all. More like curiosity," Shigure assured. "Your story is very interesting. It would make a good book."
Hatori gave Shigure a sidelong glance.
"Are you a writer, Shigure-san?" Sue asked.
"Yes! In fact, I'm a novelist," he replied.
"No way!" Sue exclaimed.
"It's true," Shigure said, grinning. He liked this girl's enthusiasm. And she was cute, too. "In fact, I have a draft of a new story I'm working on. Would you like to see it? I'd love to get some feedback."
"Absolutely!" Sue clapped her hands together in delight.
"Me, too! Me, too!" Momiji cried.
Together, Shigure, Momiji, and Sue walked back to Hatori's office, talking animatedly about various things having completely forgotten about Hatori and Mary. Mary watched them go, her smirk changing into a full-out grin.
"That was weird," she said under her breath.
"Indeed," Hatori concurred.
Mary turned back to Hatori, smiling brightly again as she was very happy to see him. It seemed like more than just a few days had passed since she'd seen him and heard his voice.
"Hi," she said.
"Hi," Hatori replied. He found himself smiling back at her and his day felt much brighter.
Mary stepped around him and faced the pond, peering in it. "Ahh," she breathed. "I was wondering if it had koi."
She squatted down near the pond's edge and watched the fish.
"Fish are so soothing," she said randomly.
"Mmm," Hatori murmured, watching her.
"Are you having a good day, Hatori-san?" Mary asked. She stood and stepped back, leaning against the cheery blossom tree they stood under. A cool breeze came through the garden and caused a few blossom petals to float from above.
"Mmm," Hatori nodded. He stepped forward and reached up to remove a petal from Mary's hair. "And you?" he asked softly.
Mary looked up at Hatori. He was standing so close to her she could feel the heat emanating from his body. "Yes," she whispered. She took a chance. "Much better now that I'm here with you."
Hatori froze. He was caught in Mary's eyes and time seemed to stretch to an impossibly slow rate around them. Tentatively, he brought his hand up to cup her cheek. Mary smiled at him again and leaned into his touch. The air turned electric between them and Mary felt like she would explode if something didn't happen soon.
"Ahh, screw it," she thought to herself.
Standing up on her tiptoes, Mary closed the distance between herself and Hatori, touching her lips to his in a chaste kiss. That was all the encouragement Hatori needed and he stepped forward, holding Mary close, and the couple lost themselves in a world of slow, sweet kisses.
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"That was a really good story," Sue remarked as she and Shigure headed back to the garden.
"Do you really think that?" Shigure asked, feigning embarrassment. He was actually quite tickled at Sue's personality.
"Uhn!" she replied. "It's too bad Momiji-chan didn't get a chance to read it." The boy's guardians had called for him not long after they'd started reading.
"Hmm, I don't think Momichi would have appreciated some of it," Shigure said with a sly smile.
"True. You did have quite a bit of subtext in it," Sue grinned, waggling her eyebrows at Shigure suggestively.
Suddenly, Sue tackled Shigure and brought him to the ground just before they reached the outside doors of Hatori's office.
"Why, Sue-san!" Shigure melodramatically said.
But she wasn't looking at him. Shigure followed her gaze and his eyebrows retreated into a region somewhere near his hairline. There, in the garden they'd left not too long ago, was Mary pressed up against a cherry blossom tree being very thoroughly kissed by Hatori.
"It's about damn time," Sue muttered. Her mind was conjuring up happy dances as she watched.
"Hmm," Shigure murmured. He propped up his chin with a hand and gazed at the kissing couple. "So, Ha-san finally found someone he could be close to and be happy around again."
"Again?" Sue asked.
Shigure nodded toward the photograph on Hatori's bookshelf. "Souma Kana," he said. "Actually, she got married, so she's no longer a Souma." He tried not to think about how close Sue was to him or the weight of her body on his.
"She and Hatori used to be together?"
"Uhn," Shigure said, his voice a little sad. He wished Sue would stop moving. "But only for a short while. She was someone special to him, and then she was taken away from him."
"Taken away?" Sue was really curious now.
"It's a long story," Shigure said. He didn't want to get into it at the moment. "I'll tell you about it...but could you get your elbow out of my ribs, please?"
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End Chapter 7
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: Er...sorry for the lack of updates. Had a business trip. Then I was really tired. Then I had stupid house crap to take care of...and work keeps rearing its ugly head. And I just didn't write for a couple weeks. Anyway, here's the next part. It's becoming clear that I'm going to have edit/censor some of the later stuff pretty soon as it's getting to the point where it will have "mature content." Hey, what Mary Sue story doesn't have the Mary Sue marrying a main character and having like, a billion children? And, you know, children don't grow out of trees. *eg* Thanks much for all the reviews, I'm thrilled that people enjoy the story and realize that it's intentionally cliche and what not. ;)
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Chapter 7 of ?
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It took Sue just under an hour to get Mary to spill the story. Mary regretted it the second she finished talking.
"That's it?" Sue asked, incredulous. "You were leaning over him, practically on top of him, and you didn't kiss?"
"You came home," Mary pointed out.
"And? You could have ignored me," Sue retorted. "I would have turned right around and left again."
Mary raised a skeptical eyebrow.
"What?"
"Nothing," Mary said and flopped back on the couch.
"You guys are so frustrating," Sue huffed. "I'm disappointed I didn't come home to find you having hot sex on the floor."
"Sue!" Mary yelled in utterly embarrassed surprise. "Geez, I've only known him, what, a day?"
"And this matters how?" Sue shot back.
"You know, I really don't know," Mary replied, rolling to her side to face Sue. "Must be that American sense of sexual taboo or whatever."
"You need to lose some of your inhibitions," Sue suggested. "So does he. And his pants."
Mary couldn't help but laugh.
"I'm beginning to think you want to get him out of his pants more than I do," Mary said.
"See? That's the attitude you have to take. Be bold!"
"Give me some time," Mary said. She'd flopped on her back again and threw her arms over her eyes.
Sue was uncharacteristically quiet. Mary waited.
"So, when you guys finally have sex, can I watch?"
Mary snickered.
"Although, I mean, by the time you get there, I'll probably be dead of old age."
Mary snickered more.
"Actually, you're older, so you'd both be dead before you get that far. That's so wrong!"
Mary laughed out loud. "You're not going to let this go, are you?"
"Not a chance in Hell, Nee-chan."
Mary sighed and pushed herself up off the couch. "Oy. We need to find you a nice boy to sink your teeth into."
"Promise?" The look of pure hope on Sue's face made Mary burst into a fit of giggles. Sue soon followed.
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The rest of the week passed achingly slow. Mary no longer had an excuse to stay away from work and every excuse to go back. She reluctantly left every morning at the crack of dawn to commute into Tokyo. At work, she was utterly and completely distracted, useless beyond compare. It was amazing she got any work done at all. Luckily, it was a slow time and no one really noticed. Which, of course, made her wonder why she was there in the first place.
Oh. Right. That money thing.
Mary returned home early on Friday to a Sue bouncing in the doorway. She eyed the younger woman suspiciously.
"Sue-chan, what are you doing?" she asked as she took off her shoes.
"Waiting for you," Sue replied with a huge grin.
"Why?" Mary was extremely wary, now.
"Because we're going to go for a walk!"
"Really."
"Uh huh." Sue was practically leaping. "It's such a beautiful day and you're home early and your ankle is pretty much healed..."
"And, let me guess," Mary put her hand to her chin in a mock-thinking gesture. "We're going to end up in the Souma neighborhood?"
Sue grinned. "I knew you'd see it my way!" She grabbed Mary's hand and they practically flew down the stairs.
"Whoa, whoa, whoaaaaaaa, Sue," Mary shouted, trying to get the girl's attention.
Sue came up short. "What?"
"You said walk," Mary pointed out. "So, let's walk."
"Oh, right," Sue pouted. She immediately brightened. "That'll give you a chance to figure out how to jump Hatori when you see him."
"Suuuue."
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They were in the neighborhood again. They were next to The Wall where it all happened. Mary noticed the offending bucket was nowhere to be seen. And then...
"Yay! I hoped I'd see you two today!"
The voice.
Sue and Mary melted immediately, having been deprived of Momiji's ultimate cuteness for the better part of a week.
"Momiji-chan!" Sue practically screamed, reaching for the boy who'd perched himself atop the Souma property wall again.
Momiji hopped down and embraced Sue with all his might. Mary spontaneously joined the pair, hugging them both.
"I'm happy to see you, Momiji-kun," Mary said, smiling broadly.
Momiji smiled a big, toothy grin at the women. "What are you guys doing around here?"
"We were out for a walk," Mary explained.
"But we were hoping we might get to see you, too," Sue winked.
"Well, you did!" Momiji said, hopping out of Sue's arms and doing a little dance around the women.
"Would you like to come inside?" Momiji asked, hopeful. "Shi-chan is visiting, you can meet him!"
"Ok!" Sue and Mary both exclaimed.
Into the Souma family estate they went again, weaving through houses as Momiji pointed out where everyone in the family lived. Mary and Sue doubted they'd remember everything, but they were having fun nonetheless. Finally, they reached the house that Mary recognized as belonging to Hatori but instead of going inside, Momiji circled around to the back.
"Ha'ri-san! Shi-chan! Look who I found!" Momiji exclaimed excitedly.
Mary's stomach flip-flopped as Hatori came into view. He stood under a cherry blossom tree near the little pond with another gentleman.
Sue, on the other hand, tried not to gape at the other gentleman. He was about Hatori's height and had the same color hair, but his demeanor was much different. He seemed much more relaxed and at ease. In other words, he looked tasty.
Mary was not so oblivious to miss the little sound of approval Sue made when she spotted the other man. She smirked. Payback. Except, it would be harder since Sue didn't have as many inhibitions as Mary did. She would have to scheme.
Hatori was staring at her and Mary blushed as she smiled back. Sue noticed the other man's eyebrows raise in interest at the look Hatori gave Mary.
"Um, hi," Mary said as they reached the two men. "I hope we're not intruding..."
"Not at all, not at all," the other man replied, waving his hands. Sue immediately liked the mystery man. Not only was he nice to look at but he had quite a lovely voice, too.
"Ah," Hatori finally said. "We were just catching up. This is Shigure, another Juunishi."
"Nice to meet you!" Shigure greeted, giving a little head bow.
Mary and Sue grinned. Shigure was definitely different from Hatori.
"This is Smith-san and Jones-san," Hatori continued with the introductions.
"Mmm," Shigure said, putting a finger to his chin in thought. "The secret Juunishi members, hmm? Your story is starting to spread."
"Oh, I hope it's not causing any problems," Mary replied with concern.
"No, no, not at all. More like curiosity," Shigure assured. "Your story is very interesting. It would make a good book."
Hatori gave Shigure a sidelong glance.
"Are you a writer, Shigure-san?" Sue asked.
"Yes! In fact, I'm a novelist," he replied.
"No way!" Sue exclaimed.
"It's true," Shigure said, grinning. He liked this girl's enthusiasm. And she was cute, too. "In fact, I have a draft of a new story I'm working on. Would you like to see it? I'd love to get some feedback."
"Absolutely!" Sue clapped her hands together in delight.
"Me, too! Me, too!" Momiji cried.
Together, Shigure, Momiji, and Sue walked back to Hatori's office, talking animatedly about various things having completely forgotten about Hatori and Mary. Mary watched them go, her smirk changing into a full-out grin.
"That was weird," she said under her breath.
"Indeed," Hatori concurred.
Mary turned back to Hatori, smiling brightly again as she was very happy to see him. It seemed like more than just a few days had passed since she'd seen him and heard his voice.
"Hi," she said.
"Hi," Hatori replied. He found himself smiling back at her and his day felt much brighter.
Mary stepped around him and faced the pond, peering in it. "Ahh," she breathed. "I was wondering if it had koi."
She squatted down near the pond's edge and watched the fish.
"Fish are so soothing," she said randomly.
"Mmm," Hatori murmured, watching her.
"Are you having a good day, Hatori-san?" Mary asked. She stood and stepped back, leaning against the cheery blossom tree they stood under. A cool breeze came through the garden and caused a few blossom petals to float from above.
"Mmm," Hatori nodded. He stepped forward and reached up to remove a petal from Mary's hair. "And you?" he asked softly.
Mary looked up at Hatori. He was standing so close to her she could feel the heat emanating from his body. "Yes," she whispered. She took a chance. "Much better now that I'm here with you."
Hatori froze. He was caught in Mary's eyes and time seemed to stretch to an impossibly slow rate around them. Tentatively, he brought his hand up to cup her cheek. Mary smiled at him again and leaned into his touch. The air turned electric between them and Mary felt like she would explode if something didn't happen soon.
"Ahh, screw it," she thought to herself.
Standing up on her tiptoes, Mary closed the distance between herself and Hatori, touching her lips to his in a chaste kiss. That was all the encouragement Hatori needed and he stepped forward, holding Mary close, and the couple lost themselves in a world of slow, sweet kisses.
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"That was a really good story," Sue remarked as she and Shigure headed back to the garden.
"Do you really think that?" Shigure asked, feigning embarrassment. He was actually quite tickled at Sue's personality.
"Uhn!" she replied. "It's too bad Momiji-chan didn't get a chance to read it." The boy's guardians had called for him not long after they'd started reading.
"Hmm, I don't think Momichi would have appreciated some of it," Shigure said with a sly smile.
"True. You did have quite a bit of subtext in it," Sue grinned, waggling her eyebrows at Shigure suggestively.
Suddenly, Sue tackled Shigure and brought him to the ground just before they reached the outside doors of Hatori's office.
"Why, Sue-san!" Shigure melodramatically said.
But she wasn't looking at him. Shigure followed her gaze and his eyebrows retreated into a region somewhere near his hairline. There, in the garden they'd left not too long ago, was Mary pressed up against a cherry blossom tree being very thoroughly kissed by Hatori.
"It's about damn time," Sue muttered. Her mind was conjuring up happy dances as she watched.
"Hmm," Shigure murmured. He propped up his chin with a hand and gazed at the kissing couple. "So, Ha-san finally found someone he could be close to and be happy around again."
"Again?" Sue asked.
Shigure nodded toward the photograph on Hatori's bookshelf. "Souma Kana," he said. "Actually, she got married, so she's no longer a Souma." He tried not to think about how close Sue was to him or the weight of her body on his.
"She and Hatori used to be together?"
"Uhn," Shigure said, his voice a little sad. He wished Sue would stop moving. "But only for a short while. She was someone special to him, and then she was taken away from him."
"Taken away?" Sue was really curious now.
"It's a long story," Shigure said. He didn't want to get into it at the moment. "I'll tell you about it...but could you get your elbow out of my ribs, please?"
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End Chapter 7