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In Honor of Kyoko

"What the hell is this?" Kyou asked as he sat down at the table for breakfast. "G'Morning to you too, Carrot-top." Uo-chan shot the newcomer a patronizing stare, and Hana-chan looked on nonchalantly.

"These are Tohru-kun's friends, Kyou," Shigure informed him. "They stayed over last night, and they go to her and Yuki's school…high school girls!"

"Get that perverted smile off your face," Kyou said with a disgusted face.

"This is my cousin, Kyou." Shigure introduced the cat.

Actually, Arisa and Saki had invited themselves over for the night when they found that Tohru was staying with three men. They had made it known that their approval was required.

"Tohru-chan is a very sweet and trusting girl," Saki had explained. "She could easily get herself into a bad situation because of this. We simply must make sure."

"Ah, that reminds me, Shigure continued, "Kyou, you start at that school on Monday!" Shigure looked very happy. "You're lucky they accepted your application so late…it's already a third of the way through the year!" Kyou choked on the milk he'd been drinking.

"Excuse me?" Yuki asked, coming out of his morning stupor and looking very dangerous indeed.

Shigure's beaming smile shrank a little. "Kyou took the entrance exam the other day, and he passed! To be honest, I didn't think he could do it…"

Kyou slammed his fist on the table, causing everything on it to jump an inch. "What kind of shit are you spouting, damn dog?" he shouted. "I never took any entrance exam!"

"Of course not," Shigure replied, his voice dripping with innocence. "You just filled out some paperwork Akito sent." Kyou's eyes widened. He and Yuki rose simultaneously Kyou once again slamming his fists on the table and thrusting himself up, Yuki standing slowly with shadowed eyes and a growing aura of menace.

"Damn dog!" Kyou roared. "How dare you treat me like I'm an idiot!"

"But it's an established fact!" Shigure said, smirking. Kyou lunged for the older man, but Yuki got there first.

"You will transfer him to a different school," Yuki whispered. Shigure held his hands up.

"I can't!" he defended. "It's so late into the school year; he was lucky to get in as it is!"

"You WILL do it," Yuki breathed. Shigure just shook his head. Yuki released his cousin and retreated a few steps, apparently searching for his next move. Finally he pointed to the door. "You can't eat," he croaked. "You are not allowed to be near." Shigure obviously knew when he was being thrown a lifeline, and he made a quick exit while he could.

The focus of the room's remaining occupants turned to Kyou whose eyes were invisible to his viewers, and was breathing heavily. His head snapped up, and his read eyes were full of fire. His hands clenched.

"Damn you Shigure!" he yelled to the silent room.

"Be quiet, baka neko," Yuki reprimanded. "I can't hear myself think when you talk." Tohru noticed that his gaze always hardened when he looked at Kyou.

"Shut up, rat!" Kyou spat. "If you're so damn smart why can't you do anything about this?"

Yuki glowered. "How could you be so thick-headed as to be tricked into taking that test?"

"You heard what that dog said!" Kyou yelled. "He said it was something Akito—"

"And it didn't make you wonder at all when the front said 'Entrance Exam?'" Yuki asked, his temper obviously rising.

"It didn't say that!" Kyou roared. "It said—" He stopped. "DAMMIT!" he screamed.

"Damn, Carrot-top," Uo-chan said. "Your hair's real bright, but your underneath it…"

"Who asked you, damn Yankee?" Kyou yelled back. Tohru's eyes widened, and Saki looked up, her eyes flashing. To everyone's relief, neither Saki nor Arisa lost their tempers.

"Ooh," Uo-chan teased, "Carrot–top's got a temper!" Kyou bared his teeth, but didn't respond. Instead, he turned back to Yuki.

"In any case," he snarled, "those exams must have been pretty easy if they let YOU in!"

"Don't confuse me with yourself, baka neko," Yuki retorted. "The must have lowered the standards since I took it."

"Kuso nezumi!" Kyou charged at Yuki, his fists raised. It was over quickly. As Kyou came at him, Yuki's foot snapped out, catching him in the stomach, and sending him flying across the room. Hana-chan looked mildly impressed, and Arisa gave a short round of applause. Tohru rushed over to the fallen Kyou.

"Is Kyou-kun alright?" She asked, helping him sit up.

"I'm fine," Kyou growled, pushing her away. An empty bowl sent from Yuki sailed towards Kyou and hit him in the head. "What the hell?" he yelled.

"Treat Honda-san with some respect!" Yuki ordered. "She was just helping."

"Did I ask for help? No!" Kyou said. "Do I need it? No!"

Uo-chan came to crouch next to Kyou. She glared. "You should treat Tohru with respect! She is an expert in four different kinds of martial arts, can handle any kind of gun, even military issues, and is well learned in the field of bombing! Chemical and biological warfare as well!"

Hana-chan nodded from her spot. "Indeed, you should not take Tohru-chan's sweet and kind attitude for granted. She is quite dangerous and does not hesitate to use violence when she feels her generosity is taken advantage of."

The color drained from Kyou's face. Sweet little Tohru, who was always smiling and tagging along trying to socialize? How could she possibly have this hidden personality her friends spoke of?

"Now," Arisa said, "I believe an apology to Tohru-chan is in order."

"Go-gomen nasai," Kyou muttered, his face flushed. He looked away immediately.

"A-ah, ah," Tohru stammered, "It's totally fine! I don't mind!"

Uo-chan stood up. "Saki and I have to go now," she said. "I think we can trust you three to take good care of Tohru. Although—" she turned to Kyou. "I don't want to hear that you have been unkind to Tohru!"

"Whatever, Yankee," Kyou growled. Satisfied, Uo-chan and Hana-chan both hugged Tohru goodbye before walking to the door to the foyer, where their bags were already packed. As Uo-chan walked through, Saki paused and turned. "Please give Sohma-san our thanks for allowing us to spend the night." Yuki nodded. She smiled at Tohru and left.

"Where the hell did you meet those two?" Kyou asked.

"I met Uo-chan back in fifth grade, when her gang was at its peak," Tohru explained. "I mean, before the gang takeover, it was just kids. I met Hana-chan several years ago. She transferred to my school because she had caused…problems at her former school. I'm so glad to have met them!" She beamed.

"And where the hell did you learn all that fighting stuff?" he asked. Yuki hit the back of his head.

"You believed those two?" He asked. "It amazes me how gullible you are."

"Damn Yankee!" Kyou yelled, stomping his foot down, and causing dust to rise from between the floorboards. He stomped away.

"So, Honda-san," Yuki smiled. "From now on, you can definitely stay with us."

Tohru smiled back. "Arigato Sohma-kun! I'll go tell Shigure-san!" she ran out of the room towards Shigure's office. Yuki leaned back against the wall. He was so glad Tohru would be staying. In the short space of only a few days, her presence had become so natural it would feel strange if she left.

How did that happen? Yuki wondered.

AN: Gah, finally done! Gomen nasai, I'm so sorry for my lack of focus and extreme laziness! I finally sat down and typed out the whole damn thing…I had already written out about 1/3 of it…it was just so hard to sit down and write out this chapter. I know it wasn't too good, but from now I think I've managed to beat down my writer's block. My apologies for the long wait, and my deepest thanks to anyone who actually comes back to read this…I know, most people have probably just forgotten all about me, it's been so long. Almost 2 months I guess…dammit! I hope I haven't gone and lost my whole audience…why do I always go and screw myself over like that? Anyway, shoutouts, and hoping everyone will rediscover me! Oh, for anyone who asked about my Xmas/New Year, Xmas was pretty fun, although New Years kinda sucked…no parties fer me, mi familia made me stay with them…damn.

Anonymous: Gracias! I hope you had fun!

Kireina: Haha, thankies! I always like hugs, they're just so fun. Glad I didn't horribly screw up how Shigure laughs!

Merei-chan: Good to know, I was wondering if I was just talking to myself. Glad to hear yer Xmas was fun! Although that was quite a while ago. Only 8? I can't sleep till 11. I hope you update again soon! I liked yer recent stories too, they were sooo kawaii! Hahaha, thanks fer all the reviews,

Sugar High Yusukeholic: Hai hai, although I haven't quite figured out the role Akito will play…he might end up being a hindrance, or actually helping out…in an evil, bastardy kinda way. I say you go fer the FB fic idea, I think Fruits Basket is one of the easiest series to write fanfics for…and only Shigure calls Tohru Tohru-kun, it's cuz he has a lot of respect for her cuz of how she was able to deal with her mother's death so well and (in the original story) because she was able to tough it out in the wild, living in a tent!

Anee/Arian Rowan/Arin Ross: Heheh, you guys always make me laugh! I just don't get too hyper off caffeine or sugar anymore…coffee kinda just lost its hypernating effect…although it will still wake me up. Anyhoo, thankies, all, and I hope Anee has since calmed down.

Hikari Rioki: Well, as far as updating "soon," I'm afraid I've pretty much let ya down. :( Sorry bout that…I wanna have Tohru meet all the other juunishi, which, after Ayame, will be kinda hard since I've only read so far. I've been looking fer scanlations all over the place, but it's damn hard to find them anywhere except for IRC, which I can't use on my comp (I have a Mac)…but I'm not giving up, I'm not waiting till frigin next year to see the others…

Acapacien: Thanks! They could carry Tohru because I changed how the curse worked…I wonder if I didn't make that clear enough…Sorry!

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