Fruits Basket Fanfic XXxDDD!!
Disclaimer: Fruits Basket and all the characters belong to the guy who made it up. I don't own anything, I don't have any right to anything.
val (the stupid (a) thing won't work here) val - ok, your reviews have started to come dangerously close to flaming. -vein twitching my temple- you wanna take this outside, huh? -takes deep breath- just think calm, just think calm… For your information, if you're not happy with tohru/akito, then nobody's forcing you to read it! I write this for the people who like it, and if it's going to have a happy ending, it will. If it's not going to have a happy ending, well, there's nothing you can do about it! I've already decided the plot of this story, and although it is slightly different from my normal writing style, I'm happy with it, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it. If you think it's out of the ordinary, think of it as originality. Think of it as seeing things in a different perspective. But if you're going to be narrow-minded, let's hope you get some sense into your brain soon, or you're not going to last very long reading fan fiction around here.
About the half-buttoned shirts, I have to set the scene, don't I? I could have made it a LOT more graphic, but since it's rated PG, I just had to make it as discreet as possible, while still writing it properly.
Nightfall2525 - Yes, Akito does happen to be half-demon! I am soooo wonderfully original, aren't I?
Everyone else - Thankyou for your reviews. They're very much appreciated, and I find them a lot more helpful than the reviews by the first person mentioned above.
I'm going on holidays for a few weeks without access to a computer, so I won't be updating in a while.
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Shadow Memories
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Akito's spirit, in demon form, made his way through the maze towards the gates of Hell, where his father would be waiting. Many spirits, on their way to the underworld, had become lost in this infamous maze, and only half the spirits that were told to come through here had actually reached their final destination. However, Akito knew the way, so he had no fear.
The gates of Hell were black, made of a dark substance very similar to iron, but it gave off poisonous fumes which were overwhelming to anyone who lingered around for too long. As the son of the dark lord, they didn't affect Akito, and he knelt before his father's throne, not making eye contact with the horrible creature seated before him. "Dark Lord, master, I have arrived," he said clearly.
Every full moon, the powers of the god who guarded the gates of hell would fade away, so he would summon his son to take over his position for three days. Akito hated this job, since it required a lot of effort, and putting on a show to scare the new arrivals. And he wasn't allowed to go to sleep throughout his time here, and by the time he arrived back into the mortal world, he was usually very grumpy and tired.
A voice that shook the earth beneath his feet rumbled over his head. "A-ki-to. You are late. For that, you should be punished. However, I need you to substitute for me, so I will let you off this time. But you have been warned. Next time, I will not be so lenient."
Akito bowed his head. "Yes master, I understand," he said.
The Dark Lord stepped down, motioning for Akito to take his place. Gingerly, he perched in the stinking chair. His own body and spirit had transformed, so it was like a lesser version of his father's spirit, but the chair still dwarfed him. The lord vanished, and Akito stared with dismay at the long line of new spirits awaiting entrance. Sighing, he fixated his most fearsome glare on the first in the line. This was going to take a long time. Luckily, he had left a note for Tohru that he would be gone for a few days, and had locked the bedroom door, where his body was sitting, completely still and unmoving while his spirit was down here.
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Tohru's eyes flickered open. Suddenly she sat bolt upright, but a hand gently pushed her back down. "Ah, Miss Honda, you're finally awake," a gentle voice said.
She looked at the owner of the voice, and saw the most handsome young man she had ever seen. He was even better-looking than Akito, and his voice had a certain ring in it that radiated warmth and kindness. "I… Where am I?" she whispered.
Another voice answered. This time, it belonged to a boy with bright orange hair. "Geez, don't tell me you don't recognize your own home! Don't you remember?"
She shook her head, confused. "This isn't home…Home is with Akito. But… you're not Akito. You're one of the boys that came a few days ago!" she said, realization dawning in her eyed.
Kyo and Yuki were slightly taken aback when she cringed away from them, and Yuki reached a hand to her. "What's the matter, Miss Honda?" he asked.
She didn't look at him as she answered. "Well… Akito told me that you two are very dangerous."
The dark-silver-haired boy sighed. "I should have expected so. Miss Honda, we're not going to hurt you. Now, you should just rest for a while. We'll call Hatori to come and have a look at you. Meanwhile, try not to leave this room. We don't want Shigure to find you just yet, and you're not quite strong enough o go anywhere on your own."
They left the room, shutting the door behind them. Tohru sat up again, her head spinning. "This is all so strange…" she murmured to herself. "Akito said they'd be violent, but they seem very nice, so far."
She took stock of her surroundings. She was in a pink bed, in an unfamiliar room. Weakly, she stood up and stumbled over to the desk. There was a book and a photo on the desk, and she looked at them curiously. The woman in the photo seemed vaguely familiar… Something stirred inside her when she looked at it, but she had no memory of the person. Turning her attention on the book, she noticed there was a name written on it. "Tohru… Honda…" she read. This book was hers! But she had never seen this book before… Curious, she flipped it open. It appeared to be a diary. Taking it with her, she got back into the bed, and settled down to read it.
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Dear Diary,
Today, we got the results of our test back. I did very well! But after all, Yuki was there to help me study, and he's very smart. Kyo also got good results, which was a surprise since I hadn't noticed him studying at all. The only think he's been concentrating on lately, is improving his martial arts so he can defeat Yuki. I hope that if they do get into a fight, it doesn't get too bloody. I wouldn't want either of them to get hurt.
Hana and Uo came to visit again this afternoon, and we had lots of fun exploring the woods surrounding the house. Kyo and Yuki came with us, but they ended up arguing again, and Kyo stormed off. We didn't see him again until dinner. Shigure didn't come with us, because he was too busy running away from his editor. I think that woman is on her breaking point - I don't see how she puts up with him. Shigure is so frustrating with her, but it's funny in a way. He always gets his manuscripts finished before the deadline, so it works out in the end.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention, we had a visit from Ayame and Hatori, yesterday evening. I had to cook a big dinner for them all, and they appeared to be discussing something important, but I didn't catch what they were saying. Haru, Momiji, Kisa and Hiro also came. It's so sweet, Hiro always goes wherever Kisa goes. He can't stand to let her out of his sight for too long. Kisa brought a new anime to watch, and Haru originally came to drop off something from the school for Yuki, but he ended up watching the anime with us. And you know Momiji, he just wanted to come to see us all, for no particular reason. But of course, we all had lots of fun together.
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Tohru stared at the diary. This was written by her, but she didn't remember writing it, and she didn't know any of the people mentioned in it. She looked up as the door opened. "Um… Are you… Yuki?" she asked.
The silver-haired boy smiled at her. "Yes, that's me. What have you got there?"
"It's a diary," she answered, handing it over.
Yuki's face darkened slightly as he skimmed over the entry. "Do any of these names sound familiar to you?" he asked.
She shook her head, wincing as her head starting throbbing worse than before. "No. I mean, this is my diary, but I can't remember anything."
Yuki sighed. "Well, I guess that's not too surprising. Akito must have improved his memory-erasing skills since last time. Oh, sorry. Allow me to explain," he said, noticing the odd look she was giving him.
"Now, where should I start? I know! Miss Honda, this is your mother," he said, giving her the photo that had been on her desk. "She died in a car crash about 2 years ago. You moved in with your grandfather, but when he had his house renovated, you lived in a tent in the woods, with the intention of living there until the remodelling was finished. There was a landslide, and you began to live with me, Kyo and Shigure. When the renovations were done, you decided to remain here, and we were all very happy. However, the head of the family, Akito, heard you were living with us. He was not happy with that, and-"
He was cut off when Kyo came into the room with a man with hair that covered half of his face. "You should be lucky I was in the neighourhood when you called. What were you thinking, using those tranquilizers on her? She could have been hurt badly, but she looks alright to me. I'll have to do a closer inspection. You'll have to leave, come back later," he said in a quiet monotone voice.
The two boys left the room, and Hatori sat next to the bed. "My name is Hatori, you can trust me, I'm a qualified doctor. Tohru, you used to live here, with Yuki, Kyo and Shigure," he began, but Tohru interrupted.
"Everyone keeps mentioning those three names. Who are they? I know who Yuki is, but who's Kyo and Shigure?"
"The boy with orange hair is Kyo, but you haven't met Shigure yet since you came back. Anyway, you used to live here. From what Kyo tells us, Akito came to the school, kidnapped you, and erased your memory, confining you in his quarters."
Tohru stared at him. "Akito told me that… I was a homeless orphan, and he took me in and cared for me. But come to think of it, he didn't let me meet anyone else…"
Hatori's face showed no emotion. "That's what he said. The truth is that you used to live here. He didn't want to share you with anybody, and he knew that they would tell him he was doing the wrong thing by taking you from here. But I can see that you need something to eat, and then rest a while. I'll get Yuki to bring you something," he said, and walked out.
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"Yuki… do you by any chance… have a secret base?" Tohru asked tentatively. Yuki was sitting by her bedside, watching her eat with a slightly sad look on his face. He perked up when she spoke, and smiled.
"Yes, I do. Why do you ask?" he answered.
"Well, for some reason, when I saw you, and tasting this delicious leek porridge, something in my mind told me that you have a secret base."
"Do you remember anything else, Miss Honda?" he asked, his eyes alarmingly serious, and Tohru edged away slightly.
"Umm, no. I don't know where I got the secret base idea from… But it's really cool that you have one!"
"How about you come with me tomorrow, and I'll show it to you," Yuki suggested.
"Oh, that would be wonderful! I've always wanted to see one in person, the neighbourhood boys had one, but they said girls weren't allowed, so I never got to see it," she babbled, and Yuki smiled. The sudden sense of déjà vu he just experienced triggered off a warm emotion in his heart…He had the feeling that things would gradually be returning to normal.
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There was no point in this chapter. None at all. No plot, no interesting things. Ah well, I guess I'm just too excited about my holiday to write something creative… Please review, as always, and just to mention it again, I'll be away and not updating for a while, unless I get access to the internet somehow.
-Elenril