A/N: I know that most of you guys are dying for me to finish "For a Perfect Dance" but I got motivated to write a fic about gangs. I haven't seen any fics in the Fruits Basket portion of FF.net that threw the Fruits Basket cast into a gang scenario. I want to be the one to do it! ^_^ I hope you'll still enjoy the story just the same, I put a lotta thought into this!

Just to clarify, I'm not going to be putting the curse into this because the story in my head is complicated enough as it is, and I've altered the storyline a bit, as in, Tooru didn't live with the Souma's in her first years of high school. Other than that, it's nearly the same.

There is a reaccuring OC in this story though, Souma Akisa, from my other fic "Perfect Stranger" and her personality is basically the same.

The pairings of this story (eventually) for future reference are: Yuki/Tooru Kyou/Kagura Haru/Akisa Hiro/Kisa  ….. If I think of anymore I'll add it in the author's notes in the later chapters.

Okay, enough of author's babbling of important-must-know-information and on with the story:

A Heart of Ice

By: Stardustangel

Chapter One: From Flashbacks We Begin

Making my way across the cold, wet ground I watched the cold rain pour down on all sides, the eternal silence seems to be closing in. The heavy droplets of rain battered my umbrella as I made my way to my beloved mother's grave. Despite the weather, I was happy and content. After years of battling with fate I had finally regained peace.

"Okaasan….okaasan, it's me, Tooru. I'm back. I'm sorry that I haven't being able to visit for such a long time. I'm sure that after you've listened to my story, you'll understand. But then, you must have been watching in on me from the heavens. In that case, I'm sure that you all the things that had happened so far."

"But…. I still want to tell the tale again, to make sure that it wasn't a dream, to make sure that it was real. I don't know how many times I've woken up questioning reality, then sinking back in relief to realize that it was indeed real and that I didn't suffer for a fantasy. The bad and the good things that happened…. The bad we have left behind, hopefully, and the good is here with more to come tomorrow."

Then I paused, looking at the rainy sky, traveling back into the past, back into blessed ignorance, back into innocence, back into the old high school days…

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"TOORU!!!! WE'RE GOING TO BE LATE!!!!" screamed Uotani Arisa from outside the front door of the apartment complex. "COM'MON ALREADY!! HAIAKU!!!!!"

"Wahhh!!! I'm going to be late for school!!" a deranged 17-year old Honda Tooru exclaimed launching herself out of the front door and running into the awaiting Uotani.

"First day and already late? I wonder what our teachers would think of us." Uotani mused.

"Don't say things like that!" Tooru replied exasperated. They were starting their senior year in high school on the wrong foot already and she really didn't want things to get any worse. After her mother died, Uo-chan had insisted that Tooru moves in with her and live in her apartment since her father was mostly out of the house anyway. Now things were back in routine after the shock of her mother's passing. 'This is how things will always be' Tooru thought, 'school, work, home, dinner, homework, sleep.'

She didn't know just how wrong she was about to become and how disorderly her life would turn out to be.

+.:~ At the Souma House a little earlier on ~:.+

"Ne, Yun-chan. Do we really have to go to school?" Kagura asked absentmindedly as she pulled on her jacket knowing fully of what the answer would be. (I'm pretending that Kagura is the same age as Yuki and Kyou because the story would be far more exciting that way. Think about the possibilities! Kagura in the same school and Kyou? *maniacal laughing behind the keyboard, the crowd sweatdrops*)

"We are going because we are still under 18 and the law states that we have to be in school, plus, in a public high school we can have a taste of what a normal life should be." Yuki irritably replied for the umpteenth time.

"But we've gone against the law before right? Plus school isn't that big of a deal."

"You're going."

"Fine." Kagura pouted as Kyou walked into the living room. "At least I get to spend more time with MY Kyou. The other girls wouldn't have a chance" she possessively stated then proceeded to giggle madly.

'I bet' Yuki thought.

"OHAYO KYOU-KUN!!!!!!!" screamed the girl with a smile on her face as the presence of the unfortunate neko that she loved so very much drew nearer. In her hurry to grab him, Kagura nearly tripped on Yuki's not-yet-put-on shoe and fell on (guess who?) Kyou and taking him down with her. A thunderous crash rang through the room as they came upon impact with the floor. Akisa, Momiji, Haru, Kisa, and Hiro walked into the room to see what the disturbance was all about.

"Looks like Kagura is picking on Kyou again!" the rabbit stated with a smile on his face.

"Geez, and you would think that they would give us peace in the mornings. A person can't always put up with noise you know. I can believe that you're so inconsiderate, you don't even pay rent, and you're still trashing it like if it was yours." was the annoyed reply that Hiro threw at the sight in front of him.

"SHUT UP!!!! WHY ARE YOU GUYS ALL CROWDED HERE?! GO AWAY! And Kagura, GET OFF OF ME!!" And the neko tried to loosen the death-grip of the boar.

"Kagura-niichan….are you okay?"

Sighing as she got off of the struggling Kyou, "Yeah, I'm fine Kisa-chan".

Hatori walks into the room and took one look at the scene in front of him and frowned slightly though these types of things were ordinary occurrences.

"Shouldn't you be on your way to your new school? It's the first day and I don't want all of you to be late" he said calmly as he pointed at the wall clock. "It will make a bad impression on the Souma name, besides; all of you have important things to be doing after school. Akito and the rest of us won't be too please if you get detained by having to serve detention." The last statement was directed mainly in Kyou, Kagura, and Haru's direction.

"Hatori's right, if we don't get moving, we won't make it to class on time. I'm leaving."

"Hey! Wait for the rest of us!" shouted Kagura at Yuki's quickly moving form as she dashed out of the front door to catch up with the rest of the school going jyunnishi at her tail.

A/N: So? How did you like it? ^_^ Don't worry, this is just the beginning. In comes the gangs in the next chapter and let the fun begin!!!!! I'm crazy! Reviews to speed my hands to type the next chapter will be much appreciated!