Ushi no Kokoro Suicchi

"Mind switch of the cow"

This is my first fanfiction, so I'm very sorry if you don't enjoy it. Please try to put up with my slow updates, but the more reveiws I get, the more compelled I'll be to write hint hint

I used some Japanese in this story to make it feel a little more authentic, so the translations are at the end of the story.

Also, keep in mind that this is a fanfiction, so I don't own anything about the original Fruits Basket series. I hope you enjoy this!

- Furubacatclub

I woke up to find that all was not right. The room, for one thing, had shifted sideways so that my bed now faced the door. Speaking of the bed, it was a bed bed. Not the blowup mattress I normally sleep on. Oh ya, and I had long hair. That was my first clue that I hadn't just sleep traveled up to Tohru's bedroom. You may be thinking: "but Haru, wouldn't she have just gone to sleep on the couch and left you alone like the nice person she is?"

No. It was far worse than that. My hair was long and brown and...I was in silk pajamas. Pink flower silk pajamas. That was defiantly enough to scare me all on it's own, but nooo. There was more. I groaned a very girly high-pitched groan and went to get out of the REAL bed (yes I'm obsessive) and noticed a little ball of yellow-beige fur. Fur which belonged to a rabbit.

"MOMIJI!!!" I screamed. He woke up suddenly and hoped under the bed. I heard a crashing noise that sounded vaguely like someone falling off the roof and the noise of footsteps thundering up the stairwell.

And then, the ultimate horror, I heard my voice scream from a room downstairs.

"Mental note to self I muttered. Girly shrieks attract more attention then mature guy shrieks. Okee.

At this point Yuki, Kyo and Shigure slid through my doorway.

"HONDA SAN, DID MOMIJI TOUCH Y-" He stopped in mid-sentence as Tohru/me ran through the doorway and crashed into the crowd. From Momiji's point of view under the bed, this must have been quite an amusing scene of chaos. Or at least it would have been if I hadn't shrieked and scared him.

This was all extremely difficult for me to process. I am known for being slow and stupid, like the cow from the zodiac. I am also not a morning person, or even an early afternoon person for that matter. And then there's black Haru. Mix it all together and add a pinch of teenage girl hormones and why have: a mental breakdown, basically. Not fun. At all. I mean imagine me, Hatsuharu Sohma, in this situation. First there was puberty, oh how I hated puberty, and that was in my body with my messed up gender hormones.

Not cool.

If you haven't guessed, I was feeling fairly possessive at this point. My life had practically been ripped away from me. There were a few advantages, of course. Being able to pull great practical jokes was one. The problem with that was it would get Tohru kun in trouble, and I wouldn't want that for the 'utsukushi i hana' of the Sohma family household. Oh, and I wouldn't transform. Then it hit me.

"I wouldn't transform!" I said. I jumped off of the bed and threw my arms around Yuki. There was a soft 'poof' and a rat stood where Yuki had been. A huge smile spread across my face. Shigure was smart enough to retreat to the kitchen, but Kyo was not so smart. He was my next target. After I had satisfied myself by laughing at them I ran down the stairs to the kitchen after Tohru, who had gone to comfort Shigure. Halfway down the stairs I tripped, and thudded the rest of the way down.

I moaned and sat upright. Tohru, hearing me fall, came rushing in. It was quite odd to see me, to hear me, and sadly even smell me, as I came to my own aid.

"It's alright, I trip a lot when I don't pay attention." Tohru said and smiled warmheartedly. "Oh, do you want some ice?" She asked, seeming to just realize I had hurt myself. I managed to get too the kitchen and sit down when Tohru came back with a bag of frozen vegetables.

"These will be more comfortable on your back," she said as she handed the bag to me. I was stunned at how heavy it seemed. It was amazing to think that Tohru could work so hard and not be very strong...

"I do that a lot too."

"Um, do what?" She asked.

"Oh. I trip. Down the stairs and over sticks. It doesn't normally hurt though..." I trailed off as I realized that she had not brought up the subject of us switching bodies. How could we have forgotten? Of course, the answer was right in front of me: someone had been in need. Tohru always put others before herself. She was always selfless and compassionate. I couldn't understand it because I wasn't like that. No one's like that.

"Why do you think we switched?" I asked. She blushed and looked away. I don't know why she would blush. What had I said that was so embarrassing? I didn't normally blush easily, so why was she doing it now?

"I um, think it was my fault..." She replied softly. I stared at her for a minute. What did she mean?

"How is it your-" Yuki, Kyo and Momiji rushed down the stairs and into the room, cutting me off in mid-sentence.

"WHY WOULD YOU DO A STUPID THING LIKE THAT?" Kyo yelled in my ear. I was now positive that he spits when he talks. "WHY WOULD YOU GO AND HUG US FOR NO REASON? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!?" He continued loudly. Completely forgetting who I was at the time, I stood up and gave him a swift kick in the face. He fell backwards as I toppled from the pounding pain in my spine.

Shigure, who had gone to another room, was now holding both my arms behind my back. I thrashed and kicked. And then 'Kuro' appeared. I hung limp. Shigure sighed.

"Tohru are you going to be alri-" I didn't give him a chance to finish. I twisted, wrapped one of my legs around his knee and kicked hard. His leg almost buckled and his grip loosened enough for me to escape. I spun so that I could face both Kyo and Shigure, but it was Yuki who tried to stop me next.

"Honda san you have to stop." He said as he approached cautiously. In one quick movement I has right in front of him.

"But I'm having such fun." I said. Yes. I was definitely Kuro Haru now. I ducked past him and shoved Kyo back down to the ground. I pulled my fist back and was got ready to punch hard when I felt a strong hand grab my wrist and pull me away. I turned to see Tohru holding my wrist. Very firmly. I winced as I realized my back ached, my former body was really strong, and Kuro Haru had left during my moment of shock. I breathed heavily and slumped back into the chair. The icepack had dropped to the floor, so I picked it up and put it on my back.

"Tohru. Haru. I want an explanation now." Shigure said in the most dangerous voice I had ever heard him use in my short 16 years of life.

So, what do you think? Was it good for my first fanfiction? I hope so. Please review so I can keep writing. Give me ANY suggestions you can. Oh, and review if you want to get the link to my fruits basket site!

Vocabulary:

Kuro-Black

Utsukushi i hana-Beautiful flower