Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or any of the characters except for Fury.

FURY'S POV

"You're running out of time." The voice n the other end of the phone line said harshly. "I suggest you get started."

My knuckles gripping the phone whitened and I tried to suppress both my anger and the retort that had risen in my throat. "Understood."

"Good." The line went dead and I continued to squeeze the phone until it broke. It had been three days since the incident with the thugs and the only person who seemed to avoid her was Kyo. When I asked the others why to see if he had told them about the incident, they had merely shrugged and told me he was paranoid. He hadn't told and that sparked my curiosity all the more.

Yesterday I had my first lucky break when I discovered the location of the Sohma estate and gotten a rough account of how many Sohmas there were from Momiji. I gave a feral smile, now was the time to make my move.

KYO'S POV

Kyo tried to avoid Fury as much as possible ever since he had bumped into her in the slums. Although he had first dismissed his earlier instincts about her, he now had prove that the danger he felt was most certainly emanating from her. He hadn't told the others about her odd strength. As long as she stayed away from him, he wasn't going to get involved with her in any way.

Pushing those thoughts away, Kyo took a seat at his desk and stared at the pile of homework in front of him. "I better get started." Kyo mumbled to himself.

However, after five minutes had passed, he felt the familiar sensation of his hair standing on end and quickly looked about the room. After a quick glance he knew there was nothing there. "I'm just making myself get freaked out."

Before he could react a pair of cold hands wrapped around his throat and squeezed. In a panic Kyo scraped his chair back and tried to pry the attacker's hands off of him, but their grip was too strong for him. Knowing his attacker was stronger and that he didn't stand a chance, he kicked the desk causing a ruckus of noise as books and glass fell to the floor. In a matter of moments he could hear footsteps approaching his room. Crap! I'm running out of air!

"Kyo what's going on- "Tohru asked as the door slid open and stopped to scream instead as she saw the scene in front of her. Yuki and Shigure, who had been standing behind her, immediately rushed forward to help and Kyo could feel the attacker's hands release him. Coughing Kyo collapsed to the floor a few feet away.

As everyone looked up to the ceiling, everyone except for Shigure gasped as they recognized Fury hanging from the ceiling with her feet around a bar. In one fluid movement she had jumped down to the floor and gave a smile that made everyone pale.

Kyo stared at her. She was dressed in all black and a dagger had suddenly appeared in her hands. When she spoke her voice was cold and she only said three words. "Time to die." Without another word she charged forward and attacked. Shigure immediately closed the door, leaving Tohru outside, safe for now.

As Kyo focused on the task of blocking her attacks he could not help but to be yet again be amazed by this girl. Right about now she should have lost since she was both outnumbered and facing three trained members of the zodiac who were all educated in martial arts. What the hell is this girl? With a swift kick that Kyo hadn't had time to block, she sent him flying into the wall and a second later Yuki followed suit. It was over before Yuki and Kyo could even get back up and into the fight. She jumped into the air and at the last second changed trajectory, catching Shigure off guard as she gave a kick to his side. In the second he faltered, Fury had the dagger pressed against his throat.

"Don't move." Fury said, not even showing a sign of fatigue. Everyone froze at her words.

"What do you want?" Shigure asked, clearly trying to prevent his throat from touching the cold blade and speaking in a serious tone for once.

"I want you dead." She whispered so that Kyo could barely hear. What? Why does she want us dead?

"Why?" Yuki asked, he sat next to Kyo, rubbing his now bruised jaw.

Before she answered her eyes whipped to the door and her body tensed. A few seconds later the door slid open and Hatori appeared in the doorway wearing his usual placid complexion. In a moment he absorbed the situation and he merely dropped a vial onto the floor by Fury's feet. What the hell is that going to do? You idiot Hatori!

For a second no one spoke. "Another Sohma, I presume." Fury said pointing the knife at Shigure's throat and drawing a small trickle of blood.

Out of nowhere, Kyo watched as a familiar grey snake slithered across the floor, picked up the vial, and stuck it into Fury's leg. "What the hell!" Fury exclaimed angrily kicking both the snake, Ayame, and the now empty vial off her leg. He watched as she was about to strike the killing blow, but her eyes suddenly widened and the dagger fell from her hands. Staggering back she crashed into the desk and clasped her head in her hands.

Everyone watched as she fell to the floor in a heap. The fightis over.At least for now.