DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fruits Basket or any of the characters except for Fury.
FURY'S POV
I took my sweet time showering; not wanting to go downstairs and have to relive all of those horrible memories. I ringed my hair with a towel and stepped out of the tub with a sigh. I'm just trying to prolong the inevitable. I looked around for my robe and let out a long string of curses when I realized I had left it in the room I was sharing with Tohru.
Unable to do anything else, I wrapped the towel around myself and checked to see if the hallway was clear. Good the coast is clear! I rushed out into the hallway and immediately my mind went right back to what I would have to tell them. What should I tell them?
"Hey, Tohru, do you have anything-" I stopped mid-sentence when I realized that it wasn't Tohru's room I had entered but Kyo's. Kyo sat at his desk and was staring at me; making me become very self-conscious in only my small towel. I'm such an idiot!
KYO'S POV
Kyo could not help but stare at the half-clad Fury. Her long damp hair curled around her shoulders and the small towel revealed her long gorgeous legs and beautiful shoulders. For a moment he was speechless, he had never seen anyone who could be so physically perfect. She looks like a goddess.
"Shit!" She said a light blush gracing her face." I thought this was Tohru's room… and yeah I guess I walked into the wrong room." Her eyes roamed the room, obviously uncomfortable with the situation. "So I guess that since I'm here it's obvious that the bathroom is open so you can go on ahead and use it. Bye."
Kyo watched as she scampered out of the room. It took him a few minutes to get over it, but eventually he got up and went to take a shower.
FURY'S POV
I walked into Tohru's room, and quickly covered up my embarrassment. Tohru sat at her desk doing her homework and smiled when I came in. "Can I borrow some clothes Tohru? All of my other clothes are still at my house."
"Oh! Sure!" Tohru said, a smile lighting her face. "What would you like to wear?"
"Pants and a hoodie, if you don't mind. I like to be covered up." I said. I don't want them to see my back again. It was obvious that the last time they saw it they were disgusted. I smiled as Tohru gave me a pair of sweats with a matching hoodie.
"Will this be alright?" She asked with a smile plastered on her face.
"Sure," I replied, giving her a small smile. "Is it alright if I change in here?" I asked, not knowing if she was accustomed to it, even though we changed together for gym.
"Of course! We're both girls. I always wished I had a sister who could share a room with me and do our hair together!"
That won't be happening anytime soon. I merely turned around and put my hoodie on so she wouldn't have to see my back and quickly proceeded to finish changing.
TOHRU'S POV
Tohru watched how carefully Fury had put the hoodie on and felt her heart squeeze for the poor girl. She's doing that on purpose so I won't have to see her back. She seems so nice yet… Tohru could not forget how easily she had killed Akito. Nor could she forget the scars on her back.
This was the only chance that Tohru had ever been alone with Fury since Akito had died and Tohru seemed a bit nervous.
"Hey Tohru." Fury said her piercing eyes staring at her. "You're invited to come downstairs and hear the horror story if you're interested."
"What horror story?" Tohru asked, curiously.
"The one… about my life." Fury said with a smile and walked out of the room. For a moment Tohru just stood there and then quickly followed behind.
SHIGURE'S POV
Shigure watched Kyo closely as he sat across the table from him. I wonder why his face is so red… He wondered if it had had anything to do with Fury. "I wonder what could be taking her so long." Shigure mused aloud.
"She probably doesn't even want to come down at all, knowing she has to tell her story." Hatori replied. Always acting smart, as usual. Hatsuharu and Yuki were both sitting down looking rather bored, when suddenly Fury walked in, closely followed by Tohru.
Tohru quickly went into the kitchen and got some drinks for everyone to sip on and then proceeded to sit next to Yuki.
FURY'S POV
Although I knew everyone was waiting for me to speak, I took my time preparing myself for what I was about to tell them. Keeping my emotions firmly away I looked at all of them and began. "We have struck a deal. You would help me with my own curse and I would help you with yours. Am I correct?" I asked them in a business-like manner.
"Indeed you are correct. However, we must know of your own curse." Hatori replied.
"Of course." I replied meeting Hatori's level gaze. "What I tell you here and now is to be restricted to only those with the curse of the Zodiac who can be trusted. Is that understood?" Everyone nodded their heads in assent and I continued.
"When I was born I seemed to be a perfectly normal baby. I looked and acted as a normal baby would. However, around the age of five I began to change. I grew more aggressive and had too much energy for my parents to control me. They enrolled me in every sport they could think of; yet I still never ran out of energy. Then one day when I was six, my younger sister was being bullied by a group of girls. With all the pent up energy I attacked the girls and almost killed them. For three days my parents couldn't find me. I had remained in the forest for some time and finally decided to emerge… but when I did I wasn't human. My parents found me on the doorstep covered in blood and I looked like a demon."
I took a deep breath, this was going to be the hard part. "My parents knew it was me and never told anyone about it. After an hour or two I had turned back to normal, but eventually I began to grow out of control." I sighed in reminiscence. "I began to beat up people constantly and shift forms freely and at my choosing. My parents however, were horrified. They never told my sister what I was for fear that she would be scared of me."
KYO'S POV
He watched Fury's emotionless face as she spoke, she could have been cut from stone for all the emotion she showed. She reminds me of me and my own mother. She was the same way. Suddenly her face tightened and her jaw clenched. "My mother and father took me to an experimental scientist who had said he could help me if I stayed with them. My parents forced me to go; I suppose it was because they loved me and wanted me to be normal…" She trailed away never quite finishing the sentence and then said with a distant look in her eyes, "I never got to talk or be with my family again."
Kyo could hear Tohru let out a small gasp, but Fury just ignored it. "That "scientist", Mr. Tokido, did experiment on me, but not like any normal experiments. He would run me till I was exhausted, wouldn't give me food for weeks, all so that he could perform his experiments. I hadn't really cared until one day he chained me to a wall and began to beat me for hours. When he got tired some one else would come to take his place and so on and so on. He said it was to see how long I could endure pain. That is why my back looks the way it does now."
Kyo tried to keep himself calm. That bastard had done this to her because she was his experiment! If I ever see that bastard, I'll kill him! Tohru and Yuki both had horrified looks on their faces, while Hatsuharu, Shigure, and Hatori calmly listened even though it looked like Haru was about to turn black.
"I became fed up with it and told him I would kill myself since I couldn't kill him. He had merely laughed and threatened me with the lives of my family. If I disobeyed, they would all die." Fury paused and looked angry but continued on. "So I did as I was told. Occasionally getting to spy on my family to confirm they were alive. After training me how to fight he began sending me on missions to test my skills. I was only assigned to kill criminals and such, until he sent me to kill you guys. Unfortunately he wouldn't tell me his reasons, but it might be because of your curse or something."
"So then how can we help you?" Hatori asked.
"You can help me by finding information about where my family is currently living and protect them. Once we do that I'll go back and kill Mr. Tokido. I don't want any of you to have to dip your hands in blood, since it's obvious none of you have ever killed someone. Other than that my curse is a natural part of me. I can't get rid of it, even if I wanted to."
"That's fine then." Hatori said with a nod. "I don't know how long it will take for us to locate your family but we will let you know immediately once we do. After we take care of your own predicament we'll move on to all of ours."
FURY'S POV
I nodded and we shook hands. I'm finally going to be able to see my family again! I'm so happy… but what if they don't want to see me? I was so trapped in the thought, I didn't notice Hatori talking to me. "What did you just say?"
"This is for you." Hatori stated and pulled a lotion bottle out of his pocket. "I made it especially to heal the wounds on your back. Just put it on every night before you go to sleep."
I took the bottle from him and slightly bowed my head. "Thank you. I will." With that I left them, knowing they would probably want to talk things out. I sighed and headed up to Tohru's room. I'm always alone.
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