Perpetual Snow

Author's Note: Here it is! My very first Fruits Basket story. -looks around- Good... no one is bothering me. I hope everyone finds this story enjoyable. R and R.

Disclaimer: If I own Fruits Basket, then I would be Natsuki Takaya... which I'm not.

Chapter 1 - Early Dismissal

Through the windows of Kaibara High School, the anxious students wait for class to discontinue and progress into their break. It was not long till second period was about to be over. The students was to wait for about ten minutes. There was tranquility throughout the building of students working, except the picking up winds of winter that go swiftly across making wailing sounds.

Now, let's see. What was the answer to this question? the auburn hair girl thought to herself. She had a difficult time thinking. The wind distracting her concentration.

Beep came the AP system (is that what you call it?). "Excuse us all for this interruption," a teenage girl's voice announces hoarsely, "but we have an announcement that we won't be able to stay at the school. The weather report states that a huge amount of snow would be coming so we would be planning an early dismissal. You could leave at the bell."

The students whispers brief messages to each other.

"Okay, okay. You have a test to do. Hand in your test, if you're not done, you have time till the bell," the teacher commands.

Tohru began to panic. Oh, no, I better hurry. I'm going to fail, if I don't! She hurriedly wrote answers and was soon done in time to check her work.

The bell rings.

Tohru sighs. "Phew, that was close," she said to herself, walking up to the teacher to hand in her paper. She returns to her desk to take her book bag and quickly walk out of the hallways, meeting up with her two friends, Uo and Hana.

"So, Tohru, how d'ya think you did at that test," Uo questions.

Tohru smiles. "I might have done pretty well." She notices Yuki arriving over to the group of girls from the classroom. She continues smiling. Yuki responds with a small smile, not too discreet. "Ah, Yuki! Did you think the test was easy?"

Yuki nods. "I suppose so." In some manner to the way he was answering, he didn't feel the necessary to show off if he knew all the answers to the test.

"What about you, Kyo?"

Kyo was nearby, leaning against the wall. "What 'bout me?" he asks.

"Oh, umm... I was asking what you think about the test, but you don't have to answer, if that's what you want."

"It was okay, I guess." Kyo answers Tohru's question in any case.

"Let me guess... you panicked and started to have brain damage." Uo attempts irritating Kyo.

"What makes you think that, you damn Yankee!" Kyo falling for Uo's plan to frustrate him.

Uo simply made a smirk.

Kyo notices the smirk on her face and glares back, not saying anything else.

"Umm, how about we go home?" Tohru suggests. Her voice seemingly panicky.

"We might as well," Yuki agrees.

"Not without us!" A familiar voice calls out to them through the empty hallways. The voice had a loud cheerful tone to it. It was the little rabbit, Momiji scampering to the five individuals. He waves, while walking to them. Haru follows, not as fast as Momiji was traveling, with the usual serious look on his face.

"You're not coming, little brat!" Kyo shouts at Momiji.

"Aww! But I really want to come! Please!" Momiji whines.

"Okay!" Tohru said, happily.

"Yay! I get to go with Tohru!" Momiji celebrates.

"Oh, great," Kyo mumbles.

"We better get going," Uo said to Tohru.

"Then, I'll see you tomorrow," Tohru replies.

"Bye, Tohru," Hana said with monotonous pitch. She shown her hand up, giving a sign of goodbye.

"I'll see you tomorrow, as well." Tohru smiles at Hana.

"Well, let's get going. We have a lot to talk about, you know, Yuki?" Haru affirms, solemnly. At the same time he was nearing Yuki and placing his arms behind Yuki's neck.

Yuki ignores Haru's comment.

"What the hell?" Kyo mutters, "I am not gonna even asks."


The little group ventures to Shigure's house. Momiji was enthusiastically chatting about what occured at school, while Kyo, Yuki, and Haru ignores Momiji's little conversation with Tohru. Expectingly, Momiji didn't have a minor clue of wasting his breath.

"So anyway, our class was doing a group project! We decided to make a very fun game! The reward is going to be candy!" Momiji laughs a bit. "Then in second period-" A small white speck fall from the sky onto Momiji's nose, interrupting his talk, as well. Momiji felt it and widely smile at the sight of many white snow dropping. "Yay! Look, it's snowing!" Momiji praises.

"Wow, it is!" Tohru joins in, while Momiji jumps up and down with delight.

"So? What's the big deal? It's just a stupid bunch of white snow," Kyo replies.

There was no response coming from the silent Yuki and Haru. The winds blew making a flurry of snow fall harder. Their hair was covered with small amount of snow. Then, the wind stops. "We should go home. It doesn't seem like this is going to be a great time to be outside," Haru points out, calmly.

"But I really want to play outside some more, please!" Momiji complains.

"Momiji, we really should go. We'll play outside after it gets peaceful," Yuki suggests.

"Okay," Momiji said, calming down"But we're going to have more fun, right, Tohru!"

"Yes, we will!" Tohru smiles at Momiji.

Author's Note: I hope you liked it. It took me two days to write it. I had a bit of writer's block on the way, but oh, well, I got through that. It might take me a while to get the next chapter because of this one particulat person. -cough- Little brother. -cough- But I'll try getting it as fast as I can.