Disclaimer: All creations of Fruits Basket are rightfully owned by Natsuki Takaya. I take no ownership of them. I'm just borrowing the adorable Furuba characters for my own purposes…
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Before I receive flames and etc etc. Let me warn those who wish to read this story to be willing to accept any events that will happen in this fanfic. As the genre said, this is an angst and along with it, will be many themes that will be like grief... etc. Prepare for a dark Furuba fic. You have all been warned.
Now, hopefully you've read this far and are interested enough to keep going. Besides that, enjoy!!!
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Salt - By Cherry Chibi
- Prologue -
Cars beep their horns noisily in the busy streets. People march in crowds from place to place. Tall office buildings reach into the skies like trees aiming to touch the sun. A forest of machinery was what the city in 2004 was. Amongst the groups of students, towards the direction of school girls, were three young women who stood out from the 'normal' and 'typical' girls.
"Well, what shall we do today?" Arisa Uotani's calm and half bored voice spoke. She brushed back her long strands of blonde hair and looked down at another girl with long brown hair. So far, their day had been spent with a 'knowing' feeling as if they all knew what was going on and what had been planned. But they really didn't.
"Oh! I know!" Tohru said immediately. An illuminating smile that lighted her eyes passed onto her two friends. "Why don't we go to the park? I heard that there were going to be a couple of activities being held and…" She stopped speaking when Arisa placed a hand on Tohru's head. "Eh?"
"You know, we also have to solve that boyfriend issue of yours." Arisa said with a mischievous smile. Looking over to a gothic-looking friend. "Isn't that right Hana?"
"Yes, have you been thinking about it Tohru?" Hana asked coolly. Her eyes calm and serene as they always were. Just as she said her sentence, the three friends began walking along with the flow of people. "Which will it be?"
"Eh? AH! Right, right…" Tohru looked like she had just caught on. "I…" She lowered her head in defeat. Her friends waited for her answer, the flicker in their eyes revealed that they knew what Tohru would say. She was silent for moments. If truth be told, it felt as though everything had gone into a standstill. No one had made a move and so she was clueless of which direction to take. She was scared of hurting one of their feelings while on the other hand, she was afraid of making the wrong choice.
"Your waves feel like droplets of salty tears." Hana said after a while. "You still don't know do you Tohru?" She gave her best sympathetic smile. Seeing tears form at the corners of Tohru's eyes made her frown. "Don't cry…"
"Hey, it's not like you." Arisa said as an attempt to cheer Tohru up.
Tohru forced a smile, "I really don't want to hurt any of their feelings. I-I…"
"Shh, Tohru… don't cry. Come on, why don't we go to the park? Get your mind off things…"
"Yes, let's do that."
Tohru's tears were forced to a halt and she looked up to her friends. "I'm sorry for worrying the both of you. I didn't know what came over me." Hearing and seeing her friends doing their best to comfort her was enough to make her happy. Her smile was greeted by theirs and she took their hands. "Let's go."
"HEY! HEY! MOVE OUT OF THE WAY!" A drunk man shoved his way through them. His pink angry face loomed over the crowds. Oblivious to where he was and to what he did, he hustled and bustled along the streets.
"Argh!" Tohru felt the rough hit forced her to be pushed back. She lost her balance and felt her body fall like a tree trunk. "Arisa! Hana!" A hand reached out, hoping to grasp onto something that would save her.
"Tohru!"
"Watch out!"
A car horn honked and the public was stirred up abruptly.
During those short moments, everything felt as if time had slowed. She remembered exactly how it felt as her hands slipped out of Hana and Arisa's reach, how she was falling back… away from the flow of people and towards the busy road… 'Mum…' Her cry was scared and unheard, 'I… I don't want to… die like this.' A car horn sounded so many times that she felt her eardrums burst. After that, it was silent. Everything darkened. 'Is this… how it is like?'
The moment where she was to meet contact with the road and feel the painful impact never came. She closed her eyes and felt herself falling continuously through fast and slow times… in her mind's eye, she could see… several things change. A woman in a ghost-like form appeared, her arms wrapped protectively around Tohru.
"Welcome to your new life, Tohru Honda."
A new chapter to Tohru Honda's story began to unfold…
AN: Introducing… Cherry's new (and second) Furuba fanfic! Hopefully she'll update again very soon but that depends if other folks like her story. Please show your support and bug her to update. Thank you all! /dances around with pom poms/
