Summary

A girl runs head-first into Kyo Sohma. She seems to know him and knows he's a cat before he transforms. But why is she running out in the dark? What is she running from? Summary sucks, story's better.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket. Wish I did. But Yukino is mine.

Fun Fact: I like potato chips. A lot. My friend gave me a huge box o' potato chips for my b-day. I finished it the same day!

Chapter Two

"Aahh! I see our dear Kyon-kichi has returned from his little anger-fit-run!" Shigure popped his head out from the kitchen(Or wherever they eat). He spotted Yukino. "My, my, my! Kyon-Kyon has brought home a girl!" He examined Yukino's uniform. "A high school girl!" His eyes flashed.

"ARGH! DON'T SAY IT LIKE THAT, YOU DAMN DOG!" Kyo yelled. Shigure clicked his tongue. He stepped up to Kyo and wagged his finger.

"Now, now! Do not yell in front of company," Shigure said, earning himself a large bump on his head. Just then, Tohru and Yuki stepped out of the kitchen. Yukino quickly bowed.

"Ahh! It's nice to see you, Honda-San. Sohma-San...," Yukino said with a shy smile. They smiled back.

"It is very nice to see you also–ahh, I didn't catch your name," Tohru said, looking rather embarrassed. She looked at Kyo, waiting to hear her name. When Kyo did not react, Shigure gasped.

"Kyo! You didn't even bother to ask this lovely young lady's name?" Shigure put a hand on his forehead dramatically.

"Aahh, you shaddup!" Kyo said, bonking Shigure on the head once more. Yukino spoke up.

"Oh, ahh! It's my fault, I'm sorry! I didn't introduce myself! Um, I'm Yukino Tomoko!" she said, bowing again. Shigure smiled and put his hand on her head lightly, which was immediately slapped away by Yuki and Kyo.

"Oh, well it's very nice to meet you, Yukino-Kun," he said, rubbing his now pink hand. Tohru put a small piece of ice on it.

"Um, if you don't mind me asking, Tomoko-San, why did Kyo bring you here?" Yuki asked. Yukino thought for a moment.

"I don't know...," she said. Kyo looked at her with a face that clearly said, "What is the matter with you?"

"The girl ran into and saw me as a cat," he grumbled. Yuki looked at them both shocked. Tohru gasped softly. Shigure looked rather amused.

"Oh, my," he said with a touch of relish(I dunno what that means either). "This could be a problem, ne?"

"You stupid cat, you just let someone walk right into you? See what you've done? Can't you just watch where you're going for once?" Yuki threw a bazillion questions at Kyo.

"YOU SHUT UP, YOU DAMN RAT!" Kyo yelled. "IT'S NOT MY FAULT IF SOME MORON RUNS HEAD-FIRST INTO ME SO STOP YELLING! AND BESIDES, SHE ALREADY KNEW THE SECRET BEFORE I TRANSFORMED!" He took several deep breaths before sitting on a cushion on the floor and crossing his arms. A silence followed his anger. It remained like this until Tohru cleared her throat.

"Yukino–Kun, would you like some dinner?" she asked, gesturing frantically toward the kitchen(or wherever they eat). "It's quite late, but we all fell asleep when I was going to start dinner." She blushed and smiled at her silliness. Yukino looked at her surprised. After an anger fit like that, one did not usually eat curry or anything for that matter. But Yukino would do anything to break the ear-deafening silence.

"Ahh! Yes, yes, thank you very much." Suddenly, Shigure came out of his trance. So did Yuki. Kyo, who had been waiting impatiently for someone to speak, jumped up and pounced into the eating place. Yukino and Tohru followed. Shigure and Yuki remained, however. Shigure poked Yuki hard in the ribs.

"What was that for!" He poked Shigure back. REEEAAALLLL hard. Shigure clutched his spleen with an eep! He straightened up.

"Well, aren't you going to go in there and find out what happened? Aren't you dying to know why Kyo told Yukino-Kun our secret?" He batted his eyelashes playfully. Of course, ow was the next word out of his mouth. Yuki shock his head.

"What are we going to do? Hatori's out in Vietnam because Akito suddenly wanted authentic Vietnamese egg rolls," Yuki said, rolling his eyes. Stupid Akito. Stupid egg rolls.

"I'm not sure. But what I'm rather concerned about," Shigure said, looking into the kitchen. Tohru and Yukino were talking and eating nira-tama. "Is why she was running out so late. It's nearly 11. The sun went down at 8. Hmm..." Yuki gestured for him to come into the kitchen to eat and talk. They did so. They both sat down and tried to figure out what the conversation was about.

"...So then I bumped into Kyo," Yukino said, setting down her cup of tea. She must be telling Honda-San about what had happened, Yuki thought. He put down his chopsticks. "Um, Tomoko-San, why were you out so late? It's not safe to be out alone," Yuki said. Everyone listened closely to hear the reason. Yukino looked down a little.

"Um, I suppose you could say that I was running away," she said with a small smile. Shigure coughed on his tea. Yuki's eyes widened. Kyo looked at her with a face that clearly said, "Seriously, what is the matter with you?" Tohru looked up from her curry. "Um, well, you see..." Yukino told them the whole story. "...and then Sohma-San brought me here." There was a silence. Then Yuki spoke.

"Tomoko-San, it's very unsafe to be running out so late. And running won't do any good. You can't escape what happened," Yuki said quietly. Yukino nodded.

"I know," she said. "But I didn't want to stay any longer. I was afraid that my father would leave also. I didn't want to be sad again." This reached all of the guests in the room. They all knew how it would feel to not want to be sad. Everyone lowered their heads. Then Kyo spoke.

"So, I guess your not gonna go back there to sleep, then," he said. "Where did you plan to go?"

"I planned to keep running until I reached like a box or something..."

"What is the matter with you?"

"Ahh! Oh, um...I'm sorry..."

"Eurgh, forget it..."

Shigure clapped his hands together. Everyone looked at him. "Why don't you stay here? I'm sure Tohru-Kun would not mind if you share her room until we find a room for you to use! Besides, where would you go?" That question hit Yukino. Where would I go? She did not know.

"Oh, I'd hate to be a bothersome..." she said. Shigure shook his head.

"Where would you go?" Silence.

"If I'm not opposing..." Kyo sat up. He looked at her sternly.

"We're asking you to stay here. If we didn't want you here, we wouldn't have asked." Shigure looked at him sheepishly(it means like stupidly) so he quickly added, "It'll be more food to eat and a cleaner house." Note to self; knock Shigure out later.

"Well it's settled then!" Shigure clapped his hands together. "Now, Tohru-Kun, would you escort our guest to your room?"

"Ah! Yes, of course. Yukino-Kun, would you please follow me?"

Yukino hesitated at first, but Tohru's warm smile welcomed her. They both went up the stairs.