Hello all!!!!

This is my first Fruits Basket Fan Fiction!!!! Yay!!!!

I really hope that people will like it, I showed it too my friends first and they liked it!!!!

So this is it!!!!

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Switch Flipper

It was the middle of October, well into the new school year. Haru and Momiji were beginning their first year of high school, and Kyou, Yuki, and Tohru, their second. They had all finally gotten used to being back in school after a nice long summer vacation. Tohru got up as usual this beautiful Wednesday morning, early, and did all of her morning chores. She was just cracking eggs on a pan as Kyou came in from outside sniffing the air.

"Ohh, breakfast...," Kyou murmured.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Kyou-kun. Do you not like eggs?" Tohru said as she turned towards him with the uncooked eggs on the skillet.

"No, it's fine, I was just wondering what the smell was. I like scrambled eggs." Kyou said this quickly because he was afraid she was going to through out the eggs.

"Okay!" Tohru beamed a smile at him, to which Kyou blushed deeply.

Other than that breakfast ran smoothly; all the men were fed and the trio of sophomores left together, as usual, for school. They met Haru and Momiji on the sidewalk in front of the entrance.

"Tohru-kun!!!!" Momiji yelled at them, and started to run to get to her faster.

"Hello, Momiji-san!" Tohru beamed at the young-looking boy running at her, and then turned towards the taller boy waiting for them to get to him, "Good Morning, Hatsuharu-san!"

"Good Morning all." Haru responded. "Can we get a move on? I don't want to be late again."

Momiji looked up at the girl whose arm he was grasping tightly, "Did you know Haru and mine's class is getting an exchange student today! I can't wait!"

"Oh, really," Tohru looked back at him curiously, "Where from?"

"America!" Momiji squealed.

"Yes, Momiji's right. I'm supposed to be her upper classmen mentor." Yuki all of sudden spoke up.

Tohru switched her focus, "Does she know Japanese?"

"Yes, but I heard that it's a little ruffed around the edges. That's okay; my English has some holes in it too." Yuki explained as he opened the doors for all of them.

"Oh, I didn't know you spoke English, Yuki-kun!" Tohru was very proud of her new founding.

"I'll bring her by as soon as I find her..." Yuki trailed off as they all observed the usual morning rush in the hallways, then they went their separate ways to get to their lockers. Yuki, Tohru, and Kyou went to their homeroom and just as they were reaching the door, they were bombarded by Momiji and Haru, who had already checked in and dropped their books off at their homerooms.

"So have you seen her yet???" Momiji exclaimed.

Then as if the answer had been set before them, the crowd down the hall seemed to separate to let someone through. The person they were all letting through was an odd sight indeed. It was a freshman girl wearing a zebra print trench coat, underneath obviously her uniform however it had an usually long skirt; it reached down to her ankles. Her hair was a very short, cut to her jaw bone; in a headband but what was odd was that the hair it was meant to keep back was pulled out, parted in the middle, and straightened to frame her face; the rest was combed to the back of her skull. Her eyes were a striking blue and her complexion a pale ivory. She had dark black eye liner on, which seemed to make her eyes stand out more than anything on her face. Her lips were graced with a pale pink lipstick. It seemed as if everything and everyone just stopped to wonder who she was. She was however, still walking forward and strait at Tohru and the Sohmas. She stopped directly in front of them and stuck her hands in the pockets of her jacket.

"Are you,...um," she then searched her inside the pockets but failed to find what she was looking for. Then as if inspiration struck her, she bent down to her shoes, which were decorated with a black cat, and reached inside them. She came up with a piece of paper in her hand; she unfolded it and read out, "Yuki Sohma?"

"Yes, but are you the American?" Yuki said, as he stepped forward.

"Yes, I'm Lily Mathews, but you can call me Lil." She stretched out her hand, then withdrew it and bowed. "I forgot I was in Japan...," she mumbled.

"That's alright," Yuki fumbled trying to remember some English. "Howdy!" He exclaimed. Lily looked at him as if he had just stripped off his clothes, and then she started to laugh, and hard.

"Ohmygod, ohmygod that has got to be the funniest thing I've ever heard!" Lily looked up from holding her stomach to see Yuki's fallen face, "Oh crap, you were serious. I'm sorry, it's just that no one EVER says that, at least not if they don't want the crap beaten out of them."

"Oh, I see. Your apology is accepted then." He bowed again. "Would you like to meet my cousins and friend?"

Then like someone had flipped a switch, Lily straightened her posture and said in a monotone voice, "Sure, whatever."

Kyou looked at this newcomer and thought, "Oh great another, Haru."

"This is Momiji Sohma, he's in your grade." Yuki gestured to him.

Momiji stepped forward and grasped Lily's hand, "I hope we'll become great friends! I can't wait to hear about America!"

Lily's reaction was almost recoiling. "Are you sure he's in my grade?"

"Yes, very sure." Yuki said smiling, she had the usual reaction. "This is Kyou Sohma."

Kyou stepped a little closer and said, "Hey," and then added slightly to Yuki, "I hope she doesn't dress like that everyday."

"What did you say, carrot head???" The switch was flipped again, this time for a bad reason. Lily leaned forward and had wrenched her hand out of Momiji's grasp.

"Um, nothing, nothing..." Kyou exclaimed as he backed away.

"Hey, don't mind him, he's always snotty." Haru stepped forward and touched Lily's shoulder. She turned towards him and the switch was turned in the off position.

"Oh, okay." Once again she was in a monotone voice, Lily extended her hand.

Haru shook it and said, "I'm Hatsuharu Sohma, but you can call me Haru, Lil. I'm in your grade also."

Lily smiled weakly at him. "Cool."

The rest were slightly astounded at what had just transpired, nether the less Tohru stepped forward, "Hello Lil, my name is Tohru Honda. I am very pleased to meet you!" She smiled warmly at Lily.

"Nice to meet you too, Tohru." Lily seemed accustom to Tohru's attitude. Then it reached Lil's mind, "Oh, you're the friend..." she then leaned towards Haru, "Does Yuki only have one friend?"

Haru smiled slightly and said aloud, "No, Tohru lives with Yuki and Kyou with another one of our cousins. She's become a very important part of all of the Sohmas' lives."

"Oh, that's nice. You're a very close-knit family." Lil looked away, "My family is completely separated...I never get to see my cousins."

Yuki looked at Lil with sympathy filling his eyes, "Believe being with your family all the time can get very tiring. I do believe that classes are about to start, Haru and Momiji will take you to your classes. I'll see you at lunch!" Yuki and Tohru waved goodbye while Kyou just nodded.

Momiji took Lil's hand and led her towards their classroom, "You don't have to worry when you're with us, Lily! We'll make sure you're doing everything right!"

Lil looked down at Momiji with uncertainty in her eyes, this was until Haru put one of his hands on her shoulder and said, "Yeah, we'll be your protectors and guides." He smiled at her with a slightly flirty air.

Lil looked back at Haru and returned his flirty smile with one of her own however weak. "Thanks, you guys, it means a lot to me."

Yuki, Tohru, and Kyou were sitting outside eating the lunch Tohru had prepared for them when Lil, Haru, and Momiji came walking and laughing together. Lil was smiling brightly at Haru and Momiji, who were on either side of her laughing loudly.

"What are you laughing about?" Tohru asked as the group got to their lunch area.

"Lily just told us the funniest joke, it's from America!" Momiji exclaimed as he plopped himself down next to Tohru.

"Really? I would love to hear it Lil-san!" Tohru looked up at Lil who was just settling down on the grass.

"Oh, it's really nothing. It's not all that funny," she said as she pulled a brown paper bag from one of the pockets in her jacket.

"What's that?" Kyou asked disgustedly.

"It's my lunch, do you have a problem with that, baka?" Lil leaned forward, dropped her bag and grabbed the front of Kyou's shirt. Kyou stared scared into her eyes, the pupils were almost completely closed and a dark Sapphire blue cloud had taken over the color. Everyone around her were stunned, they didn't know what to do.

Lil twitched once and her eye color went back to normal, her pupils dilated to a normal position. She released Kyou and shrunk back to her seat with her head in her hands. "Oh god, please say that I didn't lose you all too." She lifted her head and looked around, then seeing only staring faces she got up with her bag, said, "I'm sorry...," and walked off to sit under a tree a far distance off.

"What just happened here?" Kyou snapped out of his stunned expression first.

"Someone should go talk to her and bring her back," Yuki stated, he didn't know how he was to explain the reason why it doesn't faze them, of all people, when Lily switch between her personalities.

"I'll go," Haru got up before anyone could object. He walked strait over to Lily and crouched down next to her. As he sat down it was clear that Lil was sobbing. "Hey, everything's alright...shhh." Haru rubbed her shoulder.

"No, it isn't. It's my fault I can't have any friends. It's my fault for having this condition. Split personalities, bipolar, I've been diagnosed with it all, but the medicine that gets prescribed never works. I just wasn't made to have friends...," Lil kept her face turned away from Haru.

"I know where your coming from..." Haru started.

Lily flipped on him, "You can't! No one can, no one can ever feel the way I do."

"Yes, I can!" Haru flipped on her, he stared her strait in the eyes, grabbed her shoulders, and shook her, "I do it too! Can't you see? I understand! I know what you're going through!" Lily looked at him and softened against his grip, she looked down, now in her passive personality.

"I'm sorry, so sorry...," she then broke down and sobbed into his lap.

"It's alright. Calm down, everything's alright now...," then Haru now white, stroked Lil's hair. "Just, please, don't hug me," he added.

"What?" Lil lifted her head and sniffed a bit. "Why?"

"I can't explain, but it has to do with my split personality. Just don't hug me, that's all I ask." Haru looked into Lil's eyes pleadingly.

"If it means that much to you, of course I won't hug you." Lil smiled weakly.

"Are you ready to come back and have lunch with us?" Haru smiled back.

"Are you sure it's alright with them?" She nodded at the group.

"If they've accepted me, they'll accept you, and if they don't then that's their problem." Haru smiled again, and put his hand on her's. "Come on, let's go!" He pulled her up along with him and started off toward the group.

"Wait, Haru!" Lil pulled back on his hand.

"What?" Haru looked at her inquisitively, "Are you still scared?"

"No, I need my lunch!" She giggled lightly. Haru dragged her back under the tree, bent down and got her lunch. He handed it back to Lil, who smiled in return, and then stepped closer. Lil whispered, "You said I couldn't hug you so," and then gave Haru a peck on the lips. "Thank you." Lil then started to walk back to where everyone else was, this however was stopped by a short tug by Haru. He grabbed Lil's other hand and drew her into a deeper kiss of his own.

"Your welcome." Haru said as he broke the kiss.

Lil looked back at him with joy in her eyes, "Well, if that's how you say 'Your welcome' in Japan I should've come here a long time ago!"
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So I don't know if I will continue on with this so, hopefully I'll get some reviews!!!!!

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