Family Portrait
Janae-Ai
I don't own Fruits Basket or the characters used in this fiction, yet I do own Sohma Janae, who will make a few appearances in this fiction. Parts of this fiction – written in the italics and the Kyou and Kagura fluff are somewhat helped by my bezzie KyouXKagura from this site! Remember to thank her for this fiction! I will! THANKIES KXK!
Summery: Kagura goes to find her father, Huya in Hiroshima to find that he has a new wife, Arwen and a daughter, Janae that she had never been told about. She's asked to move in with him and that would mean leaving everyone behind – especially Kyou… KYOUXKAGURA
"Kagura?" Huya asked in shock. This brunette was his long lost daughter that his ex-wife would never let him see again? How shocking, what was he to say? He was just as speechless as Kagura was. "You better come in, dear." He found his voice just long enough to say that and let her enter his house. This was strange for both of them and was going to open a few filled holes in their lives.
"But... mom... please." Another voice was in the house, a young voice – Kagura had to wonder who this new person was and what she was doing in the house... and that other woman. She saw the other girl get pushed in the other room. She caught a basic description: blonde hair around waist, freckles, blue eyes, from the glimpse she got. She just ignored it from that second because she was more interested in finding out who her father was.
Kagura sat down on the couch, her father was sitting in a seat across from him and the other woman was in the kitchen – Kagura thought she could hear the kettle on the stove.
"This is a surprise." Huya said.
"Tell me about it." Kagura replied as she looked to her knees, shaking, she was actually shaking. She was scared about letting her father get into her life again and getting all emotional without knowing who exactly the guy was... but it was hard – this was the man she believed to love her... and she trusted. A distant saying boomed through her mind: If a little girl can't trust her daddy then she can't trust anyone at all.
Kagura decided to talk again.
"I wanted to find you. I've missed you... I thought you didn't love me." She said as she almost burst into tears at that moment. Huya gave a small laugh. "It isn't funny." He could hear a snarl in that voice... the same that his mother had been famous for: Narissa Sohma. She had a split personality which would leave her not knowing what had happened after that. Had Kagura been giving that ability too?
"I wasn't laughing at that, I do love you, I love you with all my heart. You're my little girl." He said. Kagura could hear something smash in the kitchen but took no heed to it. She then noticed the woman walk into the room with tea on a tray.
Huya knew that this was going to make Kagura angry but she had to be told. Taking one of the cups of teas he introduced his wife.
"Kagura... dear, this is my wife. Arwen." Kagura's head snapped up – did he say wife?
"Wife?" Kagura chocked. She knew there was something about the woman when she first saw her at the door. "No that can't be, momma said you didn't get divorced." She shook her head. The boar didn't want it to be true; she wouldn't let it be true... No... No... No... Never.
"But, we did... and then I moved away... I wanted to keep in touch with you. I sent you letters whenever I could... birthday cards and presents, but I never got any back. I then met Arwen and we got married." Huya wasn't going to tell Kagura about Janae, no not yet.
"Oh... but... no... it can't be true... your lying." Kagura said standing up immediately with her fists tight. "I never got any letters." Had her mother hid them?
Huya stood up and watched as Kagura seemed to sadden. She had just realised that he had been telling the truth.
"Momma never lied or hid things from me before, why would she do this?" She muttered as she sat down and placed her head in her hands. She was so scarred... never... never... why now? Why did she have to find out then?
It wasn't for another five minutes of sobbing did Kagura hear footsteps, her head jerked up as she saw the girl in the doorway, the blonde from earlier. Except she was wearing a gold and yellow outfit this time – not her school uniform. Kagura followed the girl's eyes to Huya.
"Father, what do you think?"