Fruits Basket Fan Fic

Recollections of a broken memory

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Chapter Three

God's Animals

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"I'm so sorry I'm late." She bowed again, making her way to her seat.

"That's find Tohru just take a seat and sit down."

Tohru walked with her head down, to hind her reddening checks and sat down in her chair near the wall.

It was strange. How could they have not noticed her before this time and why now? It didn't make sense. Yuki looked over at Kyo but Kyo was gazing out the window. Sighing he turned his attention back to the board. It's going to be a long day, he thought.

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The house stood isolated in the middle of the woods. The small path was the main access route. A Weston style car was parked in front of the house, making it look a little out of place against the old traditional styled house. Yet the place was nice and quite and the only major sound, except for the birds, was the talking of two men.

Shigure was dressed in his grey kimono was leaning against the chair slowly puffing on a lit cigarette. Hatori dressed in a dark blue suit, with out a jacket and tie loosely tied, picked up the cigarette box on the desk, took one out and lit it, after replacing the box.

"You do know they would most likely be struggling through school today." Shigure said hitting his cigarette against the ashtray. "That's if I'm right though. But they have both been acting slightly odd in the last couple of days."

Hatori leaned back in his chair. "If only we could help…"

"But we cant" Shigure cut him off. "She tried to along with Rin, and looked what happened to both of them." Shigure paused for a moment. "How is Rin by the way? I haven't seen her since she stopped trying to get information out of me. She doesn't visit much."

Hatori raised an eyebrow and stumped out his cigarette. He knew why Rin had been visiting Shigure, but Rin seemed to have stopped roaming around a lot lately and had calmed a bit. "Rin's doing better. Her condition is much better, although she does seem to be sinking back in to old habits. But she has stopped throwing stuff at Hatsuhara when he tries to visit her." Hatori paused for a moment. "I really don't think it was a good idea to tell him where she was you know."

Shigure did 'that smile' and stumped out his cigarette "Well its to late now. Does Akito know you're here so early in the morning."? He asked trying to change the subject.

Hatori turned and looked out of the window. The scene out there looked so peaceful, like something out of a painting. The reality of the world hadn't hit it yet.

"No." He said after a while. "I should be getting back soon, before Akito notices I'm missing."

"You can't escape the bond between God and his animals no matter how hard you try" Shigure said sitting up. "I shall let you know if anything else happens."

After a quick thank you and goodbye Hatori drove his way back to the Somha estate to tend to Aktio in the main house. What Shigure had said puzzled him slightly and made him worry a little. Outsiders saw their bonds with Akito as special but those inside and had the bonds resting on them knew the truth. It wasn't anything special having to carry around a curse. And none of the cursed knew the way to break those 'special' bonds.

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A/N: Sorry it's taken so long to update. Been busy with exams, so I thought I'd wait that way I wouldn't have to rush so much like I did this the other chapters, plus I don't have to worry about revision. It gives me a chance to improve my story.