Hello!!! This is my first Fruits Basket fanfic, but not my first fanfic!!! I've got an Inuyasha one, but it's not on fanfiction.net. Please read and review, I'm open to suggestions!!!!!!!!!!! Well, here's the fic!!!!! Just for your info, hato means dove in Japanese. In a few chapters, this will all become clear if you read the fic.

Chapter 1- The Assassin

Kyo slowly opened his eyes to a room flooded with sunlight. He yawned and slowly struggled out of bead scratching his back. As he was walking into the kitchen, he saw Shigure picking up the phone. Kyo groggily asked Shigure,

"Please don't say yes... are we having take-out again for breakfast?" Shigure then replied very annoyed, "Then I won't tell you." Kyo groaned and sat down in a chair that was free from the mess of the kitchen. He slammed his head on a free spot on the table and started to sleep again. Shigure sat down beside Kyo and shook him awake. While Kyo slowly sat up, Shigure looked at the table and smiled saying,

"Remember when our flower was here? Right now there would be food on this table and this house wouldn't be so dirty. Too bad she had to move into the dorm in Tokyo University. At least Yuki is with her. Still, her mother would've been proud of her." This time, Kyo was wide awake and he yelled at Shigure,

"Listen, right now, I'm not all for a flashback, so shut your stupid mouth!!!" Shigure looked at Kyo very surprised and said,

"Woah!!! Calm down!!! Just because your stupid doesn't mean you have to get mad at me (Kyo failed the final exam in his last year of high school, so he has to repeat the grade.)!!! Now take a bath before you scare away the delivery boy with you smell." Amazingly, Kyo didn't argue. Instead, he followed Shigure's orders and went and took a shower.

When Kyo came back all clean and fresh and in his high school uniform, the take-out had arrived and Shigure was attacking it with his chopsticks. Before the food was all gone, Kyo grabbed a pair of clean chopsticks and grabbed some food. Kyo then went to school shoving the chopsticks in the sink that was filled to the brim with dirty and smelly dishes.

Since Yuki didn't go to the school anymore, Kyo was the next reigning "Prince" and he really didn't like his title. Girls would constantly follow him and they would try to get him to ask one of them out. (He usually said "No" to all of them.) It was almost the end of autumn and that meant the beginning of winter and the eventual New Year celebration. Everyone was still talking about how Yuki and Tohru were great together last year and their idea. Kyo, of course, was mad about it and didn't really want to talk about it either.

School was finally over and Kyo started to walk back home grumpier than he was in the morning. He tossed his backpack to the side and walked to the living room yelling,

"Shigure!!!!! Where's the food?!!? I'm hungry and school was crap!!!" Shigure didn't answer making Kyo very suspicious. He walked to the kitchen and his room, but he didn't find Shigure there either.

Then Kyo went to his room and saw someone that surprised him. It was a girl and she was holding Shigure prisoner by holding a ninja star to his throat. She whipped her head around and smiled at Kyo very menacingly. She looked about the same age as Kyo with long dark raven hair that she partially put up with a bow leaving the rest floating behind her. She wore a short shirt that was a blood red and over top of it, she wore a black translucent floaty shirt that had three large holes on the graceful sleeves slightly exposing her arms and her shoulders. She also wore short pleated skirt that was actually two skirts sewn together, one part was the blood red underskirt and the other part was the slightly longer black sparkly part. She sported slightly tall black boots that had small heel and a belt that had a pouch and a katana that was held under the belt. Most of all, Kyo noticed the necklace she had on, it was a bright red gem with an angel-like wing on the right side of the gem while the other side had a dragon-like wing folded over top of the jewel. She smiled at Kyo again and she dropped the ninja star and stared at Kyo asking him,

"You're a Sohma too aren't you?" Kyo slowly nodded back and the girl walked towards him. She spoke again this time more seriously with her bright green eyes piercing Kyo's flesh,

"I've been hired to kill you and all of the Sohma's." Kyo looked at the girl very amused and said,

"Is that so? Well, I would like to know your name." The girl was suprised at first, but she replied,

"My name is Hitoshi Kawakami and I know your supposed secret." Kyo was startled, but he asked Hitoshi,

"Is that so? Well what is the secret?" Hitoshi wasn't amused, but she replied anyway,

"If you are hugged by a member of the opposite gender that is outside of the inner family, you will transform into one of the symbols from the Chinese Zodiac. Except there is one person who transforms into the cat. Shall we find out if it's you or not?" Kyo wasn't happy about this. He backed away from the slowly advancing Hitoshi. She spoke to him gently while drawing her katana,

"Come on now!! I don't bite!" She then drew out her sword completley and was poised ready to attack. Kyo stood staring at Hitoshi who smiled and said narrowing her eyes,

"I hope that you enjoy your last few minutes as a human being."