Note from the author;; Ok, I might update again later today with another chapter because I am not so sure if I can update tomorrow…
So before I get thrashed with the update-less updates, because I oh so very promised on my last story I wouldn't hang people off for quite some time… AND LOOK AT WHAT I DID! I HAVEN'T UPDATED THAT STORY SINCE NOVEMBER! . . . I will probably update tonight if I find out I'm going somewhere tomorrow.
Ok;; Anyways, here are some answers to the reviewers whom I totally love.
SmittenLittleKitten; Who Safaia ends up being with, well that'll show itself come time. And don't worry, these three girls do indeed live somewhere, it's just that it's been after school now and they haven't a chance to go to their house so I haven't been able to introduce them yet.
To… Uh… Someone I don't know…. oO;; Coooookay! Me likes cookays. munch munch munch I'm glad you are liking the story!
Fan 101;; Updating now! smiles
Disclaimer;; Fruits Basket characters do not belong to me, but they belong to Natsuki Takaya! The three new characters, well, only one out of three belong to me, the other two belong to my friends. NOW TO THE STORY!
Taking a twist;; Chapter Four; The thing resurrected
"Mhmm! This strawberry crepe is delicious!" Bara sat on the tire swing happily with her crepe. Safaia munched on her own crepe quietly.
"Chocolate is gooooooooood. I love chocolate. Choc-o-late. Chocolate chocolate chocolate." Safaia chewed her chocolaty goodness pleasantly.
"Ooooooh…Kayyy……." Hotaru spoke slowly, emphasizing each syllable and biting into her own strawberry crepe.
"These crepes here are most defiantly better than the ones back home." Hotaru nodded her head at Bara. Safaia softened down and ate silently.
"So," Safaia swallowed the piece in her mouth, "What're we going to do now?" The three girls were on each opening of the swing.
"Well, isn't White Day coming soon?" Hotaru grinned after mentioning the holiday. Bara popped the remaining piece of her crepe into her mouth. Safaia nodded.
"Yup! March 14th, a month after valentines day." Safaia made a face after saying the dreaded Valentines Day. Bara shuddered. Hotaru had a blank, confused expression. "Also known as it's great to be singles day!" The three girls jumped off the tire swing and hugged each other.
"Whoot!" Bara threw her arms up in the air. "Go singles!" The three latched their arms together and walked to the trash can, throwing away their crepe wrappers.
"So, what're we going to do on White Day?" Hotaru fidgeted with her hands as she spoke.
"Hmm," Bara thought for a moment, "Well, I've read in books different things about White Day…" She paused, gathering her thoughts together, "One, I heard it's basically the day to give thanks for Valentines day presents. Another is when a guy gives a girl a gift, like only girls give gifts to guys on V-day."
"That's different compared to the states…" Hotaru looked confused. Bara nodded quickly and continued.
"The one I liked the most was the white ribbon legend." Bara smiled pleasantly, "If you get a ribbon from the person you like, because they like you, your love will last forever." She had a far off look in her eyes. Safaia chuckled.
"That's just like you Bara." Bara got in a foolish huffy puffy manner. The two girls laughed for a while, leaving Bara sulking.
"I think we should do the whole white ribbon thing, y'know; for fun and everything." Hotaru unlatched herself and walked towards the slide.
"YES!" Bara jumped throwing her arms in the air. Her dark hair began to fall in her face some more. "Wooooo hooooo!" She ran around the park like an energizer bunny. Hotaru and Safaia followed Bara with their eyes. Safaia walked up to Hotaru.
"She's crazy…." Hotaru laughed.
"I think I remember seeing a fabric store down in the City when we were in the taxi…" She mentioned nervously. Safaia nodded. Bara ran back over to her friends after releasing much joy.
"Really? That means they'd probably have ribbons there! C'mon! Lets go!" Bara pulled her two friend's arms.
"Bara, wait, what about our bags?" Safaia pointed back at the swings. Her friend stopped in her tracks.
"Haha…haha… ha ha ha….. Whoops…." Bara walked over to the swings, swinging (haha, swinging. Get it, she's swinging her bag when she's near the- . . . . . . Nevermind.) her bag on her shoulder, and carrying the other two's bags in her hands. She wobbled back over to her friends. "Geesh," She placed the bags down, "What do you two put in these bags! It weighs a ton!" She began to massage her hands.
"Hm, new text books… Blah blah blah.. Homework… blah blah blah… all the new school material," Safaia sighed.
"Yeah, in JAPANESE!" Hotaru and Bara raised their eyebrows at Safaia, who began laughing. "I mean, I know we came here to strengthen our Japanese and all, but it's going to give me a headache soon." She continued laughing more.
"Heh, at least we pretty much aced the class in America when it came to speaking it. And we're not that bad when it comes to writing it." Hotaru smiled. Bara blinked.
"Uh… Hello? Can we go back to the White Day topic?" The young girl tapped her foot while swinging her bag onto her other shoulder.
"Safaia," Hotaru grinned mischievously, "We should get a taxi before she spazzes on us."
"Hmmm…" She began to stroke her chin with her thumb and forefinger, "You don't say…" Safaia swung her shoulder straps of her bag on her shoulders. Hotaru placed her messenger bag on her right shoulder. The two began to walk away quickly.
"Hey…! What about me!" Bara pouted.
"Uh oh…" Hotaru looked back, "She's catching up to us."
"Let's run!" Safaia began to run, with Hotaru running behind her.
"WHAT!" Bara's eyes grew wide. "You have got to be kidding me…" Sighing, Bara began to chase after her friends.
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The sun was as bright as ever and the clouds were white, slowly fading away, leaving a clear blue sky. On top of the roof was a boy. He stared at the remaining few clouds abandoned in the sky.
"I thought I liked Tohru…" His red eyes were hidden behind their lids, "Bara… what is it about you I don't understand…" Sighing, he sat up and began to climb the ladder back down, only to find a blond boy whom he thought was annoying. "Argh! Momiji! What are you doing here?" Momiji smiled.
"Why, I just came to visit… Is that bad?" His brown eyes were full of innocence. Kyo looked around.
"Ah- Where's Tohru? She's usually with you when you come over. He scanned the living room, eyes searching every shadow to find her. His gaze went back to Momiji, who had a saddened look glooming his face.
"Her grandfather's at the hospital, he got shot today, I don't know the details of his-"
"What! The crazy grandfather? Got shot!" Kyo looked down. 'And here I was trying to sort out my feelings and her family gets injured. Go me.'
"Hopefully everything is ok.." Momiji smiled, "But, if anything happens, I want to be there for her, like how she's been there for us."
"Been there… for us…" Kyo echoed his cousin slowly as he looked at his beaded bracelet on his left hand.
'I want us to be together!'
'She was there for me when I needed her…'
'I want to eat our meals together, study together, and tell you everything on my mind. And Kyo, I want to listen to you!'
'I hope I can be there for her…'
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"Ah, this is it! This is the store!" Safaia gleamed as she stepped out of the taxi, standing in front of the window. Her two friends stepped out of the vehicle as well.
"What are we waiting for! Only twenty more days until White Day! WE NEED TO GET RIBBONS!" Bara jumped up and down, waiting to go in.
"Yeah yeah Bara." The two began to walk in without her.
"Yay!" Bara jumped up and quickly went to follow her friends. As they walked in, a little bell rang. Aisles and aisles of cloth were seen. Bara scanned the room for ribbons.
"Hello?" A girl came out from the back door. The three girls turned their head to the designated sound, only to see her in a maid's outfit.
"Er.. Hello." Bara spoke slowly as she eyed the person's outfit. "Excuse me, but do you mind telling me where you keep your rib-"
"Oh my!" She placed her glasses on, straightening them out, "You girls are very pretty!" Safaia raised her eyebrows, Hotaru blushed. Bara's mouth hung open from being cut off mid-sentence.
"Forget I said anything." She shook her head in disbelief.
"I'm sorry, I didn't introduce myself, my name is Mine! How may I help you?" Mine brushed her brown curly hair away from her face. Bara smiled.
"It's nice to meet you Mine, I'm Bar-" Suddenly, she felt a pair of hands placed on her shoulders. "Ngeh?"
"My my, I see we have some customers." Hotaru looked at the man. Safaia looked at her with deep thought.
"What is it?" Hotaru whispered.
"He looks like an older Yuki…" Hotaru eyed the man up and down, looking at his red ensemble, silver hair. Her mouth dropped at Safaia's observation.
"Yes!" Mine smiled widely, "Their names are… Oh… I'm sorry, I didn't quite get your name."
"Because we didn't say it yet!" Bara mumbled under her breath.
"I'm Ayame Sohma, the owner of this story." At once, all of the girls' eyes widened.
"SOHMA!" The three exclaimed at once.
"Excused me.. Do you mind taking your hands off my shoulders Mr. Sohma?" Bara sighed.
"Please, call me Ayame." He pressed his hands down harder on Bara's shoulders. "Mine, these girls are beautiful, don't you think?" Mine clapped.
"My thoughts exactly! That's why.." She quickly rushed over to Ayame and lifted her hand up to his ear, to conceal what she said between themselves, "I think she should wear the thing." Bara quickly turned around releasing herself from the grasp of the cruel Sohma.
"The thing!" She yelled out, "We just wanted to get some-" She noticed Ayame's resemblance to Yuki.
"Hush hush, I think you are perfect." Ayame spoke calmly.
"What!" Safaia exclaimed.
"Huh? The thing? Perfect? I am so confused…"
"We just wanted some whit-" Safaia pursed her lips as she saw Bara being dragged off into the back room with her mouth covered by Mine's hand. Any sign of struggling was no longer seen due to Mine quickly restricting her from wailing.
"We'll be back soon." Mine waved, and the two were gone behind curtains. The remaining friends felt their mouths drop.
"Wh…What just happened?"
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Yuki began to leave the school building.
"Well, now that that's over with, I can go buy Miss Honda something for White Day." He began to walk towards the City, passing the park. He passed a few girls from his school who had eyes sparkling as bright as diamonds. He smiled as he walked by to be polite and continued forward.
"He smiled at me!" The girls began to squeal. Yuki sighed and continued walking. He neared his brother's store.
"Ugh, that brother of mine!" He saw inside the store threw the window Safaia and Hotaru. Safaia had a frustrated expression on her face, while Hotaru looked confused. He looked to see who they were talking to, only to see Ayame laughing hysterically. "Brother…" Yuki sighed, walking into the store,
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D-ding.
Safaia and Hotaru looked to see who walked into the store, only to see Yuki.
"Yuki! I didn't think you'd be coming here on your own will, let alone by yourself." Ayame rushed over to Yuki. "GIVE ME A!" Yuki shot his brother glares of daggers.
"No!" He walked over to Hotaru and Safaia.
"Yuki, it's great to see you again." Safaia smiled at her classmate.
"Same to you Miss Higurashi." He turned his attention to Hotaru.
"Hello." Hotaru blushed.
"Hello Miss Tomoe." Yuki gave off a princely smile.
"Yuki, you came to visit me, have you not? You've only been her but once before with Miss Tohru." Ayame grinned.
"I'm not here for you, I was walking by and I saw Miss Higurashi and Miss Tomoe." Yuki looked around. "Where's Miss Minako? The three of you are usually together.
"Actually, she got tak-" Safaia glared at the man interrupting her.
"Bara, that's her name, huh? She should be coming out soon."
"WHY DO YOU KEEP INTERRUPTING EVERYBODY? AND WHAT ON EARTH IS THE THING!" She placed her hands on her hips. Yuki walked over and held onto his brother by the collar of his shirt.
"BROTHER! You have her try this thing as well!" Hotaru quickly exchanged glances with Safaia, shocked to hear that they were brothers.
"You… You two are related?" Hotaru pointed back and forth between Yuki and Ayame. Safaia slapped her hand against her forehead.
"That would explain the hugging comment…"
"We're reading!" Everyone turned to the back door.
"Ah, let's see this updated version of," Ayame's voice became low and serious, "The thing. Of course, everyone can also see what a wonderful person I am! Hahahahahaha." Yuki rolled his eyes as he, too, awaited Bara's appearance. Mine turned her back to everyone, pulling Bara out by the hand.
"Come on, it's not that bad." Mine smiled reassuringly. Ayame walked over to the two girls.
'Nnn… Stares… Why are Hotaru and Safaia and… YUKI! What's he doing here!'
Hotaru felt her mouth being covered by her hand from shock.
"She's wearing a dress…"
"You're wearing a dress."
Yuki's mouth dropped in awe.
"Hahahahahahahaha!" Ayame began to laugh his heart out. "You are beautiful!" He placed his hands on her shoulders.
"Heh… Heheheh…" Bara began to smile nervously. "Right…" Bara poked the poofiness of the pink dress.
"I see you altered it, brother?" Yuki's voice grew dull.
"Why yes! You see, why only have it in yellow when I could sell it for other colors, too?" Ayame continued laughing. Bara had a grim look on her face.
"I feel like Little Bo Peep…."
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Shigure walked Momiji back to the main house. They walked up Hatori's steps. Momiji walked through the door and began to wander off on his own. The two adults began to speak alone in Hatori's office.
"How tragic…" Shigure frowned.
"Yes, it is sad that she must suffer even more." Hatori lit a cigarette and took in a puff. Shigure sat by the open rice paper doors, looking out at the back.
"I just hope everything will turn for the best…"
And that's chapter four! I think it was a rather boring chapter. Xx Sorry you had to endure this painful thing.
Ok, well I don't have much to say because I didn't really like this chapter. Hahaha… Silly me, then why did I write it? Well, it has to go along with later on in the story. smiles
Taking a Twist; Chapter Five; Revelations Preview
"Miss Honda!" He began to walk towards her, trying to comfort her by smiling gently. The walk back to the house was quiet. Half was through the forest, Tohru began speaking.
"My grandfather was shot this morning. I'm probably going to live with him, to help him recover. I hope he's ok…" Yuki frowned.
"He's living with his family, as well, right?" His expression grimed remembering the awful people.
"Yes, but…" Tohru's eyes trailed off as she choked back her tears.
"It's ok, I understand." His smiled left a tint of feeling that made Tohru become a bit more hopeful.
"I guess I should tell Kyo and Shigure…" Tohru's eyes softened. 'Kyo...'
Until Next Time!