I really want to finish this story before school starts…so here's the third chapter! It has two parts but I thought that the first part was necessary ;-) Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket.
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Chapter 3 The Horrors of a Fan Club
But first…Part I A Talk with Yuki and Kyo
After finishing one part of dinner, Tohru realized that she needed some vegetables from Yuki's garden. So decided to go out and help Yuki with his secret base, since he was probably just sitting on a nearby rock staring into space. Looking around the clearing where the base was located, Tohru discovered that she was right. She walked up to Yuki and sat down besides him.
Yuki was the first to speak out, he knew that it was Tohru (since she was the only that knew about his base besides him.) and didn't look up. "It's unbelievable."
Tohru smiled slightly and replied, "But it was always a possibility wasn't it? I never gave up hope that someday the curse will be broken."
Yuki looked up at Tohru and smiled gently, "Yes, I suppose I gave up too soon. I never imagined such a possibility. The torments of Akito had sealed off my heart. I never opened it up again. The closed lid remained closed and all possibility of opening it was out of question." Until you came along that it and I began to venture to open it again. Yuki thought but didn't dare speak it out loud.
Tohru was slightly taken back by what Yuki said because she never expected him to open up to her like this. Her smile went even wider and replied; "It won't be closed forever, because there will always be someone out there who could open your heart. And a smile from whomever that it will the brightest sunshine that you ever felt. So don't close off all hope, because the world is full of opportunities. You can't run or hide from them." After saying the last statement, Tohru gently put her hand over Yuki's.
Yuki looked at the gesture and smiled his own smile, "Yes. That's true. I still can't believe that there is someway to stop the transformation. It seems as if the curse is finally breaking up. When I was little, Akito used to always say that the zodiac members would forever be his. He is our ruler and we are nothing without him. He said that we would never be able to live our own lives because we will never be accepted into the world and he was the only one that bothers with us. I was small then, so the world still looked bright. I tried to disobey and argue, but when my parents sold me for a tool, I lost hope. My family and friends rejected me; the pain that caused me deepened with every stroke that Akito sprung upon me. I lost my friends, I lost my family, and I was never accepted into the world. And I'm disgusted by my curse. I didn't have anything left."
Tohru had tears glistening in her eyes. She could never have imagined the torments that the zodiac members suffered through. She always had her family and friends, yes, there was sadness in her life, but it could never compare to the sufferings of Yuki and the other Sohma's. But Tohru also smiled a little and squeezed Yuki's hand, "But you survived, you've found the courage to tell me these things, you've found the courage to open the lid that you've kept on your emotions. So now is the chance to take a step forward and rejoice. The things of the past are not worth the pain, the suffering, so stop thinking about them. The future looks bright, so why not live it?"
Yuki looked up with a smile and realized the tears that were nearly spilling out of Tohru's eye, he quickly took his other hand and wiped them away, he smiled and gently kissed Tohru's cheek. Tohru blushed bright red and didn't know what to say.
Smiling, Yuki said, "Thank you Hon- Tohru. Thank you for accepting us, the burden of the us."
Flustered, Tohru said, "No! Not at all! You guys aren't a burden. I'm the one that's been thrust-" But Yuki cut her off by putting a finger to her lips.
"It is because of you that we are a family again. So thank you. You aren't a burden, you've helped up more than you know." Yuki said smiling.
Tohru suddenly remember something and quickly jumped into the air, "Oh! I just remembered, could I have some vegetables for dinner?"
"Of course. But you can go inside, I can pick them myself."
Tohru smiled again and began walking towards the house. She replayed the events that had just occurred. She blushed as she felt the place where Yuki had kissed her, it was probably just out of gratitude, Tohru smiled at the thought that she's been able to help Yuki. She looked up and saw Kyo sitting on the roof. Kyo saw her and motioned her to come up. Tohru smiled and nodded.
"Are you alright?" Tohru asked once she was on the roof.
"I'm fine. It's just that…it's so unreal." Kyo replied.
Tohru smiled at the similarity of Kyo and Yuki's replies, why can't they understand that they really are similar and their only conflict is that the other has what they dream of.
Kyo continued, "I'll finally be free from this curse. They probably don't understand it, but this curse has been the biggest burden to me." Kyo said playing with the black and white beads that were around his left wrist.
Tohru looked at the bead and realized that Kyo's curse went farther than the zodiac curse, he was also curse with the vengeful spirit of the cat, a much more dangerous form that Tohru had learn to accept. She did the same as she did with Yuki, and put her hand around Kyo's.
"Embrace the fact, because there will always be endless possibilities. It's like food, if you don't eat it, it will go to waste." Tohru said looking at the sunset.
"Where do you get these things?" Kyo said but he had a smile on his face.
Tohru looked frantic, and apologized profusely.
Kyo smiled and knocked her on her head and said, "Stop apologizing." After a moment of silence, he added, "I just never thought that I would be able to live normally. I wasn't accepted into the Sohma family, that was my one wish. And my other form stopped me from wanting to socialize with the normal world. I was secluded into my own little world. I'll never understand why Kagura likes me (although I probably be much better off is she didn't), I'm a monster." Kyo finished with a hint of sad ness in his voice.
"No you're not!" Tohru shouted.
"You don't have to yell it." Kyo said rubbing his ears.
"I'm sorry!" Tohru shouted again while Kyo grimaced. She continued, "There will always be people who are better than you, but there will also always be people worse than you. Because time doesn't still, everything changes in due time. There will never be a best or a worst. There won't ever be a best or worst style of fighting because different people has different opinions." Tohru said trying to find an example that suited Kyo.
Kyo smiled again and shrugged and said, "I still don't like the idea of being test animals. The perverted dog and huge-ego snake had better not do anything weird with the product, whatever it is."
"I'm sure Hatori won't let them."
And together, they watched the setting sun. After the sunset, Tohru jumped up again, "Oh no! I have to go make dinner!"
Kyo smiled and said, "Thanks Tohru, for understanding me." He said as he kissed Tohru's forehead.
Unknown to the two, Yuki had just walked out of the forest with his vegetables and saw the two on the rooftop, his jaw dropped and he felt more pain than he had ever felt. Did he like Tohru? No! She was like the mother that he never had…but…she was always so understand, always there, always ready with a smile, a smile that filled him with warmth; it was time to face reality, Yuki liked Tohru. Yuki walked into the house trying to stop the turmoil that had risen in his heart.
While still on the rooftop, Tohru, not knowing what to say, stayed silent.
"Um…could…uh…I ask you something?" Kyo asked.
Tohru had never seen Kyo stuttering this badly. "Sure."
"Would you go to the dance with me?" Kyo asked, not knowing that he could talk that fast.
Tohru blushed a deeper shade of red, and she couldn't speak, she just nodded.
Kyo smiled and the two stood awkwardly for a moment, then Tohru remember dinner again and was once again frantic. She hurried downstairs while Kyo stayed on the roof a little longer. Dinner went without much excitement, Yuki was unusually silent and the mood within the room was tense. But other than that, the night went by peacefully.
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Part II The Horrors of a Fan Club
The next day at school, Momiji once again brought up the subject of the dance at lunchtime. Today, he was asking who was going with whom.
To this Yuki replied, "No one." He was still unsure of his feelings toward Tohru, all he knew was that seeing Kyo kiss Tohru was upsetting to him.
"But Yuki! You have to bring someone! It's your dance." Momiji wined.
Yuki just shrugged while Uotani said, "Come on Prince! The whole school would love to go with you. Even orange head here had got a date."
Yuki raised an eyebrow and was puzzled.
"Oh my…you don't know? I thought that since you live in the same house, you would've known." Hanajima said in her usual monotone.
A look of understanding flashed across Yuki's face, Kyo was going with Tohru. Why does it hurt me so? Yuki questioned himself.
Kyo, on the other hand, was flustered and wanted to beat up someone really bad for talking about him and Tohru. Tohru was trying to calm Kyo and Uo down. Momiji was jumping around the group singing. And Haru was just sitting there observing Yuki.
Yuki saw Haru staring at him and just shook his head. An understanding passed between them and Haru looked concerned for a second, but shrugged.
That afternoon, Tohru, Yuki and Kyo were greeted with an unbelievable sight, Momiji dragging Haru behind him running. "Hurry! Run!"
"What in the world is going on?" Kyo shouted clearly annoyed.
Momiji ran up to them dragging Haru, who went black but was being restrained by the rabbit. Momiji quickly explained, "It started after I closed my locker, there were these girls around me asking me to go to the dance, this was no surprise to Yuki or Kyo, who had their share of girls asking them (to which none of them they accepted). Momiji continued, "But the girls just kept on piling up and up and I thought I would never get away until Haru dragged me away."
"Hey Yuki! Isn't that your fan club?" Haru asked casually pointing to a group of girls that was coming towards them. The group looked frightening enough, there was so many that it was starting to look like a dust cloud from afar. They seem to be getting closer and closer, and the group finally realized that the girls were running towards them, yelling "Sohma-senpai, will you go to the dance with me?" Yuki eyes grew as wide and he started to walk backwards.
"I think we…um…should probably get out of here." Tohru said.
"RUN!" Momiji yelled.
The group ran for their safety. Haru, Yuki, and Kyo were all very fast because of their martial arts training, and Momiji help Tohru a little to run faster. They ran in the direction of Shigure's house hoping for a sanctuary.
Shigure on the other hand, was in Hatori's car, they had just come back to pick up an ingredient for the item that stopped the transformation. Hatori looked out the window and frowned, he asked, "What is that?"
It was indeed a puzzling sight, five teenagers running for their lives followed by a dust cloud.
"Why are they being followed by a dust cloud?" Shigure voiced his own question. Upon closer inspection, Shigure realized that it wasn't a dust cloud, but a group of girls. He laughed to himself and said, "High School girls!"
"Idiot." Muttered Hatori.
Momiji was the first to recognize Hatori's car and screamed, "Hari! Open the doors!"
Hatori open the doors just as the teens approached the car, everyone piled in and Yuki said, "Drive!" as the girls were getting closer and closer.
The car sped off and the girl stopped chasing, still yelling "Wait!" "Stop!" "Prince Yuki, will you go to the dance with me?" etc.
"That was scary." Haru said calmly.
"Scary! It was more horrifying!" Momiji wined and hugged Tohru tightly, causing him to turn into a rabbit.
"What happened?" Hatori asked.
After explaining the 'incident', Shigure started laughing uncontrollably, earning himself two punched on the head from Yuki and Kyo.
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