Fruits Basket--- The New Kid
Summary:There's a new person that comes into the Sohma's life. Apparently, she knows about the Sohma curse! Will it be good or bad? Will it cause new relationships or rivalries? YSxMK, KSxTH
Other Stuff Thoughts will be in italics and A/N is in (parentheses) and bold. Plus, it'll be great if you can tell me if I misspelled something. Especially names. Kay? Thanks much! Oh, BTW, before I forget, this is on the manga side, not the anime side. (So, there will be the suffixes stuff. p)
Disclaimer: I own Megu, Takeshi, Reiji, Kosuke, and Miu. I don't own Furuba.
Preview of the previous chapter
"Well, it'll kill you to hear this, but I can live with that. I want to show you how cruel your uncle was." Akito said. "He killed her. And Shigure was there when he did it, too."
"…" There was silence. Shigure was sadly trying to not remember the scene, Yuki was silent with anger, and Megumi was too shocked to speak.
"He killed her?... My uncle killed someone?" Megumi finally managed to find her voice.
"That's right." Akito said.
"Just listen, okay?" Kosuke said. "Suppress my memory. Ask Hatori to suppress my memory."
"What will that do!" He started to get mad. "Sure, you'll forget, but what about me? It's my sister that died."
"Yeah… I know, but it's just a burden…" Kosuke said. "I'll leave you and your family after that. I promise."
"Well, you have to do this…" Megumi started explaining, and he listened quietly.
He listens to me intently and picks things up quickly. He doesn't seem like the cat… Megumi thought.
"Hey, I might as well tell you this." Kyo sat up. Megumi turned around. "I think you should tell Yuki how you feel, too. Before it's too late. Because… Tragedy might strike. Because he is the rat, and you aren't a member of the Zodiac..."
He used her words.
"Hmm, maybe I should." She said and turned around.
Chapter 6--- For the Good or For the Bad?
It's the next day, and everyone was in their rooms. Megumi was doing her homework, when her phone began to ring. She took out her bag and searched for it. She took it out and pressed a button.
"Hello?" She said.
"Megumi, it's your father." The person said.
"Oh, hey. What's up?" Megumi said. She paused as he spoke. "…What!"
Everyone was gathered in the living room doing their own thing. Megumi enters and sees them.
"…" She sighs. Well, I guess things aren't forever. I grew to love this place, and this family, too.
"What's up with you?" Shigure interrupted her thoughts. "You look glum."
"Oh, it's nothing…" She said and smiled. I got to tell them soon…
"Hey, heard you talking on the phone. You seemed kinda reluctant and shocked." Shigure said looking up from the newspaper.
Eavesdropping again? You can never resist doing that. Yuki and Kyo thought. They sighed.
"Oh, did you?..." Megumi said sounding rather depressed, but not the least shock. I've always expected that you would do that… Always trying to figure more about me… I've always seen you spy on me for some reason…
She wasn't mad, but rather… glad for that.
"Something wrong, Megu-san? You don't seem yourself…" Tohru said worriedly.
Even they know how I act regularly… I've been here for a long while, haven't I? I guess there isn't anything better to do than tell them… Megumi got silent. She sighed. "Well, I'm leaving the country to go to America…"
"What!" They all exclaimed as she told them.
"I have to, my parents separated, and I'm going with my dad and brother." She said.
"You can't leave!" Shigure exclaimed. Shigure had been too dependant on Megumi since she came, and he can't do much without her help.
"My dad told me that my mom was too much for him. So, now we're leaving in… about 5 hours…" Megumi said.
"5 hours!" Shigure exclaimed.
"Yeah… I'm going to meet up with my dad and brother at my uncle's and we're all heading out after that." She said. She smiled a sad smile. "Well, I gotta start packing…"
"…" They were all silent, Shigure, Tohru, and Yuki shocked and mad, and Kyo is rather upset but not relieved.
Megumi was putting up her stuff in her suitcase. She stared at a picture. It was the four of them. Tohru and Shigure were laughing happily, Yuki was smiling, and Kyo was looking away with his arm crossed. He wasn't mad, but it can be seen that he is smiling slightly. She smiled as she looked at this, and then put it in her suitcase.
I guess I grew too attached to them… I didn't think I would be this attached to them… She thought and sighed. "If I knew I was leaving, I should've just stayed at Uncle Kosuke's then…"
"…And give up all your memories here?" A familiar voice asked. Megumi turned around and saw Yuki.
"Yun-chan! Oh…" She said in shock. She grew solemn. "…I wouldn't be missing this place then… If I haven't stayed here, I would probably forget you and everyone easily. But now, with all these memories, it won't be easy… If you have all these good memories and then have to leave them, it will hurt you…"
"Hurt?... What about make you happy?" Yuki asked. "You would rather change it to something depressing than something memorable and forever to you? That's not like you…"
"…" Megumi thought for a while. "You know me a lot now, don't you?"
"Spending months with you, you can say that." He said. She looked at the clock.
"It's time for me to go…" She said and took her stuff down. Yuki just stood there and watched her in silence.
"…"
Couple of minutes later, Megumi was at the door with her stuff packed up. They were all there watching her, except Yuki, who was nowhere to be seen.
"Well, I want to thank you, Shigure-san and everyone, for your hospitality. You all have been great friends to me.
"…Well, best of luck…" Shigure said. "Will you be willing to give a goodbye kiss just to ease my pain?"
"Idiot." Kyo said and punched his head.
"Thanks, Kyo-san. Oh, and remember what I told you yesterday." She said.
"…It's not like you're my mom. You don't have to remind me." Kyo said and looked away, frowning. Megumi smiled.
"Well, see ya." She said and walked away. Wonder where Yun-chan is… I didn't even say goodbye… After all that time we had together…I guess it didn't mean anything to him as much as it did for me…
They were all at the airport, Takeshi (her dad), Reiji (her brother), Kosuke (her uncle), Miu (her aunt), and herself. Reiji was bothering her at the beginning, and she just ignored him. He seemed to notice that she had a lot in her mind, so he let her be. Everyone else seemed to, too. She usually loves to listen to her uncle tell stories, but not this time. She just zoomed out of reality and began thinking. Couple of hours later, it was signaled for them to enter the plane. They all started to walk in. Megumi turned around and looked out the window hesitantly. She sighed and followed the others. Megumi dragged herself to the line, and she turned one last time. She saw someone familiar. Her heart began beating fast and she began to panic slightly. Reiji noticed this sudden reaction and tapped his dad's arm. Megumi walked closer to the person, leaving her luggage there.
"Y-Yun-chan…" She said his name softly. He walked to her. Her family moved away from the line and watched, curious at what was about to happen. They looked at each other silently. She couldn't breathe properly. "W-what's wrong, Yun-chan…?"
He didn't reply, but just stared. He wore no expression, but his eyes were saying something completely different.
"…I'm sorry, but I can't stand here all day, I have to go soon." She said sadly. He finally spoke.
"I can't let you. Don't go in." Yuki said.
"I have to. It's not an option." Megumi said.
"But…" He said and held her hands.
She heard her aunt give a weird, but excited sound. Kosuke nudged her on the waist, signaling her to be quiet. Reiji rolled his eyes and mumbled what sounded like 'gross…'
"…I have to go…" Megumi said, and whispered, "I would hug you, but I'm going to make you transform. But seriously, I have to go. Bye… Yuki Sohma…"
She let go of him and walked away, not turning back. Her aunt gave another weird sound, this time it sounded like a disappointed one. Yuki looked at her, and walked away. They couldn't determine what his expression was.
"You guys go ahead, I wanna talk to Megu." Takeshi said.
"Thank you!..." Reiji said in relief. Kosuke nudged his arm. The three walked back in line.
"Megumi." Takeshi said. Megumi looked at him with sad eyes.
Oh, great. He's probably going to start rambling on. He's going to ask if I lived with him… She thought.
"What was that?" Takeshi demanded. "Did you live with him?"
"What?..." She said. She was in no mood to lie. "Yeah, I did. It doesn't matter. Nothing happened."
"…I'll trust you with that. But, you just left the guy like that. You should have told me you had a relationship with a guy." He said. She was confused now.
"I don't have a relationship with him…" She said and started to walk. He stopped her.
"You should have told me… If I knew, then we could have just stayed." He said.
"It doesn't matter. I don't you to lose yourself back there." She said. She was referring to Keiko, her mom.
"It doesn't matter, a relationship is more important…" He said.
"No, I think we should leave. It's better not like I want to see that Yuki Sohma anymore…" She lied. He knew.
"You go ahead and stay here, we'll go." He said.
"What?..." She said.
"I don't want to see you depressed, stay." He said.
"I'm not going to be depressed." She said. They looked at each other. He knew her daughter well to know that she was lying.
"He seems like a good guy. You seemed reluctant to leave now and when I was at the phone with you, too. So, I know that you liked it at that place. So, I'm asking. Stay." Takeshi said. She knew that her dad wouldn't change his mind easily. She looked at him with reluctance. "Don't worry; we'll keep in touch…"
She sighed, he surely wasn't going to change his mind on this one, she knew. "But…"
"You seriously don't want to stay? Has he been horrible to you? Did he treat you like family?" He started asking.
"Dad… He was good to me… I just…" She didn't continue on.
"Do you seriously don't want to see him again?... You would give up your time you had with him? Your friendship?" He asked.
"I don't know… It's not just him… Shigure-san, Tohru-san, and even Kyo-san… They've been so good to me. They let me in their home, even though they barely knew me. Shigure-san even willingly increased my pay for work… They were family to me…" Megumi said. Tears fell down. "I don't want to leave them… They're so close to me…"
"Then, stay… If they're close to you, it's better to keep being close to them…" Takeshi said.
"But, you're my dad, and he's my brother, and he's my uncle, and she's my aunt… You are supposed to be the one who is closest to me…" She said. She didn't understand why her dad was doing this.
"That's true, but you can always visit us… And besides, you're reaching the age where you should be capable of living on you own, without family…" He said.
"…" She looked at him. He was serious as ever. He looked like he wanted her to stay. "…Ok… I'll keep in touch with you…"
"That's good. Go on ahead, catch up to him…" He said. She looked at her family, they (except Reiji) knew what was going on and nodding. She looked at them for a while, and then smiled and took her bag and walked. Relief, excitement, and sadness washed over her.
She reached Shigure's house, and it was empty. The lights were off. No one was home. She looked around and peered through the windows, they were all gone. She sighed and walked away from the house. She couldn't go in; she didn't have the key anymore. She sighed.
Megumi reached the pond, and saw someone.
Yuki.
He was silently looking at the pond. He had a lot in his mind, she noticed.
"…Yun-chan…" She said with a little struggle. He didn't react, probably thinking that he was hearing things.
"…Yun-chan." She repeated, but firmer. Still no response from him.
"…Yun-chan!" She said loudly. That got his attention, and he turned and saw her. He saw a little disbelief in him.
"…Megumi…?" He managed to say.
"Yeah…" They stared at each other. It was silent.
"…"
"I'm back…" She said and smiled. Relief washed over her. She ran and hugged him. A puff of smoke emerged, and she fell on the floor. The smoke cleared, and Yuki is a small, gray rat. She sat up and stared at the mouse, which used to be a person.
"…"
"Oh, I'm sorry!… I was just filled with such… relief. I just felt strongly that I should do that." She said. She looked at him, and then smiled. "Hey, you look cute as a rat!"
"I understand… It's alright." Yuki said. Then, he blushed. "Cute?..."
"Yeah… You should change into the rat often!" She said happily. "…This is the first time I've seen someone transform into the animal of the Zodiac…"
"Yeah, that's right. Well, now you know." He said and scratched his head.
"Heh…" That was all she said. They silently stared at each other. Then, another puff of smoke emerged. It cleared up… and Megumi realized and turned around.
"Yeah… That's one huge inconvenience… We're naked when we transform back…" He said and sighed.
"…" She looked away, blushing.
Yuki finally got back in his clothes.
"Why are you here? I thought you had to go…" Yuki said.
"Yeah, well… My dad… He let me stay… He understood I had a good life here, and thought that it was better if I stayed here." She said. She looked at the pond.
"You have a good dad…" He said. He looked at the pond, as well. "I really didn't have good parents. Shigure was close to being the best parent I had. But, he can be an idiot often."
"Shigure-san is Shigure-san. That is how he turned out to be…" Megumi said. Yuki started to laugh softly.
"I never realized how much Shigure means to me, as a father of sort, up until now… I always thought of him as my annoying cousin." He said.
"It's strange, isn't it? …I never realized how close to you I was until I was about to leave. Not only you, but Tohru-san, Shigure-san, and even Kyo-san! You've all been so good to me. You feel like my family. I seem to notice that I'm getting messed up now. I guess that's how it is when you live with a bunch of people with a curse. And that these people can be so hateful to each other, but yet… respect each other… And that they are so optimistic and caring. And that they are perverts and seem to act like a kid. That they can be so open, but yet still be mysterious. That they can be tough, but soft. Strong-willed… but weak…" She said. Yuki understood who they were, except the last one… He didn't know who was strong-willed yet weak. Could it be him?... She once again seemed to read his mind. "Oh, I wasn't referring to you when I said strong-willed, but weak. You'll understand who it is later, but not now… It's just for your information."
He smiled, "Yeah, and I never thought I would be with someone so kind, caring, stubborn, and persistent. Understandable, yet very mysterious." He said.
"Oh, am I really?..." She said. "Heh…"
"…" It was silent again.
"I'm really glad I'm back, Yun-chan… I never wanted to leave this place. This place is home to me…" She said. She looked down.
"Well, I'm glad that you're here." Yuki said. "And what was that back there at the airport!"
"Oh, heh…" She didn't answer the question, but was silent in thought. He let her think.
"It's getting dark, we should go back now. They're probably waiting for you." Megumi said.
"They don't wait for me. Honda-san should be going to work right now. The cat should be in his room and the dog should be somewhere in the world." Yuki said. He smiled. "Let's go home."
Kyo is lying on the floor in deep thought. Megumi's voice is ringing through his head.
"Tell Tohru-san how you feel. … Because… Tragedy might strike. Because you are the cat, and she isn't a member of the Zodiac…"
"…" Tragedy, huh?… That's a good way of putting it. And she said she was sure that she will return the same feelings. I should tell her right now, while the damn rat isn't here… He thought. Shigure was sitting on the table and reading the news. He sighs.
"Oh, Kyo-kun… It seems so lonely without Megumi-san, isn't it?" Shigure says and sighs. "And Yuki-kun isn't here, either…"
"Whatever." He said and turned his back toward him.
"…" Shigure was silent. Don't tell me you don't feel that way, Kyo. You've became good friends with Megumi. He thought.
They enter the house, and Kyo was lying on the floor in deep thought, facing his back toward the door and Shigure. Shigure is reading the newspaper. Yuki enters first. Shigure looks up from the newspaper.
"Oh, Yuki-kun, you're back. Good." He said.
"Hello, Shigure-san…" Megumi said. Yuki was blocking her, so they couldn't see her. Shigure looks at Yuki, where the voice came from. Kyo heard it, too. He turned around and looked at Yuki.
"Oh no, I'm hearing her voice now! I must be missing her so much! Oh, Yuki-kun, why, oh, why couldn't you bring her back? Now, I'm so lonely…" Shigure said.
"…"
"I am here, Shigure-san… I'm just behind Yun-chan." Megumi said. She walked beside Yuki. Shigure dropped his newspaper. He ran to her in open arms.
"Oh, Megumi-san, Megumi-san! I've missed you!" He said all happy. He hugged her, and he transformed into the dog.
"Idiot…" Yuki and Kyo mumbled. Megumi looked at Shigure, and then turned to Kyo.
"Hello, Kyo-san…" Megumi said and smiled.
"…" They looked at each other. Megumi looked at him smiling, and he looked at her frowning.
"You're not going to say hello, Kyo? After telling me 24/7 how much you missed Megumi-san?" Shigure, the dog, asked.
"Stupid dog, YOU were the one who's been saying that!" Kyo shouted.
"…" It was silent again. He sighed and smiled slightly.
"Hey…" He said. Megumi smiled widely.
Tohru enters the living room.
"Oh, Honda-san… I thought you went to work." Yuki said.
"I got the day off today, Yuki-kun." She said and smiled. She grew silent.
"I'm here, Tohru-san…" She said and smiled.
"Megu-san!" She said happily. She ran to her. "You're back!"
"Yeah. My dad let me stay." She replied and smiled.
"That's good! I'm happy!" She said.
"Me, too!" Megumi said happily.
"…" Shigure smiled widely. He was excited. Yuki smiled. Kyo just looked away, smiling, too.
I'm back with my family. Megumi thought happily.
That was chapter 6! I've come a long way! R&R, no flames, please! Later!
Preview of the next chapter
"Dammit! He turned black!" Kyo exclaimed.
"Black?... Is this his form when he is uncontrollable?..." Megumi asked, a little worried.
"Yeah. But this isn't his true black form. He's still uncontrollable, but he's easier to talk out of... Sort of…" Yuki explained.
"Dammit! Gr…" Haru shouted. "Now, I'm mad! You, you stupid show off cat, fight me!"
"BRING IT ON!" Kyo shouted. "I'M GONNA RIP YA APART!"
"Stupid cat…" Yuki mumbled.
"Tell me again why they're fighting, Yun-chan…?" She asked.
"Pride." He said simply. He sighed. "This is a waste of my time…"
"Oh." She said. That was a quick turn of events… She thought and scratched her head.
"Really?... You actually asked her!" Megumi asked in excitement.
"…Yeah." Kyo said.
"What did she say!" She exclaimed. "Come on, Kyo-san tell me! What did she say!"
"Hey, take it easy!... You're more excited than I am!" Kyo said. He laughed.
Ritsante
