Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket, I just like to mess with the characters' mind.
Hannah: I know it's a little late in the game, but I just figured out how to do the little bar thingy.
Kyou: Moron.
Hannah: Kyou, you are so mean. You'll end up alone in this if you keep up that attitude.
Kyou: -grumbles- Fine...
Hannah: Good. Now that we are on the same page, let's get this show on the road.
Kyou: Don't you mean story? (Hannah hits Kyou on the head with a bat)
Hannah: Be nice. Well, enjoy the story!
Six months later, Kyou and I still had the fact that we knew each other secret from Dad. It only took one day to steal our precious secret away though. Dad and Kyou had gone out to see a movie. Dad told me that I had to stay in the house tonight, because he didn't know how long they would be. Of course, I thought his decision sucked. Haru was going to come visit me today. I hoped he figure's out to come to my room instead of the garden.
Haru sure did figure out that I was told to stay in my room! I could hear his feet thundering up the stairs, I hope he's all right. I thought. Of course, his thundering feet didn't make that seem very likely.
"Haru-san? Is that you?" I asked.
"Yeah. How could you? How the hell could you?" Haru asked.
"How could I do what?" I asked. Haru was coming towards me with his arms stretched out in front of him.
"How could you tell Rin that we were going out?"
"I… wait. Did you just say I said that? You're nothing more than a brother to me Haru-san. And who is Rin?" I asked.
"Don't play games with me, Stupid Cat." Haru said, lifting me up in the air by my collar, "She said that Akito came by and that you talked to him. You said that we were going out. This made Rin mad, so she dumped me! I hate you! Give me back that damned necklace I gave you." Haru, obviously black, tore the necklace that he gave me off my neck.
"I hate you!" He yelled, this time throwing me against the wall, "I don't believe you! You're lying to me!" Before I knew what happened, Haru came up to me and stuck a small pin in my eye, which caused it to bleed uncontrollably, "See yeah around, witch." He said smirking, and then ran off.
Since I was not aloud to leave my room, I grabbed an old raggedy shirt and put that on my eye until Dad came home two hours later. For the first ten minutes, I tried to take the pin out of my eye. I was going to give up since it hurt so much, but then decided to give it one last try. Of course, the stupid pin didn't even budge, Haru must have been pretty mad to drive a pin that far into my eye. I thought. I stopped trying to pull the pin out and sat there howling in pain for the remaining time.
As soon as I heard the door open to the house I yelled, "Dad! I need a doctor! Hurry!" That's the last thing I said before I became unconscious from lack of blood.
Dad had no idea what to do, it was Kyou who came to my rescue, "Shishou, go call Hatori, I'll go find out what happened to Shi. Just say it's an emergency." He tried to stay calm, but he was very worried.
"How'd you-"
"Phone Hatori, Shishou!" That was all he said to Dad before sprinting up the stairs towards my bedroom.
"Shi! What happened?" Kyou cried out, seeing the blood. When I didn't answer, he was worried even more, "Shi! What happened?" He repeated.
"She must be unconscious." A voice from behind said.
Kyou spun around, "Hatori! Look at all of the blood! What's wrong with her?"
Hatori examined me, quickly noticing the shirt tied loosely on my face. He took the shirt off and saw that there was a pin in my eye, "Interesting." Hatori mumbled to himself. Then he turned to Kyou who had turned ash white, "Go get me some pliers." Kyou didn't even need to be told, because he ran out the door and was already back with them.
"Thank- you." Hatori said calmly. He opened his bag and pulled out some sterilizing wipes to wipe off the pliers with, "Kyou, you might want to look away…" He advised, but Kyou was too horror stricken to move. Only when Kazuma came in to try and drag him away did he leave.
"Kyou." Kazuma said, once he and Kyou were on the downstairs couch waiting for Hatori to come downstairs, "How did you know who she was?" Kyou then explained how we had met.
"No wonder you two were happier than normal when I returned from that blessed convention. You do know that you will probably have your memories erased of her, right?" Kazuma asked. Kyou nodded.
"Shi's my sister. At least wait until she's better so I can see who the punk is that hurt her eye." Kyou pleaded, a single tear going down his cheek.
"That's Akito's decision to make, not mine." Kazuma said. Just then, Hatori came down from my room.
"Shi had a pin practically buried into her eye. She lost a lot of blood from that, but luckily I knew what kind of blood she has, so I brought a portable IV for her just in case. It's highly possible that she may be permanently blind in her right eye now. Luckily, she does not need to be moved to a hospital. As soon as she becomes conscious again, I'll take the IV out and leave." Hatori explained. As if by the magic of his words, there was a loud groaning upstairs.
"I guess she's already awake." Hatori said, relieved. He went back upstairs.
When I saw Hatori, I was afraid, "Who… are you?" I managed to spit out slowly. I saw the IV in my arm and screamed.
"Shi, it's okay. It's an IV. You must have been up here for a long time. I got called to take a needle out of your eye. By the time I got here, you lost a lot of blood." He said, "I'm Hatori, your guardian angel." I gasped.
"You're the one who sent me here?" I asked. He nodded. I tried to get up and hug him, but Hatori stopped me from getting up.
"You shouldn't get up. You're still too weak from so much blood loss." Hatori said.
"Kyou! I know that Akito is going to make us have our memories of each other erased again. Could you do me a favor? I promise I will tell you who did this to me if you promise not to erase my memories of him." I pleaded. Hatori thought for a minute.
"I guess I really should know who did this to you… Okay, you have a deal." Hatori said, slowly, "But you are to tell no one about still remembering him, and he will have to leave the house."
"Okay." I said, reluctantly.
"Now, I need to take this IV out so I can leave and you can get rest." Hatori said, already forgetting that I was supposed to tell him who hurt me. Hatori quickly took the IV out of my arm, which stung a little bit, but not too much. As Hatori rose to leave, I grabbed his pant leg.
"Hatori- san. I never told you who." I said. This made him turn around. He was ready to listen, so I sighed and told him, "It was Hatsuharu-san."
"Tell me, how did you meet him? And why would he do this to you?" He sat back down. I told him all about the garden and how he was looking for Kazuma and he gave me a necklace to remind me that we were now friends. I then told him what Haru told me about Rin. Too much surprise, Hatori was showing how angry he was.
"I'm going to have to talk to him. Do you know who Rin is?" Hatori said, standing up.
I shook my head, "No, I tried to tell him that, but he wouldn't listen to me. He was black Haru when he came up to my room." Hatori was walking out the door when he turned around quickly.
"I'm going to do you a favor. If Akito does give the word, I will let Kyou keep his memories of you until I have to come back to give you an eye exam. Call me if you have any eye problems." Hatori walked out the door.
"Thank- you Guardian Angel." I said, smiling. I knew Hatori was smiling when he went downstairs, because someone asked him why he was smiling.
As soon as Hatori left, Kyou came running up the stairs, "Who put that damned pin in your eye?"
Calmly, I said, "It was Hatsuharu- san. I can't really blame him though."
"What! But you could be permanently blind in your right eye! How could you not blame him?" Kyou asked. Kazuma was right behind him nodding.
"Akito told Rin that I announced we were going out, so Rin dumped him. I don't even know Rin though. He was Black Haru when he came by, so I doubt he will even remember what happened. If he does, oh well, He'll just have to hate me. Hatori is going to talk with him though." I became hungry all of a sudden. You could hear my stomach, "Ugh! I guess I'm a little hungry." I laughed weakly.
Kyou went out the door, "I'll make something for us all to eat." When Kyou was gone, Kazuma came up to my bed and sat down.
"How do you know Hatsuharu?" He asked. I told him how we met, "Oh, I see. I guess that means that you two are not going to be on speaking terms for a while."
I laughed, "Guess not."
Kyou came back up with a tray full of onigiri and three glasses of milk, "Bon appetite." He said, grinning. As we sat in my room eating, I smiled at Kyou, "What? Is there something on my face?" He asked, finishing his milk.
I laughed, "There wasn't. Now you have a milk mustache. This is just very good. Thank- you Kyou."
Kyou wiped his upper lip with his sleeve and blushed, "Thanks."
"Really, this is good." Kazuma remarked, "You should make dinner more often." I nodded, but Kyou shook his head.
"Only until you're allowed to walk around again." Kyou said to me. I smiled.
A month later, Hatori came back. Before he knocked on the door, I asked Kyou to go open the door for Hatori. So instead of knocking on the door, Hatori hit Kyou on the head.
"Sorry Kyou. I didn't think someone would come to the door so quickly." Hatori said.
Kyou rubbed his head, "Shi was the one who told me to come open the door for you. You probably know where her room is, so just go on up." Hatori nodded.
"Hi Hatori- san!" I said brightly. Hatori came over and took the patch that he put on my eye off.
"Your eye definitely looks much better then when I saw it before. I'm just going to run a few tests to see if you really are blind in your right eye or not." Hatori said, not even saying hi to me.
"Hatori-san, are you-"
"I'm fine. Once in awhile you should be worried about yourself. Now is one of those times." Hatori said, flashing a light in my left eye.
"That hurts Hatori- san." I said, covering my eye. He tried my right eye, but I didn't even budge, "Aren't you going to try the other eye?" I asked.
"I'm shining the light in your right eye right now. You don't feel anything?" He asked. I shook my head. Hatori got up.
"That's all the proof I need. You are permanently blind in your right eye. If you weren't you would be able to see by now. I have to go take care of some other business, so you need to rest. Good day Shi." Hatori said emotionless, although there was a tear welling in his eye.
"I know. Thank- you Hatori- san." I said. My emotions were so jumbled up within me that I was asleep quickly.
"I'm sorry, Shi. I failed to keep you protected." Hatori whispered before walking downstairs.
"Hatori, is she? Hatori? Hatori!" Kyou cried. Hatori said nothing. He suppressed Kyou's memories of meeting and anything to do with me.
"Kyou, you are to go live at Shigure's house. Understood?" Hatori asked.
"Why?"
"Because it will be closer to your new school." Hatori replied. Without another word, Hatori took Kyou to his room to get his things packed. It only took fifteen minutes to do, since neither of us had very many possessions.
After Kyou packed all of his belongings, Hatori dragged him out to his car and took him to Shigure's. That was the last time I saw my brother for two years.
Hey! I know I said that I was going to wait for another review, but my friend urged me to put another chapter up. So here is Chapter Four: Turning a Blind Eye. The next chapter is called School Life. Basically, Shi ends up going to the same highschool as the threesome. A surprise in it that will probably confuse people. Oh well. Thanks to those who reviewed though!
