Chapter 5:

Tohru appeared right next to Momiji about 30 feet from the front porch of the house. She could hear Kyo and Shigure inside, arguing about something. Shigure was being his usual self, making jokes and whining at Kyo's abuse, which in turn just got Kyo madder. Tohru looked at Momiji said " Would you mind heading back to the camp and seeing if Haa-san needs any help setting up? I want to try to make contact and I think it will be easier if it's just me. I'll call the rest of you when I've gotten them to trust me and listen to our story" The lie was thick, and Tohru knew she had probably spoken faster than she should have, but it was no matter ; Momiji saw right threw it and smiled. It was only appropriate after all, since even though she had meant so much to the entire family, she was closest to those three. "All right Tohru, I'll head back and give the others a hand setting up. Knowing Haru, he's probably gone Black fighting with the tent rods like that time we were on extended patrol and the noise brought down an entire squad of Marauders on our heads. I still give him crap about that." Momiji said giggling as he ran off, making sure to cloak himself so that he wouldn't be noticed by unexpected passerby's.

Well this is it. How the heck do I do this, just walk up and say" Hi, I'm Tohru Honda from 30 years in the future, how are you guys?" She thought, watching the inside of the house carefully, trying to find a good spot to approach. She was able to get a good spot that gave her a direct view into the parlor, where Kyo was laying on the floor watching TV. Stretched out like a cat, how appropriate she thought with a slight chuckle. Suddenly she saw Kyo's head perk up and he looked behind Goddamit, to much noise. crouch down baka, crouch down. She laid down on the ground and made sure not to move even an inch. The outfit she was wearing was a standard issue AOTZ uniform with many interesting features. One of them was an auto camouflage feature that enabled her to blend into a number of environments. Kyo leaned out and looked around the edge of the woods surrounding the house, then shrugged and flopped back down on the floor in front of the TV. Wow, that was close. Maybe I should wait for the others to come. But she knew that wasn't an option. They were on a time budget that as quickly running out. She had no reason to believe that they could be followed back in time but she saw no reason to delay any further than necessary. It was with a great relief that she heard a laughing sound coming from the path leading back to Yuki's garden. She knew it must mean that Yukio and her past self were returning. She watched as the two of them entered the house. A After about a minute, she decided it was time Oh gods why is my stomach acting up, it's not like I'm hoping they'll propose to me, nor is it like I'm coming back from the dead. They should be more shock to see me, being all old and such. Such thoughts were not enough to calm down her nerves. As much as she had tried to hide it, the last 25 years had been hell. AT the beginning of the fight, Yuki and Kyo had been like solid rocks in a raging river. Steadfast, they never wavered from what needed to be done. They had taken command and help organize the initial resistance to Akito's power. They had been there to oversee the construction of the first bases and to enlist support from the JDSF. It had been hard at first, the military hadn't believed that Akito could do the things he claimed he could do. But when the first army of Organicorg soldiers marched against Tokyo, the military brass knew that they were in over their heads. That was the beginning of what would become the Army of The Zodiac, a force to stand against Akito. And those two were it's fathers as much as Tohru had been it's mothers. Yuki's natural charisma, and Kyo's determination made them excellent leaders. Thinking about them though would not help her now,. She had to be strong and go knock on that door. She knew that and so she forced herself to calm down.

Ok, that's better. Here it goes. knock knock She gently tapped on the door. "Wonder who that could be? Maybe Uo-chan and Hanna-chan are dropping by?" she could hear her younger self say. A slight pang of guilt began to grow ion her at hearing the name of her two friends, friends she hadn't seen since starting to form the AOTZ. To most civilians the leadership of the organization was unknown and Tohru had done her best to not let there be any connection between herself and Uo and Hanna. They never even knew if I was still alive or not, another crime I need to pay for. Suddenly the door slid open and she was standing face to face with herself, well herself of around 17 years old. The younger Tohru was quite startled by the person standing on there porch, examining with a vague sense of recognition.

"Hello there, can I help you?" she asked cheerfully, still looking as if she knew this stranger's identity "Yes, I'm looking for the residence of Shigure Sohma"

"Well you've come to the right place. Are you looking for Shigure?"

"Yes actually. I have a message for him and for the other Sohmas who live here. I believe there's a Yuki Sohma and a Kyo Sohma living here?" Her younger self was a bit surprised that this apparent stranger knew who lived here, but it didn't seem to bother her too much. Tohru probably figured that her younger self would assume it was just someone from the main house or perhaps someone involved in Shigure's novel business. But the older one couldn't stop now that she had the ball rolling "Would it be a problem if I came in? I really need to speak with them right away" If I can get my younger self to think she's been rude, she'll be sure to invite me. I sure was easy going back then. Sure enough, Tohru began to apologize for imagined offenses.

"Oh I'm terribly sorry. Yes please come in. Would you like some tea? I can make some right away while you speak with the Sohmas" Older Tohru shook her head and said

"I appreciate it very much. However what I have to say involves you as well. I apologize for not being more direct" A bit confused now, Toru simply shrugged and said
"Ok, well let me get the others and I'll tell them we have company" As her younger self strolled up the stairs to Yuki's bedroom, Tohru clicked on her headpiece

"Riceball to Bones, I am inside target location. Proceed to target once base is secure. Bring all defensive equipment, establishment of defensive perimeter a top priority. Riceball out" and then adjusted her earpiece so it was out of sight. She trusted that Hatori and the others would soon be here. By that point hopefully she will have gotten the Sohmas to believe her story.

At that point Tohru came downstairs with Yuki behind her. Shigure popped his head out from his study and looked into the living room "Tohru, who is the guest?" he said. She looked at him with a bit of a surprise "I'm sorry Shigure I thought you knew her. She said she was here to speak to you." "Well I never forget a face, especially not one so lovely as that" SMACK 'Owwwwie. Tohru Kyo is hitting me!" Shigure whined in that comedic way of his. Kyo had snuck up behind Shigure and smacked him as he came into the living room "If you weren't such a Hentai Inu I wouldn't have to" he mumbled. Suddenly he saw the guest sitting at the table. "Who's the guest?" he asked. " She said she has a message for you, Yuki and Shigure" Tohru cheerfully said. Man was I always so cheerful back then? I guess I never noticed it. Man now I wish someone had said to me "Ok Tohru you're at about a 10, we need you at about a six" Chuckling a bit at her little joke, she didn't notice Yuki coming down the stairs. He looked just as handsome as he did the last time she saw him, and Kyo as well. No! Bad thoughts. Mission first, then flirting. I remember that was stressed highly in the officers training manual. truthfully she had never taken any kind of official training for her role as AOTZ leader, but making little jokes like that sometimes helped her keep focus on the mission. She looked up and said "I need you gentlemen to please sit down. You to Miss Honda, I have something important to tell all of you." The others looked a bit suspicious but surprisingly enough they did what she asked them to do. She didn't even have to use the Voice on them. OK this is it. Better get it all out at once. " I know you're looking at me like you know me from somewhere. My name is Tohru Honda. I am the Tohru Honda from the year 2032. And I have returned for two reasons. One, to fix a terrible mistake that results in 30 years of war. And two, to possibly break the Zodiac Curse."

Author Notes:Well another lovely chapter finished. First off i think i'm going to have to do what i didn't want to do and ask for a mininum amount of reviews before i post the next part. I have a lot of school stuff i need to do right now and while i'm enjoying writing this, i really need some feedback on it. So i'm gonna say i need 5 reviews before i post the enxt chapter. I think that's reasonable. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. We finally get to Shigure's place. I'm really not looking forward to this part. It was easier to write from the point of view of 30 years later. But it's going to be tricky to write the characters as they are in the show and manga. Nevertheless i will do my best. I also want to start catalouge what kind of pwoers we seen manafest from out heroes so far. These pwoers are not a fluke and will be explained later on. So far we've seen

Momiji:Invisibility

Tohru: "The Voice"

More will appear of course as the tale goes on. I will try to get the next chater written as soon as i can. And as soon as i get 5 mor more reviews it'll pop up. Luna-starr, i want to thank you again for being my one and so far only reviewer and hope you, and everyone else, is enjoying the story. I'm having fun writeing it. It's kinda a Fruba meets T2 thing, but i think it's fun. This chapter was nice because i did a lot of Tohru thoughts which i thought gave it a bit of comedy. Anyway, take care and we'll speak again in Chapter 6.