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Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket; I do not own Pride and Prejudice; I do not own anything.
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Chapter 3 We're All the Same
When the last bell of the school day rang, Kagura, Uo, Hana, and Tohru all started for Kagura's cousin, Shigure's house.
When they reached the isolated pretty house, Tohru was gazing in awe at the beautiful forest, Uo was surprised at the wealth of Kagura's family, and Hana was staring nonchalantly.
Kagura was smiling brightly when she opened the door without even knocking, revealing a surprised man of 27 who was at that time, sitting on the sofa reading a pile of papers.
"Hello Shii-chan!" Kagura said smiling brightly.
"Kagura? To what do I own this unexpected surprise?" Shigure said smiling, thinking of the reaction Kyo will have when he sees Kagura, that was when his eyes set upon Kagura's friends, "And who are these lovely ladies?" Shigure said smiling dashingly while thinking High School Girls High School Girls!
Kagura, realizing the look on his cousin's face, smacked Shigure on his head, "Don't be a pervert!" Kagura normally wasn't as violent around Shigure as Yuki and Kyo were, but she didn't like it when her friends were mixed in the process.
"Owwie!" Shigure cried out.
Tohru was looking around confused and a little frantic because she didn't like people getting hurt, she was about to step out to ask if Shigure was alright when a voice spoke from outside the house, it was Yuki.
"What are you crying about this time Shigure?" Yuki asked, his voice clearly showed his annoyance. He walked in a second later and spotted the four girls in the room. He glanced at them quizzically and cocked his head a little.
A growl could be heard from behind Yuki as Kyo walked in the room and bumped into the rat.
"Watch where you're going, you stupid cat!" Yuki said coolly.
"I am! Who are you to stand right in front of the doorway anyways?" Kyo shouted.
"Boys, boys, boys. Will you two please quiet down? We have ladies in the room." Shigure said smiling.
Kyo realized at that moment Kagura and her three friends. He was about to run for the door when Kagura stepped up and smiled, "Kyo! My darling! I've missed you so much! Why haven't you called?" Kagura said with a touch of menace in her voice.
Kyo looked at the others and said, "What are you all doing here?"
"They're my friends, I invited them over. This is Tohru, Uo, and Hana." Kagura said simply.
Kyo's anger was already rising, "It isn't your house. You have no power to invite anyone!"
Kagura's eyes gleamed as she said, "Shii-chan have no trouble with it. Why do you?"
Shigure thought quickly of his house and the destruction that it was about to suffer, he quickly intercepted, "I have no problem with them being here. After all, it's not everyday that beautiful young ladies come to my humble abode."
"Shut up you perverted dog!" Kyo screamed, "This isn't some public place! They can't just come here whenever they want to!"
"Yo! Orange-top, not like we have to be here." Uo said annoyed. She knew that they probably came uninvited, but she didn't like being judged.
"Then leave!" Kyo said.
"What did you say?" Kagura said as she started lunging for Kyo. Kyo realized the full extent of his words and started for the door.
Shigure winced and quickly said, "Now, now you two. I'm sure that these lovely young ladies have a great reason for being here."
Kagura stopped her attack and smiled sweetly, "That's right. We're here to work on our project!"
"Why here?" Kyo asked, thankful that Kagura stopped her merciless lunge, but still wanted to get rid of her.
"Because Shigure's house is so conveniently located." Kagura said.
"Why thank you Kagura!" Shigure said smiling at the praise for his house.
"I thought I told you to shut up you pervert!" Kyo shouted again.
"Kyo-kun's so mean!" Shigure whined.
"Please don't fight!" Tohru said, "We're sorry that we've intruded on you home. We'll leave right away, but please don't fight anymore."
Yuki's attention turned to the brunette, but he was indifferent all the same.
Shigure smiled that the kind girl's words and said, "You're never intruding, my dear." At this, he reached for Tohru's hands.
"Back off, dog." Hana said in her monotone voice. The three men in the room froze at the word 'dog'.
Tohru chuckled nervously at Hana's comment and after realizing the frozen state of the three men, she quickly said, "Um…You are the dog of the zodiac right?"
Shigure looked stunned, he opened his mouth to speak, but it just hang open.
Yuki spoke and said, "Shigure, shut your mouth. It's impolite to gape. As for you guys, Kagura, you have some explaining to do."
Tohru was surprised the sound of authority in Yuki's voice. Kagura looked at her cousin and said, "They're my and Rin's best friends. You didn't expect us to keep a secret from our friends did you?"
"Does he know?" Yuki asked after a moment of silence.
"No. And I don't anyone to tell him." Kagura said.
Tohru sensed the tension that had filled the room. Kagura didn't like it, so she broke it.
"Anyways, now that we've gotten through introductions. Let's work on our project!" Kagura said excitedly.
"Whatever. I'm going out." Kayo said heading for the door, but Kagura got there before him and slammed it shut.
Staring menacingly into his eyes, she said, "Oh no you're not. You're staying here to work on our project!"
"Why do you care?" Kyo said fuming, "I'm not even working with you!"
Kagura perked up again and smiled brightly, "Yep you are! I switched partners with Uo!"
"WHAT?" Kyo shouted.
Kagura was grinning happily.
"Someone make her stop smiling, she's killing me." Uo said uncomfortable with Kagura's perky personality of the moment.
Kyo seem to get pass the initial shock a little, and then said a little disdainfully, "Then what are they doing here?"
"Well, Tohru is working with Yun-chan. And Hana and Uo are working together. So I invited them all!" Kagura repeated.
Kyo didn't bother to question Kagura; it'll probably just end up in another beaten up Kyo.
Shigure smiled brightly and said, "Why don't you all start working, and I'll be here if you need any help!"
Yuki looked at his disgusted and said, "Since when did you start showing an interest in work? And you would be the last person that I go to for reference." He said and then turned to Tohru, "You better follow me."
Tohru nodded not knowing what to say and followed Yuki upstairs. Hana and Uo got straight to work in a guest room upstairs and Kyo and Kagura finally sat down to their project after Kagura beating up Kyo and Kyo finally relented.
Yuki and Tohru were working well, but that doesn't mean that they were getting along well. Yuki didn't bother to try to be nice to Tohru, because he thought of her as just a fan-girl. And Tohru was uncomfortable working in such a tense room.
She decided to lighten the mood and looking around and seeing all the books in Yuki's room, asked, "So you enjoy reading Sohma-kun?" She stuttered a little since she was still nervous of talking to Yuki after what he had said to her.
However, Yuki took the stuttering as a fan-girl afraid of talking to him. He smiled coldly at Tohru and said, "Why do you care?"
Tohru looked down and then said after a pause, "I just wanted to get to know you better."
Yuki smirked and said, "You do? You're just the same aren't you? You're just the same as all those other girls."
Tohru was taken aback, she said after another pause, "I suppose, when you think about it, we're all just the same. And it would take something extraordinary to distinguish our individual person." Tohru stopped; surprised the Yuki hadn't stopped her. She blushed a little and said, "I'm sorry."
Yuki scoffed, deep down inside, in a place where he had locked up, something was stirring. Deep inside the locked and abandoned chamber, that something realized that this girl was different. But Yuki had abandoned that place for so long that he didn't realize it. He scoffed and went back to work, saying, "Whatever, you should pay attention to the matter at hand."
Tohru scolded herself; he must think that I'm also lazy and doesn't like to work.
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I think I'm kind of having writer's block, I know what I want to happen, I just don't know how to write it. Oh well…hope you enjoyed this chapter! The next one will be up soon!
Yuki's still cold…I should warn everyone that in this fanfic, Yuki's going to have a very hostile relationship with everyone besides his friends, also, Tohru's going to get tougher towards the middle and standing up for herself. So if you don't like these alterations to these characters, I'm very sorry.
Thanks all my reviewers! You guys are the best and your encouragements make me so happy! Thank you so much!