Lift Me Up

by the.random.obsessor

Shishou helped Kyou so much, without him he wouldn't be where he is. Just a sweet short poem about how they interact. Slight, slight AU, wasn't planning on that.

A/N: a tribute to Kyou and Shishou, they deserve it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket, Natsuki Takaya does.

Lift Me Up

By obsessor.of.all.things.japan

The eyes

They stare at me

From high places.

Eyes of people

Who look down upon

Those scum of lower stations

Scum like me.

I can always feel them

Jeering

Laughing

In their silent smug way.

We were born

Into the lower end

To reach the higher end

Would take a lifetime

Or so I thought.

Then you came along

You lift me up

To higher places

I can breathe the air.

You show me ways

I never knew of

Ways to be kind

Ways to help

Ways to live.

Now I am up

In higher places

But I do not

Join those born here

In mocking those lower

For I was born lower

In there is my kin.

I will swear

To help my people

Reach the higher places

Not be taunted

But be respected.

I will help them

For deep down

I am one of them.

The only difference is

I was lifted up.

A/N: Is Kyou growing up? Slight AU, I know, but when I wrote this I didn't really have Kyou and Shishou in mind. I just realized later that it fit. Shishou really is great, and I just needed to recognize how much he helped Kyou.