To Neko
White X: Yay! I am your freaky gothic yaoi fanfiction writing friend. Yep. Roku shall help but not at the moment. Next chapter maybe!
Black X: Why do we have to have that girl to help?
White X: Shut up! Roku shall help us!
Black X: No, I will not allow it!
White X: Shut up! We don't own Fruits Basket so get over it! Black X, leave me alone!
Chapter 1: The setup
Watching the sun set, she began to realize that she had no one to share this feeling with. She knew he was out there somewhere just waiting for someone like her to show up but she could never find him. 'I'll just keep searching, I guess…' she thought, her blue eyes now falling onto the illuminated lake. She hated being alone but she knew that it wouldn't last.
She stood and walked into the lake. Her black pants now were heavy and forming to her legs as her purple shirt did to her torso. She dropped to her knees and lay backwards, floating on top of the water. She let her blonde hair get into her face slightly when she dipped her head into the water. She watched the stars peek in and out of the trees as she slowly drifted by. The sound of light running water gave her a sense of warmth but also chilled her. She reached the other side of the lake and let herself wash ashore. Now she lay upon the sand letting the waves wash against her legs as she closed her eyes.
"Neko-chan, I'm glad you're home." She shut her eyes tighter although she already knew that they couldn't go any farther.
"Go away Roku. I don't want to see you."
"Neko, you have been gone for three days. Be happy I'm not scolding you."
"Well, maybe you should." There was a lengthily silence as she listened to the sound of moving sand so she was sure Roku was now sitting beside her.
"Did you find him?" Neko opened her eyes and sat up beside her cousin.
"No. I was wishing for another day to search but I made my way home instead." Roku smiled and closed her eyes.
"Maybe we weren't meant for love. Maybe only normal girls were meant for it, not girls who live with a man they don't know. Maybe it is only meant for those girls who have a home and someone to love them already to know what true love is like."
"Maybe so Roku but I'm not giving up yet." Roku nodded.
"Yeah. I thought you wouldn't and I'm glad." Neko looked at Roku. "I just want to be happy again." Neko nodded and leaned against Roku.
"Me too…" Then the girls drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, Neko awoke in her bedroom. Roku carried her, she knew. She rolled over and checked her alarm clock. It was 5:45 AM, just in time to go to school. She got out of bed and went to her closet. She grabbed her school uniform and got dressed. Roku entered the room only minutes later with her uniform on. She was able to wear a boy's uniform since she didn't like skirts. Neko and Roku took their bags and left the room.
"See you later Mr. Yukimora!" The girls said together. The young college teacher smiled and waved to them as they left. The girls walked all the way to the school and were there by 6:30 AM. They sat in front of the main building and chatted a bit.
"Do you think we'll meet anyone important today? Do you think today is the day?" Neko asked. Roku shrugged.
"Maybe. We'll have to wait and see. Hey, someone's coming!" Neko looked to where Roku was and saw him. Or should I say, them. There were two boys coming their way, school bags in their hands. There was a girl with them and the girls recognized her immediately. She was Tohru Honda, the girl who befriended Yuki and Kyo Sohma.
"I don't want to hear it you stupid rat!" Kyo yelled. Yuki rolled his eyes.
"Stupid cat." He said. Kyo growled. Neko and Roku hid behind a tree and watched as the boys fought.
"Stop it!" Tohru yelled and accidentally jumped between them. They both collided with her, turning Kyo into a cat and Yuki into a rat. Roku and Neko gripped the tree even more and Tohru apologized over and over and took the two in her hands. She was running to a bush when they transformed back into their normal forms. Roku's nose started to bleed at the sight of a nude Yuki.
"Oh my god!" She peeped. Neko looked at her.
"They turned into animals…" Roku looked back at her.
"That's what I was 'Oh my god'ing. I mean, seeing Yuki naked is a way to get me pumped but they turned into animals when they collided with Ms. Honda." Neko nodded. She glanced around the tree again to find that the three of them where staring at them. Roku grabbed Neko's arm and ran.
"Roku-chan, where are we going?"
"Somewhere where they cannot find us! I have a feeling that we weren't supposed to see what we just saw!" Neko agreed and let Roku drag her around town. They stopped at the edge of the lake Neko was at the night before. Roku and Neko sat down and panted.
"Why… do… we… always… get… mixed in… with… some… thing… we're not… supposed to?" Neko panted.
"Not sure." Neko glanced at Roku again.
"What do you think is going to happen when Yuki, Kyo and Tohru find us?"
"Do you think they saw?" Tohru asked. Yuki shrugged.
"I'm not sure."
"Who were they anyway?" Kyo asked. Yuki looked at Kyo with a look that said 'You are so stupid.'
"They are Roku and Neko. They are best friends or something like that. I don't remember if they live together or not but I know they get strait A's." Tohru answered. Yuki was still staring at the tree where the girls had just been. He walked over slowly to the tree.
"Hey Yuki, where are you going?" Kyo asked. Yuki ignored him and kept walking to the tree. "I'M TALKING TO YOU!" Tohru stood beside Kyo as Yuki picked up the black ribbon that fell out of Roku's hair.
"Isn't this Ms. Katsuragi's?" Tohru blinked.
"Roku's?" Kyo examined the ribbon.
"Looks like hers." Yuki looked at him.
"And how would you know it belongs to Ms. Katsuragi?"
"NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS!" Tohru smiled. She was happy that Kyo and Yuki were concerned. She took the ribbon and put it in her pocket.
"Roku, do you think-wait, your ribbon is gone!" Roku's hand shot to her hair, which was now loose. She stroked her hair and sighed.
"They have it now, I'm sure of it. Let's return to Mr. Yukimora's house before Yuki and the others catch up with us." Neko nodded and followed her cousin. They opened the front door and Mr. Yukimora was standing in front of them.
"Girls? What are you doing home?"
"Well, we, uh, decided that we should stay here and get some things done." Roku said.
"You know that your education is very important and I don't think it would be right for you to miss school."
"Yes, we know Mr. Yukimora but we made a deal when we moved in here that we would help you keep the house in order and we just don't have enough time after school with our work and everything." Mr. Yukimora smiled.
"Alright, you win. I will see you when I get home. Have a nice day ladies." He walked past the girls and they turned around and waved as he left. When he was out of view, they ran inside and closed the door. They ran into Mr. Yukimora's study and Roku sat at his computer while Neko plopped on the carpet.
"I can't believe he fell for it!" Neko said. She was about to laugh if it weren't for the stern look on Roku's face. "What's up?"
"Someone's here." The girls stood and hid in the closet.
"Hey Yuki, I think they're not here!" The girls heard Kyo say.
"Just keep looking Kyo. I'm sure I heard Neko." Tohru said. Roku glared at her cousin, who was scratching the back of her head.
"Hey Haru, you find anything yet?" Kyo called again.
"Not yet." This voice sounded close. Close as if he were in the room. Roku held her hand over Neko's mouth as Neko covered Roku's.
"I found them." The voice was as if Neko was talking to Roku. The girls looked between the small crack in the doors and a black eyeball was staring at them. The girls screamed and tumbled out of the closet. Yuki, Kyo, Tohru and the other guy were standing in front of them.
"Wha..." Roku said. The other guy (Hatsuharu for you who don't know) bent down and stared them in the eyes. Roku's eyes flared at her next sight. Torhu's hair was tied up in her black ribbon.
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