The Curses' Cold Touch
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Disclaimer: If I owned Fruits Basket, this would not be a fanfic, now would it? I didn't think so.
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Summary: It's one of the breaks during Tohru's second year of high school and she's already been through a lot with the Sohmas. What happens when an old friend returns to reveal a similar curse? A relationship between the Sohmas and the other cursed family?
In the last chapter, Kyo has finally returned during the first night of Kristi's visit. The next morning, Shigure's house is spared a decent beating from Kristi's cooking talents and she decides to take Tohru shopping, just as she had promised. Shigure has decided to invite himself and before anyone knows it, they're gone.
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Author's Note: I've decided to change the setting to during the second year of high school for our favorite trio. Tohru didn't know Ayame in her first year and Ayame is kind of an important person to mention now and then if Kristi used to hang out with the Sohmas in high school… ¬¬;;
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"Tohru-chan! Let's go in here first!" Kristi exclaimed, dragging Tohru into a shop by the wrist, Shigure following not too far behind. "U-um, sure!" Tohru agreed as if she had a choice. A few moments later, Shigure and Tohru were standing by the dressing rooms, watching Kristi bounce back and forth through the store. "Is K-chan," Tohru started, "always this hyper when she goes shopping?" Shigure nodded with a smile as he continued to watch the eccentric American, "Yes, unless she's alone, that is." "Huh?" "A Gemini can seldom spend any time alone," Shigure explained, "The same goes, even moreso for Tii-chan, since she resembles the sign." "But she was always going off by herself to go shopping when she was asked to," Tohru remembered. Shigure nodded once again, "And I suppose adaptability is another trait of the Gemini. The will to change with every turn of the wind though, such has been the case with Tii-chan, can come dangerously close to conformity." "Tohru-chan!" With an armload of clothing, Kristi handed a larger armload to Tohru, "here! Try these on! Shi-kun, you can be the judge. And don't just say 'it leaves too much for the imagination' like you usually do." "I haven't said that to you in years!" Shigure tried to defend himself, but Kristi sent a smirk over to him, "That, my friend, would be because you haven't seen me in years."
About an hour later, Shigure and Kristi were sitting on a bench in front of the dressing rooms of another store. While Tohru was still trying on clothes, Kristi had already bought and changed into a black yukata with a dark violet obi, so she somewhat matched Shigure's style of attire, though in a darker tone. "Tohru-kun has been in there for a while," Shigure said, "How many clothes did you give her?" "Not that many," which was a blatant lie, "I just gave her a few." "A few what?" Shigure asked, "Trunk loads?" Kristi nodded with a chipper expression and somebody called her name, "Kristi!" Both Kristi and Shigure turned to see a blonde woman waving at them. Before they knew it, she was a mere few feet away. Kristi quickly got up and gave the girl a hug, "Kelly!" The girl was a little bit shorter and about a year younger. Her hair went well with the blue-grey eyes that hid behind narrow, frameless glasses. She wore a white tank top under a light grey zip-up sweater, and a matching grey denim pleated mini-skirt—of course the grey denim Keds to go along with the outfit. "Shi-kun, you remember my little sister Kelly, don't you?" Kristi smiled as she turned to face Shigure and held her hand out in front of Kelly as if she were on display. "Of course I remember!" Shigure put on that smile before addressing Kelly, "You've changed since I last saw you." "That's right," she said, "I dyed my hair, isn't it cool?" "I haven't seen you since…early junior high, wasn't it?" Shigure tried to remember. "I was in my last year of elementary school, remember?" Kelly reminded him, "You remember the meeting, right?" All of a sudden, Kristi's eyes narrowed and she smiled to contain her anger, "The meeting…how come you never told me, Kelly?" In a little more than a single movement, Kristi put her debit card in Shigure's hand and started to walk away, "I'm walking to the house. Let Tohru-chan get what she wants and tell her I'm sorry." "Crap," Kelly muttered, "Maybe I shouldn't have brought that up…"
Kristi left the mall and found that the grey sky had been blanketed by he just as grey clouds that spilled the cold rain onto the lightly flooding ground. She hadn't packed an umbrella and she was probably the only one from the Sohma house who didn't know that it would rain, so she trudged along the sidewalk, soon finding herself soaked. She sighed and a small gust of wind seemed to rush upon her, allowing her (1) more chills and (2) more rain. The water rushed down the side of the road in the gutter (it somewhat reminder her of a white river rafting trip she took a few years ago) and a black sedan sped quickly passed her, a wall of water spraying at her. To her, it seemed almost cliché, like in the movies, whenever the protagonist had just experienced something that affected them deeply and sorrowfully, the sky suddenly turned dark and the rain poured down like the sky was falling. But, this was no movie to her. Just an afternoon walk with the clouds raining above her, giving something to mix with the tears that ran down her cheeks. She was now thoroughly soaked—even moreso than before—but she was surprised to see that the car stopped and went in reverse to halt beside her. Through the passenger window, she saw a face that she recognized as the back door unlocked. Suddenly, Kristi's day got ten times worse and she stepped into the car before it drove off.
Oh, Kyoko-san…
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