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, the three went shopping and Shigure explains to Tohru a few of the many attributes that the Gemini harbors. Understanding her friend that much more, she is soon overwhelmed with loads of clothes chosen out by Kristi herself. While she is trying them on, Kristi's little sister arrives and suddenly reminds them of the meeting between the two families. Why didn't Kelly tell Kristi about the meeting? Kristi doesn't know, either, so she decides to storm off. Moral of the story: don't get into random cars when you're alone. But, then again, she recognized the driver. Who is it! Read and you'll find out.
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It was about 2:14 in the morning and Shigure had finally fallen asleep at the phone. He was sitting on the ground, leaning on the wall and his head was tilted sleepily to the left, but his head was readily on the telephone, just in case if might have rung. "Meep!" With that and a thud, Shigure woke up and stood before looking around. "Hey, thanks again, Lex! I'll see ya later!" "Be quiet, you dolt, or else you'll wake everyone up…!" "Oh, right. See ya." "Try not to get caught again. I don't know how long Leigh and the rest of us will be here." The door was slid shut and the black sedan was heard as it drove away. The dog walked into the front room and, but the dim light outside, he saw Kristi setting a lamp (the one she knocked over) on a side table. "Tii-chan?" "Hey," Kristi smiled a little as she turned to face him, "I'm back." Before anything else could happen, Kristi was pulled in close and Shigure's arms were protectively wrapped around her. "Don't disappear like that again," he said quietly, "You had me so worried." Another chill ran along her spine, but the blush on her face proved that she wasn't just cold. "Sorry," the girl said as she returned the embrace, "I won't."
The next morning, Tohru found the two at the kotatsu. Shigure was on one side, looking through the photo albums that covered most of the table. Kristi, on the other hand, was also on the other side of the table, her arms crossed on the surface to create a pillow for herself. "Shigure-san," Tohru said before the dog looked up, "Good morning! You found K-chan?" "No," Shigure smiled, "Tii-chan came back at around two this morning. Kyo-kun came down a few hours after that and gave her an earful about leaving without notice. It was actually pretty funny." "Oh, Kyo-kun came down already?" "Only momentarily," Shigure said as he closed the album he had just finished and opened another one, "he left early today. You guys start school again, right?" Tohru looked at Shigure for a few seconds as she had just realized what day it was, "Is it already Monday!" "Yes," Shigure nodded, "Yesterday was the last day of break, wasn't it?" Tohru sighed, "Yeah, I suppose it was. Well, if you'll excuse me, I've got to change into my uniform." With that, Tohru bowed a little before she turned to go back upstairs to change. It wasn't more than ten minutes later that both she and Yuki left for school."
"Kristi is back in Japan?" Momiji asked with his usual high level of energy, "Is she staying with you guys at Shigure's house?" "Yeah, she is," Tohru nodded without parting from her usual high level of joy, "K-chan disappeared for a while, but she's back at Shigure's not. She was asleep when we left. "So, Kristi's back, huh?" Arisa repeated, "Hana and I just might have to stop by and see her." "Right. It must have been at least three years since we last saw her," Saki agreed, "We may have to stay another weekend." It was then that Kyo joined them on the roof, "So, why's everyone coming over?" "'Cause none of us had seen Kristi in years," Haruhatsu answered, "that's okay, isn't it?" "Which reminds me," Saki started, "I have to see the teacher about something. Arisa, Tohru, do you want to come with?" The two girls agreed and went downstairs after saying their good-byes. "You guys coming over should be fine," Yuki said, but I don't think you should say anything about it at the main house. At least…not yet." "But why not? Aya would probably want to see her too," Momoji said, "I'm sure he misses her just as well." "Especially not that bastard!" Kyo snapped, remembering that morning he woke up to find the eccentric snake next to him the last time he visited, "There's no way he's coming back to Shigure's!" "Even so," Haruhatsu agreed, "what's so bad about the rest of the house finding out?" "…because she knows," Kyo explained, "she found out on the day she came back from America. When she disappeared the other day, she was sort of kidnapped by Leigh." At that moment, all moods seemed to sink. "So Leigh is in Japan, too, then," Haruhatsu said. Yuki nodded before Momiji said his piece. "It's just a repeat of what happened that last time she was here." "And Shigure knows it more than anyone."