Disclaimer- well. Here we go again. I do not own Fruits Basket; it belongs to the one and only Natsuki Takaya. I do not even own Tohru Honda. Sigh. Not even Yuki or Kyou. The only person I own is Mitsune Sohma, but that's better than nothing!
Chapter Five- Rat, Cat, Dog, Onigiri-- and Fox?
Flashback-
Yuki turned to Tohru. " Honda, see if you can get her some clothes.. Mitsune-kun should be older than us, but your clothes should fit. I'll go check on the furball." He walked off, shutting the door behind him. Tohru was left with Mitsune. She went to her wardrobe and took out pajamas. As she helped Mitsune put it on, she could not help but think of what Mitsune had said earlier.
"Even I, who knows the solution…."
Did it mean that Mitsune knew how to break the curse of the zodiac?
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It was evening, and at the Sohma Estate, all was quiet. Then, the ringing of the telephone shattered the silence. Hatori Sohma sighed and picked the phone sitting on his table, while flipping through a medical record. " Hello? Hatori Sohma here." He muttered. Shigure's voice burst through the receiver. " HA'RI? IS THAT YOU? Its Shigure here, Kyou was supposed to call you but he disappeared, and my poor little wife was so frantic that I offered to call you instead and I was hoping you'd answer, instead of those irritating women…" Hatori held the receiver away from him as he continued to flip through the file. " What is it, I'm busy." He snapped. " Hohohoho…You'll never know who came knocking at our door today! Its our dear Mitsune-chan!" Hatori blinked and nearly dropped the file. " What? Mitsune appeared at your house?" he asked coldly. " Yup, yup! Not really, Tohru found Miss Foxy under the snow, and must I say, she looked good for a 17 year old!" Hatori frowned, and chose to ignore that little nugget of information. " Is she okay? In the snow…does she have a fever?" he asked impatiently. Shigure chuckled, then replied. " Well, she has a fever! My,my,my, why are you so frantic? Don't tell me you like fresh-out-of-high school girls.." Shigure tittered. Hatori sighed. " I'll be over as soon as I can." He replied curtly into the phone, and then hung up. He placed the file on his desk and took his doctor's bag and his coat. He slid open the door and was just about to walk out when suddenly, he bumped into…..
" Where are you going, Hatori?" Akito asked.
Half and hour later, Hatori walked up to the Sohma household, and knocked on the front door. Tohru opened the door, looking frantic. " Mr. Hatori? I'm so glad you're here! I'm really worried about Mitsune..her fever is really high! Please help her!" she said anxiously. Hatori nodded and stepped inside. Inside, it was pure chaos. Yuki was arguing with Kyou about not helping to call Hatori, and they were starting to get into one of their fights. Shigure was rushing around, trying to pacify them, and going upstairs to sneak a peek at Mitsune. Tohru bowed and sighed. " Well, things are getting a bit messy..sorry.." she apologized. Hatori shook his head and patted her head. " Nevermind. Where is Mitsune-chan?" Tohru nodded. " She's in my room…" She ran upstairs. Hatori followed her. They entered her room. Mitsune was lying on Tohru's bed, sleeping, but she was shivering, Hatori placed his hand on Mitsune's head. " Looks like she has a high fever, and influenza." He muttered. Tohru hovered behind, thinking, " Its my fault..I shoudn't have made her so agitated that she would have fainted..its my fault…" Suddenly, Hatori cut into her thoughts. " Miss Honda, do you mind if you wait outside for awhile? I need some privacy. I think Mitsune-chan needs an injection too." Tohru blinked and nodded frantically. " Of course! I'll make some tea for you too." She rushed out, shutting the door.
Hatori felt a little bit guilty with himself. It wasn't the whole truth he had told her. Yes, Mitsune did need an injection, but the privacy thing..its not because he wanted to examine her…he gripped Mitsune's shoulders and pulled her to sitting position. He placed a hand on Mitsune's forehead, and began erasing her memory. From the time she found out about Akito's secret, to the time she found out about 'That' . He only stopped until the memory when she was found in the snow. He hated to do this. But he had no choice. Akito had ordered him to do this. And Akito's words were law. Mitsune gave a small moan and slumped back onto the bed. She would be in a muddled world for a few hours, everyone who had his or her memories erased would become like this. He sighed again,. " Forgive me, Mitsune-chan. I had to do it." Then he took out his stethoscope and examined her. Fifteen minutes later, he walked to the door and opened it, only to see Tohru waiting anxiously outside. " Is she okay?" Tohru asked nervously. Hatori gave her a small smile. " She'll be fine." He walked out. " She just needs abit of rest." Tohru nodded. " Okay! Um..your tea is in the kitchen." Hatori nodded, and then followed her downstairs.
When they reached the living room, Kyou and Yuki had stopped fighting. Kyou was sitting a chair in the dining table, muttering ominously while rubbing a bruise on his face. Looks like Yuki had won again. Yuki was answering a call in the hallway, and Shigure was reading the newspaper, his feet under the kotatsu. Hatori took the tea from Tohru and said, " Akito wants to tell you all something." Shigure looked up from his newspaper. Kyou stopped cursing and looked up, surprised. Yuki had just walked into the dining room and froze. Tohru blinked curiously. Hatori cleared his throat. " Akito knows about Mitsune-chan, and he wants her to stay here for the time being. His word is final." He added, for Kyou had opened his mouth to protest. Kyou shut his mouth. " Why?" Yuki asked. " Mitsune used to lived in the "inside" but now, I don't think Akito wants to see her. ." Hatori answered. " Why? He hates her or something?" Kyou asked. Shigure quickly rapped Kyou's head with the newspaper. " Stop asking stupid questions. Sure, Mitsune-chan can stay here. Tohru, is it alright if she stays in your room?" " Oh! Of course!" Tohru cried. Haoti nodded. " I'm done. See you." He walked to the door, Tohru helping him get his coat. Shigure stood up and began to sing, " Looks like Miss Foxy's gonna stay" " Shut up." Yuki and Kyou said in unison.
Meanwhile, in Tohru's room…Mitsune woke up with a splitting headache. Her mind blank, she was unable to remember anything. She felt very empty, like someone sucked everything out of her.
" What..what happened to me?"
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A/n- Here's a new chapter…this one has quite a lot of things, I think its quite crammed, sorry! Hope you enjoy it, and please review after reading. If there are any questions or problems, please feel free to ask about it on the review page. Arigatou.
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