I do not own anything of Fruits Basket. This is basically based off of the anime, but I have a few of my own characters. You have been warned. Everyone who reads this should know that this is definitely my first attempt at rated R stories. You have been warned…
I cannot take full credit for this chapter. I got some help from Shiara Ramone. (Also, on other chapters, there may be torture ideas that I got from other people as well.) Hope you like!
Chapter 2: Telephone Menu and the Diary
Yuki didn't know what to think when he saw that… that… thing looking down at him. It used to be human… right? Half the skull was gone, the brain was visible, and one eye was missing. "Wha… what… are you?" Yuki managed to whisper.
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Tohru looked around the dark corridor, unsure of what to make of it. Then she heard a whisper coming from a room… behind her? She turned to look, and there was Yuki, staring at some kind of ghost with horror and fear in his eyes… WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT THING?!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a terrible looking ghost! "Y… Yuki!" she called, waking him from his thoughts.
"Miss Honda!" He quickly ran out of the room. They then continued to run together till they could run no longer, right outside what seemed like a bedroom that was destroyed in a fire. "This place… it holds too many memories."
"What… do you mean, Yuki?"
"I feel like… I've been here before… with Akito, but it was only once. It's changed so much then last time I've been here." His eyes showed a hidden sadness in those violet pools of color.
Tohru still didn't understand, but decided not to ask about it anymore, at least not till they were out of here. She took a small step inside the bedroom. It was completely ruined. Then she noticed that one of the drawers in the dresser was opened slightly. Opening it even more, she found an old tattered diary, it's cover made of red silk. She opened to the first page.
December 27, 1991I just celebrated my seventh birthday at the Sohma main house. Shigure, Ayame, and Hatori gave me wonderful gifts! I can't believe how lucky I am to have friends like them! Even if they did have schoolwork to do for their junior high classes… I didn't get to see Akito, though.
Tohru couldn't believe it! Who was this person? How did they know the Sohmas? Did they know about the curse? Were they a Sohma also?
"Miss Honda? What is it?" Yuki asked her, seeing the confused look on her face.
"This… this person… They-they knew Hatori, and Shigure, and Ayame, and… Akito." Tohru once again began reading the entry.
I wish he wasn't ill. Maybe he thinks of me as just a kid! I'm only two years younger than him! But… I still wanna see him. I don't know why, though.
Maybe I just wanna return the dream catcher that he lent to me last month. It really works too! Like, last week, I had great dreams every night! I hope I can give it back to him someday. When he's not sick, I mean.
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Kyo stumbled through the many winding corridors, looking for anything that could help them get out of here… or at least him. That's when he came across a telephone in one of the halls. "Great! Now to see if this damn thing works!"
He picked up the receiver and dialed a number, hoping the people he was calling were home, but his hopes were dashed when he heard the computerized voice that came through. "If you would like to sacrifice a goat, press one or say goat. If you would like…" as the menu went on, Kyo was surprised at all the different things you could have sacrificed, but it was the last one that really caught his attention. "If you would like to sacrifice a pet or loved one, press the pound key."
"Hmm, that sounds interesting," he said as he pressed the button; the computerized voice continued.
"Please press the numbers that correspond with your desired sacrifice's first and last name, followed by the pound key." Kyo thought for a second before hitting 29263-76462#.
"Take that," he said as he hung up and continued on his search.
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Haru and Momiji walked up the stairs and along a narrow hallway. "Haru, I'm scared!" complained the smaller boy.
"Don't worry, Mo. Hopefully we'll find an open window or something." He opened a door and covered Momiji's eyes right away.
"Haru, what… what is it?"
"Just don't look, okay?"
Corpses… everywhere you looked. Bodies everywhere. Some were beheaded, while others had protruding bones. It was sickening. Who could do something like this? "Listen, Momiji… I want you to go back downstairs with Shigure and Aya and Ha'ri, okay?"
Momiji tried desperately to move Haru's hand away from his eyes, but it was pointless. "Haru!"
"Not until you promise not to look in this room."
"I promise!!"
"Okay." Haru removed his hand and stood in the doorway. "Now, go back downstairs, okay?"
Momiji couldn't believe it! Haru still treated him as a little kid. He opened his mouth to argue, but then decided against it. What if Haru went black? He went back down, looking for his older relatives. Haru turned back to the room and walked in. "What happened here?" He looked at everything in the room; every corpse in here was male. Surprising. Maybe this killer was a man-hating woman? However, walking into another room, he saw that the majority of victims in here were female. What the hell happened here?!
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"Hmm…" A pair of soft gray eyes watched as a number appeared on the computer screen. "Oh?" She looked at the number. "So… are they all here then? I wonder who hates him so much? Doesn't matter. I have my duty to my family. If only…"
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Hiro and Kisa walked along the corridors, stretching throughout the entire mansion. "Hiro… why are we walking alone?"
"Hey! We all got separated, didn't we?"
"But…"
"What is it?" Hiro asked, turning to see his favorite cousin. Her brown eyes seemed frightened.
"Why aren't we looking for any of the others?"
"We are."
A noise to the left made them jump. "What was that, Hiro?"
"I don't know. Stay here."
Hiro crept into the room where the sound came from. He wasn't happy by what he saw. A giant snake-like thing slithered towards him. Obviously it had just eating by looking at the large lump in its stomach. Still, something this big could still be hungry! "Kisa!!!! Run for it!!!!!!"
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Yuki and Tohru walked around aimlessly. Which way should they go? Tohru kept the diary close to her, not letting anyone or anything try to take it away. That's when they spotted a familiar person. "Akito?" asked Tohru.
Akito turned and stared at her, then turned his gaze to Yuki. "So we found each other again."
"Akito…" Yuki started, but Akito interrupted him.
"Where did you find that?"
"What?" Yuki turned to see what Tohru was holding. "In a dresser."
"That diary…" Akito seemed to be lost in thought, his mind racing with a thousand questions. Was she really alive?
Tohru didn't know what he was thinking, but knew it had something to do with what she was holding, so maybe he knew the girl who wrote in it. "Akito… who did this belong to?"
"Her name's not in it?"
"No."
"Well… don't worry about it then."
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Shigure, Aya, Hatori, and the unconscious Ritsu, stayed in the downstairs lobby. "Ha'ri," asked Shigure, "why did everyone leave us behind?"
"Does it matter?"
"Gure," said Aya, "maybe they're lost."
"Maybe."
Ritsu's head popped up. "Did I miss anything?"
"No."
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I finally typed it up. Eventually the sacrificial person is going to die, but I'm sleepy now. And I have to get ready for a movie, so g'night now everyone. Time for a nap.
Okay, so I can't sleep. Big deal! Bye now.
Oh yeah, here's a little contest for those who care: Who is going to be sacrificed? Good luck!