Fruits Basket: Legend of the Zodiac
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I'm afraid my muse, Arashi, is still comatose from the Ayashi no Yuugi thing, so I'm temporarily borrowing my cousin's muse, Yume.
For that one anonymous reviewer, Person, read the entire damn story before you flame, bakayarou! If you read beyond the first chapter, you would have known that I did not just rewrite the anime/manga! I mean, hello? Use a little common sense! Or do you even have any? I spent a lot of time planning the fic, and I worked hard to get it the way it is now! I find it very insulting that you think that I would be so unoriginal as to rewrite one of my all time favorite anime/manga! I think Fruits Basket is a very good anime/manga, I just wanted to add a little spice by giving Tohru more of an attitude, but I like the characters as the author originally intended them to be. If you are going to flame someone, make sure you know what you are talking about first! Ahou! To my other readers, I would like to apologize for making a scene and forcing you wait to read this new chapter. I just want to make it very clear that I DO NOT tolerate idiotic people who flame before they think. Please, read on.
Chapter 9: Melody
Tohru and Subaru exchanged looks, and there was no more playing around, and Subaru nodded. The nearly undetectable motion was a signal, and the Sumeragis threw themselves wholeheartedly into the masses of demons. It wasn't long before blood, ofuda, hair, even bits of flesh, and the sounds of battle filled the air.
The entire Honda compound was under attack by an unknown enemy.
To make things worse, a red sun was rising.
A red sun… an omen of death…
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It was evening before the battle ended, and miraculously, the Honda compound was still in one piece, despite the broken furnishings and dishes, the walls marked with blood and sword marks, charred and broken by various spells, and the tatami mats wet with blood and covered in bits of ofuda and hair, slashed into pieces. Even more heartening was the fact that despite the numerous injuries sustained by the occupants of the Honda compound, there had been no casualties, and no permanent damage.
The Twelve Guardians were circulating around the compound, healing the more worrisome wounds with their power, while the minor injuries were left for the more common healings such as bandages and tourniquets. Other Sumeragis and Hondas with an affinity for healing aided the Guardians as they retreated to their clinics or circulated the compound, tending to the injured.
On the roof of the Main Building, the figures of the Seven Heads of Sumeragi stood there, sporting bruises and shallow cuts, and perhaps a sprained or dislocated limb as they looked over the compound. They stood there, silhouetted by the setting sun, assessing the damages to the Honda compound with sweeping looks, their eyes dark with anger and exhaustion. None of them were exactly eager to see the bill for the repairs to the house, but none were surprised by the extent of the damages. Attacks against their family were common enough, and the damages to the Sumeragi compounds scattered throughout Asia were often found on a much larger scale. The damages caused by the battle the previous night to the Honda compound was merely a drop of water in an ocean in comparison, although the number of injuries was unexpected.
Normally, such extensive injuries in the Honda Branch were rare. If an attack could render the Second Branch almost useless, then there could only be two reasons, number one, the Hondas had gotten lax and was not training their Omnyouji adequately, or two, they were facing something that they had never faced before in their Clan's long history. The Honda Branch of Sumeragi was known to be well trained in the arts of Onmyoujitsu, second only to the Main Branch which gave their Clan its name therefore, the latter was highly unlikely, and the former was impossible.
Tohru sighed. "Looks like I'll be staying in the compound for a while until we can get things back in order."
Tenshi nodded morosely. "Aa. The damage to the compound is very extensive, but it shouldn't take too long to repair, and besides, the Clan has had worse damages than this."
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