Author's Note: Just to warn you, this is my first Fruits Basket fic. There are rumors that the manga won't be Yukiru and will be Kyoru and Yuki+Machi. I'm SO pissed off.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket because if I did, then it would have been Yukiru since the beginning. This shall be my disclaimer for the whole story.
Info:
Hana and Uo are Tohru's manger; 20
Tohru – 19 turning to 20
Yuki and Kyo – 21 and are cursed along with the other Sohmas
Yamato Nakano – 23 and is the one of the most wanted bachelor
.Singing My Heart Away.
Chapter I
--The Contest—
It was a nice, cool spring day. A man with black hair wearing a kimono was driving and the radio was on max.
"You heard that right folks. There is a contest for a lucky GUY to be the next singer with THE Tohru Honda in a duet for her next album. Not only will you be in an album with her, but also you might be the lucky one to win her heart. To enter, go to the Tokyo Radio Station and must be registered before March 16th, which is two days from now. Details will be posted later."
The guy turned off the radio and grinned mischievously. He swerved and made the other cars jerk and honk at him. He ignored the shouts and sound and made a quick U-turn and headed toward the station.
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"Uo-chan, I don't see why we have to have a contest for this. Can't we pick some other singer and make the duet together? It would be so much easier," a long brown hair girl asked. She was the popular singer, but never had a boyfriend in her life. The turquoise eye girl was wearing a red mini skirt with a matching white top.
"Tohru-kun, don't you think it's time for you to get a boyfriend? I mean, you are coming to the age of twenty and still haven't gotten one, and I don't want to get some one like Seiyu because they're all snobs. They only like you for your looks. You get to see their talents and choose any guy you want to be for the duet instead of some guy who wants you for money and only like you because you're popular," the blonde ex-thug told her for the fifth time that day. She had a mean look, but has a soft spot for friends. She had on a pair of jeans and a shirt.
"But…"
"Tohru-kun, it's not a problem. It will be nice to see you have fun for a change," a black hair girl said calmly, who wore a dark outfit like always.
"OK," she sighed giving up in defeat leaning her head on the seat of the limousine as it drove off to the studio for the final preparations for Saturday.
It all started in some silly little singing contest her two friends signed her up in junior high. Everyone thought it was a little school singing contest, but boy were they wrong. The judges turned out to be record dealers looking for a new singer and Tohru happened to won.
"Hey guys, great news," the black hair man boomed when he reached his house.
A silver hair boy with purple eyes looked at him weirdly knowing it was never good. A boy his age with orange hair and red eyes glared at him putting the carton of milk away.
"What is it this time?" the orange hair boy or should I say young man yelled.
"Now Kyo, you'll love me for this. I registered you two for the contest to win the duet contest with Tohru Honda, and if you two are lucky enough, maybe you'll win her heart," Shigure said happily showing them a poster he got from the station.
"What did you say you did, you d--- dog," the tempered boy yelled, jumping on him. The poster flew out of his hands, and Yuki picked it up and looked at it.
'She's doesn't look that bad.'
"Shigure, why are you entering us in such a silly thing. We don't have a chance," Yuki asked holding the poster. "Since you wasted time entering us, when is the contest and what do we do?" he sighed.
"I'm so glad you ask. The first auditions are on Saturday. They'll look at each one and you have to tell some things about yourself and you have to sing," he replied.
"Sing?" the young man questioned.
"Yup, but don't worry. I've heard you sing before, and I know you'll have a good chance," the older man replied slyly.
"Since you went to all this trouble, then I guess I have no choice," he sighed not bothering to ask him where he heard him sing.
"Oh, Yuki, you'll do it? I'm so happy. You're are so kind like you're brother," Shigure pretended to sob.
"I don't want to do it, but if the d--- rat's gonna do it then it's something else I can beat him at," Kyo eyed the rat murderously.
"You mean it's FINALLY something you can beat me at if you can," Yuki glared.
"Oh joy! Now, let's go to Aaya's to get you an outfit. The ones you have aren't going to do if you want to win," the dog pushed them into his car.
Yuki got out of his grasp and gave him a death glared, "GO. AND. I. SHALL. KILL. YOU."
"Aw, come on Yuki."
"NO."
"Fine. It looks like it's just you and me, Kyo. Let's go," Shigure said as he pushed the cat in the car unwillingly.
"Why would I want to go to HIS store for that and such a silly reason," he muttered as the car drove off. "But he is right. I need some new clothes. I'll ask go ask Haru," he thought out loud. He punched in some numbers, and a man younger than him by a year answered.
"Yo."
"Hello Haru, I was wondering if you could do me a favor?" he asked his cousin.
"Why course, Yuki. I'll do anything for my love," the black and white hair man replied.
"Will you stop saying such nonsense! I need to get some new clothes for the audition with Tohru Honda for her new duet CD. I'm sure you've heard about it. Shigure entered the baka cat and me in the contest," Yuki said.
"You're trying to win some singer's heart? What about me?" he kidded knowing that Yuki couldn't be his. "Alright, just meet me at the mall in half a hour," he replied before hanging up.
"OK."
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"Um…Haru? What exactly are we looking for?" the silver hair man asked. After an hour at the mall, all they did was walk in stores, try some outfits, and leave.
"Hold on Yuki. I see another store over there," he pointed.
"We've been in there remember?"
"Oh, really? Nevermind, then. OK, then how about that one over there," the blue eye man asked pointing a small clothing store.
"Fine. It's almost time for dinner, and I need something fast," the rat said.
They went in, and some clothes spot both young men's eyes. It was black pants with these Chinese shirts. (A/N: I know he has some in the manga and anime, but it this story, he doesn't have any and this is the first time he's worn/have them, OK?)
"Hello, may I help you?" the manger of the store asked the two young men.
"I would like to try on those Chinese shirts and black pants," Yuki answered politely.
"A fine choice. Would you like something, too?" he asked black and white hair guy.
"No, I'm just here with him," Haru said as girls around started to stare at the young men. The manager took all the Chinese shirts from color to design with different style of black pants and showed Yuki the dressing room. The silver man tried them on, and when the girls in the store saw him, they stared with star-struck eyes. Yuki slowly went back to change knowing it was good enough and didn't want those girls to bring their friends over to follow him.
He quickly changed from his jeans and shirt and bought the outfit along with pairs similar to it.
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"What! You want me to put that on? Do you take me for a fool? I'm NOT trying that on!" squirmed the anger Kyo.
"Now, now Kyonkichi, don't you want to win Tohru Honda-san's heart? Don't make such a fuss. I wish my dear little brother was here so I could help him win, but you'll do Kyonkichi. Please tell dear Yuki that I would be delighted to help him," the silver hair man said.
"Don't call me that! You tell the d--- rat, then tell him yourself. I'll trying it on if it'll help me beat him," he reluctantly agreed once Yuki was mentioned.
When Kyo finished changing into khakis with a loose shirt that showed fit well on him and stepped out, a woman in a light green dress ran up to him.
"Kyo-kun, I've missed up so much! Why do you never visit me?" a brown hair woman asked so gently, but that didn't last very long. "Shii-chan told me about this contest to win Tohru Honda's heart! DON'T YOU LOVE ME? Kyo, you can't do this contest, and I won't let you!" Kagura threatened him as she started beating him up. A few seconds later Kagura seemed to calm down a bit, but still was a little upset. "Kyo-kun, did I hurt you? I didn't mean to. Please forgive me, my darling," she told him giving him a hug.
Ayame cleared his throat to get the couple's attention. "Now Kagura, I know how much you love Kyo, but how do you think he looks in that?" the gold eye man asked.
Kagura paused for a moment and looked at Kyo from head to toe before replying, "He looks handsome, but then again, Kyo is always like this."
"Good, good, but if you want to capture her attention, I have something better. It's a surprise though…Shii-chan, do you mind bringing it to him later?" the older man said happily.
"KYO. YOU. GO. AND. YOU'RE. DEAD," Kagura said emphasizing each word. "Ayame, knock some sense into him," she begged.
Ayame, who wasn't listening to this argument, was talking to Shigure. "So Gure-san, are you free tonight? We can eat here, and you can sleep over and warm my bed," the silver hair man asked freely.
"Now, now Aaya, not in front of the children," he played along, eyeing Kyo and Kagura.
"You're right, Gure. Now Kagura, Kyo, why don't you to go on a little date before going home," shooing them off to the streets and throwing Kyo's clothes in a bag to him.
The little date idea thrilled Kagura, which made her forget about contest. Kyo was a bit less delighted. "Aw, come on Kyo-kun, please, just one little date? You never take me out," she begged. Tears started to form. Kyo couldn't stand to see someone like this.
"Come on, don't cry. I'll take you out for dinner, and that's it got it?" the orange hair man told her as his eyes relaxed a bit. Kyo was always stubborn and tough-like, but always had a soft spot for Kagura at times.
The brown eye woman immediately stopped crying and showed a happy face in an instant. "Thank you, Kyo-kun," she whispered. "Can we hold hands?"
Kyo was about to burst, but remained calm and gave a small smile before stretching his hand out to her as an OK.
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"Here are the new contestants from today," the DJ's secretary grinned as she handed Tohru the stack. There were some especially cute ones today," she winked as she giggled before heading out.
The three then went back to the hotel to look through the forms. They spread it out on the king size big and started sorting and looking at the contestants.
"Hey, look at this one Tohru. His name is Yuki Sohma. It says he was quite popular in high school, was in the student counsel and president, knows martial arts, is attending Tokyo University, and can sing. He's hobby is gardening. He's just a year older than you are. All this info makes him sound boring," Uo read before letting Hana and Tohru look at his picture. "Weird, he looks like you know who."
"I wonder if they're related," Tohru thought out loud.
"Well, they almost look alike except for the hair and eye color. Must be Sohma-san's younger brother," Uo shrugged.
Tohru blushed as soon as she saw him. He looked so mysterious and handsome, and yet it did look disturbingly like her music dealer, which gave her the creeps.
"Here's another Sohma. His name is Kyo," Hana said in a monotone giving the profile to Tohru.
"D--- it! How many Sohmas' are there? Don't tell me all the contestants that signed up today were all Sohmas'!" Uo cursed.
'Hmmm…I wonder if the other Sohmas' have a different wave too…' Hana thought. "It says he's training martial arts, seems like he's pretty popular too, same age as the other one, and can sing. Not much information on him though," she replied. The singer looked at his picture and blushed again. He was so handsome and had nice muscles.
"He looks OK, but his orange hair stands out. Hey, it reminds me of Kyoko-san," Uo added.
"You're right. The colors are the same," Hana replied.
Tohru didn't say anything and carefully picked up another one. The turquoise eye woman read his profile silently before whispering, "He is so nice, caring, and kinda cute."
"Lemme see, Tohru," said Uo grabbing the profile away and letting Hana and her see.
"Works for Nakano Corp…spare time he visits children in the hospital…can sing and dance…teaches free classes for dancing and singing…age twenty-three. He seems a little TOO perfect," Uo stated.
"His name is Yamato Nakano. He's the heir to Nakano Corp when he reaches age twenty-four. I've heard that he's one of the most wanted bachelor in Japan," Hana stared at the blonde well-groom hair man with green eyes.
"He seems so kind. I can't wait to meet him this Saturday," Tohru said shyly. She gave a big yawn, and they decided to hit the hay.
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Tohru woke up the earliest and thought she should make breakfast, but the only problem was she didn't know the town very well. The brown hair girl shrugged as she wrote a note telling her friends as she changed into a disguised and went downstairs to explore.
The singer walked around aimlessly trying to get directions, but somehow got herself to the Tokyo University. She started looking around and asking people where the grocery store was, but no one helped her. They ignored her as if she was nobody.
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Motoko and her Prince Yuki Club were watching Yuki from a distance glaring at any girl who tries to talk to him. Motoko day dreamed about Yuki and was going to go talk to him about a homework assignment that she didn't 'understand', when all of a sudden he goes to a girl and talks to her. The girl wasn't even pretty. She was wearing an ugly trench coat with her in a messy bun and had sunglasses on.
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Tohru was lost and confused. Were all men mean like them? All she wanted to know was where the store was. She was about to return to the hotel when a young man suddenly ask her, "Are you lost?"
Tohru turned in appreciation as she replied, "Thank goodness someone is finally helping me. I'm trying to find the grocery store. It's my first time here," she said taking off her sunglasses.
Yuki seemed dazed as she took of her sunglasses and saw here turquoise eyes. She gave a concerned look as he snapped out of it and answered, "Um…it's a few blocks down. Just go straight there and turn left."
Tohru bowed and said, "Thank you so much," and left.
Motoko saw the whole thing along with the other club members. They were furious, and Motoko knew this was revenge…
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Author's Note: Well, here's my first chapter. I tried to make it the best of my ability. Hoped you enjoyed it!
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