Onigiri-chan

Ryoki, a childhood friend of Tohru, suddenly arrived and is on a mission to win her heart! What will the Sohmas do? (Yes, I changed the summary!)

NOTES: I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I know! It's been almost 8 months since I last updated! It's just that I lost focus in writing my fics, school has been keeping me busy (somewhat), and I've lost motivation because I thought I'm such a bad writer! But there is one person who seriously wanted me to write so bad, and I promised her I will, but then I didnt! I feel so bad! EmilyIsisNephthys, if you're reading this, I'm really sorry! But here's chapter 5! I will try to make it long! I hope at least I made ya happy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket…

CHAPTER 4: New Guy in School

"Who's that?"

"He's gorgeous!"

"Wha--? He's going over to Honda-san's table!"

"Can't be! They know each other?"

"Stupid Honda-san! Always getting the most handsome guys in school!"

Minami Kinoshita and her cronies watched enviously as Ryoki entered the classroom and sat beside Tohru and her friends.

"Tohru-chan." Ryoki said, giving her a hug. Tohru smiled and introduced him to Arisa and Saki.

"Uo-chan, Saki-chan, this is Ryoki-chan. He was my childhood friend." She beamed at them. "Ryoki-chan, this Arisa Uotani-chan and Saki Hanajima-chan."

"Hello, ladies." Ryoki grinned at them.

Arisa and Saki looked at him speculatively.

"He's not bad, from what I'm seeing so far." Arisa said.

"Yes, I feel some pleasant waves emanating from him. But some mysterious ones too." Saki drawled.

Ryoki blinked at her. Tohru sweatdropped. "Um... Hana-chan feels waves..." she tried to explain.

Arisa sighed. "Hanajima, please don't scare the new boy on his first day of school."

"I'm not..."

Ryoki grinned and replied. "It's OK. You're a special one, I like that."

Saki gave him a wry smile. She raised a brow. "What's your intention with our Tohru-chan?"

"Oh, yeah... Childhood friend or not, you're still a teenage boy. No hot-blooded, just-came-out-of-puberty, sixteen-year-old male should not be attracted to Tohru. Do you like her?" Arisa tapped her long nails against the desk, giving Ryoki a once-over.

Ryoki gave them a smile that would knock most girls out. It didn't work for the two, however. "Arisa-san, Saki-san, I'm grateful that you guys guessed how I like Tohru-chan. Yes, I like her, ever since we were little. I have no intention of hurting her, of course. I'm going to wait till she gives me an answer."

"Cheeky guy, aren't you?" Arisa asked.

He smiled at her.

Saki didn't reply and looked at him intently. She glanced at Tohru, who was smiling at them.

Wow... I'm so glad Uo-chan and Hana-chan likes him. Of course, they're not very easy to please, but I hope Ryoki-chan would like them too.

From the other side of the room, Kyo was watching them talk. He was with the other boys in his class, and they were asking him questions.

"Do you know him, Kyon-kyon?"

"Yeah, I met him." Kyo replied.

"Who is he anyways?"

"Some guy named Ryoki or Rookie. I don't know." Kyo shrugged and looked the other way. Yuki was also watching Tohru, and gave her a smile when she looked his way.

Mayuko-sensei entered the classroom and then class began.

"Oh yeah, we have a new student." said Mayuko-sensei. "Ryoki Takekoshi, please stand up and introduce yourself to the class."

Ryoki stood up and smiled charmingly to the class. The girls sighed happily and the boys frowned slightly. "Hello. My name is Ryoki Takekoshi and I came from Tokyo. I like martial arts, fishing and playing basketball. I also knew Tohru-chan since we were little. Thank you." He gave a bow and sat down.

Everyone clapped and Ryoki leaned towards Tohru. "Was it OK?"

"Yes." Tohru smiled at him. "OK, good." Ryoki grinned back.

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Tohru, Arisa, Saki, Hatsuharu, Momiji and Yuki were sitting beside the trees eating their lunch. Kyo was on the school roof as usual, and Hatsuharu and Momiji had met Ryoki earlier and they were talking about him.

"So, Tohru, he was your childhood friend?" Momiji asked.

"Yes." Tohru replied happily.

"I heard he likes martial arts. Maybe I should challenge him." Hatsuharu said.

Yuki sweatdropped and replied, "Haru, please refrain from beating up any friends of Honda-san."

His white-haired cousin shrugged. "Hey, if he's a martial artist then he wouldn't have any problem trying to spar with me."

Tohru was about to speak when she heard footsteps walking towards them. She looked up at a perplexed Ryoki, who was giving her a confused look.

"Er... Tohru-chan, I just had some first-years asking me for autographs and whether I wear boxers or briefs. Um... they were also giving me their phone numbers. What's going on?"

Arisa and Momiji began to laugh. Saki smiled and Haru grinned. Only Yuki and Tohru had a worried look.

"Oh my god, that's hilarious." Arisa cried out, clutching her stomach. "I think they made another Prince club. Ha-ha-ha. You must be handsome and mysterious enough for them to do something like that." She gave another roar of laughter. "Don't worry, Sohma, you'll still be the top prince, but now you have competition!"

Ryoki grinned hesitantly while Tohru began to stammer. "O-oh my gosh, I'm so sorry about that, Ryoki-chan. I-I didn't know they were going to do something like that!"

Yuki sighed. "I apologize for the silliness of our school, Ryoki-san. It's not really the best first impression you should have."

Ryoki cocked his head and replied, "It's OK. I'm only here for Tohru-chan anyways."

Silence fell over the group. Saki and Arisa narrowed their eyes at him.

"Well," Hatsuharu stood up, breaking the silence. "You do martial arts, right? Do you want to fight?"

Ryoki gave him a grin. "Sure, why not." His reply brought sweatdrops to the others.

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Hatsuharu and Ryoki faced each other, breathing out in small gasps.

"You're pretty good." Hatsuharu remarked, rubbing his sore stomach.

"Thank you. So are you." Ryoki replied.

"I'd call a draw, but I want to beat you."

"So do I."

Hatsuharu narrowed his eyes at him. Tohru and the others were watching at the sides. Yuki shook his head, and murmured to her, "This is stupid." Tohru just clutched her hands and watched with worried eyes.

Kyo was watching the whole scene from his spot on the school roof. He, too, shook his head as he commented to the thin air. "They're not going to win that way. Even though that Ryoki person is not as strong as Haru, he's smarter than he is. He's better than Haru at blocking attacks. Haru is all brawn while Ryoki is all brains. They're too even."

Kyo sighed and backed away. He was sad and very lonely today. Today, all the attention was focused on the new guy. Especially, Tohru's. He supposed that he should give her a break, but he just missed her company. He was about to close his eyes when he heard a shout. He glanced back to the fight below and saw Haru kicking Ryoki, then collapsed on the ground himself. Both boys were exhausted.

Shaking his head, Kyo left the school roof.

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Author's Note: Here's the latest chapter of Onigiri-chan! Thank you for reading, and I apologize for the late update! EmilyIsisNephthys, I shamely used most of your ideas for this particular chapter. They were very good ideas, and I hope you liked this chapter! Thank you for them! Chapter 6 will be coming up, as soon as I start on it! Please review! I want to hear everything! I know that my story is not really as original as I once thought it was, but I didn't know many people were thinking the same as me! I've seen childhood friends coming back in many fanfictions, so I felt bad for writing something like this... But here's my own spin to the story so just please read it:D