Lust of Innocence
By: Seraphic Kitsune
Chapter Three: Honda Sora, Ragging Skies
Rated: R
A/N: I do not own Fruits Basket, only my own characters and my own curse that I made up. Tohru/Yuki, Akito/OC/Kyo, Haru/OC, Kisa/Hiro, Kureno/OC, Hatori/OC, Shigure/OC, Ayame/OC, Ritsu/OC, Kagura/OC, Rin/OC, Kazama/OC
Italics are memories
Sitting on a dark velvet mesh chair in a dimly lit café, a young woman that appears to be in late teens with dirty blonde hair seductively covering her eyes that were smoky gray due to the dim lighting in the room. She was wearing a raven black tank top and white Capri pants with sandals. She took a small sip of her sake and continued to enjoy the dark atmosphere around her while she whispered to herself, 'The emperor is going to be pissed when Clef shows her face, but Matsuo wouldn't let anything happen to her at least, hopefully.' Her smoky gray eyes noticed someone was watching her as a slender cream hand held her head in pain.
"Tao Qiao, are you awake?" asked a male voice. Dark grayish black eyes turn towards a silver snake that was resting on her shoulder.
"Now I am, Snake." Tao Qiao replied with a neutral tone in her voice.
Sora was pissed when Matsuo called her as she was enjoying her night out and told her that Kioku was already there and knows that she was around. To her, Kioku was overly protective of her and the younger ones mainly Tohru, but things happened in life. Sora remembered a lot of things from her past life when the animal companion somehow gotten a human form for a night and confess his love to her and they did things that most couples by afraid to try now in days. She smirked softly due to that memory when she slowly got up out of her chair and walked out of the small dark café. Her smoky gray eyes looked up in the sky and looked at the stars above. It was weird to her, really… to see large, tall buildings that even cover the skies above. She chuckled lightly while she started humming softly to herself.
-Next day-
Sora was standing in front of Kaibara High School wearing only a long midnight blue jacket that went down to her knees, a white blouse and midnight blue pants with ebony black penny loaves. Smokey gray eyes looked at her surroundings as she started walking towards the school with her hands in her pant pockets. Before she could even get into her class room, someone opened the door and bumped into her. She stumbled back a bit and raised a delicate eyebrow at the boy in front of her with his double colored hair. She raised a delicate eyebrow at the boy and asked a bit rudely, "Who are you?"
"Sohma Hatsuharu… and you are?" Haru answered with his arms folded against his chest.
"Honda Sora, do you know where Honda Tohru is?" Sora inquired with a curiously, raised eyebrow at Haru.
"She's in class right now." Haru answered as Sora felt her temper rise a bit and commented with a hint of anger, "Where is her class?" Haru started walking towards the direction of Tohru's class and Sora decided to follow him. She just shrugged her shoulders and enjoyed the silence around her until she bumped into his back again. Sora growled in annoyance as she heard shoji doors open.
"She is in there… teacher isn't in there although." Haru commented in an emotionless tone and walked back to class. Sora looked at him with curious eyes and shrugged her shoulders lightly. Sora turned her attention back at the open classroom and decided to walk inside only to see her cousin with some guys she never seen before. She noticed her cousin's two friends were there with them, laughing about something not important while she continues to walk inside until she was only an inch behind her cousin's back and poked her. Tohru jumped a bit out of her only for the ones she was talking to have their attention on someone else while Tohru regain her composure. Tohru looked behind her and launch herself at the person, knocking herself and the person down on the floor. Uotani and Hana looked at the person and just shook their heads in unison. After a small argument of five minutes, Tohru and Sora rose to their feet as Tohru introduced calmly, "My second cousin, Honda Sora." Sora bowed her head as she whispered softly, "Nice to meet you all."
"Oh, these are my new friends… Sohma Yuki and Sohma Kyo." Tohru introduce Yuki and Kyo to Sora as a yawn escaped Sora's lips. Uotani smirks a bit at Sora and teased, "Been out getting drunk like usual." Sora just smirks back at her and smiled kindly, "You know when sake is in short supply… go to the vodka." Uotani and Sora laughed at the surprise looks that they were given.
-Later that day-
Sora and Tohru were walking towards Shigure's house together since Yue had to deal with student council as Kyo and Uotani were serving detention. Saki had to go pick up Megumi from school. They walked in silence until Sora's eyes were focused on the sky as she stated calmly as if it was a question, "They are just like us… twelve animals of the zodiac and the twelve maidens… but we have our forsaken brethren as well." Tohru just listened to Sora while she wondered who would be next to show their face. Sora noticed Tohru's silence and asked calmly, "How long?"
"I'm not allowed to say."
"Fair enough…"
Sora and Tohru stayed silent though the rest of the walk towards Shigure's house. Not caring about anything around them, just enjoying the silence around them.
-Back track a bit-
Kioku was standing in front of Shigure's door, appearing bored while she rakes her fingers through her hair. Shigure invited her over for tea and talk to her while now she is beginning to regret the idea. Onyx black eyes gazed tiredly around her as she sighed happily to herself when she heard a male voice whispered quietly, "You know… you can stay here if you like, Kioku." Onyx black gazed into smoky gray eyes while Shigure just smirk a bit at her as he appeared to be serious. Kioku shook her head at him and whispered quietly, "I rather not… I don't want you to get hurt because of me." Shigure laughed a bit at Kioku while he commented softly, "He asked me about you and the others… I didn't tell him everything about Tohru being apart of your little group. I promise you that I would help you anyway possible in protecting them." Shigure looked over at Kioku and opened the door to his house for her. He notices the questioning look that Kioku held on her face and smiled a bit.
"What's wrong?" Shigure asked calmly while Kioku sighed to herself.
"You didn't have to do this… I don't want Kami-sama to hurt you…" Kioku's eyes were gazing down at the tatami mats. Shigure just shook his head and commented kindly, "Kioku-sama… I don't care about Akito-sama… or what he does…" Shigure used two of his fingers to raise Kioku's chin for her eyes could met his own and that's how Sora and Tohru found them when they walked inside the house.
"Xia Zhen! Get away from the nasty mutt now!" Sora growled angrily even though she's younger than the said individual in this current life… she was older than Xia Zhen in their past lives. Tohru just blinked her eyes in confusion until Shigure commented calmly, "I maybe a mutt as you say, but I am her mutt and possession." Sora just growled angrily and frustrated at Shigure until Kioku's cell phone started to play the middle of Utada Hikaru's 'Sanctuary'. Kioku answered the phone and replied quietly, "Hello, Honda Kioku speaking." A tense silence cloaked the room as Kioku whispered quietly, "Kuso… I guess I have to beat him there…" A small chuckle escaped from the other end of the phone as the other person stated coldly, "There's no way to beat a kami, but there are many ways to defy them." Kioku quickly closed her cell phone closed and growled in annoyance, "Looks like I have to beat a kami to the airport…" Sora looked at Kioku like she was crazy until she heard the growl and thought calmly, 'Kioku never growls unless it concerns something very important…' Sora's eyes widen at realization when she noticed Kioku was already gone and Tohru was trailing behind her. Sora decided to follow them quickly as Shigure just watch them leave and sighed calmly, "Akito-sama, don't be harsh to the young one…"
-Tokyo International Airport-
Stepping out of the terminal, a young woman in her mid-teens with ivory white hair cascading down her back as dark amethyst eyes was looking around her surroundings. She was wearing a sleeveless black qipao that went down to her knees with a scarlet dragon embroidered around the qipao as if it was squeezing the life out of her.
"Long time to see, Xue Fang…" A dark yet seductive voice greeted her from behind. Ebony eyes bore into dark amethyst as the one that was called 'Xue Fang' whispered in a terrified voice, "Kami-sama…"
A/N: Sorry it took so long…
Glossary:
Xue Fang: Snow Fragment
Kami-god