A/N: Hope you like this since I have absolutely no reviews. Maybe I shouldn't continue then? Please review.

Disclaimer that was somehow forgotten in the first chapter: I do not own Fruits Basket or anything related to it! Truthfully, I only own Luci, Trina, and Jamie... and I hardly even own them too!

Circle Time
Chapter 2

After the final school bell had rung, Trina and her friends followed Tohru and the Sohmas up to the park. The sky was a beautiful blue with only a few distorted clouds floating around. The sun shown down on the large lake that sat on the edge of the park, connecting it to the highway.

The troop of teens walked down to a small part of the park that had a few trees shading it. They all sat in a circle, ready to relax in this overall calming atmosphere.

"So, where did you three go to school before this?" Tohru asked with an arched brow.

"Oh, we lived in a town not too far from here," Jamie answered simply, leaning back on her hands with her legs stretched out from underneath her.

"I see." Tohru didn't want to pry any farther than that, so she smiled and looked up at the clouds that were passing ever so slowly.

Luci was sitting cross legged on the ground with her silver video camera up to her eyes, looking through the lens at everyone in the circle. They all look so…peaceful, she thought. She had a feeling that there were more to come though. The circle was not quite complete.

Trina was thinking along the same lines. Someone else was coming. There was a gap in the circle between Tohru and Yuki. For a moment, she thought they may have had a fall out, but then she decided that they were too close, too nice to each other, to fight at all.

"How's the student council going for you, Yuki?" Trina asked, breaking the silence. It was making her uncomfortable, even though the others were appreciating it deeply.

Yuki looked up, breaking out of his previous reverie. "Oh. Its fine," he said simply, looking back down at the ground.

Luci was zooming in at anyone who was speaking, and if someone had a rather interesting look on her face that she thought was something that should be caught on camera, she'd zoom in too. When Yuki was talking to Trina, she noticed two figures coming towards them in the distance. A tall one and a short one. The missing links, she thought with a small mysterious smile. She zoomed in as far as the camera could, but they still remained unclear.

"Uh… who is Luci focusing on?" Jamie asked, eyes widening a bit. Luci wasn't taking the camera away from whatever it was, and that could not be good.

"I have no idea…" Trina answered, propping herself up with her knees, trying to get a better view.

In less than a minute, it was easy to see what the two boys looked like. The shorter one was blonde with a hat on, and he had a very girlish look to him. A sort of innocence surrounded him. The other boy- the taller one- had white hair with a black undertone. He seemed a bit aloof, but nonetheless determined. He stared straight ahead while the other boy looked around at the scenery.

"Who is that?" Luci asked, perking up immediately.

When nobody answered, Luci gave a frustrated huff and continued to film the two.

"TOHRU!" the shorter boy screamed, running towards Tohru. Actually, it was more of a prance.

"Oh! Momeji! Hi!" Tohru said, smiling as he sat next to her. He reached out as if to hug her, but Kyou held him back.

"WHAT ARE YOU THINKING YOU STUPID BRAT?" Kyou shouted, hitting Momeji across the back of his head.

"WAAAAAAAH! KYOU'S HITTING ME!" he whined.

"Um, if it's not too impolite of me to ask, why are you two late?" Tohru asked, giving Kyou a 'you probably shouldn't be doing that' look.

"Sorry," the taller boy said with a small, apologetic smile. He said it as if that one word explained everything.

"Oh no, its fine."

"Who are your new friends, Tohru?" Momeji asked, looking at Luci, Trina, and Jamie.

"I'm Trina Maehata," Trina introduced, smiling a little bit. "It's nice to meet you, Momeji."

"I'm Jamie Nagano," Jamie said monotonously, looking up in the trees for a moment before stealing a glance at Kyou.

"And I'm Luci Ariwa," Luci said from behind the camera. She focused on Momeji for a moment before turning the lens towards the other boy, who spoke next.

"I'm Hatsuharu Sohma."

Luci smiled inwardly at this, but she decided to continue to tape the others as well, or it would be evident when others saw a tape that was full of shots of Hatsuharu.

"Hello Yuki," Hatsuharu said, smiling fondly at the silver haired boy whom he had sat next to.

"Hello Haru," Yuki replied, giving him a small smile in return before looking back at the ground in thought.

"Is Momeji a Sohma too?" Luci asked.

"Unfortunately, yes," Kyou said darkly, sighing a bit.

"I see. So, you're all cousins, right?" Luci added.

"Yes. Distant cousins, actually," Haru answered to Luci, who nodded in response.

"How old are you three?" Momeji inquired. He decided that Luci looked younger than her other two friends, not too much older than Haru.

"Well, Jamie and I are 17, and Luci is a 16 year old," Trina stated, pointing to the people she was talking about, even when she was talking about herself.

"Shouldn't she be in tenth grade with Momeji and me then?" Hatsuharu inquired, looking oddly at Luci.

"My parents started me in school a year early. But you're right, I should be in tenth grade, but- hey wait! Momeji is in tenth grade?" Luci exclaimed, looking incredulously at Momeji, who seemed so much younger than them all. Momeji nodded and gave her a smile.

"How old did ya think I was?"

"Well… you seemed like you'd still be in middle school," Luci said, blushing a bit. She finally set down her camera; decided that she'd save more of the memory when something interesting or funny happened.

Momeji laughed and said, "No silly. I'm just as old as you and Haru. Hey! That rhymed!" Suddenly, Momeji broke out in song. "Me and Haru. You and Haru. We and Haru! Everyone's with Haru! La la la la," Momeji sang. He continued to 'la' until Kyou smacked him in the back of the head again.

"No one and I mean NO ONE wants to hear that stupid song," Kyou said.

"It wasn't that stupid…" Haru said. He was strangely calm.

"You're just saying that because it was about you!" Kyou insisted.

"Um, Kyou… maybe you should stay quiet…" Tohru said meekly, looking a bit afraid of something. She kept sending worried glances towards Haru.

"Oh, you think so, don't you?" Haru said icily.

"Yeah I do! And there's nothing you can say or do to change my mind!" Kyou shouted. (At this point, Luci had her camera back on and was taping each one.)

All of a sudden, something about Haru changed. All three girls noticed it at once. He didn't seem so calm and polite anymore. His fists were clenched and he was glaring at Kyou.

"Is that right now?" Haru said. His white hair was shielding his eyes.

Kyou held his fists up. "Yeah it's right, ya fat cow!"

Haru looked up, and a new look of rage was held in his eyes. "Are ya lookin' for a fight?"

"Since you ran away from out last one, yeah!" Kyou taunted, ready to punch at anytime.

Haru gave a 'hmph' and struck Kyou in the stomach, sending him backwards.

"Holy crap! What happened to this guy?" Luci shouted, spazzing out as she taped the fight.

"B-black Haru," Tohru said, as if it would explain everything.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Jamie asked, scooting backwards away from the fight, not tearing her eyes of the two. Jamie was a fighter herself, but she didn't like getting in between strangers' fights. She was known as a bit of a bully at her last school, so she decided she would quit when she came to this one.

"It's kind of a nickname we came up for Haru when he's mad," Yuki said, staying where he was, watching both of the imbeciles tussle.

"Oh," Jamie squeaked, watching as Kyou hammered Haru in the shoulders.

"That's gotta hurt. Maybe I should commentate this… like on those weird Wrestling matches," Luci mused watching through the little side viewer of her digital video camera.

"NO! BAD IDEA!" Trina said, covering Luci's mouth with her hand.

"Hey! I was only thinking!" Luci defended, but with Trina's hand over her mouth, it sounded more like 'Say! Iwus unlee tinking!'

After about ten minutes of the two hammering in on each other, Luci couldn't take it anymore. Both had bloody noses, a couple of bruises, and many cuts (mostly Haru on the cuts thing. Have you seen how long Kyou's nails are?). Luci handed her camera to Jamie, who knew to keep recording if she didn't want to be deaf for a week, and jumped in between Haru and Kyou-

THWACK!

She was just in time to receive a punch meant for Kyou from Haru in the jaw. She flew to the ground and her hands flung out to catch her fall. Kyou and Haru immediately stopped fighting, and everyone turned their heads to Luci. Jamie quickly shut off the camera as she and Trina ran to their friend beside everyone else.

"Are you alright Luci?" Trina kneeled beside her in between Haru and Jamie. Haru looked horrified at what he did, and he stared in disbelief and the girl who he had only said a few sentences to who was know on the ground. The mean glare had vanished the moment his fist made contact with her jaw, and even though he forgot what had happened previously, he knew just what he had done.

"Holy crap Luc! Are you okay?" Jamie said, eyes wide. Usually it was Jamie who got punched or hurt, not Luci. And she knew from experience that Luci didn't take getting hurt very well.

Luci just lay there, facing the ground, supported up with her hands. Her hair veiled her face and she was shaking slightly. She flipped herself over and gave a strained smile to everyone surrounding her. Tears were falling down her cheeks, but she still managed to smile. Wincing, she said, "Its okay you guys, I'm fine. It's just a little scratch," though that was obviously not true. Her cheek was already turning a shade of purplish blue.

"Liar," Kyou said. It was his first word since Haru punched her instead of him. He was mad that she had interfered with their fight. It was between Haru and him! She had no right to interfere, even if it was for their own good. Still, he couldn't help but feel bad that she had to get hurt just for trying to save them from getting hurt any more.

"I'm fine. Okay?" she said gruffly and stood up and walked away from the crowd that was previously gathered around her.

Tohru and Momeji made a move to follow her, but Trina and Jamie held them back. "If you go over there now, she'll get angry. So don't," Trina warned, keeping a tight grip on Momeji's forearm. The two nodded and Jamie turned to the boy who had punched her best friend.

Her face was flushed from anger. She walked up to the boy, who was staring wide-eyed at his hands, as if he couldn't believe that he had hit Luci.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING!" she shouted, her hands balled up into fists. "She didn't do anything to hurt you, yet you punched her in the jaw! In fact, she was trying to prevent you from getting hurt!"

"I didn't mean to punch her. She jumped in right when I was going to punch Kyou." Haru was trying to explain something that was true the one of the most stubborn people around. He had a feeling it wouldn't work, but he had to try.

"You could have stopped your punch, stupid! I've been in enough fights to know that!" she screamed. Haru was about to explain again when BAM! Jamie punched him in the gut. Haru curled over in pain and grunted. But eventually he stood back up straight with his hand over his stomach.

"I didn't mean to," mumbled Haru. He pushed past Jamie and jogged over to Luci, who was now standing on the side of the tree that was not visible. Taking a breath, he looked at the back of her head, trying to gather the courage to apologize. "Um… Luci?"

"I told you! I'm fine. Back off," Luci said, not turning around.

"No you're not!" he protested. He forced her to look at him by gently turning her head with his hands. Her cheek was already a nice shade of purple. Haru looked down at the ground, ashamed at what he had done. "Luci… I'm really sorry for hitting you. It was an accident, it was meant for Kyou."

Luci stayed quiet and studied his face, as if trying to figure out if he was lying. But she knew somewhere in her that he wasn't. So she nodded to tell him that she understood.

"You didn't have to stop us from fighting," Haru said sternly, looking at the bruise.

"Too bad. I did. End of story," Luci said, turning away. It was pretty uncomfortable under his gaze. "I just didn't want you two to get hurt any more than you already had, okay?"

Haru smirked. Momeji was going to have a field day with this once he told him. "So you've got a thing for Kyou, huh?" he questioned with a chuckle.

Luci turned back around, her eyes wide and her jaw dropped. "NO! That is the most repulsive idea in the world! How the hell did you come up with that!" she shouted, clenching her fists to stop from hitting him. "Nevermind, I don't want to know." She stopped, pondered it for a moment, and made a gagging noise. "Yuck. You have got nerve saying that to me man…. Yuck yuck yuckie!" Continuing to gag and jump up and down in disgust, Luci walked away from the tree and back to the others, a snickering Haru behind her.

"What'd he do to you! I'll kill him… I swear I will," Jamie said furiously, looking at the two with much skepticism. Trina was holding her back from charging at Haru.

"Jamie, chill, he just apologized and said some… really messed up stuff… Yuck yuck yuck!" She shook her head, attempting to get rid of the ridiculous assumption. "I'll tell you two later, okay?"

"Fine by me," Trina grunted, still trying to hold a fuming Jamie back. Sadly, her focus was lost and Jamie was set free.

The groups outing had ended with a screaming Jamie chasing Haru around the part, cursing him out and hitting him whenever she caught up with him, which was often.