Fruits Basket:

Memories

Chapter Eleven:

Fruits Basket
©
Originally By: Natsuki Takaya
(Hakusensha)
"Hana to Yume"
Planning Of The Anime By: TV Tokyo, ASATSU – DK STUDIO DEEN, Fruba Project

Reversioned By: FUNimation Productions

Elyon Suzuki, Lacey Valance & Misty Jamieson
©
By: Debbie-Elizabeth Cochrane
aka: KyouXKagura

Summery: I think its high time that Elyon and Lacey get to know about the Sohma family secret – all thanks to Momiji and Haru.

"Hey, Gura… What happened to you?" Shigure asked as his eyes settled on Kagura being helped down to the house with Elyon and Lacey. Lacey sighed as she finally let go of Kagura and they were able to let her walk down to her cousin on her own. They didn't realise that they had gone such a long way dragging Kagura who seemed to have sprained her ankle or something, they were walking along together just fine when she said it hurt and they decided to help her. Shigure ran over to Kagura who nearly fell over once more, though Elyon grabbed her arm once more.
"She dripped over a rock in the woods. This is why she's covered in mud and why her ankle's sprained, Shigure." Elyon smiled slightly. Yep, Shigure knew that Elyon was lying – but he humoured the green haired female for the moment and helped Kagura inside so she could sit down and give her ankle rest.
"We aren't staying long." Lacey smiled. "Kagura-san just wants to get washed and changed, and then we're going back to Elyon's." Well Elyon lived in an all-girls dormitory, there are only five members there but they're all cousins – just like Kagura and the Sohma's. Though Elyon's cousins are directly her cousins by her mother's sisters, they were her aunt's daughters. Elyon had two aunts; to which both had two children. Elyon's grandmother was the one who owned the dormitory though Elyon had to still pay rent.
"Oh, well I'll need your phone number for direct contact in case we need to get a hold of her." Shigure smiled at Elyon with a weird look which Elyon raised an eye-brow at.
"I guess that's a reasonable request. But I'm not giving it to you." Elyon smirked. "I know you better than that." Yuki turned his head up as he saw a piece of folded up paper in front of him, he smiled before nodding and taking it from Elyon. Yuki knew that Elyon wasn't one of the official Prince Yuki fan club girls so he knew she wasn't just giving him her number in hope she could get a date out of it.

"Elyon, are you sure your grandmother won't mind the guests?" Lacey asked looking at her friend curiously.
"Nope, grandmother's retired and I'm the new manager, though when I say retired, she's still living there and expecting my rent." Elyon laughed as she drew her fringe backwards and peered at Momiji in a weird fashion – he was running around the room pretending to be a butterfly… "Well its okay, I mean you're hoping for you mother to let you move into the estate, aren't you?" Lacey nodded, it was an easy walk from the college and she'd have her own room – sharing with Maya was bad enough. Momiji ran across and nearly banged into Elyon who seemed to think the blonde was wanting a hug – she had her arms stretched out pushing him backwards.
"Momiji-chan, what are you doing? You should know better!" Hatsuharu stated as he walked into the room after helping Tohru take Kagura into the bathroom – though of course he didn't stay that long. Elyon felt her cheeks burn but ignored the fluttering sensation in her heart – she didn't need a knight in silver armour. Elyon brushed her hair off of her shoulder as her crimson eyes sailed back to Lacey who was looking through her purse.
"I have all the money here; I just have to convince my mother. You know what she thinks of your upbringing. Or mostly, what she thinks of your grandmother." Elyon nodded as her eyes closed halfway. It was amazing that Lacey and Elyon were aloud to be friends, after all that Lacey's mother had said about her.

"What does she mean, doesn't approve of your upbringing, Elyon?" Momiji asked as he looked at Elyon's expression, though it wasn't either of the girls who answered, it was Haru.
"Suzuko estates are rumoured to have immoral girls living there who have nothing better to do with their life to run around in barely anything and always in the hot springs." It was weird for Haru to actually be so straight with Momiji but well again it got Momiji to calm down and walk away. At least this caused Elyon's eyes to open – actually they opened quite wide as her blush doubled; it was obvious her emotion:
"Excuse me, Hatsuharu but we do not do that! Okay so I admit it, we're particular to the hot springs but when they're there why not use them! I mean I'm at college and I'm hoping to get into Kawaia University if you must know. I can't afford walking around immorally when I have so much studying to do." Lacey nudged Elyon.
"Then why aren't you there right now studying?" Lacey asked as Elyon shrugged and sighed:
"Can't be bothered today actually. Also Kagura comes first." Her friends were really important to her. Lacey smiled as she brushed her fingers through her sleek hair. It was at that moment that Kagura and Tohru walked into the room.
"It seems the hot water has unclenched the muscles in my foot." Well that was weird –such a fast recovery. Kagura sighed as she turned to Tohru. "Its weird Tohru, It feels like I've known you forever but we've just met." She smiled. Elyon then stood up with Lacey quickly after her.
"Well off to the estate then." Lacey nodded as she then walked first, unable to notice Momiji sitting close to her causing her to fall over him, (when did he come back anyway, didn't he just walk off?) head first in a roll, into Haru who of course, with Lacey not being cursed, was covered in a thick smoke. Kagura's eyes widened – along with the girls.

It was then that Lacey and Elyon both became witnesses to Haru's transformation as standing in front of them was a white and black cow. All that was heard was Elyon's scream.