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.

"I'm not scared… I'm not scared." Elyon repeated in a mutter as she hid behind Lacey, peering over the girl's shoulder. Lacey could hardly speak as all she could do was look at the cow that had just replaced Haru.
"Elyon-san, Lace-san… I'm sorry." Kagura started but Kyo cut her off as he placed his hand on his arm.
"What? You knew about this?" Lacey asked as she turned to face Kagura. She had found her voice and was actually quite annoyed with what she had heard. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"You just couldn't…" Kagura began to explain but Lacey cut her off this time.
"Be trusted, I get it… you thought we'd go blabbing to the whole world about Haru and god knows everyone else in your family may transform as well…" Kagura just shuddered as she looked as if she was going to cry. "You probably do too…" Elyon just looked towards Kagura with her crimson eyes filled with a sense of confused light.
"Do you?" The green haired girl asked. Kagura couldn't say anything but she could just muster a nod of the head.

Elyon's eyes widened, so Lacey was right… Kagura was hiding this secret from them and couldn't believe in them to keep it to themselves… was she really thinking they were that bad as friends?
"I thought you trusted us, that we were your friends." Lacey continued as she looked to Shigure and Yuki who were talking over what was going to be happening. "Well." She turned towards Kagura once more. "If that's the way you feel then… goodbye." Lacey said as she grabbed her coat in a forceful matter and dragged it over her shoulders. Kagura's tears then started to fall as she moved towards her friends.
"Please…" She started.
"NO! No excuses." Lacey seemed to say the things for Elyon too who was too busy thinking over it. Elyon couldn't' believe that this was happening… but was it reasonable for Kagura to keep it from them? There could have been a reasonable explanation. "Come on Elyon."

Elyon's eyes traced down her arm to where Lacey had grabbed her wrist – it wasn't long after that that Lacey began to pull her away.
"Don't leave like this." Kagura said looking at Elyon with sad eyes – though it didn't help as the door was slammed shut in her face. "It's not fair… why did this have to happen? Why did we have to have this stupid curse…?" Kagura sulked as she slowly fell to her knees, her hands flat on the ground as tears fell near her fingers. It was true, not only was the curse to make them different – but the curse was also to make them all the forbidden ones… they weren't to have lovers and they weren't to have friends. Kagura though was confused – she had lost her friends… but why was Tohru friends with them all? What made her so special.
"Kags…" Kagura's grey eyes snapped open as a memory crawled back into her mind… of someone else calling her that – a young boy… that was all she could remember though. Kyo placed his hand on her shoulders as he helped her get up though it didn't seem to matter, he somewhat wished he hadn't because the look he got wasn't very comforting. Kagura's dark eyes were looking down at the floor… she wasn't going saying a word, her eyes were so bleak and still letting go of a few tears (which he brushed away with his index and middle finger), some of which also slid down her cheeks. "Listen, its hard…"

Kagura pulled away, how dare he?
"HOW DARE YOU TELL ME WHAT'S HARD? YOU WOULDN'T KNOW HOW IT FELT… THEY WERE MY FRIENDS AND I CARED FOR THEM AND I THOUGHT THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE TO FIND OUT! NOW I'LL BE LUCKY IF THEY EVER TALK TO ME AGAIN." Kagura yelled as she glared at Kyo, in a ferocity which was usually held in his eyes when he was yelling at her. It felt weird to him, he hated the way it made him feel because he loved Kagura and this was nasty… the way she was yelling at him and what she was saying was nasty – wait… she used to do the same to him! The exact same… was this how she was feeling, unloved and alone, could this be the reason why she went to Hatori? "I want to be alone." Kagura faced the other wall… away from everyone… "I WANT TO BE ALONE." She screamed as she ran out of the door and up the stairs, with the way she ran they were lucky she never crashed right through the floor!
"I want to go and help her… but I don't know how I could." Kyo said as he looked towards Shigure and Yuki, they were sure to say something he didn't want to hear – and with that he would probably go back into his usual rebellious mode.

"I don't know… how I… could have… though… that they might… have understood." Kagura sobbed into a pillow. She just couldn't believe it. It was her that helped Elyon make friends and she had also made sure that they were all best friends but now… they had abandoned her and it was hard to take it in. The feelings were overwhelming, she couldn't help but cry and scream – all her emotions were on overtime and it was terrible. "They'll… never… I mean…. It… OH I DON'T KNOW WHAT I MEAN!" She screamed. Kagura lay on her bed, everything had seemed to be alright until that day, when she awoke – not that she could clearly remember anything that happened, but still she could remember having friends that loved her. 'If something was to happen to El and Lace it would destroy me too.' She thought as she tried to remember some of the happy times… but she just couldn't… why couldn't she recall anything? What was wrong with her memory?

Kyo walked up the stairs and heard her screaming and sobbing, he felt absolutely useless and even though he did he still wanted to help and comfort her. He knocked on the door:
"I SAID I WANTED TO BE ALONE!" She screamed in return. She was confused and hurt and it was obvious but still he wanted to help. He slid the door open to be hit in the face by something. Looking down at what it was it was a stuffed orange cat doll… he didn't know she still had that. He remembered giving it to her when they were younger – it was a white day present and she had loved it so much that she had hugged him for the first time. That had made him feel so loved and wanted… but he didn't care his pride got in the way and he kept treating her badly – now Kyo wished he hadn't.
"Its Kyo… please… let me talk to you." He spoke tenderly not trying to annoy her any more than she was already. He knew that he deserved everything he got – he disobeyed her orders of wanting to be alone and still come up to see her.
"I SAID NO!" She cried before burying her head into the pillow once more. "I… can't remember." She collapsed into confessing to him. "I can't remember anything from today…" Kyo's hands were placed on her shoulders once more as he forcefully pulled her up – even though she squirmed still wanting to be alone but soon she was pressed to his chest in a hug as his strong arms held her. Her eyes widened as more tears fell – it was true – he really was the cat of the zodiac… she didn't transform into the boar that cursed her and caused all of this.
"Shh." He hushed her as he rocked slightly trying to calm her. 'This is all that bastard Hatori's fault… doing this to you. He should never have listened and you wouldn't be so confused and hurt.'

Not only that, sure he was annoyed at Kagura because she didn't tell him about this – he felt mistreated as he had to hear from other people, but he felt that there was nothing he could do to help but because he didn't have any strength anymore, he usually got that from her kindness. It was her kindness as a child that helped him get through all those bad times – because while they were going on he always had her to turn to… she was always there to comfort him. What was he going to do?