I do not own the characters from Fruits Basket or Inuyasha

Lunchtime!

"Inuyasha! Over here!" Tohru waved at her new friend. 'I'm glad I talked to him,' she thought. 'He seemed kind of lonely.' Inuyasha made his way over to her.
"I'm glad you came! Did you bring anything to eat," Tohru asked, noticing his empty hands.

"Uh, I guess I forgot. I'm not too hungry anyway." Tohru gave another one of her famous smiles.

"It's okay! We can share. I always make more than enough," she insisted. "We should go outside-it's beautiful out." Inuyasha nodded and followed her lead. The two found a spot on the grass and began to eat.

"This is great. You actually made this?" Inuyasha sure wasn't shy about pigging out on food.

"I'm glad you like it. It's just leftovers from last night's-Kyo-kun!" Tohru's eyes brightened as she caught sight of the orange-haired boy. Kyo walked over, peering cautiously at Inuyasha.

"Kyo, this is Inuyasha. He's new here. I didn't know you had lunch this period! Sit down with us and eat," Tohru said, patting the ground next to her. Kyo sat down next to Tohru.

"Hey," was the only thing Kyo said to Inuyasha.

"Hey." After a few moments, Tohru sensed some tension and began talking again.

"So. Um, Inuyasha, where are you from?" Kyo joined them, picking up an extra pair of chopsticks Tohru had packed.

"Tokyo. Got anything to drink?"

"Wow! Tokyo! That must have been so exciting! Oh, here's some water."

"Thanks," he said and began to chug down half the bottle. Kyo looked at Inuyasha. What was with this guy?

"Tohru, do you need me to walk you home frome work tonight," Kyo asked, turning his attention to Tohru.

"No, thank you, though. Momiji is going to be with me." Inuyasha's ear's perked up.

" Momiji. No thank you. The only thing worse than that kid is Yuki. Damn rat." Inuyasha's ear's perked up.

"Who's Yuki," asked Inuyasha. "Is he that girly lookin' kid with the fan club?" A grin spread across Kyo's face.

"That's the one!" Both the boys laughed.

"Kyo and Yuki are cousins," Tohru explained. "When the two of them get together they start fighting like cats and mice!"

"Don't you mean cats and dogs," Inuyasha asked. Kyo looked down nervously at his hands.

"Nope! Like cats and mice!"

"You're a weird girl, you know that?" Tohru laughed. Kyo turned to Tohru.

"Tohru, about this weekend...I know I said I'd go with you to the carnival, but I forgot that I would be training all weekend with Shishou."

"Oh, that's too bad. I was really looking forward to it. I understand, though. I guess it will just be me and Yuki, then." The hair on Kyo's neck began to raise. Tohru, alone with Yuki? Not if he could help it.

"I have an idea," Kyo began. "Why don't you bring Inuyasha along? That way it wouldn't be just you and Yuki." Tohru clasped her hands together.

"What a great idea! Inuyasha, would you like to come?"

"Sure. Why not. I can't imagine this town has anything else going on." Kyo wasn't completely thrilled about having another guy take his place, but it was better than the alternative. Who knew what kind of tricks that rat would pull alone with Tohru, on top of a moonlit ferris wheel? Anyway, Inuyasha seemed like a cool enough guy.

"It's too bad we all can't go together. Kyo is really talented at martial arts." Kyo blushed a bit.

"Martial arts, huh? I'm no stranger to fighting myself," Inuyasha said, cracking his knuckles.

"Oh yeah, what style," asked Kyo.

"Keh! Style? My style is called kickin' ass and taking names!"

"Just don't try messing with a real fighter, like me!"

"Heh! Bring it on! Any time!" Tohru looked nervous, was this going to turn into another competition? Instead, Kyo picked up a grape and popped it into his mouth.

"Forget it," said Kyo. "I'm saving all my energy to beat up that punk Yuki! Baka girly man!" With that, both Kyo and Inuyasha had a hearty laugh. Tohru couldn't beleieve it. Had Kyo just turned down a chance to fight! Were these two actually getting along! Tohru stood up.

"Well, I have to stop at my locker before I go to my next class, so I should leave now. Bye Kyo! Bye Inuyasha!" The boys settled down and both pairs of eyes drifted to Tohru, silently admiring the cute brunette in the miniskirt she passed off as part of her uniform.

"Ooh! You guys are staring at Tohru-chan," a sing-song voice called out.

"Shut your mouth, Momiji," Kyo snapped. Inuyasha glared at the intruder. A little boy in a girl's uniform? Inuyasha stood up and punched a fist into his palm.

"You got a problem, pipsqueak?" Inuyasha glared at him.

"Yipe!" Momiji hopped off.

"That kid gets more and more obnoxious," Kyo said.

"That runt won't bother me. If he tries again, he just better watch out..."

"I gotta leave now," Kyo said, a little uncomfortably. He didn't trust this stranger as a friend just yet. Inuyasha responded with a grunt and stood up.

Later that day Torhu met up with Yuki.

"Honda-san! How are you," the boy said, not trying to hide his pleasure at seeing her.

"Yuki! I finally get to see you!"

"Honda-san...I saw Kyo talking to that new person... I heard that guy is a real punk. It figures that they would be getting along," Yuki said, matter of factly.

"Really," Tohru squealed. "I'm so glad they're becoming friends! Oh, by the way, Kyo can't make it to the carnival." Yuki raised an eyebrow. "But Inuyasha's coming!"

"Inu...yasha..."

"The new guy!" Yuki tried to hide his annoyance.

'Oh well,' Yuki thought. 'I'll just have to make certain this Inuyasha character doesn't make any trouble..."