Hi all! Thank you all for the reviews! I'm so grateful! As for Akito, she's going to be a she, sorry for the people, who wanted Akito to be a guy, I wanted him to be male but, I asked for your opinion and female override male. Also, my BF voted for female and she knows where I live, believe me, you do NOT want to make her mad! Anyways, here you go!

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket.

Chapter two

Familiar

Tohru, Uo, and Hana walked down the hallway to Akito's room. When they arrived, they saw two men already there. One had black hair that went down his neck and the other had long silver hair. Both of them were kneeling in front of the door, their ears pressed against it. "Shigure-san, Ayame-san, what are you doing?" Tohru asked. The two men jumped slightly and turned to face her.

"Oh, it's just you Tohru-kun. We're trying to listen in on the conversation," Shigure answered, putting a finger to his lips then resting his ear against the door again. Uo rolled her eyes and had half the mind to just leave, but curiosity got the better of her and she stayed. They all stayed there for at least thirty minuets. Suddenly Shigure and Ayame jumped up.

"Hurry! He's coming out!" all five of them hid behind a corner and watched the screen door slide open and Kyo walking out. He turned to face the door, bowed stiffly, and then slid the door shut. He turned around and laid his orange eyes on where the group was hiding. 'I can see you, you know,' Kyo thought as he saw them try to hide themselves. Sighing, he decided to just ignore them and walked down the hall and out the door to the dojo where he lived with his old Sensei, Kazuma. Kyo only had to walk for five minutes until the dojo was in sight. He walked through the gate and found Kazuma sweeping the porch, his long, gray hair tied back in a low pony-tail. When he heard Kyo approaching, he looked up and smiled at him. "Konichiwa, Kyo-kun," he greeted. A true smile took over Kyo's handsome face.

"Hi," he walked the rest of the distance between them so that he was standing at Kazuma's side.

"So, did you get the job?" Kazuma asked, resting his broom against the door. Kyo nodded.

"Yeah. Tomorrow I'm going to meet one of the other employees and learn how to work in the shop," Kazuma looked at Kyo, thoughtfully.

"Is that all Akito wants you to do? Work in the shop?" he asked. Kyo nodded.

"Yeah. That man's mind is completely twisted," Kazuma cleared his throat.

"First of all, Akito isn't a man, he's a woman,"

"WHAT?" Kyo asked his eyes bugging out. Kazuma laughed at Kyo's shocked face.

"Yeah. I was surprised when I found out as well. Word of advice, never call Akito a man to her face, got that?" still thinking how strange it was that Akito was a girl, Kyo nodded. "As for Akito having you just work in the shop, I think she's just waiting to see how talented you are until she puts her real plans to action," Kyo snorted.

"Like I'm going to let her go that far," Kazuma looked at him, sternly.

"Oh yes you are. Do you know how important it is for you to keep this job?" he asked. Truefully Kyo didn't know but decided not to argue with Kazuma. Instead, he grabbed the broom and told Kazuma he would finish sweeping.

Tohru waited in the shop. Today she wore a red kimono with part of her hair tied back and the rest loose. She couldn't wait to meet the new employee, Kyo. 'I wonder why Akito-san didn't tell me his last name? I wonder if he has a last name? Maybe I'll ask him when we meet!' Tohru said to herself. Suddenly she heard the back door that led to the rest of the building open and one of the maids, along with Kyo, walked in.

"Here you are Kyo-san," she said, bowed, and left. Kyo bowed slightly back then laid his eyes on Tohru who smiled at him.

"Ohayo, my name is Honda Tohru," she said, bowing. 'She's polite,' Kyo thought as he nodded his head in greeting but said nothing. Tohru continued smiling at him and then started going through all the rules and ways of the store. Kyo was only paying half attention. Something seemed really familiar about that girl, but he didn't know what. "….and here's where we keep the money," Tohru showed Kyo the new cash register. Then Tohru went on explaining the history of the company, probably on Akito's orders. Again, Kyo only partly paid attention, now he was taking the store. It smelled of a mixture of all shorts of smells that he couldn't name but knew. His eyes went back onto Tohru, who was still talking. 'Something about this girl reminds me of someone I met. It's something about her eyes,' he thought. A familiar voice was what broke through his thoughts. "…and some rice I think," Kyo felt himself froze. It couldn't possibly be, not here! He turned around slowly and saw a boy around his age with plum colored hair and purple eyes. A year had done its work, he did look older and taller but there was no mistaking it, the boy was Yuki Sohma, his cousin. Kyo really didn't want to be seen by Yuki, so, quietly, he snuck behind the counter and through the door, but left it open a crack so he could here what was going on. "Yuki-kun, how is your job going?" Tohru asked, as she started to gather everything Yuki had asked for. Yuki gave her one of his killer smiles.

"Fine, Honda-san. You?"

"Oh I'm fine," Tohru answered as she counted the money Yuki had handed her. A look of concern, Kyo had never seen before, crossed over Yuki's face.

"Akito isn't being that hard on you, is she?" Tohru smiled at him.

"No, I'm fine now," Kyo knew those words. 'I'm fine' 'don't worry about me' 'I don't need your help' those were all things he had said to Kazuma when he first met him. Now this girl was saying the same thing but in a kinder fashion. Was Yuki able to draw the same conclusion? Yuki let out a sigh.

"I better go then. Sayonara, Honda-san," he grabbed his stuff and hulled it over to the door.

"Sayonara, Yuki-kun," Tohru called after him as he left. Kyo let a sigh of relief, he had gone. Slowly, he opened the door all the way and slid out from behind it. His eyes stayed on Tohru. There was something in his heart he had never felt before for the girl who was now in front of him. The girl named Tohru Honda.

That's the end of Chapter 2! Now that Shigure, Ayame, and Yuki are in the story, I'll have to bring Hatori in somehow, I'll have to figure that out later. Please review!

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