"Summer vacations, Jobs, and Cursed guys"
Authors note- Okay, you're gonna have to go easy on me, this being my first fan fiction and all. I would like to give a special thanks to my friends who helped me to get my inspiration for this ff.
Disclaimer-Okay, I don't own Fruits Basket in any way! So if people start challenging me about it... I don't know. Yeah, that's what you get when a blond tries to threaten. (Just between us, I'm more of an all talk person anyway.)
Four high school girls are on a plane to Japan during the summer, knowing good and well what the Japanese culture is like and have prepared them selves for whatever lies ahead. Three girls are about the same age while the fourth one is more like their chaperone and has a laptop just like Audrey, Alaina and Adrianna don't because, well we'll get to that part later. The older one (Brittney) has black hair, glasses, green eyes, about 5'3, and is wearing the typical t-shirt and jeans. The younger ones (Audrey, Alaina, and Adrianna) are sitting and chatting non stop on the plane to Japan. Alaina, has blue eyes blond hair, wearing a very nice and neat blue shirt with some slacks, and looks to be about 5'3. Adrianna, has Blue eyes, blond hair, is wearing a cute tank top with a sweatshirt over it and some shorts, and she looks to be about 5'2. Audrey, has blue eyes, hair streaked the colors bleach, strawberry blonde, and her natural blonde hair, has on a brown Cowgirl Camp t-shirt with some brown capris, and looks to be about 5'8. Audrey can't contain her excitement as seeing the look on her face and has a laptop in her lap and is looking on the internet for some funny video clips that she recorded with her video camera. "Wow! I can't believe we finally earned enough money from our stupid day jobs to go on our dream vacation!" Audrey says enthusiastically.
"I know! And we get to study the art of manga!" Adrianna says way more nervous than happy, but Alaina their other friend didn't seem to notice.
"Plus, we're old enough to get drunk on sake!" Alaina replies mischievously.
"Alaina, I'm afraid from now on, if you're going to buy sake, buy it with your own money and drink responsibly." Brittney, Alaina's sister, reminds. Alaina just doesn't seem like she heard anything.
"Riiiiiiighhht." Alaina replies looking at Adrianna's sad face.
"Adrianna, what's wrong?" Audrey asks comfortingly.
"I'm just nervous, is all."
"Riiiiiiighht." Alaina says.
"Yeah, she's right. Because when you're excited nervous or just plain nervous, you smile so wide I think it's gonna come off you're face. When you're sad and nervous, you have just a frown that looks like even face lift won't turn upside down."
"Nice try but you're dry humor sucks, Audrey." Brittney says.
"Wasn't trying to be funny… for once."
"Well, in any case, we know something's troubling Adrianna. So go ahead Dwarf, tell us you're sad story."
"I'll pretend you didn't say that." Adrianna says and continues "Well, it's just that my boyfriend just broke up with me and I still haven't gotten over the heartbreak."
"Wait a minute, Keith broke up with you!" Alaina and Brittney ask in unison
'So that's the resemblance!' Audrey thinks to herself.
"No, I broke up with him."
"Why?" Brittney asks.
"I saw him making out with a sophomore under the bleachers at homecoming."
"That son- of –a- censor!" Audrey begins "C'mon, Alaina! We're gonna give him a B Lecture!"
"A B Lecture?" Alaina looks confused.
"Yeah, instead of just mental torture or just physical torture… we'll do B, both!"
"Aaahhhhhhhhh. I get it! Yeah we ought to do this more often." Alaina rambles while doing hand motions between Audrey and herself.
"NO!"
"Huh?" Audrey asks.
"I don't want to cause trouble, besides… I've got some dirt we can use on him for blackmail."
"When did this side of Adrianna start to show?" Brittney says impressed.
"Apparently just now." Audrey answers shocked yet extremely happy, then asks curiously "Brittney?"
"Yeah?"
"Where are we staying? And do we have a car rented for when we get there?"
"You see, about that…"
"I'll take that as a no." Audrey interrupts. "And you're our chaperone." She gets a glare from Brittney "Sorry, please don't hurt me. You know I was only joking."
"If you'd let me finish, then you'd be very happy to know, that I rented a BMW and I've rented this little summer house in the picture." Brittney points to the picture on her laptop. It looked very neat and quaint and quiet. The perfect place to work on her summer project!
"What color is the BMW?" Audrey asks.
"Silver."
"Awesome!" Audrey celebrates, silver is her favorite color.
"Yup. We all know why Brittney chose that color too." Adrianna taunts.
"Yeah, it reminds them both of the hot guys in manga." Alaina laughs then goes into dream manga guy world.
"Great, I'm surrounded by manga crazed friends." Adrianna regrets.
"Look at who's talking, Miss manga-queen!" Audrey says.
"Yeah, don't go talking to us like that." Alaina adds in as they hear a voice come over the plane's speaker system 'Attention, all passengers, please get ready for landing at our destination, Japan.'
"Yeah! We're landing!" Adrianna rejoices.
"Bout time too." Brittney answers. So the girls get their things from baggage after landing and drive their BMW to the summer house that they're staying in. From the picture, it looks so much nicer. Audrey, Alaina, and Adrianna stare in shock and awe.
"Brittney, just out of curiosity, but how much did this all cost?" Audrey asks.
"Almost all of our money."
"What!" Audrey, Alaina, and Adrianna yell in unison.
"Do we by chance have plane tickets to get back?" Audrey asks trying her best not to lunge at Brittney.
"Oh, I thought you guys got those." Brittney answers.
"We're gonna die!" Alaina freaks out.
"Alaina, chill out. We're not gonna die." Adrianna reassures.
"Brittney might." Audrey mumbles under her breath so no one but her hears it.
"How do you know that, Dwarf? Huh? Huh? Please, tell me. I'd like to know!" Alaina screams.
"We can always get summer jobs at a fancy restaurant until we get enough money for the plane tickets… while we're… making… a living." Audrey answers now uncertain.
"Have you forgotten about the Garrison people skills?" Alaina reminds.
"Yeah, we'll get in a fight with every preppy or jerk type customer we wait on, I'll wager." Brittney chimes in.
"And win" Alaina adds proudly.
"Okay then, me and Adrianna will work at a restaurant and you two can work at a mall or small shop in town." Audrey says.
"Audrey, you're a genius!" Alaina says.
"No, I'm just frustrated. But first, we need to find places that are hiring."
"And we need to find a new money handler." Adrianna says.
"Good idea." Brittney says "You do it Adrianna."
"Why me?"
"Because I said so." Brittney answers nonchalantly.
"But…" Adrianna gets a look from Brittney. "Oh, fine you win."
"Come to think of it… you guys do win everything, don't you?" Audrey gets a mischievous look "Except races."
"What did you say?" Alaina's head pops up.
"You heard me, Shorty."
"What! I can take you on ANY day!" Alaina yells. "That be a challenge it be."
"… Then show me." Audrey teases "From here to that estate, then back here. Surely you can run that far."
"C'mon lets go!" Alaina says as the two get into position on opposite sides of the road.
"Okay… 3…2…1…GO!" Brittney yells. They start sprinting, and Audrey being far ahead that she is, starts to slow to a jog, but unfortunately, Audrey trips over a rock and hurtles to the ground. Alaina runs over to help her up and Audrey asks "Why are you helping me up? We're still in the race." Audrey is being helped up by Alaina, when Alaina has a 'ding!' go off in her head, and she lets go and starts running to the finish line. Audrey gets up and mumbles "Now, it's war." And sprints past Alaina across the finish line and says "Don't worry Alaina, at least you came in second."
"Out of two!" Alaina pouts.
"Uh… Better luck next time." Was all Audrey could say.
"While you guys are out here at each other's throats, I'm going to claim my room." Brittney interrupts.
"Not if I claim my room first!" Alaina yells running past Brittney into the house with the other two following her.
After all the commotion, Alaina ends up with the downstairs bedroom, which just happens to be next to the kitchen. Brittney got the master bedroom upstairs since she threatened us with some embarrassing snapshots of us. Adrianna got the smallest bedroom, which is still huge, that's next to the bathroom. Audrey got a decent sized room with a balcony and a small ladder outside that led up to the attic. Again, the perfect place for her summer project! Each room had a fantastic view outside.
"Well… time to go get a job!" Audrey says cheerfully.
"Easy for you to say." Alaina moans.
"Hey cheer up! We'll just work until we save up enough money to leave… while making a living…" Audrey starts to sound unsure of herself again.
"Well, see you, guys." Brittney says jangling the keys to the BMW. "Alaina and I got the car!"
"Hey!" Audrey and Adrianna yell as Brittney and Alaina drive off.
"I hope they run into that Irish dude." Audrey mumbles.(To make a long story short... there was an irish guy at the mall and Brittney thought he was hot.)
"Well, we have legs, we can walk." Adrianna says.
"True." Audrey says. "To the rejections!"
"Yes, onward!" Adrianna chimes in.
It's actually a good thing Brittney and Alaina took the car, because they wouldn't have needed it. Seeing as how, they got hired on the spot. Audrey's calling up Brittney to tell her the news.
"Hello?" Brittney answers.
"Had any luck?" Audrey asks.
"Not yet, how about you?"
"Yeah, the boss is getting mine and Adrianna's uniforms."
"Don't try rubbing it in yet. It's only been 45 minutes."
"Okay, talk to you later. My boss is back with… the… uniforms…"
"Audrey?"
"Yeah, bye!" click 'Weird.' Brittney thinks to herself, then gets back to the task at hand.
"Um, excuse me?" a woman asks Brittney.
"Yes?" Brittney asks.
"Would you happen to know that girl wrestling with the advertiser?" Brittney looking confused follows the woman's hand to where it was pointing. Brittney's face turns pale. Brittney runs up to Alaina yelling "Alaina! Alaina! Alaina, put the puny man down."
"He started it!"
"Well, you're the one making a scene!"
"At least I let people know I hate them!"
"Well, at least I don't try to break them in half!"
Alaina starts to open her mouth "What's going on here!" an angry voice yells.
"Mr. Fushimo!" Brittney gasps.
"Mr. Fruity-who?" Alaina asks. Mr. Fushimo glares at them angrily.
"We didn't get the job, did we?" Brittney asks. Mr. Fushimo points to the door.
"Damn you, Alaina!" Brittney yells inside the car.
"What'd I do?" Alaina asks innocently.
"It's what you didn't do!" Brittney yells.
"Hey, that's my line!" Alaina whines.
Meanwhile, back with Audrey and Adrianna…
"This is great!" Adrianna says.
"Yeah, not only are the uniforms cool, but we start tomorrow!" Audrey agrees.
"Which gives us time to see the town!"
"I sure hope Brittney and Alaina are fairing well."
"I'm sure they've gotten a job by now, unless Alaina did something…" awkward silence.
"Alaina did something." Audrey and Adrianna conclude at the same time.
"Ooh, hey. Do you want to go to the bookstore?" Audrey asks.
"If we can find one." Adrianna says. Audrey stops walking. "Why'd you stop walking?" Audrey points to a store in front of her named 'Sahara's Book Store.' "Oh." Adrianna responds.
"Not very perceptive, are you?" Audrey teases.
"Hey, I would have found it sooner or later."
"My guess would have been later."
"Hey!"
"Well, we're here now so let's go inside." Audrey says.
"What book are you wanting Audrey?"
"Nothing special, just some cook books, novels, and stuff. Are you gonna get anything, Adrianna?"
"Maybe some manga and books of riddles."
"Hmm, that sounds good too."
"Do you need help finding things, ladies?" A cute guy asks.
"Do you work here?" Adrianna asks.
"No, but I come here often and I know this place inside and out."
"Could you tell us where to find the Humorous Romance novels?" Audrey asks.
"Certainly, come right this way." And he leads them to an isle filled with novels.
"Thank you, my name's Audrey, and this is my friend Adrianna."
"Well, I hope you like the selection. Oh, and my name's Yuki. Please, let me know if you have trouble finding anything."
"Will do, thank you." Audrey says as Yuki walks away and she whacks Adrianna in the stomach.
"Mmph!"
"Would you quit drooling over him? I swear, I think even he heard your giggling!"
"Sorry."
"Don't you even think about going all Stalker Adrianna either!" Audrey scolds.
"I thought you forgot about that."
"Highly unlikely."
"Just get the novel so we can get our other books!"
"Snippy, aren't we?" Audrey says as she grabs the first one she thinks sounds good. They start heading towards the manga section, when they look out the window to see their short friend Alaina about to get either seriously injured or killed by a huge man wielding a dagger.
"ALAINA!" Audrey and Adrianna yell at the top of their lungs. Audrey runs up to Yuki and asks quickly "Yuki, could you put this on hold for me please?"
"Sure."
"Thank you." And Audrey runs out with Adrianna. They step out to see the man lunging at Alaina with the dagger. Audrey runs up in front of the man before he lunges another time and yells "What the hell is going on?"
"She insulted my family!" The man answers.
"That gives you no right to try and kill her!"
"Just stay out of this you wretched brat!" The man yells and punches Audrey with the hand that has the dagger and it slices her cheek.
Audrey finally lets loose and knocks the man to the ground by kicking him where the sun don't shine. "Do you feel lucky, punk? Do you! If you try to even lay a finger on another one of my friends, I'm gonna take you down! Do you understand!"
"Audrey, move it… I can take him!" Alaina says.
"Alaina, I already took him down. Calm down."
"I don't care…Audrey, look out!" Audrey turns around to see Yuki ram the guy into a cart of pies.
"Aaagh!" The guy yells before hitting the pies and going unconscious. Audrey looks at Yuki in gratitude and Yuki looks at her.
"Yuki, thank you. You just saved my life… well, basically." Audrey thinks for a minute then says. "Wow, I never thought I'd hear myself say those words."
"Wait, you know this guy?" Brittney asks.
"Uh, yeah. Something wrong?" Audrey answers.
"No reason." Brittney says half smirking. Behind Brittney, Alaina's doing hand movements to signify "Aww, Audrey's got a boyfriend!" Audrey sees this and mouths "I'll talk to you later."
"It was no trouble, really." Yuki says.
"Are you positive?" Audrey asks.
"Positive." Yuki says smiling.
"I wish I had a smile like that!" Adrianna says. Audrey sweat drops.
"Excuse me?" Yuki asks.
"I believe, what she's trying to say is, you have a nice smile." Audrey translates.
"Well, thank you, Adrianna, right?"
"Yes." Adrianna smiles.
"You have a nice smile too." Yuki compliments.
"Really? Thank you!" Adrianna practically drools over him.
"Adrianna." Audrey whispers. "Do try to keep your mouth closed, so drool doesn't go everywhere." Adrianna quickly closes it with a look at Audrey. "I believe we should go get our books now Adrianna."
"Oh yes, I still have your book don't I?" Yuki says. Alaina starts making the hand movements again, but this time Brittney joins in.
"Audrey, don't you want to take care of your cut first?" Adrianna asks. Audrey hadn't noticed the pain till now.
"Maybe if I could get something to stop the bleeding now, I'll fix it up later at home." Audrey answers.
"There's a pharmacy close by." Yuki answers "Maybe we could find some antibiotics and bandages up there for you." This time Adrianna sees the hand movements and tries her best not to laugh.
'Some friends they are.' Audrey think to herself. "Well me and my friends will go, you can come if you want, but I think we'll be fine."
"Are you sure?" Yuki asks.
"Positive." Audrey answers as she sees Adrianna start doing the hand movments too.
"Very well then, I'll see you later I hope." Yuki says and leaves. Audrey turns back to her 'supportive' friends.
"Please don't-" Audrey starts.
"Audrey and Yuki sittin' in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G-" The others start to sing.
"Do you want to end up like that guy?" Audrey asks pointing to the moaning unconcious man on the ground.
"Do you know who you're talking to?" Alaina asks.
"Thought so."
"Let's just go to the pharmacy." Audrey says defeated.
"If you'll answer us one question." Brittney proposes.
"What?" Audrey asks.
"How the heck did you get a guy like that? And does he have any other family members?" Brittney asks while Alaina and Adrianna laugh uncontrollably.
"First of all, that's two questions. Secondly, He's not my boyfriend and I don't like him like that, but yeah he is kind of cute. And lastly, you ask him! I'm not your little messenger girl!" Audrey answers.
"Riiiiiight."Alaina says.
"What is it with you and that word?" Audrey asks.
"What word?" Alaina replies.
"Never mind." So the girls head to the pharmacy, but not without having to ask for directions. Once they get there, they buy the bandages and antibiotics while Audrey is still getting hastled about Yuki. So to avoid more hastle today, Audrey has decided to go tomorrow before work and pick up her romance novel.
When Adrianna and Audrey get home, they fix Audrey's cut, go to their rooms, collapse on thier beds, and fall asleep.
Author's Note- So? How do you like it? Please review? You probably get this a lot, but I just want to know what you think of my First Fanfiction. Ooh, and a sneak peek of things to come... bloopers at the end of every chapter and more Sohmas!