Disclaimer: I don't own fruits basket. –sigh- I also don't own my friends wonderful drawing talent. I'm so deprived. Oh well! –smiles broadly-

A/N: Chapter 3 everyone! Hope it's to your liking. The reason I talk about my life in these things is because I really can't talk about my fanfics. I just write them as they come in my head, you know what I mean? But oh well, I played Lion King on my Super Nintendo on Saturday and Sunday. Yes, I know, those are so outdated but it's all I have and I was feeling sick so I didn't want to do anything else. I like to look at the fan art at the back of the Fruits Basket volumes and think about how they are much better at drawing than I ever will be. –sigh- But it's strange that manga guys are always so much better than the real thing. –stupid men-

Chapter 3

Still Flashback 11 years ago

Ayame put his feet up on the council desk as he copied the answers from Kari's paper. I don't have time for homework, he thought as he smiled. I should at least have the answers though, last time he didn't have it done his math teacher made him go up to the board and do every problem.

End of Flashback

"That's it?" Kyo asked from the doorway. Tohru looked around and smiled at him. He smiled back, "What? I couldn't resist hearing his mangled love story."

"For today, I have to get back to my shop! Bye-bye! Maybe I'll come see you in a few days," Ayame said rushing off checking his watch.

"Well I suppose that is enough for tonight. You do have the big endurance run tomorrow," Shigure chanted and ushered them upstairs.

I wonder why Ayame never told me about this, Yuki thought as he walked upstairs, maybe it's because he would rather forget. I'm sure if something drastic happened to Tohru I would like to have never met her so it would be easier to forget.

BANG! Tohru took off as she heard the gunshot from behind. She kept running this time because Arisa was with Hana today. She had been running for a while when she came across another girl sitting on the ground holding her leg. Being the caring and considerate person she was she stopped by her and looked down.

"Are you O.K.?" Tohru asked worriedly.

"Yeah I'm fine, I just tripped," the girl replied hotly.

"Can I get you anything?" Tohru asked oblivious to the girl's stubbornness.

"No I said I'm fine. I can get my own damn bandages!" The girl yelled at her. She tried to get up but once she put pressure on her leg she fell back down.

"Are you sure you don't want me to help you?" Tohru asked yet again.

"Fine, I'll let you help this once. But don't think that this will make us friends," she spat out clutching her leg. Tohru helped her up and half carried her to the nurse's office.

"Why did you decide to help me?" The girl asked harshly.

"You looked like you needed help. My mom told me that you shouldn't judge people to tell help them or not," Tohru explained. "So what's your name?"

"Oh Nala, your Tohru Honda right?" She asked.

"Right, how'd you know?" Tohru cheered.

"Your friends with Kyo Sohma right?" She asked again.

"Yes, do you want to meet him?" Tohru asked her smiling.

"Oh yes! I've wanted to talk to him ever since I got here but I was too scared," she sighed. She's such a nice girl, Tohru thought, you'd never guess considering how she acts most of the time. Oh mom, I wish you were here to see this. I hope Kyo likes her.

"Well here we are!" Tohru cheered as they reached her house. She turned to see the shocked look on Nala's face.

"You brought me to his house! What the hell were you thinking!" She screamed at her.

"No, it's alright. I live here too," Tohru explained.

"What's going on?" Yuki asked as he poked his head out his window.

"You live here with the prince too. Wow, you've got it made haven't you?" She asked tartly.

Quite a short chapter but as I said I should be studying. Now as Nala didn't show up in the last chapter this one was almost all about her. Well I still keep up with my reviews so please leave them! I'm hoping that this weekend I can get a lot done so you can have a couple chapters to read on Tuesday. And you will have the beginning of my HP fanfic, Umbridge. Don't worry though it's not about her. It's gonna be a story of love, lies, and deception.