I don't own Fruits Basket or Ayashi no Ceres. But I do own a Fruits Basket DVD box…

SPOILER WARNING! : But then again who doesn't know this spoiler?

BLAH: Ceres talking or a story, or Aya's journal entries…you should know when. If confused review it

Start: December 2, 2005

Chapter Four: A Single Thread in a Tapestry

Everything is in one single flow; life and death included. The world is like a tapestry beautiful and different in each person's view. That is if we are both imagining a large wonderful tapestry that has a mix of dull and bright colors woven with each other, creating something magnificent. Not some old dusty dull one that usually are seen at European medieval castles that are most likely gold and red, and no I'm not talking about Hogwarts.

A dark figure dressed in a dark kimono lifted a hand as a bird flew on it. Standing on the moist grass bare-footed, Akito watched the movement of the bird. Akito closed her eyes and smirked. She remembered a folktale long ago that was told to her repeatedly after the New Year's Banquet one.

Once upon a time…there was a woodcutter

The bird started to chirp as if it were lost and was looking for its family.

He stole a celestial maiden's hagaromo and married her when she couldn't go to heaven

Akito watched the bird intently, wondering what it will do.

She later found it, after hearing a rhyme her children chanted.

Soon they heard other chirpings, and the bird flew away joining the others.

Then she left for heaven, never to return again…

"Poor poor thing," Akito cooed," she never returned. The pitiful thing never returned to heaven and never will" She turned at started back to her room to rest. After all, the darkness was her only comfort.

"Let it begin Honda-san," Akito said darkly," the play had only begun."

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"Can you repeat that?" Shigure said slightly shocked at her request.

"Do you have any books on folktale, preferably one about the Celestial Maiden and the Hagoromo?" Tohru asked with a hint of impatience in her voice.

"I never knew you were interested in that kind of stuff," Shigure said," but all my books on such are at the Main House."

"Oh," Tohru hid her disappointment well," Breakfast is ready."

"To see those books, one must ask Akito for permission," Shigure said with hidden bitter, and yet curiosity on this girl's aim.

"Well, then I must get going," Tohru said cheerfully as always. Before she slid the door closed she asked," Can you get them for me?"

"I will try my dear flower, but only if I had a reason too…" he trailed off looking for answers. She feigned ignorance and closed the door to finish her daily chores.

"Honda-san," Yuki said as he held a shirt torn," I accidentally ripped this, but I can't seem to find the needle and thread."

"Oh I do it," Tohru said," please give it to me." She reached out to take the shirt, but Yuki merely smiled one of those mysterious smiles.

"No Honda-san I couldn't, you do enough work here without taking care of our own personal needs," he explained.

"But it's my job to do something like this Sohma-san," Tohru said with those swirling eyes of hers.

"No, I insist," he replied.

"Erm okay, it's in the closet third shelf," Tohru said.

"Are you okay? You seem slightly pale?" Yuki asked with his eyes filled with concern.

"Ah…yes I'm fine. I slept late last night," Tohru kept on listing excuses on why she slept late. Yuki sweat dropped as he thanked Tohru and left to sew his shirt back. Tohru made her way to her room, with a pounding headache. She closed her eyes and suddenly saw herself seeing odd visions and a woman's voice speaking.

A swirl of images followed when a woman spoke, she first sounded sad and upset, then she sounded outraged, and then she started threatening to kill a family. Then suddenly it all stopped and Tohru found herself at a beach and a beautiful black haired woman appeared in front of her.

"Hello," She said with a hidden grim smile on her face.

"Who…" Tohru couldn't finish her question.

"I am Ceres," she introduced herself," You are me different personality developed by the series of events that occurred around you."

"The celestial maiden," Tohru whispered, as soon as she said that she was engulfed in light and opened her eyes.

"Don't forget who we are," Ceres's voice rang in her head," tread with caution."

Tohru shook her head lightly and gazed out the window. She wondered if she would ever be the same person ever again, even though she knew the answer. It's almost as if she changed into another color in the tapestry. After when one thread changes, the whole tapestry is out of balance.

End of Chapter Four

End: December 18, 2005

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