Sliding Doors
kyouxkagura

"Dedicated To Both: Promise Keeper & Nareda"

Disclaimer: I thought you'd realise that this is a 'I don't own Fruits Basket' because you are all probably at least familiar with my other works if you're reading this. Well anyway, on with this piece of work: Sliding Doors.

Summery: The split-second decisions we make can take a life down one road instead of the other road… this forms the enticing phrase – what if? So what if it was Haru that Kagura feel for when she was younger… what would happen to Haru and Rin's relationship and what would happen to our lovable Kyou? Find out in Sliding Doors. KXH & KXK, RXH.

Kagura, thirteen years old at that time, clung onto her green large grasshopper stuffed toy. Kyou had grabbed hold of it and said it was his and he ripped off the velvet antenna which made Kagura start to cry.
"Kagura-nee, it's alright." Hatsuharu said as he hugged her.
"No Haru-chan, it's not alright, Hoppy is hurt and needs surgery now." Kagura complained as she almost dropped Hoppy but quickly picked him up before he fell to the ground. "I better tell momma!" Haru smiled but glared a look at the cat who was cowering over in the corner, due to the fact that Kagura had hit him once he had accidentally tore her toy. Sometimes he wished that Kagura didn't take up martial arts.
"I'll come with you, Kagura-nee." Haru said comforting Kagura as they began to walk to Kagura's house in the estate.

Haru opened the door and Kagura walked in with Hoppy in her arms, tightly. "Momma." She called as she looked around for her mother; she was sitting in the kitchen with her arms wrapped around her as she looked towards her daughter. Haru stayed in the living room.
"Kagura, I didn't hear you come in." Her mother smiled weakly as she saw her daughter's expression. "Baby, what's wrong?" She asked as she stood up and beckoned Kagura to sit down in the seat across from her.
"Hoppy died, Kyou-kun ripped his ear off." Sure, Kagura wouldn't really know what an antenna was. Kagura was always sweet and caring. "Can you give him stitches?" Her mother gave her another weak smile.
"Yes of course honey…" She trailed off before fingering her thin brown hair. "Honey, you know that sometimes things happen and they are for the best, although sometimes they aren't what you want?" Kagura nodded. "Well something's happened and its like that."

Haru had left then and went to see Kyou, the first reason he started a fight with Kyou – a feud, was because of Kagura's feelings.
"Daddy's gone, Kagura." Her mother explained. "And he may not be coming back. He said he loved you dearly." Okay the last part was a lie but she decided not to tell her that, she had to be as gentle as she could. "I know you must be feeling sad, I know you may not want this." And with that Kagura started to cry once more, her tears were more felt towards her father than to Hoppy. "Oh baby, come here." She said clasping her arms around her cursed daughter. She loved her too much to hurt her – why couldn't her father be the same?
"Uh mom…" Kagura trailed off. Her mother looked down in the hug.
"Uh huh?" Kagura's mom asked hoping Kagura wasn't too upset. "What is it, baby?"
"What about Hoppy, he needs a hug too."

"Kyou, do you want to play with me?" Kagura asked trying to cling onto him and hug him for as long as she could.
"No, why would I want to play with you. Kagura leave me alone!" Kyou said as he almost screamed like he was in pain when Kagura caught hold of him in a hug.
"Because you love me, silly." Kagura squealed happily as hugged him harder. Kyou was struggling to breathe. Kyou somewhat found himself out of a hug and looked towards Kagura's mother who was looking quite weird, different than she usually was when she caught Kagura playing with him. "We're going to get married." Kagura hadn't noticed her mother – well not like she wanted to – her mother just didn't understand the feelings she shared with Kyou. "Oh: momma." She said as her grey eyes fell on her mother. "I'll be back, Kit-Kat, okay?" She asked using her nickname for her 'boyfriend'

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" He yelled at her as he watched her run towards her mother.

"Momma!" Kagura happily stated as she threw herself in her mother's welcoming arms, Kagura would need a hug after what has happened. "What's wrong, mom?" Kagura's eyes questioned as she sensed the tension in the hug.
"Honey, we need to talk okay." She smiled. Kagura nodded and walked in the house with her mother and sat in the living room. "You know I love you." Kagura nodded once more. "You know that I would do anything for you." Again another nod. "Well your daddy has left. He didn't say why, but something was making him really upset and he just needed to leave." Kagura's eyes trembled as she knew what her mother meant. "I'm sorry, darling." Kagura escaped her mother's hug. "I love you enough for both of us, you know that." Kagura just couldn't look at her mother, she ran outside crying.

She ran past Haru, Yuki and Isuzu but she ran to Kyou. She hugged him but he tried to get away.
"Please, Kyou-kun. Please, I need you to hug me. I need you to comfort me." Kyou looked into Kagura's eyes and saw the pain and saw the tears that were falling. She really was upset, he sighed and wrapped his arms back, he remembered when he felt this way. "My daddy's left me." Kyou definitely knew the feeling, when his mother died, they loved each other… not Kagura knew what he had felt. "I love you; I hope you'll love me too!" She was getting a little over the top wasn't she? She just needed some boy to tell her that he cared.
"I do…" He tried to calm her down. He had said it just because she wasn't feeling that good. "I do love you."

The chapters are going to get longer, promise – its just the main reasons why she loves them when they're older – italics is KaguraXHaru and normal is KaguraXKyou.