A/N: My first Fruits Basket fanfic! Yay. Be warned though, I have only read up to volume ten so I might not put things that happen in the eleventh volume. I hope you guys like this fanfic. I had the idea on the spur on the moment and stayed up late all week typing away (much to my mom's dislike).
Disclaimer: Sadly I don't own Fruba.
Kyo and his master are in Kyo's room
Master: Kyo, I'm about to teach you something crucial to your learning.
Kyo: Okay
(Pause)
Kyo: Master, why are we going in my bed?
Master: Uh…just play along. I'm…teaching you…
Kyo: Master why are you taking off my clothes? Why are you taking off your clothes? Master? This is a little uncomfortable…
Chapter One: A normal day…or not
"Okay everyone, you can put down your pencils," Sensei told her class. "Test is over!"
Several people shouted out in joy while others groaned. Tohru Honda was one of the people who shouted out in joy (but she didn't actually shout since we know how polite she is).
"You people can talk or do whatever until the period is over. There is no homework this weekend…you guys deserve a break," Sensei said smiling at her students. A lot more people shouted for joy this time.
As Sensei came around to pick up the math tests, Tohru stretched out her arms and sighed contently. She felt someone ruffle her hair, and looking up she found that it was Arisa.
"Hey kid! So I take it you think you did good?"
Tohru nodded, smiling brightly. "Yes! I'm positive I passed."
Arisa smiled and hugged Tohru. Hana slide over, and hearing their conversation she added a bit of her own praise. "Congratulations Tohru…I knew you would…do good…"
Kyo came up behind her and snorted. "I bet ya failed again, right Saki?"
Hana slowly turned towards him and said in her monotone voice, "I…did not fail…this time…" Electro waves crackled in the background as she continued on, "I…did study…this time. Tohru inspired me to do so…"
Kyo wanted to say some sort of back comment, but was eyeing the electric waves and decided it was best to say nothing.
Meanwhile, Tohru was telling everyone that she just passed because Yuki explained all the concepts to her.
"Then we should…give him something, Arisa. Yes?" Hana asked.
"W-what k-kind of 'something'?" Yuki asked, having just come over from his desk.
Kyo grinned, "Give him something real bad Saki. Like…a death penalty."
Hana stared at him. "I will give him nothing of the sort." She turned to Yuki. "I want to give you my thanks." Her expression softened slightly, "You helped our Tohru pass her test. "
Yuki smiled at Tohru, "But Tohru did most of the work. She knew all the material, she just needed some organizing."
"Oh but Yuki-kun, you took time out of your schedule to help me! I should be the one thanking you," Tohru exclaimed.
Yuki smiled again saying that he didn't mind, which made the entire prince Yuki fan club girls melt. Motoko, the first one to regain her composure after melting, shouted, "Tohru you witch! You're possessing Yuki again!"
Arisa strolled over to them while Hana gilded up behind them. Arisa grabbed Motoko's neck collar and whispered threateningly, "You should be glad that damn Sensei is here or I'd punch your eye so hard, it'd fall out."
Fear passed across Motoko's face but she tried as best as she could to look brave. "You don't scare me Yankee!" she spat at Arisa.
Electric waves crackled across the classroom as Hana said quietly, "I could…BEEP them with my electro-poison waves…and…curse them. …Megumi?"
Megumi popped up behind Hana. "You called sister?" he asked, in the same monotone voice.
The whole class, including the prince Yuki fan club girls, stared horrifically at Hana and her brother, all yelling the same thing, "WHERE THE HECK DID HE COME FROM?"
Motoko ran to the door and feverishly tried to open it. "W-why w-won't it open!" She yelled, frantically pulling it.
"Because………" Megumi started.
"Unless you stop bothering Tohru…I will not open the door…any day soon," Hana said, her electric waves crackling even more ferociously. The class, including Sensei, was piled up on one side of the classroom while the prince Yuki fan club girls were piled at the door. Tohru, Yuki, Kyo and Arisa were all standing behind Hana. Tohru finally had some sense to speak up.
"Um…Hana-san it's okay…they don't bother me that much," Tohru said in a small voice. But Tohru knew it was a lie as much as Hana did.
"That's…not true, Tohru. I know that they bother you a lot." Hana stared at Tohru until she gave in and nodded. Turning back to the prince Yuki fan club girls, Hana asked again, "So will you stop bothering Tohru?"
There was a pause until someone from the class yelled, "Just say yes, dammit!"
That seemed to knock some sense I into Motoko as she quickly nodded and sputtered, "Yes! We-we promise to stop bothering the witc-I mean Tohru!"
"Now please unlock this door!" Number two whined.
"I can not do that," Hana said simply.
"B-but-"
"I do not have the key…ask Sensei to unlock it…I am positive she has a key."
Sensei came out of the mob of students and grinned sheepishly. "I guess I do have a key." She pulled out her key chain. "NOW LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!" She yelled, running over to the door and opening it. The class scampered out of the room in two seconds, happy to get away from Hana and her electric waves.
Kyo was staring at Hana, shocked. Note to self: NEVER piss off Hana, he thought.
Arisa gave Hana a high-five, "Way to go Saki!"
"Thank you."
Tohru smiled at Yuki, "Hana is so nice."
Yuki smiled back. Seeing Hana through Tohru's eyes, he realised what she meant. "I supposed she is," he said.
BRING!
"Looks like the end of class," Yuki noted standing up.
"Wow, what a genius," Kyo said sarcastically.
Yuki grabbed Kyo's collar and muttered, "Well, at least I'm smarter than you, you stupid cat." He threw Kyo across the room and went over to pack his bag up.
From his crumpled form, Kyo yelled, "Hey are you calling me stupid?"
Tohru giggled at them and turned to her two best friends. "So what are you guys doing tonight?"
"Oh, I've gotta work," Arisa said. "Not that I want to…"
"Yes, and I must take Megumi to his piano lesson…" Hana said, motioning over to Megumi who was looking over a purse he had found.
Everyone in the room jumped.
"Oh Megumi! You're still here," Tohru exclaimed.
Megumi nodded. "Look what I found," he said holding up the purse. "It says that it belongs to a girl called Mo-to-ko."
Arisa grinned at Hana. "You know what this means, eh?"
Hana nodded. "Yes…"
"What does it mean?" Kyo and Yuki asked.
Not answering their questions, Arisa and Hana smiled.
"Well, we've gotta go Tohru but we'll see ya tomorrow, 'Kay?" Arisa asked.
"Okay!" Tohru said. "See you guys tomorrow."
As Arisa, Hana and Megumi left the classroom, Yuki turned to Tohru. "We'd better get going if you don't want to be late for your job."
"Oh, I forgot to tell you that I don't have to work tonight," Tohru said smiling sheepishly. "I'm so sorry, I should have remembered. I'm so forgetful!" She hung her head. She suddenly felt someone lift up her chin and saw that it was Yuki.
Staring into her eyes he said, "Tohru, there is no need to be sorry. It's okay if you forgot. That means that we have more time to spend at the secret base tonight."
Tohru suddenly smiled again brightly, "Okay!" She grabbed her bags and headed out of the room. "Com'on Yuki-kun! Kyo-Kun."
As Yuki passed Kyo, he swore he heard him mutter, "Damn rat, always knows what to say to cheer her up."
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And hence passed another normal day, as Tohru would call it, in the life of Yuki, Tohru, Kyo, Arisa and Hana. But the day was still not over; Tohru had the evening to get through, not that she knew she wouldn't enjoy it. When Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru got home, Shigure greeted them.
"Ah, my little flower has arrived!" He suddenly fell to his knees and motioned to Ayame, who was in the living room, to start the C.D. player. A beautiful slow and sad violin solo started. "Ohh Tohru! Please, oh please make me something good to eat with those delicate hands of yours! I'm starving!" He cried while the music went on (A/N: just imagine Shigure saying that while the typical sad violin music plays in the background).
Kyo punched Shigure while Yuki yelled at Ayame to turn off the music.
"First of all Shigure, Tohru's not your servant, so get it through your head! Don't boss her around!" Kyo yelled.
Tohru giggled. "It's okay, I don't mind making him a snack."
"Well you should!" Kyo yelled. The moment the words left his mouth, Kyo knew he shouldn't have said them. Tohru looked like she had been slapped. Everyone waited for what would happen next; would Kyo yell or say sorry? Kyo did neither. He muttered that he needed some time on the roof and ran away from the room.
After a pause, Yuki smiled sadly at Tohru. "Miss Honda, don't take what Kyo says personally. He doesn't mean it. I'm not saying this because I hate him, but because it's true. Kyo says things he doesn't mean to say sometimes. What he was trying to say was that he didn't like how Shigure was talking to you."
Tohru had her regular smile back on her face as she nodded, "Well, how about I make a snack for everyone?"
Yuki smiled, "That would be wonderful."
As the two teens headed into the kitchen, Shigure stared at their retreating backs.
Ayame was also starring. "I-I…can't believe it!" he exclaimed.
"I know!" Shigure said, "Yuki was actually being…considerate to Kyo! I guess Tohru really is changing them."
Ayame sighed happily. "Yes…and one day Yuki may even turn to love me!"
Shigure laughed. "Yeah…one day…"
Just then the phone rang. Shigure went to answer it while Ayame went back to watching TV.
"Hello?" Shigure asked.
"Oh, hello…is Tohru there? It's her grandfather. I need to speak with her about…" Shigure frowned at the next bit of news he was told.
"Uh, yes right away. I'll go get her." Shigure walked into the kitchen where Tohru was preparing some rice balls. This time Shigure had no comments, but only to say,
"Tohru, the phone's for you. It's…your grandfather."
"Oh grandfather!" Tohru exclaimed. I wonder what he wants? She wondered.
"Hello?" she said into the phone. She also frowned at the next bit of news she was told. "Oh…um…okay. Yes. Right away. Tomorrow? Well…I supposed that's okay. No, not at all. Alright then, see you later." She hung up the phone and put her hands to her face.
Yuki rushed over to Tohru. "Miss Honda, what's the matter?"
Tohru's tearing face met Yuki's as well as Shigure's and Kyo's, who had come down from the roof at the smell of the rice balls. "I-I have to move out…"
There was a silence in the kitchen that was filled with Tohru's occasional sniffles and ticking of the clock. Kyo was the first to break it.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"
"The Will…have to go live with my cousin…eighteen…tomorrow!" Tohru managed to get out between sniffles.
"What she means to say," Shigure explained, "is that a will was just discovered. Her mother left it. It was written when Tohru's father died. Kyoko said that if she ever died and her daughter left orphaned, Tohru should go and live with her eighth cousin, Yura. There's nothing she can do about this until she's eighteen, since the law says a child must have a guardian until they are eighteen."
"BUT-BUT THAT'S NOT FOR TWO YEARS!" Kyo yelled again. He stormed out of the room, most likely heading for the roof again.
Yuki stared at Tohru's now shaking form, as she cried. So Tohru was…leaving? How could this happen. "When is she leaving?" Yuki asked, a little afraid of the answer.
Shigure sighed knowing that Yuki wouldn't like the answer. "Tomorrow."
Tohru suddenly stood up straight and furiously wiped all the tears off her face. She put on the best smile she could and said over happily, "I, uh I guess I should pack, right?" She ran from the room, all the way upstairs. Yuki shook his head sadly knowing that Tohru was probably really sad even though she wouldn't admit it.
"Tomorrow…" Yuki turned to see Shigure wiping away real tears from his eyes. "Tomorrow our little flower leaves…" If it had been another circumstance, Yuki would have probably punched Shigure for calling Tohru his 'little flower', but right then Yuki didn't have enough heart to do so. In fact, it felt as though his heart had been ripped out. But what could he do? Tohru had to leave and nothing anyone could do would prevent that.
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Yuki had gone upstairs after half an hour of staring into space. He paused outside of Tohru's door, where he could hear shuffling and muffled sounds that sounded suspiciously like crying. He knocked on the door, and the person in the room could be heard running to the door. Tohru's puffy-eyed face met his. Yuki could tell she had been crying, but with a smile plastered on her face he could also tell she didn't want him to know. He decided not to make it harder than it already was for her, and play along. "Hey Tohru!" He said smiling. "I guess you have to leave tomorrow."
Tohru smiled back, "Heh, I guess I do…" She sniffed, but coughed at the same time to hide it.
Yuki shook his head sadly, "I'm really going to miss you, Miss Honda."
Tohru smiled, this time an almost real smile. "You know Yuki, you can call me Tohru if you want."
Yuki smiled sadly. He was really going to miss her.
Suddenly Kyo jumped in front of Yuki and said quietly, with great hesitation, "I'm-I'm really going to miss you too…Tohru." He almost looked like he was going to cry but instead yelled, "So don't think that damn rat is the only one who cares!"
Yuki punched him. "Don't call me that, stupid."
"No!" Kyo yelled into face. "Not until you stop calling me stupid."
Yuki punched him again, and this time it sent him flying across the hall. "Get your stupid cat-like face out of my face."
Tohru watched as the fight went on, smiling. She was going to miss this the most when she left. No matter how nice her eighth cousin treated her, it would never be the same. She had only been living in Shigure's house for two years and she already felt like she had been living there forever. In her new home, there would be no one calling her 'princess' or no one yelling at her that they didn't want leeks for dinner. But if it was her mother's wishes, she had to go. Her mother had loved her and had always known what was best for her so she just had to trust this Will.
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Everyone felt sad the next day and you could tell at breakfast that this was not everyone's best day. Tohru didn't sing when she made breakfast and Kyo didn't come downstairs and drink out of the milk carton. Yuki woke up early to help Tohru start breakfast.
The conversation over breakfast was minimized to 'pass the…' and 'thank you'.
Tohru's grandfather had called again to say that Yura would be coming at nine o'clock so that they could get back to her house and unpack things for Monday. Tohru had tried to get more information out of her grandfather on what was going to happen, but her grandfather didn't know anymore than that, so they were just going to have to see who Yura was and what she had planned.
When all the breakfast dishes were washed, Kyo and Yuki helped bring Torhu's things to the door. Just as they were placing the last bags, a red car pulled into the driveway. When it stopped, the door opened to reveal a tall and slender woman. She wore a black miniskirt with a red tank top and spiked heals that looked to be about ten inches off the ground. Her black hair was long and flowing, and she wore black sunglasses. She had lipstick on that was so red it looked like blood. A lot like blood, Yuki noticed. She was chewing gum loudly and occasionally popped it. She swung the door closed, revealing her long slender legs, and she said in a bored tone, "Is this the Sohma's house?"
Before Tohru, Yuki or Kyo could say anything, Shigure popped up in front of them and drooling he said, "Yes! Yes this-this is definitely the Sohma's household! No doubt about that. I'm the owner, Shigure. Nice to meet you." He stuck out his hand hoping to get a shake.
The lady took off her sunglasses and smiled, "Hello Shigure. I'm Yura, Tohru's eighth cousin." She shook his hand, satisfying the pervert who fainted saying, "I definitely approve of Tohru's new guardian!"
Yura proceeded over to the rest of the group laughing at their shocked faces. "I bet you weren't expecting someone like me, were you?"
Kyo shook his head while Yuki said, "No, definitely not."
Yura laughed again. "I think I can change that. Tohru will come with me to my nice country house on the other side of town. Don't worry, though. You'll still see her at school, as I'm not that mean. She will have to take the subway to school though because this is the only car I have and I really need it to give to my once homeless friend, Anise. She uses it to get to work everyday. Without it, she'd be homeless again. See, I also take the subway to work, but Tohru if you'd prefer a car I could always tell Anise-"
"No!" Tohru interrupted seeing where the sentence was going. "If you're giving it to your once-homeless friend, then I couldn't possibly want it for my own selfish needs. Taking the subway is fine."
Yuki and Kyo smiled in their heads, same old Tohru.
Yura grinned as though she had expected that answer. "Great then. That's settled. Okay Tohru, we'd better get going so you can get all your things unpacked. We also have to go grocery shopping because I just got back from traveling yesterday and there's no food in the house."
Shigure, who had finally recovered from his fainting spell, asked, "So Yura, what do you do?"
Yuki thought he saw a flash of anger in her eyes, but shook his head thinking that he had imagined it.
"Oh I'm a business woman."
Shigure smiled. "I love business women."
Yura laughed, "Yes well, Tohru honey, we'd better get going."
Tohru jumped up and grabbed her bags not wanting to make her new guardian mad. Yuki and Kyo helped her load her bags into the trunk and then followed Tohru to the passenger seat where they were going to say bye.
Kyo was first. "Um…well I-I," Kyo fumbled with his hands blushing, "I really meant what I said when I told you I'm going to miss you."
Tohru smiled sadly. "I'm going to miss you a lot Kyo-kun."
Kyo gave her a quick kiss on the forehead and then ran into the house.
Yuki was next. He patted Tohru's hand and whispered into her ear, "I'm going to miss you, my princess Tohru." He also gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"But Yuki, we'll se each other in school, right?"
"Of course." Yuki stepped back onto the porch and let Tohru get into the car. Shigure was still talking to Yura, but finally had enough common sense to say bye to Tohru when he saw her get into the car.
"Bye my precious flower! I going to miss your home-cooked meals, your cleaning abilities…" he would have said more if it hadn't been for Yuki's grab at his collar.
Yura quickly got into the car and started it. Tohru waved goodbye to her family. Yes, her family. She didn't feel as sad as before though because Yura seemed really nice. She felt it wouldn't be too bad. After all, Yura was letting her stay in the same school so she would still see Yuki and Kyo at school. She would have to call Arisa and Hana as well to let them know about changing houses since she hadn't had enough time to call them last night in her panic of packing.
Not much was said in the car as Yura had some music on. The car ride was about an hour and when they finally arrived, Tohru looked out the window to see a black gate in front of a big property. Looking through some of trees, she saw the outline of a big house.
Yura pulled out a card and slide it into a slot that was on the side of the gate. This made Tohru a little uneasy. "Will I get a card too?" she asked.
"Of course." Yura replied.
The driveway was long and winded pass a forest of trees and into a clearing where the big house stood. Yura turned to face Tohru and smiled. "Listen, I've got to go see my uh, once-homeless friend so if you wouldn't mind getting yourself unpacked and cleaning the house alone, that'd be great."
"Oh no I don't mind!" Tohru exclaimed.
"Great."
Tohru got out of the car and grabbed her bags, heading into the house. Just as the car left the property, Tohru remembered that she had forgotten to ask Yura what time she would be home at.
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Kyo was sitting on the roof of Shigure's house. He sighed sadly as he observed the beautiful day. Why did Tohru have to leave? Kyo knew that this time, unlike the last, Tohru would not be coming back. It was against the law for her to live anywhere but at Yura's for the next two years. At least she was nice, but that didn't make Kyo feel any better.
'Damn why couldn't they have just let her stay another day? Yura sure was in a hurry to get her," He thought as he lay down on the red rafters and stared up at the clouds.
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Seven hours later, Tohru finished unpacking and cleaning much of the house. It was a big house and considerably messy so it was almost impossible for one person to finish cleaning in one day. But that wasn't what bothered Tohru. As she was cleaning, she noticed things that seemed odd. Like if this really was Yura's house and she really had traveled in the past days, then why was it so dirty and why did the most recent newspapers date back to three weeks ago? And why were there no picture of Yura, but rather of a strange man?
Whatever the reason was, Tohru was too exhausted to think about it. Yura had called part way in the afternoon to tell Tohru to also start dinner at six. She hadn't even done that yet, and she knew she'd better since it was already 5:45.
She didn't have enough time to go to the grocery store so she decided to take her chances with the fridge. Opening it, she was relieved to find that there was at least enough food for one meal.
1 hour later…
Tohru had just finished cooking dinner and setting the table when Yura came home. She was pleased to find dinner started and commented on the nice smell. As they sat down to eat, Tohru decided to start a conversation.
"So Yura how was your once-homeless friend?"
Yura paused as anger flashed through her eyes-but unnoticed by Tohru-before saying, "Oh, you mean Anise? She's doing pretty well." She pick up a newspaper that she had brought home from her outing and stared reading it.
That brought Tohru to her next question. "Yura?"
Yura threw down the paper. "What?" she demanded.
Tohru was a little startled by Yura's tone of voice, but asked her question anyway. "I noticed some things when I was cleaning."
"Did you now?" Yura asked sarcastically. "I'd love to hear about them, but I really have to read this article for my report." She went back to reading and eating.
Tohru stared at her cousin wondering where the sudden change of attitude had come from.
When they were finished eating, Yura wandered off somewhere as Tohru began washing the dishes. She was just finishing up when Yura walked in. She took the plate Tohru had in her hands and flung it across the room. It hit the wall and smashed into pieces.
Tohru jumped back, startled by the sudden movement. "Yura!"
Yura's eyes were glazed and she looked angry. She had on baggy grey pants and a sweater. She grabbed Tohru's hair and brought her close. "My, my! What a shock it was to walk into my office and discover what a MESS IT WAS!" She threw Tohru down and grabbed her wrist. "Why? I thought I told you to clean the whole house!"
Tohru was shaking and her head was throbbing from her hair being pulled so forcefully. Silent tears were streaming down her face, as she had no idea what was going on. "I-I-"
"Answer me you little bitch!" Yura yelled at her.
Tohru caught a whiff of liquor. "I-I didn't have enough time to clean the whole house! It was t-too b-big!"
Yura punched her in the face and threw her against the wall before storming out of the room and slamming the kitchen door.
Tohru lay there on the floor in a heap, her head, face and back throbbing. She cried silently, mostly from the pain but also from the thought that she had believed this cousin of hers was nice and that the whole situation might work out. She had no idea what was going on and why her mother had picked Yura to be her guardian. Why not her kind-hearted grandfather?
After a while, she got back up and finished off the dishes, thinking that Yura might hit her again if she didn't.
A/N: Okay now if you would please review I would be very happy! I need you guys to tell me whether you want this to be a Yukiru or Kyoru fanfic. I will pick depending on which one gets the most votes. I'd personally like to make it a Yukiru fanfic, but if you guys want it a Kyoru fanfic, I don't mind.
P.S. Did you know that if you right click 'Shigure' on Microsoft word, the first correction it gives is 'Seizure'? Lol