A/N: Finally the third chappie! Yay. I know I haven't updated in a while but I was sick last weekend and then the week before that was a horror since I had like a pack of tests and projects. Plus I had sort of writer's block on this chapter since I didn't exactly know what to write. I have this whole thing planned out but this chapter was sort of one where I didn't want to rush things but I didn't want to take it too slow. But I figure out what to write in the end so I hope you like it! Oh and look for answers to your reviews at the end.

Chapter dedication: Only one person and I repeat ONE PERSON said who they thought the 'guy' was. And it was…RiceballAbby! Congrats. Your answer was soo creative! I have to put it here:

Okay, now my hate for Yura has grown to bloodlust...I think you should end the next chapter with yuki saving tohru and killing her in the most painful manner ever! I'm seething with rage at her and wish she would die! (if any of my friends had read that just now they'd think I was posessed!) okay i'm better now. but I still hate her. well my guess on who the guy is...is that Akito has a brother, cause Akito's really a girl...unless you didn't know that and just forget it...and he's dating Yura, and it was really Akito that "found" the will and gave it to Yura who gave it to Tohru's Grandfather who was too senile to know any better and then there's this whole mind control thingy going with this guy who i think is Akito's brother...or related to him in some way...anyways. Akito doesn't want Tohru to break the curse, so he/she's making her life Hell so that she gets punished for ever getting involved with the Sohma family. So there what do you think about THAT? lol update soon! I really love your fic!

Now is that not creative or what? That was a great guess but you will have to read on to see who the 'guy' is!

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket but if I did: Kyo would be my cat Kyon-Kyon, Kisa would be my little sister, Arisa and Hana would be MY two best friends, Shigure would be my um…um…story writer! Yes, I would have him help me write my fan fiction! Hatori would be my faithful doctor and last but not least Yuki would be my HOT HUBBY! Sigh but I don't so I can only dream.

Chapter Three: The guy

Tohru dropped the plate with a loud crash. "T-that-" Tohru stuttered, "-that's the guy I saw in all the pictures in the house!"

The guy smirked – as Tohru noticed – but then suddenly frowned. "I don't appreciate that you broke a plate and I'm sure Yura doesn't either-" he glanced at Yura, who nodded her head "-so you're going to have to face the consequences."

"C-consequences?"

The guy lowered his head so his face was uncomfortably close to Tohru's. "Yes, c-o-n-s-e-q-u-e-n-c-e-s," he spelled out.

"Wha-" but before Tohru could ask what he meant, something hit her in the head and she blacked out. But she was conscience for a few minutes, just enough to see the guy laughing along with Yura;

"That was great Cipher!" Yura said, laughing.

Cipher smirked and cleared his throat. "Yes well I am a professional." He then bent down and Tohru felt something being lifted out of her pocket.

"What do you say Yura? Tohru broke the plate. She should pay. After all, it wasn't hers."

Yura nodded, playing right along. "Oh you're absolutely right Cipher dearest. Her wallet should do fine." She linked arms with Cipher and then turned to leave the room, but not before Cipher had a chance to give her a kick in the side that made her black out completely.

When Tohru woke up, was unknown to her. She was still lying on the floor in the dark kitchen; the broken pieces of the plate lay all beside her. She sat up but immediately felt pain in her side. 'And my head…' Her head hurt as well. She put her hand on her head and felt around. Her hair was a little damp and bringing her hand back down, Tohru was horrified to discover that it was blood. She looked around the dark room and saw that it was 4 am. So she had passed out and then fell asleep. Tohru jumped up, and then sank back down. Her side really did hurt.

Suddenly Tohru had the flashback of Cipher kicking her.

This time Tohru did not cry. Instead, she tried not to think about it. She didn't know if she should just wash her head and bandage it or go see a doctor. She decided to call Yuki; someone she thought would probably know what to do.

'I'll call his cell since I don't want to wake everyone else,' Tohru decided.

Remembering the last time she used a phone in Yura's house, Tohru walked out of the kitchen and into the living room, hoping that a different kind of phone would be there. But the phone in the living room was the same kind as the one in the kitchen. Tohru searched a few other rooms until she found a normal, quiet phone that didn't make any noise. She entered Yuki's cell phone number praying that he would answer it and that he wouldn't be mad.

Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Rin-

Just as the last ring was ending, Yuki answered.

"H-hello?" Yuki yawned.

Tohru couldn't resist a giggle. A giggle that Yuki only knew too well as he loved to hear it.

"Miss Honda!" Yuki immediately sounded awake and alert. "What are you doing calling at this hour? Is something wrong? Are you hurt?"

Tohru sighed, "Um, n-no. I mean I'm okay it's just that um well see Yura f-fell down the stairs and her head is sort of bleeding." She heard Yuki inhale sharply. "Yes so I called you to ask you if you think I should take her to the hospital."

There was a pause and then "…god Tohru are you sure everything's okay there?"

Tohru tried to hold in tears as she said, "Yes…but Yura…" This was not a lie. Just as Tohru said, everything was not okay because of Yura.

"Well Miss Honda…how bad is it?"

"Well the cut is pretty small and actually there's no more blood coming out." Tohru felt a bit better saying this.

"Yeah that doesn't sound too serious. I think you could just soak the cut and then bandage it. That should be enough."

Tohru felt a lot better now. Yuki's soothing voice was also helping. "Oh thank you Yuki. I was freaking out before but you're right. It isn't that serious."

Yuki laughed. "Glad I could help."

Oh how Tohru loved that laugh. It was Yuki's rare laugh he only let a few people hear.

Tohru and Yuki chatted a while longer until Tohru realised it was time for her to start breakfast.

Yuki understood. "Yes I'll see you at school then."

"Yup."

There was a pause and then; "I really miss you Miss Honda."

Though he kept saying it, it made Tohru feel very warm inside.

"I-I miss you too Yuki-kun." Tohru heard a bang upstairs and hoped it wasn't Yura or Cipher, but took no chances. "Um Yuki-kun I have to go now because um, I really need to make breakfast. So I'll see you later," she said hurriedly. "Bye!" She didn't even wait for Yuki's bye as she hung up the phone and rushed out into the hall.

There was a sleepy Yura, looking as though she was hung over from last night's drinking. "Yo what were you doing in the toilet storage room?"

Tohru laughed nervously. 'I must have been in such a hurry that I didn't see where I was going.' "Uh I was checking to see how many replacement toilets we have just in case one ever breaks. You know, you can't ever be too prepared!"

Yura shrugged and then turned and walked down the hall mumbling something about how her head hurt a lot.

'Tell me about it,' thought Tohru as she felt her head. She headed to her room to bandage it.

When Tohru arrived at school, she was surprised to find that none of the prince Yuki fan club girls bombarded her. When she met up with Saki and Arisa, she was surprised to find that they didn't know anything either.

"You guys didn't do anything to them, did you?" Tohru asked suspiciously.

Saki and Arisa both shook their heads.

"I swear we have nothing to do with it," Arisa said truthfully.

Tohru smiled. "I believe you."

Saki nodded. "I'm glad they stopped bothering us. They were such a nuisance."

Arisa grinned, "But a very fun nuisance. I loved playing around with them."

Saki nodded in agreement, "Yes…that was fun."

"Tohru!"

Tohru, Saki and Arisa turned to see Haru, Yuki and Kyo walking towards them.

"S'up orange-top?" Arisa said casually.

"Hey! Don't call me orange-top!"

"Hello…" Saki greeted them.

Yuki slide over to Tohru, "So…did the bandages work out okay?"

Tohru nodded. "Yes, my head-I mean Yura's head felt much better after."

"What happened?" Saki asked, overhearing their conversation from her electro waves.

"Oh, Yura fell and hit her head and I didn't know what to do so I called Yuki and he advised me to wash and bandage Yura's cut. So I did and it helped a lot." Tohru smiled Yuki, who smiled back.

"Oh," was all Saki could say.

The bell rang signalling that class was about to begin.

"Oh no! We're going to be late for class!" exclaimed Tohru, frantically grabbing all her bags.

"Hey don't worry!" Yuki said gently taking Tohru's arm, "That was the warning bell."

Tohru laughed, "Oh yeah."

As everyone started to head to their class, Saki pulled Yuki aside. "Can I talk to you for a moment?"

Knowing better than to say no, Yuki nodded.

Saki led Yuki to a corner of the yard and turning to him she asked, "Do you notice anything strange about Tohru?"

"What?"

Saki sighed, "I know that you, Yuki, have noticed that Tohru is not herself and that something's up."

Yuki was surprised that Saki had read his mind but then remembered her powers and was not so surprised. "Yeah…I know but that's probably just because she's homesick."

"No…no it's not." Saki shook her head, "It is not because she's homesick. I cannot read her waves because they are sending out too many emotions but I know that something is up. There is something that she's not telling us. She laughs nervously when we ask her things about Yura. And did you not notice that she has a bandage on her head?"

Yuki shook his head.

"Well she does. And if you don't believe me, ask her about it. She will laugh nervously and just say that she 'hit' her head while getting something."

At lunch, Yuki spotted Tohru at her locker.

He waved and headed towards her. Suddenly a boy who was walking by bumped her in the side.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry."

But Tohru was already clutching her side. He had hit her right when Cipher had kicked her.

Yuki rushed up and held her close to him – but not too close – and asked her if she was okay.

"Yeah," gasped Tohru.

Yuki gave the boy a death glare – the one he usually reserved for Kyo. "If you want to live, I say you should start running now."

The boy's eyes opened wide as he turned and ran down the hall.

Yuki turned back to Tohru, who was starting to feel a bit better as the pain was going away.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

Tohru nodded, "Yes I was just hit pretty hard by that guy."

Yuki nodded and patted her back. He didn't want anything to happen to Tohru. Nothing. She was so precious to him, like a valuable gold statue that he didn't want broken in any way. But much more than a statue. Much, much more.

Tohru breathed in slowly, making sure all the pain was gone. "Should we go to the cafeteria now?"

"Yeah. But, why is there a bandage on your head Miss Honda?" Yuki added. He had seen for himself the bandage when she was bending over.

Tohru turned a little red and laughed nervously – just as Saki said she would, "Oh see when I was searching for the bandages, I banged my head on the cabinet in the kitchen." Again, just what Saki said she would say.

Tohru lightly touched the place where the bandage was and smiling, said, "Let's go to the cafeteria. Everyone must be wondering where we are."

Yuki nodded but knew that in fact Saki was right. Tohru was hiding something.

Tohru had to work that night but was smart enough to have told Yura that morning. Yura was still hung over and probably didn't understand half the words Tohru was saying. Cipher, she guessed, was probably still asleep.

When the clock hit eleven pm, Tohru stopped working. Just as she was packing up, Momij ran up to her.

"Bye Tohru!" He exclaimed, almost knocking her.

"Bye Momij," Tohru laughed.

Then Momij got a sad look in his eyes. "Tohru, you know Kyo's hitting me even more now that you're gone and Yuki won't stop sulking."

Tohru spaced out momentarily when Momij said, 'hitting me'. That's what Yura was doing. She was hitting Tohru. And the same with the guy, Cipher. And…that wasn't right. But what was Tohru supposed to do? Yura was her official guardian now.

"Tohru?" Momji asked, waving a hand in front of her face.

Tohru came back to reality, "Oh! Y-yes Momji?"

"I asked you if you need anyone to walk you home?"

Tohru waved her hand and shook her head, "Oh no, I'm fine Momji! I don't want to make anyone have to go all the way home with me and then back up here." She smiled, "I can go by myself."

Momji smiled and nodded his head, "Alright Tohru, if you're sure!"

Grabbing her bags, Tohru waved goodbye to Momji and headed out into the cold night. She took a deep breath of the fresh cool air. It felt very refreshing. There was a full moon that night and Tohru thought it beautiful. She was so absorbed in thought that she didn't notice that someone was following her. It wasn't until Tohru reached a darker more secluded street, where it was very quiet, that she noticed. She kept hearing scraping noises and someone's deep breathing. She looked behind her but saw nothing. Suddenly someone grabbed her from behind, one arm around her neck and the other around her waist. The person whispered menacingly, "Don't. Move. A. Muscle."

Tohru thought the voice sounded a little familiar but couldn't place it.

She tried to struggle but the attacker was too strong. Her only hope was to yell. She opened her mouth and yelled, "HEL-" but was cut off but her kidnapper's strong-gloved hand.

He laughed. A laugh that sent shivers down Tohru's back. "You can yell, but you ain't gonna be heard, girly."

Then all the sudden, Tohru was released. She fell to the ground but quickly spotted a garbage can and crawled over to it, hiding herself behind it. She hugged herself and shut her eyes hard trying to imagine she was anywhere but there.

She heard some movement and then felt someone in front of her. Thinking it was her attacker she yelled, "Someone HELP!"

But then she heard someone's soft voice, the voice she knew so well, say, "Tohru, it's only me. Yuki."

Tohru opened her eyes and saw Yuki starring worriedly at her. She looked around the garbage can to where she had just been but saw no one. "B-but that attacker."

Yuki nodded. "I know, he got away."

Tohru turned back to Yuki as he continued, "I heard your yell so I came running over here. I grabbed the guy off of you but I guess he didn't want to be seen or something because he just ran away. I didn't chase him since I was worried about you."

Tohru couldn't resist it and threw herself on Yuki, hugging him for that split second until the loud POOF came and he changed into his zodiac form.

Tohru sat their hugging Yuki and crying. "I'm-I'm sorry Yuki. I didn't mean to make you change form."

Yuki nodded in his rat form. "Don't worry Miss Honda. I'm sure you had quite a fright."

Tohru hugged him a while longer and then set him down. She wiped away a few tears and then asked, "But Yuki-kun, what were you doing here? I thought Shigure-San's house is far from here?"

Yuki nodded. "Yes but I was worried about you. That something might happen to you since there a lot of men out here – like the one tonight – who will take advantage of you."

Tohru smiled. "Thank-you Yuki-kun. For being there for me. I don't know what would have happened to me tonight if you hadn't been there.

POOF!

Tohru quickly covered her eyes and turned around so that Yuki could get changed. When he was all dressed, the two headed to the main street to take 'another route' that avoided the dark streets.

The subway ride to Yura's was silent as Yuki was thinking. He was thinking about how shocked he had been to find that Tohru was almost taken advantage of and that it had felt almost good to save her from the guy. As he looked over at Tohru, he noticed that she grew more beautiful everyday.

And as they were walking from the bus to Yura's, the moonlight reflected off of Tohru making her beauty more radiant. And as they were walking, Yuki knew it was true. It fit perfectly. He was falling in love with Tohru.

"What?"

As Yuki realised that he had been starring at Tohru he blushed. "Um, nothing."

Tohru smiled. "I just noticed that you were starring at me."

Yuki laughed, "Well it's hard not to look at you."

Tohru blushed. "Eh?"

Yuki blushed too as he asked his next question. "Um Miss Honda, on Saturday I was wondering if you wanted to go to the Fare with me?"

"I would love to!" Tohru exclaimed. "Oh we can go on the Ferris wheel and the bumper cars and everything!"

Yuki smiled. "I knew you would be excited about it."

As they reached the familiar black gate, Tohru and Yuki parted.

"Bye Miss Honda!" Yuki said, waving as he headed down the street. "Be careful and call me if you need anything."

"Bye Yuki-kun," Tohru said, waving back. She then turned to the big house, and prepared herself for what was to come.

Entering the house, Tohru was thrown into the familiar blackness. She took off her shoes and tiptoed through the dark hallway, into the kitchen.

There Yura was. Alone.

There were many wine bottles out on the table and all empty. Yura was holding a half-full glass of the dark red substance and was wandering around the kitchen, dazed. Tohru stood there for a few seconds until Yura noticed her. Glazed eyes stared intently at her as Yura frowned deeply;

"I…I thot ya were tupposed to be dead…"

Tohru shook her head. "I'm-I'm not…" she said slowly.

Yura looked confused. "He…he didn't…" then she turned on Tohru angrily, "YOU!"

Tohru knew what was coming and ducked to avoid Yura's out of focus punch.

"Hey…stand straight you!" Yura's talking was slurred and she looked like she was going to pass out. She threw punches and even kicks, but Tohru managed to avoid them all. Just as she reached the other kitchen door, she felt someone fall on her, as she hit the ground hard – as if she hadn't had enough of people on her. Looking over her shoulder she saw that Yura had passed out on top of her.

Tohru quickly jumped up – knocking the unconscious Yura off of her – and ran to her room, ignoring the pain in her knees.

When she reached her room, she quickly closed the door and collapsed on her floor-mat bed. She listened closely but heard no noises. She guessed that Yura was probably passed out on the kitchen floor and Cipher, out somewhere.

Tohru guessed that Yura and Cipher were probably boyfriend and girlfriend so she thought it was weird that Cipher wasn't here getting drunk with Yura. And for the biggest question of the night, why did Yura think she was supposed to be dead? Maybe…maybe that whole thing with the guy trying to kidnap her was a set-up…no, that couldn't be right. Yura was just saying those things because she was really drunk. Yeah that had to be it. Right?

A/N: Ooo…not a cliffy but the 'guy' is called Cipher and you'll just have to see who he is. Anyways, I got five reviews. Sigh not as good as last time but still good!

Kazukami: lol yes if I was Yuki I would have done the same too. I'm glad you like my story.

Shessysmate: yes a cliffy lol. I'm glad you like my story!

RiceballAbby: lol yes it's definitely going to be a Yukiru fanfic. Yay my favourite kind. Lol yes Yura is definitely hateable. Don't worry, when Yuki finds out he will not be happy…lol I loved your idea! It was creative like I said above.

Emily (same big sister!): yes I'm continuing. The Lindors were good, eh? Lol they were sort of from last Christmas…lol see you THIS WEEKEND! Yay at Laura's birthday party! Oh and I'm bring my video camera cause I want to show you the movie I made with Karen and Lauren. Lol it's called 'The Thing'. It's funny and I'll bet you'll love it.

Fruba-fanfreak! : I hope I got the number of !'s right lol. I'm glad you like my story!

A/N: Right so review peoples! I'll give you um…A MILLION DOLLARS! Lol jk. I'm not THAT rich.

P.S. The correction words it gives for Yukiru – Yuckier, Yorker, Kukri, Quire, and Guiro. Sigh, not as funny as Shigure's name was but Yuckier is pretty funny lol.