Fruits Basket
Beginnings and Endings
((Last Chapter: Sad? Well you shouldn't since this basically continues right into the next one. So go take a look because I uploaded them at the same time. It should be called New Beginnings Same Endings. Let me say thank you for all the reviews and support. I'm glad everyone had enjoyed this half of the story. Hopefully the next one you all will like just as much. This isn't going to bring much closure since this chapter really does set up for the next so scurry over to the new one. Oh and thank you for pointing out that I was typing snakes instead of snacks. Its one of those words that I will always spell snakes first even though I want to say snacks. It happens with Akito all the time too I spell Akita first. Hehe, I'm just dumb that way.))
Chapter 32
"Kyo?" Tohru whispered under her breath as her head pressed against Kyo's chest lightly as he hugged her.
"Hmm?"
"How come you didn't transform?"
"I don't know, but does it really matter?" Kyo said as he released his grip so he could look upon her delicate face, "What matters is that we're finally together. Right?"
Tohru nodded her head lightly as she smiled back up to him. Kyo ran his hand through her hair lightly savoring her hair's soft touch. Despite what he said to her, deep down it bothered him that the curse could suddenly lift itself. It was impossible and wishful thinking. Yet here he was standing before the person he loved without the curse. Her hair ran through his fingers as he slowly stared down at her with a hurt look. Even though they were now together, he had kept secrets from her over the years he couldn't ever tell her, but the longer he kept them the deeper the guilt became.
"Kyo?" Tohru asked him, noticing a change in his mood suddenly.
Kyo shook his head lightly as he nudged her head with his fist, "Don't pay any attention to me. I'm just thinking about all the fun stuff we can do now since I don't have to worry about being around people."
"That's right, maybe Kyo can teach me some of his martial arts."
"Pah, I couldn't do that. I don't want to kill you."
"I know some moves!" Tohru said as she waved her arms at him.
"Heh, I know," Kyo said as he rubbed his head, "Sadly you showed them to me a long time ago."
"I want to learn so I can learn more about you, Kyo and even your master," Tohru said as she looked at him with a pleading look.
Kyo felt himself crack since he couldn't go against Tohru when she looked at him like that, "Alright, but I warned you it would hurt though!"
"Yeah!" Tohru said as she jumped in the air for joy.
Kyo rubbed his forehead, embarrassed that she was making such a big deal about such a little thing, "I wish you wouldn't do that…"
"Hey you two!" Uo yelled as she came walking up the path with Hana at her side. They were both still in their school uniforms, yet somehow they still scared the living day lights out of Kyo.
"What the hell are you two doing here? Didn't you have some boring crap going on?" Kyo yelled at them. He wasn't happy that they were ruining his moment with Tohru since he rarely had time alone with her.
"What's wrong with you?" Uo said as she narrowed her eyes down at him.
"Indeed, we simply wanted to spend some time with Tohru. We'd thought we stop by, unless you have a problem with it," Hana stared at Kyo with her dark eyes, making Kyo's hair stand on end.
"Nope no problem!" Kyo simply replied as he stepped behind Tohru.
"Heh, figures you'd change your mind so fast," Uo said with a smirk, "What sort of boyfriend are you? You have to be strong if you're going to be with our Tohru."
"What? Who said anything about being her boyfriend!" Kyo hissed from behind Tohru still.
"Oh please, as if we didn't see that touching moment of you two hugging under the blossoming flowers."
"And it's obvious, by the way you act," Hana pointed out as she stood next to Uo.
"Grrr…" Kyo wasn't sure how he should go about this as he stood there fuming, "Just don't tell the whole damn school. I don't need to be hassled by everyone."
"I promise I won't say anything Kyo," Tohru said with a smile to him that made him blush.
Kyo opened his mouth to say something, but he felt the lingering stares from Uo and Hana. His head snapped towards them with his eyes in a narrowed look, "Stop staring at us!"
"Touchy," Uo said with a chuckle.
"What are you all doing here?" Yuki said as he approached the group with his bag over his shoulder.
"Hi, Yuki!" Tohru waved to him while Kyo had a blank look on his face since he wasn't sure how to react. He felt a pang of jealously that she was greeting Yuki, but he was being over possessive now since she could do what ever she wanted. Yet deep down he wanted Yuki to just disappear and leave him and Tohru alone.
"So Yuki have you heard the latest news?" Uo said as she leaned towards Yuki who shook his head lightly.
"He's clueless, Arisa," Hana said as she slightly glanced towards Yuki he was hesitated to look in her direction.
"Well you see Tohru and Kyo are-" Uo began but she was suddenly interrupted by Kyo whose arms suddenly shot up in the air.
"Gah! Shut up! All of you shut the hell up I can't take this," Kyo took off running down the path leaving everyone standing there staring down the empty air he had left.
"I was only going to say that they were really good friends," Uo said with a mischievous grin.
"Oh dear…" Tohru said with a nervous smile, "We better head back to Shigure's house. I'll make something for us all."
"That would be wonderful," Hana said with a smile as she joined Tohru's right side while Uo took her left. Yuki was left to take up the rear as he wondered why everyone was acting to weird.
Kyo ran all the way to Shigure's house. By the time he got their he was too tired to stand up. His body leaned against Shigure's door as he tried to catch his breath. While he was trying to catch his breath the door suddenly slide open and Kyo went crashing through the empty air. He fell face first in front of Shigure's feet.
"Ah, Kyo. I thought I heard you out here," Shigure said as he stared down at the tired Kyo. His face was still pressed against the hardwood floor, "Uh, Kyo?"
"Leave me alone…I'm too tired to listen to you."
Shigure smirked lightly, "Well then I guess I'm going to have to tell your visitor to leave."
"Visitor?" Kyo said as his head shot up to see Kazuma sitting at the table sipping tea. He tilted his head slightly to the side to smile to Kyo, "Master!"
Kyo quickly stood up, pushing Shigure to the side. Kazuma chuckled lightly at Kyo's eagerness to see him, "You seem lively today."
"What are you doing here master?" Kyo asked as he took his seat in front of Kazuma. Once Shigure got back to his feet he joined them both at the table.
"It's about the curse…" Kazuma said slowly, his words trailing off a bit, "I'm afraid that it may have only been partly broken."
"What do you mean by that?" Kyo said as his fingers twitched lightly on the table. He didn't want to hear this. Not today.
"What Kazuma is trying to say is we think we might have wounded the curse. Weaken it," Shigure said as he lifted his finger, "But we're afraid that it could heal itself and come back stronger."
"Why the are you telling me this?" Kyo said as his teeth clenched together in a growl.
Kazuma's eyes softened as he stared at Kyo, "Because we believe that you may be the key to breaking the curse."
"Why me?" Kyo yelled as he slammed his fist against the table, "I don't care about the Sohma's…I didn't choose for this to happen."
"And do you think we chose to be cursed?" Shigure said as he narrowed his eyes slightly towards Kyo while he kept a composed body position.
Kyo was silent as his head dipped down in defeat. Kazuma rested his hand against Kyo's shoulder lightly, "We are telling you this for your own safety and Tohru's. We are not telling you to stop living your life. Live it without fear, Kyo or the curse will truly have defeated you."
Kyo blinked lightly before he lifted his head up again, "Thank you…master."
"Oh look what we have here, a father son moment," Shigure said with a smile as Kyo hit him across the head.
Kazuma chuckled lightly as he stood up, "How about I make as some snacks?"
Kyo raised his hand, "Oh no you don't. You sit down master, I'll handle the cooking."
Kazuma was notorious for burning food. Kyo swore the man could problem burn water to a crisp. He stepped into the kitchen to make everyone a few snacks. He knew Tohru and her friends who show up soon as well so he got to work on making something for them as well.
A few minutes later, Tohru and her friends showed up along with Yuki who had mostly been answering questions the girls had about the student council and its duties.
"Ah we have more visitors," Shigure said as he scurried to the door.
"Hello Mr. Novelist," Uo said with a wave while Hana simply nodded to him.
"I thought there would be more high school girls," Shigure said as he felt like he was going to cry in the doorway.
Yuki pressed his hand against Shigure's face and pushed him out of the way, "Stop acting like a pervert and get out of our way."
Yuki and company all stepped over Shigure who just laid on the ground crying about there not being enough high school girls visiting his house these days.
"Oh I didn't know you were here," Tohru said in surprise to see Kazuma sitting at the table sipping tea.
"I didn't plan on coming here at first, but I thought I drop by and say hello," Kazuma said as he looked behind Tohru to see Uo and Hana staring at him, "Who are your friends?"
"Oh they're my friends from school. This is Uo," Tohru said as she pointed to her, "And this is Hana."
"A pleasure to meet you. I'm Kyo's step father," Kazuma said with a polite bow.
Hana and Uo both found themselves blushing lightly. They never imagined that Kyo's step father would be so polite, not to mention handsome to add. Hana was the reddest out of the two as she stared at him.
"Oh where's Kyo?" Tohru asked as Kazuma turned his gaze away from the two stunned girls.
"He's in the kitchen, making snacks for us. You don't have to worry about making anything. I believe he has it covered."
"I think I'll go check on him," As Tohru stepped by Kazuma he gave her a light squeeze on the shoulder. His light colored eyes stared down at her with an admirable look.
"You truly suit him, Miss Honda," Kazuma said as he released his hand on her shoulder as he turned back to Uo and Hana to try and have a suitable conversation from the two.
Tohru felt herself blush as she stepped into the kitchen. She was happy that Kazuma approved of her since she knew how important Kyo was to him.
"Hey you don't need to worry yourself about cooking, I have it covered," Kyo said as he leaned against the counter, waiting for the food he had prepared to finish cooking.
"Oh…I just wanted to check on you," Tohru said as she pressed her hands together.
Kyo raised an eyebrow since he thought that was a lame reason to come into the kitchen, but he figured he'd keep that opinion to himself, "Well…uh thanks. You know you can help me carry this stuff out."
"Ok," Tohru said happily as she skipped over to help him carry the bowls out and plates once the food was ready.
Kyo glanced to Tohru slightly as he set the food down in her arms, "Tohru…if the curse ever came back. Would you stay with us?"
Tohru stared at Kyo for a moment before she replied, "Of course. I would stay with you no matter what."
"What if someone was a murderer?"
"What?" Tohru wasn't sure what Kyo meant by that. She could tell it was hard for Kyo to ask, but other then that she wasn't sure if there was any truth to it.
"Oh stop staring at me like that," Kyo snapped, "It was just a hypothetical question. You know?"
Tohru nodded lightly once she realizes that Kyo was acting like his normal self.
"Well hurry up before the food gets cold."
"Right!"
Kyo watched her scurry out to the table to set the food down for everyone. Everyone's faces light up in the room as they all reached for the food. Kyo noticed how everyone stared at Tohru. They all looked at her with the same gaze that he did. They saw a savior, someone who could forgive anyone's sins, but Kyo wasn't so sure about that. Even though the Sohma's held Tohru in such high regards, Kyo could see something that they did not. Tohru had her own dark problems she was struggling with.
"She's only human," Kyo said as he picked a bowl up. Tohru was only human, she wasn't some angel from haven nor was she the so called chosen one often told in ancient's tales, but she acted like it. She wanted to heal all the Sohma's wounds, which was impossible for someone to do. Kyo vowed to himself protect her from getting too involved and he also vowed to protect her from himself.
Dun Dun Dun…what the hell does that mean? I know that was a wtf ending, but this really isn't ending. So go find out what happens in the sequel since I was nice enough to work my ass off to get all these posted together. Now off to a New Beginnings and Same Endings!
