Fruits Basket:
Consumed By Darkness
Chapter Two:
Fruits Basket
©
Originally By: Natsuki Takaya
(Hakusensha)
"Hana to Yume"
Planning Of The Anime By: TV Tokyo, ASATSU – DK STUDIO DEEN, Fruba Project
Reversioned By: FUNimation Productions
Mayura Sohma, Kaori Sohma, Atlas Sohma:
©
By: Debbie-Elizabeth Cochrane
aka: KyouXKagura
"God!" Mayura's perfect bottom lip dropped as she looked at the sign on the main door of Kawaia High: Fencing Class: Cancelled. She sighed and turned around, her legs letting way and she slid down the door resting on her ass. She couldn't believe it, she did all that this morning just so she could get there on time… shoot, she had just noticed Atlas coming up towards her.
"Good morning." The male smiled as he stood by the door his lime-green, obviously not from his father, eyes peering down at the female. "Cancelled huh? You don't seem so thrilled about that, Yura, do you?" Atlas had called her that since she was younger… if only she wasn't so thick headed to realise that he did care about her in a family way, at least. Mayura shrugged in reply with her head still held low. Atlas had dark brown hair, which was messy around his shoulders, he got that from his father – although the colour (like his eyes) from his mother.
"Kaori asked me to give you this, here." Atlas dropped a bag into Mayura's lap. She just put it to the side of her. So Atlas saw her first? That was so unfair… she was supposed to be her sister? "Aren't you going to say thanks?" Atlas asked almost rudely as he gestured towards the other person there, Kaori behind him. Mayura just stood up and walked away, drawing attention towards her, just like she always hoped too – the eldest daughter always like attention, just like her father, though he didn't do it intentionally.
Kagura looked towards her husband, he was so handsome in his outfit, and he was teaching martial arts with his 'father' Kazuma. It was funny, the girls even called him grandfather and Kazuma was happy at it.
"I hope Mayura remembers to eat." Kagura said looking sad. "She barely eats as it is… scary. I'm scared she might faint in class or something." Kyo just smiled as he bent down to her and kissed her on the forehead:
"You worry too much." Kyo said. Kagura was a full-time mom, she received money from the main house, and since Akito died there were no rules about where the money went so the cursed members of the family where given money to help make their lives seem: normal… if you could justify normal for them. No, you probably couldn't justify normal. Kagura just was worried about her daughter. Being that age and not eating a lot could stop her body growing, it was a good thing that everything had started with her body like normal or Kagura would probably be taking Mayura to the hospital by now – or at least to see Hatori.
"On a side note: how is Haru-chan?" Kagura asked. She knew that Haru worked with Kyo, although Haru did run his own Club/Pub – Black & White, at night time. Kyo just shrugged. He never exchanged a word with Haru since his wife left seeing as he didn't like him being around Kagura for too long. If they did talk it ended up in an argument and fighting the way they did was no example for the children.
"I wouldn't know I haven't seen him lately." No use making Kagura angry by telling her the truth. It was probably only upset her too.
"Somehow there was something up with, Haru." Kagura said. "I saw him up the streets when I was getting messages, he was with Atlas – I tell you, he's growing up such a handsome boy – just like his father. He didn't seem quite happy." Kyo almost boiled there, how Atlas was compared with Haru – handsome… like his father? Kyo twitched…
"Why do you care about, Haru, Kagura...? He's a stupid idiot who doesn't deserve your time!" Kyo almost yelled. Kagura looked hurt, not only for herself, but for Haru too… so many years he had been made fun of because of him being the cow… she was so angry with Kyo when he got jealous.
"Kyo, Hatsuharu is like a brother to me and if you can't deal with that then I'm sorry. I love him, he's needing support right now and I'm the only one – except Kisa – who will help him. You have to accept that he needs me… though one thing will never change." Kagura smiled sweetly. Kyo might have been angry but he couldn't help but smile back when she smiled like that:
"What?" He replied with a sigh.
"I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU!" She smiled hugging him.
Mayura's blue eyes sailed downwards. She was on the school roof, a place where she found comfort – for some weird reason she felt at home on tall places.
"Mayura, come with me…" That voice called out to her again. She had no idea where it was coming from but she just wanted to follow it because it was the one thing that seemed to make sense. It was a female voice; sometimes male, but this time it happened to be a female voice. She liked the way that they justified her life. Like they understood… how come she could never find way of console in anything else but talking to these people in her mind? She just had to listen to the way they said they would make things better and she would see the ways they said where true… she would feel much better if she could be away from Kaori and with people who understood her. She would feel at home with someone who understood her…
But she couldn't leave her mother, her mother understood too… and she couldn't leave Atlas…
Though, unfortunately for her mother and for Atlas… the offer seemed to be, just so tempting.
