1Hey everyone! It's the last chapter of Unexpected ... Finally! I can't believe it's actually over–It feels like just yesterday I was typing up the first chapter! Time goes by really fast sometimes! Before I begin the chapter, I would like to thank everyone who has read this story from day one and supported me through all of the long updates. And thank you so much for all of the reviews! I was so happy with all of the feedback I received–I never got a flame once. It's been great writing this story for you all. So, without further ado, may the last chapter of Unexpected begin!

Title: Unexpected
Author: Swaying Cherry Blossoms
Chapter: The Perfect Ending
Summary: Tohru Honda and Kyo Sohma's parents have been friends for thirty years, and their children have never met. But on one fateful day, the two teens meet and their lives are changed forever.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket or any of the song lyrics I add at the beginning of each chapter.


If I had to choose a way to die, it'd be with you

-

In a goose bump infested embrace

-

With my over-anxious hands cupping your cherub face

-

How does it feel?

- So Much by the Spill Canvas

There was one Tuesday night in particular, a few weeks into October, where Kyo found it impossible to fall asleep. He tossed and turned on his bed, tangling himself up in his bed sheets, and his mind could only focus on one thing: Tohru. It was over a month since he last saw her and suddenly her absence from his life was starting to take its toll on him. He suddenly felt nervous all of the time, jumping at things he normally wouldn't jump at. He constantly let his guard down, too, which resulted in him jumping at someone, usually Kazuma or Kunimitsu. He often felt stages of depression as well where all he would do was sit by the windowsill of his bedroom and stare at the set of woods that lay behind the house, the number of trees seeming endless, as if they went on forever and never stopped. Kyo's abnormal behavior was definitely noticeable and Kazuma thought of taking some action by sending him to see a psychiatrist.

"This has been very rough on him," Kazuma told Kunimitsu one morning over tea. The two men sat outside on the wooden porch at the back of the house, sipping green herbal tea from tiny little cups, admiring how the leaves of the trees were taking on their golden color, announcing that autumn had finally arrived. Kunimitsu nodded at Kazuma's statement and took a quick sip of his tea before responding. "Don't you think sending him to a psychiatrist is a little too much though?" Kazuma shook his head, but Kunimitsu went on. "He's just a teenager in love, is all. Like you told me once, Tohru-san has touched Kyo's heart in ways that no one else could have ever done. It seems like he needs her in his life, to help him along the way." Kazuma thought about this and knew that Kunimitsu was right, but if he just let it be, Kyo could get hurt.

As Kyo lay in his bed, staring at the ceiling, he wondered what Tohru was doing at that very moment, something he did very often. He looked over at his clock, which read two-thirty-three, and thought about her sleeping in her bed, a tiny smile plastered onto her face. She probably looked angelic, as she always did when she slept, with her long hair trailing over her shoulders and her bangs hanging elegantly over her eyes. She was always an image of pure innocence when she slept, and when she was living with Kyo and Kazuma, Kyo would often stay by her bed at night just to watch her sleep. Now, as he lay in his own bed, with the thought of Tohru being miles and miles of way, tears began to fall from his eyes and onto his pillow, he finally realized that he may never be able to watch her pleasant sleeping form ever again, or the way she smiled and laughed, or anything else for that matter. It suddenly dawned on him that he may never be able to see her again.

Not if he could help it.

Sure he'd thought about it, but he didn't actually think he could do it. It wasn't that simple, just going to Tohru's new home on the other side of the country and taking her from there. But now that he thought about it more, he realized that his love for her could overcome anything, that he would be able to do anything for her if he wanted to.

Kyo untwined himself from his blanket and sheets and thrust them off the bed. He sat up and turned on the tiny light that sat on his night stand, retrieving a pen and pad that lay next to the light, and scribbled a quick message on it. He placed them back in their original places then got off the bed and went to his dresser and began taking out clothing: two T-shirts, two pairs of pants, undergarments, and socks. He dug up a duffel bag from him closet and stuffed the apparels in it, throwing the unzipped bag onto his bag as he quickly changed out of his pajamas and into a long sleeved shirt and cargo pants. He then ran to the bathroom, quietly, to get his toothbrush and he threw it into the duffel bag and zippered it shut. Kyo swung the bag over his shoulder and exited his room, quietly shutting his door. He tiptoed to Kazuma's room to find Kazuma's wallet and from there took 2,000 yen. In the note that was scribbled on Kyo's night stand, everything was explained, especially why there would be some yen missing from Kazuma's wallet once he woke up in the morning.

Once Kyo was outside in the crisp autumn air, he inhaled deeply. If this whole plan worked out as he hoped it would, he would be able to see Tohru Thursday. He started down the sidewalk and crossed the street at the corner, walking in the direction of the train station. Since it was late at night, Kyo figured he would probably be able to buy a ticket on short notice to K, then board the train as soon as possible.

Walking to the train station didn't take long, for Kyo and Kazuma didn't live too far away from it, and there was luckily no line at the ticket booth, so Kyo was able to buy a ticket quickly and without a problem. Maybe all of the ease that was coming to him was a sign that this is what he had to do; he had to go to Kumamoto himself and bring Tohru back.

After buying his train ticket, Kyo sat on a cushioned bench and waited until his train was about to board. The station was almost vacant with the exception of him, some workers, and two middle-aged men each in a suit and reading the newspaper. When Kyo's train was ready to board, Kyo lifted himself from his seat, suddenly feeling a little sleepy.

The train ride went smooth yet long. Kyo rested his head against the glass window, occasionally feeling himself doze off for a half hour or so. The other occupants of the train stared blankly into the walking isles, their eyes slowly closing. The only sounds that broke the heavy silence were the rattling of the train wheels against the railroad tracks and the shaking of the train compartment.

It was almost seven o'clock in the morning when Kyo finally stepped off the train. He left the train station, confident he would reach Tohru and bring her back home with him.

- - - - - - - -

Tohru sighed in relief as she took a look around at the sparkling clean bathroom. She picked up her bucket from off the floor and headed out into the hallway. After one and a half hours of cleaning the upstairs of the house she was finally done with her chores for the morning. The only thing she had left to do was prepare breakfast, but Tohru couldn't really consider that a chore because she enjoyed cooking too much.

As Tohru prepared the fish she heard the ceiling above her creak, announcing that there was someone upstairs who was finally awake. Naomi then came down the stairs, yawning as she scratched her head, and she entered the kitchen and went straight to the refrigerator. As she opened it and reached in for a carton of orange juice, Tohru greeted her. "Good morning Naomi obasan! How did you sleep?"

"Nn ... Fine," Naomi grunted in response. She took a long swig at the orange juice, ruffling her messy hair, then placed the carton back in the refrigerator. "What's for breakfast?" she asked, her voice still groggy from sleeping, as she leaned against the counter. Tohru grinned at her aunt as she placed the chopped up fish into a frying pan and put on the stove. "Fish with rice," she said replied. Naomi nodded and then walked out of the kitchen. She stopped in the doorway, though, then turned around to Tohru. "Oh, before I forget," she started, folding her arms over her small chest. "Kenji has some papers for you to sign later after breakfast. You don't have to read them or anything, you know. They're just some forms stating our right to custody over you and everything." Tohru nodded. "Sure!" she replied happily.

She didn't notice Naomi smirk as she stepped out of the kitchen.

Later that afternoon Kenji asked for Tohru to meet him in the kitchen. When Tohru entered she found him sitting at the table, a small, neat stack of papers set in front of him. He grinned and motioned for her to take a seat in the chair opposite of him at the table.

"So," Kenji said as Tohru settled herself in the chair. "Thank you for taking the time to come in here for a minute to sign these. We've been trying to get all of these papers out of the way for a while, and now that I had the opportunity I thought I'd just get it over with." He put on a pair of reading glasses and then scanned through the papers. Once he seemed to find what he was looking for he handed it over to Tohru, along with a pen. "All you need to do is sign here ... And here ... Initials here ... Social security number here ... Bank account number here ... Name here ... And then here."

After Tohru was done signing she began to scan the paper. She saw different sets of numbers, but when she wanted to read on any further Kenji grabbed the paper from her hands. "All right, thanks again Tohru-chan," he said as he got up quickly. He shoved the pen behind his ear, got up, and hurried out of the kitchen. "Oh, your welcome!" Tohru called after him. She then turned her head toward the window and saw that it was beginning to get cloudy out.

- - - - - - - -

"Honda. Tohru Honda," Kyo said into a microphone. Behind a desk a woman tapped away at a keyboard, her eyes glued to a computer monitor. As she typed Kyo drummed his fingers on the desk and looked around the lobby of the building he was in. He wasn't very sure of where he actually was, but when he was at the train station he asked one of the train engineers where he would be able to find out where someone lived in Kumamoto. The man gave him directions to the location he was at and now he stood in front of the reception desk, watching as a woman looked up Tohru's name on the computer.

"There is a Honda family living in this city, but there are no records for a Tohru Honda. You may have the wrong family name, or the wrong given name, or you may just be in the wrong city."

"Could you read off the names of the whole Honda family then?"

"I'm sorry sir, but that information cannot be released unless you can name them yourself." The woman adjusted the glasses that sat on her nose. "That's when I can confirm whether the information you give me is right or not."

Kyo sighed. People could be so damn stubborn sometimes. He searched his mind for some other way he could find out where Tohru was living with her family. He looked around the lobby of the building once more, as if the answer was written somewhere on the walls.

Actually, it was.

Kyo nodded to the woman and thanked her for her help anyway. He walked over to a poster on the wall. The poster advertised a phone book that just listed all of the residents residing in Kumamoto. At that moment, Kyo couldn't have felt any happier. It was as if someone had just handed him all of his answers on a silver platter. The question was: How was he going to get access to one of those books?

Turning on his heel, Kyo walked back to the reception desk and tapped on the glass window to get the receptionist's attention. She looked up from the computer screen, adjusted her glasses, and then spoke into the microphone, "How can I help you, again, sir?"

"Yeah, um, do you have any idea where I can find one of those books?" Kyo pointed in the direction of the poster, causing the receptionist to squint so she could read the text written on it. "Oh, yes," she finally said. "We actually carry them here." She moved on her swivel chair to a drawer and opened it. She took out a fairly thick book then rolled the chair back to her previous position at the desk. She handed Kyo the book, then began typing again on her computer. "Oh, thanks," Kyo said. He hadn't expected to get the book so quickly.

"That'll be one thousand yen please," the woman said.

"What?" Kyo questioned. "You mean, I actually have to pay for this?"

"Of course," the woman laughed. "It certainly isn't free. The company that distributes those books is part of our enterprise and in return to their financial input to our company, we sell their books."

Kyo cursed under his breath. He hadn't come all the way to Kumamoto to spend his money on phone books. But, if this was the only way he was going to find out where Tohru's family lived, he stuck his hand in his pocket and took out his yen. He counted up the needed amount, set it on the counter, and then took the phone book from the receptionist. Without saying another word to her, he made his way out of the building.

The afternoon sun bore down on Kyo as he entered the daylight. He hadn't realized how long he was actually there at that building, but was relived to be finally out. He strolled over to a nearby bench and sat down, opening the phone book he had just purchased. He skimmed through the pages until he came up to the 'H' section of residents living in Kumamoto, then he read on until he found Honda.

There was more than just one Honda family residing in Kumamoto, unfortunately.

"Great," Kyo mumbled to himself. "Just great. What the hell am I supposed to do now?" It was like things were finally getting better, then suddenly got worse. He knew it was too easy. But maybe it was ... All Kyo really had to do was go to each of the homes and see, somehow, if Tohru was there. Sure, he would have to do some spying, possibly some trespassing, but it would be worth it once he found her, right?

Kyo flipped open the phone book again and turned to the page he was at before. There were four Honda families listed in the book, all of whom lived on different streets. If Kyo was lucky enough, he would be able to find a map of the city and then he could see how far apart each street was.

He picked up his head and looked around at all of the buildings and shops that lined the busy street. Cars whizzed by, stopping by at the occasional stop light, and pedestrians made their ways up and down the sidewalks that lined the streets as well. Kyo then spotted a café right across the street from the bench he was sitting on thay had a sign hanging on one of the glass doors, reading 'Free Computer Access'. Smirking to himself, Kyo got up and crossed the street, entering the café in a confident and content matter.

- - - - - - - -

It was two o'clock in the afternoon when Tohru walked through the automatic doors of a bank. She wrote out a withdrawal slip and then waited on line to be assisted by a bank teller.

Tohru was at the bank because she needed to go shopping for more cleaning supplies, and Noami nor Kenji had said they hadn't any pocket money on them at the time. Tohru had said that she could wait to go out and get the wipes, sponges, rubber gloves, and other things that were needed, but she couldn't stand to sit around the house while it got dirty. So she was going to take money out of her own bank account to pay for it.

After all, Naomi and Kenji had welcomed her into their home, let her eat their food, and had given her a warm bed to sleep in. It was the least she could do.

Smiling warmly as she stepped up to the teller, Tohru handed her the withdrawal slip as she watched the teller punch numbers into the computer that sat in front of her. She chewed fiercely at a fairly large piece of gum, popping it every five seconds. Her long acrylic nails made a loud tapping sound whenever she typed on the keyboard of the computer.

"Sorry hun," the teller said. Tohru couldn't help but notice the little smudge of lipstick that was on the woman's front tooth. "But this bank account's closed. You'll have to withdraw from anotha."

Tohru was suddenly baffled. "Oh, um, excuse me? You mean, the bank account is closed?" The teller nodded, popping a large bubble. "Yeap. Closed. Today in fact."

"T-Today? But ... I've never been to this bank before. It can't be closed ..."

"Sorry hun," the teller said again. "Next!" she called over Tohru's shoulder. At the teller's call, a tall, broad man wearing a suit stepped up to the desk. Tohru got off the line and walked once more through the automatic doors of the building and out onto the sidewalk.

"How ... How could it have been closed?" Tohru questioned herself as she walked down the sidewalk. She wrung her hands together and looked down at her feet as she walked. How could it be closed when I had over one thousand dollars in there? She thought to herself. Does that mean that some actually took the money out of my account before it was closed?

But who?

Then she remembered: the papers Kenji had asked her to sign. She had to write down her bank and social security numbers on them in addition to her name. And with her given signature, they could have easily closed up her bank account. Tohru tried to shake off the thought, for she knew it wasn't right to just jump to conclusions like that and assume things, but it all just seemed to fit together ...

Tears began to form in her eyes. How could her family betray her like that?

- - - - - - - -

As Kyo scrolled down the page of the map website, he double clicked on a text box and began to type in the address of the first Honda household listed in the phone book. He was hoping that all of the homes were close together for convenience, and also so that he could get to Tohru quickly. He missed how she felt in his arms when he held her, and how sweet her hair always smelt when he buried his face in it. Thinking about all this, he stared unawarely out the window.

And then he saw her pass.

Kyo blinked for a minute, his heart beginning to race. He quickly rubbed his eyes and took another look out the window and sure enough, it was Tohru who was walking on the sidewalk alongside the café.

"Tohru," Kyo gasped. His heart began to race widely in his chest and he felt all of those familiar sensations of being with Tohru shoot through him at that moment. It felt wonderful.

He hurried out of the café, nearly crashing into a couple walking out with cappuccinos in their hands, each who had shouted "Watch out!" at Kyo as he abruptly pushed himself through the doorway. If he wasn't fast, he could lose Tohru in the crowd.

"Tohru!" Kyo shouted at the top of his lungs. With all of the sounds of cars honking, people yelling, and sirens, Kyo wanted to do his best in getting Tohru's attention. He called her name again.

"Tohru!"

- - - - - - - -

As Tohru walked to the corner of the sidewalk, looking nimbly at her feet as she thought about the events that had occurred that day so far, she could have sworn she heard a voice calling her ... A familiar voice that sent chills down her spine whenever it spoke her name. The voice that she had only been dreaming about hearing for the past two months. The voice that belong to the boy she loved.

She turned around quickly, her hair whipping her face, and then she saw him running toward her. It was Kyo ... It was actually Kyo! At that moment Tohru seemed to forget everything that had happened that day , all of her problems, and all of her worries. What mattered was that at that very moment, Kyo was running toward her. And so she did the same.

"Kyo-kun!" she called out to him. She couldn't hold back the eagerness in her voice, the joy, and the relief. The tears that had filled her eyes earlier from the thought of her family betraying her were now tears of complete and utter happiness. She ran to Kyo fast and hard and after what seemed like an eternity of running, she was in his arms and lost in a kiss so passionate and wonderful, it didn't matter that they were standing on a sidewalk filled with other people. All that mattered was that Kyo had found her. He came for her, after those long, endless, two months.

As Kyo kissed Tohru, he wiped the tears from her face with his thumb and then buried his hands in her hair, just like he had done every night during that wonderful first summer they had spent together. Tohru's hands were around his neck and she pulled Kyo closer to her each time he tried to pull away to look ast her. But when she finally didn't bring him closer to her, Kyo took advantage of the opportunity and looked into those two big gorgeous eyes he had missed so much. Her face was still as sweet, her smile still as pure, and her skin just as soft as it had been before she had to leave him. The moment was just so wonderful, so magical that it brought faint tears to Kyo's eyes.

"Tohru," he whispered into her ear after he had pulled her into an embrace. "I was lost without you."

"Oh, I've missed you so much Kyo-kun!" Tohru sobbed into his shoulder. "But you came for me ... You found me!"

Kyo planted a gentle kiss on Tohru's forehead as he began to stroke her hair lovingly, feeling that wonderful sensation flowing through his fingers with every stroke. It was almost as if he was in heaven.

Kyo and Tohru had eventually brought their reunion to a nearby park and reminisced about their unforgettable memories together. They hugged, kissed, and held hands until the sun began to set, and together they walked back to Tohru's house hand-in-hand.

Tohru was back at Kazuma's the next week. It turned out that the papers Kenji had asked for Tohru to sign weren't papers that gave Kenji and Naomi the right of custody to Tohru, but rather the custody to the money that Tohru's mother had left for Tohru when she died. Although Kenji and Naomi weren't arrested, for they hadn't stolen the money since Tohru's signature was on the paper, they were fined for manipulating her and giving her false statements as to what she was actually signing.

Tohru did get the money back, though. But that was the least of it. What she got back that meant the most was her life, her love, and her home. And that was all one thing:

Kyo.


Aw, it ended! I can't believe it! I hope you all liked it! I know this chapter wasn't as big as last chapters of stories usually are, but at least Tohru and Kyo are together again, right? That's what matters the most.

I'd like to take this time to first apologize for how long it took me to update. I don't have that many excuses. On the most part, I was lazy, I'll admit it, lol. But I did have track meets to go to, a research paper to work on, and I've been doing a lot of reading lately. But besides that, I still tried to write as much as I could and now I finally finished! I'm kind of happy the story's over with because I can start writing a new one!

Second, I'd like to thank everyone who has read this story from chapter one. It really, really means a lot to me that you all take time to read this story, meanwhile you could be doing homework, hanging out with friends, shopping, or any other thing you like to do. But the fact that you're sitting there at the computer, reading my work, makes me feel great. And if you took the time to review also and give me your feedback, well that makes me even more grateful! Thank you all so much because I honestly couldn't have written this story without all of these reviews I've received. You guys are all the best!

Oh, and the song that's featured in this chapter happens to be my favorite song. I recommend that you download it and listen to it because it's a really, really beautiful song, lol.

Until my next story, may all of your days be safe and happy.

And remember: life can be so unexpected sometimes!

xoxo Swaying Cherry Blossoms