I don't own the Fruits Basket characters! I do own the plot and Charlie, but not all the dialogues because they talk about events from the manga. This chapter is my attempt at humor!

Tohru was getting ready to head over to Yuki's house. It was pretty early out.

"Grandpa! I'm going to go now!" Tohru called to her grandpa.

Her nearly bald grandpa set down his newspaper and walked over to Tohru to say goodbye when he noticed the dark bruise on her arm.

"Kyoko! What happened to your arm!" asked grandpa worriedly.

"Oh, nothing grandpa," replied Tohru covering up her injury.

"Did somebody hurt you?" asked grandpa.

"Don't worry grandpa! It's just a bruise," reassured Tohru with a laugh.

"Does it hurt!"

"Just a little grandpa. You really don't have to worry. It'll heal in a couple days," Tohru told grandpa with a smile.

"I'll try not to worry. It's just that I hate to see you hurt," replied grandpa.

The old clock in the room sent a low ring through the room.

"Okay, I have to go now," exclaimed Tohru looking at the clock.

"Have fun. Watch out for evil people," grandpa called out to Tohru as she ran out of the house.

It was a bright sunny day outside. The wind rustled her hair gently.

Tohru started to walk to Yuki's house. She held the instructions tightly in her hands. "If I lose this then I'll be in trouble!"

Meanwhile… At the Sohma residence…

"How dare you say that about me!" shouted Kyo.

"What, you mean you're not an idiot. How strange. I swear you are an idiot," replied Yuki with a smirk.

"You want to fight!" screamed Kyo.

The orange hair boy jumped up in a fighting stance with both of his fists held upright.

"Why do you keep challenging me if you keep losing?" asked Yuki.

"I hate you! I'll hate you until I die!" yelled Kyo attacking Yuki.

"…And I'll hate you even after I get buried," responded Yuki kicking Kyo out the door.

Tohru just arrived at their house and was about to knock but Kyo was sent out through the door. The paper door flew out along with Kyo's body. Shattered wood and bits of paper lay along the yard. He landed several feet away from the house unconscious.

"AAHHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Tohru jumping up a couple of feet.

"Sorry about that Honda-san. You arrived early," greeted Yuki apologetically.

Tohru looked up at Yuki who was smiling at her through the large whole in the house.

"Am I too early! I'll come back later!" exclaimed Tohru. "Why does that sound familiar?"

"No it's okay. Come on inside," Yuki told her.

"What about Kyo Sohma?" asked Tohru worriedly looking back at the unconscious teen.

Yuki shook his head almost chuckling at the pitiful looking Kyo.

"He'll be fine. Watch out. Be careful when the door breaks it's usually sharp," warned Yuki.

Yuki held out his hand to help her in. Tohru blushed slightly as she gently put her small hand in his. She felt her whole body grow warmer as his strong arms helped her inside.

"Usually? They break the door often?" wondered Tohru.

"Welcome to my house!" Yuki welcomed Tohru stepping aside so she could look around.

Tohru spotted the dark haired man at the table, he wore glasses and was reading today's news paper.

"Shigure-san?" Tohru addressed the man who.

"Tohru-kun! You came back!" greeted Shigure running towards Tohru with a goofy smile.

"You're the dog from my dream yesterday!" exclaimed Tohru.

Shigure fell backwards in mid step. The dog regained his posture immediately but looked slightly puzzled.

"She only remembers the curse so far," Yuki whispered to Shigure.

Shigure nodded, only starting to understand the currant situation.

"Oh, well I am the dog, Shigure Sohma. Hello Tohru-kun," Shigure told Tohru.

"Nice to meet you Shigure-san!" Tohru greeted with a bow.

"Haha! How respectful you are," Shigure laughed pleasantly.

Yuki rolled his eyes at the immature man. Tohru's cheeks grew red.

"So do you always beat people up?" greeted Charlie noticing Kyo on the ground.

"Is that your business?" asked Yuki coldly not even facing the new arrival.

"Hi you must be Charlie! Ignore Yuki he's always mean," greeted Shigure happily.

"Hi, who are you?" responded Charlie as he stepped into the house.

"Silly me I'm Yuki's cousin Shigure Sohma," Shigure told Charlie.

"Nice to meet ya," replied Charlie.

"Pleased to meet you too," Shigure said cheerfully.

"Yeah whatever let's get to work," Yuki told them.

He turned around to head upstairs to his room.

"EEEEEEEEKKKKK! What happened to you Kyo darling?" cried Kagura holding Kyo tightly in her arms.

Yuki groaned as he turned around to see the small brunette woman clutching Kyo's body.

"Who's that?" asked Charlie.

"That's Kagura," replied Yuki dully.

Kagura's jumped up when she heard her name. She beamed looking at Charlie.

"Oh, a stranger. Who are you? I'm Kagura Sohma! Yuki's cousin and Kyo's beloved soul mate," greeted Kagura happily.

"Hello…" Charlie responded.

"Who said you're my soul mate!" yelled Kyo angrily waking up.

Kagura blinked her grey eyes a couple of times before she responded.

"Oh, so now you're awake," Yuki commented.

"Kyo! Of course we're soul mates! We're destined for each other!" exclaimed Kagura.

"No we're not!" yelled Kyo as he swiftly got up.

"What did you say!" cried Kagura as she knocked him over and pinned him down.

Kyo struggled trying to escape but Kagura kept her hold demanding an apology.

"Just ignore them. Let's go to my room. It should be quieter there," Yuki said as he started up the stairs.

"But what about Kyo?" asked Tohru curiously.

"Don't worry about him," responded Shigure as he picked up his newspaper again.

"What a weird family," thought Charlie.

"Why does this place seem so familiar?" wondered Tohru.

Before they could even finish going up the stairs a voice called, "YYUUUUUUKI!"

Yuki froze at the top of the stairs. "That couldn't be!"

"What was that?" asked Charlie.

"YYYYYYYUUUUUUUUUKKKKIIII! Come greet your brother!" commanded Ayame.

Yuki dashed down the stairs and Tohru and Charlie followed after him with confused looks. They stared at the handsome man with long silver hair.

"I have completed the dresses for T-," started Ayame proudly.

"Shut up! And go back home! I don't want it! Give it to Kyo!" yelled Yuki knocking Ayame down with his fist.

"Aya! Are you okay!" cried a worried Shigure crouching by Ayame.

"How cruel you are to your Niisan, Yuki!" shouted Ayame.

Yuki crossed his arms furiously.

"GO HOME!" shouted Yuki angrily.

"Ooohhh! Is that my dress?" asked Kagura excitedly popping into the house.

"Why yes Kagura! See Yuki you could be a little excited like Kagura," Ayame told Yuki as he handed a dress to Kagura.

"I'm a man! I don't want a dress!" replied Yuki coldly.

Kagura rushed out of the room clutching the dress dearly.

"Who are you?" asked Charlie facing Ayame.

"Huh? Oh yes silly me I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Ayame, Yuki's older brother pleased to meet you!" greeted Ayame joyously.

"Hi I'm Charlie," greeted Charlie.

"I'm Tohru!" Tohru added with a large smile.

"Oh," mumbled Ayame pondering a bit in his mind.

"Why are they here?" Ayame whispered to Shigure ignoring the presence of the other occupants of the room.

"A project," Shigure murmured back.

"A project that should be finished by now if it wasn't for you!" replied Yuki bitterly.

"I apologize. Let me make it up to you by helping!" offered Ayame fluttering over to them.

"No, I have a feeling you'll mess it up," Yuki shot down.

"Ayame oji-san do you want this?" asked Kisa popping into the house.

"Kisa!" greeted Tohru grinning.

"Onee-chan!" cried Kisa running over to hug Tohru.

Tohru kneeled down to embrace Kisa.

"What do you want me to do with your stupid box!" cried Hiro stumbling into the house holding a huge box.

"Just leave it on the floor," ordered Ayame.

"What I don't get a thanks? Why should I even help you if you don't appreciate it?" asked Hiro frowning as he dropped the box.

It landed with a cruel sounding crack.

"We're never going to get anything done," mumbled Yuki with a sigh.

"I'm going to the bathroom," announced Charlie leaving the room.

"I'm done getting dressed!" called Kagura as she walked back into the room.

She twirled around in her light green ball room style gown.

"You look amazing Kagura!" cried Ayame rushing to her.

"Yes, you look beautiful," agreed Tohru still holding Kisa who nodded.

Kagura blushed as she walked over to Kyo, "How do I look?"

"Like a pig," responded Kyo coldly.

"If you're going to be mean then I'll go home!" yelled Kagura as her eyes started to water.

She started to run out of the house when they heard someone call, "It is I your faithful paper boy again! Here to deliver you another paper!"

Kagura ran into the paperboy and turned into a boar. She ran him over and kept going straight ahead tears still flowing down her cheeks.

"Kyo you shouldn't be so mean," Ayame scolded picking up the dirty dress.

Kyo grunted.

"I wonder if he'll be okay," said Haru as he stepped over the paperboy carelessly.

"What are you doing here!" yelled Kyo.

"We're here with Ha'ri!" answered Momiji jumping into the scene.

"What's Hatori doing here?" asked Yuki.

"You skipped your check up again," responded Hatori entering the house.

"Who are all these people?" asked Charlie returning to the room.

"Our idiotic family," replied Kyo.

"I'm Hatori Sohma. Yuki's cousin. I'm a doctor," Hatori told Charlie as he started his check up on Yuki.

"Do you have to do this right now? We're supposed to work on our project," Yuki asked Hatori.

"Are you okay?" Tohru asked Yuki worriedly observing them.

"Yeah, I just have weak bronchial tubes," responded Yuki.

"I'm Haru, I go to the same high school as you, remember?" greeted Haru.

"Me too! Momiji Sohma! Remember?" asked a hyper happy Momiji.

"Oh yeah," answered Charlie.

"We're never going to start our project," mumbled Yuki as Hatori continued to do his check up.

He shivered as he felt Hatori's cold stethoscope against his skin. Hatori listened for a moment before moving it across Yuki's chest.

"Well if you came to your appointment then I wouldn't be here," responded Hatori.

"Shigure!" Ritsu called as he started to enter the front.

THUMP

Ritsu tripped over the unconscious paper boy. The books flew into the sky dropping on Ritsu's back. He dizzily lay on the ground for a few seconds before starting to apologize.

"Ahhhh! I'm so sorry! Are you okay? Oh no! I killed him! Please forgive me! My presence is a curse to everybody! I'm so sorry!" cried Ritsu running around the yard.

Shigure went over there and poked him in the side. Causing him to fall down onto the ground.

"Do you have my books?" Shigure asked.

"Yes there right- Oh no! I dropped your books! Now they're dirty! I'm so sorry!" exclaimed Ritsu panicking again.

Shigure poked him again and then picked up the books. He left Ritsu on the ground next to the paperboy. Both unconscious.

"Who was that?" Charlie asked Shigure.

"That's our cousin Ritsu," replied Shigure as he left for his office without another thought.

Hatori pulled the stethoscope out from underneath Yuki's shirt and let it drop against his shirt.

"Yuki is it really that hard to come to your appointments?" Hatori asked Yuki as he put away his equipment.

"I was going to but something came up…" answered Yuki.

"You mean you had to beat up Charlie," added Haru.

"What did you do?" asked Ayame joining the conversation.

"He beat up Charlie. What part of that don't you understand? Isn't it obvious? Look at these bruises. Are you deaf or just blind?" responded Hiro.

"Yuki you shouldn't hurt any one but Kyo," scolded Ayame.

"Hey!" screamed Kyo.

"Want me to hurt you instead?" Yuki threatened his brother.

"No thanks! I'll go now… By the way I left your dress by the door," Ayame told his brother.

"It's not mine!" Yuki yelled at Ayame while throwing one of Shigure's books at him.

"OWWW!" cried Ayame as the book collided with his head.

"Come on everybody let's go," announced Hatori gathering his stuff.

"Awww! Can't we stay longer?" whined Momiji.

"If you want to walk," replied Hatori as he gathered up his belongings.

Everybody stopped what they were doing and stood up heading to the door.

"Bye Onee-chan," called Kisa as she and Hiro followed Hatori out the door.

"Bye Kisa! Bye Momiji, Haru, and everybody," called Tohru waving to them.

"Bye!" everyone answered.

"They give me a headache," mumbled Yuki clutching his head.

"Yeah, at least you don't have Kagura chasing you every second," yelled Kyo as he left for the roof.

"Finally, some peace and quiet. Let's get to work," decided Yuki as he headed towards the stairs.

About two hours later they were about finished.

"I'm sorry, I have to go. I hope you guys do a good job finishing it," Charlie told them as he stood up.

The blonde man took one look at their project.

"Don't worry about it," responded Yuki not bothering to look up.

"We'll do our best!" Tohru told him smiling.

Charlie left after a couple minutes of goodbyes. They went back upstairs to finish their poster. When they finished it was already dark out. Yuki decided to walk Tohru home, since it's dangerous in the woods around his house.

"You didn't have to walk me home," Tohru told Yuki.

"I wanted to," responded Yuki.

Her cheeks became red instantly. Yuki smiled at her embarrassment.

They neared Yuki's secret base when Tohru gasped and fainted again. Yuki rushed to her side shaking her.

"Tohru!" he called as he tried to wake her up.

In the distance you could see the secret base. Scattered around were the remains of their first date. The day when Yuki confessed his love to Tohru.