Disclaimer: I am not Japanese…or Tohru… therefore Fruits Basket is not mine!

FYI: May include spoilers for upcoming chapters in my fanfic.

Manachans: Hi. I am back, with a broken back.

Tohru: Eh?

Manachans: no not really Tohru, I was just really exhausted trying to get that last chapter in.

Kyo: jeez, take it easy, this ain't going anywhere anytime soon.

Yuki: Yes, you should rest.

Manachans: Well I refuse to! After that migraine, AND after that whole incident with my computer crashing… I need to catch up on my work.

Haru: -appears from out of nowhere- Sup?

Kyo: Aahhh! Quit sneak'n up on me all the time! How'd you get here anyways punk? She didn't call for you…

Manachans: Haru doesn't need a reason to be somewhere… he just is.

Haru: I came to read the fic.

Manachans: …

Kyo: HA!

Manachans: so? He just knows I'm a great author. So there!

Kyo: Pfff! What'd you do? Take writing lessons from Shigure?

Manachans: I didn't take his writing course…

Haru: -turns black- You stupid cat! Insult the author why don't you!

-Kyo and Haru begin fighting-

Manachans: GUYS! PLEASE!

Yuki: Please, just get to the story already.

Manachans: God help me… please…

Chapter 4:

Continued

After many issues with Ritsu, they finally got the lobby completed. Soon, after a small break, they started heading over to the library. Ritsu was called back to the gym to help put the banners and decorations up, so Kyo and Tohru were finally alone! 'Tell her now you idiot!' Kyo said to himself, 'Don't you DARE chicken out! If you want to tell her how you feel, tell her now before it's too late!' these thoughts invaded Kyo's head like an angry swarm, 'She'll listen, She'll understand. She's your friend right?' Quickly he began to lose focus on what he was doing and accidentally toppled a bookcase (those really, really big ones you see in libraries) on top of Tohru.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" She screamed.

"Damn it!" He muttered, snapping back to reality he rushes to save her from the giant toppling bookcase. Fortunately he was able to spare her from most of the falling books, but he had to use himself as a shield and pretty much fell on top of her and 'POOF' he was a cat. As he emerged from the big pile of books (blushing furiously) he started apologizing. "Tohru! Man I am so sorry! Are you okay? I am such an IDIOT! Should I go get Hator…?" Surprisingly, Tohru was laughing.

"What's so funny?" He demanded.

"Hehehehehe! Ehahahahaha!" She giggled helplessly.

"WHAT?"

"OH! Heh. I'm sorry Kyo… It's just that, hehehe, that it's an awfully funny way to empty a bookshelf!" She burst out laughing again.

'Good job genius.' Kyo thought to himself. Several minutes later they were both laughing. "Are you sure you're okay?" He asked after a few minutes of the awkward laughing, and turning back into a human.

"I'm fine Kyo-kun! Don't worry I'm tough!" She exclaimed raising her arm in the air triumphantly. "OWWWW..." she groaned clutching her raised arm that had several bruises on it.

'I'm sorry Tohru, I couldn't tell you and then got you hurt.' He berated himself as he ran to get Hatori, 'You deserve someone better.'

Back in the library, Tohru was sorting through some of the old books that had fallen off the bookshelf. She was about to put them in a box when a certain book caught her eye. The book was an old one with leather binding and a sort of faded vermilion coloring. Strangely enough it had no title. "It looks like a diary." She mumbled to no one in particular. 'Dear Reader' it said, 'This book is a record of all known curses and some cures for them. Please be warned! Most cures will not work for most people and some will certainly kill you. Side effects will include nausea, headaches, dizziness, and death. (Hint hint)' "How strange." she murmered, "Could it really break any curse?" As she tucked it into her pocket (yes it was that small) she heard a whole lot of yelling coming from the gym. Walking over to the gym, the shouts grew louder and more frantic. Upon entering, Tohru saw something that she would never see again. Almost all of the male members of the Sohma family were on a single ladder, trying to hang stuff up. There was only one ladder so they kinda got into a fight over it and now are fighting on the ladder. "Lookout!" was the only thing Tohru heard before the ladder came crashing down. It was pure luck that the ladder missed her and fell next to her. The people however came down upon her. After lots of shouting, apologies, and smoke, Tohru seemed a little stunned and somewhat speechless.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" shouted a very angry looking Uo. She had been in the bathroom during the whole scene.Well how would you feel if you saw your best friend surrounded by 'animals' and clothing? Pretty pissed I'd say. And that's just what Uo was… Pissed. Brandishing her bloody pole, she chased all the 'animals' into the grounds outside the gym screaming "OUT! OUT YOU STUPID ANIMALS!" As soon as they entered the bushes just outside they 'POOFED' back into what they really are; A bunch of blushing, stark naked guys. D: So we have Uo staring at a bunch of nude guys in the bushes… bad sign.

Tohru ran to the door babbling and apologizing, but stopped as soon as she saw the scene outside. "Tohru," Uo mumbled, "the animals who were in there just turned into the Sohma family. I think I had too much… stress lately…" She turned around and started to stagger inside. "Yeah, well, I've had it. I'm done! It's… I'm done!" Uo exclaimed right before fainting.

"Well," sighed Haru, "she took that rather well."

"Please," cried Hatori, "put some clothes on before someone notices."

"You'd want them to." muttered Hiro. (Courtesy of my sister)

"We'll just lay her in the library," began Shigure casually as he staggered out of the bushes naked as the day he was born. "and tell her that she just had a bad.."

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" screeched Tohru who rushed to hide her face.

"Whoops."

"SHIGURE PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!" shouted Yuki enraged.

"But, shouldn't man be free to be able to express himself in anyway possible?"

"No offense Gure-san, but you are not exactly the roman sculpture yourself." said Aya who climbed out of the bushes himself to stand beside Shigure.

"Oh god help me." muttered Yuki.

"GET YOU'RE FRICK'N CLOTHES ON!" shouted Kyo enraged and ready to kill someone. 'I need to get clothes on too.' He thought, "I probably scared Tohru myself.'

'Poor Uo-chan.' thought Tohru as she gathered up the clothes and continued working on the decorations. 'The book would have to wait for tonight.'

Mans I felt so bad for not getting this in at all. It's kinda hard with everything popping up between the last chapter and now. In the story I has Hatori crying as he said something. I put that in for my friends because they love to have Hatori crying. Jeez I am real sorry. GOMEN! Till next time!

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Searching and Finding