Fruits Basket:
Chapter 5
"Alicia-chan, he's saying that you could be a descendent of this Hashimoto guy." Hana-chan said.
"Yeah and how come you never told us you where part Japanese?" Kyo asked.
"One, you never asked, two, my dad doesn't like to talk about and/or to his side of the family, partly because they disowned him telling him not to runaway with an American whore because she'd leave you and he's mad because they where right, and so on and so forth." Wave it off. "But I don't think I'm related to this Hashimoto guy." She smiled giving him the bow back. "But thanks for the cool history lesson."
"No wait please! It would be an honor for you to take one of our bows," he said holding the bow out for her to take.
"Believe me, as much as I would just die to own one of your bows, I don't think I have enough money for it." She said digging into her money, she only had about 2,366.2 Yen (About 200.00 dollars) on her, that wasn't going to get her a high quality bow.
"No I give it to you for free, even if you do not believe it, I do and knowing that will bring great honor to my family."
"NO WAY AM I JUST GOING TO LET YOU GIVE THIS TO ME!" She yelled.
"Fine…then you can pay for…the leather wrist guard! It's only 2,957.75 Yen." He smiled.
"Crap anyone got 591.55 Yen?" She asked everyone smiled and handed her a little bit and soon she had enough. "Thanks I'll pay you back promise." She turned to the man who smiled and started to wrap everything up, once paid for and out of the store Yuki smiled.
"That was crazy." He muttered running his hands threw his hair.
"I ain't complaining if that guy wants to give me free bows then let him!" Alicia laughed. Once Uo-chan and Hanna-chan where home everyone else went back to the dojo with Alicia.
"Look Kazu-san! Look what I got!" She said showing him the bow.
"Wow this must have been expense." He smiled.
"Nope!" She smiled as she took the bow, the arrows, and the guard out side.
"She didn't steel it did she?"
"No, some guy at the shop gave it to her convinced she was related to some great archer by the surname of Hashimoto." Yuki explained.
"Hashimoto?" Kazu-san asked.
"Yeah you heard of him?"
"Not him, her, Hashimoto was a woman. For the longest time she dressed herself as a man, even went to war. The Emperor honored him, and even when the Emperor of Japan asked for her face and full name, she only allowed him to know her as 'Hashimoto'," Kazu-san said. "Once Hashimoto was found to be a woman no one cared, she'd saved the Emperor, and all of Japan. She was a hero, and the fact that Alicia-chan shares the same surname as her only makes me think that this world is where she belongs." Kazu-san said as he watched Alicia shoot arrows Tohru watching and cheering her on.
"'This world'? Kazu-san what do you mean?" Kyo asked.
"Alicia-chan says that she comes from a different world, one where we are nothing more then a drawing on a piece of Manga paper, or a cartoon on an Anime show." He said drinking some tea. "But I just can't stop believing that Alicia-chan was brought BACK to her real universe, not brought to this universe for some strange reason."
Kyo looked and watched Alicia hit another bulls-eye, Tohru ran to pull it out of the target. "Does she think that?"
"I don't know. I mentioned it to her last night after you'd left, and she seamed to of had trouble sleeping. So I don't know if I'm just over thinking this or what…" Kazu-san laughed as he rubbed his neck.
Dinner Time
"Thanks for inviting us Tohru-chan." Alicia smiled as she pulled off her shoes and walked into the living room everyone was already seated down.
"ALICIA-CHAN!" Momiji smiled jumping up and pulling her after him and having her sit on the other side of him with a big bright smile.
"Momiji-san your so cute." Alicia smiled patting his head. "Would you care if I called you 'Usagi-san'?" She asked, it was the name she'd always called him when her and her friends where talking about him.
"YEAH!" He smiled clapping his hands.
"OOOH!" Alicia smiled. "YOUR TOO CUTE TO BE REAL!" She smiled and laughed when he held out his arms for her to hug him, which she did, nice and tight.
Usagi-san turned into a rabbit which just made Alicia smiled even bigger. Tohru laughed as she put food on the table, Alicia let Usagi-san eat on her lap until he changed.
"Well it looks like Usagi-san found a new friend," Ayame smiled as he took a sip of tea as he looked over at Alicia, Usagi-san and Tohru. Then an idea struck him. "YOU THREE WOULD BE PERFECT TO MODLE MY NEWEST CLOTHES!" He said suddenly scaring everyone he got up and grabbed the three dragging them to the bathroom.