DisclaimerFruits Basket is not my creation. And my stories don't tend to follow what actually happens in the Manga, as I live in my own disillusioned little world.

Chapter 2: Missing Piggy

The next couple of days at Shigure's residence were as normal as they ever got. Kyou and Yuki fought, Tohru cooked and cleaned and prayed for the boys to stop fighting, Shigure obsessed over high school girls, occasionally someone was transformed by sheer accident into an animal, and all of them were just relieved that Tohru had been allowed to keep her memories. So yeah, all of them were living as normally as possible, until two days after the meeting between Akito and Tohru, when Yuki answered the phone to some rather disturbing news.

"What do you mean she's missing? Yes. I'll let them know. Right, if we can help at all, we will." Yuki hung up the phone and turned around in a daze.

Tohru stood there, having just entered from the kitchen. "Yuki? Is everything alright? Did I hear you say someone was…missing? Did Kisa run away again!"

"No. Not Kisa," Yuki said softly, still not quite believing what he had just been told, "Kagura."

"Kagura!" His friend shouted in surprise, "But...why? Where could she be! Oh Yuki! You don't think something bad has happened to her, do you!"

"I hope not, Miss Honda. But we can't be sure; she's not the type to just run away." Yuki sighed as he looked at the phone, "Hatori is putting together a search party, I should go to the main estate to see if I can help at all."

But by the time he looked up again, Tohru already had a spring jacket on, and had his in her hand, "I'm coming too. Kagura's my friend after all, if she's in some sort of danger I want to help if I can."

Yuki took his coat as he opened the door "Hatori is gathering mostly Souma's who know about the curse. There aren't many but it's too risky to call in the police, in case they see something they shouldn't."

"What the hell's going on?" Kyou was standing outside the door, his arms folded across his chest, a sweatshirt draped over the frame of his body, "Why is Hatori getting a search party together?"

"Kagura's missing." Answered the young brunette girl, her voice full of worry.

"What? Where the hell is she!" The cat snapped in disbelief.

"If we knew that, she wouldn't be missing," Yuki commented icily before turning back to Tohru, "Miss Honda, I really would rather you stayed here. If some sort of harm did befall Kagura, I wouldn't want you in harm's way."

Tohru nodded in silence. She wanted to help, but if Yuki was so concerned for her, she really should stay behind. She walked back into the house and took off her jacket.

Yuki waited for Tohru to close the door behind her before turning to leave for the main house. When he turned to go, he found that Kyou was gone. Yuki's best guess was that the cat had retreated to his rooftop. He knew his cousin was probably concerned for Kagura, but knowing Kyou, he would never admit it.

Yuki's guess wasn't very accurate however. Kyou was already on his way to the main estate. His heart was pounding, due to worry and the fast pace he was keeping. He was scared at the thought something might have happened to Kagura. Very few people had ever cared for him, at least openly. Kagura was one of those few, she had always been there. Granted, her love was obsessive, and usually quite painful, but it didn't change the fact that she had always cared.

His feet pounded the concrete as he raced towards the place the search party would be meeting. Shigure had left yesterday to go to the main house; Kyou couldn't help thinking he should have known then that something was up. They had, after all, just returned from the main house the day before that, Shigure should have had no reason to go back so soon.

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Kagura sat under a tree, leaning against the trunk, her knees pulled up to her chest. She never intended to run away, but once she had started running, she just couldn't stop. She sighed sadly and hugged her knees closer to her; the girl was alone, rejected, and to be perfectly honest, lost. While running she had zoned out so completely that she now had no idea where she was.

Tall trees surrounded her, and she knew she was in the woods somewhere. She could hear squirrels chattering away up in the trees. Two or three wild boars had come to comfort her, though she really found no comfort in their presence. She had no idea that the Souma's had launched a search, albeit a diminutive one. Nor did she know that Kyou, upon hearing her plight, had raced to try and find her.

That information alone, had she known it, may have convinced her that she should try to find her way back. But she remained oblivious to that fact, and continued to wallow in self doubt.

Again, I know it's short, but this story is growing very slowly. I'm still not even sure what I want the out come to be, normally I know that much before I start, and sometimes the story evolves to a point where I loose track of my goal. But now I'm rambling. Point is, the chapters might be short for now, and it may take a little while for my next update.

Lil-Sun-Rie: Soon enough? Lol! I had this chappie written, I just didn't want to post till I got some reviews!

JovianSheWolf: Kagura/Kyou is soooo Kawaii! Like I said though, not sure yet what the outcome will be!

Lucinda the Maid: Thank you for the compliments! Because of where the Anime left off, I just find it easier to write based off that instead of the manga, plus I've only read up too 7 in the manga. Sorry about the grammar mistakes. I'm usually pretty big on grammar myself, but I never seem to be able to get the mistakes out of my own writing! Curses.

Haruko Sohma: Cha, it was pretty rude of them not to even consider what was running through Kagura's head in the manga! I mean, poor girl! Maybe this ends up Kyou Kagura, maybe not, who knows.