Hey everyone! It's been a while since you've heard from Light or me. I'm Ami if you've forgotten (FireballAmi if you've seen me on the site). Anyways here's another of Light's own stories called"TheCat's Past" and it's Fruits Basket which in my opinion is an awesome series.Well to the point besides stating the usual disclaimer, I've got lots of free time for a while now so I'll be posting many chapters of Light's "Crimson" and hopefully the long awaited Chapter 17 before the start of next week. We'll both be working hard to also try and update Tyson and Rei's Behind the Scenes of Beyblade as well as Beyblade Short Stories. Hmm what else? Well if anyone cares to visit, I have my own name on and if anyone wants to read I have a beyblade fic posted up called "A Lesson in Love" which although I planned to make it a one-shot, isn't going to end there. I plan to expand on it and as well as post another Beyblade fic that I've been working on called "The Kei Project." Exciting, huh? Okay enough chatting, on to the disclaimer...

Okay... (1) Light owns no rights whatsoever to Fruits Basket but she does own a very cute Kyo Cat Doll (I want one!) and the manga and anime which she has purchased in a store. (Actually to tell the honest truth, Light first introduced me to this series, and I loved it.) (2) I, Ami, have only aided Light in the editing and posting of this fic, all creation and pretty much most of the ideas have come from her. And finally (3) Enjoy! Please Review! Enjoy! Please Review! (Damn I need a recorder so it could repeat that all day and annoy everyone. He he.) Alrighty got to work at 6:30 am tomorrow, so enjoy! And don't forget to review: )


Grave

Loud ranges of sounds echoed through the lunchroom as Tohru, her friends and the Sohma's, which consisted of Yuki, Kyo, Momiji and Hatsuharu sat around a large table and began eating their lunch. Everything seemed normal until Kyo told Tohru something unusual.

"Tohru, I won't be home all day tomorrow so don't worry about setting up a meal for me."

Arisa Uotoni leaned in and spoke loud enough so that even the two tables on either side of them could hear. "What, you have a date or something orange top?"

"No." Kyo stated bluntly before eating a hot dog-shaped octopus.

"So then what are you doing?" Arisa asked.

"It's none of your business," Kyo answered, irritated.

"Spill it. What are you doing?" Arisa asked again, this time in a more determined voice which clearly stated that she wasn't going to just drop the matter.

"Forget it." Kyo replied as he got up and began to walk away. Uo pulled off her right shoe, aimed it and threw it at Kyo, who caught it just before it hit his head. Turning around, Kyo glared at Uo and yelled, "What the hell was that for!"

"For not answering my question, now answer!" Uo yelled back.

"No!" Kyo spat.

"Just answer her question already, you stupid cat," Yuki cut in, before continuing to eat his lunch.

"Why you damn rat!" Kyo yelled back and threw a punch at Yuki who easily dodged, and left an opening for Haru to smack Kyo on the head.

"Kyo, just answer the question," Haru spoke calmly.

"No, now leave it at that." Kyo stated again, this time more firmly.

"Damn it cat, give us a goddamn answer or I'll break your neck," Haru replied as he changed into Black Haru.

"You idiot, you just had to bring Black Haru out," Yuki stated, getting annoyed with Kyo's stubbornness.

Black Haru raised his fists, preparing to attack Kyo when Kyo finally answered.

"I'm going to my mother's grave." Kyo explained with a sigh, before continuing irritably, "There, you happy?"

"Huh? Your mother died? When did this happen?" Arisa asked, confused. Kyo didn't answer.

"Kyo? Can I go with you?" Tohru asked quietly before smiling." I would really like to meet your mother." A small blush formed on Tohru's cheeks, causing Kyo to blush as well and rub the back of his head.

"Uh, yeah sure," Kyo answered, sounding as though he didn't care.

"Hmm? I would like to go too,"Arisa cut in.

"I do too!" Momiji yelled excitedly.

"It seems like a good way to waste our day tomorrow." Haru replied, sounding bored.

"All of us there together would be nice." Hanna articulated as she bit down on a small chip. "Just like when we visited Kyoko's grave." She added before putting another chip in her mouth.

"Hey, hey wait a second! I never said all of you could come!" Kyo yelled at the group angrily.

"Well you invited Tohru," Haru stated bluntly. "I don't see why we can't come too."

"Please Kyo? It would be fun if we could all go together and I'm sure your mother would be happy to see all the friends you've made." Tohru smiled again as Kyo bite his lip.

"Fine," Kyo grumbled before sitting down again to finish his lunch.

The next day Kyo and Tohru met up with Haru, Momiji, Arisa, and Hanna at the bus stop. Earlier that morning, Yuki had told Tohru that he had planned to go to his base and couldn't join them. So the rest of the group got on a bus and headed towards Kyo's mother's grave. The bus passed through the Sohma estate and about ten miles away later the Sohma family temple where almost all the Sohma family graves resided came into view. The bus halted and the group got off of the bus.

Arisa's mouth dropped as she exclaimed out loud, "Your mom was buried in this temple? It's huge! Your family must be rich."

"Yes it is quite big." Hanna stated as the group began following Kyo.

"No, this is where all the Sohma's are buried so this temple belongs to the whole family." Haru explained to everyone.

"You're kidding?" Arisa questioned, still taken aback.

"No." Kyo stated plainly, before becoming quiet again. They all walked in silence following Kyo through the temple, and crossing many sections of graves that had been labeled with animals on signs posted separating them. The whole graveyard was split into twelve sections each marked with a different animal.

That must be where they bury the members of the zodiac. Tohru thought as they walked by a mausoleum that was the fanciest thing in entire graveyard.

"That's where the head of the family is buried…" Haru explained as he watched his companions' eyes widen in awe at the large building, except for Kyo who continued to trudge along. The whole temple was larger than Shigure's entire house put together. Tohru walked into Kyo when he suddenly stopped abruptly.

"Kyo?" Tohru replied as she looked up to see Kyo's face. It was filled with emotions of rage and sadness.

"Yo orange top, why'd you stop?" Arisa replied, irritably.

"We can't go yet. Not until they're gone." Kyo answered as he indicated at the people standing near one of the graves. "I'll go talk to them first. Don't come over until I say, okay?" Kyo added seriously, and waited for them all to respond. When he was satisfied with their answer, he walked away and went over to the people near the grave. As he came closer to the group, he began to receive glares. Tohru flinched as she saw how angry the people were becoming. Kyo stopped in front of them and bowed his head before standing straight and looking at a middle-aged man who was standing in the middle of the group.

"Why are you here?" The middle-aged man growled angrily.

"Why else would I come?" Kyo replied sarcastically as he looked down towards the grave. Suddenly a woman standing in the group walked up to him and slapped him in the face. Kyo turned to face the woman and glared as his friends watched on with a look of shock on all their faces except for Haru, who looked uncomfortable but not surprised by what had happened.

"How dare you! You foul and insolent boy! You have no reason to be here!" The woman screamed at him.

"She's my mother. I believe that is reason enough for me to be here." Kyo stated as he continued to glare, but this time more coldly. Several people in the group backed away slightly and the man in the middle spoke again.

"Yes you are her son as well as the monster that killed her." Kyo's father smirked. "What kind of son does that make you?"

Kyo tensed up. He hated being blamed for his mother's death. Kyo's glare softened at his father, as he replied in a calm voice, "It wasn't my fault."

Kyo's father lifted his arm and swung it at Kyo, punching him directly in the face. Kyo continues to stand and glare at the people in front of him as blood trickled slowly down the side of his lip. Quickly like the first blow, Kyo received another hit but this time at his head yet he still remained standing. Finally after two more blows to his face, and three to his stomach, Kyo fell to his knees. He tried to stand up again but was forced completely down on the ground after a foot landed hard on his back, pinning him beneath it.

"Why would you, after thirteen years suddenly want to show up at your mother's grave? Is it because your time is almost up?" Kyo flinched as a sinister smile formed on his father's face.

"You know it's inevitable, the cat is always locked up in the end. But when that time comes for you, a lot of people will be celebrating your imprisonment." Kyo's father replied coldly. "No one will ever again have to look at the ugly monster."

Kyo remained silent as his father piled more insults on him while inside Kyo's mind he screamed and pleaded for his father to stop. Negative thoughts consumed Kyo's brain as his head was suddenly lifted by his hair, forcing Kyo to look directly at his father. Kyo's father smiled brightly before saying, "Hopefully before your imprisonment, you'll do everyone a favor and kill yourself." Kyo's father threw Kyo's body, making it slam hard against his mother's own grave. Kyo's head hit the corner of the grave stone and blood began to drip from the open wound. Meanwhile Haru held back Tohru as Uo and Hanna stared on, completely numb. Again they watched as Kyo's father grabbed Kyo's hair but this time he rubbed Kyo's head in the blood that he had spilled on the tomb's grayish stone. The blood smeared but Kyo's father refused to release Kyo until he was satisfied that most of the blood had been wiped off before he threw Kyo to the ground and left him there.

"Don't you dare spill your disgusting blood on your mother's grave again, you filthy monster." Kyo's father spat before walking away with the others, leaving his son lying on the ground, motionless.

Kyo had forgotten about Tohru, Haru, Arisa, Momiji, and Hanna during his argument with his father, for most of them had witnessed the whole event all except Momiji whose eyes had been covered by Tohru, but that still didn't prevent him from hearing everything that had happened. Arisa still stood shocked at Kyo's lying form unable to understand why Kyo had been beaten for what seemed like no justifiable reason and also as to why he hadn't of tried to defend himself. Hanna closed her eyes for a brief moment, as though she could will herself to erase the scene that had seemed to already imprint itself on her mind. Haru, on the other hand, placed his hand on Momiji's shoulder and tried to comfort the suddenly shaking boy's body. But it was Tohru who first rushed quickly to Kyo's side after Kyo's father had walked away. She was kneeling beside him, gently pushing on his shoulder and asking in a worried voice whether he was okay. Small tears formed in her eyes as she tried to hold them back.

Kyo turned his face towards Tohru and she noticed that his lip was already turning a light blue color. Kyo smiled weakly at her and replied, "I'm okay, just a little sore." Tohru smiled weakly also and hugged Kyo suddenly, causing him to grunt from pain.

"I'm so sorry." Tohru apologized quickly and she helped Kyo stand up.

"It's okay." Kyo replied. The others soon joined Kyo and Tohru and silently they each paid their respects to Kyo's mother before leaving. On their way home, Arisa had to ask about what they had all witnessed at his mother's grave.

"Orange top? Hey, how come you let that gut beat on you like that?" Arisa asked, irritated.

"He's my birth father so he has a right too plus I'm use to it." Kyo replied calmly.

Arisa turned silent at this response and watched as Kyo walked off the bus when it had completely stopped and begin heading towards Shigure's. Tohru waved goodbye to her friends before walking up to Kyo and matching his pace.

"That was a very interesting trip. I see now why when we visited Kyoko's grave you had such dark feelings around you." Hanna thought out loud before she joined up walking next to Arisa.

Tohru and Kyo silently walk back to Shigure's. When they arrived home, Kyo ran up to his room, leaving Tohru to stand and watch him until he disappeared out of sight. Yuki noticed this and wondered what was wrong, as he glared at Kyo before he entered his room.

"What'd you do to Tohru now?" Yuki asked, irritated.

"Get lost rat," Kyo glared as he slammed his door shut. Alone in his room, Kyo continued to punch his wall as he replayed all of the things his father had said to him. His father's voice still rang in his ear. "Do us all a favor and kill yourself…" Kyo dropped to the floor and wrapped his arms around his body. A sudden anger filled him as one thought consumed his mind – I have to beat Yuki. I will not be imprisoned by Akito.