Hey everyone! Ami here. Wow... it's definitely been a long time since "The Cat's Past" has been updated and its mainly my fault. I was taking a College summer course (Cell Bio) for the whole month of June. But it's all over with now and I've got lots of free time to edit and post Light's stuff. A majorplus for all of you. Now on to more information about this chapter. (1) It's longer like many asked it to be. (2) More characters are introduced as well as more of Kyo's hidden past is revealed. I bet you're all getting excited just hearing that so I'll just skip right to the disclaimerand letyou get right on to reading and reviewing (two things that even I love to do).

Disclaimer: (1) If it isn't already obvious but I'll just repeat myself anyways, Light doesn't own Fruits Basket or its characters though the names Seiji, Aiko, and Atsushi she created as character names for characters that had names unknown to her. (I won't tell you who they belong to sillies cause that would just give it away then.) (2) Please Read, Review, and Enjoy. That sounds simple enough.

Till next time then.


Chapter 4- Year One of the Cat

Kyo looked at them all before setting his eyes on Tohru. Anger rose in his voice as he squeezed his hands into fists and through clenched teeth yelled "Damn it! Why'd they have to see that when I never even knew what my birth was like," then his tone softened as he downcast his dismal eyes, "Why is this happening and how come they can't see me? I don't want them to see my past especially not Tohru."

Kyo's eyes darkened even more. "There are just some things in my past that shouldn't be shown."

Kyo reached out to grab Tohru's shoulder, but instead his hand pasted right through her. A smoky mist swiftly and quietly engulfed Kyo as well as the others. When the mist cleared, Kyo and the others found themselves standing in a room with little toys and stuffed animals scattered around the floor as a crib, dresser, a side closet, a small toy chest and a changing station consisted of the only other items around them.

"A baby room?" Momiji stated more in question than in saying.

"Obviously it's Kyo's," Yuki joined in.

A small movement from the crib drew their attention towards it. Tohru was the first to see a small hand reach out of between the plastic bars and smiled taking the initiative to walk closer. Peering down, Tohru saw Kyo squirming in his crib but stopped as though he saw something and faced Tohru, smiling.

"Can you see me?" Tohru asked out loud, though baby Kyo wouldn't be able to understand her.

"What? That's not possible. No one could see us before." Haru stated as Tohru retreated back towards the group away from the crib. As they were talking a small pounding on the carpet stopped them.

They faced the crib again and saw Kyo crawling slowly yet with determination towards the only ajar door in the room.

"How did he…?" Yuki trailed as Haru beckoned them to follow baby Kyo. Kyo lead them around the house for a while before finding a spot in the living room where light had been streaming down on from a window close by. A sofa chair sat on the side blocking most of his body from being seen.

"Kyo's cat instinct: a warm spot in the sun." Momiji said as the others laughed and Kyo scowled.

"What do we do now?" Momiji wondered out loud as the rest looked to each other with uncertainty as baby Kyo continued to sleep peacefully.

"It does look like Kyo'll be out for a while." Yuki added as the others nodded in agreement. "Well, how about we look around? Maybe we'll find out what going on."

"Well it's better than watching him sleep. I bet he'll start snoring soon like always." Haru joked.

"Shut up Haru!" Kyo yelled as he threw a punch towards Haru but like his previous attempts his fist pasted right through which frustrated Kyo even more. Before Kyo could vent any more of his frustrations, a woman's voice that he recognized as his mother's began calling out to him.

"Mother…" Kyo whispered sadly as his anger dissipated.

"Kyo! Oh my god! Kyo, where are you?" Kyo's mother yelled franticly.

"Is that Kyo's mother?" Momiji asked as he listened to her worried yells.

"Of course it is." Haru added. "Let's go find her."

The group began to leave the living room when suddenly Kyo's mother rushed in walking straight through Haru.

"She went right through me…" Haru stated in surprise as Momiji laughed.

The others ignored Haru and focused on the woman searching the entire room. They saw her pause by the sofa chair and rest a hand to her chest as she breathed a deep sign of relief. She reached down to pick up baby Kyo but suddenly paused and jerked back her hands slightly. Reaching down again, she lifted his arm and Tohru noticed a bracelet, one impressed in her mind as belonging to Kyo with its beads of white and a red so dark it looked black. It had been the only thing able to conceal his true form.

Kyo's mother took another deep breath before patting Kyo lightly on his head and leaving the room as well as baby Kyo still sleeping on the carpet.

"Why didn't she take him back to his crib?" Tohru asked out loud to no one in particular.

"If she picks him up, he'll turn into a cat; it's better for her to just to leave him sleeping there." Haru explained as a clicking and creaking sound from the front door opening several feet away grabbed their attention.

"I'm home." A familiar male voice yelled after the group heard the door creak as it shut.

"You're home early. Was work okay?" Kyo's mother asked worriedly as she reentered the living room while Haru moved out of her way before she could walk through him again.

"You know how it is." He replied as Kyo's mother began nodding as those she understood what he was talking about.

Kyo's father walked closer to give Kyo's mother a kiss and to wrap his arms around her when his face contorted in disgust as a single finger pointed just below the window.

"What is that thing doing in here?"

"What?" Kyo's mother replied confused as she turned her head as the others did too towards baby Kyo.

"Why is that monster sleeping in the living room, Aiko?" Kyo's father spat venomously as he glared towards Kyo.

"Honey, he must've gotten out of his crib again. I was going to move him but…" Aiko stuggled with her words but her husband cut her off.

"I thought I told you that that monster was to be out of my sight before I came home."

"But he's your son…"

"That thing will never be my son."

Kyo's mother suddenly burst into sobs as Kyo's father's face softened and he wrapped his arms around his wife. As her sobs lessened, Kyo's father spoke again yet much softer. "Lately I've been thinking that we should have another child; one that isn't such a burden on us and start anew. I'm sure that Ren would be willing to find Kyo a place where he would truly belong."

"What?" Aiko replied in shock as she pushed away from Kyo's father's embrace. "How could you even think something like that?"

"Aiko, it's time you realized that the thing you call our son is nothing but the reject of the curse."

"No! He's our child! Our baby! My baby! I won't let you send him away!" Aiko suddenly started screaming, worrying Kyo's father, Tohru, Haru, Momiji, Yuki and even Kyo himself as his baby self stirred.

"Aiko, get a hold of yourself!" Kyo's father yelled when his method of shaking Aiko to her senses wasn't working.

"But he's ours, Seiji! How- How could you even…?" Aiko's voice died as she fainted against Seiji as he looked at her helpless and desperate. Lifting her body into his arms, Seiji carried his wife and placed her gently onto the living room's sofa before racing out of the room. The others stood silent and stunned to their very places until Seiji returned several moments later and kneeled down besides his sleeping wife.

They could hear as Seiji whispered, "Don't worry Aiko, Atsushi and Hatori will be over soon."

"Atsushi?" Tohru asked. "Who is he?"

Haru shook his head as Momiji replied, "I don't know."

"Hatori's father." Haru, Momiji and Tohru looked towards Yuki in surprise. "Before Hatori became a doctor his father was one so he must have followed in his footsteps or so I've heard."

"Oh…" Momiji stated as Tohru turned to look at baby Kyo who despite all the yelling had continued to remain sleeping.

"It's your entire fault that this happened to your mother, you filthy monster!" Tohru heard Seiji yell as she turned to see fierce eyes bore into baby Kyo who seemed to feel them too as he stirred and awoke. Baby Kyo seemed to look at his father emotionlessly as Seiji sneered. "If it wasn't for your mother, you'd have been gone a long time ago."

Although his baby self did nothing, Kyo himself glared angrily yet small tears began to fill up in his eyes. With his right arm, he quickly wiped them away before any fell before whispering coldly, "You're a heartless man and you'll always be one."

Steadily the black mist had begun to appear again and then completely consumed the disheartened group as Kyo glared fiercely at his father until his face vanished in the darkness. As quickly as the smoke had come, it vanished leaving the group in the backyard of a house with flowers covering in patches and a vegetable garden to their left side.

"Not the kind of place you'd expect after seeing that, huh?" Momiji said, breaking the silent between them all.

"I wonder where we are now." Haru stated as the group began to walk around slowly.

"It's Kyo!" Tohru shouted happily as the others noticed a happy Kyo crawling though he appeared to be the same age as the baby before.

"Kyo was so cute when he was little." Momiji said smiling as they walked closer to baby Kyo.

As they reached baby Kyo, Yuki was the first to notice and say, "Aiko is here too, in that lounge chair over there by the strawberries."

"That's where Kyo is probably heading." Tohru added as baby Kyo continued his slow crawl towards his mother. Though it took a while, what with falling on his stomach several times, baby Kyo finally reached his mother who at the time was preoccupied with reading a lengthy novel. Baby Kyo began to climb onto the chair as Momiji joked, "Another of Kyo's cat instincts- climbing."

The others smiled and laughed even as Kyo crossed his arms and gritted his teeth as baby Kyo continued to climb up but couldn't. They all watched as Kyo's mother set her book open on the ground and smiled at Kyo who appeared to be smiling back.

"M-Momma," Baby Kyo struggled to say and smiled when his mother smiled first.

"Say that again, Kyo. Say momma. Come on Kyo. Say momma. Mom-ma." Aiko cooed at Kyo who was still grinning happily at her.

"Seiji come here! Kyo said his first word! He said 'momma'!" Aiko yelled towards the house before returning to baby Kyo and trying to get him to say "momma" again.

"I'm kind of envious of Kyo right now since his momma never rejected him." Momiji stated sadly as he finished by whispering, "Like my momma did."

"We've all had to deal with some things alone." Haru interjected. "Good or bad, this is just how it is for those who are cursed."

The dark mist coiled its way through the group again and began fogging the image as Kyo stated coldly, "Yeah but at least no one will ever get to see your past, Haru" before they all were transported into another time in Kyo's life; a time where things would only continue to get worse after his meeting withthe most feared member of the family.


Just so that everyone knows- Ren is the name of Akito's mother which is said in later volumes of the manga.