Tohru's Demons

Chapter Four: Tohru Reveals Her Superpowers!


"I HAVE LASER VISION!" Tohru announced dramatically... No... No, I'm kidding. Forgive me I couldn't resist. This! This is the real story...

Chapter 4: Tohru Reveals Her Superpowers!


"Not you, too! Don't you dare start that crap with us!" Kyo yelled furiously. "What the hell is going on?" Tohru bit her lip, looking upset, and Kyo immediately regretted his outburst.

"Ah... no... I didn't mean to say it like that..." he stammered, putting out a hand, but Tohru shook her head.

"No, you're right. You deserve to know what's happening," she said soothingly.

"Ren, we don't have time for this. We have to go!" Rahallion snarled urgently.

"Okay...!" Tohru cried, flustered, but she didn't move. "You can ask me anything except why I have to go. If you knew you'd be in terrible danger. But you have to make it quick, alright?"

"What did Raha say to you? What could be so bad that you would throw up...?" asked Momiji with concern. Tohru was quiet for a moment before she answered.

"'The bird of Hermes is my name/eating my wings to make me tame.'" She recited quietly, and a chill ran down the Sohma's spines.

"It's… sort of like a key. With those words, Raha rekindled my memories of a life that I left behind a little over a year ago, just before I met all of you. He wasn't supposed to do it all at once, though..."

"I only did it because you threatened me!" Raha cried defensively.

"That's what made me sick, having nine years worth of memories restored in about five seconds," Tohru finished, ignoring him. "When I was seven, I was kidnapped and, through a series of unfortunate and very random events that I will not go into right now, spent those nine years in another universe, under the name 'Ren Ptolemy'. Then, for reasons that I can also not explain right now, my memories of those nine years were wiped and I was returned here. Shortly after that, mom died and… well, you know the rest. Now my memories have been restored and I have to return to that universe once again."

Then she waited, breath bated, for their inevitable reaction.

Shigure watched Tohru as she hastily, and matter-of-factly, revealed her very strange past to them all. She almost made it sound like people were whisked away to other universes every day... and he thought from anyone else it would sound like a preposterous lie. But this was Tohru. Shigure didn't think she was even capable of lying, much less coming up with such a ridiculous one.

So he believed her. Even if he hadn't just seen her turn Rahallion into a human with a snap of her fingers, he would have still believed her. So when everyone was at a loss for words, he stepped forward and chimed brightly, "We trust you, Tohru-kun. Now you'd better go or your friend there is going to give himself a hernia..." Raha shot him a dirty look and stumped out the door.

"Thank you Shigure-san," said Tohru, giving him a gratefully relieved smile.

"Oh, don't mention it! Besides, the sooner you leave, the sooner you can come back, right you two?" said Shigure with a very wide grin, and looked pointedly at Yuki and Kyo. They both shook themselves and nodded.

"Of course, Honda-san. It's obvious that, whatever it is, it's important, so you should go. Just come back quickly, okay?" Yuki said, with a hint of one of his rare smiles. Tohru's heart skipped a beat and she nodded, blushing.

"I'll be back in no time," she replied cheerfully. Kyo snorted and stepped towards her, a look of stubborn determination written across his face.

"I'm going with you." He announced bluntly, and folded his arms as if that confirmed the matter. Tohru stared at him like a cow does at an on coming train for a second before what he had said finally clicked and she opened her mouth in protest.

"Absolutely not." Raha said uncompromisingly before she could get a word out, sticking his head back into the room. "It's too dangerous and you'll only slow us down."

"Look you—!" Kyo started angrily but stopped short when Tohru put a finger to his lips.

"No, Kyo-kun, he's right..." she murmured diffidently, looking extremely regretful and apologetic. "This time, I can't allow you to follow me. I'd feel awful if something bad happened to you. And to save you the trouble of asking, Yuki, no, you can't come either." Yuki, who had been about to say the very thing Tohru had thought he would, shut his mouth with a grudging sigh.

"If it's too dangerous for me, then it sure as hell is too dangerous for you!" Kyo said, not wanting to give up without a fight first. Tohru smiled ruefully.

"Don't worry, Kyo-kun. I'm probably the only mortal that can set foot in the place where we're going and not be torn to pieces. Now, please, I've lingered long enough!" And with that Tohru turned and scurried out the door, Yuki, Kyo and the other Zodiac members a few steps behind her.

Rahallion was waiting outside, drumming his fingers impatiently and looking very put out. He whirled when Tohru walked through the door.

"Finally! Are you ready to go yet, or do you want to give them all goodbye kisses?" he asked scathingly while Yuki and Kyo turned red and glared daggers at him.

"I'll need a mount," Tohru informed him.

"Fine. But I get to choose what I look like!" Raha snapped, jumping off the porch.

"Why, whatever do you mean, Raha? It's almost as if you don't trust me..." Tohru said innocently. Raha whipped around and glowered murderously at her while most of the Sohmas snickered into their hands, trying hard to suppress their laughter.

Hatori was the only one that managed to stay completely emotionless, through the edge of his mouth had quirked for a moment and his eyes, blessedly hidden behind his bangs, were dancing.

Shigure, on the other hand, was doubled over and laughing his head off, his finger pointed at Raha, who looked like he would love nothing more than to feed the Dog his own legs with Tabasco sauce.

"Pretty...! Pink...! Ponies...!" Shigure gasped between gales of hilarity.

"Shigure, don't be rude..." Yuki said half-heartedly, his hand covering the smirk that had crept onto his face as he tried to picture the temperamental Raha as a pink pony with ribbons flowing through his mane as he ran through a field of flowers... He couldn't do it.

"Heh, sorry Raha, but you walked into that one..." Tohru apologized and snapped her fingers. Once again a blast of wind seemed to come out of nowhere beneath Raha's feet, blowing his hair and clothes about him. His body disintegrated into a black cloud that grew bigger and bigger, two furious red eyes staring out at them from the midst of all the confusion. Seconds later, he solidified, and a gigantic black horse stood in his place.

It was a creature made from the stuff of nightmares. Raha's red eyes were suddenly horribly frightening, rolling madly within their sockets. Foam ran from his open mouth, revealing not horse-teeth, but jagged, razor sharp fangs that were coated in what looked like dried blood. Rivulets of sweat ran down his legs as he pawed a hoof the size of a dinner plate and twisted horns curled from his head. Tohru shook her head. The Sohmas goggled.

"Don't you think that's a bit much...?" Raha gave her a look that obviously said: 'Oh, and you're one to talk?' Tohru chose to ignore him and turned to her friends.

"Well, this is it. I'll see you three days from now, 'kay?"

"Make sure that you do," warned Hiro quietly. "Or you'll worry Kisa, and I won't allow that."

"Take care of yourself!" sobbed Shigure, waving a handkerchief while tears streamed comically down his face.

"Don't get yourself into trouble," Kyo grunted.

"Have fun vanquishing evil!" cried Ayame.

"And Honda-san" said Yuki, stepping in close. "Be careful."

"I will!" said Tohru, smiling around at them all.

"And when you return, I would like an explanation as to all of this, understood?" Hatori said in a no-nonsense voice. Tohru looked hesitant for a fleeting moment before she nodded.

"When I return. Until then, goodbye!" she cried, then ran towards Raha and vaulted easily onto his back. Raha turned and bolted, flying at top speed down the path that Tohru had walked up just an hour before.

"Bye, Tohruuuuuu!!!! See you soooon!" yelled Momiji after her, waving frantically. Tohru turned and waved back, then leaned forward as far as she could go and threw out her hand, palm facing outwards. And for a second, the Sohmas truly saw how powerful Tohru Honda really was. For there, just above the crest of a hill, a door had opened in the sky to reveal a moon- bathed sandy beach. Then Tohru and Raha were through, the familiar's hooves throwing up sand in his wake, and the door closed silently behind them.

To be continued...


Raha: I DO . OWN FRUITS BASKET

Shigure: Rahaaaaa...

Raha: Puts hands behind back and gives him her most innocent face What?

Shigure: Say it.

Raha: I did!!!

Shigure: Raha, do you want to be sued?

Raha: Hmmmm... Yes!!!

Shigure: .... I'm sorry, folks. Please be patient. She's had like ten cups of coffee... Anyway, do you see that tiny, miniscule dot between the "do" and the "own"? If you magnify it one-hundred billion times it says "not". I think that's the best disclaimer you're going to get out of her...

OH GOD I'M SO HYPER RIGHT NOW!!!!! I have SIX REVIEWS so far. This is, as I have said already (but I'm going to repeat myself anyway), my first fanfic and I'm so bleeping EXCITED about it!!! I'm practically dancing around in my chair! Okay, yeah, six reviews is not that much... BUT WHO CARES?! I have six reviews, HA!!! Okay, I'm calm now. Glad I got that off my chest...


Wow, that was a lot longer, wasn't it? Thanks again to everyone that has reviewed! I'm glad you liked it! Hopefully, you'll get to meet Artemis in the next chapter. I love him! He's so wonderful. You'll have no idea who I'm talking about. He's my own creation, so of course I love him. Also, if you're confused about anything, please tell me EXACTLY what it is so I can fix it and/or explain it later. I made a little of it confusing on purpose, though... It's to keep people interested. I hope it's working! ;p

Anyway, about Tohru's ability to change what Rahallion looks like... She doesn't particularly have to say what he is, she can just snap her fingers and think it, but saying it adds more insurance that that will be the shape he takes. Raha hates transforming, though he can do it on his own without Tohru snapping, but he tries to avoid it. I think he really hates it when he's forced, so Tohru tries to get his permission first, unless she's really angry with him or doesn't want to argue. He usually doesn't want to take the shapes she wants...

Until next time, then!

-Raha-