Uhm… Some of the words here are changed. But no worries. It didn't change the whole story. The mistakes were pointed out by Miss Truffles Xcocolatl. Arigato

Disclaimer: I don't own Furuba or anything in the world. I think.

Chapter 1: Forced

"If you don't pass half of your subject for your end of year exam, we will have to hold you back a year," their class teacher announced.

Kyo grunted. "I never fail before, so this'll be a breeze," he thought.

"Now I will tell you of your mid-year exam. Your results are…" The teacher sighed. "Very disappointing."

The whole class gasped, and everybody started murmuring to each other.

"Calm down, everyone. The only person who passed all of his subjects, and also nearly has excellent marks for nearly his entire subject, is, of course, Yuki Sohma."

The girls clapped their hands, and the boys congratulated the blushing Yuki, who was seated in the middle of the class.

"And the rest… Well, half of this class failed four out of eight subjects and some of them more than that. The only people who passed four or more are…"

The teacher said out the names of the students, and Kyo perked his ears up, and then heard Tohru's name called out. He grinned and leaned back in his chair. "If Tohru is one of them, then so will I," he thought.

The teacher finished saying out the names, and Kyo nearly had a heart attack. "My... My name! Where's my name?" He asked the teacher to read it out again, but still he didn't hear his name.

The teacher frowned. "Sohma, you only passed three subjects, okay? Better work harder if you wanna pass this year."

Kyo hit his head on his table. "I failed!" he whined.

Not long later, the bell rang, signalling the end of the school day. Kyo looked very down when he started walking home.

"Cheer up, Kyo," Tohru said, walking next to him.

"How am I supposed to cheer up when I failed!" he snapped at her.

Tohru stopped walking and quickly bowed to him. "I'm sorry! I… I didn't mean to say that!"

Kyo sighed, rubbing his temple. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at ya." Tohru stopped bowing and apologising. "Come on. Forget about it. Let's go home."

At home, Shigure heard the news. "What a lazy cat!" he commented, and then had to hide behind Tohru when Kyo started throwing forks at him. "Really, Kyo. Tohru is smarter than you now."

"Just shut up, would ya!" Kyo shouted at him, and went back to eating his dinner.

Yuki was at the other side of the table, completely ignoring them.

"Why don't you teach him, Yuki?" Tohru said, and she was met with Kyo's piercing eyes.

"I am not studying from the damn rat! I can study by myself."

"Sorry, Honda. No can do."

Tohru's eyes started to water. "But… What if Kyo fails this year? And then, we won't be in the same class again next year. I… I want Kyo to pass." Tears started streaming down her face, and both Kyo and Yuki glared at each other, and then moved to Tohru to dry away her tears, mad at themselves for making her cry.

"Honda…"

Kyo cursed under his breath, and then sighed. "Alright! I'll make him my sensei. Just… don't cry, will ya?"

Yuki glared at Kyo, and sighed. "Oh, all right. I'm very sorry to make you cry, Honda."

"Yeah…"

That night, Yuki said that they would start studying right away. "What? But the exam's not in two more months!" Kyo complained.

"I study two months before exams," Yuki said, taking out a Maths book. "That's how I get high marks."

"Oh, so now you're showing off, eh?"

"When did I say that?" Yuki replied coolly.

"You're always showing off. With your pretty looks, your 'princely' ways…!"

"Just shut up and start studying, baka neko!" Yuki has lost control in a matter of seconds.

"I didn't agree to do this, by the way! I've never even wanted in a million years to study with you or do anything with you!"

"What is your problem? Just sit down and start studying!"

"Did I say I want to?" Kyo walked out of Yuki's room and slammed the door behind him.

Yuki cursed him and studied by himself.

"Stupid rat!" Kyo muttered under his breath, and went straight to his bed and went to sleep.