KKL: dun dun dun! here i am! i just love this story, i couldn't help but update as soon as i could. here is where Kyo finds out that he is fictional (NO I DONT WANNA BELIEVE IT!) and me and Kyo find out something very interesting that makesus bothcertain that Kyo has to get home as soon as possible. this story will probably contain 5 chapters in all. i just thought i'd let you all kno!
Kyo: yea yea all nice and sweet...PUT A CORK IN IT ALREADY!
KKL: i'll pretend I didn't hear that...
Kyo: ...
KKL: ON WITH THE STORY! CHARGE!
Kyo: i told you; youare weird.
My lower lip quivered and I scratched the back of my head, trying to think of how I could explain this. "Well…um…that's you."
"I KNOW IT'S ME, IDIOT! JUST TELL ME HOW THE HELL AM I HERE AND IN THERE?" Kyo yelled at me. I'm used to yelling. But these words and the tone of his voice hit me hard. They hurt. Kyo's legs gave way, and he sat on my computer chair, in a state of shock. "Am I real?"
Feeling tears prick my eyes, I said slowly, "no…you're from someone's imagination…you're from that book…called Fruits Basket. Kyo-kun…you're not real."
Kyo shook his head, eyes in a far away trance. After a few moments, I heard him speak. "Does that mean…that the damm rat, Shishou…and even Tohru…aren't real, either?"
"Everyone from you're world…is all fiction. It was all made up," I knelt down to reach his level. I leaned my head on his knees and couldn't hold it in. I just didn't want to believe it, even though I knew it to be true. Tears poured from my eyes. "I'm sorry, Kyo-kun."
"I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND! YOU MEAN, WHAT I WENT THROUGH MY WHOLE LIFE, WHAT I DID WITH TOHRU, OR SHISHOU, IT WAS ALL A LIE?" Kyo's fists clenched and he yelled again.
I hesitated to answer, since my heart hurt inside. I could feel it tying into knots. I wanted to believe he was real, I really did. But a little part of my inside knew the truth. I knew the truth. I always have. "In a way…yes. But it wasn't a lie. Sure, it was made up, but…you guys help me from some hard times in my life. When I was upset, I would pick up a book and scan the pictures, glimpsing at all of you, feeling how great it would be to live where you live…where everything turns out better. Everyone gets their happy ending." I didn't tell him, that I never looked at anyone else. I only gazed at him. I had actually counted the number of pages in each book and recorded how many pages had Kyo on it. He'd find out sooner or later.
"Is that how you know all about me?"
I looked up. He was staring down at me, with an unreadable expression on his face. I wiped my tears away with my hand and nodded. "When I was 13, I used to read them…and I learned all about you guys. I knew everything about everyone. Including you. I was…obsessed. I just loved it so much!" My face hit his knee again and I stayed quiet, ashamed. I felt a hand on my head.
I glanced up and Kyo was patting my head, letting me know everything was alright. He was still stunned, anybody could see. Well, who could blame him?
"How many are there?"
"Huh?"
"How many books? How far does it go into our lives?"
"Oh…" I extended my arm and grabbed the last book. Number 22. I flipped the pages to the back of the book. Now, I've read the book many times before, even though it was a long time ago since I last picked it up, but I noticed something…different. I flipped to one page, like 2 or 3 chapters before the end. I remembered it because I always remembered the pages with a big picture of Kyo's head on it, but now…it wasn't there. Instead…Yuki's face covered the whole page. My eyes widened and I peered closer. Yes…it was Yuki, I was sure.
"What is it?" Kyo asked me.
"This…" I showed him the page, and he grabbed the book from my hand. He stared at the page.
"This…was when I was talking to Tohru, when we were making up after that 'delusion' crap I gave her. This was where I was kissing her…but…where am I?" (A/N: VERY IMPORTANT! None of this stuff actually happens in the manga! I would just like to make it clear. Whatever Kyo's talking about is all made up by me. I do not know what is going to happen in one of the last chapters in volume 22. I do know some information, but Kyo doesn't kiss Tohru again, not that I know of that is. Although, I really wish it would! - so all of this stuff with Yuki and everything in the book does not happen in real life in the manga! Alright? Alright…continue) Kyo's eyes scanned the page and he flipped to the one before it, and when he found nothing, he flipped to the page after it. "Why is it all about Tohru and that damm rat?" he fumed.
"I…I don't know!" I exclaimed, grabbing the book from his hands. I flipped to the last few pages. "Oh my god!"
"Oh, geez! What is it now?"
"Kyo-kun…look," I showed him the page, and it showed Tohru in a white dress walking down a long aisle, with tears in her eyes. Her thought bubble said, "Kyo…how could you leave me?" At the end of the aisle, Yuki waited impatiently. She arrived at the alter and the priest began to speak. SLAM!
I smashed the pages together, closing the book abruptly.
"What the hell was that for?" Kyo's words pierced my heart. "Why do you gotta close the book now? What's Tohru doing?"
"She's getting married to Yuki, STUPID! If we read the rest, it might come true. Kyo-kun, we can't let that happen. Somehow, since you're here, you've left the book completely! We gotta find the way to get you back in the book before it's too late!" I snapped at him, grabbing his hands. I shoved him off my chair and sat down.
"Hey!" He stood up from the ground and looked over my shoulder at what I was writing.
"Sorry. Here, I'll think up some plans on how we're going to get you back into the book," I started scribbling things down on my notepad. He watched me until I was done. "Excuse the messy handwriting," I told him as I lifted the paper up for us both to see clearly. I pointed to the first task on my list that we could try.
"These things aren't going to work," Kyo said, scanning my list. I hit him on the head it with.
"It's better that nothing, you pessimist! Now…oh, if this one does work…I'd like to ask you a favor, Kyo-kun," I thought of something.
"Hmph…no one ever asks me favors. They'd probably think I'd mess it up. Tohru never asks anyway, she just does things herself, and doesn't care how hard the work is…she'll do it by herself. She's that kind of person, you know? Like…she once told me she wanted to be level-headed, someone others can be proud of or can depend upon. I told her there was no way that she could be that way, but she was good at that stuff; taking in compliments and doing things her own way…always being nice to people. I've always admired her for that." He continued on and on telling me stuff Tohru did, and I tried to pay attention. But my mind wandered easily and I felt jealous. All Kyo could think about was her; and it just amazed me that love can surpass anything. I wanted something like that. For a moment, I thought I had finally found it. He was leaning against my bed, still talking, and I realized he could never talk about me that way. I thought I had found it; I thought he was the guy for me. But I was very wrong. Little did I know how much pain can occur from a crush. I didn't know that the crush would soon turn into love. I didn't think it could go that quickly, but it did. I was in love…with a fictional character. I had fallen hard, for Kyo Sohma.
"Oh. God, I'm sorry. I'm rambling!"
"Oh, no! I'm sorry! I ramble all of the time, don't worry about it."
Kyo smiled and asked, "What was the favor?"
"Could…I draw you?"
"Huh?"
"Well, I've always been good at drawing, so everyone says. And I've been working on real people lately. So…you know…to remember you by."
Kyo's head hung, "but…I'm not real."
I walked over to him and clunked him on the head.
"What was that for?" he clutched his head.
"Kyo-kun, you're real enough for me. Now how about it?" I asked, with puppy eyes.
Kyo's smile broadened. "Sure, why not?"
It wasn't a difficult process. And it shouldn't have taken as long as it should have. But I couldn't help but stare at him sitting there, patiently for once, gazing right back at me. I would zone off for a few minutes and then look back at my paper with the same progress as before. I'd hurry a little, erase a lot, and look at him again. It was kind of a routine. And I loved it. I got every detail in. The curves of his chin, the arch to his eyebrows, even the little details and textures of his bangs and hair.
When I had finished, I stared at the picture a long time. "I wanna copy!" I took the picture over to my scanner and scanned a color copy. It looked exactly like the picture I had just drawn. I signed my name and the date on both of them, and handed the original to Kyo. The picture and Kyo almost looked identically the same. I was surprised on how good a job I actually did. I got some tape from my desk drawer, and climbed on top of my bed. I taped the picture to my wall, so when I woke up in the morning, I'd wake up to see Kyo's face, and remember always these weird memories we've shared. Not that the memories were weird. It was just weird that we actually had them.
"This is good…" Kyo told me, looking at it, and glancing in the mirror, comparing.
"Thanks, Kyo-kun! I tried, but I don't think I got your eyes right."
"Nah! You did them great! I've never seen anyone draw something like this before!"
"No! Don't be so nice! See…" I pointed to the eyes. "I got the colors all wrong and there are too many eraser marks around them."
"You're so picky! The eyes are perfect! I like them," Kyo's cheeks were turning red and he smiled at me.
I blushed back at him and my hands flew to my cheeks, covering them. Kyo took my hands from my face and held them in his.
"Don't be so modest. The eyes are beautiful…just like…"
"Tohru?" I answered for him, eyes turning into slits. I slipped my hands from his grasp and turned, picking up my notepad.
"No! Well…I mean, yea…but… that wasn't what I was going to say!" Kyo defended himself. I gave him the 'I don't care and I won't believe you' expression. "I was gonna say…" he bit his lip, "they're beautiful…just like…you."
Both of our faces were as crimson as Kyo's eyes, and we both knew it. Breaking the unbearable silence, I looked down at my notepad and read the first bullet to myself. I was trying to think of other things and not the loud thumping of my heart in my aching chest.
"W-well, the first one we havta try is this one…"
Kyo looked at it. "Oh, hell no!"
KKL: oooo wats happenin between me and kyo?
Kyo: What? what? what?
KKL: you will read...eventually. next chapter has the 3 things that i thought up to get Kyo back in the book. then after that, the last chapter will be here! -sob sob-
Kyo: idiot...getting so worked up over a story you wrote yourself...
KKL: AT LEAST I'M NOT A FIGMENT OF SOMEONE ELSE'S IMAGINATION! -hits Kyo on the head with a pan-
Kyo: OH Good God! What do you have against my poor head!
KKL: review please!