TITLE: Somewhere, The Fates Are Laughing At Me
SUMMARY:For Rika Haruko, eating a blessed fruit which leads to being cursed like the one on the Sohma family and impersonate her twin brother are the least of her worries when she has to deal with love! Oh, and did I mention she has a very active conscience?
DISCLAIMER: No, I do not own anime/manga/products of Fruits Basket, so don't attempt to sue me. Thank-you.
IMPORTANT: "..." speech )...( annoying A/N interruptions ------ Rika might have an annoying conscience that talks to her throughout the story, I haven't decided yet.
Make them 16 (Hatsuharu and Momiji) or 17 (Tohru, Kyo, Yuki, etc.), the rest, I don't remember -.-
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RECAP:
"I'm uhh...sorry..." Rika said in a low voice, putting her hand in front of her.
"Oh, no! It's my fault, its okay." She said, taking her hand. She noticed Rika's school uniform and smiled. "I'm Honda Tohru, are you new?"
Chapter 1: Cows, Riceballs, Rats And Fruity Combinations!
"Hi, Honda-san. I'm Rika-ah, I mean, how do you do? Hahaha, stupid me?" Rika said, "My name is Haruka Riku. Yes, Riku, a perfectly normal boy's name, right?"
"Oh yes! I like that name very much!" Tohru said with a smile.
"Thanks, I like your name too?" She returned with an unsure tone. To lighten the mood, she decided to continue, "Tohru...like Roo the Kangaroo!"
"Huh?" Tohru said in confusion.
"It's an American cartoon, I've seen the pictures, and there's a kangaroo character that's ummm...cute? Anyway, his name is Roo, like the sound of the last part of your name...I'm ranting, aren't I?"
"Oh, no! I think it's sweet. I would like to see this Roo." she said with a bright smile.
"Uhhh...where's the office?" Rika said after breaking the awkward silence. That was stupid to bring up! Rika thought with some disdain.
"I'll show you, Haruka-san!" and led her down the hall, two lefts and a right. "Here we are!" she said with a smile. Rika entered and approached the desk.
"Uhhh...excuse me?" The secretary didn't look up. "HEY!" When that got her attention, Rika continued on, "I'm the new transfer student, Haruka Riku, I need the schedule...and anything else." The lady nodded and started typing on her computer, after awhile, she handed her a crisp sheet of paper with writing.
"Okay, dear. I need your parent/gaurdian to sign this, and you can attend school tomorrow." She said in a dull voice.
"I'm sorry, that won't be possible, you see, my mother recently passed away, and my sister, Rika and my father is somewhere in Africa. I'm currently living alone, waiting for their return in a year or two." Rika said, praying to Buddha it would work. She gave up praying to Yamu when she met/dreamt of him, Buddha was way nicer. Thankfully, he was hearing and along came...drum roll...Hatsuharu and the former student president! )A/N: Yuki is the new one, if you remember from the manga! (
"Why are you here again? You just got out of trouble FIVE minutes ago!" the secretary asked in almost a yell of frustration.
"Well, you see-hey! You, new guy!" The president said with an accusing finger pointing to Rika.
"What? And it's rude to point." Rika said in a bored tone.
"Hats are not allowed in the school! Remove it at once or else!" he said, reaching for her favorite cap.
"Why should I? I look good in it!" She retorted with a scowl, wicking his hand away.
Before he could complain more to the new student, the white-black haired guy stepped forward and studied Rika closely from all sides. After a while, he turned to face her and whipped the cap off and flung it over his shoulder.
"H-hey! That's my favorite cap! Why'd you do that!" She yelled at him after retrieving the cap.
"It's an ugly cap. Orange, white and blue look fruity together." He said, putting his hands behind his head. The former student president intervened their 'conversation.'
"Not only do you have a cap, but dyed hair! Also a violation of dress codes!" He said accusingly, pointing to Rika's head.
"I was born that way, so shut-up. You talk to loud." Rika said, sending him a withering glare.
Haru's eye glinted at a chance to belittle the president. "Does he have to PROVE it to you like the way I did? The hair make's him look good!" The former president shook his head no, before a nosebleed erupted from him and he fell down in a daze. "Pervert..." Hare muttered with disdain.
"Really?" Rika asked the bi-hair colored boy with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes, but the cap really sucks. It clashes with your nice colored eyes." was the factual response.
"Sooo? Someone special gave it to me! If you give fashion advice, you should take this; you have too much jewelry, get rid of some of thus bracelets, they're making you look kinda girly." she defended, red in the face at the compliment/criticism, jamming the cap back on. Suddenly, a new aura type-feeling over came him, his soft gray eyes turned to black.
"Oh REALLY!" He yelled, grabbing the cap and holding it over his head, just out of Rika's reach. (Rika is 1/2 a head shorter, poor her, being shorter than someone younger than her!) "GIRLY, HUH! WELL, YOU LOOK LIKE A MORON WITH THIS TACKY HAT! COME ON, LET'S FIGHT!" Without waiting for an answer, he threw a punch at her stomach. Rika painfully landed on her back.
"Hatsuharu-kun! Please stop being 'black' and turn back to 'white'!" Tohru pleaded to him, but he ignored her indefinitely. Rika staggered up and launched herself at him, aiming a punch. Haru was about to block when she changed tactics, ramming herself into his stomach, making them both fall to the ground. Getting up from the dazed boy, she kicked him a couple of times, took her hat and kneeled down.
"That really hurt." Was all she whispered to those coal eyes, which widened in surprise, she forgot to sound like a guy. She slapped him before turning back to the stunned lady. "Like I was explaining, my-" Before she could continue her fake excuse, the secretary shook her head violently.
"N-n-no, no! Its okay, don't want any more scen-I mean, trouble, errr...I take care of it...yep. Bye, here's everything, and good-day. BYE!" She said and darted out. Okay...well, at least I didn't have to-
'Lie?' her conscience finished for her. Oh, shove it already!
"Honda-san?" Rika began, unsure. Tohru
whirled around and said, "N-no! It's okay, call me Tohru! Or even...Roo!" Rika smiled at that.
"Uhhhh...okay...Tohru-san? Can you be my guide when I attend school?" Rika asked, showing the teen her schedule. At once, Tohru's face lightened up.
"Riku-kun! We're in the same class! Of course I'll be your guide." She stood up with a fist over her heart and declared, "I will be the best guide I can be!"
"Okay...thanks, Tohru-san-errr, chan." She turned back to Hastsuharu when yet another person entered.
Tohru's POV
What a nice person...besides beating Haru up. But he did it out of defense, and Haru was mean to do that to poor Riku! I thought happily, I didn't know what he said to Haru-kun, but I hope it wasn't something mean. Mom, I think I made a new friend!
"Honda-san, ehh, what happened?" I turned around to see...Yuki!
"Ahh, Yuki-kun! You see...uhh..." Mom, help! I can't explain this scene! A nose bleeding former student president; the office empty besides us and Haru-kun on the ground with Riku kneeling next to him trying to wake him up. "Riku-kun?" I asked unsurely for help. He looked up to Yuki then to me with those sandy eyes. If I didn't know his last name, I would have thought he was part of the Sohma family!
"What? I'm so sorry, Roo-chan, )A/N: Tohru's nickname, I know, corny, but whatever! It's there for a reason, I swear! Hehehehe...( I was trying to help this guy get up. Is he bothering you?" I saw Yuki's eyes go up in shock and turned to me.
"Oh! Don't misunderstand, Yuki-kun!" I said, red in the face. Mom, I think Riku made it worst. After stammering an explanation, Yuki smiled his princely smile and said, "I see...I'll go and clean the former president up, I'll see you after work?"
"Okay!" I said with a nod and helped Yuki-kun, leaving the others alone.
Rika's POV
"Hey guy, get up." I said again, this time in my guy voice. I hoped he didn't notice when I talked to him in my regular voice. THAT wouldn't be good! His eyes did go a little bigger, but I think it was what I said, and not my voice, right? Maybe I should leave him here...His eyes turned back to warm rock gray and he turned to the other side, not facing me. What the...?
"H-hey! Get up, or somebody will I dunno...get us into trouble or something!" I shook him a little and then kicked him hard, but no avail.
"No." he said after awhile. He semi-turned his head to me and said, "not until you apologize." I fell to the floor with a thud. Huh? First he wants to fight, and now he wants a sorry?
'You DID punch him.' the voice reasoned.
"No way, you hit me first." I said to both him and uhh..it? I guess I'll refer to my conscience as an 'it' now.
"No way, you hurt me more." He said, poking my knee. He kept poking. What an annoying cow! I thought with glaring eyes. Then again...why did I use 'cow'?
"Whatever, bye, uhh...what's your name?" I asked. He didn't answer. Grrrr...What did that Tohru girls say? Hatsuharu?
"Hatsuharu...? That's your name right?"
Still nothing. I grew impatient and kicked him in the head.
"You could at least answer me!" I yelled in his ear.
"Why should I when you just answered your own question? Now, you have two more things to apologize to me." He said in a calm tone.
"No way, I gotta go." When I reached the door, he called out, "I'm not moving until you do, I hope you know you're leaving me to starve here."
"Stop being an idiot." I said and walked out of the school, placing Riku's cap on my head.
Once well out of the sight of the school, I stopped with a realization. When I slammed into him, my arms went around him...meaning I-I HUGGED that Hatsuharu. But I didn't change...
Why didn't I transform into...? I thought with a frown.
Normal POV
"Well that didn't work." Haru said to himself, leaning against the wall. He still couldn't believe how much that Riku guy sounded like a girl. It freaked him out in a way...but he also wanted to hear again. Maybe I was just hearing things, Riku did tackle me hard...Maybe his voice is changing...he thought. But, he went through that in middle school, and it didn't sound a thing like his voice during that time.
"Oh well...orange really isn't becoming of him..." With that, Haru looked around and added to the air, "Where am I, again?"
Yuki's POV
While dragging the former president down the hall, I guess I was lost in thought, I wasn't minding where I was walking and almost ran into the wall. Honda-san took the president from me and made me sit down. She cares too much.
Tohru...Who was that Riku?
And when he talked to her, with such familiarity! Roo-chan...What the hell? No, no...I'm thinking too much, I sound like I'm jealous! But why would I be jealous? It's not like I'm in l-l-love or anything. I can't even say the word without shuttering!
"Yuki-kun?" a voice called out from behind. I turned to see Tohru.
"Honda-san! You startled me." I said in an even tone.
"I did! I-I'm so sorry!" She said with a quick bow. Smart, Yuki, real smart.
"It's okay," I tried to reassure her. "Ummm...what that Riku called you...what does it mean? And when did you meet him?" I added.
"Oh! That was a joke about a kangaroo between Riku and me! I met him this morning, his full name is Haruka Riku. He's very nice!" she said with a giggle. Riku...? Not Haruka? And what! ONLY this morning!
But that didn't matter, I wasn't jealous.
Or in love.
Yeeeep, I am definitely not in love with Honda Tohru.
"Yuki, are you okay? You're sweating..." I heard her say, I took a quick look at her.
This is going to be hard...
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Hitaru: Hope that didn't confuse you!
Mini-Waffle: Roo-chan!
Hitaru: Sorry I took so LONG!
Mini-Waffle: DUHH!
Hitaru: You see, my internet died! IT STILL IS!
Mini-Waffle: POKE You annoyed me with your blabble to up-load for you!
Hitaru: What! I couldn't help it! There was an ad about Pooh Bear on T.V., and I couldn't help it!
Mini-Waffle: Still, Roo-chan!
Hitaru: Anyway...will Haru get up from his protesting spot? Will Rika get a better colored cap? Will Tohru find out Yuki's secret love for her? And Kyo? And when will Rika meet the others? Will I spoil it by asking these things?
Mini-Waffle: Review, or a ranting Hitaru will plague the world as we know it.
Hitaru: Hey!3 reviews desired until chapter 2!
...And they all walked away.