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 an 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:
"JERK! I DON'T SEE YOU BEATING THAT RIKU IN A FIGHT, EITHER! LETS FIGHT, YOU TWO AGAINST ME!" And with that, he lunged at Rika.
Chapter 3: Games, Escapes, Fallings, And Apologies !
Rika's POV
Ouch.
"Where am I?" I heard myself ask. When I opened my eyes, I saw three pairs of eyes looking down on me.
"Riku-kun! Are you okay?" Tohru asked with concern.
"What the heck happened?" I asked, looking around. "Where are the guys?"
"Oh, them? Don't worry, you pasted out for about...five minutes? And yes, we're still stuck in the office." Uo-chan said. Okay...she talks fast...
What the hell happened? Oh wait, I remember...I think...no...no I don't.
" Tohru-chan, what in the world happened?"
"Oh! Well...Haru-kun and you rolled on the floor and he got on top of you. He started punching you until Kyo came and got him off of you. They started fighting and then you got up. You ran into Hatsuharu and smacked him a lot. After that, Haru ignored Kyo and he talked you to the floor-again. You got up and started punching him, when Kyo came and tried to get YOU off of him. You pushed Kyo to the wall and went back to kicking him, but Haru got up and knocked you into the wall. Poor Kyo-kun, he's trapped in the wiring! And Yuki is putting Haru in isolation in that corner." Tohru finished off, pointing at a cursing Kyo and a Yuki yelling at Haru in another room with one of those big windows.
"What do you think we should do, Uo-chan, Tohru-chan and Hana-chan?" I asked with my arms on my hips.
"Get me outta this damn wire, idiot!" Kyo yelled in anger. I shook my head sadly.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Now how can we when you talk like that?" Uo-chan snickered and added, "Hahaha, like a cat stuck in yarn!"
After much cursing and yelling, Yuki came out of the room to slap Kyo and tell him to shut-up.
"Hey, what'd you do with Hatsuharu?" I asked.
"He's in the other room, Haruka-san." Yuki replied matter-of-factly.
"LET ME OUT! STUPID RAT! ARRRRRRGGG!" He screamed out. All of a sudden, the doors banged, and the tiny window on the door cracked open. Let me just say, Yuki fans are SCARY.
Thousands of screaming girls screamed-well duh they would scream-out Yuki's name and we were all driven to the room where Hatsuharu was held. Greeaat. I'm in the same room as the ragging moron.
'It's all your fault, though. RIKA-CHAN.' it reminded me.
Oh shut-up. He started everything.
'No, YOU did.'
No way! He landed the punch.
'You said the insults. I suggest you apologize to the boy.'
Screw that.
'First the peach, then the running away and now this? Don't you think you should listen to me?'
No. I thought back, smirking.
"Why the hell are you staring at me?" I looked up and found warm grey eyes looking at me with a strange glint.
"Huh?" I said in confusion. Was he trying to start a conversation or something?
"You keep staring at me with a weird face. Like this." And he showed me a scowl.
"I'm looking out to space, not you. Don't be too full of yourself, Hatsuharu." I said coolly.
Hatsuharu's POV
"I'm looking out to space, not you. Don't be too full of yourself, Hatsuharu." Riku said coolly. Whatever. He's kinda creeping me out. First with the girl's voice, then the girly slap. And why the hell do I keep insisting on that apology thing? I think I'm going crazy.
Normal POV
As the little group stopped being quiet and talked a little, they didn't notice that the fan girls outside were forming a break-in plan.
"Eh, why was I called to the office, anyway?" Rika asked.
"This moron," Kyo started to explain, pointing at Hatsuharu, "Stayed in this place over night and wouldn't leave. So the secretary called me to come in to get him out. I couldn't move him, and then she called you. When the stupid rat ran in, she dove out of the office."
"Oh." Then turning to Haru, she said, "Why are you so stubborn?"
"Why are you so cruel?" He asked back.
"Stop, and don't start it again. There's no other room to separate you two, okay?" Yuki warned.
"Well, I'm bored again." Hatsuharu said, leaning on the wall.
"I propose we play a game." Hana-chan spoke up.
"Poker?" Uo-chan asked hopefully.
"But we don't have cards." Rika said disappointed.
"Oh, how about we play truth or dare?" offered Tohru.
"Whatever, okay." they all mumbled back.
"I'll start. Kyo, truth or dare?" Tohru asked first.
"Dare, I'll play this game and BEAT that damn rat in it!" He declared.
"But you can't beat anyone in this game." Tohru said.
"Who cares? What's my dare?"
"I dare you to...say something nice about Yuki-kun!" Tohru said happily. Yuki blushed a nice hue of red at her mentioning his name.
"WHAT! HELL NO!"
"But it was a dare, Baka Neko!" Rika said. Even if I don't know them too much, I can tell how much they hate each other!
"GAAAHH! Fine, just to show that I can beat this game! Yuki...is good at...at...at being a girly-boy!" This of course, made Yuki get up and slam him into the ceiling. "Your turn, baka neko." The rat said to the twitching cat.
"Hatsuharu, truth or dare?" He began.
"Truth."
"What! Be a man! Pick dare."
"Hell no." This went on for a couple of times before Hana-san threatened them with the pulse attack.
"What do you think of...of...hmmmmmmm...I know! What do you think of her?" Kyo asked, pointing at Hana-chan. Everyone fell to the ground.
"That was stupid." Yuki and Rika said together with Uo-chan slapping her head in disdain. After he answered the pointless question, Haru round up on Rika.
"Truth or dare?"
"Dare, I'm no coward." Rika said simply.
"Fine, good. I dare you to say sorry for all the things you did to me." Before Rika could complain though, the rabid fangirls got through the locked doors and barriers, slamming into the glass window and fumbling with the door in excitement.
"Oh crap!" Kyo said, pushing himself to the door. Haru went to help
"Eeeep! W-w-we have to get out of here, Yuki-kun!" Tohru said to him. Rika looked with some confusion.
"Why, Tohru -chan? They're probably just gonna tackle him and hug him...and...wait, never mind, I agree with Tohru-chan." Rika said quickly. She wouldn't want to be in the way of them, that and rabid fangirls were darn creepy. But how to get out? she thought frantically. Seeing nothing but a desk, a long flagpole and a chair, she couldn't figure it out. And Kyo and Hatsuharu couldn't hold the door that long...We need an escape...
'Told you running away was a bad idea.'
Shut-up! Not now, go and jump out the window already! Rika said to it.
"That's it!" Rika said with a fist to the air.
"What's it?" Hana-chan asked.
"First, block the door!" Rika instructed. When the desk was in front of the door, she flung open the windows. "Get me that flag pole!" She commanded, looking down to the ground. Thank the gods that it's only the second floor and bushes underneath!
When the flagpole was brought down, Rika took the flag off and slid the pole down out the window. Seeing that it was about a foot off the ground, she fastened the end of the pole with the flag as rope to the chair. The others looked at her actions, befuddled.
"There! Now, ladies first! It's about a foot above the ground, so you'll have to jump when you get the end of the pole." The others just looked at her.
"What?"
"ARE YOU EXPECTING US TO JUMP OUT OF THE WINDOW!" Kyo yelled at her.
"No, that's why the pole is there! The girls go first since they have skirts, and Kyo, I really don't trust you."
"What's that suppose to MEAN!" Kyo exploded, red in the face.
"Whatever, as long as I get out of here." And with that, Uo-chan climbed down, landing in the bushes.
"Are you hurt?" Yuki yelled down at her.
"No, I'm okay. Tohru, come down next. I'll catch you!" And with that, Tohru approached the ladder like thing. Then, Kyo jumped out, almost landing on Yuki, who was still in the bushes. Soon, there was just Rika and Hatsuharu.
"Okay, you're next." Rika said to Haru across the room, holding the pole for him.
"Not until you do the dare, Haruka." He said with arms crossed.
"For god's sake! Why the hell do you care so much!" Rika exclaimed.
"I dunno. Just because, you're the only person besides Kyo and Yuki to beat me."
'Just say sorry, moron.' it said to Rika.
And the reason why...?
'Because the rabid fangirls will tear you apart.'
"Fine." Rika said to Hatsuharu and it.
"Really?" he said surprised.
"Yea, yea, yea. I'm s-sorry for beating the crap out of you." Rika muttered, she was now standing on the window sill, estimating how far it was to the ground.
"What? I can't hear you through the screaming girls just outside the room."
"Then come here to hear, god damn it!" She yelled in furry. He had no idea how much it took for her to admit defeat. )A/N: To Rika, saying any form of apology is like losing. It's just a trait of hers.( When Haru stood besides her, she quickly repeated it. Before he could reply to how low she muttered it, the girls (and some guys) ran into the room, squealing for not only Yuki, but for Hatsuharu and Rika as well.
"I'm also sorry for doing this!" Rika yelled over the fans. She put her slim hand behind his back and gave a huge push.
"What do yo-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! HOLY CRAP! RIKUUUUUU! I'M GOING TO KILL YOUUUUUUUUU!" Hatsuharu yelled as Rika jumped out of the window after him.
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Hitaru: ;)
Mini-Waffle: o.O YOU MADE RIKA PUSH HATSUHARU OUT THE WINDOW!
Hitaru: Yes. I mean, how else are they going to escape?
Mini-Waffle: I'm not going next to you when you're near a window.
Hitaru: Why not, person who I might push out of the window next time I see her?
Mini-Waffle: Backs away Review I don't want to die!
Hitaru: You won't die...more like break a couple of ribs...5 reviews desired until chapter 4!
...And they all walked away