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 consience?
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 consience 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:
"EEEHHH! You're here!" Rika said after some shock and after she registered this. Ehh...what happens if they tell the school! If they do, will I get kicked out? Wait...I worried Tohru? She cares? Uhhh...Do something!
Chapter 5: Rabbits, Chokings, Homes and Pass Outs !
"Ehehehehe...hello?" Rika said, uncertainly. WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO! Rika thought, panicking. Searching frantically around in her brain, she came up with two simple choices: Run and deny anything or deny, deny, deny! Luckily for her, she didn't have to do any of those things, why? Because a sudden yelp came from a certain bunny!
"Tohru! T-Tohru! Help! Help!" Momiji cried out, coughing loudly. His hands were on his throat and tears were swelling up in his eyes. He looked deathly pale.
"EH! M-MOMIJI! W-what's wrong? H-help!" Tohru said frantically, swerving her head back and forth. "I think he's choking!" she cried after a while. Rika wanted to slip away, she wanted to disappear right now, but leaving a young looking kid choking like that when she knew the Heimlich maneuver was well, against her morals. So, she had to help. But...
Doing the Heimlich maneuver would mean putting her hands around his waist...
Resulting to a hug...
Which would lead to her changing...
"Wahh! Thank-you! Thank-you! Riku-kun! I'm so happy you saved Momiji!" She heard Tohru cry out. Huh? Rika thought, confused. It seemed that Rika did the Heimlich Maneuver without realizing it!
"I-it err...was umm...right...well...bye!" She choose to run, right into the kitchen.
Wahh! Wha? I thought Momiji was a-a-a GUY! Not a girl...but that would explain why he-err-she wears the girl's uniform...Bu-but he sounds like a guy! Arg! Confusion! Rika thought, while washing the dishes. It was almost the end of her shift and she was still replaying the events earlier. Yep, it still befuddled her.
Shigure's House
"That was weird." Kyo said, his hands behind his head.
"You mean Momiji choking, Riku-san dashing to the kitchen or you? If it's the last one, then I have to correct you. You're not weird...you're a stupid baka-neko." Yuki said, finishing his trig homework. The rat easily deflected the punch from the cat. He aimed a kick to his gut.
"OHHH! YOU CHEAP BASTARD! THAT WAS LOWLY TRICK!" Kyo yelled, clutching not his gut but...erm...somewhere more...below...)A/N: Cough-cough. You know where. I don't have to say it.( He groaned a little and flopped back onto the couch.
"Yuki-kun, do you wa-!" Tohru said, coming in the living room, "Oh, Kyo! Are you okay! Do you want ice! I-I'll go and get it for you!" She ran back into the kitchen. A few minutes later, she came back and offered him an icepack. Kyo took it gratefully.
"Yuki-kun! I hope you know that really hurts! Poor Kyo..." Tohru said after a while. Yuki was rather shocked, not really at the fact that she was reprimanding him, but she had said his first name, and not his last. He felt a tinge of jealously when Tohru addressed Kyo just as so.
"Eh? B-but, Toh-" He got up quickly and went to his room, trying to hide his red face, leaving Tohru confused. I almost changed! AGAIN! Must...get...away... Yuki thought frantically. He always felt ashamed when he turned to his other form.
Yuki's POV
Damn. I mean, really, DAMN! Is it really my fault that that baka-neko can't catch! And then Tohru...no...Honda-san's face...AARRG! My brain hurts. I sighed and landed on my bed with a thump. Life's very confusing now, then again, when has it never been?
"Tohru..." I murmured to myself, tasting the name, I never called her anything but 'Honda-san'. Wondered why I'd start calling her 'Tohru' all of a sudden?
Duh, you love her. I sat bolt up. What the hell! "Who just said that!" I asked out loud.
Didn't say it, thought it. Was the response. For some strange reason, I kept thinking it was me who was doing it.
Kinda, I'm you in a sense. Hiya, I'm the spirit of the rat-yaddy-ya-ya. Nice to meet ya', well, kinda. Okay, can I go crazy now? I thought with a raised eyebrow.
You know, every cursed Sohma has one...well, except for the cow, that guy got TWO sides. Can get really confusing; one tellin' him to relax and the other telling him to beat someone up...
I've really GOT to get some sleep. I thought with a groan. I was about to close my eyes when I heard a timid knock on the door. I reluctantly opened it and went face to face (well, not really, she only went up to my chin) with Tohru-chan.
"Ehh...hello?" I said, trying to regain my composure.
"Yuki-kun! I thought you were hurt about what I said...And...and I-I'm really, really, REALLY sorry! I won't do it again, so..." she let the sentence hand in midair. I think my heart is going a bit too fast. She called me 'Yuki-kun' again!
"Umm...okay, Honda-san. But, don't apologize because of me misaiming. Good-night, I'm really tired." I needed to think this all over again.
"Mmm! Okay, good-night...Yuki-kun!" and with that, my flower ran off to her own room, maybe...wait...why did I just call her, 'my flower'! I thought with surprise.
Duh, you love her.The spirit-thing said again. Outside, it started to pour.
Whatever, I thought back. I'll think it all tomorrow...I think...
Road To The Sohma's House
Rika's POV
"TGIF! (Thank-god-it's-Friday.)" I said out loud on my way home. Yes, it was pouring, so what? I just got paid from both my jobs, filled with salmon and rain equaled to me not having to go and find that spring I kept getting lost to when I needed water. Believe it or not, I've got a home. I found a perfect spot, right in the middle of some park, there's even a road close to the damn place! I got real lucky that I found two trees close to each other in an opening, surrounded by dense trees. I was so happy! Some time later, I arrived to it, my home.
It took a week to make it, putting a lot of branches together in between the two trees, I had a shelter that smelled pine-green fresh. Inside were, well...lots of flat rocks. On the rocks was a mirror, a cup, two plates and homework. A sleeping bag was nearest to the thicker tree. Just outside the opening was the remains of a fire. It was simple, but at least it kept my cool in the spring and summer.
When I finished my trig homework, I suddenly jumped up. SHIT! My clothes! They're SOAKED! I dashed out to retrieve them. After rinsing my clothes relatively dry, I was very soaked. My fake glasses were also getting on my nerves, even if it was thick, it couldn't hide my weird eye color. I threw them hard in some random direction and decided to pretend I got colored contacts instead. Much more easy, in my opinion. I went to bed with a large sneeze.
When I woke-up, my head started spinning, or was the landscape spinning? Anyways, my head hurt like a hangover and I couldn't really see, I saw two of everything.
'And whose fault was that? Getting sick and all...' I heard my conscience drawl out. I had a cold?
'Yes, you do. And you wouldn't have one if you just stayed back home, in the village, begging mercy to those-'
"Aww, shut-up. I've got a head ache, so slack a girl some peace, 'kay?" I said to it. Groggily, I got up and started to tend to the fire, sadly, I didn't see which wood I threw in and how much. Why is this so bad? Well, some wood here makes A LOT of smoke and others don't. Guess which one I picked.
"Oh, sh...shit..." I muttered and with another wave of dizziness and the smoke in my face. The last thing I saw was the ground coming up to slam my face.
The Road To The Shigure's House
Normal POV
"WAHH! Haru, are you lost again?" A blonde boy said, bounding up to the lost cow.
"Wahh...Momiji? Do you know which way Shigure's house is?" Haru asked, a bit dazed. He was holding a pair of thick glasses, wondering where it came from and why it looked so familiar to him.
"Maybe..." The rabbit said in a sugar-coated voice, "But first tell me why!"
"Well, why are you going there?" Haru countered back. In truth, he forgot.
"To see Tohru-chan, of course!" Momiji said happily, taking the bi-hair colored teen, he led him toward the house. Half way there, Haru stopped Momiji's singing and walking.
"What's wrong, Haru?" Momiji asked with a pout. He wanted to get to Tohru for a hug, tease Kyo and Yuki, and eat some of Tohru's treats!
"Look." The normally absentminded cow said, nodding to the trees.
"What do you mea-OH! LOOK, HARU! SMOKE!" And ran into the direction of the murky dark grayish clouds floating up. Wasting no time, he followed.
When Hatsuharu past the trees and saw a clearing, he felt the wind knocked out of him, and a numb feeling was traveling through his body. Shaking it off, he ran to the scene before him.
Smoke was everywhere, and embers were everywhere, too.
His sides was starting to hurt from the smoke and breathing became harder, but he kept running faster. Momiji ran past him, yelling something about getting the others. Hatsuharu got into the smoke and tripped over. He looked back and his insides froze.
Out of his mouth came one word.
"RIKU!"
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Hitaru: And the drama adds up!
Mini-Waffle: At least it's getting somewhere...
Hitaru: Sob. Sorry.
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Hitaru: Okay! I'M SOOOO SORRY! I WON'T BE ABLE TO UP-DATE FOR A WHOLE MONTH, BECAUSE I'M GOING SOMWHERE FOR SUMMER VACTION! BUT…
Mini-Waffle: …But, if you review a WHOLE lot, Hitaru here, promises to post up not one, but TWO chapters when she returns. Yes, Hitaru is a FEMALE.
Hitaru: Hey, that's mean! Anyways, yes, I'm going on a trip, so, I'm not telling you how much you guys have to review! BUT, if I feel that you guys reviewed a WHOLE lot, then, yes, next time I up-date (some time in August), then you'll be able to read TWO CHAPTERS. So, please, review a lot! I look forward to coming back home to a lot of reviews! And no, flames of unsatisfactory doesn't count!
...And they all walked away