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:
"Okay, then. Thanks for clearing this up for me." And with that, he fell down with a state of shock, while the others looked on, too stunned to move.
Chapter 8: Phone Calls, Books, and Cupids !
"Okay, Shigure. Can you please repeat that?" Sohma Hatori managed to get out, stunned. After about half an hour of trying to decipher the dog's seemingly random jumbles of language, the dragon was just as shocked as the guy over the phone, it took much effort, but he restrained to reply back the same way as the other.
"S-so Kagura wrapped her arms around this-this boy? Where is she now? Let me talk to her." Hatori said, trying to ignore his bi-colored haired cousin's curios looks. Surely this was some kind of sick joke for a late, late April fools joke? Glancing at the calendar and seeing that it was the middle of December, maybe, he thought with a glimmer of delusional hope, this really is an extremely LATE April fools joke! As if repeating the news was a cure, Shigure's speech patterns returned to normal, sparing Hatori's brain from further frustration.
"Hai, Hai! Ha'ri, I was just as surprised as the rest, but luckily, I didn't panic too much! Sadly, our little Boar here collapsed with fright!" In the background the doctor faintly heard Kyo screaming that Shigure was the first to faint and not get back up until after an hour and cursing Yuki since it seemed that the 'prince' punched him to be quiet. Sadly, my hopes for a quiet evening is now gone. Hatori sigh a bit, trying to shove the thought of the fore coming meeting with Akito far into his mind. He thought, for some strange reason, Akito wouldn't like this news very much.
"Ha'ri? Ha'ri, are you listening?" The voice of his cousin woke him up to stare at the receiver with some dread.
"Yes, I'm here Shigure. I think you should let this Haruka stay with you, until I think of a good way of umm…breaking the news to him." Hatori replied, rubbing his forehead. Was the curse breaking? He doubted it, but then, why didn't Kagura turned to her respectful form of the boar? The possibilities were endless, it seemed to him. Again, the perverted dog piped into his thoughts.
"I have a few theories…" He began, in his author like voice.
"What?" He sighed into the phone with his monotone voice.
"Well…," he began, "Maybe Riku is really a girl!"
"Then explain why Riku would be posing as a boy." He countered back. Haru looked up from the floor with some interest that the sound of Rika's fake name.
"I dunno…maybe Riku's homo?" reasoned Shigure, shrugging on the other end of the line.
"Sohma Shigure! This story rating does NOT support that!" Hatori almost yelled, and then added more calmly, "No, I don't think so. And no, if the curse was breaking, then I wouldn't have just erased the memory of some girls, who saw Hatsuharu change.")A/N: BAWHAHAHA couldn't resist (
"Okay…maybe…there's another," he suggested with a shushed whisper.
"Don't even think that!" Hatori said, slamming his fist down, but not hard enough for Haru to snap out of his thoughts. "If Akito even, thinks YOU are thinking that, then he-!"
"I know, Hatori, I know." Shigure said, in a more even tone. "I would never think that, remember last time? Because, I do, and let me just say, hospitals aren't fun, but, I think we can keep this under radar from him, until you can think of an excuse that won't make him burn down the estate or something, well, ja, Ha'ri-kun!" Shigure said, returning to his normal goofy self. Sighing, the doctor hung up the phone as well and turned to Hatsuharu.
"Hatsuharu, I think you know what I'm about to say to you, I hope…" he began, trying to remember the lecture of transforming so recklessly in front of people without the curse.
Shigure's House
"I think she's okay now, Honda-san," A silver haired teenage boy said to a girl with chocolate brown hair and clearly, very worried eyes.
"U-un…" she said in reply, glancing at him, she smiled a warm smile and lightly punched her head "Gomen, Yuki-kun. I-I think I'll start dinner now! Would you like anything in particular?"
"Leeks," behind him, Kyo started yelling bloody murder to Yuki and leeks.
"YOU BASTARD! I HATE leeks!" Kyo yelled in fury, at the voice of her beloved kitty-cat, Kagura rose from her first-two-hour stage-of-shock and started chasing the orange haired teen, all the while, crying out for him.
"Honda-san," Yuki began, with a princely smile, "Make sure there's lots a leeks tonight."
"H-hai," Tohru said, after a moments thought, her face became crestfallen, "Ano…I think there's no more leeks…" Kagura in the background finally caught Kyo and gave him a bone snapping-lung destroying hug.
"That's okay. There's plenty in the secret base," and taking her hand, he led her to there; with the boar finally done with her hugging decided Kyo the teen with the Cat spirit in him would very much want to fly-thirty feet in the air. All four teenagers failed to notice a certain bunny rubbing his hands together evilly.
Library
"Stupid Yuki…" said Rika under her breath while scouting for her needed books on the report she was required to complete. (Researching and conducting a follow up on your favorite legend, fairy-tale or myth.) "Stupid library rules on not bringing in milk and cookies…I mean, if water and sandwiches are allowed, why not milk and cookies! Not like there's a freakin' grenade in it! Oh well, at least I was able to sneak it in…for now, that is."
Feeling the presence of the stuck up library assistant, she shut her yap, thinking a fury of curses to books, snobs, milk and other seemingly random objects that came to mind. Picking up some books on the wonders of the life of foxes, she was about to leave for the next shelf when suddenly, a leg darted out, tripping Rika and resulting to all her books to scatter on a table. Looking up, her mood went even sourer.
"Oh, hello, Mazawa-san, what brings you here?" Rika said between gritted teeth to her least favored creepy girl fans, Mazawa Ran (or Ran Mazawa).
"Hello, Riku-kun! Looking up things for the project? What are you doing?" Ran flirted. This girl has no shame!
"The expansion on the legend of the Zodiac, with the turtle," she grunted, praying that it would get rid of the bold girl.
"Oh? And why do you have books on foxes, then, you silly boy?" she teased with a wink. Guess that wasn't a good lie, but the Zodiac part was true! Wanting to stop the conversation, she made a reach for her books.
"OH!" She giggled, batting her eyelashes, "Oh, Riku-kun, I'm sorry! Let me help!" And with that, she bent down way low onto the table, grabbing the books one by one, slowly, never taking her eyes off the disgusted teen. YUCK! Rika thought, freaked out God, if I wasn't me, I'd be laughing my head off, but, this! This is just sooooooooooo wrong! I mean, what's with that look! EWWWW! And she's licking her lips now! Nasty, I now forget all my anger to Yuki, I PITY him! I heard he had worse girls after him! And, hoping for a quick escape, she scooped up all the books on that table and snatched the novels out of the other girl's claws, ran to the check out counter.
"I-I'm sorry, s-sir, but you can only take out t-three books, s-sorry!" A shy girl with oval glasses squeaked out. Is this another admirer! Rika thought, alarmed, glancing behind her, she saw the reason: Mazawa was closing in, fast, with a death glare to the girl behind the counter. Ooh, that's why! And they said that envy won't really lead to murder…
"Okay, these three will do, then!" Rika said, hurriedly shoving the first three books in her hands. When they were given back, she whispered just as fast and low, "Hide, or that girl will kill you, I'm not joking!" Seeing that Ran was just a few feet away, she dashed off at Marc 5. As she reached the safety of the road enclosed with woods that led to Shigure's house, she glanced down at the books. Eh? What's this? Rika pondered, looking at a book with a green cover and the picture of what appeared to be a crescent moon with curious looking markings on it. This isn't mine… Curious to see what kind of book it was, she opened the book to the front pages and read:
"Many would believe that all legends, myths and fairy-tales are mere glitter and sparkle, words that are spoken to trick youngsters into following 'moral' lessons. But these foolish beings are wrong, indeed, there are some that are for merely entertainment, but others, such as the tale of the Zodiac characters are quite true. Many stories hold the same principles, that should really be followed in real life, such as, and what this book mainly focuses on…The price of a God..."
Rika's widened with each word, and at the end of the paragraph, she nearly dropped the book. What the hell is this book? Glancing at the cover once more, she saw, with some surprise, the title engraved into the designs of the moon.
"Hmm…weird title, The book of uncommon legends, myths and fairy-tales facts, volume one, the price of a God's objects what the heck is THAT!" Rika thought, but not mad or anything. She was quite glad that she stumbled onto this find, "But," she added with a silent laugh, "I'm not thanking Mazawa Ran!"
"RIKU!" raising her head, she saw a familiar bush of blond hair approach her.
"Hiya, Momiji, want a cookie?" seeing the boy bounce with excitement at the mention of sweets, she took one out and handed it over.
"YUM, this is good!" Momiji said with bliss, munching on the treat. "But, that's not why I came to meet you! Shigure said you can stay!" Rika dropped her books and bags and gave Momiji a bone-breaking hug.
"Oh, that's fantastic! Yea! Yea! Yea!" letting go of the boy, they both preformed a strange dance of triumph, which consisted of hips swaying, arm rotating, and for some strange reason, they at one point broke out and did a chicken-styled flap with some spinning.
"B-but, you h-have t-to help me!" the young Sohma said, out of breath.
"W-what?" inquired the older one.
"Pair u-up with me…to be…" he began slowly.
"Be what?" Riku retorted, catching her breath.
"To be…MATCH MAKER WITH ME, MOMIJI, AKA, THE CUPID BUNNY!" he said, with a fist to the sky.
"Okay!" Rika answered her fist in the air as well. "And our first target is…"
"YUKI AND TOHRU!" they both shouted with evil glee. (Back at the house, Yuki shuddered in his room and Tohru dropped a plate.)
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Hitaru: Well, that was…
Mini-Waffle: Strange.
Hitaru: N-no! I was gonna say that it was…umm…
Mini-Waffle: Strange. This chapter you wrote was strange.
Hitaru: What? No! I was gonna say…no, you're right, it was kind of strange.
Mini-Waffle: Told you so! And you up-dated without waiting for everyone to review…
Hitaru: Hehehehe…but, the whole point was so that I could catch up with my writings! I'm happy with my reviewers! I mean, it's not their fault I write slow, hehehe…that, and you threatened me with various weapons if I didn't up-date soon…
Mini-Waffle: Yea, whatever what are you gonna do to Tohru and Yuki, anyways?
Hitaru: BAWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! GUESS! But, let me say thanks to ALL your reviews! I-I'm so touched and happy:D I wanna thank you all, yeah!
Mini-Waffle: Humph, that's only because YOU FORCE THEM TO REVIEW.
Hitaru: What was that, person-whom-I'll-maim-next-time-I-see-her-in-the-flesh?
Mini-Waffle: N-nothing (cough-moron-cough) 8 reviews.
Hitaru: Yea, don't you wanna see the plan of action? Oh, and many are wondering what Rika transforms into…there will be more hints in the chappys to follow…especially in a date chapter-
Mini-Waffle: You're going to ruin it!
Hitaru: Oops! Anyways…then next chapter will have some more hints, and…I'll list them, if you want!
...And they all walked away