Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket, its plot, characters, etc. but I do own my any OCs and my own plot/changes to the original plot.

Rika woke up the next morning on the floor of the living room with a blanket draped over her. Her ear was to the floor and she heard rumbling.

"I'm not the only one who hears that right?" Rika asked noticing everyone was at the table. She was a heavy sleeper most of the time so any noise they made wouldn't have woken her.

"What is that?" Tohru asked.

"Sounds like she's here early." Shigure said. He looked down at me and smiled. "Sleep well?" Rika nodded sitting up.

"AH!" Kyo shouted, scared.

"Oh, I didn't know you were expecting anyone." Tohru said.

"Ah- ah... not so fast Kyo." Shigure said grabbing Kyo's sweatshirt as he tried to run away. Tohru and Rike got up and went to the door.

"Hello? Huh... strange, there's no one here. But I distinctly remember closing that door. So somebody must have- AH!" Tohru jumped spotting a girl leaning behind the door.

"Are you Rika and Tohru Honda?

"Uhhh... yes." Rika raised an eyebrow at the girl.

"Oh, um... well that's- I mean, umm..."

"Yes?" The girl looked up.

"I'm Kagura... That's my name. Kagura Sohma."

"Kagura Sohma. Hi..." Tohru said.

"Please, I... I heard that Kyo was here and- please tell me it's true? Is he?" Kagura asked.

"Oh Kyo!" Rika said in singsong. "You have a visitor!"

"Oh... yes of course Kyo's here, would you like to come in and see him?" Tohru asked.

"Huh, Kyo?" Kagura asked seeing him. He kept trying to run away.

"Kagura!"

"I don't believe it... it... It's really you." She said with her hands over her mouth. "Kyo! KYO!" She started running over to him. "Kyo!" She said and he turned around scared. "Why did you run away for so long? You didn't call me... Or send a card..." Kyo looked terrified. "Where were you? Oh darling... I missed you SO MUCH!" She yelled suddenly punching him.

"Whoa!" Rika said her eyes going wide as he flew through the doors outside.

"LOVE!" She ran to him and grabbed his ankle before spinning him around. "YOU HAD ME WORRIED SICK!"

"Well, it appears we'll be needing another door... doesn't it?" Yuki said.

"Sometimes it feels like the whole world is conspiring to destroy my house..." Shigure said. Rika chuckled.

"I'm... sorry..." Tohru said.

"Oh, I was just kidding... This is normal... it's Kagura's way of showing affection." He said

"I would have never guessed... So then... from the looks of it, she must really like Kyo a lot." Tohru said.

"Kagura does tend to get a little carried away with her emotions. That's especially true when she's around Kyo... You might not believe it, but she's two years older than us." Yuki said.

"Than you... She's also part of the zodiac." Shigure said.

"Oh, I knew it! That's great! Which animal is she?"

"Hmm... I figured that would have been obvious at this point." Shigure said.

"Did you even think about my feelings?" Kagura said punching Kyo "No! You're awful, awful! After all the years we've been together..." Kagura said.

"I'm sorry, I uh, I guess I've been a little distracted." Tohru said.

"Kyo? Darling? What happened? You're hurt! Oh, no, no... no... Speak to me! Who did this to you?" Kagura said.

"She's kidding right?" Rika asked.

"Um... You, I think." Shigure said.

…

They all sat at the table. There was still a gaping hole where the door used to be. Tohru sneezed.

"It's cold in here." Yuki said.

"Yes, I noticed that too." Shigure said.

"I'm sorry..." Kagura said. "But, when I saw Kyo I got so happy... all my love just came out at once... I couldn't help it. But it is really your fault too, Kyo... If you'd just remembered to call me, you wouldn't've made me miss you so hard!"

"Who says I forgot? Maybe I didn't want to call you!" He said nursing his cheek.

"Oh, silly, yes you did... We are getting married, after all."

"Since when?!" He yelled. Rika looked over and saw a giant smile on Tohru's face. Rika rolled her eyes with a little smile.

"You mean you don't remember? When we were kids! You asked me to marry you!" She said.

"Only 'cause you were gunna kill me if I didn't!" He shouted.

"Oh, so the two of you are engaged! That's wonderful!" Tohru said.

"At least now, he'll have someone else to fight instead of me..." Yuki said.

"Congratulations." Shigure said.

"Eh... You guys!" Kyo said. Rika snickered. "Stop that!"

"We really do make the best couple, since we're both members of the Zodiac... Well, Kyo's not officially a member, but he's still cursed so it's almost the same... We can still understand each other in a way that no one else can... And that's good..." Suddenly she hugged him. "But the best thing is we can hug each other all we want, and we don't transform!"

"I don't believe it! Kyo didn't turn into a cat!" Tohru said.

"See!" Kagura said hugging Yuki. "It's okay for zodiac members to hug!" Kagura said.

"Why is that?" Tohru asked.

"It's a mystery to us too." Yuki said.

"Though we've seen it enough to know it isn't just a fluke with Kagura... She's one of a kind, granted, but she's not the only girl in the Zodiac." Shigure said.

"Really? There are more girls? Do you think we'll get to meet them some day?" Tohru asked.

"Kyo! You have to tell me, and be honest! Do you love me?" Kagura asked. "Do you hate me? Because I love you! I do! More than anything else in the whole wide world!"

"Uhhh..."

"I'll prove it! I'll cook for you! Every day! I'll do anything! Even if you cheat on me,"

"Wait no-" Kyo tried to said.

"I can forgive a one-time fling! No one else loves you this much, do they?"

"No-"

"No! Just me! We should always be together, don't you think? I just told you what you think! Now say something dammit!" She said grabbing his shirt.

"Ahh, this pains my heart..." Shigure said. "But moving on- Tohru, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you something of a cat lover yourself?"

"That's me! The Year of the Cat Fan Club!"

"I like cats too but I'm defiantly not part of his fan club." Rika said. Kyo shot her a glare. Kagura gasped looking at Tohru.

"A rival! But I'm not going to lose!"

"Uhh..."

"Tohru - what do you like best about Kyo? Because I like everything! Everything!"

"Hey..." Kyo said.

"The good things, the bad things- I like them all! I love Kyo no matter what, even if he changes into his other fo-" Kyo slapped a hand over her mouth.

"Shut your mouth, right now." Kyo said. "One more word, and... and I'll..." Suddenly she had his arm twisted behind his back.

"And you'll WHAT, Love?!"

"You should really call 'mercy', Kyo..." Yuki said.

"Ah, I almost forgot about the laundry!" Tohru said. Rika raised her eyebrows.

An excuse to escape this situation? Gimmie! Rika thought as she stood up to follow Tohru.

"Laundry?" Kagura asked.

…

"It's too bad I didn't get a chance to hear which Zodiac animal Kagura is..." Tohru said as she and Rika got the laundry out of the washer. Rika suddenly noticed Kagura looking around the door. "Oh well, who knows? Maybe I can ask her myself one day. I do hope the two of us get to be friends."

"Uh Tohru she's right there." Rika said.

"That's not Kyo's shirt, is it?" She asked.

"Uh! I didn't see you there!" Tohru jumped.

"So, is that Kyo's shirt?" She asked again.

"No, not yet. These are Yuki's clothes. I haven't even started on Kyo's... but they're next on the list."

"Don't worry, I'll do it! If that's okay with you. It is, right?" Kagura said picking up the basket with Kyo's clothes in it.

"I don't know..." Tohru said.

"I said I'll do it! I really want to! So please, please can I?"

"Oh, ah... well.. Okay! If you insist."

"Yay! Thank you so much!" She suddenly ran out of the room. Rika poked her head out to see Kyo who was crawling out the door.

"Uhh... Don't mention it..." Tohru said. Kagura landed on Kyo's back and pulled at his sweatshirt.

"Kyo! Okay, take everything off!"

"Stop it! What are you doing?!"

"Your laundry, silly! Now take off your clothes!"

"Don't even think about it!"

"Or do I have to wash you along with them?" She pulled off his top and he got away. "...Where are you going?" She asked as he ran away.

"Away from you!"

"Ah! Kyo!"

"Don't worry. I'm sure he'll wander back when he gets hungry." Shigure said.

"Ohhh..." She said before walking back to the laundry room.

"Oh. What's the matter?" Tohru asked.

"Why is Kyo so mad at me? I don't understand." She said before starting to cry into Kyo's top.

"You know... he might not really be angry. Sometimes he just doesn't-" Tohru was cut off as Kagura gasped.

"That stink!" She said taking the shirt from her face. "How could you let him wear this? My poor, sweet darling! You'll have clean clothes from now on, or I'm not the future Mrs. Kyo Sohma!" She exclaimed putting his clothes into the washer.

"I guess if you don't need anything, I'll just go hang up Yuki's shirts now..." Tohru said.

"Let's see... how much detergent?" She said putting in one scoop. "Hmm... Maybe a little bit more..." She added another. "One more scoop for love. Ooh! Better yet, the whole thing!" She poured the whole box into the washer.

"Uhh K-Kagura I don't think that was such a good idea." Rika said, her eyebrows up. Kagura looked at her with a confused expression.

"I'm sure it's fine. I have to get his clothes super clean!" Tohru left the room and Kagura turned on the washer. "Oh, yeah..." She said going into the kitchen. Rika followed her. Kagura grabbed a kettle and put it on the stove before turning it on. "Perfect. Now when Kyo comes home, we can have a nice, fresh cup of tea. Yay..."

"You really like Kyo." RIka chuckled.

"Yeah! I love Kyo!" Kagura said with a big smile.

"Do you want me to help you put the clothes up on the line when they're done?" Rika asked as they walked back into the laundry room.

"No no. I can do it!" She said. "Are you related to Tohru?" She asked.

"Uh kinda.. Her mum adopted me when I was 10." Rika said.

"Oh." She said her smile gone. "What happened to your parents?"

"Uhh.." Rika scratched her cheek with a finger.

"Oh I'm sorry! I don't mean to pry." She apologized.

"Oh no it's fine. My parents died when I was really young."

"I'm so sorry."

"It's okay. It's been years. I'm just happy Kyoko took me in when she did… Otherwise I'm not sure how I'd have turned out."

"Are you Tohru's age?"

"No I'm a year older, 17. You're two years older than them right?"

"Yeah I'm 18." She said with a smile.

…

After a few minutes the washer was done and she took out his blue shirt that he was wearing before.

""Kyo! Q! I love you!" - Waah-ha! No more smell! I'm a perfect wife! Maybe I should wring it out a little to make it dry faster! Dry! Damn... you!" She said ringing the shirt. "Uh..." She said as suddenly the shirt was ripped in top.

"How did you manage that?" Rika asked. Kagura gave a sheepish smile.

"Ah! Tell me you didn't do what I just think you did!" Kyo said poking around the door.

"My love..."

"My shirt! Ugh... And I really liked this one, too..." He said holding the torn shirt.

"I'm sorry darling... I promise, I'll fix it right away... Here, you can wear this one until then." She said holding a shirt that was wet.

"It's soaking wet!"

"But that's because I washed it for you."

"Is there anything of mine you didn't wash!?"

"Your pants..." She said. Suddenly Rika noticed the washer overflowing with soap. Her eyes widened.

"What am I supposed to do now?! Go around half-naked?! You want me to get pneumonia, is that it?!" Kyo looked up as the suds got bigger. "...AHHH!" He yelled as they covered the three of them. "I told you, you used too much!"

"Kagura..." Shigure said observing as the suds and they were pushed out of the room and into the hallway. "how much detergent did you use?"

"All of it!" She said.

"Hmm?" He sniffed the air. "Is something burning?"

"Oh no, the tea!" She yelled running to the kitchen. Rika crawled out of the suds and ran into the room just as she screamed "AHHHH!" The rug had caught fire.

"Ah! Uh... uh...ah..." Kyo started fanning the fire with part of his shirt, wearing the other part.

"Coming through..." Shigure said with the fire extinguisher.

"Wahh!" Kyo exclaimed as Shigure sprayed him and the fire.

"Don't we look lovely?" Shigure laughed as the four of us were covered in the fire extinguisher's contents.

"I can't believe you're laughing." Kyo said.

"Oh, right... 'Now I'm mad'." Shigure said.

"I... I'm sorry... I didn't do it on purpose..." Kagura said.

"I know that, Kagura." Shigure said.

"You still did it!" Kyo shouted.

"I'm sorry... I really am... Please, Kyo... I'm sorry..." Kagura said sounding like she was about to cry.

"Yeah, so what, "sorry" isn't going to get us a new kitchen!" Kyo said.

"What do you want me to do!?" Kagura said suddenly having Kyo above her and bending his back the wrong way.

"Oooh... That hurts..." Shigure said. He looked over at Rika and chuckled. She tilted her head to one side in question. He grabbed a semi clean, as in half covered in the fire extinguisher contents, dish towel and cupped her chin. Rika blinked as he wiped the stuff off her face. "There, now I can see your pretty face again." She felt my cheeks warm up slightly. He noticed and chuckled. Rika reached up and wiped some off his face with her hand. He still had a semi-smile on his face. She used her thumb to wipe the stuff off his lips and around his mouth. He stared down at her. Rika looked up and blushed more before walking out of the room.

"I'm gunna take a bath." she said.

Rika got out of the bath after about 10 minutes and walked into the living room with shorts and a t-shirt and a towel around her shoulders. Kyo and Shigure took bath's one after the other until they were all in the living room. Soon Yuki and Tohru came back from the store and walked to the kitchen. Kagura was cleaning up the mess in the kitchen. She wouldn't let Rika or Shigure help her.

"Well, you see... It- It's a long story..." Shigure said to Yuki and Tohru.

"That's all right. I think I can guess what happened." Yuki said.

"Uhh... I'll help you clean up." Tohru said.

"I can do it." Kagura said.

"But it's too much work for you all by yourself..." Tohru said.

"No, please! Let me do it! I want to... It's my fault the kitchen's like this..." Kagura insisted.

"At least she's being consistent. She wouldn't let me help, either..." Shigure said.

"Me either." Rika said.

"Please, it's okay... I'll do it all..." Kagura said.

"Well... if you insist..." Tohru said. The three of them went to sit at the table. "Do you really think it's okay to leave her in there?" Tohru said.

"Don't worry." Yuki said. "Kagura's always been the resilient type. I'm sure she just needs some time to herself."

"Hmm... Of course, the real crisis here is that we won't be able to cook any dinner while the kitchen's wrecked..." Shigure said. "I guess we're just going to have to grit out teeth and call for take-out..." Shigure sighed. "And I was so looking forward to another of Tohru's delicious home-cooked meals."

"You know I help out too." Rika said crossing her arms.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you jealous." He said cupping her chin.

"I'm not jealous!" Rika said and moved her head away and looking away so he didn't see the blush forming.

"How about another back rub as a form of apolo-" He was cut off as Yuki hit him upside the head.

"Knock it off." He said. "So... where'd the other home-wrecker go?" Yuki asked.

"Ahaha..." Shigure pointed up indicating that Kyo was on the roof. "He's still busy sulking, I think. We'd probably do well to keep our distance for a while..."

…

"I'm gonna burst... Ahhh, full, full, full..." Shigure said sitting back.

"You, Miss Honda, Miss Rika?" Yuki asked.

"I couldn't eat another bite." Tohru said.

"Same here."Rika said.

"Oh... but what about and Kagura and Kyo? We shouldn't let their dinners get cold." Tohru said.

"Ah... so let's see..." Shigure said. "Am I brave enough to go look for Kyo just yet? Mmm. No. But I think I can chance the kitchen..."

"I could go get Kyo." Rika said.

"Don't bother, Miss Rika." Yuki said. But she got up anyway.

"Well I'll at least tell him." she said before walking upstairs to the balcony. Rika got up on the railing and balanced before looking over the edge of the roof. "Hey Kyo." He looked over and sat up quickly.

"You- you're gunna fall!" Rika shook her head.

"I'm fine. Look we got take-out, it's gunna get cold if you don't come down and eat it soon."

"I'm not hungry." He said laying back down.

"Hey, Kagura's not that bad."

"Are you kidding?! She beats the crap out of me!"

"That's her way of showing her affection."

"Affection?!"

"She really loves you." Rika shrugged. "Love hurts."

"Oh ha ha." He said putting his hands behind his head.

"Just come down and eat at some point." Rika said before jumping down off the railing and going inside. She walked down stairs and stopped seeing Kagura hitting Shigure while laughing.

"Uhh... Ahaha... Shigure! You... big... perv! Ha ha ha ha! Pervert! Pervert! Ha ha ha ha!"

"Ahhhh!" Shigure screamed. Rika blinked watching her chase him. "Rika save me!" He shouted running behind her. Rika side stepped.

"Oh no, don't drag me into whatever mess you've created." she said moving away.

"Riikaaa!"

…

The next morning Kagura was leaving.

"Kyo! Darling! Goodbye my love!" She said hugging Kyo while he was trying to brush his teeth. "Take care of yourself 'til I come back!" Kagura said.

"Glad to see everything's back to normal." Tohru said.

"Incidentally, did you ever figure out which animal Kagura is?" Shigure said.

"No, not yet." Tohru said.

"I have a guess." Rika said.

"Kyo, be nice, or I'm not gunna kiss you goodbye!" Kagura said.

"Who needs it?!" Kyo yelled as she ran out smashing the door again.

"That's it! Kyo, you jerk! I'm leaving you, Love!" Kagura said. Suddenly the paperboy was outside.

"Hello, it is I! Your ever-reliable local paperboy, come to deliver the news of the day!" The paperboy said.

"This is bad." Shigure said. As Kagura came flying at him. She bumped into him and there was a puff of smoke. Suddenly Yuki covered the paperboy's eyes.

"Ah, thanks for your hard work." Yuki said.

"Oh sure... It's my job. Sorry I was a little late this morning. Bye!" He said, leaving. The smoke cleared and a little boar sat on the ground. Tohru picked her up.

"Hey, I figure out Kagura's zodiac animal. She's a boar!" She said.

"Um... That's cheating, I think." Shigure said. He turned to Rika. "Was your guess right?" He asked. Rika shook my head.

"I guessed Ox." She said. He chuckled.

"No that's defiantly not her." He said. Tohru looked to Kagura.

"Kagura... You know, I think I'm beginning to understand better why it is you like Kyo so much... He really does have a lot of good qualities... And the more I learn about them, the more I want to see him the way you do." Suddenly Kagura's eye narrowed and she jumped out of Tohru's hands and kicked Kyo across the face.

"Kyo! You two-timer!"

"I thought she was going to forgive his little flings..." Shigure said.

"I will forgive him, right after I kill him!" She shouted.

"What the hell did I do?!" Kyo yelled.

"'Scuse me... Maybe I should start over..." Tohru said stopping her. "What I'm trying to say is, I hope I can be like you when it comes to finding all of the good qualities in the people that I care about... They're not always easy to see..." Tohru said.

"You want to... be like me?" Kagura asked.

"Uh, huh. It's wonderful the way you find so many things to like about one person..." Suddenly she transformed back and was still on Kyo's back.

"I don't know what to say..." Kagura said.

"Put on some clothes!" Kyo screamed.

…

"Okay, bye, bye! Oh, and I'll bring you a new shirt next time I come over, Kyo! Love you!" Kagura shouted waving.

"Hmph..." Kyo turned around.

"Goodbye! See you again soon!" Tohru said.

"Hey! What's that look for?" Kyo asked Tohru who was smiling at him.

"Nothing... You're just so... lucky." Tohru said.

"Ah! Don't you even start! C'mon! We're gunna be late!" Kyo said starting to walk away.

"Oh, well... there was such a commotion, that I couldn't even do any gardening." Yuki said.

"Ah, the base! Those leeks we picked were delicious."

"Base?" Rika asked.

"Are you planting something new?" She asked

"Yes, strawberries."

"Really? I can't wait, I love strawberries."

"Hmm... I thought you might... That's why I'm planting them." Yuki said.

"Oh... Thanks..." She said shyly.

"Hey I like them too. Can I be in on this base thing?" Rika asked looking between the two.

"Oh sorry." Yuki said with a smile. "I have a garden in the back."

"Oh that's neat. Could… I help out sometime?" Rika asked with a hopeful look. Yuki nodded with a smile.

"Of course." He said. she smiled back. Suddenly Kagura came running back.

"Kyo! Stop right there! I almost forgot to give you your goodbye kiss! C'mon, pucker up! Kiss me! Kiss, kiss me!" Rika started laughing as they spun around and Kyo tried to get her off.