You Don't Belong In A Fruit Basket

DISCLAIMER: I don't own it. Way too tired to care. *FANPEOPLE AROUND ME GASPS*

LOVECLAIMER: Hey everyone. I love you all for the wonderful reviews and PM's that you guys have sent me. Really, it touched my heart. That test was a breeze! With yalls support, I KNOW I got an advance. Thanks guys. Like, I can only express my LOVE THROUGH THIS CHAPTER! I am so sorry I haven't been updating. Forgive me…

Well, I'm also another year older to moving out of the dreaded horror called a house. No more waking up…no more school…just lying around. I HAVE A CHOICE TO GO TO SCHOOL! (Of course I'm still gonna go to school) But, I'm gonna be soo smart, that when high school comes around, all I'll need is to take 2 classes. Gotta work extra hard…

LET ME EXPRESS MY LOVE FOR YOU GUYS! THROUGH THIS CHAPTER! *GIVES EVERYONE SOME STRAWBERRIES* THAT IS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU!


Kyo had been much nicer to Tohru ever since their little 'incident' in the forest.

It was awfully quiet. And it seemed that everyone had something weighing down their minds. Suddenly Tohru started blinking. Then Roku. Then their eyes just stayed wide open…

Roku was suddenly by the window, looking out to the bright moon. They were being watched. No doubt about it. Tohru was sitting down. Somehow, she could see and hear what was going on. But how…? Maybe it has something to do with THE HONDA SECRET. Gosh, maybe, if you guys let the narrator NARRATE, YOU COULD KNOW WHAT IT IS.

Now, as I was saying. The only reason Tohru could do that was because of her secret. The secret is-

"What the hell are you guys doing?" Kyo interrupted OH SO RUDELY.

"Nothing…Just thought I heard something suspicious outside. " he answered, and sat back down, playing with his chopsticks. Chewing the hard wood that laid on it. WHY DOES ROKU CHEW CHOPSTICKS? MAYBE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE HONDA SE-

"K-Kyo?"

"Hmm?" he said softly.

"Do you like to food?" she asked slowly and hesitantly. All eyes were on him as he was about to comment on the food. He gulped the remaining that was in his throat and looked at her. "Yeah, it's g-"

"Stupid cat…"

"DAMN IT, SHUT UP!"

"Uh…do you like the food?"

"DAMN IT ALL, NO I DON-"

The moment he said that, he got hit, square in the forehead with a chewed up chopstick. And it was on the sharp part too. He had a bleeding wound rapidly coming down his forehead. Tohru gasped. "ROKU, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!" he looked at her quizzically. "I didn't do anything. I just shut him up for a bit."

It seemed that Kyo had been knocked out for some time. Tohru reached into her pocket, and pulled out a first aid kit. "Kyo, you still awake?" in response, he groaned, and his head lolled around to the other side.

Right on to her lap.

Tohru thought nothing of it, but just treated the wound. Roku had multiple anger marks on his forehead. Damn it, that wasn't my plan at all...' "Roku, you know, that was extremely dangerous. It could have pierced his skull, into his brain with the kind of force that you have. You hit him in a pressure spot!" She said, dapping some antipixerint (THAT IS MY NEW MEDICANE.) on his forehead. Then put a bandage on his forehead. His head still dazed on her lap.

"Pelun should oe care txo po ayserkup fu ke… (Why should I care if he dies or not?)" she gasped. "Ka say tsa'u! Frapo tìrey precious. Evana po. (Don't say that! Every life is precious, even his)"

(SO MUCH RED AND GREEN…)

Roku sighed and turned away from his sister. "When you finish brooding, then we'll talk about this matter. Ok?" he grumbled something under his breath, and moved closer to the corner of the wall.

Tohru then dragged them all the way UP THE STAIRS with major injuries on her part, but she at last, put him in his bed. She sighed and looked at his sleeping/knocked out face. He was smiling. 'What are you dreaming about?'

Flashback

"Kyo…?" a young girl asked, her blue eyes shining with fear. "Tohru, what is it? You look scared. I don't like seeing my best friend scared." An orange hair boy told her, petting her head.

"Are…Are you really my best friend?"

"What made you think that Tohru? Of course I'm your best friend. Aren't you mine?" he asked, a bit scared of the answer.

"N-No! It's just that… you don't let me hug you, and when I try, you push me back…why?" Kyo looked at the ground. "It's…personal, ok? Whatever happens, whatever you see or hear about me, don't believe it until I confirm it, ok?" she smiled. "I wanna hug you all the time!" she giggled. "So, we are still friends…Right Kyo-Kyo?" he smiled vaguely at the nickname.

"Best friends forever." And interlocked his pinky with hers. She smiled the biggest smile in the world.

Not a few days later, it was her birthday! He came bounding over the fence. "Kyo, what's up? Did you finally beat Yuki? You look very happy today!"

He shook his head. "No, I wish, but I got you a present for your birthday!" he smiled and told her to close her eyes.

"Ok, Kyo, I trust ya!" his heart warmed. Trust…someone trusted him…

"Ok, now put out your hand in a 90 degrees island."

"Don't ya mean angle?"

"Whoops, yep." When she did, something cool was slipped onto her arm. She shivered a bit, but her eyes were still closed. She heard a snap.

"Ok Ru-Ru, open your eyes."

When she opened them she was surprised at what she saw. There was a friendship bracelet! "Oh Kyo! Since I can't hug you, I'll just do this!" she leaned in and gave him a sweet peck on the cheek. She smiled brightly at his blush. "Oh, thank you, thank you! Let me see yours!" his was blue that said 'BE FRI' she looked at hers. It was pink at that side said 'ST ENDS'. She raised up her bracelet, and interlocked it with his. "THANK YOU THANK YOU! Now I KNOW we are best friends!" she pecked him on the cheek again.

"Your my best friend, I'd do anything for you." He said, and he shyly pecked her on the cheek. She smiled brightly, and then got cake from a small party they had. "Here ya go, I saved you some cake!" she brought it over. "Thanks Tohru…" he blushed harder and began to eat the cake, Tohru watching his jaw move with a silent fascination. All she could do was smile.

End of STORY. Lol, just kidding. Flashback

(THIS IS KYO'S DREAM/FLASHBACK)

In his sleep, Kyo's smile had gotten wider.

Tohru smiled. "Sleep well Kyo-Kyo…" and walked out of the room, feeling better then she had in weeks.


A hand…

A soft, soft hand.

Was it reaching out?

For her?

She looked at her hand. It was small and tiny.

But that hand. It looked like it could protect her.

Her other small hand reached for it. Biggest mistake ever.

The brightness and white floating feeling was gone. Instead, the hand that was reaching out for her, seemed to be reaching for something, but it wasn't her hand. Oh no.

It was her face.

Backhanded, she flew into a wall that she didn't even know was there. Darkness surrounded her. Her small, yet big blue eyes were scared and frightened. What was going on?

Another back hand to the face disturbed her thoughts. On instinct she let out an 'I'm sorry!'

But that didn't work. She heard the most scariest and evil laugh ever. She felt her face. Blood. It was her own. She cried softly, the salt tears and blood landing in her mouth. Stinging the side of her cheeks.

The white floating feeling came back, and a different hand reached out for her. A more tanned hand. It seemed to say 'Come on, I won't hurt you.' She cowered in, with what little space she had. But she had no space. The hand came for her, and she closed her eyes. But instead, she was reached with a more softer feeling. She hugged herself into the hand and cried. The thumb stroking her long brown hair.

'I won't hurt you.' It seemed to say. And she felt like she could trust this hand. She feel back into the feeling. It had to be heaven…

The annoying snores from her brother was like her alarm clock, and woke her up. She had been having those dreams lately. Each one scarier than the last. Every time she woke up, she felt like someone was beside her. And it wasn't Roku. But, someone else…

Her jumbled and muddled thoughts were interrupted when a loud bang came from downstairs.

OH lovely.

Another new start, to a new day.


"TOOOHHRRUUU!"

Her thoughts were cut off by a very 'manly' scream. She quickly ran downstairs, nearly tripping over in her slippery socks. Still in her pajamas, she cut the corner, nearly slamming into the wall.

Panting by the time she got there, she was surprised at… the sight.

Shigure was under a dog pile of two teen males. She sweat dropped. "TOHRU, HELP ME! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING-"

"YOU CALL YOURSELF AN ADULT! YOU TRIED TO KILL US!" Kyo yelled, pissed by the fact that he woke up Tohru.

"TOHRU WOKE UP LATE!"

"You tried to poison us with that crap you call food." Yuki answered in a monotone voice.

"TOOOHHRRUU!"

Tohru sweat dropped. Roku came down, seconds later. His hair all over the place, pajamas half buttoned, and also had his hands raised in a gun like figure. The moment he came upon the scene, he looked at Tohru, then gave the three the middle finger. "Wake me up when it's dinner time…" and walked back upstairs.

"E-E-Eh…May you guys please get off of him? I can make you some food, you guys are probably hungry…what time is it anyway?"

"Twelve." They all said at the same time. Tohru's eyes widened.

"W-W-WHAT?!" she yelled, quickly running upstairs to brush her teeth, and shower. She took five minutes to shower, and put on jeans and a loose t-shirt. The water made her clothes cling to her in an uncomfortable way. But she could care less. She quickly started on lunch.

Yawning, for some reason she felt awfully tired. So, so tired…

"TOHRU!" she jumped, and nearly spilled the lunch she was making. What the… her lunch was up in flames! Yuki and Kyo were busily trying to put out the fire. Roku came downstairs with a fire extinguisher. "Guess I'm not getting any sleep today… Tohru, what's wrong? You've never been this dazed since…"

Tohru smiled. "It's nothing! Just a little more sleep, once I've finished the chores and stuff..." she yawned, and he looked at her with distrusting eyes. "Your lying. What's wrong?" she shook her head again.

"N-Nothing's wrong Roku! Really!" she sighed heavily and looked outside the window. "Maybe I need a walk to clear out my head..." Roku was still looking with eyes that said 'Tell me what's wrong, or i'll force it outta you!'

She laughed nervoulsy, but nonetheless, walked outside.

Kyo slowly followed.


Multiple, unrelated thoughts ran through her head. All thoughts stopped at once though, when she saw a cat walk in front of her...

A gray cat.

The gray cat walked towards her, looking at her with pure distrust be for jumping into her arms. She sat down on a nerby bench, and the cat just stared at her.

It continued to look at her with nothing but distrust. It hissed when she moved to pat his head. She quickly removed her hand though. When she made a move to stand, though, it jumped up, scratched her cheeks, and then ran off with a hiss.

"Guess I deserve that..." she whispered softly as she rubbed her abused cheek.

Flashback

What did she do this time? What did she do to get locked up again?

"M-Master?"

"You dirty beast. Stay in your cage, where you belong." the sound of a cage closing and locking up was the last sound she head, before she was in complete darkness.

A few hours later, the sound of a door opening, and a bright light engulfed the room, making her hiss in pain, and cover her eyes.

"Tohru?" she knew that voice from anywhere.

"KIT!" she yelled in happiness. He put a finger to his lips, and she instantly silenced. "I brought you a present."

Kit was one of the only butlers of the household to actually like her. She appreciated it a lot, making every living moment of happiness count.

She heard a 'mew' and she squealed in delight. A gray cat was in the arms of the bulter, and he slowly extended the cat to her.

It wasn't a cat. It was a kitten.

He slowly put the upper half of the cat through the small holes of the cage. Then the bottom half. "Ya see...? She has ears like you."

( *HINT.* *HINT.*)

She slowly rubbed the kitten's ears, and in response to the ear rub, it purred. Tohru was so content, that she didn't see the shadow in the room, or when Kit left. "It feels so nice..."

But what she did feel was blood pouring through her hands. She was utterly surprised, and tried everything she could do at the moment. "Kitty? KITTY, WAKE UP!" it's soft mews of pain was the only thing heard other than a ragged breathing.

"You foolish girl, look what you did." a voice sneered. There was a small knife inside the kitten's back. When she sniffed it,(*HINT.* *HINT.) it was filled with poison. The kit looked at her with forgivness before dying completly. "KITTY, I'M SORRY!" she yelled, her tears mixing with the blood of the kit's.

"I told you my love. You are a monster. A monster no one can ever love, or care for. The only person who can do that is me. That's why I offer you again." he walked up to the cage, his face soft and non-demonic looking.

"Be mine, Tohru Honda. I shall force you to become the top of Shinigami society. All you have to do is agree." he said gently, so gently, that anyone else but Tohru could have been easily fooled.

"NEVER!" she said defiantly. Her eyes wet with tears from the kittens death. His face went back to the demonic look again, and he opened the cage, and grabbed her arm. Giving a quick slap to the face, he pushed her on the cold unforgiving floor. The kitten's dead eyes saddened her.

A foot came in contact with her stomach.

And she was knocked out cold.

End of Flashback

She was jolted out by a voice calling her name. She was scared beyond belief. "SORRY!" she yelled, not sure why she was saying sorry, but she felt the need to be. She blinked when she found herself inches from Kyo's blushing face.

"S-Sorry..." and she sat back down in back down in the bench. Kyo stared at her before following suit.

"H-Hey...you looked dazed back there for a couple of seconds. Looked like you were gonna faint. You okay?" he asked, almost acting like he didn't care. But truth be told, he was actually very worried about her. Her usual pale skin, was much paler than before, and it scared him.

She blushed under his gaze, feeling like the little girl she was years ago. "Y-Yeah…thanks for worrying…"

The air was tense between the two before a sound broke their silence like a knife.

Po pi po pi po po pi po

Po pi po pi po po pi po

Po pi po pi po po pi po

Po pi po pi po po pi po

*REPEAT TWICE*

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EE

Her eyes widened to the size of saucers, and she quickly took out her pink flip phone from her pocket. "Hello?"

Yells were so loud, that it was audible to Kyo, who was sitting next to her.

"YEAH, UM, TOHRU, WE NEED YOU AT THE HOUSE- DAMN IT YUKI!" mumbles were audible from the background, then filled with Roku's anger yell.

"YEAH, SORRY TOHRU, I'LL HELP YOU CLEAN UP THE HOUSE, CAUSE ME AND YUKI ARE BUSY DESTROYING IT- I WON'T GIVE IT BACK! NEVVVEEERR!" more yells, and the phone cut of abruptly. She and Kyo looked at each other once, (Although, Kyo had a huge smile on his face) before sprinting off towards the house.


When they got to the house, Shigure was still out running away from his editor, and Yuki and Roku were wrestling on the floor.

"Oh hey Tohru, what's up?" Roku asked casually, pushing Yuki off with much force."I'm terribly sorry Ms. Honda" Yuki said, standing up straight in a 'Yuki' fashion. "I'll help you clean up." Roku was hugging a green book tightly to his chest. His cheek was bruised, all sorts of bluish colors.

One look for Tohru made him cower back in fear. "He...HE STARTED IT!" he yelled, and pointed at Yuki, like a child who broke their mother's favorite vase.

She raised 3 fingers. "1…"

Roku, who was beyond scared right now, quickly stood up.

"2…"

He quickly took out a bag filled with yellow powder, and sprinkled it on the two boys. "Are you Tinker Bell now?" Kyo said jokingly, before he froze up. As did Yuki, who was examining the powder on his hair.

"2 and a half…"

Roku started mumbling words under his breath, and as he did, the place seemed to come back into order.

"2 and a quarter"

He chanted faster, hoping to beat the clock.

"3."

Tohru smiled brightly. Roku, was sitting down, panting madly. He wiped his brow in pure relief. "Beat the clock." He unfroze the two by pouring blue powder at them. Yuki and Kyo blinked twice before getting into a fight for some reason. "Well, I'll go make lunch really quick…"

Before she walked into the kitchen though, a knock came from the door. Shigure then opened the door slowly before slamming it all the way open. "How are my wonderful children do-" he saw Roku on the couch panting, Kyo and Yuki fighting, and Tohru in the kitchen. He sighed and took of his suit. "And this is the way I should come home every day…" he sighed, and went upstairs to change.

(THAT PART SUCKED, I KNOW IT ALL TO WELL. I rewrote it 8 TIMES. *COUNTED* So, this is the only one I felt at least a bit satisfied with.)


The doorbell rang once again. They had already finished eating, and everyone was doing what work they had from school/work.

"Ne' Tohru…What does Πού πάει ο σκύλος;" he asked her, chewing the top of his pencil. "Where did the dog go?" she answered quietly, writing down a math problem in her journal.

Shigure snickered at this. "Sweet irony…"

Roku glared big blue eyes at him, before turning them to his homework. Suddenly, he put his nose in the air. "What's that sm-"

The ground started to shake. "I-Is it an earthquake?" Tohru said shakily. Shigure shook his head in a 'no' motion. "Looks like she's here early." Kyo's ears immediately perked up. Although, in fear, that in annoyance. "WHAT?" he got up, and tried to run out of the backdoor.

"Ah, ah, ah. You have to say hello to your fiancé."

"DAMN IT, SHE'S NOT MY F-"

"How the hell did you manage to get one? It's most probably someone forced you to…"

"FU-"

The doorbell rang, and Tohru ran to the door. "I'll get the door!" she sang. And technically 'skipped' to the door.

When she got there, the door was already open, wide for the world to see. "Huh…I know I closed the door when I got back. So why is it-"

A girl with brown hair and a teddy bear on her back burst through the door. The only thing visible was half of the girl's body. An ominous aura was around her, scaring the wits outta her.

"I…I heard that Kyo was here…i…is it true?" Tohru had to blink twice in order for her mind to comprehend what she was saying. 'Aww…she's so cute…'

"Why yes, Kyo is here." She said softly. Meanwhile, Shigure was still holding him by his shirt. Her whole body came through the door, and her brown eyes met with Kyo's own scared eyes.

"K..KYO!"

"KAGURA!" he yelled in fear.

She burst through the door. "KYO! KYO! I WAS SO WORRIED!" Shigure finally let go, and Kyo stood more still as a statue. "You never called…or sent a letter…I was so worried…" Suddenly she started to sprint at him at full speed. "KYO MY LOVE! HOW DARE YOU!"

"OH CRAP!"

She grabbed him by his arm and threw him out the window. "HOW DARE YOU NOT CALL ME OR SEND ME ANY LETTERS! YOU MADE ME WORRY SICK!"

She grabbed him by both legs and started throwing it around. Roku's eyes nearly bulged out of his eyes. The pencil in his pale hand falling onto the floor.

"What…"

"Just happened…?" Tohru finished off his sentence, her eyes showing pure horror and surprise.

"Well…that's Kagura."

"Why is she beating Kyo up like that…?" she asked, still clearly showing that she was in a daze. "Well, it's just Kagura's way of showing people her affection."

"She must like him a lot…" Roku stated obviously.

Kagura was about to land another fist in the face of poor Kyo, but she gasped. "KYO! KYO! WHO DID THIS TO YOU! KYO! SPEAKA TO ME!"

"I think you did that." Everyone said simultaneously. (Big word…)


Meanwhile, Kyo was out somewhere (running from Kagura) sulking and putting ice on his poor abused head.

"Hmm…I wonder...I hope me and Kagura can be good friends…I would really like her to be my friend." Tohru was currently taking out the laundry. "Hmm…First Yuki's clothes… then Kyo-"

"Did you say Kyo? Are those Kyo's clothes?" Tohru blinked as Kagura came into the room, asking about Kyo's clothes. "Well, No, these are Yuki's. I haven't even started on Kyo's."

"I can do it! Please, oh, please, can I do it? What kind of wife would I be if I couldn't do laundry!"

Tohru's smile grew wider. "Ok, I'll be doing lunch then-"

"Oh no, please, can I do lunch?" Tohru blinked. "Are you sure you don't need any help?"

Kagura nodded. "I'm perfectly fine!"

"SHIGURE!" she yelled, walking out of the kitchen and poking her head into his study room. "I'm going shopping. Need anything?"

"No, but thank you anyway Tohru." She smiled at him and walked upstairs to her bedroom door, and knocked. "Roku, do you need anything from the store?"

"BUY ME SOME SKITTLES!" she rolled her eyes at his manner, and walked back downstairs nearly bumping into Yuki.

"Oh, Yuki-kun, do you need anything from the store? I'm about to go out now."

"You're going to the store? Do you want me to come with you? The tension in this house is killing me." She smiled and nodded. "Oh, wait, let me go get my jacket."


"Ok, Kyo! I found you!" Kyo was currently crawling out 'quietly' from the house. She jumped onto his back and tried to pull of his hoodie. "Come on, I'm doing you laundry! Now take it off love!"

The hoodie came off with a particularly hard tug. "KAGURA, DAMN IT MY SHIRT! " she ran off with giggles back to the laundry room.


"Hmm…now how many cups would I need…maybe one…" Tohru had walked into the room, forgetting that she her jacket had been washed, and hung over the drier, watching Kagura pour in a the whole detergent. "Maybe the whole thing… Just for love."

She smiled.

A true one.


I KNOW THIS IS A HORRIBLE PLACE TO STOP, BUT I HAVE I GO TO SLEEP I'M LIKE "crap, I still need to write my story…"

I KNOW THIS CHAPTER SUCKED. LIKE, REALLY SUCKED. (heck, when I read it to my sister, she ran away crying, saying it was a piece of crap. U_U)

But, anyway, I promise, the next one will be SO SO SO MUCH BETTER.

I've gotten obsessed with this anime called 'Soul Eater' . I'VE ALREADY PICKED OUT THE COUPLES. I LIKE IT THAT MUCH. ^_^

Also, I AM FINISHED WITH TESTING. SO ANYWAY, UPDATES SHALLS BE BACK AS USUAL!

Monday isn't so far from Friday…but… YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL!

Anyway, were almost there to 100 reviews. ^_^ I'M SO EXCITED! OOOOOOOH, 94 REVIEWS SO FAR. THIS CHAPTER WAS THE MOST REVIEWS, I HAVE EVER GOTTEN, FOR ANY CHAPTER. THANK YOU ALL WHO HAVE REVIEWED, MY LOVE IS DEVOTED TOWARDS YOU!

Now, before I forget again, let me do the question. QUESTION TIME!

What was Kyoko's gang name? (*HINT* They gave her that name, because her motorcycle always looked like a red butterfly*HINT* The answer is in the question. THIS IS PROBABLY EASY…)

Anyway, LETS ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF OUR LAST QUESTION! THE QUESTION WAS:

"Is Kyo allowed to go to the banquet? You know, the banquet all zodiacs go..."

AND THE ANSWER IS: No, cause he's the cat, and the cat isn't allowed to go to the banquet because it's 'keeping with the old folktale'. He has to come but...just not allowed to participate.. CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS!

purpledragonflamegirl

Mew-Star-Mew

ShadedStarlight0

Don'tletmadnesswin321 (No offense, but I laughed at your name, so hard...)

kana4eva

blackmistress

MinaTepeskaTohruslittlesis

Rozee (guest, and thank you for reviewing on all those chapters, even though it was already posted. Made me feel mushy. ^_^)

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THANKS FOR THE REVIEWS, AND LET'S GET TO 100! ^_^