1The Return Of Tenshi

Ch7

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or Sailor Moon.

AN: Thank you for the reviews again. In the last chapter I had issued a poll on which character you, the readers, would want to show up again. Here are the votes:

Chibi Chibi: 6

Starlights: 3

Both: 11

So far both Chibi Chibi and the Starlights are winning with Chibi Chibi coming almost neck-to-neck. Continue to vote and send your reviews!

-Shigure's Dream-

A seventeen-year-old Shigure sat in a bench underneath a huge tree reading a book. His black eyes caught each word on the page as he sighed in complete boredom. He brought a hand to his white t-shirt and unbuttoned the top button.

"Gure-nii!" a high pitch voice called out followed by laughter.

Shigure lifted his gaze and grinned when he caught sight of a six-year-old cad in a pale pink dress with golden yellow flowers on it. Her hair was put in its original style of pigtails. Her sapphire blue eyes sparkled with happiness as she raced over to the teenager.

"Konnichiwa(1), Usagi-chan," Shigure said, standing up. He watched as the child tried to catch her breath after running up to him. "So Akito said that you could play outside today?"

She nodded her head and stood up straight. Her stomach growled loudly, begging for food to please its appetite. Usagi's face flushed with embarrassment.

After hearing it, Shigure laughed. "Well, let's go get lunch." He said and picked up the girl. "What do you want to eat, princess?"

"I want to eat a cheeseburger and fries and a milkshake and a…"

"Whoa, slow down a bit, Usagi-chan," Shigure said, chuckling, "Let's got to a restaurant to satisfy that bottomless stomach of yours."

Shigure walked towards a fast food restaurant in the city and settled down with Usagi sitting across him. He watched with amusement as Usagi gave her order to the waitress, who was staring at Usagi with wide eyes as she listened to the long list of food.

Usagi's blue eyes glistened with joy as the food was brought to the table. She licked her lips and smiled, as she got ready to eat. She lifted the hot cheeseburger and took a big bite from it. And in about twenty minutes, she managed to finish her big lunch as her older cousin was halfway through.

Shigure held the half eaten burger in his hands and just stared at Usagi's happy face as she was slurping her milkshake through the straw. "So, is the little princess all full?" he asked, taking another bite of his burger.

"Hai!" she cheered happily as she dug her spoon into the thick substance and lifted it to her mouth. A drop of milkshake appeared on her nose as she dug into a small bag hanging around her neck and pulled out a few dollar bills. "Akito-san gave me some money so I could buy something. Can we go to the toy store? I saw this really really cute stuff bunny and I want to buy it!"

Shigure smiled and took a napkin and wiped the drop off her nose. "Hai, hai," Shigure said, wiping his mouth with his napkin. He dropped the payment for the food on the table and lifted Usagi in his arms again. "Whatever the princess wants, the princess gets."

They went over to the toy store and sought out the white velvet rabbit. They paid for it with the money Akito had given Usagi when she asked if she could eat out with Shigure. After the paid for it, they walked back to the main house.

On the way back, Usagi had fallen asleep in Shigure's arms with the doll tucked into her arms. "Arigato, Gure-nii, arigato," she whispered with a smile on her lips as she drifted off into a slumber.

Shigure kissed her forehead and whispered back, "You're welcome, Usagi-chan. Sweet dreams."

-Yuki's Dream-

A five-year-old Yuki sat huddled in the corner of a pitch-black room. His gray eyes narrowed as he tried to make out the shadows dancing around in the area.

Akito had dragged the fearful child through the hallway and locked him within the dark room. The darkness surrounding him reminded Yuki of the road Akito had told him when they first met.

This world is a cruel dark place. Your whole lie will be lived in that darkness. Hope, possibility…those concepts don't apply to you. Your fate is to stay on that pitch dark road until you die.

That was what Akito had told him the very minute they met.

"Yuki, are you there?" a soft voice called out.

Yuki lifted his head and turned to the door. "Tenshi? Is that you?" he asked cautiously, just in case Akito happened to hear his voice.

"Daijobu(2), Yuki?" Usagi asked, "If you want I can stay here with you until morning?"

"You can't! What if Akito..."

"Akito-san's sleeping," Usgai interrupted, "I could spend the night here. I don't mind."

Yuki got on his knees and crawled over to the door on all fours. He went up to the door and leaned his back on it, knowing full well that Usagi had done the same thing on the other side.

"Ne(3), Yuki, why is Akito-san being mean to you?" Usagi asked curiously as her namesake would say, "Is it something you did?"

Yuki shook his head as a tear rolled down his cheek. "Wakanai(4). Akito was always like this to me. Maybe he blames the curse on me because I'm the nezumi(5). If he haven't tricked the neko(6), then perhaps the curse wouldn't come to us."

"Don't say that, Yuki, how is it your fault that we have the curse," Usgi said, smiling, "Maybe Akito-san's just lonely and this is his way of letting it out?"

Yuki smiled slightly. Usagi's probably the only one within the inner circle of the Sohma family that thinks kindly of Akito while the rest of them just judge him as he is. He brought his knees closer to his chest and rested his chin on his knees. A soft singing was heard echoing the empty room, catching his attention.

La la la la la lala la la la la la la lala la la la la la la la la la la lala

"Tenshi?"

"Hm? Nani(7), Yuki?"

"What are you singing?"

"It's a song I heard when I went to see mama and papa. I think the song is called Myself or something like that."

"Do you know the words to it?"

"Iie. I only heard it once so I only memorized the melody. But mama said that she'll teach the words to me later and then I could sing it to you."

"Ne, Tenshi? Can you sing it again?"

"Okay, Yuki. Why don't you try to sleep while I sing?"

Usagi closed her eyes and continued to hum the melody stored in her mind. As she silently sand, she immediately dreamed of the life she wanted for her family.

"Yuki?"

"Nani?"

"Do you think that the curse will ever be broken?"

"Probably in the future, but Akito sure thinks that it won't be."

"We'll always be together, right Yuki? No matter what, we'll always be together," Usagi said dreamily, "And if there's a chance one of us have to go, we'll always think of each other."

"I'd like that," Yuki whispered, "I wish that we'll always be forever."

"If you want, Yuki, whenever Akito-san locks you up, I'll try to stay here with you," Usagi said.

Yuki's gray eyes widened as another tear fell down and landed on his clothed knee. "Honto ni(8)?" he asked.

Usagi nodded her head. "I promise. Cross my heart and hope to die," she chanted, "Though I hope not, dying doesn't seem to be very nice."

Yuki chuckled and whispered, "I'd like that…a lot."

Yuki crossed her arms in the wide gray yukata sleeves and placed it on top of his knees. He listened to the soft singing as he leaned his head on his arms. As each minute went by, his eyelids grew heavy as he listened to be dispersing sound.

"Tenshi?" Yuki called softly, "Are you asleep?"

On the side of the door, Usagi had fallen asleep. Her legs were stretched out lazily in front of her. Her head tilted to the side as she leaned back on the closed door. Her golden hair glistened within the moonlight, giving an impression of a fairy or an angel resting out in the meadows. Her pale pink yukata was wrinkled but Usagi had slept on with a soft, an almost silent snore coming from her.

Yuki closed his eyes as he whispered, "Arigato, Tenshi, for everything."

(1) Good afternoon/Hello

(2) Are you alright?

(3) Hey

(4) I don't Know

(5) Mouse

(6) Cat

(7) What?

(8)Really?

That's it for now. I know that it's pretty short and all, but with my schoolwork and another story I'm writing, it takes a while to get it all together. The next few coming chapters are all going to be about each of the Juunishi's experience with Usagi.

I had the dreams in a specific order. Does anyone know the order? I'll give you a hint, the next one's about Kyo.

Read, enjoy, and Review.