1The Return Of Tenshi

Ch10

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

AN: Thank you for the reviews again. In the past few chapters 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: 17

AN: Continue to vote and send your reviews! Please vote. I'm really depending on the later outcome of the story based on your votes.

A lot of people had asked me when I was going to add Chibi Chibi and the Starlights into the story. The answer is actually I was going to wait until after Usagi going to school with Yuki and the others.

There are also some people asking about Usagi seeming to be perfect in every manner and way. The reason why is because when Usagi inherited the senshi's powers, she also inherited the traits they had, whether it was Michiru's grace or Ami's intelligence.

Now on with the story. Enjoy

-Hatsuharu's Dream-

Hatsuharu sat with a dazed confused look upon his face. Looking about the meadow with steel gray eyes, he replayed the image of the past event with Yuki. (1)

Yuki Sohma, his older cousin by one year, how he had hated his guts, couldn't stand the sight of the conniving rat, the rat who tricked the cow, labeling him as the slow, stupid, and pathetic cow. That was what his idea of Yuki was, how he had envisioned him to be before he met him.

But after meeting and talking with Yuki for the first time ever, Hatsuharu now realized that the conniving rat had died all those years ago when the folktale was written.

"He's different than what I imagined him to be," Hatsuharu whispered, "He didn't even got mad at me for blaming him. Maybe everyone is right; I am a slow stupid cow."

'Why are you talking to yourself, Haru-kun?"

Hatsuharu looked up to see Usagi sitting down next to him. He smiled gently and said, "Hey, Usa-chan, what are you doing here?"

"Akito-san let me play outside today," Usagi replied, "And I wanted to play over here when I saw you."

Hatsuharu looked away and just lowered his head down, not seeing a pair of concerned blue eyes directed to him. "So," he heard her begin. He glanced up to Usagi to see her nervous expression. "Did you talk to Yuki yet?" she finished.

"Hm…" Hatsuharu didn't know what to say. His gray eyes watched as a butterfly flew from side to side to the flowers covering the meadow.

"Haru-kun?"

"Hm?"

"Do you still hate Yuki?"

Hatsuharu felt his entire body freezes as two words reminded him of what he felt most of his life: hate and Yuki.

Hated.

Yes, he had hated his cousin with a passion once before…before he even spoke to Yuki.

Does he still hate Yuki now?

No, not any more. Not since he talked to Yuki to find out that his hate for the rat was just a misunderstanding, confusing the rat in the story to be a duplicate of Yuki.

"No," Hatsuharu said softly, 'I don't hate Yuki any more." He glanced at Usagi to see her smiling at him. "I don't hate him any more," he said a little louder.

"Haru-kun, did you know that Yuki also have a very hard life?" Usagi asked, "Yuki, he's really nice once you get to know him, but…"

"Being the rat has its disadvantages," Haru added in, "Particularly, being the god's favorite."

Hatsuharu reached out and hugged Usagi, bringing her closer to his chest. "Arigato, Usa-chan," he said.

"You're very welcome," Usagi said. She pulled away and stood up, grabbing his hand and pulling him to his feet. "Let's go find Momiji-kun and play," Usagi said, laughing.

Hatsuharu watched Usagi as he chased after her. "Arigato, Usa-chan, for advising me to talk to Yuki," he said silently, "If you didn't push me to talk to him, I probably would still hate him."

-Akito's Dream-

Akito glared at the elder in front of him. He was angry…no…he was furious at the news that was given to him. His black eyes peered at the elder as his body threatened to throw a tantrum.

"What do you mean that there's another who's cursed?" Akito sneered, "You knew about this all this time and you didn't tell me."

"You were very young, Akito-sama," the elder said, slowly backing away, "And we decided to wait until you were a little older so we could tell you."

"So, who is this guy?" Akito asked.

The elder looked at Akito, unsure of whom the head was talking about, but his long pause just helped fuel the anger in the five-year-old's body.

"The one who's cursed, idiot," Akito shouted, "Who is it? We already got all twelve animals, including the cat. Who is it that we're missing?"

"We're not missing anyone, Akito-sama," the elder replied, "She is actually the first to be cursed like this in all of our history."

Akito sat back down beside the window and stared out. "Cursed like what?" he asked, calming down, "Who is she?"

"Her name is Usagi Tsukino. Her mother is a member of the Sohma family. When Usagi was just a few weeks old, her parents, Hatori, and Izumi (AN: the doctor who is Hatori's mentor, but don't mind the name too much, he's not very important) discovered her curse when she miraculously broke her fever by herself."

Akito rolled his eyes as his listened listlessly at the rambling in the background. So she broke her fever, big deal. Why are they treating it like she's one of us? I break my fevers all the time.

"And then she grew wings on her back, Akito-sama," the elder added.

Akito glanced at the elder and wondered who this girl is. "Where is she now?" he asked.

"She's living with her family just outside of the main house," the elder replied.

A sinister grin appeared on his face. "Perfect, bring her in," he ordered.

"But, Akito-sama, it's really late and I'm sure that Usagi would be sleeping right about now," the elder argued.

Akito stood up and glared at him. "Bring her in now," he ordered in a louder tone, "Don't question my orders."

The elder quickly bowed and left the room, leaving Akito by himself. "So, let's see what's so special about this 'angel'," he whispered, waiting for the old man to bring in the young child.

The door opened and a little girl and her parents walked into the room. Akito turned to look at her. She appeared to be about two years old. She was holding her parents' hands and was glancing around in amazement with those wide blue eyes. Her golden hair was tied into two pigtails that hung down to her mid-back. She was wearing a long white night dress since she didn't have enough time to change.

"So, this is Usagi Tsukino," Akito said slowly. He stood up and walked over to the girl. He held out his hand towards her, waiting for her to take it.

Usagi stared at the outstretched hand with wide blue eyes and looked up at him. She stared at him with a confused expression. "Onii-chama(2)?" she said softly, tilting her head to the side.

Akito glanced up to the parents and ordered, "Leave, I want to talk to her alone."

Ikuko looked as though she might object, but Kenji quickly took her hand. She glanced over to her husband to see that even though they would object, they still had no choice but to follow Akito's orders, or else their daughter might pay the price. Silently and hesitantly, they walked out of the room, not sure what would happen behind the closed doors.

Akito looked down at the young girl; black eyes were staring straight into blue ones. He then took her hand and started to walk farther into the room, slightly dragging the two year old behind him.

"Onii-chama, you go too fast," Usagi said softly.

Akito turned and glared at her. "Don't call me that. You will call me 'Akito-san'," he ordered.

Usagi took one glance at him and smiled brightly. "Hai," she answered back.

Akito was shocked. Normally whenever he would go glare to someone, they would go freak out and start apologizing and saying that he was right. Not once had he ever seen someone smile at him after he glared or snapped at him or her.

"So, Usagi, are you cursed?" he asked. True, he heard it from the elder, but he felt the need to hear it from her. Akito watched as Usagi looked at him and then nodded her head. "What are you cursed as?" he asked again.

"Mommy and daddy say I am an angel," Usagi replied with a huge smile on her face. She spread open her arms and continued, "They say I get wings. I fly."

For the first time ever, Akito laughed. And not just his regular laughs when he mocks others around. It was a real actual laugh. He didn't know what's going on exactly, but it was the way Usagi was describing herself with the broken sentences and the smile on his face.

He watched as Usagi rub her eyes wearily and yawned. Akito walked over to Usagi and watched as she knelt down onto the floor, curled in like a kitten beside a fireplace. Lifting his hand carefully, he gently brushed the gold strands and relished the gentle silky feel against his hand.

A smile crept up on his face as he tenderly caressed her cheek and she would lean in to feel the warmth of his skin. Yes, perhaps she'll be a better companion than that rat. But who's to know until it was experienced.

Akito stood up and opened the doors to see the parents, along with the elder and Hatori, were standing there, waiting for his orders. "In two years, I want Usagi to live here with me," he said, his tone leaving no room for argument and, at the same time, daring them to object.

He could see that in their eyes, all they wanted to do was object, doing whatever they can to keep Usagi away from him. But he's not going to let them.

Whether she did it purposely or not, the young child had actually caught his interest. She may not exactly be part of the inner circle(3), but she is still cursed, meaning she belongs to him regardless of what they think.

He sneered at them, knowing full well what they were thinking. They believed that he would just use the young angel as a scapegoat, throw his tantrums to her like he does to everyone else.

No…that wasn't what he had in mind. He just wanted to keep the angel by his side, perhaps help ease the pain he's in or will be. Perhaps she's the only one who will love him and not fear him like everyone else.

But one thing's for sure…he's going to make sure that nobody will take her away from him. Nobody. And that includes her parents, the juunishi…anyone.

Because she belongs to him…him alone.

1) Takes place after Hatsuharu confronted Yuki about their relatives teasing him for being the cow.

(2) 'chama' is like a childish version of 'sama'.

(3) The inner circle Akito had in mind was the juunishi.

AN: So how is this chapter? Hatsuharu and Akito's dreams are finished. Next would be Ayame and Kisa! Send in your reviews! And for those who had read my other stories, thanks for the reviews I received! It made me so happy to read all your thoughts.

For those who like Fushigi Yugi, I wrote a sailor moon crossover with this anime called The Wife of Four. It deals with someone's younger sister who comes home to visit after two years and that she has four husbands. I need suggestions on what to have her child be like. So please, read the story, tell me what you think and fill out the form at the bottom of chapter 3. Thank you.