Never Give Up

By Ginta and Hakakku Fangirl

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket

A/N: Okay, um…wow, not much to say this time. Um…Oh, no, wait! I do have something…Okay, I'm working really hard on my novel right now, so bear with me if I don't have chapters up as often as we would all like (I never really realized just how extraordinarily different from fanfictions writing a novel is, until I actually started to write these fics. It's quite a bit challenging, compared to this). And, most generally, I write fanfics as a way of getting rid of my dreaded writer's block (the horror!!! ). I just really got into this story, and a couple others. Okay, now that I'm done with that, enjoy chapter eleven!!!

Chapter Eleven: A Dog, a Cat, and a Master

Kyo sat in front of Shigure in the Dog's study, head in his hands.

"Kyo. Look at me," Shigure said sternly; Kyo looked up, eyes bloodshot, dark circles beneath them. "Did you even sleep at all last night?"

Kyo shook his head.

"When did you and Kazuma get back?"

"Last night. At ten."

"I see. And then you came straight here? What did Kazuma say about this?"

"He doesn't know," Kyo muttered. "He said to come back here in the morning, because everyone here would be asleep."

"And why did you disobey?"

"I wanted to see Tohru," Kyo whispered.

Shigure nodded. "How did you get in?"

"Through her window."

"How did you find out? Did she tell you?"

"No."

"Then how?"

"I got in bed with her," Kyo whispered. "She turned over to face me, and her stomach hit mine."

"I see. So, quite the Christmas present, huh?"

Kyo glared at the Dog.

"I called Kazuma. He was angry when he found out you had come here last night."

"He was still asleep?"

"It's only seven a.m."

"He usually gets up at five."

"That's not the point, Kyo!" By now, Shigure was yelling, and Kyo flinched. "The point is, Tohru is pregnant, you're the father, and you left before anyone even knew that she was carrying!" Shigure got to his feet and Kyo recoiled slightly. Standing over the Cat, Shigure continued, "Do you have any idea of what Tohru has been going through? How worried she is?"

Kyo didn't answer, so Shigure kept yelling.

"Do you know what Hatori said yesterday after he gave her her weekly checkup? He said that if she gets anymore stressed than she already is, she could lose the baby! Is that what you want? Do you have any idea what that could do to Tohru?"

Kyo still didn't answer.

"Yuki and Haru went looking for you! They're still looking for you. I've already tried to reach Yuki on his cell phone, but he's not answering, he's so intent on finding you. Yuki and Momiji have told me about Haru going black over this whole ordeal more times than I can count, Rin is furious, so is everyone else! And today, you're going to go to Akito."

"What?!?" Kyo jumped to his feet. "I am not going to go see that guy, and you can't make me!"

"I've already seen Akito for you, now it's your turn. You are going to go there, tell him you're back, and you're going to tell him that this entire thing is your fault!"

"NO WAY!!!" Kyo yelled back. "This is NOT entirely my fault, Tohru wanted it, too!"

"I KNOW THAT!" Shigure glowered down at the teen. "Tohru told Rin everything. But I am NOT going to let Akito anywhere near Tohru until after this baby is born!"

"And why not? What the Hell are you doing?"

Shigure shrugged down the sleeves of his kimono, allowing the bandages that Hatori still insisted he wear to show.

"Because I don't want something like this to happen to her!" he yelled, as Kyo flinched again.

Shigure took several deep breaths to try and calm down.

"Now," he said, pulling his sleeves back up, voice shaking, "Kazuma is coming over, he'll be here in a few minutes. As soon as we're through here, all three of us will go to see Akito."

"No."

"What do you mean, no?"

"I'm not going to go see that bastard."

"Yes, you will."

"NO!"

"Damnnit, Kyo! You're about to be a father, and in less than four months! Take some damn responsibility!"

"You—" Kyo started, but was interrupted by the shoji sliding open with a bang.

"Where is he!?!" Kazuma shouted.

"Right in front of you," Shigure said coldly.

"What the Hell where you thinking?" Kazuma asked. "I told you not to leave in the middle of the night, half the training that we went through was about respect, Kyo!"

"That's not exactly what I think we should be calling him anymore," Shigure said in a cold calmness.

"What do you mean?" Kazuma asked, turning towards the Dog. What else am I going to call him, 'Cat'? I'm not that angry."

"No, no. Not that at all," Shigure said with an obvious forced cheerfulness.

"Then what?"

"Shigure!" Kyo growled, "Don't—"

"I think that, from now on, we should just call him 'Daddy,'" Shigure said with an almost malicious grin.

"'Daddy?' What are you talking about—?"

"What's going on?"

Kazuma turned around to see Tohru descending the stairs, in the clothes that Ayame had given to her yesterday. Clothes that gently hugged her now protruding stomach. His mouth opened slightly in shock.

"Kyo," he said calmly. "I would like to talk to you."

"Tohru, would you like some help in the kitchen?" Shigure asked quickly.

"Oh! Um, yes," Tohru smiled, before following Shigure out of his study.

Kyo glared after the Dog before…

"Uhn!" Kyo groaned as he realized that he was now on the floor; Kazuma stood over him, fist still raised.

"What was that for?" Kyo snapped, starting to his feet, but Kazuma knocked him down again.

"What the Hell were you thinking?" he hissed. "Forcing yourself on an innocent girl like Tohru?"

"I didn't force myself on her!" Kyo snarled. "She wanted to do it as much as I did! Uhn!"

Kazuma had knocked him back down.

"Oh, and just when was that?" Kazuma glowered.

"Before I came to stay with you," Kyo snapped.

"Oh, so you realized that she was pregnant and you ran away to me, is that it?"

"No!"

"So, you didn't know? How could you not have?"

"I--"

"So, did you really come to me for higher training like when we were in the mountains, or was this to escape the anger of the rest of our family?"

"No, Dad, I--"

"How could you do that to her, take advantage and then--"

"We did it the night before I went to you!" Kyo yelled.

"Kyo, shut up!" Shigure hissed, coming back into the room. "I could hear you in the hall!"

"So what?" the Cat challenged. Turning back to his martial arts master, he snarled, "I did NOT take advantage of her. She asked me to stay with her. I didn't ask her to let me stay. And she never said no."

"Did she say yes?"

"I-I-"

"Answer the question, Kyo," Kazuma said.

"I am NOT going to tell you guys about my sex life!" Kyo snapped.

"Did you even think to use a condom?" Kazuma asked angrily, ignoring Kyo's own anger.

"What did I just-"

"Yes," Shigure answered, "Tohru told me that herself. But apparently Kyo was being his typical impatient self and didn't put it on properly, otherwise our sweet little Tohru wouldn't be in this mess."

"Hey! I--"

"Yes, well, he's always in a hurry," Kazuma scowled. "You'd think that with all the training he's gone through, he'd have learned a little patience. I've been teaching him martial arts since he was five, and he still can't be patient!"

"Shut up, Dad!"

"I know!" Shigure agreed angrily. "You'd also think that he would learn a little self-control and respect! If he could just be a little calmer, then-"

"Shut up, ya damn Dog!"

"-he wouldn't be getting into so much trouble all the time," Shigure continued, as if Kyo had never spoken. "And after another four months of nonstop training twenty-four seven, the thought that he--"

"Stop ignoring me, you bastards!"

"--can't even be quiet for five minutes while the grownups are talking is just awful. Kyo, be quiet!"

Kyo glared.

"Um, Shigure?" Tohru peered around the doorway, biting her lip. "Are Ayame and Mine still coming over for breakfast?" she asked.

"Oh, I had almost forgot!" Shigure exclaimed, all thoughts of the Cat leaving his mind as he quickly strode across the room to join Tohru; he turned back to Kazuma. "Aya and Mine are coming over to see Tohru, I think that Ayame made her a dress to wear when Yuki and Haru get back."

"What are you talking about?" Kyo scowled.

"Aya and Mine are coming over," Shigure repeated.

"No, I meant the dress! You know what Ayame's clothes are like!"

Shigure ignored him again, turning instead to Kazuma.

"We've decided that we would rather wait for Yuki and Haru to get back before we celebrate Christmas, so we haven't even given any presents, except to Akito of course."

Kazuma nodded. "That seems to be the thing to do. So, Yuki really isn't here? I expected as much when he didn't come in here yelling at Kyo for waking him up."

Tohru giggled and Kazuma smiled at her.

"Will you join us for a late Christmas?" Shigure asked, and the martial arts master nodded.

"Do you want some breakfast, too?" Tohru asked.

Okay, I'm just going to leave it at that. See ya at chapter 12! R&R!!!!!!!