Never Give Up

By Ginta and Hakakku Fangirl

Disclaimer:I do not own Furuba. As much as we all wish I did, because then the anime would have been continued by now.

A/N:Lol, I'm listening to my Naruto music right now. Yay Itachi!! I want to have his babies, wouldn't that be awesome? His theme is awesome, too, you should watch the episodes with Itachi in them, just for his theme and his Sharingan, of course. Anywhore, on with the fic! Mainly just because I have absolutely no idea whatsoever what the hell Sharingan is supposed to have to do with Fruits Basket…

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Chapter Twenty-two:

Kyo sighed, squeezing Tohru's hand as she stroked his chest in her sleep. It seemed now that all Tohru could think about was sex. Well, sex and food.

Tohru was now seven months pregnant, almost eight, and getting bigger everyday. After her last ultrasound, Hatori had smiled and announced that the baby was perfectly healthy, now that Tohru's appetite seemed to finally caught up with her and she was eating enough.

With the ultrasounds showing a healthy baby, Kyo home, and plenty of food (not to mention sex, which Kyo was more than happy to give her), Tohru was calmer and more content than she had been in a long time, despite the many people now visiting Shigure's house, almost constantly.

But for now, Shigure's house was quiet, and everyone was asleep. Not that Kyo minded. Now that Akito was no longer giving his usual threats, he and Tohru had begun to sleep in Tohru's bed together, every night. Actually, they did almost everything together now. Even in school, Kyo was rarely seen away from Tohru's side, carrying her bag with one hand and the other hand on her waist. And he couldn't have been happier.

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Kyo sighed and rolled onto his side to face Tohru, then sat up with a frown. She wasn't there.

"What the hell…?"

"Kyo?"

"Huh?" Kyo jumped and turned to see Shigure standing in the doorway.

"She's with Hatori," Shigure said.

"What?"

"Tohru is with Hatori," Shigure repeated. "She had another ultrasound, so they went to Hatori's office with Rin and Haru."

"Oh…" Kyo ran a hand across his eyes. "Then why the hell didn't somebody tell me last night? I would have gone with her."

Shigure laughed. "Well, we tried to wake you up, but you wouldn't budge."

Kyo groaned. "Ugh, I had to go to the store around midnight; Tohru wanted strawberries and sour cream."

"What?" Shigure looked confused. "Don't you just mean cream?"

"No." Kyo grinned. "Of all the weird crap she could get the weird cravings for, it was strawberries and sour cream."

"Together?" Shigure asked, making a face.

"No, thank Kami," Kyo laughed. "So I had to get her something to eat the sour cream with too. She puts caramel on the strawberries."

"Huh." Shigure shook his head as Kyo threw off the blankets. "I didn't know that."

"Well, that's what she wants," Kyo said with a shrug. "Her cravings are getting really erratic, though, Hatori said that most pregnant women only crave a few things the whole time, but Tohru's cravings just seem to change every other week!"

Shigure laughed. "I honestly hadn't noticed," he said.

"Well, Yuki sure has." Kyo grimace. "It's starting to annoy me, he keeps stopping at the store after his stupid student council meetings and bringing home a bunch of food for Tohru that she can't eat fast enough; it just goes bad."

"Yes, well, Yuki wouldn't notice. Besides, it's just in his nature, to want to repay Tohru for everything that she's done for him."

"Huh? Like what?"

"Like being the first person who isn't a Sohma to accept him despite the Zodiac Curse," Shigure said. "Taking care of him when his asthma makes him sick, cooking for us, keeping you from just randomly attacking him…"

"Okay, okay, okay! Geesh, I get it," Kyo muttered.

"Good. Now get dressed, you'll be late going to help Kazuma at the dojo."

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"So, how is everything at Shigure's house?" Hatori asked as he spread the lubricant across Tohru's stomach.

"It's been wonderful," Tohru said. "Nothing stressful has happened for quite a while now, and Kyo and Yuki haven't even had an argument in over three weeks now!"

"Wow, that' s got to be boring," Hatsuharu muttered. "Ow!" Isuzu had just elbowed him in the ribs, but Tohru giggled. Hatori turned the monitor on and the image of the baby girl appeared onscreen.

"No, not really," she said. "But it is really quiet. Mmm!"

Tohru suddenly gave a little moan and clutched her stomach. Hatori looked up from the monitor. "Is everything alright, Tohru? Tohru!"

"Ahh!" Tohru groaned and lurched forward.

"What is it, what's happening?" Isuzu demanded, as Hatsuharu and Hatori oth helped Tohru to sit up.

"Nothing to worry about," Hatori said, peering again at the monitor. "But one of you call Shigure, now!"

"What's wrong?" Hatsuharu asked as Tohru gripped his hand tightly as another wave of pain washed over her.

"It's just false labor," Hatori said calmly, "But it can be quite painful." He began to move the instrument over Tohru's stomach again, studying the black and white image on the monitor's screen closely. "And I would prefer if Kyo knew what was going on; Shigure as well."

"Okay, Shigure is on his way," Isuzu said, as she closed her cell phone. "Kyo too. They're taking a cab."

"Good." Hatori concentrated on the screen, letting Tohru squeeze one hand as he used the other to run the ultrasound. "Hang on Tohru, this will all be over quickly."

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Get used to cliffies, my oh so dedicated fans. See you in my next chapter, "Apprehension".

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