Disclaimer: Yes, I don't own Fruits Basket, thought there may be an OC in here which would be mine.
Note: Please review, I posted up two chapters today even thought they were already written up and posted on Quizzila first. Oh and the reason I put You instead of She is because I didn't want to go through the hard work of changing them all to 'she'.
Once you woke up, you looked around your surroundings to see you were in a bed with pink covers. Catching movement you looked down and saw the gentle rising of Tohru's chest as she slept on the floor with a couple of blankets and pillows. Knowing Tohru and her politeness you knew she would've offered you the bed while she slept on the floor. You felt a bit guilty so you stood up and walked over Tohru as you headed out. You were wearing your shorts and a boy's oversized shirt. Guessing it was Kyo's since it was black and it was in his style. You smiled very slightly as you made your way to the kitchen. Though you did have weak eyesight you could still make a pretty good meal. You carefully walked down the stairs as you kept your hand sliding down the rail with each step in case you missed one you could just hold on.
Reaching the bottom you walked carefully in the kitchen, hardly making a noise but a soft thump with each fallen foot. The morning sunshine lightened the room making it easier for you to identify each object. You looked in front of you and spotted a big white blur, which you guessed was the fridge. Once you got closer you saw a black bar like thing on it. Grasping it, you pulled it open and the light in the fridge helped you to see a bit. Looking around you found the necessary ingredients you needed and started to make a meal, (Kyo: You imagine the meal '.) Once it was set you grabbed some plaits but had a hard time reaching. You frowned but noticed another hand reaching up. Looking behind you, you noticed Haru standing there reaching up for the plaits you wanted. You were a bit shocked but went to the side so he can get a better reach. Haru turned and set the table up. You didn't say anything, (Kyo: Of course you couldn't say anything.) Once it was all set you noticed a hurried thumps of footsteps were heading down stairs. You looked up a seen Tohru; the long brown hair and short form reached the kitchen and just stood there. You were guessing her face was expressing shock as you heard her stutter. "G-gomenasai, I woke up late and made you cook breakfast" she said stuttering a bit as she continued to bow. Someone came behind her; the tall form you were guessing was Shigure. "Oh, Tohru-kun, what meal did you make us this time?" he asked with his usual smile. Tohru started to bow again while saying sorry over and over again, "G-gomenasai, I wasn't able to wake up early enough to make breakfast," she said. "H-Hikaru-chan made breakfast" Tohru said.
Shigure looked over to you and gave a smile of warmness as he floated over to you. "Karu made us breakfast, my little foxy," Shigure said, as he was about to hug you. Then you heard a loud thud and the whining of Shigure. "You damn dog, she's 13" Kyo yelled as Yuki agreed. The only time Yuki and Kyo agree is when Shigure's around.
Yuki looked down at you and kneeled down, "Did Shigure do anything to you or Miss Honda?" he asked. You shook your head as he stood up and gave you a warm smile. You smiled a bit. Tohru looked at Shigure worried until she came over and started to hug you. Kyo looked a little annoyed. "Stop doing that, she's a fighter, not someone to hug over. Fighters don't need that kind of attention" Kyo growled out as Yuki glared at him. "Shut up you baka neko" Yuki said calmly but a bit of venom slurred in his words. "Make me you damn rat" Kyo, said as he tightened his fist. Tohru looked flustered while you stood there with a sweatdrop. Shigure was singing his song of high school girls. "Oh, which reminds me," Shigure started as he sipped his tea. Yuki and Kyo stopped and looked at him. After a minute, Shigure didn't finish his sentence. "Hurry up and finish what you started you damn dog" Kyo yelled out as Shigure had anime tears. "Don't yell kyon-kyon" Shigure said as Kyo started to strangle him. "Don't.Call.Me.That" Kyo said as he started to hit Shigure on the head.
Not wishing for the fight to go any further, you tugged on Yuki's pants lightly. Looking down he seen your pleading look. "Stop it cat, Hikaru wants you to stop strangling Shigure" Yuki said with narrowed eyes. Kyo stopped and looked at you with his hand still held onto Shigure's kimono. Letting go Shigure had anime tears streaming down his face. "Karu-kun" Shigure said as he floated over to give you a hug. Yuki punched him down. "Why can't I hug our little fox?" Shigure whined. "She's 13 you pervert" Yuki said as he narrowed his eyes down at the pathetic dog, well in his eyes Shigure's pathetic. Tohru was all spaced out then looked at the time. "Oh which reminds me, Karu-kun's moved up to the 9th grade so she'll be in your school now," Shigure said as he sipped his tea. Tohru clapped her hands together, "Hikaru-chan's in our school" she said with a warm smile. You gave a small smile as Shigure handed you a uniform. Your uniform was black with shorts down to the knee. "I asked for the girl's uniform but Ha'ri ordered the boys uniform with knee long shorts" Shigure said with a sigh. "It's a good thing too," Yuki said with a glare. You rushed up the stairs and changed and ran back down. Yuki took your hand and started to walk you out the door. "Look after my little fox" Shigure said as he waved you guys out the door. "Especially from you" Kyo muttered as you all headed down the road.
"Hey" you heard someone call. Looking over you saw Haru and Momiji heading in your guys' direction. "Karu" Momiji called out and hugged you. "You're in our school now," Momiji said with a big smile as he rubbed his cheek against yours. Haru looked at Yuki and flowed over to him.
"Hello Yuki" Haru said warmly. Yuki smiled back, "Hello Haru" he replied. Once Kyo saw Haru, cat ears popped out. Haru looked at Kyo and got in a fighting stance. Tohru looked worried as she tried to stop them, but once they were charging towards each other, Tohru tripped and fell on both of them. A pop was heard as Kyo struggled out of his clothes and Haru's clothes fell off with the pop so they didn't rip in the process. "You damn klutz" Kyo yelled out with anime veins on his head and a glare shown on his face. Kyo's hair was standing straight up as he hissed at Haru who stood there, looking down at him calmly now. If Haru were to do something then Kyo would be squished for sure. Squating down you grabbed Kyo and held him there so he can calm down. About to yell he looked up into your golden eyes and stopped. Kyo's eyes calmed down and it returned to normal. "Stupid cat, you always need Hikaru to calm you down," Yuki said as he glared down at the cat. Kyo was starting to boil up since his hair was standing on end. You looked around to see nobody, it seems like most of the people disappeared off to work or school. You breathed a sigh of relief but that was let out to soon as you heard a pop and now faced a naked Kyo and Haru. Haru looked angry and turned into black Haru. You blushed a bit and looked down at the ground. Tohru squeeked and turned around blushing like a tomato. Yuki shook his head with his eyes closed. Kyo was all dressed but Haru wasn't. You turned around slowly, "Don't look Hi-" Kyo didn't finish because he was too late and you faced a naked black Haru. Your eye twitched as you slowly started to blush.
Haru smirked and started to walk towards you. "Baka, you're losing your pride" Kyo yelled as he kicked Haru away from you. Yuki sighed and covered your eyes that stopped twitching. You buried your face in Yuki's stomach and waited for Haru to put some clothes on. "Haru, put some clothes on" Yuki called out, angry that you had to see a naked boy at your age.
Haru put on his pants put didn't bother with the shirt since Kyo knocked him to the ground with a bump on the head. Haru came too and rubbed his head, looking around a bit confused. "Why does it feel like I got ran over by a car?" he asked as Kyo had an anger vein and a sweatdrop. Yuki's hands ruffled your hair as you peaked out a bit to see if they were decent. Haru casually put on his shirt and started to button it once you checked to see if they were fully clothed. Momiji was on the side with Tohru as he occupied her with talking about stuff. You turned around and looked at the ground as Yuki looked down at you worried with his hands placed on your shoulders. "Forget this whole situation occured Miss Honda and Hikaru, it's for the best for you Karu" Yuki said as he ruffled your hair a bit. "Oh my gosh, we'll be late for school" Tohru said as she started to panic.
Yuki looked down at his watch, showing that the bell would ring in about 10 minutes. "The bell's going to ring in 10 minutes," Yuki said as he pulled you along as you continued to look at the ground, trying to press the memory out of your head. "Are you alright, Karu?" Yuki asked as he glanced down at you worriedly before looking ahead of him. You gave a nod and walked closer to him. Momiji hopped over to you and grabbed your other hand. "Yay, you're in our school now. Grade 9, we'll show you around" Momiji said happily as he started to hop beside you. You gave a nod and looked ahead of you, now having your mind set on something else instead of the previous event. Momiji talked about school and stuff while you gave a nod to show him you were listening. You listened intently so you could learn more about the school and the students. Once you reached the school, you still had 9 minutes. All the people around there was walking, talking, and stood really tall. You hesitated in entering the school grounds. Stopping, you caused Yuki and Momiji to stop. You looked at the students nervously as you desperately tried to hide from the view of piercing eyes. Some people looked over at Yuki, mostly the girls did.
A group of girls started to walk hurriedly in Yuki's direction, and then they made a weird little skit on 'love Yuki'. Your eyes widened slightly as you hid away from unwanted attention. "Tohru Honda, what are you doing with our Prince Yuki?" a girl asked. Tohru looked confused as Kyo got mad at the sight of the girls. You looked up at Yuki and blinked. Smiling down at you, what looked like the leader caught sight of you. "Hey you, stupid girl. What did we just say about people being close to our prince?" she said angrily and snottily. You pointed to yourself as she nodded, "What are you, deaf or just plain stupid?" she asked as the others started to giggle. Your eyes looked down, hurt by their comments. Kyo looked angry and looked like he wanted to beat the crap out of them. Suddenly their face took on horror, "It's Hanajima, scary" one with pig tails said as they all backed up and ran away. You blinked and looked down, Kyo growled then looked down at you. Yuki smiled down at you sadly as he pulled your closer to him. "Oy, orangey, Tohru, prince" a girls voice said out. You looked away and at Tohru who looked happy to see someone. Kyo started to yell, "Urusai Yankee". The sound of cracking knuckles was heard as you peaked around Yuki to see a tall blond girl and a girl with long wavy black hair and knowing eyes. They walked over to Tohru. "Is orangey here treating you well? Do you need me to rough him up for you?" the blonde girl asked. Hanajima looked in your direction with a part of her bangs came up like an antenna. "Strange vibes come from somewhere around Yuki, it's similar to the ones of a fox" Hana said as the Yankee looked down at her.
You jumped a bit in shock as you started to get a bit nervous. This girl's a psychic? you asked yourself as you tugged on Yuki's sleeve. Tohru looked nervous then stuttered. "I-It's Yuki and Kyo-kun's little cousin, Hikaru-chan" Tohru said as she introduced you. The both of them looked at Yuki who sweatdropped. "Karu, I think you should show yourself," Yuki said as you stepped out a bit, only showing one side of your face. "Another Sohma" the Yankee said as she put a hand to her forehead. You stood there, looking at her weirdly. "Eh, I'm Uo and this here is Hanajima" the yankee introduced. You gave a nod and stepped out so they can have a better look. "Hmm, her hair matches the one of a fox, her eyes is the odd one out" Hana said as she looked almost through you with those knowing eyes. Yuki and Tohru sweatdropped nervously while you just blinked innocently, Kyo tensed, Haru was calm, and Momiji was bubbily. You thought it'd be better to act casual then to look suspicious in front of people who are starting to suspect something.
Uo eyed all of you with weird looks but shook her head. The bell rung and you tensed up a bit. "Hmm, don't you look a little too young to be in high school?" Uo asked which made you tense ever more. "She skipped grade 7 and jumped up to grade 9" Yuki said as you looked down at the ground. "All Sohma's are smart, except for orangey" Uo said as she put a hand to her forehead as she looked up. "Urusai" Kyo yelled out with a glare. You just blinked until you got pulled with Yuki to the doors as he sighed at the usual fights he seen most of the time when those two spotted each other. Haru started to walk with a bouncing Momiji as Tohru stayed behind with the fighting yankee and neko. You looked ahead of you as students filled the halls. Some of them looked down at you and started to whisper. The Yuki Fan Club came hurrying over to Yuki again. They did their little intro, which made you sweatdrop. What looked to be the leader stepped closer to you and kept pointing her finger at you, which was dangerously close to your eye. "You shall pay for not listening to us, only the Yuki fan club is aloud near the prince," she said as you looked up at Yuki. He smiled down at you sadly as he sweatdropped a bit. The girl, (known as Makoto or something like that), went a little too far and poked you in the eye. You whimpered a bit as you grabbed your eye in pain. Haru looked angry so he turned into black Haru. Students looked at the commotion and scattered off to their classes since they didn't want to get thrown around by black Haru.
Haru walked over to you and lifted your chin up. "Are you okay foxy?" he asked with that sort of sadistic look in his eyes. You gave a small nod as he was about to lean in. Suddenly he fell to the floor, staying their motionless. You looked up to see Kyo with an anger vein. Kyo didn't say anything once Haru sat up looking around confused. "What hap-" before he could say anything, "Class's about to start" Yuki said, cutting in with a sweatdrop.
Hikaru stuck awefully close to Yuki, should I be jealous of her or...him. I was standing there; looking spaced out, yet kept my usual monotone facade up. Yuki is what you can say was my first crush since the time he gave me a reason about the rat. At first I felt like a fool once I was near him, I felt like he'd make even more of a fool of me once I start something. Now I just see him as someone to respect, the cow was supposed to hate the rat, but why should the rat have so many enemies. Once I heard of Kyo, known as the cat, I wasn't all to surprised. Once I heard there was another odd one out, to know it was it was a girl, I felt the need to protect her. The flaming orange hair and golden eyes did seem pretty odd, number one hot spot of bullies. The fox, tricky, cunning, number one of thieves. Being all of that wasn't so great, people often watch their back on them. Making sure they didn't do any of that. Hikaru was no ordinary fox, the first fox to arrive in the zodiac. Akito's pet more like it. Once Hikaru was at the age of five, she grew up with Akito who seemed to cherish her. Once she reached the age of seven, Akito started to think other wise. Sometimes when people do things that anger him, he takes it out on him, then goes to call Hikaru to calm him down. Most of it was abuse, sometimes just someone to yell at to release anger when he's not exactly well enough to use strength.
Hikaru...is one of a kind. The kind who takes on anything without ever having to back down or give up on life. She was the special one in the zodiac. Kisa's best friend, Ayame and Shigure adore her. Kyo's good side, Tohru just loves her. Hatori looks after her like a father would to their child. Yuki protects her and gives her support. I...I...just want her to look up to me, the first one she goes to when she has a problem, just like on thunderstorms, even a scrapped knee.
Hikaru...baby of the family holds so much love of others, when she just wishes for the love approval a mother and father would give. Everyone else turned out right; Kyo's mom was just scared of him, but never did leave him out. I still have my parents; the others are getting by. But what about Hikaru, her parents hated her so, always getting after her for every little thing. Things she didn't do, things she wasn't around for, things she didn't even want to be blamed for. Now all that damage affected her so. The eye sight, the stressed vocal cords of calling for someone. Everyone had a good time; I sometimes just glanced at her while she sits on the steps with her knees to her chest, cuts and bruises visible. Now I have seen the mistakes, the mistakes of not holding her hand when needed the most. Maybe...maybe it's time for someone to be there for her. We're not too late, or blind to see her. I just want her to feel safe, wanted, maybe love. By who...me
I was broken out of a different world by the tug on the sleeve. I glanced around to see I was sitting in my seat, Momiji must have dragged me and my feet acted to the pull and followed. I looked at Momiji who was sitting there; his usual energetic self was about to bounce himself out of his desk and out the door. "Haru-kun, are you okay? You were off in your own world and said 'me' all of the sudden" Momiji said with a smile. Haru looked shocked for a moment then back to his usual facial. "Nothing's wrong Momiji" I said calmly as I looked ahead of me, pretending to pay attention to the teacher.
Back to youYou were standing in front of the class, all eyes forward and directly on you. Whispers were heard about your hair, some of them thought it was cool which really struck you. What's so cool about orange hair which Japanese people think is freaky, Orange hair leads to unwanted attention, can't people just go back to ignoring me? you asked yourself as you stared down at the floor with a sad look. You looked around at all the kids to see them talking, all except one. It was a boy; the usual ninth grade age. He was sitting there, politely with black hair and green eyes. He was looking at you, smiling, Smiling? you asked yourself. Once you looked him in the eye, his smile got bigger and his eyes seemed to sparkle with joy that you got to look at him. The locked eyes never gave out, you broke it and looked at the floor, sadly thinking he wouldn't want to be friends with you. The teacher finished introducing you and the class broke out in more whispers about, another Sohma. "All Sohma's have the looks," a boy said which made you look down even more. The boy sat there with a smile, not at all talking to everyone else. It seemed like nobody even bothered to talk to him. In his eyes you knew he was different, someone you had the distinct feeling he won't be so bad. Not so bad seemed to echo in your mind as you smiled back slightly and sat in the empty seat beside him.