Declaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket. I will keep this short, so you can read the next chapter. Wow 8. Anyways Thanks for the reviews from: Nari-chan13, Riya-chan in London, Damagd Roses, and year of da cat fanclub!

Tohru's Curse

Chapter 8:

A Turn of Luck?

Shigure's House

"What could Kureno "the next step is," thought Shigure and he set down the phone. Ignoring the others he walked into his library, and started to flip through the dictionary. "Lo," Lots, load, loan, loathe, lob, lobster… Ah, maybe he meant that the next stage of Tohru's transformation was a lobster. Well that could be a possibility," thought Shigure. "Then again maybe a better search some more, local, lock, loco, locust, log, lollipop, London, long, loop, lounge, lousy, love, love …, love…," Shigure kept reading until he was shocked by a sound of a poof right before him.

Main House

"Kureno! How dare you go right out and tell them, after you just said that I could trust you with anything, Where is Hatori!" yelled Akito. "Great why did he have to tell them the next step, I new I should have really told him the wrong thing. It was only going to get worse for myself." Thought Akito.

"Where is Hatori!" yelled Akito once again coming back from his thoughts. It was then that he noticed that there was no one in sight; he was in bed and sweating. "Wait how did I get here, wasn't I just outside… was that a dream, oh good the secret is still safe, it was just a dream."

"I'm glad to see you're up Akito." Said Hatori as he entered Akito's room. "I was worried when I found you laying half dead of exhaustion in the middle of the road right outside." Said Hatori with a strait face.

It then hit Akito. "It wasn't a dream, I really did tell Kureno, and why else would I be out in the street. Oh no, he probably already told the others how to get her back to normal. This is all going so badly…" Akito thought this as he drifted back to sleep, falling into a coma.

Shigure's House

The poof surprised Shigure beyond belief, when he looked up the face looked oddly familiar. "I must be dreaming, but are you perhaps Tohru's Mother?"

The ghostly figure replied, "Why yes I am , call me Kyoko, and you must be Shigure, Tohru talks about you a lot, and also was it Kyo and Yuki."

Shigure was shocked when the angelic looking figure replied.

"I… uh… Yes, I am Shigure Sohma, Tohru's guardian, I am sorry to say that your daughter has been going through a lot lately." Literally she had, she had eaten to of the cushions at the table in the dining room, Shigure could here the faint cries and shouts of the terrified Sohmas.

"Oh I know that already, that is partly why I am here, to help you. The word Kureno was trying to say to you was Love, but what it really is acceptance, just like Kyo, Tohru needs to be loved in this form in order for her to transform back. Then--, Great, I am so sorry, I will come back as soon as I can!" said the ghostly Kyoko, as she started to disappear into thin air, before she totally dissolved completely, she yelled, "remember acceptance is the key!"

"Wow, thought Shigure, what a mysterious woman, it's too bad that she had to disperse like that." Thought Shigure.

Where Kyoko Lives:

"Why, the heck did you have to bring me back so soon, I didn't get to finish." Said Kyoko to her husband Katsuya. They could now live together, where they could not be separated, by death, or anything else. But both had been hard at work, watching their only daughter fall into a trauma. Kyoko, wanted to do everything she could to help the Sohmas, they had done so much for their Tohru already, but ultimately, she did not want her daughter cursed.

Back at Shigure's House

Shigure thought for awhile sitting at his writing desk. "I wonder if I should tell them about the surprise visit I had," Shigure continued to wonder. He decided that he would tell Tohru later when he was ready, but for now he needed Yuki or Kyo to help him. Yuki, unfortunately was still asleep, and had not been there for any of this and would be sulking. Kyo had already gotten past that stage and was trying to figure out ways to cure Tohru. He decided that it might be even better if it was Kyo seeing as he had his own problems too. He walked out into the room where the demon Tohru was, along with everyone else, but Hatori, who had went home. Some maid had called saying that Hatori was needed at the Main House because there was something wrong with Akito. He then ushered Kyo to follow, and took him into to his study.

"Kyo, this may be hard to believe, but I was visited by the Angel of Tohru's mother, Kyoko. She has told me the next step into curing Tohru…" Shigure started.

As Shigure explained the whole ordeal, Kyo's eyes grew big, yes he was going to be able to do something for Tohru, and it would help her get back to normal. Kyo talked it over with Shigure, until they agreed on what to do. They needed to test first if Kyo could hug Tohru without transforming. After that they would see what else they could do. Kyo ran out of the Study and went into the dining room where Tohru was supposed to be. He asked where she was, and they all pointed upstairs. Then cautiously, Kyo silently walked up the stair and knocked on Tohru's Door. She opened it with curiosity, and then Kyo ran and hugged her, saying how much he and the rest of them needed her, and she had to change back and f she didn't he didn't know what. It was after saying all of this that he noticed that he hadn't transformed.

Kyoko's Place:

"He did it, He did it!" yelled Kyoko jumping up and down on her bed. She looked at her husband, and saw his smile. Now all she had to do is get back down there, and deliver the next step. She walked outside to the portal, and tried to step through, but when she stepped through it she ended up somewhere else, somewhere out of the world, at another house of someone deceived. Someone who was alone, and watching over her child too.

I told you all I would try to make it longer, and it is almost doubled in length. Please review, and tell people who you think would like this story about it. Chapter 9: should be posted within two days, depending on the outcome of the # of reviews I get. Sorry for any grammar problems. I hope you continue to Read and Review Tohru's Curse!

-Tohru 12