Grad Night

It's the evening of their graduation and Kyo and Tohru spend one last visit on the roof of Shigure's house together, unknowing to what plans will soon be in store for the two of them. Now a full length story! Rated for language!

Me: Well….chapter five! Wow! I never thought that I would get this far! Its kind odd coming back to work on this chapter when I'm already started on the rough draft of chapter seven. Thank you so much for sticking with me for this long. It means so much! So anyway, here's the replies to the reviewers! Oh! Since this is the fifth chapter, all the reviewers get cookies.

year of da cat fanclub: Thank you so much! I'm so glad that you're enjoying my story so far! Yes, there's lots more to come. //Cookies for you!//

Moonflower: LOL! I'm so glad that you liked that last chapter! Thanks for looking forward to another chapter! I love Sachi-chibi! I modeled her after my youngest niece and Yuzuzu from Aishiteru ze Baby. //Cookies for you!//

TheFoxGirlKitsune: Ooo! I know! Interesting twist, right? Things are going to be…interesting. //Cookies for you!//

Midnight Shadows Starlight Lol! I'm glad you are enjoying my story! Your review made me laugh! One day I would like to go see the Philippines. I live in the Pacific Northwest and we're dealing with flood waters right now. But I'm so glad I live near the mountains. No evacuations for me//Gives you cookies//

solonchick101: Thanks so much for putting up with me! Gomen nasai for all the delays! I'm just so thankful that you put me on your favorites list//Gives you cookies.//

AKITO. At The Disco: LOL! I love your pen name! I'm glad you like my story//Gives you cookies//

Jewel Tanka: (); Yeah, I know…my grammar skills aren't the greatest and I'm working on this. Hopefully when I get a book published, the readers can understand what I'm talking about. Thanks so much for the review//Cookies for you!//

Tifa-Strife-17: As I've said for others, you'll have to wait for the outcome. I've already got people from school trying to steal my notebook that holds all my writing works. LOL. Thanks for the suggestion//Gives you cookies//

Tevrah: Thanks so much for the review! I'm so glad you're enjoying my story so far//Gives you cookies.//

xSmile: Yeah, the whole love triangle thing was really difficult. Because I didn't want to hurt either one of them. But no matter who I decided to go with, I had no choice but to break the other guy's heart. Thanks for being concerned//Cookies for you!!!//

moonflower: Thanks for the suggestion! I think if I do that, I'll end up making one of my friends REALLY happy. He loves Ayame. Come to think of it, I think he's born year of the snake…I think. //Cookies for you!!!// Thanks so much!

Isuzu: Oooo! That sounds interesting! I will keep that in mind! Thanks for the review//Gives you cookies.//

Me: ANYWAY! Thank you for all your wonderful reviews! They keep me going! So without further ado, today we have Tohru Honda reading off the disclaimer.

Tohru: Thank you for having me here, Pensuke-san!

Me: It's no problem! So how do you think the story will end?

Tohru: What do you mean?

Me: Would you rather be with Kyo?

Tohru: I…um…well, I…//blushes// H-Hinata Pensuke d-does not own Fruits Basket.

Me: Tohru, you act so cute sometimes!

Hatori//slumped in his chair asleep//

Me: Here we go!

"Mama, can I go play?"

Tohru looked up from airing out a futon mattress and at her daughter. It had been a week since the Onigiri had started her new job at the main Sohma estate, or the Main House as others had called it. In fact, she almost turned down the job when she learned that to have the job; she had to move into the servant's housing on the premises. But after talking about it with her two best friends, Uo and Hana told her that this would be the best thing for her. But it was Hana who said it would be good for Sachiko's sake if they went away. But they agreed of course to hang out every weekend when they could.

Tohru smiled at her daughter, who had helped her so well with all of her paid duties. "Yes, but don't wander off too far. You could get lost."

"Thanks, Mama!" Sachiko cried, standing up and dashing out of the room. It didn't take long for the little girl to find the warmth of the sunshine outside. The hem of her orange dress danced in the wind, seeming to serenade with the locks of hair that moved about as well. Her cat-like eyes surveyed the area with genuine interest. Although the compound seemed to be quite uneasy, she tucked those feelings aside and started exploring.

Walking along the traditional Japanese structures and countless beautiful gardens, the five-year-old looked like a tourist; gawking at everything in sight. Then, at that moment, a butterfly caught her eye. With a giggle, the child took after it. Left turn, right turn, another right, and then the butterfly flew over one lone structure.

Sachiko stopped dead in her tracks when her eyes rested on the aging structure before her. It wasn't as aesthetically pleasing as the rest of the Sohma estate. It looked like it needed some serious repair, for it showed many signs of aging neglect. But there was just something about this building that was begging Sachiko to see what was inside.

Seeing bars on one side, the child started taking steps towards the lone building. As she neared it, she could hear the sounds of movements within. But she couldn't explain why her little heart was pounding so hard in her chest. Very slowly, she stopped when she came about to the bars and peered inside. It was quite dark, but just vaguely she could make out a figure doing some sort of high kicks and throwing punches at some invisible foe.

Feeling curiosity overtaking her nervousness, Sachiko peered closer into the shadowed room. She bit her lower lip as she made a move to stand in a more comfortable position.

SNAP!

Sachiko looked down to see a broken twig under her small shoe. But that was all it took to capture the attention of the figure within. Before she had a chance to run, the child felt a hand grab her. With shaky eyes, she followed the hand, to the wrist, which led to the arm, connected to the body of a man on the other side of the bars.

"I told you damn Sohma brats to leave me alone!" There was a harsh bitterness in the man's tone that made the child cringe.

But at the same time, she noticed something wrong in what the man had said. "But-"

"Like being in this fucking room isn't enough," The agitated man continued, "I get pestered by little snot nosed Sohma kids like you!! You're all the same!"

"I'm not a Sohma!" Sachiko cried.

"Yeah, sure." The man retorted.

"Mama's a cleaning lady! We live here!"

There was a very uncomfortable pause.

"Then what where you doing here?" The man within the neglected room asked.

"I was looking around! I wanted to see what was inside this building!" The child replied.

Very slowly, she felt the grip on her arm loosen.

"So…you don't know who I am?" The man asked.

The child nodded quickly. "I promise."

Appearing to have exhausted himself, the man sank down to his knees. His features were now clear to see. Slender build, rather tall, but it was the orange hair that caught the little girl's eye. This shadowed person was none other than Kyo Sohma.

"You have hair like me!" Sachiko said with a tiny smile.

Kyo happened to notice the little girl's hair. "Yeah…that's….nice."

"What are you doing in there?" Sachiko asked. "It looks like a prison."

"Kind of." Replied the Neko.

"Oh." Sachiko leaned in closer as though wanting to ask another question. She bit her lower lip cutely.

Kyo couldn't take it; it was just too cute for him to take. "What?"

Sachiko opened her mouth, took in a tiny breath, and let the words fly. "Why are you locked in there? Did you do something bad? Is it like time-out? How long do you have to stay in there? I had time-out once. Not fun. Do you like oranges?"

"Enough!" The Neko shouted, shrinking back under the sheer weight of all the questions asked without time to answer any of them. When he notice Sachiko flinched, he panicked. "No! No, I didn't mean to shout! Don't cry! PLEASE don't cry!"

But Sachiko seemed to be already hurrying off.

"Dammit!" Cried Kyo in self-anguish. At least contact from any human life-form, no matter how young, was better than none at all.

But to his surprise, the child stopped and turned back around.

"What's your name?" Sachiko asked.

The Neko was rather stunned. "Kyo."

"I'm Sachiko." Responded with a cute smile. "I'll come back later, Kyo-onii-san!"

Kyo just twitched at the formalities used at the end of his name. But it felt different being called "big brother".