Fruits Basket: High Above The Clouds

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this Fanfiction except them that you do not know.

Summery: Its been 5 years since the curse was broken, Kagura Sohma An airhostess returns back to Kaibara for the Sohma New Year as she had never been back for a while… what will happen now that she does not love Kyou anymore… but is he falling for her?

Chapter Nine

"But I don't wanna wait and see." She moaned softly while looking directly at her love, her yes pleading with him to tell her as an overlying glistening showed that she would most probably pout soon. Kagura wanted to know right now. She wanted to know what this surprise was, you may have noticed; as Kagura wasn't a patient young woman. "Just tell me."

In return he shook his head and didn't even falter under her attack. She was giving him the unoriginal puppy dog eyes. She thought that he would give in but he wasn't going to. This surprise had to be exactly that, something told at the most unexpected time. Lei moved his fingers to brush against his hair as he looked towards Isuzu. He was happy that she had welcomed him into her house. Kagura knew that she wouldn't have treated Kyou the same way.

Isuzu's eyes moved between the two. Her short hair was plainly lying down contrasting darkly against her pale skin. She didn't seem too bothered with the small bickering the two were doing. Her hand was on her stomach. Her black frilly top wasn't too feminine or too masculine so she was happy. Isuzu was all set in case she was to go into labour but she had to admit one thing… she was scared about the pain. She wasn't very good with pain. With what she had gone through in her short life, that was highly acceptable.

When she was pushed out of the window, she had sort of deluded herself to think the pain of bearing a child couldn't top it yet now she was nervous. What if delivering her child would be worse than that. She still had the scar on her back from that fall. She didn't have a great capacity for pain. She was most certainly going to pain relief when the chance came up. Isuzu sighed, what if someone was to find out about her concerns? She really didn't want to seem weak. For too long she had been the strong horse of the zodiac bearing everything on her back and showing no weakness.

Well, that wasn't going to change now. She was determined to hide all distresses she may have. It wouldn't be a good thing for her waters to break, especially when she knew what the secret was of Lei's that was going to soon be revealed. Isuzu looked towards the doorway through to the kitchen where Hatsuharu was boiling water for the tea and coffee. Kagura was a fan of tea yet Lei was a fan of coffee. She supposed everyone was allowed his or her own preferences – she usually preferred something stronger but Hatsuharu was very strict with her.

"Kagura, I promise I will give you your surprise soon." Lei promised her as he moved his hand to lay over hers as he watched her smile curve. Kagura was feeling strange, for even though they had been going out for so long romance always seemed so new to her. This romance with Lei was so different to the romance she thought she had with Kyou. The feelings she had for Kyou were never this strong but these feelings for Lei had never driven her crazy with desire. She didn't know which one set of feelings were the best she could have.

Kagura's mind was conflicting against Lei and Kyou, even now as she sat there hand in hand with her lover. Her eyes smiled before looking away, slightly hazed in their colour as she thought about her predicament. That was also something! Her mind was all over the place but all the signs pointed somewhere else. Some pointed in Lei's direction then the others went into Kyou's direction. She was drifting into a daydream about this and that wasn't a good thing. Especially as she was realising she was doing it. Yet what was Kagura to do? This was she… ever since she started dating Lei she felt alive and truly free.

She knew that every moment she spent with Lei she felt more herself than she had ever felt before. She found the world to be truer than it had ever been before, because she had no reason to be scared. She just wanted to pick whom she wanted. True, these feelings pointed to Lei but her past relations with Kyou drifted in other thoughts that she wish she could just forget. Maybe if she hadn't started playing with Kyou when they were younger she wouldn't have this problem, yet she perhaps wouldn't have met Lei if she hadn't done all that with Kyou. She didn't regret her past… she just… she just preferred this future right now. There were times when she found love revolting because of what it had done to her recently.

Yet she tried to remember when she first met Kyou and when she first met Lei. The reactions she got were so different. When she met Kyou she felt pity and hatred because his life was so dreadful because he was the cat and her parents were constantly fighting – but not that bad so she took pity on him to make her feel better about her bickering parents. Where, when she first clasped eyes on Lei she felt her heart go all a flutter even though it was supposed to be dedicated to Kyou. She didn't really know why but for some reason she was more and more attracted to Lei at that moment… then why did she want to kiss Kyou again?

Bringing her cup up to her lips, Kagura took a sip of her tea that Hatsuharu had just poured for her. She nodded her head in a thank you saying that the tea was just fine. She didn't want to jump into things here. She had what could have been true love with Lei, she couldn't throw that away for something that may end up going haywire like it had done before with Kyou. Lei loved her and she would not break his heart. She knew that she had to be honest with Lei. She would have to be honest with herself first though. The only way she could be souly honest with herself would be to figure out who she wanted in her life more. Did she want Lei or did she want Kyou. It was a difficult choice.

Yet she had just answered her own question hadn't she? With what she had been thinking earlier everything pointed to her heart really belonging to Lei. Yet when Kyou kissed her again a few days ago. Her heart burned with a lust that had became dormant. A passion killed, a candle that had disintegrated only to reborn. She had to figure out what was the best. She could have said that what she felt for Kyou right now was just lust and lust was not love. Love couldn't be described. It was just this incurable, incredible, illness that she didn't want to go away. Yet… she didn't know if she still harboured those feelings for Kyou. She really had to sort it out. She really didn't know what to do.

Sipping once more her chocolate eyes turned onto Lei. She watched him. He had his shoulder length hair, slightly greasy that she wanted to run her hands through. He had those amazing deep eyes that she could fall into. Yet it wasn't any of the above that made her heart flutter like when they first met. It was his smile – oh there it was again – so charming, it made her warm inside. Did this mean that she knew Lei was the miracle that she had been dreaming of? She had dreamt of being free and living a perfect life ever since she was sixteen, she had dreamt of spending the rest of her life with someone dedicated to her. Someone who would do anything for her even though she was independent.

She wanted to be the dreamer of her relationship. The one who would provide the imagination in the household where her lover or husband would be the more solid member who would be there to provide those four walls around her. The one to provide her with the wealth she deserved. She wished to dream forever and have someone around her who would protect her from anyone or anything that disapproved of her. Lei would, she knew that, she had been living with him long enough to know that. Kyou though, on the other hand knows about her training and would make her take care of herself whilst he lived out his dreams – which she couldn't deny him. He really didn't have that feistiness in him that made her really happy to know him.

Yes it was obvious. Kagura was lost in what to decide. She was glad that nothing big had happened to make her have to hurry her choice. She didn't want her life to change so dramatically but she knew if she went with Kyou it would. She wouldn't be in the stable household she was in now. Kyou would be off training nearly twenty-four hours never giving her the attention she needed. Lei on the other hand may work a lot but always-found time for her – times to surprise her. He had once or twice left tapes he had recorded with him telling her how much he loved her. Kagura had witnessed Kyou with Tohru before and knew that he could love. She wondered why he wasn't ever like that with her. It was actually quite hard for they were so similar. In certain ways Lei and Kyou had some of the same qualities.

She kept her eyes on Lei as she wondered all of this. He was drinking is coffee down quite quickly… quite nervously also. What was wrong with him? He seemed to have something on his mind. She gasped slightly turning towards Isuzu. Had Lei guessed something had happened with Kyou? She had only told Lei that she was met Kyou again. She had never said anything about the kiss. Kagura knew she should have killed Kyou after he done that to her. Isuzu raised a delicate eyebrow as she saw the gasp.

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing." She answered her cousin as she blinked a couple of times before she looked towards Hatsuharu who was also giving her a strange look. Did these two know something she didn't know? What was going on? This was slightly making Kagura nervous, she was thinking of getting up and taking Lei home with her again. Isuzu was meant to be heavily pregnant, should she be putting this strain on herself? This was very upsetting. Kagura could tell something was up. She didn't know though, she wanted to find out so badly. Was it to do with Lei's secret? She had so many questions that were soon to be answered.

"I'm going to give you your surprise now." Lei spoke to her as he smiled. She felt her heart flitter once more. This was a bit alarming the atmosphere was at least. She didn't expect her surprise to be such a great deal. It was then that Kagura realised something. She had just noticed that Lei was prince charming where Kyou was most definitely not. Was that what the brunette needed in her life? A prince… she would have to figure that out then. She needed time though. Such feelings couldn't be resolved so quickly.

Lei rose up from the seat before moving over to her. Bending down, he captured her lips with hers. He drew her into a passionate and loving kiss. Yes, loving, Lei most definitely know how to kiss her better. He moved his hand down her cheek as he moved to get onto his knee, propping himself up as she gazed at him without a clue at what was coming. She watched as he reached into his pocket pulling out a small yellow box. He opened the box as her eyes scanned over what was inside it, those eyes nearly widening.

"Kagura… will you marry me?"