Chapter 6 of When the Knight met his Squire. I'm devoting my time in writing this chapter instead of writing my English essay, isn't that wonderful? Anywayyysss, We left off with Yuki and Kyo, who were about to fight, a worried Tohru. A happy Akito and best of all... me!

- Though I didn't mention it in the last chapter, the winner of the jousting tournament gets a banquet where they can PAR-TAYY!

Ahem,

Disclaimer: I Do Not own Fruits Basket, or any characters from it.

When the knight met his Squire

The trumpets sounded, initiating the battle between Kyo and Yuki. The horses started galloping toward each other; the two boys had their shields up while their swords were pointing toward each other. The crowds were riled up as they watched the two knights barely miss each other, their horses turned away from the opponent.

Tohru was trying not to look away, and Akito well… he was just surprised Kyo wasn't already down by now.

It was very intense, both were repeating the same moves, and missing each other's attacks barely. That is, until Yuki's horse went up on its back legs while Yuki was attacking Kyo. The boy was knocked off his horse…hard

The crowd went silent, this was it.

Akito thought it was over at this point, he watched Yuki slowly walk over to Kyo who was lying on the ground.

It couldn't be over yet! Kyo couldn't give up already! Tohru refused to believe what was going on.

"Kyo!" Tohru shouted from her seat in the dead silence; everyone was now starring at her.

Akito, Yuki, the crowds of people, all starred at her. She wasn't embarrassed though; she didn't even pay attention to everyone's stares. She was only focused on Kyo…

She watched as Kyo's eyes shot open. Yuki was too busy looking at Tohru instead of paying attention to Kyo.

Yuki really was an idiot; Kyo certainly was not dead from that "little" fall. It was called faking; he had planned to trick Yuki. The plan had been to wait until Yuki walked up to him, and then spring an attack! Tohru's sudden outburst had altered his plan…

Kyo would have to thank Tohru later for that little commotion she made, it made it easier for him to retrieve his horse. Yuki suddenly turned back around to catch Kyo running back to his horse. Yuki fell for this trick that Kyo and his squire had planned apparently. It didn't matter though, Kyo was obviously still as weak as ever, and could never beat him at anything.

Kyo was pissed off now. He had fire in his eyes, though Yuki couldn't see this because of his helmet. The two boys again went at each other, their swords colliding. Each boy was trying to push their swords at each other with all their might. At this point Yuki was out of breath, but Kyo came right back to attacking Yuki.

Now, Kyo was usually known for going "full throttle" toward Yuki in a fight. Normally Yuki could easily dodge Kyo's mindless attacks though.

But this, this was a different Kyo who was attacking Yuki.

It was as if, Yuki knocking Kyo down that one little time made this new and improved Kyo come out of the stupid and worthless one.

Akito could also tell that Kyo was now at the advantage, and he certainly was not happy about this. Akito was getting agitated.

Kyo had even hit Yuki's horse when trying to attack Yuki, making the horse go nuts and almost throw Yuki off. The crowd was still silent; Tohru was on the edge of her seat. Yuki knew this was so un-usual for Kyo, usually he would just shout obscenities and other things like, "You're going down!" but now, he hadn't said a word. All this boy was doing was fighting.

What had come over this boy all of a sudden? Yuki wasn't the only one wondering this…

Yuki was stopping himself from falling off his horse while also trying to block Kyo's attacks.

Then it happened; what happened you ask? Only the most shocking, un-called for, craziest, and coolest thing ever! Kyo hit Yuki! Sending him flying off his horse and best of all, his weapon flew out of his hands. As he crashed on the ground, Yuki knew he had no prayer with only a shield for defense. It really was over now, Yuki, Kyo, everyone, they all knew Yuki had no chance.

Kyo dropped down from his steed, and stood in front of Yuki who was lying on the ground. His sword was pointed at Yuki, who then stood on one knee, took his helmet off, and put his head was down.

He had given up! Yuki! The boy, who rivaled Kyo all his life, had given up!

HA! Kyo threw off his helmet and smiled to the crowds of now screaming people.

Akito got up and walked out of the area, telling Kureno he was tired of watching and wanted to nap.

The announcer called out the winner, Kyo. Then telling everyone that Kyo would now be known as the current greatest knight in the Kingdom! Tohru was very happy for Kyo, clapping and cheering. Being able to have the title of "Greatest Knight" was wonderful!

Tohru could tell that Kyo was very happy and this made her very happy for him. Though Tohru never met Kyo's cousin, Yuki, she did feel bad for him. It must be very embarrassing to lose your title to your "rival", if you would call their relationship that.

The crowds of people were leaving but all the knights were still there. All the knight's squires were there still as well, waiting for their masters.

Tohru waited for Kyo to change his attire; she walked around the huge pit where he and Yuki had just fought while she waited.

It really was a huge arena!

It must have been very painful to be thrown off a horse and land on the hard ground Tohru was currently looking at. It grossed her out when she seen blood still lingering from Yuki's fall on the ground; there was blood where Kyo had fallen as well...

Right as Tohru was staring down at Kyo's blood, she heard Kyo call her name,

"Tohru!"

By his tone of voice she could tell he was still very happy about his victory, and wasn't ashamed of it obviously. But could you blame him? It was the first time he ever beat Yuki at anything, and the best part was he beat him in front of everyone! His family, other knights, Akito, and most important of all… Tohru.

Tohru ran up to him smiling; not thinking she held her arms out toward him. Surprisingly, Kyo lifted her off of the ground, spinning her in the air while hugging her! He didn't care who was watching, neither of them did; they had become good friends and were just showing friendly affection…yes… that's all it was… friendly affection.

"Kyo! You did wonderful! I mean, you had me a little worried when you fell but…otherwise you really did wonderful!" Tohru said.

Kyo was still just smiling, which he happened to do a lot in front of Tohru.

Kyo and Tohru both realized they were still holding each other; they let go and were blushing furiously.

"Thanks…"

Kyo didn't know what else to say; he was just staring at this wonderful girl in front of him. She was just smiling wide like always, but her smile made Kyo so happy.

"Kyo, you won... so that means you get to have a banquet tonight right?"

Kyo had forgotten about that.

"Oh yeah... I guess we should be getting ready then, right?"

Tohru was surprised at this, or she must've heard wrong because she thought that Kyo meant that Tohru was going too.

Impossible… for many reasons.

"We? Um…Kyo, what do you mean? Wait, you actually want me to help you get ready?" The girl started blushing after asking.

Kyo was bewildered by this.

"…What? No. I don't want you helping me… Tohru, I wanted you to go with me. That is, if you want to…"

Okay, maybe Tohru didn't hear wrong, but still.

"K-Kyo… I… I don't know what to say! I mean, I would love to go but I… I don't have anything nice enough for such an occasion, and I certainly don't belong in a party like that…"

Tohru's comment bothered Kyo, so he decided to ignore it and grab her hand. He pulled her along as they walked back to their room.

In their room, Tohru was cleaning up his face (after all, he did fall and had a cut on his for head).

"Kyo, I really do not think I should be going, I mean, I don't even have anything to wear! And… I am just your squire, and it's not a requirement to attend things like this and-" Kyo cut her off,

"Tohru! You don't need to worry about what anyone thinks there, it doesn't matter. It's my party, and I want you to be there."

Tohru was tearing with happiness and Kyo was staring at her, passion in his eyes. "I can find you a dress too…so don't worry about it. Although it really doesn't matter what you wear, anything would look fine on you."

Kyo stood up and walked out of the room, saying he would be right back.

Tohru didn't really react to Kyo leaving though because she was so…well she didn't even know how she felt right then; she only knew that her heart was thumping very loudly. It was ready to pop out of her chest, and a flush appeared on her face.

Kyo didn't know what he was doing to her...

Kyo pounded on the door, ready to knock it down. Kagura opened the door, a bright smile appeared on her face when she saw that her precious Kyo was at her door. He wanted to see her.

(Or so she thought)

" Kkkyyyyoooooo my dddaaarrrrrllliiiiiinnnng!"

The girl hugged him tightly. Kyo just stood there knowing he couldn't get annoyed with her or he wouldn't get what he wanted. He walked in the room and sat down in a chair near her pure gold and diamond-crested mirror, where all the girl's valuable treasures sat.

"Congratulations on winning the jousting tournament my love! You're having your banquet tonight! Does this mean you want to ask me to go with you? Of course I will go with you my love!"

This girl would never shut up; Kyo had to stop her and ask her before she assumed more crazy things.

"No damn it! I mean, uh… no, I came here because I was wondering if I could borrow one of your uh… dresses…"

Kagura gave Kyo a very confused look.

"…Kyo…Why do you wanna wear a dress to your banquet?" Kagura asked.

"It's not for—" Kyo tried to explain but Kagura kept going.

"Kyo! My love! Don't tell me you enjoy dressing like a woman! I mean, Kyo, I love you and all but that simply will not be okay. Going to your banquet, proving you're a man but wearing a dress!"

Kagura was definitely getting the wrong idea.

"KAGURA!"

That got the girl's attention.

"Yes darling?"

"It's not for me, damn it! It's for Tohru! Can I take one of them or not?"

Kagura again, gave a confused look.

"Tohru? Your…squire? You want her to wear one of my dresses?"

"Yes." Kyo didn't want to say much about Tohru to Kagura,

"Why is she going? She doesn't need to."

"Just because I want her too…jeez, can I take one or not?"

Kagura was still confused,

"Kyo, I will let this girl borrow one, only because I love you and you want her to wear one of them. Let me guess, you want people to see how nice your squire dresses, and so you figured she could wear one of my beautiful dresses to prove it?"

"Yeah…sure, that's what I wanted to do… anyways, thanks Kagura."

Kagura stopped him from going to her closet to get a dress though.

"Kyo! If you really want to be impressed, send the girl down here to me and I'll fix her up for you."

So Tohru went down to Kagura's room and Kyo went down to where the event would be taking place in order to figure out the seating chart, food, music, etc. Afterward he would have to get ready and arrive at the party last so that all the guests would give him their attention, unfortunately. Another unfortunate event was that Akito would be there supposedly; Kyo would have to sit next to him at the long table he would be residing to.

All the party arrangements had been figured out and so Kyo went back up to his room to get. The only good thing about this banquet was that it was celebrating the fact that he beat that damn Yuki…

A knock was heard at the door and when Kyo opened it, he received a message that Akito was not feeling well and would be missing the banquet. Well, there was another reason Kyo would enjoy this banquet a little more, Akito wouldn't be there. Kyo knew that Akito felt fine, he was upset that Kyo was now titled "Greatest Knight".

Kyo was ready now. He had on black pants, black boots that went up to his knees, a white collared shirt, and a red coat with gold buttons. Kyo really didn't like dressing with bright colors, it was bad enough he had bright orange hair so wearing a color as bright as red was killing him. But Tohru had told him he would look great in this color (While she was blushing of course).

Tohru walked into the dining hall where Kyo's banquet was taking place. She walked side by side with Kagura, who she met earlier that evening. Tohru was very thankful that Kagura lent her one of her beautiful dresses. It was a light pink gown and Tohru felt like a princess wearing it; though she felt she didn't deserve to wear such a magnificent dress.

In the back of the gown it was tied and laced up with the softest ribbon; the front had gold trim. The sleeves were long and fit tight until the area where her hands were, they were tremendously wide there. Kagura tried to help Tohru find her seat,

"Tohru, you're probably going to sit in the corner since you're just a squire. I'm not sure where Kyo has you sitting… here, we'll ask one of the men who knows this stuff."

Kagura then walked over to a man who had set up everything; he must know where everyone sits.

"Excuse me Sir. I need to know where Tohru Honda sits."

The man checked a list he had, "Tohru Honda will be sitting at the head table, next to Sir Kyo." With that, the man walked away; he had other things he needed to do.

Kagura just stood there for a minute; she slowly turned around to Tohru, who looked as surprised as she did.

"Well then… I guess you're sitting at the main table with Kyo and I, and all the other Sohmas." Kagura then pulled Tohru by the hand, to their table.

Tohru looked around at the guests; they were all staring at her. Was it that obvious to them that she didn't belong here? Kagura pulled her up to the head table that was filled with all the Sohmas, she was guessing.

She seen Momiji sitting at the table; once he spotted her he got up from his seat and ran up to her.

"Hey Tohru! Hey Kagura! You both look beautiful!"

Kagura just smiled and walked to her seat; she figured Momiji could take care of this girl now.

"Hello Momiji! Thank you so much! You look very handsome too!"

Momiji took Tohru's hand as they walked to the other Sohmas; Momiji wanted to introduce them to Tohru.

He introduced her to Shigure, Ayame, and Hatori, who were all apparently best friends as he tried to explain. They were all very nice to Tohru; then she met Hiro and Kisa, who were a few years younger than her. Kisa was such a sweet heart! Hiro was… well, he didn't seem to like her very much. Momiji also introduced Ritsu to Tohru. Ritsu was very crazy! He apologized to Tohru many times for no reason at all. Then Momiji introduced Hatsuharu (Haru) and Isuzu (Rin) to Tohru. Hatsuharu was very polite and Isuzu…well, she didn't speak. She only held onto Hatsuharu's arm while giving Tohru a bad look, obviously showing they were a couple.

Tohru smiled at them and walked away with Momiji. Tohru thought the two looked very cute together; she stopped her thoughts when she seen another man sitting down. She recognized him immediately, it was Yuki.

Momiji pulled Tohru to Yuki, she was a little nervous to meet him. Yuki was staring at her, his eyes went wide and Tohru felt more and more uncomfortable the closer she got to him.

"YUKI! YUKI I WANT YOU TO MEET MY FRIEND!"

He nudged Tohru to say something.

"Um, Hello Sir Yuki. I'm T-Tohru H-Honda."

Yuki knew the girl looked familiar and once she said her name he knew who she was. She's Kyo's Squire; the same girl who called out to Kyo today; the same girl whose voice made Yuki turn around and basically helped him lose the battle. He didn't blame his loss on the girl; she was simply worried for that stupid boy.

"Nice to meet you Miss Honda, I'm Yuki Sohma. How are you this evening?"

Tohru was still nervous but Yuki seemed very nice and very polite. She remembered how other servant girls used to be in love with him, saying how adorable, princely, and sweet he was. They were right; this boy was very handsome and sweet and it was hard to believe he liked to fight.

"I'm wonderful Sir Yuki! Thank you for asking. How are you?"

Yuki made a smile fit for a prince and replied,

"I am fine. So, you were the one who called out Kyo's name during our jousting tournament?"

Now Tohru was embarrassed and nervous again, he was probably upset with her about it.

"Yes, I'm very sorry Sir, I just…"

"It's okay Miss Honda, I know you were worried about him."

They awkwardly stood there until a man announced that Kyo was arriving and everyone needed to sit down; he also announced that the king would not be attending the banquet because he was not feeling well.

Tohru sat down in her chair, which was the most beautiful chair she had ever seen (besides the one she seen in Kagura's room.) It was as if she was royalty sitting here; this banquet wasn't even for her and yet she still felt as if she was being treated so wonderfully. And once Kyo arrived she would thank him a dozen times for inviting her to join him. Things were so perfect right now!

Then, the door opened. Trumpets were playing loud music as Kyo walked in. Everyone, including Tohru's mouths dropped and eyes widened. He looked better than Yuki. He walked forward, tables of people lined up on each side of him; everyone was applauding him. There would be a new hero, a new knight who was greater than Yuki! They were very proud of Kyo, he knew that.

Most were standing up, some were on their knees; all were showing respect for the boy. Finally, he had some respect and nothing was going to ruin his moment! He felt so good right then, he was the most fascinating person in the place right then!

That was, until Kyo saw her.

Tohru was standing up, applauding him, but that's not what really made her fascinating. It was how she looked… Tohru looked absolutely beautiful.

This night just seemed to get better and better…

Chapter 6 is finally over!

I'm sooo sooo sooooooo sorry it took so long to put this up. And though it's only been a few days, it seems like forever since I usually put these chapters up each day regularly! I'm very sorry; I was pretty busy this weekend and last week. I went to see Blades of Glory Friday night, which was awesome by the way, and then Saturday night I seen my high school play, Hello Dolly, and then Sunday I was hanging out with my bestee friend…but yet I still wrote this piece by piece. Well, until next time,

Sarah.