Chapter 8.

Hmm… It is now Spring Break, and since I have no life, I will be dedicated to writing as much of these chapters as I can I guess. Oh yea! Today…at 4:00 p.m. I, yes I, received the latest volume of Fruits Basket! Volume 16! HECK YESS! Even though I know everything that happens already…wow, it was really sad. Ehh, anyways,

Disclaimer: You guys know. I know. We all know. I don't own Fruits Basket, Nor will I eva!

When the Knight met his Squire

Tohru closed her eyes, going on her tippy toes, and moving her face closer to Kyo's face. Kyo was moving his head down, and watched as Tohru closed her eyes.

'She wants to kiss me too!' He thought, as he now was closing his eyes and moving his face to hers.

"SIR KYO! SIR KYO! WHERE ARE YOU!"

Tohru and Kyo both jumped away from each other as they heard a guard running up to them.

"Sir Kyo!" The guard said again, staring at the blushing boy in front of him and seeing his friend who was facing the other direction. (Trying to hide her blush)

"What the hell do you want?"

Kyo said very stern to the guard, who got a little frightened by his tone.

"Uh, well Sir Kyo, I was told to find you immediately for Lord Shigure, Lord Hatori, and Lord Ayame need to make a speech for you."

Kyo sighed, 'Why couldn't they do that in the beginning of the damn banquet!' He then turned to Tohru who was still facing the opposite direction.

HE WAS SO CLOSE TO KISSING HER AND THEN THIS HAPPENED?

"I'll be there in a minute, you can leave now." Kyo said, the guard replied, "Yes Sir Kyo!" and ran off.

Kyo sighed and turned back to Tohru and before he could say anything, Tohru turned to him with a smile and a beat red face.

"Come on Kyo, let's go! I want to hear their speech! I'm sure it'll be wonderful!"

She then took his hand as they ran back to his party. Once arriving, everyone stared at the two of them; the room was absolutely silent. As they passed table to table trying to get to their own table, whispers were going on; most likely about Tohru and Kyo and assuming the worst of the two.

Once the two sat down, Hatori coughed to get everyone's attention while standing up; Ayame and Shigure joined him.

"Kyo…"

Hatori started, getting Kyo out of his thoughts of what almost happened minutes earlier. He looked up at his older cousin,

"Since King Sohma is not here, I, Lord Shigure, and Lord Ayame would be honored to say, how truly proud everyone is of you. You and Yuki both did a wonderful job defending yourself at the tournament, and you won in the end. Congratulations again Kyo. You are now not only an official knight, but the greatest knight of Sohma Castle!" Hatori finished, Kyo sighed while looking around.

It was all a bunch of bullshit to Kyo because most of those people were wealthy, snotty, stuck-up people. They certainly did not deserve to be in such a high class and the only reason they were congratulating him was because he was now "Greatest Knight" and apparently Kyo proved to them that he was good enough for their approvals.

Before Kyo had won the tournament none of these people associated with him; this was another reason he was so anti-social besides. Shigure now started speaking,

"Yes Kyo, everyone is very proud of you. And though as a child you could be troublesome at times, along with some of your other cousins…you've turned out into a man! A brave, mature adult! I'm sure many women in this room would agree on this too!"

Women were laughing and Kagura was getting angry; Tohru looked away blushing.

Kyo of course was annoyed by Shigure's comment because these women who thought he was a " man" now, thought that because of his looks. His family was known for having good-looking members.

Ayame, who Kyo was worried most when it came to speaking, now started to speak.

"Yes. Our darling Kyo-Kyo, you are definitely becoming a man. Soon you'll find a bride, and you'll become a hero, and best of all… MAKE LOTS OF BABIES! WITH LOTS OF WOMEN! OH, AND YOUR BABIES, KYO-KYO, THEY'LL BE ADORBALE LITTLE BASTARDS LIKE YOU! OH JUST IMAGINE IT GURE! TORI! WE'LL BE GRANDPAS! OH AND ALL THE BABIES WILL PLAY WITH US, IT'LL JUST BE-"

Ayame then was interrupted by smacks in the head by Kyo, Hatori, and Yuki.

'My idiot brother…' Yuki thought as all three went back to their seats.

The guests were all laughing at this, so Hatori coughed again. Everyone silenced.

"I apologize for his idiocy; he can't help what he says sometimes."

Hatori turned back to Kyo,

"Kyo, the whole point of us standing up here and speaking of you like this is because we wanted you to know how proud we really are for you. I'm sure everyone here can agree when I say, may all your travels, journeys, and battles, be victorious in the end. Give the Sohma Castle a good reputation, as it has always had. Good luck on everything, and once again… congratulations, "Greatest Knight" , Sir Kyo."

Hatori finished, he, Shigure, and Ayame (who had 3 bumps on his head) sat down.

Everyone cheered, the speech was beautiful. Even Kyo gave Hatori and Shigure a little credit, definitely not Ayame, but the other two pulled off the speech. Making the guests believe they really were proud of him, that Akito was proud of him.

Yeah Right!

He looked around, watching as his whole family was clapping and smiling to him…it was fake. The guests smiling and clapping were just followers. They were following and liking the newest and best knight in the castle, nothing more than that. Guards who were clapping…well they were forced to do that; it's their job.

And then there was Tohru, who was sitting right next to him. She was smiley and clapping genuinely.

She really was enjoying this whole night, she definitely said it enough times. Kyo was happy that she was enjoying it, so he gave everyone a little smile. Just to satisfy everyone…well, mostly Tohru. Suddenly everyone stopped clapping and grew very quiet, they were expecting Kyo to say something….

'Uhh… damnit' Kyo sighed and stood up. He hated this crap.

Everyone waited for the boy to say something. He didn't say anything though, he just looked around nervously. Finally he spoke up,

"…Uh… thanks everyone… for coming… and being so proud and shit."

Kyo then sat down; he had nothing else to say.

No one was applauding, suddenly Tohru started clapping. Everyone started looking at her. Kyo started laughing, thinking she really was too much.

They didn't know why he was laughing, why she was blushing, and why he loved her so much.

Shigure quickly stood up,

" Well let's get back to celebrating! The music is playing, anyone can dance, and dessert will be served soon!" he then sat down and started drinking his wine.

Shigure, Hatori, and Ayame, were starting to drink. Actually, everyone was starting to drink; the etiquette feast was over, now that dessert would be out soon, they all could really start "partying".

Some fancy banquet huh?

Tohru turned to Kyo,

"I'm sorry for applauding, I didn't know…" Kyo hated how the girl always apologized for nothing.

"Tohru, it's okay. I didn't really want to speak, they didn't care for what I said, and I'm glad that you …uh, liked it?"

Tohru nodded, and took a sip of her wine. HA! Tohru was starting to drink, Kyo found that funny as he took a sip of his own glass of wine. (It's just as funny to picture Kyo drinking…)

An hour later, dessert had been long gone. Tohru, Kyo, and basically everyone (except Kisa, Hiro, and Momiji) were drunk and having crazy conversations! Yuki, Kagura, Haru, Rin, Tohru, and Kyo all had their chairs set up in a big circle and were talking about unicorns.

"I swear, Rin and I both seen one! It looked right at us and flew away!"

Haru was trying to explain to Kyo who didn't believe him.

"That's bullshit Haru you haven't seen a unicorn, they're the rarest thing to see!"

Kyo was arguing back. Rin who hadn't said anything to anyone all night (besides Haru) now started defending Haru's story.

"It's not bullshit! It's true! I was there too Kyo, how the hell are you gonna tell me?"

Rin was standing up in rage.

Tohru noticed how Rin had a pretty bad temper if you got her angry enough, but why were they arguing over a unicorn anyways? She seen as Yuki and Haru were laughing at Kyo, because Rin just yelled him out… which Tohru guessed they found funny?

"No screw this! I'm not listening to this shit anymore!" Kyo said and then turned to Tohru. "Do you want to go dance with me Tohru?" His hand was out toward her. Tohru looked at all his cousins, who were all staring at her now. Kagura's eyes were flames, which scared Tohru a little.

She was about to put her hand out to him, when Kagura started yelling at him. "KYO, MY DARLING, WHY ARE YOU ASKING HER TO DANCE INSTEAD OF ME! SINCE WHEN DO YOU EVEN DANCE?"

Kyo just smiled to Tohru, as an assurance that Kagura wouldn't bother them. Tohru understood this and took Kyo's hand. Kyo then turned his head to Kagura, who was standing up with fists made.

"Since now."

He replied and every single one of his cousin's mouths just dropped.

Kyo usually would go off on Kagura, yelling, shouting. Now he just walked by her along with Tohru; Kagura was very pissed off about this. Starting to understand the fact that her precious Kyo had a crush on his squire! Such a lowlife as that girl! Yes she can clean up well if you put her in a nice dress and do her hair, but in reality, she was a nobody!

Kagura left the party after that because she didn't want to see Kyo or that girl together. She didn't want the dress back either because Tohru had worn it. (Crazy bitch)

As Kyo placed his left hand on Tohru's hip and held his hand up waiting for Tohru to place her hand in his, Tohru was concerned as she watched Kagura leave the room.

"Kyo, is Kagura going to be alright? I hope she doesn't stay mad at you and hurt you!"

Tohru started getting teary eyed since she knew Kagura had a knack for hurting him pretty badly.

"No, she'll get over it. She just needs to realize that I certainly do not love her and I never will. I'm not going to marry her! And I will never see her as anything more than an annoying girl! Tohru… please don't worry about it."

Kyo smiled to her, making Tohru's heart melt.

She loved him, though she only realized it tonight; she was happy. And it couldn't have been Tohru's imagination when her and Kyo almost kissed, could it? She was almost certain they were about to kiss, that's why she turned around when the guard came…, right? Kyo hadn't mentioned anything about it since the incident, making Tohru wonder if it was reality or not. She placed her right hand on Kyo's shoulder and placed her left hand in his right hand.

The touch of Tohru's hand made Kyo feel lighter than a feather. He felt really stupid thinking that in his head but it was 100 percent true. The two were becoming more and more attached to each other and they didn't even realize it.

The music was playing and they were dancing. Kyo thought Tohru was an excellent dancer. She must've really worked hard with Momiji… or she was just a natural; it didn't really matter at this point.

The two were slowly gliding by, and you couldn't help but watch them. Other couples that were dancing just sat down; everyone was bewildered at the sight. Many relatives questioned what they were seeing. Kyo never danced with anyone. Who was this girl he was with? Many relatives didn't even know of this girl.

People watched the boy Momiji introduce her to the Sohmas in the beginning, so she wasn't a family friend and Kyo didn't introduce her to one person himself. So people were now starting to believe that Kyo didn't want them knowing who she was. Why was this? Many friends of Akito, who were there, thought he might want to know of their suspicions.

Tohru suddenly stopped dancing when she noticed everyone was watching her and Kyo dance.

"What's wrong?"

Kyo asked, worried something suddenly happened to the girl.

"N-nothing really Kyo, it's just... everyone's staring at us…"

Kyo now noticed everyone sitting down, watching them.

"We don't have to dance anymore Tohru. Those damn people really should mind their own business though!"

They walked back to their seat while everyone was clapping for them! Tohru was turning beat red and hiding her face in her hands while Kyo just crossed his arms in his seat, annoyed.

Kyo was just sitting there bored again while Tohru was back in the little circle of conversation with Haru, Rin, and Yuki. Kyo didn't really listen to what they were saying; something about trolls that lived in some woods and Haru apparently became friends with.

"Yeah, one of the trolls said his name was Frodo, and his buddy's name was Legolas. They had a village thing where all the trolls lived and stole people's shoes. I told him not to take mine or Rin's, because I don't want my shoes taken… or Rin's shoes either because then she would blame me for it, and punish me. And not in the good way either."

Rin nudged him for saying this and Haru just laughed. Yuki stood up after this,

"This is where I go back to my room and forget about this whole conversation… Goodnight everyone, oh and Miss Honda... I'm sorry we couldn't have that dance I talked about earlier." Yuki smiled at Tohru.

"It's alright Sir Yuki! And you have a good night too!" Tohru said.

Haru opened his mouth,

"Yeah Yuki hurry up and get to your room, Machi is waiting for you." Yuki of course gave Haru a death glare (pulling a Rin) and walked out of the room.

"I'm bored, I'm leaving this damn banquet. I've been here long enough." Kyo said. "But Tohru, you can stay if you want…" He then added. He stood up and suddenly felt Tohru rap her hands around his arm.

"Wait Kyo! I'll go too! I mean… it's pretty late and there's work for me to do tomorrow..." She said smiling.

"Alright. See you guys later." Kyo said and they both started walking away from Haru and Rin while Tohru was waving and saying "Bye! Nice meeting you both!"

Haru turned to Rin, who was staring in the direction of the two who just left.

"Rin, you think it's time we leave too? It's no fun when Yuki and Kyo left." Rin turned to him,

"Haru, that girl is in trouble. There are nosy people around here..." Rin was referring to Tohru. Haru was surprised at Rin's comment considering she doesn't really care about anyone.

Well, besides Haru of course.

"Kyo's not gonna let anything happen to her. Now come on, lets go to bed. Hehe."

Rin elbowed him and stood up and started walking away; Haru followed after her. The two laced hands and walked back to their room.

There's the end of chapter 8. Kyo and Tohru still haven't kissed! Uhhh so close! And Kagura is jealous… what's new? But anyways, I'm glad that I decided to feature more of Rin and Haru since there another one of my favorite couples…I was being told by my sister that having other Sohmas in this was stupid, but by reviews I've gotten, I should keep them active in this? Please tell me your opinion on it! Thanks for the reviews,

Sarah.