Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket... or any sense of time... XD I'm posting at 4 AM...
Hi...urg... just read.
-
-
-
Everything appeared black, but I could feel my own heart pounding, my back against the rock hard bench I slept on each night, the sticky late summer air that made me feel as if my body was expanding, covering all that there was. But none of this mattered in my race against time, despair, and myself. My body thrived for life, my heart for death. For Tohru.
And then I became aware to the sounds around me. The hissing of a thousand katydids, the rustling of the wind in the trees around my prison, the chirping of a lone cricket. And then finally, the light drumming of footsteps. It all flooded into my senses, overwhelming my dead beat mind.
The footsteps that tapped the beat to nature's summer night song grew louder, supposedly closer. Then, the singer of the song roared out like a tiger. "Kyo-nii, Kyo-nii" It was Kisa. "Kyo-nii, Tohru's alive! I know that Hatori-sama sent out a call that must have reached you saying that onee-chan was dead. But she's not!"
She grabbed the bars of my window, peering in with a feral look in her eyes. Either she was fiercely happy, or the tiger spirit within her was finally showing its wild side. I sat up, looking at her, and my senses became less aware to everything but her optimistic words.
"How is that possible? She flat lined for ten minutes!" I nearly screamed, the anger of someone, anyone, trying to lie to me about Tohru's health becoming unbearable. Kisa had sure gotten some nerve over all those years!
"It's scientifically impossible, yes, but she did wake up again! She gained a memory supposedly. It had you and Hatori and Yuki in it. I think it was because she saw Hatori. If that's the case, she'll get another memory soon. I drove her to work." Kisa explained, and I nodded slowly. It was a bit unbelievable, but Kisa worked under Hatori and he had taken care of her, so she must have gotten this information from him. Hatori would never lie about a patient's well-being. So, it must be true.
"So that means if all we Sohmas appear before her eyes, soon she'll remember us all. But I don't think she'll want the memories…" I said, thinking of the hardships that I, as well as everyone else, had put Tohru through. I knew I was lying to myself, though. Because if she was the Tohru I fell in love with, that means she would want every memory she could get, good or bad. "Why didn't she remember Rin or Haru?"
Kisa pondered my question for a moment before staring back at me with her wide eyes. "Did you do something? I mean like wish something on a star, or maybe prayed?" I looked at Kisa queerly. Why would that matter? Wasn't she a doctor-in-training? Didn't that mean she believed in science, not stupid wishes? Then again, I heard Kana was a big believer of that stuff too…
"I did, it was on a shooting star. I know it seems kinda stupid, but she believed in that stuff… It was after I heard that Haru and Rin went to see Nyoko's new teacher, and that she was Tohru." I said, hoping that would help somehow. Kisa nodded, her eyes glazed over as if she was truly elsewhere.
"That could be it. She didn't see Haru-nii or Rin-san since then." Thinking more, she nodded to herself. Then, she snapped back to reality, her wide, haunting eyes staring at me intensely. "Wish something again, Kyo-nii! Wish that she would come to see you, and wish in with all your heart!" Excitedly, she jumped up and ran off singing Wish Upon a Star. I stared after her, wondering why she was singing an American Disney song.
-
-
-
"Nn…" I muttered, my eyes closed. I felt the carpet under me and wondered if I had passed out at home again. But then I heard the clearing of a throat, letting me know I was not alone. I didn't live with anyone, and didn't remember inviting anyone over. So… I was most likely somewhere else.
So, I opened my eyes to see where in the world I was. When I did, I saw a familiar-looking brown-haired man with matching brown eyes staring down at me. He must have sat back or something, because he suddenly disappeared from my view. When I sat up, it was obvious that I was in my classroom. Every child that I taught, including Nyoko, was staring at me with worry.
"You passed out and stopped breathing…" A male voice said to the side of me, and I turned to see the man who was staring down at me before sitting on his knees at my side. He was blushing a light shade of pink for some peculiar reason I did not know. But now that I had a better look at him, he was rather handsome.
Nyoko then sat beside be and leaned in towards my ear. Quietly, she whispered, "Kureno-kun had to kiss you." And immediately, I choked on the air and wiped my lips. The other kids let out a laugh or two, but were otherwise well behaved.
"Gomen, Honda-san, but you weren't breathing…" He apologized, bowing his head. I got up and bowed myself in thanks.
"Arigatou, you saved my life. But who are you; I don't think I've seen you here before…" I said, staring at him. Even if I hadn't seen him here before, I recognized him.
"Ah, I'm Sohma Kureno, a new substitute teacher for SMAART. I filled in for you yesterday. I hear you were in the hospital from my cousins, Hatori and Kisa. After all, I had to know who I was subbing for." He said, smiling brightly. I bowed again, thankful now that he had subbed for me.
"Well arigatou again. There are so many of you Sohmas…" I said, sweat dropping. "If you don't mind, I must get back to class." He nodded and left without another word. But as he did, I noticed he left a Polaroid picture on the floor. Picking it up I saw Uotani, the girl who had visited in the hospital, smiling back at me.
I looked up at the other smiling students, but Nyoko wasn't among them. When I saw her, she was peering out the door at something. When she felt my eyes on her person, she waddled on over to me and tugged on my sleeve.
"I think that picture is Kureno-kun's. You should return it. I'll watch everyone." I nodded and ran out the open door, quietly slipping the Polaroid in my shirt pocket, following the sound of light footsteps. Suddenly, they stopped and for some unknown reason, I too stopped, just around the corner from him. Then, he talked.
"Hello, yes, Akito?" He asked, and I supposed he was talking on a cell phone. "Honda-san didn't show any signs of recollection. She won't remember anything. I suppose it was just a hopeful wish made by the other Zodiac…" I listened intently, forgetting that eavesdropping was immoral. Kureno paused again. "Yes, I'm sure." Another pause. "No, there is no way she'll reminisce and break the curse." Yet again, a pause. "Yes, I'm coming back to the main house now, goodbye." Then, there was the snapping of a cell phone closing and footsteps started away.
"Thank kami…" I sighed, but then the footsteps came back towards me and around the corner. Kureno met face to face with a very nervous, suspicious seeming me. "Eep… Kureno-san, you forgot your picture…" I pulled the picture out of my pocket and handed it to him, blushing and hoping I didn't seem too shady.
"I hope you didn't hear any of that, Honda-san. If so… we will have a little problem, won't we?" Kureno asked, his head bowed so his forehead was shadowed by his bangs, his eyes gleaming from under the shade. Eep, that's scary… "Thank you…" He said, plucking the photo out of my hand and walking away.
-
-
-
I slipped out of the classroom after Tohru, my mind fogged with hopes that I could get Tohru Sensei to remember us Sohmas. I wanted her to remember Mama and Papa and Uncle Kyo. They all missed her very much. In fact, Mama only talked about her when she talked about her past. Well, her and Papa. But ever since I was two, Tohru Sensei had a special place in my heart.
So, I wanted to help her. Or maybe it was my own selfishness. I wanted to be free, and she was the one that could make that happen. Either way, I was stuck slinking after her in the shadows to decide how to get her more information. But since Kureno-nii was going to call Akito-sama, she would get some idea. Now I just needed to figure out a bit more… for my plan, of course.
"Eep… Kureno-san, you forgot your picture…" I heard Tohru Sensei say, and I slinked back further into the shadow I was hiding in. Thank kami for giving me black hair…
Then, I heard quick footsteps darting towards my section of the hall. Tohru Sensei was returning! Quickly, I too darted away, hoping to outrun Tohru Sensei to the classroom. I did, but not without having a very bad accident.
As I ran into the classroom, I collided head first with Juro, a male classmate of mine that wasn't very nice. Just then, Tohru Sensei ran into the room to see colored smoke go up around me. When it cleared, everything appeared a lot smaller to me than before, and everyone was staring at me.
-
-
-
"OH MY GOD!" I screamed as I rushed into the room, seeing smoke surround Nyoko. Immediately, I rushed over to wave it away. When I did, there was a cute black bunny with an amethyst diamond on the bridge between its nose and forehead sitting in a boy student's lap. Also, there was Nyoko's school uniform scattered on the ground.
"Oww…" The bunny whined in Nyoko's voice, its eras twitching. "Tohru Sensei, that was loud…" I picked up the talking bunny to examine it. As I did, I noticed it had almost human-looking eyes that resembled Nyoko's very much. Yup, Nyoko had turned into a bunny.
"You know what, Nyoko, this isn't so surprising…" I said, then my eyes drooped and everything turned black as I felt myself falling to the floor in a dead faint.
-
-
-
Read, review, and wait. Ja' ne...