Hello again! Almost a year since I last wrote! I need to get over that. My excuse is that I had it all written down but I was always too tired to start. Here is the story! Sorry again.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Seasons of Change

Chapter 2: Like Mother Like Daughter

Katsomi sat eating her ice cream as she watched her mother. First Tohru's face was shocked, then worried, and finally settled on relief. After a few quick words she hung up.

Mom?' Tohru looked at her daughter with a smile on her face. 'Who was that?' "An old friend; I used to live around here. But never mind that, how was your first day of school?"

'Well, I wasn't feeling very up to it at first, but I walked in and I was shown to my seat. I met the strangest kids. One had long dark hair and eyes and the attitude to go with it, her name was Kagome. Another had kinda long reddish hair, darker than mine and the same color eyes, hi likes to apologize and is named Rinshu, and the other, Yue is quiet with silver hair and violet eyes. I heard some girls talking about his fan club.'

As her daughter talked about them, Tohru was thrown into her own world of memories. First a long dark headed girl, Rin, a sorrowful boy, Ritsu, and a handsome silver haired prince, Yuki. He had a fan club too. And Kyo the orange haired blackbelt. All of the others began to come back.

Flashback (It skips around a lot) It's a large room. All dark. A figure is laying on the floor. "What did you want to talk about now?" Comes its voice. Fog fills the room.

"No!" the figure is now standing. It looked like a young man. His eyes were menacing and angry. He was standing over a young woman with long brown hair. "You can't have him! He is MINE!" With that he grabs her hair and throws her hard on the floor. There is a scream and all goes black. End Flashback

Katsomi stopped talking. She had been telling her mom about the walled neighborhood and the threatening figure when Tohru's eyes had glazed over. "Akito." Tohru whispered. She stood for a moment like this before she closed her eyes and fell down in a faint. 'Mom! Mom wake up! I've killed her, I've killed my mom!'

'Phone! Phone!' she grabbed the phone and phone book. 'Doctor, doctor… Oh! Here.' She began to dial when the doorbell rang. She ran to the door and pulled it open. There was a tall man with dark hair that covered one eye.

'Help please! I need a doctor! My mom is dead.' "Calm down, I am a doctor. Tell me what happened and show her to me." Katsomi showed him into the kitchen where Tohru was laying and told him what had happended. He took one look at Tohru and fought hard not to smile.

"She's not dead, she just fainted." Katsomi stopped apologizing and crying and looked at him. 'Fainted?' "Yes but I need to move her. Do you have a couch or something?" 'Huh? Oh yea! In here.' She led him to a small living room. After setting her down, he turned to Katsomi. 'Thank you. I thought I killed her. Thank you.' She began walking toward her mom but she tripped and the man caught her. Poof! Smoke filled the room.

'I'm sorry,' she said getting up as the smoke began to clear. She looked around the room for Hatori. 'Ummm, I didn't mean to fall, but you didn't have to run away…' She heard a strange sound and looked down. There was a seahorse laying in a pile of clothes. It looked dead. 'Water!"

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tohru was brought back to consciousness by a yell. It had sounded like water… She opened her eyes and saw her daughter running around crying 'Salt or fresh!?' Looking down she saw a small seahorse laying on a pile of clothes. Seahorse? "Hatori, what happened to you?" "She fell." Came his voice.

At that moment Katsomi ran in with a bowl of water. She reached for him- Poof! 'Ahh!' She yelled again. This time because there wawws a naked man in front of her. She ran into the kitchen, Tohru following her. A few shocked minutes later a fully dressed Hatori walked in.

'I'm sorry! I didn't mean to turn you into a- a seahorse.'

"She reminds me of you." Hatori said to Tohru. She smiled at him and turned to her daughter, "Katsomi, I would like you to meet my old friend Hatori. Hatori, this is my daughter Katsomi." 'Nice to meet you Mr. Hatori' she said wondering what he would change into if she shook his hand. "Same to you."

He turned to Tohru. "You can explain to your daughter later but I need to tell you, if Akito finds out about you there is no telling what she will do. Your daughter has never seen her, so she is ok as long as Akito doesn't ask to many questions. I have to go before she notices that I am gone." He turned and walked toward the door.

Katsomi broke the silence. 'Mom what is going on and who in the world is Akito?' Tohru sighed. "I guess it's about time to tell you the whole story." They sat down on the couch and Tohru began.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Well that's the second chapter done. It's a lot shorter then the first one, sorry about that. Wow I really have writers block bad. I will have more stories up soon. Keep checking for the next chapter, and if I don't post soon someone check up and knock me in the head.