Title: Tohru's Task

Summary: Sequel to Demon Days. Everything is back to normal, or close to it, now that Tohru has saved the day; but all is not right. Tohru must now repay the debt she owes to the god, Jullen, for his help, try to have a relationship with Yuki, and oh the Hilarity that ensues... (Sing-song voice) Tohru as a Reaper!

Long summary!

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket, but I do think I own the idea of Tohru becoming a reaper! Just think about her ushering souls into the afterlife!

Chapter 2: Her 1st day on the Job

"What?" she asked, finally managing to get the word out.

"The mortality rate has gone up lately and I'm short reapers," Jullen explained, and waved the girl off.

"Mortality rate?" Tohru asked, then thinking she might sound stupid continued, "I'm mean… why?"

"Well, drug use and drinking have a lot to do with it," Jullen sighed, "all those stupid teenagers smoking pot and such."

"Oh," Tohru sighed, and looked about nervously.

"Anyway I'll give you your first batch," Jullen told her, and a slip of paper appeared in his hands. He quickly handed it over to her, "Nothing big just ten to start out with. My regular reapers do about 2,000 in a day. But they work a good 15 hours."

"Aren't reapers suppose to be dead?" Tohru gulped after a moment.

"More or less," He said, "Now take a good look at that paper before you go."

She looked down at the white slip of paper in her hand.

"Umm, why are their two time columns?" she asked as politely as possible, feeling very confused.

"Oh, that's easy to explain, the first one," he said and pointed to the top of the first time column, "is your time and the second --he pointed again "--is the time that it would bein that country or region."

"Oh!" she said and bowed and hit her head on the desk as she stammered out a, "Thank you!"

"Don't hurt yourself," he said staring at her a little concerned, "are you okay?"

"Fine!" she yelled immediately, although the truth was that her head hurt a little bit (you smack your head on a desk and see if it doesn't hurt).

"Okay," he said, and stood up, "now you'll need a uniform."

"I already have one thank you!" she told him.

"No, a reaper uniform," he said shaking his head, a bit amused.

"Oh, sorry!" Tohru said apologetically and made to bow her head again but remembered the smack to her forehead the last time so she stopped herself halfway.

"It's quite all right," he told her and snapped his fingers, "there you go a nice new uniform."

Tohru was now wearing a long black robe with a loose hood over her head. A loose gold chained belt with a small suede bag attached to it hung around her midsection. A golden necklace with a big red stone etched with Jullen's symbol on it around her neck and a golden bracelet with the same red stone and symbol was on her right hand. On her left had was another gold bracelet but this one was a watch. In her right hand she now clasped a large scythe. It was taller than her yet felt very light. Tohru also had on heavy eye make-up and was paler than she was before.

Jullen stood back to admire his work, "yes, very beautiful. You can put your routing slip into that little that bag on your belt."

The "beautiful" comment made Tohru blush very badly as she hurriedly did what she was told.

"Best be on your way you mustn't be late," Jullen said as he waved her out of his office.

"Umm... how do I get to where I need to go?" she asked shyly.

"That a red stone on your bracelet, just focus on where you need to go next and it'll take you there," he said, as he took her outside his office, "I'll give you a push to your first destination but the rest is up to you."

Before she could ask what he meant she found herself floating in what looked like a large black tunnel cold air whipped at her face and then suddenly she was standing in the middle of a store. She looked around to find that she definitely wasn't in Japan.

She quickly remembered the job slip and took it out of the bag.

"Houston, Texas, U.S.," she said a loud, she looked around again after returning the slip to its bag. How was she so supposed to find who she needed to find.

Just then there was a feminine scream and she knew where she needed to go. She ran over to see a large group of people surrounding a guy that was clutching his chest. His hair was balding and what little hair he did have was disheveled. He was wearing a frumpled grey suit and sweating profusely.

"Somebody call an ambulance!" a lady shouted grabbing onto the man's hand.

Tohru went up to the man and leaned over him. She didn't quite know what she was doing but she acted on instinct. She grabbed onto the man's hand and there was shining red light and there was a split second that the world seemed to come to halt. Then she sudddenly could see the man outside his body.

He blinked wearily at her.

"Am I dead?" he asked as he looked at her.

She nodded and extended her hand toward him. The man nervously took it.

"So what's next?" he asked in a shaky voice not taking his eyes off of her.

Tohru laughed nervously and started lead the man away.

"So, you don't know?" the man gulped and she shook her head, he said with feigned sarcasm, "Are you new at this?"

"Ummm... yes," she answered, the poor man looked dumbstruck; he was only joking.

Just then a bright circle of light came toward them and when it was a few feet away it expanded.

"I think your supposed to go in there," she told him as she looked at it.

"What made you think that?" Asked the man sarcastically and started toward the light. As soon as he was in the circle, the light closed up and vanished.

One down nine to go.

She quickly procured the slip again looking for her next destination. It read Hamburg, Germany.

All right then focus, Tohru thought to herself.

Nothing happened.

Close your eyes and focus, she thought. She screwed her eyes shut and tried to focus again. If anyone could actually see her it would have been a funny sight to observe.

After a while she felt her feet leave the ground and the whoosh of cold air. Finally. When she opened her eyes again she found herself in a bedroom. In the bed there was an old lady sleeping. Outside it was dark.

The lady looked like your typical old lady, white haired, wrinkly skinned, and thin. Tohru sighed looking at the old lady. Then she went up to the elderly lady and touched her and immediately there was that flash of red again and the world seemingly coming to halt for just a split second. The lady looked at her from outside her body.

"What's going on?" she asked, not knowing that she was dead, "how'd you get inside my house is it Halloween!"

"Umm... you're dead ma'am," she sighed trying to convince her.

"Dead, how can I be dead if I'm standing right here?" the lady asked and shook her head, "Please don't play pranks on a poor old lady."

Tohru pointed to the woman's body and when the lady saw it she went rigid, "oh."

"C'mon, you don't want to be late," Tohru chimed as she held out for the woman's hand.

The women peered at her again; then the hand and shivered.

"Everything'll be all right," Tohru told her confidently still holding out her hand.

This made the women feel good enough to listen to her. She grabbed the waiting hand.

Together to the two went downstairs into what looked like a parlor room where the white light once again met them.

End of Chapter 2

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