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 5

'Wow, Remi's pretty cool,' Tohru thought happily as she teleported back to the house, 'I hope we can be friends! Eh, but he didn't seem to like me very much.'

At her last thought she frowned sadly glancing at her watch that read about 5:00. 'Wow, that took longer than the first day!' she thought and opened the front door. "I'm home!"

"Tohru, my adoring little flower, you're home!" Shigure yelled at her happily.

Yuki looked like he was going to knock Shigure's head clean off his shoulders. "Knock it off!"

"Oh, did you guys already eat dinner?" She asked quickly, changing the subject.

"No, Kyo's just heating it up now," Shigure told her running, into the kitchen.

Tohru and Yuki followed.

"Kyo, Tohru's home!" Shigure announced as they entered.

"Yeah, I know," Kyo turned halfway, feeling very irritated, "I have ears!"

"Well, that's good to know!" Shigure teased as he sat down at the table.

Tohru and Yuki also took their seats.

"You know what I mean, ya damn dog!" Kyo growled angrily as he stirred the soup. To that Shigure made no reply but a grin. Kyo turned off the stove, took the soup off, and brought the large pot over to the table to proclaim it done.

Kyo took the empty seat next to Shigure and started to dish his bowl.

"Oh, Kyo," Tohru just remember, she glanced around, "Haru-san left?"

Kyo nodded, "he had stuff to do."

"Oh, sorry," Tohru frowned, seeing Kyo was obviously not happy with this.

"Sorry, for what?" Kyo looked at her annoyed.

"Mmm… nothing."

"Well, dinner is wonderful as always!" Shigure complemented as soon as they were through. He got up to go back to his study.

Kyo decided he should start on his homework now and left also.

"Thank you!" Tohru called after him and started to clean up the plates.

"Yeah, I loved it," Yuki smiled back and grabbed his plate to help her out.

"Thank you, Yuki!" She said and smiled again.

"Almost as much as I love you," Yuki teased, smiling at her; she turned a bright shade of pink.

"I love you too!" and finished grabbing the other plates and went to wash them. Yuki followed to help. He was pretty good at drying. So he could help her with that at least.

"So, the Prince told me you have some new job as well as your old one?" Uo asked as her, Tohru, and Hana walked down the hall for lunch.

"Oh, yes!" Tohru affirmed, and then got a worried look on her face, "or it's more like volunteer work, really!"

"They don't pay you?" Hana asked curiously.

"No, it really doesn't have to do with money," Tohru explained, "but so far I've gone twice, and at the moment its only once a week: Saturday."

"Don't you have other stuff to do on Saturday?" Hana inquired, "maybe we should go and see if this is a stable work environment for our little Tohru."

Uo nodded in agreement.

"Oh no, that's fine!" Tohru said quickly, "I don't think you could get in anyway!"

"Get in?" Uo asked in surprise, "is it exclusive or something?"

"You could say that," Tohru replied hurriedly, 'considering that most the other workers had to die first.'

They had now approached the stairs to the roof and she hurried them up, not wanting to be questioned any further.

"Oh, hello," Haru said as she emerged seconds later. He, Kyo, Momiji, and Yuki were already sitting, waiting for them.

"Hello, Haru-san," Tohru said and bowed in greeting. All of a sudden, she remembered what Remi had said and blushed.

"Are you okay, Tohru?" Yuki asked quickly, seeing her blush.

"I'm fine. I just remembered something someone told me the other day," she said, waving it off as she sat down next to him.

"What?" Momiji asked curiously as he took a bite out of his sandwich.

"It's nothing," she said, blushing again.

"Come on, your blushing," Momiji told her.

"Yeah, what'd they say?" asked Haru, his face was as blank as ever.

"Well... they... um... said I... uh… looked like a... duck... um... when I bow," she flushed from nerves and embarrassment, but she managed to leave out the swear words Remi used.

"Who said that?" Uo demanded angrily.

"Someone at school? Or someone at your work?" Yuki asked also. He was calm, but was visibly angry also.

"Umm... yeah," Tohru nodded blushing.

"Which one: work or school?" Uo continued relentlessly.

"Umm..." Tohru trailed off, her blush brightening.

"Was it at school?" Hana asked calmly, it wouldn't do to be angry at the girl.

Tohru nodded. 'I'm lying to them.'

"Oh, who?" Kyo asked curiously.

"I don't know their name," Tohru lied again, "Can we not talk about this. I didn't want to say anything in the first place anyway."

"Fine." They agreed, but silently thought to find out on their own.

The rest of lunch went by rather smoothly with no more mention of the 'duck' comment; and by the time the bell rang, Tohru was all smiles again.

After school, Tohru waited for the others to finish getting ready and thought about what she was going to make for dinner.

"Hello, Honda-san," Haru greeted as he exited.

"Haru-san, are you coming over after school?" Tohru asked. He nodded. "Are you going to stay for dinner this time?"

He thought for a moment, "I guess, if it's not too much trouble."

"Of course not!" She smiled as Yuki and Kyo came up to them. "Haru's staying for dinner today!"

"You are?" Yuki asked as they started on their way to Shigure's.

"Why? Is that so hard to believe?" Haru asked in a monotone as they stopped to wait for a red light.

"No, I was just asking is all," Yuki said as the crosswalk light turned green.

"Well, he is," Kyo defended as they crossed the street.

"Good for you two," Yuki said as they finished crossing.

Once they were home, Kyo and Haru ran off into the cat's room and Yuki helped Tohru with her homework in the living room.

"You don't have to help me," Tohru said once again, after they had solved a problem that was very difficult for Tohru.

"No, but I want to help you," Yuki told her with a smile.

Those always made her feel better. "Okay."

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

"Oh, I'll get it," Tohru said as she got up to get the door.

Yuki had a pretty good feeling he knew who it was and slipped out of the room as she slid open the door.

"Oh hello, Hatori-san!" She said as she let him in, "welcome!"

"Where's Yuki? He needs his monthly check-up," he asked, glancing around and didn't see the rat.

"Oh he..." she looked around discovering that he had disappeared, "he probably went up to his room. Do you want me to go check?"

"No, I'll go," Hatori sighed, "but thank you anyway."

Within moments, Hatori was upstairs and knocking Yuki's door, ignoring certain sounds coming from another certain room.

"Yuki, you're not making this easy for me," Hatori sighed. After a few moments of silence, he decided it was best to open the door to find out if he was really in his room or not. No need for him to be standing out here if Yuki wasn't in there at all.

He stepped into the room to find it empty. Hatori thought for split second about looking around to double check, but than decided it a waste of time. Yuki may avoid his monthly check-ups at all cost, but he wasn't going to hide like some little kid. Sighing, he shut the door and went back downstairs.

"Oh, Hatori-san, are you staying for dinner?" Tohru asked, drying her hands on a washcloth, "it won't be too long now, and Haru-san said he was staying for dinner, then you could take him home."

"That would be fine." Hatori nodded, "Yuki's not down here is he?"

"He wasn't in his room?" Tohru asked curiously. Hatori shook his head in return. "Oh, then he's outside somewhere."

Hatori nodded and went out to look for the missing rat.

"Yuki really hates his check-ups, doesn't he?" Shigure asked as Tohru finished making dinner.

"Yeah, I don't see why though," Tohru sighed as she set the table.

"Well, if it were me, I would know why I wouldn't want a check-up with Hatori," Shigure commented with a whimper.

She looked at him funny, but continued on with her task, still not knowing what he meant.

"Haru! Kyo! Time for dinner!" Tohru called, knocking on Kyo's door. After that, she went back downstairs. Hatori and Yuki were already sitting at the table, waiting for them.

About three minutes later, Haru and Kyo sat down at the table ready to eat.

"So, did you actually do any homework?" Yuki shot at Kyo. Kyo glared at him, but didn't answer. "I'll take that as a 'no'."

"What's it to you anyway?" Kyo asked quietly, gazing at Yuki.

"Just a question," Yuki replied innocently.

"Uh-huh," Kyo pointed at him, as if accusing him of something.

"You two were the ones doing something wrong, not me," Yuki sighed.

"Oh yeah, you really should run away from the doctor," Shigure teased.

"Shut up," Yuki said flatly.

"Oh, I see, when its me doing something bad, you go off on me, but its okay for you," Kyo pointed out.

End chapter 5

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