Title: Tohru's Task

Summary: Tohru made a pact with a god to save haru's soul, but what consequence does the onigiri have to pay? Sequel to Demon Days, the adventures of the afterlife abound, but somehow she has to keep up with a normal life. What's a messenger of the dead to do?

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! Oh and Remi and almost any reaper in the future...

Chapter 9-

Tohru sat in the classroom completely bored. She was edgy today. It was a nice day; she didn't want to be stuck there in class.

"You look fucking bored," a voice teased, whispering in her ear.

She shot her head sideways. There was no one there. Well, except for the other students, but none of them had been the voice she heard.

That's funny, she thought, she could have sworn that the voice she had heard was Remi's.

"You really are a fucking ditz," Remi teased. "You can't see me right now, fucking remember!"

Tohru stared ahead blankly and whispered, "Then why can I hear you?"

Remi snickered. "Because."

"Ehh? That's no answer," she whispered.

"Honda, you have something to share?" the teacher asked her;

Remi snickered thinking to himself. "Does that the woman has damn super sonic hearing or something!'

"No ma'am," Tohru said, shaking her head quickly.

"Good," the teacher said, before going back to the problem on the board.

She wrote on her paper: What do you want?

"This class is damn boring," Remi pouted.

Yeah I know, she wrote.

"So ditch and hang out with me!" Remi pleaded in her ear.

I can't do that! she wrote.

"Why not!" Remi said feigning a pleading voice.

Because!

"Because why?"

Because! I promised mom!

"Your not learning anything here, are you?" Remi asked her, changing tactics. "She wouldn't care then. And you stillcame to school."

Tohru frowned and sighed, shaking her head.

"Fuck, then you wouldn't be missing a damn thing anyway!"

Tohru sighed; he was right: she didn't want to be here, she wasn't learning anything, and she still had come to school. It would be fine to leave; there was only one period left. She nodded, finally giving into Remi's pleading, and wrote: How?

"Be creative," Remi teased.

After a moment of thought she called out to the teacher.

"Yes, Honda?" she asked.

Tohru clutched her stomach feigning sickness. "I really don't feel good, can I please go to the bathroom!"

The teacher gave her a worried look. Obviously buying Tohru's act, she pointed to the door. "Go."

Tohru got up and hurried out the room, still faking sick. As soon as she got outside the classroom she looked up and down the hall to make sure the coast was clear. Seeing no one in the hall, she pressed the button on her bracelet and disappeared from the normal person's point of view.

"Finally," Remi sighed, seeing her in her other uniform.

She turned to him, quite excited. "What are we going to do? I've never skipped before."

"You ever been to the top of the Eiffel tower?" Remi asked slowly, getting a rather weird look on his face. She shook her head. His manner really did send a shiver down her spine. "Good."

With that he grabbed her and in a flash they were standing at the very top of the Eiffel tower in Paris. Tohru looked down and almost shrieked clinging to the cold metal of the tower.

"Its okay I wouldn't let you fall," Remi told her and sat down and patted a seat right next to him. After the initial shock wore off she let go of the tower and took the seat that Remi had offered her.

"Oh, wow!" she said in amazement looking about, "it's beautiful up here!"

Remi nodded, pleased with her reaction.

"You can see almost everything from up here," Remi said with a pleased smile. He pointed down to the people down on the ground. "And all the people look like fuckin' tiny specks."

"You're right!" She laughed and kicked her feet, leaning back, and then looked up at the sky. She marveled at its intense color. "The sky's so blue!"

Remi looked, too. "It is really blue today, isn't it?"

She stopped looking at the sky and went back to looking at the city. In past work she'd been here. But then she had never stopped to look at the beauty. It surprised her. It was too bad she was too busy before.

"I think this is one of the most beautiful places in the world," Remi said, smiling at her. "But then again I could be wrong."

"I highly doubt it," Tohru laughed.

"Doubt what!" Remi teased. "That this is one of the most beautiful places in the world or that I'm wrong?"

"That you're wrong," she stated, then laughed again.

They stayed up there for a very long time, Remi every now and then naming off certain buildings or places, or watching the minuscule people flounder about, or dazing off into space enjoying the hot day. The bells chimed noon.

Tohru looked up from the her people watching, "It's noon!"

"Here," Remi reminded her. "What time is it..." she was about to ask and then remembered her watch and glanced down at it. "What? It's already four thirty!"

"Better go," Remi told her seeing her worriedly look and without so much as another word they were both back in Japan, standing in Tohru's room.

"Do you think they'll notice?" she asked, opening the door and glancing out into the hallway. "Hopefully not. See ya."

Remi left as she turned back to her normal non-reaper self. Seeing her normal clothes, she shrugged and went downstairs to make dinner.

"Where were you?" Kyo asked as she entered the kitchen. He was sitting at the table and upon her entering he had turned to face her.

"In my room," Tohru said quickly, not turning to face him.

"No, you weren't," he continued.

"Yes, I was," Tohru contended.

Just then Yuki came in.

"Tohru, where were you? Uotani-san said you went to the bathroom during math because you weren't feeling well and never came back," he asked worrying about her.

"I... and I wasn't feeling well, so I left... to... clear my head and then... I got lost and I just recently got back," she said, trying her hardest to come up with an excuse.

Both boys decided to believe her even though she was acting strange. After all, why would Tohru miss school? It just didn't make any sense.

End of chapter 9

Yeah, I know Tohru's is OOC. Unfortunately it's only gonna get worse. Remi is a very bad influence. He likes to play on her willingness to please people; very manipulative.

All right PLEASE review! I like reviews it tells me people actually like this story, or at least care enough to review. At this point even if have lots of critism I don't mind. But not flames, they make me sad.

I think that's it all...