Hate ot Love?

A/N: Hi everybody! Thanks for your reviews once again! I'm soooo excited, school holidays start today, YAY! By the way, I actually wrote chapter 18 and 19 as one chapter but it was too big to make it one chapter (Like 4000 words!) So I divided them up and I'll post the next chapter tomorrow.

Disclaimer: Fruits Basket isn't mine and probably never will be...

Chapter 18: The word is out; Part One

"Yuki...why did you spread that rumour again?"

She asked. Yuki looked over at Kyo as soon as she asked that question. His face went angry and his eyebrows narrowed. Uo and Hana were feeling really bad for blaming Kyo, and Kyo was smiling victoriously. Yuki looked back at Tohru and answered.

"I didn't! It was that idiot standing over there!" Yuki pointed at Kyo, trying to make his point clear.

"We were friends...until you started lieing to me." Said Tohru with water dripping down her hair from the rain. Yuki was shocked. "W...we were friends? She has no feelings for me at all now? NO! We ARE friends! We can be more then friends! That freakin cat caused all this." Thought Yuki, his face was still shocked.

"I'm sorry Yuki but I'm just gonna say it to you." Tohru looked up at him and she was now slightly smiling. Everyone listened to what she was going to say next, especially a worried Yuki.

"I love Kyo!" She yelled out as loud as she could to make sure everyone would hear it. "Good on you, Tohru..." Thought Uo and Hana smiling. Kyo just stared at her, blushing...he really wasn't expecting something like that to happen all of a sudden. And Yuki?

Yuki dropped down on his knees, his face was still, he was even more shocked then ever before. "It's over. The cat...beat the rat..." He thought. Tohru turned around and started walking towards the school, when suddenly Kagura stepped out.

"Kagura..." Kyo didn't want her to feel worse than what she already was. Kagura walked up to Tohru and stared at her. A moment of silence passed and the two girls were looking at each other face-to-face the entire time...when all of a sudden...

-Slap-

Tohru fell to the ground because of how hard Kagura slapped her. Tohru rubbed her hand on her cheek and kept it there for a while, looking up at Kagura in an understanding way.

"Kagura? What the hell!" Kyo yelled as he ran over to Tohru's side, helping her up from the ground. He looked closely at her cheek and it was very red. He then looked over at Kagura with his eyes sending nothing but hate towards her.

"I loved him before you ever even noticed him! Since we were kids, I was determined to break his curse, I was determined to love him so much that he could love me back. How is it possible for a girl like you to win his heart in a matter of days?" Kagura was yelling at the top of her lungs that her voice started crackling a bit. Tears began falling from her eyes but she wiped them off with her hand.

The only thing that was heard was the sound of water hitting the leaves and the grass. The rain was getting more and more rough and began to get a bit foggy.

In the distance, there was the sound of footsteps approaching and a voice calling out. "Is anyone out there?" The footsteps and calls started to fade away by the second.

"We should go. There's nothing left to resolve." Said Tohru standing upright. She started walking towards the school and her vision was becoming blurry. "Too...much rain...can't see...my head hurts..." She hesitated to take the next step each time when eventually, she fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Damn it!" Kyo again ran to her side and tried waking her up. He shook her a bit but she was still unconscious. "Wake up Tohru!"

Uo and Hana were very worried too, they tried shaking her, screaming in her ear, everything! But she just lay there. "Tohru! Damn this weather and damn you guys!" Uo pointed over to Yuki and Kagura.

"If you guys would have just let her be, she wouldn't be under so much stress! She has no experience with relationships or life problems, how the hell do you expect her to handle a huge problem like this when it's her first one!" Uo looked at them like she was going to kill them both with her bear hands.

"Jealous hearts will lead you to nothing but pain and suffering, which is what you both are going through now." Said Hana, giving them the evil eye.

Yuki stood up and went over to Tohru. He looked down at her unconscious body and couldn't help but feel as if something just stabbed his heart and twisted it. He then looked at Kyo was was looking worriedly at Tohru. Everyone was worried about her, except for Kagura who was now walking towards the school building. Yuki then decided to leave.

"You're just going to leave her?" Shouted Kyo, stopping Yuki. "As much as the situation you're in sucks, don't you think you can be a little more helpful? All you've done is caused her pain!" Said Kyo, trying to see him through the thick rain. Yuki just stared at Kyo for a moment, not even saying a word before he continued walking.

"We need to carry her back to the school." Said Uo, putting her jacket around Tohru. Hana nodded and tried picking her up with Uo, until Kyo stopped them.

"No...let me do it." Said Kyo. Uo and Hana looked at each other, then back at Kyo smiling. They put her back down and Kyo picked her up bridal style and started carrying her back to the school. The rain started clearing up, so you could see the school building clearer. Uo and Hana were walking behind Kyo and felt happy that it was Kyo, not Yuki, who was by her side.

As they approached the door to enter the school building, Hana stopped him and asked. "Do you want me and Arisa to take her inside? It will be awkward for people to see you holding her...bridal style and all."

Kyo shook his head. "I think it'll be alright." Uo and Hana opened the door for him and he entered, holding Tohru in his arms. As he started walking to the office, he noticed that everything was silent. Everyone he walked passed just stared at Kyo and Tohru and couldn't believe their eyes. Some were convinced that they were officially a couple, others were just plain confused and thought Kyo was being bribed.

"I knew I'd get stares, but I didn't expect it to be so quiet...I'm not even hearing those stupid girls whispering things to each other." Thought Kyo.

Back at Tohru's house, her mum was drinking coffee watching television, happy that her boss sent her home because of the heavy rain. The phone suddenly started ringing, and she wondered who would be calling.

"-Sigh- Must be my boss wanting me to go back." She walked into the kitchen and answered the phone.

"Hello?"

"Is this Kyoko Honda?"

"Yep, that's me."

"I'm Kowonaru Sakura from Kaibara High, head office manager calling on behalf of your daughter Honda Tohru."

"D...did something happen to her?"

"Miss Honda has fallen unconscious due to stress. At least, that's what Sohma Kyo, her friend told us."

"My daughter's unconscious? I'll come pick her up right away!"

"Yes...that might be a good idea."

"Alright, thank you office lady!" Kyoko hung up the phone and immediately ran to her car.

"I have a name, you know..." The office lady then hung up.

Kyoko started up her car and drove off to the school. "Stress? She's never been stressed out before like this...And did the office lady say Sohma Kyo? I always knew there would be trouble with him in the picture...but not because of what he might do, but what his cousin Yuki, might do to them."

A few minutes of driving, and she was already at the school. She parked the car, and ran into the school heading for the office.

"Where's my daughter!" She said worriedly. The office lady took her into the nurse's room where Tohru lay on a bed, Kyo there sitting by her side. "Tohru!" Kyoko ran to her and grabbed her hand. "You're gonna be alright Tohru." She smiled.

She then looked over at Kyo, who was looking at Tohru with worry in his face. "Don't worry, she'll be alright." She said. Kyo looked over at her and nodded slightly, not saying anything.

"Whatever happened...I'm glad you were there with her, so thank you." She smiled again, just like Tohru would.

"Umm sure...she's just to crazy to act on her own I guess..." Said Kyo, looking away. The nurse then came in the room.

"Mrs. Honda, if you like, you may take your daughter home now." She said before she walked out.

"I'll take her now. I'd rather she be sleeping safely at home. Thank you Kyo for your help." She smiled. Kyo just nodded and smiled a tiny bit at how similar Tohru and her mother were.

Everything was silent in Tohru's room. The only sound you could hear was the clock ticking away the time. The rain had stopped about 4 hours ago and the sky was started now clear.

Tohru suddenly started waking up. She moved around in her bed and then opened her eyes. She looked around and noticed she wasn't in the school anymore. "Where...I'm in my room? Wasn't I in school? Wait what was I doing in school..." She thought and then remembered. "Oh no..."

"Kyo!" She sat up and looked around, gasping for air. "Last thing I remember... I was walking towards the school and then...I fell down on the ground, hard." She thought rubbing her cheek which started to itch. "Ah that's right...Kagura slapped me here." She continued to rub it.

She kicked the blankets off and got off her bed, walking over to her window. She pulled the curtain to see outside and was shocked. "It's night?" She said. The sky was black and there were some stars out. She looked on her dresser table to see her clock and it read '8:48pm'

"Wow...How long was I out for? About 10 whole hours I think, because all of this happened about an hour after I entered school!" She thought. She sat back on her bed and thought about her issues.

"How can I face Yuki now? I shouldn't have been to rough on him...but I wasn't expecting it for him to be behind all this. Even 2 years ago...it was him as well! He knew that me and Kyo were very close that first week and he couldn't stand it. So now he's repeating the same thing? That's not going to work. I don't care anymore what others say! I want to be with Kyo!" She thought happily. But then realized something.

"Kyo...I was running away from him...I couldn't see him at all when I entered school. I have to go see him now!" She said. Tohru opened her door and ran downstairs in search of her mum. She entered the kitchen and there was her mother eating 2 minute instant noodles.

"Tohru!" Kyoko ran to her daughter and hugged her tightly. "Are you alright now?" She looked down at her. Tohru smiled and nodded. "You should rest a bit dear, you just woke up from being unconscious for like 10 whole hours!" She said, happy that Tohru was ok.

"It's okay mum... umm I was thinking if it would be alright to stay over at Hana's house tonight?" She suddenly asked. Her mother wondered suddenly about the random question when she suddenly knew what was going on.

"I guess that would be alright...but under one condition." She said. Tohru listened carefully. Her mother never gave her any conditions to stay at a friend's house for the night. "Behave..." She said, giving her a wink. Tohru was confused. "Behave? At Hana's house? I don't get it...Oh well!" Thought Tohru.

"Alright then!" Tohru smiled. She put on her slippers and ran outside, on her way to her friend's house. Her mother then yelled out to her from the door. "Tohru! You're in your pyjamas!" Tohru looked at her clothing and felt embarrassed. She was outside, in her pyjamas.

"Ehh...it's okay mum! I really need to go!" Said Tohru, not wanting to lose anymore time. She then started walking towards her destination and soon her mother couldn't see her anymore. As she closed the door of the house, she though "Behave when you reach Kyo's house, Tohru." She thought, smiling.

A/N: Chapter 18! Yay...lol. Like I said, I'll post chapter 19 tomorrow because I still have to spell check it and I'm really sleepy, it's like 12:43am right now... Please review! I'm looking forward to what you ALL think of it :-)

-See ya soon!
Sweet-Princess-Kagome