Disclaimer: Fruits Basket is (c) to the great Takaya Natsuki-sama. Not KrimzenAngel...She only wishes it was.
Summary: For Tohru to realize her feelings for Shigure, he got engaged. But for Shigure, it was far worse than anyone could've ever imagined...(Shigure/Tohru)
Genres: Romance/Drama/Angst/Suspense
Authors Notes: Not much to say...Just remember this is a Shigure/Tohru ficcie, so don't freak out when you see a certain scene in here! Also, possible future OOC-ness, especially for Tohru! Read on!
Whatever It Takes
Chapter 6- Official Announcements
"Very well then." Akito said, dropping his hand. "Now go, before I change my mind and make you stay here." Tohru nodded as she walked out and shut the door, and when it was shut, she ran away as fast as she could. As fast and as far from Akito as she could get.
'Akito...' Tohru thought as she lay in her bed. 'He really is serious about this! All of this! But I don't want any of this! I don't want him...I want...I want...Somebody else...' Her thoughts then drifted back to what Hana had told her earlier.
"Hana-chan..." Tohru began, and sounding very serious about it. "How do you know if you're in love?"
Both Uo and Hana looked surprised at her answer, but Hana decieded to answer it anyway.
"Well..." Hana began. "You'll notice that you'll feel fluttery around him. You'll blush whenever he's around and have random emotion changes at times."
"Really?" Tohru asked. That was one sign she knew she had.
"Yes." Hana replied. "That's part of it. You'll feel jealous around him and possibly possessive when he's around other girls."
"Like you want him for yourself?" Uo asked.
"Yes." Hana replied. "Something like that. It varies for different people...You could feel all of that, or something entirely different...But, you'll know when it happens." Tohru then felt a strange, surprising feeling.
'I've felt just about everything Hana-chan told me...' Tohru thought as she hugged her pillow close to her, feeling somewhat saddened. 'So does that really mean I'm...In love with Shigure?'
"But...How can I be?" Tohru asked, staring at the snow in the winter sky. "Besides...He loves somebody else..."
3 Days later...-
"Hana-chan, Uo-chan." Tohru said as her friends dragged her through the mall. "Where are you taking me?"
"It's a surprise!" Uo replied with a smile.
"What kind of surprise?" Tohru replied, surprised at Uo's answer.
"You'll see..." Hana replied.
"But, you know you don't have to get me anything!" Tohru replied.
"Yeah, but- Oh, wait, here we are!" Uo said, stopping in front of a shop and looking up at the sign.
"Let's go in." Hana said as she started to walk in.
"Wait!" Tohru said, making her friends stop. "What are we doing here? This is a formal wear place!"
"That's the point." Uo said as she grabbed Tohru's wrist and dragged her in. "If you're goin' to the New Years party with the Sohma's then you gotta look nice!"
"Woah, wait!" Tohru said, stopping where she stood. "How-how do you know about that!"
"How?" Hana said. "Momiji told us. He said that it's a family event."
"And since you're now part of their family, you're allowed to go!" Uo replied. "He also said you were supposed to look nice, so we decided to surprise you."
"But, you guys..." Tohru said, feeling happy about her friends kindness.
"C'mon, let's go and get you something nice to wear." Uo said as she once again dragged Tohru further into the place.
So for the next three hours, Uo and Hana had Tohru try on just about every outfit in the store before all three of them found one that they agreed on. They then paid the cashier and went home, Tohru smiling all the way with Uo and Hana telling her she'll be the prettiest one there.
"I'm hungry!" Kyo complained. "Kohana should be done by now!"
"Shut up." Yuki said. "Kohana-san should be finishing any minute now. She didn't want to start with Tohru-kun missing, remember?"
"Shut it, Rat-boy." Kyo replied. "I remember!"
"So the Cat actually has a memory..." Yuki mumbled under his breath.
"What was that!" Kyo said as he got up. "I'll teach you to say things under your breath!"
"Whatever." Yuki said.
This made Kyo more angry. "I dare you to-!"
"I'm home!" Came the voice of Tohru. "Kohana-san, Shigure-san, Yuki-kun, Kyo-kun! Woah!"
Right now, Tohru was currently trying to take off her shoes with one hand and trying to hold the dress Uo and Hana had bought for her in the other. Aparently, it wasn't working out to well. So she hung it up on the coat rack.
"There!" Tohru said as she finally got her shoe off without falling on her face. She then grabbed her dress and nearly walked into somebody. "Eeep! Oh, uh, h-hello, Shigure-san..."
"Hello, Tohru-kun!" Shigure replied, looking at the thing in Tohru's arms. "Ooh, what's that? Is it for me?"
"It's a surprise." Tohru replied, smiling at Shigure's childlike behavior. "And no, it's not for you."
"Can I have a peek?" He asked, smiling.
"No." Tohru giggled.
"Please?" Shigure begged, giving her puppy dog eyes.
"You can see it in four days..." Tohru said.
"Pretty please?" Shigure said.
"Shigure-kun, she said no!" Kohana said as she grabbed Shigure and dragged him out of the way. "Hi, Tohru-kun. I'll get him out of your way for you."
"Hi, Kohana-san." Tohru replied with a smile, but burning with resentment inside.
"Why don't you go put your things away and come down for dinner?" Kohana said.
"Okay, I'll be right there." Tohru replied as she went up the stairs.
Inside her room, she took the dress and hung it up in her closet. Once she finished, she started for the door. When she had her hand on the handle, ready to open it, she stopped and turned around to look at it again. 'I wonder...What will Shigure think when he sees me in it? No, don't think things like that Tohru! Besides...He already has somebody else...He has Kohana...'
And sadly, Tohru walked out of her room to go have dinner.
The next four days seemed to go by faster than normal. Everyone was getting ready to go the New Years banquet at the Sohma Estate. Everyone got their outfits at the last minute. Shigure, Yuki, and Kyo ended up renting tuxes at the mall. Their first choice was Ayame's shop, but he didn't have any suits in their sizes. But as for Yuki and Kyo, they didn't want to go looking like an assortment of flowers if they asked Ayame to stitch them up a suit at the last minute. And sure, Tohru liked Ayame's designs, but she had to agree with Yuki and Kyo. If they went walking into the Sohma Estate in pink and purple suits, Yuki and Kyo's pride would be crushed and Ayame would be killed right on the spot. So for the sake of eveyones safety, they decided it would be best if Shigure, Yuki, and Kyo just rented their suits.
Kohana and her cousin, Nyoko had went out shopping for their dresses right after the boys left. So that left Tohru all alone, which she didn't really mind at all. It was just a part of her Zodiac animals traits.
'Am I the only one who's actually ready for this?' Tohru thought as she came down from her room to get something to drink. 'Really, it seems like everyone procrastinated on this whole thing! I guess they don't-!'
"Hello?" A mans voice called from the front door. "Is anybody here?"
"Coming!" Tohru said as she changed her direction. As she got to the front door, she saw Hatori standing there. "Oh, hello, Hatori-san! How are you today?"
"I'm fine, Tohru-kun." Hatori replied with a smile. "How are you?"
"I'm fine." Tohru replied. "Do you want to come in?"
"Actually, I came here to pick you up." Hatori replied. Tohru had a confused look on her face. "Akito wants you to get ready for the banquet at the estate. So, you have to go and gather all of your clothes for the baquet. I'll help you carry your things if you need it."
"Oh, no, it's not much." Tohru replied, her stomach fluttering with fear at the thought of Akito. "I'll be right back..." So she went upstairs and retrived her dress, a pair of shoes, and some hair accesories. She then went down to the kitchen and wrote a note that said:
Shigure-san
Hatori-san came over.
I'm over at the Main House, so don't worry.
I'll see you at the banquet tonight.
Tohru
And when she finished, she taped it to the front door as she and Hatori left.
Tohru sat in the cold dark room, all dressed and ready for the banquet. Akito was on the other side of the room, wearing dress pants and a white dress shirt that was half way unbuttoned.
"My, my..." Akito said as he examined Tohru. "You look very presentable, Tohru-kun. Where ever did you get a dress like that?"
"My friends bought it for me." Tohru replied, watching Akito crawl towards her.
"How nice..." Akito said as he stopped in front of her. "I have something for you..." He dug in his pockets and pulled out a small black case. Tohru watched as he opened it. She gasped as she saw the contents of it, shock and fear filling her.
"A...Akito..." Tohru stammered. Inside the small case was a ring. It was sapphire with smaller diamonds on each side, resting on a white gold band. "What...You...I..."
"This only makes it partly official." Akito said, taking har left hand and slipping the ring on her ring finger. "One thing to do is announce it to the family...And the other..."
"Wh-what's the other?" Tohru asked uncertainly, part of her not wanting to know. Akito smirked as he leaned forward and whispered it into her ear.
Tohru's steely blue eyes widened as he told her.
Inside the the dining room, all the cursed Juunishi and their fiancees were there, talking with one another as they waited for the banquet to start.
Yuki stood there with a girl around the age of sixteen, with silvery-blue hair and purple eyes named Akemi. Kyo stood by him with a girl around the same age, only she had orange hair and red eyes, just like him. Her name was Miyuki. Out of all the Juunishi, Yuki and Kyo were the only ones whose fiancees Zodiac changed into theirs.
Shigure and Kohana were standing with each other, enjoying the others company. They were goofing off with each other, until they saw two new figures walk in.
"Ah, there's Akito and...Tohru-kun?" Shigure said as his dark eyes widened at the sight of her. Tohru was wearing a strapless black gown with a red rose, slightly off to the side starting at the hip, that had exposed a piece of red cloth under it, growing wider as it got closer to the bottom of the dress. His stomach started to flutter. He then started to blush as he looked at her face. Her silvery hair was done up in a half up, half down manner, the half up part being put up into a messy bun held together by black chopsticks with gold half moons at the end of them. She had no makeup on, but she still looked gorgeous.
'Wow...Tohru looks so beautiful...' Shigure thought, part of him wanting to ditch Kohana and take Tohru instead.
When the family saw Akito and Tohru, they decieded to sit down and get ready for the feast. When everyone was ready, Shigure and Kohana stood up.
"Excuse me, everyone." Shigure said, taking Kohana's hands in his. "Kohana and I have a very important announcement, and we thought it would be best to tell the whole family at the banquet tonight."
"Well then, why don't you tell us, Shigure?" Akito said.
"Gladly, Akito-san." Shigure smiled. "In three weeks, Kohana and I are getting married!" Everyone around the table gasped in excitment Kohana showed the ring on her left hand and kissed Shigure. Everyone except Tohru. She felt crushed when she heard this. She almost felt like crying, and maybe would've if Akito hadn't have stood up and pulled her up with him.
"Well, Tohru-kun and I have some good news too." Akito said, grabbing Tohru and pulling her close. "Tohru-kun and I are also getting married. Isn't that right, love?" Akito grinned down at her, his grin telling her to play along.
"I-it is..." Tohru replied, trying her best to seem happy. "See? H-here's my engagement ring that my darling Akito gave me." And Tohru showed the family her sapphire diamond ring.
"Oh my gosh! Tohru-kun, that's beautiful!" Kohana exclaimed, admiring Tohru's ring. "All Shigure-kun got me was a single diamond!" Shigure just gave a sheepish grin.
"Well, she is my fiancee after all." Akito said, tightening his grip on Tohru and looking down at her. "And she deserves the best." But before Tohru could comment on that, Akito had grabbed her chin, lowered his head, and kissed her. This shocked the family for a second, but they cheered them on much like they did for Shigure and Kohana.
But when Shigure saw this, he felt a fire of anger and jealousy burn up inside of him. He actually had to keep himself from going up there and taking Tohru away. He noticed his sudden change in emotions, but didn't care. All he wanted right at that moment was Tohru.
End of chap. 7! Well, it's 2:30 in the morning. Now if someone wakes me up in the morning, they're gonna die. (cause i am very cranky and evil when i get woken up.) I'm not a morning person. Oh well. Staying up and finishing this chap was worth it. Hope you liked!