Disclaimer: OK I only got 4 reviews but I wanted to start a new chap anyway, so… yeah. Oh and incase you didn't realize this I don't own Fruits Basket.
Chapter 2:
The Switch
Tohru waited until after class to approach her black haired friend, "Hana-chan I needed to ask you something."
"Yes, what is it?" the girl asked her finicky friend.
"I was just wondering if you could look at these sutras I bought yesterday and tell me if they're real," Tohru replied as she reached into her bag and grabbed the paper.
Hanajima grabbed a sutra from her friend and began to examine it, "I see purple clouds surrounding this, you are dealing with powerful magic. I suggest that you use this with the utmost care Tohru-chan."
A terrified look appeared on Tohru Hondas face as she managed to ask her final sentence, "What should I do if something gooees wr wr wrong?"
"Well I suggest that you tear the sutra, that should undo the effects, but only if it's on the object or person that it was used on," the goth girl instructed her then passed the sutra back to it's owner
"Thank you Hana-chan! Seeya later!" Tohru said then flashed her a smile.
As she got up from her seat, the Honda girl shoved the paper into her purse and pulled out a cell phone. She dialed a number and waited until she heard a voice on the other end, "Hello who is this?"
"Hey Momiji, it's me Tohru can you come by Shigure's house at around six thirty, I think I may have found a cure."
6:24 at the Sohma Residence
"OK, we're here. What's this big cure of yours, stupid woman," Hiro yelled stubbornly as he and Kisa walked in through the sliding door.
"I can't tell you yet, not until everyone's here. Which by the way did anyone manage to find Rin and tell her to come? I didn't know her cell number." Tohru asked the twelve Sohmas in the room.
"Rin said she wasn't coming which really means she's spying on us from the bushes outside," Haru monotonously responded and pointed towards the door.
"Oh okay, I guess we'll just have to start without her. Here everyone, take one of these," Tohru smiled nervously as she handed out the sutras.
Hiro stared down at the piece of paper in his hand and sneered, "What am I suppose to do with this, threaten the ram out of me with paper cuts. You are so stupid believing in magic. Who ever sold you this must be laughing at how big of a sucker you are."
"Hiro you turn into a sheep when girls hug you and you don't believe in magic?" Shigure smirked and watched as the young boy was dumbfounded then turned back to the girl, "Now what should we do?"
"Well I think you just put it on yourself and wait," Tohru guessed with a slightly shaking voice, not quite sure herself of what to do. The twelve Sohmas placed the sutras on their foreheads and waited for something to happen.
"See I told you guys this was stu…" the sutra on Hiro's forehead began to shine and he grabbed his head in anguish as pain shot through his body.
Tohru watched in horror as one by one the Sohmas fell the ground, screaming in pain as the sutras shined brighter and brighter, 'This is all my fault. I can't believe I was so selfish. I risked all their lives just so I could feel better. I'm such a horrible person.' As the thought was finished the sutras dimmed and the Sohmas grew calm. Tohru rushed over to Kyo and was relieved when she saw his chest rise and sink, "Oh Kyo thank goodness you're alright."
"Not quite," the red head replied then began licking the back of his left hand. He then looked over to where Yuki was now sitting up and hissed. Without so much as a hug, the teenager was surrounded by orange smoke and an orange cat stood in his place. The cat ran over to the now panicked grey haired boy and "Yuki" was surrounded by a grey mist. A small rat began to dash across the room in its attempt to escape the cat's wrath. Within moments all the Sohma's had woken up and changed into their animal forms, the dragon having found a glass of water on the table.
Seconds later an angry girl with long black hair burst through the door and stared furiously at Tohru, "What the hell did you do?"
"I don't know Rin, first they were all screaming and now they're animals. I don't know what went wrong," the brunette told her as she broke down into tears.
"Perhaps I can explain," a familiar sounding voice called to the girls. They looked down to see a black dog wagging his tail, "It seems that the spell that trapped us within the bodies of your friends was more powerful then the magic that you invoked with your sutras.
"Wait, are you saying that you're all the original zodiac animals?" Rin said in shock to the black dog.
"Exactly, as near as I can tell the pain that went through Shigure, and I'll assume the rest of the Sohmas, came from the power of the sutras fighting to fulfill its goal. Unfortunately the curse has sealed us within these bodies in a way only the Sohmas themselves could break through. But since two souls still resided in the bodies the magic took your friends souls and left us with their bodies," the dog explained then began licking Tohru's face.
"Oh great, this is all your fault Honda-baka! Now how the hell do you expect to fix this?" the black haired Sohma sneered as she watched the girl cry as the dog walked off.
"Wait I think I remember something," Tohru said in a slightly cheerier tone.
"What should I do if something gooees wr wr wrong?"
"Well I suggest that you tear the sutra, that should undo the effects, but only if it's on the object or person that it was used on."
The Honda girl quickly began to gather up the sutras that had fallen on the ground when the Sohmas transform as Rin looked on in confusion, "What the hell are you doing?"
"Here take these, put them on the animals and tear them in half. It should return them to normal," the brunette said then handed off six sutras. The two girls then took off after the animals which appeared to still be in the room, "Here boy, here boy," Tohru called to the dog who walked back over to her.
"Yes, what is it?" the dog asked as Tohru carefully placed a sutra on his head. As soon as she ripped it in half, the dog was surrounded by purple smoke and a naked Shigure laid unconscious on the floor, causing Tohru to slam against the wall in shock.
On the other side of the room Rin was furiously chasing after the boar, "Come back here you stupid pig!" With some effort Isuzu managed to trap her target in a corner, "Take this," she yelled then slammed the paper on the boar's forehead. She ripped it and Kagura's body was on the floor.
One by one the girls captured the animals until only the Cat, the Rat, the Snake, and the monkey were left. As Rin pulled back furniture in her search for the white snake, Tohru approached the orange cat who's paw was holding back the rat by it's tail, "Finally after all these years, I've got you in my claws."
The Cat was opening his mouth wide when Tohru scooped him up and placed a sutra on the forehead of the animal. She placed him back down on the floor and braced herself as she tore the sutra and a naked Kyo appeared in an orange puff. "Thank you for saving me, now if you'll excuse me I have to go," the rat squeaked and ran off.
He didn't make it far before the snake came out from under the table and surrounded him, "I've gone without feeding for sssssenturies, so I guessssssssss you'll havvvvvvvve to do," the snake hissed then snapped out at the rat. But suddenly Rin shoved a strip of paper in the snake's mouth and as soon as he bit sown, a white mist appeared and Ayame's body lay on the ground, wrapped around the tiny rat.
"Thanks Rin, I've got Yuki," Tohru smiled as she raced over. Her hand was shaking and she covered her eyes as she reached in-between Ayame to grab the rat. She picked it up by the fur on the back of its neck and placed the sutra on its stomach. She ripped off the top and Yuki's body fell to the ground to Tohru's horror, "Yeah we only have one more left Rin," Tohru smiled and pointed at the monkey swinging from the off ceiling fan.
"Bend down!" the black haired girl ordered once they were under the fan. A weirded out look appeared on Tohru's face which made Rin scowl, "Just do it!" Almost as soon as she was on the ground, Tohru felt Isuzu's high heeled boots go into her back. After finding her balance, the moody girl managed to grab the cowering monkey. She jumped off the brunettes back and placed the final sutra on the monkey and in and orangish puff, Ristu joined his naked relatives on the ground.
"Yeah at least it's all over now," Tohru smiled but was disappointed when the girl scowled back at her.
"We're not in the clear yet baka. You still need to see if their alright since this is all your fault," Rin spat back. For several minutes already the girls could hear a few of the Sohmas groaning but as of yet, none had woken up.
Tohru ran over to where Kyo's body laid on the ground and began to shake him, "Kyo are you ok, wake up," she cried as she shook the boy back and forth, "Please Kyo wake up, you have to be ok, please wake up."
"I'm awake I'm awake stop crying," a young voice called out to her.
Tohru looked down and saw that he was still sleeping. When she looked around the room and found that Hiro was sitting up and staring at her, "K-K-K-Kyo?"
"Yeah, you were just calling for me right, god I think there's something in my throat, my voice sounds strange," Kyo replied as he attempted to stand up but almost immediately fell to the ground, "Tohru-kun could you help me up? I can't seem to get balanced."
All Tohru could do was stare when Rin hit her arm, "What the hell did you do?"
"I don't know. It must have happened because we just used any sutra instead of the ones they used. Oh this is all my fault, I can't believe this is happened," Tohru sobbed as Kyo found his clothes and started putting them on. A shocked look appeared on Rin's face as she realized something and rushed to Haru's side.
"OK was kind of a stupid ass joke is this, did you go out and buy bigger clothes for me or something, and why the hell did you shave my armpits, what kind of dumb prank is this?" Kyo sneered as held onto the large boxers and stared at the girls in confusion.
Rin didn't seem to notice, and instead continued to shake Hatsuharu, "Haru-kun, please tell me you're Haru-kun."
"Who are you talking to," she heard Momiji's voice ask. She looked around to see that, as Kyo had done before, the blond was staring at her. Around the room a few others seemed to be waking up as well.
"Did it work Onee-chan?" 'Kagura' asked Tohru but then looked down to see something new, "What happened?"
"Um Kisa, is that you?" the Honda girl asked. Kisa nodded slightly.
"Why the hell does Kagura think she's Kisa?" Kyo asked in confusion.
"Why are you calling me Kagura, Hiro-chan?" she asked as she put her fist to her lip, a nervous habit that developed over the years.
"Why are you calling me Hir…o?" An expression of hock and fear as he finally noticed his body lying at Tohru's feet, "Holy shit I'm dead."
"Um actually, maybe you should see something," Tohru told him as she pulled a small mirror out of her bag and tossed it over to him.
When he gazed into the tiny mirror he almost dropped it out of shock, "What the hell, I'm Hiro? How the hell did this happen?"
"This idiot screwed up and got you kicked out of your own bodies then put you back inside the wrong ones," Rin said as she pointed her thumb at Tohru.
"Hiro, give me the mirror," Haru called to the brown haired boy.
"I'm not Hiro! I'm Kyo!" he yelled then forcefully tossed the hand mirror.
"This sucks," he said monotonously with a slight wince as he saw Momiji's reflection then turned to Kisa, "You wanna look, Kisa?"
"No thank you" she said quietly as Kyo found Hiro's clothes and began to put them on.
"What's with all the yelling?" They heard Shigure's voice ask as he woke up.
"Check it out for yourself," Haru said as he tossed the mirror and slid on Momiji's pink bunny themed boxers.
"Ah I'm the lech!" Yuki yelled.
"I wonder who he is?" Haru mumbled to Kyo as Yuki fixated his eyes on the mirror in shock.
"Who cares, all I know is Hiro needs to stop wearing short-shorts," Kyo complained as he buttoned up Hiro's shirt.
"I know what you mean," the now blond boy replied as he slid on a pair himself
Seven minutes, and five awoken Sohmas, later, Hiro awoke to find himself staring at… himself, "Ah! What the hell? Oh I get it I'm still asleep," he said the nervously began to laugh.
"Sorry to tell you but, as much as this sucks, we've switched bodies," Kyo told him with a sigh.
"You're kidding me right, body switching isn't real," he said with a smirk on Kyo's face.
"Listen you brat I'm telling the truth… erg stop smirking at me and see for yourself," the brunette boy (by that I mean Kyo from now on) turned to "Ayame" and held out his hands, "Hatori, toss it over here."
"I'm the frickin cat, yuck," he sneered and put down the mirror and stared at his body.
"Shut up, and put these on," Kyo said then tossed him his clothes.
"Wait so who's who?" Hiro asked as he slid on Kyo's black boxer briefs.
The now young boy pointed to where Haru was attaching his collar onto his new neck, "That's Haru in Momiji and Momiji's in Haru. Over there Kisa's in Kagura and Kagura's in Kisa. Now that's the end of the easy ones. Hatori's inside Ayame, Ristu's in Hatori, Yuki's in Shigure, Shigure's in Kureno and we're waiting for those two to wake up."
Kyo pointed at Yuki and Ritsu's bodies and the grey haired teenager began the yawn, "So did it work, is the rooster gone?"
"I suppose you could say that," Shigure said to a now wide eyed Kureno "Well if you're Kureno I guess that makes him Ayame."
7 Minutes Later
Tohru had was explaining in detail the events of that night when Ayame finished slipping on Ritchan's kimono, "Ah I'm gorgeous."
"Be quiet, I want to hear how the stupid woman screwed up," Hiro yelled to the man.
"Shut up you little brat, she was trying to help, it' not her fault it all blew up in her face!" Kyo yelled at the boy who inhabited his body.
"Who are you calling little, Squirt?" Hiro sneered, temporarily enjoying Kyo's height advantage, "Besides who asked her to help, I know I didn't. Just because we're cursed, she assumes we need help. It isn't possible we couldn't enjoy living like this? Or does she just assume that we and all the Sohmas that came before us are too stupid to figure a way out for ourselves but she can. I can't stand people who just assume they know everything."
"Shut up, can't you see she's already upset," the brown haired boy yelled at Hiro.
"No he's right, I never thought about what could have happened. I risked all your lives just so I could say I was helping. I don't deserve your kindness," Tohru said to al the Sohmas and then broke down into tears.
"Yeah you did stupid woman," grunted Hiro, enfuriating the "child" next to him.
"That's it you brat, shut the hell up," Kyo told him as he made a fist. A second later his tiny fist made impact with a red head of hair.
"Hey that hurt!" Hiro yelped then stared angrily at Kyo then hit him back.
Shigure laughed silently then whispered to Hatori, "Those two fight like brothers, how much you wanna bet they don't make it through the night without killing each other."
Hatori's eyebrow raised in intrigue when Yuki asked Tohru a question, "Well if those sutras you bought caused all of this, why not just go back to that place and buy some more?"
"Wow I can't believe I didn't think of that before?" Tohru laughed lightly at her own stupidity, her tears still wet on her cheeks.
"No we can't. Don't you remember, the place closed forty-five minutes ago," Momiji reminded her from where he sat Indian styled on the floor with an overly happy smile plastered on Haru's face.
"Then I guess we're stuck like this for a day, it could be worse. Besides look how cute we are," screamed Kagura excitedly right before she lunged and wrapped her arms around Kyo's neck.
"Get the hell off of me," yelled the "child" as he attempted to pry her off of his new body.
"Well if we're going to be stuck like this I guess you all can stay the night," Shigure smiled slyly then turned to Kyo, "Kyo, you don't mind sharing a room with Hiro do you?"
"What! No Way, I'm not staying alone in a room with that brat!"
"Oh don't worry you won't have to, with all the Sohmas here I'd say you'll have a few more roommates," Shigure giggled slightly as Kyo's face turned red.
Eventually the boy gave in and removed Hiro's cell phone from his pocket. The mogeta keychain swayed back in forth as Kyo dialed. He waited three rings before someone finally picked up, "Hello, who is this?"
"Uh hey Mom, it's Hiro. I just called to tell you I'd be staying at Shigure's house…"
OK cool, this is around the length I normally write. I'm so happy it only took a week to write. Anyway I need to write another chapter of TKP before I continue with MB. But don't worry I have a few surprises in store for Kyo and Kureno at school, think Kimi. Anyway, seeya later. R&R.