I am so sorry I haven't updated in so long! Right now in the story, it's relatively 9 o'clock at night. Hana woke up at 12:30, stayed for about an hour. Kazuma took care of Kyo till about 4:30 and drove over to Tohru. Kazuma stayed for about 2 1/2 hours. Tohru had about 1/2 hour till Mayu showed up. Mayu's been there for about an hour. Ritsu needs to give the disclaimer.

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Tohru stared at the cover of the book entitled, The Breaking of the Curse. She stared at the cover a moment longer, then wrapped her arms around the book and hugged it against her chest. Mayu sat on the couch and put the book she was skimming aside. She stared at Tohru expectantly. Tohru looked at her, "Would you like something to eat?" she said, obviously exhausted.

Mayu stood up and shook her head, "No, I would not like something to eat. I want to know what's going on! Why are you here? What happened to Kyo? How do you know Shigure? What's going on?"

Tohru sighed and lay down on the couch, still holding the book. Mayu sat down. "I'm here because I live here." Tohru started, "Kyo got abused by Akito and was sent home. I know Shigure because I live here with him. And what's going on?...I have no clue."

Mayu stared at her confused, "You live here with Shigure?"

Tohru nodded, "Yuki and Kyo too."

"Wait. You said Kyo got abused and was sent home?"

Tohru nodded again, "The Sohmas were going to America. Akito, the head of the family, decided that Kyo wasn't...a part of the family. So he started abusing him and made him walk home in the rain. The rain makes Kyo very ill. Akito knew that. So...here he is."

Mayu said in shock, "That's horrible!" Tohru just nodded again. There was a brief silence between the two, till Mayu asked timidly, "Honda-san, may I ask, what are you doing living with Shigure?"

Tohru sighed, she was sick of explaining things, "You see, my mom died about a year ago, my dad died when I was little. I was living with my grandpa. His house was getting re-done and wanted me to find somewhere else to live till the house was done. I was living in a tent in the woods for a while, till Shigure-san and Yuki-kun found me and offered me to live in their house."

Mayu was silent. Tohru put the book aside and went into the kitchen. She started making soup.

((the next day))

Mayu stood next to Tohru making breakfast. She stayed over the night before to watch Kyo so Tohru could get some sleep. They stood silently side-by-side for a while, till they heard a cough from the door. They both turned around to see a pale, shirtless, Kyo slumped against the wall, clutching his stomach with one hand and his head in the other. Mayu stared at him open-mouthed, not knowing what to do. Tohru, on the other hand, quickly rushed over to his side and led him to the table.

Kyo looked at Tohru for a moment, and then stared at the table in front of him He spoke n a horse, croaking voice, "Tohru," he started out, "do you still want to juggle?"

There lay a silence between the two, Tohru started at him with a questioning look, "What?" she asked.

"I was just thinking," Kyo started, "that since I won't be going to America, I could teach you how to juggle."

Tohru didn't answer and went into the other room. While she was gone, Mayu was left alone in the kitchen with Kyo. He gave her a questioning stare, finally he stated, "You look familiar."

Mayu nodded, "I'm your homeroom teacher."

Kyo nodded, "Oh yeah...I forgot."

Tohru walked back in the room with Kyo's shirt. "Here Kyo" she said handing him his shirt, "put this on, you'll warm up some." Kyo took the shirt wordlessly and pulled it on over his head.

They sat in silence for a minute or two. The phone rang, Tohru jumped. Mayu walked over to the phone, "Mushi mushi." she greeted.

"Mayu." sounded a monotonous voice from the other line.

"Aaya? Here I'll let you talk to Tohru." she handed the phone to Tohru.

"Hello, Ayame-san." she said semi-happily.

"Hey Tohru." he was sad. You could tell.

"Um, may I please speak to Yuki?" she asked.

"Everyone's out right now."

"Oh, that's ok. Why aren't you with them? Have you made any new friends?" she asked like a mother.

"...no...well...you see...Ritsu...(sigh) never mind. I have to go." and the line went dead.

Tohru hung up the phone and it rang again the next second, "Hello?" she asked startled.

"Tohru. This is Shigure. Has Aaya or Ritsu called?" he asks quickly.

"Uh, Ayame-san just called. He mentioned something about Ritsu." she said, remembering Aaya's pointless stammering.

Shigure growled into the phone, "Gawr!...Well, if he calls again, tell him to come back to the hotel immediately."

"Um, ok. What's going on? Ayame-san just said that you were all out, doing something." Tohru said confused.

"I'll tell you later, when there's more time. For right now, Aaya and Ritsu ran off." Shigure said and hung up the phone.

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(sigh) I am so sorry it took so long to post. You see, there was vacation, then the start of school, then writer's block, and basically, I've had no time to write anything. And this chapter is really short. I'm sorry. But I have good news, I'm going to start another story crossing over with this one about Aaya. I'll tell you what it's called as soon as it's posted.

KYOLOVER: Thank you so much. Your review really boosted my confidence. Uh, yeah, about the updating soon,...well, yeah, sorry.

FURUBALUVER: Yeah, Shigure is my absolute favrouite character in Fruits Basket. Thank for the review. XD

KYO'S FAVROITE KITTY: Yeah, Momiji's spelled with a j. Oh, well. And don't worry, I'm a helpless American too. The Japanese translations are after the sentence in the ((example)). I should have said something, everyone was probably confused.

This is WHPIAR sighing off.

Read and Review people! I only got three reviews for chapter 10! I was so sad! I won't update again till I get at least 5 reviews! I know, I'm so mean...but you people need to review!

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