Hi everyone…again…I know I posted a new chapter really fast, but I was overcome by the need to write on! Also, I'm going to be gone for three weeks in the near future, so I won't be able to write more chapters, so I'll write as much as I can now before I leave. Anyway, on with the next chapter!! Read and review pretty please!
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket in any way, shape, or form. That depresses me slightly, but life goes on…I guess…
CHAPTER 2: "I'M A MONSTER!"
Kaital inspected herself in the mirror. After two hours of scrubbing, brushing, and straight ironing, she looked like her old self. Her hair had grown out to the length of her fingertips, but that was to be expected. Tohru (Kaital had found out her name as she was being forcibly shoved into a shower) had thrown away her tattered clothes and had given her a blue dress that fit her small frame very well. As she walked into the kitchen, Kaital felt out of place. It just dawned on her that she was in a stranger's house, in a stranger's clothes, and totally accepted it like nothing happened. "I am dense…" Kaital commented as she sat down at the table just as Tohru served breakfast. "Hmm?" Tohru said a questioning look upon her slightly-childish face. "Nothing…" Kaital said taking her food.
"So…" a man in a kimono who was sitting next to her began. "What brought you to our porch miss…?" "Kaital." She said before letting out a deep sigh. "I was scared and cold, I suppose. I was attracted to the lights on this house like a moth to flame." "What were you so scared of, nothing really worth worrying about lies in that damn forest." Another boy with orange hair sat across from her, arms folded, a slightly ticked off look upon his face. "I overreact sometimes" Kaital laughed at herself. "Why were you in the forest in the first place?" A boy on the other side of Kaital commented. His eyes were slightly vacant as if he were still dreaming. "I've been wandering for a while…" Kaital began. "I needed to get away from my own town before I was killed…" the last word was an inaudible whisper. "Killed?" the half-asleep boy seemed to be fully awake now. "It's…nothing…really." Kaital's tongue fumbled over her words. She gently touched the back of her neck to feel the scar on the back of her neck. The x shape of the scar could be felt by anyone who touched it. As Kaital's hand rested on the mark, she could hear her family's words, "Monster!" their voices echoed in her mind "We don't want you anymore! Can't you see that?!"
A tear slipped slowly down Kaital's cheek. "Are you alright?" Kaital snapped back into reality. Tohru was staring at her with a troubled look on her face. "Fine." Kaital wiped away the small tear. "Is something troubling you?" Kimono Man leaned in closer as if to study her. "You can tell me, you know." Kaital leaned away from him. "No thanks, Kimono Man, I think I'll keep my thoughts to myself." "Kimono Man?" he laughed slightly. "I forgot that we haven't introduced ourselves yet. I'm Shigure Sohma." Shigure pointed to the orange haired boy. "That is Kyo Sohma, and the one next to you is Yuki Sohma." Kaital smiled kindly at all of them. She looked down at her plate, which was now empty. "I should probably leave." Kaital said, standing up. "I don't want to mooch off of your kindness anymore than I already have." Kaital bowed and turned towards the door.
Tohru grabbed her wrist. "You seem to enjoy stopping my departure, Tohru-chan." Kaital mumbled and turned around to face her. "I can't send you back out there to live in the forest again." "Yes, you can." Kaital yanked her hand away. "I don't belong with normal people. I'm a monster! I'll just lose control again and hurt you all!" Kaital stormed off down the hallway and out of the door.
Tohru stood in a daze, not knowing what just happened. "Should we go after her?" Shigure stood next to Tohru, Kyo and Yuki soon joined them. "Yeah, probably." Tohru said after a moment. They all agreed and walked swiftly out of the door to go find Kaital.
Small cliffy. Most of you are probably thinking, what is Kaital's problem?? Can't she accept people's kindness?? No, she can't, okay. She has a lot of turmoil that will be reveled next chapter! Again, review, review, review!! Hey, this chapter was longer than the last one! YAY!!!