I got to post this chapter today, so I will. I'm really excited to write it because I love writing the turmoil in my character's lives. That's a little demented, isn't it? Anyways, on with the show!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket in any way. Because I don't, there is no Yuki in my basement, only laundry, but I digress.
CHAPTER 5: HER PAST, UNWANTED
They found Kaital on the shore of a small lake in the forest. As she looked at her reflection in the water, tears slowly dripping down from her red and puffy eyes made ripples in the water's smooth surface. Shigure stepped on a twig, making Kaital's head bolt up to look at them. The second she recognized their faces, her head went back down. "What do you want?" she asked. Even though Kaital was crying, her voice didn't shake or come in gasps; her voice was as smooth as it always was. "We came to see if you were alright." Shigure was the first to talk after the long silence. "Why did you run?" Tohru sat down next to her and put her hand gently on her shoulder. "I already told you, I'm a monster…Unwanted…" The last word caught in Kaital's throat. "Who would tell such a pretty girl such a terrible thing?" Shigure chimed in, a small touch of sadness in his voice. "My parents…They hated me…" 'Parents' was also a hard word for Kaital to say. "Why?" Yuki said, no longer half asleep. "I would have to explain my whole life for you to figure that out." "We have time!" Shigure said cheerfully as he sat down on the forest floor. Yuki and Kyo followed suit. Silence fell for a second as Kaital thought. "So are you going to tell us or not?" Kyo's impatient voice broke the silence. "I was thinking of where to begin…" Kaital said. She thought for a second more and took in a deep breath.
"Well..." Kaital began. "My family consisted of all girls, which displeased my father extremely. When my mother became pregnant with me, my father wanted to make sure that I was a boy. He struck a deal with an alchemist who said he would seal something; he didn't say what, into his unborn child that would insure that the baby was a boy. The alchemist somehow screwed up the whole thing, and when I was born, my father was furious. He bought a gun and shot the alchemist for his wrongdoing.
"As I grew up, it was obvious I was different than the rest of my family. Nothing close to red-gold hair and amber eyes was in anyone in my family! It was also obvious that I was stronger than any girl in my entire house, I also had more stamina. This pleased my father, because he thought the alchemist just gave me the strength of a boy, so I was close enough for him. He was happy for me for a while, until I turned thirteen.
"I was sick all of the thirteenth birthday, I had a terrible fever and I kept babbling on about someone named Furie and that my family should leave. My parents didn't believe a word of my babbling and just kept taking care of me. The next day, my parents awoke to find blood all over the house and my sisters corpses lying in their beds. She was sitting in the living room, my siblings' blood dripping down her arms and onto the floor. My parents were terrified and slowly approached her. She turned my head in there direction as she heard them walking down the hall. When she got control of me, she had turned my eyes blood red. "You should've listened." Her voice was calm but menacing. "Kaital?" I remember my mother calling my name. "She's not here right now." She said, standing up and turning to face them. The blood had dripped off of her arms to reveal black, sharp nails instead of my own. "Who are you?" my father's voice reached my ears, but I couldn't respond. "Furie, the one she warned you about." She smirked and took a hold on both of my parent's throats. "You should've asked that alchemist what he was putting into your child." Without another word, Furie stabbed her claw-like nails into my parents' stomachs. She removed her claws from their bodies and gave control back to me. I sat next to them and cried as I bandaged their wounds. From then on, my parents called me a monster and despised me; they tried to kill me a couple of times. Furie killed them eventually, though…"
Yuki, Kyo, Shigure, and Tohru just stared at her in shock and sadness. Kaital never wanted to tell about her past, but she thought it would get these people to leave her be. "I don't know when she'll take over, that's why I can't be around people. I'm a menace to society." Kaital stood to leave and was surprised that Tohru didn't grab her wrist. Tohru's voice stopped her, though. "I still can't let you go back to living like you were." Tohru was standing now, a determined look upon her face. "I don't want to hurt you…" Kaital said. "You can't be worse than Akito." Kyo commented. "Who?" Kaital questioned. "Never mind that now." Tohru said. "None of us are going to let you go." Kaital scanned their faces, they shared Tohru's determined look. "I'm going to win this, am I?" "Nope." Tohru grabbed her wrist and Kaital gave up and followed them back into the house.
Alright. I'm not jumping for joy over how this chapter turned out. I want people's comments on this chapter before I do another one. I just want to know if this story is going off well or not. As Miranda Priestly would say, that is all.