Hello my friends, I have returned from my vacation with many ideas for this fan-fic! I'm so sorry about my long absence, but if I had more time, I would've written this chapter much sooner! I feel so guilty! I figured out how to make the chapters look longer! I feel special! Wasn't that random! I've had a lot of sugar, can't you tell?
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket. If I did, I would have a serious talk with Akito about a certain angst problem that someone has.
CHAPTER 4: HIGH SCHOOL HELL
A bright burst of sunlight awoke Kaital the next morning.
Her eyes jolted open to see Tohru opening to curtains.
"Why did you have to do that, Tohru-san?" Kaital whined as she shielded her eyes from the sun.
"It's almost time for school, Kaital-chan." Tohru beamed and threw a uniform into Kaital's lap.
"I don't go to school…" Kaital stared at the uniform with distain as she pushed a sheet of her red hair from her face.
"You do now, we signed you up yesterday!" Tohru's ever-optimistic personality annoyed Kaital at points.
"Don't I have to take an entrance exam or something…?" Kaital was still groggy with sleep.
"Nope, the new year just started, so we told the faculty that you were transferring from the school in the next town!" Tohru hugged Kaital, happy for her new schoolmate.
"You were that desperate to get me into high school? How do you even know that I'll pass??"
Kaital was determined to not go to the prison known as Kaibara High School.
"Oh, you'll do fine. Now get dressed so we can go!"
Tohru burst out of the room so Kaital could get ready.
"Live with them, what could go wrong? They won't make you do anything crazy, it'll be fine. What were we thinking?" Kaital thought angrily as she ran a brush through her hair.
Kaital's thoughts were directed at Furie. She didn't like her, but they did talk, not outside of Kaital's mind, though.
"I don't know why you're blaming me." Furie's voice echoed in Kaital's head.
Furie was trying to sound innocent, but it wasn't working.
"Don't play innocent with me, demon!" Kaital hissed at the voice.
"Fine, I'll just be quiet if you don't want to listen to me…"
Furie sounded hurt, but Kaital didn't care.
"Fine, go ahead and be quiet, you won't see me complaining."
Furie huffed quietly at the comment, but held her tongue.
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Kaital's long hair covered most of her uniform, but Shigure still had to make a comment as she came downstairs.
"Kaital, you look nice in your new uniform."
Kaital hit him sharply on the back of his head. "Shut up you perv."
"Why does everyone call me that?" Shigure rubbed the back of his head as he whined.
"Because it's true." Yuki appeared in the hallway behind Kaital.
"Good morning, Kaital-chan, ready for school?" He smiled gently at Kaital.
"About as ready as Kyo-san is." Kyo sat on the couch in his pajamas, intending to skip school that day.
"Don't call me 'san'." Kyo commented from his position on the couch.
Kaital had gotten into the habit of calling everyone in the Sohma house 'san'
"Whatever, Kyo-san." Kaital, with a bagel from the kitchen in her mouth, took great pleasure in annoying Kyo.
"Shut up!" Kyo snapped.
Kaital had to laugh; it was easy to tick Kyo off.
Tohru grabbed Kaital's hand and dragged her out the door just as Kyo attempted to tackle her.
As Kyo lifted his face from the floor, Kaital waved mockingly to him as she walked off.
"Bye, Kyo-san!" she smiled openly and laughed again.
"I told you to stop calling me that, demon!" Kyo yelled angrily after Kaital as she disappeared in the distance.
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Kaital hid behind Tohru and Yuki as they walked through the teenager infested halls of Kaibara High.
Her attempts to be hidden from the public eye were futile, though. She stuck out like a sore thumb.
Boys whispered to each other, as did the girls.
Kaital could hear their conversations, which were very different from each other.
"Who's that hot girl behind Honda and Sohma-san?" Boys.
"Is that her real hair color?" Girls.
"Go ask her out, do it!" Boys
"What's up with her eyes?" both genders asked this question.
Kaital was relieved when they reached the classroom; at least there she could hade behind a book.
But her hopes of hiding were dashed as two girls approached Tohru.
"Uotani-chan, Hana-chan!" Tohru hugged her friends happily.
"Who's this?" The one called Uotani glared at Kaital.
A loud 'thump' erupted in the room as Kaital hit her head on her desk.
"Why must I be so noticeable?" Kaital muttered under her breath.
"This is Kaital, she's an exchange student." Tohru put her hand on Kaital's back.
"It's nice to meet you…" Kaital didn't bring her head up from her desk.
Uo was about to tell Kaital to at least look at her when a heard of girls gathered around Yuki's desk, which was next to Kaital's.
"Here we go." Uo rubbed her temples in aggravation.
"Sohma-kun, I missed you over the break." One of the girls cooed.
"I missed you too, Sohma-kun, did you miss me?"
A barrage of questions soon followed.
Kaital, annoyed with the yammering of the fan girls, wormed her way next to Yuki and stated quite loudly:
"I didn't know you had so many adoring fans, Yuki-san."
The girls quickly drew their attention to Kaital.
The apparent leader of the heard of girls stepped from the crowd and got right into Kaital's face.
"You don't have the right to call him Yuki-san, newbie; call him Sohma-san, like the rest of us!"
"I recall you all calling him 'Sohma-kun'." Kaital smirked defiantly.
"Well, we're on more familiar terms with Sohma-kun." The girl retorted, with the same smirk.
"Does he know your name?" Kaital asked. "Because, if he doesn't, I don't think I would call that 'familiar terms'."
"Um…uh…Does he know your name, newbie?" the girl, obviously knowing that Yuki didn't know her name, tried to cover it up with another question.
"As a matter of fact, he does; and it's not newbie, if that's what you were thinking."
The girl turned to ask Yuki if the statement was true, but Kaital quickly stopped her.
"He's not part of this conversation." Kaital glared, her amber eyes looked menacing, as if they were on fire.
The bell rang not a second later, causing everyone to take their seats as the teacher walked in.
"I'm sorry about that, I got carried away…" Kaital apologized to Yuki quietly.
"Before we begin today's lesson, we have a new student."
Kaital sighed and stood up, knowing that she would have to anyway.
"Hamisura-chan, would you please introduce yourself to the class?"
"They gave me a fake last name, great." Kaital let out a bigger sigh and walked to the front of the class.
The whispers began again.
Kaital, with her hawk-like hearing that she got from Furie, could hear almost everything that they were saying.
The noise was giving her a headache.
"Let me answer your questions and rumors that you are starting."
Every eye then turned onto Kaital.
Kaital took in a deep breath and began.
"My name is Kaital, not 'newbie'"
Kaital glared at the leader of the fan girls, who shrunk into her seat.
"Yes, I did live in a tree at one time.
Yes, my parents hated me and thought I was strange, but no, they didn't send me to the circus.
No, I am not a fire spirit sent here to burn down your homes.
Yes, this is my real hair color.
No, I don't wear colored contacts.
Any other questions?"
Silence greeted Kaital.
"Good, now stop your loud whispering."
Kaital looked at the teacher, who looked flabbergasted.
"Did I leave anything out, sensei?"
"Just a few: Where are you from, where do you live now, and how many people are in your family?"
Kaital sighed again, these people were trying her patience.
"I can't remember where I am from originally, where I live now is none of your business, and everyone in my family was killed."
Jaws dropped at the final comment and Kaital realized that she had said the wrong thing.
She also realized that she had to make up a story to explain their deaths now.
"I was over at a friend's house." She began in a monotone voice
"In the middle of the night, our neighbor broke down the door with a gun in his hand.
He was intoxicated and began to wave the gun around wildly and threatened to shoot my family.
When I got home, the police were there. They told me that my father and mother had tried to save my two sisters by putting themselves before the drunkard.
He shot both of them and then my sisters."
Kaital sat back down and Uotani turned to look at her.
"You sure know how to make a first impression…" Uo laughed awkwardly.
"I suppose I do." Kaital said, turning her attention to the teacher.
Alright, that was a long chapter…
Now, I need your help! I can't decide if I should make this a KaitalxYuki story or a KaitalxKyo story! I would like a little advice. Please message me with your idea and a reason why. Please don't say "Kaital should end up with because he's cool." I want a solid reason or no reason at all. Thank you for your time…PLEASE REVIEW!!!