Story: True To Know
Chapter: (3) Just For Now
Pairings: Soon to see.
Warnings:
- This will be based on the anime not the manga. The anime only goes to episode 26 and stops when Tohru goes to see Akito after she sees Kyo's true form. This gives me a lot of room to do what ever. I am reading the manga though and will keep some of that as well. MAJOR difference between this and the real thing though. Things will be pretty different.
- I'm not sure yet but knowing me, there will be yaoi. Still not sure though. Just a forethought.
- Names may be spelled wrong
- If you're confused, it may be a good thing. Just ask and I'll clear it up if it won't ruin anything.
- I think I made them OOC. Sorry.
Disclaimer: I do not own 'Fruits Basket'. Trust me this is a good thing.
So far: We've met the weird personality of Nakano Zi who is basicly, but not, Yuki's twin in looks. He's major 'Don't touch me' and 'Don't help me'. A very negitive person. He finally accepted help after fighting with the woods and trying to convince himself that he is helping Tohru not the other way around. He disappeared the next morning. A few days later he is found asleep upon the school gate wall thing and even falls off and manages to stay asleep. He then, yet again, leaves Shigure's house without help of any kind.
A/N: Enjoy!! ((Wow!! That's probably the shortest AuthorsNote I've ever posted... Nope... Made it too long by telling you that. ^.^ Mehe!! (|^.^)-# Here have a waffle!!))
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Late that night, Shigure woke to weird sounds comming from down staires. Obviously, he went down to check it out. As he made his way down, he saw a small light comming from the kitchen, probably the fridge. Before he got to the door, the light shut off and was replaced with more shuffling. He was two seconds from turning the corner when all noise stopped. Quickly, he reached for the light switch and what he saw made him laugh.
Zi was standing there with a small baggie of left over rice, a few fruit, and a plastic container, probably stew or somethng, in his arms and a big bag of chips between his teeth.
"Zi, what are you doing? Especially this late at night?"
"Mmm..." He dashed to the back door before Shigure could even blink. Not even out the door yet something caught ahold of the coller of his shirt and he fell backwards.
"Zi." Said boy crossed hs arms without getting up.
"I'm mooching some food, okay. I even left money on the counter so don't get too upset. Can I leave now?" He glared up at the man. Shigure sighed and shook his head before picking up the food and placing it on the counter.
"If you wanted food, and are prepared to pay for it, then why not go to the store or something? From the looks of it, it'd even be cheeper." Sure enough, Zi had planned on leaving about twice the worth of the food. Zi mumbled something as he got up and dusted himself off.
"Can I go now?" Shigure just kept staring at him, he wanted answeres. "Fine! Every time I try to go into a store or resteraunt, I get kick out. Now can I leave?"
"Why?"
"...Because I want to leave. Duh!" Shigure gave him a look that said 'That's not what I meant.'. "...Oh... Why the heck else do you think?! I really need a shower. Or did you not notice?"
"Oh, no. I noticed. I didn't know they were allowed to do that. Then again, t does make sense."
"Then why not sneak a shower instead of food?" A very tired Yuki asked from the doorway. "Makes even more sense. And It's quiter." Zi was going to respond, really, he was. And t was going to be a good point. It was going to be wize and sarcastic at the same time... But he really couldn't hnk of anything to say. The rat was right.
"Nnn..."
"That settles it. You're taking a shower. Come on." Shigure stared to push a protesting Zi toward the bathroom but Yuki grabbed him before they got to far.
"I don't thing he needs your help, Shigure."
"Yeah, you perv. I don't need help. Beside, wouldn't it be a better idea to take one in the morning?"
"What so you can smell up a room or run off again before you get a chance. I don't think so." Zi mumbles
"Wow, you mean you can actually take responsiblity in something? That's new." Shigure started cryng.
"I can be responsible when I want to be. Anyway, no, you take a shower tonight."
"Not if you're going to start perving on me. I'm mght be odd at times but not that much."
"At tmes is quite an understatement. But fine, if it'll make you feel any better, I'll go lock myself iin my room." He then left to do so. Yuki and Zi stared at each other for a moment.
"You know where the bathroom and towles are. You probably need clean clothes though. We're about the same now right?"
"Pfft! Don't remind me."
"Why, what's wrong with that?"
"... I'm nearly nineteen... I'm pretty short for a guy my age don't you think?"
"...Will you ever give up on that?"
"Do I look like I'm going to give up on that anytime soon? No. Didn't think so. So clothes please before I change my mind and leave anyway." 'Even though I really don't want to.' Yuki sighed and got the clothes then went to bed. Zi took a shower and fell asleep on the front room floor. He didn't plan to but it was so much more comfortable than where he'd been sleeping the last few days.
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The next morning when everyone came down for some breakfast before school, they all saw Zi wrapped up in a blanket and huddled under the table. How ever got under there was anyone's guess but there he was. They triied to wake him up but after a while decded that since he did it volentarly then it was okay for him to stay. Well, Kyo was all for throwing him out side but noone else went for it.
When the three kids got back Zi was still there, sitting iin a coner and looking really depressed. A few inches away from, forming a quarter circle from one wall to the other, was a thick line of something that looked like salt.
"Shigure?" Yuki asked as the man walked into the room "What is he doing exactly? And what's up with the line of whatever it is?" Shigure laughed nerviously and scratched the back of hs head.
"Heh. Well, it would seem that Zi here somehow found some sake and got a little drunk."
"A little? He looks hammered! How much did he have?" Kyo asked.
"I don't really know. I found him like that about an hour ago and he's holdng the bottle pretty tightly so I can't take it away. He actually growled at me for trying."
"Tch. It can't be that hard to do." Kyo walked over to the half unconcious and boy reached for the bottle that he only just saw. What he didn't realize was that he had stepped on the line of 'salt'. Bad mistake. Before the cats hand even touched the glass, a very drunk Zi was up and had his foot pressed down on the others chest and his free left hand was digging claws into his neck. And he was growling. Loudly. And it wasn't any normal growl froma a human, it was a very animalistic grawl.
"Don't touch."
"Did I forget to mention, that he's rather violent when it comes to touching? Especially when he's drunk?"
"He really doesn't seem to be that kind of person though." Tohru said, a little scared.
"Well, usually he's pretty even tempered. Or, he was when we first met him. And at that time he didn't he didn't exactly make it a habit to drink. Somethng else must be going on besides what we already know."
"Damn you. Let go'a me! If you weren't so smashed rght now, I'd kick your ass! Isn't anyone gong to help me at all? Geeze!"
"If you'd just shut up for a few minutes he'd stop himself. You're giving him reason to attack." Yuki lectured.
"What? That's stupid! I didn't even do anything!"
"Think of it as he's someone who only notices movement. If you stop moving, he won't see you and leave you alone." Begrudgingly, Kyo did as he was told. And sure enough Zi let go and went back to his corner, fixed the 'salt' and sat exactly as he was before.
"Are you freaking crazy?! You want him to stay here? He-"
"You don't understand. Yes, he can be violent and whatnot but he has had almost the same kind of life you've had, maybe even worse. Think of it that way." Yuki interupted, "Sure, he didn't have most everyone he knew hate him because of the curse, but look at it this way. He grew up not knowing why he was changing when hugged and didn't understand it at all. He had no clue what was going on. He was hated in the town he lived in because his mother remained unmarried, because of the way he acted, because, even at a young age, when most kds WANTED attention, he freaked out, not knowing when he would next turn in to his zodiac form. He grew up with no one understanding what he was going through and everyone hated him because of that, and when being hated no one WANTED to understand him. He has been diagnosed with depression, schitophenia, OCD, a mld form of MPD and a few others. He has many reasons to act this way. And probably even more than that. So he has just about as much a reason to act like a violent idiot as you."
"I'm not a violent idiot!!"
"Exihbit A." Shigure mutters to himself. Kyo hears and popps a vain, then sighs.
"Man, he's pretty screw up, huh?" Kyo looked at Zi for a second then walked off. Yuki sighed.
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A few hours later Zi finally came out of his corner and raided the fridge, took some advil and passed out at the table. When he woke up again he shouted out
"Don't touch." Shigure, who was in the next room over, laughed and yelled back
"What a way to wake up, Zi. And it's about time too. You've slept nearly all day."
"I what?!?" Zi stood up as the man came into the room... only to trip over nothing and land face first back on the floor. "Nnng... Why does my head hurt?"
"Probably a hangover."
"... A hangover?"
"Well, you were getting pretty drunk earlier."
"I was? I did? I don't remember doing that. Must have been... Man, I SAID I WOULDN'T DO THAT ANYMORE!!" He banged his head off the floor. "Ow." And again. "Ooow."
"Not very smart are you?" Kyo asked. He had walked in right as Zi head hit the first time. "Idiot."
"GAKI!! Oow..." He curled into a ball and covered his face. "I have my reasons for dong certian things. You'd never understand. No one ever does. Not even I know." He sighed. I should go. I've been gone for too long. I might come back tomorrow or something if I don't have anything better to do." He got up and left once again.
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The next day, when the three teens were at school, Zi did come back. He and Shigure were in his, as Zi put it, 'WritingRoom', talking about random stuff that had happened inbetween the first visit a year ago and last week. Eventually it turned to what Shigure had published recently and then to his poor editor. They laughed for two or three minutes straight.
"Man, I'd say the only reason you're alive right now is because she can't write it herself. I know I'd've killed you by now... If I hadn't already diied of a panic attack or something. You're so mean to her."
"Ah, but it's worth it."
"Totally and completely." They laughed a little more and fell into a comfortable silence. Zi lay his head down at the end of the table and closed hs eyes. A few mnutes later, Shigure spoke, careful and serious.
"Zi, I know you really don't want help and I can respect that but you really need to find some where to actually stay besides where ever it is you currently are. You've said yourself that it seems that there are no open apartments and what not, so why don't you stay here until you find some where else. And you do need to continue school as well and you seem unwilling to do so until that time. Please. You know you're welcome here and you really don't need to look at is as accepting help." Zi sighed and didn't say anything for a few minutes.
"I suppose. But I'll only stay on two conditions. One, if I claim it, as in my room and something weird like a corner or something, NOONE touches it. And two, I pay rent and can leave if I find somewhere else. That's about the only way I can accept this arrangement it."
"I'd really rather you didn't but if it's the only way then alright." After a little more of discussing the terms of 'renting a room' they went back to joking around. THat's how the others found them when they got back, literally rolling around on the floor laughing about something stupid or another. A few hours later, Zi had his few belongings in his new room and spent the rest of the night and most of the morning rearanging everything.
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To Be Continued...
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Chibi: Yay!! FINALLY! You are WAY too stubborn for your own good!
Zi: You made me like that. Doi!
Chibi: That's MY word!! O.O
Zi: Mine, now. Ha!
Chibi: ... Whatever... Anyway, one review will get another chapter. And don't xpect me to get the next chapter out this quick.
Zi: You know, you did get this one out pretty quick. I, for one, am surprised.
Chibi: That makes two of us. I was just so happy to have a review that I had to get another chapter out. THANK YOU!! Oh and also I kinda had a bowl of Raman after the shower part and another bowl before the part where Zi attacked Kyo... So yeah
Zi: So that's what happened!
Chibi: ... Heh... Yeah... Raman does weird stuff to my mnd... 'specially when it five o'clock in the morning and I haven't been to sleep yet. ^.^'
Zi: ... -_-' I'm thinking I should leave... Like NOW!!
Chibi: Y.Y You're mean to me
Zi: ... You're the one that got me smashed and I'm mean? How does that work out? And what the heck is wrong with me?!?! I've got so many problems I should probaby be in a white room with a straight jacket, not talling perverted jokes to Shigure!! O.O
Chibi: Who said they were perverted jokes?!
Zi: ... This is you we're talking about here. And Besides, they're perverted because I said they were. HA! ^.^
Chibi: ... -_-' ... Right... PLEASE REVIEW!!
Ja!
-Chibi
(8-26-09)