Story: True To Know
Chapter: (4) On The Way To School
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. Zi and Shigure have a fun talk and Zi says he'll stay as long as he pays rent.
A/N: Nothing much really happens in this chapter. I just wanted to get it out before I changed my mind and erased it all. The good news is, I'm back living with my mom and this means internet to post chapters. Yay!! I had to go stay with my grama because she broke her coller bone. And wouldn't you know it, she's left handed. Grrrr... Too much drama to deal with.

"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.

The next morning everyone was going about their usual morning rutine. Tohru was fixing breakfast, Kyo was complaining about something or other trying and failing to get ready for school and Yuki was slowly looking for coffee.

Tohru had gone up to Zi's room a few times. The first time she tried to open the door a few seconds after knocking and the boy freaked out on her. He slammed it shut again yelling

"You don't just open someones bedroom door before they say it's alrght to come in! What's wrong witchu?!" he was both upset and half asleep.

"Zi, are you going to school with us today?" she asked through the door, he answered in the affermative. "Then you should probably be getting ready to go we leave in half an hour."

"M'yeah, sure... whatever." came a softish answer. Tohru decided that she would gve him about ten minutes and if he hadn't made an apearance then she'd check again. It sounded like he had already gone back to sleep.

When she came up the second time she did NOT just open the door, only knocked.

"Zi? Are you up yet? We leave in twenty mnutes. You should come down and get something to eat." She waited but no answer came so she knocked again. "Zi?"

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. I'm commin'. I'll be there in a minute." She left.

"Zi. Only ten minutes left, you really do need to come down."

"In a minute." With a sigh she left again. After five minutes Yuki went up and there was a note on his door that read

*In a minute! Just go away already!!* with a sigh he too left. If he didn't make it to school then it was his own fault. He needed to pay one more visit to the coffee pot before he left. He could already tell that today was going to be a long one.

Yuki had just put his cup down, leaning tiredly against the counter, when Zi came running excidedly down the stairs yelling enthuasticly

"Come on! Let's go! Time for school! Time for school!!" He was jumping around the room punching at the air. He stared at the other three wth the biggest smile on his face. "What are you waiting for? Let's get a move on!" He then litterly jumped out of the room skipping and twirling all the way out side to wait for the others.

"How can he be so energetic this early in the morning? Is that even possible?" Yuki asked to noone in partcular. The other two just stared, thinking the same exact thing.

"Oh, you're wearing your uniform, Zi. I didn't even notice." Tohru laughed at herself for a second before looking at both Yuki and Zi together. "Wow, you look even more alike than before! It's kind of cool. I wonder how every one at school will take it." The happier than excited grin fell from Zi's face and he stopped walking, eyes bugged.

"Oh, no no no no NO! eeeh!" He groaned out, almost crying. It was bad enough kind of looking like him on the streets but to basicly be twins in school... with squealing fan girls... oh no... those thoughs were back. 'Down!! Back away! I have a club, don't make me use it!!' Okay thought process was back to normal. "I think... I left my books back in my room. I should go get them. Don't wait up." He turned around, not caring that he was actually carrying said books. Kyo grabbed the back of his shirt making the texts fall to the ground. The cat began to drag poor boy down the road.

"If I have to go to school and put up with all the idiots there then so do you. You're not getting out of it." Tohru picked up the fallen books as Zi yelled back at him.

"You know. It's usually bad luck to the other person when someone touches me with out permission." He glared at his shoes that were dragging the ground, causing little dust clouds to come up. "The last person who tried to drag me somewhere ended up in the hospital with amnesia and a fear of quiet places. He now screams until his nose bleeds when a noise suddenly stops."

"Yeah, so? I'm not afraida you." He continued on.

"Just a warning. Something may happen. Maybe not... depends on how I feel." Zi allowed the dragging to go on for a few more feet then picked himself up, grabbed his books and ran toward the school, not looking back.

To Be Continued...

Chibi: Finally!!!
Zi: That's my job...
Chibi: What?
Zi: Yelling finally. I'm the one who had to put up with the wait, not you. You're not allowed to yell it.
Chibi: Whatever. Anywho!!... Please leave me a review. Sorry for the lateness and the shortness. I'll start work on the next chapter, 'kay? Say happy things and it may come faster. ^.^
Zi: *silently sighes, shakes head in dissapointment and walks away in a random direction*

Ja!
-Chibi
(12-17-09)