Hello loyal followers! Here's the updated first chapter of my story. I'll make a new post after I update all the chapters and before I start the continuation of the story. Just a question though, should I continue following the story line? I was going by the anime, but if I want to continue past it maybe I should follow the manga. I'm not sure, so any feedback would be awesome. I'll keep this chapter mostly the same until I make a decision. I feast upon the support you guys provide for me in the form of reviews. Thanks to everyone who follows and reviews. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket, but I do own Yukiko.

Innocence
Chapter 1
Sohma Discovered

"Hey, check it out! That guy over there is like, unbelievably hot!" said an unknown teenage girl about Hatsuharu Sohma.

"Yeah! I wonder what he's got going on?" replied the other girl. "He looks like he's on his way to a rave or something…"

"You're right. He looks like a total club kid," added the first girl.

"Let's go talk to him! A cool guy like that? I'll bet we can have some fun!" said the second girl before seeing the figure moving towards the guy. Hatsuharu gets onto his bike, when from beside him he hears a little cough. Looking down, he sees a young girl. She looks up from her map and puts it back in her oversized backpack.

"Yes?" he asked the unknown girl staring at him continuously.

"Um… Do you know a Hatori Sohma?" asked the obviously shy girl.

"Yea sure, I live near him. I'm his cousin actually. Listen, I have some stuff I have to do first, but if you want you can either hang out with me or I can meet up with you somewhere," he said now suspicious of how she knows Hatori.

"If it's alright, I have nowhere to be," she trailed off not wanting to look desperate.

"It's fine, just get on and let's go," said Haru. The girl looked uneasily at him then the bike.

"Um… Where shall I get on?" asked the girl.

"In the basket is fine. Come on, we'll get to know each other on the way," said Haru watching her sit inside the basket. "So, what's your name?"

Haru and the girl, now known as Yukiko, were sitting on a slope near a bridge talking.

"So, you need to find Hatori because he's supposedly your father? And you were living with your mom in Europe? Well that sure explains your accent," remarked Haru stunned at what she was telling him. The girl looked down nervously before replying.

"Yes, it was a secret and he wasn't able to find out before my mother had to leave. I've waited all my life to meet my father, and now that my mom is gone, I have nowhere to go," said the girl fiddling with a piece of grass.

"Don't worry, I'll get you to Hatori," said Haru before they heard someone coming down the hill.

"Sir! What's wrong?" asked an older girl of average height. She obviously didn't see the younger girl sitting on Haru's right side. "I'm sorry! I just thought, well, your hair is so white, I thought you were an old man that had fallen down or something. I mean, not that you look like an old man…," said the girl trying to cover up her mistake. She then noticed a small green haired girl pop her head out from behind Haru trying not to laugh.

"Have you ever heard of a place called Sohma House?" asked Haru glaring slightly at Yukiko who was covering her giggles with her hand.

"Eh, Sohma House? So then… by any chance, are you a Sohma? Maybe?" asked the strange girl sitting down on Haru's left. The younger girl leaned forward over Haru to get a better look at the girl.

"That's right. Oh, and Yukiko here is a newly found Sohma also," replied Haru as Yukiko grinned and laid her head down on Haru's outstretched legs.

"Oh?" she said finally looking at the girl. Yukiko looked to be about twelve and had waist length green hair and sparkling silver eyes. "So do you go to the grade school?"

"Umm… No I'm fourteen," said Yukiko looking at her like she was crazy.

"OH! I'm sorry. I just thought, you're so little…," she replied, trailing off.

"So you know it then?" asked Haru while patting Yukiko's head.

"Oh, y-yes! I'm, um, I'm pleased to meet you! I'm Tohru… Uh?" stated Tohru nervously bowing. "What is it?" she wondered seeing Haru and Yukiko get up off the ground.

"He's coming," replied Haru tying a rope to the rail on the other side of the street.

"Um… What are you doing?" questioned Tohru as Haru went back over by Yukiko and gave her part of the rope. She understood what he was trying to do and got as low to the ground as possible. Haru grunted in response before getting ready for Kyo and Yuki who were running their way past. As Kyo started to speed up, Haru pulled the rope tight, with Yukiko following him, and tripped Kyo.

"Got him," said Haru as he looked at Yukiko trying to hold back giggles.

"Kyo! Are you hurt!" asked Tohru running over to the fallen cat with Yuki following.

"What the hell are you doing? Damn it! I was winning and everything!" Kyo screamed at Tohru. Haru and Yukiko stood up as Yuki's eyes wandered over to Yukiko.

"If I hadn't of tripped you, you wouldn't have stopped, now would you," said Haru as the others looked on confused.

"Haru?" wondered Kyo at seeing the cow. Haru turned toward Yukiko.

"By the way, what I did was very dangerous… And if that had been anyone other than Kyo, they'd probably had been hurt pretty badly. Don't ever do it again," Haru told Yukiko already taking the position of an over-protective brother. Yukiko looked at Kyo, then Haru and nodded.

"You shouldn't have done it now! Who are you even talking to?" asked Kyo oblivious to Yukiko's presence.

"So, now it's Haru. They just keep showing up don't they," said Yuki at Haru's appearance. "Shouldn't you be at school?"

"Yeah… Well, I actually left on Sunday with the intention of coming here, but I was swept away into the heart of a dark, urban wilderness. It took me three days to find my way out," said Haru.

"Why don't you just say you got lost?" asked Yuki sweat dropping.

"Well, I happened to meet up with sweet Yukiko here and I promised I'd take her to see Hatori," explained Haru grabbing onto a surprised Yukiko and pulling her in front of him.

"Why does she need to see Hatori?" asked Yuki ignoring Kyo and Tohru talking.

"Well, you see…" Haru tried to answer but Yukiko held her hand over his mouth stopping him.

"I'd rather Hatori find out first," she explained seeing his confused expression.

"He's over at Shigure's. You can come over if you'd like," said Yuki now even more curious of Yukiko.

"Um… Hey… Do you think we should move somewhere off the road?" asked Tohru watching the other runners.

"Hmm… That might be wise. Oh... This is Hatsuharu. He's still in his third year of middle school, one year behind us. Haru, this is Miss Tohru Honda," said Yuki introducing the two.

"Well then, Miss Tohru Honda, it is a pleasure to meet you," said Haru bowing to Tohru.

"Oh, no! The pleasure's all mine! Really!" said Tohru mimicking Haru's actions. After, Haru took Yukiko's hand and showed her off to the rest.

"And this is the lovely Yukiko. Yukiko, this is Yuki and Kyo Sohma," said Haru pointing to them respectively. She bowed and said hello to each of them.

"So what did you come here for, anyway?" questioned Kyo once they were under the bridge.

"To fight," replied Haru placing Yukiko next to Yuki. "I was planning to challenge you at the New Year's banquet, but you decided to skip… So I've come to you. Now, let's do it."

"H-Hold on a minute! I'm right in the middle of something here, in case you hadn't noticed," replied Kyo as Haru grabbed his shirt. Sensing a fight, Yuki turned to Yukiko and asked her about why she wanted to see Hatori.

"Well, I wanted to wait to tell him myself, but I guess if you know where he is then I can tell you. You see, my mom told me that before I was born, she had a relationship with Hatori when they were sixteen. They were discovered though and Akito, I think that's who it was, didn't want them together. He forced Hatori to erase my mom's memories but Hatori couldn't do it. So he told her to leave and she did but then she was pregnant with me. Hatori didn't know and still doesn't," explained Yukiko.

"Hatori? A father? Hmm… Where did you come from Yukiko? You have a different accent then around here," said Yuki blown away from the new information.

"Um… I came here from Europe, England to be exact," replied Yukiko looking over at the two yelling. All of a sudden, Haru bangs Kyo with his head and his hair turns darker. Taking a few steps forward to see what was wrong, Yukiko felt Yuki grab her wrist to stop her.

"Ha! You're not a man. You're a little kitty-cat, too scared to fight," said Haru in his black form. Scared, Yukiko takes a few tentative steps back right into Yuki. Yuki just grabs her shoulders and holds her out of the way. As they were fighting, Yuki took the chance to explain what happened to Haru.

"Haru's pretty easy to get along with, but once he snaps, he's uncontrollable… That's our nickname for him when he's like this: Black Haru," explained Yuki. Yukiko missed what Tohru asked since she watched Haru walk over to them.

"Not at all," Yuki got out before Haru pushed him against the wall. Yukiko felt squished between the two as Yuki had put his arms round her to protect her. "I'm saying he's a thousand times worse."

"Yuki, are you comfortable? Enjoying the show? Hope so, cause I'm coming for you next," said Haru as he held onto Yuki's chin. "And you too," he added seeing Yukiko and kissing her on the cheek, and staying there for longer than necessary.

"Oh is that a fact," said Yuki holding Yukiko a little tighter. Yukiko's eyes were swirling as the boys continued to fight. Her mind couldn't keep up with anything as Yuki's arms were tight around her and her cheek was warm from where Haru's lips just were.

"You know, this could go on for hours. You really don't have to stay," said Yuki to Tohru. Yukiko vaguely heard Tohru respond to him in stutters.

"But shouldn't we… at least try to stop them?" Yukiko heard Tohru ask and couldn't help but agree at seeing Kyo and Haru still fighting.

That's the update for Chapter 1. I didn't change much in it because I'm not quite sure how much I want the story to change from its original plan. Let me know what you guys think! Thanks again to my reviewers and followers. You guys are awesome and make me want to keep this story going. Also, this doc manager does not want to work with me and the format I use in word after copying, so hopefully it doesn't look too bad. I try not to make a lot of mistakes, but sometimes they slip through.

-Jess