I am so sorry!! I know it has been a long long time since I last updated, but I just got sooo busy with work, and everything that I kinda forgot all about this. That and I haven't really had any motivation to continue this. But! I am continuing it now, and hopefully this time I'll make it to the finish before I take a big break again. Please forgive me for taking so long, but I swear the ending will be good, and the Prequel that I had planned. And also I'll be continuing my other stories if anyone read those as well. Thanks for being patient with me. On with the story, once again!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruit's Basket, but I do own Yukiko and Mamoru.
Innocence
Chapter 14
Kyo's Shock
"If anyone recieved failing grades on any of your midterms, the retests will be on Sunday!" said Yukiko's teacher. Yukiko, Haru, and Momiji were anxiously waiting for class to end. They all made good grades on their midterms so they weren't paying much attention to their teacher. Yukiko was covering her mouth from the giggles that threatened to escape her. Haru was making silly faces at her every few seconds and even had the end of a pencil up his nose at one point.
Momiji pulled Yukiko out of her seat as soon as the bell rang and out the door, with Haru close behind them carrying Yukiko and Momiji's things. They started running as soon as they reached the hall and didn't stop until they reached Yuki's classroom, which had Tohru and Kyo also. Opening the door, Yukiko rushed to the back of the classroom, ahead of Haru and Momiji who waited near the door, where Yuki was standing near Tohru's desk and hugged him fiercely. Tohru herself was on the floor facing the wall apologizing.
Yuki jumped slightly at the sudden appearance of arms around his waist and looked down to see a head of green hair.
"Oh hello, Yukiko," he said patting her head as she looked up grinning at him.
"You went to so much trouble to help me and I still failed one of my tests! I feel so bad for making you waste your time. I can't believe I'm so stupid," Tohru said.
"She failed a test?" Yukiko asked Yuki quietly, watching him as he nodded and then knelt down next to Tohru.
"You're not stupid. You just made a mistake. We all make them. No one expects you to be perfect. Besides, you have a second chance, right?" Yuki asked, smiling gently. "And the questions on retests are usually easier than the real thing."
Haru and Momiji appeared behind Yukiko and overlooked the scene filled with Tohru's tears. Yukiko's ears picked up Yuki saying he had a student council meeting. Saddened, she turned and trudged out of the room.
'I wanted to walk home with Yuki, but I guess I'll see him later,' Yukiko thought. She said her goodbyes to Momiji and Haru, taking her things and walking away from the high school towards home.
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Yukiko looked up as she heard voices not too far from where she was sitting on the ground. She had walked away from the path to Shigure's house, and started to pick some flowers. Noticing Kyo and Tohru walk by, she started to get up to call out to them.
"Ky-," she started with her hand raised to draw their attention,but stopped when Tohru dropped her head onto Kyo's back.
"Uh, hey. What do you think you're doing? C'mon! It's just a retest! You don't have to be so depressed! Try not to stress out so much. You're just gonna end up giving yourself a fever again," Kyo said, with a red tint to his face. Yukiko slowly dropped her hand. Tohru started to fall towards the ground as Kyo shouted out. "Uh, hey!"
There was a poof of smoke as Tohru hit the ground. Gasping, Yukiko's eyes widened as the smoke disappeared, Kyo gone.
Yukiko turned and ran from the scene behind her, tears that were building up in her eyes started to block her vision.
Kyo... was a... cat.
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Later that afternoon, Yukiko was sneaking back into the house and through the hallway when she saw Shigure holding the phone away from his ear. From the babbling on the other end, she could tell it was Momiji. She didn't stop to say anything though, as she hurried to her room. There was no way she could face Kyo anymore. He was a cat.
'A... cat. How could I not have seen that? Of all the animals... He didn't tell me. Haru knew I didn't like cats, and then Kyo kissed me. What do I do now?'
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Meanwhile, Kyo walked to his room and opened his door. He paused and looked down the hallway towards Tohru's room. His eyes shifted quickly to Yukiko's door before he turned around and ran out of the house.
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"Haru?" Yukiko's soft voice whispered quietly. She had snuck over to his house, remembering the same way to get there as he showed her. She wasn't sure if she was supposed to be there, so she was peeking in the window that she was sure opened to his room. Hearing footsteps, Yukiko ducked down a little in case it wasn't Haru in his room.
"Yukiko?" She looked up as she heard Haru calling out her name. She jumped up and reached out her arms for Haru to pull her into his room. Noticing her, Haru grabbed her hands and lifted her through his windown and set her on the floor. "What's wrong?"
"I'm just... Well, I needed to get away from the house for a while," Yukiko answered. She blushed and kicked her foot a little as she sat herself down on Haru's bed.
"What happened then?" Haru wondered as he sat next to her. She fidgeted with the hem of her skirt before looking up at Haru.
"You knew, right? Of course you would. Kyo... He's the cat," Yukiko stated. Haru's eyes widened for a split second, as his gaze shifted down to her side which he knew held a secret scar.
"Well, yes. I knew. I'm sorry I couldn't tell you, but that was his decision to make," he replied. Yukiko squeezed her eyes shut as she tried to erase the horrid image that appeared every time a cat was mentioned.
"I just wish I would have known before, you know? And then, he kissed me. Kissed by a cat," Yukiko made a face at the thought. Kissed by one cat, mutiliated by another.
"I know your opinions on cats must be pretty screwed up by now, but you know that the actions of one animal doesn't always mean the actions of another will be the same," Haru said. "Think about it for a while. You know what Kyo is like, before you even knew he was a cat. Why would anything be different now?"
Haru did make sense. Yukiko gave him a quick hug, a thanks, and then snuck back out his window.
'Nothing is different.'
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"Fine!! I'll do it myself then!" Kyo screamed as he lifted the tray carrying the leek soup and walked towards the kitchen door. He kicked it out of his way, breaking it and continued upstairs.
"Kyo, try not to smash all the doors on your way! You're going to have to fix that!" Shigure yelled to the retreating Kyo. "Now, that really is cute, isn't it?"
"What's cute?"
Shigure turned at the question and saw Yukiko standing beside him staring at the smashed door in wonder.
"Oh, nothing. Kyo just made some leek soup for Tohru so she'll feel better," Shigure said. Yukiko scrunched up her face in disgust.
"Leek soup!? I thought Kyo didn't like leeks? And what happened to the door?" Yukiko questioned, as she pointed towards the remains on the floor.
"That's why it's cute," Shigure replied, humming to himself as he left Yukiko in the kitchen frowning.
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"Just get better or I won't be happy. And, hey... even if it takes you a little while... I can... cook and stuff... for a while... So don't worry about it, okay?" Yukiko heard Kyo say. He was in Tohru's room while she ate the soup he made her. Yukiko was passing by to go to her room when she heard the conversation. She stopped and put her ear against the door, curious, as what Shigure said earlier flitted through her head. "But you're never gonna get better if you don't eat! So hurry up before it gets cold!"
"Uh... right," Tohru replied, and Yukiko heard a shuffling as Tohru continued eating. "It really is delicious..."
"No it's not... it's pretty awful... My cooking really sucks compared to yours," Kyo said, his voice strained. "So maybe you're more responsible than you think, huh?"
Yukiko turned and started walking towards her room with her head down. Hearing a door slide open and close behind her, she realized that Kyo had just exited Tohru's room.
"What are you doing?" Kyo asked. Yukiko slowly turned her head around and looked at him. His face had the faint traces of a blush on it. She turned her head around quickly and walked back to her room, not answering his question. Kyo stood there for a minute, confused before he went to his own room.
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Yukiko tilted her head towards the door as she heard fighting downstairs. Yuki must have found out that Kyo used his planted leeks to make Tohru soup.
'Cats sure like to pick fights,' Yukiko thought, an odd look on her small face. She jerked up as she heard her father's voice. She almost went down to greet him, but soon after her father spoke, the voice of Kisa made her stop in her tracks. She shivered and walked back to her bed where she sat down again with one of her bears. Momiji was downstairs too, and out of breath. They were all worried about Tohru, and so was Yukiko. She didn't want to leave her room though, as another cat was in the house. Certainly Kyo was downstairs with them, and she wasn't sure if she wanted to see him. They still haven't spoken much to each other after the incident at the lake.
Soon she heard them all in Tohru's room checking up on her. Her father was obviously called to make sure Tohru wasn't too sick. She giggled slightly as she heard her father making fun of Shigure. Everyone eventually left Tohru's room except Kisa, but that didn't bother Yukiko since she wasn't going to see Tohru right now.
Putting her bear back on the bed, Yukiko left her room and walked downstairs where her father and Shigure were talking. She straightened her back and readied herself for what she wanted to say.
"So, Har'i, if I were you, I'd start thinking about what I'd like to eat once Tohru gets better," Shigure said. Hatori looked at him, confused. "I'm sure she'll want to cook you a special dinner, to say thank you."
Her father closed his eyes and smiled. Yukiko walked futher into the room and stood in front of the two men. They both looked up at her, Hatori standing up to get ready to go. She grabbed his sleeve to stop him.
"Hatori... no, I mean... D-dad..." she trailed off. Hatori's eyes widened as she said the word dad, looking down at her in shock. "C-can... Can I come live with you?" she stuttered slightly. Both Hatori and Shigure gasped, but turned as they heard the kitchen door slam open. Kyo stood there in the doorway, surprised.
"WHAT?!"
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Once again, I'm sorry that it's taken so long for me to continue this, but I do hope that you liked this chapter. And I do hope that you'll continue reading as I post the rest of the story. I'll try my best to keep writing chapters more frequently. I wonder what's going to happen from now on. Yukiko wanting to move in with Hatori. Kyo surprised and, maybe angry, at the news. And there's only one more disc left of episodes, where the end will be. Stay tuned for the next chapter soon, and I promise that it will be soon.
Love, Jess (not archer anymore, Jess is my real name anyways)