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Haya here, I already asked for permission to do this story and the credit of this story, the story being "draw a circle it's a fruits basket" goes to gilbird5. If you don't believe me, please ask gilbird5. I hope my version of this story will do nothing to destroy the image you had of this. I am not really a skilled writer, well I don't believe myself to be, but I will be working on this story with my own somewhat twist.

Please take notice that there will be several major changes. One being Japan is a girl, I am keeping the name Kiku as that can be a female's name.

Chapter One; Letter pt. 1

Tohru is an average girl with average looks; she has brown hair with front bangs that frame her blue eyes. One may think for an average girl, she would have an average life.

Tohru was born to Kyoko and Katsuya Honda in the Year of the Dog, though she wants to be born of the Year of the Cat, even though the Year of the Cat did not exist. Her father died when she was very young, she almost three. She was pretty much raised by her mother alone.

Not many people know this, but Tohru has an older sister, not even she knows much of her sister, but she was once extremely close to her sister as close as she was with her mother.

As a child, Tohru loved when her mother told her stories, but she especially loved the ones her sister told her, the ones about the Chinese Zodiac, but Tohru always wondered why when her sister ever spoke of any Chinese story, a sad look appeared upon her face. That was the only thing, that stop Tohru from bugging her sister, for more stories on the Zodiac.

One day, when she was still young her sister had left. Tohru never found out as to why she left, but it seems that her mother knew why, as she to comment "I wish that day will never come" or "Why you."

She still got letters from her sister, but hasn't seen her for years. Her sister wasn't there when their mother died, but she got a tearful letter from her, full of regrets. Tohru had moved in with her father's father for a while. When his house was being remodeled, she lived in a tent in the property of the Sohma family.

But, that all changed when one day when she was walking to school, she noticed Shigure Sohma's figurines of the Chinese zodiac. Now she lives with them, everything seems normal, no matter how weird it is.

So, a normal day for living with the Sohma family, with Kyo and Yuki were fighting, Shigure was harassing his editor and Tohru was in the kitchen cooking dinner, yep a nomal day with the Sohma family. Tohru is happy living with the Sohma family, but couldn't help wondering about her sister, she hasn't heard about her since the tearful letter she got.

While she was lost in thought about her dear sister, a boy with dark gray hair, a front fringe with the left side of his hair longer than his fringe, he was wearing Chinese-style outfit. His androgynous face look to Tohru with a small smile, this boy is Yuki Sohma, the Rat of the Chinese Zodiac.

The Sohma family has a curse that is a "bond" between God and the members of the Zodiac. Thirteen Sohmas are possessed by the animals of the Chinese zodiac. Yuki Sohma is possessed by the spirit of the Rat. As told in the zodiac legend, the rat is the highest member of the zodiac, and the one closest to god.

"Honda-san," Tohru snapped out of her thoughts and looked to the boy, "there is a letter addressed to you." He hands her the letter as she stands and bows in panic.

"Oh! I'm so sorry. You didn't need to bring it to me. You didn't need to go through the trouble."

Yuki chucked, "It was no problem." He bowed then walked out of the room.

Tohru looked to the letter sent to her. As she opened the letter she gasped as she recognized the writing, it was her sister's writing. 'How did she know I lived with the Sohma family' Tohru wondered.

Tohru-chan,

It has been a long time since I sent a letter; I hope you are well. It has been years since we have met in person, but finally my boss as allowed me to visit you after all these years.

I do know that you are living with the Sohma family, as my boss told me, I hope they take care of you. I worry for you, but I hope you do not mind if I, allow with two dear friends of mine, visit in a few day and also stay for a few days. Sorry, for visiting on such short notice.

Your dear nee-chan, Kiku

Tohru's eyes widen as she read and reread the letter, her sister was coming, tears of joy started to fall, she was going to see her sister.

Wait- there's so much she needs to do, she needs to clean the whole house and she needs to get more food, there is so much to do.

Wait- she needs to ask Shigure-san if they can stay.

Running out of her room looking for Shigure, who she found in his studio with his editor trying to make him write, another 500 pages.

"Shigure-san," a man with short black hair and brown eyes wearing Japanese traditional clothes looked to her with a smiled as his editor, a woman with extremely short brown hair, brown eyes and dressed in office clothing, glared at her with tears, "I have a question, are you busy?"

Shigure gave a cheerful smiled and dropped everything, as his editor tried to give it back to him. "Of course not, I have all the time in the world.~"

His editor glared at him, waterfalls falling, "No, no, you do not have time, you need to write. It has to be done in the next hour, it can't be late."

Tohru was a little unsure, "Well, you see my sister will be visiting, with two of her friends and I would like to know if they can stay here?"

Shigure's eyes sharpen as he stood up, he walked to packet under some books and handed to his editor, which made her cry of joy, yelled at him, then ran out of there. "Well, I would have asked Akito about this, so I'm not sure." Then, he left the room.

A few minutes after he left, Yuki walked into the room looking around he turned to Tohru. "Honda-san, wasn't Shigure-san in here?"

She looked at him, "Oh! He was, but he had to ask Akito about if my…sister…can…stay," her words falling into a whisper as she saw Yuki's reaction to Akito's name. "Um…my sister's visiting with two of her friends!" hoping to change his face, it worked somewhat. He looked surprised for a second.

"I didn't know you had a sister," he smiled, "well, I'll be glad to meet them."

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