Hello again! Time for waiting is over, so I give you "Getting to know Kyo" Hey, it kinda rhymes! :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket, The Lion King or Peter Pan (or The Second Star to the Right song)
Getting to Know Kyo ~~~Samantha's POV~~~
I only jogged for about 3 minutes when I came to a little clearing. Kyo was sitting with his arms hiding his head on his knees. I slowly walked up to him.
"Hey, what's wrong?" I asked softly
"Nothing, go away." Kyo said lacking energy. I sat beside him anyway.
"I know you don't mean that. You can tell me anything." I leaned over trying to see the side of his face.
Kyo looked up from the corners of his eyes and sighed. "You wouldn't understand."
"Well, I could try. Wouldn't it be better to talk about something rather than holding all your thoughts inside? Trust me, you can tell me anything. I'll listen. And I won't judge if that's what you're worried about."
There was silence for a few minutes. I decided to look up at the sky. The grey clouds were starting to part revealing a blue sky.
"I knew Tohru when she was a little girl." spoke up Kyo. I turned to look at him. "I knew her mother too..."
I sat listening to Kyo's story about meeting Tohru's mom, Kyoko. He told me how one day little Tohru got lost and he went to find her only to have Yuki find her first. He also told me of the day he saw Tohru's mom die. His voice got low, to an almost inaudible whisper. When he finished, there was silence.
So Kyo has known Tohru, well Kyoko, ever since he was a child. Tohru doesn't know about this, and it seems like Kyo really cares about her.
"You know," I said breaking the silence "they say that love hurts. But, that's not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing somebody hurts. Everyone confuses these with love, but in reality love is the only thing in this world that covers up pain," I looked up to the beautiful blue sky "and makes us feel wonderful again."
I looked over at Kyo. He looked at me with sad eyes, and followed my gaze to the sky. But this only lasted a few seconds because he put his head down again, his hair covering his eyes. I imagined a dark cloud hovering over him, drenching him in rain.
Why is it people carry their grief and can't easily let go? I know it must have been hard, knowing that he could have saved Kyoko from the accident, but still, it wasn't his fault. And as they say, "You can't change the past, but you can change the future."
... I thought of the Lion King. I looked around for a stick. There, by the bush. I stood up and walked over to pick up the stick. I could feel Kyo's eyes watch me in curiosity. I walked back over and sat next to a dumbfounded Kyo. I hit him with the stick.
"Ow! What the hell was that for?!" he yelled.
"It doesn't matter, it's the past!" I smiled shrugging my shoulders
"But that hurt!" he complained rubbing his head
"Yes, the past can hurt. But what I've found is that you can either run from it, or, learn from it." Oh Disney, you teach us so much.
I swung the stick over Kyo's head again, he ducked.
"See?" I laughed
Kyo looked at me angry at first, then he relaxed to a smirk. "You are an interesting person, you know that?"
I smiled. "Shall we head back to the house?"
"Sure"
We walked back to the house. I trailed behind Kyo because I actually got a little lost. Once we reached the house I saw Shigure sitting in the living room.
"Did Kyo have a little fun with our sweet flower?" Shigure teased
"Dammit! You pervert! Don't you think about anything else?!" Kyo yelled at Shigure
Momiji bounced over to me and gave me a big hug.
"I missed you! Come, come! Let's go play a game Samantha!" and he grabbed my hand and pulled me to the living room.
"Oh yeah! I'll be staying over tonight so we can leave early tomorrow!" cheered Momiji "We're going to take a private bus and Haru will be coming too! He's going to meet us here tomorrow."
"Haru?" I asked
"Hatsuharu Sohma is one of our cousins." explained Yuki "He is a year younger than us, the same age as Momiji. And he's also part of the zodiac, he is the cow."
The cow. I can't wait to meet him! Wait...
"Momiji, you're only a year younger than us?" I asked surprised, I thought he was in middle school
"Yupp! And I am going to the same school as you!" he said giving me a big smile
"Really? That's wonderful! I'll get to see you everyday then." I smiled, I can't wait until school starts.
For the rest of the afternoon I taught everyone how my iPod works and we played random games on it. Apparently, Kyo likes playing Fruit Ninja. Of course Yuki got all the high scores.
So now it's evening and the sun has almost set. Tohru, Momiji and I sat on the porch watching the sun set above the trees.
"I love the colours of sunsets." sighed Tohru.
"Me too." I added "The pink clouds kind of remind me of cotton candy."
"They do! They do!" jumped in Momiji "I love cotton candy! And any other candy!" he looked in his bag and took out three lollipops "Do you want candy?"
"Haha! Okay, thank you Momiji" I said taking the red lollipop.
"Thank you very much Momiji!" said Tohru taking the pink lollipop.
We all sat there sucking our lollipops and watching the sky get darker and starts shine brighter. I heard Yuki walk up behind us and sit next to me, opposite Momiji. He looked up at the stars with us in silence.
"Oh look!" I pointed to the second brightest star "It's Neverland, the second star to the right and straight on 'till morning!" I smiled
"Peter Pan, right?" asked Momiji
"Yes!" I smiled, and looked up to the sky. I started singing
"The second star to the right
Shines in the night for you...
To tell you that the dreams you plan
Really can come true..."
[Momiji leaned against me.]
"The second star to the right
Shines with a light that's rare,
And if it's Never Land you need
It's light will lead you there.
Twinkle, twinkle little star
So I'll know where you are,
Gleaming in the skies above
Lead me to the land we dream of.
And when our journey is through
Each time we say "Goodnight"
We'll thank the little star that shines
The second from the right"
I looked down at Momiji and noticed his eyes were closed. I smiled and ruffled his hair. He still didn't open his eyes.
"He's asleep." I noted
Tohru smiled "I'll go make his bed." and with that she ran to get a futon and blankets. I sat there not wanting to have Momiji fall over. I looked over at Yuki. He was sitting back on his arms looking at the sky. I followed his gaze and admired the diamond filled night.
"That was a lovely lullaby." Yuki said looking over to me
"Yes, it is. My adoptive mother would always sing it to me when I was a child. It's one of my favourite songs. Though, I didn't think it would actually put Momiji to sleep" I said looking at a dreaming Momiji
"Well I guess he's had a busy day." Yuki said looking at Momiji. He looked back up to the sky. Tohru quietly tip toed back to the porch.
"I've finished making the bed." she whispered
"Okay!" I whispered back carefully turning so Momiji wouldn't fall. I put my right arm under his legs and my left arm behind his back to pick him up. He wasn't very heavy, maybe about my weight? I turned to the house.
"I can carry him if you want Miss Samantha." said Yuki
"It's fine, I can carry him." I smiled "You should get to packing. We're leaving tomorrow."
Yuki nodded and walked up to his room. Tohru and I put Momiji to bed in the living room and we left to our rooms.
As I lay on my bed drifting off to sleep I wondered What wonderful surprises will tomorrow bring me?