269You Don't Belong In A Fruits Basket!
Chapter 3: Memories
***Warning***mention of abuse in this chapter.**
Disclaimer: If I owned Fruits Basket, then I would have no need to write this fanfiction. XD But I don't own it in ANYWAY/SHAPE/OR FORM.
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The woman I call sister Is someone who is there The woman I call sister Is someone who always cares.
The woman I call sister Can make me smile when times are blue The woman I call sister Is someone very true.
The woman I call sister By choice, is my best of friend The woman I call sister Will be there till the end
The woman I call sister Is the blessing from God above The woman I call sister Is the sister that I'll always love
. -Marissa Gertmenian
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"TOHRU, THERE IS A UNKNOWN SPECIES OF INSECTS IN THIS BATHROOM."
But that was five hours had gotten 30 dollars each, and Tohru used some of hers to buy food for them.
Tohru patted her stomach. Clearly full. She sighed, and sat down, then layed on the soft green grass. It felt nice on her back, and she was in bliss. With that, she started to think about...well, everything.
She was thinking so hard, she didn't notice when her brother sat down beside her. Until he started talking.
"Whatch'a ya thinking 'bout sis?"
Startled, she sat straight up. Calming her beating heart, she soon recognized the voice. She smiled at him.
"I'm just thinking about everything. The accident, living in a tent. Just thinking 'bout life." Tohru then, went to her purse that she had since she was little, and took ot their most prized possession. A photo album. For a second, sadness flashed through their eyes. Tohru turned it to page 1. They were babies, and their mother was holding them. Their mom had orange hair, and was smiling. Her big blue eyes lighting up. their father had brown hair and blue eyes. He just looked up happily.
They turned some pages and looked at a picture where Tohru and Roku were fighting over a toy. It was stupid and they didn't talk to each other for a day. Then Roku 'I'm sowwy' and gave her some of his cookies from dinner. She smiled and they hugged and forgave each other. "That was a nice memory..." Roku said quietly.
Flashback
"NO! IT'S MINE!
"NO! MINE!"
They were pulling over a stuffed animal that their mom had brought home. Their mom, holding a pan of cooked eggs came in to see what the problem was about. She just looked at them, and went back into the kitchen. "WAHHHH GIMME TOHRU'S TOY!" Tohru screamed out. Holding the two legs of the toy. "NO! GIMME, GIMME,GIMME!" Roku screamed also, pulling the arms. Suddenly it ripped. And Tohru burst into tears and went into her room. She didn't come out for the rest of the day.
Dinner was quiet, and then Roku asked "Mommy? Can I give Tohwu something?" Kyoko smiled. "Of course hun"
Roku took two cookies off of his plate.
Then handed them to Tohru. "I sorry wittle sister. Big bwother been a bad boy." he hugged her. Tohru hugged him.
End of Flashback
The next one was just a picture of their mother. She was on her motorcycle. Ya see, she was the leader of the group called 'Red Butterfly Suicide Squad'. It was an all female group, and their motorcycles when they drived by, looked like those of a red butterfly. She was rejected by her family and fell in love with Katsuya, their dad. She took his last name, and from there, they created the Honda family.
Tohru smiled. The next one was their mother and father kissing. A few tears fell on the sheet. But it wasn't from Tohru. It was from Roku. He was smiling sadly. "I miss them. I miss them a lot."
She nodded, and a few of her own stray tears made it down to the page.
Flashback
"Ok children! We are about to play the game 'Fruits Basket'.* Ok?" The children smiled and yelled out a 'yay'. The teacher then called one of the children to go up first. She called herself an apple, then pointed at one of the children and called him orange. Then another and called him grapes. She gave each child a Fruit name. but when she got to Tohru she said "Your gonna be the ONIGRI!*" Tohru was very naive at the time. "Oh! Onigri! Yummy!" One by one, the children started calling each other out. And Tohru waited for 'Onigri' to be called.
But it never did. Later she realized that.
An Onigri does not belong in a Fruit Basket.
It makes the whole thing stand out. It makes all the other fruit's look weird. So since she is the one standing out, she is the weird one. No one ever called her name. Nope.
But what did she do?
She just smiled and waited. But in her mind she always told herself that. 'An onigri does not belong in a Fruits Basket. An onigri is different. And thats not okay.'
End of Flashback
Her mother's wise words echoed through her mind. Once she came back from school, she went crying into her mothers arms. Her mother talked with her and there is a thing she remembers most of all.
"
Tohru, Roku! You've got a fever again. You don't have to push your self so hard. You don't have do things the way I did. You can just be your self, do things your own way, one step at a time. You'll get there, I promise. Just be your self, you'll be fine."
Just be yourself. You'll be fine.
They both smiled in remembrance.
"Time to go to bed sis."
"Ok Roku. And Roku?"
"Yeah Tohru?"
"I love you"
"I love you to."
"Will we be together forever?"
"Till death do us part."
Tohru smiled and snuggled with her brother. Roku smiled in her hair, and they both fell, into a beautiful darkness.
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By the time it was morning, she heard Roku yelling into his phone. She stretched. Her her everywhere. She looked at Roku, and gave him the 'shush' sign. Roku's eyes were flaming. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN 'I HAVE TO GO?' I GOT A SISTER HERE. WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM? SOME KIND OF-"
Tohru bleeped him out, she sighed once he finished his phone call.
"Damn people want me to go on another soul harvest." Tohru sighed. "Again? When are humans gonna realize war is not the answer?" Roku shrugged but got up. A scythe then appeared in his hand. "I'm gonna hurry up. Sorry Tohru. About it."
Suddenly, as soon as he got up, he felt someone was watching them. He turned around with inhumane speed. His senses alert. When he looked at Tohru, he knew she sensed it to. "Roku..." Roku nodded. Just as quickly as the feeling went away, it was gone. He twitched his nose, a sign of annoyance they had gotten from their mother. "Tohru. Be careful about who you trust...You never know if they could be working for...him. "He whispered. She nodded. She sighed and hurried up to find a creek in which she could bathe in. When she turned around, she saw Roku half way into the ground, smiling and waving at her. She waved at him, and Roku dissappered.
As she was walking, a sudden memory floated into her head.
Flashback
"YOU LITTLE BRAT!" a strong, but medium sized hand was gripped on her hair. She was crying tears and blood. "DID YOU THINK THAT YOU COULD GET AWAY? YOU WANT EVERYTHING RIGHT?! I KNOW YOU WANT EVERYTHING. YOU WANT BREAST MILK, YOU WANT FOOD, YOU WANT WATER. YOU WANT YOUR DADDY? YOU WANT YOUR MOMMY? YOU WANT YOUR BIG BROTHER?" Roku had to go to practice, and mom went to work. She ordered someone to protect her while she was gone, but guess what! The man that was supposed to protect her, was under his orders now. He threw her at the wall, his face being shadowed. Being the same age as Tohru, he woudl've looked cute. Throwing a tantrum like a little kid. But Tohru knew that face all to well.
She was looking at a demon.
He grabbed her by the hair again, and made her stand up on her worn out, and cut up legs. He threw her outside. "Stay out there, like the stupid beast you are." The shadow walked back into the house, leaving a young Tohru cold and hungry. All she had wanted was to go to the kitchen and get an apple. The shadow was there, and when he saw her in the fridge, reaching for an apple, he dragged her to his room. She cried and moved near the fence.
After their dad died, they didn't have a lot of money. So they lived with a friend. The friend didn't live here, but his son did. And they lived with the son.
The place where she lived in was just a bit smaller then the Sohma estate. It was covered by walls, so no one could see what was happening inside. As she was crying, a red ball hit her on the head. She rubbed her head, and twitched her little nose in annoyance. She looked around, and suddenly, saw a boy with orange hair climb over the fence. He fell to the ground, in process, hurting his nose. "ooow..." he rubbed his nose. Tohru dropped the ball and ran to him. "Oh my, are you ok?" he looked up and saw a girl with brown hair, and eyes puffy and red. He felt himself blushing, but quickly tried to diminish it. He nodded and stood up. He looked around and saw the ball rolling aimlessly to the other side of the yard. She got the idea and ran to pick it up. "Um...I think this is your ball..." He smiled a very small smile, and blushed. "Yeah its my ball. Now give it back." she was surprised at the harshness in his voice, but smiled none-the-less, and gave him the ball.
He was walking toward the fence and kicked a pebble. "Um...do you want to play with me?" he asked hesitantly, knowing the consequences of playing with a girl. Tohru's eyes lit up. "Sure!" she smiled. The boy's smile went up a bit. "Um...but first we need to know each others name. I'm..." he hesitated, but when he looked up, and looked into her eyes, he felt the NEED to tell her his name. "Kyo" She giggled. "That sounds like my mommy's name!"
She smiled even brighter. "I'm Tohru!" Kyo's smile lit up even more. "Ok, so lets play this game..."
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"Yeah, my dad is the best! He teaches martial arts and stuff!"
"Woah! I wish I could learn those kinds of moves. So I could fight. But I'm not meant for fighting. I also wish I could see my daddy. But he's sleeping in the dirt. My big brother said that he won't ever wake up. But I don't beleive him!" Tohru never understood death.
They were sitting down under the big cherry blossom tree. He was at the doctor again. Bad lung problems for screaming so loud( A.N. I dunno how you can get that, but in my fanfic, it happens!)
He tried not to cry at the sound of her. She sounded so happy. Like everyone could die around her, and she can still have hope. So he ignored the last part. He knew that was a sore subject."Hey Tohru, why don't I teach you?" Tohru shook her head sadly. "I'm in no shape to do so. My wounds are still fresh." Kyo smiled at her. "I'll teach you sometime later, Ok?" she smiled. A real big one. "Ok!"
She told him everything. About her family. Her mommy, and her daddy. She even told him about HER curse. She trusted him that much. Maybe even more than Hana and Uo. He always said "It sucks to be cursed, right?" But she responded; "It's a blessing and a curse. At least i'm alive, right?"
He always looked at her strangely, before his face turned red, and turned his head around, away from her. "Whatever..."
Meanwhile, Kyoko was leaning against the fence on the other side of the estate. Tears coming out of her eyes. "One day honey. One day." She walked away. Happy tears filling her eyes.
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"Yeah, and he was really nice to! He told me everything about him! And I told him about some things about me! It's nice to have friends, when Hana or Uo can't come." Tohru continued to ramble on. Kyoko smiled. "And mommy, he has orange hair like you to! He says its natural! Like yours mommy! And his name is like yours too!" Kyoko laughed. "Wow, I would like to meet this boy one day." Roku used his chopsticks and poked at his food in jealousy. How come she gets to play with a boy? He was a boy to...He would always be there for her... Not like this stupid 'Kyo' guy she keep going on and on about. He huffed. "Do you like him Tohru?" she nodded vigurously. "YEP! YEP!" She ate her riceball. The door slammed open.
"You have gotten a fax from the school, Ms Honda." the male said. There were so many maids in the house. The butler looked at her in pure disgust. She couldn't care less about who it was, and how it looked at her, and continued to eat her food in silence. Roku did the same. Once the maid left, Kyoko read the letter. "ROKU! AGAIN?" Roku huffed. "THEY KEEP PUTTING SAND IN TOHRU'S UNDIES!" he shouted out. "I'm just protecting my little sister." Kyoko raised an eyebrow. "So thats why she has butt rashes?" Tohru blushed, and Roku just nodded. They all laughed and continued to eat, talking bout their day.
End of Flashback
She smiled. "Thats a nice memory." that day she had made her very first friend. That was until...he came along. Tears welled up in her eyes, blinding her vision for a second. nearly tripping over a huge rock.
Flashback
Roku was in a game again. Mom was watching his game. Thinking her daughter was safe. He had gotten very sick. And was sitting in his room.
She walked. He had called her in again. He kept looking over her. Trying to see something. Everytime he didn't see what he wanted, he would drop her outside. There she would see Kyo again.
Tohru sat inside the dark room. Hearing footsteps come toward her. Then a loud 'THUMP', knowing he had sit down Tohru bowed her head. Her mom always told her to bow to him. If she didn't show any respect, she would get hurt more.
"So...you thought you could hide it from me? Hmm Tohru?" his voice was calm. But Tohru knew that he was anything but calm at the time. For a young girl, Tohru was smart.
"Don't you know i'm trying to PROTECT you Tohru?" Tohru nodded her head. "Then what about that boy? That BOY could one day grow up and do such horrible things to you. To your heart. To your soul...to your body." Tohru did the most stupidest thing any girl in her position WOULDN'T do.
She talked.
"KYO WOULD NEVER DO THAT!"
Those words alone, cost her everything she had.
He
smiled. The smile that would haunt her forever. She knew that very well.
"So. Do you think Kyo can protect you from the dangers in this world?" he stood up. Nearing the door.
"Do you think, that Kyo could be able to heal all of you and Roku's problems? You beast?" he grabbed her hair and dragged her out.
Kyo was sitting down on a rock. He was waiting for Tohru. Suddenly, the realization hit her like a brick. Tohru struggled, bit his arm, and kicked.
"Oh, so you know what I am going to do?" he growled out
"KYO! RUN!" Tohru screamed. Trying to get out of his grasp.
Kyo turned around, and jumped to his feet. Getting into a protective stance. "LET GO OF TOHRU! YOU MEANIE!"
He
used his arm, and knocked Kyo to the ground, putting his feet on his back. And then taking his feet off of Kyo. "I can't get up! What are you doing?" Kyo cried out, struggling against the invisible forces. He took of his obi that he was wearing, and tied Tohru to a fence. "Now watch, as I save your life Tohru."
He
went up to Kyo, and put his fingers on his head( A.N. Have you ever watched The Legend of Korra, and Amon takes away peoples bending with his fingers on his forehead? Yeah, thats the kind of move that he used.)
Kyo was looking up. Suddenly, he pressed his fingers onto his forehead.
Tohru broke down. And cried in front of him.
Kyo passed out with his eyes open.
He
had taken away all memories of him and Tohru together. Being the big meanie that he was, he let him remember only her name. So he could try and figure it out, all hewants, but never figure it out.
He
went to untie Tohru, and using cat-like speed, she shook Kyo, being utterly careful, not to scoop him and hug him, her tears soiling his shirt. He had told her many times that he doesn't like to be hugged. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" she uttered. Over and over again. He just laughed. "I told you Tohru." he went back into the estate. "Many times again." he walked inside, the words echoing through Tohrus head.
"You are mine, and I will have you. By will, or by force."
(A.N. Did I mention he was the same age as Tohru? Sorry!)
End of Flashback
Tohru was crying, as she put on her school clothes. She went up to her face, and touched a tear. 'Wow. I haven't cried for a long time...since...' she shook her head, and wiped her puffy face with a towel. ' I wonder what Kyo would look like now...it's been a long time since the estate moved from the mountains. I wonder if he's still training there...'
She sighed, hurrying to the camp site, and taking out the watch. "OH NO! I ONLY HAVE 20 MORE MINUTES!" she hurried and packed up her school supplies, and Roku's homework.
She ran.
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Fruits Basket- In Japan, there is a game called 'fruits basket' which involves getting into a group. Each group picks their own fruit. Once that is done, they will form a circle with the chairs. If the person in the middle calls out 'Fruit's Basket!' Then everyone must struggle to get a free chair. The one person that is standing shall be the next caller. If they were to call 'orange' all the kids that had named their group orange, shall run around, trying to find a seat. Including the caller. Then, the game will repeat itself.
Onigri- This is translated in english to 'Rice balls' which are a custom treat inside of Japan, and are usually eaten as a snack. It is made with rice, with a salmon(or whatever your choice) and is molded into a circluar looking triangle.
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Sorry about all the 'He' thing. Something happened when I copy and pasted, and then THAT just happened. I'm sorry! -bows- But please excuse me for my stupid error.
Yay! I just knew that if you dance with your p.j's backwards, that it would snow. AND IT DID! So much better than a two hour delay! XD. Anyway. Lets announce the winners of this here bonus point!
Special Shoutout to:
kana4eva!
I really like your review! But for real, this is my first fanfiction. That review made me feel so giddy inside! My cheeks were burning red! Thank you! You made it to my wall of fame on my profile!
SpringFallionLettuce
Your story is great honey! Keep up the good work, and don't let no writers block bring yu down! :D (Please go read my hun's story. It's a Tokyo Mew Mew story. Please go read it! She's working really hard on it!)