Fruits Basket Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kyo's Wish ❯ Redo ( Chapter 1 )

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Why did Yuki bring those things up? I couldn't even keep a man's promise. I have to make it right...somehow...for Tohru. Revised chapter.

Anime/Manga: Fruits Basket Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 01.07.2007 | Updated On: 01.13.2007 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.6K | Visits: 458 | Status: Work In Progress

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket (Natsuki Takaya) nor the little bit of InuYasha (Rumiko Takahashi) that I have added in just for this chapter. I only own my idea.

Kyo's Wish

I, now around the age of ten or eleven, was playing with my Shisou like I always did on days like this, days that were nice and warm. Suddenly, a hard gust of wind scooped under my hat and sent it sailing. I joyfully ran after it and skidded around a corner.

“—Shou! Shishou, wait! My hat just flew—“ just as suddenly as that smile appeared on my face, it vanished completely. There, holding my red hat in his flimsy fingers was none other than that damn rat.

“…Oh. Um, here,” Yuki stopped as I suddenly marched off, the only sound left being my stomping feet and the soft breeze. Yuki, standing there clutching the only remembrance of people outside of Akito. Yuki, clutching it tightly against his chest. Yuki, falling to his knees. Yuki, crying his soul out, wanting only a family that will love him. And me, having a person who loves him, the only person who loves me.

I sat there staring at the edge of my bed, remembering what had happened that day, what I had thought when I saw that damn rat clutching my hat and what he had just said to me in the hallway.

“Kyo,” Yuki still laughing at seeing me `fighting' with Tohru catches my attention.

“What?” anger clearly written on my tanned face.

“About the hat…Honda-san has it right now. You don't mind if I don't give it back, will you?” Yuki looked over his shoulder at the me behind him, his blue hair catching his eye slightly in his peripheral vision. I paled slightly as the remembrance of my old childhood hat hung from Yuki's tongue.

“You two, dinner's ready,” Tohru suddenly popped out of nowhere.

“All right,” Yuki turns a bright smile towards Honda-san. I had to get away from these people who were bringing up all of these memories.

“I'll…eat later,” I don't see the stunned look on Tohru's face nor hear Yuki speak.

“I guess he's not ready to dredge up that bit of his past,” Tohru, who doesn't hear either, just looks around curiously.

Why had this happened to me? I couldn't even handle a man's promise. I promised her that I would protect her only family. I was supposed to be there for her when she was lost. Help her when she needed me, but I couldn't even do that. I clutch my head in my hands, trying to hold back my emotions as best I can. I just wish that I could do it all over again. I fall back on my bed and stare at my ceiling until I succumb to sleep alas.

The next day, I couldn't bear to face Tohru after rehashing the events of that day. But after a few hours of sitting here, marinating in those memories, I had to get up and get out of this increasingly stuffy place.

After walking around for about twenty minutes, I notice something that wasn't there before. There lay stairs that reach to the heavens. I'm just about to walk past when I feel a small patter of water hit my nose. I look up at the now darkening skies and around at the deserted place with no where to go. I run up the stairs as quickly as possible and just as I reach the top I feel the rain pouring just behind me. I run under the house's overhanging just as it begins to pour. All too instantly, I start to feel weak.

I almost jump as I feel the door open behind me and hear a kind voice.

“Oh, look at you, you poor thing,” I feel the anger at being called a poor thing, but am too weak to act on anything. “Why don't you come inside,” I don't see the rain letting up anytime soon and as a huge burst of lightening goes off followed by thunder, my answer is clear enough.

“Feh,” she smiles at me lovingly. I can't take it, but there's nowhere else for me to go. She steps back to let me in and I walk in slowly, looking around at the pictures hanging on the wall. In one, there is a picture of a long-brown haired teenager, a younger boy, the woman much younger than she appears now, and an older man standing a little ways off but not distant from the group.

“Would you like some tea?” I'm about to answer her when we pass a room with a faint glow coming from it. I stop in my tracks to see a purple round ball glowing on a red pillow in a room shrouded in darkness.

“Oh, that,” she standing next to me now, looking over my shoulder,” that's the shikon no tama. A while ago, a young woman traveled to the feudal era, pulled in a well by a demon for that jewel that was trapped in her body at the time. Only later did she figure out its true power, but by that time it was shattered all over the land. It took her many years to put it back together and purify it, getting many powerful enemies along the way. She even lost some of her friends, but in the end she fell in love and managed to protect the jewel. Even now, she's protecting the jewel allowing no one with intentions to use it for evil to enter the room for with the jewel one could make a wish for anything.” I can't help but be entranced by the jewel's lovely glow.

“Kyoko-sama,” a small tear falls from my eye at the image of her after so long that I can't even stop it in time. When I wipe it from my face, I see this woman looking at me pityingly. I look away from this woman trying to control my anger. What has she done to me? I can't believe I'm actually holding back. Tohru…I feel my checks warm for an instant before my eyes are drawn back to this sphere.

A wish. That thing grants the holder one wish. That means I could do it all over. My attention is grabbed by her polite cough and I continue down towards what I assume is the kitchen.

After setting out the tea, I can't help but think about that day as the silence is held comfortably by her, waiting for me to start talking if need be. That day, I was so close that I could practically touch her. But I didn't. I just let her…I snap my head trying to get those images out of my head. How could I have done that? I try to let it go and stare out the window. The rain has almost stopped and I'm feeling much stronger now than before. This warm woman follows my eyes.

“I guess it's time for you to head off,” I get up from the table and bow down in respect, “I hope you don't mind if you see your way out, I have something I must get to immediately,” I nod in agreement. It's not like I care what she does. As she heads into a different room, I walk down the familiar hallway stopping once more outside of that glowing room. I could change it all with that jewel. Make it better for her. I look down the hallway to see nothing and tentatively step into the room, feeling a warmth come over my body. I wait just inside the doorway, waiting for something…anything. Nothing happens as I take small steps towards the center of the room. When I reach the jewel, I can feel a pull towards it that I can't help but have the urge to touch it. I feel my fingers graze the smooth exterior of the small jewel. It feels like a small shoot of electricity is coursing through my veins, a microcosm of pleasing currents. I hear creaks behind me and grab the jewel quickly between my fingers while rushing out of the house. I streak towards the stairs, glancing behind me, not seeing the smiling reassuring face watching my figure retreat down the steps.

After running down the street a couple of blocks, I dodge into an alley and slump against the wall. I open my hands slightly and see the jewel roll around the curves of my curled hand. Instantly, images of Kyoko and Tohru flash in my mind. Then, they flash towards that May morning, Kyoko looking at me with that motherly smile she always got whenever I came near her. I see the car's headlights in the distance and the small group of people surrounding the area. She's walking into the middle of the road, the car coming ever faster. I can save her. It's either her or my secret. So close~! So close~! So close~! I close my eyes tightly, feeling my hands curl around the jewel tightly. Suddenly, I feel my body move, fast and far.

I open my eyes, the morning light surrounding me and the sounds of cars rushing past. Then, I hear her. Kyoko-sama? I turn to see her coming towards me, having to look up at my younger age, but not that much now that I'm beginning to grow. I feel her pat my head reassuringly.

“Kyoko-sama…” she looks at me lovingly.

“What, Kyo?” she pulls me close so that I'm within a foot of her and straightens my jacket. I almost feel like I have a real mom in that instance. I try and shake that from my mind, to focus on what I really need to do. Kyoko-sama thinks I'm shaking my head saying that it's nothing so she gets up and heads towards the road. It happens all over again. I see the car, the group of people surrounding the area, and her happy smile as she turns back to look at me.

I run as fast as I can, pushing her out of the way at the last moment possible, feeling her arms surround me and the rushing of the car by our feet. Then, the puff as I transform into the orange cat that I can never escape. I hear her gasp as my once bigger body turns much smaller, but she holds me closer.

“Hide me,” I whisper into her chest. I can hear the people starting to form around us. I feel Kyoko-sama get up, pushing past a small wall of people who came to look at what happened, running a block away into a dark alley. Far away from those who will know what I truly am. Those who would hate me for what I truly am.

I came up with this last night and have written this in a day. I hope you enjoy.