Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ A Place to Belong ❯ Yuki's Wedding? ( Chapter 8 )

I do not own Fruits Basket. I wish I did however…then I would not have to wait until February to get the manga in English!

The next few days went by swiftly. Yuki was barely home, having to work with the student council on the dance finalizations, Kyou was spending time with Kagura, trying to make up for years of abuse on his part, and Shigure was busy at work for another novel that he could torture his assistant with. Tohru was filling her days with school, her housework and her part time job. What little time she had to herself was spent with Uo-chan and Hana-chan making preparations for the dance night, since the three of them would be going together. Tohru knew Yuki had already asked Misa, and of course she had accepted, but with all of the pep talks her friends, and even other Souma members had been giving her it seemed like not all was lost. Each night, knowing Yuki would not be home in time for dinner, she made sure to make him a special plate with a note and leave it out for him. He was always appreciative the next morning, and it had almost seemed like nothing had even happened. Then it became the night of the dance.

Yuki was wrestling with his tie, trying to get it just right. Kyou was grabbing his jacket and was about to walk out the door to go pick up Kagura. Kyou turned to Tohru, who was coming down the stairs holding a bag. "Tohru, why aren't you ready? You are coming right?"

"Yes, I am just getting ready at Hana-chan's house since Hana-chan, Uo-chan and I are all going together." Kyou nodded his head, said his good-bys and left. She noticed Yuki wrestling with the tie, "Yuki-kun do you need help?" she asked him.

"Yes, thank you." He said. He was still upset over the fact that he was not taking Tohru. He couldn't help but imagine to himself waiting for Tohru instead of Misa. "As soon as this is over, I will tell you everything. I want you to know I did this for you, to protect you." He thought to himself. Tohru was so close to him while she was fixing his tie that he could smell her hair. He took his hand and lifted her head up so she was looking at him. He looked into her eyes and couldn't help but kiss her cheek. His soft lips just barely touched her skin and he had to intake his breath at the sensations going through his body. She turned bright red, somehow barely managing to finish fixing his tie. "Tohru…I have to tell you…" he was interrupted by the door.

"Yuki! Are you ready?" Misa called out. Their moment gone, Tohru and Yuki stepped back from each other, both a little flustered. Misa came in, beautiful floor length gown, hoop skirt, hair piled up and mask in place. She did not fail to notice the heavy air in the room. She grabbed Yuki's hand protectively and glared at Tohru. "Akito was right to warn me, now to get her to not come to the dance." She thought to herself. "Yuki-kun have you heard? I have great news! My parents went to see Akito! Akito called them over to discuss our marriage after you graduate! I told you three years ago that even though I was leaving that they would never keep us apart!" Yuki was stunned. He wasn't sure of this was true or not but before he even had a chance to explain that was not going to happen, Misa leaned over and kissed him. Not on the cheek but full on the lips.

"Let me be the first to congratulate you. Have a good time tonight!" and with that she left before Yuki could even reply.

Yuki turned on Misa with anger in his eyes. "How could you do this to me? Why would you act in this way?" his eyes filled with tears. Tohru would never forgive him for this, he had no way to explain it to her.

"Aren't you happy Yuki? I thought you would be." Misa said innocently. "Shall we go? Honda-san wasn't upset, she even congratulated us."

"Misa-san no matter what Akito says, or your parents say, I will not marry you. I am sorry but it is not going to happen." He grabbed his coat and went to try to find Tohru. Misa stood in the doorway, suddenly ashamed of her behavior. She had hurt Yuki, and someone she never even gave the chance to get to know for a fantasy that she had been carrying around for 3 years. What did she know about Yuki now? What did he like and dislike? She knew none of that. She had fallen into Akito's trap, played his games, for an image of Yuki she had made up herself. She wasn't sure if she should just go home, but she wanted to help Yuki find Tohru, she wanted to set this right.

Yuki ran to Hanajima's house and knocked on the door. "Hanajima-san!" he yelled. She opened the door wearing a short black dress. "Oh, Souma-kun. I thought you would be Tohru-kun. Where is she?" she asked. Arisa came down the stairs wearing a 2 piece skirt outfit. Yuki explained there had been a misunderstanding and she had run off.

Arisa got in his face. "What did you do to her!" she yelled ready to take him on. She could not forgive anyone who caused Tohru pain.

Hanajima put her hand out signaling for Arisa to stop. "Let's listen to him and see what happened before we jump to conclusions." She said. Yuki explained his story to the girls, and after it was done they decided they would try to find her together. It started to downpour outside, but none of that seemed to matter.

Tohru was walking alone, in the downpour, crying to herself. Not only did she know she lost Yuki, but she knew there was no way she could continue to live in the Souma house. Love complicates many things, and she knew she would be uncomfortable there. She had saved up enough money from her part time job to be able to afford a small apartment. She was trying to decide what to do with herself (she didn't want to go to Hana-chan's house, since she knew they would not go to the dance without her). She decided she would get a cup of tea to get out of the rain when she heard a voice behind her.

"Lost little lady?" came a menacing voice. Tohru in all of her heartbreak forgot how dangerous it could be to walk alone in the city at night! The strange man backed her up against a wall, she could smell his putrid breath. He started grasping at her, and she was to scared to scream!

"If only I wasn't so stupid to go rushing off by myself!" she thought. The man pulled a knife out and Tohru felt the bile rise up in her throat. She wouldn't have to worry about living anywhere else now, in another few minutes it seemed it would all be over. She thought of everything in her life that she held dear, Hana-chan, Uo-chan, Kyo-kun, Shigure-san, Momiji-kun, everyone! Her mind was filled with thoughts of Yuki and she started to cry. "Gomen! Gomen!" she yelled out loud. Two seconds after she said that the man was pulled off her and thrown to the ground.

"You want to play rough with girls? Were you looking for death tonight?" came a familiar voice.

"Ha..Hatsuharu-san!" yelled Tohru, looking at what was definitely "Black" Haru before she passed out.

Tohru woke up inside the Souma house. Hatori was standing over her, making sure her eyes were coming into focus. She saw Haru leaning up against a wall looking out the window. "Haru-san, Hatori-san, thank you!" she said. She didn't ask what happened after she passed out knowing she may not want to know.

"I am going to get you something warm to drink, I want you to stay here. Don't overexcite yourself, you went through quite a shock." Hatori told his patient.

After Hatori left, Haru glared at her. "Why were you running around, alone, at night, and in the rain?" he asked her. "Why weren't you at the dance?"

"I can't go back Haru-san. Yuki-kun, well Yuki-kun is going to marry Misa. It is ok, I am sure they will be happy…"

"Are you that stupid?" Haru cut her off. "Don't you know that the reason why he asked Misa to the dance was to protect you? Akito threatened Yuki, using you as bait, so he would take Misa. And you fell for it. Yuki loves you. There isn't anything I can do about it." His tone softened a bit. "There is something you can do though. You have a dance to go to, and a Prince to find."

"How did you get me here Haru?" asked Tohru, sitting up. "You couldn't have carried me cause then.."

"I did!" came another voice. It was Kagura, closely followed by Kyou. "Misa called all of us to fill us in on what was going on so we came to find you! I am going to go call Misa and let her know you are ok, and try to find Yuki."

"Yuki is missing?" Tohru asked nervously. She thought he would be at the dance by now, and if he was out in the rain alone, it could make him sick or weak! She didn't know what she would do if anything happened to him.

"Gomen! I have ruined everyone's evening!" yelled Tohru feeling horrible for her selfishness.

"Don't be an idiot." Kyou told her, "It's ok if you need us once in a while to you know. We can't be the only ones leaning on you."

"Thanks everyone," she said crying softly.

"Don't fear!" came a voice, "I am here to make all of the wishes of men and women's dreams come true!" came Ayame's voice.

"Ayame-san!" cried Tohru. Kyou and Haru looked annoyed at Ayame's entrance.

"Hai Tohru-kun, we need our little dumpling looking her best to make an entrance at the dance!" sang Ayame.

Hatori walked into the room followed by Akito. Everyone stopped what they were doing. Akito saw Hatori in the hall and learned Tohru was there. He demanded Hatori take him to her, and no one could refuse Akito. Kyou, Haru, and Ayame stood by Tohru's side.

"Get out all of you. Get away from her." Akito said softly. "Did you not hear me?" No one moved or answered. "GET OUT!" he yelled. They didn't know what they should do. They didn't want to leave Tohru with him, but they had no choice. Slowly they walked out, and knew the only way to possibly fix this was to find Yuki.

That's the end for now…this story is almost done, and I am a little sad. I enjoy writing this fic, it is a lot of fun! It prolly only has one chapter left, but we will see…please let me know what you think, if I get positive reviews, I may try my hand at another one when this is completed!