Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Dragon Girl ❯ Talks and Fights ( Chapter 6 )

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“Talking”
`Thinking'
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POV Change
!) Dreams (!
!?!Flashbacks!?!
(A/N Me interrupting)

Disclaimer: I do not own fruits basket or any of the OCs. I only own Anika and the plot!

Warning: There will be some OOCness in this chapter! Just to warn you!

Chapter 6: Dreams and Fights

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Anika looked around her. She was floating in darkness. “Hellooooo? Is anyone here?”

No answer.

Anika sighed and tried to look around to see if she could see something. But there was only black in all directions. And it didn't help that she could barley see three feet in front of her. She tried to move forward, but her feet were stuck to whatever she was standing on.

She calmed down and tried to think. She reached downward towards her feet to try to see what was restraining her. She felt tendrils of something wrapped around her feet and ankle's, traveling to halfway up her leg.

She tried to reach into her boot for a small pocket knife that she always had hidden, but instead found her feet bare. “Huh?” That's when she realized that the only thing she was wearing was a thin white dress what went to her knees. “How did-?” She wasn't able to finish for at that moment the tendrils that were wrapped around her feet un-wound themselves at her touch, and she started falling. Apparently they had been the only things holding her up.

She screamed. Or at least tried to. She found her voice wouldn't work, no matter what she did. As she was falling, images kept flying around her. They were images of her life. She saw when she was a baby and her father played with her. She saw herself as a two year old, learning to ride a bike.

They just kept coming. She suddenly stopped falling, jerking to a stop in front of an image of her life. It was of when she was nine years old. Her parents were in a room with her, sitting across from her across a table. She recognized it as her old dinning room back in America. It was when they first told her of her curse.

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A nine year old Anika stared at her parents across the dinning room table. She had a confused look in her eyes, as if not understanding what she had just been told. “What? Curse? Me?” They looked at each other then back to her and they both nodded.

“Yes Anika, you are cursed.” Anika looked at her parents with wide eyes. `I'm…cursed…' Her eyes were glazed over slightly. “How can I be cursed?” They both sighed.

“It started a long time ago, the time when our family first became cursed. When god invited 13 special animals to a banquet the next day. They were the sheep, dog, snake, rat, rooster, horse, monkey, dragon, boar, ox, tiger, rabbit, and the cat. Twelve of them are today's animals of the zodiac. When the rat heard of the banquet, he raced to tell his neighbor, the cat.

“Now the rat didn't like the cat to much, so he decided to trick him. He said that it was the day after tomorrow. The cat never suspecting a thing stayed home the next day and missed it. God had an advisor though who knew about this. She was a Dragon. And a very special kind to. She told god about the rat's trick. God was not very happy.

“So he cursed all the animals that came to the banquet. Even the cat, though he missed it. He told them it was punishment for the rats trick. The curse is still around today, and is kept within one family only. The Sohma family. There are thirteen members that hold the curse. Each of then holds the spirit of one of the original thirteen animals. They turn into that animal when they are hugged by a member of the opposite sex, unless that person I a member of the cursed few.

“Then there is one family member that holds the full part of the curse. Or so they think. God also gave another curse. It was to his advisor the dragon. Unbeknownst to the Sohma family, that dragon held the FULL weight of the curse. She was also the onethat could break it if she chose to. And the family that holds that curse is our family.

“The person burdened with that responsibility has the form of the original dragon, and can hug the cursed Sohma members without them transforming. The last person to hold this curse was your grandmother, my mother. It skips one generation, so I didn't get it. But when she died, I was pregnant with you. And when you were born, you inherited the curse.

“That is the curse you hold, and the reason for your bracelet.” Her mother stopped talking and motioned to the bracelet on Anika's right wrist. It was a bracelet made of Tiger's eye with a different character carved into each bead. “That bracelet is the key to breaking the Sohma curse if you so choose to. It also helps you to control your Dragon form (1).”

Anika was inspecting the bracelet with wide eyes now. Was it really is THAT important? Anika stared up at her parents confused. “The way you describe the curse I hold, you make it seem so bad. But if the person who holds the curse in our family can break the other curse and be rid of this one, why didn't someone just do that already?”

Her parents looked at each other nervously. “Well, some actually have tried.” Her father started. “But it never worked. Every hundred years or so the Sohma family figures out about this family curse and that we can break theirs. They summon the cursed one to them to break it. But all of the people they summon end up dying. And it only works if the summoned can stay alive. No one knows why no one has survived yet.”

“Oh.” Anika looked back down to her bracelet. Then she looked up to her parents smiling widely. “I just made up my mind! I'm going to break the Sohma curse! And I'm not going to die!” Her parents smiled at her uneasily, not that Anika noticed. “I'm sure you will honey.” Her mother soothed. She and her husband looked at each other uneasily. What had they done?”

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Anika stared at the image as it started re-playing. “I remember that. When I was nine I had promised that I would lift the curse plaguing my family and the Sohma family.” She barley had time to collect her thoughts before she was falling again. This time she was able to scream. She looked below her to see that she was falling towards a pit of flames with a dragon black as night in the middle of them. Its eyes were blood red with narrow black slits in the middleoutlined with silver. It had a design of blood red and purple running up and down its body.

It had black boney wings protruding from its back and it had two-inch claws as sharp as daggers that were blood red on its legs. The dragon itself wasn't too big, but still big enough to take up one whole side of a football field.

It was staring right at her as she fell towards it. She realized that she had stopped screaming. For some reason she didn't feel frightened of it. Instead, she felt better, calmer. She stopped right in front of its face so she was just floating there. Its hot breath was washing over her, making her dress stick to her and her hair fly back. Her eyes glazed over as she stared at its eyes.

“Anika…” It spoke! But before she could reply, she felt herself starting to wake up, the dragon before her fading…

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Anika woke up with a start, covered in sweat. `What WAS that?' She glanced over to her cousin to see her sleeping peacefully. She sighed and lay back down. She tried to sleep, but couldn't. She looked to clock in the room and saw it was just after one in the morning. `Great.' She lay awake in the dark for another hour or so just thinking before without even realizing it, she fell asleep.

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“Anika! Wake up! We have to go to school!” Anika groaned and cursed her cousin before rolling out of bed. She made her way to the bathroom were she splashed water on her face to wake her up. She slowly got dressed before grabbing her bag and heading downstairs. Tohru was already there standing next to a blushing Kyo and an impassive Yuki.

Anika glanced back and forth between Tohru and Kyo. `What's going on with them?' “Come on Anika! Or you're going to be late!” Anika waved off Tohru's words before walking out the door and starting down the path. She heard Tohru, Kyo and Yuki walking behind her, but she didn't turn around.

When they reached the end of the path, Kisa and Hiro were waiting there. But there was someone with them. Anika smirked at who it was. It was Shane. She walked up to them and smirked at Shane. “Walking Kisa to school Shane? You're such a sweet boy.” She grabbed Hiro's arm and started dragging him away, missing the slight coloring of Hiro's cheeks. “I'll let you walk alone then! And I don't want to look back to se you two making out, okay?” Her smirk widened as both Kisa and Shane's faces turned a brilliant shade of red. She laughed. “I was just joking!”

She turned to look to Tohru and the two Sohma boys who were watching the scene with amusement. “We'll see you later Tohru!” She waved and they waved back before they started walking in the direction of their school. Anika turned back and let go of Hiro's arm before starting to walk again.

He kept pace with her while Kisa and Shane walked behind them. She and Hiro talked all the way to school. She liked that Hiro was finally starting to become her friend. When hey walked onto the school grounds, Anika could see jealous glares directed at Hiro. She tilted her head to the side and looked confused. “Hiro?”

He turned to look at her, just noticing that she wasn't beside him anymore but behind him. He just had to smirk at the look on her face. `She just looks so cute like th-WHOAH! Were did that come from!' “Hiro?” He snapped out of his daze and looked at her. “Yeah?”

She gestured to the boys around them and he looked; now noticing all the glares he was receiving from the male population. “Why are all the boys glaring at you?” He shrugged and kept walking. She hurried to keep up. Right when she reached him, she stretched out her hand to tap him so she could ask him something, but someone stepped in front of her, blocking her view of him.

It was some boy from her class. She never paid attention to him though. He was one of those arrogant I'm-better-than-you pretty boys. A lot of the girls liked him. But not Anika, she just thought he was annoying and should drop off the face of the Earth. She sighed, annoyed. She glared at him, though he seemed to ignore it as he smirked arrogantly at her. “What?” she growled, her voice low.

He ignored that too. “Why are you hangin' around loser boy there?” He pointed over his shoulder to Hiro, who had stopped walking when he realized she was no longer behind him, who was now glaring dangerously at the boy. “Someone like you deserves to hang with better people, like me. So what do you say you bail on this loser and come with me? Then maybe later after school we can go hang out.” He leaned in closer and lowered his voice to a whisper. “Just the two of us, alone.”

Anika looked at him disgusted. “Hell no creep! Get away from me! And by the way, Hiro is NOT a loser! You are!” He just chuckled, as if she had said something funny. “It's okay. I understand if you don't want to reject and be mean to loser boy in front of him.” She stared at him incredulously. But before she could say anything, Hiro stepped in front of her, glaring darkly at the boy. If looks could kill, he would already be twelve feet under.

Hiro was furious. This boy had the audacity to come up to Anika, his FRIEND, and act like he wasn't there, then ask her out and diss him! He sneered at the boy. He looked familiar. He thought his name was something like Erik or Danny. He couldn't remember. “Look you baka (2), why don't you get it through your incredibly small brain that she wants you to get away from her and leave her alone!”

The boy looked at him shocked. That shock quickly turned to anger. “Why you!” Then he pulled back his fist and punched Hiro! Anika's eyes widened. “Stop!” But they didn't listen. Hiro punched him back, and they started an all out fight in the courtyard of the school. A big group of kids surrounded them yelling `Fight, Fight!' Anika tried to get them to stop, but they just wouldn't listen.

Anika didn't know what to do! Her friend Hiro and a complete stranger were fighting over her. She then made a decision on how to stop it. Albeit a very stupid one, but at least she would be doing something. Just as they were both about to punch the other, she ran in between them yelling `Stop!'

Both of their eyes widened, but they couldn't stop their fists. So instead of colliding with their opponent like they punches were meant to, one collided with Anika's face, and the other in her stomach. Anika instantly fell to the ground clutching her stomach. It hurt, though she wouldn't cry about it. It hurt, but not that bad. They were both able to slow their fists down enough so they didn't hurt her seriously, as they probably would have if they had hit her full force. Hiro dropped to the ground beside her. “Anika! Are you alright? I didn't mean to!” She just waved him off before standing up.

Hiro helped her, though she struggled at first. Right when she was fully up, a teacher made his way through the crowd. “What's going on here? Move it people! Get to class!” He stopped in front of them and he gazed at them disapprovingly. “You three! To the principles office!” They nodded and walked into the building towards the office, Hiro walking beside Anika the whole way there.

The principle saw them immediately upon their arrival there. He also stared at them disapprovingly. Then he got into a whole big long lecture about the rules and how fighting was wrong, no matter for what reason. Then he asked them to each tell him what happened, and no interrupting the speaker.

The boy Hiro was fighting, Erik, went first. “Well sir, I didn't do anything. I had just walked up to Anika to talk to her when Hiro suddenly came up to me and punched me for no reason! I think he was jealous though.”

Anika and Hiro both glared at him for that. Anika then fake sneezed. The principal looked at her. “Are you alright Miss Honda?” She nodded. “Yeah. I'm just allergic to bullshit. (3)” Hiro started laughing while Erik looked at her red with rage. The principal chuckled a bit before regaining a strait face and looking disapproving.

“There will be no cussing in this school Miss Honda.” She nodded. He then turned to Hiro. “You may speak now.”

“Well for starters, what Erik over there said was a bunch of lies. What really happened is that Anika and I were walking when Erik stepped in front of her. He started calling me a loser and trying to get Anika to go on a date with him. She refused and told him to get away from her. He didn't take it seriously and just laughed. Then I stepped in and told him to back off. Then he punched me, and I punched back in self defense.”

The principal (Lets just call him bob, I'm getting tired of typing' principal), nodded and got a contemplating look on his face. “Okay then, Mr. Sohma, Miss Honda, you guys may go. Erik however, you stay.” Anika and Hiro got up and left, leaving poor Erik behind to get scolded by Bob.

When they were out in the hallway, Anika slapped Hiro in the back of his head before walking away. “OW!” he grabbed the back of his head were she hit him before following her down the hallway, running to catch up. “What was that for?” She turned and glared at him. “Don't ever do something like that again, okay?” He looked at her shocked. She had a concerned look in her eyes. He nodded.

“Great! Now come on Hiro, were going to be late to class!” She pushed him lightly before running off down the hall laughing towards their classroom. “Hey!” Hiro shouted after her. “Get back here!” He chased after her. She just looked at him over her shoulder and stuck her tongue out at him. “NYAH! Your never gonna catch me!”

“Wanna bet!” He sped up and tackled her to the ground in the middle of the, thankfully, deserted hallway. If there had been people in the classrooms in this hallway he wouldn't have done it. Then he started tickling her. She laughed uncontrollably. “H-Hiro s-stop that!” He smirked down at her. “Beg me to!”

She was so happy at that moment. She was seeing a side a Hiro that few people got to see. And he was being so open to her about it. She was glad that they were now friends. That he had finally accepted her. And hopefully that they could become better friends. `And maybe even more…' a part of her mind said. She didn't listen though. She was too occupied with laughing.

If only she had known then the horror that afternoon would bring.

(1) I got the idea of the bracelet from Kyo's bracelet that holds in his complete form. But with Anika she can take it off and not transform, but it takes more will power, and as for her bracelet being the key to breakingthe curse, you'll just have to wait and see!

(2) Baka- stupid; idiot (depends on how you look at it)

(3) I don't own that line;I got it from I Robot, which was an awesome movie!

M.G. Thereyou go! I hope you liked it!

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