Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Feeling This ❯ Memories: pt. 2 ( Chapter 17 )

Chapter 17

 

Well, hi! I'm sooooo happy! I've got…107 reviews! -Climbs on desk and starts dancing- yep! I'm a happy happy author! ^^ Soooooo, in celebration of those happy reviews… except 4 one, a flame… -begins to cry- stops.- ^^ I've decided to write an extra long chapter! So, happy 100 and 7 review day! The next stuff that happens, is all at the same time, like… when hatori and mayu were talking in the last ch., while they were talking, kyo and tohru were talking, and while all that was happening, all the stuff in this chapter is going on, and so forth. Until I announce that the one very long moment is over. ^^ ! Thank u so much mc duffy girl! And of course, sukuri! ^^ .

Sonora, is sukuri's character! ^^ !

And, Kahori Inouye is mc duffy girl's character! ^^ !

 

Sonora woke up. There was something very warm next to her. She turned to see ayame's beautiful sleeping form next to her. `When he's sleeping is the only time he's calm.' Thought Sonora. `And even now, he has a mischievous smile.' She smiled happily. Was this all a dream? It had to be… yes. A beautiful, wonderful dream. And yet, it seemed so real. Until the other day, her and her sister had been homeless. Their parents had kicked her out of the house. Like the sohma's, she too had a secret. She was telepathic. It wasn't anything… weird. She could simply… read people's minds. Well, not exactly. It was more of a… feeling. She could feel what people were thinking, what they were feeling. And it had gotten her into trouble plenty of times. Sonora was born into a strange family. Her mother's sister akira, had been a bit… odd. And her daughter hanna, was just plain weird. Now, Sonora didn't think this. She just thought, that hanna was misunderstood. In fact, Sonora really did like her cousin very much. And they got along too. They had so much in common, so when hanna announced that she could sense things. It wasn't strange that at almost the same time, Sonora began to feel things to. Sonora hadn't told her parents. Because, when they had found out about hanna's “gift” they had stopped communicating with hanna and her family at once. And they had forbade Sonora from seeing hanna. So, Sonora had kept quiet. And for a while, the feelings stopped. But then, around the time that sonora's little sister ichigo was born, the feelings came back. And it was harder for her to ignore them. Whenever Sonora was particularly close to someone, or when she talked to them, she could feel what they were thinking and feeling. One day, Sonora encountered a boy, which she was rather fond of. Being in high school, she decided that it would be nice, if they went out. And just for that one time, she had decided to use her power, to find out if he liked her back.

-Flash back-

“Hey, kiley. How're you?” she asked, looking for anything that might give her a sign as to how he felt.

“I'm okay…” he answered. And then she felt it. A single word forming in her brain. `Love.' She smiled at him and walked away. `Yes! I'll do it today! I'll write him a note. And I'll tell him how I feel.' So, she wrote the note, in high spirits. And she left it on his desk, before class. After school, they always walked home together. So, she decided to go get him earlier. She waited by his classroom door. But, when he got out, he wasn't alone. He was with his friends.

“Hey, do you really like Sonora?” asked one of his friends. She hid around the corner so she could listen to them.

“No way! She's like… she's just a friend okay?” Sonora couldn't believe it. She wouldn't. She crept around the corner to face him. He was clearly shocked, at having her listen.

“No.” she said. “No, I thought…”

“I'm sorry.” He said.

“But, I thought…”

“You thought wrong. Look, I'm sorry. But I just like you as a friend.”

“Hey, kiley…um, we're gonna go now…”

“Yeah, I'll catch you later.” He answered them. But his eyes couldn't leave hers.

“What? I didn't think okay! I… I felt, what you felt…. You loved me.” He laughed.

“Hey, look man… I don't know what your talking about.” He said leaving. And Sonora felt something rage through her. Her eyes turned pure black, and a single tear slid down her face, as is fell to the floor, it was as if time stood still.

“Go to hell.” She whispered. And he fell to the floor. She got up looked at with a sign of pity.

“I'm sorry.” She whispered as she slowly walked away. By the time she had gotten home, the news of the boy passing out in the school was all over the news. In an interview when he had woken up, he said that a girl called Sonora hirosa had caused him to faint. She was supposedly `cursed' and had almost killed him. Immediately, her parents had packed her bags. When she arrived, they began to ambush her with questions.

“You're just like her, aren't you? You're just like my sister and her strange daughter. You disgust me.” Yelled her mother.

“Mom…” whispered Sonora. Her mother sighed and turned around. “Mom, I'm so sorry. I… I swear, I don't want these powers… I didn't want to hurt him.” She sank to her knees. And covered her tear stained face with her hands. “Mom, please… you have to believe me…” she sobbed.

“Believe you? Believe you! You lied to us the whole time!” screamed her father. He slapped her on the cheek. “You nearly killed that boy!” he yelled. Her sister ran to defend her.

“So, what are you doing now?!” she roared. “She is your daughter, we are your family! And it's your own fault that we're alive! So, you should at least try to help us! Like Hanna's parents-“

“We are not like those… those… freaks!” yelled her mother.

“If you like them so much, go live with them. Because, you're not part of this family anymore!” roared her dad.

-End flashback-

And just like that, they were out of the family.

So, for four years, Sonora and her sister were homeless.

Well, it was true that they did have a home, if you call a single room a home. That is all they could afford at the moment. A single room for her and her sister to share. Both her sister and her had jobs. But Sonora had to pay for college. And Sonora did go to college. As a matter of fact, this was her last year. She had set off, looking for a job, as a designer. The job was supposed to pay well. Sonora had gone to a small shop. They were looking for an employee, someone willing to wear a maid or nurse outfit. She remembered what happened next so clearly…

-Flashback-

“Helloooo-“ called Sonora when she entered the shop. She remembered thinking `what is this place?' as she looked around. In front of the door, there were shelves where rows of different materials, were stacked. To the side, were some other shelves with plastic containers containing lace, ribbons, buttons, and other small accessories you could add to an outfit. She walked to the side, where there was a small hallway. There were three doors to the right. And to the left, was a scale and some hooks, were tape measurements of all kinds hung. She turned and walked trough an aisle. There was a desk to the far back. Behind the desk, were completed outfits that hung from a bar. And right in front of the desk, was a door. She opened it.

“Heloooo!” she called again. This time, some one answered. It was a woman, about five years older than her. She had on glasses, and a maid's outfit. Her short hair was divided into two short braids. Sonora gasped. The lady was very cute.

“Hello, I'm sorry. But the shop is closed today, you see, the boss is out.”

“Oh, well… um. I'm here for the job… but if you want I can come…back.” Sonora eyed the woman's face suspiciously.

“Oh, well. Let's see. Do you mind wearing an outfit like mine?” she asked with a grin.

“No, in fact, I think it's very cute.”

“Oh, hohoho. Well then you're hired.” She giggled giving a small skip.

“B-but, what about my skills? Aren't you going to ask if I can sew, or if there are any designs I have to show you?”

“Well, if you weren't a designer, then you wouldn't have been looking for a designer's job, would you.”

“Well, no…. but…”

“Besides, I can't wait to see you in one of these outfits… perhaps something a tad more elegant than mine though…”

“What do you mean?” Sonora asked.

“Well, you have the air of… a punk. Someone very… street wise. But, you have a natural elegance, and beauty. You should learn to show that off, if you don't mind me saying so.”

“Um… thank you.”

“So, all we need to do now is fill out these papers…” Sonora gulped. She lived in an alley, with a bad reputation… and her `home' wasn't exactly nice…

“Um… were do you live?” Sonora gave the address.

“Is it nice around there?” Asked the lady.

“Not exactly… but I'm used to it.”

“Do you live with your family?”

“No… they threw me out of the house. Me and my sister live alone…” Sonora didn't know why, but this lady… she had the ability to make you always answer her… `tell me…' is what Sonora could feel.

“Why did they throw you out?” she asked.

“Mine, that's enough.” Said a voice from behind her.

“Y-yes boss…” answered Mine.

“Well, hello!” chirped the voice from behind. Sonora turned around. And caught her breath. `What a beautiful man…' she thought.

“I'm ayame! You must be Sonora! Welcome… my, my, my…” he said walking around her. “You're beautiful…' and for once in her life… Sonora found, that there was a person, she could not read.

-End flashback-

 

ayame awoke with a start. “Sonora, you're so cuddly… so warm… I want to hug you. May I?”

“Sure.” Answered Sonora. `I think that I love him.' She thought as he leaned in. she felt his arms wrap around her. And she turned. Around to hug him back. She knew about the curse, like he knew about her power. She looked as his face. And leaned in for a kiss. He quickly tilted his head up. They stayed like that for a while. Then, when he broke the kiss, and she whispered: “I love you…” before falling back asleep. “I love you too, my stray kitten…” he whispered as he wrapped his arms around her tighter. And then it hit him.

-Wham!-

“Oh my god, I didn't transform!” he yelped, causing her to wake up.

 

Meanwhile…

 

“Well, were do you live?” asked yuki as he led ichigo down the street.

“Oh, I live at ayame's right now.” She answered. He stopped were he was and turned to look at her.

“Y-you live with… ayame?!” he exclaimed.

“Y-yep!” she answered with a smile.

“Then, your sister and him must be close…”

“Yeah…” she sighed.

“Is something wrong?”

“No. It's just… I'm so happy for her. She really loves him, you know. And I'm happy that she's happy… it may sound strange, but believe me, it's great she found someone after all she's been through…”

“…”

She looked at him. `Can I trust him?' she asked herself.

“You can tell me.” He whispered.

“Well, my sister is telepathic… I already told you that. While I was growing up, my parents always ignored me, and my sister. They didn't care about anything but what the neighbors said… my sister, she… looked out for me. To say the least. To me… she's like the only close family I have. I'm the only one she ever talked to about her power. But then, my parents found out. And it was as if… hell broke loose. They hit her, and screamed at her… and when I saw her, all huddled up in a ball, crying, begging for forgiveness, I tried my best to protect her. We both got thrown out of the house, and we haven't heard from our parents since. We were homeless, until we found a job, and were able to pay for a small apartment. When my sister graduated from high school, she wanted to get a full time job. But it told her, I told her `don't let all your dreams slip away. We can live like this a little longer, I'll work harder. So you can go to college.' So, she worked during the morning, and went to college at night. One of those nights… I was alone, coming from my job…” she stopped. There were tears in her eyes. “I-I was rapped. There was nothing I could do…” she sobbed. “I pretended to be dead. Then, in the morning, my sister found me. She-she cried, and she called the police… but they never found the guy… `I'm sorry.' Cried my sister. She promised we would move. She worked so hard, to get me out of there. She told me to quit my job and go home after school. Now, yuki… you don't understand the help your brother has given us… him, and his family, has shown us that… there are people we can trust in. I-I lost the ability to smile, for a year. I couldn't be happy. And then, when I met your brother, he made me smile. And for the first time, in a really long time, I was happy.” She finished. He saw the tears in her eyes, and he could feel it, her pain. He felt something… something he had never felt before… he reached his arms around her. And he held her. She continued to cry, even as he held her. It seemed like an eternity, before she pulled away.

“Hey…” she said between sniffles. “A-aren't you supposed to transform… into a-a rat… or something?” he dropped his head. And she noticed, that he too was crying. He pulled her into another hug.

“All my life,” he whispered. “I've waited for the sun to shine again… all my life, I've waited…”

 

Meanwhile…

 

 

Kureno awoke, uo lay at his side. She had decided to stay the night simply because she wanted to see how everything would turn out with hatori and ayame. He thought about hatori, and ayame. They were lucky to find someone they loved. He already knew how it felt, to have someone love him back. Uo and him had been going out for months. He had been sneeking out, to see her. It was a blessing to have gotten this job. Now he lived in the restaurant. And uo worked there. He was happy, but he couldn't help feel guilty. He could hug uo, whenever he wanted. The curse had not worked on him for a very long time. He could only guess why… he had been the god's lover. But, like all things, to have something bad taken away, he would have to pay the price… of being next to akito… and having been forced to love her. He snuggled up next to uo, and whispered “I love you.” In her ear. `to have the choice, of loving and hating who you want, is worth, living with the curse.' He thought, as he wrapped his arms around uo tightly.

 

Meanwhile…

 

momiji paced around the hall. He had finished doing tohru's work. Since she had been absent, he had done it for her. Now, he was waiting for his someone to come and pick him up, and bring him to the main house. Because, He began to think about things, school, and well, a particular girl in his class… momiji sohma, had never had a crush this serious on any one before. The girl's name was kahori. `She is very pretty…' thought momiji trying to find out why he liked her so much. And, frankly, kahori was very pretty. She was about his height, a few inches shorter. She had pale milky skin that made her seem English. To add to the whole English look, she had a very small mole under her left eye, and another on her right cheek. Momiji remembered, that when he first met her, he thought she was royalty. Her eyes were like golden orbs, with a hint of blue around the pupil. They were mysterious, yet like momiji's, they were playful and bright. Her hair, which was long, up to her knees. It was silver, with soft blue highlights. She usually wore it down, with a low black ribbon. She usually wore, the colors: blue, silver, black, or white. Not at the same time, just viarities of them. `She's so… pure.' Thought momiji. `Her smile, they way she talks, her voice. They are all pure, innocent.' Momiji thought about the way she was… `Well, she is very intelligent. But, she is a bit klutzy. Almost like tohru, except only when she's happy.'

Momiji, remembered the day, when they had became friends. They had known each other from school, but it was here that they had actually gotten to know each other.

-Flash back to last week-

momiji, had just finished tohru's job. He sat waiting for hatori. From around the corner, came kahori. Momiji fell backwards in surprise. Kahori turned around when she heard the noise.

“momiji?!” she called out in surprise. She ran to see if he was all right. Her face was inches from his. “momiji?” she asked again. He opened his eyes slowly. “Oh, momiji! I'm glad you're alright!” she said as she took his hand to help him up. He stepped in front of her and examined her face.

“Hmm.” He said when he was satisfied. “It is you kahori! But, what are you doing here?!” he asked suspiciously.

“Oh, I have a job here! What about you?”

“My father owns the building.” He explained.

“Oh…” he looked down at her face. Then, he stooped down, and kissed her. It was quick. Just a pop kiss. But when he lifted his lips from hers, he found she was blushing bright red.

“M-my first kiss!” she screamed. She was about to turn, but slipped. She landed right on momiji, in a hugging position. He transformed quickly. She heard a `poof' then looked down to find a small rabbit on a pile of close. She gasped.

“Oh, my god momiji! Did I do this to you?! I'm sooo sorry! Please momiji! Forgive me! No! Ah, what do I do! Ah?! Yes, medical attention! Help! A doc-“ she was cut off by momiji's paw on her lips. Immediately, she quieted down. Slowly, he explained about the curse. She remained silent, at least until he finished. Then, she screamed.

“ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

“Why did you scream?” he asked. As he covered his ears.

“Well, I just needed to get that out of my- `poof' ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” he had gone back to normal.

“S-sorry.” He said reaching for his pants. He got dressed quickly. And went back to talk to her. She had found out about the sohma secret, and yet, she was still his friend.

-End flashback-

 

Since that day, they had met each other after their `jobs' to talk.

Momiji got up. As he did, something fell out of his pocket. It was a small picture, in a small frame.

“Oh, guten hag! kahori! How are you?” he said waving to her.

“Oh, momiji!” She called out. She ran up to him.

“Oh, wait here a minute.” He said as he heard a car drive by. He went to check if it was from the main house.

“Oh,” she said as she saw a picture on the floor. She picked it up, and gasped. There was a beautiful, blonde woman on it. “She looks just like momiji… wait… she looks kind of… familiar…”

“kahori! False alarm, oh, what do you have ther-“ he stopped as he looked at the picture.

“I'm sorry. It was on the floor. Is it yours?” she asked quickly. “Wait a minute! Now I remember! Momiji, she's the mother, of the little girl I tutor. But wait… she said she only had a daughter… she never said anything about you…” she stopped when she saw momiji's face. He was smiling, a broken smile.

“momiji?” she asked.

“Yeah, that's my mama…but she doesn't know that I'm her son.” He said. Kahori gasped.

“When I was born, and she held me for the first time, I turned into and animal. She was broken. She rejected me… I could tell, that she was broken. Akito asked me `will you help her?' I didn't know what to do. But… I wanted for her to get better. I was there, when they suppressed her memories…”

-Flashback-

“Are you sure? That you'll be okay with this? That… you won't … regret later?” asked hatori.

“No! The only thing I regret…. Is having that… that, thing come out of my body…”

-End flashback-

 

“And then, she told me…”

 

-Flashback-

“I… imagine this will be hard for you… but… papa will love you for both of us…”

-End flashback-

 

“That's why, I believe, I want to live… with all my memories. Even if their sad memories. Even if they only hurt me. Even… even if their memories I'd rather forget. If I keep them, and if I keep trying… then someday… those memories won't defeat me… I believe that.”

He noticed that kahori was crying…

“kahori…” he asked.

“Oh, momiji…” she ran up to him and hugged him. “I also believe that.” He could not help it, he began to slowly, shed the tears that had been kept inside of him for so long… as he held her.

 

 

Fluffs: hiya! And welcome to the twilight zone! Not really! = )

 

Shii- chan: darn!

 

Haa- chan: well, today's guests are…. -da da da dadadada dadadada dadadada-

 

Ayaa- chan: helllooo! Were are our guests?! Hello! Come out forwith!

-crickets chirping-

 

fluffs: great! We don't have guests today! They come when we really don't need them…

 

buwahhh! -starts to cry- I'm ruined!

 

Sesshy: -pops out of nowhere- don't cry fluffs… aww, there, there!

 

Shii- chan: well, we shall invite some of our fans! And characters!

-round of claps as Sonora and sukuri walk in Sonora runs out again-

 

Sonora: *-kills Kaoru-*

-sonora comes back and waves to crowd.

 

Sukuri: Sonora likes AYAME!

Sonora: HEY! -chases sukuri-

 

Ayaa- chan: well, I am irrisistable! Hahahahahahaha!

 

Haa- chan: oh, please, spare me.

-boohbas eat children `I will call you booh' walks in-

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh my god! He's drunk! HAHAHAHA! I can't beleive it! HA! ha...
On a different note,
Yuki and Ichigo
sitting in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Alrighty then.

 

Haa- chan: HEY! That was a one-time deal! I swear!

 

Fluffs: oh, please shii, spare me. -turns on tv.-

 

Tv: hello, this is ed live news. We'd like to rport a break in at a becker-beckerkid-51's house. here we have the tape, from the security camera.

 

beckerkid-51: Oh,Oh, what happens? I just can't wait! HEY, SHIGURE WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO MY COMPUTER? Opps, gotta go! Shigure, you perverted freak! Come back here you freakin' dog!

 

-everyone turns to shii-

 

shigure frm tv: Yelp,Yelp!

 

beckerkid-51: Ha ha! Got ya!

 

Shigure frm tv: OW OW OW OW OW OW!

 

beckerkid-51: There, you should learn about PRIVACY!

 

-every one stares at shii- chan. O.o-

 

Yuki in tv: ohh, hello, I'm just curious to see what happens to me and the girl. ( i can't remember her name) Bye

 

-every on stares at tv.-

 

kyo frm tv: Kyo here, thanks for putting me and Tohru together! See ya!

 

-every one stares O.O-

 

ayame frm tv: Ayame here! I just-

 

-everyone turns to ayame O.O-

 

beckerkid-51: AYAME!

 

Ayame frm tv: GOTTA GO! (runs away)

 

beckerkid-51: Hi! Haa. I FINALLY got rid of both Perverted Freaks at once! Ha! A Bonus!

 

-every one turns to haa-chan really freked out OoO-

 

-everything back to normal..-

 

sukuri: they didn't mention Sonora's name and she has a crush on a certain snake...
Sonora: DON'T TELL ANYONE THAT!

 

Fluffs: -starts 2 cry-

 

Sesshy: aww, whats wrong fluffs? -hugs-

 

Fluffs: look, out of my 107 reviews…that I was reading… I got a flame look… -takes out piece of paper and points...- I'm sooo sad! -sobs-

 

Sesshy: -reads out loud- I would just like to point out that it is not 'Torhu' its TOHRU. Maybe you changed that in the later chapters, but I've only read the first so I don't know.

Fix your grammar and spelling mistakes. And try to keep everyone in character please.

This isn't a flame...just not another "i love your story" review. Okay? -sesshy sniffs the paper and runs out the door.-

 

-everyone waits…-

 

sesshy: -comes back- don't worry, I killed em'.

 

Fluffs: WHAT! O.o you can't just go out and kill people! Time out! -points at corner- go! -sesshy walks away-

 

Sukuri: ROFLMFAO! -every one stares at her o.O- what?!

 

-mc duffy girl walks in:

*speaks all calm-like* shigure will now help kyo in the art of ~~flirting~~ Oh Ah. oh, what is this, now? the RAT confessed his love to the beautiful young maiden, Tohru... *stops being calm* no! that's scandal! i say, that should have been kyo! *calm again* great two ch!!

 

Shii- chan: HEY! Flirting IS an art! I don't care what people say… -starts to cry-

 

Sukuri: -turns to fluffs- Hey Barbara-chan,
I was thinking about the song "Just One Thing that Got Me Tripping" and
maybe Sonora's the one thing that got Ayame tripping!

 

Ayaa- chan and Sonora: HEY!

 

Fluffs: well, that's a wrap!