Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Halloween Masquerade ❯ Chapter 2

Kyou blinked and glanced down at her as she moved closer, "Probably just the wind or something. Nothing to be scared of." She looked around before slowly nodding.

 

"Come on, we've got to get going if we're gonna go to the library like you wanted before that party that you've got me going to..."

 

She smiled now. "Ok." She grabbed his paw now pulling him along the way.

 

Feigning a smile, Kyou followed her along, his eyes falling closed just a bit as he did so. The glove on his hand was a perfect fit, so it didn't fall off when she pulled it, which surprised him. "Your paws are warm Kyou." She looked to him smiling.

 

He chuckled softly and shrugged his shoulders slightly, "I can't feel your hand... the gloves are just a bit too thick."

 

"Its cold out I didn't want you to freeze." She smiled still as she looked ahead.

 

Nodding softly, he closed his eyes a bit more and laced his fingers between her's the best that he could.

 

She giggled lightly. "I like the material I used its so soft."

 

"Yea, it is. Kind of itchy too... but soft," he said as he smiled down at her, which was something that wasn't very common for him. She blushed a dark red looking down her whiskers flickering a little in the sunlight. Blinking softly, he looked down at her and bit his lip, thinking he'd said or done something wrong.

 

She stumbled a little grabbing the back of her head. "Something hit me!" Blinking, he glanced back, tilting his head. She looked up to him then shifted her hand in the wrinkles of her costume taking out a small rock.

 

Blinking softly, he reached for the rock and took it, "I wonder who would have done that... I haven't seen anyone..."

 

"... What if it was Jason!" She whimpered now.

 

"Jason doesn't exist...,” he said matter-of-factly as he glanced around for someone that had thrown it.

 

"Then what is it then?" She blinked watching him now.

 

"I don't know, but Jason doesn't exist, you've been watching too many movies."

 

"But Shigure-san said so." She mumbled looking down.

 

"You can't listen to that dog..." he said softly as he walked along with her.

 

She side sadly looking down nodding. "I'm to gullible...."

 

"He'd do anything to make you believe stuff..." he said softly as he shook his head a bit. She looked back up to him grabbing hold of his hand.

 

Smiling softly, he squeezed her hand to try to comfort her, "It's probably Shigure doing it..."

 

"You think so? She spoke up now curiously.

 

He nodded softly as he glanced around, "He probably wants to scare you and make you believe its Jason..."

 

"So Jason is real?" She tilted her head curiously.

 

"No.... Shigure is trying to make you believe that by acting like Jason..." he said softly.

 

She nodded slowly looking ahead now. "Where almost to town at least."

 

"Yea," he said softly as he walked with her still.

 

"I hope you win cutest costume Kyou." She smiled.

 

He glanced down a bit, "You think I will?"

 

"I hope so." She blushed lightly looking down. Nodding a bit, he slowly walked with her still, seeing some of the major buildings in town coming into view. She smiled pulling him along now down the pathway her gray tail wagging with her movements. Blinking softly, he followed her as she tugged him along. Her fake ears seemed to bend back evenly as if a fish line had been set up. Kyou stopped suddenly, causing her arm to be jerked slightly as he saw this, his form coming to a complete stop.

 

She looked back to him letting go of his hand. "Kyou what's wrong?" She blinked a few times looking to him.

 

Slowly he lifted his hand and plucked the fishing line that would have cut into his head had he not stopped. "Alright mutt, get your ass out from behind those bushes or wherever the hell you are..." She watched him pull the string down and looked around as well for Shigure worried he'd jump out to scare them. "Damn dog..." Growling a bit, the cat lifted the string and walked under it. She blinked watching him before a rubber spider fell onto her shoulder causing her to scream thinking it was real. Grabbing the still dangling, spider, he yanked on the string it was attached to, tugging it down from the tree above them. "Alright damn it! Go home Shigure before I climb this tree and throw YOU down." Tohru latched onto Kyou's furry arm still freaked out.

 

"Calm down," he said softly as he glanced down at the hand that has the spider in it, throwing it up into the tree. She nodded shivering a little.

 

"It's just someone trying to scare you..." he said softly.

 

"Your not scared Kyou?" She looked to him curiously now.

 

"No, I know that nothing like that really exists..." he said softly as he walked along with her once more, grasping her hand and getting her to go with him.

 

She followed him once more. ".... Sorry I act so childish...."

 

"Don't worry about it Tohru... he's got you scared by making you believe in something that you saw in a movie." She nodded sadly reaching the end of the trail.

 

Glancing back at her, he looked around for any signs of anyone he knew, "Someone is just trying to scare you..."

 

"Someone I thought you said it was Shigure...." She looked to him worried.

 

"It probably is Shigure, but it could be any one of a number of class members or other family members that you've made friends with... Shigure probably has something to do with it though.”

 

She sighed sadly nodding as she kept close to him. "At least your here to protect me."

 

"Yea... I'll make sure nothing happens to you, but I'm sure nothing will. It's just someone trying to make you scared... trying to use today against you..."

 

"Maybe their trying to scare you Kyou." She tilted her head to the side looking up to him. "If someone is trying to scare you then I'll protect you."

 

"I'm not scared at all," he said softly as he walked along with her, his eyes closing half way.