Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Oh, Kuso! ❯ Chapter 8

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"This is Reika Sohma, she's the new head of the family."


"Wh-what?" Kyo said, shocked. The little girl named Reika, turned around to face Kyo. Her big green eyes were wide with worry. She was scared to be there, and didn't exactly know why he was so terrified about that.

"Reika, this is Kyo Sohma."
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"So how old is she?" Haru asked Tohru in the kitchen.

"I'm not exactly sure. She didn't really say."

"Who is she exactly? They say she's the head of the family does that mean...?"

"That she's taking over Akito position? That's what I'm guessing. I haven't seen Hatori look so anxious before. If I may say so, he even looks a little... scared." She said looking out the door to see only Kyo's back in the doorway.

"I wouldn't blame him. Who knows what they are really teaching her?"

"Teaching her?"

"Teach her to be cruel and ruthless, to beat people without an pain or guilt. Blame other people if she does something."

"Why do they do that? I mean, why can't you guys be happy for once? Why does 'god' have to be so ruthless?"

"They say it's to show us how horrible we really are. To remind us that we shouldn't be here and that the spirits can learn that they don't need to be. I guess. That's what I've heard at least." Haru said, now also staring at Kyo's back. He hadn't moved an inch since he got in there. Haru walked over to Kyo and put his hand on his shoulder.

"Ah! Reika, this is Hatsuharu Sohma." She turned around to look at both Kyo and Haru together. Haru looked into her large green eyes, and noticed that they looked sad, lonely, and tortured. But she smiled at them, not saying anything. Haru walked past Kyo and knelt day next to Reika.

"How old are you Rei-san?" she looked down at her hands in her lap.

"...5... I-I'll be 6 in 2 months though..." She said very quietly. Right then Tohru walked in with a tray of tea.

"Well, it's very nice to meet you Rei-san!" Tohru said putting down a cup of tea in front of Reika. Tohru passed out a cup to everyone. Tohru went to go put her tray away in the kitchen, "Kyo-kun, please sit down. You're making me nervous." she whispered to Kyo as she passed him on the way to the kitchen. Kyo blushed and quickly sat down next to Haru. Haru noticed that Kyo was nervous, and grabbed his hand underneath the table. Kyo looked at Haru with wide eyes. He wasn't sure how he should really react to this strange little girl coming into their home. Her the new head of the Sohma family? Does that mean she's the new 'god'? Kyo kept asking himself in his head. Kyo caught Haru's eyes. Haru looked into his eyes and noticed the scared questioning look. Haru gave Kyo's hand a reassuring squeaze.

"So Rei-san. What all have you heard about the Sohma family curse?" Shigure asked. Everyone looked up at him in surprise. Tohru who had just walked through the door felt like she was going to fall over from the sudden blunt question. Even Reika looked up at him in shock, but quickly looked back down at her hands.

"I-I heard that there are people who-who turn into animals. I-I didn't believe it at first, and I didn't really want to either." She stopped, not really knowing what to say next.

"Do you believe now?" Shigure asked, placing his head on his hand.

"I'm not sure. They showed it to me, but I didn't really believe it at first. But, I guess I should start to think it's true... They said I play an important rule in this weird curse. The people turning into animals, but I don't really get what I'm supposed to do..." She sounded like she was going to brust into tears. Tohru was the first one at her side. Tohru gave her a hug and looked at the others. She didn't know a whole lot about the curse, either, so she didn't really know what to say. Haru spoke up.

"It's alright Rei-san. It's not a big deal. You'll learn to understand more as you grow older. It's hard to understand now. So don't let it bother you." Haru smiled sweetly to her, but Kyo still looked at her in shock. She looked straight into Kyo's eyes. 'I really hope she's nothing like Akito. Nothing. She seems nice than him too.' Kyo thought. He was scared though, no matter what, he was scared that they would talk her into giving them the word that the people who were loyal to Akito could lock him up. He didn't want that.

Reika, still looking at Kyo, glared at him, "Who's Akito? And why shouldn't I turn out like him?" Kyo's eyes wided, he looked around at Shigure, Tohru, Haru, Yuki and Hatori. Hatori was the only one not looking to shocked, but everyone else looked like she had just turned into some strange creature with limbs sprouting everywhere.

"I-I didn't say that out loud, did I?" Kyo asked looking from person to person. Hatori was the only one to do anything, and all he did was shake his head. Reika just sat, glaring at Kyo as if he had just said the rudest thing to her.


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Eep!! Sorry this is so short. I didn't know where to leave it off at, and the ideas just kinda... stopped... so yeah... tell me what you think. uhh, yeah. Review please!!

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