Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Sukunai Hane ❯ Chapter 2

Akari: Hello there!!! See I told you we would continue to post even though you didn't review! *sticks out tongue* Ha-ha!!!

Kurai: Although we would like to thank double kodachi for being our first reviewer, and to fearthewrathofrah and frubafreak for being our second and third reviewers.

Akari: Yeah! Thank you!!!!!!!! *smiles really big and waves*

Kurai: Well...on with chapter two. Please enjoy.

Disclaimer: Neither my sister nor I own Fruits Basket. Natsuki Takaya is the genius that created it. We worship her and her brilliant imagination.

Warnings: The only reason it is rated so high is because there will be some rape scenes in it later on, and MM guidelines say we have to rate it NC-17 if that's in there. This fic contains a lot of abuse and some other things which are not suitable for young children. But, eh *shrugs*, we can't make you not read it. Your choice...

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Sohma *Akurei's dark blue, almost black, eyes widened as she looked at the surroundings that sped past her window. Shigure looked down at the clearly happy girl and smiled, warmth radiating from his eyes. She looked up at him and smiled a heart-stopping smile. He patted her head briefly and then put his eyes back to the road, slightly disappointed at not being able to look at her again. `Though she may be fourteen,' he thought to himself, `she has a childish aura of a six year old. One can not simply ignore her.' When he saw his house he sighed in contempt and looked back at the girl beside him. Her eyes, if possible, widened even bigger when she caught sight of the house. When he pulled up to the driveway he saw a smiling and waving Tohru, an impassive silent Yuki, and a scowling sulking Kyo. Shigure laughed and Akurei looked up at him confused.

"It's ok! More new friends to meet!" he told her while laughing. She looked back out the window to see the three people then smiled at him again. He smiled broadly when she made a squeak/squeal of delight. When he stopped the car, he jumped out and helped Akurei get out of her seat. She tripped over something on the car floor and fell to the driveway, hitting her head on the open car door. Shigure held his breath expecting her to cry out in pain, but she didn't utter a word. Instead she just got up just in time to see two boys and a girl run over to the car. She squeaked and hid behind Shigure, latching onto his arm. Shigure saw where she was looking and turned to watch the newcomers. He smiled again and put his hand on top of Akurei's head. The three finally got there and Shigure introduced them all. "These are your new housemates. The girl is Honda Tohru," he started. "The orange top is Sohma Kyo. And the one with purple hair is Sohma Yuki," he finished.

"Konichi-wa!!" Tohru said smiling, startling the girl in front of her with her cheeriness. Kyo briefly nodded, studying her, and Yuki bowed respectfully, but Akurei was not paying attention to anyone but Yuki. She was staring at him with wide, fearful eyes, as she started to back up away from him. Shigure noticed this and frowned slightly.

"What's wrong? Are you ok?" he asked nervously. He was afraid that she would freak out and have a panic attack, so he grabbed her hand protectively. Akurei pointed to a stunned Yuki and started to tremble.

"A-ak-akito-sa-sama!" she whispered fearfully. Yuki winced and shuddered at the mention of the Clan Head and Kyo looked at the small shaking girl startled. "P-please d-don't be mad at m-me A-akito-sama," she said bending her entire body down and keeling down to the ground. Tohru, confused and not knowing what else to do knelt down beside the girl and tried to wrap her arms around her protectively. But the small girl screamed and stumbled away towards the car. "No! No, no, no, no! You can't touch me!" she screamed. Shigure bent down and tried to comfort the frantic girl.

"Shhhhh....it's ok. Tohru won't harm you. I promise. And that's not Akito. That's Yuki. They're two very different people." Akurei looked up at Yuki and studied his eyes very carefully. Her eyes then widened and she bowed her head again.

"I'm s-sorry Yuki-sama. P-please f-forgive me..." she said in a wispy voice. Yuki looked stunned at being addressed as `sama' and Kyo raised an eyebrow. The girl then turned her head and bowed to both Kyo and Tohru adding, "Kyo-sama. Tohru-sama." but this time with no stutter. Shigure brightened a little and squeezed her hand. She looked up at him and smiled. Yuki knelt down to her side and told her to look at him.

"I am not Akito," he said calmly. She just nodded her head and smiled at him slightly. Then Shigure helped her stand up and all five of them walked into the house. About thirty minutes later the slamming of about seven car doors disturbed the Sohma household. Shigure rushed outside and to his surprise a *Mazda and a Toyota Camry were parked behind Hatori's black car. Out of the two cars came seven people ((well...duh....)). The rest of the inner Sohmas. A small brown haired boy came stopping up to Shigure and glared daggers at the older man.

"What is so dang important that Hatori and Ayame had to drag all of us here for?!" he half shouted half questioned. One or two mumbled agreements were heard and Shigure had opened his mouth to tell them to follow him inside when a small voice piped up behind him, catching everyone's attention.

"Shigure-sama?" Akurei asked concerned at the sudden appearance of so many people. She had never seen a group of people this large before and it somewhat startled her. All seven heads, including Shigure's, turned to look towards the source of the small voice. Then they saw the black-haired girl staring at all of them fearfully. When she saw Ayame and Hatori she made a small noise in the back of her throat and ran towards them. But Shigure grabbed her hand and stopper her from moving forward. She looked up at him curiously and then back to the two men who were making their way to where she and Shigure stood.

"Who is she and why did she just call Shigure `sama'?" asked a girl with brown hair and a green dress on. Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

"As I was trying to say, if you will please come with me inside I will tell you," Shigure said moving so that he blocked Akurei out of sight, and everyone could go inside. After a couple of grumbles from the brown haired boy, everyone was seated at the kitchen table except for three people who were sitting with a slightly confused Akurei. Two boys, one with blonde hair and blue eyes, and the brown haired boy, and a girl with orange hair and orange eyes. All three stared at the black-haired girl, on a cold glare, one a curious stare, and one a shy glance. Finally the brown-haired boy broke the silence.

"So who are you exactly?" he asked her with a hard glare. She flinched and unconsciously clutched her hands tighter in her lap. She looked at him with very sad eyes and then looked at the cream colored carpet.

"Sohma," she replied after a few tense moments. All of the three occupants or the room gasped and looked at her harder.

"Sohma what?!" the brown haired boy shouted at her. The orange haired girl looked at him sharply and he backed down a bit. "Sorry," he mumbled. The blonde haired boy decided to try a different approach with the silent girl.

"Hi! My name is Sohma Momiji. The girl with orange hair is Sohma Kisa. And the boy with the loud mouth is Sohma Hiro," he said extending a hand. She flinched away from it slightly and her shoulders began to tremble. Momiji let his hand fall with a slightly hurt look on his face. She then bowed her head very low and repeated each name.

"Momiji-sama, Kisa-sama, Hiro-sama," she said without her stutter affecting her words. The three looked shocked at being called `sama', especially Kisa who blushed a light hue. Momiji shook his head and smiled big, not unlike Shigure.

"You don't have to address us as `sama'," he said. "After all we are still children. You can call us Momiji-chan, Kisa-chan, and Hiro-kun," he said still smiling.

~*~ In the kitchen ~*~

"So what's up with the new girl Gure?" asked the same girl as before. Everyone except Hatori and Ayame nodded their heads in agreement.

"As I said before, she's the reason I asked all of you to come here," said Shigure. "Here name is Sohma Akurei, Kagura-chan," he told Kagura. "She's fourteen years old and she's lived in Akito's `care' for ten years now," he told the eight occupants of the room.

"Are you serious?!" shouted a black and white haired boy that was sitting on Yuki's left side. Shigure nodded grimly.

"I'm afraid so Haru-kun," he told Haru. Hatsuharu, or Haru for short, felt his jaw drop. He made a low whistle to show his amazement.

"Is that why she was afraid of me?" asked Yuki solemnly. He was given another grim nod from Shigure.

"Yes Yuki-kun. You see, although it is not your fault, she saw Akito when she looked at you. That's why she panicked. But when she got a good look at you she realized that you weren't him," he explained. Yuki nodded and mouthed an `oh...'

"Why wouldn't she let me hug her?" Tohru asked suddenly. Shigure, Hatori, and Hatori shared a glance, and then Ayame explained.

"Akito told us that she can't be hugged because `She is not of the Juunishi. But she is cursed nonetheless.' We don't know what he means but I don't really want to know. He also said `I would advise you not hug her though. Or else you will find out why her mother named her `demon'," he said.

"I still don't understand! How can she be cursed?! It's impossible! There are 12 animals of the Juunishi plus the cat and every one of animals has been taken," shouted Kyo suddenly.

"We don't either. But we're hoping that in time she will trust us enough to tell us what exactly Akito means. But until then all we can do is wait and hope that she will see that there are good people in this family, not just people like Akito." Hatori said. He then turned his head so that he could look at Tohru clearly. "We need your help with a more important matter. Although she is fourteen, she is extremely underweight. She is about forty-five pounds underweight. She's only 80 pounds. Akito starved her, but she doesn't understand what that means," he explained as five pairs of eyes grew wider.

"He did what?!?" shouted another man from the back of the table. The family doctor looked at him briefly then sighed deeply. He then got up and walked towards the door that separated the kitchen from the living room. He motioned for Yuki, Kyo, Haru, Tohru, Kagura, and the other man to come closer and be quiet. When they were all there Hatori opened the door a bit and moved so that all of them could get a good look at the black haired girl in the lazy boy chair. She had her knees up to her chest and was hugging them tightly. Compared to the other three occupants of the room she looked like a small child. Even Kisa looked older than her when compared by body mass. Momiji, the closest to her age, was far smaller than the average fifteen year old, but still looked bigger than Akurei. Hatori shut the door and everyone sat back down in their seats again.

"She's so tiny," whispered Tohru. Shigure, Ayame, and Hatori all nodded and looked at her intently. "So I'll need to feed her a lot?" another nod. "Ok! I'll get started right away!" she said as she stood up and went to the refrigerator. When she started to rummage through the fridge everyone focused on Shigure.

"She will be staying here with us for a week. That's how long Akito said we had with her. Then he wants her back," he said while looking at the closed kitchen door.

"We can't let that monster have her back!" shouted the same man as before. Everyone was surprised at his outburst but they nodded in agreement anyways.

"WE know that Ritsu-san, but we can not defy his wishes. You should know that. For now, let's just introduce you guys to our little Hane," he said to everyone gesturing to the kitchen doors. They, with the exception of Tohru, stood up and walked through the door separating the kitchen and the family room, with Haru in the lead. Good thing too, because at that exact moment Momiji was about to pounce on the frightened young girl. As he sprang Haru extended his arm and caught the overly excited blonde German in mid-air.

"Hey! Why'd you do that? I just wanted to give her a hug! She looked like she needed one," he pouted still in Haru's grasp crossing his arms and legs.

"She is not to be touched, understand?" he asked. He shook Momiji a bit as if to make it clear what he wanted. Momiji nodded and as soon as Haru let go of him he sat on the floor and looked away from his cousin to sulk.

"Well," started Shigure with a big smile. "I guess introductions are in order, yes?"

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Kurai: I am sorry that this update is a bit late. When I am the only one typing *glares at Akari* it takes a long time.

Akari: *sweat drop* eh-he...oops? Sorry but I hate typing, and I'm sooo slow!! That's why you do it!

Kurai:...Thank you again for the three reviews we received. And for everyone who reads this story.

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*When just typing her name while she's doing something or saying something, we'll use Akurei. When someone's talking directly to her and says her name, it will be Hane. Sorry if anyone was confused.

**Dun know if they have Mazda's and Toyota Camry's in Japan, but in this story they do.