Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ The Journey Home ❯ Memories ( Chapter 4 )

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or the characters, they belong to Natsuki Takaya. This is just the outlet for my twisted imagination.

A/N: Sorry this chapter took longer. Thanks to Nova for saying I'm not OOC and to Hikari Rioki for staying up reading my little story, those are both really nice compliments. Oh no! Is that an ego forming? lol. Thanks also to everyone else who reviewed, I really appreciate it. angelicattie, yes Tohru's eyes are brown in the manga, but my story's based on the anime (since I've only read the first volume of the manga). Thanks for noticing that. ^_^ "*Mega powered Pleading eyes of doom*" Hahaha! I love that!

Warning: There may be OOC moments (or the whole thing, or something... yeah) so if that bothers you, this might not be the story for you. (Hey, this is fiction, it's my world and I can do what I want with it!) Also if premarital sex and/or unwed pregnancy bother you, this probably isn't the story for you.

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"The Journey Home"

Chapter 4: Memories

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Hana arrived home a day early and called Uo to pick her up at the airport. They startled Tohru when they came into the apartment and Uo called out "Hey Tohru that smells good!"

"I wasn't expecting you until tomorrow, is everything ok?" Tohru said when Uo came to see what she was cooking.

"Yeah, Hana said she finished the consultation early so she just came home," Uo replied.

"Did you eat? I could make you something" Tohru said.

"Yeah, we stopped for ramen. Sorry we didn't come get you. I thought you were working today?" Uo said.

"The bride ran off with her boss, so the wedding was cancelled," Tohru explained.

"Her boss, eh? There's an idea. You gonna run off with Mr. Aogiri?" Uo said with laughter in her voice. Tohru, ever easy to tease, turned red.

"Uo! He's married!" Tohru said, shocked that such a thing would even be suggested.

"But you're not denying he's hot, right? And have you seen his wife? He could do better." Uo changed the subject, "This seems too much for just you" she commented while peeking at the veggies Tohru was stir frying.

"I... wanted some for leftovers" Tohru said half-truthfully.

"Uo, who's there? Where's..." Hana started as she walked into the kitchen. "Tohru" she finished, surprise evident on her face. 'Those aren't Tohru's signals,' Hana thought. Sparks flared in her eyes as she walked closer to Uo and Tohru. Uo's signals were fine, but Tohru's were faint and mixed with.... "Interesting" Hana said, deciding not to say anything more. Not yet.

'Can she tell?' Tohru's eyes grew wide. "I-Is everything ok Hana?"

"You're not coming down with a cold, are you?" Uo asked. Sometimes when Hana was sick her powers went haywire. At times like that it was a little scary and more than a little unsafe to be around her.

"I'm fine," Hana said, and sat down at the kitchen table. Uo did likewise and Tohru joined them with her dinner a few minutes later.

"How was your trip?" Tohru asked Hana.

"Boring. At least I got a bonus for being ahead of schedule." Hana worked as a consultant. She used her power to find good sites for construction, clear areas of negative waves, and even a little fortune telling, among other things. Sometimes she also wrote the horoscopes for the local newspaper. The most lucrative was the construction sites. Companies all over Japan paid Hana large amounts of yen to find them the sites least likely to be affected by things such as an earthquake or a volcano. This had Hana traveling all over Japan, sometimes on short notice. She didn't really care for the travel, but she loved the money, so she put up with it.

Hana and Uo chitchatted a bit while Tohru ate. Tohru listened to their conversation, which was mainly about Uo's job at the racetrack, but was too lost in her own thoughts to join in. She had to tell them about the baby, but she couldn't quite find the right words to broach the subject. In the end she didn't have to.

Tohru finished her dinner and went to clean up. Hana studied Tohru as she washed the dishes. A knowing look spread over Hana's face, "Yes, it's definitely the same."

"What's the same?" Uo asked.

"Tohru's electric signals, they're... mingled." Hearing this, Tohru dropped the spatula she was washing.

"Mingled? Hana, you get more confusing every year." Uo said, not noticing Tohru's clumsiness. "Are you gonna tell me what's up?"

Having made short work of the clean-up, Tohru came to sit back down just as Hana started her explanation. "When my mother was pregnant with Megumi her waves changed. At first they were mingled with my father's and then she had two sets, hers and Megumi's. Tohru's waves are mingled with Sohma waves."

As Hana was talking Tohru turned bright red. At the mention of "Sohma waves" her face felt so warm she wondered if she was going to start giving off steam. Uo looked from Hana to Tohru and said to Hana with disbelief in her voice "You think Tohru's pregnant?"

"Yes, our little Tohru is pregnant," Hana stated.

Uo and Hana looked at Tohru. She looked from one to the other, took a deep breath, and said "Hana's right... I-I'm pregnant." After getting the words out she thought 'I think that's the first I've said it out loud.'

"Well, I gotta hand it to 'em, I never thought either of those boys would get up the nerve to make a move. So who's the lucky groom?"

"G-groom?" Tohru asked.

"Then he hasn't asked already? Don't think I'm gonna let him off without marrying you. I have my methods," Uo said with her hand in a fist and a dangerous light in her eyes.

"Tohru..." Hana said softly, "are you keeping it?"

Tohru looked at Hana like she'd just said she could fly. "I could never...."

"Just checking," Hana said. She wanted to make sure Tohru knew there were options, even though she would never take any of them. "Have you told the father yet?"

"No," Tohru said, blushing.

"Is it the Prince or Orange-Top?" Uo asked bluntly.

"...I can't tell you. I have to talk to them first," Tohru said. "I don't want Him to find out from someone else, and I don't want the other to be hurt."

"My money's on the Prince," Uo said then asked Hana "Can't you tell who it is?"

"Normally yes, but the Sohmas all have the same waves. I can't tell them apart," Hana replied. "And I wouldn't rule out the orange one."

Tohru was back to a steaming blush. Uo and Hana each took one of her hands. "It's ok Tohru, you don't have to tell us and we'll help any way we can." Hana said.

"Just one more question," Uo added, unable to stop herself. "Was it good?"

Tohru looked at the table, smiled, and then nodded.

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Yuki sat at the back of his history class and sighed. It wasn't like him to sit in the back, but he didn't want the professor to see him daydreaming. It also wasn't like him to daydream, but he'd been doing just that, and a lot of it. He sighed again. What was happening to him?

'I'm becoming Kyo,' Yuki thought with a shudder as he remembered how the baka neko would sit on the roof and stare off into space for hours on end. 'Great, first Shigure and now Kyo... if that snake's next I'll jump off a bridge.'

For a while now Yuki had found himself constantly thinking about her... her hair, her hands, her lips... he couldn't get the feel of her out of his mind. He sighed. He was as perverted as that damn dog and now he was sulking like that stupid cat. 'Might as well learn from the best,' he thought with a wry smile.

Yuki's smile disappeared as he became lost in thoughts of her. He remembered the way her lips felt under his, the little sound of encouragement she gave when his tongue sought entrance, the way her hands lightly tickled as they trailed over his body, the silky feel of her hair against his skin, the way her eyes half closed with pleasure when he....

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Kyo let himself fall onto his bed at his master's house. He'd spent the day practicing kicks against wooden dummies and was tired, sore, and bruised. He usually controlled himself when training, but today had been different. He'd awoken that morning from another one of those dreams and had to get her out of his head. A long day of putting his body through torture should have done the trick, it always had before. No luck this time.

Kyo stretched and winced as his sore muscles protested. He lay staring at the ceiling and wondered if he was ever going to be normal again. Surely it was unhealthy to have these thoughts so often? It must be, look at Shigure.

'If I'm a sick bastard, I might as well enjoy it,' Kyo thought and let the memories wash over him. He saw her lying there half naked, waking up and moving towards him, pulling her shirt over her head.... He felt her unbuttoning his shirt, smoothing her hands across his chest, her lips and tongue trailing over his shoulder.... He heard her whisper "more" between kisses, suck in her breath when he touched a sensitive spot, moan his name when she....

*evil laughter* So that's chapter four! And no, they're not both thinking about Tohru. ^_^ Sorry for anything that's inaccurate, Kyo's training for example.

The next chapter might take a bit. It's going to be fun to write, but tough at the same time. Plus I have a bunch of homework I've been neglecting, so I'm going to have to focus on that for a while. Gomen!

I like the way one author put it, I hope s/he doesn't mind if I quote "if you've come this far you've obviously read, so please review". I will add, though, please be kind since this is my first fan fiction and I'm very sensitive. Bad reviews... "I don't know if I could take that kind of rejection!" (Toy Story... never mind, I'm crazy.) I proofread it myself, which is hard to do, so there's probably still some errors (though I hope not so many that it's hard to read). Please let me know of any glaring errors and I'll fix 'em.