Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ The New Akito ❯ The New Akito ( Chapter 1 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]
This is my first fanfiction so I'm a bit nervous. Please read & review and tell me how you like it!!!

Disclaimer: No matter how much I wish I owned Fruits Basket, I do not. That honor is bestowed upon Ms. Natsuki Takaya. Kudos to her!!! (I do, however, own Tamaki, Kiri and all the new members of the Sohma family!!!)

Chapter One: The New Akito

Tohru lay down on her giant canopy bed and sighed. Being seven months pregnant was a pain, and she still had two more months to go. Not that she was unhappy or anything! The ever cheerful Tohru and her husband, Yuki, were both really looking forward to having their first child. Though both of them were also hoping it wouldn’t be a zodiac animal, like Yuki. You see, Yuki was part of the Sohma family, and the Sohma family had a curse.
In each generation, thirteen of the Sohma’s were cursed so that when ever someone of the opposite sex hugged them they transformed into whatever zodiac animal they happened to be, and the cat, the add-on zodiac member. See, now here is the part that makes the Sohma’s all too confusing, there was another cursed member, but they didn’t change shape like the rest. Instead they had the curse of bad health and almost always died young, so the rest of the zodiac could live in peace. In Tohru’s generation the cursed Sohma had been named Akito and he had always tried to pry Tohru away from the Sohma family, so that everyone else would be as hurt as he was.
And now he was gone. Akito had died almost two years ago, and no child had replaced him yet. Tohru was glad about that. Akito had always hated her and Yuki. Now he was gone and Yuki was so much happier, and everything was going well. Just to make it more confusing, there was actually another part of the curse. One day, every other year, the zodiac members were perfectly normal, and they couldn’t transform for a whole day, this being the way little Sohmas are born to one zodiac parent and one normal person.
So Tohru sat, spacing out and thinking intently about the curse, Tohru was surprised when she was brought back to reality by her water breaking.
“Oh no! Yuki! Help!” she cried out as one fact dawned on her. She was about to have her baby.
Yuki, Shigure, and Momiji came running up the stairs. Shigure and Momiji had come over to talk to Yuki and Tohru, and were going to stay for dinner. Or that had been the plan.
“Tohru-san! Are you okay?”
“I-I think my water broke, Momiji-san!” Tohru exclaimed.
“But isn’t the baby supposed to arrive two months from now?” Yuki asked looking worriedly at his wife.
“It doesn’t matter now, Yuki. We need to get her to Hatori so that he can deliver the baby.” Shigure said hurrying to the door. “Yuki help Tohru out. I’ll start up the car. Momiji, you call Hatori and tell him we’re coming.”
In the car, on the way to Hatori’s hospital, Tohru kept twitching and saying “Ow, ow ,ow, ow” under her breath the whole way to the hospital. The contractions subsided for a bit every few minutes, only to redouble upon their return. Finally, she said, “Ow, ow, ow! Shigure! Are we there yet?!?!”
Yuki smiled and reached for her hand. Tohru was in labor but still managed to sound polite. ‘Boy did I pick the right girl,‘ he thought.
At the hospital, Yuki picked Tohru up and carried her in his arms. He practically ran into the hospital, then straight past the receptionist, who yelled after him, “Wait! You’re supposed to sign in!”, but he ignored her completely.
Momiji and Shigure hurried after Yuki, and when the receptionist called out to them, Shigure yelled, “Sorry! Someone’s having a baby here!” and sped up so he could catch up to Momiji.
Yuki ran into Hatori’s office and yelled, “Hatori! Help! Tohru’s in labor!”
Hatori rushed over to Yuki, completely ignoring his patient who was staring at Tohru with large, scared eyes.
“Please leave Gouki-san, I’ll reschedule your appointment!” Hatori said over his shoulder as his patient ran from the room.
Yuki set Tohru down on the examination table then stepped back so Hatori could deliver his child.
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Momiji paced around the waiting room, hoping both Tohru and the baby would be okay. But he wasn’t the only one. All the zodiac members and Tohru’s two best friends, Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima, were there as well. Everyone had scared looks on their faces. After all, Tohru’s baby was two months premature and that is never a good thing.
Finally, Yuki came out, with a big smile on his face. “It’s a girl!” he yelled.
Everyone jumped up, smiling, shouting and crying. “Tohru can’t wait to see all of you! She should be out in a minute.” Then he went back in.
Yuki was a little worried, even though he had just told fourteen people that everything was alright. He knew only one person could confirm his suspicion, so he walked over to Hatori who was washing the little baby off.
“Hatori, do you think this could mean that…” Yuki whispered, letting his voice trail off.
Hatori looked at Yuki then nodded, “I think you’re right, she was born two months premature, to the day, and she obviously isn’t a zodiac member.”
Yuki turned away from Hatori and walked over to Tohru putting a fake smile back on his face.
“Hey honey, how are you feeling?” he asked cheerfully.
Tohru smiled back at him then asked, “Yuki, what did you just say to Hatori?”
Yuki’s smile faded, “Tohru, there’s something I have to tell you about our baby.”
Tohru’s happy face immediately filled with concern, “A-About the baby? What’s wrong?”
“Our daughter is the new Akito.”