Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Training? ❯ Chapter 1

In a valley between the cloud-covered mountains, Where the sun sent its' light down like a blanket of warmth for the lost jungle. The sent of wild flowers filled the air and the trees surrounding the patches of flowers seemed to touch the clouds. A few meters away from the border of the trees and the patches of flowers, was a cave big enough and roomy enough to be a mid-sized dorm. A little further near the cave, a small river and little waterfalls lead further down the mountains to the ever- flourishing jungle. Birds sang a melody from an unknown song of nature. "Kyo *laugh * the attacks like this. *Punches straight into air * see it's not naturally straight so don't let the name fool you… but even I get it wrong sometimes." Kyo smiles, "Well you'd think straight punch would mean its name… Oh well no one said martial arts was gunna be easy and the harder the techniques the easier it'd be to beat that damn Yuki!" Kyo laughs, "All thanks to you of course." "Kyo wake up…" "Huh?" "Kyo!"

Kyo quickly sat up in his bed, "Shigure what the? What are you doing in my room?!" "Well, first of all you were making noise in your sleep and your sweating like you got a fever… Are you sick?" "NO! Why would I do a stupid thing like that?!" Kyo said as he wipes his head with his hands to feel cold sweat then wipes his head with his blanket. "You know Kyo… Your dreams are getting worse I mean you've lost a lot of sleep since you came back from the mountains." Kyo flinched at the same realization as he got out of his bed. "Why wont you tell me what there about?" Kyo doesn't look at Shigure but continues to walk out the door. "You really want to know why?" Shigure followed Kyo downstairs, "Of course I whanna know." "Well the reason I haven't told you yet is because… IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSNESS!! That's why and because it doesn't matter anyway." Thoru pops out of nowhere, "Good morning!" "Ah!" Shigure and Kyo both jumped. Shigure was the first to regain composure, "Good morning Thoru good sleep?" "Yes, really good thanks. Shi what doesn't matter? Or is it a secret? I can keep a secret can you tell me?" Shigure smiles and Kyo just walks off. "I'm trying to get the story on the bad dreams haunting Kyo. He won't tell me though." Thoru started to look sad until Yuki came in, "Don't worry about the stupid cat he's just probably dreaming about me kicking his butt everyday that's all." Yuki smiles. "That's not true! Why would I dream of something so stupid!" Shigure smiles, "Then who do you dream about Kyo? Inquiring minds would like to know." "I told you she doesn't mater! I mean… never mind leave me alone." Kyo walked outside and sat on the porch staring into the sky. Thoru and Yuki walk to the kitchen to make breakfast and Shigure goes to sit next to Kyo grinning slyly, "Ah, now we're getting somewhere, so who is she? Is she the one you dream about every night? Come on you might as well tell me you know I'll just keep digging for the answer." Kyo looked at Shigure, "She is none of your business, but yah she's the one I dream about." Shigure smiled lightly, "So what happened? What was she like?" Kyo looked to the sky again and smiled, "She was great I mean she could break a bolder with one hand and her fighting skills were unmatched!" Kyo jumps up like an excited little boy, "Man her training was hard but it was amazing! I mean even that damn rat wouldn't be able to touch her! And she was beautiful and sang like an…"

Kyo blushes then looks at Shigure, as if forgetting he was there he then sits down and looks to the sky, "Never mind." Shigure finishes, "like an angel." Kyo looked at Shigure, "yah… angel." Thoru pops outside, "Breakfast is ready!" Shigure and Kyo jump again in surprise, "Danget! You always do that! Can't you just appear like a normal person! Gees!" Kyo gets up and storms to the dinning room to eat breakfast. "I didn't mean to scare him again." Shigure smiles, "He'll get over it lets eat!" Thoru smiles happily, "Right!" with that Shigure and Thoru walked to the dinning room to join Yuki and Kyo.

After eating breakfast, Thoru brought out cards to play with everyone. "This time lets play poker! My mom was a great poker player and then she taught me how to play!" Thoru said happily while dealing out the cards. Shigure looked at Kyo with curiosity showing on his face. "What did she look like?" Yuki and Thoru looked at Kyo confused, "what?" Shigure smiled, "Your training partner, what did she look like besides beautiful?" Kyo looked at his cards obviously thinking about something. "She… she had long silver hair that reflected even the tiniest light. Eyes that changed colors depending on how she felt… like a mood ring. I mean it was like she could read your thoughts and your emotions." He put two cards down and Thoru passed him another two. "She liked to laugh and smile a lot even in training… She was probably an inch taller than Thoru. A little pale but that was only because she was a… never mind. She loved to fight and sing *he laughed * sometimes I'd catch her even dancing… she was a beautiful dancer." Kyo put down his cards, "Four queens." Yuki smiled, "Royal flush" "Damn rat." "Yuki's turn to pass out cards! Kyo keep talking about her she sounds really nice." Thoru said smiling while Yuki deals the cards. Shigure smiled, "Well was she nice?" Kyo smiled, "Of course she was! Probably the nicest and most competitive person I'd ever meat… we'd race all over the mountains and a bunch of stuff like that… it was the best time of my life till…" Yuki paused in dealing the cards. Kyo's face looked as if he was a ghost and giving out a silent cry. "until what Kyo?" Shigure asked. "She taught me how to cook from scraps and make it taste good but I thing she cooked great although she hardly ate she" "Until what Kyo? Stop avoiding the subject." Shigure said lightly. "She was a half-breed half vampire and human so every now an then she'd cry and not stop for hours but I helped that… I told her that I'd never let anything harm her and what ever made her cry I'd help her through it." Kyo looked as if recalling something. "She didn't like blood very much so I was safe from that… I never told her that I … I couldn't save her! I couldn't!" Kyo's eyes were rimming with tears that he was trying to hold back. Shigure moved his chair to sit next to him, "Kyo what happened? Tell me." Kyo buried his face in his hands and continued, "We were just having fun training when she told me she liked me *he laughed though his throat seemed like it was trying to choke him * can you believe it she loved me… I was scared at first but I never told her it back but I think… I hope she knew. I really hope she knew." Thoru had tears in her eyes and sniffled, "I think she knew." Yuki stared at Kyo, "What's wrong Kyo scared to tell us what happened to her?" Kyo glared as mean as he could with tear rimed eyes, "I'm not scared you stupid rat! She was murdered! Get it murdered! And I couldn't save her there were too many of them! Vampire hunters somehow tracked her and killed her right in front of me! They held me back… there were just too many… We fought as best as we could… I almost thought we could make it… They killed her…" Kyo gets up and starts to walk away, "Leave me alone now, I'll see you guys in the morning… and I don't whanna hear a word outta you Yuki got it!" Yuki nods and deals cards to Thoru and Shigure as Kyo walks to his room and closes the door. Kyo sighs and lets his tears fall down his face as he lies down to sleep the day away and prepare for a restless night.