Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Zodiac ❯ Chapter 3

Zodiac Ch. 3

The group sat at the lunch table, finishing up some of the last details on their project.

"The life of Himura Kenshin." Tohru smiled. "That should be great."

"Oh, I just remembered." Senna said, changing the subject. "Ichigo-sama wanted you to come out to the house. She's like to meet you."

"Who's Ichigo?" Kyo asked.

"Baka neko." Suika sighed. "She's the head of our family, we mentioned her yesterday. Ring a bell?"

Kyo glared.

"I'm sure Hatori can take us there." Momiji replied.

"It's settled then." Senna smiled.

"Back to the project." Suika said.

Like that, the subject was changed back.

* * *

"I've got to turn this book in, I'll be right back." Senna started off for the library.

She finished in there, and was about to go back to where the others were waiting when she saw Haru.

"Haru-kun, why are you standing in front of the cafeteria?"

"I can't find my locker."

"What number is it?"

"259."

"Come on." She sighed, and he followed her to the locker. "Doesn't Momiji usually keep you from getting lost?"

"I lost him." Haru sighed. "I lost the babbling bunny and I don't know how."

Senna looked over her shoulder and saw a small group of girls glaring at her and muttering.

"You've got fangirls?"

"Apparently." Haru sighed.

"Here we go, Haru-kun, locker 259."

"Domo." He smiled. "I wanted to tell you………"

"What, Haru-kun?"

"I don't remember what I did earlier, but I do remember what I said." He looked at her. "I do think you're cute, and well………I kind of like you."

The small group of girls gasped and glared.

"Haru-kun………" Senna started, taking a few steps. "Run."

She grabbed his wrist and ran as fast as she could.

* * *

"Where is she?" Suika asked, tapping her foot annoyed.

"Well there's Hatori………" Yuki pointed out.

"Is that Shigure?" Kyo asked.

"And isn't that-" Tohru started.

"Don't say his name!" Yuki said. "It's bad enough he's here."

Senna ran by dragging Haru. She dove into the car, unintentionally causing Aya to transform.

"What's wrong with you two?" Kyo asked.

"Fangirls!" Haru explained.

"Get in quickly." Senna added. "What am I sitting on?"

"I need air." A voice said, she moved and picked a small, squished snake.

"Sorry." She apologized.

"We've got to do some scrunching." Hatori said from the front seat as they drove off, leaving the fangirls in the dust.

Tohru leaned over and hugged Yuki, Kyo and Momiji. Yuki landed in Senna's lap. Despite the fact that she knew it was her friend, she screamed. Yuki scampered across Haru as quickly as he could, and Momiji hopped over to her lap.

"So………who was I sitting on?" Senna asked after calming down.

"That would be me. Aya at your service. Yuki is my adorable little brother."

"Hey Haru………throw that pile of scales out the window for me."

"Yuki, don't kill your brother." Hatori sighed. "That would be hard to explain to Akito."

Everyone in the car, except Suika shivered slightly at the mention of that name.

Once they got there, they climbed out of the car, Senna carried Momiji, Tohru carried Aya and Yuki………at an arms length from one another, and Suika got stuck with Kyo.

"Baka neko."

"Baka shishi."

Senna balanced Momiji in one arm while she opened the door with the other.

"We're home." She called. "We brought friends."

"I'm glad you had some to bring home." A voice from the living room said. A woman about 27 entered. She had red hair with white highlights. "They're animals. Did they follow you home or something?"

"Ha ha………very funny." Kyo said dryly.

"Ah, I understand, come on in."

"This is our cousin. She's a Sagittarius."

"What about a Sagittarius?" Kyo asked. He had apparently zoned out.

There was a poof, and the new woman transformed into a red and white horse.

"Thank you." She said, sarcastically. "Follow me. Senna, Suika, put down the animals and get my clothes."

They did as they were asked, lead the Sohmas to the living room and left. They returned a few minutes later with the woman, now back in her human form. Senna and Suika noticed the boys had transformed back and were now scattered around the living room.

"Well, have a seat, make yourselves at home." The woman smiled, sitting down herself. "So you're the Sohmas? This isn't all of you, is it?"

"No, not by a long shot." Shigure sighed.

Aya and Shigure exchange certain glances, but the woman was smarter then they thought.

"Please, just don't try it." She replied.

"Why d you turn into a horse?" Momiji asked, bouncing in his chair.

"I'm a Sagittarius, which is supposed to be a centaur. Unfortunately, it seems mythological creatures aren't allowed."

"I understand." Hatori spoke up. "More then you could know."

"Momiji-kun?" A voice called from the door. It was Ume. "Want to go play?"

"Sure." He jumped up and bolted off.

"No hugging." Hatori called.

"No saying Zodiac or Cancer." The woman added.

"This is nice and all, but when do we get to meet your head of house?" Kyo asked.

The woman laughed, and gave a small wave.

"Kudamono Ichigo, nice to meet you."

"Ichigo-sama, if it's ok, we'd like to go work on our project a bit before they have to leave." Senna said, standing up.

"No problem." Ichigo waved her cousins off.

Senna, Suika, Kyo, Yuki, and Tohru started off, but Senna stopped.

"Come on, Haru-kun." She said, motioning for him to follow. "This is a pretty big house; I wouldn't want you getting lost. And I don't really want to wake up to finds you roaming the halls."

"Thank you, Senna-chan." He stood up and followed.

The four adults sat there a moment, discussing the differences in their curses, avoiding certain words, of course.

"Oh, look at the time." Aya said. "I must get back to the shop. Mine must be very worried about me."

He left, and not a full ten minutes later, a woman came in and dragged Shigure away.

"You've got deadlines to meet, and you're goofing off again!" She was saying.

"But Me-san, it was family business." He complained.

"Who was that?" Ichigo asked Hatori.

"His editor." He replied.

"So, earlier, you said you understood, what do you turn into?"

"I'm supposed to be the dragon………but I turn into a seahorse."

* * *

"Time to go." Hatori called up to the others.

"Aw man." Momiji said, returning to the living room. Ume was close behind.

"How do you two know each other?" Yuki asked as her and the others returned downstairs.

"She's in my class!" Momiji smiled.

Hatori shook his head. He figured she was about 12, but then again, most people thought Momiji was.

"See you at school tomorrow." Tohru smiled at the twins before leaving.

"That was fun! Bye Ume-chan, Senna-chan, Suika-chan, and Ichigo-san!" Momiji happily bounced out after her.

"I'm glad we got so much accomplished on the project." Yuki said before leaving.

"Haru-kun………" Senna said, pulling him off to one side. "About earlier………I like you too."

Before she lost the courage, she leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. Haru blushed, and this, of course, is when Kyo decided to happen by.

"Awww, has the cow got a girlfriend?" he asked, laughing.

"Baka Neko!" Haru growled, going black and chasing after him.

Senna sighed.

"Ichigo-sama………I like a schitzo." She sighed, sitting down.

"I'm sure he's not too bad." Ichigo replied. "His other personality doesn't come out that often, does it?"

Senna just sweatdropped. She got the impression it happened quite often.