Summary
Haru hates Cat's - no, he loathes cats. Just the site of a cat canturn him black. Kyo's developed a cold that whenever he sneezes he transforms. It's around this time that Yuki decides that he wants to give his 'Haru-trouble' to somebody else... and why not Kyo? After all, it'd keep him preoccupied. What is poor Kyo going to do with his transformation troubles and a Black Haru on his toes?
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket... wait... is the basket for sale?
Hey-o! Welcome to the first chapter of A Cat's Death Wish or ACDW for short. (I like abbreviating things. Hrm... I saw this billboard the other day that asked why 'abbreviated' was such a long word. I wonder why... anywho... back onto topic...). This is a Shounen-ai fanfiction of the Kyo x Haru variety, so if you're squeamish about either of those things, then turn back now... wait! Don't! -Grab's arm- o.o; Sorry... seperation anxiety... xDD
This story is... slightly AU o.O; That is if you call Haru disliking cats AU... which I'm not sure about, because I like trains... crap... I wrote that subconciously o.O;; That's not good for my IQ. Anyways. I'm a bit in between with the AU thing... but yeah... depends how you view it. In other words - keep an open mind with this fanfiction, people! Right... there's a bit of Yuki bashing in this fiction too.
Me givin' a Hola to Sheik, Ally and to all the people who're waiting for the sequel of my latest completed fic if you're reading this n.n!
Anywho x2 (xDD That rhymes), I won't keep you anymore - enjoy A Cat's Death Wish, and please review n.n!
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Chapter One; Kyo's Cold
Kyo rubbed his nose with the back of his hand. It wasn't the best way to rid his face of a running nose, but then again, getting up wasn't the first thing on his list to do. Kyo felt terrible. His head was clogged, he felt dizzy when he stood up, his nose was runny, his throat was dry and he had a slight fever – oh, the horrors of having a bad cold. A week of misery, a week of torture, a week of... "ACHOOO!"
Kyo sniffed again, covering his nose with his hand, he groaned. Unless he wanted to eat the contents of his nose – which he didn't – or wipe it on his shirt – which he didn't want to do either – then he'd have to get up from his bed and find tissues from the depths of Shigure's house. So, with his hand still covering his face, he rolled up in his bed, ridded himself of the covers, shivered at the coldness of the room, and with his vision slightly blurred, Kyo began the long trek downstairs.
Shigure blinked, exiting the bathroom, and looked blankly at Kyo. Kyo-kun hasn't been out of his room all day... I wonder what the occasion is that he'd grace us with his presence. Still pondering, he watched as Kyo turned to go down the stairs, and noticed the small run that Kyo's hand had failed to hide – a wicked smile adorned the older mans face. Oh this was going to be fun.
Several minutes later, Kyo finally reached the kitchen, having almost fallen down the stairs several times, and he'd hardly noticed the dog wiz past him as if on urgent business. "Tohru," He called, leaning against the wall so that he didn't fall over, his voice was slightly muffled due to the fact that his hand was covering his face, "where're the tissues?"
Tohru blinked, turning around from where she'd been cleaning up lunch – which, by the way, Kyo hadn't eaten – to look at Kyo. "Kyo-kun! You're up! Eh... what's wrong with your face? Did you break it? Should I call Hatori-san?"
Seeing Tohru so hyped up about his cold made Kyo smile slightly under his hand – let's face it, the cat never smiled in front of people. The moment he smiled for real would be the day he would kiss freaking bi-sexual Haru – seriously. He waved his free hand in front of him to symbolise that his face, was in fact, not broken. "No, no, Tohru, I just need a tissue."
"Oh." Tohru said, thinking hard as to why Kyo had his face covered. "... Oh!" Finally getting it, she smiled, motioning to an empty space on the kitchen bench. "Here they are! ... Eh? They were here a moment ago!" Blinking, Tohru looked around back and forth. "Gomen, Kyo-kun, it seems my eyes were playing tricks on me! I think there's some in the lounge-room. Try asking Sohma-kun."
Kyo muttered; "Like that'd happen..." but said in a brighter tone, "Thanks a lot." and went in search of tissues in the other room, again almost falling over several times. And, again, he was to into where he was going to pay attention to Shigure, who was carrying several boxes of Tissues into his study.
"Oi." Kyo said quite clearly, his attempt at being demanding failing because of his muffled voice. "Damn Rat." He caught Yuki's attention.
"What is it, Stupid Cat?" Yuki was sitting on the table, staring blankly at the wall, which he seemed to find extremely interesting... not that he knew why he was staring at it at the first place. (A/n: Don't you ever get that?)
"Where're the tissues in this dump?" Kyo asked, glaring daggers into Yuki, who simply turned to look at him. Waking up from his trance as he noticed Kyo with his hand over his face, although unlike Tohru, he knew exactly why it was there.
"Would you look at that – you're running from your nose instead of your ass this time." Yuki said blankly, as if that was something you said everyday to a person. Kyo was momentarily speechless by Yuki's idiotic speech, but snapped out of it pretty quickly, and shouted;
"SHUT UP! I JUST WANT SOME BLOODY TISSUES!"
Yuki sighed, and moved his hand to the middle of the table, where the tissues box had resided from a majority of his living arrangements with Shigure, only to find himself fingering thin air. (A/n: That sounds kinky xDD). "Eh?" Blinking, he tried to grab it again, before turning to look at the thin air that once held a tissue box. "It's not here."
"Don't point out the obvious!" Kyo glared. "AH! Stuff it." And then, he stormed off in the direction of the bathroom. Using toilet paper was better than nothing.
Grinning from his study, Shigure watched as Kyo stormed past him in the direction of the bathroom, and he grinned a triumphant grin. Grabbing one of his piled up tissues boxes that he'd been collecting since he'd seen Kyo in his state of discomfort – let's face it, toying with that boy was just too good to pass up, Shigure quietly stepped out of his office the moment he heard the sound of Kyo blowing his nose.
Of course, Shigure found the site of Kyo blowing his nose on toilet paper hilarious – and he almost cried with laughter. The teenager had folded up a HUGE amount of the cheap paper and had basically burried his nose in it. Still with tears in his eyes, Shigure held out the tissue box. "Need a..." he laughed again, taking a deep breath, "Need a tissue, Kyo-kun?"
When Kyo gave him a glare that said 'what the hell do you think?', Shigure laughed harder. "Y-You should have come to me! I have piles of boxes for er... novel research."
Not surprisingly, this didn't fool Kyo, and he felt his already aching body surge with anger. "YOU FUCKING MUTT!" He screamed, lunging forward for the dog who stepped back as quickly as Kyo lunged. "I'M GOING TO KILL... a... a... ACHOOO!"
POOF!
There sat the cat version of Kyo, still glaring at Shigure, and Shigure wasn't sure if he'd live through his laughter. Through the hilarity, he managed to say; "That's one bad cold you have, Kyo-kun!"
Hatsuharu hated cats. It was as simple as that – he hated everything about them. The way that they walked, the way their fur was normally fluffy, the way that in some instances they had no fur, their ears, just... everything! Haru hated cats, not to mention that he was allergic to them. Cat hair in the nose was the cow's worst nightmare. Did he mention that he hated cats? Being around the furry little bastards for too long sent him Black – and not the normal kind of black, but the extreme, extreme kind of Black where he went and tore out everything in his wake. Needless to say, this was why he was never around a changed Kyo.
He didn't hate Kyo – they'd been childhood... associates for as long as he could remember. He didn't have anything against Kyo in general, but against his zodiac cursed animal... Haru shuddered at the thought of Kyo poofing into the stupid orange fluff of feline. He wouldn't say that he was too fond of Kyo's get-outta-my-face attitude either. Kyo's personality was just like those god-for-saken shitty cats! Then again... Haru didn't hate Kyo either. That was next to impossible. You don't hate somebody that you spent a majority of your childhood with, you can dislike them to a certain extent, but you don't hate them, and, for Haru, it was somewhere in between.
So, here he was, wondering almost blindly in the direction of what he was sure was the main house, but happened to be the road to Shigure's. Pausing when he realised that he knew the scenery, Haru sighed. Oh well. If he was at Shigure's, he could call Hatori to come and pick him up, and seeing as it was a straight road to Shigure's anyway, if he stuck to it, there was no way he could get lost.
Five minutes later, he was walking up the driveway directly to Shigure's front door. He yawned, tuning back into his surroundings, heard the scream of; "I'M GOING TO KILL..." that was obvious from Kyo's dialogue, and then the sneeze, and then the poof. Ignoring the laughter that obviously came from Shigure, Haru stopped. Unless he was mistaken, Kyo has just transformed, and now, this was the last place Haru wanted to be, considering that Kyo was now a cat. He turned to leave...
"Hatsuharu-san! What a surprise to see you! Are you here to see Sohma-kun?" Tohru said over happily, shutting the door behind her. "You're just in time! Kyo-kun and Shigure-san seem to be having a wonderful time. Make yourself at home! I was just on my out to buy some tissues."
Great, just great. Haru thought sourly, but said; "Thank you, Tohru. I think I will."