Hello everyone sorry I haven't updated in a while, I would like to thank my beta who helped me with my last chapter Quick notes. I can't believe it I am in a c2 omg I am in a c2 I am so ecstatic thankyou sable gloom. So with out further a due here is the third chapter.

Legal disclaimer: I don't own fruits basket but I sure wish I did.

Tears streaked down Thoru's face as she stared at the photo her hands shaking slightly, her face as ashen as if she had just seen a ghost. As Kyo and Yuki began to move towards her she suddenly stood up and went to her room shutting the door behind her. A few minuets later the Thoru's door opened and there she stood with her bags packed.

She moved silently through the house heading towards the door.

"Now wait just a minuet!" Kyo said blocking the doorway with his body refusing to let her pass. "What is going on Thoru?" he asked her staring down at her inquisitively. "And why do I fell as if you didn't tell us everything?"

Thoru breathed out slowly and then looked up into Kyo's face "we'll the truth is that in the Honda clan my position is somewhat elevated" she looked down at her feet and mumbled something under her breath

"Look at me Thoru, what is your position in your clan?" Kyo said exasperated.

"I'm their goddess!" she muttered

"Goddess, as in the ruler of the clan, like Akio, that type of goddess?" Kyo asked

"Yes!" Thoru replied

"But if you're their goddess why did you run away and why don't you command them like Akio commands us?" Kyo asked confused.

"Because I'm not like Akio, I could never be that cruel and also I don't receive my goddess powers till I reach the age of 18 or when I get married which ever comes first."

"So what you're saying is that you are practically powerless at the moment!"

"Yep, and aside from that my clan the Hondas are thirsty for power and revenge against your clan the Sohmas. I'm so scared I don't know what to do! And I don't know what lengths they will go to obtain the power and revenge that they desire" Thoru said while she collapsed to the floor hugging her legs to her chest and looking sadly at the floor her face trembling as she attempted to hold back the tears that were beginning to surface.

Kyo knelt down and put his arms reassuringly around her as she began to let all the pent up feeling inside of her loose and they just sat their, Kyo with his arms around Thoru, and Thoru crying. It was sometime before Thoru regained control of herself but when she did Kyo finally asked the question that had been bugging him the whole time since her sudden outburst.

"Why are you afraid of what lengths they will go to obtain their revenge and to obtain the power they desire?" Kyo asked while at the same time he was afraid of the answer he would receive.

"before I left the household I heard snippets of conversations while I listened outside the board room meetings, it was after all the only way I received information on what was happening inside my own clan as well as the outside world as I was confined to the main building 24/7.

I heard things that frightened me, they were discussing declaring war on the Sohma clan" Thoru finished.

"But how do they plan on pulling that off after all there is the same number of main clan members with the power of the 12 animals in each clan!" Kyo asked

"But that is where you are wrong, the Sohma clan only has 11 animals while the Honda clan has 12 and the other members of the clan are all trained for fighting where as the rest of the Sohma clan are just civilians and have no clue on what to do in the battlefield. It would be in all an unfair fight with the Sohmas guaranteed to lose.

Thoru then looked down at her feet once again while Kyo pondered what the results would be if the two clans really went to war. As he realised that the ball was truly in the Hondas court.

As he turned back to Thoru he noticed in her hands the picture that her father had given her before he left and that her tears were spilling down her face freely and smudging the picture. "Why are you crying over that picture?" Kyo asked.

As Thoru handed the Photo over to Kyo she began explaining. "When I was younger, to make sure that I didn't run away I had a whipping boy or in my case a whipping girl. So every time I did something wrong instead of hurting me they hurt this girl. One day I tried to escape and was caught. To prove that they could control me they had the girl through a public execution and if that wasn't enough they made me spend the girls last 24 hours with her as well as telling her when I arrived for the 24 hours that I was the reason that she was going to die. Then when she was executed I was sitting by her side as she took her last breath.

They took this photo as an everlasting reminder of the consequences of me running away!"

"But didn't you run away just recently so what will be the punishment that you will have to endure for this?" Kyo asked.

"I will be confined to the main house permanently!" Thoru replied.

"What happens if we refuse to let you go?" asked Kyo

"I don't know but whatever the consequences they would not be good, not good at all!"

Authors note: did you like it? Hate it let me know but know which name should I chose? The top 3 names are: Yoku, Surimo and Kyoima. I'm not sure which one to choose so please let me know soon which one you prefer as I will write the new chapter after the New Year. May you have a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Blue Angel.