*I do not own Naruto, Harry Potter, Bleach, or Fruit Basket.
**Warning spoilers for the first book in Fruit Basket.
Finding Tohru Honda
With Tohru in Japan:
"Honda. You have a phone call in the office."
"Ah! Okay."... "Hello?"
"Hello? I'm transferring you."
Tohru gasped, "Grandpa?"
XXX At the Sohma House XXX
"The remodeling is finished. It's over. Today...I got a phone call...from Grandpa. So..." Tohru trailed off sadly after sharing the news with the Sohmas.
'I made...A mistake.' she thought,'I was never going to be more than...A temporary guest...but I made the mistake...of thinking of them...as my family.' The dark thoughts swirled around her mind as she packed to go back to Grandpa's House.
When the packing was done she joined Shigure, Yuki, and Kyo in the living room.
"Please eat the Shiokara in the fridge soon. And you're almost out of soy sauce. Oh! And they changed trash day. Don't forget." She paused thinking for a moment, before laying a card on the table for them, "And...Oh! This is my Grandfather;s address. I'll give it to you for now."
"You're finally leaving tomorrow...? asked Shigure and then he said, "Thank you for taking such good care of us."
"No, I should thank you...!" she proclaimed, "I'll take the Sohma secret to my grave. I'll never tell anyone!"
Shigure replied kindly, "Just do your best...in your new home too."
Grinning brightly she replied, " I will! I won't allow for sadness."
XXX After Tohru left: With the Sohma's XXX
"I thought you'd stop her." commented Shigure as he smoked.
"Why?" Yuki asked, "We knew it was only until the remodeling was finished."
"Eh. It's better this way." Kyo threw in his two cents, "It's not right for an outsider to be here...anyway."
'So why does it feel like a funeral home in here?' mused Shigure.
XXX With Tohru XXX
'I made a mistake. They're not my family.'
'Ever since I was little...I've been an outsider.'
(Begin Flashback!)
Teacher: "Listen, Everyone! In order to play Fruits Basket you...
-Sit in a circle.
-Decide who will be "it".
-Give each person the name of a fruit.
-When your fruits name is called change seats."
"Recess! Let's all have fun playing together."
"You're an apple."
"You're a banana."
"Cherry!"
"Pear!"
"Peach!"
"Honda, You're an Onigiri!" (author's memo- onigiri= rice ball)
'Boys always teased me back then. It was probably just another one of their pranks. But I...'
"Onigiri! That sounds good!"
"All right here I go! Apple!"
"Peach!"
"Apple!"
'...As they played the game...I waited for someone to call "Onigiri." But no one called. I was very little then. I had almost forgotten about that.'
(End Flashback!)
Tohru rang the doorbelland said, "It's been...a long time. I am at your mercy."
'But they knew...there would never be room for an onigiri...in a fruits basket.'
XXX Sohma House that Evening XXX
"Looks like she's gone. She just up and left.' Shigure murmured to Yuki when he caught sight of one of Tohru's notes to remind them about dinner. He added to himself as Yuki walked, "She's only just left...But already I miss her. This will be a sad house without you...Tohru-kun."
XXX flashback's for Yuki of Tohru XXX
"Strawberries!"
"I love strawberries!"
"If my memories are erased...Please...Will you still be friend?"
XXX flashback's for Kyo of Tohru XXX
"I love the cat from the zodiac."
"I wanted to be born in the year of the cat."
"Right Straight!"
XXX End all flashback's and back with Tohru XXX
'I wonder...if everyone ate breakfast. I should have said something more. But we'll see each other at school...Right?'
"Hey! Are you done unpacking?" yelled her cousin.
"Oh! I'm sorry. Almost."
"Ugh. And here we finally got a big house...Why do I have to share a room?"
"Kyoko-san."
"That's Tohru, grandpa."
"They're calling for you down-stairs." grandpa continued, ignoring what her cousin told him.
Tohru nodded and went downstairs to the kitchen where she found her aunt and her oldest son.
(Brief author note. Tohru speaking/thinking is plain type. Her Aunt will be bold. Son in Italics. Gramps bold and underlined, and her cousin underlined. Thanks for reading and bearing with me.)
"Hi...is something wrong?"
"I thought it would be best to discuss this with you as soon as possible." she looked up to pierce Tohru with her gaze.
"Tohru-chan, it seems that you've been living with unmarried men? I had a detective look into it."
"?"
"No Way! You were living with guys? Wow!"
"D-Detective...? Why go to the trouble...?"
"My oldest son wants to be a policeman. It would be a problem if one of our relatives were to have a criminal record."
"I thought going to a detective might be a bit much...But Kyoko-san was fairly rough; And they say, "The fruit doesn't fall far from the Tree." So I got nervous."
"You have to keep on the straight an narrow if you plan to stay in this house."
"Hey, Tohru-chan...Those men in that house...They didn't do anything...Improper to you, did they?"
Slap!
"G-Grandpa?"
"Don't you know anything besides how to mock people? I'm sorry Kyoko-san."
"Kyoko? no..."
"Don't think poorly of him. Deep Down...They're just Evil people."
"Wait a second Grandpa! You don't mean that!"
"What? What did I say?"
"Still, this is where I need to be. I'm an old man. If they say mean things to me, I can deal with it. But you don't have to stay here. That is...I'm not trying to chase you out. I just fear you won't be happy here, Kyoko-san. You need to live somewhere where you can spread your wings and really be alive. Katsuya needed that too. You don't have to stay here, Kyoko-san. If there's someplace you'd rather be, you can go."
"If I live here...I'll be miserable. But that's not right. Mom really loved me...I have two wonderful friends..."
'The Sohmas treated me kindly...and Grandpa is so generous to let me live with him...I only have things to be grateful for.'
"I'm very...Blessed."
'But...Even so...I wanted to go back. I miss...Sohma-kun's house...so much, I want to learn more...about Sohma-kun and Kyo-kun. I want to have dinner with them and talk about so many things. I didn't really want...I hated to leave.'
"I wanted to stay...with Sohma-kun...and Kyo-kun...and Shigure-san. I wanted to stay..."
'Is that wrong? Is it proof... that I'm spoiled?'
"I think it's time you...came home." Yuki gentally made his presence known.
"EH?"
"Who is that?"
"You!"
"Let's go!" interupted Kyo, using his hand to grab her and start to lead her out the door.
"Kyo...Kun...But...! Kyo-kun! You came...too!"
Smiling calmly Yuki said, "The door was unlocked, so we let ourselves in. Are Honda-san's things upstairs?"
"W-wait just one second! Who are you? What do you think you're doing?"
"We came to get Honda-san."
"Eh? You're the men Tohru-chan was living with? You're a guy?"
"DAH!" Yuki gave the guy a forehead pin and stated with a cold soft voice, "Don't...Call her Tohru-chan like you're her friend. Lowlife."
XXX End Scene XXX
Nanami had watched and listened to everything that had taken place. 'Things just got complicated. But Tohru seems happy. But I think I should still tell her about her mom's side of the family. Oh Kyoko...you would be so proud of your daughter.'
'Sohma, huh? Wonder if they're related to Ayame? That Yuki kid looks a lot like him anyway.'
Nanami shifted again trying to decide what to do next. Then seeing that the family was about to rip into the old man for what he had said, she swung in though the open window.
"Hi! I'm Nanami Uzumaki! Kyoko-san's younger sister. I'm looking for my niece...Do you know where she is? After all I heard you had a detective stalking her." Her eyes glinted and her smile sent shivers done their spines. Grandpa however just smiled warmly.
"Ah! Nanami-san! Kyoko told me about you. Call me Grandpa! I'm afraid you just missed Tohru-chan."
"Oh! That's okay then. And pleased to meet you Grandpa! Kyoko told me a lot about you too. So you aren't as senile as you act, huh? You old codger."
"When Katsuya died Kyoko would tell Tohru all the time how much she was like him. I simply remind her that she is like her mother as well. Its all about balance."
"Yes you are correct. Now then...You Three!" she pointed at the woman, her daughter, and her son, "If you ever hire a detective to spy on my pure and innocent little niece again, I'll become your worst nightmare! I'll have you know I trained in torture and interrogation! If Kyoko hadn't been adopted she would have also went into that field! So don't you dare speak ill of her or my niece!" Nanami paused turned to face Grandpa bowed and left after saying, "Thank-you for your kindness to my sister and my niece." She tossed two butcher knives over her shoulder to further get her point across, and they thudded into the all at head height by the woman's and her son's head.
XXX End Scene and Cue Omake XXX
Mrs. Black's Demise
Harry, Remus, Severus, and Nanami met up at Grimmauld Place to carry out Sirius's last request regarding the portrait of his mother.
"So that's it?" asked Nanami pointing at the screaming woman. The others glumly nodded.
Nanami shrugged, picked up the chainsaw she had just bought for the hell of it, and laughing insanely attacked the wall around Mrs. Black.
Three minutes later it was done.
"There you go. Now just banish the thing into the Atlantic Trench." she chirped at the three wide-eyed males as she sashayed off to throw away the now ruined chain-saw.
XXX End of this Chapter XXX
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