Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ The Lone Wolf ❯ Chapter Three ( Chapter 3 )

Jeez, I'm slow!!!! I'm not going to make any excuses this time, as I know I've had the time to work on this chapter but I just never did. I'm sorry!!!! I started writing this chapter almost a year ago!!! I started it in September, I think, and it's already JUNE!!!! I will admit that writer's block contributed to the problem, but I'm hoping that I can work more on my stories this summer, and even into the school year.

 

If you read any of my other stories that haven't been updated in forever, I have a question for you, especially my FullMetal Alchemist story `Sister of Flame': Should I keep writing on it as is, rewrite it, or just delete it?? I really need some help here, you guys. All advice would be appreciated. Thanks!!

 

 

 

Chapter Three

 

Last time:

 

She saw that there was a vase of roses next to the pictures and she wondered who had put them there. She walked over to her bed and looked underneath it. She smiled when she saw the handmade dolls sitting underneath it. There was a mouse, a cat, a wolf, a cow, a rabbit, a tiger, a sheep, a dog, a snake, and a seahorse. She remembered making one for each of her friends that were in the zodiac. She pulled out the cat and hugged it. She was so caught up in the scent of the stuffed animal, since it smelled like Kyo, that she didn't hear the feet trudging up the stairs or the door open until a gruff voice called out to her.

 

“Hey!!!! Who are you and what the hell are you doing in here?!?!?!?!” the voice shouted. Saya jumped, dropping the doll as she looked up at the figure. She quirked an eyebrow in confusion, and she smiled when she realized who it was.

 

“Well, I'm not surprised you don't recognize me. It's been a long time, after all,” she said with a soft smile.

 

Now:

 

“You didn't answer my question. Now tell me who the hell you are or get out!!!!!!!”

 

Saya stood slowly, smiling sadly to herself. “Fine. If that's what you want,” she said, but she didn't leave or say her name. She simply started singing softly.

 

“You don't remember me

But I remember you

I lie awake and try so hard

Not to think of you

But who can decide what they dream?

And dream I do…

 

“I believe in you

I'll give up everything just to find you

I have to be with you to live to breathe

You're taking over me

 

“Have you forgotten all I know

And all we had?

You saw me mourning my love for you

And touched my hand

I knew you loved me then

 

“I believe in you

I'll give up everything just to find you

I have to be with you to live to breathe

You're taking over me

 

“I look in the mirror and see your face

If I look deep enough

So many things inside that are

Just like you are taking over

 

“I believe in you

I'll give up everything just to find you

I have to be with you to live to breathe

You're taking over me

 

“I believe in you

I'll give up everything just to find you

I have to be with you to live to breathe

You're taking over me

 

“You're taking over me

Taking over me…”

 

Saya closed her eyes and stood there silently before she spoke softly. “Even though you don't remember me, Kyo, it doesn't mean I've forgotten you.” A small tear ran down her face. She could feel the tingling in her nose that was an early warning for her transformation, but she ignored it. She looked up at Kyo again, and he just looked at her with a blank expression, causing Saya to sigh. “Do I have to remind you even more, Kyo-kun???” she asked sadly, tears forming in her eyes as she spoke.

 

“I don't know who the hell you are or what you think you're trying to pull, but it's not funny!!!! There's no way that I would forget Sayuri, and whoever you are, get the hell out of here!!!!! You don't belong here, and I won't let you defile her memory!!!!!” Kyo yelled angrily, storming over to Saya, who now had a steady stream of tears falling from her now dark gray eyes. She could now feel her fingers and toes tingling, and she knew that she wouldn't last much longer. She got up and pushed Kyo out of the way as she stumbled down both the stairs to her room and the stairs between the first and second floors. She ran past Yuki, Shigure and Tohru and out the door.

 

Yuki watched Saya as she ran out and rose form his spot on the couch and made his way up to Saya's room. He opened the door and saw Kyo putting what looked like a stuffed orange cat doll underneath the bed. Yuki walked over, grabbed Kyo by the collar of his shirt, and dragged him downstairs. Once they were out of Saya's old room, Yuki punched Kyo so hard that he went flying down the hallway. Once Kyo pulled himself up off the floor, Yuki punched him again in his stomach.

 

“What the hell was that for you damn rat?!?!?!” Kyo shouted angrily. Yuki just glared at him.

 

“I'll be back. Maybe that'll teach you not to treat Saya like a piece of shit. She got enough of that from her family,” he said coldly before he turned and went back downstairs. Kyo's eyes were wide with shock. He didn't know that Saya was back. He also didn't know what the hell Yuki was talking about. The only other person he'd talked to all day was…

 

`T-that was Saya earlier………??? W… What the hell have I done??? She… she's changed… a lot… in four years…' Kyo thought, mentally hitting himself. How could he have done that??? He didn't know, but he knew that Saya had been upset judging by her reaction. Now he couldn't blame Yuki for being furious with him. Whether Kyo liked it or not, Saya had always been like a sister to Yuki, and she had once told him that Yuki was the brother that she should have had when she was younger.

 

After he left Kyo, Yuki went straight outside and went to the spot where he knew he would find Saya. He worked his way through the woods until he came to a small clearing with a large tree in the middle. He walked around to the other side of the tree, and sure enough, Saya was there.

 

He bent down and looked at her, and apparently, he had startled her because she snapped at him with her strong jaws. When she saw it was him, however, she started whining, her dark gray eyes full of pain. Yuki sat down in the grass with his back against the tree trunk and the large black and silver wolf crawled into his lap with her head on Yuki's chest. Yuki wrapped his arms around the large animal and started whispering to her as tears started cascading from her eyes.

 

“Shh… It's okay, Saya……… It's all going to be okay……” he whispered, and Saya whimpered.

 

“No… nothing's okay… Kyo hates me…” she said sadly, sounding as if her heart broke just to say it, let alone have proof of it. Yuki shook his head.

 

“No he doesn't. Kyo's just an idiot. Don't let him get to you and screw with your head,” Yuki said, trying to calm the upset girl -er, wolf- in his arms. He had always cared for her, but now, he knew that something was different. Something was different about the both of them. He didn't want to develop more feelings for her than brotherly ones, since she had been with Kyo before, and he didn't want to hurt her or make her feel obligated to anything just because of his feelings.

 

“I can't believe him… I loved him, Yunyun…” she trailed off sadly, and Yuki found it strange that when she said that she had loved Kyo, he felt pain in his heart.

 

`No… I can't have feelings for her… she's like a sister to me… besides, she still loves Kyo… she just doesn't see it…' Yuki thought. His arms tightened around Saya, and she snuggled closer to him.

 

She was glad that it had been Yuki that had come after her instead of anyone else. She knew that if it hadn't of been him, she would have run or done something worse. When she had lived here before, the only one who could comfort her about anything was always Yuki. He'd be there for her when no one else was. She owed him that much, at least, if not more.

 

She felt the telltale tingling in her nose that signaled her transformation. She wiggled out of Yuki's arms and grabbed her clothes in her muzzle before she walked to the other side of the tree. “Don't look, okay???” she asked in a strangled tone. Yuki smiled softly to himself.

 

“I won't. Don't worry,” he said. He heard a small `poof' and then he heard the rustle of fabric, and he assumed that Saya was getting dressed. He concentrated on not picturing her while doing this, and he blushed at the thought. He knew he shouldn't be thinking things like that about Saya, but no matter how much he tried to clear his head of these thoughts, it didn't work. When Saya came from the other side of the tree, fully clothed, she laughed at the look on his face.

 

“You look like Kyo after he swallowed leeks that one time,” she said through her laughter. Yuki couldn't help it, he started laughing as well, even though it had been brought about by something having to do with Kyo.

 

“So you seem to be feeling a little better,” he said, standing and walking to Saya's side. She shrugged and ran her fingers through her now silvery-black hair.

 

“Nyeh… more or less…” she said trailing off. Yuki smiled and shook his head.

 

“No need to be brave on my account,” he said, and Saya sighed.

 

“I still can't believe that he wouldn't recognize me. I mean, I don't look that different than I did four years ago, do I, Yunyun???” she asked, standing in front of him. She was the only person that he would allow to call him Yunyun. Everyone else, it pissed him off. He looked her over, and he had to admit, she had changed, but she was still the Saya that he had known four years ago.

 

“You have changed, but you still look the same,” he said, summing up all his thoughts about how her looks had changed over four years. Saya smiled, and Yuki couldn't help but smile as well. That's how it had always been. No one could stay upset if Saya was smiling. She made smiling contagious.

 

By unspoken agreement, they started walking back towards the house side by side, Saya smiling the whole time. She did wonder why Kyo didn't recognize her, but just by being with Yuki calmed her down and helped her through the hard times. It always had. She had once said that he was her proverbial rock, and it turned out to be true.

 

Once they had reached the house again, Saya noticed a car in the driveway. Actually, two cars, and she instantly recognized both of them, as did Yuki.

 

“Oh great. My brother's here,” he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm that made Sayuri laugh.

 

“I see nothing's changed between you and Aya while I've been gone,” she said with a laugh. Yuki nodded vigorously, and Saya laughed again. “No need to look like a bobblehead on crack, Yunyun. I know how you are when he's around,” she said with a smile. Yuki laughed at this as they walked back into the house. Neither of them had bothered to put on shoes when they left, so they didn't bother slipping out of them before slipping on their slippers, or in Saya's case, socks. They had only taken a few steps when a blonde blur barreled into Saya and latched onto her waist.

 

“Saya!!!!!!!!!” Saya smiled and patted the blonde on the head.

 

“Hey Mitchi-kun. How ya been????” Saya asked with a smile. Momiji smiled up at her and Hatsuharu walked over to where they stood. He put an arm around Yuki's neck, and Saya struggled to hold back laughter at the look on Yuki's face. Haru glared at Saya, who glared back, before they both smiled. Momiji let go of Saya and Haru hugged her, and she hugged him back.

 

“Welcome back, Saya. It's been way too long,” Haru said with a smile, and Saya smiled back.

 

“Trust me, I'm glad to be back,” she said, hugging both Haru and Momiji at the same time.

 

“Is that Sayuri I hear???” a playful voice called from the kitchen before Saya saw Ayame appear, dragging Hatori behind him.

 

“Aya!!!!” Saya scolded with a smile. “You don't have to drag Hari everywhere, y'know.” She spoke to Yuki's older brother like he was a child, since he always acted like one.

 

“Aww, but Saya, you know how much fun I have when I drag him places,” Ayame said playfully, and Hatori couldn't help but smile and roll his eyes. It would seem to anyone watching this exchange that they were seeing a friend that they hadn't seen for a while and that her very presence could change the mood in a room. Everyone had gone from sad and depressed to happy and smiling as soon as they saw her.

 

Saya watched as Shigure and Tohru joined the rest of the Sohma family in the foyer. She couldn't help but smile as she looked at all the smiling faces. She was so caught up in her reverie that she didn't notice a certain carrot top coming down the stairs until she heard Momiji's voice.

 

“Kyo!!! Hey, Kyo!!!! Look at who's back!!!” Momiji exclaimed happily, grabbing Kyo's arm and dragging him over to where the rest of them stood. He looked up at Saya and she could see the pain in his eyes as he quickly averted his gaze. She knew just by the look in his eyes that he was sorry, but she couldn't find it in her heart to forgive him just yet.

 

“Saya, look -” he started, but Saya interrupted him.

 

“I don't want to hear it,” she said softly, and Yuki instantly knew that something was wrong.

 

“No, just listen-” he began again, but Saya shook her head angrily.

 

“I said that I don't want to hear it, Kyo!!!!” Saya yelled, and even though her eyes were still a bright silver color from her transformation, Yuki could tell that they were lightening again. He knew that this fight could get nasty if someone didn't step in, but he knew that Saya would never forgive him if he stopped her from giving Kyo a piece of her mind.

 

Everyone was watching the two of them silently, curious as to what Kyo had done to piss Saya off this bad. “You swore to me that you would never forget me as long as you live!!!! YOU SWORE IT!!!!!!! But no, you just had to go back on your word and follow in the footsteps of so many others who have betrayed me!!!!” she yelled before her voice became deathly soft and held a certain tone that put the zodiac members on edge. “I have nothing to say to a liar like you. I thought that when I met you that I had finally found someone that was different from everyone I knew, but apparently I was wrong. You're no better than the bastards I grew up with,” she hissed before she pushed her way past the others and ran up the stairs. Yuki knew that she would be heading to her room, but he wanted to reinforce what Saya had said.

 

He watched as Kyo's eyes widened as he processed the last statement that Saya had spat towards him. He knew that what she had said had struck a chord within the usually cold and somewhat heartless cat, and he knew that it was affecting him. He walked over to where Kyo stood and said only one sentence. “You ended up being your worst nightmare after all, Kyo,” he said as he slowly made to follow Saya.

 

He heard Kyo slump to the ground as he climbed the stairs to the second story of the house. Softly making his way to the set of stairs that would lead to Saya's room, he wondered what Kyo had said to her earlier and what had happened to her over the past four years. He carefully climbed the stairs to her room and knocked softly on her bedroom door.

 

“Go away!!!” he heard her yell from inside, and he instantly knew from the tone of her voice that she was crying. He knew that she'd probably be mad at him for `invading her space' as she so often called it, but he knew that it was a necessary evil if he wanted to know what was really bothering her. He slowly pushed the door open and was met with the sight of the girl that he'd thought of as a sister to him laying face down on her bed, her face buried into her pillows and issuing muffled sobs.

 

He stepped into her room and slid the door closed behind him before he tentatively walked over to her bed. He could now hear her sobs better than he could from the door, and he knew that she was really upset. He sat down on the edge of her bed and placed a gentle hand on her back.

 

“Hey, it's going to be okay,” he whispered softly, only for her to sit up and shake her head. She wiped the tears from her eyes before she spoke in a strangled voice.

 

“No it's not. Nothing's going to be okay,” she said, and the tears started to fall from her eyes again. “I meant what I said to him. When I met him, I really did think that I had found someone who would love me, but apparently I was wrong. He's no better than those bastards who raised me,” she said through her tears, and Yuki had a strong urge to take her in his arms.

 

“He's just…” Yuki sighed. He'd never tried to defend Kyo before. It was something new to him, and he found it extremely difficult. “He doesn't know better. He's ignorant, you should know that better than any of us,” he said, trying to be lighthearted about the situation. He saw the small smile that flickered across Saya's face before she sighed.

 

“But what he said really hurt me. When I saw his face, I didn't really see him. I saw my father, and that's what scares me,” she said, tears still cascading down her face. “What should I do, Yuki??” she asked, and Yuki didn't know what to say, so he just took her in his arms and held her close to him. He could feel her tears soaking through his shirt, but he didn't care. All he wanted to do was comfort the girl in front of him. Neither he nor Saya noticed the small drops of water that landed on the top of her head as Yuki held her.

 

 

There!!!! I finished it!!!! I'll say it again. I'm really sorry for not finishing this chapter sooner!!!!! I'll go ahead and admit that I don't have many ideas for the next chapter, but I do have some for later in the story. Anyone who wants to help can by sending in ideas and things like that. I know you all probably hate me right now since I haven't updated in forever, and I know that the ending of this chapter isn't really that good, but I needed something there for future chapters. If anyone can guess where the whole `Kyo-is-heartless' and `Yuki's-the-only-one-who-can-comfort-Saya' thing is going, you'll get plushies!!!!!

 

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