Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Loving a Hatefilled Heart ❯ Chapter 1

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

"You're free to come and go as you please! They don't want to lock you away in a concrete box to spend the rest of your life being beaten on a daily basis, underfed, if fed at all!"

She moved toward him grabbing him roughly by the arm. ".... Trust me that's all I ask." She spoke barely above a whisper as she started to pull him away from the shouts of men.

Blinking slightly, his eyes went wide as she tugged him into the trees, hiding him from the several members of the family that were searching for him. She sat in front of him tossing her coat over his head so his bright color wouldn't attract them to where they stayed. "What are you doing..." he asked quietly as he felt the coat cover his head and his face pressed down towards the ground. He struggled slightly but stopped when he heard voices, "Where'd he go? He was running this way..." She pushed him a bit wanting him to move into the thicker part of the brush to hide while she quickly moved out into the open to distract them from where he stayed hidden.

Anime/Manga: Fruits Basket Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Romance / Angst | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 01.03.2007 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.9K | Visits: 197 | Status: Work In Progress

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She lay silent in her bed she didn't even bother kicking of her long length boots. Her raven colored hair fell to the side when she tilted her head to stare up to the roof only to cover her brown orbs with her left arm. "... So Pathetic..." The mare spoke out now barely above a whisper.

The sounds of shouting rang out through the air of the Sohma estate. "Stop him!" "He's getting away!" "Akito will have our heads!" So many different voices called out as the cat leapt to the top of the gate. "Should have never turned you backs on me you fools!"

She sat up in her bed moving to her window she stayed at Kagura's home after her parents rejected her. The home was near the gate as she saw the cat her eyes lowering her head halfway as she shook her head. "... So they haven't broken you." She moved quickly climbing out the window running toward the cat.

Kyou dropped down from the gate and started to take off away from the gate. "You will never catch me fools!"

She moved to the area now where she had seen the children run in out of all the time somewhere where none of the faults could really reach. She carefully slipped threw the hole and onto the road. Kyou quickly ran towards the city, his eyes straight ahead, never looking back. He was planning to get into the town, thinking he might have a way to hide somewhere there.

".... Cat you need to slow down!" She spoke up finally as she caught up close to him. She was fast, but that was normal for the horse of the zodiac she was breathing hard now and it was starting to take its toll on her body from running so hard.

"Why should I!?" He called back at her, though he didn't look back to see who it was. "You all just want me to go back to the cage!"

"You stupid foolish cat if you keep running you'll transform into a cat you want them to catch you then?" She started walking to him. "Your pathetic..."

His anger at all those that were trying to stop him exploded forth as he turned towards her and swung a right hook aimed directly at her jaw, pulling it just as he got within an inch of her flesh. "I won't go back there... no one will make me..."

She took a step back from him. "When did I say I was taking you to the cage you pathetic cat!?" She had grown angry at him now that he had turned on her. "I was only trying to save you from being caught."

"Yea right, why should I believe you! You live in that God forsaken hellhole that they call an estate! I'm never going back there! I won't be punished for their crimes!"

".... You think I enjoy being there!" She clinched her fist. "I'm as much a prisoner there as you are...."

"You're free to come and go as you please! They don't want to lock you away in a concrete box to spend the rest of your life being beaten on a daily basis, underfed, if fed at all!"

She moved toward him grabbing him roughly by the arm. ".... Trust me that's all I ask." She spoke barely above a whisper as she started to pull him away from the shouts of men.

Blinking slightly, his eyes went wide as she tugged him into the trees, hiding him from the several members of the family that were searching for him. She sat in front of him tossing her coat over his head so his bright color wouldn't attract them to where they stayed. "What are you doing..." he asked quietly as he felt the coat cover his head and his face pressed down towards the ground. He struggled slightly but stopped when he heard voices, "Where'd he go? He was running this way..." She pushed him a bit wanting him to move into the thicker part of the brush to hide while she quickly moved out into the open to distract them from where he stayed hidden.

Blinking a bit, he slowly moved further down into the brush, glancing back at her as she moved into the streets with the men that were tracking him. She pointed ahead of her. "That cat just made a break for it when I chased him into the brush. He headed toward the high school."

Kyou glanced out at her through the brush and tilted his head to the side a bit. "Rin's... is helping me..." The men nodded before taking off where she had pointed once she new they were out of sight she made her way back to him before collapsing on the ground wheezing hard as she held her chest.

Kyou blinked a bit and moved over closer to her, taking her coat and putting it back on her. "W-Why did you cover for me Rin? Why are you helping me escape, you know if they find out... you'll be in danger..."

She looked to the cat before resting her head down on the grass. ".... I saw the last cat suffer.... I don't want to see this one suffer either..."

He lightly ran his hand over her head. "Rin... where will you go now? We ca't go back there..."

".... I can't really go anywhere, but you can always live in the mountains.... If I go up there it'll be to die..." She closed her eyes halfway. ".... That might not be to bad of a way to go...."

He shook his head slowly and placed his hand on her head still. He tilted his head a bit and stayed kneeled beside her, "Are... you... ok?"

She nodded lightly giggling a little trying to lighten the mood. "... I'm use to this kind of pain..."

His head shook softly, "Why do you breath so harshly..?"

She struggled pushing herself up her eyes focused upon his. "Why aren't you running when you have the chance stupid cat!"

"Because you helped me and I'm not one to take advantage of that without returning the favor..." he mumbled, staying by her side.

She finally got to her feet. "... Follow me will head for the mountains...." She spoke barely above a whisper as she started to move making sure not to stay on any trials.

"You said if you go there... you're going there to die..." he whispered, looking down at her still. His head tilted a bit to one side, his hands still resting close to her head. "I won't let you do that..."

".... Kyou-kun I'm tired of going to the hospitals.... I'm tired of nver being able to see Haru-kun because of Akito-sama.... At least I can stay in the mountains for as long as I can go...." She smiled faintly. "... If I am to die I would like to be outside in the open instead of a room filled with beeping and wires... wouldn't you....?"

"I suppose that I would... but I am not going to just let you die after you helped me Rin..." His hand lightly brushed over her head, "Come on... you're going to a doctor at least one more time..."

"... Kyou-kun no more doctors I'm tired of it.... I just want to rest in peace...." She started to walk away from him now pulling her head away.

Quickly he stood up and placed his hand on her shoulder, turning her quickly to face him. "Hey... Rin."

"... What is it cat....?" She looked down to him now she was still taller then most of the boys of the zodiac.

"Come on... just one more visit to the hospital..." His eyes followed her, glancing up at her.

"... So they will run more test.... to say oh one more treatment and you'll be all better..."

"Maybe they'll be right, all you can do is try... just once more, I want to help you... since you helped me."

"... You can't come with me... I hope you know that Akito-sama will have men all over the place searching for you...."

"I've got to do something Rin..." he said softly as he grasped one of her hands in his own.

She looked away from him now as she looked away. ".... I'll go to the doctors tomorrow so just go to the mountains...."

He shook his head a bit and sighed, "Fine, whatever... but I'm going with you when you do go..." Slowly he lets go of her and walks past her, "This way..." She nodded lightly as she moved behind the cat following him.

He kept his pace slow, not wanting to make her overexert herself. Their walk led them through wooded areas, far from any trails. "Good... all the marks are still on the trees..."

"What marks cat?" She spoke up now looking around the surrounding area.

His left hand lifted, brushing over one of the nearby trees to wipe away a small amount of vine that blocked an obvious mark in the tree. It looked like a claw mark, but was much larger; "I left these here... when I ran away the first time... that day that the monster was released for the first time..."

"... When Akito-sama wanted to see what you looked like?" She looked up to him now.

He nodded softly as he glanced at the trees. "I left claw marks in the trees as I ran away to the mountains..."

"So you could come back to the estate... To be with your mother before she gave up....?" She followed the cat still.

He nodded softly as he lowered his head. "And now... it'll help us find our way to the mountains without ever being seen..."

"And when you take me to see the doctors tomorrow..." She stepped beside him now.

He nodded once more, continuing to push aside the trees vines. She kept quiet now as she followed him. Soon they were walking up the mountain path. "How far until we stop Kyou-kun?" She was pushing herself now.

"It's not much further... but we can wait..." he said softly as he turned his head and looked back at her.

"If were close then I can keep going. Its best if we keep going."

"No one will find us... we're safe here, if you need to rest..." he said softly as he glances back at her slowly. She shook her head slowly as she stepped beside him now.