Author's Note: So, I got a prompt to write a cross-over. I know the Ninja Book is supposed to be canon, but I decided to share this little AU with you all! So, OVA? Or Bonus Episode...?

OVA 1: Year of the Fox

"You are troubled, Obito," the man observed without caring. His voice was cold, but the second one understood this.

"It is nothing, Lord Madara," the man answered, touching the side of his face that was drastically disfigured. "I was merely… thinking."

Madara laughed without humor. He waved his hand and the gardeners quickly cleared the area. "Pray tell, my disciple, what do you think?"

Obito shrugged and sat beside Madara, smoothing out his red and black kimono. "It is the first time in generations that they will all be here," he observed.

"The Banquet will be perfect, child."

"I don't that, my lord," Obito said quickly. "I don't worry about the Banquet, I worry about the child."

Madara sipped his tea without looking at Obito, intentionally keeping his attention elsewhere. "He will be fine."

"Are you sure?"

"I have no need to discuss this with you, Obito. The boy will be fine."

"Of course, my lord, but I feel we should at least invite him…"

Madara slammed his glass on the table, cracking it and spilling hot tea on his hand, but he didn't flinch. "The Fox will NOT eat at my table!" he snapped.

Obito narrowed his eyes and stood slowly. "Of course," he whispered. He started inside.

"Where are you going?"

Obito stopped in the doorway, his bare feet clenching on the cool wood. "To oversee the preparations," he answered. "We want to make sure the "family" is greeted with the perfection you promised them."

Madara shrugged and went back to watching the garden while Obito moved silently through the barren halls of the house. Even though it was big enough to house all their guests and more, it was a grand waste of space during any other time.

He continued through the compound until he came across a locked door. He placed a hand on it and frowned before unlocking it and making his way inside, descending down the steps into the darkness below. He sat on a chair at the bottom of the stairs that faced into the darkness where the light of the door did not reach.

"You aren't going to light a lantern?" a voice asked on the other side of the darkness. Obito clenched his fists and didn't answer. "Why are you here?" the voice asked finally. Obito sighed. He heard the sound of chains scraping across the stone floor.

"They should be arriving soon," Obito answered softly.

"Is my god letting me out?" the boy asked with a slightest glimmer of hope in his voice.

"No," Obito said bluntly. He thought he could hear the hope die in the child. He looked up and found himself staring at glowing red eyes in the cage. Obito stood and took a few steps back. "I'm sorry."

"Why did you come?"

Obito sighed again. He had no answer for that. Why had he come? It wasn't to torture the child, but he couldn't think of any way to spin this so that it didn't seem like that was his only intention. "I'm sorry," he repeated softly. He started back up the stair, but stopped as the chains moved on the floor again. A hand reached out from the bars. It was covered in cuts and scars from where the boy had clawed at the walls that held him. Obito bit his lip. The Fox didn't belong to this world; not to the Zodiac. It was his curse; to be forever caged. That was what had been decreed thousands of years ago. Many before him had lived and died in these very conditions, and many more after would follow in the footsteps.

Obito continued up the stairs, clenching his fists. He had taken the boy from his parents. He had been the one who watched the child grow, only allowed outside on nights. The others didn't know there was another Fox, though Kakashi would be the first to tear the bars if he knew that their teacher and friend's son lived there.

Obito stood at the top of the stairs and sighed, closing the door behind him. He had to make sure everything was perfect. He put a hand on the door as he locked it. "I'm sorry… Naruto…"

Author's Note: So, yeah, this is a Fruits Basket/Naruto crossover. Of course, I took some liberties with some of the animals, because Naruto being a "cat" made no sense, but other than a few animals changing, the basic lore is left intact, like the transforming with a hug. And, as you can see, the tone is MUCH darker than Fruits Basket (though, honestly, it's pretty dark already!) Hope you enjoyed!