A/N: Hello, This is my first Fruits Basket fan fiction, but I hope you enjoy it. This is also the first time I've written anything this dark…so bear with me.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket!
Moving out
Man what a long day…
A girl with long black hair thought to herself as she threw the brown looking brief case over her shoulder. She had on her school uniform, a black, knee length skirt, and a simply white blouse with a black jacket over it. As she approached a large wooden gate, her dark brown eyes glanced at the residence name Sohma. Letting out a sigh she placed her hand on the door knob and let herself in.
Good, people are gone… Making her way towards the largest home she noticed an old woman peeking out through a slightly opened door. The girl stopped walking and stared at the woman; she dropped her briefcase and suddenly jolted towards the door.
"Don't you dare shut that door!" Stretching out her hand, her long fingers had almost gotten a grasp on the door knob only to see the very same door slam and lock. "DAMNI…DAMN …DAMN! Let me in right now!"
"I'm sorry miss Sohma…your brother told me not to let you in." An old withering voice came from inside the house.
"Listen you decrepit old woman, either let me in…or I'll burn this whole god damn place to the ground!"
"Now, Etsuko, is that any way to ask for something?"
She turned her head to look disgustingly at a man lying against the window sill. "I shouldn't have to ask Akito…after all I live here to."
A weak laugh escaped Akitos' mouth. "I allow you to live here, and today I've decided to prohibit you from entering."
Etsuko closed her eyes, this wasn't anything new to her, Akito had done this before and a week or so later he'd allow her to come back. Well this time I'm not coming back
"Go ahead and kick me out, I don't want to live here, I'll find somewhere else to stay!" Etsuko spun herself around and stomped towards her brief case she had dropped earlier. Picking it up, clutching the handle tightly, she angrily made her way to the main entrance and let herself out slamming the door behind her.
Akito watched his little sister leave with a solace look on his face. "She'll be back...if she wants these." He pulled out a small orange container filled with pills and rattled it.
*At Shigures' House*
"Kyo, Yuki, Shigure, dinner time." A sweet voice filled the house as Tohru placed the last of the smoked salmon on the table.
Shigure was the first at the table taking in all the wonderful smells and letting out a sigh. "Tohru you've out done yourself once again."
"Out of my you damn rat!" the orange haired boy yelled as he was shoulder to shoulder with Yuki as they both tried to walk down the stairs at the same time.
"Why don't you just wait till I get down the stairs you stupid cat?" Yuki was in no mood to bicker with Kyo tonight, but he wasn't going to let him beat him down the stairs.
"Oh like I'd let you go ahead of me! I was here first-" His sentence was cut short as he was sent flying down the stairs head first.
"There…" Yuki said matter-of-factly as he stepped over Kyo and made his way towards the dinner table.
Kyo lifted himself up, and stomped his way to the table, when Yuki was in his mood he knew better than to aggravate him further.
"I made everyone's favorite tonight, I hope you en-" Tohru was interrupted by a knock at the door. "I wonder who it could be." She got up from the table and made her way towards the front door, as she opened the door Etsuko barged in with a few shopping bags dropping them on the ground.
"Hey take care of these will ya?" She smiled at Tohru and walked past her towards the table full of food. "Oh good, you're just getting started, I'm starving!" She picked up a pair of chopsticks and made her way towards the smoked fish but a sharp pain coming from her wrist stopped her from going any further.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Kyo had grabbed her wrist. "You can't just barge in here like you own the place, and you defiantly can't treat Tohru like one of your maids."
Pain was running through Etsuko's wrist, it was still sore from a few days ago when Akito had squeezed it near breaking point. Not able to take the pain anymore she brought her other hand and punched him in the nose. "Let me go!"
Kyo instantly released her wrist and brought his hands up to his nose, tears forming in his eyes. "What the hell did you do that for?"
Ignoring his question Etsuko stood back up and turned towards Tohru who had been watching from the door frame. "As much as I hate to admit it, he's right." She bowed "I didn't introduce myself, my name is Etsuko Sohma it's nice to meet you."
Tohru bowed in return. "Oh it's very nice to meet you. So you're a Sohma…does that mean you transform like the others? Well I guess that doesn't make much sense, I met all twelve of the zodiac and Kyo makes thirteen…oh maybe there's another animal that didn't get invited to the banquet."
Etsuko just stared at her as she babbled on. "Uh no, I'm not cursed like my cousins…"
"Does Akito know you're here?" Shigure butted in.
Etsuko's hands turned into fists as her body physically tensed up. "Akito? I've never heard of the bastard!"
Shigure shrugged. "Regardless, I will have to call Hatori and let him know-" He was caught short by a kick in the head causing his face to land in a bowl of rice.
"If you call him, I'll be forced to come back here while you sleep and cut off every limb from your body…and I mean every limb. Got it?"
He lifted one of his hands and formed a shaky thumbs up and a slight nod.
I wonder why she doesn't want Hatori to know she's here. Tohru thought to herself, but soon snapped out of it and looked down at the bags that Etsuko had dropped off. "Uhm, Etsuko will you be staying the night?"
"Like hell she is!" Kyo jolted up from the table "If she stays then I swear I'm going back to the mountains!"
"Go ahead, no one's stopping you." Yuki muttered before he placed some rice into his mouth.
"God Damn it you're really starting to piss me off you stupid rat!" He grabbed the collar of Yuki's shirt and lifted him to his feet.
"And you've been on my nerves since you came back."
Etsuko watched the two fight for some time before turning her attention back at Tohru. "Oh yea, I was just planning to stay for a little bit…if that's okay with Shigure."
Shigure stood up from the table and stood next to Etsuko. "It's fine, as long as you think you'll be okay without your medicine."
"Well if you need medicine I can go and get some, it's not a problem." Tohru scurried around as she looked for her jacket.
"Uh, this is different kind of medicine…I'll be fine without it, really it's not a big deal." Etsuko said as she tried to calm Tohru down. "Besides it's late and if I really need it…Hatori can bring it over."
"A-are you sure?"
"Positive. I'll just take my bags and head up to your room, if you're fine with sharing."
Tohru nodded her head. "Oh it's fine, I'd be happy to share a room with you."
Etsuko bent down and picked up her bag and made her way up the stairs and found her way into Tohru's room. As she placed the bags on the floor she walked towards and the bed and sat on the edge and stared at her slightly swollen wrist.
*Flash Back*
"I told you never keep me waiting!" Akito screamed as he shoved Etsuko into the wall and pinned her wrist above her head.
"You're hurting me." Etsuko let out a whimper.
His grip on her only tightened as a sick smile was plastered on his face. "Oh I am? Well good, now you know how I felt when you missed our daily tea."
She could feel his grip on her right wrist was getting tighter and tighter, the bones felt as if they were seconds from snapping in half. "I-I'm sorry…"
"Sorry? Sorry doesn't fix anything, when you say sorry it doesn't teach you a lesson…only punishment will. You're lucky that you're my sister or else this inexcusable action wouldn't be tolerated."
She was then thrown to the ground, landing on her right wrist with all her body weight. Tears began to run down her face. He walked around her, his feet by her face, he cupped her chin and brought her up into a sitting position, her head tilted back enough so he could look into her eyes.
"Now, next time don't be late or else were going to have this conversation in the room."
Her eyes widened as he nodded. As he let go of her chin she stood up slowly and bowed before hurrying out of his room and into her own.
*End Flashback*
Etsuko's head jerked up as the door creaked opened. Tohru popped her head in and then her whole body. "I hope I'm not bothering you, but I'm just here to put down a mat so I can sleep later tonight."
"You don't have to sleep on the ground…I'll do it."
"Oh no, it's okay really. You're the guest so you can have my bed."
This girl was getting on Etsuko's nerves. "Listen, I'm technically the guest so I'll sleep on the floor, and you sleep on the bed."
"B-but you're just staying here for a bit, please take my bed."
Etsuko eye twitched a bit, she stood up from the bed and walked towards Tohru grabbed the mat from her, placed it on the ground and sat on it. "It's settled I'm sleeping here…now drop it."
"O-okay." Tohru smiled as she knelt on the ground in front of Etsuko. "So I hope I'm not prying or anything but…if you're not one of the zodiac, how do you know Akito?"
She knew this question was going to be brought up sooner or later. Letting out a sigh Etsuko ruffled through her bags as she began to explain. "We'll…how do I put this…Akito is my…brother."
"Really? I didn't know Akito had any siblings."
She pulled out a long blue night gown and stood up. "The family doesn't really talk about it much. It's a long story it would take too long to explain it, so I guess you'll just have to figure it out on your own." With that being said Etsuko made her way out the door down the hall and into the bathroom. Closing the door behind her she drew some water and got undressed, the scars on her back were reflected by the mirror.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed it, I know it wasn't very dark for the majority of the time, but as the story progresses and secrets are exposed the story will get a bit more depressing. I'm not sure how well they'll turn out to be but it'll be fun to try this new style of writing! (Oh and about the whole tea thing with Akito…it'll be explained later on)