Timeline:

Fruits Basket: Towards the start, maybe even in the first volume.

Maximum Ride: You know when the Flock is taken back to the School in the third book and are told that all that happened was a dream? Well, instead of that... this happens:

5

I stared at them, confused. "...What?" I asked. This couldn't be true. Why would I be dumped in Japan?

He nodded. "It may be a bit too much to take in at one time, but-"

"Oh, it's okay," I said. "If I'm in Japan, I'm in Japan," Really, I was screaming inside. How could I let this happen? Ow could I let myself be this far away from the flock.

He looked away, and then back at me. "Why don't you... come in?" he gestured to the house.

Normally, I would be all snarky about how it took all his strength to say that, but he looked so pathetic that I just said, "Sure," and followed them inside the house.

I hadn't been in many houses in my lifetime, and I certainly hadn't been in any Japanese houses, but... this house made me feel weird. Have you ever feel both comfortable and like you wanted to crawl up the wall at the same time? That's how I felt. I was hoping that they didn't feel the same way.

Suddenly, a person came rushing down the stairs. He was a teenage boy, dressed in loose-fitting clothing. The thing that surprised me about him was his hair. It was the same shade of orange as the fur of the cat I found.

He saw me and sighed. "Oh, you," he said.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked, annoyed by his tone. What did I do to deserve that tone? I had never seen him before in my life.

He appeared as if he was blushing, but I guess that was because he was a redhead. "Uh..." he muttered, looking down. "Nothing,"

"That's more like it," I said. I liked him already; he appeared like someone I could mess with.

He looked at Mr. Pathetic. "Another girl? Have you even introduced yourself?"

Mr. Pathetic blushed and looked at me. "...Well, I'm Yuki. He's Kyo. And she is Tohru,"

I nodded. "Well, I'm Max."

"Why are you here?" Kyo asked.

I shrugged. "I don't know. I was dumped here. Well, not here here, but nearby your house. Why?"

Kyo looked at Yuki. "You invited her into this house?" he looked mad.

"You have no say over who comes into this house," Yuki said back, sounding mad, even though he had that soft voice. "You're hardly here,"

"Yeah, and when I'm here, I don't want to see you inviting girls in left and right!" Kyo yelled, his face turning red.

"She is just one girl. And are you insulting Tohru?"

"No-"

That's when it happened: Yuki slapped Kyo in the face. That sprung a huge fight between them, full of kicks and slaps and everything.

I couldn't help but stand there, feeling like a little girl afraid to break up their fight. I was surprised that they would start a fight in the house. Normally I was used to fights outside. Then again, I had been running so long I hadn't really had a house to fight in.

Meanwhile, Tohru was standing there, looking exactly like a little girl afraid to break up their fight. I didn't know her very well, but I could tell she was afraid of fighting.

At that moment, a man came in through the front door. He was young, and wearing a long robe. He had black slicked back hair.

The first thing he saw was the fight between Yuki and Kyo, which made him sigh and shake his head. The second thing he saw was me, which also made him sigh and shake his head.

He walked over to me. "Hello," he said. "I'm Shigure. This is my house, often damaged. Who would you be?"

"I'm Max," I said back, not taking my eyes off the fight. It was like a wreak on the highway: I couldn't look away. "I found myself near your house. Yuki invited me in,"

"And I see you met Kyo," he said, also unable to take his eyes off the fight. "Don't mind them. They fight every time they see each other."

I nodded. "I know the type." It reminded me of my relationship with Jeb. I fought with him every time I saw him. I don't know why; I just hate him now. Why did he have to abandon us, then sick his son, a newly-turned Eraser, on the flock? Also, he was determined that I had to save the world, which ticked me off. If he really wanted me to save the world, he should've stayed at his house, instead of faking his death. I still can't believe he expected me and him to be the same after I met him again, when he was a whitecoat. I wouldn't trust him again until he proved himself trustworthy.

I don't think this was the relationship Yuki and Kyo had, but that's still what I thought of.

"If you need to stay for a while," Shigure said, knocking me out of my thoughts. "You can."

Those ten words made Kyo stop fighting. "She can't stay!" he said, coming toward us. "We don't have any more rooms,"

"I don't have to stay!" I said. "Honest!"

"Don't be silly," he (Shigure) said. "You don't have any other place to go,"

"I can sleep outside," I said. I didn't know why, but I didn't want to impose. Maybe it was because I felt like Shigure wasn't someone to cross with. I was in his house, after all. I hadn't felt that way before, and it made me feel weird. I hadn't had anyone where I felt like that with.

"Really?" Yuki asked, finally noticing our conversation. "You want to sleep outside?"

"It's not like I haven't before," I said. "And I... don't want to impose," I couldn't believe I was admitting that. I don't normally admit my feelings.

"You're not imposing!" Shigure exclaimed. "You can sleep in Kyo's room!"

"WHAT?!" Kyo yelled.

So that is Chapter 5! Sorry if the characters are OOC.

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