The Girls Next Door

Disclaimer- I do not own Fruits Basket, BUT if I did I would sooo make Kyo go out with my friend Kitty *Amy* and not Tohru and make Haru go out with me0w *Jess*!!! ^_^ don’t you love me you two!!! *sorry to Kyo and Haru lovers*

Note: This is also on Fanfiction.com but it's MY story... I didn't steal it!!!

The Girls Next Door
(A Fruits Basket Fan Fiction)

NOTE: this takes place one year after where the anime ends

Ch.1- The New Girls

“What the, who are they?” Kyo just walked on to the front deck and saw a moving van with three teenage girls carrying boxes across the street.
“They are three new high school girls!” Shigure looked up from his newspaper with a giddy smile.
“You really are a henti you know.” Kyo was on his way up to the roof.

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The three girls next door are 2nd years at Yuki and Kyo’s high school that just transferred from America. Jess has short purple hair, hazel eyes and is about 5”5’, Amy has short hair too but bright pink, and she is about 5”7’. The third girl is Kelly; she has long curly blue hair down to the middle of her back and is 5”4’. They all have similar facial features and shop at Hottopic, so they look like sisters and act like sisters. Amy and Jess are both 16 but Amy is a few months older than Jess and Kelly is 15.

“Hey Amy! I just saw two guys next door and one looked like he was a teenager.” Jess said as she set down a box of dishes.
“Yea and an older guy that was cute.” a bubble Kelly chimed in.
“Hear we go, Kelly and her older guys.” sighed Amy as she set down a box of cloths.
“What!?” Kelly threw her arms out.
“Nothing, come one, all we have left to move in is the furniture.” Amy walked out to the van. Kelly and Jess followed.
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Later that night:

Yuki walked into the kitchen and saw two giant baskets of food.

“Wa? Miss Honda, what is all this for?” Yuki asked.

“It’s for the new girls next door, I was gonna be friendly and take them some dinner, you know so they wont have to worry about it and so they can meet us and wont feel out of place.” Tohru said picking up the baskets.

“I’ll go with you!” Shigure burst into the kitchen.

“No.” Yuki passed by Shigure with Tohru in arm.

Just as they were about to leave Haru knocked on the door.

“Where are you guys off to?” Haru said looking at the baskets.

“Next door to see the new girls, why?” Yuki still looked in shock at the fact that Haru was there.

“Oh, just wondering, can I go?”

“Sure, and I’m going too” Kyo walked in from a long day on the roof.

“Why do they get to go and I can’t?” Shigure sulked.

“FINE! You can come!” Yuki moaned not really wanting his older cousin to come with them.

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Ch2- At their house

Door bell chimes *tune of ‘Time of Your Life’ by Green Day*

“Ano, that’s a new one.” Kyo said with wide eyes.

“What?” Haru asked.

“The door bell music.” Kyo pointed to the little box by the door.

“Oh, I like it. It’s something new.” Haru replied.

“Of course you would you raver!”
Haru just stood there

*Inside the house*

The girls looked up in confusion. They just got everything unpacked and were about to sit down and take a break before the put it all away when the door bell sounded. All three of them went to answer the door. When they opened the door and the Souma’s and Tohru saw them, Shigure fell over and almost landed on Kelly, but Yuki and Haru caught him in time so he wouldn’t change in to his zodiac form.

“Gomenosi, you have forgive my cousin, he gets excited easily.” Yuki apologized.

“Oh, ano, its okay, don’t worry about it.” Kelly said still shaking and blushing from the man almost falling on her.

“Oh, I almost forgot why we came here, here you go, I made you girls some dinner so you would have one less thing to worry about.” Tohru said in her usual cheery manner.

“Thank you so much!!” Jess and Amy each took a basket and carried it to the kitchen while Kelly showed them to the living room. The Soumas and Tohru introduced their self then the girls did the same.

“We’re glad you came over,” Jess started “Yea, we are way to shy to go and do something like what you guys did.” Amy finished.

“I can see why, girls as beautiful as you would have to beat the men away.” Shigure said flirtatiously looking at Kelly who had her head bent down trying to hide.

“Don’t you ever shut up?” Yuki narrowed his eyes at the inu.

“Give Shigure some credit! At least he’s telling the truth” Haru smiled at Jess, who then burst out in a giggle.

“Yea for once in his life he didn’t lie,” Kyo looked over at Amy, then turned and blushed, becoming mad at himself for showing his feelings, “I mean!... NEVERMIND!” Kyo stomped out of the house.

“Yes, we should be going.” Yuki said following Kyo.

“Okay, nice meeting you, come by again.” Amy smiled.

Haru said goodbye to Jess as Shigure said goodbye to Kelly.

When Haru got back to the main house he told Momiji, Hatori, and Kagura about the three new friends he made.
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Ch3- The Encounter and the Curse

The very next day Haru, Momiji, Hatori and Kagura all went over to Shigure’s house

“Come on, I wanna go! I wanna! I wanna! I wanna!” whined the rabbit.
‘Thonk’ Kyo hit Momiji on top of his head.
“WAAA! Somebody! Kyos hitting me!” the rabbit continued to whine.

“You stupid little brat! Shut up! How many times do I have to tell you we aren’t going over to their house!”

“Momiji you have to understand, they just moved in yesterday, they need to rest.” said the nezumi.

“But its 11:00!” Momiji still insisted on whining.

“They were up half the night cleaning and moving stuff around.” Yuki tried to explain again.

“Yes, I agree with Yuki, they will want to rest and not want company at 11:00 in the morning if they were working half the night.” Hatori finally said.

“But Har-“
“MOMIJI!”
“Oh, okay” Momiji went in to the kitchen to pout.

While Momiji was in the kitchen he came up with a plan to get over to the girls house.
“Guys I’m going to the bathroom.”
“Okay.” Tohru replied as she watched to rabbit walk by.

When he was out of site Momiji darted across the street to the girls’ house. When he knocked on the door, Jess came out in her black and white pajamas, followed by Amy in her orange kitty pajamas.

“Hai? Who is it?” Jess rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.

“Are you one of the new girls?” Momiji jumped up and down.

“Ano, yes I think.” Jess was a little confused.

“Great! I’m Momiji Souma!!”

“Oh! You’re related to the people across the street! Come in then, gomenosi, the house is a kind of messy.” Amy realized.

“Aw, what a cute little boy, he must be in 5th grade.” Jess thought to her self.

“Thanks!” Momiji jumped and lunged at the two girls to hug them.

POOF! Suddenly a small, yellow rabbit was in the boys place. Kelly came running out of her bedroom when she heard the girls fall and the sound of the ‘poof’. With in a few moments Kelly slid in to the main hallway with black koinu pajamas on. Jess and Amy sat on the cold hard wood floor in shock of what just happened while Kelly stood there in confusion.

“What happened? Why is there a rabbit in Jess’s lap and cloths on the floor?" Kelly thought she was still dreaming.

A few minutes passed and the rabbit turned back into the boy he was, but naked. All three girls screamed in shock and covered their eyes.

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Back at Shigure’s House

“Where’s Momiji?” Kagura finally noticed.

“He said he was going to the bathroom.” Tohru answered now worried about the boy.

Hatori looked out the window just in time to see a cloud of yellow smoke start to fade in the doorway of the girls’ house.

“He didn’t!” Hatori yelled, “Shigure come with me the rest of you stay here!”

The two men ran out the house and across the street.

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By the time they got to the house Momiji was dressed and was just about to tell them about the ‘Souma Curse’.

“Are you insane Momiji? You’re gonna make Hari-san do something he hates!” Shigure began to scold.

“Its okay, really, he didn’t harm anything.” Amy said trying to calm him down.

“No, Shigure doesn’t mean that, he means that …” Hatori trailed off.

“He means what?” Kelly asked.

“We’re gonna get killed by Akito but there is no way out now.” Hatori sighed.

“Let’s go into the living room and explain this to you three, by the way this is Hatori Souma, he’s a doctor.” Shigure sounded like he wished he never met the girls.

“Hi Hatori, the living room is this way.” Jess stood up and said trying to smile, but who could smile when two guys burst into you house then sound like someone died when they talk?

“Okay. Let me explain the ‘Souma Curse’.” Hatori started, “Our family is cursed by the Chinese zodiac. When ever some one of the opposite sex hugs us or when our bodies come under a great deal of stress we change into the spirit of the zodiac that is in us. However, when we change back to our human forms we’re naked. There are only 13 of us that are cursed; Kyo is the cat which isn’t part of the zodiac itself but part of the legend. Akito, who is the head of our family doesn’t want anybody to know, he thinks that everyone would hate us if they knew. Akito, being the head of the family feels all the pain and suffering we go through, so basically Akito was born to die in a way.”

“What do you do when someone finds out about the curse?” Jess said trying to hold back tears of fear.

“Well. Hatori has the power to erase peoples memories, but he only does it when he is told to, and when he is told to he can’t go against it.” Shigure answered.

“Does it hurt?” Amy said shaking.

“No, it just knocks you out for a few minutes and when you come to you will forget that you know about us, as you can tell, this wont be the first time Hatori would have to do something like this.” Momiji hugged his legs sitting on the floor crying, “Just like Yuki’s friends when he was younger, Hatori’s old fiancé Kana and my mom.”

“Will you have to do that to us?” Kelly manage to choke out.

“I don’t know it’s up to Akito, he may let you guys know about us, he did that for Tohru.” Hatori attempted to perk up the girls hope a little bit

“Well who is which animal?” Amy asked

“Well, you know Momiji is the rabbit, I’m the inu, Hatori is the dragon (seahorse), Kyo is the neko, Yuki is the nezumi, and Haru is the cow.” Shigure said with a little bit of a lighter toner in his voice.

“There are some others that you haven’t met too,” Momiji perked up “Kisa is the tiger, Hero is the sheep, Ritzu is the monkey, Ayame is the snake, Kagura is the boar she’s over at Shigure’s now if you want to meet her, Rin who is the horse and finally Kureno who is the rooster.”

“Oh, and you guys are all cousins?” Jess said.

“Some of us, Ayame is Yuki’s older brother, and Rin is Shigure’s younger sister, other then that we are all cousins.”

“Yep! And Kisa and Hero are in 7th grade, Kureno, Yuki, Kyo and Tohru are 3rd years in high school, Ritzu is a junior at a university, Kagura is a sophomore at a women’s college, Ayame, Shigure Hatori are all 28 years old, Rin is a 1st year in high school and Haru and me are 2nd years in high school.” Momiji laughed.

“Oh my gosh! Momiji is a 2nd year! That means that he’s at least 15, but he looks like he’s 10.” Jess spazed out in her mind.

“How about we all head back to my house so you can meet Kagura and get to know about us better?” Shigure smiled.

“But what about Akito, won’t he be mad?” Amy asked.

“Well if you do get your memory erased then you won’t remember it, and if you don’t then you will know that much more about us.” Shigure walked out of the living room.

“Shigure! You really need to practice your approach to situations like this, tact is important to have.” Hatori thought to him self as they walked back to Shigure’s house.

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Ch4- At Shigure’s House

“So, you know about the curse now, what do you think?” Haru said shyly.

“I think it’s cool in its own little way, wait that sounded weird, ano, never mind then.” Jess smiled and blushed.

“So what else can you tell us?” Amy asked as she fell over a box in the floor.

“Well, all zodiac members can hug anyone else in the zodiac, and the female zodiac members can hug other females out side the curse and male zodiac members can hug males out side the curse.” Kagura said as she gave Kyo a giant bear hug.

“Ano, Hatori, back at our house you said that the cat is part of the legend but not the zodiac, well, what’s the legend?” Kelly asked.

“The legend is that the king sent out word that he will hold a banquet for all the animals in the kingdom the next day. When the mouse heard the news he told the cat it was the day after tomorrow, so when everyone was having fun the cat was still in bed dreaming of a party that will never come. Since then the cat was never part of the zodiac, and the cat and mouse have hated each other since then.” Hatori explained.

They stayed and talked the rest of the day and night until they all fell asleep. Hatori woke up and told Shigure he was going home and wanted to know if he could let Momiji, Haru, and Kagura stay there. Shigure said he didn’t care, he walked Hatori out to the car and made sure he was okay to drive, when he got back in the house he saw Amy, Jess and Kelly laying all over the floor sprawled out on each other and remembered what Hatori was gonna do tomorrow.

Shigure sighed; he picked Kelly up gentle so he wouldn’t transform and so he wouldn’t wake her up, and put her in his bed under the covers. He put Amy and Jess in there with her (yes Shigure has a big bed), he carried Kyo to his room as he did Yuki and Tohru. Shigure put Kagura in Tohru’s room and left Haru on the couch (Kyo would kill Haru if he woke up with Haru next to him and Yuki sleeps alone no matter what).

When he was done moving people around he realized that he had no where to sleep, so he sat in his chair in his bedroom, watching the three girls that he may never get to talk to and laugh with like he did tonight again.

As Shigure thought about them loosing their memory he started to cry. He knew that after everything that happened tonight Haru was falling in love with Jess and Kyo as much as he hated it was showing feelings for Amy. Shigure didn’t want to admit it to him self but he thought Kelly was cute, in a sweet innocent way.

“What’s going to happen if they do get their memories erased? How will this affect us and our feelings, knowing that they will remember nothing about us and with our emotions coming in to play even more?” Shigure thought, “I know that if their memories are erased then we can still talk to them and be friends with them, it’s just that, everything that’s happen in the past two day they won’t remember. In this short time that we have spent together we became so close, closer then what people would think in just two days.”

After this thought passed his mind he fell asleep hopeing tomorrow would bring happiness and laughter and not pain and heartache.

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Ch5- The Next Morning/ Meeting With Akito

Shigure woke up to the warm sun on his face, the smell of Tohru fixing breakfast, and everyone fighting, “Ah, what a beautiful day, everything is to it’s usual, nothing can go wrong on a day like this, I hope.”

He walked downstairs to see Haru and Kyo fighting with Kagura trying to pull Haru off, Yuki sitting on the couch watching hoping Kyo will learn his lessen and won’t make Haru turn in to his other personality Black Haru. When he walked into to kitchen he saw all four girls making a giant breakfast and Momiji singing his song trying to get the girls to sing with him.

“Apart from our new friends it’s a usual morning.” Shigure laughed standing in the kitchen doorway.

“Yep, only Kyo has to watch his back for three people this morning.” Tohru sang giggling.

“What do you mean?” Amy asked puzzled.

“Well Kyo and Yuki always fight, they do that everyday and Kyo never wins. Haru and Kyo fight a lot too, but it’s usually Kyo’s fault because he turns Haru from White Haru to Black Haru, and Kagura is in love with Kyo and she shows her love and affection by aggression, don’t ask why, it’s just how she is.” Shigure explained.

“Oh, poor Kyo” Amy sighed

“What do you mean by White and Black Haru?” Jess looked worried about Haru for some reason, like something bad was going on with him.

Shigure saw the worry in her eyes and explained, “Haru has two sides, the nice, humane side that you know and his Black side which is when he gets foul mouth and violent. It’s okay, he only gets like that when you make him really mad, which only Kyo can really do with a few selected other, and in a few minutes he’s back to normal.”

“Oh, I thought you meant something really bad happens to him, okay I get it now.” Jess let out a sigh of relief.

“Breakfast is ready, lets eat, I’m starving.” Kelly finally said after being quiet (she isn’t a morning person).

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At the Main House:

Hatori has just asked Akito if he could talk to him about an incident that happened yesterday, Akito agreed and they went in to Akito’s room.

In the silence, you can hear Hatori and Akito talking about the girls and their memories. Their voices were all muffled, you couldn’t understand what they were saying, only a few choice words. There was only one phrase anyone could understand:

‘I will trust them, they can keep their memories.’ Hatori walked out of the room and began to head for his car, so he could go to Shigure’s and tell him the good news in person.
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At the Breakfast Table:

“Shigure, are you okay? You haven’t eaten anything; you’ve just been zoned out.” Kelly worried.

“What? Oh, yes I’m full breakfast was delicious, thank you.” Shigure stumbled out.

“Ano, that wasn’t what I asked and how would you know? You didn’t even taste it.” Kelly became increasingly worried, she didn’t like the fact that Shigure wasn’t eating and that he’s been out of it since they sat down to eat.

“I’m a novelist, I know everything.” Shigure replied standing up, “I’m going to my office, I have a deadline to meet today.”

Kelly stood up and sighed, clearing the table. “I hope he’s okay, maybe I should talk to him, but then again, what would I say to him.” Kelly whispered.

“What? Are you okay Kelly?” Kyo asked, “You look like you’re about to pass out or something, maybe you should go lie down.”

“I’m okay Kyo, but thanks for your concern.” Kelly smiled hoping to use it as a mask to hide behind.

“Okay, but if you want to lie down you can go to me room, it’s the first on the left, and don’t wait until it’s too late and you do pass out either.” Kyo said reluctantly.

After the table was cleared and the dishes washed and put away Kelly got all her nerve up and knocked on Shigure’s office door.

“Come in.” the inu called.

“Ano, Shigure, can I talk to you?” Kelly sheepishly answered.

“Sure, what’s wrong Hun? You look flushed.” Shigure said putting the screen saver up on his computer.

“Hai, well that’s because I’m shy and don’t do stuff like this but I’m worried.” Kelly was playing with her fingers.

“Well sit down, why are you so worried and what about?” Shigure sounded concern (well this is the girl that he won’t admit to loving coming to him worried).

“I’m worried about you.”

“Me?” Shigure wasn’t expecting to hear that.
“Hai, you seemed so distant at the table just now, and you wouldn’t eat, I can tell that something is bothering you.” Kelly said shaking, “I can’t believe I’m doing this! Why would a 28 year old want to talk to a 15 year old?” she thought.

Shigure smiled, “Don’t worry about it I’m fine, nothing bothering me, it’s just the stress of my dead line.”

“No it isn’t, Shigure, I hide behind a smile too, I act like everything is fine with me when inside I feel like I’m dieing, I know you do the same thing. Please, I know something is wrong, and I’m really worried about it.”

Shigure let out a heavy sigh, “Your right, do you really want to know that badly? Alright then; you know what we talked about at your house yesterday, about the loosing your memory? Well Hatori is supposed to talk to Akito about it today. I’m so scared because I don’t want to loose you three,” Shigure sighed again and reluctantly finished, “especial you.”

“Am I honestly saying this to a 15 year old? Come one, I got to get a hold of my self, I cant let my feelings show, I’m 28.” I said to himself.

Kelly’s eyes went soft (like in anime when their eyes look glossy but not teary), she stood up and walked over to Shigure who was now fighting back tears.

“Don’t worry, you will never loose us, even if our memories do get erased, we’re still gonna live across the street, just come by and say ‘hi’ again.” Kelly wanted to put her arm around Shigure but she couldn’t because of the curse, “No matter what, I’m always gonna be here, you can’t get rid of me now, no matter how hard you try.”

Just then Hatori pulled in to the driveway, “You get to keep your memory!” Hatori was so enthusiastic, it was out of character to see him this way.

Shigure and Kelly walked out of his office in enough time to see Haru hug Jess and transform.

“Why would you do that knowing you would change?” asked Shigure.

“What’s going on?” Kelly laughed at the site of a huge cow standing over her friend.

“Akito said you get to keep your memories!” Momiji and Kagura said in unison.

Shigure couldn’t believe what he heard, he was so happy he picked Kelly up and swung her, but in mid-swing he changed in to a dog, Kelly fell to the ground.

“Are you okay, gomenosi, I guess now I know why Haru hugged Jess.” Shigure ran up and sat beside Kelly.

When Hatori saw her fall he ran up too so he could make sure nothing was broken twisted or sprained. Luckily, nothing was broken, but Kelly twisted her right ankle, it was already swollen to double its normal size. Hatori got all the girls to carry Kelly inside and put her on the couch.

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