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Chapter List
- 15
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- 17
Disclaimer: I do not
own Fruits Baskets or any of the characters involved in it. I merely wish to portray my own ideas
through the characters. Meaning: I no own, so you no sue.

Author�s Notes: Yay
I finally got my plot out, took me long enough. Ok just a few notes here.
Ok one, for those of you who have read any of the manga, I haven�t� all
my info comes off of the anime. Also,
just want to point out that Hatori and Akito don�t know about Tohru�s pregnancy
yet to refresh your memories. Another
thing, I don�t know much about pregnancy at all so anything I saw is coming off
the top of my head. And also I want to
say I�m sorry if I�m making anyone too out of character. I�m trying to keep them in character but
it�s hard to tell from my own point of view.
Anyway I made this one extra long so enjoy please!

P.S. I finished this
on Thursday morning but Fanfiction.net hasn�t let me post until this morning so
I still try to update once a week on Thursdays but the webpage wasn�t
cooperating. Sorry!

Wish for you on a shooting star

Chapter
16: �Secrets Uncovered and A New Hope�

The
days seemed like weeks and the weeks like months as Rei persevered keeping her
word to work most of the day at the translations. The book was maybe forty pages long but it was taking longer then
she thought, as she had to keep referring to her kanji dictionary. She nibbled on a rice ball that was left at
her door by Hatori. She blushed as she
pushed her reading glasses up on her nose.
Hatori had become almost like an assistant to her. He brought her meals, helped her find
anything essential to her research. He
even helped call around to a few bookstores to find a special dictionary for
certain mythological characters (kanji not figures). She remembered waking up this morning hunched over the book with
a blanket draped over her she didn�t remember having the night before. She shook her head and sighed before turning
back to the book. She was supposed to
originally stay maybe two weeks but she was pushing seventeen days now, but she
was close, just about five or six pages away from finishing. �I might be able to finish today if I really
push, no more long breaks. But when I
finish, will I be able to see him again?�
She tried to make the blush on her face disappear.

�Then
again it�s better to face the unknown then wait for it to catch up to you,
right?� With that she put on a
determined look and set to work on the book opening her dictionaries and taking
out her book length notes.

Hatori
took off his shoes as he entered Shigure�s house. He wasn�t sure what they could want him for and frankly he would
rather be back at the main house helping Rei.
But Shigure said it was important and asked for him to come as soon as
he could. After they had Rei join their
small group they no longer needed the help up the miko and had erased the
memory of the few days she had spent there.
They had told her afterwards that she had been knocked unconscious in
the nearby area and had just now awakened after a few days. She bought it but they could tell she had
her suspicions and went back to her shrine.
He was glad they had not had to keep her long to the point where she
would have made memories she may have wanted to keep. He pushed away the numbing pain that seemed to seep back into his
heart at the thought of memories that were so precious and were lost along the
way.

He
regained his composure before bringing himself into the house and calling
out. Shigure greeted him first as
usual. Kagura and Yuki were sitting at
the table where Shigure was sitting with them just a second ago. �Hello, Yuki, Kagura.�

�Ohayo,�
they both greeted. He looked a bit
confused.

�I
thought I was needed here,� he asked Shigure.

�You
are Ha-san. Tohru needs you right now;
I think she�s in her room. She�s been
feeling a bit weak these last few mornings.�
He looked a bit concerned.

�Yeah,
I think she�s a bit scared,� said Kagura coming into the conversation.

�Well
I can see why though,� said Yuki also adding his frame of mind. Hatori was definitely being left out of the
loop.

�What do you mean?� Everyone else in the room looked at each
other before Kagura spoke up.

�Maybe
you should ask Tohru. It is about her
anyway.� Hatori wanted to press further
but decided he may get more answers from Tohru. He started for the stairs before turning and looking at everyone
once again.

�Where�s Kyo?�

�Problably
upstairs with Honda-san,� said Yuki before taking another drink from his
cup. Hatori figuring he wasn�t going to
get much from this group just shrugged and continued his way up the stairs. He opened the door and saw Tohru sleeping
under the blankets with Kyo lying awake beside her. He looked up as Hatori come in the room. Hatori looked at him with a questioning look
as if to ask if he should disturb them or not.
Kyo replied by speaking.

�She�s
been getting a bit tired lately so I let her sleep in when she can.� Tohru stirred a bit at the sound of his
voice before blinking sleep from her eyes, which focused first on Kyo then on
Hatori.

�Ohayoo,�
she replied in a tired whisper as she sat up.
It was at this point Hatori�s eyes fell upon Tohru�s slightly distended
stomach. �Maybe she hasn�t had enough
energy to do much and she is gaining weight?
She has been very tired Kyo said.�
Hatori pondered the possibilities before finally deciding to hear from
Tohru who was now wide-awake in bed.

�How
are you doing Tohru? I heard you needed
me to come over?�

�Hai,�
she said before taking a deep breath.
�Hatori-san I want to thank you for everything you�ve done for me so far
and I want to apologize.� Hatori looked
ready to object but Tohru didn�t let him.
�Not for anything in the past, well the distant past. I have been kind of keeping a secret,� she
said her cheeks growing hot. Kyo felt
his face flush as well as he turned to look at the wall while Tohru continued.
�I found something out when I was in the hospital and have neglected to tell
you or Akito.�

�Is
it something serious?� She blinked
confused before she figured she sounded like she had found out she had a
horrible disease or something.

�Oh
no no, well yes but it�s not a bad thing.�
She looked down at her hands her face flushing again before looking up
to meet his eyes and speak. �I�m
pregnant.� Hatori for once in a very
long time had nothing to say. He looked
to the blushing Tohru to the also flushed Kyo who was burning a hole through
the wall with his eyes and then at her slightly round stomach.

�How
long,� he said his voice seeming to catch a bit, annoying him as he cleared it.

�About
two months,� she replied running her hand over her still small stomach. �I haven�t really gone to a doctor about it
or anything since I left the hospital and since it�s a Sohma,� she said her
blush worsening. �I thought I should
call you. I�m sorry if it�s too soon I
mean I�ve never had a baby. Well of
course not, I�ve never had a boyfriend, I mean I-�

�It�s
ok Tohru,� he said in a soft voice coming to sit beside her on the bed. �It�s never too early to start thinking
about your babies health.� He felt
dazed as he began thinking through some of the things he should ask her. �If you want since I�m already over here I
can do a check up now even though I�m not going to be able to tell you much.�

�That�s
fine, as long as I�m not taking up your time.�
Kyo got up as if to leave.

�Kyo,�
asked Tohru concerned.

�I�m
going to get a couple of glasses of milk he said making sure she heard the
plural before he left the room as Tohru�s face began to flush.

�Milk,�
he asked not understanding what that was all about.

�Well,�
she began feeling herself flush again.
�Lately I�ve kind of been drinking a lot of milk.� And felt herself flush worse as she
continued, �And eating a lot of fish.�
Hatori felt a small smile tug at his lips.

�Well
that sounds like a good diet to me.
Fish are a good source of protein and milk is rich in calcium. Just don�t neglect fruits or vegetables or
you may not get all the vitamins.�

�Hai,�
she said nodding.

�So
how have you been sleeping, I�ve heard you�ve been tired lately.� She nodded in the affirmative. �Any reason? Morning sickness?�

�No,
I just feel so sleepy in the mornings and then I�m restless at night.�

�You�re
body is probably just a bit off because you haven�t been keeping to your usual
sleeping habits after the accident and recovery. You are going to start going back to school tomorrow right?�

�Yes,
I really wanted to go back last week but I�ve been so tired.�

�You�ll
probably need a week or so to adjust but I don�t think it will be a big problem
but if you�d like I can give you some low dosage sleeping pills to help. Don�t worry, nothing to effect your
pregnancy.�

�Hatori,
I could never ask that of you! You�ve
already done so much, I-�

�Tohru,�
he said with some finality. �You need
your sleep, right?� She just nodded
knowing she had lost the battle.

�Yes
but please let me make it up to you somehow!
When I�m back on my feet I can make you some soup or a meal for you and
the others at the main house!�

�You
don�t have to but I�m sure all of us would appreciate it.� She smiled at him thankfully as Kyo
reentered the room with a large glass of milk which he handed to Tohru as he
sat beside her and watched he quickly empty the glass. Hatori looked on, as the milk just seemed to
slide down her throat and he sweat dropped.

�Arigato,
Kyo,� she said giving him a very big smile to which he blushed but smiled
back.

�Anyway
Tohru, if you�d like I can continue with the examination,� he said before she
nodded. Kyo got up as if to leave when
Tohru called to him.

�Where
are you going Kyo?�

�Well
I don�t think you need me around.�

�But,
kyo�� He turned around to see her smile falter as she looked on at him and he
quickly mumbled something before sitting down by her side on the bed.

�Anyway,
do you know about how much you weighed before you found out?�

�Well,�
she said thinking. �We did have a
physical in gym class, but that was in September and I was 123,� she said
blushing.

�Well
why not check out how much it is now,� he said as he left the room and motioned
for her and Kyo to follow to the bathroom.
He motioned to the bathroom scale that she stepped on and waited until
the number stopped on 136.�

�Thirteen
pounds already,� she asked disbelievingly down at the scale.

�It
is a bit much,� said Hatori confirming she shouldn�t have that much weight on
yet. �But it may be because you�re
leaning more towards meat and dairy and have been tired so you haven�t been
exercising daily. As long as you make
sure to keep some fruits and vegetables in your diet and start resting up and
get back into your daily routine you should be fine. Just a few more things,� he said starting back towards the
bedroom. He had Tohru sit on her bed
again as he took her blood pressure and pulse.

�Please
lie back,� he said. She did as she was
told and noticed Kyo giving Hatori the evil eye as he lifted Tohru�s shirt a
bit and pressed lightly on her lower abdomen.
Tohru couldn�t stop blushing as she felt his hands pressed against her abdomen. It reminded her of when her and Kyob first
started sleeping together. He never did
it in public or often when he was awake.
But whenever they went to sleep she would feel his hand on her abdomen
as he held her close and wake the same way.
Hatori snapped her out of her revere.

�I
think you�re doing fine besides the bit of extra weight so soon. Just one more thing.� He pulled out his stethoscope and placed it
on her stomach to listen. Tohru held
her breath as she watched Hatori. He
finally pulled the earpieces out and looked up at the two. �A god strong heartbeat already. I�m surprised, a heartbeat usually starts
around the second month but I wasn�t sure if I�d be hearing one so soon.�

�A
heartbeat, you can hear a heartbeat,� asked Tohru.

�Hai,
a bit faint though since it�s still small.�

�C-Can
I listen,� she asked tentively. Hatori
put the ear pieces back in and seemed to search her abdomen with his
stethoscope a minute before stopping and holding the metal piece over a certain
area and taking the ear pieces out to hand to her. She took them and slowly placed them in her ears and felt her
heart skip a beat at the sound of her child�s heartbeat. �It�s so fast,� she said in an astonished
whisper.

�Hai,
it is when they�re younger,� said Hatori quietly. Tohru felt her hand go to her abdomen as she listened to the
rapid swishing noise that was her child�s heartbeat. She sat there listening for what seemed like forever when she saw
Hatori switch hands and decided he must be getting cramped from being like
this. She sighed as she took the ear
parts out and wished she could listen more.
She went to hand them back to Hatori when Kyo stopped her. Her took them from her without saying a word
and put them on. Hatori looked like he
was going to ask him something but didn�t as he saw the blush come over his
face and the somewhat astonished look that he had seen in Tohru�s eyes just a
moment ago. Tohru slowly slipped her
hand in Kyo�s as he continued to listen.

Hatori
waved as he said goodbye and walked out into the cool night breeze. After the checkup Tohru talked him into
staying for dinner since he already missed lunch earlier. Then they insist that he stay and visit for
a while, which he didn�t mind doing. He
would never openly admit it but he liked spending time with his cousins,
especially the ones he didn�t get to see every day. He was snapped out of his thoughts when he saw the main house
looming before him. �Hmm, I got here
faster then I thought.� He entered and
went down the hallways to his office where he put away his medical bag before
proceeding to his room. He was about to
change for bed when he decided to check on Rei. She had been working very hard for them and had taken Akito�s
words to heart when he told her to work as much as she could. But he was worried about her as she
continuously missed meals unless they were brought to her and wouldn�t rest
until she was too tired to stay awake.

He
thought of last night and how he went in to check on her before bed and found
her sprawled on top of the book asleep and covered her with the blanket. He sighed but couldn�t help the smile that
crept to his face as he made the way to the den that had become her study. He opened the door to astonishingly find her
awake and very active with her work. He
knocked on the door to get her attention.
She seemed startled by the noise until she recognized it and turned to
see Hatori.

�Oh,
konban wa Hatori-san.�

�Konban
wa, how are you doing? I didn�t think
you�d be up this late still.�

�I
know but I�m almost done.� His heart
jumped into his throat. �I�m actually
on this last page now. Just another
half hour and I should be done and I think I have most of the story understood. If I get this done tonight I can get a good
night sleep and sleep in tomorrow and finally explain it. He felt happy about her accomplishment, but
at the same time felt disappointed.
�Why should I feel disappointed?
She�s helped us so much. But if
she finishes her task�if she finishes then we won�t need her anymore. She can return to her normal life. She�ll leave.� This last thought struck him hard but he forced himself to remain
stoic.

�Well
then, I think I�ll be getting to bed.
Goodnight,� he said and quickly turned to leave.

�Wait,�
she said catching his arm but was careful not to hug him. �What�s the matter?�

�Nothing.�

�It�s
not nothing, I know I may not have known you that well or that long but I know
something is wrong.�

�I
said it�s nothing,� he said once again trying to leave when she stepped in
front of him and blocked the door.

�You�re
not leaving until you tell me.� He
looked at her trying to decide whether to push her away or ask her to let him
go. He stared into her eyes as she
stared back determined. �She�s always
so passionate and determined about things she cares about.� Her eyes shone in the dim light of the room
and her hair casting shadows on her face.
She looked gorgeous in the dim light.
Before he knew what he was doing his lips captured her own and for a
moment she stayed stiff against his lips before responding with an equal
passion. She even deepened the kiss
holding him enthralled before she broke it her face flushed as badly as his.

�I,
should be getting to bed,� he said quickly diverting his eyes as she moved away
from the door so he could leave.

�Yeah
I should get back to work. Good night,�
she said gaining his attention as he turned to stare into those brilliant eyes
that seemed to call to him. �Hatori.�

�Good
night,� he said leaving the room quickly as he tried to calm his heart.

The
next morning Hatori awoke late and quickly dressed afraid of why he had slept
so late and more afraid of why they had let him sleep in late. He came to Akito�s room to find him not
there and felt his heart jump in his throat before he remembered speaking with
Rei last night and how she said she had finished the book. He felt himself flush as he also remembered
the kiss�

He
brought himself back to reality to turn and walk to the study trying to compose
himself as he opened the door and sure enough Shigure and Akito were both
finishing up breakfast and Rei was going through her notes. His eyes caught her own and she blushed
slightly before going back to her notes.
He took a seat on the third cousin next to Akito that was vacant waiting
patiently for Shigure to finish the tea he was sipping. Shigure sat it down again as it was still
half full and was about to pick it up again when Akito lashed out at it and it
shattered against the wall.

�I�m
tired of this damn waiting game. I�ve
been waiting patiently for two weeks, now tell me what you have.� Rei didn�t flinch during or after the
outburst and confidently walked over and sat on the cousin in front of them.

�I
thank you all for waiting patiently but I think the wait was worth it.� She cleared her throat ready to get into the
book. �I�ll give you the most condensed
version of this as I can. This story
starts about 500 years ago when the Sohma name was still popular and well
respected. They were a family of
priests and priestesses. Most shrines
or families of priests and priestesses were connected to something
spiritually. The Sohmas were connected
to the spirits of the zodiac, not cursed but connected. They could draw power from them through
prayer and chanting. This had gone on
for a couple hundred years or so when one of the priests was swayed to use his
guardian spirit for evil. The priest
who was in charge of the cat fell in love with a woman who was very evil and
wanted power for herself and used him to do so. She gained riches and power and promised to marry him. But eventually she began promising the same
thing to many of the other priests and even convinced the priestesses to help
her and she would help them gain their true love. Then one day she took all they had given her and left without a
word. The cat spirit was well, really
pissed about how the priest had used him and so were the others so they cursed
the family Sohma and sealed themselves inside of them until they could find
someone of good and kindness to heal the wounds of the cursed. It also goes on more about the cat. The reason the cat seems to have an extra
form was because he was truly in love with this woman even before she decided
to use him for power. So when he was
cursed he was given the extra form because that is the form given to him by the
pain of love.� She paused to take a
breath and meet all of their gazes stopping on Hatori for a moment before
continuing on. �The curse needs to be
broken by a woman of pure kindness and good but there is also a rule, it must
happen on the year of the cat which will follow the boar. The cat was going to become a member of the
zodiac years but it�s form was too fearful and anguished so they left it
out. The Chinese zodiac was created a
few years before this started so they were in the middle of the chart when they
decided this. They never really agreed
if the cat was first or last. Anyway,�
she said getting back on subject.
�There is more to breaking the curse.
The cat was in love with the evil woman and so the cat must fall in love
and create a child to be born into its year.
I�ve been looking for a better translation but I think it means Kyo
needs to fall in love with this woman who is all good and needs to have a kid
in the year of the cat. But if it�s
after the year of the boar I don�t see how that�s possible because it says it
has to happen on a year of double zeros, loosely translated of course. But that would be the year 2000, and I don�t
know how that�d work. The year of the
boar is in 1994 making the year of the rat or cat or whatever the year
1995.� She sighed.

�It�s
off,� Shigure said like everyone knew what the hell he was talking about.

�What
do you mean,� asked Rei very annoyed.

�The
years are off.� Once again he didn�t
elaborate pissing everyone off.

�What
does that mean,� said Hatori trying to not get pissed.

�Don�t
you remember history? Most of history
is based on the AD BC system which was created by the Aztecs but they said the
calendar is off somewhere between 3 � 7 years.
And if it�s only about five years off��

�Then
it would mean this year is the boar and next year would be��

�The
year of the cat,� said Akito finishing her thought.

�Ok
so all Tohru has to do is have a kid by next year,� said Shigure.

�Actually
there�s more to it then that,� said Rei.

�What
do you mean there�s more,� asked Akito sounding pissed.

�Well
I gave you the condensed version and I didn�t understand the years so I didn�t
elaborate. There�s a whole thing about
there being a courtship the year before the cats year and she needs to be
pregnant before the new year,� she said sweat dropping.

�What?!� Akito was pissed. �My life depends on if that stupid cat can knock her up!� Akito was very pissed. �This is insane,� he said smashing a nearby
vase into the wall. Akito was very very
pissed.

�You
don�t need to worry, she already is,� said Shigure speaking up. �She found out when she was in the
hospital.� Akito was very very very
pissed�at Shigure.

�When
the hell were you going to tell me?!�
He said breathing hard.

�After
we figured out this whole prophecy curse thing,� he said it like it was
nothing. �You should be happy! Tohru is due in June and as long as nothing
goes wrong the curse should be broken!�

�As
long as nothing goes wrong,� Akito spoke the words softly finally calming down.

�Rei,�
he commanded her name making her sit up at attention.

�Yes,�
she asked.

�Quit
your job now.�

�What?!�

�Call
in now and quit. You will now be
employed as my personal physician, you�ll be paid well don�t worry about
that. Hatori will train you in the next
two weeks before he leaves.�

�Leaves,�
asked Hatori.

�Yes,
you are to stay at Shigure�s during Tohru�s pregnancy and make sure she stays
healthy. Nothing is to go wrong during
her pregnancy, do you understand?� Hatori looked ready to protest but stopped
as he got the �look� from Akito.

�Yes,
Akito-san.� His eyes wandered back to
Rei as he spoke his eyes lingering on her and her confused and frightened eyes.

Author�s Note: I
have to stop trying to hook everyone up!
Oh well Hatori needs to get some too.
And the reason this chapter was so long was because I thought of putting
the explanation in the next chapter but decided against it since I keep putting
the damn plot off. Anyway I hope you
enjoyed! Please review!! PLEASE!!!
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