A young girl with red hair was twisting and turning in a weirdly decorated tent on some sort of land, she was young, around 15. She yawned as she woke up "Oh I completely forgot I was in a tent... I better head to school."
She brushed her messy hair out of her face, she grabbed her washcloth from the corner of the tent and walked over to the the water spring, she dipped it into the water and started scrubbing her face vigorously- she stopped and made a satisfied sigh of relief. "Refreshing~" She smiled as she let the rag dry on a rock, she grabbed hold of her school bag that was sitting in front of her tent- she peered inside "See you after school, guys." she waved goodbye to the picture of her mom and dad that was in her tent.
She walked across a makeshift bridge which honestly should of alarmed her but she had passed it many times now and while she was straying from the path for a better look at the scenery she ended up seeing a pretty beautiful house that she had passed so many times but this time she had realized that there was a display of zodiac paperweights, more accurately, the chinese zodiac. She had learned of the old folktale when she was younger, her mom and dad told her all about it.
She curiously walked up to it and took a closer look at the set, she was trying to find the cat but there wasn't one at all. She sighed and then she looked up to find a man with red spiky long hair and emerald green eyes, he was wearing a black and white patterned kimono that was left open to show he was wearing a normal t-shirt and jeans. "Excuse me, Ma'am- can I help you?" He asked, he seemed rather polite.
She looked up at him "Oh I'm so sorry! I'm Kairi Tanaka! I was just heading to school and I noticed you had these zodiac paperweight collections!" she excused, she bowed apologetically, in her mind she was scared she may have offended him, and revealed her basically homeless state.
"Oh, are you interested in them?" he asked her, a smile on his face as he sat down cross-legged next to the display, she sighed in relief as she slowly straightened her posture to look directly up at him. "Mhm! My momma told me the story when I was pretty young... she told me the story."A little Kairi was laying down in bed, her equally as a red-headed mother, was laying down next to her, Kairi had watched in awe.
"Long ago, God told all the animals he was throwing a banquet the next day and not to be late. The mischievous rat told his neighbor, the cat, that the banquet was the day after tomorrow. So, the next day, all the animals lined up for the banquet, and the rat rode there all the way on the cow's back.All the animals had fun, except for the cat, who was at home sleeping and dreaming of a banquet that would never come. so then the cat fought the rat every time he saw him so he would be accepted with the others."
Little Kairi burst into tears "The poor kitty! That's it!" Kairi stood up valiantly and smiled as she made a pose that rivaled those statues of gods you see in museums. "I'll become a kitty! And I'll be the puppy no more!"
Her mom started chuckling as Kairi did this, and Kairi turned to her "what so funny?"
"Nothing." her mom reassured her with a proud smile on her face.
Kairi giggled "After hearing that, I vowed to become the cat instead of the dog!" she told him with a smile and a closed fist with a triumphant pose. The man nodded, a smile creeping up his face as he got a bit closer to her; "Well you can call me Axel Shinzo, you know that story really makes me feel a lot closer with you-" Kairi tilted her head "huh?"
He gently grabbed one of her hands with both of his, and while grasping them he told her "Considering that we're both the dog I feel extremely close with you alread-"
He was interrupted with a loud and hard hit to the head. He flinched in pain, he grabbed the back of his head in pain as tears were in the corners of his eyes, he looked up and standing over him was Riku Shinzo, this man had silver hair that reached his chin and was only a little spiky in the back, he had a beautiful face and he always had the calmest demeanor. "Control your urges for once, Lea. Teasing isn't a good look on you."
Kairi gasped in sudden shock. 'Lea' looked at him "It's Axel! And what do you carry in your bag anyway? It's like you're toting around a dictionary!" he said, obviously peeved. "I'm carrying two, actually," he said matter-of-factly, then he turned to the young girl. "Ah, Miss Tanaka?"
"Oh, you two know each other?" Axel said, kind of suggesting something. Kairi nodded "Well kinda! Me and Shinozo go to school together." she explained. Axel nodded "Well Riku, you better offer to-"
Riku ignored him "Miss Tanaka, we might as well walk to school together since we're heading in the same direction." Riku told her, Axel looked offended that he was ignored, but he didn't say anything anyway.
Kairi nodded in agreement "Sure! We should probably leave now though, I did end up spending just a little too much time here.
"We'll Be heading out, Lea."
"Axel."
"Whatever."
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Fruits Basket: Kingdom Hearts
FanfictionMainly Sora X Kairi but there is plenty of shipping fuel to come later and even cute moments between Riku and Kairi. Kingdom hearts fruits basket AU: After losing her mother in a traffic accident, Kairi Tanaka found herself living all alone in a ten...