Fruits Basket+1||On Hold and Editing||

Chapter 1||The House||

Emiko's POV

"Emi! Emiko!" said Tohru as she shook me awake. "It's time to wake up!" 

"Hai..." I said. 

Let me introduce myself. My name is Emiko Honda and I have an older sister named Tohru Honda. We live in a tent and my sister is in her first year in Kaibara High School and is very clumsy and ditzy. She is average height with long brown hair with bangs. I have brown shoulder-length hair. I'm in my first year at Kaibara Junior High and to say so myself, the more mature one. I am 12 years old and my sister is 16. I bear a curse. 

"I wanted to wake you up earlier so we could explore the area," explained Tohru. 

"Cool!" I said, "Let me put on my clothes and we can go." 

After some time, I said, "C'mon let's go! I'm ready!"

"Yay!" said Tohru. 

As we walked higher we reached the highest point and then Tohru said, "Doesn't the breeze feel nice?" 

"It does!" I replied. 

"Ooh! Look! A house!" said Tohru. 

"Hmm?" I asked but she was already heading down the hill. As I got closer to the house, I saw that my sister was looking at some animal figurines. 

"It's another set without the cat," I hear her say. 

"So they're zodiac figurines?" I asked. 

"Yup! They are," said an unfamiliar voice. 

"Who are you?" I said with a note of hostility in my voice. 

"I'm Shigure," said Shigure. "I painted those figurines." 

"And it's another set without the cat," said Tohru sadly. 

"Cat?" asked Shigure. 

"You see, our mother often told us the story about the cat and 12 zodiac animals. My sister wanted to be the 'year' of the cat and quit being the year of the dog," I explained. 

"What a coincidence! I am also the year of the dog! Though I wonder what the cat would say if he heard that," he mused aloud. "What year are you then?" 

"Rabbit," I answered, "C'mon sis. We've got to go." 

"Oh! I am so sorry Shigure-san. I just realized we trespassed onto your property!" said Tohru. 

"It's fine... What are you ladies doing here anyway?" he asked. "We live around here." said Tohru. 

"I see...Ow!" he suddenly said. When we looked back we saw that he was clutching his head and there was a figure behind him. 

"Sohma-san!" my sister exclaimed. 

"You know him?" I asked her. 

"Not personally though he is in my class," she explained. 

"Honda-san, he didn't do anything inappropriate did he?" said Sohma. 

"No... ! Anyway! This is my younger sister Emiko!" she said. 

"Nice to meet you," I bowed. 

"Same," replied Sohma. "This here is my cousin Shigure Sohma. I am Yuki Sohma." I nodded in response and said, "C'mon sis. We have to go now," and grabbed her hand. 

"Wait! Since we're here, let's walk to school together," said Yuki. 

"Fine with me," I shrugged. 

"Sure!" said Tohru. As we walked, my sister kept chatting and that boy Yuki just kept nodding and stuff. Soon we arrived at my school.

"See you later sis!" I said. 

"Bye!" she replied.