Writer's note Hmm yeah, remember how I said I would wait till I finished my Fruits Basket does the Excel Saga thing before I made a new story? I was on the verge of insanity from not being able to type up this idea so I had to do it anyway!! Don't worry, I'm actually, pretty much done with that other fic. Its going to be 26 chapters and its all saved in my computer, I just gotta edit them a little before I post them up so technically, I kept my promise and did finish that one first. :D see? I don't lie... too much. Anyway, I hope you like this. It's a AU because those are just so fun!

"This is terrible," Tohru's uncle sighed as he covered his face with his hands. "First the king and now his damned wife. We can't let that little girl become the queen."

"Well what can we do?" the head of the council asked. "It was the Queen's last request before she died that her daughter should rule."

"Her death was two months ago," another member moaned. "We have to do something quick before the people realize this much time has passed without a ruler."

"And if foreign nations were to find out," the head of the council shivered. "We'd be ruined."

"I won't stand for this!" Torhu's Uncle shouted jumping to his feet. "When my brother died, I should have been the next in line to rule. Instead we were forced to leave the country in the hands of that incompetent wife of his. Now, she has the gall to crown her daughter as queen?! This is ridiculous!"

"Does the princess know of her mother's last wish?"

"Of course not," Tohru's uncle said dryly. "It wasn't hard to keep the truth from her when she runs out everyday to play around with that village boy."

"Ah yes, the princess and the village rat. How disgraceful. Pray tell then sire, what shall we do about Princess Tohru?"

"If she were dead," the uncle began calmly resting his chin in his hands. "If she were dead, she wouldn't be able to become queen. I could be ruler, and my son after me. A whole new line of Hondas would take the throne. If only she were dead..."

"Princess," Yuki called quietly from his place perched on Tohru's window sill. "wake up princess."

"Hmm?" Tohru murmured opening her eyes. She sat up quickly in bed, a little surprised. "Yuki-kun? What are you doing here?"

"Hehe, I guess I just wanted to see you." Yuki grinned at her, the pale moonlight from the window outside casting a dim glow on his face.

"Yuki-kun," Tohru giggled nervously. "What if my uncle finds you here. We'll both be in trouble."

"Hmm, that may be so, I guess I better not let him find me then." He climbed down from the window and sat beside Tohru on her bed.

"How exactly did you get up here anyway?" Tohru asked confused. "Umm, this room is on the fourth floor of the castle."

"Oh, it actually wasn't that hard," Yuki explained brushing a few leaves from his shirt. "I climbed up the tree outside to your window."

"Yuki-kun! That's dangerous!"

"Naw, its perfectly safe." He kissed her gently on the lips. "And it was worth it too. But you know, I don't think I like your room being so easy to access. Anyone could just come in here if they wanted to."

"Who would want to sneak in here?" Tohru laughed shaking her head.

He was silent for a moment. "You'd be surprised. Royalty shouldn't be so trusting when there's power involved."

"Does it bother you? That I'm a princess?"

"Of course not," Yuki said shaking his head. "As long as it doesn't bother you that I'm not a prince."

"But you are," Tohru said placing her hand on his playfully. "You're my prince. I'm actually really glad you came too."

"Why is that?"

"I was having a horrible dream. I'm glad you woke me up from it."

"What was it about?"

"Hmm," Tohru said thoughtfully closing her eyes. "I don't remember anymore, but afterwards I felt very sad."

"Don't worry about it," Yuki reassured running a hand through her hair. "It was just a dream. Dreams can't hurt you." They stopped when they heard footsteps coming towards her room."

"Oh no," Tohru whispered panicking. "You better hide. They must have heard us." Yuki quickly ducked under her bed and Tohru quickly lay down and pulled the covers up to her chin. She watched as her door opened and a dark shadow crept in. Who could that be? Is my uncle angry that Yuki's here? Did he hear us? She closed her eyes half-way, still watching the shadow from under her eyelashes. The shadow crept up to her bed, and she saw a beam of moonlight reflect off the shiny blade of a dagger. The weapon came down from above her. Screaming, Tohru rolled to the side, the dagger stabbing into the mattress. Yuki came out from under the bed as he tried to comprehend what was going on.

"Princess!" he shouted helping her to her feet.

"Damn," the shadow grumbled pulling his blade free from the bed.

"What the hell are you doing?" Yuki demanded as Tohru cowered behind him.

"It's the village rat," the shadow hissed raising his weapon. Yuki kicked it from his hand and punched the guy in the face. The man teetered back, and Yuki kicked him quickly in the ribs. The shadowy figure fell back, groaning on the ground.

"Hurry princess," Yuki whispered frantically. They could hear more footsteps running through the hallway. "Climb down the tree and get out of here."

"What?" she cried. "I'll fall!"

"You have to," he pleaded leading her to the window. "I'll be right behind you. I don't know what's going on and I don't know how else to protect you unless we get as far away from here as possible."

"All right," she murmured reaching out the window and climbing onto the ledge. She lost her balance and fell forward a little.

Yuki grabbed her shoulder to steady her. "Grab the big branch there, then put your foot on the smaller one under it," he instructed. Tohru listened and pulled herself onto the large branch, while getting a foot hold on another below her. Slowly, she climbed down while Yuki watched from the window.

"You're doing it," he encouraged. "All right, I'm going to come down now..." he gasped as he felt the cold steel of a blade enter his back. Looking behind him, he saw a dozen men running into the room, and the man who had attacked earlier smirking at him. The shadowy figure could now be identified as one of the palace's own guards. Before Yuki could react, the man pulled the dagger from his back and stabbed him again. Yuki grimaced, quickly knocking the guy back with his elbow and jumping to the large branch by the window.

"Yuki-kun?" Tohru cried frantically from the ground. "What happened? Who was that behind you?"

"It was nothing," he mumbled before letting himself drop to the ground. He pulled the knife from his back when Tohru's attention was turned to the loud calls in the castle.

"Get her!" they shouted. "Get her!!"

"Come on," Yuki said grabbing her hand and pulling her forward. "We have to hide."

"Yuki-kun, what's this on your hand?" she asked as they ran from the palace grounds and entered into a woods. "It's all sticky."

"Tree sap," he murmured not really paying attention. "Don't worry about it." They ran deeper into the thick forest, till even the moon offered no help in lighting their path. After nearly two hours of exhausting flight, Yuki collapsed near a small stream.

"Are you all right?" Tohru gasped in concern as she tried to catch her own breath.

"This should be far enough," he said weakly, smiling at her a little. He reached into the stream and sipped a handful of water. "It tastes pretty clean if you want some."

"No, its all right," Tohru said leaning back against a rock. "I'm just so tired." She placed her face in her hands and closed her eyes. "Why? They were trying to kill me back there. Why would they want me dead?"

"I don't know," Yuki said quietly. He lay down on the ground and closed his eyes, wincing in pain from his wounds. "We'll find out why," he promised. "I just need to sleep for awhile. I can't... think straight right now. Maybe if I sleep..."

"All right," Tohru said laying down near him. She closed her eyes, exhaust causing her to fall into a deep sleep.

I have to protect her... but everything's becoming so dark...

"Yuki-kun," Tohru murmured opening her eyes. "It's morning." She turned to look at him and found that he was pale white, blood soaking into his clothes. "Yuki-kun," she whispered fearfully sitting up. She leaned over him, her eyes wild. "Wake up Yuki-kun!" she cried shaking him a little. She realized her hands were caked in dry blood from when he had been pulling her along through the woods. "We made it. Please wake up." His body remained motionless. Tohru knelt her head over his chest and felt her blood run cold. "He's not breathing," she said tearfully. "Yuki-kun! Yuki-kun!!"

"Hey you!!" an orange haired guy shouted coming over. "What do you think you're doing in my forest!"

"He's gone," Tohru whispered. She held up her hands covered in his blood and wept into them, the red streaking her face. "He's really gone."

"What the hell are you crying about?" the guy stammered annoyed. "Get a hold of yourself damn it!" He noticed the body of the lavender haired boy laying before her. "What's Yuki doing here?" he muttered to himself. He kicked the dead guy a little with his foot. "Hey you! The damned rat! Get up!"

"I told you," she said tearfully, "he's gone, I don't know why this had to happen..." She looked up at the angry boy who was now kicking Yuki's body harder. "And who are you? Could you please stop kicking him now?"

"I can't believe the stupid rat is actually dead," Kyo said incredulously. He turned his attention back to Tohru. "Oh yeah, my name is Kyo. I'm a fire elf."

"So, you were like Yuki-kun then?" Tohru asked amazed.

"Yeah, we're from the elf clan... but humans aren't exactly supposed to know about us." Kyo glared at her. "Just how did you know this damned rat anyway?"

"I wanted to marry him," she said quietly. "I didn't care that he was a water elf. I just wanted to be with him."

"Relations between a human and an elf are forbidden," Kyo said firmly. "Surely you realized that."

"Yes, I knew."

"I can't believe he's dead," the fire elf moaned again. "Damn it, I wanted to be the one to kill him."

"You what?" Tohru gasped.

"Oh, well not literally. I just kind of uhh... hated him, and we had this rivalry thing going on." Tohru just looked down sadly at Yuki, her eyes welling with tears again. "It just doesn't feel real. First my dad, then my mom, and now... I just don't know what to do."

"Here, give him to me," Kyo finally muttered grabbing hold of Yuki and hoisting him over his shoulder. "We'll take him to our clan head and see what can be done."

"Okay," Tohru said uncertainly pulling herself to her feet. She looked down at her clothing embarrassed. She was wearing only a silk nightgown and her feet were raw and bloody from running in the woods barefoot. "I must look terrible," she murmured to herself.

"You look fine," Kyo grunted not bothering to even glance over. He led her to a clearing where tents and a fire were set up.

"You're back Kyo-kun!" Kagura squealed running up to him. She gasped when she saw Yuki. "What happened!?"

"I'm not sure," Kyo grumbled. "But he's dead. I want the clan head to see him and see if there's something she can do."

"Hana-sama is busy right now," Kagura said sympathetically. "But I'm sure she'll see to him as soon as possible." The girl stopped, noticing Tohru for the first time. "Who's this girl?"

"Umm," Tohru said looking down. "I'm uh, Tohru Honda. Princess of this country."

Kagura looked at her oddly then broke into fits of laughter. "You, are the princess? I'm sure you are honey." She sighed and placed a hand on Tohru's shoulder. "Please, it doesn't matter who you are. Let's just get you cleaned up. My my, all that blood, are you hurt anywhere at all? We have a clan doctor if you need one."

"It's not mine," Tohru said quietly.

Kagura nodded and led her to a river. "Clean yourself off a little and I'll find some clothes and shoes to lend you."

"Thank you," Tohru replied gratefully as she sat along the edge of the stream. She dunked her feet and legs in, the water up to her knees, and dipping in her hands, cupped them with water and splashed her face. The dried blood rinsed away slowly, staining the water pink till it was pulled away upstream, dispersing and disappearing quickly. Tohru looked at her now clean hands. "It's like it was never there," she commented to herself thoughtfully. "Then, what was the point? Mom, I wish you were still here. I really need you right now." She closed her eyes, feeling herself ready to cry again.

"Here," Kagura said coming up to her. "If you're done you can change into these."

"Thank you so much," Tohru said smiling as she took the clothing.

"And you can change in my tent if you like," the elf girl offered pointing to her left. "You'll be able to have some privacy there." She narrowed her eyes. "Unlike some places where a beautiful girl is never safe!" She threw a rock at a figure crouching behind a bush.

"You're so mean!" Shigure whined as he stood up, rubbing his soar head. "I was just watching over our guest's well being."

"Haha, I'm a good shot aren't I?" Kagura giggled loudly. "I hit him with such accuracy. This settles it. I really will make a wonderful wife for Kyo-kun. KYO-KUN!" she cried running from Tohru in search of her long lost love. "Where are you darling?" Shigure smiled sheepishly at the princess before saying goodbye and finally going on his merry way.

Tohru grinned to herself. "What nice people. I hope we become friends." Taking the clothes, she went into the tent and pulled on the long, soft dress. It was a deep blue color with matching felt shoes.

Kagura peeked her head in a few minutes later. "Our clan leader Hana-sama will see you now."

"I hear from Kyo that you and Yuki were in love, is that so?"

"Ye... yes we were," Tohru stammered.

"Can you prove it?" Hana asked softly staring deeply into her eyes. "Can you show me your love?"

"What do you mean?" Tohru asked nervously.

"If you can not show it to me, if you can not give me something to see with my own eyes, how can I know if this love you speak of really existed?"

"It just... did," Tohru said helplessly. "My mom always told me love was something we learned to feel as we grew up. She said not everyone can feel it, but when you do, you just know it. I loved her and Yuki-kun more than anyone else in the whole world."

"I see," Hana said thoughtfully. "I am going to put my faith in you then, Tohru."

"Your faith?"

"Have you ever heard of a unicorn?"

"Of course. They're legendary, immortal creatures that look like a mare with a horn upon its forehead."

"That's right, and do you know of their powers?"

"Not really."

"They can restore life to the dead," Hana said softly. "Unicorns live for harmony and beauty. When it is for the sake of love, they will bring the dead back to life with the power of their horn."

"They, can do that?" Tohru asked incredulously. "If I find one, can I bring back Yuki-kun?"

"Yes, but only if you find one."

Writer's note Hurray!! I finally got to do a different fic. Ahhh, it was so nice being able to be serious for once. I hope you liked it. I just love fantasy type stuff and I think Unicorns are gorgeous creatures. Thank you for reading and please review! Its great inspiration for continuing fics you know.