Hi! My first fanfic is up finally! Yee-haw! I actually have this whole thing written out…but I'm not going to put it all up at once! I enjoy making people wait for things.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Fruits Basket characters. But I do own Kaida, so no one can copy her, got it?

Chapter 1

The New Girl

"Kyo-kun! You have to get up! We're going to be late!" Tohru calls into Kyo's room. Her neatly combed hair waves in the slight breeze from the door leading outside the house.

"Wha?" Kyo groans, rolling over in his bed to face the doorway.

"C'mon! It's the first day of the last semester of high school! We don't want to be late!"

"You stupid cat. You're going to make us late." Kyo looks to see Yuki come to stand beside Tohru in the doorway. And then he snaps.

"Don't call me stupid! And it's your own fault for not making me wake up on time!" he yells, pouncing out of bed.

"Kyo-kun, come on, get out of your pajamas! School starts in fifteen minutes! Hana-chan and Uo-chan are waiting!" Tohru says brightly.

"Why do I gotta deal with Wave Girl and that damn Yankee this early?" Kyo groans.

"Miss Honda and I will wait outside for eight minutes. Then we're leaving. Your breakfast and lunch bag are on the table." Yuki says. "Get a move on."

Kyo watches them as they leave, his red eyes unblinking.

That damn rat! Always playing the good guy and sucking up to Tohru! he thinks. Quickly, he dresses in his school uniform, runs a brush through his thick orange hair, grabs his school things, and rushes outside, an onigiri in his hand.

"Well, looks like you made it again. Barely." Yuki says, his purple eyes taunting Kyo.

"Dammit, shut up! You wanna fight me?" Kyo says, glaring.

"With pleasure."

"Yuki-kun, Kyo-kun, stop, we need to go!" Tohru says, her bright voice nervous.

"Sorry, Tohru." Kyo says hastily.

I'm gonna get that damn rat soon! And then Akito will have to let me join the Zodiac!

"Whew! Made it!" Tohru gasps, dropping into her seat.

"With two minutes to spare." Hanajima says, emotionless as always.

Uo-chan looks around the room. "Geez, it's hard to believe soon we'll be in college."

"You will, maybe. But because of my abysmal grades, I don't think I'll make it anywhere." Hanajima says.

"Who cares about college? It's just more boring school!" Kyo rolls his eyes, his feet lazily perched on his desk. Uo-chan kicks his chair, causing him to topple over. "What the hell did you do that for?" he shouts, enraged.

"You do realize you're making a scene." Yuki says.

"Whatever." Kyo sullenly replies, righting his chair and sitting beck down.

"Hey, guys?" Tohru says hesitantly. "Do you know who that is?" They look in the direction she's pointing, towards the windowsill.

Sitting in the window is a girl, wearing the girl's uniform's top and the boy's uniform's pants. Her head is turned, but they all can see she has shorter brown hair, highlighted with gold streaks. "Never seen her before. She must be new." Uo-chan says.

"Class, please take your seats." Mayu-san-sensei says. "Before we begin, I'd like to introduce you to our new student, Kaida Nozomi. Nozomi, get over here." The girl at the window rises and walks over to face the class. Looking at her, Kyo silently gasps. Her eyes are the most unusual he's ever seen, and that's saying something. Her eyes are bright red, with swirls of orange and yellow. They look like fire. She is the most beautiful girl he's ever seen.

She smiles slightly and says, "Mayu-san-sensei, where should I sit? I see no open desks." Her voice sound warm.

"For now, you may continue to sit by the window."

Hold on!" A loud, obnoxious voice rings through the classroom. All look over to see Maketo Takoi, ex- student council president, in the doorway. "Miss Nozomi, your clothing is unacceptable. You are a girl, and should therefore wear the girl's uniform. Furthermore, I do not believe that your eyes are truly such a ridiculous color. You are an embarrassment to the school like this. I feel it is my duty…" Everyone in the class rolls their eyes as he rambles on; Kyo snickers as he watches Kaida turn and walk back to her "seat" without Maketo noticing her absence. Soon the rant reaches a climax. "FURTHERMORE-" Maketo looks around. "Miss Nozomi, are you listening to me?"

"No, was I supposed to be?" Kaida looks up at him in feigned surprise.

"You are an impudent girl. I am going to be sure to report you," he says angrily.

"Have fun. Now, since nobody really cares what you have to say, please leave. We were having quite a nice lesson before you came along." Kaida says coolly. "And don't trip over that chair by the door."

"Geh. I am as coordinated as I am talented." Maketo says as he stalks off, unable to think of a better retort.

"Then you should be even more careful." Kaida says, her voice still cool. He continues to walk away, and, somehow, manages to trip over the chair, which was not in his way in the slightest. He turns around, infuriated.

"What did you do to me?" he asks, rage turning his features bright red.

"Nothing."

"You're a witch, girl," he steams. Slamming the door behind him, he leaves. The second he is gone, the whole class bursts into laughter. Even Yuki is smiling, much to everyone's surprise.

'What?" Kaida says.

"That's the first time I've ever seen anyone tell him off so well. I like you. You've got guts." Uo-chan says.

"Let's begin our lesson now, shall we?" As Mayu-san-sensei begins to teach, Kyo glances over at Kaida. She really does have guts.

Please R&R! I won't update unless I get some reviews! P.S. Kaida is based on my friend TrinityFire13Guardian137- I just used a fake name and several minor added details... She's the one who gave me the idea for this.