Act 3: Then the Princess saw the Prince sitting alone...
"I saw you being lonely and I wanted to give you my hand so we can be friends," the Princess read to the Prince. "And the girl said to the cat, 'I want to see you happy... I smiled whenever you were near me.'"

Part Two: The Guardians
*Someone to love. Someone to hate. Someone to give a helping hand.
Someone to make you smile*

Sohma Kazuma
  
Kazuma runs a dojo. A karate instuctor, who is Kyo's guardian but among other things, is also somewhat a mentor to all the other Sohmas. Kazuma has a very playful and gentle personality. He can't cook that well, he always has a smile on his face, and Hanajima has a crush on him ^_^ but there's a serious side to Kazuma too, especially when it concerns Kyo. When Kazuma was little, he remembered his grandfather being locked away because he possessed the spirit of the cat. Back then, he was scared of his grandfather. Often times, he would look at his grandfather locked inside his prison cell and Kazuma would back away afraid. But instead of his grandfather being angry and sad, Kazuma's grandfather was gentle and always had a smile for him. Kazuma felt guilty about not welcoming his grandfather in his heart that when he saw Kyo for the first time being shunned and ignored because the little boy was also possessed by the spirit of the cat, he immediately understood the loneliness Kyo was going through. Kazuma took Kyo in, ignoring the whispers of everyone that he passed by. In the beginning, Kazuma took Kyo in to compensate for his guilt, but as time passed by...

Whenever I saw him smile, I felt that attachment grow stronger. He became important to me, and I worried about him, and wanted him to have more happiness than anyone in the world. I felt almost as if I really were his father.

If it were not for Kazuma I don't think Kyo would even become the person he has grown to be. Kazuma rescued Kyo from his isolation. Kazuma gave Kyo a new outlook on life and gave him love he never recieved from his real parents. It was Kazuma that forced Kyo to confront his demons. To stop hiding from who he really is. When he took Kyo's bracelet off to make him see that there is someone out there, like Tohru, that truly cares for him no matter what, Kyo was saved again. Kyo realized that if he can't accept himself, if he can't look forward, if he can't accept his "true form" then he can never really live.

I'm sorry......for always causing you so much trouble... For treating you like a place to escape... I'm sorry... But! I still have a long way to go, a very long way to go, but someday, someday, I will become someone who is able to tell everyone that you are my dad, and say it with pride, that is the kind of person I will BECOME! .

Kagura's Mom
Kagura is very lucky to have a mom that cares about her daughter and is very understanding. Kagura's father isn't mentioned in Fruits Basket, just that in Kagura's memories when she was little, her parents always fought and her mother always cried. But now that it seems it is only her mother and her who live together, along with Rin sometimes, Kagura lives in a much better household environment. Like Hiro's mom, Satsuki, Kagura's mom is protective and is always concerned about her daughter... especially if it concerns Akito. Like any mother, she notices if Kagura is sad, always asking if she is alright, even understanding Kagura's violent and hazardous nature. You broke the door last month too remember? Be careful...

Kyo's mom was protective of Kyo but not in a way that "normal" parents are protective of their children. She was protective of him because she was ashamed and embarassed. How can she give birth to a child that was possesed by the spirit of the cat? She hid him away so others won't be able to see him or interact with him. She told him it was because she loved him. It's because you're so cute, I don't want to share you with anyone She pretended that everything was OK. But why, wondered Kyo, if you loved me... No. The truth is that you were scared, weren't you? That's why you would check many times a day to make sure I was wearing my bracelet, isn't it? I think Kyo back then and even now, loved his mother. He was willing to accept his mother if only she understood. He wanted that mother's love, much like Yuki needed it and he never ever recieved it. The love was only pretend. Kyo's mother was so affected with her child being born possessed with the spirit of the cat that she killed herself, leaving Kyo to be accused by others that he was the one that killed her. Kazuma assured him that this wasn't so. It wasn't his fault at all.

It would have been okay if she didn't love... all of me... It's okay to be scared of me... Being scared would have been evidence that she was also really seeing the ugly part of me. But that person only tried to cover it up with her love. She never tried to think about it. Tainted with philanthropic intent, did you really think it would be enough to just keep saying you loved me?

Kyo's Dad
Kyo's dad blames everything that has happened to him on Kyo, especially for "killing" his wife. Kyo's dad, doesn't even acknowledge him, refering to his son as "It" or "That". He wants Kyo locked up forever in a cell that will never see light. Besides, it is what Akito wants.

The very thought of That living outside makes me uneasy. That is a Monster. I won't forgive It. It killed my wife. How much have I had to suffer and endure living like this. And That feels no remorse at all...

Kazuma told him that he was just like Kyo before. That he chose to close his eyes and plug his ears instead of really hearing and watching the changes. Kazuma tells him that no matter what, he will never return Kyo to the life he lead in the past.

I don't want him to return. Never again do I want him to stand with that darkness.

Honda Kyoko

It's still a mystery what exactly happened the day Kyoko died... A long time ago, Kyoko met Kyo. She saw that he was lonely and talked to him, showing him a picture of her "treasure." She told him that though she had caused her daughter problems and caused her daughter to also be lonely... She still had hope for her daughter to blossom. Kyo often asked himself why he was saved.

I'm always the one hurting others. Why didn't that person kill me? It would have been better if she killed me. Why am I here still alive until now? What does it mean to be someone who only exists thanks to a strangers life? ... Stealing something that has no equal and trampling it underfoot.

Kazuma: But no matter how much you resist and crush it underfoot, as often hopelessness overwhelms you, so too will hope come...

Kyo felt hopeless because he took Kyoko away from her "treasure". Why save someone that had no hope? But here was another chance to bring hope back. Kyoko's treasure was still blossoming in front of Kyo's eyes.

I love you. I don't want to steal anything else. I never want to trample another thing... If only for the time remaining, be by my side.

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