Akigure

Akigure is the het ship between Akito Sohma and Shigure Sohma from the Fruits Basket fandom.

Canon
Akito and Shigure are member of the Sohma family. In every generation, 14 members of the family are possessed by the spirits of the Zodiac animals, as well as the Cat and the God. Shigure is possessed by the Dog's spirit, while Akito is the God. Before Akito was born, she appeared in Shigure's dreams, as well as the other older members that were possessed by the Zodiac ones, telling them that she would meet them soon. Ren, Akito's mother, told Shigure, Hatori, Ayame and Kureno that Akito would be raised as a boy because she thought that leader of the family being a woman would be problematic (supposedly), so Shigure and the other three were the only cursed members that knew that Akito was a girl.

One day, a child Akito and asked a teenager Shigure if he loved her, and he told her that she already asked that to everyone. Later, he answered that he is worrier for her than for anyone else, while giving her a camelia, and that his love for her was and “unshakeable truth”. Since then, Shigure began to be by Akito's side frequently, and often comforted her in his arms when she was crying. One day, Shigure realized that Akito slept with Kureno Sohma, filling him with rage, to the point that she decided to sleep with Ren for revenge. Akito felt deeply humiliated and offended, for how Shigure had ended up sleeping with the woman who had physically and emotionally abused her all her life. Because of this, Akito ended up banishing Shigure from the Sohma's main house. However, Akito deep down still loved Shigure and wanted him by her side all the tim. Eventually, she often let him visit her, so theu could spend more time together.

After the two meet in a dinner, Shigure told her that he came to apologize for not saying hello in the retaurant. Akito asked him about a girl that was by his side and he answered that she was just a girl from his job. Akito asked sarcastically if he has already slept with her and joked saying that she thought that he slept with every girl he knew. Then Akito asked Shigure why he slept with her mother, still full of rage about that. Akito assumed that Shigure had sex with Ren in order to be banish from the main house and stay away from her, using as an argument Shigure's indifference when he was expelled. Shigure told her that the only reason why he did that is because she had sex with Kureno before. Akito got angry again at how Shigure was "blaming" her, and defended herself by saying that, being the god, she has the right to do whatever she wants with the Zodiac members. When Shigure was about to leave seeing that Akito's mood was getting worse, she suddenly kissed him, and later had sex.

When they met after that, Akito was locked in her room and Shigure said that she wouldn't get what she wants that way, and he left early. When Kureono asked Akito if she was going to let Shigure go, she told him that doesn't need him anymore for "being to cruel" and "not taking care of her when she was suffering".

After Tohru fell off a cliff in front Akito and she run away, Shigure was the first person she found. She told him what happened to Tohru and beg him to help her. Knowing how Akito is, Shigure wondered if it was Akito herself who pushed Tohru. Akito told him that she didn't do such thing the ground fell suddenly. Then Shigure called Hatori Sohma, told him about Tohru and asked about Kureno's status after Akito stabbed him. He told Akito that Kureno was fine, in order to calm her down.

After the bond between the members of the Zodiac was broken, Shigure decided to give Akito a kimono as a "parting gift". Akito got hysterical thinking that Shigure wanted to get rid of her as quickly as possible. Shigure told him that by "farewell" he meant a farewell to Akito's old self, since she was going to start a new life away from what her parents wanted her to be, and the dress would help her finally accept her femininity. Then Akito told him that she was always afraid of him, because she felt that he was the one who wanted to get away from her the most and the only one who was not afraid of her. Shigure answered her that whenever he wanted to be by her side, she was always with other men (referencing what she did to him with Kureno), that he decided to do the same with Ren for having a bad lose and that he will never let other man to touch her. Shigure left his room telling him that she was free to decide if she wanted to be with him or not.

After Akito told the true about her gender to the other Zodiac members, she started to think about how selfish Shigure is, acting like he never did anything wrong, and how that annoyed her a lot. But at the same time, she thought about how deeply she loved him despite of what he did to her, and that that feeling coms from her female nature. Akito told Shigure about how was her meeting with the members of the zodiac, that every one was surprised, that she didn't feel able to apologize for wath she did to all of them and that she decided to saty in the Sohma house more time. Shigure felt upset by Akito's decision, because he had been waiting a long time to finally be with her. However, Shigure told her that she looked pretty in her kimono and the two started expressing how much they loved each other for a while.

At the end of the series, Akito and Shigure are shown together again. Shigure ask Akito if she wants to go with him, but Akito answered that she has more things to do in the house. She also tell him that she can't go to see Tohru and Kyo off, but that she will visit Tohru often. Shigure ask Akito if he can go with her and she nods, but he after calls he "crafty girl". In Fruits Basket Another it is revealed that the two got married and had a child called Shiki.

Children
Shiki Sohma Shiki is Akito and Shigure's only child. He looks very similar to his mother. He is destined to be the new leader of the Sohma family. He was often threatened by his grandmother, Ren, who still wanted revenge on Akito, to the point that even wanted to kill him. Both Akito and Shigure strongly love their son, and Akito always protected him from Ren's threats.

Fanon
Akigure is one of the most popular ships within the fandom. However, the revelation that Akito was a girl generated some backlashes from people who shipped them as slash. The same thing happened with other Akito "slash" ships. The ship is still supported due it's canon status. In AO3, Akigure is the 2nd most popular Fruits Basket ships, only surpassed by the series's main couple.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Variations

 * Akigureno refers to the ship between the two and Kureno Sohma