A new start
I wonder what I'll do with mom later? she stopped and put her finger to her lips for a small pause, as she thought at what the surprise her mom had promised her later that day after school could be, and now here she was, walking home, pondering on where she would be taken. she carried on past rows of shops on broad street, spying several interesting ones with all sorts of objects in them, a small shop caught her eye, with small and delicate china bears in the window. mom would love one of these! and in through the tiny door she skipped, a huge grin plastered across her face.
But this was all about to change. "mom!" she said happily as she came out the shop with a small, pastel yellow bear cupped in her hands, and saw her mother, kyoko Honda carrying a large amount of shopping in her hands. "oh! Tohru!" She said looking startled and anxious in one flash across her face, and just as fast as it appeared, it was gone, and a smile crept in as she recognised the young 17 year old girl in front of her. "you wouldn't help an old lady cross the street to her apartment?" she said, a cheeky look added to this comment made Tohru giggle like a small child.
"mom your not old!" she grinned, but as they walked across the busy street, they did not notice the tram coming down the hill……
" quick! Stop the tram! Put on the brakes!" was heard from the conductor of the tram rolling at 40 miles an hour down the hill, quickly gaining speed as it got to the steepest part. "I….I can't!" shouted the driver panic spread on his face as fast as the tram was rolling, "the brakes they're stuck!" he grabbed the brake stick with both of his hands and pulled, the conductor joined him, grabbing the other side of the stick and pushed. as hard as the men tried they could not prevent what was going to happen…..
"look out!" a cry was heard from the crowd as they stared in awe at what they knew was going to happen.
"Tohru! Keep back!" screamed kyoko as her terrified eyes saw the out of control tram racing towards them. She pushed Tohru out of the way of the danger, only to put herself in the centre of it. As tohru shook her head and went to stand up she was pulled up by strong arms, pulling her towards a tall and serious looking man, he told her to not look back, to just stay here and wait for him to return, but she couldn't understand what he meant, and so, out of pure instinct she went against his orders, and spun around, searching as she turned, for her mother. She stopped. Now she fully understood what he meant, and instantly wished she had listened. She had found her mother. She suddenly heard a scream but realised, it was not from the crowd, but from her own mouth, a strong, and pure scream, that, as she soon found out, she could not stop, as much as she tried. mom! No! please be ok! You have to be ok! she rushed to her mothers side, and stared in horror as a large pool of blood was added to the already gathering pool, a crimson blanket spreading from her delicate head, her face a deathly white, her eyes closed. "no! mom! Please, wake up!" a panic spread through Tohru Honda like no other. Suddenly the blackened rims parted around kyokos eyes, and she wearily stared up at tohru and the tall man standing next to her, a saddened look on his face, a petrified look on hers. "please……please….sir……take care of her……she's all I had left…..please" she reached out and took her daughters hand, pain flashing across her face, as she raised her head a little, the man crouched down and held her head. "please, try not to move, my name is Hatori….I am a doctor." she smiled and turned to her daughter, a member of the crowd had rushed to help Hatori hold a bandage against her head, "Tohru?…….Tohru look at me……" Tohru turned tears running down her cheeks. "mom?" kyokos reply shocked her beyond thought. "Tohru……my little Tohru…….when I am gone….." but she was interrupted by tohru, a desperate look upon her face. "No mom! I won't let you go! You can't! please! We've called an ambulance, you…..you'll be ok!" she was sobbing now, holding her moms hand to her cheek. "Tohru……you know that's not true……look at me……..I'm….I'm almost gone! But listen to me, I'm not going……I'm not going away from you…..I'll be right here" and her hand left Tohru's cheek, slipped to the place where her heart was, and Tohru gave a small smile, that vanished when the hand slipped further down, landing with a thump on the ground. Kyoko Honda was dead.