Obanwa, and Konichiwa! I do not own Fruits Basket, nor do I own any of the characters, and if I did, I would be busy making out with Kyo right now… Enjoy!
Tohru let out a small, happy sigh as she walked down the path in the forest. Today she had worked extra hard, since one of the other janitors at the building hadn't been there. It made her feel good, but her arms were sore. What a beautiful lily, thought Tohru as she picked it up and tucked it into her hair.
"Eep!" peeped Tohru, as her bag hit the dirt path, all her possessions scattered about. Her biology homework, her house key, her picture of her Mom, two pads, and her cat figurine that she now carried with her everywhere she went. All of a sudden, Kyo was there, helping her collect her belongings. He left the pads for her to pick up, but he looked at her curiously as he fingered the cat figurine. Blushing, Tohru quickly stuffed it in her bag, along with the pads.
"Thank you, Kyo! I didn't know you would be here, tonight!" Tohru felt her face go tomato red.
"Yeah, well I was going to pick you up from work tonight. I was running a little late, though. That da...n Yuki's fault." Kyo was still looking at her in that way.
"It's starting to rain," commented Tohru, popping open her umbrella. "Here, I don't think you brought one." She gestured for Kyo to come, and he ducked under the warm, dry shelter.
"Who's that?" Tohru was peering into the fog, where a slim, elegant silhouette was walking towards them. "Is that… no, it couldn't be Akito, could it?" Kyo looked frightened, and Tohru thought she knew why.
"Tohru…" he began. But Tohru didn't want to hear what would have come next. She could guess accurately enough. High school was coming to an end in a couple weeks, and she knew what that meant, though Kyo didn't know that she knew.
As she sprinted through towards Akito, Tohru could feel the cold drops of rain mixing with the hot tears spilling out of her eyes at the thought of Kyo leaving. "Akito," she cried. " AKITO!" louder this time. When she finally reached "him" she tried to push 'him' away as she had done the first time they had met. Away from her, but mostly away from Kyo.
"Idiot," he said. "Get out of my way." With a single smack he sent Tohru flying into the mud, a drop of scarlet blood sliding down her face. Akito walked on as if nothing had happened. "Cat. I'm not here for the reason you're thinking… you still have two weeks to beat the rat." He smirked, not believing that Kyo would ever beat Yuki. "I hold true to my word. I hope you can hold true to yours, too. Ah, I see you don't know what I mean? You told me you didn't love Tohru. You agreed with me that she was a monster."
Tohru lifted her bloody, tearstreaked face. She looked hurt.
"BAST...! YOU WOULD HAVE KILLED HER!" Kyo wouldn't let Akito do this to Tohru… or him.
When Kyo's fist plunged into Akito's stomach, his bracelet gleamed in the dull moonlight. Too late, Tohru realized what was about to happen.
Akito pulled the bracelet from Kyo's wrist. It seemed to fall in slow motion, bouncing in the mud, until it lay still.