Even the Dog Forgot God
Written By: Thea Rea.
Chapter One;
Where's Shigure?
"You're all free to go, you can all go live."
It was the last thing that any of the Zodiac ever heard from the woman that they had feared for so long. They all thought that she would still be close, still hold them by strings that no longer were there, strings that had been cut. She hadn't lied to them, she hadn't told them to leave and then cling onto them. She never contacted them again even after two years of them leaving. They never called her, and she had disappeared from the Main House. No one followed her; they all let her go as she had let them go. And they watched as the Sohma Household became more creepy then it had ever been. They watched as it slowly deteriorated. The Sohma tradition, the Zodiac curse, everything was gone. And so was their God.
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"Yuki-kun!" the happy voice of Tohru flooded into the small apartment, and Yuki smiled softly watching the motherly figure of Tohru Honda approach them. "Yuki-kun, how long has it been since I've last seen you? It's been a few months; really, I was worried about you and Machi-san. You are still together, aren't you?" Yuki nodded and watched as Kyo followed in pursuit of Tohru, a soft smile stealing at his lips. "Oh, me and Kyo got an apartment as well, you know," she continued and Kyo looked at Yuki, an embarrassed look crossing his face.
"You're living together?" Yuki smiled and Tohru nodded happily, looking back at Kyo who still had that flushed embarrassed look across his face. Tohru took his hand and her pure smile still fluttered across her face.
"Kyo-kun, don't be embarrassed!" she giggled and he just looked away, unsure of how to answer her. Yuki watched the couple with amusement in his eyes, and hardly noticed when his phone rang. "Oh, Yuki-kun, do you want me to get that?" she answered with a glad face smiling down at him. He nodded to her, and she quickly stole away to get the phone.
"You're embarrassed to live with the girl that you love?" Yuki chuckled and Kyo felt a sneer spreading across his face. "That's a bit sad, Kyo," he laughed and Kyo had to hold back not to punch him in the face.
"You're lucky I'm practicing restraint," Kyo smirked and Yuki just looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "And I'm not the one that isn't living with his girlfriend, remember that." He snickered and then walked towards an open chair, plopping into it without a care. Yuki's eyes traced him and then he heard a happy hello from somewhere in his bedroom, Tohru must have answered the phone.
"Hello!"
"…Tohru?"
"Yes this is Tohru."
"Is Yuki there?"
"Yes, but can I get who this is."
"Akito."
Tohru held in a gasp, and a surprised look faltered her happy expression. Akito? But Akito had left the Zodiac long before, two years now it had to have been. They had left on good terms but still, why would Akito want Yuki now? Was she going to plead for him to return? Oh, what did Akito want?
"I'll get Yuki-kun for you, Akito-san."
Tohru let down the phone and ran into the living room to see Yuki and Kyo staring at her with equal expressions of interest. She realized that she must have still held the surprised expression across her face and she let a smile take its place. She brushed a stray strand of brown hair from her face. She looked at Yuki with an expression torn between uncertainty and fake happiness.
"It's for you, Yuki-kun, its Akito-san."
Yuki didn't respond at first, but he soon snapped out of his stupor and rose from his stool beside his kitchen table. His face was also mixed with emotion, surprise and wonder. He nodded to Kyo and Tohru to excuse himself and they responded with their own nods.
"Hello, Akito."
"Hello, Yuki."
"Is there something the matter?"
"Well…" There seemed to be a hesitation in her speaking. "There is something that I need to know."
"Go ahead and ask."
"Do you know where Shigure is?"
"I lost contact with him a few months back now, but I could try and call his—wait, he doesn't live there anymore. I thought he went to live with you, Akito."
"No," Akito's voice turned bitter with resentment.
"Oh, well, I'm afraid I don't know where he went then."
"Does Tohru know?"
"Do you want me to ask her?"
"No, I'm just asking for the heck of it."
"Okay, okay, don't be so hasty."
Yuki put down the phone before Akito could respond to his annoyed response, his face was laced with interest. Why did Akito care were Shigure was? For all Yuki knew he could be out in America by now. Yuki walked out of the room with care, a frown still etched across his features. As Tohru and Kyo saw him, they raised their eye brows in a questioning manner. He placed a hand on his chin and then looked at Tohru, who was very surprised still by the phone call from Akito.
"Tohru-kun," Yuki started, looking at her with an interest-laced expression, "have you been in contact with Shigure-kun lately?" Tohru glanced up at him with a slightly surprised look in her eyes. He rose his eye brows in question, but she merely looked at the floor with a frown creasing her own features.
"Well, we have spoken, but the last time I heard from him was last week," she responded and then lifted her head and tapped her cheek. "He's living with Hatori-san and Mayuko-sensei the last time I heard from him. He's doing fine, I believe. Hatori-san says he still is an idiot." Yuki gazed at her as a smile lifted her features and he felt his own flooding on his face. He nodded and then walked out of the room, not even bothering to ask Kyo for anything.
"Akito?"
"I'm here."
"Tohru's heard from him, he's—."
"Where is that idiot?"
"Tohru said that she heard from him when he was staying with Hatori last week."
"Hatori's?"
"Yeah."
"Ch, stupid Shigure."
"Well, is that all you need?"
"Mm, never you knew to be cruel, Yuki."
"Well, I have guests, so I must be off for now."
"Perhaps we'll see each other soon, Yuki."
"Perhaps."
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Akito slammed down the receiver and ran a hand through her now longer black hair. An annoyed look writhed around in her navy eyes. She hated Shigure for leaving her those two years back. Who did he think he was? True, she had let all of the Zodiac leave, but he was supposed to stay. He said that he loved her. He said that they wouldn't leave each other again. Shigure was a bastard in her eyes, and he always would be, but despite all of her anger at him she still longed to be held and kissed by him again. Why did he have to leave her? Shigure…
Akito picked up the phone again and began to dial Hatori's number, her head swimming with thoughts and ideas about how she was going to treat Shigure when he picked up the phone to hear her voice. Her anger was rising, and she tried to break it down but it just wouldn't go. She hadn't changed since then, she hadn't become any more stable then she was. She still longed for the connection to the Zodiac again. They were gone though, their ties were broken, and she had let them escape. Heaving a great sigh, she waited for Hatori to answer the phone.
"Hello?" The voice didn't belong to Hatori, it was a woman. Mayuko, was it? Hatori had gotten into a relationship with her those years back. Akito felt her anger seeping from her and she ran another hand through her black locks. Navy eyes wavered to her door, and then to the ground, thinking of a suitable response that wouldn't speak her anger and urgency.
"Hello," she started smoothly, trying to quickly gain her composure. "Can I speak to Hatori?" Womanly, she found her voice sounding. Businesslike and smooth, good, good. There was a long pause, a muffled voice, and then the sound of someone approaching from the other side.
"Hello?" it was Hatori's voice. Akito froze, and tried to find the right words again.
"Hello, Hatori, it's been a while." There was another silence on the other side of the phone, and Akito could almost imagine the surprised look on his face.
"Akito?" he stuttered, and she could hear the sound of surprise in his voice. "It has been a while. What's the reason I get the pleasure of hearing you voice?" Akito laughed a little and settled herself into a comfortable position on the couch.
"Well, I heard from Tohru that Shigure was staying at you house," Akito tried to hide the resentment in her voice when she spoke of Shigure. She was still angry at him, even though she now knew of his whereabouts. "If he is there, I wouldn't mind speaking to him." Akito listened to the soft breath for Hatori for a while, and then grew impatient. Right before she had time to talk again he spoke.
"Yes, he is here," he stated calmly. "I'll get him." Akito heard the phone set gently on the table and then the sound of retreating footsteps. She glanced at the window, the scenery beyond was beautiful and a small smile fell on her lips. How long had it been since she felt this relieved?
"Akito?" the voice of Shigure filled her ears and Akito had to hold back her urge to yell at him. "How have you been?"
"Angry," she seethed softly, and crouched farther into her couch, sinking into the plush pillows that kept her from falling onto the floor beyond. "Why didn't you contact me?" She sighed, and her fingers clicked against the table.
"Well, Akito, I never thought about it really," Shigure responded sounding laid back and calm. "I didn't think you'd care to see me after what happened two years ago." Akito froze in her seat, she clutched the phone in her one hand she felt her anger rise. "You never said anything about talking to me…"
"Shigure!" she almost screamed, but held back her voice only slightly. "Are you an idiot? Don't you understand anything?" Akito clung to the couch, restraining herself from throwing something. "You-You said that you wouldn't leave me…" she commented quietly and then she heaved a great breath, waiting for Shigure's answer.
"Akito…" Shigure's voice trailed off and then he let his own sigh slip into the receiver. "Akito, I'm seeing someone right now." Akito's heart stopped in her chest and her navy eyes narrowed. "Her name's Sayoko, she's really—." Akito never heard the rest of Shigure's sentence for the minute he said her name she hung up the phone. She didn't know what to say.
Akito Sohma was shocked.
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Shigure looked at the phone with a raised eyebrow, blinking silently. He had never expected Akito to act like that. He thought that she'd yell or something, not just hang up on him. Running a hand through his black hair, he saw Hatori watching him from the end of the hall way. Shigure waved a hello and Hatori moved ever so closer.
"So, did Akito have anything to say?" he asked with an interested tone of voice. Shigure glanced at him and shrugged.
"She didn't really say anything, she asked me why I never called," he responded, "and then she hung up on me." Hatori rose an eyebrow as well and Shigure ran a hand through his sleek black hair again. "I also told her I was going out with Sayoko. I think that was what sent her off." He added.
"Well, you do understand that Akito loves you, right?" Hatori asked, staring intently on Shigure with purple eyes. Shigure sighed and looked at Hatori with grey eyes.
"Yeah…" he muttered and then walked away, trudging across the hall.
"And you love her too, don't you, Shigure?" Hatori whispered and watched as Shigure slinked away knowing that he was going to do something he was going to regret later.
'Why did Akito have to call? She knows that I still have feelings for her, but I want to keep my distance. I want to be able to love someone else… Oh, I'm going to ruin the relationship I have with Sayoko, I just know it. Akito, why? Why do I still love you?'
Chapter One: Where's Shigure; Complete.
Author's Notes: Bah! Please forgive this sorry attempt at writing a decent Shigure and Akito Fanfiction. Cries this story is dedicated too loritakitochan who wanted me to write this. I'm sorry; I'll get it better next time around.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or any of its Characters.
Thea Rea.