Ren: this is so for my b-day... which is today!
Keo: ahaha!! wish her happyfullness!
Ren: Yea... well, I'm not sure wat this is gonna be about... so it's coming off then top of my head!

One Time, One Last Chance
Chapter One: Akito's Plan
Serenity Takaishi

"Haru, what's wrong?" with a sad face a burrnett came out of a half destroyed house.

A kid with black and white hair turned his head, "Hi Tohru, what are you talking about?"

Tohru sat down next to the cow, "You've been sitting here a really long time. And you seemed to be down about something."

"I was just watching the sunset, it caught my attention while I was coming here." This was a lie, but, Tohru seemed to believe it, so she stayed and watched with him as the oranges and purples made up a sky.

In Shigure's house, another conversation was going on. One that the rat wasn't to happy about. "No!" A frustrated Yuki yelled slamming his door.

"Oh dear brother, you must," Ayame was trailing up the stairs, trying to convoce his brother what to do.

"Shigure, you know Akito always wants to see the members of the zodiac on their birthdays, elebrating one more year is a big deal, knowing he has only so many more to live." Hatori was ignoring the rivary and trying to drink his tea in peace. So far, there was nothing peaceful about his afternoon at Shigure's.

"What is all that noise?" Haru asked, looking up at the moon now.

"Hatori and Ayame came by wanting Yuki to see Akito for something..." Tohru looked in the doorway, hearing the dramatic effects of the elder Sohma brother.

Haru's face went pale, matching the white in his hair, his heart would break if Yuki had to spend his birthday with Akito. This was the first time he'd gotten the cvourage to do anything, and he couldn't have it all taken away from him yet. "Really?" Haru tried to act as nothing was going wrong, but inside his heart was breaking.

"Yes, so, now they must be arguuing about that."

Haru stood up, "Would you like to see if we can help?" he held his hand out for Tohru to except, before he could, Yuki came running out of the house, bumping into Tohru, causing himself to turn into a rat. Haru immedatly took the rat's cloths and hid them under the porch, while Yuki settled very closely beside Tohru, who seemed to be a little clueless of what was going on.

With a short breath, Ayame came out of the ripped door, "Where'd he go?" fake tears were starting to stream down his face.

"Who broke my house?" Shigure wasn't too far behind, him and Hatori would have to find his eventually, within the next few weeks.

"My poor brother, he's run away, never to be seen again!"

"Ayame, he just took off..." Haru said, looking up at him, his innocent eyes not revealing the truth.

Tohru got the memo and nodded, "He went that way," she pointed towards the trees, close to where she once pitched a tent to live.

"Oh, little brother! I'm coming," Off the over dramatic Sohma went, to find his brother.

"He's going to get too cold," Hatori said flattly, "The night might me a great place for the snake, but, he'll get exausted looking for Yuki."

"Yea, Tori you are absolutley right!" Shigure had one of those happy moments, admiring Hatori's common sense. "We shall search for him in an hour!"

"What if he transforms sooner than that?" Tohru was a little frantic.

"He'll be fine, he can stay warm under a rock," Shigure went inside, haering the tea pot whislte, "More tea anyone!?" came a high voice from the kitchen.

"No thank you," Haru got back up and looked at Tohru, "I came to see Yuki, so I think I'll go look for him."

"Okay! Bye bye Haru. Tohru?"

Tohru bowed, wanting permission to go along. "Would you mind if I went with Hastuharu? I'm worried about Yuki."

"...It's fine, if you find Aaya bring him back."

Haru got Yuki's clothes, making his way to the thick forest, Tohru behind him, Yuki in her arms. "Thank you Miss Honda, Haru." The littel creature squeaked. They were all talking, trying not to run into Ayame while they walked through the trees. After Yuki transformed, and Tohru turned bright red, they contiuned to walk along in the night. At last, they weren't on the Sohma property.

"What now?" Tohru asked, stepping into the road that neighbored the end of the territory.

"I'm not sure... would you like to walk around?" Yuki asked holding his arms.

"Yeah, that'd be okay." Haru answered brushing the pollen off his shirt.

"Maybe we can get something to eat, like rice balls, or something." Tohru spoke up, staring to walk along side the zodiac.

At that moment, both Haru's and Yuki's stomaches had something to say. This was the sing fot Tohru to find somewhere to dine. It wasn't too long of a journy, soon after entering the road, a small dinner appeared.

"This looks cute," the doors were glass with the name Ella's Everyhting in cursive writing, painted in a sea foam blue, outlined in purple.

"I think they have rice balls," Haru smiled, opening the door for Yuki and Tohru.

There ween't many people in the dinner, just a few who looked like they were all alone and others who stopped by for some famous desert. Tehre were purples booths with green tables and purple tables with green chairs. It was a little vintage, how the murals were on the wall, and the lava lamp looking salt shakers. Tohru was a bit amazed, while Yuki found it odd people would make something look like this. Haru duidn't seem to care, jugding by appearance was horrible to do.

"Hello hun, welcome," an older woman came up to greet them, handing each a menu.

They all ordered rice balls, each had a different filling, so they would share a bite or two.

"So, Akito wanted you to come over for your birthday?" Haru was casual as he asked the question, he also knew the answer.

Yuki turned his head towards the darkened sky, the moon was bright, and stars seemed over-protective of the rest of the world. "Yes, he does... but I"m refusing to go."

"As I suspected you were," Haru answered staring at the rat.

"Umm, why does Akito want you there so bad?" Tohru spoke up, curious to the rebellion.

A sigh escaped the mouth that didn't want to tell the story, he was tired. His voice was ruptured from yelling at Ayame, and didn't want to drag on how horrible the family curse was. "Akito only has twenty some years to live... And to give you the shortest version I can, he wants to see all our birhtdays, seeing us live as though he couldn't himself. But wouldn't that bring the realization to him that he doesn't have that much longer to live... Closer to death then to what he thinks is the best thing for this family. How would he even know, he's been ignoring everything, all the emotions from the beginning."

There was a silence even Haru was surprised at Yuki's sudden outburst to himself. He stared aat the rat, expecting him to say something more. But, he didn't, he was beginning to think that he was orginally talking to himself, blurting out random words."Yuki... are you okay?"

"Yea!" Yuki lowered his head, "I just got carried away, I'm sorry Miss Honda, Haru." He was truely sorry, but you could still feel the anger in his voice. Akito was up to something this year, somthing that Yuki feared the most. For the past two years Yuki had skipped out on the Sohma birthday, but, this time, Akito was too determined, he would earase his memory. He just knew that's what would happen, then Tohru would be invited as well. Of course there was nothing she could do, but except... This scared Yuki, he didn't want to lose one of the most important things to him.

:-:Authoress' Note:-:

Ren: well, this is for my b-day... today! well, yea, so um,
Keo: Okay... we betaed... please!! this is gonna turn out really good
Ren: YEA!! PLEASE!! I'm begging, anyone, it's a new love triangle, who will Yuki--
Keo: Pick... you've read, now review