She Believes In Me
It was a normal day in the Sohma house. Kyo and Yuki were fighting as usual, Tohru and Momiji were making lunch, and Shigure was comforting his editor, Mii. Kisa was in the television room watching an anime with Hiro, and Hatsuharu had gone out with Kagura to by some more food for dinner. Ritsu was running around the house screaming, "I'm so sorry!" to the world and everyone around while Hatori was smoking a cigarette and reading the newspaper as Ayame was bothering him, being loud as usual. Yep it seemed like everyone was at Shigure's house instead of the family estate. Akito, of course, wasn't there. But the peacefulness couldn't last. Nothing does.
"Tohru..." Tohru Honda turned her head,
"Hm?"
"Tohru what's wrong? You seem tense or something."
"Oh no! I'm fine, really! Don't worry about me. Now does this taste too bland?"
Momiji tasted the food Tohru was making. He licked his lips and said, "Not at all! Its delicious!" Tohru smiled. Suddenly Kyo came flying into the kitchen and landed face first.
"Ah! Kyo! Are you alright?!" Tohru exclaimed.
"Damn it! Yeah I'm fine but that damn rat is going down today!" Kyo said running out the house into the backyard. Tohru just stared.
He's got good will. I don't think he'll ever give up. But I'm not so sure that that is a good thing, Tohru thought to herself and smiled.
"Tohru, what are you smiling about?" Momiji said looking at her from a two-foot distance.
"Oh nothing," Tohru said and kept on smiling.
"We're back everybody! I know you missed us so much!" Kagura said coming into the house with Hatsuharu.
"Yeah yeah, and all that crap." said Hatsuharu. "Tohru, where's Yuki?"
"Oh! He's in the backyard fighting Kyo again. I don't think Kyo is having much luck though." Tohru said smiling.
"Hmmm, that sounds like fun. Maybe I should join them." And with that Hatsuharu put the grocery bags down and went into the backyard.
"Hey wait for me! I wanna see my Kyo win the match this time!" Kagura yelled as she ran after Haru. She ran into Ritsu on the way.
"I'M SO SORRY!!! I SHOULD'VE BEEN MORE CARFUL IN WHERE I WAS GOING! I'M SO SORRY!!!! PLEASE FORGIVE ME! I APOLOGIZE TO YOU!! I APOLOGIZE TO THE WHOLE WORLD!!! WHY DO I CONTINUE TO BURDEN THE WORLD WITH MY PRESENCE?!!! I SHOULD JUST JUMP OFF A BRIDGE SOMEWHERE!! AND YET I AM STILL BREAT-" Shigure came out and poked him in his side. And Ritsu fell to the ground. Kagura had been long gone.
"You know people, I'm getting tired of showing you guys this. Would you actually use it once in a while? There would be less ciaos. Now where did Kyo and Yuki get to?"
"Oh they're out in the back with Haru and Kagura. But be careful if you're going out there. They're fighting again."
"Ah... That's nice, I just hope they don't destroy the house again." Shigure said with a sigh.
Tohru turned off the stove and said, "Momiji, can you go set the table please?"
"Sure! I'm on it!" With that he ran into the other room to set the bigger table Shigure had bought.
"Does this mean what I think it means?" Shigure said with big eyes. "Its another one of your great food creations?"
"They aren't that great, but thanks for the compliment. Yes the food is done." Tohru looked over to where Shigure was standing to find he was suddenly gone. She heard Momiji yelling in the other room.
"Hey! I'm not done setting the table! Get up! That seats for Tohru! Shigure!"
Tohru just giggled to herself. A cold chill came over her suddenly. She turned but no one was there.
"Man, I guess I've been in this house for too long." All of a sudden Yuki and Kyo appeared behind her with hurt looks on their faces.
"Don't worry guys. I'm not going anywhere! Dinner is ready if you guys want to get washed up." They ran to the bathroom and to the table before you could finish saying "hi".
"Hey! Guys! Don't you get it?! I'm not done setting the table!" Momiji yelled.
"I don't see what's so good about your cooking. All you make is sweet stuff. Even if we are children, we do like other things you know." Hiro said.
"Hiro, that's not nice. Be nice to sissy okay? Plus, I think her food is really good. Lets go get a seat by each other before all the seats are taken okay?"
"Fine, then I like the food too." With that, they walked off to the table to eat.
"I give up! Whoever wants to eat just come on over here now! You guys can set the table yourself once you get here." Momiji said coming back into the kitchen defeated.
"Awww... that's okay Momiji, if you want to help, can you help me bring the food out?" Momiji's eyes lit up.
"Sure! I can do that real good!" Momiji took some food and brought to the table. Tohru came carrying the rest.
"Thank you Momiji."
"Your welcome Tohru!"
Everyone was at the table ready to eat.
"Now that all the rice is dished out..." Tohru said.
"Its time to eat now!" They all said in unison.
They all ate while talking and sharing stories at the same time. Tohru ate silently, just enjoying everyone else happiness, when the doorbell rang.
"Oh! I'll get it." Everyone just stared after her. It was completely silent. Tohru opened the door to reveal no one. "Um, hello?" It was silent. Maybe this person is just like Kagura. "Hello is anyone there?" Tohru felt something brush past her but didn't see anything. "It must be my imagination." Tohru said closing the door.
She came back and sat at the table. "I guess no one was there."
No one said a word. They all just stared.
"Don't worry guys, I'm fine." No one responded. "Um, is everyone alright? What's wrong? Did I do something?" She reached out to touch Momiji, who was sitting to her left. He fell over onto the ground. She gasped. "Momiji! Momiji! What's wrong?!" She checked pulse. "Guys help me! He's unconscious! What do we do?" She looked up to see what was wrong with the others. "Guys?" Tohru said scared. They all fell over on the ground. "Oh my gosh! Guys! What happened?" She checked all of their pulses. They were all unconscious. "Guys, what happened?"
"I happened." Someone from behind Tohru said. Tohru turned around to find a person dressed in all black behind her. She could not see their face and their voice didn't indicate if it was a girl or boy.
"W-who are you?" Tohru asked.
"Me? Heh. I'm your ride to your worst nightmare." The person dressed in black swept her away, out of the house and on into the mountains.
"No! Let me go please! They need help!"
"Don't worry they are alright. But they won't be up fast enough to save you. As soon as we get there, some will wake up but you'll die."
"Die? Why? And where are you taking me?"
"To see your exterminators."
"Why would you do this to me? What have I done? Did I do something to upset you? I'm really sorry if I did, just tell me what I did!"
"Its not me that you should be saying this to. It's your exterminators. You made them mad."
"Them?"
"Yes them. They are part of the Sohma family."
"Are the a part of the zodiac as well?
"I can not tell you that but you can ask them yourself in a minute."
A minute was all it took before they saw a mountain with a cave in it.
"Wow. What's that?" Tohru asked.
"That's where they live. I'd pray if I were you. You made both of them very mad."
"Me? I don't even know them. I wonder what I could have done."
They landed inside the cave and found a steel door.
The person knocked on the door and yelled, "I have brought her. The girl named Tohru Honda." The door opened and a bright blue light was let out.
"Bring her." Said a voice.
"As you wish." The person pushed Tohru into the room filled with light. She had to close her eyes the light was so bright. When they got all they way in, the door was closed and she opened her eyes to find two
girls sitting on thrones and some people attending them.
One looked down at her and said, "Are you Tohru Honda?"
"Ow! Damn that hurt. What the hell happened? Huh?" Kyo said looking around. He was the first wake up and saw all the others on the ground. "What the- hey! Where's Tohru?!" He looked all over the house for her. He found no trace of her. "Hey guys! She's gone!" When no one answered he said, "Guys? What the hell is going on?! Okay don't panic, they're all just unconscious, just unconscious. Ahhhhh!!!!" Yuki punched him in the mouth.
"You stupid cat, can't you ever be quiet?"
"Goes double for you, yaw damn rat!"
"Huh? What's going on here? What happened to all of them?" Yuki said looking around.
"I don't know but they're all unconscious, just like you were." Kyo said looking to the side.
"Unconscious? Huh? Where's Miss Honda then?"
"She's gone. I can't find her anywhere."
"This doesn't sound good. We've got to find her now. I have a bad feeling about this."
"Do you think it was them?" Kyo said looking over at Yuki.
"It might have been. If so, we've got to wake up Shigure."
"Mm hm."
"She just asked if you were Tohru Honda. Answer her now." said the other girl.
"Y-yes. I- I am her."
They both smiled wicked smiles. "Then you must die," they said together.
"Why? What did I do to make you so mad at me? Tell me please."
"Heh. We do not have to answer that question but-" one said. "Since you'll be dying soon anyways, why not." the other finished.
"It's because you go so close to them." They said in unison.
"Got so close to who?"
"To Kyo..." one said and the other said, "And to Yuki."
"Kyo and Yuki? What is so bad about that? They are my friends. That is all."
They both stood up extremely fast and at the same time, "That is not all! They like you! They might even love you! That is why you, Tohru Honda, must die!" They exclaimed.
"What?" Tohru said. "They do not like me more than as a friend. You are totally over reacting. They only think of me as a good friend who came into their lives in the strangest way. Someone they can open up to you know? They needed someone who would listen to them and I happened to be that person at that time. That's all."
"Ha! That's all my butt! If you weren't so dense and a little brighter, you'd see the way they look at you. You'd be able to see how they truly feel about you!" They said pointing their fingers at her.
"Huh? That's not true. What are your names anyways? They've never mentioned you I don't think."
"That's right we haven't properly introduced ourselves have we?" They said looking at each other. "Well..."
"I am Izumi Sohma." The one on the left said revealing her face.
"I am Yume Sohma." The one on the right said also revealing her face.
"And we are the Sohma twins!" They said in unison.
Wow they are beautiful, Tohru thought to herself.
"Now that we introduced ourselves..." Izumi said.
"You can die in peace." Yume said.
They both jumped and were about to attack. Moments from striking.
Guys! Kyo! Yuki! Help me please!
"Huh?"
"Uh?"
"Hey rat boy, did you hear that? It sounded like someone calling our names."
"Yes. I did. Do you think it could have been Miss Honda?"
"Yeah. Come on. We don't have time to wake Shigure up. He'll wake up on his own. We've got to find her now."
"I agree."
As the two were walking out the door, they heard a soft scream not too far away.
"That was Miss Honda's voice!"
"Come on pretty boy! Try and keep up! It came from over that way right?" Kyo yelled already 30 feet in front of Yuki.
"Yes!" He yelled to him as he started to run to catch up to Kyo.
They headed into the mountains, Yuki behind Kyo, to find Tohru.
I hope she's all right, Yuki thought to himself.
If Izumi or Yume lay one hand on her I will punish them both, thought Kyo.
They both thought, I just hope we're not too late.
There were no more cries of help from Tohru, but the two had managed to find the lair of the Sohma twins. Kyo and Yuki banged on the door.
"Izumi! Yume! Open this door now!" Kyo yelled.
"Yes please, let Miss Honda go! We know you have her!"
Slowly the door opened and a bright blue light was let out. The two ran in covering their eyes until they got all the way in the cave. They saw above them Izumi and Yume on their thrones.
"Kyo, Yuki, what brings you two here? Have you finally found your feelings for us? Or is it something else?" The girls said in unison.
"Don't give us any of your crap! Where the hell is Tohru?! What have you done with her?!" Kyo yelled.
"Tohru? That Tohru Honda girl you two talk so much about? Ha! We have not seen her as of yet!" exclaimed Izumi.
"Please if you do have Miss Honda, just let her go. She doesn't deserve to be tortured by the two of you. She has done nothing wrong." said Yuki calmly.
"We do not have this girl you speak of Yuki. Although we should torture the little boy stealer. Do you not see that you have fallen for her? She deserves to die." replied Yume.
"I'll I've got to say is she better not have one hair on her head misplaced or the two of you will know real torture. She'd better be alive you two."
"Kyo... Do you not see what she has done to you? She has made you into a different person-" Izumi was interrupted by a loud sound.
"What was that?" asked Yuki.
"I don't know but it seems like it came from that closet." Kyo looked over at the girls. "She'd better not be in there. Then you'll really get it." Kyo walked over to the door and Izumi ran over to him to stop him.
"You know, this is private property! You're not allowed in here without our permission or consent. Now if you'll be so kind as to step back away from our closet then you-" Izumi said.
"I don't care. If she's in there, then I'm going in there to save her." Kyo said pushing Izumi out of the way.
"So will I," said Yuki.
"Uh! Hey wait! Don't go in there! Its a maze if you haven't seen it before!" Yume exclaimed.
"Who cares? We can find our way through here for her. For Miss Honda." Yuki turned his head and said.
The sisters looked at each other. They then ran to them and ran in front of them.
"If you go in..." Izumi started.
"...You won't come out..." Yume finished.
TO BE CONTINUED