A/N: I'm not back. Not really, at least. It was really hard for me to write this, but I was pumped up on Taiwanese TV shows and managed to create...something. I don't like it, except for the first sentence. I've had that sentence in my head for days, and it demanded a story to go with it. I decided to do something very different from my regular work, and I'm not sure if I succeeded. I don't know if or when I will continue this story. Let me know if you like it though, it might help me get back to my old self a little bit. I'm so tired of having writer's block.

Disclaimer: I'm just a poor fanfiction author who has had writer's block for several months. Take pity on me and don't sue me for copyright infringement, because really, do these sound like the original characters anyway?

Tohru's Demise

By InsaneAuthor

Chapter 1: Next

Tohru Honda stood on the dock, pondering her own demise.

"Kyo, wait! Please talk to me! KYO!"

"I tried to stop him." Tohru murmured to herself, "Tried to warn him. But it was too late. The car came too fast. And then, splat!" She dropped one brown shoe into the water, reveling in the sound it made and laughing insanely. "He didn't want..." Her free hand went to her abdomen. "...baby..." She dropped the other shoe. "Me next."

Around Tohru's bare ankles were heavy chains, secured with padlocks and threaded through a weight in the middle. She had no intentions of resurfacing after this swim.

Little did poor Tohru know, Kyo had been ecstatic when she told him the news. He had run into the street in surprise and excitement, not realizing what would happen to him that night. His thoughts were joyous, 'I'm going to be a father! Tohru and I, a baby. Wow. I can propose, and then we can get married and be a family. I haven't had a family for so long...I...wow.'

"I'll be with you soon, Kyo. Baby and me. We promised that we would be together forever, remember? I promised. We promised. We'll be together again...promise." Tohru held her stomach with both hands. "I know you didn't want Baby, but he's a part of me, so he has to come along. Maybe when I see you again you'll be happier about it. I'm going to keep our promise, Kyo...I'll be there soon."

Just as she was preparing to throw herself from the dock, strong arms wrapped around Tohru's middle and pulled her from the edge. "Tohru, stop this! Think of the baby!"

Tohru turned in the firm grip, eyes wide as she whispered, "Kyo?" Her face fell when bright blond hair and blue eyes greeted her. "Momiji. Oh."

The blue eyes saddened. "I'm sorry, Tohru. He's not coming back. But please, don't do this."

She shook her head vigorously, matted locks of hair whipping quickly back and forth, hitting her in the face. "I promised Kyo. I have to be with him, Baby and me. He didn't want Baby, but when we see him again he will. Everything will be alright, you'll see."

"Tohru, he did want the Baby. I swear to you that he did. He was planning to ask you to marry him, and every time he talked about it his eyes lit up, and he started babbling about having a family with as many kids as possible. He wanted the baby. Please believe me. Don't do this." Momiji pleaded, still holding her tightly to keep her from doing something rash.

"He was going to ask me...to marry him?" She asked weakly, looking into Momiji's eyes to ensure he told her the truth.

"Yes." Momiji answered simply, changing his hold from restraint to comfort, rubbing her back gently and whispering soothing words into her ear.

XXX

After a long while, Momiji lifted Tohru with one arm beneath her knees and the other on her shoulders and carried her off the dock and onto the grassy shore. There he laid her down gently and inspected the chains around her ankles. "Tohru, where did you put the key?" He asked her, fingering the padlocks she had used.

She giggled. "Shoe." She murmured, giggling again and rubbing her belly.

He looked at her bare feet and then glanced back at the dock. "Where did you put your shoes, Tohru?" He asked gently. He was worried, but no matter what he knew he had to stay calm or she would never tell him. He looked at her bare feet again. They were turning blue.

More giggling as she told him, "Lake," and pointed.

Momiji groaned. She had thrown her shoes in the lake. That was just wonderful. "Kagura!" He called, loud enough to get her attention but soft enough that he wouldn't frighten Tohru.

The older girl came running, shocked at Tohru's appearance, and especially at the chains around her ankles. "What was she...?"

Momiji shook his head. No time to explain right now. "Stay with her. I have to get the key." With that, he pulled off his shirt, shoes, and socks and ran down the dock to dive into the lake. The water was cold, but he didn't care. He found her shoes resting at the bottom and dug in them frantically until he found the key. With just enough air left, he kicked for the surface, hard. He came up spluttering and gasping for breath, clutching a shining silver key in one hand.

Without another thought, Momiji ran up the dock towards the shore. He knelt beside Tohru, not caring if he was wet and dripping. He released the padlocks as quickly as he could with his shaking fingers and removed the chains, rubbing Tohru's feet briskly to get the blood flowing to them again. Kagura glanced at him worriedly, but he could only shake his head. He was fine, but they needed to worry about Tohru.

"Tohru." Momiji coaxed, "Can you stand? We should go back to the house." He looked up at her imploringly.

She shook her head. "Can't go back. Have to go with Kyo. Have to see him. Not much time left. Baby wants to go too...can feel it."

Tears started in Kagura's eyes as she listened, realizing just what Tohru had been planning to do. "Did you know, Tohru, that two days before he died, I went shopping with Kyo to help him pick out a ring for you? He was going to ask you to marry him, and he was so excited about starting a family with you. Don't you think that you and the baby should live so that when you see Kyo again you can tell him that you both lived happily despite the sadness in your hearts?" As Kagura finished tears spilled down her cheeks. She wiped them with the back of her hand in frustration.

Tohru shook her head once again. "Need to be with Kyo now. He misses me, wants me to be with him. Baby too. I can feel it."

Momiji sighed sadly. "Let's take her back to the house. Maybe Hatori can do something for her."

Kagura nodded in assent and allowed Momiji to pick Tohru up once more. He carried her the distance to the house easily, it seemed. Kagura didn't fail to notice the loving way he handled the pregnant girl, or the gentleness in his eyes every time he looked at her. 'It has been so many years. We are all adults now, Momiji is 22, and yet he still loves her? Will he never move on? Does he not realize that Kyo has been and always will be her world, even after his death?'

But Momiji knew that he would never have a chance. Still, he wanted to keep Tohru close, and do everything he could for her, no matter what. Perhaps she would never return his feelings, but he wanted her to know that he loved her, and he wanted her to always be happy. As long as these things were true, he would be content.

XXX

"What happened?" Hatori asked as Momiji carried Tohru into the house. He gestured to the younger man to lay her down on a futon and hurried over to examine her.

Kagura looked down at the poor girl she had come to see as a sister. At some point on the way home she must have fallen asleep, and now she laid on the futon peacefully, breathing gently.

"She tried to kill herself. She was going to jump into the lake with a weight chained to her ankles." Momiji sounded broken as he explained.

Hatori shook his head. "I can't believe she would do that. I didn't realize just how upset she was at Kyo's death. Of course, they had a very serious relationship. I heard he was going to ask her to marry him." He sighed.

Kagura, trying to lighten the mood but failing miserably, joked, "I don't think there was anyone but Tohru herself who didn't know." The others just looked at her. "Sorry."

"Hatori, that's not all. She thought...she thought that Kyo didn't want the baby." Momiji admitted, covering his face with his hands.

Hatori's head jerked up. "What baby?"

Momiji kept his face hidden as he answered, "She's pregnant."

Hatori sat staring at him for a long moment. "Kyo knew this?"

"Yeah. She told him, and then he ran out into the street and...well, you know the rest." Momiji couldn't bear it. Tohru's most precious person had done something completely crazy and unreasonable, getting himself killed in the process, and it had broken Tohru's heart. The only thing Momiji had ever wanted was for Tohru to be happy, and it seemed that was impossible.

"I don't understand...why would he do that? No wonder she thought he didn't want it." Hatori murmured sadly.

"Don't call the baby 'it.' If Tohru hears you say that she has one of her episodes. Always say either 'the baby' or 'him.'" Kagura cautioned, kneeling beside him.

"Him?" Hatori asked incredulously. "She can't possibly be far enough along to know the sex, she's not even showing yet."

"It's not. But she keeps saying that she's sure he's a boy. What I'm most afraid of is that when he gets older he'll look exactly like Kyo and she'll be heartbroken all over again." Kagura pulled her knees up to her chest and laid her chin on them. "I hate to see her hurt."

"All of us hate to see her hurt. But I don't think there is anything we can do, aside from erasing all the memories she has of Kyo...and of us." Hatori sighed, pushing a lock of dirty, matted hair out of Tohru's face.

"We can't do that. Can you imagine if she had no memories, no one to care for her, and she didn't even know she was pregnant?" Momiji asked, finally looking up again, his eyes red-rimmed and wet.

"I know. It would hurt her. More than keeping her memories would. I guess that all we can do then is support her; be her family, because we would be if Kyo had gotten a chance to...." He trailed off without finishing the sentence.

Momiji nodded firmly. "The Sohma family is all she's got. We have to do everything we can for her."

Gah, that was horrible, wasn't it? I wish I could write something worthwhile for ya'll, but I just...don't have the heart for it. Please review anyway, if only to tell me I suck.