Weight of it All.
By Rachel
"Once upon a time, there was a fair and delightful kingdom called something that Yume regrets she cannot come up with right this moment, due to pain, distraction, hunger, sleep deprivation, and overall lack of imagination and motivation. There is a certain lack of muse-work in the air today, and, due to unfortunate circumstances which may or may not occur, tomorrow may be cancelled. It is my speculation that in failing to turn in this assignment, I may utilize the imaginations of my muses, and fail to show up to school on the basis that the world is going to end, more than once."
A/N: I included this note in here because the entire thing is sarcastic. And sarcasm is part of this prologue. Some of the things Akito is thinking is sarcasm. And I know sarcasm can sometimes be hard to tell in reading words, unless it specified, so I'm specifying now that some of this is sarcastic. Hopefully you all know what is and what isn't. If not email me, and I can clarify.
Prologue.
She cared? Did she really care about me? I don't see how she could. I'm cruel, I know it. I know how the rest of them think of me. They don't listen to me out of respect, or really because I'm the head of the family. Heh, not at all. They listen to me because they fear me. Because I can hurt all of them. And why shouldn't I? They were born under my jurisdiction. I am the head of this family.
The rest of them may be cursed, but none of them understand it as I do. None of them bares the weight I that I bear everyday, every second. They don't feel the torture put on me physically and mentally by this curse. I alone take it on completely.
None of them seem to care. Seem to understand. Every one of them had listened to me. I taught them. I showed them how it had to be. And then she came along and ruined everything. She undid all that I worked to do. All that I had done for them. To make things easier on them! And all she has to do is walk in, say a few words, and it doesn't matter what I say. How can I be right when she is around?
She's good. She's pure. She always has the best advice. Let's never listen to Akito anymore. She has taught us that the way he does things is wrong. It's wrong to shelter your family from danger. It's wrong to want to protect them from the world. It's so fucking wrong! Well why?
She steps in and suddenly my law goes away. Oh erase her memories. What? Erase her memories, but she's so good to us. She'd never tell. She the greatest. We love her. We don't want to erase her memories. It's no big deal Akito, she wouldn't tell a soul. Well I don't care about that. It seems that she wants to take over my job. Ha! She wouldn't last five minutes under this curse.
And then she tries to come in and tell me she cares. That when I die she'll miss me. So will everyone else. I doubt that. I don't believe that at all. But... she seemed so sincere. She seems to say everything one wants to hear at the moment. Unlike most people, though, she actually seems to mean what she says. She could have yelled at me, told e she hated me and the things that I've done. I had expected he to lash out back at me. Instead, she pitied me. One of the things I hate most. Yet, she somehow made it Different.
She has no idea.
"Tohru... Are you prepared?"
Hatori watched the little bird flutter from Akito's quarters. A great sense of dread rose up within him.
A/N: So how was that? I really want feedback on this, the prologue, 'cause this is in first person, and I want to know if I did a good job on portraying Akito's character. I don't happen to like him very much, but this idea had popped into my head, and so I started it. If I get three reviews at least for this. Then I'll be more than willing to post the next chapter. Thank you! .6