Reliving Childhood
Chapter One: Changing
"What did you do?" Yuki spat at Kyo. Kyo glared back him in surprise.
"Me? What makes you think I did something to get make Akito want to us? I haven't done anything." Yuki turned away from him as they neared the main house.
"Everyone knows you are the one with the temper and are more likely to explode and hurt someone," he replied coolly as they passed through the gates.
"Hey, you stupid rat, I haven't hurt anyone, besides you in a long time so don't be giving me that crap!" Kyo yelled. Yuki remained calm, determined not to let the worthless rat under his skin.
"You have not hurt me in a long either, Kyo, and I don't think know is the best time to yell since I highly doubt that Akito simply wanted us over to talk, and I don't think he would appreciate your yelling. We are almost there," Yuki reminded him.
Kyo wanted to him so badly, to kill him once and for all, but they were only feet away from Akito's chambers where they were going to meet him. "If neither did anything why does he want to see us?" Kyo asked quietly, anger dissolving as they neared Akito. "You don't think he's still upset about the New Year's thing do you?" Yuki simply shrugged while knocking on the door and waiting for Akito to tell them to come in.
They both nervously entered, each trying to figure out what they could have possibly done to anger the head of the Sohma family, and wondering what their punishment would be. They had both received a very hostile letter that morning before leaving for school instructing them to come immediately to the main house.
Akito was standing in the middle of the room with his back to them, hand clasped in front of him. "Yuki, Kyo," he spoke without turning around. "I've been hearing reports that both of you have been thinking about your childhoods recently, is that correct?" He turned around to look at both the teens, his eyes piercing eyes suspicious. "Yuki? Why don't you go first?" A small smile graced Akito's face as he saw Yuki visibly swallow.
"Yes, I suppose I have been thinking about my childhood, but everyone does once in a while," he answered evenly wondering where this was going.
"What about you Kyo? Have you been thinking about your childhood?" Kyo nodded slightly.
"Yea, I guess, but I went to visit Shishou and they started telling stories about me, and it just got me thinking." Akito nodded, eyes lighting up.
"How would you like to be able to relive your childhood? Everyone always wants to return to their youth, but unfortunately, this procedure does not work on everyone. Had you all wondered why I asked Hatori to give you both a physical and no other members were required to have one?" Both boys nodded. "That physical was to determine if this procedure could be done successfully on you. Obviously, those results were positive, and that is why I have asked you here. Hatori," Akito called once again turning away from them.
Yuki and Kyo dared a glance at each other. Return to their childhoods? Did that mean Akito was somehow going to make them little again?
Hatori emerged from somewhere in the room. Yuki and Kyo both saw his doctor bag in his hand. Akito turned back to them. "This will be any other shot that you have gotten, and if you resist I will make sure that your second childhood will be much worse than your first." He locked grazes with both of them as Hatori tied a plastic bandage around Kyo's arm and instructed him to make a fist.
Kyo looked down at the doctor, mind reeling. This shot was going to make him little and he just had to take it, or face Akito's violent wrath. He locked gazes with Hatori and saw the slightly apologetic look in the older man's eyes. He didn't flinch as the needle went in, but almost cried out at the medicine went in. This wasn't like any of the other shots we had gotten! This one made his whole body feel as if it was on fire, as if someone was literally burning his skin. He forced himself not to cry out, clenching his jaw as Hatori moved to Yuki.
"You will be in pain for a few minutes while the medicine goes through your bloodstream and your body changes, but it will only be for a few minutes." Even as Akito spoke this Kyo could feel his body shrinking in on itself. He could feel, almost hear, his bones grating against each other, muscles rapidly shrinking.
But Akito was right. The agonizing, almost unbearable pain was over in a few minutes, but Kyo still found that there were tears on his face and every fiber of his being ached. He hastily wiped his tears away, but they were rapidly replaced by more. He turned away thinking, I can't let that stupid rat see me. He did glance at Yuki before turning and was slightly relieved to see tears on the other child's face.
"Shigure and the others have been notified that I was planning on doing this. Shishou has been notified, Kyo, and Ayame has been to, Yuki. They will both be moving into Shigure's house with you. Hatori did you bring the clothes." Kyo felt clothes being put into his hands and it was only then that he realized his shirt was hanging off his shoulders, almost falling off, the hem hitting his legs below the knees. He looked over at Yuki again and saw the same. He sniffled and wiped at his face before turning his attention to the clothes in his hands. "Hatori, you help Kyo get dressed, and I will help Yuki." Kyo allowed Hatori to help dress him while Akito knelt in front on Yuki.
Akito quickly stripped Yuki of his shirt leaving the child naked. Yuki tried desperately to cover himself, but Akito grabbed his hands and locked gazes with the child. "Do you like being a child again, Yuki? At the perfect age to. Your memory of that room should be raw and fresh, should it not? I do believe this was the age when I confined you to it," he whispered harshly. He was simply handing the child the clothes, waiting until he got on item on, and then handing him the next.
Yuki quickly put on what Akito handed him, wanting nothing more than to get out of the house. Even seeing Ayame would be a relief after this. Of course the memory of the room was fresh. He felt like he had just been released and wanted nothing more than to crawl into a ball with his hands over his face. Why in the world was Akito doing this? What had he done to deserve being turned little again, forced to relive his memories in new clarity.
"Your parents didn't want you," Akito continued. "I even offered to pay them to take care of you once I turned you back into a child, but they wanted nothing to do with you. They even asked me to never mention you to them again. How does that make you feel?" More tears rolled down Yuki's cheeks, and one rolled off his face and hit the floor. Yuki pulled on the jeans Akito handed him leaving them unbuttoned and unzipped since he couldn't do it in his new small body. Akito smiled evilly at him. "Are you not even able to zip your own pants? I never would have you ever be this weak, even as a child or this spoiled." Akito quickly zipped the pants, ignoring Yuki's sob as he caught some of the child's skin. Yuki desperately wiped at his face, trying to hide, scared beyond belief. Oh, how he wanted to get out of here. If he stayed much longer Akito would hurt him more. He flinched as Akito grabbed his arms and thrust them into the air. He felt a soft shirt being pulled over his head and over his torso. Akito finally stood and looked over at Hatori who had been waiting for him to finish.
"I apologize for taking so long, but young Yuki here just wouldn't cooperate." Without warning, Akito hit Yuki across the face as hard he could sending the child flying. Yuki cried out in pain as he skidded across the floor, back exploding in pain. "Take them to Shigure's. I no longer wish to have them in my presence, and do not carry Yuki by any mean. He deserves the pain he is in, physically and emotionally."
Yuki stood up quickly thought his back screamed in protest. He immediately followed Hatori out of the room, still sobbing, trying to breathe normally. They quickly exited the main house. Once outside Hatori stopped them and bent down to Yuki. Yuki immediately tried to hide his face, and flinched, utter fear still gripping him. Hatori gently pulled Yuki's hands down to his side. "Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you. Does anything hurt beside your face?" he asked gently, trying to soothe the distraught child. Yuki nodded and began to tug desperately at the zipper on his pants.
Hatori gently unzipped them as he saw the problem. Yuki calmed down slightly as that problem was solved, relieving much of his pain. He once again his face, trying to hide, ashamed that he was letting that stupid cat see him cry. Why was he so weak and pathetic that he couldn't even handle a little pain, or simply memories? It was in the past; it shouldn't be able to hurt him now. If he wasn't so pathetic and useless the memories wouldn't haunt him like they did, and he wouldn't be sobbing his heart out.
He flinched as Hatori put some cream on the skin that had been caught in the zipper that stung. "You should be glad that it missed your groin; if it hadn't you would much more excruciating pain." He carefully re-zipped the child's pants, while continuing to examine him. There was already a bruise forming on his cheeks where Akito had hit him. Hatori fished out another tube of cream, and began to coax the child to remove his hands from his face. "Yuki, it's okay, no one is going to hurt you. I'm just going to put this cream on your face to help it stop hurting. There's already a bruise forming and this will make it feel better. This one sting like the other did, okay? I just need you to lower your arms." Yuki continued to sob, thoughts of how pathetic and useless he was running around in his brain.
"Your parents didn't want you. I offered to pay them… they asked me to never mention you to them again."
Not only was he useless, pathetic, and weak he was also unloved, but he couldn't blame his parents. Why would someone want someone as useless as him? He felt Hatori's hands on his arms. He reluctantly lowered his arms and allowed the man to rub the cream on his face. Hatori had told the truth; it didn't sting at all, and he could feel the pain leaving his face. Once that was down, Yuki managed to force himself to breathe and to stop sobbing. He knew that if he didn't he would probably end up having an asthma attack because of his bronchial tubes, and that would only result in him getting another shot.
Hatori looked sadly on at the child standing in front of him. Why had Akito chose to torture them like this? He knew how horrible their childhoods had been, he had been a big part of why they had been so horrible, especially in Yuki's case. He knew Akito had purposefully zipped part of the child's skin in the zipper, but was grateful that it had least missed the most tender part of the child's body. He waited a few minutes for Yuki to calm down some more before they began walking. He would feel Kyo at his back, gently pressing up against him.
He had never been practically close to either of them, but this was making him want to carry both of them despite Akito's instructions, especially Yuki. He doubted the child would be able to go very fast with his problem with his bronchial tubes, but they were still to close to the main house for him to risk carrying the child. "Come on, Yuki. We'll have to walk a little further before I can carry you, okay?" he spoke gently. Yuki nodded and wiped the last of his tears away. "Hold my hands, both of you. We're going to have to cross the street, and I don't want either of you to get lost.
Each child obediently latched into each of his hands as they crossed the street. Hatori paused after a couple of blocks and scooped Yuki into his arms. He balanced the child on his hip, his bag hanging in the crook of his arm, his other hand holding Kyo's.
Yuki buried his face in the crook of Hatori's neck, grateful for any place he could hide, still ashamed for crying like he had. He closed his eyes as exhaustion began to take hold. He was almost asleep when he heard a door open and felt the sun slid away. He could hear people's voices, but didn't bother trying to figure out who they were. He heard Kyo's footsteps as he ran to someone, presumably Shishou. Yuki was about to ask if he could go to his room now, but felt someone's hand under his arms. He immediately started to struggle, instantly thinking someone was going to take him back to the main house and put him in that dark room. He kicked and punched as hard as he could, tears once again streaming down his cheeks, but the person wouldn't let him go. Finally, after several minutes of sheer terror and struggle, a familiar voice reached his ears.
"Yuki, calm down, it's okay; it's just me, Ayame. I'm not going to hurt you, or take you to the main house. Calm down, it's okay." Yuki abruptly stopped struggling looking at his older brother in surprise. He was shocked to see the genuine concern in his brother's eyes and something else- what was it? Pity? He didn't care. All he wanted to do was hide and sleep. He buried his face in the crook of his brother's neck as Ayame pulled him close, startled to see how upset the child. It only took a few minutes for Yuki to fall asleep, feeling somewhat safer in the familiar smells of home.
Author's Note: Does anyone know how old Yuki was when Akito put him in that room? I'm thinking about five just because I knew he was little, and I like the age five. You can't tell by this chapter, but Kyo is actually my favorite character, and not Yuki. It just ended up being a Yuki centered chapter, and long. This is longest first chapter I've written on anything. Lol. I know this was very angsty, and I have a feeling the chapters will be like this, but I will have some cute chapters to so don't worry. Angst just comes a little more naturally than fluff does, but fluff comes easy to.
PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK! Honestly, I have no clue why Akito decided to make them little. I don't usually have any idea why any of the characters do what they do when I write. Lol. I have no plans for this and will only continue if you review. I will send the chapters to Paranoid Stalker Loves Slash if he/she wants me to.
Also, if you like Juvenile Orion, please read my fic, Little Tsukasa, and review.
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