Ch. 2: The Visit
Hatori, Yuki, and Tohru arrived at the main house and Hatori led them to Akito's room. He left them at the door and they walked in. It was dim and there was only one window and no furniture. Tohru could hardly make out Akito sitting on the floor. He stood up. "Come in, Yuki-kun. Is she here?" Yuki and Tohru walked in. "Yuki-kun, go sit in the corner while I speak with her. Kneel." Yuki went and sat in the corner as he was ordered and Tohru kneeled in front of Akito and bowed her head.
"I'm sorry if I-" Tohru started but was interrupted.
"Don't speak! Do you even think? No, you don't. You are nothing but a piece of trash! Stop trying to break the curse!" he slapped her. "I should just kill you! In fact, maybe I will."
"No!" Yuki shouted from the corner.
"Ah, Yuki-kun. Do you want her?"
"Please… don't hurt her." he muttered.
He grabbed Tohru by the hair as wrenched her to face Yuki. She screamed in pain. "You want to save this… this…garbage?!"
"Yes."
"Are you going against me?!"
"Please, don't hurt her."
"If you don't stop, you will cause her to die a most unfortunate death. It will be all your fault, Yuki-kun."
"No!" Tohru shouted. "It will be your fault! If you kill me it will be at your hands, not Yuki-kun's. You have to believe that, Yuki-kun. You can't let him have that hold over you! Break the curse, be free from his evil hold!"
"Shut up!" he kicked her.
"No!" Yuki shouted.
"Yuki-kun, no, stay back! He'll hurt you! You're still sick…you're still weak." She cried.
"If you say another word, I'll kill him!" Akito shouted. He jerked her head to look up at him. She didn't say anything. "Ah, so are you willing to die for him?" She nodded and tears streamed down her face. He looked at Yuki. "Are you willing to watch her die?"
"No." he muttered.
"So, you are willing to die for this garbage!"
"She isn't garbage."
"Are you or are you not willing to die for her?!"
"Yes! Yes…I am."
"No!" Tohru shouted. Just then, the room lit up. Akito had let go of her hair. He was glowing. Yuki lit up the room. Then, the spirit of the rat rushed out of his body like a bright light and up through the roof. He fell to the ground and Akito did the same. She got up and rushed to kneel at Yuki's side. "Yuki-kun, are you alright?" tears were streaming down her face. "Yuki…"
"Honda-san, what happened?" he said in an exasperated voice.
"Yuki-kun!" she bent over and hugged him. "Are you okay?!"
"Honda-san… you're hugging me."