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Ren: Whatever, two days ago I thought I would go on with this & NOT delete the story & in the middle of the chappie I got mah first & only review for it! So this is dedicated to Martiny
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One Time, One Last Chance
Chapter Two: A Different Look
MoMo; Serenity

Staring up at the new crystal sky, Tohru stood up and brushed the soil off of her pants. A patch of flowers were patted into the dirt that were under the girl's feet so she carefully made her way out of the flower bed up the stairs to the house. "It's a beautiful day," he began to talk to herself as she took off her shoes and opened the screen door.

"Yes, it is, isn't it?" a voice that wasn't too familiar came from behind her. not knowing whom the voice belonged to, her curiosity turned her around.

She stood still, staring at the figure that was standing before her. The feeling she had began to barrage her, and she was at a loss of words. At the same time, she was addled that he had the nerve to show up, after all that she'd heard about him; all the horrible things Yuki had ever said referring to him. Then there was a part of her that didn't know how to react, the same part that was confused and not sure how to handle this situation. Her attempt to say something failed, for when she opened her mouth, someone else's voice came out.

"Akito?" Shigure appeared behind the brunette, startling her. "I wasn't expecting you?" he questioned the slim figure that was standing under the high sun.

With a bitter smile, he opened his mouth, "It'd behoove you to invite your guests in, don't you think so Shigure?" the words came out cold, sending chills down Tohru's spine. That's when she go the courage to bow respectably to the guest and open the door behind Shigure.

"Pardon me, I'm so sorry. That was rude of me," she watched as Akito walked into the house, hearing his response didn't make her day any better. Of course it was.

"So Akito, what brings you all the way from the main house?" Sitting at the table, Shigure decided not to light up a cigarette.

Glancing around at the house his answer was silence. The look on his face now was bald, and showed no emotion. The only sure thing about him was that he was sick, there wasn't any color to his face, even to his eyes; they seemed like blacks pools of nothingness.

"Tea?" Tohru asked, burning out a pot and some cups.

While she sat the set in front of the two zodiac member, thoughts about the rat that was only upstairs couldn't get out of her mind. Did Yuki know? How is he going to avoid seeing him? Is that why Akito came, for Yuki? The thoughts were frantic and a million questions flew into her mind at once. She snapped out of her own world just before she the tea in the cup reached to rim.

"Thank you Tohru!" Over-excited about Tohru's tea, Shigure's voice rose and filled with joy; he was merely waiting on the food to come.

But, Akito wasn't so found of the girl. Instead he sat there quietly having little bigotry for her and the rice balls she was starting to bring out. He sipped the tea, despite his feeling towards her, and the awful taste he believed it had. "You are quite benign," Akito forced a smile on his face as he sat the cup back on the table.

"Isn't she the best?" Shigure's voice was back to normal; but it hinted more toward being more serious when he talked to the God.

"You should try a ri-" his sentence was interrupted by the fragile god, "No thank you. I'd rather just talk to you Shigure. Without the company." His eyes found their way to Tohru who was about to leave anyway.

Bowing she said farewell then made her way up the stairs and down the hall. The first door was the bathroom, and then Kyo's room. On her left there was only two doors, one lead to her room, the other to Yukis. She took the second door.

Knocking slightly, she waited for an answer, when no one opened the door, she thought she'd walk in. To her surprise, there wasn't anyone in the room. It had a bed in the middle of the wall, and the closet door to her left, on the right was a window with the curtains pulled back and a slight breeze making its way in. The room was silent; the only sound that you were able to hear was the slight breeze that was making it's way through the curtains.

"Yuki?" Tohru whispered her eyes darting from side to side of the white room. She wasn't sure where Yuki had gone, he hadn't been down for breakfast, or lunch that day. Now it being three in the afternoon, it worried Tohru; it wasn't like Yuki to miss on anything. Even breakfast.

She walked in with caution and poked her head out of the window. "Yuki?" she asked once more, making sure that she kept her voice down so Akito couldn't hear the name.

Nothing was said outside. Birds were flying through the sky, the sun beginning to die down a bit at the stroke of three. She pulled herself out of the window and up to the rooftop. There she spotted the cat laying his head against his knees, not making any sound. Completely motionless.

"Tohru," he said without looking up, "Yuki is in the woods somewhere." He confessed as though he was expecting the question to come.

His orange hair turned a shade lighter and shinned with the sun beating down on it. And his long legs were tucked tight to his chest; Tohru had seen this scene many times before, but never in the later afternoon, nor with such a gloomy atmosphere floating around them.

Taking a seat beside the teen-age rat, Tohru sighed, "What's wrong Kyo?" she asked careful not to upset the high tempered animal.

"Nothing," Kyo answered bitterly, still not bothering to look up from his knees; they must've been pretty interesting to him.

Refusing to become frantic for disturbing Kyo, she instead remained there and gave her answer with no sign of returning inside. "I'm sorry then."

Ten minutes. Twenty minutes. An hour later Tohru watched as Akito got into a car that was parked outside and drove away. There had been yelling, and arguing downstairs, but she still wasn't sure if Yuki had come home, or out of hiding. One thing was for sure, after Akito had left, the mood between the brunette and towhead had assuaged down a bit.

For the first time, Kyo looked up, and Tohru stared into his bright orange eyes. It looked as though was about to break down in tears. "It's fucking ridiculous!" he finally said.

Looking confused, all Tohru knew was that he was distressed. She stayed quiet, waiting for him to continue.

"Akito has never cared about the birthdays of the zodiac, until that rat! After the days of them being together so long, he grew on. Then he stopped going, after meeting you. Yuki must've realized how it all was a ludicrous ritual.

"It's so…" he paused in his enraged outburst, "Damn it!" he stood up and jumped off the roof, landing with a slight thud; but mo flinch and landing directly on his feet. He walked away, sure to run into Yuki if he'd continue to walk into where he'd claimed the rat was residing.

O.o.O

Standing in front of a patch of greens and bright colors, the purple-haired boy looked away from the leeks and strawberries. "Akito, what in the hell can he really do?" he muttered, positive no one was near him.

Yuki moved his eyes round, finally staring at the sky, the sun hiding behind the tips of the trees that surrounded him and his garden. "What does it matter, seriously?! Why am I the only one?" he carried on talking to himself.

"That's a great question," someone said from behind Yuki.

The teen was unstable and jumped at the random sound of someone's voice after being alone for about six this morning. That was just before Tohru woke up and enough time to get away from who he knew was going to be coming today.

"…"

Neither of them talked, why bother, it would end up fighting, if not that then they would get tired of talking about Akito and stand in an awkward silence.

"Yuki there's been something that I've been wanting to tell you.." Pulling the chains around his neck the boy's nerves began to cultivate, and he wasn't sure how to say this.

"I-" he stopped, something had hit him in the head, causing him to stumble to the ground.

"Yuki, come now!" the voice was low and bitter. Nothing could change what was about to happen, Akito wouldn't allow Haru to take away what he was looking for; waiting for. And he sure wasn't about to let that damned girl ruin his chances with Yuki.

Yuki's mouth stayed agape with the sight of the two people standing in front of him; so much of a secret. "A-A-Akito?" he barely managed to stutter out. "What the hell?"


To Be Continued…

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