Chapter 4: Confronting Akito
"She'll just have to go meet Akito then!" Shigure bellowed from the kitchen.
"We can't do that Shigure! She'd have all our heads," Kyou protested, I wandered into the room but not all the way into it, not wanting to disturb their conversation. "Akito will more than likely kill her!" he yelled again. At that point I had thrown myself into their conversation. "Who'll kill me?" I asked shyly walking to Kyou's side.
"No one! No one will kill you while I'm here," he growled throwing his arm in front of me as if he was protecting me from Shigure. "Damn, the effect has started already," he cursed.
"Kyou, we don't have another choice," Shigure said sadly. Kyou looked angry, pissed even; I placed my hand on his shoulder in a comforting gesture. He'd picked my hand off of him. "Mica…We have to see Akito to figure this thing out ok?" he asked, his head hung low. I nodded, how bad could this Akito person be anyway?
"Well Shigure… why have you brought this girl here hm?" I had assumed the woman with the short purple hair was Akito. She sat in a long red chair, a man with silky white hair stood behind her. What bizarre people…
"Lady Akito, Kyou has made a pact with her…" he said humbling himself with a bow. She seemed calm and peaceful but when she lifted her head her eyes looked like they were daggers.
"What! Your idiot nephew made a protection pact with this human girl!" she snapped- throwing her cup of tea to the floor. I flinched as the porcelain shattered. "What is it with you inferior beings and not asking my permission!" she continued on with her fit. Shigure clenched his fist at his side.
"Akito, I apologize- do what you see fit," he said still humbling himself before her. I felt his hand tug at my skirt. "Bow to Akito and she'll be at least a bit more merciful," he instructed. Not knowing what this woman was capable of I bowed along with Shigure. Akito paced, the man behind her stood still and kept his eyes on her as if he was cat ready to pounce. She walked up to me I could see the black sandals she had on her pale feet. "Rise mortal," she commanded me, I slowly got up. She grabbed my face, her nails barely digging into my skin. "You think you have what it takes to intertwine your life with the Sohmas? So be it, you'll suffer the same fate as Kyou! I Akito in the act of god claim you a demon of the Sohma curse, take form of the fox and perish!" she chanted as if it was a spell. I felt a surge of lightning shoot through my chest burning like acid in my heart, I fell before her but Kyou had caught me. What was with this woman? It was clear that none of the sohmas were normal, Akito- able to cast curses, Kyou the loyal guardian, Yuki the Rat- what else would I unearth about these people?