Hey! Sorry that I haven't updated in a while! I got caught up with my newest story 'The cat or the rat?'. You guys should read it, I've gotten a lot of good reviews for it. It's an interactive story. But, now is not the time for that, now is the time for 'Another Zodiac Secret?'! So, here is chapter six, Akito.
Only a month had past since Mai's confessions had been spilled to Yuki. But since then, their relationship had grown they became pretty close.
One day, in the middle of doing her homework, Mai heard "That's it rat boy! I'm gonna break your pretty face!" coming from Kyo. She had to see this!
Mai raced down the stairs and onto the lawn as quickly as she could. "Hey, Tohru, what's going on?" Before Tohru could answer, Kyo said proudly, "Today, is the day that I will finally beat that damn rat!"
Mai immediately understood what was going on and she jumped into the opportunity. "Really? I'd like to see how good you are." Kyo began to laugh. "What? A scrawny girl like you? I could beat you with my eyes closed!"
Mai leaned into his face. "Then I guess you have nothing to lose do you?" She was grinning in a mischievous way that really seemed to piss Kyo off. "Fine! Just don't expect me to go easy on you because you're a girl! He completed his sentence with a punch toward Mai's face, which she dodged.
Kyo didn't want to seem to give Mai a chance to attack because he never stopped throwing kicks or punches, so Mai never stopped blocking them.
Without having to wait too long, Mai found an opening. She jumped up, gripped his shoulders, flipped over him, and tossed him onto his back. He lay there, clearly embarrassed at his defeat. Kyo finally got up and said "Dammit! You're even worse than that damn rat!"
Mai wasn't finished yet. "Really? And just how good is the Sohma family rat?" She turned towards Yuki with her teasing question. He smiled and mystery covered his eyes. "We'll have to see won't we…?"
"You know Yuki, if you go easy on me, I'll have to personally see to it that you die at a young age." Mai joked. Yuki chuckled and said "Not a chance!"
So, punches were thrown and blocked and kicks were hurled and dodged. They could have gone on for hours or minutes. Mai threw a punch and Yuki grabbed her hand, then he threw a punch and Mai grabbed his hand. They pushed until neither could take it anymore and they both fell to the ground.
Kyo burst out laughing. "Ha! Yuki can't beat a girl!"
"You couldn't either, Kyo…" Shigure retorted.
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While eating dinner, there was a knock on the door. Mai jumped up to answer it.
Standing on the porch was a guy, not too older than Yuki, with black hair, wearing all black. "Hello, this is the house of Sohma Shigure, I believe. I am Akito, head of the family, may I come in?" Mai immediately didn't trust him, his voice was gentle, but he had a sour air to him.
Mai covered her mistrust with a fake smile and said "Sure, come on in. Shigure," She called. "There's an Akito here for you!"
Mai walked in just in time to see shock and fear spread across Yuki's face. It did not go away as Akito entered the room. She resumed her seat next to Yuki and grasped his hand under the table, he needed comfort. Though she didn't know why, it probably had something to do with Akito and his sudden presence.
"I have come to speak with all of you for two reasons. You may have been thinking that I have isolated myself from you, but the truth is that I have been recovering from pneumonia. As head of the family, my decision is needed for all decisions. I need to know whether the decision regarding Mai Aizakawa was wise, but also, I will need to spend some time with Yuki over the weekend. To save time, both of them will be coming with me. I'll be back on Friday…" And with that he left.
Yuki was practically frozen with fear. The only one who didn't seem concerned was Kyo. Mai could feel Yuki's pulse with her hand, and was beating 50 miles a minute. She hugged him tightly and whispered in his ear "Yuki, I don't know exactly what you're scared about, and I can't tell you that it will be alright because I don't know…but I can tell you this: Whatever happens, I'll be there to go through it with you."
It seemed to comfort Yuki enough; he smiled. "I think some gardening will calm me down. Want to come with me?" He asked hopefully.
Mai couldn't be more delighted. She had just finished saying 'Of course' when an idea came to her. "But tomorrow, we go to one of my special places!"
Yuki nodded his agreement and led her through the forest to a small vegetable garden. Mai thought that it was adorable. "Wow, did you do all of this by yourself?"
"No," Yuki answered. "Miss Honda helped me with some of it…"
"Oh." What was she feeling? "What are you planting?" She asked. "Leeks, carrots, strawberries-"
"Strawberries? Really? You don't seem to be the strawberry type." Mai stated.
Yuki seemed rather reluctant to answer. "Actually, there for Miss Honda…" Was it jealousy she was feeling?
There was silence between them. Mai found that a garden was something she could really appreciate but…well, she supposed she really did envy Tohru.
She decided to break the awkwardness; there was no need to be jealous. "It must be really nice. Come out here, and just get away from everything."
Yuki sounded so relaxed. "It is, gardening just gets rid of my stress."
"Yuki? If you don't mind me asking…why are you so afraid of Akito?" She asked.
His face darkened. "I-I'd really rather not say…"
"Okay. Don't feel bad or anything, I don't need to know." Yuki smiled, the darkness fading from his eyes. "But actually, from what you said earlier, you don't seem to be the strawberry type either."
Mai blushed slightly, she was still a bit embarrassed by her envy. "Well, strawberries are okay sometimes but…blackberries are my favorite."
Yuki chuckled. "I should have known, sweet, yet black, evil, like you."
Mai gasped in false hurt and smacked his arm lightly. "Yuki Sohma! How dare you say such a thing!" Then, she let her giggles escape.
When she finally stopped, Yuki asked. "So, where were you planning on taking me tomorrow?"
Mai wanted to take Yuki to a place that Hiroshi had taken her for their first date. It was a very special place to her, but more than that, tomorrow was Thursday and Mai wanted Yuki to have fun before they had to go with Akito. "You'll just have to wait and see!"
Yay! I finally got this chapter in! And guess what else! I'm eating jelly beans! I'll be hyper soon enough! Hmmmm, I think that one was tangerine…or maybe just orange…
Anyway, don't forget to review! I'll update as soon as I can!