Alright, so here's chapter six.
Sorry for the wait, and enjoy.
Oh yeah, even though you probably already know, no matter how much I wish it, I shall never own Fruits Basket.
When I walked into Akito's room, the first thing I saw was Yuki, naked, bruised, and bleeding
When I walked into Akito's room, the first thing I saw was Yuki, naked, bruised, and bleeding on the ground. Akito was kneeling beside him, a smile on his face.
"Yu-Yuki!" I cried. Both of them looked up at me, and then Yuki turned away, drawing his knees up to his chest in a fetal position.
"Haru," Akito smiled warmly. He slipped on a yukata1, belted it, and walked up to me, still smiling as if he believed that he had done nothing wrong.
I backed away as that…that thing came closer. "What did you do to him?" I asked in a shaking voice, though I was sure I already knew.
"Hmph," Akito crossed his arms. His smile had disappeared. "I had to remind him who he belonged to."
"You hurt him," I accused angrily, my hands balling into fists at my sides. Yuki was still lying on the floor, trembling.
"I disciplined him," Akito countered. "I didn't want to, but it had to be done."
"You raped him!" I yelled, moving toward the bastard who had hurt my Yuki, my angel.
"I didn't," Akito argued, refusing to retreat from my advance. "He wanted it. Didn't you, Yuki?"
Yuki didn't answer. I stared at him. Why wasn't he denying it? Was it…could it be…true?
Akito glared at the stubborn Rat. "Answer me," he commanded, his voice deathly and cold. "You wanted to have sex with me, didn't you?"
Yuki visibly flinched. "Y-yes," he answered in a small voice. No, I thought. My brain refused to process this information. Yuki wouldn't…he loves me!
I glared at Akito, and if looks could kill, Akito certainly have died by now. "You're lying," I said forcefully. I wouldn't, no, I couldn't, believe what he was trying to tell me.
"You think I would lie to you?" Akito asked innocently. "Then what about Yuki? He affirmed it."
"Of course he did!" I yelled. "He's afraid of what you'll do to him if he contradicts it! You think all the zodiac love you, but they don't, Akito! The only reason we even put up with you is because we can't leave you, and we're scared to death! We know that at any moment you could snap, and we could end up like Hatori: nearly blind!"
Akito straightened. "Hatori's eye was not my fault," he said. "He's the one who tried to abandon me. He tried to deser—"
"No." I interrupted. "That's what you're trying to convince yourself of. You pretend that you need to hurt us to keep us in line, but really you're just a sick, sadistic bastard."
That did it. The next thing I knew I was on the ground. My nose hurt like hell. I brought my hand up to it, and when I brought it down, it was covered in red. The bastard broke my nose, I thought.
"You say you obey me because you're afraid," Akito murmured, kneeling next to me. "But, if that's true, then why do you keep provoking me?"
I had no answer for that. I suppose it was because when I had seen what he had done to Yuki, my black side kicked in, and I had no control over what came out of my mouth. I still hated him, though. Disgust flowed through my veins like hot water, filling my whole body with loathing of the god, no, more like demon, before me.
A sharp stab of pain on my arm brought me out of my thoughts. I looked down to see the glinting silver of a knife dragging across my skin, leaving an angry, bleeding red mark behind. And the only thing I could think was, where the hell did Akito get a knife?
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Haru awoke to the harsh, white light of a hospital room. He opened his eyes, squinted, and blinked until he could see.
"So you're awake," Haru turned to see Hatori sitting by his bed.
"Yuki…?" he remembered why he would have to be placed in a hospital room. He was terrified, because he knew that he had angered Akito. Who did Akito take his rage out on? Haru, or….Yuki?
Hatori didn't answer, which only served to make the panic in Haru's heart rise to an unbearable level.
"Where is Yuki?!" he yelled, sitting up straight in the bed and ignoring the sharp stabs of pain in his arms. "Is he okay?!"
Hatori sighed and looked away. He knew Haru was going to blame himself for what had happened. "He's…Haru, I'm sorry. Yuki…he's dead."
Dead, Yuki…he's dead. Dead. The phrase echoed through Haru's mind. His mouth was open in shock. "Dead?" he repeated in a whisper, as a single tear made its way out of his eye.
"I'm so sorry, Haru," Hatori said, reaching for his arm. Haru jerked away, as the tears finally began to flow.
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"Yuki!" Haru cried out, opening his eyes and sitting up. Tears stained his face, and he brought his hands to his face as they continued to flow, though now they were more from relief.
But how much had been a dream? Haru looked down at his arms to see several deep, red cuts and crusted blood all over his arms.
Where am I? Haru asked himself. The last thing he could remember was Akito screaming obscenities at him while slicing him with a sharp knife. Haru looked down at his arms once more. He reached toward one of the cuts and picked at it, allowing the blood to come anew, mixing with the dried blood as it trickled down his arms. I deserve this, Haru thought. It was all my fault. I couldn't protect him.
Haru rose from the bed, trying to recall what had happened the day before. He walked right out the door, without bothering to shower or change his clothes. He didn't know why he had left Yuki with Akito, but he needed to get back. He needed to check on his beautiful Yuki.
But they wouldn't let him in.
He yelled, and kicked, and turned black, and knocked someone out, but they still wouldn't let him in.
"YUKI!!" he yelled, struggling in the arms of the faceless demons that kept him from his angel.
He cursed as they threw him out on the dirt. "YOU FUCKERS!" he bellowed, his black side yelling though he knew it wouldn't help. "Where's Yuki?" he asked to someone who had turned around at the sound of his swearing. "Please, just tell me if he's okay."
But no one answered. The doors were closed, and Haru was left alone.
"FUCK!" he yelled, the word carrying into the wind for what seemed like forever. Tears left his eyes and traveled down his cheeks, then dropped on the dirt, the little droplets of liquid mixing into mud.
..0.0
The days went by, each one seeming like a year. Yuki didn't come to school for a week, and when he finally did, he only came to let his teachers know he was switching schools. He never talked to Haru. He didn't even look at him.
And so, two weeks went by. Haru attempted to get into Akito's room several times, but he was caught and thrown out each time. Not seeing Yuki was torturing him, and he was ready to do anything to see him again.
Hatori said that Yuki was doing well. His wounds were healing, but apparently he didn't talk much anymore. This worried Hatori, and it worried Haru.
..0.0
It had been two months. Two months since Haru had been able to hold Yuki in his arms, to kiss his skin, his neck, his lips. Two months since he had been able to see his love.
"Hatsuharu-san!" Haru looked over his shoulder to see Tohru running towards him. He sighed. Tohru was nice and all, but her positivity about the whole situation was just depressing.
"Hello," he smiled warmly, trying not to show his inner feelings.
"I…" she looked down. "I heard Shigure saying that Yuki's left Akito…I thought you might want to know."
What? Haru thought to himself. How…? How did he escape Akito's power?
He was so happy. Now that Yuki was out from under Akito, they would be able to get together! It would be a happy ending, after all.
The joy inside of him was so overwhelming, he didn't have any control over his actions. He went forward, and wrapped his arms around Tohru.
The funny thing was, he didn't change into a cow. There was no poofing noise, no puff of smoke; nothing.
"Wha—?" Tohru asked.
Ohmigosh!
Why didn't Haru change?
Is the curse broken for everyone, or is it just spoiler alert a repeat of the incident with Kureno?
How did Yuki escape?
Will Haru and Yuki ever get back together?
WILL it be a happy ending?
The answers to all these questions and more in the next chapter! Don't miss it!
And thank you all for waiting for it!!
I didn't like this chapter much….ah, well…
So, there should be two more chapters. The next shall be fairly happy and fluffy and maybe lemony if you like, and the last…well, I don't know yet. We'll see.
So, thanks to my reviewers, kuzon234ray, the anonymous Lolita23q, pinball62, chrono-contract, mousecat, Tracyj16, and phantom and potter Obsession.
And thanks to ze Benson, for even though he did not edit this chapter, he's still me luff.
Thanks and please to be keeping reading!!
--Rin--
