Sorry doesn't begin to cover it. I have no excuse but laziness for not posting earlier. Thanks to everyone still hanging in there with me. I promise the next chapter will not take as long! Also, I just want to point out what I mean by "Tohru 3rd POV" and "Yuki 3rd POV." These sections are still in third person, but they're still specific to each character. I hope you like it! Read and review!
Disclaimer: Fruits Basket is not and never will be mine. I wish…
When Yuki opened the door to Tohru's room, he expected to see her lying there sleeping. Instead, he saw an empty room, an open window, and a rope of bed sheets tied together leading to the ground outside.
Tohru 3rd POV
I have to get away.
This was the only thought on Tohru's mind as she started running into the woods that surrounded the house. These people are crazy, she thought to herself. She knew that she should always try to see the best in people, but that unfamiliar house and those strange people screamed danger to her. She wanted to trust that boy Yuki, but once she saw the house he took her to, she just couldn't believe him. How could she possibly have lived in a house for so long and have no recollection of it?
Tohru paused in her flee for one moment as a thought struck her: How exactly did I lose my memories?" I feel like that man in the street had something to do with it, but how is that possible?
She did a quick inventory of herself. No injuries. No giant bruise on her head. Definitely no amnesia inducing concussion. Her lack of sensible answers sent her once again running into the depths of the woods. Nothing about this made sense. Well, she corrected herself, one thing does make sense. I need to get far away from here.
She ran as fast as she could through the thick trees, pushing branches aside before they collided with her. Suddenly, she was overcome by a coughing fit. She slowed down and placed her hand on the sturdy bark of a nearby maple tree to support herself. The coughing stopped after a few moments, but she noticed that her breathing wasn't quite normal; it was more shallow and quick. Admitting that she couldn't continue at such a rapid pace for long, she started walking instead of running. She cast a look over her shoulder and noticed that she could no longer see the clearing in which the house lay.
Good. They shouldn't be able to find me now.
Yuki 3rd POV
"No."
He said this word aloud as he stared at the open window, trying to comprehend the situation.
"No," he repeated louder. He ran to the ledge of the window. "NO!" he screamed, overcome with disbelief.
"Tohru!" he called out the window, "Tohru, where are you?" He screamed out the window but got no response. After a last fleeting glance outside, he turned away from the window and stormed out of the room.
"Hey!" Kyo said angrily. He grabbed Yuki's arm, stopping him in his tracks as he started going down the stairs. "What gives? You gotta wake me up twice today?"
Yuki glared at Kyo. "That's all you care about? Sleep?" he responded. He shook his arm free from Kyo's grasp and continued down the stairs.
"Well if I don't know what else is going on, yeah!" Kyo replied peevishly.
Yuki ignored him and grabbed his jacket as he headed out the door. "Great," he mumbled. He looked up to the sky as rain spattered across his face. "Still raining."
Meanwhile, Kyo poked his head in Tohru's room and saw the window and makeshift rope. His eyes widened and he immediately ran down the stairs and outside.
"Well you're not going without me!" he said indignantly.
Yuki grumbled. "Fine, but it'd be better if we split up anyway. I go this way, you go that way," he said, pointing to opposite sides of the clearing.
Kyo nodded. "And if we find her?"
"Then we meet back here. Now go!" Yuki knew that there was no time to waste; she already had a head start.
As Kyo ran off into the woods to the left of the house, Yuki ran in the opposite direction. "Honda-san!" he yelled, "Honda-san, where are you?!" He got no response.
"Dammit," he said under his breath as he walked into the woods. All that surrounded him were endless trees and a thick downpour of rain. As the raindrops continuously spattered across his face, he could hardly see ten feet in front of him. Regardless, he took off running in a random direction deeper into the woods. I have to find her, he thought to himself. I can't lose her.
He continued for what seemed like forever, constantly calling out her name. Though he never got an answer, he kept calling. "Honda-san, where are you?!"
Tohru's 3rd POV
"Honda-san, where are you?!"
Tohru's breath caught in her throught. She could hear him. She listened to the rain falling loudly on the leaves of the surrounding trees. If she could hear him, he had to be close.
"Honda-san?!"
Yuki's voice was louder now. Tohru quickly jumped for cover behind a fallen tree. She lowered herself onto the ground so that the wide tree trunk partially covered her body.
"Honda-san?!"
He was so close. She could hear him walking now, and Tohru dared not breathe in fear of discovery. His feet loudly crunched through the wet leaves on the ground. The sound was getting louder and louder, and Tohru didn't understand how he wasn't right on top of her. Finally, when she could hold her breath no longer, the sound of his footsteps got more distant. She let out a shaky breath when she couldn't hear him at all anymore.
That was too close, she thought to herself. I have to continue farther. Although every muscle in her body was screaming in protest, she heaved herself off the dirty ground and continued to run in the opposite direction that Yuki had gone.
About an hour passed with no more encounters. The trees seemed to continue on forever, and Tohru feared that she would never find her way out of the woods. Her run had become more of a stumble, and her exhaustion frequently got the best of her, causing her to trip and fall over branches and rocks.
I have to continue on. I have to get away. She kept telling herself this, hoping to coax her body into going farther, but she truly didn't know how much more she could take. Just as she was sure she was going to collapse in the middle of the woods, she saw an opening in the thick trees up ahead. Adrenaline consumed her body and she pushed her legs forward until she broke free of the trees and stumbled into a clearing. She exhaled an exasperated sigh of relief as she saw a community of houses up ahead. She dazedly continued a few more steps, but her body could finally take no more, and she sunk to her knees as the world turned black around her.
And it gets worse for Tohru! Will she be okay? Will she find someone to help her? Find out next chapter! Review please!
