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CHAPTER SIX: HEARTBEAT
"Shi-han!" Isuzu called running to the elder man holding a distressed Haru's arm, "There's something screwed up in there...something that fricken hurt..." she glared looking down her own heartbeat but what worried her more was the six year old who was breaking into tears. He had a huge scratch on his face and bruises on his body, he choked back the tears. "Are you going to do anything to that stupid ass?"
Kazuma offered a worried look at the little boy and then saw his hands, the juzu beads, "Hatsuharu are you going to be alright for a moment or so alone? I'll come right back," he tried with a smile before seeing the small boy sob obviously terrified over something. Anyone would be the first time they saw Kyo's true form.
Taking the juzu beads he walked over to the garden and the bushes, due to the smell he could tell Kyo was there. "Kyo..." he sighed holding the bracelet, he saw the small thing shiver and tried to hold back any disgust, this was his son. "Kyo, there you are...I have your bracelet" he smiled slipping it onto his arm and saw the naked seven year old. "Hey," he whispered smoothing his hair.
"M-master," Kyo sobbed reaching out timidly for his hand and felt his "father" embrace him in his arms, trying to comfort the crying boy, "Do you hate me now?"
"Of course not," the man laughed as the seven year old nodded, "Because no matter what you're still Kyo Sohma," 'my son' he mentally added to that and looked to Kyo, he seemed so shaken up by everything. "You want to come with and see Hatsuharu-chan..."
"He hates me doesn't he?" Kyo asked bitterly before looking up and seeing the small boy standing there.
"Kyo?" the ox asked tilting his head to the side, "Are you feeling alright?" he paused before blinking, "Kyo...why are you naked?" he shook his head, his light fluffy hair moving in the breeze and he ran over taking one of Kyo's hands, "I still want to spar with you..."
"Not when I'm naked!" Kyo felt himself say before realizing that even in this form there were people who cared about him and Kazuma felt happy. Kyo was human.
"Kyo is human..." the grey-haired man tried to remind himself feeling the claws sink in and the worst kind of pain take over him. There was blood on the ground below and he felt something odd with his knee, no his calf it was wet like saliva but also painful. Kyo? Was Kyo eating him? This kid must be out of his mind!
"Kyo!" he tried to order unable to move the leg away and bit down harder as the teeth came down, the cat monster was chewing, no not "the cat monster", Kyo. "Stop it! I...I love you..."
"Shut up!!" the once sane teenage boy roared, "Shut up!! I don't have a name...I...I'm this monster," he ripped apart his father even more, scarring the man in the worst ways. "I'll tell you that old man!"
"Kyo! Get to your senses! Control this...it's not right..." he froze seeing some struggle between the monster and the guy inside, it was as if two spirits were fighting over the same body. Kyo just started screaming, trying to get himself together,
"Get out of there!" Kyo seemed to hiss at himself before lurching forward on Kazuma again
"KYO!!" Kazuma yelled again forcing the bracelet up onto Kyo's wrist and saw the boy attempting to feast on his arm, he looked deranged and as much as it hurt to get up the master took Kyo in his arms and shivered as the boy broke down.
"What's wrong with me master?" he asked, "I couldn't...I couldn't think, I couldn't control what..." his eyes widened as he saw the blood down his masters back and the ripped up limbs, could he fight again? Could he perform his martial art techniques after this? Did he hate him...no that didn't matter right now, was he safe? "Master...I..."
"Kyo," Kazuma whispered holding the naked boy, his heart racing, "It's alright, we'll have to look into it..."
"Dad, maybe it would be better for me to get locked up," he whispered hearing the thunder, "You should take me there, I'm a danger, a threat.."
"And I would never take you there," Kazuma spoke stroking Kyo's hair, "I just think that...do you think therapy might work?" he mused, "Kyo no matter what I'm here for you..."
Kyo looked up from under his bangs and turned to Kazuma, "Master, I really am...am sorry and after everything you've done for me. Why?"
"Because I love you like you were my biological son," he whispered.
Another clap of thunder
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Amusement Park:
The three of them sat in a circle, each guy taking one of Tohru's hands with both of theirs trying hard to calm her down, they had to get out of here soon, hadn't they foreseen this storm and if so why hadn't they stopped the ride. Another bolt of lightning, it was coming closer and they were stuck in this metal deathtrap. Tohru looked so broken and so fragile and both guys hated to see it.
"Tohru, it's going to be alright," Momiji whispered rubbing her right hand, "Just keep calm, I'm sure there'll be some help soon," he looked to Yuki who was leaning out of the car to get a closer look at the surroundings. "It'll be alright, just think that we're here, that we all love you and that we wouldn't ever let you get hurt."
"Mo-mo-momiji-kun?" Tohru sniffed as a bolt of lightning struck closer, lighting up the sky, she shivered holding onto her knees, she just wanted to get out of here. "I'm...I'm..."
"Hold both her hands Momiji," Yuki seemed to order as he stood up, "Honda-san I'm going to try to help but I need your help. I need to hug you..." without another word he did so, putting himself close to her body and turned into his rat form. "I'll see you soon" he promised her scurrying to the other side of the seats and running down the edge.
"Be--be sa-safe Yuki-kun!!" Tohru yelled out as the tiny mouse made his way down the ride, it took a lot of running and devising but he could get down quickly.
"Tohru..." Momiji told her stroking both her hands, "Come here," he told her holding her in his arms, "I'm no longer part of the curse, I've been release Honda-san, because of you..." she looked up at him feeling his warm body, she felt so calm in his hold. It felt familiar like,
"Kyo-kun..." she smiled to herself starting to feel tired, she loved those few moments when she hugged Kyo where he didn't transform, those few simple moments that meant so much to her everytime and then the way that Yuki-kun would protect her, "Kyo-kun please don't be hurt..."
"You really like him don't you?" Momiji asked seeming slightly hurt but this was Tohru, here was Tohru and her heart was beating at just the thought of his cousin..or perhaps both of his cousins. "I bet Kyo's looking forward to the baby..."
"You, You know Momiji-kun?" she asked softly as the bunny smiled
"'Cause I knew but," another thunder bolt and Tohru held the former bunny closer, "I didn't want to tell you but I saw the book that Yuki was reading. He'd make a good father as well..."
"So would you Momiji-kun," the riceball whispered hoping to god that the wheel would start turning again, she could feel Momiji's arm around her, his free hand running through her hair in comfort. "When you find someone special..and...and your children would be so beautiful."
Momiji blushed, "Really Tohru?" he laughed trying to act like his childish self as Tohru laughed too, "I think that Tohru-chan, I"
"Aaaah!"
The sound of a random scream broke the two out of their conversation and then the next words confused them until they remembered Yuki, "Oh my god! There's someone running around naked...I think it's...yeah it's a really hot guy!"
"Oh my gosh! It's Yuki! It's Yuki!" the fangirl squeaks and shrill yells continued everywhere and Yuki ran out head down in embarrassment but he had to do this for Honda-san.
Yuki closed his eyes deeply regretting this, when had he let Manabe become such an influence over him, running around like this was not something he would do but Tohru...metal drew lightning in and he would give her the entire world to save his life even if it did mean this unfortunate tarnish on his record. Darn it, why had he even forced himself to transform, looking at the situation now he could have just gone down as a human and now because of his moment of not thinking he had created this unnatural disaster. Well it couldn't be helped.
"Yun-chan!" Kagura yelled from the crowd dashing to him with a spare outfit, thankgod she had one of them with her, but as Yuki looked at it he froze. A dress? Was that all that she had with her, oh dear god...this had to be a nightmare, it just had to be a nightmare and where did she get this atrocity, his brother's store? God damnit! But he had to do it, he had to overcome his fear for Tohru no matter what happened to him. With some resistance he put it on, blushing for a moment before coming to his senses, this madness had to end no matter what.
"You have to get this thing moving!" he yelled to the man looking at the equipment the wires were all out and then he realized that everyone was staring at him. Couldn't he just erase this part of his life but no, he had to do this for Tohru and thank god that stupid cat wasn't here. "There's a girl up there who's pregnant and some small kids, you have to do something before..." he looked up in horror as the lightning hit one of the cars and it caught fire, the flames rose higher and he knew exactly why he was dressed this way, to save the girl he loved. The screaming was everywhere.
"We know that!" one of the operators yelled, "We don't need to listen to a girl running 'round..."
"You think this proves anything!? Just 'cause I'm wearing this...this...outfit" he spat the word, "Doesn't mean anything, people could die" he shook his head he had to do something! "Listen I'll go up there and try to get them down but we have to do it!"
"Yun-chan" Kagura called grabbing his arm "I'll go up there with you, you just need to wear something."
Without another word to the operators the two of them had jumped up onto the first car, they started helping the people out, Yuki taking care of the two small boys and Kagura helping the mother. They climbed on top of the cart and continued to help the others, the reaches were pretty dangerous and the carts began to swing but they managed to climb up the small boxes the boar helping the girls and the prince in the maid outfit helping the guys out.
Before anyone knew it some helicopters had arrived and the shivering Tohru was escorted down, holding Yuki-kun's clothes tightly in her arms, she had to give them back to him. She had to, but he did look so cute in this maid outfit.
Afterwards thankyous, a change of clothes and some exiting of the park came and Tohru held tightly to Yuki's hand as Momiji followed. He wasn't the hero today but hopefully he had provided Tohru with enough strength to overcome this ordeal. Yuki looked to Tohru with a smile seeing the girls cheeks turn red and pretty soon the gang had arrived back at Shigure's house.
They exchanged farewells as Yuki turned to the riceball wanting to hold her, the two stood in the darkness trying to exchange the same air. The sacrifice that the prince had made mattered a lot to Tohru and she couldn't help but to allow the rat to hold her hands, stroke her hair away from her face and kiss her lightly on the lips not realizing that standing in the darkness someone was watching them.
Sorry that I updated so fast, that the chapter was so short and that the end was a bit rushed but I'm just excited.
Thanks everyone for supporting this fic.
