Now, it was Master's dojo we were holding Yuki at. He wasn't off on some far away trip, but when he knew he didn't have classes Master would take day trips that lasted long hours. You'd be very lucky to catch him at home sometimes. Other times Kunimitsu Tomoda, a student and assistant at Master's dojo, would answer. He was a nice guy, and I wish I had thought about him when I left the dojo. Kyo would have been a nice replace for a map. But Kunimitsu had a family to go home to, a mother and a father who needed him alive. Not to mention I doubt he'd have the ability to deal with poor Yuki.
As stated Akito had a lead. And like a bat out of hell he took the wheel from Kureno, forcing him into the passenger's seat. The gas pedal was glued to the floor with Akito behind the wheel. During this time we were more than lucky to have Master coming back from his town trip around the same time. He had been out shopping with Isuzu and Kagura to take their minds off the problems going on in the main house. Or so one would think, with the bags on bags Kagura carried at her side.
Akito pulled up, sliding the car to the side as he hit the brakes. Master nearly had to push Kagura out of the way to avoid the car. Akito threw the door open and his first glare shot to Rin. She shot a glare right back. I knew she wouldn't give in such a weak manner, even if it was just dirty looks. She hated Akito and Akito hated her.
Master bowed. "Akito, nice to see you today."
"Don't play dumb Kazuma, I know you have them!"
Master blinked, and nodded. "Yes.. They've been with me all day. I took them out to ease their minds."
Akito growled. "Not them! Yuki and the dumb ox."
"Hatsuharu and Yuki are here?"
Kyo was watching from the top floor. As soon as he saw Akito growling he rushed downstairs.
"They were, but they left."
Akito glared harder at the cat. Kyo was in hot water, and if he wasn't so good at acting like he didn't care his cover would have been blown long ago.
"What?"
".. They left?"
"Yeah. I couldn't stand having that damn Yuki here.. I'm living with Shishou. He's not allowed here."
Akito snapped his fingers for Kureno to come over. In which like a good boy he did so. He pointed to Kyo, and orded him restrained. But before Kureno could move Master, Rin and Kagura dropped whatever bags they held and formed a protective barrier in front of him. They weren't squishing together packed like elephants, but more as highly trained martial artists ready to defend.
"We made a promise Akito. You wouldn't take Kyo until after highschool."
"The promise is over, Kazuma! He's been near my property! He's seen him!"
Kureno didn't move. How was he suppose to fight off the three of them? They were very skilled martial artists, and he was an isolated caged bird his entire life. Akito expected him to fight them off? Akito turned to Kureno, growled, threw him to the ground and decided to get his own hands mud-dirty.
He attatcked Kagura first, thinking she was most feeble. Akito of all people on this earth should have known how lethal the Boar was. Afterall, he obsessed himself with the zodiac. Of course, this was their lord. The animal inside them didn't want to hurt him. It rebeled against their bodies, barely letting them defend themelves. Akito took Kagura in a choke hold, aiming the gun at her temple. He wouldn't kill her, she was a harmless zodiac as of yet.
"Give me the Cat, or you lose a Boar."
"Kyo!"
Kagura struggled against Akito's grip, but her animal couldn't fight back. The same went for Rin and Kyo. They wanted to help, but they physically couldn't move their bodies toward Akito. Instead they wanted to bow in defeat, and give Akito what he wanted. Master, however, was not affected by this. Now, Master wasn't a typically violent person, but mess with his students and he's a whole different man. Unfortunatly when Master tried to help and fight back, both Kyo and Rin restrained him against all their wills. The horse and the cat wanted to protect their lord, just like they promised in the zodiac story.
Master wouldn't fight against his pupils. He gave in, taking a knee and bowing in defeat with Rin and Kyo following his lead. Though he couldn't fight against Akito, Kyo wouldn't give him Yuki's position. Being close to Rin, he whispered to her.
"He's upstairs. Sick. Watch him for Haru."
She had heard him, nodded, and Kyo stood to give himself up. Needless to say Kagura owed him big time. Kyo was taken of his own will into the limo, forcefully pushed inside. Kureno would drive back and Akito sat with him in the backseat.
Rin watched the car pull out of sight, making sure she couldn't see that damn limo before she ran upstairs. Kagura, still shocked and thankful to be alive, ran after her.
"Isuzu! Where are you going!"
"He said Yuki was upstairs!"
Master heard the girls shouting to each other, but he wouldn't follow. Inside he beat himself black and blue for letting Kyo go, this you could tell by his face.
Rin slammed the door open, and saw poor Yuki gasping for breath. She stared, wide eyed, and covered her mouth in shock. Kagura had almost bumped into her when she caught up. Her reaction to Yuki's condition was much the same. Kagura was first to approach the drowning rat, and lightly touch his forehead.
"He's burning up.."
It was hard sometimes to tell if Yuki was really there or not when you first walked in a room, so I imagined they thought he was a vegetable at that point. Well, until Kagura tried to pull away and Yuki grabbed her hand. He wanted human contact, a soft female hand to stroke his forehead and tell him everything would be alright. I wish.. I wish I was there, to be the one to tell him everything would get better..
My abscense was what set off Rin. Kyo had mentioned my name, and she had known I had been missing for a few days now, nearly a week. Isuzu was a smart girl. She was the best kind of girl out there. She knew I ran away with Yuki as soon as the proof was there weezing in her face. I did love Rin, and she was not in the best positions either, but I couldn't save everyone. I had to ask who was worse off, and save one person at a time. I could only imagine how she felt seeing I had tried to save Yuki instead of her. She turned around and left, not wanting to be around to care for Yuki. Kagura, however, was a saint in a female body. She was an angel sent straight from heaven to take over caring for poor Yuki when he needed it most.
Rin left Master's property, and left to look for me.
Meanwhile, I ran as fast as I could but with a horrible sense of direction it was a long time before I reached the main house. In fact, I had taken so much time, Akito had arrived a few minutes before I came to the hills that overlooked the estate. If I squinted I could see Akito pushing Kyo out of the limo, and ordering Kureno to get the doors for him.
They had captured Kyo.
[A/n]
If you're reading this thinking this is just a string of unfortunate events, I'm going to tell you there is in fact a plot to this and it will get worse before it gets better.
Kunimitsu Tomoda is in fact a (minor) Fruits Basket character. He was in the manga, as another student/assistant of Kazuma's. He liked to tease Kyo a lot, but he was mainly seen as a male maid.
Koshi Sekisen was right in Japanese children get shots for Yuki's disease as children. However, it's like the chicken pox shot we get in America. Most children get it, some dont, and even if you get it sometimes you're not garunteed a get-out-of-jail-free card. You are right, it's definitly curable... If Yuki can get help in time.
You're also right in the fact that the mabudachi are very smart people, but to be honest I needed them to have fail plans for now. They probably come up with something while other events are going on but those are probably flawed as well. In other words, they're not looking very hard for Yuki and Haru but they're sure thinking hard about them.
Thank you mousecat for the tip of Kazuma. I had thought about putting him in, but I was curious as to whether people would accept him. Weird as it might sound.
Forbiddensoul562 was wondering how Hatsuharu knows all the events going on in which he's not present. If I told you that, it'd spoil the ending. If you want a spoiler hint(stop reading if you don't) the fiction is narrated by Haru in past tense.
Oh, and I might be changing the name of the fiction to "Hands On Me". It was inspired by Vanessa Carlton's song "Hands On Me", in which I feel is a good interpertation of Hatsuharu's (unrequainted and silent) feelings towards Yuki.
