Continuing flashback…
Akito stared menacingly around the room, "Well?"
Yuki shifted his feet uncomfortably. This clearly wasn't one of Akito's good days.
"It was an accident," Kyo hissed boldly, anger and fear making him overly careless.
"Don't talk like that…" Hatsuharu warned, but it was too late.
Akito stormed across the room and shoved his face up to Kyo's. "An accident was it?" he growled, "and I suppose you'll next be telling me we should just tell everyone about our curse!"
"Our curse?" Kyo demanded angrily, but before he could say any more, Akito hit him. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. Hatsuharu grabbed his arm.
"Don't make him any angrier than you can help," he whispered quietly. "If we're careful, we might live through this."
"It was my fault," Yuki said suddenly, thinking quickly. He almost said more, but the icy look Akito sent him made him fall silent.
"Was it now," Akito sneered. "That makes much more sense. This would be, what, your third time being involved in the revealing of our secret?"
Near the back of the room, a few details were making more sense to Manabe too. Maybe that was what Yuki had meant when he was talking about losing his friends…
"Akito…" Shigure started, but the enraged head of the family ignored him.
"No, Yuki, don't give me that crap." Akito's voice was suddenly very quiet. "That Tohru Honda is behind this, isn't she? Where is she, I wonder? Not willing to own up?"
"Honda-san didn't come to school today," Yuki responded sharply and instantly. "She had nothing to do with this."
Arisa and Saki moved backwards slightly, slight realization sinking in.
"Really?" sarcasm dripped from Akito's voice. "Yes, I suppose a girl with perfect attendance must get the urge to skip once in a while, hmm?"
Yuki opened his mouth to respond, but he suddenly found he could no longer breath – Akito's hand had fastened itself to his throat and lifted him ever so slightly off the ground. The best he could manage was a slightly strangled whimper, which very effectively caught the attention of anyone who hadn't been paying attention before.
"Now, Yuki," Akito breathed in his ear. "Where is Tohru Honda?"
Yes, I know it's short, but I thought you guys might be tired of waiting, so I posted it anyways. I'll post again, I promise!
