I walked back from the dojo with a tired Yuki, and a ticked off Kyo. He was holding an ice pack against his head and was complaining. Loudly!
"D*** Akako! I'm going to beat the livin'-"
"Will you just stop!" Yuki snapped, glaring at Kyo. "There is the presence of a lady!"
I blushed. "Oh, you don't have to worry about me!"
Yuki smiled at me. "No, we do."
He quickly changed into the cold attitude that he usually used when around Kyo.
"Apologize."
I thought Kyo was about to argue, but he looked down at his feet, and started to mumble: "I... I'm sorry..."
I ruffled Kyo's hair.
"It's okay, I forgive you! Why don't we go home and have some dinner?"
With Yuki, Kyo, and I happy, we skipped (or more like Yuki and I. Kyo thought it was too girly) the rest of the way home.
"What the-!?"
I heard Kyo yells echo through the house. I was cutting cabbage, but immediately dropped the knife and ran up to Kyo's room.
"What's wrong?" I panted.
Kyo with a look of disgust and utter shock on his face, pointed to his bed. I peered over his shoulder and saw... a girl.
She was asleep. She had blonde, bobbed hair, and nice long eyelashes. She had a quiet intake of breath.
"Who is she?" I whispered.
Kyo glared at the girl.
"Aimi Hanajin!"
After he had said her name, the girl shot straight up from the bed. She turned around, almond eyes penetrating Kyo's soul; she had quite the glare.
She trotted over to Kyo and hung on to him, much like Momiji did, and started to whimper, "Kyon-Kyon! Who is she? I thought I was your love!"
I glanced over her, and saw she was wearing very skimpy clothing. Very!
"Get off of me!" Kyo seethed, shrugging her off of his shoulders. He then stomped out of his room.
Aimi sauntered over to me, glaring daggers.
"Kyo's mine."
With that she skipped off like an innocent school-girl.
"Are you staying for dinner?"
Aimi stayed for dinner that night.
When Shigure found this out, his face paled, but he quickly regained his smile.
"Well I guess we'll just have to call Botan!"
"Botan?" I questioned. "Why Botan?"
"Why, don't you know?" Shigure replied. "Aimi is Botan's daughter!"
I almost fainted.
As I prepared for dinner, Aimi came in. She again glared at me.
"So, um, Aimi, we're having onigiri, and-" Aimi stopped me.
"Does Kyo like you?"
I blushed.
"No of course not."
She smiled. "Good!"
Before she left, I hurriedly asked her, "Aimi, why were you in Kyo's bed?"
She turned and gave me a devious smile.
"What do you think?"
I rush of thoughts tumbled into my head.
Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, she wouldn't!
After seeing my shocked face, Aimi laughed.
"I wasn't going to do that, silly! I just wanted to leave something off mine, in a place he'll never forget it!"
He's probably going to burn his bed now, I thought to myself.
All of a sudden the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" I yelled, wiping my hands on a towel. I opened the door and saw Botan.
"Tohru! Is Aimi here?"
"Yes she is. Ai- Wait, how did you know it was me?!"
He smiled.
"Call it intuition."
Aimi walked to the door. She lost her smile once she saw Botan.
"Oh it's you."
"I'm glad to see you too. Now get in the car, and let's go drive home."
Aimi sighed and walked to the car.
"Quite the Virgo, isn't she?"
"Wait," I stammered, shocked. "She's Virgo?! You can drive?!"
Botan smiled. "Yes and yes."
My mouth dropped open.
"Actually, I have a chauffeur, so don't worry about me, okay?"
He quickly walked away.
"Yuki! Dinner's ready!" I yelled... for the fourth time.
"Where is that rat?!" Kyo complained, raising his fist.
"Why? Do you miss him?" giggled Shigure, trying to hide his smile.
"No I don't, you dang pervert!"
"I'll go run up and get him," I said, not wanting to see Kyo maul Shigure.
I quickly trotted up the stairs.
"Yuki?" I softly yelled. No answer came from the vacant hallway. The silence was eerie.
I tip-toed towards Yuki's bedroom. His door was closed. I knocked.
"Yuki, it's me," I whispered.
I saw that the door was slightly ajar, and I pushed it open. Everything was dark. I looked for the light switch and flipped the switch. When light broke out, I gasped. I could feel bile rise up to my throat.
Yuki's body was on the floor, his limbs spread out in awkward and irregular positions. Crimson blood was pooled next to his head.
The note that I had found yesterday flashed through my mind.
All I could do was scream.
I rubbed my sweaty hands against my skirt. Shigure kept pacing back in forth. Kyo sat against the wall, a disgusted sneer sat upon his face. The hospital waiting room was not a place I- no we wanted to be.
A nurse then came through the entrance doors. Shigure marched over to her.
"Is he okay?" he asked, in a serious tone. I hadn't seen Shigure this... moodless, in a long time.
The nurse smiled.
"He's okay! You can go see him now."
All of us ran past the nurse. AS we came to Yuki's room, we could hear a familiar voice emerge from within.
"-and with the lovely power of brotherhood, we shall now bond closer! I shall never leave you!"
Ayame was making a very impressive speech as we entered Yuki's room. Yuki on the other hand, looked very annoyed.
"That's fine," he muttered through gritted teeth. "The doctor said I needed peace and quiet... and solitary confinement."
"Yuki!" I yelled, not even trying to contain my joy and excitement. Before I could give him a hug, he held out his hands.
"Eh, eh. Remember."
"Sorry," I said, blushing.
Tears started to stream down my face.
"It's just that... I'm really happy that you're okay... That you're alive."
I started to wipe away the tears.
"Sorry, I'm such a crybaby."
"You're telling us," mumbled Kyo.
Shigure slapped him upside the head, a frown on his face.
"What the heck was that for?!"
I laughed.
All of a sudden, clapping ensued. We all whirled around to see who was clapping.
A woman was standing in the doorway. She was dressed like a professional business-woman, her brown hair tied into a bun. She yawned.
"That was quite the performance. You almost made me laugh."
She then walked to us, in a very efficent, business-like way, mirroring her personality. She grabbed Kyo by his wrist.
"Kyo, I'm arresting you for the act of intentional murder towards Yuki Sohma."
