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Chapter 10 of, In the dawn of night.
Hatori carefully picked up Akito and carried him to his bed, laying her down gently. Tohru followed him and had drug Kyo along with her. She sat on the bed next to Akito while Kyo stood leaning on the wall next to the head board of the bed. "Do you think she will be alright??" Tohru asked Hatori still concerned for Akito even if she had done a lot of horrible things to her new family. "Yes he will just need to rest and I'm giving her some antibiotics in this IV here so HOPFULY he I mean she should at least make it threw the night…I will be surprised if she makes it to Thursday looking at these gashes that cover her body." Hatori said coldly without any emotion in his voice as usual.
"That bastered got what was coming to her!" Kyo said not even looking at them. He was consumed in his thought after that one statement. "How the hell was I able to do that??? The curse makes it so that nobody can hurt the head of the family….I wonder why I was able to hurt him…maybe it has something to do with me being in my true form…" He thought with a shudder at the thought of being in that awful form of which he has nearly no control over."Kyo are you ok??" Tohru asked, seeing him shudder. "Huh o yea I'm fin I was just thinking is all." Kyo said, turning to look at her, finding nothing but concern and fear in her big beautiful eyes.
"Kyo why was it that you were able to lash out to Akito, like you did???" Hatori asked dabbing some peroxide on to one of the many big gashes on Akito's now bare chest. Kyo was amazed that he wasn't the only one that was wondering the same thing. "I don't know." Kyo said in a frustrated tone. Hatori thought for a moment. "Tohru could you do me a favor??" He asked. "Yes of course Hatori, any thing!" She said as she rushed to the other side of the bed were Hatori was working on Akito.
"Could you go get me a bowl of warm water please." He asked in a monotone voice, still cleaning Akito up as best he could. "Yes of course! I will be right back!" with that Tohru ran out the door and into the kitchen to find a bowl of water.
"What do you want Hatori??" Kyo said narrowing his eyes, knowing that he really just wanted to get rid of Tohru so he could speak with him alone. "I wanted to speak with you alone." Hatori said pulling out a needle and thread from his doctor bag. "I new it" Kyo thought with a smirk on his face. "Look Hatori I just said I don't know how I was able to attack him or her, what ever, the way I did…" Kyo said standing up strait. "I know Kyo…but I think that the reason for you being able to do this was because…" Hatori staid quiet for a few seconds.
"Because of what!" Kyo said getting a bit angry. "Because you fell in love." Hatori finally said. Kyo was in shock, he didn't know what to do or say but he new that Hatori was right. Akito had pushed him to the edge and he did love Tohru but once Akito had said those things about her…he new he LOVED her. He truly unbelievably loved her. The kind that is stronger than love in fairy tails or fantasies or love from your parents or any thing like that. It was the kind of love that you know that you have to be together and you know that you HAVE to spend the rest of your life together with that person or you would probably do something drastic like commit suicide or something.
Not love like obsessed love but love like…you want to hold that person for ever and ever and just never let go. Kyo looked at Hatori and into his cold cruel eyes and saw that he was right. Kyo really was in that kind of love. The kind of love that only two people can share, a special kind of love, a needy kind of love, a love that you have when you want to be needed by that special person, a needed to be wanted by them, to be loved beyond reason by them. He looked at Akito and saw that he was still knocked unconscious.
"Your right…I love her…I love Tohru, and I don't know what I would do with out her…and when she started to say those things about her…I new that I could hurt him. Their was a barrier between us, but when he said those things about Tohru that maid my blood boil more than Yuki and that damn dog do, I felt that barrier just shadier and when he took my beads I just…I just lashed out and attacked him like nothing…all of my pent up anger towards him came out all at once and I couldn't control myself." Kyo said staring at his hands like they were the most interesting things in the world.
"I see." Was all Hatori said, Kyo looked at him and just nodded. "Does she know??" Hatori asked as he sewed up Akito's left arm. "Yes…we've been kind of going out for about…one or two week now…" Kyo said as he looked from Hatori back over to Akito to make sure that Akito hadn't heard what he had just said…but she was still out of it and Kyo was happy with what he had done but new that it had made Tohru a little upset…even thought she was a little happy herself.
"Where is it???" Tohru said to her self as she rummaged threw cabinets in the very large kitchen. "Can I help you….Tohru-chan???" a voice said from behind her making her jump. The stranger saw this and immediately began apologizing. "I'M SO SORRY!!!!! I'M SORRY!!! WHY WAS I BORN ON TO THIS EARTH!!! I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE I'M SO SORRY!!! I CURSE ME SELF FOR CURSING THE LIVES OF OTHERS!!!! I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY FOR SCARING YOU PLEASE LET ME MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER BY SACRIFISING MY SELF!!! PLEASE I'M SORRY!!!" Apparently it was Ritsu… "O no please Ritchan-san its ok, I'm sorry for startling you! PLEASE I'M SORRY!" Tohru said flailing her arms in front of her trying to make him feel better.
"No I'm sorry…but could I please help you, to repay you for scaring you?? Please…it's the least I can do." Ritsu said as he bowed down low to the ground. "Of course you can!" Tohru said as she rapidly began to bow herself. Ritsu looked up at her and gave her one of his very rare smiles. "Could you please help me find a good sized bowl?? Please." Tohru asked as she looked up at him and smiled. "Yes of course!" He said as they both began to rummage threw the cupboards together. "Would this one work???" Ritsu said as he pulled out a big green bowl. "Yes that's perfect!! I'm so happy that you were here to help me!" Tohru said as she smiled up at him and grabbed the bowl in his hands.
"O no really it was no problem at all." Ritsu said as a blush crept up on his delicate feminine cheeks. "He is so pretty when he smiles like that…if only he could do it more often." Tohru thought to herself not even noticing that the water was over spilling from the bowl that she had put under the water facet in the sink to fill.
"Ummm Tohru uuhhh, WAAAAAHHH I'M SORRY!!!! I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU!!!! THE WATER IS SPILLING OUT I'M SORRY!!!! WHY, WHY, WHY WAS I CURSED WITH SUCH A CRUEL FATE!!! WHY! WHY COULDN'T I HAVE TOLD YOU THAT THE WATER WAS SPILLING OUT OF THE BOWL THAT I FOUND FOR YOU WHY COULDN'T I HAVE FOUND A BIGGRE BOWL I'M SO SORRY!!!!" Ritsu shouted as he ran around the room with his hands in the air when he stooped and said. "Here why don't you use the sash to my kimono to dry up the mess?" He said as he untied the sash to his kimono and handed it to her. "O no Ritsu I couldn't its ok I have a towel right here that I can use!" Tohru said as she pulled a towel out from the bottom cabinet.
"See its ok." Tohru said as she cleaned up the mess, and tried to pry the knife that he was trying to use to kill him self with, while whispering soothing calming words to him. "Their! You don't have to kill your self Ritsu! You should be happy that you're here right now!" Tohru said as she finally was able to get him to let go of the knife and put it back into the utensil cabinet and found a lock in another and locked it up tight so that he couldn't get into it again. "Yes I know I'm sorry. But I just don't see the point in why I should be happy with my life…I don't have any special talents or anything…all I ever do is cause trouble for ever body that's around me…" Ritsu said as he looked down in shame with a small smile on his beautiful face.
"But Ritsu that's not true! You shouldn't be ashamed of being alive, you should be happy to live! You should be happy that you have a life to look forward to each morning!...not like my mom…she is gone now and she would tell me that you should be happy to be alive because god put you on earth for a reason…every body has a reason to live…even you…ESPECIALLY YOU!" Tohru said as she tried to hold back a few tears at the thought of her mother's death. "Why should I be happy to live??? All I ever do cause is problems for the others around me." Ritsu said as he looked down to the floor and started to scratch his right arm.
"Because Ritsu…you are the monkey! If you weren't here what would happen to every body that was born in your year??? They wouldn't exist would they??? Because of the monkey they can live…if it wasn't for you being here then they wouldn't be able to be here ether…If you weren't here then it wouldn't be called The Twelve Animals of the Zodiac, it would be like the eleven animals of the zodiac and that wouldn't make any sense at all…if it wasn't for you then a lot would be very, very, very confusing…" Tohru said trying to convince him that he WAS and IS needed in life.
"You know I never thought of it like that…Thank you." Ritsu said with a lovely smile on his soft face. "Your welcome Ritchan-san…and also if you weren't here then that special person that you are suppose to end up with in the end will not be able to exist ether and if they don't exist then nether do any of THEIR accomplishments and then that would mean that THEIR parents would have never meet and it would mean that THEIR parents would have to end up with somebody else and then the people that they were actually supposed to end up with would have to be with somebody different and then so on and so forth…and then that would throw every thing off…you see…if it wasn't for you…being here…right now…alive … then their WOULD be chaos in the world." Tohru said as she tried to reach out to him.
He smiled once more. "Thank you…I understand now… It would be nice to meet that person someday…to FINALLY be loved by somebody and NOT be hated or felt sorry for…" Ritsu said still smiling which made Tohru smile until she heard what he had said. "Ritchan-san that's not true NOBODY hates you!!" She said as she shook her head and walked over to him with eyes full of truth. "But why, why would somebody NOT hate me???" Ritsu said a little confused but still smiling nonetheless. "Because Ritsu, we all love you so much!" Tohru said as she took his hand and smiled up at him. "Ritsu we really do all love you…more than you think…" She said and then kissed him on the cheek. Ritsu blushed and smiled and turned away to try and hid his blush.
"Thank you Tohru…I love every body to…but I just thought that they wouldn't have loved me back and all hated me so I never told them…Tohru I love you…I love you and all of the family." Ritsu said as he was happy with what he had just said…after he felt like he was about to have a stroke. "Ritsu I love you to…and the family! But I want you to know that there is somebody out there that will love you and care for you for who you are … just like I do with Kyo…" She said this she began to blush at the thought of her and Kyo. "Thank you Tohru that really means a lot to me." Right when he said this he hugged her not even remembering about the curse.
They hurried a very loud poof and saw a blue flash of light. But when the smoke from the poof vanished they saw that Ritsu was still a man…not a monkey… "Umm Ritsu what just happened???" Tohru asked out of curiosity. "I'm not sure???" Ritsu said a little confused but actually sounding more confident. "But why didn't you change into a monkey???" Tohru said as she looked him up and down, no monkey parts in sight. "I'm not sure??? This has never happened before…I have never seen a blue flash of light when I huge a lady…and I know that I'm supposed to turn into a monkey…"
(UUU A-A-A-A U-U-U AAA)
They heard and they turned to see a monkey sitting on the floor next to Ritsu… "Umm Ritsu…why is there a monkey here??? And aren't you supposed to be him???" Tohru asked as she watched the monkey that was staring back at her.
There were two poufs and then two blue flashes of light… Kyo and Hatori looked around for Tohru, thinking that she had accidentally run into someone of the zodiac and accidentally transformed them, but they saw nothing but an orange cat next to Kyo and a little sea horse next to Hatori. "What just happened??" Kyo asked as he stared at the cat that was looking up at him. "Why are our zodiac forms next to use instead of us???" Kyo asked the rather shocked looking doctor which shocked Kyo for seeing an expression on the doctor's face. "Kyo I think…I think some how … the curse is broken??" Hatori said as he picked up the sea horse and put him in a glass of water that was next to the bed.
Just then Tohru and Ritsu ran into the room. "Kyo!!! I think the curse broke!!!" Tohru said as she ran up to Kyo, leaving Ritsu to go to Hatori's side. "But how??? Why??? WHO???" Kyo asked as he looked at the grinning Tohru. "I don't know…I was down stairs with Ritsu and I was talking with him and then I hugged him and there was a poof but no monkey and then there was a blue flash of light..." She said. "Umm Kyo could I try???" She asked as she got closer to him…she didn't even need an answer to her question because he had already scooped her up into his arms into a tight passionate embrace. "O Kyo you're not a cat!!!" Tohru said as she nestled into his arms.
Kyo was shocked. "Hatori how is this possible!!" Kyo asked as he hugged Tohru even tighter. "Umm…Kyo…a little to…tight…" She chocked out. "O sorry…I don't know how to huge vary well yet..." He said as he smiled down to her. Just then Akito woke up. "WHY, HOW, WHO!!??" Akito demanded. "WHO BROKE THE CURSE AND HOW!" She yelled out. "We don't know yet Akito…we are trying to figure it out right now." Hatori said as he rushed to Akito's side to make sure that she was ok. "YOU!!! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS!!! I TRUSTED YOU!" Akito yelled as she pointed a finger to Tohru who was still locked hard in Kyo's embrace.
"I'm sorry…but I don't know what happened ether…. I was just down stairs with Ritsu and-" She was cut off. "NO!!! WHY!!! YOU TOLD HIM HIS MEANING FOR LIFE DIDN'T YOU!!! YOU TOLD HIM THAT WE LOVED HIM THAT YOU LOVED HIM!!! DIDN'T YOU, DIDN'T YOU!!!" She yelled at Tohru. "Yes but I don't now how that could have broken the curse???" Tohru said as she looked away from Akito to Ritsu then to Kyo. "WAS THEIR A BLUE FLASH OF LIGHT!" Akito demanded to know. "Yes Akito there was…" Ritsu said gaining his confidence.
"THEN IT'S TRUE!!! WHY, WHY, WHY!!! YOU BROKE THE CURSE!!! WHY HOW COULD YOU DO SUCH A THING!!! I TRUSTED YOU!" Akito said as she started to sob. As she kept repeating I trusted you in her sobs. "Akito...I…I'm afraid I don't understand…what happened???" Tohru asked Akito…she was a bit shaken up. "YOU BROKE THE CURSE YOU STUPID GIRL!!!" Akito said as she continued to cry. "But…but how???" Tohru asked still confused and on the brink of tears. "The prophase says…When the one that has never been shown love is loved the curse shall be broken." Akito said.
"It was originally Kyo but his curse was half broken when he was able to lash out to me but…it was Ritsu…Ritsu was the one that was never shown real love…he was the one that would ward people off because of his constant apologizing so he was never shown love. But you…you showed him his reason for living…his reason for love…you told him that you loved him and that we loved him and that he shouldn't give up on finding his true love!!! THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID DIDN'T YOU!" Akito said as he was now holding his head in pain. All three men then looked at Tohru how was shocked. "Yes I…I did say that but how did you know??" Tohru asked a few tears tracing down her porcelain cheeks.
"Because those are the words that must be said to the one who has never been loved, you told Kyo you loved him but you never told him the reason for his life…you showed him your love and he returned it…you told him of how much you loved him…I bet you even thought about having a family with him! DIDN'T YOU!!!! YOU MAKE ME SICK!!! AND TO THINK THAT I ACCTUALLY THOUGHT THAT WE COULD HAVE GROWN TO BE …..to be…to be friends!" Akito said as she looked up to see a half blushing, half happy, half shocked looking Tohru.
Kyo looked down to Tohru who was still in his arms and asked. "Is that true??? Did you really think about having a family???" Kyo asked. "Please say yes, please say yes, O PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SAY YES! I ALL I WANT IS FOR YOU TO SAY YES!!!! I WANT A FAMILY!! THAT'S ALL I NEED TO HERE RIGHT NOW!" Kyo thought as he waited for her to answer. "Yes Kyo….its true…I was actually going to tell you about it later when we left from here…" she said as she blushed.
Kyo grew a very large smile on his face and kissed her on the top of her head. "I was thinking the exact same thing." He said as he kissed her cheek. "Really?" Tohru asked, a face of surprise and love as she looked up at him, his face glowing with pride. "Please say yes, please say yes, please, please, please say yes!" Tohru thought to herself. "Yes really! When have I ever lied to you???" He said as he bent down to kiss her. She reacted by kissing him back passionately.
Sooooo sorry for the cliffy…..he he he, but I am very proud of this chapter!!! I do hope that all of you guys enjoyed this one!!! But I do know that this is not my best chapter yet…..he he he….you'll have to wait and see which one it is, I already know of course! I am glad that I went back to fix this chapter, but don't fret the next chapter will be a little bloody so…if you have a tender stomach…..please take caution with it!!!