These next two chapters are pretty intense (at least think so) and they were so much fun to write. I swear, half the reason I wrote this story is just so I could write these last two chapters haha, well please review
Hatori could swear he felt his heart stop. Akito's hands coiled around Hatori's wrist as her nails dug into his flesh mercilessly.
"A-Akito." Hatori gulped.
"Oh my, what's this?" Akito said taking the pill out of his hand with her free hand. She examined it.
"What is this Hatori? I thought you already gave me my pills." Akito said with mock confusion. Akito dug her nails more into Hatori's skin causing him to gasp in pain.
"YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN BETRAY ME?!?!" Akito screamed kicking Hatori in the back, finally releasing her grasp on him. "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!"
Hatori struggled to get up and didn't notice that his ring had dropped from his finger and collided with the floor.
"YOU LIVE TO SERVE ME! YOU HAVE NO OTHER PURPOSE! GET OUT OF MY SIGHT! YOU'RE NOTHING BUT FILTH!" Hatori rushed out of the room holding his wrist. Akito slammed the door behind him and fell to the floor and started crying.
"Damnit!" She screamed throwing the bowl of soup against the floor causing it to crash. "DAMNIT!" I can't trust anyone! They're all liars! Filth! As bad as the cat! Akito slumped to her knees and used her hands to support her, only to draw back her hand out of pain. For a second she thought that she had touched some broken glass but when she looked down at the floor she saw something shining. She hesitantly picked it up and examined it closely. It was a ring.
CLANG!
"Many Apologizes Master Akito."
"Is that yours, Kiku?"
"Oh sorry, that was my ring. I really need to get this thing sized."
"Kureno wanted me to give you this address."
"It amazes me that you could be so happy after just getting shot."
Akito's eyes widened. Shigure, Hatori, Kiku and God knows who else. No wait, not Kiku, it can't be. But…
"Master Akito." Akito turned around to face Tohru, still in her mask.
"K-Kiku…"
"I came to give Kyo his food." Tohru said bowing to Akito.
"R-right." Akito's eyes never left Tohru. Even when she rummaged for the keys she still kept an eye on her. "Here." Tohru took the keys and then headed down the hall to Kyo's cage.
'I feel as though if I turn around someone will stab me.' Akito thought. 'Wait a second…'
A few minutes later Tohru came back in the room with the keys in her hand. "Master Akito, your keys." Tohru said handing them to her.
"Thank you Kiku." Akito frowned and took them rather harshly and commanded her to get out. She threw the keys across the room and then stormed over to the phone, dialing so hard she thought the numbers would break, but she didn't care at the moment. She didn't care about anything right now.
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"Alright Tohru, admit it. As much as you know this job is dangerous and even though we all know you don't exactly like the outcome, you like this job, don't you?" Shigure asked. Everyone except Yuki and Ayame were in the room.
"Well, it is good seeing Kyo again, even though he doesn't know it's me. And it is a little fun to dress up in these costumes, they're so realistic! Ayame does a fantastic job with them."
"And playing with guns is fun." Haru said examining his nails.
"That's the second time you've said something like that, right now I don't think I trust you with them anymore." Rin said narrowing her eyes slightly. Everyone laughed when Shigure heard his cell phone go off.
"If you will excuse me, I believe I will take this in the next room." Shigure said jokingly and walked into the next room. "Hello."
"How long has everyone been doing this for?" Tohru asked.
"I've been in it for four years. Haru Yuki and Kyo have been doing it for two." Rin said.
"Kyo worked here to?" Tohru asked.
"Yes and no. He usually didn't like being apart of missions and turned down a lot of jobs." Haru added.
"What about you Hatori?" Tohru asked.
"Ayame, Shigure and I have been working for the IMF for thirteen years. Shigure's father just recently retired and he took his place as leader."
"Oh wow! That's amazing!" Tohru chirped.
"Hiro over here has known about the IMF for about a year now he's tagged along on a lot of missions but he's never really worked in the field." Haru said.
"Tag along? I don't tag along anywhere I sit here and watch the monitors all day." Hiro snapped.
"You got to work your way up kid." Rin stated smirking.
They continued chatting for a few minutes when they heard the door open. Everyone's smiled immediately when they saw who was standing before them. Akito stood at the doorway with a soft expression on his face. Everyone turned pale.
"A-A-Akito!" Tohru said bowing vigorously.
"Ha ha, calm down Tohru it's me." Yuki said from behind his mask. Everyone let out a breath.
"Shit Yuki! You scared the hell out of us!" Rin screamed.
"Sorry, sorry, I couldn't take the mask off until I was inside." Yuki said peeling off the flesh mask. Yuki was sweating from the heat and ran a hand through his hair and slumped in a chair.
"Where's Ayame?" Tohru asked concerned.
"No need to fear my precious Tohru! I have arrived." Ayame said bursting through the door.
"You just had to ask didn't you?" Rin mumbled.
"Yuki did a magnificent job impersonating Akito today!" Ayame boasted for his brother. Yuki rolled his eyes as he took off the gloves that matched the skin of his mask.
"Yuki, was that you in Akito's room when I went to give Kyo his food?" Tohru asked.
"No, that was hi-her. I'm still getting used to that." Yuki said laughing. "We went somewhere else."
"How does it feel knowing you can pull off looking like a girl?" Rin asked laughing slightly. Yuki laughed a little.
"Hey, she could pull off being a man." Yuki shot back.
"Where did you go then?" Tohru asked. Shigure walked into the room at that moment with a serious look on his face.
"We have a problem." Shigure said.
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Everyone sat in front of Shigure who was pacing around the room. Everyone had suddenly grown very nervous and were fidgeting themselves.
"Akito pieced it together." Shigure said. Everyone's hearts completely stopped.
"What do you mean he pieced it together?" Rin asked louder then she meant to.
"He said it was the rings. Tohru wore one, I wore one, and Hatori wore one and left it in Akito's room. Akito now wants us to meet him in her room at eight o'clock tomorrow. He sounded very angry."
"Why did you have us wear matching rings then?!?" Yuki said sharply.
"Because if he did piece it together he wouldn't punish anyone who was not involved. It was for emergencies only. I just assumed that an emergency wouldn't occur." Shigure said slightly defensive.
"Well then what are we going to do?" Tohru said frantic. Shigure put his head in his hands.
"Tohru, I'm so sorry." He breathed.
"It's not your fault." Tohru said trying to comfort him.
"No, Tohru… I haven't been telling you everything." Shigure said. Everyone stared at Shigure except for Haru and Rin who stared at the floor, slightly ashamed of themselves.
"Shigure, what do you mean?" Shigure left the room for a second and then came back with the pictures of Kureno and Arisa. "I didn't tell you at first because we needed you on the team, and if you knew one of your friends might be hurt, we were afraid you would quit." Tohru looked at the pictures with complete wide eyes. She could feel tears welling up. How could she have put her own friend into such danger. Tohru put a hand up to her mouth and dropped the pictures. Yuki glared at Shigure.
"How could you not tell her that?!" Yuki said standing up to look Shigure right in the eye.
"It was the only thing I could do, Yuki! We needed her in this operation!"
"Well what about Ms. Honda! What will happen to her if something happens to her friend?!?" Yuki hissed. Tohru closed her eyes and let a single tear fall. Without any word she stood up and left the room heading for her own. Yuki glared at Shigure and followed Tohru out calling her name. Shigure slumped down in a chair and put his head on the table.
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Ring! Ring!
"Hello?"
"Uo?" Tohru asked through the receiver. Her voice was shaky and sounded like she was about to cry.
"Tohru? Tohru, what wrong?" She asked worriedly.
"I'm so sorry Uo! I'm so sorry, it's all my fault. I didn't do anything. I didn't stop it!"
"Tohru, what's going on, you're scaring me." Uo said clutching the phone line.
"I'm so sorry about Kureno, and putting you in danger! I'm a horrible friend, I've betrayed you. And after everything I've done I call you out of my own selfish needs for comfort." Tohru was crying hysterically now, gasping between each word as she spoke to her friend.
"Tohru, how do you know about Kureno?" Uo asked.
"I can't tell you, I can't tell you much at all. I can only tell you it was my fault Akito found you at the restaurant and it was my fault he shot Kureno! I'm so sorry Uo, I'm so sorry!"
"Tohru, Tohru calm down. I can't believe you would tell Akito out of spite about me and Kureno, and he woke up today anyway, he's going to be just fine. It wasn't your fault it was Akito's, okay?"
"I'm sorry." Tohru mumbled again. "Uo."
"Yes?"
"I'm so scared." Tohru said calming down a little more.
"Why? What's going on?" Uo asked slightly frantic.
"Akito… she told us, she wants us to meet her tomorrow at eight in the morning. I'm so scared. What's going to happen to us? What will happen if something happens to Yuki or Shigure or anyone else? We all, we all betrayed her and she caught us. Something's going to happen, I just know it."
"Tohru…" Uo breathed.
"I can't tell you anything, I just, I just wanted to say I was sorry. I just wanted to hear your voice. You give me so much strength but I feel selfish using it. I've betrayed you and I'm so sorry." Tohru said.
"Tohru, it wasn't your fault…"
"Uo, I'm sorry I have to go. I'm sorry." With that, the line went dead. Arisa stared at the phone in her hand and tightened her grasp on it.
'Tohru…'
Next chapter is the last one in the story, I'm very excited (rejoices) haha XD