Lexie-chan here. This is going to be a fun chapter, I promise. But there is a SPOLER ALERT!!There's actually action in this one. If you are one of my fans who read this, thank you for being patient. I apologize if their plan seems too simple. I thought it might work. I mean, Akito does seem like that kind of person to be alarmed by those under his control randomly rising up against him. (But I guess he had it coming) Oh! Do any of you think Akito should have a happy ending?( I'm just curious, you're going to have to wait and see how it turns out.) Oh, by the way, I chose the title from one of my favorite songs. Have any of you ever heard it?
Chapter 21: Ballroom Blitz
…And the man in the back said everyone attack and it turned into a ballroom blitz… Don't ask…;) PS: SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN"T READ 17 or 18!
"How do Shigure and Hatori know?" Ritchan asked.
"We just do." Hatori said in his don't-question-me tone.
"So now that we know where we're going, how about what to do when we get there." Hiro said.
"We should all just go against him at once." Shigure suggested, "he would be forced to back down. He would never suspect it."
"Good idea!" Aaya agreed, "But Gure-san, what if…(A/N, this is from J-san: Lexie-chan, nice, real nice. Leave me to finish the sentence. My response: Ha ha. Suck it up.) he hurts our Tohru?"
"Then we'll just have to hurt him back." Kyo replied, hatred in his eyes. The others agreed, silently standing up, battle faces on. They were ready to face their God.
Akito looked up, feeling as if someone tugged his sleeve. But then he felt it again, as if a thread was being stretched thinner and thinner to the point of snapping.
"Kureno! I'm sorry!" Akito wailed, looking around for his ever-loyal rooster. But Kureno was no where to be found. "No!" Akito gasped. The tugging increased. Suddenly the head maid burst in the room, and stepped back upon already seeing Akito in a frenzy.
"Akito-san! All of the zodiac is here!" she cried, and Akito screeched.
"What? No! Get them away!" Akito commanded, and then pounding began at the front door. The head maid rushed off to stop them, when Akito hurriedly opened the door to Tohru's room. He grabbed her hair and dragged her out, ignoring her whimpers and cries of pain. She was an unhealthy sallow color, covered in blood and vomit, with bruises and dark circles under her eyes. But Akito didn't see this, didn't see the multiple bruises, he only saw the woman he hated and whom broke up his zodiac. He opened his back door, and dragged Tohru on a path through the gardens down to the river.
"Let us in!" Momiji, Kyo, Yuki, Rin, and Ritchan were pounding on the door shouting.
"No. Akito-san refuses to see anyone." She replied stiffly, holding her head high.
"You are going to be held as an accomplice to kidnapping." Kureno said, and the aid's eyes widened, but she held her ground.
"Oh?" she said disbelieving.
"He is currently holding Tohru Honda, a woman not related to the Sohmas hostage. Let us through." Hatori replied calmly, and the head maid stepped aside, watching the zodiac fly by her to Akito's room. But when they arrived, Tohru and Akito were already gone.
"They went out the back!" Haru cried, and everyone immediately rushed out into the gardens.
"Ugh! Get up, you stupid bitch!" Akito cried, yanking Tohru up until she was on her feet. "Walk!" Akito pushed her forward, and Tohru stumbled over some rocks, her last ribbon catching on a bush.
"Get back up!" Akito tried again, and this time Tohru managed to walk in a daze without falling. I hear running water. She thought blankly staring through the trees and bushes. They reached the river and the Tohru's knees gave out. She could barely breathe. She rolled on her back, moaning.
"Stupid woman! What's wrong with you?" Akito asked, kicking her again. She coughed up more blood. "Look. You've been playing with fire for too long, and now you're going to get burned." Akito laughed humorlessly.
"I found Onee-chan's ribbon." Kisa called softly. The others came, and Hatori said,
"We need to move faster. He's getting violent." He pointed to the scuff marks on the ground and some of Tohru's hair.
"Sh-" Kyo, Yuki, Rin. Aaya, Kureno and Shigure all began at once, then they heard Akito's laughter, and a muffled yelp.
"The river!" Kagura and Ritchan cried breathlessly, and they all took off at a run.
When they reached Akito and Tohru, they hardly recognized her.
"Onee-chan…" Kisa whispered, and cringed when Tohru began coughing.
"He broke a rib. Or more than one, from the looks of things." Hatori said, a note of horror in his voice.
"Oh my god." Kagura said, "She's almost dead! Look at all the blood on her shirt."
Rin, Yuki, Kyo and Momiji were being held back by the others.
"So here it ends." Akito said, noticing the others had found them. "Over a stupid woman that had no business entering our lives." Akito hissed, viciously stepping on Tohru's hand. A cracking noise entered the clearing. She screamed. The thread was pulled even tighter.
"Let her go." Kyo said in a deadly voice.
"Never. I refuse." Akito said, kicking Tohru closer to the river.
"Akito, stop this." Kureno came forward.
"No! It is time for her to pay." Akito pushed Tohru a little further. "Now leave."
"No."
"You belong to me! Obey me!" Akito yelled.
"I don't belong to you anymore. I was released a long time ago." Kureno confessed calmly, and all of the others gasped. The thread was pulled tighter.
"YOU'RE STILL MINE!" Akito cried, then finally pushed Tohru's head into the surprisingly deep river.
This might be my last update for a bit, my brothers being a real jerk. No one can stand him right now, and now he wants to use the computer to play games even though we have like two really nice gaming consoles in the house already. Oh well. I'll rty to update soon. I hope you enjoyed it.