Crimson on Lilac
[A X / Fruit Basket Crossover ]
By: Teno Hikari
email: tenohikari@cs.com
Summary: Sequel to 'Family Reunion' - reunited with his family, Kamui's peaceful life with his father, Souma Yuki, comes to a shattering halt when history repeats itself.
Warning: Dark themes with some yaoi, but I'm sure you're use to them if you've see X ... (and there's a little of it in Fruit Basket) ... you have been warned.
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Chapter Twelve
"For the last time," Kyou grounded out, snatching the car keys from his cousin. "There's no chance in hell I'm gonna let you drive!"
"Stupid cat," Yuki snapped, quickly grabbing his keys back. "It's my car. So I'll drive us there."
"You drive to slow!"
"You'd run us off the road!"
"I'll drive!" Shigurei piped in.
"NO!"
"Look," Kyou began, his red eyes blazing like fire. "I'm driving and that's-"
"Idiotic," finished Hatori. The doctor stepped forward, completely immune to both Kyou's and Yuki's fiery and ice cold glares. "I'm driving."
After Hatori put his foot down, the two men just nodded and glared at one another. Kagura just sighed from the backseat before opening the side door and grabbing Kyou. He yelped but settled down as she strapped him to the car seat giving him the 'sit down and behave, OR ELSE' look. Yuki took another look at his car keys, dangling in Hatori's hand before flopping down into the seat up front.
"Yay!" Shigurei cheered as he tossed his latest manuscript up on the roof for Mit-chan to find. "Road trip!"
The older man suppressed a sigh as he started the ignition, slapping Shigurei's hand away from the radio. It was going to be a long trip, he was just glad he remembered two very important traveling items. Aspirin and a set of ear plugs.
[ "Kamui ... Return to Tokyo ... your destiny ..." ]
"Argh!" the teenager flipped through the pages of a magazine as he tried not to dwell on the past. Unfortunately for him, he was failing that along with reading. It was almost like he'd forgotten the alphabet. As the minutes droned by, he discovered that simply looking at pictures was getting boring. That failed, Kamui opted to nap. Sadly, he failed at that too.
Kamui found himself waking up several times that day and was glad to see Yuzuriha bounce into his hospital room at dinner time. They spent the evening watching a few game shows on TV, before Subaru returned. The vet had then surprised both teenagers when he pulled out a bag of fast food hidden underneath his jacket.
"Subaru-san!" Yuzuriha hissed quietly as she quickly closed the door. "You know we're not supposed to have that kind of food in a hospital!"
"Calm down," said Kamui as he eagerly took the bag with a wide smile on his face. "I'm not sick or anything..."
The teen open the bag and took a moment to inhale the aroma of french-fries. Inuki was immediately at Kamui's side, nudging his arm to feed him a little. "Ahhh," Kamui sighed happily. "Deep fried goodness..."
Subaru snorted in disgust before snatching a fry for himself and handling it like a cigarette. The two teenagers had to keep from snickering by munching on the rest of the fries. All the while, Inuki was messily finishing off the remains of the hospital food dinner.
Souma Hatsuharu brushed his fingers over his electric guitar strings right when his cousin let out a loud: Ehhhh?! Looking up from where he was lounging on the couch, his lazy found the source of the commotion. Three of his family members were gathered together when Hatori had called them from his cell phone.
"I can't believe they left without me!" Momiji whined, which was pretty pathetic for a man his age. "I wanted to see Kamui too!"
"I wanted to go." Kisa absently curled a lock of her bright orange hair around her finger. Worry was written clearly over her delicate features as she turned her gaze to meet Hiro's. "I'm worried about Kamui-kun too... Hiro, would you mind taking us to Tokyo to see him?"
"Yeah!" Momiji brightened like the ray of sunshine he was. "Let's go see him! And then we can go sight-seeing and shop around Tokyo! It'll be great!"
Hiro sighed, he was never unable to say no to Kisa's pleading kitten eyes. He wondered if she ever knew how much power those eyes of hers had over him. "Yeah, I guess..."
"Yay!" the rabbit of the family exclaimed, and begin to bounce happily around the room.
Shaking his head, Hiro turned his head to Hatsuharu. "I suppose you're coming too?"
"If I may," the older man said quietly. He nodded over to Momiji was already babbling away to Kisa as their animal ears perked up, "One of us has to stay sane."
Hiro shook his head, digging his car keys from his pocket while muttering, "Until Black Haru shows up, the only sane person is gonna be me..."
Narrowed plum colored eyes lazily watched the Souma car approach the Hospital where Kamui was at. The owner of those eyes, drummed his black gloved fingers across his steering wheel and grinned. With his other hand he picked up his cell phone and called one person who had anticipated these events.
After two short rings, a feminine monotone voice answered. "Konban wa, Megumi,"
"Konban wa," he returned. Megumi's grin widened as he added, "Oneesan."
"Just pull over on the curb in front of the hospital and let me out," said Yuki when they finally arrived.
Kyo, who had surprisingly been quiet throughout the trip, would have sniggered at the sight of his cousin's anxiety. Would have, if it hadn't been for Kagura jabbing him in the ribs each time. Hatori complied with Yuki's request and pulled over to let his family members out.
"Why don't you all go," said the doctor. "I'll come back around in a few hours to pick you up."
Everyone had gotten out of the car, and Yuki was already rushing up the hospital steps when Kagura turned around. "Don't you want to see Kami-chans too?"
"In the morning," he answered. "When he's feeling better. In the mean time, I have some important errands to run while I'm in Tokyo."
"Byeee Ha-saaan!" Shigurei waved cheerfully as the other man drove off without another word.
"So the Souma family has arrived in Tokyo."
"Only Souma Shigurei's household," said Megumi. "They are the closest to Shiro Kamui of course."
"Of course."
"So, why didn't you inform me about the building fire Kamui was in?" he asked. Megumi's hand left the wheel after turning off the ignition before searching for something in his coat pocket. Finding what sought after, he added, "I could have helped him."
"It wasn't necessary. I knew Kamui would survive."
"Oneesan," the young man chuckled as he opened the top of a cigarette cartridge and popped one out. Now to find his lighter... "He is in a hospital."
"I know, but he came out physically unharmed," the voice paused for a moment. "At least now he's aware of the danger. Megumi..."
He place the thin stick between his lips and kept searching. "Hai?"
"You don't have your lighter."
Plum eyes widened slightly and the man let out a rare chuckle. His cigarette falling onto the car floor, rolling out of sight. "So I don't."
Inuki's ears perked up at the sound of approaching footsteps and quickly barked to warn the others. Yuzuriha shushed him while quickly disposing the fast food bag and used napkins into the trash. She then quickly plopped down in a chair near Kamui's bedside as the door opened.
"Kamui!"
The violet-eyed boy just blinked as his father was quickly at his side in mere seconds. "Y-Yuki?"
The older man embraced him gently. "I was so worried!" he began. "When Imonoyama-san called... I knew something horrible was... I...I can't believe you jumped off a building!"
"I'm okay," Kamui smiled to assure him. "Really. I would have jumped on to another building... but there were to many people around."
"Well, why did you rush in a burning building in the first place?" demanded Yuki.
Kyou was about to throw in his 'because he's an idiot' answer for Kamui but his stomach growled loudly when he sniffed the air. Funny, it certainly didn't smell like hospital food... "Why does it smell like french-fries and barbecue sauce in here?"
Yuzuriha and Inuki sweat dropped.
"Smoking is bad for you Megumi. It's unhealthy. They cause lungs to turn black from the tar."
"Hai, Oneesan," he sighed. His eyes then shot over to the glove compartment, remembering that he always carried around a matchbox.
"Tar gradually collects inside one's lungs forming black deposits all over their lungs," she continued. All the while, Megumi's hand slowed in search for the matchbox. "Since nicotine is addicting, the smoker who continues to smoke, is making the tar deposits inside their lungs thicker and thicker."
Plum colored eyes widened slightly when he found what he seek behind another pair of gloves. Closing the glove compartment, he then fished out another cigarette. His hand stilled over the cover of the matchbox as his sister's tone of voice suddenly grew louder.
"Secondly, your lungs have no way of getting rid of this deadly substance, making it easier for the blackness to overcome a person. Illness will overtake the body and death is sure to follow... causing the family of this foolish addict, to grieve..."
"Oneesan," Megumi sighed once again in defeat. "You've made your point."
Slender fingers finished pressed gently on the ivory colored paper completing the origami. He balanced the finished paper crane in the palm of his hand, studying it's perfection. A thin smile appeared on his handsome face as he set it down with it's twin. One made of black construction paper and facing the opposite direction.
"Souma-san?"
Coal black eyes lifted up from where he was kneeling to give the servant woman an annoyed frown. "What is it?"
"Someone is here to see you, Souma-san."
He looked away bored and without a care as he began another set of cranes. He pulled another two pieces of colored paper from the stack which was starting to grow smaller. One red and the other purple.
The door slid open once more and he heard his servant step inside.
"Akito."
His head shot up when hearing his name said by that familiar voice. Dark eyes widened before his frown turned into a wide smile. Standing up, he walked around the small table slowly before throwing his arms around the other man's broad shoulders.
"Hatori!"
"I have to go now, Megumi. Please continue to watch Kamui until he returns to Kyoto."
"Hai."
Megumi started his car again and looked at the hospital before driving off. 'If he returns...'
[ Author's Notes ]
Okay, I wrote this all in my lecture class... so bored!!! One more day and the semester is over! Whoohoo!!!! Oh yeah, ::blush:: I didn't go over this for grammar mistakes... I really try to - but no time. If I didn't hurry up and finish it, I probably never would ^^; Happy Holidays!
[A X / Fruit Basket Crossover ]
By: Teno Hikari
email: tenohikari@cs.com
Summary: Sequel to 'Family Reunion' - reunited with his family, Kamui's peaceful life with his father, Souma Yuki, comes to a shattering halt when history repeats itself.
Warning: Dark themes with some yaoi, but I'm sure you're use to them if you've see X ... (and there's a little of it in Fruit Basket) ... you have been warned.
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Chapter Twelve
"For the last time," Kyou grounded out, snatching the car keys from his cousin. "There's no chance in hell I'm gonna let you drive!"
"Stupid cat," Yuki snapped, quickly grabbing his keys back. "It's my car. So I'll drive us there."
"You drive to slow!"
"You'd run us off the road!"
"I'll drive!" Shigurei piped in.
"NO!"
"Look," Kyou began, his red eyes blazing like fire. "I'm driving and that's-"
"Idiotic," finished Hatori. The doctor stepped forward, completely immune to both Kyou's and Yuki's fiery and ice cold glares. "I'm driving."
After Hatori put his foot down, the two men just nodded and glared at one another. Kagura just sighed from the backseat before opening the side door and grabbing Kyou. He yelped but settled down as she strapped him to the car seat giving him the 'sit down and behave, OR ELSE' look. Yuki took another look at his car keys, dangling in Hatori's hand before flopping down into the seat up front.
"Yay!" Shigurei cheered as he tossed his latest manuscript up on the roof for Mit-chan to find. "Road trip!"
The older man suppressed a sigh as he started the ignition, slapping Shigurei's hand away from the radio. It was going to be a long trip, he was just glad he remembered two very important traveling items. Aspirin and a set of ear plugs.
[ "Kamui ... Return to Tokyo ... your destiny ..." ]
"Argh!" the teenager flipped through the pages of a magazine as he tried not to dwell on the past. Unfortunately for him, he was failing that along with reading. It was almost like he'd forgotten the alphabet. As the minutes droned by, he discovered that simply looking at pictures was getting boring. That failed, Kamui opted to nap. Sadly, he failed at that too.
Kamui found himself waking up several times that day and was glad to see Yuzuriha bounce into his hospital room at dinner time. They spent the evening watching a few game shows on TV, before Subaru returned. The vet had then surprised both teenagers when he pulled out a bag of fast food hidden underneath his jacket.
"Subaru-san!" Yuzuriha hissed quietly as she quickly closed the door. "You know we're not supposed to have that kind of food in a hospital!"
"Calm down," said Kamui as he eagerly took the bag with a wide smile on his face. "I'm not sick or anything..."
The teen open the bag and took a moment to inhale the aroma of french-fries. Inuki was immediately at Kamui's side, nudging his arm to feed him a little. "Ahhh," Kamui sighed happily. "Deep fried goodness..."
Subaru snorted in disgust before snatching a fry for himself and handling it like a cigarette. The two teenagers had to keep from snickering by munching on the rest of the fries. All the while, Inuki was messily finishing off the remains of the hospital food dinner.
Souma Hatsuharu brushed his fingers over his electric guitar strings right when his cousin let out a loud: Ehhhh?! Looking up from where he was lounging on the couch, his lazy found the source of the commotion. Three of his family members were gathered together when Hatori had called them from his cell phone.
"I can't believe they left without me!" Momiji whined, which was pretty pathetic for a man his age. "I wanted to see Kamui too!"
"I wanted to go." Kisa absently curled a lock of her bright orange hair around her finger. Worry was written clearly over her delicate features as she turned her gaze to meet Hiro's. "I'm worried about Kamui-kun too... Hiro, would you mind taking us to Tokyo to see him?"
"Yeah!" Momiji brightened like the ray of sunshine he was. "Let's go see him! And then we can go sight-seeing and shop around Tokyo! It'll be great!"
Hiro sighed, he was never unable to say no to Kisa's pleading kitten eyes. He wondered if she ever knew how much power those eyes of hers had over him. "Yeah, I guess..."
"Yay!" the rabbit of the family exclaimed, and begin to bounce happily around the room.
Shaking his head, Hiro turned his head to Hatsuharu. "I suppose you're coming too?"
"If I may," the older man said quietly. He nodded over to Momiji was already babbling away to Kisa as their animal ears perked up, "One of us has to stay sane."
Hiro shook his head, digging his car keys from his pocket while muttering, "Until Black Haru shows up, the only sane person is gonna be me..."
Narrowed plum colored eyes lazily watched the Souma car approach the Hospital where Kamui was at. The owner of those eyes, drummed his black gloved fingers across his steering wheel and grinned. With his other hand he picked up his cell phone and called one person who had anticipated these events.
After two short rings, a feminine monotone voice answered. "Konban wa, Megumi,"
"Konban wa," he returned. Megumi's grin widened as he added, "Oneesan."
"Just pull over on the curb in front of the hospital and let me out," said Yuki when they finally arrived.
Kyo, who had surprisingly been quiet throughout the trip, would have sniggered at the sight of his cousin's anxiety. Would have, if it hadn't been for Kagura jabbing him in the ribs each time. Hatori complied with Yuki's request and pulled over to let his family members out.
"Why don't you all go," said the doctor. "I'll come back around in a few hours to pick you up."
Everyone had gotten out of the car, and Yuki was already rushing up the hospital steps when Kagura turned around. "Don't you want to see Kami-chans too?"
"In the morning," he answered. "When he's feeling better. In the mean time, I have some important errands to run while I'm in Tokyo."
"Byeee Ha-saaan!" Shigurei waved cheerfully as the other man drove off without another word.
"So the Souma family has arrived in Tokyo."
"Only Souma Shigurei's household," said Megumi. "They are the closest to Shiro Kamui of course."
"Of course."
"So, why didn't you inform me about the building fire Kamui was in?" he asked. Megumi's hand left the wheel after turning off the ignition before searching for something in his coat pocket. Finding what sought after, he added, "I could have helped him."
"It wasn't necessary. I knew Kamui would survive."
"Oneesan," the young man chuckled as he opened the top of a cigarette cartridge and popped one out. Now to find his lighter... "He is in a hospital."
"I know, but he came out physically unharmed," the voice paused for a moment. "At least now he's aware of the danger. Megumi..."
He place the thin stick between his lips and kept searching. "Hai?"
"You don't have your lighter."
Plum eyes widened slightly and the man let out a rare chuckle. His cigarette falling onto the car floor, rolling out of sight. "So I don't."
Inuki's ears perked up at the sound of approaching footsteps and quickly barked to warn the others. Yuzuriha shushed him while quickly disposing the fast food bag and used napkins into the trash. She then quickly plopped down in a chair near Kamui's bedside as the door opened.
"Kamui!"
The violet-eyed boy just blinked as his father was quickly at his side in mere seconds. "Y-Yuki?"
The older man embraced him gently. "I was so worried!" he began. "When Imonoyama-san called... I knew something horrible was... I...I can't believe you jumped off a building!"
"I'm okay," Kamui smiled to assure him. "Really. I would have jumped on to another building... but there were to many people around."
"Well, why did you rush in a burning building in the first place?" demanded Yuki.
Kyou was about to throw in his 'because he's an idiot' answer for Kamui but his stomach growled loudly when he sniffed the air. Funny, it certainly didn't smell like hospital food... "Why does it smell like french-fries and barbecue sauce in here?"
Yuzuriha and Inuki sweat dropped.
"Smoking is bad for you Megumi. It's unhealthy. They cause lungs to turn black from the tar."
"Hai, Oneesan," he sighed. His eyes then shot over to the glove compartment, remembering that he always carried around a matchbox.
"Tar gradually collects inside one's lungs forming black deposits all over their lungs," she continued. All the while, Megumi's hand slowed in search for the matchbox. "Since nicotine is addicting, the smoker who continues to smoke, is making the tar deposits inside their lungs thicker and thicker."
Plum colored eyes widened slightly when he found what he seek behind another pair of gloves. Closing the glove compartment, he then fished out another cigarette. His hand stilled over the cover of the matchbox as his sister's tone of voice suddenly grew louder.
"Secondly, your lungs have no way of getting rid of this deadly substance, making it easier for the blackness to overcome a person. Illness will overtake the body and death is sure to follow... causing the family of this foolish addict, to grieve..."
"Oneesan," Megumi sighed once again in defeat. "You've made your point."
Slender fingers finished pressed gently on the ivory colored paper completing the origami. He balanced the finished paper crane in the palm of his hand, studying it's perfection. A thin smile appeared on his handsome face as he set it down with it's twin. One made of black construction paper and facing the opposite direction.
"Souma-san?"
Coal black eyes lifted up from where he was kneeling to give the servant woman an annoyed frown. "What is it?"
"Someone is here to see you, Souma-san."
He looked away bored and without a care as he began another set of cranes. He pulled another two pieces of colored paper from the stack which was starting to grow smaller. One red and the other purple.
The door slid open once more and he heard his servant step inside.
"Akito."
His head shot up when hearing his name said by that familiar voice. Dark eyes widened before his frown turned into a wide smile. Standing up, he walked around the small table slowly before throwing his arms around the other man's broad shoulders.
"Hatori!"
"I have to go now, Megumi. Please continue to watch Kamui until he returns to Kyoto."
"Hai."
Megumi started his car again and looked at the hospital before driving off. 'If he returns...'
[ Author's Notes ]
Okay, I wrote this all in my lecture class... so bored!!! One more day and the semester is over! Whoohoo!!!! Oh yeah, ::blush:: I didn't go over this for grammar mistakes... I really try to - but no time. If I didn't hurry up and finish it, I probably never would ^^; Happy Holidays!