Somewhere Between Life and Death

-In this story, Akito has a little brother just to tell you.
-And at the end when I saw Yuki smiled back for the first time in 6 months. I mean Yuki smiled for real. you know what I mean. It's NOT a fake smiled! its REAL! =)
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Chapter 2
By: DestinyBabee

When Yuki finally reached the Main House, he couldn't help but think about the girl he met earlier at the hospital. Ayu... Could she really be from my family?? While approaching Hatori's house, Yuki suddenly ran into Momiji.

"YUKI!!!" Momiji said, as he ran towards yuki, waving his hand.

"Momiji?" Yuki said, little surprised. "I thought you were going to Shigure's House?"

"Nope, Shigure wasn't home, and Kyo told me to go away. Anways, Hatori's been waiting for you." Momiji said happily. "Well, I've got some business with Kisa, and Hiro. BYE!!" Momiji smiled and disappeared in the house.

"Shigure's not home?? Where could he have gone? How strange." Yuki said, but easily brushed it off

When Yuki got to Hatori's place, he saw him looking at his love's picture, Kana. Yuki could understand how he felt, for he was suffering from the same thing.

"Uh...Hatori?" Yuki walked in.

"Um.. yeah" Hatori said startled, and quickly slipped the picture in his pocket.

"Hatori, I want to ask you something. Is there a girl in our family called Ayu?" Yuki said.

Hatori thought for a moment, and remembered that he met her one time. "Yes, there's a girl your age called Ayu, she's Akito's brother's daughter." Hatori said, wondering why Yuki asked.

"Akito had a brother?" Yuki asked.

"A little brother. No one knows of this except for Shigure and I. Akito insisted that we keep it a secret." Hatori said softly, being careful that someone would hear their conversation.

"And Shigure actually keep the secret?" Yuki said, sounding a bit surprised.

Hatori Nodded.

"So why did Akito want to keep it a secret?" Yuki questioned.

"Because Akito hates his brother, and he doesn't want people to know that he has a brother." Hatori said.


"If its suppose to be a secret, why are you telling me this?" Yuki said.

"Because I know when you walk out of here, the secret will stay in this room." Hatori said clearly.

"I see...So is Ayu part of the Jyuunishi? Does she know about the Jyuunishi Curse?" Yuki asked curiously.

"No, she's not. She doesn't know what about it either. Why are you asking so much about her?" Hatori wondered.

"I meet her today while visiting Tohru." Yuki said, his heart kinda sank when he started thinking about his first love again. "Ahh.. So..what did you want me to come here for?" Yuki said, trying to change the subject.

Hatori took deep breaths before starting. "Yuki, I know you're devasted about Tohru's accident, even though this will be hard for you to hear, I still have to tell you this." Hatori said softly. After a 5 minute pause, he sighed and started speaking again. "Each day that passes by, Tohru's chances of waking will get smaller and smaller."

This was extremely hard for Yuki to hear, but still said nothing.

"And as much as we hate to admit it-" Hatori started, but was interrupted by none other than Shigure.

"Ha-san and I think it would be best to take Tohru-kun off life support." Shigure said sadly, stepping out from the shadows.

"WHAT?! TAKE HER OFF LIFE SUPPORT??! NO! I WON'T ALLOW IT!" Yuki screamed and cried at the same time.

"She could be suffering, and who are we to prolong her life like this?" Hatori stated.

"Yuki! Listen to us! This is the only thing we can do for her!" Shigure said.

"ONLY THING YOU CAN DO?! DON'T TELL ME YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING HER A FAVOR BY KILLING HER! THAT'S BULL SHIT!"

"Yuki! It's hard for us too, but this what has to be done!" Hatori reasoned.

"HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT HATORI!" Yuki yelled, tears were now streaming down one by one onto the ground. "YOU'RE A DOCTOR! YOUR DUTY IS TO SAVE PEOPLE, NOT KILL THEM! YOU CAN'T DO THIS! I WON'T LET YOU!" He ran off as he finished.

"Yuki! Wait!" Hatori and Shigure called after simultaneously.

Running towards the hospital, he was crushed by Hatori and Shigure's Words. How can they say that? Taking her off life support! I won't allow it! There's no way in hell. He thought. As Yuki reached the hospital entrance, he saw Ayu sitting down in front of the paramedics section, even though he was curious why she was waiting there, he was too much in a hurry to ask or even say hi. As he zoomed by, Ayu looked up, and noticed that Yuki had just passed by without saying hi. There was also another thing she noticed about Yuki, he definitely looked like he had been crying. She decided that she should check if everything was alright, so she followed him.

When Yuki finally reached Tohru's room, she was still lying there safely, and breathing.

"Tohru.." Yuki said sadly. "Tohru, please, you have to wake up! Hatori and Shigure want to take you off life support.. Don't worry! I won't let them!" Yuki cried at her bed side. "Please Tohru.. wake up! I-I love you too much to let go."

Ayu's eyes widened. So that's who Yuki's in love with. She thought, just as she was gonna leave, she accidentally dropped her keys. She cursed herself for always being so clumsy. Damn! She thought.

"huh?" Yuki turned around to see who was at the door. And surprising enough, it was Ayu. "Ayu??" He wiped his tears. "What are you doing here?"

"Ummm...ah..I wasn't eavesdropping or anything.. heh heh I'm so sorry! I just wanted to see if you were ok and-"

"You heard everything?" Yuki interrupted.

"Oh! Don't worry! My lips are sealed!" Ayu covered her mouth.

"It's okay." Yuki said, and turned around heading back to Tohru's side, with Ayu following close behind.

"Um.. M-May I talk to her?" Ayu asked.

"I'm sure Tohru would like that." Yuki forced smiled.

"Um.. Hi! you probably don't know me, but I'm Sohma Ayu. Strange isn't it, I'm in Yuki's family, yet he and I never met. You may not know this, but you've been in a coma for 6 months. Yuki misses you very much, he loves you, and I'm sure you love him too. And by the looks of it, he hasn't told you yet has he? If you wake up now, you guys can start going out! Every girl loves it when a guy confides in her!" Ayu said cheerfully.

By now, Yuki was turning a bright shade of red at Ayu's statement.

"Oh Don't be shy, Yuki! You know you what it!" Ayu smiled. "And besides, I think its romantic!"

Her smile looks so much like Tohru's. He thought. And he smiled back for the first time in 6 months.



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sorry so short! too busy these days! with me moving house and all. And i gotta rep for making short chapters! hehe ^_^'