A/N- Sorry for any mistakes in this chapter, and that includes the displays of my lack of medical knowledge! Also, sorry for the Yuki fans…there is no Yuki POV in this chapter. We'll get back to him in chapter ten, which I'm expecting to be up really soon this time! In this chapter…if you can get past the semi mushy part, the semi disappointing part, and the semi confusing part, you will be rewarded with…..the end of the chapter, congratulations!
Thanks…. To The Lost Saiyan….. Here's your chapter! Cool name, by the way.
To Calen...My Grammar Policeman ;-) Sorry my terminology got on your nerves…We can't all be medical geniuses. However, I put lots of Kyo in this chapter just for you.
To Yume Maxwell-Yuy….Okay, I updated :-) Hope you like it.
To ssjgoddesschico…. Man I have to be careful when I type that in, I never get it right. And of course yuki's still alive. Won't be much of a story after I kill him off ;-)
To spacemonkey…. Glad you're glad I updated
To Gwinny…..Yeah…sorry for that cliff hanger earlier. Just felt the need to be obnoxious, I guess.
To Yukie-chan…. Hey, it's okay, welcome back! By the way…I checked out some of your stories the other day. They're really good.
To R Junkie….I'm glad you like it, and you're absolutely right. I will now answer your questions, :-)….I left out the whole changing into animals thing because I felt it didn't really add to the story. Also seemed kind of random to bring it in later after the first few chapters didn't have it. And Tohru….Um, yeah. I kind of forgot about her (?!) for the first few chapters, and after I remembered her, it was too late to successfully work her into the story, haha. Again, I thought it'd be random. A lot of this story won't fit right in with the anime and manga. Kudos to you for spotting the details!
To Someone who wants me to hurry up and finish this goddam fic….haha. best anonymous name yet. Well, it's not finished, but here's an update for you!
A Shadow Reborn- Chapter Nine
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Akito was sitting on the ground in the woods, regardless of the moisture, his knees pulled up to him and his head resting on his hands. He had not gotten far before he realized he had no where to go. Eventually he would have to head back to the Main House, and hope it had been abandoned by then. Now Akito caught his breath and looked up, listening.
He sensed the presence of someone approaching before he actually saw or heard them, but when he heard footsteps and breathing behind him, he stood up and turned to face Kyo directly.
Akito was confused, shaken up over the nights' events; he was only human. But as he knew Kyo was there, he was careful to mask his expression with cool indifference as he faced him.
Kyo glared back for a moment, challenging him. Then he pulled out the .22 revolver and held it up for display.
"Forget something?"
Akito crossed his arms. "You have business with me, Kyo-kun?"
"Must be that darn Cat Vengefulness again." Kyo was off to a good start. He had no second thoughts of his hatred for this man; tonight's occurrences had confirmed that. "Damn it, you really do make me sick. You know, most people use their free time working or partying or at least having a life of some sort. But you just sit around and think up new ways to screw around with people's lives, don't you."
Akito narrowed his eyes. "Nothing I do is any concern of yours. You're not even part of this fami-"
"The hell it doesn't concern me! You go off and shoot one of my frien- cousins. Why your twisted mind works this way is beyond me, but did you think you'd get away with it?" At the mention of Yuki, something began to melt away from Akito's face. But Kyo wasn't done yet.
"And what now, Akito? Tell me that. Maybe you were so proud of yourself, and your intimidation over the Juuinshi. But you know what? That fear turns to anger pretty damn fast. If Yuki dies, I doubt even Hatori would have stood for you then."
Kyo could have gone on, but he noticed the change in Akito's countenance. His face still showed apathy towards all Kyo was saying, but at the same time, there was something else behind it, almost completely hidden. Traces of the look Kyo had seen right after Akito fired the gun. Kyo hesitated. Akito was not defending himself, nor acknowledging he was being insulted. Whatever Akito's waning look of defiance meant, it was pissing Kyo off.
He was unaccountably irritated. "Look. You're a bastard, okay? That's all there is to it. You shot a kid." Kyo fingered the gun. "And you realize you don't deserve to live, right?"
Akito continued to watch Kyo with those dull eyes, but he did not pretend to be unafraid. Akito was aware of the situation's intensity, but for the first time in his life, there was nothing he could do. And they both knew it. Kyo spoke again.
"And someone always let you slide. If it wasn't Hatori, it was Ayame. " Now Kyo raised the gun towards Akito. "I guess you pissed off one too many people this time."
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Hatori and Ayame sat in the waiting room, both looking like a mess. They were the only ones there, as it was well into the night by now. They were surrounded by a dozen empty chairs. Minutes ago the floor was bustling with the activity of busy workers, many of them there tending to Yuki. But he had been taken down a hall, and the other two had been told to wait. Ayame had ridden in the ambulance with Yuki to the hospital, while Hatori drove his own car. Neither had received any news about Yuki since they got there. They looked equally as crappy.
Ayame was slumped down in his char. He had his head in his hands, and his eyes were closed. Hatori was leaned forward with his arms on his knees. His hands were clasped, and his head was lowered. He studied the ground. Hatori finally broke the silence.
"I'm sorry, Ayame," he said, looking away.
Ayame raised his head and looked at him. "What for?"
"For everything. For not taking care of Yuki. I should have expected something like this. I should have….I'm sorry." Hatori was embarrassed to be apologizing, not having done it very much before.
Ayame stared at him. "Hatori. There is no way you're blaming this on yourself. I'm the one that ran off, remember? I'm the on who insisted Yuki went in the first place, even after you warned me against it." Ayame stood up and walked across the room. He stopped to look out the window, not wanting Hatori to see the tears forming in his eyes. "I mean, I don't pretend to be a good guardian for Yuki, but I can't even be a good brother…" His voice trailed off.
Hatori sat back in his chair and shut his eyes. He had nothing to say to that. Before he could come up with any comforting response, Ayame spoke again.
"Hatori, what if Yuki dies?" His voice was shaking.
Hatori glanced up at Ayame, then back down and sighed. He got up and walked over to Ayame, choosing his words carefully.
"Listen, I won't pretend to know more about this than I do. Between the initial blood loss and the HCI acids, there could be some serious complications for Yuki's condition. But people have lived through much worse, and if anyone can make it through this, it's Yuki." Hatori put a hand on Ayame's shoulder. "We'll just handle whatever happens when it happens, alright?"
Ayame turned to him and smiled. "Thanks."
*Manly hug*
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Damn, this is fun.
"You, Akito….are a freaking sadist."
But all of the sudden, Kyo froze in position.
"My only other guess is that he's not…quite all there, if you know what I mean."
The revolver shook, only slightly.
"His motivations for what he does may all be in his head…"
"He's not in his….he's not like most people."
"Well, see, that's just it. If he really is insane, does that make him sadistic?"
The gun was lowered slightly, almost unnoticeably. Akito saw. And there they were, looking eachother in the eye again.
"Going to kill me, Kyo-kun?"
Akito's confident smirk crept back onto his face as the gun was lowered.
"You will learn, Kyo-kun, that we are who we were born to be. It was my fate to have dominion over the Sohma's, just as it was Yuki's fate to yield to me. And you have no more power to stop that than he did." He turned to leave Kyo, but over his shoulder he added, as an after thought, "Oh, and tell Yuki-kun it was a pleasure to see him again."
And Kyo watched him walk into the night.
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"So..What exactly was in Tokyo?"
The had still received hardly any information about Yuki. After a brief argument and many threats to file a complaints, a nurse had finally told Hatori that Yuki's condition was critical, but not fatal, and he was being prepared for surgery.
"I went to find my mother."
"You're mother??"
Ayame shrugged. "She left Yuki with Akito, and she's not part of the Juunishi family. I figured she could take him back. Away from Akito, at least."
"Oh." And after all that bull I gave him about responsibility. "Did you find her?"
"Yeah."
"Where?"
"Aoyama."
Hatori was slightly taken back, but tried not to show it. "The poorhouse?"
"No. The cemetery."
"What??"
Ayame sighed. "I talked to one of her friends. She died almost three years ago, in the Aoyama almshouse." Hatori stared at him, amazed at his calmness. "Well, it wasn't entirely a shock, I guess. I hadn't heard back from her in four years…I kind of knew something was wrong. Telling Yuki will be the hard part, if…"
"Telling Yuki what?" Hatori and Ayame both jumped, and turned to see Shigure and Kyo standing in the Waiting Room doorway.
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Ayame and Hatori each started on Kyo at the same time.
"Where the hell have you been?"
"I hope you didn't do anything stupid."
Kyo put on an offended look. "I just went to get Shigure!", which wasn't entirely a lie. As soon as Akito left, Kyo had gone straight to the Sohma House.
"And Akito?"
Kyo shrugged. "Probably off frolicking in the night somewhere, selling his soul to whatever wants it, or summoning evil spirits perform his loathsome bidding." Hatori rolled his eyes.
At this point the same nurse came back in, giving Hatori a nasty look. Before they all started pressing her with questions, she held up a hand to speak.
"He's doing better. He's in surgery now, and you can see him in the morning."
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A/N- Well, there you go. Not very action packed. Oh well, more Yuki next chapter! Read and review!
