BLIND FAITH
Chapter 3
"I thought you'd be more of a man!" The man's words echoed in Kyo's ears. After those words, Kyo's mind was clouded with a fog. He vaguely remembered the man approaching Yuki, the rat gasping and falling to the ground. Then he remembered lifting his head slowly and seeing the man eyeing Yuki with narrowed eyes-the hand holding the sword that was streaked with Yuki's blood hesitating over the rat's head. Kyo didn't remember what happened next. His mind went completely blank. When he finally regained his senses, all the men were gone and only Yuki laying on the ground bleeding and Shigure kneeling beside him screaming for Kyo to go and call Hatori while trying desperately to stop the bleeding, remained. Kyo had numbly complied and went inside the house to call the Soma's doctor.
Now two days later, the cat's mind was still numb and he was completely lost and unable to comprehend what had happened. He couldn't decide what he should feel or do or even say.
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"Hatori, what should we do?"
"Good question."
Hatori and Shigure watched the stairway and waited for the cat to come down.
"Wait maybe," said Hatori as he blew more smoke from his cigarette .
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Yuki's eyes fluttered open slowly.
"You're awake!"
"Hatori?" Yuki said weakly.
"Don't try to move or you'll hurt yourself," Hatori warned.
"What happened?" "You need to rest. We'll talk later," Hatori ordered as he placed a hand over the sick boy's damp forehead.
"But!!"
"No buts."
Yuki didn't need more pushing. He closed his eyes and instantly fell back to sleep.
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Hatori entered his clinic and flung his bag on the chair.
"How's he doing?"
The doctor turned to face the orange head boy. Kyo was leaning on the doorway, his eyes and voice clearer and stronger than they were days ago.
"Better," Hatori admitted. "He woke up. Only a moment but it's a good sign." He paused. "Where were you?"
"Just walking around. I was sick of sitting here and doing nothing."
Hatori nodded. "You want to talk?"
"Yes I do."
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Yuki woke up again feeling stronger and more alert. No one was in the room that time. He decided to leave his bed and did. He swayed a little but managed to remain standing. The door to his room suddenly opened. Yuki expected to see Hatori or Shigure for they were the only ones he saw the few times he woke up since the incident. He was wrong!
Akito stepped boldly into the room. The Soma's master smiled as he noticed Yuki turn pale after seeing him.
"Well Yuki, it's very nice to see that you recovered very soon."
"Akkito!!"
"Well, of course it's me." Akito's smile never left his face. He stepped closer and very slowly to the purple-eyed boy.
Yuki wanted to step back, away from Akito's nearness but his legs wouldn't move.
"You're not afraid of me Yuki, are you?"
"No. I'm uhh.. I'm not afraid of you."
"Good." With that Akito reached him. He cupped the younger boy's chin and lifted it gently. "That damn Tasuki. He'll pay for hurting you," Akito whispered into Yuki's ears. "No one has the right to hurt you,Yuki. You belong to me."
"I.. I don't."
"You don't?" Akito's eyes twinkled with amusement.
"No."
"Well, we'll just have to see." Akito let go of Yuki and turned his back on him. "I want you to move into the Main House where I can protect you."
"Thank you but No." Yuki said steadily, feeling better that Akito was not looking at him.
"Are you disobeying me?!!" Akito turned angrily.
"I.. No."
"I said I want you back at the Main House."
"I don't want to go back," Yuki managed with a gulp.
"Well I'm ordering you to," Akito challenged.
"I.. I don't need your protection."
"Oh believe me you do, Yuki. You don't know what Tasuki's capable of yet."
"Who's he," Yuki suddenly asked.
Akito paused. "Oh fogive me Yuki, I forgot you don't know who he is." Akito's repugnant smile returned.
"Well who is he?"
"He was your mother's brother. In other words Yuki, he's your uncle."
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"I thought you'd be more of a man!" The man's words echoed in Kyo's ears. After those words, Kyo's mind was clouded with a fog. He vaguely remembered the man approaching Yuki, the rat gasping and falling to the ground. Then he remembered lifting his head slowly and seeing the man eyeing Yuki with narrowed eyes-the hand holding the sword that was streaked with Yuki's blood hesitating over the rat's head. Kyo didn't remember what happened next. His mind went completely blank. When he finally regained his senses, all the men were gone and only Yuki laying on the ground bleeding and Shigure kneeling beside him screaming for Kyo to go and call Hatori while trying desperately to stop the bleeding, remained. Kyo had numbly complied and went inside the house to call the Soma's doctor.
Now two days later, the cat's mind was still numb and he was completely lost and unable to comprehend what had happened. He couldn't decide what he should feel or do or even say.
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"Hatori, what should we do?"
"Good question."
Hatori and Shigure watched the stairway and waited for the cat to come down.
"Wait maybe," said Hatori as he blew more smoke from his cigarette .
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Yuki's eyes fluttered open slowly.
"You're awake!"
"Hatori?" Yuki said weakly.
"Don't try to move or you'll hurt yourself," Hatori warned.
"What happened?" "You need to rest. We'll talk later," Hatori ordered as he placed a hand over the sick boy's damp forehead.
"But!!"
"No buts."
Yuki didn't need more pushing. He closed his eyes and instantly fell back to sleep.
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Hatori entered his clinic and flung his bag on the chair.
"How's he doing?"
The doctor turned to face the orange head boy. Kyo was leaning on the doorway, his eyes and voice clearer and stronger than they were days ago.
"Better," Hatori admitted. "He woke up. Only a moment but it's a good sign." He paused. "Where were you?"
"Just walking around. I was sick of sitting here and doing nothing."
Hatori nodded. "You want to talk?"
"Yes I do."
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Yuki woke up again feeling stronger and more alert. No one was in the room that time. He decided to leave his bed and did. He swayed a little but managed to remain standing. The door to his room suddenly opened. Yuki expected to see Hatori or Shigure for they were the only ones he saw the few times he woke up since the incident. He was wrong!
Akito stepped boldly into the room. The Soma's master smiled as he noticed Yuki turn pale after seeing him.
"Well Yuki, it's very nice to see that you recovered very soon."
"Akkito!!"
"Well, of course it's me." Akito's smile never left his face. He stepped closer and very slowly to the purple-eyed boy.
Yuki wanted to step back, away from Akito's nearness but his legs wouldn't move.
"You're not afraid of me Yuki, are you?"
"No. I'm uhh.. I'm not afraid of you."
"Good." With that Akito reached him. He cupped the younger boy's chin and lifted it gently. "That damn Tasuki. He'll pay for hurting you," Akito whispered into Yuki's ears. "No one has the right to hurt you,Yuki. You belong to me."
"I.. I don't."
"You don't?" Akito's eyes twinkled with amusement.
"No."
"Well, we'll just have to see." Akito let go of Yuki and turned his back on him. "I want you to move into the Main House where I can protect you."
"Thank you but No." Yuki said steadily, feeling better that Akito was not looking at him.
"Are you disobeying me?!!" Akito turned angrily.
"I.. No."
"I said I want you back at the Main House."
"I don't want to go back," Yuki managed with a gulp.
"Well I'm ordering you to," Akito challenged.
"I.. I don't need your protection."
"Oh believe me you do, Yuki. You don't know what Tasuki's capable of yet."
"Who's he," Yuki suddenly asked.
Akito paused. "Oh fogive me Yuki, I forgot you don't know who he is." Akito's repugnant smile returned.
"Well who is he?"
"He was your mother's brother. In other words Yuki, he's your uncle."
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