Disclaimer: Neither Kyo or Misaki own the wonderful series know to the fans as "Furuba." But we wish we did.
Notable notes from Misaki (a.k.a. Person in the corner #1): Heya folks! From the author who brought you "The DBZ Olympics," and the author who brought you "The Other Juunishi," comes a collaborated effort called. . . uh, it has no title at the moment. Silly us!
Notable notes from Kyo (a.k.a. Person in the corner #2): (Note from Misaki: Kyo isn't here right now, so I'll leave a message for her) Hello there! I am Kyo, commonly known as Twilight Kitsune. Just to tell you, Aki Sohma is a made up character from my story, "The Other Juunishi." To people who haven't read it, Aki is Akito Sohma's daughter.
Notable notes that will affect the story: #1. Our story takes place right after this year's (the year of the ram) New Year's Party. The Sohma family is just milling around, and the members of the Juunishi are waiting for the Zodiac Banquet to start. #2. Absolutely NO yaoi or yuri will take place in this story. Misaki and Kyo cannot stand yaoi and yuri. It makes us sick. #3. Akito is older than Yuki. This is for two reasons. One; so that Aki is alive (she is around 11 or 12 years of age), and two…ack, too lazy to think of another reason.
On with the story!
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Hidden Memories by The people in the corner
Chapter One: The BeatingWritten By Misaki
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"Yuki. . ."
Someone was calling his name.
"Yuki. . ."
He recognized the raspy voice and gave an involuntary shudder. Akito.
"Yuki, I wish to speak with you. You know where to go."
A flicker of movement caught his purple eyes. Akito was turning and heading away from the party. With a shaky sigh, Yuki threaded his way through the crowds of chattering Sohma family members, carefully avoiding being transformed. If Akito wanted to "talk" to him, it couldn't be good, and transforming in front of the entire Sohma clan would make him even less pleased.
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Out of the corner of his cinnamon eyes, Kyo Sohma watched the pale nezumi weave his way through the throngs of people towards an inner passage leading to the center of the house. Before he could make a move in Yuki's direction, however, he was attacked by a tipsy Kagura, and all thoughts of the rat were driven from his head.
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"You. . .wanted to see me?"
"Yes, that is correct." Akito surveyed the thin youth in front of him, cold gray eyes taking in every detail. Yuki was trembling. Good. Fear was good.
"The oldest human emotion is fear, Yuki, and the greatest fear of mankind is fear of the unknown. However," Akito drawled as he drew closer to the quaking rat, "I believe that you know what is coming, and yet. . . you are more frightened than you should be. Am I right?"
Yuki remained silent, which turned out to be the wrong thing to do. Akito, eyes gleaming with malice, backhanded Yuki, making him stumble back, a thin trickle of blood coming from his mouth. Fear was loud in Yuki's violet eyes as he watched Akito draw close again.
"Do you think that you're better than me, Yuki? That you are too great to answer a simple question? Well then, let me prove to you just how humble you are." A cruel light in his eyes, the maniac in Akito shone through as he kicked Yuki in the chest, sending him flying backwards into a wall. Akito strode over to him and helped Yuki to stand by grabbing a handful of the rat's gray hair and hauling him upright.
He continued to beat Yuki mercilessly, until Yuki no longer struggled to stand back up before Akito came over to "help" him. Then, with a humorless smile gracing the features of his face, Akito wrapped one arm around Yuki's neck in a stranglehold, and with the other, bent the young nezumi's arm back. The sudden burst of sharp pain caused Yuki's half-closed eyes to shoot open in shock and pain. Merciless, Akito kept pulling it back, slowly and painfully. Yuki bit his lips until they bled, trying to keep from screaming in pain. Akito's smirk grew wider.
"Scream. I dare you."
He continued to pull the rat's arm back. Yuki's eyes widened even more as he struggled not to cry out. Finally, the boy could stand it no longer, and he let out a loud scream of pain. Unfortunately for him, Yuki and Akito were alone in that section of the house, as all the other members of the family were still talking or at the Zodiac Banquet, and his scream only fell upon the ears of his fellow rats. With a final pull, a satisfying crack filled the air, and Yuki's arm was broken. The rat's amethyst eyes rolled back in his head, finally passing out from the pain. Akito grimaced, seeing that his "toy" could no longer enjoy the "fun." He threw Yuki against the nearest wall as hard as he could. Yuki lay there, unmoving and unconscious to the world. Akito stood at his window, staring out at the snow-dusted gardens, ignoring the limp form in the corner of the bare room.
*************(Arr, arr, could have left it off there, but I didn't want to disappoint you) **********
The next day, Hatori Sohma, the dragon of the Juunishi and doctor to the clan, headed to the room to do his daily check on Akito. Reaching the closed door, he knocked softly and then slid the door open. A quick glance around the vacant room told him that Akito was not there at the moment. But. . .in the corner. Was that- Yuki?! The tall man hurried over to the pile of clothes in the corner, and found that indeed, it was Yuki, and he seemed to be lying in a pool of his own blood. It looked like Akito had gone too far in his last beating. He ran out into the corridor (an: Hatori doesn't seem like the kinda person who runs, does he?), and grabbed the first person he saw, who happened to be Shigure. The genki smile on the inu's face faded when he saw Hatori's more-than-usual serious face.
"Go call for an ambulance. There's been an accident, and I don't have the equipment to deal with it."
"Right," Shigure nodded and ran off down the hall, thoughts of tormenting his editor forgotten.
Hatori hovered above Yuki, trying to remember what he had learned in medical school. Keep him warm and make sure that his airways are clear were the only things that came to mind, but Hatori's body seemed incapable of performing either of these simple tasks. Luckily for him (meaning both Hatori and Yuki), the medics arrived quite soon, and they rushed Yuki's limp body to the hospital, Hatori riding along in the ambulance. He was worried, and not just by Yuki's condition. Shigure had tried to keep the halls empty of people, but he thought he had seen Aki peering at them through a door as they rushed by, and he did not want her to be exposed to this. It had been bad enough for him, seeing Yuki, his clothes drenched in his own blood, and his right arm at an angle that was not natural for the human body. (an: Can you say "G" backwards?)
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At the hospital, the doctor frowned at him.
"You say this was an accident?" He pointed at Yuki, lying in a white hospital bed, "Wounds like this are not achieved by accident. This was clearly done on purpose."
"Apparently, while everyone was away at the New Year's party, some thugs broke into our estate. Yuki must have tried to stop them." mumbled Hatori.
"Aren't you going to start an investigation?" asked the doctor.
Hatori remained silent as the doctor continued, "What's more, this boy has O-type blood, and at the moment, our hospital is rather short on O-type blood, which, I'm sure you know, you being a doctor yourself, is the only type of blood an O-type patient can receive. Frankly, Yuki has lost too much blood for our hospital to handle, and the only option is a blood transfusion. Does he have any close family members that might also have O-type blood?"
Hatori nodded. "I'll go call Ayame."
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And that's the end of chapter one, written by me, Misaki! I hoped you like it. ^_^
The next chapter will be written by the one and only Kyo!
About Blood: There are 3 blood types, A, B, and O. (Don't ask us why it's not C, it's just O. Stop complaining.) A and B types can both receive any type of blood, A, B, or O. Thus, they are called "Universal Recipients." However, O types can only receive O type blood (but can give to any). Thus, they are called "Universal Donors." (Because "We Only Take 'O' Here" was too long of a name.)
~*Mini Glossary*~
Nezumi- rat
Genki- happy
Inu- dog
Ryuu- (although I didn't use it) dragon
Domo arigato, minna-samas, for reading the chapter, and please move on to the next one (when it is here).
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