Dislcaimer: Deiji and I do not own Fruits Basket or any of the characters! But we iDO/i own Haruki and Emiko!BRBR
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It was a bright sunny day, although considering Kyou's mood, it may aswell have been raining. Kyou, Tohru and Shigure were on their way toward the Sohma honke. Tohru and Kyou were holding hands, partly because they were both very nervous. Shigure would have normally been giggling like a little schoolgirl the whole way, but he was unusually serious, which only worried Kyou more. All morning Kyou was worrying about all the things Akito could do to him to punish him, but then thought of something else. No matter what happened, it was usually the outsider, the non-Sohma who ended up the most hurt, just like with Hatori and Kana's situation. Kyou then started to worry about all the things the cruel head of the Jyuunishi could do to torture Tohru. Tohru was smiling mildly as if she was in thought. Kyou became frustrated. He knew Akito not much more than a year ago had already attacked her. He knew she was probably deep down just as nervous and worried as he was, but she always hid it with that damn smile! Kyou had been staring at her for the past 5 minutes. Tohru glanced at him curiously through the corner of her eye. Kyou just grunted and looked away, but squeezed her hand a little for encouragement. BRBR
Tohru smiled. She knew what Kyou was probably thinking. BRBR
"Shigure-san?" BRBR
"Hm? Hai?" BRBR
"When was the last time you spoke to Akito-san?" Tohru asked. BRBR
"About a month ago" BRBR
"Did he…did he seem like he was in a good mood?" BRBR
"Akito? In a good mood!?! You're kidding, right!?" Shigure absent-mindedly said as he burst out laughing, rubbing his eyes. Kyou silently cursed the inu to hell. Shigure stopped laughing suddenly when silence had taken over like it smacked him in the face. He secretly wished it literally did when he realised what he'd just done as an answer to her nervous question.
"Ah…ah, Akito-san will be fine, Tohru-kun!" He tried to reassure her, "Don't worry!" BRBR
Tohru smiled weakly. BRBR
"Feh! Yeh… thanks for the reassurance, Shigure!" Kyou mumbled sarcasticly, looking away. BRBR
"Don't mention it Kyou-kunnn! Ya know I love youuu!!!" BRBR
"Argh. I don't know if I should take that as a good or a bad thing!" BRBR
"Hehe…but I have taken quite a liking to Tohru-kunnn! You're both my-" BRBR
"Say another word and I'll hug Tohru, then shred you to pieces with my claws! Then I'll put you on Akito's dinner plate!" Kyou hissed. BRBR
"Ok ok, calm down Kyou-kunnnn!" Shigure said cheerfully, holding his hands up in defence. BRBR
"Easy for you to say! One day you'll be in my position with the way you carry on with some poor innocent girl ten years younger than yourself! THEN you can say 'calm down'!" BRBR
"Please don't fight…" Tohru asked softly. BRBR
Kyou looked at her. She was smiling a little although she looked very depressed and nervous. Her head was hung low and her eyes where closed, although when they were open Kyou could tell she wasn't happy. He could feel her hand trembling a little. BRBR
"Tohru…" Kyou asked in a concerned tone. BRBR
"Psst! This is where you're supposed to kiss her!" Shigure whispered into the neko's ear. BRBR
"SHUT UP!" Kyou screamed. BRBR
Shigure giggled and started to walk ahead of them. BRBR
"Tohru," Kyou said again, getting her attention. He held her hand closer to him and rubbed it supportively with his other hand, BRBR
"Don't worry. I won't let Akito hurt you, ever. Do you understand?" BRBR
Tohru looked at him for a moment, stunned. She didn't expect Kyou to say something like that. She suddenly smiled brightly, wiping away the tears at the corners of her eyes. BRBR
"Hai!" BRBR
Kyou smiled. "Good" He said simply. BRBRBRBR
Tohru and Kyou continued to walk to catch up with Shigure. They stopped when they realised Shigure had stopped. BRBR
"There it is…" Shigure said with seriousness in his voice. He looked back at the couple, BRBR
"Are you sure you're ready to do this?" he asked. BRBR
"Feh! Well it's not like we have much choice! Damn baka!" Kyou grumbled as he passed the inu, dragging Tohru along with him at his fast pace. BRBR
A few minutes later Shigure had finally caught up with the teen couple, breathing heavily from running. Tohru and Kyou were standing infront of the tall, closed gate to the Sohma honke. Kyou was starting to get sick of all of this. If he was nervous for too long he'd lose it, and he really didn't want anyone, let alone Tohru to see that. BRBR
"Yo! Open up!" Kyou yelled bluntly. BRBR
Tohru's mouth dropped open in shock. BRBR
"K-Kyou-kun, I don't think-" Tohru stopped when the tall gates started to open. BRBR
"Finally! God, why don't you guys just leave it open!?! You knew we were coming!" Kyou rambled on. He stopped when the person to step out from behind the now open gate was a very upset looking Kagura. BRBR
"Kagura-san!" Tohru said cheerfully. She hadn't seen her for a long time. BRBR
"Tohru…" Kagura's head dropped depresively "…kun" BRBR
"What's the matter?" Tohru asked, concerned. BRBR
"You shouldn't be the one to ask me that, Tohru-kun…" Kagura sounded as though she was holding back tears. BRBR
"Hey!" Kyou called, "You're not exactly helping a great deal!" BRBR
Tohru rubbed Kagura's shoulders for comfort, BRBR
"When me and Kyou have seen Akito-san, I'll see you and you can talk to me then, ok?" Tohru tried to cheer the Inoshishi up. Kagura shuddered. Tohru's eyes widened. She was starting to feel much more nervous and worried. BRBR
"Come on! Let's get this over with!" Kyou grabbed Tohru's hand and dragged her away, toward the main Sohma house. Shigure slowly followed. BRBR
Both Kyou and Tohru stopped again in surprise when they saw all the Sohma's they were both close to standing outside their houses, with sad looks on their faces. Momiji was with Hatori, rubbing tears from his eyes with Hatori's large hand squeezing his shoulder in reassurance. Both Kyou and Tohru had a bad feeling in their gut about all of this. Kyou was starting to lose his courage. BRBR
"Come on you two! Akito won't be happy if you keep him waiting all day, you know!" Shigure said cheerfully, grabbing both of their shoulders and pushing them a step forward. BRBR
Kyou grunted. BRBR
Both Tohru and Kyou walked through the mini village of Sohma's, looking at each one they passed. The one's that wern't outside were watching them through their windows. Even Rin was looking through her window, and she was never all that fond of Tohru, but she still had a sad look on her face. BRBR
Tohru swallowed hard. This was like slow, painful toture although she knew her friends wouldn't be making her feel that way on purpose. She felt her stomach turn and her eyes sting when she reached the last Sohma's house before the main house. Kisa came running toward Tohru, tears dripping from her face. BRBR
"Onee-chan!" Kisa cried, she ran into Tohru's arms, gripping her tightly as her soaked face made Tohru's coat damp. BRBR
"Kisa-san…what's wrong?" Tohru asked, half knowing her answer. BRBR
"I love you, Onee-chan!" Kisa cried, BRBR
"What? I love you too Kisa-san. I love you very much. B-but why are you so upset?" BRBR
Tohru looked up and around her, BRBR
"Why is everyone upset?" BRBR
"I-I don't want Onee-chan to get hurt!" Kisa struggled to say, against Tohru's thick coat. BRBR
"I won't get hurt, Kisa-san…" Tohru said softly and brushed Kisa's hair away from her face softly, although Kisa could feel Tohru's hand uncontrolably trembling. BRBR
Kisa looked up at her with teary eyes and soaked, flushed cheeks. BRBR
"You're shaking, Onee-chan…" Kisa sniffled. BRBR
"Ah! That's just because it's so cold out here!" Tohru smiled and tucked her hair behind her ear, nervously. BRBR
"Onee-chan…", Kisa raised herself on her toes, indicating she wanted to whisper something. Tohru instinctively kneeled down for her. BRBR
"A-Akito-san…is a very…very dangerous man, Onee-chan…" Kisa whispered, "If he gets out of control, please…please get out of there. No matter what…" Kisa's voice went weak as she finished her warning. BRBR
Tohru pulled back a little so she could face Kisa's worried looking one. She could see in Kisa's eyes that she was serious with all the concern showing in them. BRBR
Tohru's gaze softened slightly as she smiled. She dug her hand in her deep pocket and pulled out some tissue. She wiped it along Kisa's damp face and now closed eyes. BRBR
"It's very cold out here, Kisa-san. If you cry like this the cold will get attracted to your face and make it freezing like ice. I don't want Kisa-san to get a cold…" Tohru pulled the tissue away from Kisa and got another one out of her pocket, tucking it in Kisa's pocket. BRBR
Kisa hugged Tohru again. BRBR
"I love you so much!" Kisa said softly with obvious pain behind her words. BRBR
Tohru hugged her back, BRBR
"I love Kisa-san very much too. If anything did happen, don't worry! I'll be able to handle it. I don't want Kisa-san to be sad", Tohru said. They pulled away from the hug, Tohru still smiling. Kisa finally smiled, BRBR
"Hai!" she said, although that was a half-lie. She couldn't just not be worried for her. She was like a second mom. To Kisa, at times Tohru was a better mother than Kisa's own mother was, although Kisa's mother had to deal with a lot more than Tohru did. Kisa couldn't ever forget when she was so depressed and felt so alone and un-cared for, she stopped talking, then found it impossible to talk even when she wanted to. And that was when she met Tohru. Tohru showed Kisa love and affection, which Kisa always wanted. Her mother was always too sad and depressed to show her the affection she wanted. Tohru always put up with Kisa in ways that everyone else wouldn't. If Kisa tried to follow someone else around like she did to Tohru, they'd reject her. Tohru always hugged her, saying she loved her and Kisa always thought she'd never get that. Then finally with the help of Yuki and Hatsuharu, Kisa managed to talk again, but the main help came from Tohru. Yuki and Haru used Tohru's love for Kisa as an example of why Kisa should make herself talk again, because now she has what she always wanted. Kisa could never love anyone the same way as she loved Tohru. If anything happened to her, she'd be heartbroken. BRBR
Kisa watched Tohru stand up infront of her, never taking away the smile on her lips. She watched Tohru go back to Kyou and take his hand, then walk to the main house, looking back at Kisa with the same smile a couple of times. BRBR
Although Tohru told her she should go inside to protect herself from the icy cold, Kisa couldn't bring herself to move away from sight from the older girl. BRBR
Tohru and Kyou stopped at the gateway to the main Sohma house. BRBR
"It's big… I didn't realise how big it really was when I came here to see Hatori-san…" Tohru said. BRBR
"Hai… wait! You came here to see Hatori!?!" Kyou asked. BRBR
"Hai. He wanted me to see him. I think it was originally to erase my memory, but he changed his mind!" She smiled. BRBR
"Oh…" Kyou replied. Suddenly a thought came to him like a knife sabbing him in the gut. What if Akito arranged for Tohru's memory to be erased as a punishment!? Why hadn't he thought of that before?? BRBR
Kyou's head suddenly dropped down, his hair swaying down to cover his worried eyes. BRBR
"Kyou-kun!? Kyou-kun, are you sick!?" Tohru tried to brush some hair away from his head so she could feel his temperature but Kyou spun his face away from her reach. BRBR
"What's wrong? Have I done something to upset you?" Tohru asked, with worry and hurt in her voice. BRBR
"No…" Kyou said simply. Damn he was losing it! He couldn't let Tohru see him like this, he's forbbiden it. BRBR
"Ugh!" Kyou grumbled in defeat, "Let's just get this over with!!" Kyou said, dragging Tohru along with him as he walked into the main house. Kyou was scared that he could be pulling Tohru into danger that he'd never forgive himself for. He then mentally smacked himself. Shigure would be there! Akito was very close to Shigure, more than any other Sohma. If Shigure were there, it wouldn't be so bad. The Inu was right behind them. BRBR
"So, you're here…" Kureno said with no emotion showing in his voice, which brought Kyou out of his thoughts like someone was choking him. BRBR
"Hai!" Tohru said happily. Kyou hated to think what was running through her head. BRBR
"Come with me…" Kureno said, after giving a soft smile to Tohru. BRBR
Kyou and Tohru started following Kureno but Kyou suddenly stopped them when he looked back at Shigure. BRBR
"What are you doing!?!" Kyou asked.
"I can't go with you two. This is your problem that you must sort out alone. I'm afraid I can't go with you" BRBR
"WHAT!?!" Kyou screamed. BRBR
"It's Akito-sama's order…" Kureno said with his soft, emotionless voice. His voice when he was near or around Akito made him almost sound like he was dead. Kureno sometimes wished he were. BRBR
"B-b…" Kyou looked wide-eyed at Shigure. He knew he shouldn't ever rely on that damn Inu too much. BRBR
"FINE!" He yelled gruffley, pulling Tohru again, following Kureno. BRBR
They stopped outside Akito's open door. Kureno stepped aside, indicating for them to go in first. BRBR
"You first…" he said. BRBR
Kyou finally started looking concerned. He always had a good way of hiding his feelings with expessions, but this time he felt like he'd break any minute. His heart was pounding rapidly. BRBR
Tohru was the first to bravely walk in. She spotted Akito, sitting on a couch-like thing covered with a deep purple colored, satin sheet. He was looking up at his bird as it was standing on a tall, wooden t-shaped stick above him. BRBR
Tohru nervously, feeling the bad vibes already, walked to the middle of the room and respectively got down on her knees and sat back on her heels. Kyou soon followed and did the same. BRBR
"We're here…" Tohru said softly. BRBR
"Already?" Akito's haunting voice murmured, "I was expecting you to take longer…" BRBR
"Yeah, well… we wanted to get this over with!" Kyou said, sounding completely relaxed but inside his stomach twisted with every word he spoke. BRBR
"Ah, if Akito-san wants us to leave until he is ready, we can…" Tohru said, with nervousness showing clearly in her voice. BRBR
"Hmm…" Akito smirked. He stood up, lightly stroking the bird down it's head and back to it's last feather. He turned to face them with a small glimmer in his eye. BRBR
"No. I wanted to see you two. I will wait no longer…" BRBR
He looked down at Tohru with an evil grin. BRBR
"You know, Tohru-kun… I do believe I told you to stay away from my pets…" BRBR
"Pets?" BRBR
"My pets. All of the cursed Sohma's are my pets… mind you, I can't really think of Kyou as one of them… He's more like the deformed or sick baby out of them, really. He'd just be rejected and left alone to suffer and die…" Akito glanced at Kyou. BRBR
"Please, Akito-san…" Tohru demanded his attention again, "I mean no disrespect, but please don't talk about Kyou in a way that he doesn't matter or have feelings" BRBR
"Are you telling me I am wrong?" Akito's tone became lower to a warning level. BRBR
Kyou suddenly tugged on Tohru's shirt, silently telling her to stop. Tohru looked at him briefly, but then turned her attenions back to Akito. BRBR
"Like I said Akito-san, I mean no disrespect… and I know you and the rest of the cursed family have their beliefs, but I just think… I think that it's unfair…" BRBR
"Unfair!?!" Akito snapped. He moved quickly toward Tohru, standing over her. BRBR
"No! I'll tell you what's unfair! Unfair is being in this body, carrying this curse inside you, which swarms your head everyday! What's unfair is watching everyone around you laughing and playing and joking and having fun when you have to stay, locked up with the worst curse anyone can get and no one even bothers to show you any care or respect!" Akito reached down, grabbing Tohru's shirt at her shoulders, tugging her up roughly, BRBR
"What's unfair is the fact that you are one day soon going to die for those uncaring, selfish people and there's nothing you can do about it!!!" He raised Tohru higher, more roughly than before so she stood on her feet. Akito's face went closer to hers as he whispered coldly. BRBR
"What's unfair is you having to be locked away because you're constantly too weak to go outside alone! And you have to suffer with stupid sickness' and illness' every single day and it doesn't occur to anyone just what I go through! No one comes to visit apart from Hatori and that's because he needs to!" Akito roughly pushed Tohru back down to the floor. When Tohru landed hard, Kyou suddenly grabbed Akito to stop him from whatever he was going to do. BRBR
Akito shot his arm around, which smacked hard against Kyou's face. BRBR
"Unfair! You don't know the meaning of UNFAIR!!!" BRBR
"Please, Akito-san!!" Tohru begged, "Kyou would never hurt anyone and he has a curse too! I'm not saying that what he has to go through is less unfair than what you do, and I'm sorry you have to put up with that!" Tohru got up to her feet, BRBR
"But Kyou doesn't deserve to be treated as an outsider when he has to suffer just as much as everyone else, if not, more!" Akito grabbed Tohru by her shirt again, roughly. BRBR
"I-I know no one suffers as bad as you do, Akito-san! But please…please don't treat Kyou any different than you'd treat anyone else!" She pleaded bravely. BRBR
"Shut up! Stop telling me what to do!!!" Akito walked at a fast pace toward the wall, dragging Tohru with him by her shirt. BRBR
Kyou looked up and ran to stop him. BRBR
Akito slammed Tohru against the wall, hard. Tohru let out a small cry of pain as she arched her back away from the solid surface against it. BRBR
Kyou grabbed Akito. BRBR
"Stop! Stop it!" BRBR
Akito spun his head around to Kyou with a death glare. BRBR
He eased his grip on Tohru but didn't let go completely. BRBR
"I hear you two have been more than just innocent friends recently…" Akito said quietly as if he was holding back his anger.BRBR
Silence was all he was replied with. BRBR
"I also hear that you two have not only been seeing eachother without my permission, but you have been sleeping together! And now you're pregnant, am I right, Tohru?" He focused all his attentions on the wide-eyed, shaking girl under his grasp. After a long pause, Tohru slowly nodded. BRBR
"Hai…" BRBR
Akito's deadly gaze softened. His mad expression turned into a soft smile. He released his grip completely on Tohru. Tohru quietly sighed in relief. BRBR
"Well…I wish you luck on raising this child, Tohru" Tohru was surprised. BRBR
"You may leave now…" BRBR
"Is that all? Didn't you want to talk about anything else?" Tohru asked, a little confused. BRBR
"That's all. I think you'd make a good parent as a part of this Sohma family" BRBR
"What about marriage?" Tohru asked bluntly, "What if Kyou and I wanted to get married before this child is born?" Akito gripped his hands in balled fists in hidden frustration. BRBR
"We'll have to talk about that when the time comes!" He smiled. For some reason he sounded pretty happy.BRBR
"Ha-hai…" Tohru walked to Kyou, slowly taking his hand and began walking out. BRBR
Kureno stepped up and opened the door as the couple walked toward it. BRBR
"There is one thing…" Akito said. Tohru and Kyou froze. BRBR
"I would like to talk to Kyou in private. Since he's part of the cursed Jyuunishi that I am the head of, it's only natural that I should talk to him alone as something so big is happening" BRBR
Tohru looked up at Kyou beside her. He looked down at her with a worried look but smiled, letting her know he was ok with it. Tohru hesitatedly released his hand. BRBR
Kureno held the door open for Tohru. BRBR
"Arigato for everything Akito-san" Tohru bowed. She slowly walked out of the room. BRBR
"Arigato Kureno-san" She said before walking out of sight. The door closed. BRBR
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Wheee~!! lol do people approve? Ano, isn't Akito just SO mean to poor Kyou-kun?! Just wait until later chapters.......ara ara......and yes, believe it or not, XD, this is just to get the story started!!
Oneechan: I 3 you~!! Lol I'm glad you like it (^^ It actually means alot to me when you say you like my stuff~!). And thankies for drawing a 32 year old Haru...*snickers*BR
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Torren: ^^;; ano.......lol I know it was sad~! I really don't even like Yuki and I cried~! But I'm really glad you like it!BR
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Ricka Kiba: YAY! I'm glad you loved it~! XD and my goal is complete....*goal was to make at least one person cry*. Ano..I'll try to add more details....BRBR
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It was a bright sunny day, although considering Kyou's mood, it may aswell have been raining. Kyou, Tohru and Shigure were on their way toward the Sohma honke. Tohru and Kyou were holding hands, partly because they were both very nervous. Shigure would have normally been giggling like a little schoolgirl the whole way, but he was unusually serious, which only worried Kyou more. All morning Kyou was worrying about all the things Akito could do to him to punish him, but then thought of something else. No matter what happened, it was usually the outsider, the non-Sohma who ended up the most hurt, just like with Hatori and Kana's situation. Kyou then started to worry about all the things the cruel head of the Jyuunishi could do to torture Tohru. Tohru was smiling mildly as if she was in thought. Kyou became frustrated. He knew Akito not much more than a year ago had already attacked her. He knew she was probably deep down just as nervous and worried as he was, but she always hid it with that damn smile! Kyou had been staring at her for the past 5 minutes. Tohru glanced at him curiously through the corner of her eye. Kyou just grunted and looked away, but squeezed her hand a little for encouragement. BRBR
Tohru smiled. She knew what Kyou was probably thinking. BRBR
"Shigure-san?" BRBR
"Hm? Hai?" BRBR
"When was the last time you spoke to Akito-san?" Tohru asked. BRBR
"About a month ago" BRBR
"Did he…did he seem like he was in a good mood?" BRBR
"Akito? In a good mood!?! You're kidding, right!?" Shigure absent-mindedly said as he burst out laughing, rubbing his eyes. Kyou silently cursed the inu to hell. Shigure stopped laughing suddenly when silence had taken over like it smacked him in the face. He secretly wished it literally did when he realised what he'd just done as an answer to her nervous question.
"Ah…ah, Akito-san will be fine, Tohru-kun!" He tried to reassure her, "Don't worry!" BRBR
Tohru smiled weakly. BRBR
"Feh! Yeh… thanks for the reassurance, Shigure!" Kyou mumbled sarcasticly, looking away. BRBR
"Don't mention it Kyou-kunnn! Ya know I love youuu!!!" BRBR
"Argh. I don't know if I should take that as a good or a bad thing!" BRBR
"Hehe…but I have taken quite a liking to Tohru-kunnn! You're both my-" BRBR
"Say another word and I'll hug Tohru, then shred you to pieces with my claws! Then I'll put you on Akito's dinner plate!" Kyou hissed. BRBR
"Ok ok, calm down Kyou-kunnnn!" Shigure said cheerfully, holding his hands up in defence. BRBR
"Easy for you to say! One day you'll be in my position with the way you carry on with some poor innocent girl ten years younger than yourself! THEN you can say 'calm down'!" BRBR
"Please don't fight…" Tohru asked softly. BRBR
Kyou looked at her. She was smiling a little although she looked very depressed and nervous. Her head was hung low and her eyes where closed, although when they were open Kyou could tell she wasn't happy. He could feel her hand trembling a little. BRBR
"Tohru…" Kyou asked in a concerned tone. BRBR
"Psst! This is where you're supposed to kiss her!" Shigure whispered into the neko's ear. BRBR
"SHUT UP!" Kyou screamed. BRBR
Shigure giggled and started to walk ahead of them. BRBR
"Tohru," Kyou said again, getting her attention. He held her hand closer to him and rubbed it supportively with his other hand, BRBR
"Don't worry. I won't let Akito hurt you, ever. Do you understand?" BRBR
Tohru looked at him for a moment, stunned. She didn't expect Kyou to say something like that. She suddenly smiled brightly, wiping away the tears at the corners of her eyes. BRBR
"Hai!" BRBR
Kyou smiled. "Good" He said simply. BRBRBRBR
Tohru and Kyou continued to walk to catch up with Shigure. They stopped when they realised Shigure had stopped. BRBR
"There it is…" Shigure said with seriousness in his voice. He looked back at the couple, BRBR
"Are you sure you're ready to do this?" he asked. BRBR
"Feh! Well it's not like we have much choice! Damn baka!" Kyou grumbled as he passed the inu, dragging Tohru along with him at his fast pace. BRBR
A few minutes later Shigure had finally caught up with the teen couple, breathing heavily from running. Tohru and Kyou were standing infront of the tall, closed gate to the Sohma honke. Kyou was starting to get sick of all of this. If he was nervous for too long he'd lose it, and he really didn't want anyone, let alone Tohru to see that. BRBR
"Yo! Open up!" Kyou yelled bluntly. BRBR
Tohru's mouth dropped open in shock. BRBR
"K-Kyou-kun, I don't think-" Tohru stopped when the tall gates started to open. BRBR
"Finally! God, why don't you guys just leave it open!?! You knew we were coming!" Kyou rambled on. He stopped when the person to step out from behind the now open gate was a very upset looking Kagura. BRBR
"Kagura-san!" Tohru said cheerfully. She hadn't seen her for a long time. BRBR
"Tohru…" Kagura's head dropped depresively "…kun" BRBR
"What's the matter?" Tohru asked, concerned. BRBR
"You shouldn't be the one to ask me that, Tohru-kun…" Kagura sounded as though she was holding back tears. BRBR
"Hey!" Kyou called, "You're not exactly helping a great deal!" BRBR
Tohru rubbed Kagura's shoulders for comfort, BRBR
"When me and Kyou have seen Akito-san, I'll see you and you can talk to me then, ok?" Tohru tried to cheer the Inoshishi up. Kagura shuddered. Tohru's eyes widened. She was starting to feel much more nervous and worried. BRBR
"Come on! Let's get this over with!" Kyou grabbed Tohru's hand and dragged her away, toward the main Sohma house. Shigure slowly followed. BRBR
Both Kyou and Tohru stopped again in surprise when they saw all the Sohma's they were both close to standing outside their houses, with sad looks on their faces. Momiji was with Hatori, rubbing tears from his eyes with Hatori's large hand squeezing his shoulder in reassurance. Both Kyou and Tohru had a bad feeling in their gut about all of this. Kyou was starting to lose his courage. BRBR
"Come on you two! Akito won't be happy if you keep him waiting all day, you know!" Shigure said cheerfully, grabbing both of their shoulders and pushing them a step forward. BRBR
Kyou grunted. BRBR
Both Tohru and Kyou walked through the mini village of Sohma's, looking at each one they passed. The one's that wern't outside were watching them through their windows. Even Rin was looking through her window, and she was never all that fond of Tohru, but she still had a sad look on her face. BRBR
Tohru swallowed hard. This was like slow, painful toture although she knew her friends wouldn't be making her feel that way on purpose. She felt her stomach turn and her eyes sting when she reached the last Sohma's house before the main house. Kisa came running toward Tohru, tears dripping from her face. BRBR
"Onee-chan!" Kisa cried, she ran into Tohru's arms, gripping her tightly as her soaked face made Tohru's coat damp. BRBR
"Kisa-san…what's wrong?" Tohru asked, half knowing her answer. BRBR
"I love you, Onee-chan!" Kisa cried, BRBR
"What? I love you too Kisa-san. I love you very much. B-but why are you so upset?" BRBR
Tohru looked up and around her, BRBR
"Why is everyone upset?" BRBR
"I-I don't want Onee-chan to get hurt!" Kisa struggled to say, against Tohru's thick coat. BRBR
"I won't get hurt, Kisa-san…" Tohru said softly and brushed Kisa's hair away from her face softly, although Kisa could feel Tohru's hand uncontrolably trembling. BRBR
Kisa looked up at her with teary eyes and soaked, flushed cheeks. BRBR
"You're shaking, Onee-chan…" Kisa sniffled. BRBR
"Ah! That's just because it's so cold out here!" Tohru smiled and tucked her hair behind her ear, nervously. BRBR
"Onee-chan…", Kisa raised herself on her toes, indicating she wanted to whisper something. Tohru instinctively kneeled down for her. BRBR
"A-Akito-san…is a very…very dangerous man, Onee-chan…" Kisa whispered, "If he gets out of control, please…please get out of there. No matter what…" Kisa's voice went weak as she finished her warning. BRBR
Tohru pulled back a little so she could face Kisa's worried looking one. She could see in Kisa's eyes that she was serious with all the concern showing in them. BRBR
Tohru's gaze softened slightly as she smiled. She dug her hand in her deep pocket and pulled out some tissue. She wiped it along Kisa's damp face and now closed eyes. BRBR
"It's very cold out here, Kisa-san. If you cry like this the cold will get attracted to your face and make it freezing like ice. I don't want Kisa-san to get a cold…" Tohru pulled the tissue away from Kisa and got another one out of her pocket, tucking it in Kisa's pocket. BRBR
Kisa hugged Tohru again. BRBR
"I love you so much!" Kisa said softly with obvious pain behind her words. BRBR
Tohru hugged her back, BRBR
"I love Kisa-san very much too. If anything did happen, don't worry! I'll be able to handle it. I don't want Kisa-san to be sad", Tohru said. They pulled away from the hug, Tohru still smiling. Kisa finally smiled, BRBR
"Hai!" she said, although that was a half-lie. She couldn't just not be worried for her. She was like a second mom. To Kisa, at times Tohru was a better mother than Kisa's own mother was, although Kisa's mother had to deal with a lot more than Tohru did. Kisa couldn't ever forget when she was so depressed and felt so alone and un-cared for, she stopped talking, then found it impossible to talk even when she wanted to. And that was when she met Tohru. Tohru showed Kisa love and affection, which Kisa always wanted. Her mother was always too sad and depressed to show her the affection she wanted. Tohru always put up with Kisa in ways that everyone else wouldn't. If Kisa tried to follow someone else around like she did to Tohru, they'd reject her. Tohru always hugged her, saying she loved her and Kisa always thought she'd never get that. Then finally with the help of Yuki and Hatsuharu, Kisa managed to talk again, but the main help came from Tohru. Yuki and Haru used Tohru's love for Kisa as an example of why Kisa should make herself talk again, because now she has what she always wanted. Kisa could never love anyone the same way as she loved Tohru. If anything happened to her, she'd be heartbroken. BRBR
Kisa watched Tohru stand up infront of her, never taking away the smile on her lips. She watched Tohru go back to Kyou and take his hand, then walk to the main house, looking back at Kisa with the same smile a couple of times. BRBR
Although Tohru told her she should go inside to protect herself from the icy cold, Kisa couldn't bring herself to move away from sight from the older girl. BRBR
Tohru and Kyou stopped at the gateway to the main Sohma house. BRBR
"It's big… I didn't realise how big it really was when I came here to see Hatori-san…" Tohru said. BRBR
"Hai… wait! You came here to see Hatori!?!" Kyou asked. BRBR
"Hai. He wanted me to see him. I think it was originally to erase my memory, but he changed his mind!" She smiled. BRBR
"Oh…" Kyou replied. Suddenly a thought came to him like a knife sabbing him in the gut. What if Akito arranged for Tohru's memory to be erased as a punishment!? Why hadn't he thought of that before?? BRBR
Kyou's head suddenly dropped down, his hair swaying down to cover his worried eyes. BRBR
"Kyou-kun!? Kyou-kun, are you sick!?" Tohru tried to brush some hair away from his head so she could feel his temperature but Kyou spun his face away from her reach. BRBR
"What's wrong? Have I done something to upset you?" Tohru asked, with worry and hurt in her voice. BRBR
"No…" Kyou said simply. Damn he was losing it! He couldn't let Tohru see him like this, he's forbbiden it. BRBR
"Ugh!" Kyou grumbled in defeat, "Let's just get this over with!!" Kyou said, dragging Tohru along with him as he walked into the main house. Kyou was scared that he could be pulling Tohru into danger that he'd never forgive himself for. He then mentally smacked himself. Shigure would be there! Akito was very close to Shigure, more than any other Sohma. If Shigure were there, it wouldn't be so bad. The Inu was right behind them. BRBR
"So, you're here…" Kureno said with no emotion showing in his voice, which brought Kyou out of his thoughts like someone was choking him. BRBR
"Hai!" Tohru said happily. Kyou hated to think what was running through her head. BRBR
"Come with me…" Kureno said, after giving a soft smile to Tohru. BRBR
Kyou and Tohru started following Kureno but Kyou suddenly stopped them when he looked back at Shigure. BRBR
"What are you doing!?!" Kyou asked.
"I can't go with you two. This is your problem that you must sort out alone. I'm afraid I can't go with you" BRBR
"WHAT!?!" Kyou screamed. BRBR
"It's Akito-sama's order…" Kureno said with his soft, emotionless voice. His voice when he was near or around Akito made him almost sound like he was dead. Kureno sometimes wished he were. BRBR
"B-b…" Kyou looked wide-eyed at Shigure. He knew he shouldn't ever rely on that damn Inu too much. BRBR
"FINE!" He yelled gruffley, pulling Tohru again, following Kureno. BRBR
They stopped outside Akito's open door. Kureno stepped aside, indicating for them to go in first. BRBR
"You first…" he said. BRBR
Kyou finally started looking concerned. He always had a good way of hiding his feelings with expessions, but this time he felt like he'd break any minute. His heart was pounding rapidly. BRBR
Tohru was the first to bravely walk in. She spotted Akito, sitting on a couch-like thing covered with a deep purple colored, satin sheet. He was looking up at his bird as it was standing on a tall, wooden t-shaped stick above him. BRBR
Tohru nervously, feeling the bad vibes already, walked to the middle of the room and respectively got down on her knees and sat back on her heels. Kyou soon followed and did the same. BRBR
"We're here…" Tohru said softly. BRBR
"Already?" Akito's haunting voice murmured, "I was expecting you to take longer…" BRBR
"Yeah, well… we wanted to get this over with!" Kyou said, sounding completely relaxed but inside his stomach twisted with every word he spoke. BRBR
"Ah, if Akito-san wants us to leave until he is ready, we can…" Tohru said, with nervousness showing clearly in her voice. BRBR
"Hmm…" Akito smirked. He stood up, lightly stroking the bird down it's head and back to it's last feather. He turned to face them with a small glimmer in his eye. BRBR
"No. I wanted to see you two. I will wait no longer…" BRBR
He looked down at Tohru with an evil grin. BRBR
"You know, Tohru-kun… I do believe I told you to stay away from my pets…" BRBR
"Pets?" BRBR
"My pets. All of the cursed Sohma's are my pets… mind you, I can't really think of Kyou as one of them… He's more like the deformed or sick baby out of them, really. He'd just be rejected and left alone to suffer and die…" Akito glanced at Kyou. BRBR
"Please, Akito-san…" Tohru demanded his attention again, "I mean no disrespect, but please don't talk about Kyou in a way that he doesn't matter or have feelings" BRBR
"Are you telling me I am wrong?" Akito's tone became lower to a warning level. BRBR
Kyou suddenly tugged on Tohru's shirt, silently telling her to stop. Tohru looked at him briefly, but then turned her attenions back to Akito. BRBR
"Like I said Akito-san, I mean no disrespect… and I know you and the rest of the cursed family have their beliefs, but I just think… I think that it's unfair…" BRBR
"Unfair!?!" Akito snapped. He moved quickly toward Tohru, standing over her. BRBR
"No! I'll tell you what's unfair! Unfair is being in this body, carrying this curse inside you, which swarms your head everyday! What's unfair is watching everyone around you laughing and playing and joking and having fun when you have to stay, locked up with the worst curse anyone can get and no one even bothers to show you any care or respect!" Akito reached down, grabbing Tohru's shirt at her shoulders, tugging her up roughly, BRBR
"What's unfair is the fact that you are one day soon going to die for those uncaring, selfish people and there's nothing you can do about it!!!" He raised Tohru higher, more roughly than before so she stood on her feet. Akito's face went closer to hers as he whispered coldly. BRBR
"What's unfair is you having to be locked away because you're constantly too weak to go outside alone! And you have to suffer with stupid sickness' and illness' every single day and it doesn't occur to anyone just what I go through! No one comes to visit apart from Hatori and that's because he needs to!" Akito roughly pushed Tohru back down to the floor. When Tohru landed hard, Kyou suddenly grabbed Akito to stop him from whatever he was going to do. BRBR
Akito shot his arm around, which smacked hard against Kyou's face. BRBR
"Unfair! You don't know the meaning of UNFAIR!!!" BRBR
"Please, Akito-san!!" Tohru begged, "Kyou would never hurt anyone and he has a curse too! I'm not saying that what he has to go through is less unfair than what you do, and I'm sorry you have to put up with that!" Tohru got up to her feet, BRBR
"But Kyou doesn't deserve to be treated as an outsider when he has to suffer just as much as everyone else, if not, more!" Akito grabbed Tohru by her shirt again, roughly. BRBR
"I-I know no one suffers as bad as you do, Akito-san! But please…please don't treat Kyou any different than you'd treat anyone else!" She pleaded bravely. BRBR
"Shut up! Stop telling me what to do!!!" Akito walked at a fast pace toward the wall, dragging Tohru with him by her shirt. BRBR
Kyou looked up and ran to stop him. BRBR
Akito slammed Tohru against the wall, hard. Tohru let out a small cry of pain as she arched her back away from the solid surface against it. BRBR
Kyou grabbed Akito. BRBR
"Stop! Stop it!" BRBR
Akito spun his head around to Kyou with a death glare. BRBR
He eased his grip on Tohru but didn't let go completely. BRBR
"I hear you two have been more than just innocent friends recently…" Akito said quietly as if he was holding back his anger.BRBR
Silence was all he was replied with. BRBR
"I also hear that you two have not only been seeing eachother without my permission, but you have been sleeping together! And now you're pregnant, am I right, Tohru?" He focused all his attentions on the wide-eyed, shaking girl under his grasp. After a long pause, Tohru slowly nodded. BRBR
"Hai…" BRBR
Akito's deadly gaze softened. His mad expression turned into a soft smile. He released his grip completely on Tohru. Tohru quietly sighed in relief. BRBR
"Well…I wish you luck on raising this child, Tohru" Tohru was surprised. BRBR
"You may leave now…" BRBR
"Is that all? Didn't you want to talk about anything else?" Tohru asked, a little confused. BRBR
"That's all. I think you'd make a good parent as a part of this Sohma family" BRBR
"What about marriage?" Tohru asked bluntly, "What if Kyou and I wanted to get married before this child is born?" Akito gripped his hands in balled fists in hidden frustration. BRBR
"We'll have to talk about that when the time comes!" He smiled. For some reason he sounded pretty happy.BRBR
"Ha-hai…" Tohru walked to Kyou, slowly taking his hand and began walking out. BRBR
Kureno stepped up and opened the door as the couple walked toward it. BRBR
"There is one thing…" Akito said. Tohru and Kyou froze. BRBR
"I would like to talk to Kyou in private. Since he's part of the cursed Jyuunishi that I am the head of, it's only natural that I should talk to him alone as something so big is happening" BRBR
Tohru looked up at Kyou beside her. He looked down at her with a worried look but smiled, letting her know he was ok with it. Tohru hesitatedly released his hand. BRBR
Kureno held the door open for Tohru. BRBR
"Arigato for everything Akito-san" Tohru bowed. She slowly walked out of the room. BRBR
"Arigato Kureno-san" She said before walking out of sight. The door closed. BRBR
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Wheee~!! lol do people approve? Ano, isn't Akito just SO mean to poor Kyou-kun?! Just wait until later chapters.......ara ara......and yes, believe it or not, XD, this is just to get the story started!!