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Note: Grrr….I'm kind of fed up with my computer at the moment and I don't feel like looking over spelling/grammar again, so…let me know if there is any big mistake and I'll change it as soon as I'm in the mood.
Chapter 14: A Little Help
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'Damn it! Today of all days, just about everyone I know bumps in to me! I've got to get away…'
Kyo cursed in his mind over and over with every step that he took. He wasn't sure where he was running to, he just kept putting one foot in front of the other. He spotted a person up several yards ahead of him and he took a sharp turn to the right. He then spotted his house and immediately headed for it. He headed for the back door so no one would see him go in. When he placed his hand on the knob, a distinct feeling ran down his spine.
'What?'
He slowly removed his hand from it as he took a few steps back,
'A tracking bracelet? …The girl!'
Backing away off the back porch, he turned around and sped off like a bullet towards the exit of the Sohma property.
Haru sighed with relief as he watched Kyo dart off away from the building.
'He's not such a dumb cat after all...Hm?'
His eyes narrowed as he noticed strange movements that were occurring along in the bushes,
"Something's following him."
"Hastuharu…" a familiar voice drawled out inside his head, "Come here."
Haru shimmered out of sight and reappeared in Akito's chamber.
"Yes?"
"Do you even understand why I've been asking you to do my biding instead of someone like Hatori?*"
"…No."
"It's because of your power. Have you even realized the full extent of it yet?"
"…No."
"Let's put it this way; you are the man that is everywhere but is nowhere."
"I'm not sure I quite understand…"
"…You can instantly transport to anywhere you want to...at any time…but unlike the others, who merely teleport themselves to another place… it is not your true self that you teleport around. You merely believe that you're standing before me…but take a look into that closet…over there…"
Haru's eyes followed his pointing finger over to a concealed doorway and he slowly walked over to it. He opened in, a part of himself went numb and his heart stopped for a split second,
"What…? H-how can this be!?"
A small, evil grin appeared on Akito's faced as he watched the boy stagger back away from the closet in horror.
Kyo finally stopped running to catch his breath and plopped down on a rock that was by a tree. He had somehow ended up in a part of the Sohma forest (or so he thought) that he didn't recognize.
'Where am I?'
You're in my forest.
"What? Who are you!? Show yourself!"
Kyo frantically looked around for who or what the voice belonged to…but saw nothing.
I'm afraid I can't show myself just yet.
"Could you at least get out of my head!?"
He heard a feminine laugh from behind him and then the voice spoke again,
"Sorry. It's an old habit…but don't think that just because I'm not 'in your head' that you'll be able to see me."
"What do you want with me?"
"I merely want to help you. I can't offer you the cure for the curse you have inflicted upon yourself but I can help you to control it. Take this…"
Kyo looked down as he felt something appearing around his neck,
"A medallion?"
"Yes. That will keep the voice from penetrating your mind but…it does have it's limits…"
"What do you mean?"
"If you overstress it's power it will begin to have…side affects…"
He didn't like the sound of that or the tone of her voice when she said it.
"Side affects? …Like what?"
"I'm not sure…do you not want to use it?"
"No, I'll use it….I…I don't want to hurt anyone else…'cept maybe Akito."
The voice let out a laugh and then added,
"Very well…I'll leave you now to do what you choose…but…"
Kyo stopped and turned back towards the voice,
"Remember…what will be, will be…Now I'll send you back to your dimension. May we never need to speak again and never meet face-to-face."
A bright light blinded Kyo and when he was able to open his eyes again, he was standing in front of Shigure's house. He Looked down at the silver medallion as he ran his fingers over the engraved markings that were carved all over it,
"What will be will be…"
Tohru's eyes snapped open, when had she fallen asleep? She must've been even more exhausted than she had thought. A grimace and a shiver ran through her body as she recalled what Kyo had done to her that night. It hadn't hurt, but it didn't feel right…She couldn't put how she felt into words…but she definitely knew that she didn't want to see him again…or did she? Half of her never wanted to run into him again…the other half wanted to see him to ask him 'why?'…It was as if a part of her wanted to find a reason not to hate or even dislike him…Why did she feel like that? How can she even ponder about loving someone who had done something like that?
'I'm so confused…'
She heard a click at the door and her whole body tensed up with dread…The door swung open to reveal Hatori with a tray of hot food along with Ayame and Shigure standing behind him.
"This should make you feel better, but I'd like to do an examination before you eat…If that's alright with you…"
She numbly nodded her head and held out her arm as Hatori stuck a needle in her arm, drawing blood out of her body. Ayame and Shigure chatted with her while Hatori did what he needed to do to try to cheer her up. The two eventually gave up trying to cheer her up and the three of them finally left as Shigure gave a shrug and said,
"Que sera sera…**"
Hatori locked the door but before he shut it, he reminded her to eat her meal. She looked over at the still steaming food and sighed as she went over to it and began to slowly eat.
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*Ha! Misaki, this part was added because of your review…so if Haru ends up dead by the end of this fic, IT'S YOUR FAULT!! ^^;; Just kidding about that last part, don't take it the wrong way….
**I'm a little bit rusty on my Spanish…So forgive me if I've misspelled that. Just incase you don't know any Spanish at all, I believe that would be translated into 'what will be will be'. Do please let me know if I'm mistaken about that though.
((AN: Good? Bad? Reviews, please!! Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up…but anyways…once again, please let me know where you think this story is going.))
