Kokoro no Hitan
I wrapped her clothes around her as I lifted her into my arms and pressed her against my chest.
"Dammit, Kagura," I said softly, looking down at the slumbering boar. "Why'd you go and do this?"
Even her zodiac form showed her suffering. I could feel her ribs through the fabric, not to mention she was as light as a feather. It feel like there was anything in the clothes at all.
I raced back to the main Sohma estate and saw Akito out of the corner of my eye as I ran through the main gates. Hatori. I have to get her to Hatori.
I ran down the hallway to his room and burst through the door. "Ha...tori...It's...Kagura..." Gasps penetrated my speech. I was almost completely winded and ready to pass out myself by the time I arrived.
I had enough strength to hand a startled Hatori an unconscious boar before my strength failed me. My knees gave in and my vision when black as I collapsed onto the floor. Kagura....
-Hatsuharu Sohma
~~~~
I looked down, wide-eyed, at the bundle Haru had shoved into my arms. "Kagura?" I pulled back the fabric and there she was, unconscious, a boar's skin pulled tight over a fragile skeleton. None of my patients had ever looked this bad. Even her zodiac form showed just how far she had fallen from her original self.
I sighed as I placed her down on a futon and gave her some fluids intervenously. She was weak. I had no clue when she would return to her human form. It could be minutes, hours, even days.
After I had taken her temperature, checked her over for any broken bones or cuts, and then recorded what I noticed, I went over and looked at Hatsuharu. Oddly enough, he hadn't transformed, but had just kind-of faded out. Maybe it was his concern for Kagura that had kept him in this form. The perameters of this curse were blurred at the edges sometimes.
He was paler than usual, and his cheeks were still a little flushed from his run over. His breathing had slowed significantly, though.
I arranged a futon next to Kagura's and placed Hatsuharu on it. I had no clue when either of them would awake again. I had done what I could for them for the time being.
I then looked at them both one last time before I left the room to let them rest.
-Hatori Sohma
~~~
When I openned my eyes again, Kagura was laying an arm's length away. I could've easily brushed those few strands of stray hairs away from her face. She was back to normal. I was thankful for that. But I was clueless on the prospect of her getting better.
I rolled over and sat up. Hatori was no where in sight. "Now where could he have gone?"
I pushed myself up off the futon and then walked over to the door that led to the porch. I opened it. He was still no where in sight. I scratched the side of my head as I closed the door.
My eyes briefly flashed to Kagura as I opened the door that led to the hallway. I'll be back soon. I thought, as I stepped out into the hallway and began to look for Hatori.
-Haru Sohma
~~~
It took a few moments for my eyes to focus, and a few more after that for me to realize where I was. My first words upon awakening were, "Atashi wa...doko?", but after I realized where I was, I started to wonder how I had gotten there.
Slowly I remebered what happened, backwards. I had slipped away into unconsciousness. I had been walking aimlessly in the woods...'Kyo'...The word brought tears to my eyes and daggers to my heart.
But who brought me here?
It was then that Hatsuharu, walked into the room. "Ah, I'm glad to see that you're awake." He smiled. Hatori followed him into the room a moment later.
"I just finished talking to Akito," Hatori began. My face paled and my eyes lost their light.
-Kagura Sohma
~~~
"Akito, it's about Kagura," I had said as I knelt in front of him. "She has just returned and she is very weak."
Akito was moving his hand up and down, his eyes focused on a small, white bird that was sitting there.
"Is that so?"
"Yes, sir. I don't know how long it's going to take her to get better, or if she'll get better at all."
"Hmm...That girl..Tohru...I told her she couldn't lift the curse...She has eased it, for some of us," one of his eyes focused on me for a moment. "But she can't solve all the problems of those that are cursed." His gaze then shifted back to the bird. "Do for her what you can. You can't save everyone, you know."
"Yes. I'm try my best." I bowed, stood, and left the room. I wasn't sure how to interpret Akito's response, but I knew that it was my duty to help Kagura. It was then that I ran into Hatsuharu, as I was heading back to my room.
-Hatori Sohma
~~~
"...I will treat you as best I can." I let out the breath that I didn't know I had been holding. So Akito wasn't going to repremand me? He wasn't going to punish me? Tohru really had changed everyone in the Sohma family. Her influence was amazing, and it was her influence that was slowly killing me.
I smiled. I was still laying down, so I didn't sit up. I looked at my clothes, which were folded up next to me. They both got the hint and turned around so I could dress.
A few minutes later I stood up and walked over to Hatsuharu. I almost didn't make it though, I was still really weak.
"Hatsu...haru...?" He turned around.
"Hai?"
"Ano..Arigato...gozaimasu..."
He smiled. "It was nothing. Just get better, okay?"
I smiled. A smile so fake that it hurt. "Sure." I never really liked lying, but I didn't have much of a choice. I would now go back to the way I was before, burying everything in the depths of my heart. That's what I used to do what Kyo hurt me, or show it as anger instead. Now I would just bury it deep, where it would eat me alive and no one would know its existance until it was too late.
-Kagura Sohma
~~~
A/N: I finally figured out how this fanfic is going to end! *smiles* At least part of it, anyway. Demo...ano...I don't think anyone's going to like it...I don't like it...But I can't think of another ending...*sniffle* I've been trying, I really have...*sweatdrop* Gomen? (By the way, the next chapter is the turning point. See ya there!...And hopefully for chapters after that...)
I wrapped her clothes around her as I lifted her into my arms and pressed her against my chest.
"Dammit, Kagura," I said softly, looking down at the slumbering boar. "Why'd you go and do this?"
Even her zodiac form showed her suffering. I could feel her ribs through the fabric, not to mention she was as light as a feather. It feel like there was anything in the clothes at all.
I raced back to the main Sohma estate and saw Akito out of the corner of my eye as I ran through the main gates. Hatori. I have to get her to Hatori.
I ran down the hallway to his room and burst through the door. "Ha...tori...It's...Kagura..." Gasps penetrated my speech. I was almost completely winded and ready to pass out myself by the time I arrived.
I had enough strength to hand a startled Hatori an unconscious boar before my strength failed me. My knees gave in and my vision when black as I collapsed onto the floor. Kagura....
-Hatsuharu Sohma
~~~~
I looked down, wide-eyed, at the bundle Haru had shoved into my arms. "Kagura?" I pulled back the fabric and there she was, unconscious, a boar's skin pulled tight over a fragile skeleton. None of my patients had ever looked this bad. Even her zodiac form showed just how far she had fallen from her original self.
I sighed as I placed her down on a futon and gave her some fluids intervenously. She was weak. I had no clue when she would return to her human form. It could be minutes, hours, even days.
After I had taken her temperature, checked her over for any broken bones or cuts, and then recorded what I noticed, I went over and looked at Hatsuharu. Oddly enough, he hadn't transformed, but had just kind-of faded out. Maybe it was his concern for Kagura that had kept him in this form. The perameters of this curse were blurred at the edges sometimes.
He was paler than usual, and his cheeks were still a little flushed from his run over. His breathing had slowed significantly, though.
I arranged a futon next to Kagura's and placed Hatsuharu on it. I had no clue when either of them would awake again. I had done what I could for them for the time being.
I then looked at them both one last time before I left the room to let them rest.
-Hatori Sohma
~~~
When I openned my eyes again, Kagura was laying an arm's length away. I could've easily brushed those few strands of stray hairs away from her face. She was back to normal. I was thankful for that. But I was clueless on the prospect of her getting better.
I rolled over and sat up. Hatori was no where in sight. "Now where could he have gone?"
I pushed myself up off the futon and then walked over to the door that led to the porch. I opened it. He was still no where in sight. I scratched the side of my head as I closed the door.
My eyes briefly flashed to Kagura as I opened the door that led to the hallway. I'll be back soon. I thought, as I stepped out into the hallway and began to look for Hatori.
-Haru Sohma
~~~
It took a few moments for my eyes to focus, and a few more after that for me to realize where I was. My first words upon awakening were, "Atashi wa...doko?", but after I realized where I was, I started to wonder how I had gotten there.
Slowly I remebered what happened, backwards. I had slipped away into unconsciousness. I had been walking aimlessly in the woods...'Kyo'...The word brought tears to my eyes and daggers to my heart.
But who brought me here?
It was then that Hatsuharu, walked into the room. "Ah, I'm glad to see that you're awake." He smiled. Hatori followed him into the room a moment later.
"I just finished talking to Akito," Hatori began. My face paled and my eyes lost their light.
-Kagura Sohma
~~~
"Akito, it's about Kagura," I had said as I knelt in front of him. "She has just returned and she is very weak."
Akito was moving his hand up and down, his eyes focused on a small, white bird that was sitting there.
"Is that so?"
"Yes, sir. I don't know how long it's going to take her to get better, or if she'll get better at all."
"Hmm...That girl..Tohru...I told her she couldn't lift the curse...She has eased it, for some of us," one of his eyes focused on me for a moment. "But she can't solve all the problems of those that are cursed." His gaze then shifted back to the bird. "Do for her what you can. You can't save everyone, you know."
"Yes. I'm try my best." I bowed, stood, and left the room. I wasn't sure how to interpret Akito's response, but I knew that it was my duty to help Kagura. It was then that I ran into Hatsuharu, as I was heading back to my room.
-Hatori Sohma
~~~
"...I will treat you as best I can." I let out the breath that I didn't know I had been holding. So Akito wasn't going to repremand me? He wasn't going to punish me? Tohru really had changed everyone in the Sohma family. Her influence was amazing, and it was her influence that was slowly killing me.
I smiled. I was still laying down, so I didn't sit up. I looked at my clothes, which were folded up next to me. They both got the hint and turned around so I could dress.
A few minutes later I stood up and walked over to Hatsuharu. I almost didn't make it though, I was still really weak.
"Hatsu...haru...?" He turned around.
"Hai?"
"Ano..Arigato...gozaimasu..."
He smiled. "It was nothing. Just get better, okay?"
I smiled. A smile so fake that it hurt. "Sure." I never really liked lying, but I didn't have much of a choice. I would now go back to the way I was before, burying everything in the depths of my heart. That's what I used to do what Kyo hurt me, or show it as anger instead. Now I would just bury it deep, where it would eat me alive and no one would know its existance until it was too late.
-Kagura Sohma
~~~
A/N: I finally figured out how this fanfic is going to end! *smiles* At least part of it, anyway. Demo...ano...I don't think anyone's going to like it...I don't like it...But I can't think of another ending...*sniffle* I've been trying, I really have...*sweatdrop* Gomen? (By the way, the next chapter is the turning point. See ya there!...And hopefully for chapters after that...)