Talone carried Akito (in rooster form still) to a river nearby. "This is where I used to live. Buuuut...!" Talone smiled weakly. She didn't know what to do except let Akito drink water out of the river. "It's pretty pure...I think." Akito's eyes met hers and made a soft low 'thanks'. Talone hummed softly and put Akito down in the soft grass. "You look okay Master Akito Sohma, sir..." Talone blushed and scratched her head. Then, her stomach growled. "Ack! I'm so hungry...You must be hungry too." Akito made a lonely teardrop.

Talone stared. "Master Akito Sohma, sir? Are...you crying?" Akito waddle toward Talone. "Huh?" Then....

*POOF!*

There, Talone stared at Akito's pale and fair, naked body. Dark shadows appeared over Talone's face and beads of sweat along with it. "Eeeehhh? Ma-Ma-Master...?" Talone ran around the tree covering her eyes yelling out, "Gomen ne sai!" Akito stood up and grabbed Talone's wrist and gently pulled her towards him. "It's been such..awhile when I..." Akito thought hard and remembered cruel memories and pushed Talone. "Go get my clothes!" Akito's yell and command was fierce and gruesome.

"Okay Master Akito Sohma..sir!" Talone ran a couple of steps but stop. "Are you just going to stand there...in the nude?" Akito perked up a eyebrow. "Do you expect me to go out there with all those outsiders?" Talone stood there turning red. She looked down at her feet and replied, "Umm...People, sometimes they come here for picnics and...I think I just saw a family just nearby-" Akito made a sharp glare and his tone of voice was cold. "Then what do you expect me to do?" Talone sighed still staring at her feet. While it lasted being silent, Talone and Akito heard voices and before they could hide the people already appeared.

Shigure, Ayame, Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru stared right back at Talone and Akito. Shigure and Ayame was laughing there heads off with tears running down. Yuki and Kyo looked down glaring with fist forming and Tohru just had a blank expression. Kyo yelled out. "Dammit! Akito! What the hell do you think you're doing?" Akito simply turned his back. Ayame walked up toward Talone. "What were you two doing? You weren't playing around were you?" Shigure added in, "Wait! Maybe they were! Unless she accidentally hugged him and he turned into a..." Shigure and Ayame stopped laughing and caught Talone's serious face. Akito grinned and slightly turned his head. "She did." Tohru sighed. Yuki, Kyo, Shigure, Ayame both gasped.

"I'm sorry." Talone looked up and tears were rolling down her cheeks. "I am really sorry!" Tohru took a few step towards Talone. "It..isn't all your fault." Shigure corrected Tohru. "Umm...you haven't heard the story to really see if it was her fault or not." Tohru bowed alittle and apologized. Yuki glared at Akito's back (or maybe somewhere else!) and took off. Ayame saw Yuki go off and called back. "Yuki! Brother! Heeeey!!!" Ayame ran after him.

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Talone waited 'til Akito was getting dressed. "What's going on?" Talone stared into space. Hatori was watching her from a distance and felt a tiny sting from his left eye but ignored it. "What is Akito thinking now?" Hatori thought. He walked back and sat in his chair thinking to himself. "Only time will tell."

Akito, getting dressed, was thinking about the past and how things were just happening. "Too bad." Akito thought. He finished getting dressed and saw a little bird on a frail tree branch. He smiled walking toward a dark corner humming softly. "When that girl, Talone, hugged me. I felt...this new feeling. And when I was in my zodiac form, I did cry." Akito formed his hand to a fist and thrust through a glass case near him. His hand was bleeding with rose red blood. Talone heard the crushing sound and put her ear against the door. "What's going on now?" thought Talone.

Akito stopped breathing hard and his eyes widen. He carefully knelt down and picked up the pieces of glass. He felt dumbfounded for not calling any one to help him. Talone's eyebrow lifted and she stood up and walked carefully towards her own small, plain room. "I'm so tired. After all that, I don't think I'll ever go to any of the Sohma's birthdays." Talone flopped on her bed and closed eyes to sleep.

~*~*Talone's Dream*~*~

*Talone's Point of View*

I saw myself in the shadow of Akito's. What am I doing? I looked around and saw nothing. Out of nowhere, a sharp pain went through my chest. I looked at my hands and just saw it covered in blood. Somebody! Please help me! I fell down on a puddle, crying. But, someone's hands wrapped around me. The voice was low and I couldn't tell who's voice it was. "Let me help you." The person turned me around and there, I saw Akito face. He glowed around me and smiling. "Talone, I have somthing to say." I blinked and tried to shake my head to wake up. "I love you."

~+*Back to reality*+~

Talone woked up, sweaty and looked at her clock. 6:46 p.m. it read. "My dream...It's so scary and yet, really weird." Talone got up and was about to open the door but Hatori walked in and bumped in front of eachother. "Tal-?!"

*POOF!*

Talone fell on her bottom and stared at the tiny seahorse(dragon). "Huh? Noooo! Please! Not Master Hatori Sohma-kun!!!" Talone ran around her room. "Salt water? Fresh water? I knew I should've paid attention at that one time when my class went to the aquarium!!!" Talone accidently ran into the wall fell back, grabbed a cloth on her dresser and got bonked on the head with a purple vase. Talone's expression --- @_@;;

Akito walked out looking for Hatori and peeked inside Talone's room a gasped. "Hatori! Talone!"

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Ok! My last chapter had quite alot of typos (thanxs to a certain someone. -_-;;) and I carefully read through and fix some of it. I think it's just kinda kinky. I dunno...Please review it and help me make some suggestions. Arigato! and Again, I do not own Fruits Basket of any of the characters! Bai!