Author's Note: This chapter is my gift to you all! Merry Christmas, 'till I get a chance to update again!
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Chapter 11: Half Way
"Tohru...c'mon wake up!"
Tohru opened her eyes slowly, then suddenly a surge of energy sprang forth, "Mother!" She said. Kyoko laughed softly, "Well, I'm glad to see you're up and about, kid."
Tohru smiled, all these times she's been waiting for her mother to appear to her and now here she is. She liked how her Mom used her street talk. It was as if nothing ever happened. Overwhelmed with emotions from what had happened she pushed herself towards her Mother and hugged her. She quietly sobbed and Kyoko hugged her daughter back cooing her to hush.
"Ne, Tohru...what's wrong?" Kyoko asked, although she already knew her daughter's problem.
"I can't believe it, Mom...I was the one who put them through all that...I'm to blame. They suffered because of me..." Tohru said.
Kyoko didn't say a word. It wasn't the right time to say anything just yet. She wanted Tohru to spill everything it was she was feeling. Talking to someone helps becausse you always know, no matter who the person is, they always listen.
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Yuki was in his room with his windows open. Winter was leaving and Spring was coming anytime. He didn't mind the chill, besides, he can't really feel anything. He stared out the window as always like some caged bird yearning to be free if its cell and fly to a destination only instinct would know.
He layed down on his bed and stared up the ceiling. It's all he has been doing the past few days. Stare at the ceiling. He rarely eat or goes down. He never opens the door, and when he closes the door behind him, it ment solitary confinement. No one dared to go in. No one...
He stretched his arms out and his hand hit his desk. On the desk layed a leathered bound book. The Journal. He took it home with him to read it, just to make sure there was some type of misunderstanding. But, he never picked it up. He was afraid that Shigure might be right. That there's no mistake, that a Honda cursed them for eternity.
'...that there's no hope of us being together..'
That was the passing thought that scared him the most...
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Ayame and Hatori came by the house. The "three musketeers" sat down in Shigure's office. Shigure looked at Ayame, 'He must be so worried...'
"So how are the boys?" Hatori asked lighting up a cigarette.
"Yuki and Kyo? Not so well I guess...Kyo's up there," Shigure said pointing up on the roof, "Sulking himself away. I guess he's thinking of many things right now. And Yuki? He locked himself in his room. He rarely eats unlike Kyo. Kyo comes down eats, leaves to go up again...but...It's Yuki who's wasting himself away."
"Have you tried to talk to them?" Ayame asked.
"I can't. They'll ask question I have no answers for." Shigure replied.
"That's true. No one has the answers right now." Hatori said.
"...I..." Ayame started then stopped.
The two older men looked at him, "Go on Aya. Tell us what's in your mind." Shigure said.
"I'm just thinking is all. I know why Yuki is acting like this, but there's something more behind it." Ayame said.
"Then, Ayame, why don't you find out?" Hatori asked Ayame.
"I can't do that, he wants space--"
"That's nonsense. This is a perfect oppurtunity for you to get closer to Yuki." Hatori said.
"Besides Aya, all that space is sometimes BS. For teens today it means they need someone to talk to." Shigure said.
Ayame looked at both at them, 'Ha'ri did say...and 'Gure made alot of sense..' He thought. Ayame bolted up and marched upstairs, "Even if Yuki pushes me away-- I'm not going to give up!" He said.
With Ayame trying to win an impossible fight, Hatori looked at Shigure, "What about Kyo?" He asked.
Shigure smiled, "I have her coming. She understands him better, you know that." Shigure said. Hatori continued to smoke until Shigure asked a question,
"How's Akito?"
"He's dead but he's alive."
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Kyo was lying on the roof watching the clouds go by. 'Lucky bastards they are!' He cursed at them. They were allowed to float happily to who knows where. He wanted to look away, but he admired them. 'I'm going insane again.' He thought.
"HELLO THERE KYO MY LOVE!"
Kagura's face was suddenly blocking the view. Kyo didn't prostest her being there, but instead turned the other way. Kagura's smiled suddenly turned to frown. Maybe it was wrong of her to smile at a time like this, but still...if everyone was so damn sad then it'll stay like that!
"Kyo...sorry for intruding your time for yourself." She apologized.
"It's okay." He replied.
Kagura sat herself down beside Kyo. She didn't speak. She also had trouble coping with the concept of Tohru's family putting the curse upon them.
"...How do you feel?" Kyo asked, his back still turned towards her.
"Shocked." Kagura replied.
"Not betrayed or anything?"
"Betrayed? Why? It's not her fault, love."
Kyo didn't reply back. He felt like it, but he wasn't sure...
"Kyo, you don't know what happened many years ago for her family to do so. And anyway, who knows what our family has done to theirs? Shigure and Hatori knows, but they'd never tell us. Our family has many secrets, dark and sad ones."
"Secrets are meant to be told."
"But, some are too old that they are forgotten."
"Not this one." Kyo muttered. It just felt like something was going to happen. He had that same feeling again when Yuki was involved in a car accident. The same butterflies in his stomach. The goosebumps crawling up his skin. The uncontrollable trembling of his body when he thought about it.
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"How can I? Mom? I'd rather stay here than face them." Tohru told her mother. Kyoko looked at her.
"Tohru, it's not your fault at all. If I tell you that the Sohma also put a curse to us that took me away, will you be angry at them for something they couldn't help but happen?" Kyoko asked and saw the look of confusion in her daughters eyes, "We weren't the only ones who cursed them. Unfortunately, the clan leader at that present time threw back a curse."
"Why?" Tohru asked.
"...Let's just say it was forbidden love that occured between our family. You know, obssesive girl cousin who's psychotic for her handsome younger boy cousin who fell in love with a beautiful kind girl who had a family who doesn't like the handsome younger boy's family. Sparks fly and something tragic happens--"
Tohru laughed, "You make it sound so funny, Mom." She said.
"But, it's not meant to be." Kyko replied, "She died by the hands of the Sohma clan leader. The girl's father was in shock and never meaning to, cursed them. The Sohma clan leader cursed back in outrage for her cousin had pushed her as quickly as he could after she pierced a knife through the girls he fell in love. With the girl's last thoughts, they were cursed as the Zodiac animals."
Tohru fell silent, "I'm sorry I laughed Mother. That was no laughing matter." She said.
"Indeed it isn't, Tohru. Don't you ever wonder why I told you the story? It was passed on through the Honda family, of course. I never knew about why though until now."
"How?"
"Let's just say an Angel flew by to whisper it to me."
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"YUKI! I demand you to open this door this instant!!" Ayame said through the door.
Yuki groaned, this was the last thing he needed right now. But, what can he do?
"It's open!! It always has been!!" He shouted back.
Ayame slid the door open, "Oh." He said and sat down on Yuki's desk's chair. He looked at his brother and frowned, "You know, there must be something wrong with you."
"No shit Sherlock." Yuki replied rudely, and sighed, "Sorry, but you wouldn't understand."
"Is it the fear of not being together with this new knowledge?" Ayame asked.
Bingo. Shazam. And ding-ding.
"Right on target aren't I? If you love her then why should you worry? Nothing can seperate you two if you love each other." Ayame said.
Yuki looked at his brother. Shock? Amazement?
"Did you get hit on the head?" Yuki asked Ayame.
Ayame laughed softly, "No, I didn't. It's just a big brother instinct you know? Besides, I was your age once. I should know." He said.
--"...You can meet half way Ayame!"--
"Thank you." Yuki said.
Ayame smiled and got up, "I'll see you downstairs for lunch I hope, little brother." He said and left closing the door behind him. Ayame entered Shigure's office and looked around rather proudly, "We met half way for the first time."
-=- End of Chapter 11 -=-
Author's Note: Chapter done! Woohoo, huh?! Okay I'd like to say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!" Please review to spread the joy around! Oh, a little spoiler for my fic, I know you'll murder me when you all get to the last chapters! *evil laugh* AHEM! *thunder and lightning effects* BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Okay just forget my little moment there! I put up a happy ending for Chapter 11, since it is Christmas time...Christmas time!
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Chapter 11: Half Way
"Tohru...c'mon wake up!"
Tohru opened her eyes slowly, then suddenly a surge of energy sprang forth, "Mother!" She said. Kyoko laughed softly, "Well, I'm glad to see you're up and about, kid."
Tohru smiled, all these times she's been waiting for her mother to appear to her and now here she is. She liked how her Mom used her street talk. It was as if nothing ever happened. Overwhelmed with emotions from what had happened she pushed herself towards her Mother and hugged her. She quietly sobbed and Kyoko hugged her daughter back cooing her to hush.
"Ne, Tohru...what's wrong?" Kyoko asked, although she already knew her daughter's problem.
"I can't believe it, Mom...I was the one who put them through all that...I'm to blame. They suffered because of me..." Tohru said.
Kyoko didn't say a word. It wasn't the right time to say anything just yet. She wanted Tohru to spill everything it was she was feeling. Talking to someone helps becausse you always know, no matter who the person is, they always listen.
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Yuki was in his room with his windows open. Winter was leaving and Spring was coming anytime. He didn't mind the chill, besides, he can't really feel anything. He stared out the window as always like some caged bird yearning to be free if its cell and fly to a destination only instinct would know.
He layed down on his bed and stared up the ceiling. It's all he has been doing the past few days. Stare at the ceiling. He rarely eat or goes down. He never opens the door, and when he closes the door behind him, it ment solitary confinement. No one dared to go in. No one...
He stretched his arms out and his hand hit his desk. On the desk layed a leathered bound book. The Journal. He took it home with him to read it, just to make sure there was some type of misunderstanding. But, he never picked it up. He was afraid that Shigure might be right. That there's no mistake, that a Honda cursed them for eternity.
'...that there's no hope of us being together..'
That was the passing thought that scared him the most...
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Ayame and Hatori came by the house. The "three musketeers" sat down in Shigure's office. Shigure looked at Ayame, 'He must be so worried...'
"So how are the boys?" Hatori asked lighting up a cigarette.
"Yuki and Kyo? Not so well I guess...Kyo's up there," Shigure said pointing up on the roof, "Sulking himself away. I guess he's thinking of many things right now. And Yuki? He locked himself in his room. He rarely eats unlike Kyo. Kyo comes down eats, leaves to go up again...but...It's Yuki who's wasting himself away."
"Have you tried to talk to them?" Ayame asked.
"I can't. They'll ask question I have no answers for." Shigure replied.
"That's true. No one has the answers right now." Hatori said.
"...I..." Ayame started then stopped.
The two older men looked at him, "Go on Aya. Tell us what's in your mind." Shigure said.
"I'm just thinking is all. I know why Yuki is acting like this, but there's something more behind it." Ayame said.
"Then, Ayame, why don't you find out?" Hatori asked Ayame.
"I can't do that, he wants space--"
"That's nonsense. This is a perfect oppurtunity for you to get closer to Yuki." Hatori said.
"Besides Aya, all that space is sometimes BS. For teens today it means they need someone to talk to." Shigure said.
Ayame looked at both at them, 'Ha'ri did say...and 'Gure made alot of sense..' He thought. Ayame bolted up and marched upstairs, "Even if Yuki pushes me away-- I'm not going to give up!" He said.
With Ayame trying to win an impossible fight, Hatori looked at Shigure, "What about Kyo?" He asked.
Shigure smiled, "I have her coming. She understands him better, you know that." Shigure said. Hatori continued to smoke until Shigure asked a question,
"How's Akito?"
"He's dead but he's alive."
-=-
Kyo was lying on the roof watching the clouds go by. 'Lucky bastards they are!' He cursed at them. They were allowed to float happily to who knows where. He wanted to look away, but he admired them. 'I'm going insane again.' He thought.
"HELLO THERE KYO MY LOVE!"
Kagura's face was suddenly blocking the view. Kyo didn't prostest her being there, but instead turned the other way. Kagura's smiled suddenly turned to frown. Maybe it was wrong of her to smile at a time like this, but still...if everyone was so damn sad then it'll stay like that!
"Kyo...sorry for intruding your time for yourself." She apologized.
"It's okay." He replied.
Kagura sat herself down beside Kyo. She didn't speak. She also had trouble coping with the concept of Tohru's family putting the curse upon them.
"...How do you feel?" Kyo asked, his back still turned towards her.
"Shocked." Kagura replied.
"Not betrayed or anything?"
"Betrayed? Why? It's not her fault, love."
Kyo didn't reply back. He felt like it, but he wasn't sure...
"Kyo, you don't know what happened many years ago for her family to do so. And anyway, who knows what our family has done to theirs? Shigure and Hatori knows, but they'd never tell us. Our family has many secrets, dark and sad ones."
"Secrets are meant to be told."
"But, some are too old that they are forgotten."
"Not this one." Kyo muttered. It just felt like something was going to happen. He had that same feeling again when Yuki was involved in a car accident. The same butterflies in his stomach. The goosebumps crawling up his skin. The uncontrollable trembling of his body when he thought about it.
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"How can I? Mom? I'd rather stay here than face them." Tohru told her mother. Kyoko looked at her.
"Tohru, it's not your fault at all. If I tell you that the Sohma also put a curse to us that took me away, will you be angry at them for something they couldn't help but happen?" Kyoko asked and saw the look of confusion in her daughters eyes, "We weren't the only ones who cursed them. Unfortunately, the clan leader at that present time threw back a curse."
"Why?" Tohru asked.
"...Let's just say it was forbidden love that occured between our family. You know, obssesive girl cousin who's psychotic for her handsome younger boy cousin who fell in love with a beautiful kind girl who had a family who doesn't like the handsome younger boy's family. Sparks fly and something tragic happens--"
Tohru laughed, "You make it sound so funny, Mom." She said.
"But, it's not meant to be." Kyko replied, "She died by the hands of the Sohma clan leader. The girl's father was in shock and never meaning to, cursed them. The Sohma clan leader cursed back in outrage for her cousin had pushed her as quickly as he could after she pierced a knife through the girls he fell in love. With the girl's last thoughts, they were cursed as the Zodiac animals."
Tohru fell silent, "I'm sorry I laughed Mother. That was no laughing matter." She said.
"Indeed it isn't, Tohru. Don't you ever wonder why I told you the story? It was passed on through the Honda family, of course. I never knew about why though until now."
"How?"
"Let's just say an Angel flew by to whisper it to me."
-=-
"YUKI! I demand you to open this door this instant!!" Ayame said through the door.
Yuki groaned, this was the last thing he needed right now. But, what can he do?
"It's open!! It always has been!!" He shouted back.
Ayame slid the door open, "Oh." He said and sat down on Yuki's desk's chair. He looked at his brother and frowned, "You know, there must be something wrong with you."
"No shit Sherlock." Yuki replied rudely, and sighed, "Sorry, but you wouldn't understand."
"Is it the fear of not being together with this new knowledge?" Ayame asked.
Bingo. Shazam. And ding-ding.
"Right on target aren't I? If you love her then why should you worry? Nothing can seperate you two if you love each other." Ayame said.
Yuki looked at his brother. Shock? Amazement?
"Did you get hit on the head?" Yuki asked Ayame.
Ayame laughed softly, "No, I didn't. It's just a big brother instinct you know? Besides, I was your age once. I should know." He said.
--"...You can meet half way Ayame!"--
"Thank you." Yuki said.
Ayame smiled and got up, "I'll see you downstairs for lunch I hope, little brother." He said and left closing the door behind him. Ayame entered Shigure's office and looked around rather proudly, "We met half way for the first time."
-=- End of Chapter 11 -=-
Author's Note: Chapter done! Woohoo, huh?! Okay I'd like to say, "MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!" Please review to spread the joy around! Oh, a little spoiler for my fic, I know you'll murder me when you all get to the last chapters! *evil laugh* AHEM! *thunder and lightning effects* BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Okay just forget my little moment there! I put up a happy ending for Chapter 11, since it is Christmas time...Christmas time!