Author's Notes: Thank you for all the wonderful reviews I have been
receiving! I have an announcement to make; I will finish this story of mine
soon to start a new fanfic. Well please enjoy! Oh, and this Chapter will
return back to its seriousness. Unlike Chapter 11, which was light-hearted,
this Chapter will be less like it. Anyway, enough of my sorry babblings
enjoy!
Chapter 12: Tears
Tohru held onto her mother's hand tightly. 'I will not let go.' She thought, 'I will not lose you again.' Kyoko looked at her daughter's hand hold hers tightly. She smiled at her, "Tohru, I have to go now. All I was meant to come here to you was tell you of the story."
Tohru shook her head, "No! Mother, I have lost you before, I will not stand by to watch you leave me again!" She protested.
Kyoko hugged her daughter. She sighed and pulled back from the embrace, "I would never leave you. I never left you when I died." Kyoko said with a smile, "I have to go, Tohru. Sometimes you have to let go and sometimes it's for the best."
Tohru had tears coming down her eyes as she watched her mother disappear in front of her. She then realized than the hand she was holding onto was no more. Her lips trembled, "Mother . . ." She whispered.
-=-
Akito drew in a breath. It was almost time for it all to end. He just had to wait now . . .wait for their meeting. He was suddenly swept to the Farplanes, and there he saw Tohru. She sat motionless, staring at her hand. She put her hand on her heart and smiled sadly.
"What's wrong now?" Akito asked as he sat by Tohru.
"I just realized that you can run out of tears." She replied.
"It's good you've found out." He said.
'I'm speaking from experience here.' He thought. Akito remembered the days he'd cry in his room. He was always alone in the dark rocking himself to sleep. There was no comfort found anywhere. His family looked down at him in pity, not really caring. How did the heartless Akito live up to what his family describes him?
He ran out of tears.
Fear enveloped him.
Hope was diminished from him.
Love left him.
Only hatred for fate remained.
"I sometimes I want to give up. I'd want to stop hoping I'd come back. Sometimes I want to stay here. You know what I'm talking about, don't you?" She asked Akito without meeting his eyes.
"I do. It is no wonder you are here, don't you think? Our curse goes deep, and I had no idea you were the key to unlock our shackles from out curse." He said.
"Yes, who would've thought? The rice ball that doesn't belong in a Fruits Basket who thought she was called into one. All of it was an illusions built upon my desire to belong to a wanted family. I thought . . . I thought that you, the Sohmas, have accepted me entirely. Now, I doubt it. They probably hate me."
Akito stared at the girl by his side. Tohru looked down, her bangs covering her face. He saw two drops of water splatter on the dark void's floor.
"Then you don't know them enough to say 'probably'. You have doubts about that." He said making her look up in surprise.
'Is he trying to say . . . that they don't?' She thought her eyes wide.
Akito lifted his hand, and with his finger wiped away her tears. Tohru was even more surprised with this action. Was he being kind?
"If you have tears, then it's okay. You haven't completely lost everything." He said and slowly his form started to disappear.
Before he was gone entirely, "Thank you . . .I think I know now what you're doing. You're not alone suffering Akito. If you had only reached out and searched, you would've figured you weren't alone. Your family has always shared your pain with you."
Akito looked at her, and managed to smile. A real smile he had never used and never showed. Tohru looked at him.
"It is no wonder why you are so special to them. You make even the coldest of hearts warm." He said and disappeared from her sight.
"Akito, I think I understand now . . ." She said and smiled.
If she had tears, then all was not lost.
-=-
Yuki found himself eating lunch with everyone. It was a quiet lunch, and it was fitting. He knew everyone one was either in a state of shock or in plain disarray. Kyo looked somewhat in between plus more just like him.
But, it wasn't as worse as before. He looked like the burden of what he was feeling was somehow lifted from his shoulder. The same goes for Yuki himself, thanks to his brother. 'I guess he's not that useless.' He found himself thinking.
Kyo ate and found the food very delicious, "Who made lunch?" He asked the people gathered around. Shigure blinked and laughed, "It's certainly not Aya, Ha'ri, Yuki, or me. We lack talent in the culinary area."
"Yeah, I've noticed." Kyo retorted back.
"If you had common sense, it was Kagura." Yuki said.
Kyo looked at Kagura, she was smiling from ear to ear.
--" . . . You don't know what our family has done to them . . ."--
"It's delicious Kagura!" Ayame exclaimed.
"Thank you!" Kagura said.
"It seems that you'd make Kyo a happy husband in the future." Shigure said with a grin.
Shigure waited for the chopstick to come flying his way. But, it never came. Everyone looked at Kyo in surprise.
"Kyo, do you feel ill?" Ayame asked.
"Why should I? Will everyone stop looking at me?!" He shouted and continues to eat.
Kagura looked at Kyo incredulously. 'He didn't shout. He didn't protest. He didn't send Shigure flying. I wonder . . .' She thought.
Hatori observed, 'I'm glad everyone is getting back to normal. But, Shigure missed an important part in the Journal. He must've overlooked it.' He thought and ate the salmon before him.
-=-
Akito awoke. Somehow he found the strength to get up and walk towards the window. He opened it and watched as the first sign of spring flew by. Some Sakura blossoms blew his way. He held out his hand and closed it quickly. He pulled down his hand towards his face and opened his hand. On his palm was the Sakura blossoms mixed in with some lily petals. The wind started again and took the petals away.
"I would die a happy man in spring . . ." He told himself.
For once he smiled as an acceptance to his own death. He wasn't afraid of what he must do anymore. People shared his pain. He just didn't reach out. He felt something wet on his face and wiped it away. Tears?
'If you have tears, it's okay. You haven't completely lost everything.' He thought.
"Amen to that." He said quietly.
He hasn't lost everything.
--End of Chapter 12--
Author's Notes: Hmm. So how was this Chapter? Please review!
Tyouhkriu- Thank you so much! Christmas just passed and now it's almost New Years!!
C.B.- Thank you! Hope you liked this chapter!
YumeTakato- Thank you!
Animelubber22- Thanks!
Lil-Sun-Rei- n_n Thanks! Hey, I haven't read your story in a looong time! When I get the chance to spend over two hours online, I'm so going to read yours! Just don't ruin it for me okay? I want to find out myself! And tell me when you're going to make a new one!
Thank you for all the reviews! It has made me update faster. No seriously it has! I think every writer gets that feeling when they get a review! You feel all bubbly inside! What am I saying? I sound like an idiot! Please review and tell me what you think! I'm seriously thinking of making a new fanfic. This time it's not going to follow the storyline- well kind of. Just watch out for it!
Thanks a bunch, Lys3
Chapter 12: Tears
Tohru held onto her mother's hand tightly. 'I will not let go.' She thought, 'I will not lose you again.' Kyoko looked at her daughter's hand hold hers tightly. She smiled at her, "Tohru, I have to go now. All I was meant to come here to you was tell you of the story."
Tohru shook her head, "No! Mother, I have lost you before, I will not stand by to watch you leave me again!" She protested.
Kyoko hugged her daughter. She sighed and pulled back from the embrace, "I would never leave you. I never left you when I died." Kyoko said with a smile, "I have to go, Tohru. Sometimes you have to let go and sometimes it's for the best."
Tohru had tears coming down her eyes as she watched her mother disappear in front of her. She then realized than the hand she was holding onto was no more. Her lips trembled, "Mother . . ." She whispered.
-=-
Akito drew in a breath. It was almost time for it all to end. He just had to wait now . . .wait for their meeting. He was suddenly swept to the Farplanes, and there he saw Tohru. She sat motionless, staring at her hand. She put her hand on her heart and smiled sadly.
"What's wrong now?" Akito asked as he sat by Tohru.
"I just realized that you can run out of tears." She replied.
"It's good you've found out." He said.
'I'm speaking from experience here.' He thought. Akito remembered the days he'd cry in his room. He was always alone in the dark rocking himself to sleep. There was no comfort found anywhere. His family looked down at him in pity, not really caring. How did the heartless Akito live up to what his family describes him?
He ran out of tears.
Fear enveloped him.
Hope was diminished from him.
Love left him.
Only hatred for fate remained.
"I sometimes I want to give up. I'd want to stop hoping I'd come back. Sometimes I want to stay here. You know what I'm talking about, don't you?" She asked Akito without meeting his eyes.
"I do. It is no wonder you are here, don't you think? Our curse goes deep, and I had no idea you were the key to unlock our shackles from out curse." He said.
"Yes, who would've thought? The rice ball that doesn't belong in a Fruits Basket who thought she was called into one. All of it was an illusions built upon my desire to belong to a wanted family. I thought . . . I thought that you, the Sohmas, have accepted me entirely. Now, I doubt it. They probably hate me."
Akito stared at the girl by his side. Tohru looked down, her bangs covering her face. He saw two drops of water splatter on the dark void's floor.
"Then you don't know them enough to say 'probably'. You have doubts about that." He said making her look up in surprise.
'Is he trying to say . . . that they don't?' She thought her eyes wide.
Akito lifted his hand, and with his finger wiped away her tears. Tohru was even more surprised with this action. Was he being kind?
"If you have tears, then it's okay. You haven't completely lost everything." He said and slowly his form started to disappear.
Before he was gone entirely, "Thank you . . .I think I know now what you're doing. You're not alone suffering Akito. If you had only reached out and searched, you would've figured you weren't alone. Your family has always shared your pain with you."
Akito looked at her, and managed to smile. A real smile he had never used and never showed. Tohru looked at him.
"It is no wonder why you are so special to them. You make even the coldest of hearts warm." He said and disappeared from her sight.
"Akito, I think I understand now . . ." She said and smiled.
If she had tears, then all was not lost.
-=-
Yuki found himself eating lunch with everyone. It was a quiet lunch, and it was fitting. He knew everyone one was either in a state of shock or in plain disarray. Kyo looked somewhat in between plus more just like him.
But, it wasn't as worse as before. He looked like the burden of what he was feeling was somehow lifted from his shoulder. The same goes for Yuki himself, thanks to his brother. 'I guess he's not that useless.' He found himself thinking.
Kyo ate and found the food very delicious, "Who made lunch?" He asked the people gathered around. Shigure blinked and laughed, "It's certainly not Aya, Ha'ri, Yuki, or me. We lack talent in the culinary area."
"Yeah, I've noticed." Kyo retorted back.
"If you had common sense, it was Kagura." Yuki said.
Kyo looked at Kagura, she was smiling from ear to ear.
--" . . . You don't know what our family has done to them . . ."--
"It's delicious Kagura!" Ayame exclaimed.
"Thank you!" Kagura said.
"It seems that you'd make Kyo a happy husband in the future." Shigure said with a grin.
Shigure waited for the chopstick to come flying his way. But, it never came. Everyone looked at Kyo in surprise.
"Kyo, do you feel ill?" Ayame asked.
"Why should I? Will everyone stop looking at me?!" He shouted and continues to eat.
Kagura looked at Kyo incredulously. 'He didn't shout. He didn't protest. He didn't send Shigure flying. I wonder . . .' She thought.
Hatori observed, 'I'm glad everyone is getting back to normal. But, Shigure missed an important part in the Journal. He must've overlooked it.' He thought and ate the salmon before him.
-=-
Akito awoke. Somehow he found the strength to get up and walk towards the window. He opened it and watched as the first sign of spring flew by. Some Sakura blossoms blew his way. He held out his hand and closed it quickly. He pulled down his hand towards his face and opened his hand. On his palm was the Sakura blossoms mixed in with some lily petals. The wind started again and took the petals away.
"I would die a happy man in spring . . ." He told himself.
For once he smiled as an acceptance to his own death. He wasn't afraid of what he must do anymore. People shared his pain. He just didn't reach out. He felt something wet on his face and wiped it away. Tears?
'If you have tears, it's okay. You haven't completely lost everything.' He thought.
"Amen to that." He said quietly.
He hasn't lost everything.
--End of Chapter 12--
Author's Notes: Hmm. So how was this Chapter? Please review!
Tyouhkriu- Thank you so much! Christmas just passed and now it's almost New Years!!
C.B.- Thank you! Hope you liked this chapter!
YumeTakato- Thank you!
Animelubber22- Thanks!
Lil-Sun-Rei- n_n Thanks! Hey, I haven't read your story in a looong time! When I get the chance to spend over two hours online, I'm so going to read yours! Just don't ruin it for me okay? I want to find out myself! And tell me when you're going to make a new one!
Thank you for all the reviews! It has made me update faster. No seriously it has! I think every writer gets that feeling when they get a review! You feel all bubbly inside! What am I saying? I sound like an idiot! Please review and tell me what you think! I'm seriously thinking of making a new fanfic. This time it's not going to follow the storyline- well kind of. Just watch out for it!
Thanks a bunch, Lys3