"Ok, everyone ready?" Shigure called to all the younger people of his house
that he somehow got stuck with parenting. "If we don't leave now we will be
late!" He had gotten back some of his old spice although still not 100%,
probably just because he was going to see his old friend for the last time.
The three teenagers walked sulkily down the stairs. "Do we have to go?" Kyo whined. "Yes, I really don't see the point of going...all he ever did was ruin my life..." Yuki put in. Tohru was silent.
"Ah, now that's the spirit!" Shigure grinned broadly and opened the door as if he was welcoming the world in, theeven though the world always seemed to come by itself. He then marched the three grumpy looking teenagers out the door and down the street.
While the boys lagged behind moping, Shigure decided to talk to Tohru and see what was wrong with his flower. "So spill it princess." Tohru snapped out of her daze. "What are you talking about Shigure-san?" she asked innocently. He looked at her in with a big Duh.
"You know...Akito-san loves you and is proud of you Shi-san." This struck a nerve, a very deep nerve. Shigure couldn't even bring himself to look at her. "Thank you Tohru-chan..." Tohru glanced up at him briefly and thought he saw a small tear but decided to leave it be.
They arrived very soon after to the main house. Everyone was there. It was almost funny as Tohru looked around at all the people. Some didn't look a bit out of place, such as Hatori, wearing his normal black suit, and some looked absolutely odd, like Momiji who was wearing a suit also, probably forced by Hatori. Tohru was glad that she wore her simple black dress.
As the family took turns going up to view the body, the onigiri got struck with sudden fear. She didn't want to see the dead young man, with all her heart. It terrified her. Even Kyo and Yuki went up to view the body, although they weren't a bit concerned with it.
It was when they sat down that Tohru decided she ought to see the man who decided and controlled all of these people's lives, and in the end, hers as well.
"What the hell is wrong with Tohru today?" Kyo asked his rat cousin as they sat down in a back pew. "I don't know but she is not herself..." "Heh, ya got that right!" Yuki thought for a moment and then presented Kyo with his idea. "I think we should stay near her, this whole thing is too much on her..." "You read my mind damn rat..." They got up and started to walk down the isle towards Tohru.
She was standing over Akito. If it was possible, he seemed even more beautiful and evil in death. His hair was nice and clean but his skin was pale and drained. He was like a vampire, and so intriguing. The girl reached out and caressed his thin midnight hair with her tiny fingers, and as if they had a mind of their own, traced their way down to his face, outlining his hardened blue lips. What were they like when he was alive?
Kyo and Yuki rushed towards her when they distinguished her hand in the gold lined coffin, but before they could reach her she seemed to disappear within it. It became clear what had happened when the boys came close enough, and they both stopped short.
She was almost inside the box, holding up the lifeless body in an embrace like they had never seen with her warm pink lips pressed to his cold hard ones. Her eyes were closed and she seemed to be dead with him, but living. After a moment she finally relented but wouldn't let the body go.
The cat and mouse stood no more then a yard away from her, apparently glued to the spot. Everyone else was too. It was Kagura who finally got the nerve up to walk up to her and gently free the two from each other.
As the last morsel of flesh left her fingers, Tohru burst into and uncontrollable sob. "You son of a bitch, you're dead....you're dead.....you're dead...." She repeated these words over and over until Kagura got her out of the room to sit on the porch outside.
The two girls sat out side looking at the Zen garden for an eternity it seemed. "Why did you do that Tohru-chan?" The brown haired girl looked up into the beautiful black haired girl's eyes. "Not from you!" was all she yelled and she reached down with a great deal of agility and grabbed a small pebble from the ground, lobbing it at the pig's head.
Now bleeding slightly, Kagura ran inside to escape the crazed girl, straight to Hatori. Seeing the minor destruction Tohru had caused, Kyo and Yuki snapped back into reality and ran outside. They saw the girl laying out on the deck with her back to them.
"Tohru....what's wrong with you?!" Kyo exclaimed apprehensively but with great force. "Miss Honda, you can talk to us...." Yuki reassured. They then heard more sobs. "I don't know....please help me..." Cautiously, the two of them moved closer and sat down next to her. "I feel him inside of me...or am I just crazy? Tell me Kyo-kun, am I just crazy?" The quivering voice pained the neko. He wanted to hold her and tell her everything was ok, but he couldn't hold her and everything wasn't ok.
It wasn't Kyo who answered though, but Yuki. "It has to be something about the curse. I just know it."
The three teenagers walked sulkily down the stairs. "Do we have to go?" Kyo whined. "Yes, I really don't see the point of going...all he ever did was ruin my life..." Yuki put in. Tohru was silent.
"Ah, now that's the spirit!" Shigure grinned broadly and opened the door as if he was welcoming the world in, theeven though the world always seemed to come by itself. He then marched the three grumpy looking teenagers out the door and down the street.
While the boys lagged behind moping, Shigure decided to talk to Tohru and see what was wrong with his flower. "So spill it princess." Tohru snapped out of her daze. "What are you talking about Shigure-san?" she asked innocently. He looked at her in with a big Duh.
"You know...Akito-san loves you and is proud of you Shi-san." This struck a nerve, a very deep nerve. Shigure couldn't even bring himself to look at her. "Thank you Tohru-chan..." Tohru glanced up at him briefly and thought he saw a small tear but decided to leave it be.
They arrived very soon after to the main house. Everyone was there. It was almost funny as Tohru looked around at all the people. Some didn't look a bit out of place, such as Hatori, wearing his normal black suit, and some looked absolutely odd, like Momiji who was wearing a suit also, probably forced by Hatori. Tohru was glad that she wore her simple black dress.
As the family took turns going up to view the body, the onigiri got struck with sudden fear. She didn't want to see the dead young man, with all her heart. It terrified her. Even Kyo and Yuki went up to view the body, although they weren't a bit concerned with it.
It was when they sat down that Tohru decided she ought to see the man who decided and controlled all of these people's lives, and in the end, hers as well.
"What the hell is wrong with Tohru today?" Kyo asked his rat cousin as they sat down in a back pew. "I don't know but she is not herself..." "Heh, ya got that right!" Yuki thought for a moment and then presented Kyo with his idea. "I think we should stay near her, this whole thing is too much on her..." "You read my mind damn rat..." They got up and started to walk down the isle towards Tohru.
She was standing over Akito. If it was possible, he seemed even more beautiful and evil in death. His hair was nice and clean but his skin was pale and drained. He was like a vampire, and so intriguing. The girl reached out and caressed his thin midnight hair with her tiny fingers, and as if they had a mind of their own, traced their way down to his face, outlining his hardened blue lips. What were they like when he was alive?
Kyo and Yuki rushed towards her when they distinguished her hand in the gold lined coffin, but before they could reach her she seemed to disappear within it. It became clear what had happened when the boys came close enough, and they both stopped short.
She was almost inside the box, holding up the lifeless body in an embrace like they had never seen with her warm pink lips pressed to his cold hard ones. Her eyes were closed and she seemed to be dead with him, but living. After a moment she finally relented but wouldn't let the body go.
The cat and mouse stood no more then a yard away from her, apparently glued to the spot. Everyone else was too. It was Kagura who finally got the nerve up to walk up to her and gently free the two from each other.
As the last morsel of flesh left her fingers, Tohru burst into and uncontrollable sob. "You son of a bitch, you're dead....you're dead.....you're dead...." She repeated these words over and over until Kagura got her out of the room to sit on the porch outside.
The two girls sat out side looking at the Zen garden for an eternity it seemed. "Why did you do that Tohru-chan?" The brown haired girl looked up into the beautiful black haired girl's eyes. "Not from you!" was all she yelled and she reached down with a great deal of agility and grabbed a small pebble from the ground, lobbing it at the pig's head.
Now bleeding slightly, Kagura ran inside to escape the crazed girl, straight to Hatori. Seeing the minor destruction Tohru had caused, Kyo and Yuki snapped back into reality and ran outside. They saw the girl laying out on the deck with her back to them.
"Tohru....what's wrong with you?!" Kyo exclaimed apprehensively but with great force. "Miss Honda, you can talk to us...." Yuki reassured. They then heard more sobs. "I don't know....please help me..." Cautiously, the two of them moved closer and sat down next to her. "I feel him inside of me...or am I just crazy? Tell me Kyo-kun, am I just crazy?" The quivering voice pained the neko. He wanted to hold her and tell her everything was ok, but he couldn't hold her and everything wasn't ok.
It wasn't Kyo who answered though, but Yuki. "It has to be something about the curse. I just know it."