Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or any of it's characters.
Warnings: Shounen-ai/Yaoi (But probably not until later chapters…still just implications, mostly), dark/angst, language, possible gore, and probable romance.
Pairings: ?/Tohru, Hatori/Ayame, Haru/Momiji, Shigure/?
Summary: He's their best friend and, yet, he's their worst enemy. He hides behind his joker's mask and pretends he cares, but he doesn't. What does he want and can they stop him before he destroys them all?
Harakiri: Dude!!!! I'm at chapter 6!!!!!
Skye: Amazing, isn't it?
Harakiri: You bet your biscuits it is!!! Well, I'm taking a break from the Sohma house and going to check on Uo and Hana. How are they reacting to Tohru's "disappearance"? We'll find out! (And sorry if they're OOC…I'm still uncomfortable at writing their characters). Oh and expect this to be rather short.
Skye: …I don't have biscuits.
Harakiri: ¬.¬()
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Eternity is Forever Chapter 6-The Mourners and The Magician
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It had been two weeks. Two weeks since the rain had stopped. Two weeks since mid term dates were announced. Two weeks…since Tohru had disappeared. Uo sat outside by the fence picking at the grass. It was lunch time and, normally, she would have lunch, but only because Tohru packed extra for her. She stared at the ground, her dark eyes unfocused and unseeing. It was her fault, all her fault.
She remembered telling Tohru about the dare, remembered getting her to agree to come along. She remembered being late picking Tohru up and she remembered the two of them meeting Hana at the gate. After that, though, she remembered nothing. Her memories stopped after that.
She woke up the next morning on the steps of the school, Hana right next to her. She didn't remember walking there or what she had done the night before. All she remembered was that Tohru was supposed to be with them and she wasn't. She searched all day and all night for her friend, but ended up going home exhausted and empty handed.
The next day she had gone to Tohru's grandfather's house, where the girl was currently living, and told him all that she knew. Tohru's cousins went into an uproar and began accusing her of murder and abandonment. Jii-san put a stop to that, though. He had believed Uo and he knew she would never do anything to hurt Tohru. 'She might have gotten lost,' he had said. 'Give it time and maybe she'll come home.' Tohru never came back, though, and it was all Uo's fault.
Uo slammed her fist on the ground, sending dandelion seeds scattering into the wind, and stood. She began to walk away from the school, not caring that school wasn't over yet, and made her way to the sidewalk and began walking a familiar route. She kept walking, ignoring everyone around her, and didn't notice as the sky began to become cloudy and gray. She never noticed the thunder as it boomed or the crackling of the lightning as it shot across the sky. She never noticed the rain that dropped from the sky and assaulted her. She never noticed anything until she arrived at the graveyard.
Once she was there she realized she wasn't alone. Wearing a dark purple, gothic styled dress and standing under an equally dark and gothic umbrella was Hana.
"You're late," she said. Uo's eyes widened. It was so familiar, just like the night when Tohru…
"Heh, am I that predictable?" Hana said nothing, merely waited for Uo to lead the way to a place they both knew very well. The blond girl sighed and walked forward, past Hana, and into the graveyard itself. They walked together, past various graves, until they arrived at a particular one. Uo sat on her knees in front of the grave while Hana stood at her side. "Konnichiwa, Kyoko-san. I know we weren't due for another visit for a few months, but there's something we-I needed to tell you." She stopped for a moment, trying to gather her nerve. "Tohru…Tohru is….missing. We went to this house two weeks ago, but I…I can't remember anything. I….I…I'm so sorry…" She turned her face down in shame. "Please, can you ever forgive me…?" There was no reply to her plea….only silence. Suddenly she could contain it no longer and she began to cry. She folded her arms on the grave, buried her face in her arms, and cried.
Hana said nothing and looked at the gravestone emotionlessly. Slowly, though, she reached out and put her hand gently on Uo's head and her eyes filled with sadness. Both girls stayed there, pouring out their emotions in their different ways and basking in the misery of the rain. They were unaware that they were being watched, however.
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Once again Shigure was walking the streets due to his body's complaint that it needed nourishment. He hummed a little tune as he walked, not caring about the strange looks he got as he walked by. Let them think what they would. What did he care? They would probably forget about him soon, anyway. He chuckled as he thought of what their reactions would be if he decided to do a dance. His thoughts were short-lived, however, as he bumped into someone.
"Ah, sumimasen," he said as he bowed.
"Iie, it's no problem." He stood back up and was startled by the sight of the person who he bumped into. It was a boy, perhaps twelve or thirteen years of age, with short black hair and extremely dark blue eyes. He was beautiful, like a darker version of Yuki. Shigure smiled at the boy.
"Forgive me, I should have been watching where I was going." The boy stared at him and it seemed as if he were trying to get inside the man's mind. 'Good luck,' Shigure thought.
"I already said it was no problem," the boy said. With that he began to walk away. Before he got too far, however, he was stopped by Shigure's voice.
"Wait! …What's your name, young man?" He turned around, his twilight eyes trained on the other's black.
"….Hanajima Megumi," he said. Shigure smiled and bowed.
"A pleasure to meet you, Megumi-san. Watashi wa Sohma Shigure." The boy said nothing, he didn't even bow in return, he only turned and walked away, an odd smile on his face. The man smirked and began to walk as well. 'Hanajima Megumi, huh? I hope we meet again…'
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Told you it would be short. Weee! Much loves for Megumi!!!! -cuddles a Megumi plushie-
Skye: You do know he's only in one episode, right?
Yes, which pisses me off immensely. Megumi is awesome!!! Anyways, I'm actually pretty happy with this chapter…more-so than I thought I would be. Well, what did you guys think, hmm? Leave me LOTS of reviews and tell me all about it! -winknudge- X3 Oh and thank you so much, everyone, for the wonderful reviews! 16 reviews...WOW! -is on Cloud 9- That's the most I've EVER gotten. Thank you so much!!!!