This is the last chapter as far as I am concerned.
Chapter Twenty: The Clearing Sky
"What's wrong, Gin?" Yume held Gin in her arms to comfort her.
"You are only a burden to her, you know…"Duo and Hatsuharu entered the park and both were glad to see Gin okay. "Oi, Yume!" Duo called.
"Gin, please tell me what's wrong." Yume completely ignored Duo for the moment.
"A-Akito… said I was only a burden to you!" Gin sobbed into Yume's shoulder.
"Akito?" Haru breathed quietly.
"Silly, you're not a burden to me at all!" Yume smiled.
"Really?" Gin sniffled.
"You bet!" Yume winked.
"We better find the rest of the second zodiac members. I have a feeling Akito is behind all of these disappearings." Hatsuharu explained to Duo and Yume.
"Well now let's see… that means we have to find, Fujika." Duo ticked one off his fingers.
"I can see if she is at my work." Yume answered.
"Then that leaves Heero, Quatre, Trowa, Wufei, and Relena." Duo announced.
"Quatre Winner? I know where he lives so I'll go find him." Haru stated. For once he actually knew where something was or maybe he was just fooling himself.
"Ten chances out of ten that Trowa is also there." Duo nodded his head. "I can go find Heero and then we'll deal with Wufei and Relena later."
"We should meet back here once we find them!" Yume ordered and they split off into their separate ways.
By the time Duo reached Heero's apartment and knocked on the door, he was out of breath.
"Duo?" Heero peeked through the slit in the door curiously from the chain lock being locked and then opened the door fully. "Is something wrong?"
"Non-Sohmas that were with us during New Years are disappearing." Duo explained everything as quickly as he could.
Nodding, Heero grabbed his 9mm handgun and locked his apartment behind them.
When the two of them reached the park, Haru was explaining the situation to Quatre and Trowa but Gin and Yume weren't with Fujika.
"I asked my boss if Fujika-san had shown up for work today but he said she hadn't. Didn't even call in sick or anything." The blonde Yankee told the others.
"She must've been kidnapped as well." Haru mused.
"Does anyone know where we could find, Wufei?" The braided teenager questioned the rest of them.
"No, but I can hack into the school's computer to find out." The platinum blonde grinned deviously.
"And here I thought you were a goody-two-shoes." Duo chuckled.
After hacking the school computer…"So Wufei lives in an all boys dojo? No wonder he has problems with women." Duo snorted.
Heero left the group and entered the dojo momentarily to get Wufei. The rest of the group was waiting in a tense silence.
"Should we even bother looking for Relena?" Yume asked. No one answered. "I say we should let Akito kill her or whatever. I even threatened to do so myself when she was my Mythology project partner." Most everybody snickered because we all know Yume would kill Relena if she could.
"What the hell is this about, Yuy?! This better be good!" A pissed off Wufei exited the dojo with Heero.
"Just shut up and move your ass." Heero ordered.
"What are we doing next?" Trowa yawned.
"I say we track down Akito and barbeque the bastard!!!" Duo exclaimed, sarcastically.
"I say we just track down Akito and find out what he's done with the rest of the second zodiac members." Haru decided.
"Agreed!" Everyone nodded his or her confirmation.
At the Sohma mansion…"None of you understand the curse, therefore you shouldn't be a part of it… I'll exterminate all of you filthy second zodiac people!" Akito spat onto Relena, his most recent victim.
Blood stained the floor and Akito walked slowly to the opposite side of the room to retrieve a rusted and blood stained sword.
"And if chopping off your head doesn't work then at least you will die a slow and painful death from a nasty blood-transmitted disease!!!" Akito laughed evilly and slid the blade under Relena's chin, ready to slit her throat at any second.
"Hold it! Stop right there, Akito!" Duo and the others barged into the room and looked back and forth between Akito and Relena.
"Duo, my love! You have come here to rescue me!" Relena exclaimed dramatically; almost completely oblivious that Akito was about to slice her head off.
"Oh… Pardon me for interrupting your execution, Akito. Please continue." Duo smirked at Relena.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Relena wailed.
"Shut UP!!!" Akito snarled and threw a vase at Relena's head, knocking her unconscious.
"Anyway… you can't go around killing innocent people like Satori, Naoko, Nori, and a bunch of other people." Duo jerked his finger in Akito's direction.
"Don't point your finger at me! It's all your fault!!!" Akito reached for another vase and threw it at Duo but Heero shot the vase with his trusty 9mm handgun.
"Don't you dare hurt my Duo." Heero warned.
Duo sweat dropped. "Yeah… what he said."
"You belong in an insane asylum, Akito." Hatsuharu pointed out in his stoic White Haru way.
"You can't go against me! None of you can!" The head of the Sohma family gritted his teeth and was starting to freak out in his uber creepy Akito way.
From another door entered Shigure and Hatori along with Yuki behind them. "We're tired of following you Akito. It's time we put you where you belong and find another head of the family." Hatori stated.
"Hatori! I order you to stop all this nonsense." Akito growled.
Hatori merely shook his head and he along with Shigure restrained Akito and led him out of the Sohma house and he went bye-bye to the closest insane asylum.
"Well I'm glad none of the rest of you were harmed." Yuki smiled pleasantly.
"Akito is a big meanie!" Gin stuck her tongue out and Yume hugged her shoulders.
Quatre turned to Trowa and smiled. "I am deeply grateful Akito didn't kidnap you. I don't think I would be able to go on."
"The same goes for me." Trowa replied.
"This is getting all sappy and lovey dovey." Wufei complained.
"What about you, Duo?" Heero asked.
The braided chestnut boy stepped forward towards Yuki. "Hey Yuki, you can be Prince of Yukiro Academy. I have other things more important to me now." Duo glanced at all his friends and his newest friend Heero.
Yuki just smiled.
Another person wandered into the room and it was… BOB! "Bob."
"It's BOB!!!" Everyone exclaimed.
And in the end, Bob Zoloft was the only original character to survive (excluding Gin and Yume). Akito was sent to the insane asylum. Relena's unconscious body was ignored. The little white birdie couldn't crap on Akito anymore and Fan girl #7 stole Duo's rubber ducky!
THE ENDHope you all enjoyed this fic and for those of you who like my Fruits Basket stories I suggest you read the stories I am writing with a friend. The pen name is Otaku Corp and the story is called "A Curse to Remember."