Steph: Alright this chapter is really really really long. Like eight pages long! And its sad, I'm warning you ahead of time. You don't have to read this chapter. Turn back while you still can!
Fox: ::Reads over and sighs:: Its so sad...
Kyo: ::Nods quietly::
It really is
Steph: I don't own Fruits basket....
Chapter 14:Final chapter
Momigi walked up to the building his father ran, taking his hands out of his pockets and closing his eyes for a moment. Taking in a deep breath willing himself to calm. Opening his eyes and staring around with innocence and walking into the building and searching for his father.
He knew where the office was but in his excited yet frightened state he shivered slightly as the thought of what he was to do and the reaction of his mother frightened him beyond all belief.
He calmed himself once more running a hand through his golden blond curls and stepped into the elevator and went to the top of the building to his fathers office level. The elevator doors opened agonizingly slow and his breath quickened as the adrenaline poured into his blood stream.
Walking up to his father's office and touching the door knob taking another deep breath trying to calm his racing heart. He twisted the door knob and pushed it open and saw that his father was sitting at his desk all alone. As he approached his fathers head raised as an indication he saw him. A smile came over the mans features and momigi smiled and breathed a little easier.
He walked up and gave his father a hug and sat on a chair across from the desk.
"Dad I have something to tell you" He said wringing his hands together keeping his gaze from his father.
"Yes? What is it momigi my son?" Momigi let out a long sigh and looked up to his father and his eyes glittered with tears. Though not tears of sadness more or less tears of joy for what he was about to explain to his father.
"Dad....you know how some sohma's are cursed, how they turn into an animal from the zodiac when they are hugged by the opposite sex?" His father grimaced and stood up turning away from him.
"I'm sorry Momigi...."He was about to go on though he was interrupted by Momigi.
"Dad I'm cured....Fox....she cured us all" His fathers eyes opened wide and he stared at his son in disbelief.
"Are you certain....?" Momigi nodded and started crying, his father hugging him tightly.
"Yes dad I am...Now.....we...we can be a family again..." His father looked at him and sighed slightly.
"It will take a long time Momigi...." Momigi nodded and quieted in his fathers embrace feeling a thousand times better for telling his father what had happened.
Back at the main house Haru had run back to the main house as fast as possible, a look of sheer joy on his face. He neared the gates and found them locked, instead of waiting for someone to open them he scaled the wall quickly and ran to the door. Slamming it open and running quickly towards Hatori's bedroom Hatori came out to see what was happening.
Haru having not seen hatori come from his room ran right into him and they both fell back. Haru getting up and rubbing his head slightly, Hatori still on the floor looking a bit dazed. Haru held out a hand and Hatori grabbed it, Haru pulled him up and bowed.
"I'm sorry Hatori, I just..."
"You shouldn't be running though the halls like that Haru Akito wouldn't be pleased" Hatori said cutting Haru off before he could finish. Haru took a deep breath and ran a hand through his black and white hair and sighed a bit. Looking up to Hatori he smiled and shook his head.
"Hatori you won't believe what happened today" Haru said quickly. Hatori seemed a bit frustrated.
"What is it Haru?"
"Were cured Hatori! Fox cured us! She did it....I don't know how she just did..." He said looking at Hatori with an excited look. Hatori closed his eyes and a smile came over his face slowly. He shook his head slightly.
"If this is a joke haru..."
"Of course not Hatori I would never..." Haru said a bit angrily.
"I know I know it's just hard to believe Haru" Haru nodded and closed his eyes and cracked his neck.
"Yeah sorta a surprise ehh?" Hatori nodded and smiled again and shook his head.
"We owe Fox our gratitude" Haru nodded once more and both went around to telling the members of the zodiac that they were free of the curse. Both met up once more as they neared Akito's room. Hatori went in first and was followed by haru, both stood still when they say Akito.
"Hello Hatori....Haru" Akito smiled coldly and walked over to them. This wasn't the pale, feeble, sickly Akito they knew. There was a flush to his cheeks, he seemed stronger, and he was still cruel.....not a good thing.
"Hello Akito Sama" Was their small reply. Both looking to the ground to avoid his gaze. Akito laughed and flipped his head back sending a curtain of black hair shaking in response.
"The curse is gone, how wonderful" He mused quietly and looked to the two a malicious twinkle in his eyes.
"I would imagine the kitsune healed us" He said staring out the window now smiling. Though it wasn't a pleased smile for he no longer had control over the sohma's 'I may be free of my health though I have no control' he mused silently to himself and then thought for a moment and smiled even more. Haru and Hatori couldn't see the look on his face, for if they had they would have shivered.
The smile was cruel and calculating, he has a scheme though what it was only he and god knew.
"You're dismissed" he said slowly and haru departed immediately. Hatori took a bit longer staring at Akito's back with suspicion and then started to leave.
"Oh Hatori have Fox come over tomorrow would you? I would like to thank her personally for this" He said smiling innocently with his eyes closed. Hatori shivered and walked out not saying a word.
"Thank you Hatori..." He said chuckling quietly to himself. He opened his eyes and sat down on his bed leaning against the wall.
Hatori walked to his room and laid down grabbing the phone and dialed Shigure's home phone and waited for an answer. He heard a click and sighed a bit leaning back on his bed.
"Hello Shigure Sohma's residence" Haru looked a bit stunned and shook his head.
"Wow I didn't know you could answer a phone properly Shigure" Hatori held the phone away from his ear as shigure started talking loudly about random things.
"Shigure, Akito would like Fox to come over to the main house tomorrow" Shigure was quiet for a moment and hung his head slightly.
"Alright Hari I will ask her to go over tomorrow" Hatori heard a click and then a buzz signifying shigure hung up the phone. He placed his phone back on the receiver and pulled his pillow over his face. Why did he have such a bad feeling about this meeting?
Shigure walked into the kitchen watching Fox and Tohru bake cookies and prepare lunch for all the sohma's. He sighed slightly he also had a bad feeling about this sudden 'Meeting' With Akito. He knew Fox could defend herself but there was something wrong with this picture.
He had been so into his thoughts he hadn't heard a certain snake waltz up behind him. Ayame put a hand on Shigure's shoulder which sent Shigure jumping and looking aghast at Ayame. He shook his head and calmed.
"Ayame you shouldn't do that to me, I was scared" He said and pouted. Ayame hugged him and then put out his finger for the character symbol smiling innocently.
"Shhh but you love me still, and in the great words of a high school drama teacher..."
"It takes two strokes to make the character person" Shigure replied and finished the character symbol.
"Yosh!"
"Yosh!" Shigure smiled and shook hi head.
"I can never get angry at you Ayame.....Oh well" He said shrugging. Then furrowed his brows slightly. "Why are you here Ayame?"
"Oh just checking in on everyone, the shop is closed today so I thought I would stop by" Ayame said braiding his hair casually. Shigure rolled his eyes slightly and went into the main room of the house and kneeled at the table knowing lunch would be serve soon. Ayame accompanied him and was kneeling to his right side. Everyone slowly coming together in the dining room. Tohru and Fox brought out grilled fish, fried and white rice, and sautéed mushrooms.
They set everything on the table and arranged themselves, ayame, shigure, and kyo sat on one side of the table. On the other side Yuki, Tohru, and Fox kneeled at the table. They all began to dish out the food all remaining quiet not finding too much to speak about. Just making small conversations here and there.
"Fox dear Hatori called me today and he told me to tell you that Akito wishes to speak with you tomorrow sort of a thank you for freeing us of the curse" Everyone was suddenly quiet all had stopped eating except Fox who didn't bother looking up from her meal. She stopped eating for a moment to say.
"Alright then I shall be there, if you could call him later and tell him that I will be coming around seven in the evening. I have a few things to do tomorrow before I can see him. Obviously he wants to see me alone so Kyo....please don't insist on coming. "She said mildly. Kyo had an angry look on his face and he planted his hands on his hips and glared at her.
"Fine if you want to go alone then go!" He said getting up and storming up to the roof to fume. A look of hurt came across her face as everyone sat silently awaiting her to get up and go after him. She took her plate and Kyo's and stood silently taking them into the kitchen and washing off the food.
She walked up to them with a blank look on her face and forced a smile.
"If you need me I will be in my room." She said and went up the stairs and into her room shutting the door. Everyone at the table shook their heads in silent sympathy for Fox. Kyo wasn't the easiest to calm, she was only doing what she had to.
They all finished their meals in silence and Tohru collected the dishes and washed them with the help of Yuki. Ayame left after saying his goodbyes, Shigure walking into his office and writing without complaint for once.
Up on the roof—Kyo laid back and growled slightly, she had been so blunt about him not going. It was almost like she didn't want him around her, a little nagging voice in his head sounded. 'Maybe she doesn't love you; maybe she is playing with you Kyo.... Don't trust her' it whispered to his mind. He shook his head and let out a frustrated sigh and closed his eyes.
"I know she loves me...." He whispered quietly to himself and opened his eyes glancing at the bracelet around his wrist and sighed.
"She has to..." He said with confidence and shook the little nagging voice from his head. He stood up and looked downcast, feeling very sheepish for what he did. He walked down and through the window. Walking to Fox's room and gently tapping it with his knuckle. He heard a muffled response and he went inside closing the door behind him and sitting on the edge of the bed.
Fox was lying down with the sheets pulled up and over her head, she sighed a bit and laid still as Kyo reached up and pulled them back. He saw she was in her normal form, her ears perking up through the mass of silvery curls. Twitching lightly at his breathing, they drooped in response and she rolled over putting her back to him. Covering her head with the pillow.
"Fox....I'm sorry...I....didn't mean to..." He said quietly looking at her with a sad look on his face. He heard her sigh and she rolled back over and looked at him with her intense blue hues. He smiled softly and embraced her burying his face in her hair. She hugged him back somewhat startled at him.
"I...It's alright Kyo I'm not angry at you" She said smiling slightly and shook her head. Kyo pulled away reluctantly and rolled his eyes and stood up.
"Here I'm all worried about you, that you're angry or upset and its nothing!" He said with a hint of laughter in his tone. She sat up and stretched a bit turning back into her human appearance and getting up and running a hand through her hair. She had put on her kitsune pj's. She had the long sleeves bunched up on her biceps; she threw her arms up in the air and arched her back. She heard a crack and then tilting her head to the left then right and getting out all the kinks in her body.
Kyo cringed some and shook his head slightly at her cracking body.
"You're so weird Fox"
"I wouldn't be talking Kyo-Kyo" She said smiling. They both walked out of the room and down into the living room to sit and talk with Yuki and Tohru.
Momigi strolled back to the main house, a smile on his face. He was wearing his school uniform. His blond curls neat but blowing in the wind slightly, everything was going perfectly.
A car had pulled up alongside Momigi; Akito had hired a driver and was in the back seat. Momigi of course stopped when the car pulled up and saw who was in the car. Akito smiled at his cousin and opened the door.
"Come in momigi I will take you back to the main house" Momigi nodded and hopped in the black car (Sorry I forgot what type of car it was) sitting next to Akito with a somewhat uneasy look on his face. Akito looked up to the driver and leaned foreword whispering something in his ear. They could see the drivers head nod in response and he turned. Momigi frowned and looked down the road.
"I haven't been this way to the main house before" Momigi's bright blue hues glittered worriedly. Akito smiled and all momigi say was a fist coming at him sending him into dark oblivion.
Momigi's head swam as he tried to locate where he was. His memory was very fuzzy and his mouth seemed like he had a mouth full of jelly. His vision cleared slowly and he saw two silhouettes in the black forest, he recalled this forest....this is near where Shigure's home was. It was already dark outside, the moon showing over the forest he was in. He wondered how long he had been out and everything came back in a blur.
"A...Akito?" Momigi's eyes trained on the backside of the two figures before him. He tested his bound and hoped they would give. Panic over took him when they were taunt and bound him to the tree. There was no means of escape, he let out a small pitiful whine and tears streaked his cheeks.
"Momigi, what ever is wrong?" He asked with a cruel smile playing over his lips. He turned around and walked over to Momigi crouching down beside him, Momigi looked at him with eyes full of tears.
"What are you going to do to me?" He asked in a small voice. Akito stroked Momigi's cheek softly with the back of his hand and a smile played on his face.
"Why kill you of course...though all in good time. Fox will be here to hear your last words." He said sweetly. He knew it was well past the time Momigi was supposed to be back at the main house. He withdrew a knife and cut deep gashes into Momigi's wrists letting him die very slowly. Momigi let out a yelp and hot tears spilled down his cheeks. The warm sticky blood flowed over his hands and the bounds that constricted him to the tree. He saw the other figure disappear in a blur, he felt very weak and his head fell to his chest and he sat there. His breathing labored.
Shigure heard the phone ring and he picked it up off the receiver.
"Shigure Sohma's residence" He said casually watching as the two couples in the living room chatted calmly with one another.
"Shigure its Hatori, Momigi hasn't come home yet. Akito isn't back either....I...I think something has happened Shigure" Hatori sounded on the verge of tears. Which was very uncommon for hatori, he seemed much shaken up about this. Shigure himself started shaking and looked into the living room and shook his head.
"Alright Hatori I will go out and try to find them" He hung up and grabbed his coat, tonight was slightly chilly. Fox noticed something was wrong with Shigure's scent. There seemed to be fear mixing in with the usual calm of his scent. She furrowed her brow and stood up. Yuki, Tohru, And Kyo watching her in silent questioning. She walked over to Shigure and grabbed his arm very lightly.
"What's wrong Shigure....Tell me what happened" Shigure started leading her out of the house and turned back to them.
"We have to go somewhere. Don't follow, just stay in the house" He said sternly. No one argued with him, all wondering what was going on but they staid silently in their previous positions.
Fox stood outside and looked to shigure who closed the door behind himself.
"Now tell me what's happening..."
"Akito and Momigi are missing Fox..." Her eyes widened and glittered angrily. Her appearance shifted to that of her original form. Her ears pinning back to her forehead, and her tail standing ridged. A reddish tint came into her eyes and she growled angrily. She took off before Shigure could say another word.
Shigure quickly got in his car and drove down the road searching for her, Akito, and Momigi. Driving down the road and looking through the large amount of forest. He knew Fox would locate them sooner then he ever could. With her sensitive hearing and sense of smell. He sighed and kept searching hoping for the best.
Fox let her nose lead her, recalling Momigi's scent and trying to find Momigi. She soon caught on to it and a deep uncontrollable rage burned within her as she caught the scent of blood. Her eyes were a deep shade of crimson as she ran through the forest in a white blur towards Momigi and Akito.
She neared the scene and saw Momigi and a note left by his side. She growled angrily looking around trying to find that bastard. She felt a few tears rise in her eyes; they spilled down her cheeks as she cut through the bounds that held Momigi to the tree. She looked at the cuts that gashed open the veins on his wrists.
She hugged him close and heard the labored breathing from him; he was dying and almost ready to pass on. Momigi opened his eyes with difficulty and forced a smile on his face.
"Fox.....t....tell...mm...my dad..." He stopped and took a painful breath. Closing his eyes quietly.
".....tha...t....I....love him" he said, fox tore a piece of cloth from the arm of her shirt and wrapped his wrists with them to slow the bleeding.
"I will I promise Momigi...do you want me to tell you mom you love her...?" She asked crying quietly.
"N...no it....would...hurt her to much" He said smiling, tears slipping down his cheeks in salty rivers. Fox brushed a few bloody strands of blond hair from his face and kissed his forehead slightly.
"Alright Momigi just rest now" She whispered as Momigi closed his eyes and let out a final shuddered breath and laid still. She laid him down and wiped the tears from her now crimson eyes. She picked up the note and read it:
"Dear Fox, thank you
for curing us. It was a kind gesture, though in curing us I no longer
have power over the Sohma's so Momigi's death served as a warning
to any of them who defy me. Well see you tomorrow,
sincerely,
Akito Sohma" Fox threw the note down and picked up Momigi in
her arms, blood staining her shirt and arms. She ran back to
Shigure's and noticed that he had come back. She placed Momigi's
body in the back seat of the car and walked in locating Shigure and
ignoring the others.
"Go outside Shigure and look in the back seat of your car..." She said wiping a tear from her cheek. She looked to Yuki who was about to go outside and let out a growl.
"Stay inside the house." Her voice low and dangerous. He looked at her, the blood covering her body and the red tint of her eyes. He took Tohru's hand and led her into the living room where she couldn't see her or outside.
"This is Akito's doing to keep you Sohma's in line, this is to prove his power over all of you" She growled and spat angrily. She barred her fangs in frustration and a blood lust for a particular person arose and controlled her. Shigure started shaking and his eyes were wide and he ran out to the car and let out a cry of grief. Fox ran outside and past him.
She kept running ignoring the cries and shouts for her to come back; she headed on towards the main house with one intent. Kill Akito. She ran as fast as possible still in her demon form. Running to fast for the human eye to really see.
She neared the Main house and scaled the gates and ran into the main house busting down the front door. She walked with rage burning in her eyes towards Akito's room. Not surprised to find the door open and him standing there with his back turned to her.
"Good evening Fox, nice weather were having" He said laughing quietly. Fox approached him and he turned around to see a fist coming right at him. Fox started a torrent of abuse on Akito. She dug her nails into his shoulders causing trickles of blood to flow from the ten minor wounds. He let out a cry and the Sohma's started slowly arousing and running over to see what was happening.
"You don't deserve a fast death, you are going to pay for what you did to Momigi" She said taking one of her nails and running in across his neck cutting deeply. He let out a gurgle and flailed his arms trying to get free. He coughed up a slight bit of blood and slowly started to drown in his own blood.
Fox stood, blood matted her long silver locks and every one stood still as she looked up at them. Her eyes returning to the blue hues they once were, she passed out along side Akito's dying body. Letting her demonic rage control her took a lot out of her. Hatori moved over and picked up her slender frame and carried her into his room and laid her on his bed.
Fox woke up in a daze and looked around her setting, remembering little of what happened. She knew Momigi and Akito had died last night. She closed her eyes tightly and let out a small moan and opened her eyes sitting up in the bed and hugging her knees. Kyo came in and saw that she was awake, he walked over and hugged her. Fox hugged him back and couldn't withstand holding her tears, she wept on his shoulder quietly hugging him tight.
"Akito killed Momigi...I...I didn't mean to" She whispered. Kyo nodded and rubbed her back with his palm.
"He deserved what he got Fox it's not your fault" She nodded quietly and buried her head into his shirt trying to hide the mixtures of feeling she felt right now. She let out a sigh and shook her head some and withdrew from his comforting arms. She looked at him and let her head bow. He lifted her head up and looked her straight in the eyes.
"They will understand, they can't blame you for what you did..." She nodded quietly and they sat there staring off into nothing. Both thinking of what would happen in their future, Fox's fingers entwined with Kyo's and they sat there quietly, Fox feeling somewhat better now that Kyo was near. She knew he loved her no matter what would happen......
The end.
Steph: Told you it was sad. Well that's the end, I may make a sequel but probably not! Sorry guys, I don't care for happy endings. Their way to cliché!
Fox: Well....It was sad...
Kyo: I look like a pansy...
Yuki: Ehh I didn't appear to much in it
Tohru: ::Dazing:
Momigi: You killed me...
Ayame and mina: We barely appeared in this story
Akito: That sucks...I was killed...
Shigure: I was the star :pose:
Kagura: I wasn't in this ff twice..
Haru: At least I was
in it a few times
Uo hana: We appeared once I believe...
Hatori: I was in this Ff quite a bit
Kisa: Whats going on?
Kirari: Man...Akito and I were villains...that sucks
Hiro: I wasn't in this...
Ritsu: I didn't deserve to be in this :Rants on and on and on:
Misterfluffykins: Shrugs and walks around meowing:
Mi mi: I was in here a few times
Steph: Well thankyou all for reading my story!! I will try to write some other fanfiction soon!
