Lucky Kyo
Chapter Three
Eisaku
Ten years after Kyoumi's death, her heir to the curse was born. Eisaku was born to a non-cursed Sohma house member and a snake. His father, the curse-less parent, abandoned him and his mother when he was still an infant. Eisaku grew up knowing his father had left him because of the curse. He was reminded of that every day by the other children of Sohma House.
Though his mother tried to shelter him from the cruel taunting words of the other children, Eisaku still heard it frequently. He was verbally abused to the harshest extremes but eventually he learned to ignore it all. However, once he was able to turn a deaf ear on the other children, they developed different methods of torture.
A game was developed by Hiraku's son. The rules of the game were simply - do whatever it takes to make the cat scream and whoever does it first wins. As a result, Eisaku faced much pain. He was beaten, burned, whipped, kicked, stoned, stabbed, thrown around, and drowned. Hiraku's son Makito eventually began to win daily with his inventive forms of torture.
The first of these new torture forms was "ticking." In this form of torture, Makito would collect ticks in a small box. When he had a significant amount, he would take Eisaku somewhere secluded, where Eisaku's mother wouldn't think to look for him, and tether him to the ground. Once he was sure Eisaku couldn't move, he'd strip him of his shirt and methodically place tick after tick on the exposed flesh of his chest until Eisaku screamed for mercy. The technique was too timid, however, and Makito soon abandoned it for other methods. He would pull Eisaku's nails backward until he screamed. He would slam the door on Eisaku's hands and feet. He would take dilute acids on a cloth and press it to Eisaku's skin. Makito developed some of the most brutal techniques for his sick little game.
One time, Eisaku's mother had gotten Eisaku to confess who had done the unspeakable things to him. When she discovered it was Makito, she sought out the child and beat him. Eisaku's mother nearly killed Makito and she was expected to be executed for it. However, she wasn't.
When Hiraku looked upon her as he was about to condemn her, he realized the familiarity of the face. It was his daughter. When this frightening apparition from his past came into his vision, he couldn't stand to look at her or even pass judgment. Eisaku's mother got away with beating her brother for what he had done to her son.
Makito eventually recovered and came back with a vengeance. By this time, Makito was twenty-one and Eisaku was only ten. Simply put, since Makito's father had not punished Eisaku's mother, he was afraid getting revenge on her would result in a punishment for himself. Makito quickly came to the decision that the cat would pay for it… and pay for it dearly.
It was May first 1893 when Eisaku died. His screams as he was slowly and brutally slain echoed throughout the Sohma Estate but no one could trace down the origin of the sound. When it had long since ceased, a servant finally discovered a hidden room in the main house but it was too late.
Though certainly unspeakable, judging by his horrified screams as he died, the manner of Eisaku's death was never known. For when the servant discovered the room, all he found was Makito and a medium-sized box. Inside the box, the servant found Eisaku - chopped to pieces - and the blade with which it had been done. When the servant saw this, he looked to Makito. Makito gave him an evil smile that sent an unbelievable chill up his back and then Makito said simply, "It serves him right for being what he was…"
