~*Chapter 3: Akito and Panther*~
It's been four days now since Panther and Tohru figured out about their sisterhood. Shigure didn't tell Akito about her, though, neither did the other Sohmas know about her being back here in the city again. Akito, however, figured she'd run back to at least one of the Sohmas for comfort. He left the Sohma Mansion without notice and headed over to Kaibara High School.
Meanwhile over at Kaibara High, Panther was actually wearing the school uniform! Tohru talked her into it, and now people were staring at Panther wondering what the heck happened. The first couple of days Panther was going to the school, last week, she had been COMPLETELY lacked anything of the dress code. Now, now she was wearing the uniform...but it wasn't the whole girl's uniform. She refused to wear a skirt, so she wore the girl's top and the guy's pants.
"Well it doesn't look that bad," Tohru stated with a smile. Panther turned to face Tohru as she sat in her chair, smirking and eyebrows twitching.
"What do you mean 'it doesn't look that bad'? IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN THE WHOLE GIRL'S UNIFORM! Ha ha!" Panther gave a peace sign and smiled showing her teeth. Everyone looked at her for a couple of moments and then went back to whatever he or she was doing.
"Hey Tohru," Uo and Hana walked up to Tohru and the three started talking.
"Hey Hana, hey Uo. OH! I haven't told you yet, have I?" Tohru grabbed Tohru by the arm to get her attention.
"What twerp?" Panther replied bluntly.
"Uo, Hana, Panther's my little sister," Tohru giggled before being put into a headlock by Panther.
"Yeah and we'll be just like we were when we were little, isn't that right?" Panther gave Tohru a one second noogy and let her go before getting up. Uo and Hana gave surprised looks.
"Tohru..."
"Why haven't you told us this before?" Hana and Uo looked a little hurt by the news they didn't know about before.
"Um well...you see..." Tohru explained what happened and hoped that the two wouldn't feel hurt.
"But that-
"You didn't tell us before because...you forgot who she was and you thought that if you did remember, since she is gone now, you'd be sad and we'd be worried. Correct?" Tohru nodded with a sincere smile and apologized for not telling them before.
"Don't worry, we forgive you." Hana said and she hugged Tohru before Uo did. It wasn't until now did Tohru notice Panther not where she was. Looking around, Tohru couldn't find Panther, but she decided that she just left to go walk around.
Tohru didn't know how right she was or how bad it was, for Panther. Panther WAS walking around, but she shockingly bumped into Akito outside of the school. Akito stood there staring at Panther with calm eyes. He was wearing his black turtle neck and dark blue jeans. Panther stood there as Akito cupped her chin with one of his hands. Smirking, Akito chuckled.
"Hello Panther," Kyo walked upon the scene and watched, as well as listened carefully, from behind a wall.
"Akito," Panther glared with hatred. As much as Panther wanted to hit Akito, she for some reason couldn't. Her eyes grew wide with shock as Akito pressed his lips against hers.
'What the-?' Kyo was startled by the sudden action made by the head of the family. He watched as Akito parted his lips from Panther's and stared at her with a smile. Panther, on the other hand, was stunned from emotions to physical, head to toe. She was so stunned that she couldn't speak; when Akito giggled, in a manly way, Panther snapped back to reality. Akito then started walking away.
Panther watched his retreating figure as she glared, noticing Kyo hiding behind the wall. She shrugged it off and started walking back to class, but was stopped by a hand on her shoulder.
"What was that about? I thought you said Akito killed your family," Kyo's voice sounded through Panther's head. She turned around and stared at Kyo not bothering to do her 'See Eyes Only in the Head' trick; the one where her victim sees a pair of eyes for couple seconds. Kyo looked around the area then at her and started to question her even more.
"And how come whenever you stared at me in the eye before, I used to see a pair pained eyes? And how the heck were you able to hug Shigure without..." Kyo's words trailed as he remembered. 'Damn! That's right, she probably doesn't know about our curse.' Panther rolled her eyes as she heard the thought before knocking Kyo out. She threw him over her shoulder and carried him to the park without being seen. She stopped in a hidden spot that was surrounded by many bushes and trees. She waited for Kyo to wake up, but until then she'd sit in a tree.
In the tree, Panther nearly fell asleep from the peace offered by nature; she stopped dozing off when Kyo stirred and woke up. She jumped down from the tree and slapped her hand on his mouth, hushing him. He looked at her quizzically, annoyance written almost all over his face.
"I'll explain everything, just promise me you won't tell anyone please?" Panther pleaded with welling eyes. He rolled his eyes and nodded in agreement while she took her hand back.
"Ok, well...Everything I told you was true, but well before Akito hurt me or my family...he and I were kind- well we were really good friends. When he told me about his curse on his family, there was someone spying on us... my uncle and father. They- I can't believe they were so immature and cruel. They started making fun of him about believing in curses and then when they found out the curse was real; when Akito and I were playing around one day, my dad took Akito and tried to kill him.
"I loved my family, and I tried to keep my father and uncle Loony away from Akito, but they took him and when they didn't succeed in killing him, they decided to turn him into their guinea pig so they did all these experiments and...well I guess it kind of turned him psycho. He killed my father and uncle. And I guess he might've thought that they told the rest of my family, so he went after most of my remaining family; I was angry at him for doing that to the rest of my family, they didn't do anything to deserve him killing them.
"But after that day, we started avoiding each other...and Momiji and Hatsuharu helped cheer me up when they could and soon I was getting happier...but when he threatened to kill me," Akito's voice echoed in her head, 'If you don't want to die, I suggest you leave now. Next time you come back, I'll make you suffer the same thing we do.'
Kyo sat there in disbelief shock, he didn't know about Akito's relationship with Panther. Panther opened her mouth to speak.
"Remember your promise, do NOT tell ANYONE about this conversation, got it?" Kyo, finally out of shock, nodded his head very slowly, forgetting about his other questions. Panther noticed that and decided not to remind him about it. Standing up, Panther waited for Kyo to follow her example before heading off to the school.
It was already nearly 10 AM when Panther and Kyo got back to Kaibara High School. Going their own separate ways, Kyo gave a last glance towards Panther. He felt a little strange now with the new information he just found out. When Panther got to her class, Tohru asked her all these questions making sure she was all right. Later that day, Yuki, Panther, Tohru, and Kyo walked home bumping into Hatsuharu and Momiji.
"Panther," Hatsuharu whispered when he saw the girl's face. Instead of his stoned looking face, he now held one of calm surprise.
"Momiji! Hatsuharu!" Panther laughed and hugged both of them.
"PANTHER! IS IT REALLY YOU?" Momiji asked with hope. She replied to him with another embracement while laughing some more. Momiji laughed, too, and Hatsuharu just hugged the girl while she hugged Momiji. Putting an arm around Haru to return his hug, the three stayed like that for a couple of moments before releasing each other.
"Panther, we missed you," Hatsuharu smiled while sweeping Panther up into his arms, "please don't ever leave us like that again." Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru blinked in confusion. She didn't say anything about her and Haru being lovers.
"I won't. I'll talk to Akito about it, I will." Panther smiled and left his arms. Momiji noticed a certain color tinting Panther's cheeks and he pointed.
"Flushed and blush!" The color deepened as Panther's head hung for a couple of seconds. She grabbed Momiji and put him in a headlock, both laughing and wrestling. Kyo, Yuki, and Tohru looked in astonishment at Momiji; he was wrestling, he usually didn't do that. After a while, the two stopped wrestling and they all went home to Shigure's house. Hatsuharu and Momiji spent the night there and when they woke up, went to their own school.
Meanwhile at the Sohma Mansion, Akito sat in his house talking with Hatori and Ayame.
"You wanted to see us, Akito?" Hatori and Ayame sat on their knees.
"Yes, your precious Panther is here, in case you wanted to know." Was all that Akito said. As much as Ayame wanted to shout for joy, he had to suppress it in the presence of Akito for he did not know what could happen.
"Akito," Hatori looked at him suspiciously, "What are you up to?" Akito smirked.
"Nothing Hatori, leave me now." Ayame and Hatori stood and left the room. As soon as they were out of Akito's house, Ayame started walking joyously and talked about how great it was to have their dear little Panther back. Hatori, however, was quietly thinking before he reminded Ayame.
"He's up to something,"
"Huh? What do you mean Hatori?" Ayame looked at him puzzled.
"Akito, he told us about Panther being here; he's up to something and I'm going to figure it out."
"You're right, he may just hurt our little Panther...that wouldn't be good."
"It wouldn't be good at all." Hatori stated.
The next day, while the kids were at school, Ayame and Hatori decided to visit Shigure and warn him. Soon as they got there, Shigure invited them in and they all sat in the dinning room drinking tea and talking about the situation.
"Hmm, I wonder how he knew she was even here in the first place. And you say he just told you and didn't say anything else? He lest you come see her?" Ayame and Hatori nodded to Shigure's question.
"Yes, it is very odd." Ayame stated.
"What do you think Shigure?" Hatori took a sip of his tea waiting for an answer.
"Well, I don't know. Why don't we just let this play out for a while, I'll talk to Panther when she gets home." The other two men nodded their heads and continued their day with conversations about other things.
~*End Of Chapter*~
Sorry this chapter isn't as long as the other ones. Later.
It's been four days now since Panther and Tohru figured out about their sisterhood. Shigure didn't tell Akito about her, though, neither did the other Sohmas know about her being back here in the city again. Akito, however, figured she'd run back to at least one of the Sohmas for comfort. He left the Sohma Mansion without notice and headed over to Kaibara High School.
Meanwhile over at Kaibara High, Panther was actually wearing the school uniform! Tohru talked her into it, and now people were staring at Panther wondering what the heck happened. The first couple of days Panther was going to the school, last week, she had been COMPLETELY lacked anything of the dress code. Now, now she was wearing the uniform...but it wasn't the whole girl's uniform. She refused to wear a skirt, so she wore the girl's top and the guy's pants.
"Well it doesn't look that bad," Tohru stated with a smile. Panther turned to face Tohru as she sat in her chair, smirking and eyebrows twitching.
"What do you mean 'it doesn't look that bad'? IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN THE WHOLE GIRL'S UNIFORM! Ha ha!" Panther gave a peace sign and smiled showing her teeth. Everyone looked at her for a couple of moments and then went back to whatever he or she was doing.
"Hey Tohru," Uo and Hana walked up to Tohru and the three started talking.
"Hey Hana, hey Uo. OH! I haven't told you yet, have I?" Tohru grabbed Tohru by the arm to get her attention.
"What twerp?" Panther replied bluntly.
"Uo, Hana, Panther's my little sister," Tohru giggled before being put into a headlock by Panther.
"Yeah and we'll be just like we were when we were little, isn't that right?" Panther gave Tohru a one second noogy and let her go before getting up. Uo and Hana gave surprised looks.
"Tohru..."
"Why haven't you told us this before?" Hana and Uo looked a little hurt by the news they didn't know about before.
"Um well...you see..." Tohru explained what happened and hoped that the two wouldn't feel hurt.
"But that-
"You didn't tell us before because...you forgot who she was and you thought that if you did remember, since she is gone now, you'd be sad and we'd be worried. Correct?" Tohru nodded with a sincere smile and apologized for not telling them before.
"Don't worry, we forgive you." Hana said and she hugged Tohru before Uo did. It wasn't until now did Tohru notice Panther not where she was. Looking around, Tohru couldn't find Panther, but she decided that she just left to go walk around.
Tohru didn't know how right she was or how bad it was, for Panther. Panther WAS walking around, but she shockingly bumped into Akito outside of the school. Akito stood there staring at Panther with calm eyes. He was wearing his black turtle neck and dark blue jeans. Panther stood there as Akito cupped her chin with one of his hands. Smirking, Akito chuckled.
"Hello Panther," Kyo walked upon the scene and watched, as well as listened carefully, from behind a wall.
"Akito," Panther glared with hatred. As much as Panther wanted to hit Akito, she for some reason couldn't. Her eyes grew wide with shock as Akito pressed his lips against hers.
'What the-?' Kyo was startled by the sudden action made by the head of the family. He watched as Akito parted his lips from Panther's and stared at her with a smile. Panther, on the other hand, was stunned from emotions to physical, head to toe. She was so stunned that she couldn't speak; when Akito giggled, in a manly way, Panther snapped back to reality. Akito then started walking away.
Panther watched his retreating figure as she glared, noticing Kyo hiding behind the wall. She shrugged it off and started walking back to class, but was stopped by a hand on her shoulder.
"What was that about? I thought you said Akito killed your family," Kyo's voice sounded through Panther's head. She turned around and stared at Kyo not bothering to do her 'See Eyes Only in the Head' trick; the one where her victim sees a pair of eyes for couple seconds. Kyo looked around the area then at her and started to question her even more.
"And how come whenever you stared at me in the eye before, I used to see a pair pained eyes? And how the heck were you able to hug Shigure without..." Kyo's words trailed as he remembered. 'Damn! That's right, she probably doesn't know about our curse.' Panther rolled her eyes as she heard the thought before knocking Kyo out. She threw him over her shoulder and carried him to the park without being seen. She stopped in a hidden spot that was surrounded by many bushes and trees. She waited for Kyo to wake up, but until then she'd sit in a tree.
In the tree, Panther nearly fell asleep from the peace offered by nature; she stopped dozing off when Kyo stirred and woke up. She jumped down from the tree and slapped her hand on his mouth, hushing him. He looked at her quizzically, annoyance written almost all over his face.
"I'll explain everything, just promise me you won't tell anyone please?" Panther pleaded with welling eyes. He rolled his eyes and nodded in agreement while she took her hand back.
"Ok, well...Everything I told you was true, but well before Akito hurt me or my family...he and I were kind- well we were really good friends. When he told me about his curse on his family, there was someone spying on us... my uncle and father. They- I can't believe they were so immature and cruel. They started making fun of him about believing in curses and then when they found out the curse was real; when Akito and I were playing around one day, my dad took Akito and tried to kill him.
"I loved my family, and I tried to keep my father and uncle Loony away from Akito, but they took him and when they didn't succeed in killing him, they decided to turn him into their guinea pig so they did all these experiments and...well I guess it kind of turned him psycho. He killed my father and uncle. And I guess he might've thought that they told the rest of my family, so he went after most of my remaining family; I was angry at him for doing that to the rest of my family, they didn't do anything to deserve him killing them.
"But after that day, we started avoiding each other...and Momiji and Hatsuharu helped cheer me up when they could and soon I was getting happier...but when he threatened to kill me," Akito's voice echoed in her head, 'If you don't want to die, I suggest you leave now. Next time you come back, I'll make you suffer the same thing we do.'
Kyo sat there in disbelief shock, he didn't know about Akito's relationship with Panther. Panther opened her mouth to speak.
"Remember your promise, do NOT tell ANYONE about this conversation, got it?" Kyo, finally out of shock, nodded his head very slowly, forgetting about his other questions. Panther noticed that and decided not to remind him about it. Standing up, Panther waited for Kyo to follow her example before heading off to the school.
It was already nearly 10 AM when Panther and Kyo got back to Kaibara High School. Going their own separate ways, Kyo gave a last glance towards Panther. He felt a little strange now with the new information he just found out. When Panther got to her class, Tohru asked her all these questions making sure she was all right. Later that day, Yuki, Panther, Tohru, and Kyo walked home bumping into Hatsuharu and Momiji.
"Panther," Hatsuharu whispered when he saw the girl's face. Instead of his stoned looking face, he now held one of calm surprise.
"Momiji! Hatsuharu!" Panther laughed and hugged both of them.
"PANTHER! IS IT REALLY YOU?" Momiji asked with hope. She replied to him with another embracement while laughing some more. Momiji laughed, too, and Hatsuharu just hugged the girl while she hugged Momiji. Putting an arm around Haru to return his hug, the three stayed like that for a couple of moments before releasing each other.
"Panther, we missed you," Hatsuharu smiled while sweeping Panther up into his arms, "please don't ever leave us like that again." Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru blinked in confusion. She didn't say anything about her and Haru being lovers.
"I won't. I'll talk to Akito about it, I will." Panther smiled and left his arms. Momiji noticed a certain color tinting Panther's cheeks and he pointed.
"Flushed and blush!" The color deepened as Panther's head hung for a couple of seconds. She grabbed Momiji and put him in a headlock, both laughing and wrestling. Kyo, Yuki, and Tohru looked in astonishment at Momiji; he was wrestling, he usually didn't do that. After a while, the two stopped wrestling and they all went home to Shigure's house. Hatsuharu and Momiji spent the night there and when they woke up, went to their own school.
Meanwhile at the Sohma Mansion, Akito sat in his house talking with Hatori and Ayame.
"You wanted to see us, Akito?" Hatori and Ayame sat on their knees.
"Yes, your precious Panther is here, in case you wanted to know." Was all that Akito said. As much as Ayame wanted to shout for joy, he had to suppress it in the presence of Akito for he did not know what could happen.
"Akito," Hatori looked at him suspiciously, "What are you up to?" Akito smirked.
"Nothing Hatori, leave me now." Ayame and Hatori stood and left the room. As soon as they were out of Akito's house, Ayame started walking joyously and talked about how great it was to have their dear little Panther back. Hatori, however, was quietly thinking before he reminded Ayame.
"He's up to something,"
"Huh? What do you mean Hatori?" Ayame looked at him puzzled.
"Akito, he told us about Panther being here; he's up to something and I'm going to figure it out."
"You're right, he may just hurt our little Panther...that wouldn't be good."
"It wouldn't be good at all." Hatori stated.
The next day, while the kids were at school, Ayame and Hatori decided to visit Shigure and warn him. Soon as they got there, Shigure invited them in and they all sat in the dinning room drinking tea and talking about the situation.
"Hmm, I wonder how he knew she was even here in the first place. And you say he just told you and didn't say anything else? He lest you come see her?" Ayame and Hatori nodded to Shigure's question.
"Yes, it is very odd." Ayame stated.
"What do you think Shigure?" Hatori took a sip of his tea waiting for an answer.
"Well, I don't know. Why don't we just let this play out for a while, I'll talk to Panther when she gets home." The other two men nodded their heads and continued their day with conversations about other things.
~*End Of Chapter*~
Sorry this chapter isn't as long as the other ones. Later.