Author: It's about time for another chapter wouldn't you agree? I wanted to get ten reviews so I could continue, and I have! Thank you reviewers!
Ingra-of-mordor: I am really glad that you like how I put Akito IC that was what I was aiming for. I am glad that you like my story! You're great! Thank you so much Ingra! Your stories are wonderful, I hope you update soon.
Hakudoshi-chan : I am glad that you like this story and HOSTESS. You are a wonderful reviewer and I am glad that you check out two of my stories...not ONE but TWO!
Jynkers: Oh is this story confusing you? I am sorry, though I am very happy that you enjoyed my first chapter and hope you understand it better...I hope.
MysticSorceror: Really? You like this story that much? But don't be so hard on yourself, your stories are awesome! Please don't say that mine are better! I am very flattered...really I am! You're very sweet...Oh, and you were totally right about Tohru, I edited my first chapter and took that part out cause your right. She would never call anyone 'evil'.
Foxfirechick120: Hey, I keep trying to find ya but I can't! I wanna see if you have anymore stories because I think I forgot to look last time. Oh, I know that so far you're not going to change your mind about Akito. How you will feel for Akito may change or it may not, this is not suppose to be a tragedy story but a scary, twisted story so I real don't know how you will feel. Oh and I am sorry if you like Tohru...cause uh...never mind. Well, I am very glad that you like this story! (Don't worry, Yuki and Kyo aren't gonna die. I am saying this cause I know that you like them.)
Lupin666: Oh, I will try to read more of your stories; I guess I have just been a bit lazy and never got around to it. Well, thanks for the review, so happy you like the story!
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Samy-chan: Well...if you want to call me Naroki -'sama' you can. It really doesn't bother me that much. You really are sweet! You liked my story loads and that means so much! You are a sweet person! (Hugs) I love your stories too!
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Oh and yes, I am aware of the fact that Akito is a girl, I will start to refer to her as a her in this chapter...but sometimes I may call her a he still. I am also making up events that happened in Akito's past so if I get something wrong then I'm sorry but this is my fic. There will be quite a bit of flashbacks in this chap.
A small child is outside tracing a circle in the dirt with a small stick in her petite, pale hand. She looks meticulously at an adult female that appears by her side at that instant and kneels so that they are eye level with the little girl.
"Aki-Chan," the woman says in a soothing and soft-spoken tone as she gently places her hand on the child's jet-black hair. "Mommy and Daddy...we're...we're going to have to leave you for a short while."
The child nicknamed 'Aki' lowers their head with a despondency expression lingering heavily in their dark eyes. The child bites her lower lip and nods their head vaguely without looking at the adult. The woman hugs Aki with a bit of hesitation.
"Don't worry; there will be people here that will take very good care of you. We will see you soon." The mother stops hugging the child and looks at her; the child shows no sign of tears or rage...just that small shadow of sadness...that is all.
"Take care" the mother smiles...she 'smiles'! letting go of her only child and walking off without looking back...not once did she look back to see the blank look on the child's face turn to a frown and a small choked whimper escaped their throat as they watched the figure get into a black limozine.
The child was not allowed to cry...it took everything they had not to cry. Even though she knew the very reason that her parents were leaving...they were afraid of their own child. Afraid of the insanity of their own child, and worst of all, the girl knew that her parents would not be coming back...
(End flashback)
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"Ms. Honda, are you ready?" Yuki said in his usual friendly manner to Tohru who was shaking from head to toe and fidgeting with some last minute chores.
"Y-yeah" Tohru said when she zipped up her bag of clothes.
"Are you all right?" Yuki said walking up to her
"Oh yeah, why wouldn't I be!?" Tohru smiled
"Well, you're still wearing your pajamas and you haven't brushed your hair yet you say you're ready. Are you sick? Maybe you should stay home."
"Oh no,no,no,no,no, I'm fine! I am just really nervous is all. I have never been to your new year's celebration and the fact that Akito wants me to come kinda surprises, yet scares me at the same time." Tohru got out a brush from her bag and brushed her hair
"Don't worry, we will make sure that nothing bad happens Tohru-"
Just then, they heard someone clear their throat and they saw an orange haired boy standing in the doorway scowling at them. "Are you ever going to get ready or not? cause I'm tired of waiting!"
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(Flashback)
Screams are heard through the Sohma estate. Hatori rushes through the hall and slides open the shoji door swiftly to see an adolescent Akito curled up in the corner of the room with her hands grabbing tightly to the top of her head. Her face as white as paper and cold sweat dripping down her face; she is trembling madly.
"Akito what is it?" Hatori runs up to Akito and tries to touch the top of her head until Akito pulls away and curls into a complete ball.
"GO AWAY! JUST LEAVE ME, SPECTER! GET OUT! GET OUT!!!" Akito thrashes wildly about and tries to push Hatori away.
"Akito what are you-?"
Just then, Akito stops every movement and looks up at Hatori slowly with wide eyes. "Ha...Hatori?"
"Yes, what's wrong? What specter are you talking about?"
At the mention of this, Akito shakes his head vigorously
"Quiet..." Akito grabs her head again, "do not speak of it...do not speak of that...monster!" Akito trembles and continues, "Words cannot describe how horrible it appears to me. Its eyes are of the darkest black I have ever seen, the skin is decayed and eaten away as if it has been dead for a while. Blood runs down it's badly cut fingers and drips onto the ground where the creature is floating. Their hair is tangled and seems to be almost alive the way it moves. The worst is the horrible sound it makes. It tells me, that I will suffer a terrible fate!"
Akito covers her face with her hands and is silent for a moment. "I don't want to end up like that; I want it to go away and leave me."
Hatori speaks, "How long have you been seeing this thing?"
She removes her hands from her face and starts to calm down a little...a very little.
"It started a week ago, yet I have seen things on the same line as this since I was little, but I was too scared to tell anyone. I was afraid they would hurt me if I told."
(End flashback)
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"Ah, I see you two have decided to come this time" Hatsuharu walks up to Yuki, Kyo, Shigure, and a nervous Tohru.
"But why is Tohru here?" Hatsuharu looks back at the tense teen.
"Akito wanted her to come, though I'm not yet sure why." Shigure said and also looked back at the young woman.
"Well, speaking of Akito," Haru started, "Hatori told me to tell you that he wished to see you...all of you."
(Akito's point of view)
I didn't know why but for some reason I felt like wearing a woman's kimono this year. Usually my thoughts are that men's kimonos suit me best but for once I would try a woman's. It wasn't very fancy, I despise wearing fancy things. It was a midnight blue color with sakura petals...that is all. I thought I should go out and see everyone, though I hate people; there are VERY few people in the world that I can stand.
When I come out into the hall it is empty, much like it is on any other day, not that I mind, I really do love the sound of silence sometimes. Nothing but the sound of my heart beating and my sandals clapping against the floor was heard to me. Usually you don't wear shoes inside a house but it was allowed here. That is when Hatori came by in a black suit and a usual blank expression on his face.
"Akito, Shigure and the others have arrived if you wish to see them" Hatori said to me.
"Of course..." I replied thinking it was obvious and let Hatori lead me to them.
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(Flashback)
A 16 year old woman sits in the corner of her room looking into a dark area of it.
Their starting to believe it to...
The child thought,
They are starting to think I'm going insane too...the specters, the sudden fits, the twisted way I think of things. They believe all of this is a sign of insanity.
A small white bird entered through the window and landed gently on the girl's knee.
That is what drove my parents away and what will slowly drive them away as well...
The bird stayed for a bit, looking at the young woman in wonder, but then took flight and left out the window.
Because that is my curse...
(End flashback)
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"Good evening Shigure, Yuki, Kyo...and Tohru." I said, hating myself for even giving my prey a proper greeting.
"Good evening" the four of them said in unison back to me as they made a small bow.
"Yuki, kyo, I'm glad you found enough courage to come this year" I smirked at them and I could tell that they were angry at me for saying that. "Well, lets not dwell on that." I changed the subject, "Let's go outside with the rest of the family."
When we reached outside, Kyo and Yuki immediately took Ms. Tohru to go see the rest of the family and I was left with Shigure.
"Seriously Aki, what do you have in store for Tohru?" He said to me and I started to get upset
"I told you never to call me that." I said coldly and luckily he got the message, "What I have in store is none of your concern. I will do as I please." Shigure must have not cared, or have been a complete fool, because he just shook his head and smiled after I said that.
"Oh, I almost forgot" Shigure started to take something out of the opening of his kimono...it was a flower, a red flower, to be more specific a rose.
"This is for you, see, I even got your favorite color." Shigure handed it to me and I looked at it for a while.
"Sorry, it's a little bent and shook up because I had it in my kimono" he chuckled and I smiled.
"No...It's fine, I like it" I placed the rose inside of my obi but left the head part to stick out so that it wouldn't become flat. Shigure was one of the few people that I really liked...also one of the very few people who ever liked me.
"I'll still be watching you and Tohru though." And with that he left, and I stood there watching everyone talking, laughing, and catching up with news from the past year.
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(Tohru's point of view)
"Uh, Yuki, why do you think Akito-san is dressed in a woman's kimono?" I have been talking to Yuki, and have been for a while, trying to cheer him up and all.
"I don't know Ms. Honda; I suppose it was just something he wanted to wear."
Really, I don't know why Akito-san is cross-dressing but the outfit still looked good on him. Oh what am I saying?!
"Oh...ok, well does he want to talk to me? Is he waiting for me or...?"
"No, I think that he won't be asking to see you for a while." When he smiled at me I started to blush, it was a bad habit of mine to always blush in front of him and Kyo. Then I heard some yelling and looked to see Haru trying to persuade Kyo to fight again...I don't see why those two can't get along.
"What's the matter Kyo, you scared?!" Haru grabbed a hold of Kyo's neck collar, "Come on, ya skipped last year so you havta make up for it!"
"Shut up damn brat, I don't have to do shit!"
The battle started when Haru turned black and Yuki and I decided to keep talking. It was going well until I saw Yuki start to stiffen and he looked scared about something. I felt a cold hand on my shoulder at that moment and totally freaked out and yelped, and then I saw that it was Akito!
"Hello Yuki, Ms. Honda..." he took his hand off my shoulder which made me calm down a very little and he smiled sort of coldly at Yuki.
"Akito..." Yuki said precariously but I could tell that he was trying to sound calm.
"You wouldn't mind if I borrow Ms. Honda for a bit do you?" Akito said not taking his eyes off Yuki.
"To do what?" Yuki said in a surprisingly serious tone
"Nothing, I just want to talk is all, maybe go for a little walk." He wants to go on a walk with me?! W-what would he want to talk about?! Probably how much I disgrace him or something. Oooh
"I don't trust you" Yuki said.
"Of course, you never do, but surely you can trust me this one time. In fact, I will have her back to you by nine thirty."
Yuki was silent, though he still looked uneasy. Akito finally looked at me and said,
"Come with me Ms. Tohru." So I followed slowly, looking back at Yuki who was silent and looked very worried. I wish I could say I would be fine but I didn't even know myself.
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(Flashback)
A ten year old Akito is standing in front of a very frightened and trembling, seven year old Yuki. Akito smirks and raises the whip ready to strike the frightened child but stops mid air.The surroundings are different, almost like a dark aura hung over the room. Everything seemed to grow darker.
Yuki's form changes into a monster with beet red eyes that glared at him, pieces of bitten off and hanging flesh covered his face with sewn up lips that oozed with blood trickling down the monsters chin.
The skin was a horrid mixture of grey, green, yellow, and white. Long fingernails racked at the ground reached up to slowly rip open it's own throat and let the contents spill out and a gurgling mocking laughter came from it's open neck. The monster was covered in a pool of blood that covered it and the floor.
"W-WAH...WHO ARE YOU!?! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO YUKI!?!?" Akito was filled with terror as the laughing creature continued to laugh at him.
"Wh-what are you talking about Akito?" the monster even had the same scared little voice as Yuki!
"DON'T TRY TO TRICK ME!" Akito snarled
"But Akito-san...?" the thing said again, with that Akito through the whip at it and ran into the hall shutting the door tightly behind him and breathing hard.
(End flashback)
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(Third person point of view)
"Haa-san, I think I am going to go watch over Akito and Ms. Tohru and make sure the both of them are fine." Shigure said to Hatori as they stood in the front watching the people.
"All right, meanwhile, I'll deal with Aya" Hatori looked annoyed at the silver haired man that was running up to him yelling, "Tori-san I made you some tea!"
Visions are things that we dream of seeing,
Yet sometimes we don't want to see.
They may be frightful and terrible,
Happy and good,
Sad and depressing.
Yet it is something that we face sometimes in life;
If it be true, or if it be a lie.
Visions can't harm you, yet we think they can,
Because that is the fear of a mortal man.
They won't go away but you can forget
Unless something terrible were to happen to you
The visions just very well might come true.
But there's no need to worry, no need to fret;
Those painful visions won't harm you yet.
Author: Bad poem, but not as gruesome as the last one right? Well, I know sometimes I like to say, "Ms" and sometimes I like to say "-san." But that is because I like to sorta switch. Oh and, how do they visions from the past effect Aki-san? Well, you will see in the final chapter. Yes, there are only three chapters. I am going to wait until I get 10 reviews until I continue the next chapter so please review!
Oh by the way, Yuki doesn't know about Akito being a girl in this fic.
I except constructive criticism but please be nice about it. I know you like to take that opportunity to diss people's stories but please be nice when you give me advice. If it's rude I won't fix the problem. But if it's nice I will, so be nice, and don't forget to review!