Disclaimer: None of the Fruits Basket characters belong to me.

Note: Sorry if I'm making the characters a bit too OOC…blame my stupid brain and whatever drives it on…I'm not sure if the relationship is Yuki & Haru or Haru & Yuki anymore. x-X ; Sorry…Also, I'm pretty sure the split for all three different endings will occur at the end of this chapter. Don't expect any happy endings for any of 'em though…I'll try to hold off one ending until I feel like I'm in a good enough mood to have a pleasant ending….but if nobody is happy with any of the three in the end…I might add a fourth ending…It just all depends on how this thing works out…There might even only be one ending if no one even cares. At any rate…hope you people enjoy this chapter…

((Oh! I almost forgot to mention--Please notify me if you ever think the rating for one of my stories should be raised. I don't try to miss rate them, sometimes I just overlook a few things...I'm not out to offend anyone and I don't want to get in trouble with the people who own and run fanfiction.net.))

Chapter 5: New Threats

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I slid the door of my room open, scanned the dark corners, and then went in to lie down on my futon. A yawn escapes from me just before I fall into a light sleep.

[Darkness…stars…space. In outer space floating among near and far stars.

:whisper:

"Yes…continue…"

:whisper:

"…Yes…"

:whisper:

"…If it's that simple, why didn't we figure it out before?"

:whisper:

"…Consequences? …Like what?"

"Like me."

I struggle to look for a direct source of the laughter in vain. It only caused the voice to continue with his triumphant laugh.

"I think…I think I know who you are…What will you do to me if I'm right?"

"Like I said before, that's when the real fight begins."

"You are…mumble"

"Correct."]

"Haruuu!"

My eyes flash open only for me to gawk at the owner of the voice for a split second before Momiji comes bursting into my room and he vanishes.

"Oh! I woke you up again!? Why are you sleeping so much? That's Kyou's job!"

"…I don't believe it…"

"What?"

"…I…was right…"

"Aw, speak louder, Haru!"

"…too right…"

"Haru…?"

"…What…next…?"

"HARU!!"

His yell snapped me out of my trance and seemingly lessened my hearing in that ear by at least 10%.

"What is it, Momiji?"

"Were you still dreaming…or is something wrong?"

'Better keep on your toes…'

I watched in horror as the shadow of the voice came out of nowhere and knocked Momiji onto the ground, creating a sickening crack as the boy's neck hit the ground at an odd angle. He didn't move. He wasn't breathing.

"M-momiji…"

"H-haru!? What's wrong? Haru!"

I blink to find Momiji standing in front of me, with moist eyes, and a look of fear across his face.

"Something's wrong…very wrong. Where's Hatori?"

"Umm…in…his room, I think."

"Thank you. Excuse me."

"Do you need help? Anything I can do?"

"…No. I can make it there on my own. I'm not physically injured…" '…yet.'

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"What's wrong?"

"I'm not exactly sure…but we need to talk."

"…Ok, sit down…and begin."

"No. You first. Why did you slam the brakes so suddenly when we were driving here? Why does Yuki look at me with fear and horror whenever I wake up? Why won't anyone tell me anything!?"

Hatori remained quiet for a moment before slowly replying,

"Because…what we think we saw shouldn't be possible and we have no clue why or what is going on."

"Why? What is it that you keep seeing?"

"Something that shouldn't be possible."

"What, myself…another Hatsuharu?"

"…"

His silence told me that I was dead on. Bull's-eye.

"Yeah, well get used to it. What you've been seeing is my so-called 'Black Haru' personality. He's trying to prevent me from telling the cure to the—"

'Oh, you think you've figured it all out, do you? Well, you haven't.'

"What!?"

'The more time that passes between us since you've learned the cure, gives me more power. At first, I was only able to do little things while you were unconscious. You thought it was bad when I attacked you!? When the wounds were disappearing when you awoke!? When you saw horrible images that turned out to be illusions!? HA! You don't know the half of it! Soon…your wounds won't heal…you'll stay unconscious longer…your 'hallucinations' will come true…and I'll be able to do more…on my own…Until…you're…dead.'

"NO!"

All I could do was lower my head and clutch it with both hands as I vainly tried to block out his horribly evil laugher.

"Haru!"

A hand was laid unto my back and I looked up at Hatori with tears forming in my eyes,

"I…I don't want everyone to die…I…don't want to die…yet…"

Hatori looked at me with a grave face for a few minutes before saying,

"This is apparently far out of my control…Would you like to talk to someone else…just for comfort's sake? I doubt anyone can help you with this matter except you yourself."

"…Yeah…"

"Do you want to go, or should I tell that person to come here?"

"…I'll…go look for him, thanks."

Hatori solemnly watched me get up and leave, saying nothing more to me.

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I found the person I was looking for sitting in one of the empty rooms, reading a book.

"Yuki…"

He looked up at me with a look of surprise, then annoyance.

"What do you want?"

"I…I need to speak with you for a bit."

His face softened a bit with worry at the weak tones in my voice.

"What's wrong?"

"Everything at the moment. Can I…just…be with you for a while?"

My question must've been one of the last things he had expected because he took a while to reply,

"…Y-yeah…"

I walked over to the corner where he was sitting as he set down his book and sat directly beside him. Close enough that our clothing briefly brushed, and I decided now would be the only time to ask him a question that always popped into my head every-now-and-then,

"Yuki…how do you…feel about me?"

"What!?"

I brought my eyes up off the ground to look at his slightly red face as I repeated,

"How do you feel…about me?"

"Why do you care?"

"I need to know…If there's a reason for me to fight to stay alive. Will someone miss me if I'm dead?"

"How can you say that? Many people would be sad."

"Would you?"

"…Yes…"

"Then why the pause? Admit it, you'd be happier if I was dead!"

"I'd be happier if those lies inside your head were to die! I care about you, Haru! Can't you get that through your head!?"

"No! Because you don't and won't back that claim up! All you people ever do to me is lie! I have to repeat it at least five times before someone will answer a simple question of what they saw! …and guess, what? Hatori finally told me what you kept seeing, and I had feared that was what was happening for sometime now! …but you wouldn't tell me sooner, and now he will kill me! Or drive me insane at the least, which is just as good! Bec—"

My words were cut off by a tight hug and then a strong kiss. Was this real? Or have I finally gone off the deep end thanks to Black Haru's tortures…?

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