Hello. I hope you all had a great thanksgiving. Anyway, I was a little nervous about writing Chapter two and I thought you all would think it was too soon, but know that I think about it, its about time, right? Well, anyway, let's get to the fic.
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Chapter 3
Akito Sohma
Tohru woke early, as always. She took a quick shower and dressed into a white summer dress that showed off her upper body and waist very well and she got strait to work on cooking breakfast for everyone, including Hatori and Akito. They were not there yet. But they would be soon. Just then Kyo came down the stairs and to the table.
Tohru put her famous smile on.
"Good morning Kyo, did you sleep okay?"
"Yeah." He said lazily.
"I'm glad. What would you like for breakfast this morning?"
"Whatever, just not leeks."
"How about some rice balls?"
" Sure." Kyo said.
Tohru giggled with excitement and got strait to work making everyone rice balls.
Yuki came down later and then the doorbell rang. Everyone froze, except for Tohru, who was oblivious to their sudden ice over.
"I'll get it!" Tohru's voice rang out. She rushed over to the door to be greeted by Hatori and Akito.
"Come in, Breakfast is almost ready. I hope you like onigiri." Tohru said brightly.
"Thank you Ms. Tohru." Hatori said happily. Tohru smiled brightly at him.
"Hatori, how are you? Akito, is everything alright?" Shigure asked in his usual happy tone.
" Hello Shigure." Hatori said.
"Shigure, why don't you ever visit me?"
"I'm sorry Akito, but I am so busy with work. I'll visit you soon okay, but for now. You are here. Now lets sit and enjoy our flower's wonderful cooking." Shigure chimed as he sat down at the end of the table.
Akito took a seat next to Yuki. Yuki froze and was sweating.
"Yuki, why so tense. Are you frightened of me?" Akito asked in a gentle tone. Tohru looked into his eyes to see they were full of anger, and darkness.
"The Rice balls are done!" Tohru said cheerfully.
"Here you go Akito. I hope you like them." Tohru smiled at him. Akito looked at her for a minute and then smiled.
"Thank you Tohru Honda." He said.
Tohru walked around giving everyone their food and then took a seat next to Kyo. He was glaring at Akito.
Momiji took a bite of his rice ball and squealed in delight.
"Yummy Tohru Tohru!" Momiji yelled.
"Thank you Momiji." Akito glanced at Momiji, who was oblivious to his gaze.
"Um, uh, I was wondering, if everyone, would like to go to the park today, as long as Akito-san approved." Tohru said nervously.
Akito looked across the table at her and smiled.
"Of course. The park is a lovely idea. We can go after breakfast." Akito had a look of great interest. This was his chance to get Tohru alone.
Tohru packed them all a lunch and they pilled into Hatori's car. Tohru sat between Kyo and Yuki. Akito and was up in front with Hatori and Shigure, Haru, and Momiji sat in the very back.
"Were here." Hatori said plainly. He opened the doors and Tohru grabbed the basket.
"Akito would you like to pick the spot?" Tohru asked.
Sure, how about right there. Under that big willow tree." Akito pointed to a tall willow tree.
"That's a wonderful place, there is a lot of shade and its away from people." Tohru said excitedly.
Momiji skipped over to the willow tree and pranced around its branches. Tohru laughed and giggled at Momiji's child-like play and walked over to him.
"Momiji, would you like to help me set up?"
"Would I ever!" Momiji said happily taking the basket. Tohru took out the giant picnic blanket and spread it across the grass. Momiji laid down the plates and food.
"Okay everyone, go ahead and get what you want. There is plenty of food so don't worry about taking too much."
Tohru had packed fish for Kyo, Miso and leek soup for Yuki, onigiri, dumplings, various vegetables and fruits, cake, brownies, and other various desserts.
" Tohru Honda, may I talk to you for a second?" Akito asked. Kyo and Yuki tensed and glanced over at Tohru and Akito.
"Um…Su…"
"Tohru, would you help me over here. I can't find the silverware." Yuki called.
"Oh, hold on a second Akito-san. I'm very sorry." Tohru bowed in apology and ran over towards Yuki and Kyo.
"They are right here Yuki. Is there anything else you need?" Tohru asked sweetly.
"Stay away from Akito. He is dangerous." Yuki warned.
"But, he doesn't seem dangerous."
"I can't believe I'm saying this…but Yuki's right, Akito is way too dangerous to be alone with." Kyo said not looking at them. Yuki glanced at him. They seemed to have this mutual agreement and truce for now, just until Akito went back to the main house.
"He seems fine. Besides I can't be disrespectful. I have to go talk to him. Don't worry. I'll be fine." Tohru smiled and rushed back over to Akito, who was standing a great distance away from the willow.
"Sorry Akito-san. You wanted to talk to me?"
"Yes. I want you to take care of Yuki and the others." Tohru looked up into his eyes confused. What was he talking about?
"Akito-san, I…don't understand."
"You don't need to understand, just take care of them." Tohru was starting to get worried about him.
"Are you feeling okay? Do you have a fever?" Tohru asked worriedly. She reached her hand up to feel his forehead.
"I'm fine. Just take care of them." Tohru retracted her hand quickly and nodded. The worry had still not left her and she decided to ask Hatori to check him. She couldn't do it. For some reason…she had a feeling that she shouldn't touch him, or something bad was going to happen.
They walked back over to the group and got their plates. Kyo and Yuki sighed in relief. They had been waiting and ready to rush over to her if something happened.
They could relax now, though.
"What do you think of the fish Kyo?" Tohru asked.
"It's great, thanks." Kyo said gently, surprising the hell out of everyone there, except Tohru. She smiled brightly at him and nodded, taking a bite of her Onigiri.
After words Tohru pulled out a Frisbee.
"Anyone want to play?" She asked waving it around. They couldn't play any contact sports like football. So Tohru had to make due.
"I'm in!" Momiji shouted.
"I guess I could." Shigure said.
"I'll play." Yuki said.
"Why not, have nothing else better to do." Kyo said lazily.
"Hatori-san, are you in?" Tohru asked kindly.
"No that's alright, I thought I'd just read a bit."
"Do you wanna play Akito-san?"
"Sure, why not."
They all ran to the middle of the field. No one was there because, well, school was still in session.
"Ready?" Tohru threw the Frisbee to Kyo, who threw it to Haru, and so on and so forth.
Akito was pretty good at the game for never leaving the Sohma estate.
But there was a trick or to up his sleeve that he wasn't revealing yet.
'Its your turn Tohru Honda.' Akito threw the Frisbee to Tohru but was intercepted by Yuki, which was a good thing too, because as soon as he caught it, he fell and didn't get up.
"Yuki?! Are you alright?"
"Yeah, (cough) I'm fine." Hatori ran over to them and looked him over.
"You'll be fine Yuki. But maybe you shouldn't play anymore." Hatori suggested.
Yuki gave a quick look at Kyo, who nodded.
"Oh, I hope Yuki will be okay." Tohru said worriedly.
"He'll be fine." Kyo said. Tohru looked over at Kyo and nodded. But the feeling of worry was still there.
" I think we have had enough Frisbeeing for one day." Akito said.
The whole time they were at the park Kyo would not let Tohru go anywhere without himself or Haru. Even Momiji would do, but he followed Tohru everywhere anyway.
"Kyo, it's alright, I can go to the bathroom by myself." Tohru said as they walked to the restroom.
"Just…(sigh) I don't want you to be alone anywhere okay. Not with Akito around." Kyo said.
"Kyo?"
"What?"
"I was wondering, why do you and Yuki not trust Akito-san?"
Kyo didn't answer at first.
"Let's just say, he has done some pretty mean things in the past to us and we don't trust him anymore." Kyo said not looking at her.
"Yuki, is so scared when Akito talks to him now. I don't understand. But his eyes…they seem so full of hate. I wonder if he hates me?" Tohru said sadly. Kyo glanced over at her, and saw her sad expression.
"Don't get all worked up about it. Akito hates everyone. He just has a great way of hiding it."
"Yeah, but…I also have been wondering…If Akito is the one that controls your…curse." Tohru was wandering in her own thoughts. Kyo looked at her surprised.
He had never really thought of it before. I mean sure he thought about how their curse came upon them, but he never actually thought that it might be Akito's doing.
"Or maybe, your curse is still upon all of you, because the rat's and the cats spirit still hate eachother. Maybe if you and Yuki forgot your differences and accept eachother for who they are, maybe the curse would be lifted?" Tohru kept thinking out loud and Kyo was listening intently.
Tohru looked up at the sky and then at Kyo.
"Oh, it's just a guess. I have been thinking about it a lot. But if it helps break the curse, then its worth a try right?" Tohru asked, looking up at Kyo sadly for the first time. He looked straight into her brown eyes and saw that she was being sincere and she really wanted the curse to be broken, so they could be happy and experience things they never could before.
"Maybe." Kyo said putting his hands behind his head. He seemed a lot more at ease now. But he would never accept.
After that little discussion, Kyo didn't start as many fights with Yuki as usual, but they still fought occasionally. They pilled into the car and went back home.
"I'll get started on dinner then. Does anyone have anything in mind?"
"How about liver and leeks?" Yuki said. Kyo didn't say anything, mostly because he knew that every time Tohru made that, she would make him his very own special dish of salmon.
She started humming a song as she worked, and when she thought no one was around she started to sing parts of it softly.
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Akito was walking by the kitchen and over heard her singing.
" Through the wind and the rain She stands high as a stone
In a world, she can't rise above,
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place, where she's loved
Concrete Angels…"
Tohru kept humming and singing to herself, oblivious to Akito standing in the doorway.
He walked by into the hallway and up the stairs.
Momiji jumped into bed. He was promised another song after dinner and it was definitely after dinner.
"Kyo Kyo, is Kyo excited about Tohru's singing, too?" Before Kyo could answer Tohru came into the room and sat on Momiji's bed.
"What song shall I do for you today?"
"Oh, I know!" Momiji leaned close to Tohru's ear and whispered something in it. They had made a game out of it, just to give Kyo a surprise.
"Oh, that's a good one, okay." Tohru stood up and cleared her throat.
"When clouds above you
Start to pour
And all of your doubts, rage like a storm
And you don't know, who you are anymore
:et me help you find what you been searching for
Somewhere there's a field and a river
You can let, your soul run free,
Someday let me be the giver, let me bring you peace
Somewhere there's a break in the weather
Where your heart and spirit go free
Someday it will be for the better
Let this bring you peace
Boy, I know you, think no one sees
The weight on your shoulders
But you can't fool me
And aren't you tired, of standing so tall
Let me be the one, to catch you when you fall
Somewhere there's a field and a river
You can let, your soul run free
Someday let me be the giver, let me bring you peace, baby
Somewhere there's a break in the weather
Where your heart and soul go free
Someday it will be for the better
Let this bring you peace
Let me bring you joy
Let me bring you peace
Take these tears that you've cried, and trust them to me
Let me give you hope
Let me give you a home
Be the one constant love, that you've never known
Somewhere there's a field and a river
You can let, your soul run free
Someday let me be the giver, let me bring you peace. Baby
Somewhere there's a break in the weather
Where your heart and spirit run free
Someday it will be for the better
Let this bring you peace
Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, someday
Let me be the one, let me be the one, to catch you when you fall
Let me bring you somewhere
Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, some, somewhere…"
Tohru finished the song and Momiji clapped loudly. Tohru blushed a bowed.
"Thank you Momiji." Kyo was smiling. Tohru had promised to sing to Momiji every night since it helped him sleep. To tell you the truth, it helped him, too. He would relax so much more when she sang.
"I'll sing to you tomorrow, okay, goodnight Momiji." Tohru kissed him lightly on the head.
"Sweet dreams Tohru." Momiji yawned.
"Sweet dreams to you to Momiji."
"Good night Kyo, and thank you, for looking out for me today." Tohru said just loudly enough for Kyo to hear.
"Night." Kyo was glad that it was dark in the room, for he was blushing bright red. Tohru was too, she wanted to hug him more than thank him.
She walked knocked on Yuki's door.
"Yuki? Are you still awake?"
She could hear footsteps coming to the door. She was expecting it to be Yuki, but it wasn't…It was Akito. He pulled her into the dark room.
"Um, uh Akito-san, is Yuki in here?" Tohru said asked as she tried to focus in the pitch-black room.
" No. But I am. And I want to ask you something."
"Okay, what is it?" Tohru asked politely.
"I overheard you singing in the kitchen earlier, something about concrete angels."
"Oh, well, yes. It was a song my mother taught me. Well, one of them anyway."
"Oh, you sing a lot?"
"No, I only sing to Momiji, after dinner, because it helps him sleep."
"What song did you sing for him today?"
"I sang, Somewhere."
"Sing it for me."
Tohru was taken aback by his request.
"Um, sure…" Tohru cleared her throat and re-sang the song. Akito sat in the bed and listened intently to her. When she finished Akito spoke softly.
"Thank you, that will be all." Akito ushered her out of the room and into the hallway.
Tohru sighed and made her way to her room, to find Yuki sitting on her floor.
"Yuki? Are you alright?" Tohru rushed over to him.
"I'm…fine." He said hesitantly.
"No, your not something is wrong. Please tell me." Tohru said sincerely.
Yuki looked up into her worried eyes.
"I can't go back to my room. I wont. He's in there."
"Akito-san can't be that bad. I just sang to him." Yuki looked up in utter horror.
"He didn't hurt you did he?" He asked urgently. If he had harmed her in any way…
"No, of course not, he just asked me some questions and asked me to sing the song I sang to Momiji tonight, that's all. You and Kyo are so worried that he will do something to me. Why?" Tohru asked innocently.
"Well…because, that is just how he is to outsiders of this family. He tried to hurt you earlier during the Frisbee game, with the Frisbee. But I jumped in front and caught it."
Tohru suddenly remembered when Akito-san had thrown her the Frisbee, but Yuki got in the way and caught it.
"He was…trying to hurt me? Why? Is it because he hates me? He hates me doesn't he? That's awful." Tohru ranted on and on about how awful it was that Akito hated her.
"Tohru, don't take it personally, he hates all living things." Yuki said.
"That's almost exactly what Kyo said." Tohru said in a matter of fact tone.
Yuki smiled.
"Tohru, what did you and Kyo talk about, on your way to the bathroom?" Yuki asked seriously.
"Nothing really. I told him my guesses about why you all are still cursed and he listened."
"Would you tell me?"
"Well, I have two theories. One is that Maybe Akito controls your curse. My other is more about you and Kyo's attitudes towards eachother. I think that if you two would put aside your differences and accept eachother for who they are, then the curse would be lifted. But it's just a guess." Tohru said childishly.
"That is a really good guess though. It might work but there is no way I can get along with Kyo. He gets on my nerves too much." Yuki said angrily.
"That's what he said, too." Tohru giggled. Yuki looked over at her and wanted to hold her. He longed to hold her in his arms and keep her there. But he couldn't.
"I'll set up a bed for you on the couch, if you like." Tohru said cheerfully.
Yuki leaned over and kissed her gently. It took Tohru by great surprise.
"That would be great." Yuki said happily. Tohru was blushing and she swiftly went downstairs to set up Yuki's bed. She hadn't responded like she did with Kyo's kiss, but it felt weird to her. Why would both of them kiss her?
Yuki came downstairs to find Tohru on the couch fast asleep. She had sat down without knowing it and fell asleep, lost in her thoughts. Yuki smiled and kissed her forehead as he went back upstairs to her room. He didn't want to mess up her bed so he got two big blankets and a pillow and slept on the floor.
Konnichiwa, I am glad that this chapter is over. But the funny thing is, It only took me 2 hours to write 11 pages. I am really getting into this story. Anyway, I am sitting here listening to the Gundam Seed ending song, Annani Issho Dattanoni. I love it. Anyway, I want to give thanks to my Cousin Amanda and her friend Mimi because they are the ones who got me hooked on Fruits Basket. I think it is so Kawaii! Anyway, I have to go. Bu-bye.
