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Chapter 7 Dark Passion

During the time Tohru's gone

Kyo had ran straight through the front door, almost forgetting to stop on the front porch. He did eventually stop abruptly and turned around to stare at Haru, who was sitting there with a very confused look on his face, and he raised an eyebrow

"Going somewhere Kitty?" he asked mockingly

"I need your help" Kyo replied out of breath

"You need my help?" Raised an eyebrow again in disbelief and then threw his head back and laughed.

"Look you bastard, I wouldn't be asking for anyone else, but Tohru took off and I can't find her"

Haru stopped laughing and looked back up at him angry, a deep fiery anger in his eyes. "What the hell did you do Kyo?"

"Look I didn't do anything! She just got real emotional and took off! I have no idea where she went! Haru I don't know what to do"

Haru sat up and focused staring at his hands. "Did you call Ou and Hana?"

Kyo shook his head and nodded deplorably. "I just did, they aren't home, they're at work"

Haru stood up, very frustrated. Once again, the cat goes and screws things up, he's always hurting Tohru. Haru ran his hands through his snow white hair and looked up at the sky, which itself was looking very unforgiving.

Haru thought of places she'd be, and their search party was only limited to the two of them. Everyone else was gone for the day, he looked at his watched and it was chiming eleven.

"When was the last time you saw her?"

"We were in the kitchen together, she started talking all funny, and I got angry at her. So I told her to stop, next thing I know I hear a plate break, and I look up to see her running out the backdoor and that was an hour ago."

"You idiot! Do you have any idea what the hell she's going through right now?"

"Yeah actually I do! But that's not the point, we have to find her! She could be anywhere, she's all alone and she's just getting over being sick. What happens if some thugs get a hold of her, you know she can't defend herself!"

Haru paced back and forth trying to devise a plan of action or something.

"Look, you go and find the rest of the family, it'd be easier to search in numbers. Go get Hana and Ou as well, they'd know where she was."

"What about you?"

"I've got my bike, so I can search way faster then you can. I'll ride into town and look around for her. We'll meet back here at 2 okay, that's three hours from now, that way we can all see if anyone found Tohru."

Haru looked out at the sky, now seeing it was growing colder as the hours drew on. This wasn't looking good for Tohru. Tohru, what's going on with you?

The two boys broke off running in opposite directions. Haru pulled up on the garage's door and walked into the back uncovering his red motorcycle. His bike was sleek, and could comfortably seat two. He had an extra helmet tied down on the back, and its sides were curved for extra boosts in aerodynamics. He quickly jerked his head into his helmet and knocked up the kick stand. He floored the motors and then quickly sped away off into the silent night.

The wind began to pick up, and the sky soon was covered with thick dark clouds. Haru sped through the town, his eyes darting about at each passing girl, checking her face to see if it was possibly Tohru's. Many watched the biker speed by, some turning their heads watching his break lights fade away with the horizon. The town seemed extremely large when you're only searching for one person. He stopped at a red light, and looked about, still not seeing Tohru. He could only sigh deflated.

Haru rode through the park as well, looking at those same happy couples that Tohru had seen earlier. He looked up at the town's clock as it read 11:30. Haru did not realize that he had only missed Tohru by a half hour. Haru stopped at the fountain, and actually got off his bike to circle the fountain, hoping she'd magically be around the next turn with her joyous smile. But of course, she wasn't.

Haru jumped back on his bike, just in time to see the small flurries fall from the sky. The snow was a tad early, for it was only mid-fall. Haru was running out of places to look. His heart slammed against his chest, beating again and again as he grew more worried for Tohru. He was so worried, he did not bother to even ask why he was so worried. His whole body throbbed for her, and he couldn't resist it anymore. He wanted her in his arms, he wanted to search her, they were the same age, yet she seemed so young, but he couldn't control his desires, for now though, he did. He knew it was more important to find Tohru then dilly dally with manly desires.

Haru couldn't help but still feel hostility and anger with Kyo. Kyo always seemed to be around Tohru when the worst things happened to her. She fainted when he was there, but he got to take care of her, he was there when she ran off, everything. It was driving him mad. Haru floored his bike again and frantically left the park calling out for Tohru.

He had searched the entire town now, from downtown to up, there was no more he could do here. He had searched the park, where else was there. How far could Tohru truly have gone. Haru drove through, now entering the country, and in the middle of a vacant rode he came to a halt, now realizing where she was.

Flashback

"Could you give me a lift to the cemetery tomorrow? I want to visit her...I haven't really... visited her for a long time...I never wanted to admit it, her being gone and all, because, well, I guess it only reminded me of how alone I felt.."

End Flashback

The cemetery! Of course, god why had he been such an idiot and not seen it earlier? He stared down at his watch, 11:43 Pm. He was making good time, hopefully Tohru would be there, hopefully she was alright.

At The Cemetery

Tohru was still sobbing up against her mother's grave. Her hands ran against the worn edges and inscription's of the grave feeling each letter to her mother's name. Her legs still bled with the small cuts and pricks she had gotten in the forest, and her hand throbbed with strain and infection. It felt as if her heart was slowly breaking too.

Tohru had never felt so hurt by Kyo, when all he truly meant was pleading with her not to think so lowly of herself. She never had someone yell at her so fiercely as he had. It was horrifying, and yet at the same time she had misinterpreted what he had said. Kyo had meant to express he's feelings of concern for her, but his words were too powerful for Tohru to grasp.

Tohru was so deeply lost within her mind, that she did not even hear the loud flaring sound of a motorcycle coming to a screeching halt.

With Haru

The time it had taken Haru to get to this deserted cemetery seemed to take decades, and he screeched to a halt when he came upon the thick iron gates. Much to his surprise, he saw that they were still unlocked and opened.

He pushed them forward again, and they moaned bitterly with the corroded metal. He stood at the entrance, not even sure where to begin. Their were miles and miles of old vacated. Haru had an inconceivable amount of mixed emotions, and he could not even feel himself slipping bit by bit to his darker half. Haru began to walk up the isle of graves, when he heard whimpering, he knew that whimpering, he could recognize it anywhere. He remembered last night, and Tohru entering when Shigure spoke of sending her away, and her crying in those pink pajamas. He ran up the rows cuffing his hands around his mouth calling out to her.

"Tohru where are you? Tohru can you hear me?"

Tohru lifted her head slightly, unsure if she was still dreaming or dead. "Haru?" she asked tiredly, was it really him. She had forgotten that she had told Haru about taking her to the grave tomorrow, although it was past midnight, so it would technically be today.

Haru heard his name called faintly, and he stopped running down another row until he found her. Haru couldn't believe the condition she was in. Her legs were bloodied with many small lacerations, her hand looked like it was swollen, and she herself looked defeated and tired. He fell to his knees in the snowy muddy dirt and embraced Tohru so tightly.

"God there you are. Tohru I've been so worried"

"Why? I'm only a selfish girl..." She replied limply, too lost in her thoughts.

Haru looked down at her, pulling her away only to look into her eyes. Her eyes were so dark now, and there were rings under her eyes, and she was just so unhappy. Haru was growing with rage.

"What makes you think you're a selfish girl?"

"I burdened you, and the Sohmas by moving in, and I've only been wishing I was dead to see my mother, that I never considered anyone else's feelings."

"Tohru no don't say that. You didn't burden us at all! And you have a right to miss your mother, its okay, we all think that way sometimes, I would kill for once to be able to feel a woman's soft hands against my back without my changing cause of this fucking curse, you have your desires and I have mine, that doesn't make you selfish"

"I only hurt, never once brings the sunshine, only the tears in the sky"

Haru shook his head furiously "No Tohru No that's not true. Can't you see how much everyone loves you, can't you see how deeply we all care about you?"

"Love me?" She asked dully

"Come on Tohru, stop acting this way. Of course we love you, I love you. I love you so much"

Haru couldn't even believe he had said that, and holding her in his arms made him throb for her. She was so frail, but he wanted her, he wanted all of her. He slipped farther and farther away, until he was lost. He was Dark now. "I love you Tohru" He said again, with a hint of evil in his voice as he then found her lips and kissed her roughly.

Tohru was so frantic as she felt Haru's lips push to hers. Her eyes widened, and she could feel more tears pour from her eyes. If Haru loved her so, why did his touch feel so evil? Tohru had never encountered Haru's darker side, she had only thought it was some joke Kyo had told her to scare her. Maybe this was his darker half. She squirmed in his arms and he released her lips slowly grinning.

"Tohru, do the other's love you like I do?" He asked as he slid on of his hands up her skirt towards her inner thigh as he dipped her back onto the cold ground.

"Haru...." Tohru cried his touch so cold.

"Do they Tohru, do they really?" He asked again, rubbing her softly as his other hand began to undo her top shirt button.

"Haru stop it" she cried again but his lips only began to kiss her neck and make their way down to her chest that Haru had just ruthlessly revealed. His rubbings began to get harder, she didn't understand what he wanted.

"You know I love you Tohru, then why do you resist me?" He asked again in his dark alluring voice between his gasps for air as he kissed the crevice between her breasts. He had been successful in unbuttoning her entire shirt, now it was all his, he did consider unlatching her bra, but he was content with what he had now. He removed his hand from her inner thigh and placed his hands on her shoulders holding her down. Haru slid atop her and rested his throbbing ejaculated and rubbed her erotically.

"Haru stop please" Tohru cried, now more afraid then feeling his true love. She felt his hot pants rub against her and she cried out again. Haru was dark now, she was sure of it, his heavy arms held her down and she stared into his deviled eyes terrified. These were the terrors her mother had always warned her about, and Haru of all people, someone she lived with and trusted was doing this.

"Don't resist baby, its all fun" He replied again as he kissed her lips and her neck. She was scarcely breathing now. His hands began to rub at her erotically as well, he was trying to satisfy his desires, but her resisting only made him angrier, he wanted her, he wanted it, he couldn't help it, he needed it.

"Oh who can tell. Save he whose heart hath tried? Can I not be saved by the one most dear to I? Be lost in his words forever once more, staring in the depths of emotion flowing from him, knowing he is the one who cares more then he desires? Does he deserve to live, or is he only alone, selfish boy selfish boy, can no one hear her screams, and can no one save her from the nightmare?" Tohru whispered crying, Haru could not understand why she was saying this, but her hands were creeping ever closer to the star she had rested up against her grave. Her fingers gently clasped around it as she continued whispering.

"Watch as she falls farther and farther into her world of lies and deception, watch as she breathes her last breaths, and screams the last screams as her blood pours to the floor once more. Only the trees pay witness, and only the dead will know, save her now, and leave behind all that she already lost" and with that she trusted into the upper region of her chest, hitting near her shoulder bone and pushed it in deeper as the blood started to squirt out and hit Haru.

Haru instantly flashed back to his normal self as he saw Tohru begin her suicidal attacks. He shook his head, and now began to slowly piece together what he was doing. He saw Tohru beneath him, stricken of her shirt, and he could only cry out in anger.

"Damn it what have I done? Tohru stop it Tohru! STOP" He cried, his tears falling onto her delicate face. She opened her eyes slowly, staring up at his sobbing face. "Tohru please"

"There you are...I knew the good you was deep inside" she replied, taking one of her hands and stroking his cheek. Her other hand still remained firmly latched to the star that pierced her chest as a trickle of blood still flowed.

Haru quickly pulled out a handkerchief and wiped away the blood.

"This is gonna hurt, you have to let go" Tohru shook her head back and forth slowly

"Just let me go...let me see her one more time..." she replied closing her eyes.

"Tohru no! I won't let you, you can't just abandon everyone here. I really do love you! I don't want to be that dark Haru, I can't control it. I'm afraid....I"m really afraid, what happens if I hurt someone, really bad, look what I've done to you, what if I had gone all the way...I'm so afraid"

She opened her eyes again, upon hearing him say he was truly afraid. Haru was probably crying more then her. Tohru couldn't believe it. Haru, this guy who had such a cold outer personality, was he really this upset?

Tohru simply stroked his hair with her free hand and sang/hummed to him soothingly, casting aside all the pain she was in.

"Shine...bright morning light...now that the air of spring is coming....sweet...soft blowing wind...singing down the hills and valleys...keep your eyes on me....now that we're on the edge of hell...Dear my love...sweet morning light...wait for me...you've gone much farther....too far..." her voice was soft, and slowly faded away as she closed her eyes once more.

"Tohru please..." He pleaded with her, but she was already lost in a exhausted sleep. Her hand fell limp and released itself from the star, and he quickly pulled it out as painlessly as possible. The cut itself, now looking at it closer, posed no threat to her at all, but had only seemed so dramatic. He wrapped her carefully with his handkerchief and cleaned her gently. He re-buttoned her shirt, now very embarrassed that he had done such a thing to her.

Haru didn't want to go home, he knew that a thousand more questions would be thrown at him. He turned around, taking in a deep breath. He mumbled under his breath how much of a bastard he was, and it just was such a pain in the ass. Why did he have to go dark at the worst times? Why?

He sighed once more, but stopped as his eyes fell upon the gravestone that Tohru had been found against. Oh who can tell. Save he whose heart hath tried?" So that was her mother's quote. No wonder Tohru knew it so well.

Haru looked away upon hearing Tohru moan slightly, she was shivering, but was still asleep. He was still amazed on how much she endured lately. Maybe she wasn't a weakling shrimp after all. His watched beeped off 2. Had he really been here that long? He wondered how long he had molested and forced that horrible stuff upon Tohru, and he shook his head with disgrace once more. She'd never speak to him again would she? He slipped off his leather jacket and draped it over her silently, letting her sleep still. She eventually stopped shivering, and relaxed slightly. Her cut had already stopped bleeding, and the ones on her legs were already healing over.

Haru finally pulled out his cell phone that had been tucked away in his pocket. He opened it up and dialed the home.

"Hey Kyo? Yeah it's me. I found her..." He said blandly, and then only half heartedly listened to Kyo's shouting. "I know...I know...I'll bring her home...kill me after she's safe" He hung up the phone, abruptly cutting off Kyo, and he looked down at Tohru. He didn't want to wake her, but he was already dead anyway.

Gently, he placed his hand on her shoulder and shook her gently "Hey...Tohru...you gotta wake up" Tohru instantly jerked awake and slapped his arm startled, he frowned, hurt, but knew it should only be natural.

Tohru clung on to the jacket and then looked at it, and then looked back to him, figuring he must have put it on her.

"I'm sorry Haru, you just startled me that's all"

"I'm sorry...I can understand..."

"Don't blame yourself Haru. The darker half, is just that, another half, that isn't the true you. I know you wouldn't hurt me purposely like before if you could have prevented it. It's just, another addition to the curse right?" She said innocently

"Right...just another part of the curse" he lied, there were other reasons for his darker half, but none she needed to know about. Without really thinking, he grabbed Tohru and hugged her close. "I'm so sorry Tohru. I never want to hurt you again"

Tohru only laughed "Well if you don't stop squeezing me I won't be able to breathe"

Haru looked at her, as she turned a slight shade of blue, anime style, and he released her rubbing the back of his head embarrassed. "Can you walk Tohru?"

"Of course" She replied cheerfully as she stood up, acting like she was a muscle man or super girl. She walked forward, almost robotically, not showing the real pain she was in. Haru walked behind her, brooding, and watched her. They finally made it to the entrance, and Tohru locked the door and quickly hid the key. "Not the visit I had in mind, but I did talk to her."

"You did?" he asked surprised

"Yeah actually..." she said looking at the ground "She told me to live, she said she wanted me to live, and was...proud of me." She said quietly.

"Your mom should be proud, you've turned out to be a very loving person, just like your mom was." He replied quietly.

The two were silent on the way home, and Tohru had to sit in the front, so not to fall off, for she couldn't wrap her arms around his waste, it would be weird, seeing a cow drive a motorcycle. Tohru was very tired, and she didn't want to think about what happened to her. Her mind tried desperately to erase the memories, and wished this day had never happened. Too much happened in these early hours, but she looked out at the horizon in front of her, heading...home..

"Happy birthday mom" she whispered once more, as she gazed back at the rapidly disappearing graveyard "Next year will be better"

Author's Note

End of Chapter 7. Here is Dark Haru, upon request did I add him. I can't wait to see what happens when they all get home! MUAHAHAH