Chapter Twenty: Possessed Ambitions
by RJunkie
First Posted: FRUITY ROBINS ML on May 7, 2005
Hiroga couldn't help but smirk. Lady luck was finally smiling down on him! After years of struggles and failures, after all those years of loneliness and suffering! The treasure would finally be his! In fact, he could almost taste his upcoming victory!
With this girl's body, and with the best bargaining chip he could ever have dreamed of in his hands, he could not lose.
He didn't know who the Jyuunishi God figure was, but what he was certain of was that the Rat was always God's favorite. Not to mention, the key to the treasure itself!
Losing was not an option.
The small silvery rat struggled within his grip, making all sorts of wheezing and choking sounds. Hiroga thought it was pathetic, yet at the same time, hoped that Yuki wouldn't die on him. He needed the brat alive.
Deep within him, the girl wept upon hearing those pitiful sounds and the possibility of Yuki dying. Hiroga smirked again, feeling giddy with power and control.
To top things off, not only did the girl know exactly where the Sohma residence was, she was a real cutie wearing an ultra short skirt to boot.
Maybe he could take a few minutes to get to know himself a bit…better.
"There he is." Hanajima said blandly as she pointed towards a group of blushing, squealing schoolgirls. At the center of the group, was a dazed Hatsuharu.
"Yun Yun's cousin!" Manabe yelled as he pushed through the crowd of girls, trying to reach the boy in the middle. "Emergency! Come quick!"
Haru turned to face him casually, eyes searching Manabe's features, trying to remember who he was. "Mystery. I'm sure I met you before…"
"Its me! Yun Yun's sidekick, Black! Now, come with me!" With that, Manabe pulled Haru out of the circle. The girls began to protest the interference with their fawning, but it took one look from Hanajima to send them all on their way, rather quickly at that.
"We need you to call your Doctor relative." Uotani said hurriedly, "The Prince collapsed on the roof."
Haru's body tensed. "Yuki?"
"Call him now! Yun Yun was turning blue!"
"Take me to Yuki!" Haru commanded. "I'll call Hatori-niisan on the way." Already taking his cell phone out and dialing.
"Whatever! Just call him! Its this way!" The two boys hurried towards the roof, leaving Uotani, Hanajima and her younger brother alone in the now empty hall.
"What the hell's wrong with these stupid idiots?" Uotani mumbled. "Not even a thank you."
"I can feel it." Megumi suddenly said, "He's still here."
Hanajima simply added. "Lets go."
He knew he shouldn't. It would be much more prudent for him to get his hands on the treasure first. It would be much smarter to do that.
But, he couldn't resist.
As soon as he was away from prying eyes, he would finally going to touch a girl.
It had been years since he was alive, but he still remember the pain of being an outcast. The shame, the humiliation; all of it felt like a freshly opened wound.
No girl would ever look at him. He was never good enough for them
That's why he hated people like Yuki Sohma. People who had it all; looks, brains, admirers, but felt themselves too superior to involve themselves with those not of their own class, only sparing them condescending looks.
He was so pathetic that he had to resort to possessing a girl's body to let her touch him.
Hiroga's hands tightened into fists. And the Rat in his grip whimpered painfully. "Ho..Honda San…"
Suddenly, the girl's consciousness protested loudly. Very much so. He found his fingers moving against his well and his grip began to loosen until the Rat dropped to the ground.
'I wont let you hurt Yuki Kun!' She cried. 'I'm sorry, but I wont!'
"No!" Hiroga screamed with disbelief, feeling his control fade with her interference. "Shut up! Stop interfering!"
'I have to get help for Yuki Kun!' She demanded.
"NO! NO ONE WILL HELP! SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!"
He could not loose to a silly airhead like her. He could not lose after all he suffered! The treasure would be his!
When Haru and Kakeru reached the roof, they only found the unconscious Kyo.
"Kyo! And where's Yuki?" Haru reached out to grab Kakeru by the collar.
"I don't know! We left him here with this guy and Tohru! Maybe she kidnapped him!"
"She'd never hurt Yuki!" The Sohma teen pushed Kakeru away, and hurried to Kyo's side. He found his body cold and unresponsive. "Who could do this to Kyo?" He reached for his phone again. "Hatori-niisan. Kyo is unconscious on the roof. And I don't know what happened to Yuki. Hurry!"
"I see her!" Manabe waved from the roof's edge. "Isn't that her? She's walking a bit weird, but heading towards the gate. I don't see Yun Yun anywhere though…"
Hatsuharu hurried to see if the other was mistaken.
White Haru took all that in, and Black Haru processed it.
"Damn Bitch! I'm going to kill you!"
It was unbelievable, how much of a fight she was putting up. How could a pathetic ditz like her have so much will power?
Hiroga could barely muster enough strength to move the body that housed him. Slowly, he picked the Yuki's cursed form off the ground and shuffled out of the school gate.
"SHUT UP!" He yelled again, hoping to silence her, ignoring the strange look he was getting from those around him.
He had to recharge, that was the only was he could win back control over her. Taking control of a strong spirit always left him drained. Looking down at the semi unconscious Yuki, he realized that salvation was at hand.
It was far from over yet.
It was a good thing Haru had Manabe with him; otherwise it would have taken hours to leave the building. The two rushed out of the front gate and to where they saw Tohru go.
His mind could not process what could have cause all of this, but one thing was for certain.
Even if it were she, Haru would not allow her to hurt Yuki.
Haru would not allow any one to hurt Yuki.
It took Hiroga much longer than necessary to find a place away from prying eyes. He found it, in a small alley by some shops. Here, he could accomplish his mission and be on his way.
"I'm putting him down! Shut up already!" He yelled in response to Tohru's constant whining. "I'm not going to hurt him anymore. See? He's alright now!"
That seemed to calm her down slightly, though Hiroga knew it was only to be short lived.
Looking down at the tiny animal, he wondered how long he had to wait.
They had lost sight of her, and Haru was pacing like a madman while Manabe was calling out for Yuki.
"Where did she go?" Haru demanded for the 10th time.
"I don't know! She could be anywhere!"
"I can feel it. He's here." Came a small yet unwavering voice, and the two turned to find Torhu's two friends and Megumi standing close by.
"Megumi says whoever made Sohma Yuki act strange is still here. And I can feel Tohru Kun's waves. They're in turmoil." Saki's eyes glinted. "Where is Tohru Kun?"
"We saw her run out of the school, but lost track of her."
"What do you mean Tohru left school?" Uotani asked, surprised. "She would never…"
"I feel her, Arisa. She's here and there's something else with her." The dark haired girl closed her eyes for a few moments, and then pointed in a direction. "She's there, I'm certain."
Haru and Manabe were gone before she finished speaking.
Finally, there was a magical poof and a human, albeit naked and ill looking, Sohma Yuki was left lying on the cold concrete ground.
She began to blubber in the back of Hiroga's mind, crying about how unwell Yuki looked, how they had to get help for him and how it was inappropriate for Hiroga to look at Yuki's nakedness.
Hiroga ignored her with much difficulty, and leaned over the unconscious boy.
As he scanned the area, Manabe finally spotted what he thought to be Tohru's silhouette in a small alley. He quickly called Haru over.
"I see her!"
What he didn't expect was for Haru to push him painfully out of the way and plow his way through the alley.
Hiroga never liked boys. His memory was jam-packed with multiple incidents of the taunting and beatings he had experienced at the hands of his male peers.
Hiroga hated males in general.
Yet, now that he was seeing Yuki's face so closely, and with unlimited access to Tohru's thoughts and feelings…
He certainly wasn't in love. In all his experience with possession, he was never affected by his host's emotions.
Yet…
"Heh. This stupid girl is right. You really are beautiful."
Hiroga pressed Tohru's lips against Yuki's cold ones. He had found an excellent prey. Even when so ill, Yuki's energy surged and filled him.
He would have to be cautious not to take too much; otherwise the pathetic boy would die on him.
Tohru screamed with outrage, and utter mortification. In fact, he could feel her annoying presence fade significantly as she went into shock.
Hiroga hated boys, but it was funny how he had ended up kissing two of them in one day.
"You can thank me for this later, silly girl." He chuckled, as Tohru babbled incoherently.
It was when he pulled away from Yuki, that Haru found them.
End of Chapter 20
MWAHAHAHA! I R YUKIRU FAN! If you guys thought I would let this slide without some Yuki lovin'…
Once again, it's in the same 'cut scene' style because I wanted to Hog as much happenings as I could.
No jokes this time because I found the current plot much too serious for them. I would probably rate this chapter a PG 13.
It took me about 4 hours to write, but I had to get it out of the way cause I have tons of work to do. Now, who's next? Eraya? Since it took me so long to write, I feel that I am not entitled to challenge anyone. TT
I appologize again for the delay.