Chapter 8: All That Matters
Author's Note: Beware – Yukiru moment ahead, may cause extreme 'AWWW'ness XD (it may not be long but its sweet!)
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"Oru Unduh I uve hoo," Yuki mixed his words with a cough, somewhat hoping that she had heard him so he wouldn't have to repeat; it took him a lot of courage to tell her just even once.
"Huh?" Tohru looked confused, as his words were just like one big sentence, and the cough didn't help much.
Yuki took a deep breathe before quickly whispering to her once more,
"Tohru Honda, I love you."
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Tohru sat on the floor, unable to speak or even move. She wasn't exactly sure if she heard Yuki correctly – did he really just say he loved her? He looked like he had, considering he was a deep red. Blinking a few times, Tohru found her voice and spoke up.
"Yuki-kun," she said before smiling, "I love you too." With that, she wrapped her arms around Yuki, who seconds later turned into a mouse. Yuki's eyes widened at Tohru's actions, but he couldn't help but feel, ever since he heard about his 'curse', extremely happy. Tohru scooped him up in her hand and stared at him with a warm smile.
"I was afraid this day might not have come," She whispered to him and then put him back on the couch. After she did so, she quickly turned around, and just in time. Yuki changed back into his human form, and put his clothes back on. When Tohru turned around, Yuki took her by surprise and kissed her as he did yesterday. This time she wasn't as shocked as before, and was able to return his kiss.
"AW! The Prince and Princess finally ended up together!" Ayame's voice came from the doorway the lead from the kitchen to the living room. It was rather obvious that he had been spying on them ever since he 'left'. Yuki's face boiled in embarrassment, but was quickly turned into anger.
"Why the hell are you spying on us?" Yuki yelled at him, while tossing yet another book at him. Ayame ducked in time, and went off to Shigure's room.
"GURE-SAN, LITTLE YUKI CONFESSED HIS LOVE TO TOHRU-KUN!" he said, half singing. Yuki's eye twitched but he remained calm. He turned back towards Tohru with a smile. It just didn't seem so real; it was like he was having a wonderful dream, and he didn't ever want to wake up. However, it wasn't such a thing. It had happened, and Yuki couldn't help but smile. He wrapped his arms around Tohru, careful not to have their bodies touch so he wouldn't change, and rested his head on top of hers.
The curse he had seemed like so little of a problem, he hardly even remembered he had it. Nothing really mattered at the moment. Yuki told Tohru how he felt, and she returned the same feeling. He truly couldn't have been happier then he already was.
Hatori sat at his office desk with his head in his hands. He was still trying to figure out how to get the paper away from Akito. It seemed so easy at first, but he had to think everything through. If they were caught, there's no telling what kind of punishment Akito would give them.
The only thing Hatori felt confident about was where the cure was being held. If he wasn't mistaken, it should be in the one room no one but Akito himself was allowed in. Hatori only got a glimpse of it a few years ago, and from what he could remember, there was a place in the wall with drawers that had locks on them, plus a few other minor things. He could easily get a tool of his to open the lock, though there were a load of drawers to go through.
Another few minutes passed when Hatori sat up in his chair and smile in triumph. He couldn't believe he hadn't thought of it sooner, being as simple as it was. Now both Yuki and he had a chance to get to the cure. All they had to do was put the plan to action, and fast. With that, Hatori got up from his chair, pulled on his coat, and left his office
'Hopefully this'll be the end of all the mess these last few days,' Hatori thought, starting the car, which gave a loud roar. With that, he left for Shigure's house hurriedly as pebbles from the driveway flew across the air when the wheels dug into the ground before rushing off.
"So, let me get this straight," Yuki started, as both he and Hatori drove to the Main House. All he knew was that the doctor had come up with a plan to get the cure, and that was as he had been practically pulled out from Shigure's house and into Hatori's car. "You're going to keep Akito busy while I "
"Go through Akito's things," Hatori finished as they pulled into the driveway. He took the keys out of the ignition and turned towards Yuki. "I'd check the drawers on the wall first. They have locks on them, so Akito might have used one to lock the paper in."
"Ok, good plan. I'll just break the locks open with the lasers from my eyes," Yuki said sarcastically. Hatori rolled his eyes. These mood swings were starting to bother him.
"I have a pick you can use for that," Hatori said while he handed Yuki the small pointed object. "It should work well enough. If all else fails, try looking for something else that could open the locks, or even the key, if it's in there." Yuki nodded in return and they both got out of the car. The walk to get inside the building seemed to last hours for Yuki. Today he would try to find out what he can do to save himself from possible early age death. Now that he had told Tohru that he loved her, and that he knew she loved him in return, nothing was more important than getting his hands on the cure.
Hatori ushered Yuki ahead to the room only Akito was allowed in before heading quickly to where Akito was sulking about. The door to the room was locked, so Yuki took out the pick and stuck it in the key hole. He fiddled around until he heard a soft click and he opened the door.
The inside wasn't as big as Yuki had imagined it to be; it was a small, stuffed room. There was a desk with only one chair beside it in the middle of the room, on top of a dark brown rug. A few pieces of paper were scattered on the surface, but none of which looked important for his part. Yuki looked to his left, and saw the drawers Hatori told him about. There were around 50 of them, seemingly jammed together. Without hesitation, Yuki took the pick, went to the drawer on the farthest bottom left, and tried to get the lock to open. It indeed was hard to do, but he eventually got it unlocked. However, to his disappointment, the drawer was completely empty. Yuki let out a sigh of frustration and went on to the next drawer, above the previous one.
'I hope Hatori can stall Akito long enough. This will take awhile,' Yuki thought as he struggled to get the second lock opened.
"Why are you here, Hatori?" Akito asked when the doctor entered the room. "I don't believe I have a check up scheduled for today." Hatori, who had been practicing what he was going to say to the Head, answered immediately.
"It's been getting cold out lately. I wanted to make sure you didn't catch anything." There. The perfect answer, or at least, near perfect. It was in fact getting cold out, and Akito always got sick when fall came.
"I'm perfectly fine," Akito said in annoyance. "There is no need to waste your time, or mine." Something seemed to be off by the way Hatori looked. He was hardly making eye contact with Akito, although he always had before. "Tell me, is there something you're keeping from me, Hatori?"
"Of course not," Hatori answered rather quickly. He paused before continuing, "All I came here for was to check up on you, nothing more." Akito stared at the top of Hatori's head, considering it was the closest he could see of his face, and smirked. He was now positive something happened, or will happen very soon.
"Alright," Akito finally said. He was hoping to be able to get Hatori to blurt out whatever he was hiding. "Now that I think about it, I feel slightly chilled." Hatori went over to Akito and placed his bag beside him before he rummaged through the contents. The doctor was keeping his usual demeanor and didn't speak while he checked on the Head. However, Hatori's own silence was made up by Akito, who started to speak after a few minutes.
"How's Yuki?" he asked, as if the question held nothing important, though in all reality, it really did. "Is he getting worse? I can't see him getting any better." He ended his sentence with a tiny, almost unnoticeable laugh. Hatori eyes, which were hidden behind his hair, narrowed in anger; how could he say those kinds of things and laugh about it? Even so, Hatori kept from saying what was on his mind.
"He's the same as you last saw him," he finally said, trying to keep his voice normal.
"It's a shame, knowing that the cure is out there, but Yuki won't be able to see it," Akito continued with a cruel smile. "To think, it's so close by, in a room where only I can go."
"It's really in there?" Hatori asked quietly, mostly to himself. However, Akito, with sharp hearing, heard all that he said.
"I had a feeling he was here," he said viciously. "You two were trying to sneak by and get away with the cure, weren't you?" Before Hatori could answer, plus the shock in his behalf, Akito stood up and stormed off to where the said room was. Hatori quickly recovered from the scene, and followed Akito hurriedly.
Yuki was at his 26th lock, and he was extremely tired. Of all the drawers he searched through thus far, only 3 had papers in them, and none contained the cure. Yuki was now leaning against the wall for a brief break, and stared at the desk in the middle of the room. There was only one drawer on it, locked like the others around it. Staring at it closely, he got a strange feeling that was telling him to look in the drawer. Feeling as though he had no choice, Yuki crawled over to the desk, picked the lock, and opened the drawer.
Inside were a bunch of papers, but none that looked old and crumpled. However, Yuki still searched through the mess, and reached the bottom of the pile. His breathe stopped short and his heart started to beat faster. There, before his very own eyes, was the paper he had been looking for. Carefully, he picked it up and turned it over. He quickly read from the top, trying to find the cure in the jumble of all the words. The beginning was the origin of the curse, so Yuki decided to skip to the bottom, and smiled when he saw the words CURE. He continued to read aloud hurriedly, so he could obtain the cure faster.
God, though still angered at the Rat, placed a cure along with the curse. The Rat, in order to be freed from death, had to lose in a fight against the Cat. This would bring victory for the Cat, thus canceling the curse upon the Rat. However, the fight must be played fair. The Rat may not lose on purpose, or the curse will forever remain.
After Yuki had finished, he stared at the paper in disbelief. He never thought the cure would be that; he thought there would be an antidote, or something along those lines.
"No, this… this can't be…" Yuki whispered to himself. A laugh came from behind him, and he quickly turned around.
"It is quite shocking, isn't it? Having to lose just to get better," Akito said with a cruel grin.
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Author's Note: Wow, I started writing this the day I put chapter 7 out. MOTIVATION! But alas, I ended with a cliffhanger... once more! But now you know the cure! Doesn't it make you laugh just even a tiny bit? And sorry for any spelling mistakes, I'm in a hurry to bring you this chapter today, rather than tomorrow. Now, keeping this short, LETS GO TO REVIEWERS!
Yukyoru- I agree (can't say it enough times) YUKIRU RULES AHAHA! And yessss, I liked how Aaya told Yuki too lol. Thanks so much for the review!
MegTao- Ah, don't worry; I haven't seen all of the show yet either. I've still got to see the 1st DVD and the 2nd. And yes, I can't believe he told her either (and I wrote it lol) Also…Kyo..well, he might not have gotten the cure, but he's gunna have a pretty big role later on :D
anime-lover-4-ever- Sorry .; I love cliffhangers! Though, I hate reading them, so I know how you feel lol. I'd also like to add that I think it'd be a good thing for Kyo to hit Yuki. (huggles Yuki for what she just said).
Sakura A. Moon- Yay, a Machi disliker! She cannot have Yuki T.T Maybe she is an O.K person, but I have yet to see her :D Thanks for the really nice review!
Cardcaptor Soldier- Oh man, your cheer rocks XD! I'm glad you like my story!
o.oxanimefreakxo.o- Thanks so much for the review! Next chapter Akito might not have the cure anymore, so GO YUKI GO!
Moonlit Maiden- I hope Tohru's reaction wasn't too bad, it took me forever to write because I didn't know how to put it .;; And thanks so much for reviewing!
Kenshins koishii- Wow . thanks so much for your wonderful comment! I'm glad you and your friends like it! Now, the lemon…nope, there won't be one. I've never wrote one before, and I'm not sure I'd be able to :);;;.
kishe- Thanks so much for your review! I'll try to update more!
mistic fox- Sorry for ending the last chapter the way I did . Cliffhangers are my specialty. Thanks so much for the review!
Until the next (laughs like a madman)
TBC
