Chapter 13: 'You're Planning Something'
Author's Note: (squeals at her new Fruits Basket manga, Volume 9) (…cough…) I'll keep this short, so to start out, I'm sorry for not updating sooner! I'm still being loaded with projects, and I'm having a hard time to fit writing into my schedule. But have no fear, the chapter is now here! Enjoy!
Yuki felt that his moves were getting just as weak as he was. He decided to take a short break and get his act together.
'If I don't get back to how I use to fight, then the Cat will surely win without any complications…' Yuki thought blankly. He didn't know if it was a good thing Kyo would win, or a bad. Anything could be counted as unfair, and Yuki was unsure of what would be …
Yuki stretched his arms before he got back at his practicing. So far, he was at it for 2 hours but was very disappointed at how everything was going. It started to get frustrating after missing all the targets so many times; it actually became embarrassing in some way. Yuki took a deep breath, concentrated on his mark, and kicked at it as hard as he could. To his great disappointment, his aim was far off but the fact that a cheery voice followed didn't help.
"Wow, little brother, you really suck!"
Yuki slowly turned around, his eyes flashed with a fiery glow. Ayame was in the doorway, shaking his head with his usual annoying smile.
"Why are you still here?" Yuki asked as his eye slightly twitched. "Seriously, do you not have a house?" Ayame laughed and waved his hand carelessly.
"Of course I do!" he started, walking up next to Yuki and putting an arm around his shoulders. "You've been stuck in here for such a long time! Tori-san wanted me to check up on you."
"Well, as you can see, I'm perfectly fine, so stop bugging me," Yuki said, a slight annoyance ringing in his voice. Ayame was about to reply, most likely about something unnecessary and stupid, but Yuki was already pushing him out of his room. "Since it seems you have a house, maybe you should go to it." He then slammed the door in his brother's face. Yuki let out a sigh of relief and sat on the floor, against his wall.
As much as Yuki wanted to throw Ayame through the roof for his stupid observations, the rat really couldn't help but agree with him. He did, as Ayame had put it, really sucked.
Ayame stood outside Yuki's door, even though it was closed… and, more then likely, locked. This whole situation was unnerving; Ayame never thought it would happen to anyone in the family, let along his younger brother. He just hoped that Kyo would be able to beat Yuki, since, as much asAyame hatedto admit, that was the only thing he coulddo. It was all up to Kyo to help Yuki... or everything would become a hollow shell in the Sohma's life...
Kyo sat in his room, concentrating on beating the rat as easily as he could. Kazuma told him that by doing this, it would put his mind in the right spot, and he would be able to do even better in fight.
However much he wanted to concentrate, Kyo couldn't help but go out of mind and think about the whole situation. He really hadn't been able to since he was pretty much told that Yuki living or dying was up to him. All his life he had despised Yuki, but… the fact that he could actually die didn't make him feel anything but pity.
It's all his fault! It's all his fault!
Kyo always blamed Yuki for the hardships in his life. Whether it made sense or not, he always accused the rat for his bad luck. Now that he thought back on it, a lot of those things weren't his fault, as much as he hated to admit it. Yuki had it just as hard as he did, but Kyo treated him like he was stuck up and had everything he always wanted. Years ago, Kyo would have been thrilled to hear about the 'curse' only excluded to the rat. Heck, he probably wouldn't have practiced at all; that, or very little just to spite him.
I'll kill him and then I'll kill myself!
Kyo shook his head in frustration. He never thought clearly when it came to his thoughts about the curse. With a sudden surge of energy, Kyo jumped up and pumped his fist.
He'll show them all that he wasn't some selfish little kid. No, he was far from it now; he was mature (for the most part), and he was going to practice for however long he could, before the time is up, and he would beat Yuki and everything would be back to the way it was before the whole mess of the 'curse' came around.
Though he wouldn't admit it aloud, Kyo didn't want Yuki to die… not at such a young age. No one… no one… deserved that kind of fate.
Shigure slowly walked down the ghastly hallway, in search of the one door full of more eerie feelings then the house alone. He wanted to know more about this whole curse set on Yuki, and there was only one person who knew… that one person, who hides so many secrets and never reveals them until it's just too late to do anything about it. Though however much it sickened him to some degree, it was quite scheming in Shigure's eyes.
He finally reached the door and knocked lightly. Without much delay, Shigure entered the room and closed the door behind him.
"Akito…" Shigure said, noting his presence to the younger Sohma as he kneeled down on the floor. The head of the Sohma family was seated next to the window, against the wall. A bird sat gracefully on his finger, chirping quietly before flying onto the window sill.
"What brings you here?" Akito asked calmly, tearing his gaze from the floor to Shigure, who had to hold back a smirk at the diabolical boy. 'Pathetic,' the dog thought viciously, then cleared his throat.
"I'm sure you're already aware of that," he said, his voice almost being unrecognizable.
"How is he today?" Akito asked, unmoving to his spot. Shigure knew that once he said that everything was alright, Akito would comment poorly on it. Either way, he was more than likely to insult the situation.
"From the last time I checked, he is fine," Shigure finally replied.
"For now, he may be," Akito said, almost viciously. Shigure quietly sighed in frustration at Akito's answer; he was, however, expecting that kind of thing to begin with. "I have doubts that the Cat will be able to win… even so, if he does, by luck of course, it doesn't mean anything will change. The fact remains that every single thing has to be fair. Everything. One screw up and it's the end of the Rat."
Akito got up and stood right in front of the window, staring out at the graying sky. Clouds had formed and, like a blanket, covered the sun, making it completely disappear.
"This will be very interesting," Akito said with a smirk on his face. "Very interesting indeed. I'm sure it will be one interesting, single battle." Shigure raised an eyebrow and stared at Akito's back, which as now facing him. The tone in the Head's voice sent a shiver down his spine, and it made him wonder aloud, to Akito, about what Shigure was now thinking…
"You're planning something."
"Only time can answer that, Shigure," Akito said with a sneer, as the bird hopped back onto his thin finger. "Time… and months."
Yuki decided he should stop his training for today, considering he was doing so horribly. Not only so, but he was beginning to feel dizzy. It wasn't worrying him, however, since it would go away after a few minutes.
"That medication must be starting to wear off," Yuki muttered to himself as he sat on his bed. To confirm his thought, Yuki suddenly put his hands over his mouth and started coughing violently once more, which caused a tremendous headache to crop up, as well. When he calmed down and took away his hand, he saw blood on them just as he had the last time he coughed so violently.
However, what made him worried about it this time was that there was more blood. To add to that, his throat felt as if it was ripped in half from the coughing. Yuki slowly got up and tried to head towards the door, but everything was starting to get hazy.
'Not again,' Yuki thought, since he couldn't find his voice. "Why won't this just end?' His knees began to feel shaky and before he knew it, they gave out on him. Clutching his throat, since he was beginning to have complications with breathing, no doubt from his asthma, Yuki tried to move but with no luck.
'Only a few days and I'm already at the point of which I have no control over how to feel,' Yuki thought bitterly. He closed his eyes and tried to at least get control over his breathing. To some avail, he was able to breathe somewhat comfortably, but Yuki still had a lump-like feeling in his throat, indicating that the asthma could easily come back.
Yuki lifted his arm to try and heave himself up, but barely managed. He could hardly stand straight, but he was up nonetheless. With all the strength he could muster, Yuki headed towards his door and, with only slight difficulty, slid it opened. However, that was all he was able to do before his vision became more dark than blurry.
'Oh, this is just great. Déjà vu. This has been a terrible day,' Yuki thought, and if he could make any sound, he would have laughed sarcastically. Before blacking out once more, a last thought entered Yuki's head.
'Being a Sohma really sucks.'
Author's Note: I hope you liked this chapter, I'm not sure what to think lol. But oh dear, Yuki! Get some help, why don't ya? (sigh) You just better hope someone comes along and saves you! Anyways, I'm pretty sure there will be two-three more chapters now… unless… hmm.. well, (sniff) It's been great, writing this. (starts balling her eyes out) It's like watching your child go off to college. OH DEAR!
Oh, yeah! I'm making a new, long Fruits Basket fanfic; Romeo and Juliet style! Yuki's Romeo, Tohru's Juliet, so on and so forth! I have 3 pages done so far XD I'll be posting it right after I finish this fanfiction! Please check it out! Now to my reviewers, who I appreciate SO MUCH:
crimsonsun-rk- I agree with you on the brothers part. They are there to annoy you, and make fun of you even. I wish I had Ayame as a brother, though XD. And chapter 79, I'm not sure. I've read scans but I wasn't keeping track on what happened what chapter, but I think I've read about her. And stupid Akito . I've also somewhat read about Momo and Momiji.. now, Uo and Tohru and Kureno, I'm not sure I've read.. man, the manga seems to be getting depressing T.T well, thanks for the review, I really appreciate it!
Sakura A. Moon- That would be the perfect, fairy tale ending, Yuki and Tohru, being able to be together. Then there's Disney, who kills, or already killed, someone off. Kyo better work his butt of, huh? FIGHT, KYO, FIGHT! Thanks for the review!
Haruka Akira- thank you very much for the nice comment! I'm really glad you like this! Yukiru is, indeed, the best couple Fruits Basket could (better) have! Thanks again XD!
Animefreak- Sorry for the wait again, school is against me. But I'm trying hard to find time to write. Thanks for the review!
shiawase higurashi- Kyo indeed helps Yuki, and will try his hardest to win, win, win! Like he said, Kyo might not admit to it but he doesn't want Yuki to die… cause I'd smack him (XD) and Kagura just might make an appearance XP And thanks for the review!
MegTao- Nopers, luckily, the rat's curse isn't contagious XD It would suck, I agree, if it was contagious, but it's only confined to the rat. Poor Yuki T.T Thanks for the review!
Maple Chan- I'm mad at Kyo because he's getting too close to Tohru for my liking. Yuki should be with Tohru, not Kyo! But otherwise, I'm perfectly fine with him XD Luckily, Kyo controlled his anger and fights, cause yes, we don't want to lose Yuki, do we :O He's too sweet! And I'll check out your story as soon as I can find the time (it ran away from me XP) though, I am a big Yukiru fan and only that. Thanks for the comment!
white-rosekiss- Ah, it's not sad that you haven't written any Yukiru's. I've loved that couple for ages and now I finally decided to write about the. Thanks for the review!
Catherine b- Kyo had no clue they were together (he didn't believe Ayame when he shouted about it through the house). It was quite a shocker for him, though, believe me. Thanks for the comment!
