Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket. I am running out of creative ways to say this.

A/N: Well, guess what? Right after I wrote chapter 10, I found out that Tohru's mother died because Manabe's girlfriend's father hit her car. So Kohana, Ayamesgirl, HeavenGoddess, and whoever read Chapter 10 before July 15, 2005, 12:15 pm Eastern time, go reread the part in chapter 10 where Kyo was explaining to Tohru what happened to her mother. So, are you psyched? ARE YOU READAAAAY? LETS DO THIS THANG!

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Kyo dug his fingers into Tohru's wrist to check for her pulse. She's still alive. A car stopped next to them and a frantic woman got out.

"Oh my god! Kyo! What happened to Tohru?" Mayuko ran to Kyo's side.

"Sensei! Please, can you call an ambulance to the Sohma main house? You know the address, right?" Kyo asked her as he carefully picked up Tohru, as not to transform. The main house isn't far from here…

Mayuko nodded. She was about to walk over to the pay phone when Kyo called out "Oh! Sensei! Look in the phone book there and find Uotani and Hanajima's phone numbers! Call them and tell them to meet us there as well!" Mayuko nodded again and ran to the phone booth.

Kyo stood up and ran with Tohru in his arms. I can make it… Just one more block… Finally, he turned the corner and pushed open the gate to the main house. He kept running until he reached the banquet hall and shoved the door so it slammed open.

All the guests jerked their heads towards the door to see Kyo clutching a battered Tohru in his arms. Yuki was the first one to stand up. "What the hell did you do, Kyo? I thought you said you were going to take care of her you bastard!" He rushed over to Tohru's side.

"Yuki. Get back here." A cold voice echoed from the table. "Come back here and sit down!"

Akito was standing up and glaring at him.

No… Yuki wanted to say, but he struggled with his bond to his god. He couldn't disobey him… No… The rat couldn't disobey him. No… I'm not the rat. I'm Yuki. I'M YUKI. "N… NO!" Yuki yelled, panting.

Akito looked as though she had just been slapped in the face. "Y… You can't say no to me… Why are you disobeying me, you can't disobey me…" A maniac gleam entered Akito's eyes. She sat back down, shaking.

"What happened?" At this point, Uotani and Hanajima walked in through the door. "OH MY GOD, TOHRU!" Uotani and Hanajima both ran to kneel next to Yuki.

"Y… YOU!" Akito pointed to Hatori. "I KNOW EVERYTHING! I know all your secrets!" Her finger ran around the room. "Hatori! I know about your wife. I know you married this, MAYUKO." Hatori fingered his wedding band. "And you two!" She pointed from Rin to Hatsuharu. "I know you two have been seeing each other again!" She slapped the table hard with her hands and stood up again. "Is there anything ELSE you want to tell me? WELL?" Akito darted glances around the room.

Momiji stood up first. "I… I've been meeting my sister."

Then Ritsu. "I've been… seeing someone… a woman…"

Then Kisa and Hiro stood holding hands. "We… we've been seeing each other… as more than friends…"

Kagura next. "I… I've been dating a boy from the school near mine…"

Ayame got up and laughed. "I don't know if we're officially together but I can tell you, Akito, that I am head over heels for my assistant, Mine."

Yuki finally confessed blushing "I have… someone that I love as well… Although I don't know if we're really seeing each other yet…" He smiled in spite of the situation.

Kureno stood suddenly and walked towards where Kyo, Yuki, Hanajima, and Uotani were kneeling with Tohru. Everybody watched in awe as he took Uotani's hand and pulled her up. "Arisa… I'm done running. Are you ready to stand by my side?" Uotani nodded and they turned to face Akito.

"Arisa and I have decided," Kureno stated in a loud, strong voice for everyone to here. "That we want to get married. In the fall, perhaps."

"M-MARRIED?" Uotani jerked her head to look at Kureno. "I—IS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT?" She blushed.

"What? You don't want to?" Kureno asked her nervously.

"N… NO… I want to… but… ARRGH forget it! I guess I'll take this as a proposal, and my answer is… YES! GOD, YOU'RE SUCH AN IDIOT!" Uotani swung her arms around his neck and pulled him into a kiss.

Hanajima laughed while everybody else just stared with their mouths hanging open. They had never even imagined something like this would happen, especially with Kureno.

"W… Wait a second…" Hiro pulled them out of their stupor as he remembered something everyone had temporarily forgotten. "She's hugging him… How… What about the curse?" Everybody turned to look at Hiro.

"That's simple." Shigure spoke for the first time and everybody now turned their attention to him. "Kureno was released from the curse."

"WHAT?" Was the first reaction he got from everyone. "But…. How?" Kyo asked. Everybody started at him because this was the first he had spoken as well. "How did it happen?"

Kureno sighed. "I don't know… I was very young… I don't remember."

"Oh yes… Akito, don't you have something to tell everyone as well?" Shigure smirked as he looked dangerously at Akito, whose eyes became wide with fear.

She was spared an answer because just then, doctors spilled into the room with Mayuko by their side. "Oh dear." One of the doctors said as he picked Tohru out of Kyo's lap.

"Okay, we all have to go to the hospital." Rin said finally as she stood up. Everybody else followed suit.

"NO! I. WILL. NOT. LOSE. YOU!" Akito yelled out. "I FORBID YOU TO GO!"

Everybody froze. They couldn't refuse such a direct command. It was silent until Kyo stood and stormed across the room to Akito with the most livid expression on his face. "YOU BASTARD… YOU LOWLIFE BASTARD. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU. INCASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD YOU SELFISH BITCH!" Kyo slapped Akito across the face. Hard. "SHE'S DYING. DO YOU HEAR ME? SHE IS FUCKING DYING. AND ALL YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IS YOUR STUPID HOLD ON YOUR STUPID ZODIAC. JUST A REALITY CHECK, WE ARE NOT YOUR PETS. WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE WHO NEEDS US MORE THAN YOU. YOU CALL YOURSELF A GOD? I SEE NOTHING GOD-LIKE ABOUT YOU. YOU ARE A BASTARD-- A FILTHY, SCHEMING BASTARD. YOU WERE USING TOHRU—MANIPULATING HER FOR YOUR OWN SICK PURPOSES! DO YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK? I THINK YOU AND YOUR JUUNISHI CAN ROT IN HELL, FOR ALL I CARE. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" When Kyo finished, a silence washed over the whole hall. Akito was looking like the life had been drained out of her.

When she finally spoke her words were barely audible. "Fine…" She choked. "FINE. You guys can go. You can leave. You can leave my side forever, for all I fucking care. I RELEASE YOU!" he last words echoed endlessly throughout the hall.

All of the cursed fell to their knees, clutching their chests. Something was coming out. Something was leaving. Something was happening.

Everybody gasped for air as a light came from nowhere and shrouded them all. They felt the spirits leaving their souls. The curse had lifted. The god had released them from their never-ending banquet. The cat could go home without the rage against the rat. When the light finally faded, they felt freer than they had ever felt before. Such a heavy burden had been lifted from them.

"No… no…" Akito whispered. "What have I done? WHAT HAVE I DONE?" She fell to her knees crying.

At first they had all forgotten what was going on in their shock. That was until a doctor came in. "Which one of you is Kyo?"

Kyo spun around. "That would be me."

"Please, come with us. The girl… in her sleep, all she does is whisper you name."

"Tohru…" Kyo ran outside with the doctor.

Everybody else snapped out of their daze and found their own means to get to the hospital.

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CHA-CHA! Curse broken! What will happen next? YOU'LL SOON FIND OUT!

Oh… and I think I had a little too much Akito-bashing in this one, but whatever. It wouldn't be the same without it! Review, review, REVIEW!