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Chapter 11- Shukuun and Iyoku (Destiny and Desire)
After the banquet, Hitoshi and Kyo had gotten very quiet. Hitoshi just completed her job of cleaning every day and moved to her room sitting on the bed staring at the covers. Kyo was almost the same way, but each day, he would sneak a peak at Hitoshi's room to see if she was O.K. although he didn't get enough courage to actually talk to her. Finally, the time had come for the pair to go back to high school and the atmosphere was very jittery. Hitoshi had gotten much more careless and sadder with the days of Winter Break ending and Kyo somehow knew that she wasn't upset that the break was over. He knew that Akito was the cause of all of this and he had the strange urge to punch Akito in the face. It was the day before school started and Kyo couldn't sleep. Akito would be coming the next day after school and he would be deciding if the Sohma family could afford to keep Hitoshi in the family. Lightly, someone gently tapped on the door and cooed asking Kyo,
"Kyo, can I come in?"
"Yeah, sure," said Kyo sitting up in his bed. He heard the door slightly open and saw Hitoshi creeping in. He started to blush a little, but ignored it and asked her,
"So, what's up?"
"I was wondering if we could talk for a little," said Hitoshi looking down and blushing.
"Sure," replied Kyo motioning Hitoshi to sit next to him on the bed. Hitoshi slowly walked towards the spot and slowly sat beside him still looking down.
"I..I.. w..wanted to tell you something," stammered Hitoshi still blushing and looking down.
"Well go on!" exclaimed Kyo trying to glance at Hitoshi's face. Hitoshi stopped blushing and got very serious looking at Kyo straight in the eye.
"I want you to know that this will probably be my last night in this house," said Hitoshi.
"But Akito hasn't even decided yet!!!!!!" exclaimed Kyo trying to bring some hope into the room.
"But it is for the best," replied Hitoshi trying to calm Kyo down.
"WHAT THE HELL?!!!!!!!!!? You have no idea what's the best for me!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Kyo desperately standing up to make a point.
"I know, but I do know what is best for this family and it isn't me." Kyo tried to say something, but Hitoshi silenced him, "The monster inside of me will soon be revealed and it will affect you all. That is the last thing that I want right now; to get you hurt." Hitoshi finished and smiled at Kyo sadly looking a bit teary-eyed.
"But you're the best thing that's happened to us since Tohru-san!!!!!!!!! Do you not like it here?!!!!!!?" questioned Kyo trying to find some way to negate Hitoshi's thoughts.
"Of course I love it here!! That's why I have to leave; it's to preserve the kindness and happiness that you all have given to me. I just want to stay here all of my life, but… I can't. I CAN'T!!!!!!!! PLEASE DON'T MAKE THIS MORE DIFFICULT THAT IT IS!!!!!!!!!!" said Hitoshi grabbing her hair and rolling into a ball, crying. Kyo looked at Hitoshi who was throbbing with sobs. He placed his hands lightly on top of her shoulders and leant down trying to look at her face.
"If you want to leave, you must, but if you leave this house will never be what it used to be. It will never be it's best," said Kyo very gently. Hitoshi got up wiping her tears amazed, and then she smiled at him and punched him gently at the side of the head saying,
"But you'll be happy without me right?" As Hitoshi exited the room Kyo said to himself,
"How could I be?"
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It was after school. Shigure and Tsubasha had cleared out the furniture from Hitoshi's room and Hitoshi was waiting in her room staring into space waiting politely for Akito. After a few minutes of waiting, Akito finally did come and shut the door behind him. Hitoshi looked to the ground as though she was bowing and said,
"Hello, Akito-san."
"Don't you 'hello' me you stupid bitch," replied Akito very aggravated at her presence. Hitoshi looked at Akito angrily, but she stopped herself.
"Well, so you can change as well huh?" questioned Akito smiling at Hitoshi menacingly.
"Yes," replied Hitoshi trying to stop herself from smacking Akito.
"You know that I can reveal your secret to the whole family right now if I want to," said Akito.
"How?"questioned Hitoshi.
"The whole family is gathered in Shigure's room right at this very moment along with that stupid Tohru. I could reveal it to them right now and you'll never live to see this family again," said Akito looking at Hitoshi to see her reaction. Instead of being afraid like Akito expected, Hitoshi was laughing and crying at the same time saying,
"Like you could do anything!"
"Say that again and I'll kill you!!!!" exclaimed Akito.
"You can barely stand up on your own without collapsing. You can do nothing to me you baka," said Hitoshi. Akito then couldn't take it anymore; he kicked her in the stomach. Still Hitoshi did nothing but smile and hold her stomach. Akito kept on kicking on every free spot on her body. Still Hitoshi did nothing. Then Akito started to punch her and finally dragged her by the hair to the middle of the living room where everyone was watching. Hitoshi stopped to smile at Kyo and then Akito got back to punching and kicking her. Akito got frustrated of kicking someone that wouldn't respond, so he knelt down in front of her and noticed her necklace.
"So, what's this for?" Suddenly, Hitoshi reacted and replied,
"Please don't take it!!!!!!!!! I can't live without it!!!!!!!!!"
"Is that so?" replied Akito stretching for the necklace. Hitoshi backed away, but winced in pain from the bruises. Akito kept on trying to get it and finally, he held her down by pulling on her long hair.
"This necklace belongs to me now," said Akito. He took the necklace and pulled it directly off of Hitoshi's neck (Tsubasha has gone out somewhere and the Sohma family is wincing in pain along with Yuki and Tohru). Hitoshi collapsed to the ground gasping for air and then coughing violently. Kyo rushed to her side to help her, but was pushed aside.
"I don't want you in this!!" said Hitoshi. Then the coughing got worse and worse until she started to hack up blood. Then she started to scream madly twitching and twisting her body as though every fiber of her being was in pain. Then her body stopped moving, but the screaming got higher and higher, as what looked like black flames, enveloped her. When they finally did fully envelop her, the screaming turned to laughing. Not ordinary laughing, but a laugh that sounded like the dead screaming for help. Her eyes had gone completely red with almost no pupils. She had fangs, which she bared proudly while laughing and sleek dragon-like wings that matched her completely black outfit. Instead of a necklace, a tattoo was placed on her neck that had the red gem with a pair of dragon wings rather than the one dove wing and the one dragon wing. The lady stopped laughing and looked around the room at the scared people satisfyingly. Then Kyo burst out and asked,
"What have you done with Hitoshi?!!!!!!!!!?" The lady looked in his direction and threw a chi barrier onto Kyo pinning him onto the wall.
"What crap are you saying? I am Hitoshi," said the lady looking at Kyo as though he was some form of food.
"You're not Hitoshi!!!!!!! She would never do this!!!!!!" exclaimed Kyo trying to free himself from the barrier. Then the girl got really mad. She clenched her fist and the chi barrier got smaller and smaller making Kyo get hurt much easier.
"I am a part of Hitoshi as much as this blood that you are shedding is a part of you. This is the dark side of the Kawakami curse which Hitoshi had given you clues about so many times," said the lady cutting Kyo's cheek with a long fingernail. Kyo stared in surprise and remembered the times that Hitoshi had hinted about the 'monster' that lived inside of her and finally understood.
"Still Hitoshi-chan would never be a part of you!!!" exclaimed Kisa stepping out from behind Hiro.
"Awww. It's a sweet little girl. I'll take care of you," said the lady and she kicked Kisa all the way across the living room. Hiro got extremely mad at this and attempted to attack the lady, but was kicked aside as well. The rest of the Sohma family backed away from the lady. Then the lady picked out Akito from the group and told him to kneel down. She then formed a chi ball in her hands and said,
"I'll kill you so slowly that you can feel each sinew snap and you can feel the blood from your wounds wash you with the pain that you deserve," With that statement, the lady brought the chi ball towards Akito's skin on his arm and slowly began the torture. Akito started to bite his lip forcefully as the energy ball slowly cut through his skin slicing each layer until he was sure that he felt it cut through his bone. He started to scream in pain trying to get his arm back, but the lady held on tighter looking at the blood as though she was a child looking at candy. She licked her lips and her eyes grew wider with enjoyment as Akito screamed louder, but her enjoyment stopped as soon as Tsubasha walked through the door. Tsubasha was talking to Shigure, but when she saw the lady taking apart Akito's arm, she pushed Shigure aside and took out a slip of paper from the belt that held her katana and chanted something. The lady dropped Akito and looked a little afraid, but out of anger, she formed another chi ball in her hands and threw it at Tsubasha. Tsubasha easily dodged it and said,
"Go back to the hell-hole that you sprung from!!!!!!!" Then she threw the paper at the lady and it affixed onto her forehead (by the head, the paper has the kanji for seal which I can't show you, but the translation is "in" no it doesn't mean inside, but it means "seal"). The lady scrapped her long fingernails frantically along the piece of paper that was slowly seeping into her forehead. Finally, it had seeped in fully and the symbol began to shine as the lady panicked. Soon, she was taken over by a white lighting-like sphere in which she was constantly writhing and twitching moving her body in some way that looked like she was in constant pain. Then Tsubasha jumped over to Akito, who was nurturing his wound and held out her hand yelling,
"Give Hitoshi's necklace to me!!!!!!!!!!!" Akito was startled, but he responded stubbornly,
"Why?!!!!!!!!!?" Tsubasha then picked Akito up by the collar and stared at him angrily saying,
"If you want to live, then I suggest that you give her necklace back to me or you all will die." Without any hesitation, Akito gave the necklace to her and stood back watching as Tsubasha forced the necklace on the twitching body. When she finally did, the lady was on the ground coughing madly just as Hitoshi had done before, but before she changed back, the lady said to everyone in a hoarse voice,
"Hitoshi is me and you all know that." Then the black aura around Hitoshi dissipated and Hitoshi was on her knees with bruises all over her body. Her hair hung over her face, but when Tsubasha lifted her hair away, Hitoshi was sobbing softly, but when she saw Tsubasha, she collapsed into her arms as Tsubasha tried to gently comfort her. After she had finished her sobbing, she got up, but the whole family backed away from her (including Kyo). Hitoshi looked at Kisa and offered her hand to her, but Kisa smacked it aside and said,
"Get away you… thing!!!!!" Hitoshi stopped and turned her head to Akito who said,
"I do not want to see your face or hear your voice in any of houses of the Sohma's understood?" Hitoshi nodded and went to her room to pack her things. It had been decided that she was to leave the next day. Akito had also decided to force Tsubasha to stay even though she fought with him as much she could. Hitoshi stayed in her room for the last day not coming out for a second. Kyo went about his daily activities and arguing, but at every chance he could get, he would listen to Hitoshi through the door checking to make sure that she was O.K., but he could hear no crying or whimpering, just the quiet slow breathing of Hitoshi. Kyo couldn't sleep that night, all that he could think of was how Hitoshi had warned him the countless number of times of what her dark side was, but her face seemed to be playing back over and over in his mind like a tape that was broken. Finally, the next day, it was time for Hitoshi to go. She came out of her room looking as though it was a normal day, but there was no emotion in her face. She had a few bags which she carried herself to the door. Akito had come to watch her depart and he had ordered a few Sohma members (Shigure, Ayame, and Hotohori) to hold back Tsubasha so that she wouldn't try to escape. It was about ten o'clock in the morning and Hitoshi began to walk out of the door until Tsubasha frantically yelled at her saying,
"Why are you running away?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!? Is this what your mother would've wanted?!!!!!? Tell me Hitoshi!!!!!! TELL ME!!!!!!!" Tsubasha was crying now waiting for Hitoshi to answer. Hitoshi stopped on her way out and turned to Tsubasha sadly smiling,
"My mother never wanted me in the first place sensei." Tsubasha stopped crying and she looked at Hitoshi, who was still managing to smile as she said,
"Thank you Shigure-san and Kyo-san. You have given me what any person would agree as a wondrous home and a place where I could belong. I am just so sorry that I have endangered all of you, but I do not want you to suffer any longer. Thank you." And with that Hitoshi started to walk out the door, but Kyo stopped her by running towards her and lifting her face, which was drenched with tears.
"Why don't you understand you baka? Why?" questioned Hitoshi dropping her bags and burying her face in her hands sobbing. Kyo started to bite his lip trying to stop himself from crying as he spoke to Hitoshi very politely saying,
"I have one last request of you Kawakami Hitoshi. Can I hug you?" Hitoshi looked up stepping back slightly, then she opened her arms and Kyo ran into them as Hitoshi shut her eyes and returned the embrace. As the cat and the dove hugged, each wept silently on each other's shoulders wishing that they didn't have to part. When they got back into their clothes, Hitoshi commenced to walk towards the door. When her hand reached the doorknob, she turned back to the group and spoke as happily as she could saying,
"Good bye." Then she opened the door and shut it behind her. Tsubasha had stopped struggling and she had collapsed to the ground crying. Kyo was in a state of shock as he stared at the door imaging Hitoshi to walk back inside the door acting as if all of what had happened was a joke. Tears began to roll down Kyo's cheeks as he almost whispered,
"She's gone."
Author's Note
Well, that was certainly a very sad and gruesome chapter considering the fact that I love gore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, I thought you all would like to know what my personal opinion is of all of the characters of Fruits Basket. Let's start with the all famous Tohru Honda. I know Natsuki meant well when she created Tohru, but personally, I hate her. I know you all are like "WHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?" Well I hate her. She's so dense I swear if Yuki stripped her and kissed her she'd probably say something like "He's such a Prince." And why is she so happy? Her mother died a year earlier!!!!!!!!!! The only Hitoshi can forget it is because it happened when she was young and she still hasn't gotten over it!!! And she realllllllllly weak. I'm sorry, but I can't stand weak girls in anime. In my opinion, they have to be able to stand up for themselves and kick guy's butts!!!!!!!! That's the reason that I made Hitoshi an assassin and also it matched the dark side of her which yearns for blood (I looooooove gore and bloody scenes in anime and manga. It rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Next chapter, I will talk about Yuki and his "Prince-ness." Oh!!! R&R please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need to know if I need to make a sequel or not cause I do have an idea which rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bye you nice people who need to R -P
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