Chapter 7-Plan A
Heyo everyone, I take this opportunity, while watching the super bowl to write another chapter. A/N- this chapter starts when Tohru was pulled out of the room, a little backtracking to explain what happened to her..
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Akito slammed the door to the room and grabbed Tohru by the arm.
"Tell me, Miss. Honda, do I scare you? Are you afraid like the others?"
Tohru looked at him, she couldn't talk; did he scare her? Yes, he did, but she was so scared that all she could do was look at him bewildered.
"You have no reason to be," he said, loosening his grip on her arm, "I will not be calling to Hatori anytime soon." He began to lead her out of the building, "You're probably wondering why I am doing this, well, seeing as you'll never see those two again, it's ok to tell you." Tohru looked at him questioningly. They were now walking across a courtyard toward Akito's private quarters.
It started raining again, Akito looked at Tohru and pulled her closer to him, "Why do they love you? Why do they confide in you other than me? It's obvious that you're important to them, but you're just a girl, a measly, stupid, puny, inexperienced girl, what do you have to offer them? Why have they abandoned me for you? You should never have gotten involved. You are too nosy for your own good. How dare you think that you can come into our lives and change us all, heal our wounds, make us happy, you don't understand, you don't know what its like! You have nothing, you know nothing, you are a foolish being who needs to be separated from them before you cause anymore damage on MY family!" His grip tightened on her arms, and her eyes welled with tears. Akito barely noticed through his rage, he pulled her into his house and threw her onto the ground. He stood over her menacingly for a moment; she curled up and cringed, waiting for him to do something. He pulled her hair and made her face him, "You have no idea what we have suffered. You will never be able to make the mistake of helping any of us ever again." He released her hair, her head slammed into the ground, and she blacked out. When she awoke, she was laying on the floor of an empty room, her head throbbing from her fall. Her eyes darted around the vacant space; there was nothing in the room except the small mat she was lying on and a tiny window in the corner. She went to the door and found it unlocked, she cautiously opened the door and walked into the dark hallway. She heard a light breathing coming from another room, she went to that room, and opened the door; she recognized the room as the one that Akito had summoned her to before. She stepped into the room and saw Akito lying on a mat, sound asleep. "Ya know," she thought, "When he's asleep like that, he almost looks human. I hope that I can help him, but I'm not sure I'm strong enough." She glanced around the room, and saw her mother's picture, sitting on a table, overjoyed she ran to pick it up, but when she turned around, she saw Akito, bearing a club, standing behind her, when he saw her, he lowered his weapon, "Never come into this room, next time I won't be so kind." She apologized, bowed, and tried to duck out of the room. "Stop," he said, she turned around slowly, and Akito put out his hand, "I believe, you have something that belongs to me." "NO," Tohru cried, holding her mother's picture close to her, "you can't have mom, she's not yours, she's mine, please don't take her from me again, you've taken everyone else away from me, leave me this, please Akito, I'm begging you!" Akito smirked, "well then, (he took the picture away from Tohru and smashed it to the ground,) There, take it, It's useless to me, it's only a stupid picture." Tohru dropped to her knees and cried over the picture. Akito left her and walked down the hallway, suddenly, Tohru stopped crying and jumped up towards the door, "Why are you so cold? Why won't you open up to others? Don't you see that you're causing yourself pain and suffering when you could be enjoying life? Don't you have a heart?" Akito stopped and turned around to face Tohru, her blood ran cold with the evil aura that surrounded him, he advanced towards her, smirking, "A heart you ask?" He was now standing right in front of her, suddenly, he put her arms around her, and held her tightly, "How can I have a heart when I do not feel anything? No feelings of love, or hate, just anger and jealousy?" He whispered in her ear, Her eyes widened, and he threw her to the ground, right on top of the fragments of the picture frame. He looked at her face, with tears running down it, turned around, and walked away. After that incident, Tohru tried to avoid Akito at all costs, she was allowed to roam free around the building all she wanted, but she was not allowed to enter Akito's room. As the hours went on, she became hungry, but could not find food; she didn't feel like herself. She felt weakened by the events that have taken place, and worried constantly about Yuki and Kyo. "I hope they haven't killed each other mom." She said, "They kept wanting to fight, but I'm not sure whether they will or not." she was interrupted by the door to her room sliding open and Akito walking in. She instinctively jumped up and bowed, "h.. h.. hi Akito." She stammered. She looked at him, he didn't look at her, she didn't move. His muscles tensed up and she braced herself, "Look up at me, stop bowing!" She instantly obeyed his command. He smiled and slapped her across the face, sending her to the ground, "You do not deserve to have happiness." He said, taking the picture of her mother, Tohru, through her pain, jumped and adhered herself to his leg, "No, I won't let you take my mother!" he kicked her off, but she would not give up, she jumped to her feet and wrestled the picture away from him, quickly hiding it in a nearby bookshelf, "You can't have her, you will never be able to take her from me, just like you will never be able to take happiness from me, nor can you ever say I don't know the meaning of suffering. Akito, just because you are bitter and unhappy does not mean that you have the right to take that from anyone." He looked up at her, stood up, and walked to her, "I am the head of the Sohma family, everything that they do depends on me, and there is nothing that they can do nothing without me. The only thing that they can do is my bidding, and if I will them to be unhappy, they will, and there's nothing that you can do to change that!" "No, you're wrong," Tohru cried, covering her ears, "They are people, and you, you are human, you all are, you deserve normal lives, don't you see, you are causing yourself and everyone around you practically unbearable pain, if you just let someone in to help you, you could change the path, you could change the way you see life, everything could change, you could recover from all the sickness you have."
"Never talk to me like that you little girl!" Akito screamed, he punched her in the face and threw her to the ground, "I don't have to listen to you if I don't want to, I never want to hear your annoying voice ever again! If you so much as open your mouth, Yuki and Kyo will suffer greater than they ever had in their lives!"
Knowing the extreme pain that both boys suffered throughout time, Tohru was helpless, so she pretended to be passed out, Akito left the room. She laid there in the middle of the floor until it was dark. Once night fell, she lit a candle and put it next to her mother's picture, which she put back into the temporarily repaired frame, and lit another one to take with her as she looked around for a way out. She walked outside, to a small balcony on the second floor. She heard a rustle in the bushes, startled, she jumped back against the house, and then she heard a familiar voice,
"Tohru, Tohru? Are you there?"
"Momiji!" she cried softly, "Momiji! Is it really you?" she ran to the balcony where the rabbit was visible.
"Tohru!" he happily replied, "You look pale, is Akito feeding you? What's that bruise on your forehead? He hasn't been beating you has he? Why are you crying? OH yeah, I have news from Shigure, he says there's a plan, uh-huh, a plan, and when you see Kisa and Hiro in the courtyard, you are to go to this balcony and wait for Yuki and Kyo, don't worry about Akito, we have it all planned out, I'll see you soon, bye bye now! Oh and Tohru, don't worry, everything will be fine."
"Wait, Momiji, come to the balcony, I want you to take my mother and keep her safe for me, Akito's been trying to destroy her."
"Sure Tohru, anything." Momiji said happily as he caught the picture that Tohru dropped, "I'll see you in less than 24 hours! I promise!"
"Bye Momiji, be careful!" Tohru called out softly.
With a quick good-bye and a salute, Momiji was gone. Tohru spent the rest of the night on the balcony, thinking of whether it was a dream, but very happy to see a kind face, she felt so safe being alone on the balcony, outside, where she could watch the sunrise. After the first few rays of light shone over the house, she decided it would be best to return to the room that she had left. She got there in perfect time, for she could hear Akito just waking up down the hall. She went into the room, and laid down in the position that he had left her in. He walked by, opened the door, seeing her lying on the ground, Akito believed her to be asleep, and so, continued on towards his private room. Tohru quietly went into an empty room across the hall where she could view the courtyard, but being completely exhausted from the day before, she slowly drifted off to sleep in the sunlight and the sound of birds around her. While she slept, she had a dream. "Tohru," her mother's voice was heard, "Tohru, you've been so strong lately, you can't give up now." Tohru looked up to see her mom, cradling her, Tohru buried her face in her mother's arms, "He has no kindness mom. I don't know what to do!"
"Sometimes Tohru, you have to search deeper than you ever had before. Some people shut themselves off from the world. It is not your fault. You can't force them to change. Change comes over time. Just be yourself, you'll be fine. Your bruises and scratches will heal and you will reunite with everyone there who loves you, cares for you and worries about you. Do not give up, be strong everything will be fine in the end, you'll see."
The voice faded, Tohru awakened suddenly and almost called out for her mother, but remembering Akito's threat, she remained silent.
Tohru heard a commotion, looking out a window she saw Kisa and Hiro playing and holding hands. She smiled, and went towards the door. She opened the door a little to see Akito rush by her. She went back to the window and saw Kisa give the sign. "Plan A" was in action. Her heart beat faster in anticipation. She ran across the hall, avoiding Akito, and went onto the balcony to await Yuki and Kyo. A rustle in the bushes made her jump up to the edge, sure enough, Yuki emerged, followed by Kyo, they threw her a small rope ladder, which she affixed to the low railing. She climbed down and they pulled the rope ladder down as well so as to not leave any evidence. They wound it up and exchanged some words of greeting, then ran off to find Hatori in his car, on the way, they passed by Shigure, who was supposed to make sure Akito didn't hurt Kisa and Hiro too much, Ayame, Momiji and Ritzu who were the lookouts for Haru and Kagura, who were busy taking out some guards. They reached Hatori's car and dove in.
"Ok, everybody down, this will be difficult depending on whether those two were successful." Hatori warned. Tohru hid under a blanket in the back seat and the other two curled up under the windows. They passed through the complex with no trouble, when they reached the gate, Haru and Kagura waved them on. "Ok you three, it's safe to come out now." Hatori said. Tohru tentatively looked up from the seat, as did Yuki and Kyo.
"You seem pale," Yuki observed, wiping a stray tear from Tohru's eye, "It's over now, you don't need to worry."
Kyo jumped in the conversation, "You're ok right? He didn't. ya know.. Do anything to you? Did he?"
"Well, he threw me around a little, scrapes and bruises, no broken bones or any."
"That's not what I meant." the cat began to say. He was stopped by a slap from Yuki and a confused look from Tohru, "I was just sayin'" He concluded, rubbing his face.
"Wha.. What do you mean?" Tohru asked.
"Don't worry about it." Yuki assured her.
Hatori stopped the car, "You three get out here."
"Where are we?" Kyo asked.
"We're at Hana's house!" Tohru exclaimed.
"Why are we." Yuki looked at Hatori, " You told her that we would be coming I trust?"
"Well, Shigure did, so yes, you are expected." Hatori answered, "Everyone else will be arriving shortly."
With that, Hatori drove away. Tohru and the two boys entered Saki's house.
"Tohru!" Saki said, rushing down to meet her friends, "I'll go get some food." She disappeared into the kitchen.
Arisa walked down the stairs, "Tohru! I'm so happy you're here, Prince? Carrot- Top? What the hell are you two doing here? Oh yeah. sorry. Tohru. What happened to you? You have a big bruise on your face! Did that creep Akito beat you up? What happened? Where is the person who did this to you?" Tohru looked at her friend, Saki came back into the room. "It was soo horrible!" Tohru cried, she ran for cover in Arisa's arms (because she couldn't go to the boys) and cried. Arisa was surprised at this reaction. She looked at Yuki and Kyo, "What happened?" she mouthed silently. They shook their heads and glanced at Tohru. Saki understood.
"Tohru, you look tired, here, come with me." Saki suggested. Tohru nodded and followed her friend who gently led her up the stairs. When Saki returned, the girls faced the two boys.
"SO," Arisa asked, sitting down. "What happened?"
Kyo reached into his pocket and put the picture of Tohru's mother and frame on the table. The girls looked at the broken frame. "Same thing he did to us," Kyo pointed out bitterly.
"What do you mean?" Arisa asked.
"He tried to destroy her spirit, break her down, beat her into submission.but he did not take advantage over her.. Umm. in That way." he stumbled on the words.
"You are very lucky he didn't" Arisa proclaimed.
Saki cut in, slightly quieter than Arisa, "Why couldn't you help her?" she asked.
"We were locked in the room, if we tried to escape, he would have hurt Tohru more. That's just the way that evil bastard is."
The doorbell rang. Hana opened the door to see Haru, Momiji, Kagura, Hiro, Hatori, Ayame, and Ritzu standing outside. Haru was carrying a badly beaten Kisa, and Shigure was propped between Ayame and Ritzu, he too bore battle wounds from a confrontation with Akito. ________________________________________________________________________**** ******************************************************************** End of Chapter 7
Chapter 8- Akito's Wrath- what befell the Sohmas, Tohru, Kisa, Shigure- that's the current injuries list, it may or may not expand. Akito's not done yet, and the Sohma curse revealed????? To whom? Hah- not telling
I want to that my two friends Nette and Heather for their great ideas when I kinda hit a writer's block. but it's all good now, I know where this story is going, so any questions- direct them my way, Leave a signed review and I'll get back to you, or you could wait until I do the next chapter and I will address any problems then. For now though, good-bye and good night! Damn patriots won.. blah!
Heyo everyone, I take this opportunity, while watching the super bowl to write another chapter. A/N- this chapter starts when Tohru was pulled out of the room, a little backtracking to explain what happened to her..
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Akito slammed the door to the room and grabbed Tohru by the arm.
"Tell me, Miss. Honda, do I scare you? Are you afraid like the others?"
Tohru looked at him, she couldn't talk; did he scare her? Yes, he did, but she was so scared that all she could do was look at him bewildered.
"You have no reason to be," he said, loosening his grip on her arm, "I will not be calling to Hatori anytime soon." He began to lead her out of the building, "You're probably wondering why I am doing this, well, seeing as you'll never see those two again, it's ok to tell you." Tohru looked at him questioningly. They were now walking across a courtyard toward Akito's private quarters.
It started raining again, Akito looked at Tohru and pulled her closer to him, "Why do they love you? Why do they confide in you other than me? It's obvious that you're important to them, but you're just a girl, a measly, stupid, puny, inexperienced girl, what do you have to offer them? Why have they abandoned me for you? You should never have gotten involved. You are too nosy for your own good. How dare you think that you can come into our lives and change us all, heal our wounds, make us happy, you don't understand, you don't know what its like! You have nothing, you know nothing, you are a foolish being who needs to be separated from them before you cause anymore damage on MY family!" His grip tightened on her arms, and her eyes welled with tears. Akito barely noticed through his rage, he pulled her into his house and threw her onto the ground. He stood over her menacingly for a moment; she curled up and cringed, waiting for him to do something. He pulled her hair and made her face him, "You have no idea what we have suffered. You will never be able to make the mistake of helping any of us ever again." He released her hair, her head slammed into the ground, and she blacked out. When she awoke, she was laying on the floor of an empty room, her head throbbing from her fall. Her eyes darted around the vacant space; there was nothing in the room except the small mat she was lying on and a tiny window in the corner. She went to the door and found it unlocked, she cautiously opened the door and walked into the dark hallway. She heard a light breathing coming from another room, she went to that room, and opened the door; she recognized the room as the one that Akito had summoned her to before. She stepped into the room and saw Akito lying on a mat, sound asleep. "Ya know," she thought, "When he's asleep like that, he almost looks human. I hope that I can help him, but I'm not sure I'm strong enough." She glanced around the room, and saw her mother's picture, sitting on a table, overjoyed she ran to pick it up, but when she turned around, she saw Akito, bearing a club, standing behind her, when he saw her, he lowered his weapon, "Never come into this room, next time I won't be so kind." She apologized, bowed, and tried to duck out of the room. "Stop," he said, she turned around slowly, and Akito put out his hand, "I believe, you have something that belongs to me." "NO," Tohru cried, holding her mother's picture close to her, "you can't have mom, she's not yours, she's mine, please don't take her from me again, you've taken everyone else away from me, leave me this, please Akito, I'm begging you!" Akito smirked, "well then, (he took the picture away from Tohru and smashed it to the ground,) There, take it, It's useless to me, it's only a stupid picture." Tohru dropped to her knees and cried over the picture. Akito left her and walked down the hallway, suddenly, Tohru stopped crying and jumped up towards the door, "Why are you so cold? Why won't you open up to others? Don't you see that you're causing yourself pain and suffering when you could be enjoying life? Don't you have a heart?" Akito stopped and turned around to face Tohru, her blood ran cold with the evil aura that surrounded him, he advanced towards her, smirking, "A heart you ask?" He was now standing right in front of her, suddenly, he put her arms around her, and held her tightly, "How can I have a heart when I do not feel anything? No feelings of love, or hate, just anger and jealousy?" He whispered in her ear, Her eyes widened, and he threw her to the ground, right on top of the fragments of the picture frame. He looked at her face, with tears running down it, turned around, and walked away. After that incident, Tohru tried to avoid Akito at all costs, she was allowed to roam free around the building all she wanted, but she was not allowed to enter Akito's room. As the hours went on, she became hungry, but could not find food; she didn't feel like herself. She felt weakened by the events that have taken place, and worried constantly about Yuki and Kyo. "I hope they haven't killed each other mom." She said, "They kept wanting to fight, but I'm not sure whether they will or not." she was interrupted by the door to her room sliding open and Akito walking in. She instinctively jumped up and bowed, "h.. h.. hi Akito." She stammered. She looked at him, he didn't look at her, she didn't move. His muscles tensed up and she braced herself, "Look up at me, stop bowing!" She instantly obeyed his command. He smiled and slapped her across the face, sending her to the ground, "You do not deserve to have happiness." He said, taking the picture of her mother, Tohru, through her pain, jumped and adhered herself to his leg, "No, I won't let you take my mother!" he kicked her off, but she would not give up, she jumped to her feet and wrestled the picture away from him, quickly hiding it in a nearby bookshelf, "You can't have her, you will never be able to take her from me, just like you will never be able to take happiness from me, nor can you ever say I don't know the meaning of suffering. Akito, just because you are bitter and unhappy does not mean that you have the right to take that from anyone." He looked up at her, stood up, and walked to her, "I am the head of the Sohma family, everything that they do depends on me, and there is nothing that they can do nothing without me. The only thing that they can do is my bidding, and if I will them to be unhappy, they will, and there's nothing that you can do to change that!" "No, you're wrong," Tohru cried, covering her ears, "They are people, and you, you are human, you all are, you deserve normal lives, don't you see, you are causing yourself and everyone around you practically unbearable pain, if you just let someone in to help you, you could change the path, you could change the way you see life, everything could change, you could recover from all the sickness you have."
"Never talk to me like that you little girl!" Akito screamed, he punched her in the face and threw her to the ground, "I don't have to listen to you if I don't want to, I never want to hear your annoying voice ever again! If you so much as open your mouth, Yuki and Kyo will suffer greater than they ever had in their lives!"
Knowing the extreme pain that both boys suffered throughout time, Tohru was helpless, so she pretended to be passed out, Akito left the room. She laid there in the middle of the floor until it was dark. Once night fell, she lit a candle and put it next to her mother's picture, which she put back into the temporarily repaired frame, and lit another one to take with her as she looked around for a way out. She walked outside, to a small balcony on the second floor. She heard a rustle in the bushes, startled, she jumped back against the house, and then she heard a familiar voice,
"Tohru, Tohru? Are you there?"
"Momiji!" she cried softly, "Momiji! Is it really you?" she ran to the balcony where the rabbit was visible.
"Tohru!" he happily replied, "You look pale, is Akito feeding you? What's that bruise on your forehead? He hasn't been beating you has he? Why are you crying? OH yeah, I have news from Shigure, he says there's a plan, uh-huh, a plan, and when you see Kisa and Hiro in the courtyard, you are to go to this balcony and wait for Yuki and Kyo, don't worry about Akito, we have it all planned out, I'll see you soon, bye bye now! Oh and Tohru, don't worry, everything will be fine."
"Wait, Momiji, come to the balcony, I want you to take my mother and keep her safe for me, Akito's been trying to destroy her."
"Sure Tohru, anything." Momiji said happily as he caught the picture that Tohru dropped, "I'll see you in less than 24 hours! I promise!"
"Bye Momiji, be careful!" Tohru called out softly.
With a quick good-bye and a salute, Momiji was gone. Tohru spent the rest of the night on the balcony, thinking of whether it was a dream, but very happy to see a kind face, she felt so safe being alone on the balcony, outside, where she could watch the sunrise. After the first few rays of light shone over the house, she decided it would be best to return to the room that she had left. She got there in perfect time, for she could hear Akito just waking up down the hall. She went into the room, and laid down in the position that he had left her in. He walked by, opened the door, seeing her lying on the ground, Akito believed her to be asleep, and so, continued on towards his private room. Tohru quietly went into an empty room across the hall where she could view the courtyard, but being completely exhausted from the day before, she slowly drifted off to sleep in the sunlight and the sound of birds around her. While she slept, she had a dream. "Tohru," her mother's voice was heard, "Tohru, you've been so strong lately, you can't give up now." Tohru looked up to see her mom, cradling her, Tohru buried her face in her mother's arms, "He has no kindness mom. I don't know what to do!"
"Sometimes Tohru, you have to search deeper than you ever had before. Some people shut themselves off from the world. It is not your fault. You can't force them to change. Change comes over time. Just be yourself, you'll be fine. Your bruises and scratches will heal and you will reunite with everyone there who loves you, cares for you and worries about you. Do not give up, be strong everything will be fine in the end, you'll see."
The voice faded, Tohru awakened suddenly and almost called out for her mother, but remembering Akito's threat, she remained silent.
Tohru heard a commotion, looking out a window she saw Kisa and Hiro playing and holding hands. She smiled, and went towards the door. She opened the door a little to see Akito rush by her. She went back to the window and saw Kisa give the sign. "Plan A" was in action. Her heart beat faster in anticipation. She ran across the hall, avoiding Akito, and went onto the balcony to await Yuki and Kyo. A rustle in the bushes made her jump up to the edge, sure enough, Yuki emerged, followed by Kyo, they threw her a small rope ladder, which she affixed to the low railing. She climbed down and they pulled the rope ladder down as well so as to not leave any evidence. They wound it up and exchanged some words of greeting, then ran off to find Hatori in his car, on the way, they passed by Shigure, who was supposed to make sure Akito didn't hurt Kisa and Hiro too much, Ayame, Momiji and Ritzu who were the lookouts for Haru and Kagura, who were busy taking out some guards. They reached Hatori's car and dove in.
"Ok, everybody down, this will be difficult depending on whether those two were successful." Hatori warned. Tohru hid under a blanket in the back seat and the other two curled up under the windows. They passed through the complex with no trouble, when they reached the gate, Haru and Kagura waved them on. "Ok you three, it's safe to come out now." Hatori said. Tohru tentatively looked up from the seat, as did Yuki and Kyo.
"You seem pale," Yuki observed, wiping a stray tear from Tohru's eye, "It's over now, you don't need to worry."
Kyo jumped in the conversation, "You're ok right? He didn't. ya know.. Do anything to you? Did he?"
"Well, he threw me around a little, scrapes and bruises, no broken bones or any."
"That's not what I meant." the cat began to say. He was stopped by a slap from Yuki and a confused look from Tohru, "I was just sayin'" He concluded, rubbing his face.
"Wha.. What do you mean?" Tohru asked.
"Don't worry about it." Yuki assured her.
Hatori stopped the car, "You three get out here."
"Where are we?" Kyo asked.
"We're at Hana's house!" Tohru exclaimed.
"Why are we." Yuki looked at Hatori, " You told her that we would be coming I trust?"
"Well, Shigure did, so yes, you are expected." Hatori answered, "Everyone else will be arriving shortly."
With that, Hatori drove away. Tohru and the two boys entered Saki's house.
"Tohru!" Saki said, rushing down to meet her friends, "I'll go get some food." She disappeared into the kitchen.
Arisa walked down the stairs, "Tohru! I'm so happy you're here, Prince? Carrot- Top? What the hell are you two doing here? Oh yeah. sorry. Tohru. What happened to you? You have a big bruise on your face! Did that creep Akito beat you up? What happened? Where is the person who did this to you?" Tohru looked at her friend, Saki came back into the room. "It was soo horrible!" Tohru cried, she ran for cover in Arisa's arms (because she couldn't go to the boys) and cried. Arisa was surprised at this reaction. She looked at Yuki and Kyo, "What happened?" she mouthed silently. They shook their heads and glanced at Tohru. Saki understood.
"Tohru, you look tired, here, come with me." Saki suggested. Tohru nodded and followed her friend who gently led her up the stairs. When Saki returned, the girls faced the two boys.
"SO," Arisa asked, sitting down. "What happened?"
Kyo reached into his pocket and put the picture of Tohru's mother and frame on the table. The girls looked at the broken frame. "Same thing he did to us," Kyo pointed out bitterly.
"What do you mean?" Arisa asked.
"He tried to destroy her spirit, break her down, beat her into submission.but he did not take advantage over her.. Umm. in That way." he stumbled on the words.
"You are very lucky he didn't" Arisa proclaimed.
Saki cut in, slightly quieter than Arisa, "Why couldn't you help her?" she asked.
"We were locked in the room, if we tried to escape, he would have hurt Tohru more. That's just the way that evil bastard is."
The doorbell rang. Hana opened the door to see Haru, Momiji, Kagura, Hiro, Hatori, Ayame, and Ritzu standing outside. Haru was carrying a badly beaten Kisa, and Shigure was propped between Ayame and Ritzu, he too bore battle wounds from a confrontation with Akito. ________________________________________________________________________**** ******************************************************************** End of Chapter 7
Chapter 8- Akito's Wrath- what befell the Sohmas, Tohru, Kisa, Shigure- that's the current injuries list, it may or may not expand. Akito's not done yet, and the Sohma curse revealed????? To whom? Hah- not telling
I want to that my two friends Nette and Heather for their great ideas when I kinda hit a writer's block. but it's all good now, I know where this story is going, so any questions- direct them my way, Leave a signed review and I'll get back to you, or you could wait until I do the next chapter and I will address any problems then. For now though, good-bye and good night! Damn patriots won.. blah!