Disclaimer: > '' forgot about this. I do not own Fruits Basket or any of the characters or anything. (I wish I did)
Upon awakening, Tohru's mind was filled with more thoughts then she could even keep track of. She was thinking about Kagura's wounds, the sad truth that Yuki had discovered about Akito, and the fact that the members of the Juunishi can never find love as long as Akito is lingering over them. It was bothersome. The thing was that, she knew some members of the Juunishi were already in love with each other, and each of them was eventually hurt. The problem was no longer 'finding love' but it became 'keeping love'.
Kyo looks at Tohru from across the room, where he had remained seated all night. They had to pay the nurses off in order for them to stay till the next day while visiting hours had yet to begin. He spots Yuki who was still in his dead like sleep beside Kagura's bed. Tohru meets Kyo's wandering eyes and quickly looks away as if she knew something he didn't.
Waking up finally, Yuki rubs his eyes seeming a little more aware then usual, since he is usually a zombie when he wakes up. There was pure worry in his eyes when he noticed that Kagura has yet to wake up. His hand touches her motionless, bruised one. "Kagura…" He whispers trying to sound as gentle as possible. She moves around a little, shifting from side to side, not turning over, but repositions herself from one side of the bed to another at the sound of her name. "Kagura…" Her eyes open this time at the sound of Yuki's voice.
"Yun-chan?" She looks at him and then at the others and smiles. "You stayed here? Or did you three just walk in now?" Kagura asks curiously, lifting her head off the pillow a little to see Kyo and Tohru's smiling faces. She could tell the moment each of them made eye contact with her, that they were all troubled and didn't sleep to well. Their minds were most likely in heavy thought after she feel asleep, she thought. Dropping her head back on to the pillow, Kagura looks to the side at Yuki.
Yuki smiles gently and says, "We slept over here, we wanted to keep you company." His voice was firm as he said this.
She smiles sweetly at each of them and looks up at the ceiling. Then she glances at Kyo. "You wanted to stay here with me too, Kyo-kun?" Kagura asks him, her eyes almost glowing with joy. She hadn't cared too much about Akito's objection of her love towards Kyo, but, seeing Kyo actually stay here with her and Tohru and Yuki made her think that there still may be a chance at her being together with him.
"Eh...What?" He hears her repeat it then nods. "Yeah…" Kyo stuffs his hands in his pockets as he gets up. Tohru looks at him in wonder. "Just…wanna get out of this kind of environment for a few minutes, that's all," he waves his hand trying to show he wasn't going to go do anything outrageous. "I'll be fine…" Kyo-san laughs answering their questioning expressions. They didn't know the area too well, so in result they quickly became worried. Even Yuki was a little bothered by Kyo's choice at leaving the hospital alone. He had his suspicions that Kyo may go after Akito or be attacked by Akito. Since of course, Kyo was the one that had yelled out Kagura's name that made Tohru and Kisa come running, then Yuki to follow. "I'll be back in five minutes!" He shot becoming annoyed at their quickness to become scared. "Sheesh.." he mutters walking out of Kagura's hospital room.
He walks carefully passed many passing female nurses that had almost bumped into him more times then he could keep count. Entering the elevator, he holds firm to the railings that were inside of it. The doors open and he walks out of it, as well as the hospital. His hands were still in his pockets as he makes his way down the sidewalk toward a convenient store. Walking in he goes up and down aisles looking for food that he likes. He ends up walking out of the store with three cartons of milk, a package of fish, a box of rice, miso, gyouza (dumplings), strawberries, and surprisingly, leeks. He walks back to the hospital and gets permission from the front desk to go back up to Kagura's room.
Opening the door somehow with the bags in his arms, Kyo stumbles in, gripping the bags tightly so that nothing falls. He looks at them all. Tohru and Yuki were sitting at Kagura's bedside. Tohru was on the left side, and Yuki on the right. He sets the bags of food on the table and then out of nowhere, the door bursts open. Momiji flings himself into the room and stops at the foot of Kagura's hospital bed.
"Poor, poor Kaa-chan!" He exclaims sadly, his hands pressed on the bed as he leans forward. "Why did Akito-san do such horrible things to you!" Momiji cries out and runs to Tohru, standing beside her. "Tohruuuu-kun! Whyyy did Akito-san hurt Kaa-chan?" He asks kneeling down at the bedside.
Tohru shrugs sadly and replies, "I don't know Momiji-kun." She stares at the bags of food then smiles at Kyo. "You went shopping for food! Thank you Kyo-kun, now I can start on dinner after we get back home." Tohru stands up and walks to the groceries that were set on the table by Kyo. Looking into it she smiles happily. "You even bought strawberries!" She exclaims happily. Turning to Kyo she bows repeatedly. He stops her head with his hand and stands her up straight. "Eh…." She yelps quietly in surprise.
"You can stop that!" he groans beginning to get a little annoyed. "I've told you hundreds of times. When you keep doing or saying something over and over again it gets on my nerves!" He sighs, then mumbles, "Your welcome though." She smiles looking completely delighted. The mood lightened so fast you'd think Kagura was being let out of the hospital that instant.
Smiling at everyone, Kagura manages to sit herself up. "You're all so kind…." She says this as she watches Kyo chase Momiji around the room after he heard him say 'Someone's been bit my the love bug!' This only made her laugh happily. "I know that all of you have gone out of your way to wish me well…but…I'd feel much better if each of you went home." She giggles a little seeing Kyo and Momiji stop in motion to listen to Kagura. "You all have so much to do. And, I'm happy you have stayed and worried, but, you should get back to your lives….When I get out of this place, you'll be the first people I visit," she laughs lightheartedly.
They each nod and head to the door. Tohru waves as she leaves. Momiji bows slightly and runs out the door, passing up everyone else and exclaiming 'First!' when getting into the elevator before everyone else. Suddenly Kisa comes running to them and hugs Tohru's legs tightly.
"Onee-chan!" She exclaims happily. Her arms still around her legs until Tohru kneels down and hugs her.
They both looked enlightened, except for Hiro who was standing, alone now, behind Kisa. She pulls away from Kisa, her hands on her arms. "How did you and Hiro-kun get here? Did your mother's take you?" Kisa looks down shyly and gets red in the face from feeling embarrassed. "Kisa-chan?" Tohru whispers looking her in the eyes by lifting her head up a little with her index finger.
"Hiro-chan took me here…cause…. we wanted to see if everyone was okay." The hospital door swings open revealing Kazuma Sohma. Kisa smiles at the rest of them, and then turns around and runs with Hiro out of the hospital and towards school.
Kyo smiles a little at Kazuma, who returned it immediately. "I'm going to visit Kagura…see if she needs anything." Grabs Kyo's arm and pulls him to the side. "I've asked Shigure to allow you to stay at his house until Kagura gets out of this hospital." As Kyo opens his mouth to ask a question, Shishou answers him, "I am closing the dojo until she gets out. That way I can watch over things. Make sure she isn't hugged and stuff. Plus, she is one of my students. If you were hurt, I'd do the same thing of course." He places his hand on top of Kyo's head. "Plus…I think it'd be good for you to spend time with Tohru and everyone else. Have fun." Kazuma says grinning a little. Kyo looks at the ground then glances at Tohru who was laughing with Yuki and Momiji.
Leaving to go to work, Momiji runs out the door in a hurry. Tohru catches Kyo's eyes and tilts her head to the side, looking back at him with a happy smile. The grocery bags were at Yuki's feet since he put them down to give his arms a rest for a few moments.
Kyo looks back at Kazuma and nods, walking passed him back to Tohru and Yuki. She waves to Kazuma; Yuki on the other hand bows then catches up to Kyo and Tohru, leaving with me. Kyo's arms were full now because he was holding the bags instead of Yuki. Once they exit the hospital a shadowy figure runs by, and disappears into an alley. When Kyo and Yuki went to go after it, Tohru had stopped them and said that none of them had slept too well. Agreeing they continue on and walk through the forest toward Shigure's home.
They stop dead in their tracks. Kyo's gentle eyes became a flaming fireball the moment he saw who was at the house. Talking on the porch with Shigure was none other then Kureno. He puts the bags down and grabs Tohru's arm as she blankly continued walking. Pulling her down behind the large bushes in front of the house, he covers her mouth and whispers 'Shh'. Yuki not noticing Kyo and Tohru duck down walked up to Kureno and Shigure.
"What're you two talking about?" he asks curiously carrying the bags now.
"Ah…nothing Yuki-kun!" Shigure says smiling. Standing up now, he looks at Yuki. "Wasn't Tohru-kun and Kyo with you?" He quickly changes the subject looking around quickly trying to spot one of the two that were with him.
Yuki sighs and then stares at Shigure. "I don't know, they just vanished…probably snuck off to the park, or roof." He quickly lies to their faces after hearing a slight rustling noise in the bushes behind him. Seeing Kureno get to his feet, he catches him glaring at the shrubs that had been rustling a bit.
He walks passed Yuki quickly hearing whispering and then quiet. Looking at Yuki now, he places a questioning expression on his face. Yuki could feel Kureno's staring pushing him down by the shoulders and into the ground. "I'll be telling Akito I saw you Yuki. She'll be very pleased." He turns his back on both Shigure and Yuki and walks passed the once rustling bushes. Kneeling behind the one that was originally moving, he finds nothing there. Sighing, he stands back up and heads back to the Main House on the 'inside'.
Shigure hurries inside at the sound of the phone and picks it up quickly, listening attentively. "Yes, yes, my dear Akito, everything is going as you wanted." He pauses and smiles obviously adoring what she was saying. "Yes I know, only a few more months. Yes it is a very dark room." Yuki came in quietly and began eavesdropping from behind the wall. His head was poked out a little to get a better listen. "Your installing bars into the room later today? Ahh, very intelligent, that you are Akito-san…Will you be at the graduation in three months?" Shigure asks and hears Akito's response. "Oh, okay… Yes I'll make sure I come there later today."
Hearing the door slide open he sees Tohru, holding cat-san in his arms. "You stupid cat….how did you transform now?" he mutters and points to the steps quickly telling Tohru to hurry upstairs.
Shigure peeks out from behind the wall and stares at Yuki. "Yuuuki-kun," hearts seemed to flutter around him as he tried to sound loving. He laughs a little, waving his hand after seeing how Yuki had reacted when he called his name. "Yuki…were you listening to my conversation…?" he asks quietly, pulling Yuki into his workroom. He began to gag at the rancid smell of Shigure's room.
He covers his mouth and eyes as the fumes began to sting his throat and make his eyes water. "How do you sleep in here…?" Yuki says, his voice very muffled since his hands were covering his mouth. He scans the room, his eyes barely open, and sees piles of stuff occupying every single inch of space. "Do you even have a bed?" He questions Shigure who was just laughing slightly. In thought he realizes that the reason he doesn't have a normal sleep pattern is because he can't find a place to sleep. Yuki sighs and looks at Shigure who was frantically spraying air freshener. He pulls his hands from his mouth and takes a deep breath, inhaling the smell and feeling of flowers.
"Answer my question Yuki." He says half demanding, and half lightheartedly.
Yuki sighs and responds honestly, "No." Inside his head he could hear himself laughing hysterically at Shigure. Then seeing Shigure's stern expression he decides to tell him the real truth. "Yes…I was listening." He groans a little then asks in anger, "But why did you ask Akito to come to graduation!" His voice was full of fear, and increasing anger.
Shigure sighs and then sees Tohru and Kyo come in wearing gas masks, as they were expecting they would die without it. He laughs at them playfully, and pulls their masks off. The instant the masks came off Tohru and Kyo gasped for air and their eyes were wide. After taking a deep breath, they notice that they can actually breath now. "What did you say Yuki!" Kyo exclaims, grabbing Yuki by the color of his shirt. He thought he had heard Yuki say 'Ask Akito to come to graduation.' He had heard him wrong though…so…Yuki sighs.
"I asked why Shigure asked Akito to come to graduation in three months." Yuki says softly in annoyance. "Now…let me go you stu-pid-cat." He says separating the syllables at the end.
Growling, Kyo pushes Yuki against the wall. He stomps up to Shigure and glares. "W-What…did Akito say….is…is she coming..?" he asks. For the first time in a while, Tohru and Yuki both saw and heard the expression of fear coming from Kyo. Yuki had remembered hearing Shigure mention something about a dark room, but…could it be that Akito is planning to do something with Kyo.
"Akito-san may come, I'm not sure. I wasn't given a complete answer." He replies sounding completely honest. His arms were halfway up at his sides as he shrugs.
Kyo glares at Shigure quickly, and then spins around and runs passed Tohru and Yuki. Slightly surprised by his actions, Tohru leaves the room and goes after Kyo. She climbs the ladder up to the roof and sits beside him. His knees were pulled up to his chest, and his head was face down on his kneecaps, his arms wrapped around his knees. He hadn't heard her come up their so he stayed the way he was, tears dampening his pants at the kneecap.
Tohru tilts her head, looking sorrowfully towards Kyo. "Kya-…" she stops herself and instead, puts her hand on his back. Rubbing his back gently. "Kyo-kun…" Tohru whispers, moving closer to him, she sits down at his side. "You know Kyo…its…okay if you don't want to tell me what's wrong…but… if you did, I may be able to help," She explains sweetly trying to lean forward to see his eyes from in front of him. Not being able to see his face, she sits back down beside him and sighs. "Kyo…"
"There's nothing you can do…." He whispers to her, his voice kind of muffled, but it wasn't too bad. She could tell he had been trying to hold back his tears ever since he got on to the roof. He lifts his head up from his knees and looks at Tohru, his cheeks damp with tears. "I…I know you want to help. But there's no way…you'd…." he stops. Kyo knew the only thing that would come from her trying to help was pain. So much pain that he would wish for his death. So many things he has done to cause her and himself pain. It was his fault her mother died. It was also his fault, he had now decided, that his mother died. And, it would be his fault if she were to get involved in his problems and in result get hurt. He was so afraid of getting close to her because of these reasons.
Yuki stood staring at Shigure. "Akito has something hanging over Kyo's head doesn't she…" he asks quietly getting a little angry at Shigure. "You don't care if him being forced to leave will upset Miss Honda…." Yuki says sounding almost accusing Shigure of all his decisions.
"Yun-Yun…you're oh so confusing. I mean….you hate Kyo." He says, reminding Yuki of his hatred.
He nods a little agreeing with Shigure. "Yes…I'll hate him until after I die. But…" he pauses, his voice soft as if he were whispering, "I don't hate him enough to see Miss Honda upset."
Shigure claps quietly and walks passed Yuki out of the room, being followed by him. "Yuki, I applaud your nobility… but…it's not my choice in the matter. Now…I do know about the deal Akito has with Kyo, but I was told not to say…" He bows his head to Yuki and then walks out the door, muttering a little. "He is starting to get on my nerves, that Yuki…." He suddenly bumps into someone and lands on his butt in front of his own house. "Eh?" Getting to his feet he smiles and says cheerfully, "Hello Aya-chan!" Hearts looked to be in his eyes.
"Hi! Shii-chan!" He exclaims lifting his arms up happily. "Did you say Yuki? That Yuki?" Ayame asks curiously, and runs passed Shigure and slides open the front door. "Ohhh, Yuuuuuki-kun!" He calls looking around.
Hearing his name called by Ayame's voice he runs upstairs, and goes into his room, locking the door with bolts. He drops on to his bed and loses himself in deep thoughts. He could hear Kyo and Tohru talking on the roof from his bedroom. Yuki sighs softly and puts his hands out, and spreads his legs apart like he was ready to make a snow angel. He began to think about the fear in Kyo's voice when he had asked if Akito was going to be at graduation. Slowly pulling all the pieces together, Yuki knew that it had something to do with him being thrown into that dark, enclosed room where you aren't allowed to see, or be seen by anyone. But…could there be a way for Kyo to prevent it? Was there a possibility that…. another reason for Kyo hating him so much was because….he shakes his head and mutters, "No…it can't be.." Could it be possible, he thought, that Kyo was bent on beating him because it was a part of a deal he had with Akito?
Tohru places her hand on Kyo's shoulder and smiles at him sweetly. "Kyo-kun… I don't like seeing you sad…. So please…be happy," she says gently and removes her hand from his shoulder, slowly getting to her feet. Looking down at him, she extends her hand. "I'll always be there to help you Kyo-kun… So…when you find yourself able to tell me, I'd like to know what's bothering you." She tilts her head and smiles, blushing a little.
He grabs her hand and stands up, looking down at her. He had to be at least a foot taller then her. Well, it looked like he was that tall. "Y-Yeah…" Kyo says slightly stuttering, that same fear returning to his voice. "But…there are some thing's about me that are better left unsaid…" she cuts him off quickly.
"Kyo!" she exclaims almost pleading with him. He looks at her in surprise, his eyes a little wide. For one thing he was a little shocked to hear her shout a little. He smiles a little and nods, agreeing to listen. "Remember…when you turned into your other form… I didn't mind at all, Kyo-kun…" She whispers to him then continues on. "And…whenever you've talked to me I'd listen, and… and…" A tear rolls down her cheek, "And I'm always here to help. I don't care if what you tell me could get me-." Kyo covers her mouth stopping her.
He pulls his hand off her mouth and grabs her arms and pulls her a little closer, "You may not care if you get hurt…. but…." he pauses feeling the urge to tell her everything, "But I do Tohru…. I care…about you…" Kyo finishes, his eyes gentle as he looked into hers. She smiles at him. Quickly he lets go of her arms and spins around, his left hand on his forehead, he waves his right hand. "I didn't mean anything weird by that…I just meant that I don't want you getting hurt. That's all..." His face was almost beat red, from his chin to the very top of his forehead. He places his hands at his waist and stares into the distance, his back still to her.
"Oh..Okay, Kyo…" She says and then walks across the roof progressively so that she doesn't place her foot on a loose shingle. Carefully she climbs down the ladder set on the side of the house for her and Kyo to go up and down almost every day. Her feet finally back on the grass she turns abruptly and bumps into Yuki who was just about to go up the ladder to talk to the two of them.
The pink mist covers them both and a little rat takes Yuki's spot, standing on his clothes. She slumps to the ground, her knees spread in opposite direction, kneecaps touching, and her hands closed in front of her knees. "I'm so, so, so sorry Yuki-kun…" She apologizes, bowing her head many times. Even though she knew she was going to be forgiven, she always felt much better knowing that they would say it's okay, or its no problem.
He waves his little rat hand and says softly, "It's okay Honda-san…" She smiles at him and scooping him up in her hands and stands. Suddenly he finds himself unable to tell Tohru what he believes he's figured out. It had skipped through his mind like a pebble thrown across a lake. "Honda-san…is…Kyo acting different? And…did he tell you why he made you duck with him when he spotted Kureno?" He asks curiously. She stares back at him and slowly gives him her answer.
I finally finished Chapter 6…this one took me a couple days since I was trying to type 'Hagaren No Baka' at the same time. So I hope you all enjoy.
Thanks:
K40Sohma: Thanks again! I hope you continue to read and review. Glad to see that you enjoyed it. That's just wootiful,lol.
Tohruismyoneechan: Sorry about making you sad… > '' I do hope you enjoy this story as it goes on. I plan on making it twist a lot…so…well, just continue reading. I can't give away what I have planned, lol. I gotta work on responding to these reviews a little better.
Akiro: Um.. First off I hope you enjoyed what you read. And, Akito is in fact a girl. It is revealed in the later volumes of the manga. Akito-san's mother is twisted…lol. Remember, Akito is 'God' in the Zodiac story supposedly. Her mother when she was born, wanted the 'God' to be a male, so she raised her that way. I've read that, but that could be rumor. But, Akito is definitely a girl. I've seen manga pages showing this.