Chapter 22: Focus Kyo!
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Sitting quietly at the edge of a lake, Kyo stares at the water in slight irritation. He had been training with Kazuma for a little more then half of the month, and he didn't feel any different. He couldn't figure out a way to keep his mind on one task. All he was thinking about was Tohru, school, training, and beating Yuki in a fight. Gradually, he gets to his feet and dusts his hands on his pants gently, then turns around. "It all feels pointless now…" Kyo groans slightly then walks through the forest back towards the makeshift dojo.
The mini dojo had a roof once more. It was completely attached to the sides of the building as it should be and it was put on so well that it was almost impossible to tear it off. Approaching this structure, Kyo sighs and bumps into Kagura and falls backwards landing on the ground. He looks up at her and mutters, "I wasn't paying attention to where I was going…."
Kagura extends her hand to Kyo with a gentle smile on her face. It had been such a long time since the last time she went ballistic on him because of her love. "Here…" she whispers and then watches him grab her hand and pull himself to his feet. "There ya go!" she exclaims cheerfully. No more then a minute later she was running up to Kazuma by herself and then appears to be dismissed to relax.
Walking towards the dojo just as Kagura had, Kyo stops in front of Kazuma. "Am… I dismissed too, Shishou?" He asks curiously, clearly worn out already.
He shakes his head plainly. "You can't be dismissed Kyo… you have yet to focus on your training. You came here so that I can teach you… and at the moment I haven't made a dent in you…" Kazuma's voice trails off, placing his hand on Kyo's shoulder. "You'll be able to relax soon. But only when you can focus as you had the second day you were here." He adds quietly, then pats his shoulder and walks off to the wood that was still in the middle of the large yard.
Watching him walk away, Kyo sighs once again. After standing still in the same spot he was when Shishou walked away from him, Kazuma walks into the forest and meets up with his other students. He trudges over to the wood platform that Shishou was standing on earlier, and sits down, crossing his legs. Slowly, he closes his eyes and places his hands right down on the wood, bare palms touching the wood. Many things quickly rushed through his mind. Once again, he couldn't just concentrate on one particular thing. It was just everything at once and it was all jumbled together so that he couldn't even tell his own thoughts apart. His eyes slowly open and he looks ahead at the spot he was once standing it. Each breath he took he felt as though his insides were about to cave in even if it was giving him warnings. Lifting his hands up from the wood, he wraps his arms around his abdomen and winces slightly feeling more pain coming on. He had been doing nothing but training lately and all he had felt was the sensation of raging pins and needles all over his arms, legs, and abdomen. Staggering to his feet he looks at the ground and sighs. "I… wonder what Tohru's doing right now…" he whispers under his breath then stretches his arms and legs a little to try and stay loose. Every inch of his body was tremendously sore.
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During school, at the same instant Kyo was wondering what Tohru was doing, she sat quietly in her seat, waiting for the final bell of the day to ring. She couldn't wait to get home. There wouldn't be any more work for another two to three months since they said that she could have some time off to prepare for any extra assignments and to buy her things for graduation.
Many minutes pass and then 'BING!' Everyone gets to their feet quickly, except for Tohru and Yuki who were probably the slowest people when it came to getting up recently. They shuffle their feet across the tile that was laid throughout the school and exit through the front doors. The short silence was broken when Yuki spoke. "When we get home… would you like to watch Mogeta…?" he asks sounding slightly tired and extremely bored, "I heard it's a new episode. Mogeta has to escape from the tin can's lair or something. I don't know, I guess you'd have to ask Hiro and Kisa what's been happening recently…" he mutters and then rubs the back of his head in fair embarrassment.
"I wonder when Kyo-kun will be back…" she whispers sadly, her hands clenching her bag against her chest. Hearing Yuki sigh she looks at him curiously, "I'm sorry Yuki-kun, did you say something?" She sounded very concerned and sad that she wasn't listening to what he was saying. Clearly he was trying to help make her feel better. "You said something about a new Mogeta episode right?" She asks hoping that she heard correctly. He slightly nods and continues walking with her at his side. "Of course I'll watch it with you! I love that anime!" Tohru exclaims, putting on a cheerful expression while trying to sound extremely excited.
He glances at her a little and smiles gently. Soon enough, they reached Shigure's house and they enter it gradually. Quickly, they cooked two bags of popcorn and ate it while watching a marathon of Mogeta episodes that led up to the newest episode. Tears dripped from her eyes slowly as a sad scene comes up on the anime. It ends on a huge cliffhanger and the new episode wouldn't be televised for another two weeks. She smiles and gets up from the couch and walks upstairs without saying a word. Yuki couldn't help but worry about her and get even angrier with Kyo who wasn't even there. "You stupid cat… if you don't get back soon I'll drag your ass back here…" he grumbles under his breath, "It's the least I could do for Honda-san…" Yuki adds quietly, then gets up as well and heads into Shigure's room who was, once again, on the telephone. He peers in and listens in trying not to make a sound.
"You're so cruel Akito-san… it's not Kyo's fault that he's the stupid, brainless cat… If he doesn't beat Yuki… you shouldn't lock him away."
Akito, on the other end of the phone at the Sohma Estate, breaths' heavily hearing what Shigure has to say. "I've already informed Yuki about my plans… and I told you before him. You should know what I have planned. So… no matter what that dreadful cat will be locked away. He will be caged in for no one to see." She sighs quietly, and rubs the side of her head rather weakly. "Let that stupid fool train all he wants. He wont beat Yuki. He wont love Miss. Honda. And he won't have anyone that cares about him in any ways. Okay? Got that Shigure?" Akito exclaims sort of loudly allowing Yuki to barely hear what she was saying, but it was much better then hearing little whispery sounds.
"Yes… yes I know… even if he were to-." Yuki barges in cutting him off and knocking the phone out of his hand.
"YOU DAMN BASTARD!" he punches Shigure and he lands on the ground. Yuki kicks at Shigure viciously. "YOU'RE SETTING UP KYO EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW IT'LL MAKE HONDA-SAN SAD! HOW DARE YOU!" He grabs the collar of Shigure's shirt and pulls him to his feet, meeting him eye to eye angrily. Just as Shigure was about to speak, he interjects, "You make me sick… You and Akito keep doing things to hurt Honda-san…." Yuki punches him again. Shigure drops out of his grasp and scurries back until he hits a wall behind him.
"Yuki, god dammit! Calm down!"
He scowls at Shigure. "You're telling me… to calm down…" he whispers under his breath, loud enough for Sensei to hear. "You are always scheming with Akito, Shigure… and I can't stand how you could care less about other people's feelings…" Yuki mutters walking out of the room, looking at the ground. Suddenly, he slams Shigure's door and it snaps off the hinges and onto the floor, just in front of Shigure's feet.
Staring at the door on the floor, Shigure sighs deeply. "Yuki-kun….I'm sorry…but I can't go against Akito's word…" he mumbles to himself since Yuki wasn't in the room any more. Screaming was coming from the phone and Shigure then remembered that he was talking to Akito-san when Yuki came in. He grabs the telephone and listens to what is being said.
"YUKI-KUN LEAVE SHIGURE ALONE!" She was screeching almost breathlessly. Then she stopped, figuring that Shigure had just left the phone on the ground and forgot about her. He could hear her turn around and begin speaking to other people. Shigure listens to this attentively. "Did you burn it down? The dojo?" He hears her ask and then feels as if he went into shock. "And how is my little monster progressing in his little training session?" She asks curiously wondering if he was doing well or not.
"Akito-san…" Shigure hears someone begin, "The dojo has been burnt down, yet Kyo's training his still continuing. After watching him for the last half month, it seems he has yet to do anything he hasn't already done. But… he's landed about two punches on Kazuma-san." The person finishes, it was a man from the gang that had attacked and once kidnapped Tohru.
"Well… I hope he continues in that direction. He'll most definitely learn nothing new at the end of this month." Akito laughs evilly and then dismisses the men in her room that didn't speak, and the one that gave her the information. She sighs and lifts the phone back up to her ear. "Shigure… are you ever going to speak? Are you okay?"
He groans trying to fake the pain since he had been listening for quite some time. "Yes… I'm fine, thank you Akito-san…" Shigure says gently and then says good-bye abruptly. He hurries out of his room and goes to find Yuki. "YUKI!" He exclaims and suddenly, after entering the kitchen, he sees Yuki sitting down, and surprisingly, talking to Ayame.
"Yuki… Gure-san probably doesn't understand how you feel about Tohru-chan. Clearly, you love her. But, Gure… listens to every word Akito speaks and that's about it…What I think-." Yuki cuts him off.
"I'm afraid to know what you think…" he growls slightly.
Ayame laughs happily and then rubs the back of his head. "May I say what I wanted to say Yuki-kun?" He asks and when he receives a nod, he continues on. "I think… you should take Kyonkitchi and Tohru-chan away from here and build a house! Nothing says happy like living in the same room as the girl you love!"
Yuki shoots up from his chair and glares at Ayame angrily. Even Shigure knew what he was so mad about. "GET OUT! NOW! YOU SICK FREAK OF NATURE!" He exclaims viciously.
Coming down stairs at the sound of yelling, Tohru and Katsuro enter the kitchen to see what was going on. "Yuki-kun calm down!" She says in worry as she grabs his arm and pulls him away from the table, with the help of Shigure and Katsuro of course.
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While they were trying to restrain Yuki so that he wouldn't try to kill Ayame, Kyo was standing in the center of the wood platform. He closes his eyes and shakes his head slightly, attempting to clear his mind. It wasn't working, he couldn't just think of just plain nothing, let alone one thing. He sighs in frustration and stomps his left foot roughly, it makes a slight crack in the wood. Carefully, he closes his eyes once more after opening them for a split second. Kyo starts to wince as he begins to concentrate too hard and ends up getting a headache.
He mumbles under his breath angrily. Lowering the pressure he was putting on his eyelids, he keeps them closed without having them tightly shut. Loosening his roughly closed fists, he looks down, eyes still closed. He begins to grind his teeth a little as he fished around his mind for the thing he knew he should completely concentrate on. Many overly extended minutes pass and he continues to just stand on the wood platform motionlessly. Kyo found himself drawing a complete blank, but nonetheless, he continued to try and focus on the task that he had forced himself to take hold of.
Suddenly, Kyo finds himself spinning around abruptly and extending his now opened right hand. A thrust of force rammed into his palm and his eyes gradually open. His eyes began to glow as he received a proud smile from Kazuma. "You… I didn't really… You're putting me on aren't you!" He exclaims accusingly. After seeing him shake his head a gentle smile crosses his face. "Let's… train…" Kyo whispers quietly. Kazuma removes his fist from the center of Kyo's hand and nods approvingly before taking nearly twenty steps away from Kyo and assuming a fighting position.
Quickly, Kyo charges at Kazuma and throws his fist towards his head and, almost at the same instant, rushes his other fist into his stomach. Shishou falls forward a little and then abruptly knocks him to the side and manages to place a smile on his face after ignoring the pain in his gut. "Focus harder Kyo!"
"ANY HARDER AND MY BRAIN WILL BURST! AREN'T YOU THE LEAST BIT HAPPY!" Kyo calls back even though he was roughly twenty feet away from Shishou. A gentle smirk crosses his face as he calms himself down and shuffles his feet to replace himself into his fighting stance.
He smiles at Kyo once more and assumes his defensive stance now, and thinks, You have no idea how proud I am of you. As Kyo began to approach him quickly, since he wasn't anywhere near far away, he slides to the left and as Kyo went to through his left leg up to kick, he catches it by his ankle. "You're not as fast as they recently assumed you were, are you Kyo?" he questions smoothly and then finds Kyo leaping with his right leg and spinning that foot into his face as he flipped his body to the side. They both hit the ground, Kyo harder since he didn't have much time to land on his feet.
Kazuma lands on his chest and rubs the left side of his face; it was completely red. Kyo had planted him flat in the face with his right foot with so much force he actually began to worry if Shishou was all right. Staggering to his feet he walks over to him and kneels down to check if he was in good health. "Shishou…." He mumbles glancing at his now slightly bruised cheek. "Eh… I'm sorry…" Kyo apologizes quietly and gets to his feet, pulling Kazuma to his at the same time.
"Well…" he looks up at Kyo after staring at the ground for a moment, "Now we can continue that training you wanted Kyo…" Kazuma finishes proudly and pats him on the shoulder, walking off into the mini dojo.
A bright smile rips across Kyo's face after he heard what Kazuma said at the end. He rubs the back of his head in embarrassment even though Shihan was no longer standing with him. Slowly, he walks off into the forest and sits at the lake that Yuki and Shigure said Tohru once lived near. At the time of her little tent home that is. Carefully, he touches the water, flinching a little, and runs his fingers across his forehead trying to cool down a little. "I can't wait to come back Tohru…" he mumbles and heads back to the makeshift dojo.
Here it is! Chapter 22! We are, sadly, nearing the end of Aikyou. Only 2 more chapters. Please continue to read and review so I can know what you think of this fanfic. Good or bad.