Chapter 8
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OMG! I need to finish this chapter as soon as possible. We have a very hectic schedule in school so..oh yeah, as if you really cared about schedule. I'll just the start the fic okay?
PS. the fic 'Knight in Shining Kimono' in Festival of the Fireflies inspired me to do this work. It is an adult fruits basket fansite. Beware of the hentai's and Yaoi's there (Especially some Shigure hentai and yaoi ^_^ even thought I already read it.) Also, I got inspired by Syaoran no hime's 'the untitled fairy tale'. It's another version of Fruits Basket series with a Yuki-Tohru type of romance. Heheheh.. It's so kawaii! Read that fic..after you read this one, of course.
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"Akito-san... what are you doing here?" she stammered. He just smiled differently which gave Tohru the chills.
"Why? Don't you accept visitors, Tohru-kun?" he reached out and slightly touched her cheek. So cold, she wondered but still, she felt strange about him. He might visit her.. because of some other reason..
"Gomen. but. I don't really expect you coming here." she wondered.
"Ine. I just heard the news so I came to check you out." Akito is here to check me out? Was there a time that he was worried about me? Tohru wondered deeply while Akito went closer to her.
"Akito-san. I. what do you really want?" Tohru asked. This made him smile a bit, somewhat pleased. He held her hand and gripped it firmly.
"What I want? .. I want you to take me." he said slowly and darkly. Using his other hand, he grasped her hair and pulled it hard on one side, making her shriek for a second. "TAKE THIS CURSE!!!!!!" Tohru screamed and cried out in pain.
"Akito-san!" Voices were heard from the door. He turned around and he saw Yuki with others watching them. Kisa's eyes were forcibly by Hiro and Kagura held Kyou back as he was about to charge and kill Akito with his own hands. All of them were silent.
"I guess.. I can visit you some other time, Honda Tohru-kun." he got up and went out of the room, leaving an evil and mysterious stare to all of the Sohmas. After that, Kisa approached the confused yet terrified Tohru, who just sat there silently.
"Are you okay, Onee-chan?" No response but Kisa could feel that there are no other problems.
"Why is Akito here anyway?" Kagura asked everyone. Yuki was the only one who heard Akito said those words. 'Take my curse.'
"Maybe he knew that the rumor works."
"Now wait a minute." Haru came in and raised his hand. "I got lost in the damn forest and I got here last... What did I miss?"
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" I don't think that letting Akito in your house was a good idea." Ayame said as he finished his glass. " Besides, you should have told everyone after Akito told you."
"I can't, Ayame-san. He told me that he would like to surprise them, especially Tohru." Shigure smiled mysteriously.
"On what side are you anyway?" Aya asked curiously which made Shigure laugh.
"Aya-san, sometimes, you should act like a writer. Every time you make a story, you should always remember that there should be a sense of balance in the story. Like me, a novelist, I make sure that the story had be perfectly balance----"
"We're talking about the situation here, not you're masterpieces!" Ayame snapped.
"That's what I'm trying to say, Aya-san. I'm plain neutral. I don't choose which side am I. What side suits my idea gets my idea." Shigure said proudly. "Of course, the one who gets my idea won't regret because.. as usual, my ideas are masterpieces in life!" He then laughed annoyingly like the last time. Ayame sweatdrops.
"At least I'm not like you. babbling on and on about your ever-popular ideas. They made you a writer so that they won't hear your ideas. They will just read it and forget it eventually!" He was also drunk but he tried not to act weird. not like Shigure.
He stood up, not on the table but this time, on the bar table, annoying everyone in front of him. "Well, I'm not like you. You're hiding your gayness behind those 'romantic' creations of yours! Why would people be interested on your ideas? They're just clothes! People nowadays just use thin pieces of silk to cover their naked bodies.. not those balloon-like, agonizing and pathetic dresses filled with buttons and ribbons and satins and----"
"Hey, Those are the two guys again that wrecked my bar last time!" the bartender shouted. All eyes focused on the drunk Shigure. Ayame stood up and tugged Shigure's pants, since he's on a higher ground.
"I think it's a good idea to leave now." Aya asked.
"Now you're telling me that I should listen to your idea *hic*?" Shigure playfully said.
"Now what's on your mind, genius?" Aya asked again annoyingly.
"I think *hic* we should.. *hic* call the navy and fly to *hic* Brazil to get some hot *hic* chicks.." He smiled. " Hey... *hic* I can see one right now!" he said while pointing to the kitchen door where a waitress came out. "Hey you! Do you want to go to Hawaii and make *toot* with me?"
"Now that's a bad idea." Ayame said to himself..
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"How was your visit?" Hatori asked Akito on the phone. He heard the clan head snickered.
"Can I just for once have some.. quality time with her?" Akito asked the doctor. He sounded like he's pleading then he continued. "I already started.. then Yuki and the others came in, ruining 'our' time. Can you arrange another time for me?"
"I'll try, Akito-san. Maybe after a few days, I'll be checking Tohru again.. and you're welcomed as a visitor." Hatori said.
"At last.."
"Can I ask something, Akito?"
"As long as it doesn't involve me.." Then Hatori could say anything. Of course, he's going to asked something about the clan head and his suspicious actions on Tohru. He also cared about Tohru but Akito was the clan head. He can't do anything about it. "Well?" Akito asked impatiently.
"Never mind, Akito-san, Good day." Then he hung up and sighed loudly. "I guess Shigure will be the one who can answer my question."
"Oe, Tori-kun!" Hatori looked out his window and saw Ayame called out loud while carrying the drunken novelist in one arm. Aya waved, calling him to open the door.
"Why are they bothering me? What did I do?" Hatori asked himself.
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"Is Tohru okay?" Yuki asked Kagura that evening. All of them, except Momiji, were eating dinner downstairs. A while ago, he kept on squealing that he wanted to take care of Tohru. So Kagura gave her responsibility to him.
"Hai. Momiji was doing great in 'entertaining' her." This made Kyou's and Yuki's head twitch. Kagura giggled for a while. "Don't worry. Momiji won't do.. that.. to Tohru. She'll be 'safe' in Momiji's hands."
"How come you're saying those words like you're not sure at all." Kyou said as he gobbled up his food.
"If Tohru didn't tell you guys to go down and stop worrying about her, you two might start a fight in front of her." Kagura snapped, ending the conversation. "Now. does anybody know why Akito came?" There was no response as usual.
"Let's just call the genius for this." Haru got up and went to the phone.
"Who are you calling?" Kagura asked.
"Hatori" he answered simply. " I'm going to tell him to come over tonight. to have a little chat with us."
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After some bento and take-outs, all of them, including Ayame and Hatori were pretty full down to the stomach. Shigure was half asleep after 8 glasses of liquor and eating food good for 7 people.
"Why did you call me for anyway?" Hatori asked.
" We were hoping that you would tell us what's going on." Hiro said. There was a sudden silence. Hatori sighed and didn't give any answer.
"What's going on, Ojii-san?" Kisa asked.
"Akito is up to something." Hatori began, "that can change our lives. especially Tohru's"
"What do you mean?" Yuki asked.
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"How are you doing?" Momiji asked Tohru, who tried to sit up.
"What time is it?" Tohru asked while she yawned and stretched from her long sleep.
"9:00 in the evening. Do you want to eat?" he asked cheerfully and she eventually nodded. Momiji went down the stairs and saw Hatori explaining something to the group. "What's up, Tori-san??!?!!?" he asked loudly.
"Keep it down. Tohru might wake up!" Kyou hissed.
"But---" Momiji began but Kagura grabbed him and clamped her hand in his mouth.
"You can stay here and listen but you have to keep it down! This is the secret of Sohmas only and Tohru shouldn't know about this!" She snapped.
"Mfffmfff-fmff---" he tried to talk but still, he was wasting his energy. "Now where were we?" Hatsuharu asked.
"Well, seems like Akito was up to something. But all we know is that he would like to pass this burden to Tohru." Ayame said slowly.
"Now he will be the free one, leaving us and Tohru like this." Yuki added.
"Forget about Akito. Think about Tohru." Hatori began. "Right now, as Shigure and Kagura said, Tohru carries the burden of two curses: Yuki and Kyou. She now feels very weak. Now imagine if Akito will let her carry ALL of our curses, do you think she will survive?" he asked. None of them responded.
"What should we do then?" Kyou asked finally.
"We should try to keep Akito.." then looked at the novelist, "and that guy away from Tohru. Make sure she doesn't know anything about this. As soon as Akito REALLY needs her, you can tell her everything but try to stay calm and don't make her panic too much."
"Then?" Kagura asked.
"If the situation gets worse.. I have no choice but to push her away from her current state and.. make her forget about everything." Hatori said slowly.
"Everything? Even us?"
"Yes.. we will all be glimpse in the past for her." he said sadly.
"Don't do it!!!" Yuki shouted in front of him. "Think about it! What if you make her forget then Akito appears and begins to torture her! She will have no idea!"
"Yuki, think about this. Tohru is a friend of ours and she got involve in our lives just because of a simple slip in front of Kyou. She took the risk of being with us and under the hands on Akito. We assured, as always, that she would never get more involved in our curse. But once Akito passes it to her," he paused for a moment, "her life will change forever. She will have more burdens than we do. Soon, she'll get sick and die eventually earlier than us---"
"SHUT UP! You're making Kisa cry!" Hiro screamed as he saw Kisa covering her ears and closed her eyes, protecting herself from the unbearable words Hatori said a while ago.
"That was a bad idea, Hatori! You're so pessimistic!" Kagura added.
"I'm saying the worst so that you can prepare for the worst. Right now, I want you guys to feel free to tell everything you want to say to her. because she might die soon."
"Don't say that like she's a weakling!!!" Kyou stood up and grabbed Hatori's sleeve. "Don't you dare say that again or I'll----"
Then all of them heard something rolling.. from upstairs. Momiji pointed the stairs and a glass went bouncing and rolling until it settled in front of the stairs. "That's.. Tohru's glass.."
Kagura stood up and went to the stairs, checking if it's a ghost or something while the others silently sat still. A silent "oh my god" was heard from Kagura.
"What is it?" Yuki asked. Momiji followed Kagura and he too did the some reaction.
A small figure was sitting on the stairway. It's somewhat silent and shocked. It was Tohru. "Am I..going to die?" she asked silently.
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That's it! I need to research something. bye!
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OMG! I need to finish this chapter as soon as possible. We have a very hectic schedule in school so..oh yeah, as if you really cared about schedule. I'll just the start the fic okay?
PS. the fic 'Knight in Shining Kimono' in Festival of the Fireflies inspired me to do this work. It is an adult fruits basket fansite. Beware of the hentai's and Yaoi's there (Especially some Shigure hentai and yaoi ^_^ even thought I already read it.) Also, I got inspired by Syaoran no hime's 'the untitled fairy tale'. It's another version of Fruits Basket series with a Yuki-Tohru type of romance. Heheheh.. It's so kawaii! Read that fic..after you read this one, of course.
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"Akito-san... what are you doing here?" she stammered. He just smiled differently which gave Tohru the chills.
"Why? Don't you accept visitors, Tohru-kun?" he reached out and slightly touched her cheek. So cold, she wondered but still, she felt strange about him. He might visit her.. because of some other reason..
"Gomen. but. I don't really expect you coming here." she wondered.
"Ine. I just heard the news so I came to check you out." Akito is here to check me out? Was there a time that he was worried about me? Tohru wondered deeply while Akito went closer to her.
"Akito-san. I. what do you really want?" Tohru asked. This made him smile a bit, somewhat pleased. He held her hand and gripped it firmly.
"What I want? .. I want you to take me." he said slowly and darkly. Using his other hand, he grasped her hair and pulled it hard on one side, making her shriek for a second. "TAKE THIS CURSE!!!!!!" Tohru screamed and cried out in pain.
"Akito-san!" Voices were heard from the door. He turned around and he saw Yuki with others watching them. Kisa's eyes were forcibly by Hiro and Kagura held Kyou back as he was about to charge and kill Akito with his own hands. All of them were silent.
"I guess.. I can visit you some other time, Honda Tohru-kun." he got up and went out of the room, leaving an evil and mysterious stare to all of the Sohmas. After that, Kisa approached the confused yet terrified Tohru, who just sat there silently.
"Are you okay, Onee-chan?" No response but Kisa could feel that there are no other problems.
"Why is Akito here anyway?" Kagura asked everyone. Yuki was the only one who heard Akito said those words. 'Take my curse.'
"Maybe he knew that the rumor works."
"Now wait a minute." Haru came in and raised his hand. "I got lost in the damn forest and I got here last... What did I miss?"
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" I don't think that letting Akito in your house was a good idea." Ayame said as he finished his glass. " Besides, you should have told everyone after Akito told you."
"I can't, Ayame-san. He told me that he would like to surprise them, especially Tohru." Shigure smiled mysteriously.
"On what side are you anyway?" Aya asked curiously which made Shigure laugh.
"Aya-san, sometimes, you should act like a writer. Every time you make a story, you should always remember that there should be a sense of balance in the story. Like me, a novelist, I make sure that the story had be perfectly balance----"
"We're talking about the situation here, not you're masterpieces!" Ayame snapped.
"That's what I'm trying to say, Aya-san. I'm plain neutral. I don't choose which side am I. What side suits my idea gets my idea." Shigure said proudly. "Of course, the one who gets my idea won't regret because.. as usual, my ideas are masterpieces in life!" He then laughed annoyingly like the last time. Ayame sweatdrops.
"At least I'm not like you. babbling on and on about your ever-popular ideas. They made you a writer so that they won't hear your ideas. They will just read it and forget it eventually!" He was also drunk but he tried not to act weird. not like Shigure.
He stood up, not on the table but this time, on the bar table, annoying everyone in front of him. "Well, I'm not like you. You're hiding your gayness behind those 'romantic' creations of yours! Why would people be interested on your ideas? They're just clothes! People nowadays just use thin pieces of silk to cover their naked bodies.. not those balloon-like, agonizing and pathetic dresses filled with buttons and ribbons and satins and----"
"Hey, Those are the two guys again that wrecked my bar last time!" the bartender shouted. All eyes focused on the drunk Shigure. Ayame stood up and tugged Shigure's pants, since he's on a higher ground.
"I think it's a good idea to leave now." Aya asked.
"Now you're telling me that I should listen to your idea *hic*?" Shigure playfully said.
"Now what's on your mind, genius?" Aya asked again annoyingly.
"I think *hic* we should.. *hic* call the navy and fly to *hic* Brazil to get some hot *hic* chicks.." He smiled. " Hey... *hic* I can see one right now!" he said while pointing to the kitchen door where a waitress came out. "Hey you! Do you want to go to Hawaii and make *toot* with me?"
"Now that's a bad idea." Ayame said to himself..
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"How was your visit?" Hatori asked Akito on the phone. He heard the clan head snickered.
"Can I just for once have some.. quality time with her?" Akito asked the doctor. He sounded like he's pleading then he continued. "I already started.. then Yuki and the others came in, ruining 'our' time. Can you arrange another time for me?"
"I'll try, Akito-san. Maybe after a few days, I'll be checking Tohru again.. and you're welcomed as a visitor." Hatori said.
"At last.."
"Can I ask something, Akito?"
"As long as it doesn't involve me.." Then Hatori could say anything. Of course, he's going to asked something about the clan head and his suspicious actions on Tohru. He also cared about Tohru but Akito was the clan head. He can't do anything about it. "Well?" Akito asked impatiently.
"Never mind, Akito-san, Good day." Then he hung up and sighed loudly. "I guess Shigure will be the one who can answer my question."
"Oe, Tori-kun!" Hatori looked out his window and saw Ayame called out loud while carrying the drunken novelist in one arm. Aya waved, calling him to open the door.
"Why are they bothering me? What did I do?" Hatori asked himself.
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"Is Tohru okay?" Yuki asked Kagura that evening. All of them, except Momiji, were eating dinner downstairs. A while ago, he kept on squealing that he wanted to take care of Tohru. So Kagura gave her responsibility to him.
"Hai. Momiji was doing great in 'entertaining' her." This made Kyou's and Yuki's head twitch. Kagura giggled for a while. "Don't worry. Momiji won't do.. that.. to Tohru. She'll be 'safe' in Momiji's hands."
"How come you're saying those words like you're not sure at all." Kyou said as he gobbled up his food.
"If Tohru didn't tell you guys to go down and stop worrying about her, you two might start a fight in front of her." Kagura snapped, ending the conversation. "Now. does anybody know why Akito came?" There was no response as usual.
"Let's just call the genius for this." Haru got up and went to the phone.
"Who are you calling?" Kagura asked.
"Hatori" he answered simply. " I'm going to tell him to come over tonight. to have a little chat with us."
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After some bento and take-outs, all of them, including Ayame and Hatori were pretty full down to the stomach. Shigure was half asleep after 8 glasses of liquor and eating food good for 7 people.
"Why did you call me for anyway?" Hatori asked.
" We were hoping that you would tell us what's going on." Hiro said. There was a sudden silence. Hatori sighed and didn't give any answer.
"What's going on, Ojii-san?" Kisa asked.
"Akito is up to something." Hatori began, "that can change our lives. especially Tohru's"
"What do you mean?" Yuki asked.
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"How are you doing?" Momiji asked Tohru, who tried to sit up.
"What time is it?" Tohru asked while she yawned and stretched from her long sleep.
"9:00 in the evening. Do you want to eat?" he asked cheerfully and she eventually nodded. Momiji went down the stairs and saw Hatori explaining something to the group. "What's up, Tori-san??!?!!?" he asked loudly.
"Keep it down. Tohru might wake up!" Kyou hissed.
"But---" Momiji began but Kagura grabbed him and clamped her hand in his mouth.
"You can stay here and listen but you have to keep it down! This is the secret of Sohmas only and Tohru shouldn't know about this!" She snapped.
"Mfffmfff-fmff---" he tried to talk but still, he was wasting his energy. "Now where were we?" Hatsuharu asked.
"Well, seems like Akito was up to something. But all we know is that he would like to pass this burden to Tohru." Ayame said slowly.
"Now he will be the free one, leaving us and Tohru like this." Yuki added.
"Forget about Akito. Think about Tohru." Hatori began. "Right now, as Shigure and Kagura said, Tohru carries the burden of two curses: Yuki and Kyou. She now feels very weak. Now imagine if Akito will let her carry ALL of our curses, do you think she will survive?" he asked. None of them responded.
"What should we do then?" Kyou asked finally.
"We should try to keep Akito.." then looked at the novelist, "and that guy away from Tohru. Make sure she doesn't know anything about this. As soon as Akito REALLY needs her, you can tell her everything but try to stay calm and don't make her panic too much."
"Then?" Kagura asked.
"If the situation gets worse.. I have no choice but to push her away from her current state and.. make her forget about everything." Hatori said slowly.
"Everything? Even us?"
"Yes.. we will all be glimpse in the past for her." he said sadly.
"Don't do it!!!" Yuki shouted in front of him. "Think about it! What if you make her forget then Akito appears and begins to torture her! She will have no idea!"
"Yuki, think about this. Tohru is a friend of ours and she got involve in our lives just because of a simple slip in front of Kyou. She took the risk of being with us and under the hands on Akito. We assured, as always, that she would never get more involved in our curse. But once Akito passes it to her," he paused for a moment, "her life will change forever. She will have more burdens than we do. Soon, she'll get sick and die eventually earlier than us---"
"SHUT UP! You're making Kisa cry!" Hiro screamed as he saw Kisa covering her ears and closed her eyes, protecting herself from the unbearable words Hatori said a while ago.
"That was a bad idea, Hatori! You're so pessimistic!" Kagura added.
"I'm saying the worst so that you can prepare for the worst. Right now, I want you guys to feel free to tell everything you want to say to her. because she might die soon."
"Don't say that like she's a weakling!!!" Kyou stood up and grabbed Hatori's sleeve. "Don't you dare say that again or I'll----"
Then all of them heard something rolling.. from upstairs. Momiji pointed the stairs and a glass went bouncing and rolling until it settled in front of the stairs. "That's.. Tohru's glass.."
Kagura stood up and went to the stairs, checking if it's a ghost or something while the others silently sat still. A silent "oh my god" was heard from Kagura.
"What is it?" Yuki asked. Momiji followed Kagura and he too did the some reaction.
A small figure was sitting on the stairway. It's somewhat silent and shocked. It was Tohru. "Am I..going to die?" she asked silently.
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That's it! I need to research something. bye!