Chapter 12
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Sorry if you guys waited long. I'm trying to brainstorm for a while but I just can't. I already submitted my projects and...well.. I survived. Here is the chapter 12 anyway.
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Akito's Death day... was really unexplainable.
The ceremony was finished a few hours ago. All of the Sohmas were there (even Ritsu) and all of them were silent. They couldn't explain what they really feel. Yes, Akito's gone and they are free from his cruel intentions but deep down, they lost a clan head and a Sohma so it's natural for them to feel down.
"Why are we like this?" Momiji asked. "Akito's dead. We should be out there celebrating..but.."
"We just can't leave his grave like that." Hatori kept his head down to cover his face from his cousins. Shigure patted his shoulder.
"Well, we have to go on without him.." he said.
"Yeah...with Tohru as our clan head" Hiro whispered.
"Onee-chan..wasn't here in the ceremony, right?" All of them looked around. Few Sohmas stayed near Akito's grave. But somehow, none of them saw Tohru.
"Maybe she's too sick to move---" Momiji stared at the grave. "---just like Akito." Yuki became a little worried about this. What if Tohru really became Akito?
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"Home at last." Hatori sighed as he parked his car outside and went inside the main house. It still looked quiet even if Akito is not around anymore.
Suddenly, a servant went towards him. "Sir, Lady Tohru would like to talk to you." Lady Tohru? He snickered. She did welcome herself in the main house.
"Ok. I'll go to her room." He started to leave but he stopped and looked again at the servant. "Um. where's her room, anyway?"
"Oh, she is now the new clan head so she is in the late Akito's room right now." The servant replied and left him.
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"Ah, what's our food for today? Ne?" Shigure cheerfully asked everyone. They stared at him like he's never been in HIS OWN house before.
"Shigure, Tohru was the one who cooks YOUR food. And where's Tohru now?" Hatsuharu glared at him. The novelist began to feel "shaky all over"
"You mean. we won't be eating Tohru's dishes anymore?"
"What do you expect? A clan head cooking for somebody like.. you?" Kyou snickered. "Forget it, Shigure. Life starting now will be different." He said.
"a.I'll ask Kagura to cook for me then."
"Too late." Ayame said. "She took the little ones out for breakfast."
"Including Momiji? He's not little!" Shigure wondered.
"Then if he's considered little, Hatsuharu should be with them." Yuki giggled.
"Don't start it, YUKI.." Haru warned him. Just then, the phone rang. Ayame walked towards it and picked it up.
"Hello..TORI-KUN!!! How are you?...Yuki? Yes, he's here. Why?..Aww, don't you want to talk to me?..So Yuki's more important than me???..Ahh.." Ayame looked at his little brother. "It's Tori-kun. He said that it's important."
Yuki got the handset and started talking to the doctor. "Hai, Yuki here."
"Yuki..remember what I told you about the changes in Tohru? That she might act like Akito?" the doctor asked. Yuki took a minute to think, hoping that it's not true.
"Yeah..I guess. What about it?" he asked.
"Well... I guess my theory is true---"
"WHAT?!?!?!----" he screamed on the phone but Hatori cut through.
"----partially, Yuki! Partially only. She just acted like him a while ago." the doctor explained.
"What happened?" Yuki asked.
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Hatori went inside Akito's room, where he saw Tohru lying on a futon, staring at window. "You called me?"
"Hai..I want you to dismiss..every servant we have in this house." She said. Hatori was in a state of shock. First of all, Tohru's voice was pleasant and sweet but what he heard was harsh and unforgiving, just like Akito's.
"You heard me?" Tohru asked again.
"Yes but..why? We need them---You need them." Hatori explained. Tohru stared at him blankly. Her eyes were so dim and straightforward. She showed no reaction until she grinned at him.
"Are you..suggesting, Hatori-san?" she asked.
"Yes, I think, for your health." he replied.
"Guess what? I think I don't need you too." She stood up and shoved the doctor towards the door. "Get out of my house!"
"This is not your house! You are just a successor! YOU ARE NOT AKITO!" he yelled at her. For a second, she looked startled and confused. She whispered something but Hatori didn't hear it. Then she got back to her evil sense and stared at the doctor.
"I..am..Akito." Then she closed the door.
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"She said that?" Yuki asked again. He couldn't believe what he just heard. Tohru is Akito.
"I heard it right and..I think this is not connected to her health." Tori sighed loudly. "Something's going on with Tohru. I mean, she wanted the main house to be empty and she's not concerned about her health."
"How is she anyway?"
"She had the same weak health like Akito but this one is much worse." He explained.
"I see. We'll try to talk to her."
"No, Yuki. I suggest that you should give her some time. Maybe Akito inserted a drug so that he could control her or something. Maybe it will wear off for a few days." The doctor again replied.
"Okay. Let's hope that this theory is correct. I better go now, Tori, I need to tell the others about this." Before Yuki could hang up---
"Yuki, wait!"
"What is it, Tori-san?"
"Do you have an extra futon there?" the doctor asked.
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That night at the main house, Tohru was sleeping on Akito's futon peacefully. Then suddenly, she began to twist and turn, not enjoying her dream. Her eyes were tightly shut but even so, her tears rushed out. She felt pain in her dream and she couldn't wake up. She murmured weakly: "I didn't failed you..Akito-san..." She cried in her sleep
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Sorry if you guys waited long. I'm trying to brainstorm for a while but I just can't. I already submitted my projects and...well.. I survived. Here is the chapter 12 anyway.
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Akito's Death day... was really unexplainable.
The ceremony was finished a few hours ago. All of the Sohmas were there (even Ritsu) and all of them were silent. They couldn't explain what they really feel. Yes, Akito's gone and they are free from his cruel intentions but deep down, they lost a clan head and a Sohma so it's natural for them to feel down.
"Why are we like this?" Momiji asked. "Akito's dead. We should be out there celebrating..but.."
"We just can't leave his grave like that." Hatori kept his head down to cover his face from his cousins. Shigure patted his shoulder.
"Well, we have to go on without him.." he said.
"Yeah...with Tohru as our clan head" Hiro whispered.
"Onee-chan..wasn't here in the ceremony, right?" All of them looked around. Few Sohmas stayed near Akito's grave. But somehow, none of them saw Tohru.
"Maybe she's too sick to move---" Momiji stared at the grave. "---just like Akito." Yuki became a little worried about this. What if Tohru really became Akito?
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"Home at last." Hatori sighed as he parked his car outside and went inside the main house. It still looked quiet even if Akito is not around anymore.
Suddenly, a servant went towards him. "Sir, Lady Tohru would like to talk to you." Lady Tohru? He snickered. She did welcome herself in the main house.
"Ok. I'll go to her room." He started to leave but he stopped and looked again at the servant. "Um. where's her room, anyway?"
"Oh, she is now the new clan head so she is in the late Akito's room right now." The servant replied and left him.
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"Ah, what's our food for today? Ne?" Shigure cheerfully asked everyone. They stared at him like he's never been in HIS OWN house before.
"Shigure, Tohru was the one who cooks YOUR food. And where's Tohru now?" Hatsuharu glared at him. The novelist began to feel "shaky all over"
"You mean. we won't be eating Tohru's dishes anymore?"
"What do you expect? A clan head cooking for somebody like.. you?" Kyou snickered. "Forget it, Shigure. Life starting now will be different." He said.
"a.I'll ask Kagura to cook for me then."
"Too late." Ayame said. "She took the little ones out for breakfast."
"Including Momiji? He's not little!" Shigure wondered.
"Then if he's considered little, Hatsuharu should be with them." Yuki giggled.
"Don't start it, YUKI.." Haru warned him. Just then, the phone rang. Ayame walked towards it and picked it up.
"Hello..TORI-KUN!!! How are you?...Yuki? Yes, he's here. Why?..Aww, don't you want to talk to me?..So Yuki's more important than me???..Ahh.." Ayame looked at his little brother. "It's Tori-kun. He said that it's important."
Yuki got the handset and started talking to the doctor. "Hai, Yuki here."
"Yuki..remember what I told you about the changes in Tohru? That she might act like Akito?" the doctor asked. Yuki took a minute to think, hoping that it's not true.
"Yeah..I guess. What about it?" he asked.
"Well... I guess my theory is true---"
"WHAT?!?!?!----" he screamed on the phone but Hatori cut through.
"----partially, Yuki! Partially only. She just acted like him a while ago." the doctor explained.
"What happened?" Yuki asked.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Flashback-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Hatori went inside Akito's room, where he saw Tohru lying on a futon, staring at window. "You called me?"
"Hai..I want you to dismiss..every servant we have in this house." She said. Hatori was in a state of shock. First of all, Tohru's voice was pleasant and sweet but what he heard was harsh and unforgiving, just like Akito's.
"You heard me?" Tohru asked again.
"Yes but..why? We need them---You need them." Hatori explained. Tohru stared at him blankly. Her eyes were so dim and straightforward. She showed no reaction until she grinned at him.
"Are you..suggesting, Hatori-san?" she asked.
"Yes, I think, for your health." he replied.
"Guess what? I think I don't need you too." She stood up and shoved the doctor towards the door. "Get out of my house!"
"This is not your house! You are just a successor! YOU ARE NOT AKITO!" he yelled at her. For a second, she looked startled and confused. She whispered something but Hatori didn't hear it. Then she got back to her evil sense and stared at the doctor.
"I..am..Akito." Then she closed the door.
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"She said that?" Yuki asked again. He couldn't believe what he just heard. Tohru is Akito.
"I heard it right and..I think this is not connected to her health." Tori sighed loudly. "Something's going on with Tohru. I mean, she wanted the main house to be empty and she's not concerned about her health."
"How is she anyway?"
"She had the same weak health like Akito but this one is much worse." He explained.
"I see. We'll try to talk to her."
"No, Yuki. I suggest that you should give her some time. Maybe Akito inserted a drug so that he could control her or something. Maybe it will wear off for a few days." The doctor again replied.
"Okay. Let's hope that this theory is correct. I better go now, Tori, I need to tell the others about this." Before Yuki could hang up---
"Yuki, wait!"
"What is it, Tori-san?"
"Do you have an extra futon there?" the doctor asked.
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That night at the main house, Tohru was sleeping on Akito's futon peacefully. Then suddenly, she began to twist and turn, not enjoying her dream. Her eyes were tightly shut but even so, her tears rushed out. She felt pain in her dream and she couldn't wake up. She murmured weakly: "I didn't failed you..Akito-san..." She cried in her sleep