Freed Monarch Butterfly
Chapter II: Dreaded Actions
Disclaimer: You all know this part.
A/N: X3 Thanks to one of my faithful reader, I got this fanfic up and going. At first I wasn't really about to make it walk, but here it is, running around in circles…… Ah I apologize for this very crappy chapter. I'm on a HUGE writter's block. So huge a chisel and hammer cannot do ze job!
It felt like hours. Kyou didn't move a muscle as she hadn't either.
"Arisa, what the hell do you think you're doing!" he said, knitting his brows together.
The blonde girl cruelly narrowed her eyes at him, "You were always so annoying. Trying to budge into other people's business, what is it with you? Do you really want to die that much?" her voice felt like the everlasting ice that threatened to freeze his heart.
"Not die, just getting you out of trouble! Don't you dare make Tohru disappointed in any way Yankee!" Kyou's orange hair seemed to burn as he snapped back at the blonde, unflinching.
Arisa's answer was but a cold laugh, yet empty inside. She didn't want him to get in her way, of all people. Kyou was the one who actually cared the most, of all the little caring she received. Not him……
'He's not worth it, let's just leave him alone…… no, that won't work……' she tried to find an excuse in her thoughts, digging in to the last bit of memory she had, recalling how other girls pried free from situations like this back then.
Kyou stared back blankly, yet determined to bring her back to reality. He has heard her story once, and he was sure she wouldn't make the same mistake twice…… what had turned her back to the past? Tohru and Saki were always there for her, why was she doing this?
"What're you waiting for Uotani! Don't stare at him as if he were going to beat himself, do it!" one of the girls bellowed.
Everything seemed to to become silent, but the greatest trashing went inside the blond's mind. Her cold sweat made it even harder for her as she tried to search for another route……
Kyou had already started to advance in attempt of calming everything down but she jerked forward and lashed out. Everything happened so fast as he had punched him square in the chest where he winded. His flinch was merely several paces back and narrowed eyes.
"I'm not going to go back without you. Whether you like it or NOT!" The cat had also lunged forward, yet with only the thought of getting a tight grasp so he couldn't let her go. This was all too different from the friendly fires they used to give each other.
FLASHBACK 8D whooo
The wind blew slowly across the lush meadow. The Sohma's along with Arisa and Hana had come along on a picnic with beautiful weather shining down upon all of them. It was truly a beautifully blessed day as Haru and Arisa's hair seemed to blind many.
"Start wearing a black hat you yankee!" Kyou hollered at the blond who swayed her hair back and forth playfully.
"What? Am I going to get you glasses?" she smirked, "glasses on Kyou Sohma. I'd recommend those they make you look more…… social," her comment was nagging at him.
"Repeat that yankee! And I'll give you a fist square in the chest!"
"Oh would you really? Hit a girl?"
That's when the taunting began.
Kyou blushed. He was way too used to threatening men and not women, "uh……" but he couldn't back down now, "yeah! I would!"
Tohru's eye twitched yet she tried to ignore their "friendly conversation."
"Then do it! I double dog dare you!"
"FINE!"
"I'm waiting……"The winds blew in his face now as he rose. His own hair danced to the rhythm of the wind.
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"You sure take your sweet time orange-top."
"Shut up yankee, I'm…… I'm……… too tired to do it today okay?" he faked his tired voice as Arisa raised an eyebrow and started to chuckle at his comment.
"I'll remember this. Kyou Sohma doesn't hit girls."
"DO TOO!"
End of Ze Flashback
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Her punches and kicks weren't like the ones he'd easily avoid, but they were made with pure strength and it took him a lot of effort to take the blow. She was better than he had thought but hurting her was out of the question. Thank god she kept that steel pipe out of the way.
"Arisa stop it! Agh! I said stop! Why the fuck did you even bother to come out of the shadow when all you do is crawl back!" he had finally caught her wrist, tightly this time.
"What's going on!" a loud voice rang through the clearing. It was a man who was still wearing his working clothes, apparently catching them on sight near his commerce. Arisa couldn't held but bless her luck as one of the gang members pushed Kyou out of the way and dragged her away while the others retorted, and fought verbally against the employee. Within a few minutes, they had turned around the corner and into another dark alley-way.
"Why the hell did you hesitate Uotani! I thought you were coming back," she hollered, obviously not ready to hold back if she ever got pissed.
"He's not worth my time," she replied, "besides, why does it bother you so much whether I can kill or not?"
"Because we don't want anyone weak. Don't tell me your "friends" made you all soft-hearted, because I don't take shitty life that way!"
"Watch your mouth Rekina! Who cares if she can't fight," the leader of the gang finally appeared, apparently satisfied with what she had done to that man, "I let that other boy get away even if he tried to pick a fight with me. Wouldn't surprise me if he would be back tomorrow. Was he your boyfriend by any chance Uotani?"
That question seemed to stick out in her mind, "Boyfriend! Him? Don't make me laugh……" it always pained her to see Kyou obviously love Tohru. His love was so obvious it sometimes made her sick.
Chiaki motioned towards the nearby yankees to bring her somewhere she could rest. The wounds that have been inflicted upon her body were about to make her collapse.
"Watch it Chi. You'll end up dead before we can even reach your place," the blond sighed, now taking charge of her ex-leader.
What was really nagging at her heart were the emotions running wildy around, trying to settle themselves and fit into an argument she'd accept. She wanted to see him again, so he could save her from darkness once more…… but at the same time she dreaded his return. What if he got worst than hurt? She'd never be able to forgive herself even through all those times……
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"Damn her!" Kyou yelled out in frustration to no one in particular as he kicked a pebble. It skidded across the cold pavement, wishing to be left alone or to be templed with again, "what the hell am I supposed to tell the others at school!"
"Tell them the truth," another male voice cooly said behind him. The neko spun around quickly to punch whoever had said that, but the white and black-haired teenager caught it skillfully, "don't punch strangers now Kyou. Unless they want to hurt you back.
"You WANT to hurt me you moron! Just leave me alone Haru!"
"What's got on your nerves this time? Is it Yuki?" he asked, almost instantly, "or is it that Uotani girl from school?"
It seemed like he could really read minds, 'dammit he really needs to stay away from Hana,' the orange-haired male drew his fist back, glaring menacingly at the other individual, "why the hell would that yankee bother me?"
"Don't know. Wild guess," he muttered smirking, "after I saw you fight over there."
"WHAT!" Kyou jumped back, "Why the fuck didn't you help me out you stupid bull!"
"It's cow……" Haru sighed passing his fingers over his snow-white hair, "because I wanted to see you stand up for yourself. Towards her. You got yourself into it, up to you to get out," his speech only got Kyou more and more depressed. He was right, but what could he do? The only option that seemed to be the smartest was to give up on her and let her do what she wanted in life. But his heart couldn't stop but interfere with the intelligent thoughts.
"Whatever…… I'm going home," the shorter male muttered, now walking slowly towards Shigure's house, "if she wants to go back to that stupid little mafia. Then why should I stop her?" he kicked the pebble again.
It skipped across the street again……
"Because you care about her……"
The pebble came to a halt.
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"Da fuck! They sell bandages for how much now?" one of the voices cursed.
"Calm down. We can always mug some money off people later. We need it for Chiaki anyway. Pass it here!"
"I can do it myself! Get off!"
"I'm just trying to help you bitch!"
"Can not!"
"Can too!"
Arisa smirked. It was a long time she hadn't hung out with these kind of people. They fought like children, acted like them as well, and probably would stay that was for some time.
"What the hell are you staring at Uotani!"
That's right, would probably remain that was for a very long time.
Chiaki's apartment wasn't in the best shape nor was it in the best area. The price was affordable since she didn't work all that much as did the other girls. Perhaps the blond would be able to help her somehow in the upcoming problems.
What the was she thinking about? Maybe she had become too soft-hearted…… she knows Kyoko wouldn't be happy to see her back at this…… but it was her choice and she decided to go back to the life where nothing hurt as much. Was it because she didn't feel loved enough? No, that'd make her feel like an attention whore in which she hated very much. This was all another big mind mystery.
"Yo, care to help me a bit? Apparently these two can't seem to get a gauze bandage around my wrist once," the jet-black-haired leader sighed, raising her hand up, probably feeling weak and helpless at the moment, but probably knew more about friendship than the rest of the girls. Only two had come to help Chiaki, but they had argued their way to the door and left without another word. Their constant bickering could be heard from the distant halls.
"What's you're next move?" Arisa raised an eyebrow while perfectly wrapping the wound, "burn a building, kill some people, get money, or all of the above?"
"Dunno, whatever they feel like. They'd probably go with all of the above."
"You know there's much to life than this?"
The black-haired girl chuckled, "so why did you come back to us again?"
The blond shrugged as she pulled the finishing touch, a small knot, "dunno, you tell me."
"I'm not a mind-reader but hell with it. Could be destiny that tells you to come this way," even Chiaki seemed pretty skeptical of her own words.
"I really doubt that. I just feel this is my right place. Drunk father, long-gone mother and-"
"Great friends you dumped?"
"……"
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A/N: I told you this chapter sucked! AAHH! Now I feed you with pocky and REVIEW!