Man! This chapter was kinda hard to write. It has ALOT of drama... It took me a few hours to complete.Ah! I have to go to my new school in two days! So forgive me if I write a lot of chapters between now and then! Mwahaha! Two more people have reviewed. Maybe you all can help me with my world domination plans and so I…er…WE can own Furuba! Mwahaha! But for the moment…I can only wish.
Anywho… here's to my reviewers!
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And now on to my wonderful and awesomely great story…
Monster
Hatori and the others drove up just as the charter bus arrived. "Tohru!" Momiji jumped out of Hatori's car and ran toward her. "Happy Flower Day Tohru!" "Thank you Momiji!" Tohru had a huge grin on her face. No one could help but grin when Momiji was around. The hyperactive bunny was desperately trying to pick up Tohru's bags when Hatsuharu came over to help. "Good morning Tohru, have you seen Kyo?" "Well he was around here somewhere. Did you need something?" He put on a smirk and admitted, "Well I do want to challenge him again."(I am the biggest Haru fan! He is just so damn fine…) He hoisted her bag into the luggage compartment. "Well as interesting as that sounds Haru, it can wait until we get there. Happy belated birthday Tohru." Hatori appeared beside them. "Perhaps you should go find Kyo though. We should be leaving soon." "Ok, I'll be right back!"
Kyo stared up at the cloudy sky trying to rid himself of the voice playing over and over in his head. He bit his hand to distract him from the cold laugh.
Flashback
"Tell me Kyo, what is so special about that Tohru Honda?" Kyo just stared angrily. Akito never paid him attention unless it was to criticize him or ever hurt him. Now he was asking about Tohru. He bit his tongue to keep from retaliating. Akito wasn't the type of person you messed with.
"When I ask you a question monster," he paused long enough to sneer, "you answer me! Now, what is so special about that bitch!" Anger boiled in his stomach and reddened his face. Angry words were screaming in Kyo's head, words he had the better judgment to keep locked up. 'What the fuck is wrong with this sick bastard? Why the hell is he dragging Tohru into this!'
"Personally I think that there is nothing special about her. She is just another person who acts like she wants to make the world happy and only ends up causing pain. She has done nothing but hurt the Sohma's since she stumbled across this secret!"
"You're wrong!" Kyo had finally found his voice. "She hasn't hurt anyone!"
"I'm wrong?" He started to laugh, harshly. "My dear Monster, I can't be wrong. I'm God!" He stopped laughing and spat at Kyo's feet. "Although you are to hotheaded to admit it, I have a point. Miss Tohru Honda tries to please everyone. She never wants anyone to be unhappy." Kyo now had a very dazed look. 'Now he's complimenting her…'
"It's true isn't it that she has accepted your true form? I bet that made you feel really special… Holding her really tight as she cried about wanting to stay together." Never had Kyo felt so many emotions at once. He wanted to scream at him for bringing up that day. But he also wanted to run away from him.
"Don't you see? It's not that she accepts you because she wants to. Do you really think that she was happy after that day? She was terrified of you! Infact, if she wasn't always trying to make people happy, she might tell you how she really feels. She would never let anyone see her get hurt. She is always putting on a mask to hide how she really feels. She is disgusted at you, who wouldn't be? You're a filthy, horrible, disgusting monster! You deserve to rot in hell just for being born!" Akito had long lost the unpleasant smile. He was looking at Kyo as if he might just hit him. Kyo, on the other hand, was on the ground, clutching his stomach. His heart was beating extremely fast. He just wanted to pass out.
"I am going to leave now. I think that I have done my job. And if you don't heed my advice and stay away from Tohru, you might just get your heart broken." He snatched him off the ground and threw him into the nearest tree. "And she might get something broken as well," he whispered, almost inaudibly in his ear.
When Akito walked off, Kyo vomited. 'No! He can't be right! She really does care! No!' But the thoughts wouldn't shake out of his mind so easily. With every step he took to get back to Shigure's house, what Akito had said made more since. Tohru was always trying to please people. Maybe she WAS scared and disgusted with him. She just didn't want anyone to know. He reached into his pocket and pulled out her gift. It was a small, golden chained bracelet. Butterfly charms went all the way around it. Uo had said that day in the graveyard that her mother was the 'Legendary Red Butterfly'. Knowing Tohru loved to be reminded of her mother, he knew it was the right thing to get her. But now…he didn't want to give it to anyone.
End Flashback
"Kyo? Are you up here? There you are! Come on, the bus is gonna leave without us." Tohru gave him a smile as she climbed on the roof.
"No one wants me there anyways…" He already knew what the answer would be before he said it. But like she always managed to do, she surprised him.
"You're right! No one wants you there at all! That is what I came up here to tell you. You should just sit up here on the roof for the whole weekend." She laughed at her own sarcasm, even though she wasn't that good at it.
He gave her a small smile and climbed down the latter. 'Maybe Akito was wrong. She seems happy enough. If she really was scared , would she have come up here alone with me?'
"I can't be wrong. I'm God!"
The same words Akito had said kept haunting him over and over. He was only vaguely aware of Yuki and Haru both talking to Tohru with smiles on their faces (I LOVE Haru! I don't want him with ANYONE but Tohru…. or me!) Normally he would have flipped out at them for flirting with her so openly. But today he didn't even notice.
Tohru glanced over at Kyo for the millionth time since they had gotten on the bus. He was looking out the window with a worried expression. He didn't seem upset, he had smiled at her. 'I couldn't have done anything, could I? Mom, please tell me what to do!' For once, when she thought about her mother, no comforting words popped into her head, cheering her on. She shook the thought away and continued to look at Kyo.
Suddenly Momiji bounded towards her from the other end of the bus. "Tohru! Let's play 'Rich Man Poor Man'! I get to shuffle!"
"Ok!" she smiled brightly, forgetting her troubles.
In the corner, Kyo stiffened. He pretended not to hear Momiji. He just wanted to see if she would invite him willingly. 'Of course she will! She IS Tohru! She never leaves anyone out…' With that thought, a flood of Akito's harsh words gushed over him again. He bit his lip and the words that were teasing him, taunting him, made his eyes sting.
"Kyo, would you like to play also?" Tohru sat down next to him in the corner. She put a hand on his shoulder, almost like she could feel his pain. He looked into her teal eyes and nodded. He silently followed her over to the others. Momiji was making a mess of shuffling. Cards were flying everywhere. Tohru giggled and Haru laughed. Yuki put a hand over his mouth, to hide his humor. But Kyo just felt out of place. Nothing made since to him anymore…
Sniff… I think this chapter turned out really good! I redid the Akito scene four different times, but this one is the best that I could come up with! Poor Kyo! Will he ever be the same? Will Tohru every find out? And will Akito choke on a chicken bone and die (haha, I wish!)? Tune in next time to find out!
