Chapter 6: Blazing Trap and Kyo's Rescue

Akito didn't move, he couldn't move! This was Akina! His only friend ever! Blood…it was all over her. It was the blood of people he knew. The blood of people he was related to. He looked into her eyes, anger filling him. "You killed some of my relatives," he said quietly.

"I-it had to be done," Akina replied nervously. Why did Akito have to see her like this, in his family's blood? Why did this have to happen? She never wanted to harm him, never wanted to kill him, but now that he had seen her, she had no choice.

"Akina," Akito said, getting her full attention, "why do you listen to your family's nonsense?"

"Huh? Nonsense? What do you mean?"

"You are better than this, Akina. You are not a killing machine, you are a human being. Please, remember that!"

"Akito…" she started, but then shook her head. "I… I have to kill you now."

"Akina, listen to me! You don't have to kill anyone! You can leave this place!" Akito desperately wanted to get her out of here, but he knew that it wasn't going to be easy.

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Kyo wondered when the others were going to find him. "Kyo!" called Tohru from above him.

"What?" he asked. He didn't really feel like talking, at least not with his back in so much pain! However, he knew that he had to keep talking, or they'd never find him.

"Um… uh… well… what's your favorite color?" Tohru had no idea what to talk about.

"I don't really have a favorite color."

"How about favorite food?"

"I don't have a favorite food either."

"Do you have a favorite anything?"

"No! Now stop asking me stupid questions!" snapped Kyo. He mentally kicked himself for being so mean to her. "Look, I didn't mean to yell at you like that."

"I-it's okay. Really," said Tohru. She looked over at Kisa, Hiro, and Ritsu. "Any ideas?"

The other three shook their heads. Sighing, Tohru tried to think of something else to say. Then she had an idea. "Hey, Kyo?"

"What?"

"What would you want to do once we get out of here?"

Kyo was startled by the question. "Don't you mean if we get out of here?"

"No, Kyo, I mean when. We are going to get out of here, I just know it."

"Well, in that case. I guess I would just be happy to be alive, just glad to be out of here. I don't know what I'll actually do, but I know I can't wait to get out of here."

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Akina continued staring at Akito, not sure of what to do. She knew that she had a duty to her family, to kill anyone who entered this place, but seeing Akito again… She didn't know what to do. I have to kill him, she thought to herself frantically. I have to kill him!

"Akito!" they both heard someone shout. Turning, they saw a teen boy with white and black hair. It was Haru, and he appeared to be Black at the moment. He stood there, glaring at the girl covered in blood, Shigure and Ayame's blood. He knew what she had done, and he was going to make her pay.

However, it seemed that Akina had other plans. She walked backwards, out of the hallway. Once out, she walked over to a wall. "I'm sorry I have to do this to you, Akito," she said, pressing a button in the wall. "But it must be done." She then left them as her trap came to life.

The sound of creaking gears filled the area. The walls surrounding them appeared to be moving on their own. Akito looked around them cautiously, unsure of what to expect. Then he noticed a hole in the wall to his left that looked suspiciously like… "A flame thrower."

Instantly, the hall filled with flames, both Sohmas running out of there as fast as they could. However, they were cut off by another set of flame throwers on the other side. "Shit," Haru cursed, looking around. "Now how the hell are we supposed to get out of here?"

"We're not supposed to be able to get out of here, Haru," Akito informed him. "No one is allowed to leave this place alive."

"Don't say that, Akito. We're gonna get out of here, and we're gonna be alive. I promise."

"And why would you want to help me, Haru?" the Sohma head asked.

"I have my reasons," was the quiet reply.

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Hatori listened closely to Kyo's voice. When it started getting louder, he knew they were going the right way. He looked over at Yuki and Momiji, making sure that they hadn't disappeared. They didn't, which was a good sign. Then he stopped in front of an old-looking door that was boarded shut. From what he could hear, Kyo was inside that room. Now…how to open the door?

Momiji stepped up to the door, also realizing that they had reached their destination finally. "How are we gonna open it, Ha'ri?" he asked.

"I'm not sure, Momiji."

"Would this help?" asked Yuki, holding up a hammer that he had found. It seemed to be a little rusty, with maybe a few specks of blood on it from who knows when.

"Yes," answered Hatori, "I think it would work." He took the hammer from Yuki, and swung at the door, causing it to burst open.

Kyo looked at them, wide-eyed at what just happened to the old door he had gotten used to staring at. Then he grinned and said, "It's about time you got here."

"If you hadn't stopped talking, we would have gotten here sooner, stupid cat," Yuki informed him.

"Whatever, you damn rat! Just get this thing off of me!" shouted the cat-possessed teen. Hatori and Yuki removed the chunks of wood from on top of Kyo, while Momiji made sure that no one was coming. There was a dangerous person in this place, and whoever it was, Momiji knew he didn't want to meet them. I sure hope Haru's okay, he thought quietly as Kyo was finally freed from his wooden cage.

"Finally!" the orange-haired teen exclaimed. However, when he tried to stand, pain rushed through his body, causing him to fall to ground. "Damn it, that hurts," he mumbled.

Immediately, Hatori was at his side. "What's wrong, Kyo?" he asked his younger relative.

"Well, my back is feeling better, but my leg isn't."

"Which leg is it, Kyo?" asked the doctor as Yuki looked at his orange-haired cousin with concern.

"My right leg." Hatori checked to see if any bones were broken, his suspicions confirmed when Kyo gasped in pain.

"It's broken," he said quietly, helping Kyo up. "Put your arm around my shoulders," he told the cat.

Kyo did as Hatori told him, feeling tired and annoyed. He hated having broken bones, especially a broken leg. This was because a broken leg meant he couldn't really go anywhere on his own, and he hated it when people helped him with anything. Suddenly he realized that Yuki was also helping him get to the others. Now why was that damn rat helping the stupid cat like this? It didn't make much sense, and it just annoyed Kyo even more. He desperately wished that they could get out of here as quickly as they could so that everything would be back to normal… Well, almost everything.

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FLASHBACK

The sun was peeking through the trees as she walked around the massive Sohma property. Then she saw him, Akito Sohma. She loved him dearly, and she was surprised when she came to this realization. However, the look on his face at that moment, so dark and cold, frightened her. What was going on? She followed him cautiously, hiding behind the door he came out of. That's when she heard it, soft crying coming from inside the dark room. Peeking inside, she saw a young boy. "Are you okay?" she asked him softly.

He looked at her through violet eyes, tears flowing through them freely.

"What happened to you?" the strange girl asked him.

He looked away, though, not wanting to answer. He wasn't supposed to tell anyone about what Akito did to him. "It's nothing," he quietly lied, refusing to look at her.

"Are you sure?"

"Y-yes."

The girl smiled warmly at him. "What's your name?"

He looked back at her again. "Y-Yuki Sohma."

"Nice to meet you, Yuki. I'm Akina." Then she gave him a hug, causing the small boy to transform into a rat. Yuki almost panicked until he realized that the girl was still smiling at him. "I thought so. You're just like Shigure and Ayame, aren't you?"

"You… know about us?" asked Yuki, calming down a little.

"Yes, actually. Although I'm not supposed to. This will be our little secret, okay, Yuki?"

The small rat nodded. He was surprised to see that she wasn't at all frightened or disgusted by what he was, and it made him glad.

END FLASHBACK

Yuki stopped suddenly, startling both Kyo and Hatori. "Hey, damn rat, why the hell did you stop?" questioned Kyo.

"Sorry," mumbled Yuki, wondering why he would remember that girl now of all times. What had caused him to remember that day? Did he even want to know? He then remembered the diary that Tohru had found earlier, and how Akito had reacted when he saw it. What was going on?

"Do you think the others are okay?" Momiji asked quietly. He was walking closely behind the others, not wanting to get separated.

"I hope so," Hatori said truthfully.

Kyo and Yuki only nodded in agreement. This place was dangerous, and both of them knew it. How were they ever going to get out of here alive?

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Hiro sighed as he leaned against a wall. The whole vacation so far was a mess, and Kisa was terrified. How could anything else go wrong?

"They got Kyo," Tohru informed everyone in the room.

"That's good," said Ritsu, standing up. "That means that everyone will be coming back in here, right?"

"Yeah, I think so," said the girl. I'm glad they got Kyo out of there, she thought to herself. Now I just hope that they can find their way back here. And I hope that… the others are okay, too.

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There you go, people. I finally had an idea for this. And guess what? Ironically, Kingdom Hearts music was playing in my head when I typed this up, and my brother wouldn't shut up about his gameboy game with his pokemon. He's complaining about not being able to switch out pokemon in a battle. Oh well, hope ya guys liked this chapter. I had fun typing it.