Chapter 2: Her Gently Spoken Words

Wow….the sequel really was on high-demand. I got eight reviews for my first chapter. And, that made me think 'Damn, I gotta begin chapter 2!'. I began it yesterday and finished today (9/2/05) it's the morning though. Hope you all enjoy! R&R! lol.

Disclaimer: Wow! I still don't own Furuba!

She raised the level of her voice as she continued on, "Why…do you call him a thing. You… pretend as if he doesn't have any feelings. Like he's some object. Akito-san…you shouldn't talk to people like that. It's…It's not right." Tohru stutters obviously, but her words were as clear as the swirling blue sky that was carefully become night.

Akito merely smirks and puts her hand to her mouth laughing into it softly. Withdrawing her hand from that position she stares at Tohru, seeming to be on the brink of hysteria. "Feelings? A monster like him doesn't have feelings! He's like a toy. After you get tired of him, you'll throw him out into the garbage to never see him again." She tilts her head and grins a little wider. "Just, think of him that way Ms. Honda…" Her voice whips through the air like lightning and seemed to slap Tohru right across the face. Watching her look down, a light, yet proud smile crept across her serious face. "Ms. Honda…or as Kyo calls you, Tohru…. You don't think you truly understand everything do you? You believe that you know all about this family just because you know of the curse." Akito takes a sly step towards Tohru and ends up being directly in front of her. "Now, my non-superior being, move out of the way and release your disgusting grasp of him." Clearly she was talking to Tohru as she said this.

Kyo tried to pull out of Tohru's loving grasp to go at Akito but she continued to keep a tight grip on him. She really wasn't planning on letting him go, let alone leave her side forever. Sighing a little, Kyo glances at Akito with a completely rage driven expression. "Akito…if…I go with you… to…be…"

"Locked away?" She exclaims finishing his sentence a little.

"Yeah, but, will you leave Tohru alone? Will you promise to not have anyone, or anything come near her and harm her in anyway?" Kyo questions, seeing that, out of the corner of his eye, Tohru was staring at him with a wondering expression. She couldn't believe what he was saying; it was ludicrous. She wouldn't come near to allowing him to do such a thing. Her fingers were gripping his arm tightly since she was now some how behind him because, when he had moved to advance towards Akito, she pulled him back. "Will you! It's a yes or no question Akito!" He yells as if he were ordering Akito to answer his question just as she always did with them.

A slight chuckle dripped out of Akito's mouth and Kureno was suddenly behind her, ready to back her up if need be. After a couple of moments, more people began to peek around the corner of the school to peer at them curiously. Hatori and Shigure hurriedly run to the people and begin pushing them back towards the front of the school so that in case something were to happen they wouldn't be able to see nor hear. Especially since it had completely nothing to do with them. It was only a family matter, no more then that.

Kyo stares at Akito waiting for his answer. It was something that couldn't wait. He had to know right here and now. If he didn't get the response he was awaiting, he'd have to some how wring it out of Akito's mouth without getting bombarded by Kureno who was –now considered- Akito's personal bodyguard. Slowly, Kyo pulls out of Tohru's weakening grasp and approaches Akito with angered steps. He stops before her and looks down at the much shorter Akito. Of course Akito would be shorter, since, Kyo was a male and Akito was a woman. It's practically a natural thing. "Just answer me already…it's not that hard…You're always prolonging everything! Answer me God dammit!" he exclaims grabbing the collar of Akito's silk kimono.

Akito plainly laughs and then replies as if it were a joke, "Fine, fine, baka neko. I wont send anyone or anything after her, happy? Isn't happy one of those 'feeling' things that wench was talking about? Do you really have feelings?" She questions, her eyes growing so large it made her seem even more evil then normal.

His grasp on the collar of her kimono loosens until he finally releases her. Kyo stares once more and then his gaze becomes a thick glare. "Yes…I have feelings," he grumbles so quietly that it sounded as if he was merely yawning or his stomach was rumbling. "And…don't call her that…she's not a wench." Kyo looks towards Akito, a strong impression imbedded in his forehead showing his seriousness. He couldn't stand it when people spoke lowly of Tohru. Even though he's had his share of calling her: Hopeless, tiresome, overly cheerful, dummy, doofus, or just popping her on the head gently with his fist. Something about those times made him already begin to miss them.

Tohru looks at Kyo, then at her hands. Only ten minutes ago she was hugging him and he still has yet to transform. Was it really true, what Akito said? Was her love honestly on the verge of slowly deteriorating Kyo's part of the curse? If so, then she knew the best thing to keep doing was forcing her love upon him, almost like she were pretending to be Kagura, only much less brutal about it all. Gradually, Tohru walks towards them and pushes Kyo and Akito is opposite directions so that they were at least a step or two away from each other now. Akito looked appalled at the fact that Tohru put her hand on her at all. Kyo was just plainly surprised that she separated them in such a way that she didn't mind seeing the expression of discuss on their 'God's face.

"Never…touch me again!" Akito screams abruptly. Tohru flinches a little and looks at the ground between them. Kyo's footprint was planted in the ground from when he stomped at Akito and grabbed her by the kimono. "If she does that again…. Kyo," her face cringes a little as she speaks his name, "then I will break the promise you made me make." She whispers so that the two of them could hear clearly, but Yuki can't.

While on the subject of Yuki, he stood around the same spot he had been standing at since they had encountered Akito face to face; after Kyo beat him. His fist was tightly closed so that his nails were digging into his palm, almost drawing ounces of blood. He turns around to face the back door of the school and sees Haru and Kisa coming out the door followed by Isuzu and Hiro.

They immediately spotted Kyo, Tohru, and Akito staring at each other. It was clear to them that both Kyo and Tohru were extremely sad. Haru takes a quick glance at the three of them, and then grins at Akito. He runs over to the triangle and steps past Tohru. "Akito!" he exclaims out of nowhere.

Akito looks at Haru in annoyance. "Get back inside the school you stupid, retarded Ox!" She exclaims, cocking her arm back and slamming him in the face with her wide-open hand. He pulls his head back to the side to face her.

Haru looks at Akito disobediently. "I wont have to listen to you much longer will I?" He mutters, moving closer to Akito. He spoke into her ears and a horrified face replaced Akito's evil, all-knowing one.

"What…how do you know?"

"A little birdie told me…" he continues to whisper on, leaving both Kyo and Tohru confused at this. They had completely no idea what he was saying, and clearly wanted to know, or at least be slightly filled in.

Kisa hurried over to Tohru without permission and hugged her legs. "Onee-chan! Onee-chan!" She exclaims sounding a little breathless. Obviously she had been searching around for Tohru for quite some time with Hiro, Isuzu, and Haru. "Momiji-kun went to work, he said he'll fill in for you again. Are we going to go to Shigure oji-chan's house?" Kisa continues on acting just as overly happy as Tohru usually is.

"I don't know if we're going to go to Shigure-san's house at the moment Kisa-chan." She replies, kneeling down to hug Kisa happily. "Go back inside with Isuzu-san and Hiro-chan. I'm going to stay out here with Haru and Kyo-kun." Tohru informs her so that she knows exactly what she was going to do and when she'll be coming back (sort of), and so that she didn't worry about what was actually going on for the fact that she had no idea what was really happening.

She nods and obediently runs back inside the school taking quick hold of Hiro and Isuzu's hands. They both hurried into the school, Isuzu was clearly trying to pull away, but Kisa was so darn insistent on her coming inside with her.

Kyo looks blankly at Akito and grins seeing her fright-filled face. "So, what is it that Haru knows about you? Are you afraid of his knowledge? Is the fact that he isn't as dumb as you depict frightening you?" he shouts roughly but once again, Tohru latches onto his arm and holds him back so that he didn't do anything brash.

Akito began to speak like she had completely ignored both Haru and Kyo, "Ms. Honda, I'll be seeing you soon." She glances at Kyo and grins, her eye twitching for a moment. "You, will be coming to the Main Sohma estate at midnight tomorrow night. Kureno will go and fetch you. I'll give you your time to say your little good-byes and cry your brains out. But, after that, say hello to the amazing darkness of the ice cold room that Ms. Tohru over there," she points to Tohru, "has already been in. You'll never see the outside world again Kyo…all you'll ever see through those eyes is four steel walls…. and me!" Akito bellows, more attention beginning to be drawn toward the back of the school. Hatori and Shigure were doing their best to keep the people back and explain to them that nothing was going on in the slightest. Kyo glares at Akito and sighs, nodding gradually.

Tohru also lets out a deep, upset breath. She turns a little and grabs Kyo's left arm in hopes that he'll turn around so that she can speak to him a little more privately. He does exactly that and Tohru ends up pulling him gently to the side to leave Haru and Akito talking once more. That frightened expression instantly ripped at Akito's face. It was as though each word Haru spoke was hitting her with a steel baseball bat and allowing that fearful face to appear over and over again; her fear was actually beginning to grow so much that her face became even paler then usual. Haru's let's loose a proud smile and puts his hand on her shoulder. "Akito…make sure to send your funeral invites soon, who knows when you'll just…. kick-the-bucket." He spoke the last three words so delicately that it made it sound like what he was saying was something that happens in their family a lot.

Looking up at him with a gentle smile, Tohru wraps her arms around Kyo again, burying her face in his chest. His uniform-shirt was getting slightly damp. He began to realize that she was crying. Kyo places his right hand on the back of her head and holds her against him; he wasn't going to let her go until she was feeling a little better. "Tohru, I'm sorry that I have to go. But," he pauses leans forward slightly, resting his head against her's a little, "I'm leaving tomorrow at midnight, that's plenty of time for you and I to do anything. I'll…. I'll even eat leeks if you want me to." Her grip around him tightens. Slowly, she pulls her head off his chest and smiles feeling his head against her's. She lets out a soft giggle. "Are you laughing at me?" Tohru nods, she was beginning to feel a tad better, but that was about it. The only thing that made her laugh was the fact that he'd eat leeks for her. And, saying that means he really loves her.

"Kyo…-kun…do you think…. your curse is broken? You…haven't transformed for an awfully long time…" Her voice was extremely shaky as she spoke. Even though he had made her chuckle a bit, she was still incredibly scared and she was still as sad as she was the day her mother died. He looks at her reluctantly, he couldn't stand seeing her tears and hearing her voice when she sounded like her life was coming to an end.

"Look, maybe it is, maybe it isn't. I have no idea Tohru…but, I may still have to go. Akito will probably come up with another Bitch-like rule or something." He mutters to her. The moment both Haru and Akito turned around he knew that they both heard what he said even though he spoke in a whisper. He groans a little and pulls her away from him so that she is no longer embracing him. "Tohru…. I still love you, and … I always will. I feel like I've already said this, but… I don't know. I don't want you getting hurt because of our love for each other." He reaches up and his fingers go through the front of his hair and stops as he drops his hand and holds it there. "You know…I just don't know how I should think anymore. Sometimes I'm mad and sometimes…I feel like the things I've done in the past have been long forgotten, possibly forgiven. But, then I remember all those things I did do and realize in my thoughts that those things aren't allowed to be forgiven, or forgotten." Tohru couldn't quite understand what he was saying, but she listened to each and every word he spoke.

Akito glances at them and shoves past Haru. "I'm leaving now my dear, disgusting monster." She says this as she turns Kyo around. "Gah…now I must wash my hands. You really should turn around when I'm talking to you, that way I don't have to touch your filth." Akito snaps at him and then leaves, going on her way with Kureno. Hatori caught up to them and takes the steering wheel of the car as they drive home.

"Where's that bastard Shigure?" Yuki suddenly yells, ignoring Tohru and Kyo's little

'moment' together. He looks around trying to spoke Shigure and then sees him with girls all around him. He hurries over there and grabs him by the arm, pulling him away from them all. "Why did you stay near them? What if one was like 'Ooo Shigure-san, I love you' and then hugs you!" he exclaims after he had mimicked what a girl could have done.

"Calm down Yuki-kun!" He says cheerfully. Who knows what he had been doing when he was suppose to be removing everyone and their numerous watchful eyes.

Kyo looks at Tohru and takes a swift hold of her hand. He gently smiles and walks with her toward the front of the school. "Kyo-kun?" She whispers gently.

"Yes?" He mumbles, everything and everyone was beginning to get extremely annoying and it was blowing out the capacity in his mind that allowed him to be annoyed.

"I don't like Akito-san…" her voice trails off. She had spoke so gently, and sweetly that it made him laugh when she said it. Those wonderful words of her's, was the exact thing almost every member of the juunishi always thought.

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