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Last time on A Broken Curse
"We can't keep him from knowing." Hatori's cold voice filled the room. The eyes of the group fell to the ground as they acknowledged the inescapable truth of his words.
"I know that. But how are we going to tell him?" Asked a bewildered Yuki sighing as he spoke.
"I wonder how he will react." Momiji's voice echoed.
"Not good, I'm guessing." Kyo growled, his fiery eyes fixed on Tohru. She was sitting quiet between Yuki and Shigure. She looked so small. She had grown exceptionally silent since the mention of Akito's name. It's almost as if she fears him. The bemused boy pondered from afar. It's almost as if she's scared of what he will say. Well, to be truthful, we all are.
"Well, there's no use putting of the inevitable." Muttered Hatori as he rose from his chair and headed for the door.
"I'll come with you." Shigure replied joining him. "Power in numbers and all that."
They walked out the door together as the rest of the room fell silent once more.
Chapter 6
All their life the zodiac family had to answer to another. A god, as it were. They were always watched and were never truly allowed to be alone. Their God abused them mentally and physically, watched them struggle everyday, never once lessening his brutal punishments. He had a room for each of them where he would torture and hurt them in the cruellest of ways. This man. This God. Akito Sohma.
Shigure and Hatori approached the room where such a monster spent his time. Each of them breathed a sigh as Hatori knocked on the door. He was answered almost straight away, the familiar, irritant voice echoing through the ears of the dog and dragon. They approached the bed where their God was layed and knelt before him, bowing their heads.
"What do you want?" Asked a frustrated Akito.
"To tell you something." Hatori paused for the briefest moment and then finished, "Something important."
Akito lifted his head from the comfort that was his pillow and looked up into the eyes of the doctor before him. "What?"
"It's about the curse." Shigure murmured from his position next to Hatori.
"And? Will you just get on with and tell me!" Akito was becoming angered and so the dragon chose not to waste any more of his time and so, instead, told him it straight.
"It's been broken. We don't know how, or why but…" Hatori is broken off mid sentence by the harsh laughter of Akito.
"Hahaha…" The harsh, brittle sound filled the room with its sharp noise until the two Sohma's raised their eyes towards him and stared. "I know that. Here's me thinking you had something important to tell me." And the God, the cold Akito, placed his head back down, their welcome revoked.
"What!" Kyo growled a frustrated Kyo from the garden. "You mean he knew this whole time?"
"So it would seem." Hatori replied in his usual peaceful tone.
"But how? Why?"
"We'll probably never know. Doesn't seem like he'll be sharing any time soon." The dog muttered.
"I can't believe this!" Screamed Yuki as he banged his fist hard against the oak table.
Silence rained about them, the quiet of the room tormented by the anger and confusion of the two teenage males.
Never one to sit still for long, Shigure looked about the sparsely decorated space.
"Tell me: Where has our little Tohru disappeared to?"
"She left with Momiji." Hatsuharu who had, until now, been a silent figure, spoke from the wall he was lent against. "He took her to see the gardens. It seems he was getting restless."
"I see." The dog pondered this fact for a moment. Then, without warning, a spark of brilliance ignited in his crafty head. "I wonder. Could it be Tohru-San's fault?"
"Say what?"
"What I mean is, maybe it is only Tohru we can hug. Maybe she has done something so this can happen." Shigure replied holding his hands out defensively.
"But how?"
"Maybe she…maybe our precious flower is not as innocent as we think she is."
"Shigure, you're not making any sense. Just say it will ya'" Kyo snarled. Shigure donned a wide-eyed expression.
"Maybe our sweet Tohru… is a witch!"
"Now that'll teach you for saying dumb things, wont it?" Kyo asked from his position on top of Shigure.
Shigure, still shocked from the force Kyo was putting upon his back, could only whisper a "Ya-ah." in reply to his question.
"Kyo, get off'a him. That's not going to help anyone." Hatori mumbled half-heartedly, watching the pair with undisguised disdain.
Kyo did as he was told and got up off Shigure.
"Ah, Hatori. My hero!" The dog squealed reaching out to the unsuspecting dragon. "Thank you for saving me." And he wrapped his arms around Hatori's body, refusing to let go.
AN: Thank you again for all your help on this chapter soul.