Disclaimer: Ok, there are a couple of things in hear that are from either Inuyasha and Final Fantasy
Eight. I DONT OWN THEM... but i felt i should put this in here so i dont risk getting my story
taken off. so heres the disclaimer fanfic people. be happy now.
Tohru checked the time and pulled out another journal.
"Why the heck did she feel she needed 17 journals? This sucks." She said grabbing something to
drink and opening the 8th book. Reading through it, she skimmed through the parts that didnt
involve the curse and cut her time down by at least 10 minutes.
" man... this chicks messed up. No WONDER she hates everybody. Well, at least I have some
things I can report to Kyo." Tohru thought as she wrote a few more things down in the notebook
she was keeping full with details and important stuff.
"I'd be a good librarian..." She mumbled, taking down a few more things and reading through them.
The hours went by quickly and before she knew it, it was about Ten at night and Kyo was walking
in the door. "Hey... busy? you didnt even start the fire. Here." He said tossing a couple of fish on the
table.
"Im getting tired of Ramen. You still reading Akitos journals?" He asked, grabbing a knife and
beginning to clean the fish. "Yup...and do you have to do that here? Yeeeww.." Tohru said,
commenting on the newly opened dead fish sitting two inches in front of her. Kyo grinned and
nodded.
"Yea...theres no room anywhere else, youve got the whole first floor shrouded in books." Kyo
stated, looking around at the neverending piles of thick books lying about.
"Oh...yea. Ok then. Once your done mutilating the fish, read through that notebook. Its really
important." She said grabbing a few logs and heading outside, where the night air had already
dropped in and made the outdoors clammy and cold. She put the logs down and went back inside
for a blanket.
"Its really cold out there. Bring the fish out when they're ready" She said flinging the blanket and a
skillet over her shoulder and walking back out the door. Kyo watched the door for a few and then
turned his attention to the window where Tohru could be seen starting a fire and poking it with a
stick. He finished cleaning the fish and opened the notebook, carrying it and the fish outside where
he sat down on a log opposite Tohru, who was still prodding at the fire. "I think it will burn for a
while, stop poking it." Kyo said handing her the fish. Looking up from her daze she hastily grabbed
the fish and slid them in the skillet. She put the stick down and held the skillet over the fire, shaking it
every so often to cook the fish faster. "Whats your problem? You havent said much..for the past
couple of days" Kyo said putting the notebook down and looking at her.
"Read the notes I took. Youll see." She said turning the fish over by flicking her wrist, making the
fish flip into the air and land on the opposite side. Kyo nodded and began to read through the note
s, the crickets and the crackling in the fire getting louder with the silence. Tohru began sing soflty to
break the silence and not disturb Kyo, who was still reading.
" ikutsu namida wo nagashitara
Every Heart sunao ni nareru darou
dare ni omoi wo tsutaetara
Every Heart kokoro mitasareru no darou" she poked the fish and picked up her song
"nagai nagai yoru ni obieteita tooi hoshi ni inotteta
meguru meguru toki no naka
de bokutachi wa ai wo sagashiteiru
tsuyoku tsuyoku naritai kara
kyou mo takai sora miageteiru...
donna egao ni deaetara
Every Heart yume ni fumidaseru
no hito wa kakashimi no mukouni
Every Heart shiawase ukabete nemuru" She looked up at Kyo and put a fish on each plate, handing
one to Kyo who took it with his distraught looking eyes still on the notebook
"itsuka itsuka subete no
tamashii ga yasuraka ni nareru you ni
meguru meguru toki no naka de
bokutachi wa ikite nanika wo
shiru toki ni warai sukoshi naite
kyou mo mata aruki tsudzukete yuku
osanai kioku no katasumi ni atataka
na basho ga aru so sweet hoshitachi
ga hanasu mirai wa itsumo kagayaiteita so shine" Stopping every now and then to make sure she
wasnt bugging him, she picked up her song where she left off:
"meguru meguru toki no naka de
bokutachi wa ai wo sagashiteiru
tsuyoku tsuyoku naritai kara
kyou mo takai sora miageteiru
meguru meguru toki no naka de
bokutachi wa ikite nanika wo shiru
toki ni warai sukoshi naite kyou mo
mata aruki tsudzukete yuku" finishing up about the same time Kyo put the book down, he looked
up and sighed.
"Well, that was disturbing. Akitos a freak... What was that? the song you were singing?" He said,
straying away from the topic of Akitos disturbing journals.
"Oh...my mom used to sing it for me when i was really little. How i remember it, i have no idea... i
dont know the name of it though." She said putting another peice of fish in her mouth. Kyo nodded
and put his empty plate down. " interesting. I didnt know you could sing." He said. "Ohh..yea..i dont
think im that good though." She said finishing off her fish and resuming her fire poking fixation.
"Your not bad. Too bad you dont know the name of the song." He said trying to stay off the Akito
topic as much as possible.
"mmh.Hey...what do you think the cure is? I mean, Akito was kind of a freak..."Tohru said hopping
into the unavoidable conversation " WAS...a freak? The girl beat you up for no apparent reason
whatsoever. Shes a bit more than a freak...but i have know idea. I think you should keep reading
though...she said shed write the cure when she figures one out." He reminded her.
"Yea.. i guess..." She said, yawning afterwards.
"Im tired of reading.. im gonna go to bed" She said somberly as she got up and walked into the
house. Kyo watched Tohru sulk inside and sat out by the fire for a while longer thinking about the
journal entries and what the cure could possibly be. Figuring that is was sensless to mull it over now,
he picked up the bucket of water and doused the fire, dropping the bucket by the door as he closed
the door behind him. Walking inside he headed past Tohru and made his way for the stairs while
Tohru was putting books back and blowing candles out. As he was laying in the worn out bed, he
heard her coming up the stairs about 10 minutes later...sounding like she was crying. Asuming she
was just yawning, he disregarded it and attempeted to get to sleep. Tohru crept down the hallway
and made sure Kyo was asleep before going back downstairs and pulling the tenth book from its
pile. She struck a match to light the nearby candle and began to flip through the pages, disregarding
anything that didnt have to do with the curse. She stopped on an exceptionally long entry and began
to read:
" September 18, 1982 Ive got it. Sure it took me a few years to complete, but ive found how
to perfect the curse... and how to cure it. Tomorrow morning... I will go around the Sohmas
houses and give them some 'iced tea' I make to apologise for my rudeness. Each individual
container will hold the correct potion. Soon, everyone in the Sohma family that it was
directed to will be infected, causing it to be a full on curse after I perform the spell... I have
to do it during the next storm however, otherwise...it wont work right. Which is odd, I never
figured out why it has to be performed during a storm...but thats not the point. Anyways.
After the spell is complete, the curse will take full effect and those cursed will wake up the
next morning in their animal form. hehehe...that should give them a shock. Good. The cure is
a sad one... but its good revenge on whomever has the dipleasure of being the cat. The cats
curse is a special one... Not only will he or she turn into a cat...but if ever they take off the
bracelet that i gave Kyo(whos now out of the hospital..by the way) they will turn into a foul
demon. The ultimate torture seeing as they will reek and be hideous forever. Unless...some
moronic person finds this...then they can break the curse. Which makes me ave second
thoughts about writing the cure in here. I will anyways. Ill lock this room when i leave and
take the key with me. That way nobody can get in here. Besides...writing the cure will remind
me and make me laugh when i read over these entrys. I really do loathe the cat...so ive made
the cure to hurt the cat. The curse can be broken. But only if the cat goes for a whole week or
more without the bracelet on...if the cat can stay in its demon form for more than five days
without any human contact whatsoever, then it will be transformed back into its normal self..
breaking the curse in the process. I figured that so long as the cat suffers, Im one happy
person...so the curse can be broken once the cat suffers. Thats good enough for me. Sure its
not extravagant and outgoing...but who the hell cares? Im sure theyll be happy no matter
how the stupid thing is broken. So then. Thats that. no more for today.
-Akito"
"oh..my...go...i have to tell Kyo." Tohru said standing up and rushing upstairs, not worrying about
the sturdiness of the stairs. She rushed into Kyos room and tripped over his shoes landing on
him...turning him into his cat form and waking him up. "And the purpose of that...was?" He asked
crawling out from under her. She stood up and grabbed Kyo running back downstairs.
"Tohru what the hell are you doing!" He asked as hse hopped down the last few chairs and handed
him some pants as she ast down in a chair and pushing the book towards the newly pantsed Kyo.
"What ARE you doing?" He said looking down at the book.
"The cure... i found it. But it SUCKS. read." she said smacking her hand down
on the book. Kyos eyes grew wide and he began to read. Tohru watched him eagerly as he read
through the entry.. sliding the book across the table when he finished. He smacked his hand on the
table and stayed as silent as possible. Then looking up at Tohru, who was on the verge of tears he
began to talk.
"Yep. Thats sucks. A lot. But we dont really have a choice do we?" Kyo said to Tohru who was
now focusing her attention on the fireflys outside holding back the tears swimming on the surface of
her eyes. "Yea. no choice..." She said wiping her face from the fallen tears that had escaped when
she began to talk.
"Stop cryyinggg..." Kyo said smacking her head down on the table.
"Its gonna be alright. Its only five days. You can handle things for five days." Kyo said looking up at
her. She nodded and wiped her eyes again.
"Sorry." She said softly.
"Stop apologizing. Its gonna be fine. Theres nobody in the woods and nobody around for miles and
miles. I wont be seen or heard. Youll just have to kick it here for a few. Ok? Ill go tomorrow. " He
said looking at Tohru. She glanced over at him and laid her head down on the table.
"mmkay" She mumbled to the tabletop. Getting up, Kyo helped Tohru up and they both went
upstairs to go back to bed, but weather either of them got any sleep was indefinate.
The next morning, they got up around the same time. Only today, there was a sorrowful feeling that
seemed to hang in the air and stuck there like some annoying thing that wont go away. Kyo stood at
the door and waited for Tohru to say something... but that didnt really work well. So instead, he
assured her everything will be fine. Holding out his braceleted hand, Tohru grabbed the bracelet but
didnt take it off yet. "Promise youll come back?" She asked twisting the bracelet.
"Yea." He said.
"Mmkay. Ill be here." she responded "Why"
"Ill...be waiting here"
"For what"
"Ill be waiting here for you...so if you come here, youll find me...i promise." With that, Tohru took
Kyos bracelet off and turned around quickly as he slowly changed from Kyo to the cat Demon. She
turned around in time to see Kyo rushing off to the forest where he would spend the next week or
so.
Two days had gone by. Every so often, Tohru would look off towards the forest and see some
trees shaking or a weird thud randomly echoing through the valley. She didnt do much during the
time Kyo was gone. She didnt need to read anymore since the cure was underway and nothing
really needed to be cleaned. Today there was virtually nothing to do so she tore through some
rooms and found a book worth reading. She flopped down on the couch in a pair of pajamas and
began to read while flipping her hair back and forth between her fingers. "This really sucks. Akito
was really messed up. Im almost glad shes sick and regularly couch potatoish. Its only been a
couple of days and i miss Kyo. Its really quiet here and boring. This cure thing better
work...otherwise..ill kill Akito or something. No not really. But I'll hassle an alternative out of
her. I wonder how many people KNOW that Akito is a girl... probably not many. I imagine
Hatori does...Maybe Shigure...but nobody else probably. I think if anyone else knew... that
would pose for an awkward situation. Awkward indeed. Man... this books boring. Maybe ill
just listen to music or something." She thought putting the book down and grabbing her CD
player. Kyo found a small clearing in the forest and flopped down onto the ground, leaning back
against a tree. Looking up at the sky, he crossed his arms and closed his eyes against the sunlight
creeping through the breaks in the trees above.
"Akito is one warped little son of a...well daughter of a.. ah never mind. She is seriously
messed up though, I wonder when the old hags finally gonna kick the bucket. Hatori needs to
stop keeping her alive, the loser. I Dont know why im so upset. Maybe because the last thing i
saw before leaving was Tohru tirning around so she wouldnt have to see me like this. This is
cruel and unusual punishment. This 'cure' thing better work...or else..ill do anything to break
it. Maybe killing Akito would work. She needs to die anyways. I never did like that person.
Ugh. I hope Tohrus alright. 5 days to go..." He thought, repeating the five days to go in his head
until he fell asleep.
Day Three:
Tohru found herself constantly looking out the window for signs that Kyo was alright. Remembering
that Kyo had brought a flashlight with him for who knows what reason, he didnt really need one
having cat like night vision and all, Tohru waited until night fell when she dug through her bag and
grabbed her flashlight. She walked outside and began to use the flashlight for morse code, hoping
Kyo may see it and respond. She clicked the flashlight in a certain way for a few seconds and
waited. Feeling like she didnt get to him, she began to turn around but spun back when she caught
the flashing of Kyos flashlight about 5 seconds later. Tohru smiled widely and flashed back to him.
The conversation mainly went something like this:
"Kyo. Are you okay"
"...Define okay"
"Good. good thing we know morse code like a second language"
"Yup"
"Tired"
"no. I keep sleeping to hope that the day goes by so youll come back sooner"
" Me too"
" Hungry... goin to find food"
"Okay"
"Bye"
"Bye"
Tohru turned her flashlight off and bounded into the house.
"Taking morse code classes for three years paid off." She said to herself as she sat down at the
table and began to finish reading Akitos journals just out of curiosity. She flipped the pages and
found some old photos from Akitos childhood. There was a girl, assumingly Akito and a boy who
looked remarkably like Kyo...who was probably Akitos Kyo, and a rather tall, middle aged looking
man with a small beard and a pleasant grin. Probably Akitos father, who didnt look like hed ever
say any of the things Akito said he did. She kept the pictures in the front of the journal so they
wouldnt get messed up and read on, completing another two journals befor she got tired and went
to bed on the couch. She slept there every night since Kyo left because staying upstairs kind of
scared her. The room that used to be Akitos had weird noises coming from it every now and then,
causing her to think of odd things like Ghosts, making her scared. So she spent the nights on the
couch with her CDs and a small stuffed cat that she got from her mother a year before the accident.
The cat was tattered and worn out. One of the eyes was on the verge of falling out, the fur on the
ears were matted and in the sixth grade, Hanajima cut off half of the cats left ear trying to put an
abnoxiously large earring through it, which was now, not only suck to the ear, but permanently
immobile seeing as the matted fur was providing a protective barrier around the earring. She looked
at the small cat and tryed to move some of the hair about to make it more presentable...but to no
avail. She ran her hand along the back of it, showing that the off brown cat used to be a bright
orange, which made her think of Kyo. She rolled over on her side and turned her CD player up and
fell asleep, having a weird dream about running around the track feild with a large bullldoser chasing
her. In another part of the valley, Kyo was coming into the clearing in the forest. He sat down where
he was before and began to flip his flashlight around in the air, smacking his head in the process.
Figuring that he was too tired to do anything, he leaned up against the tree again and fell asleep,
Being woken up about an hour later by the sounds of footsteps and cracking branches drawing
closer to him. He stood up and glared into the pitch black. Soon, a small figure in all black came out
and grinned at him.
"Hello Kyo."
MUAHAHAHAHAHAA! cliffhangerr! Im so evil. I know this chapter was a bit short, but i really
cant write much about days that they wait around in for Kyo to come home. By the way, the song
Tohru was singing is Every Heart, from Inuyasha and the little thing they said to eachother when
Kyo left was the infamous promise from Squall to Rinoa in Final Fantasy VIII.
Who is the mysterious person that came out of the woods? What the heck is gonna happen next? And why did i make Tohru have that dream? Well i really dont know, but i have answers to the first two! Which one of them, you should know the answer to too.
Chapter six coming up soon!
Till then!
JA NE!