Chapter 6: All downhill from here.
"Hello Kyo." the figure said. Kyo stepped back in shock and glared at the freakishly thin black figure standing before him.
"Akito."He said in a tone that showed he could care less that Akito was in front of him.
"Oh god. That stench...that was you? I was looking for the thing that made this atrocious stench." Akito said mockingly.
"Oh shut the heck up. You of all people should know what makes this partiualr smell...ma'am" He said to Aktio angrily.
Walking foreward, Akito backhanded him, making Kyo fall to the ground.
"Dont you ever say that again you filty creature. Lest you want to be ridden of, permanently." Akito said angrily. "Ive been
around Shigures land and noticed a vacant tent in your property. You camp?" Akito asked stupidly, trying to get the wrong
answer out of Kyo.
"No... i wasnt aware that there was a tent." He said trying to hold up his mind erased act a little longer.
"Really. One would think you of all people would have noticed something new." She said smugly.
"Nope. Ive been here for about four months. I think. Havent noticed anything rea--"
"Oh cut the theatrics. Hatori never erased anyones memory. Where is Tohru Honda!" Akito screamed, his bellowes echoeing
through the forest.
" Yea, like id tell someone whos lied to all of us all of our lives. And by the way, thank you so much for leaving your
journals in such a convenient place. Your sick...you know that? Making everyone suffer because you were." Kyo said
beginning to walk away from Akito.
" Like i care. Everyone grovels at my feet, as long as i keep my act up and you quiet, nobody will care what happens." She
said snobbish and rude.
"NOBODY...grovels at your feet. The only reason anyone talks to you is because they think your pathetic...and wait till
they hear why you decided to act like a guy. Then theyll think your so pathetic, this sickness will get you down for the
count and not even your loyal Hatori will save you. I find it funny how the curse you cast on everyone but yourself came
back and hit you the hardest." Kyo said, stabbing everything she had tried to hide into Akito, who was growing furious.
"Oh..im pathetic? Look at you! Training all the time to beat a little RAT so you can supposedly "fit in" with the rest of
these sick people.You all are more disturbed then me! The monkey and the rabbit dress like girls, your status inflicted and
crazed, the rats a jackass and the dogs a pervert.. you...you cant even find love in anything but that pathetic exuse for a
person. Shes disgusted to look at you in your true form and is scared of you on normal basis."Akito said throwing
everything she knew about the Sohmas at him. Kyo growled and thrust his huge clawed hand at Akito, who dodged it
effortlessly. Swinging his fist again, he nailed Akito square in the jaw, thrusting her into a tree. She quickly got up and
regained her balance.
"You shouldnt of done that. I was concidering letting the girl go with her memories.. but now, ill make sure she suffers like i
have. Losing her memory in front of EVERYONE. Leaving you all with memories of her. Making you suffer again. Even
though your breaking my curse. Its a shame theres nothing i can do to stop you...except for this." She said grabbing his hand
and hugging him, turning him into his cat self then human form. Laughing, Akito made her way to the cabin, where Tohru
was sleeping unaware of anything going on.
Aktio bust the door to the house open with Kyo chasing after her. Waking up with a start, Tohrus eyes grew wide as Akito
walked towards her. Running upstairs, she jumped out the nearby window and was caught by Kyo who had turned back into
his demon form quickly after Akito had turned him back since he didnt have his bracelet.. which was in Tohrus pocket.
Turning from Demon to Human and staying that way as long as Tohru was holding on to him, Kyo hoisted Tohru up onto
his back and ran as far as he possibly could go. Running head on into the fog that led to Akitos house.
"Kyo i cant see!" She yelled trying to hear past the roaring in her ears.
"Dont worry." He said loudly as he stormed through the fog and rushed straight to the nearest break in the fog he could. A
small path wound around strangly. Showing no signs of fog anywhere of the path, but everywhere around it.
"whats going on!" she said as he slowed down a bit.
"Akito figured everything out. Shes gonna erase your memory." He said angrily as he continued down the path. Tohru
whimpered slightly as she dodged sudden tree branches that appeared out of nowhere. Slowing down to a halt, Kyo stood in
front of a large and decreiped looking mansion. Tohru slid off of his back and took his and.
"Woah." She said softly. He walked foreward and began to walk up to the house when Tohru called for him and screamed.
Turning around quickly, Akito was holding Tohrus arm and had one hand over her mouth.
"Not a smart thing to do, Kyo... You're just digging a deeper hole for her." She said as she flickered and was gone. Kyo
looked around in shock and slowly walked over to his bracelet, which was lying on the ground where Tohru was. He picked
it up and was about to slide it on his wrist when he decided to get the week over with so that when the time came, hed be
normal and able to get Tohru back easier. He pocketted the bracelet and waited for the slow transformation to finish, leaving
him a disturbing beast again.
Back in the head Sohma house, Tohru woke up to find herself tied to a chair with Akito staring at her intently.
"So...your the little twit who figured everything out." She said getting up and pacing.
"Pretty clever of you... but a stupid mistake if any. You have no idea what youve done to me Tohru." She said angrily,
stopping in front of her.
"Yes i do. Ive just saved everyone who was cursed. And ive practically killed you, Akito. Yes, ive figured that out too." she
said cooly, watching Akitos eyes grow wide. "Pretty stupid of you to cast a curse that would kill you once cured. Dont you
think? Gotta love negative energy." She said. Akito got a stupified look on her face and raised her hand, slapping Tohru hard
across the face.
"you of all people...your glad that ill die?" Akito asked calmly.
"Right now? yes. All i can think of is all the pain you caused people. You werent like them. you could recieve hugs and
affection, you jsut chose not to, so you decided to make everyone suffer the same pain you inflicted apon yourself. They
cant have that because of you and your selfishness. Your a sick pig. I have no regrets and dont really care if you do erase my
mind. As long as they're ok and back to normal, im fine. Im happy." She said about as honestly as she could.
"Yes but they can love. Theyre free to love, unlike i was." Akito replied "What? No they're not! They have to ask for your
permission to love someone. And anything that has a sense of normality, like marriage is totally out of the question! May i
remind you of the torture you put poor Hatori through all because he asked to marry the girl he loved? Your so stuck on
your past that you wont let anyone else have a future!" Tohru yelled, letting all her frustrations out. Akito glared at her and
left the room, leaving Tohru tied to the chair. She scooted around and shifted her weight to try and get out of the ropes, but
to no avail. She sighed and flopped up and down for a few more minutes. Sighing, she calmed down and directed her attention
to the window. The scenery was an awkward one, tall trees shrouded the light and stopped any animal from coming in, so
the land was empty and silent.
Tohru sat in the chair for almost two days with the occasional meal before she was taken into a different room, where
another 3 days in solitude went by only this time, she was free to move around. On the sixth day of being in the Sohma
house, Tohru was yet again moved into a different area. "I have a surprise for you..." Akito said oddly. They walked through
a set of doors where on the other side, every member of the zodiac and all the Sohmas she ever met were standing there in a
small group. Walking her to the middle of the room, one by one, everyone walked up, hugged her, thanked her and went back
to their place. The curse was broken. normally on such an occasion, everyone would be exstatic, however, there was a silence
that slit through the air like a sword. Kyo walked out of the crowd in a cold sweat and stared at Tohru. "Kyo!" she said,
moving her eyes from his eyes to his bracelet.
"Youre ok." she said relieved. Her eyes began to water when it finally hit her what was happening. Kyo walked up to her
and held her for the longest time.
"Im sorry. i wasnt here. and theres nothing i can do now." he whispered before being pushed aside by Akito. She turned
around and began to talk.
" You all lied to me. ALL of you. so now, youll all pay. Youll all have to watch and live with youselves afterwards...when
Tohrus no longer a part of the picture. Everything you see here will be on your concious as long as you live. And youll
always think of her, but she wont know or remember you. Now then." she said turning around to face Tohru. Smiling at the
crying Tohru, she laughed and shoved her hand on her forehead. Everything went blank and the a loud voice screaming her
name echoed through her head again and again, mingling with the words "Kyo" and "Im sorry.
2 months, 3 weeks and 5 days. Tohru woke up in her room that they had set up for her in her grandfathers. Every morning
she woke up and tried to remember anything that had happened before she got in an accident and in a coma...but nothing
would come except for four words that swirled in her head constantly. 'Tohru', 'Kyo' and 'Im Sorry'. She wasnt quite sure
about the last two but its common to have your own name in your head, so that didnt bother her as much. Except for the fact
that she remembers a guy saying her name. Going downstairs and eating a quick breakfast, she headed off to school, where
she would be returning for the first time in 2 months. Walking into the school building, she quickly retrieved her new
schedule from the main office and headed off to her homeroom class, where she was greeted by her friends. Looking around
the room, she noticed two people that had seemed unfamiliar. One had unrulingly orange hair and the other silver haired and
skinny.
"Hey...who are those two?" She asked Hanajima, pointing to the two of them who were sitting down in silence. Tohru found
it odd because she thought they looked like they would fight a lot.
"you dont remember them?" Hana asked concerned. Tohru shook her head and sighed.
"Did i know them?..SHOULD i know them?" She asked looking at the Orange headed one a little more intently, trying to
figure out where she had seen him before. The silver haired one did look familiar to her, but somehow, he didint seem so
significant. Hana shook her head and looked in the direction of the two.
"Yea. You li...lived with them for a while. Thats Kyo..." she said pointing to the orange headed one,"And Yuki" she said
pointing to the other with the silver hair.
"LIVED...with them!" She said confused and shocked.
"Yea...but your grandpa took you in after his house rennovations were done... you dont remember that either?" She asked.
Shaking her head again, she approached the oranged headed kid named Kyo.
"H..hello" she said looking down at him. A weird groan escaped his lips and he slowly looked up at her.
"hi." He said quickly looking back down. Tohru looked at him oddly with a confused expression. "WHERE do i know you
from?" She said flustered. Kyo stood up and looked at her.
"you really...reaally dont remember anything? At all?" He said with a hopeful voice pleading in his head that shed remember
something.
"Anything at all, miss Honda?" Yuki asked, standing up with Kyo.
"no...i dont remember...i have...ideas...but no memorys. I for some reason..think you two should be fighting...and..i know
your hair is actually Orange, not dye...but i dont know how i know it." she said sadly. Digging in his pocket, Kyo pulled out
a small black and white beaded bracelet.
"What about this? You remember this?" He said quickly. She looked at it for a few minutes and shook her head.
"no...did i really live with you guys?" she asked still confused. Nodding in unison, Kyo stated "For three, going on four
years. We found you living in a tent on out on our property." He said trying to jog her memory in any way.
"do you remember any names or something?" Kyo asked still hopeful. Nodding at this question she rambled off "I remember
some guy calling my name loudly, then i remember the name 'Kyo' like yours, and the words 'Im Sorry'...but thats it." she
said, happy she could answer something out of all of these questions. The teacher and a few more students then came into
the room and class started, so no more questions could be asked.
Tohru sat down and rested her hand on her head, vaguely paying attention to the teacher.
"Of all the things I've believed in
I just want to get it over with
tears form behind my eyes but I do not cry
Counting the days that pass me by "
Trying to think harder to the point where she was on the verge of crying because she couldnt remember, she flopped her
head down on her desk and closed her eyes, hoping shed remember some places or some things.
"I've been searching deep down in my soul
Words that I'm hearing are starting to get old
Feels like I'm starting all over again
The last three years were just pretend and I said
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
Getting angry at herself for letting everyone down, she waited for the school day to end and waited for the Kyo and Yuki
people to come out so she could ask them some things. Standing outside, she got an evil glare from some brunette with a
bunny backpack and walked up to Kyo who was walking in an opposite direction of Yuki.
"Dont you guys live together?" She asked oddly "not anymore. I finally beat him at a fight and he moved away." Kyo said
proudly, but still with a sense of dissapointment in his voice. Tohru looked at him and stared at his eyes for a few minutes,
they reminded her of fire. Orange with flicks of red and gold randomly splattered.
"I still get lost in your eyes
And it seems that I can't live a day without you
Closing my eyes and you chase my thoughts away
To a place where I am blinded by the light but it's not right"
"Um, i have a question...would you mind...taking me to places that i may remember? I want to remember
EVERYTHING...from the past four years, that i for some reason forgot." She said sadly. Looking down at her, Kyo nodded
and led her to a large house in the woods.
"Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to"
"This is it. This is the house we all lived in." Kyo said leading her up the steps. She looked around at the somewhat familiar
house and smiled at how clean the place was kept, somehow thinking she had something to do with it. "Um...shouldnt...there
be a few more people here?" Tohru asked, having the thought in her mind that there were more people her than him.
"Yea! But...Shigures at work, so is Mii-san...Momijis at a friends house. You remember them?" He asked, always hoping she
would. caught in a yes, no, headshake, she looked around.
"this place is so familiar...i wish i could remember"
"Oohhh And It hurts to want everything & nothing at the same time
I want what's yours and I want what's mine
I want you but I'm not giving in this time
Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
The one thing that I tried to hold on to"
"Anywhere else?" Tohru asked, looking up at Kyo...who seemed like he was taller than he should be.
"Tons of places." Kyo said taking her upstairs to her room...then to the roof.
"Oh! I...I think I remember this place!" Tohru said excited. Kyos eyes grew wide and he grinned "You do?" he asked
stunned.
"sorta...you and I...we sat up here and talked..a lot..right?" she asked bouncing up and down, praying to God she was right.
"Yea! yea...we did." Kyo said almost as excited as her.
"Cmon...theres more." He said taking her hand which felt like a small static shock ran through their hands.
Walking downstairs, Shigure had just walked into the house with a somber looking face and took his coat off. Looking up, a
huge smile played across Shigures lips and he squealed like a small child "TOHRRUUUU! oh yeeeaayy! Kyo, you found
her! good job!" He said hopping up and down like a kid on christmas.
"umm..h..helloo." Tohru said, hiding behind Kyo a bit.
"Oh..she dosent remember us..does she, kyo?" He said softly.
"not yet." He said shaking his head. Nodding sadly, Shigure walked into his office type bedroom and sulked. Kyo led Tohru
outside where he put her on his back and hastily began running towards the mountains. "One good thing that came out of all
this is i still have all my catlike reflexes." Kyo called back to her "Huh?" She said very confused. Kyo smacked his forehead
and grumbled "Nevermind." He said hopping up the side of the mountain and barreling into a dark cave. Tohru mumbled
something about this place being familiar as well.
"Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were theone I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
And when the stars fall and I will lie awake
Your my shooting star"
Kyo raced down the mountain side and stopped in front of a rather large cottage like house.
"You remember this?" He asked out of breath. Tohru hopped off of his back and slowly walked up to the house. Running
her hand along the house and looking at the scenery, she turned back to Kyo with a very serious place. "I did something
important here...didnt i"
"Yea...you did" he said walking closer to her. "And im eternally grateful" he said walking into the house. Tohru followed
slowly behind him and stopped in the doorway. She gripped the doorframe and whimpered.
" I remember. I remember this place. but not...not everything." She said sadly.
"...What happened here...Kyo?" she asked running her fingers on a bunch of books stacked in piles
.
"Was it my fault" she said concerned. Kyo nodded and sat down. "yea...well...no...no it was Akitos. Not yours." Kyo said
standing up and putting a hand on Tohrus arm,who was again on the verge of tears.
"Akito? whos she?" Tohru asked wiping her eyes. "Come on. Maybe SHE'LL jog your memory. After all, she put you in
this state." Kyo said angrily. Tohru followed behind and was put on Kyos back again where they once again raced up and
through the mountain. Setting her down on the other side, Kyo took about 5 minutes to catch his breath and they were off
again, this time to Akitos house.
Walking up to a large enclosed masion like place, Kyo pushed open the doors and walked up to the main building and opened
the doors. Tohru followed behind and looked around as people stared at her like she was the walking dead. Walking up to a
boy with white hair and a furry jacket, Kyo kicked his leg and began to talk "Wheres Akito? I dont care what it takes, im
getting her memeory back. HARU! wheres Akito..." Kyo siad angrily as Haru stared at Tohru like she was the plague.
"Ummm..um...in his room" Haru said smiling at Tohru kindly. Kyo nodded and pulled Tohru down a hall and up flight of
stairs.
"I thought Akito was a girl." Tohru said confused.
"She is. But not everyone knows that." He said, confusing her even more. Walking to the end of the hallway, Kyo bust open
the door to Akitos room and pushed Hatori aside, who was doing his usual check up.
"You fix her memory right now Akito, or i swear, i will rip you limb from limb..." he said pulling Akito up by the neck of her
shirt.
"I cant." She said proudly. Kyo grabbed her throat and growled.
"What do you mean.." "I...cannt...i only know how to erase memories...not get them back." She gasped trying to push Kyos
hand away. Throwing her away from the window and into a wall, he walked over to Hatori and stared him in the eyes.
"You fix her then." he said grabbing Hatoris arms and shaking him a bit. Hatoris eyes got thin and he produced a devestaing
face.
"I...I..I cant...Kyo...im sorry." Hatori said looking down at Kyo who seemed stunned.
"What do you mean you cant!" Kyo said pounding on his shoulder. "You have to! You cant leave everyone like this!" Kyo
screamed, sinking to the ground.
"You...you just cant." He mumbled, staring at the ground. Hatori slid to the ground in front of him and stared at him for a
while. "I wouldnt know where to begin. There are rare occasions where something terrible would happen to one of the
people the person remembers and all thet memories rush back to them...but...other than that, there is no possible way we can
get her memory back...im surprised she remembers this much.
"How terrible?" He asked through gritted teeth. Hatori began to speak, but was cut off when Akito began to make a weird
sound, like a rattle stuck in sombodies throat and slowly started to float into the air, producing a blinding white light. Kyo
and Hatori stood up and sheilded their eyes as small wispy orbs began to come out of the light and scatter around the room,
some of them speeding out of the window.
"Whats happening!" Kyo yelled to Hatori who was watching with a worried look.
"I have no idea!" He said as the light grew stronger. Floating close to the celing now, Akitos body jerked about and her small
body thrust foreward, a plethera of the wispy orbs flowing out like a fountain. An earsplitting moan came from Akito and
everything once again...went black.
WOO! This was a short chapter...but i thought it
was good. Very sad though... im sorry. However, were getting close to the end! Four more chapters to GOOO! YaY!
Anyways, the song in this chappie was "Goodbye to You" By Michelle Branch..uhh...yea.
Chapter 7 up soon!
Till then!
JA NE!
oh and sorry if this reads weird... like if most of the lines are double spaced and a few words arent...the compys being gay right now...Sorry