Chapter 9: New Future
The new years party went surprisingly well. Kyo gave up about the zodiac thing and decided to
attend. Like any new years party, there was plenty of excitement and games. All of the little kids
invited friends from school, not worrying about them finding anything out. The Sohma house was
more crowded than usual and festivities were at their prime. Early into the morning, parents began
taking their children home and the party died down. Ayame had Mine drive them home due to the
fact that 10 bottles of beer coursed through his blood. Hiro and Kisa fell asleep back to back on
the floor and Hatsuharu and Rin offered to take them upstairs, dropping them off on the mats in
their rooms. Kyo and Tohru left around two in the morning, Tohru riding on kyos back, half
asleep, she mumbled random things that otherwise made no sense. Getting home about half an
hour later, the two flopped down on the couch and fell asleep not bothering to take shoes off or
to notice that Shigure was down the hall, packing things with Mii.
The next day seemed to drag on incessivly. Shigure and Mii had decided that they had liked
America so much that they were moving there and they already had a house lined up in some
place called 'California' that they had visited on their honeymoon. Depressed to see them go, but
happy that they were happy, Tohru stood at the door and waved as Shigure and Mii got in the
Taxi with their last bags filled with clothes and drove off. She sighed and closed the front door,
folding up the deed to the house and putting it in her pocket, she walked upstairs into Kyos room
and flopped down onto the bed with a distraught sigh.
"Are they gone?" He asked, turning away from his computer. She nodded and handed him the
deed.
"Yup. Everything is. The house seems so...empty." she said kicking a pop can that lay empty and
half crushed on the floor.
"Dont feel so bad, Tohru.. I think they needed this. Shigures been in this house for 32 years. He
grew up here, i think eventually, hed want to get out." Kyo said getting up and putting the deed in
a book about martial arts. She raised an eyebrow but shrugged it off as she stood up to stretch.
"Sooo. Are you ready for Graduation tomorrow?" Tohru asked as she ran her fingers across the
material of Kyos coat that was hanging on the wall. "Yea, seeing as theres no dark box in my
future." He said with a sneer. She smiled and walked over to him.
"And for that, im glad" She replied sliding her arms around his waist.
"Me too" he said kissing her forehead "I can imagine. I wouldnt wanna be locked up in a dark
box forever either." She said letting go, heading for the door. "You hungry?" She said looking
back into his room, where Kyo was turning off the computer.
"Yea..got anything in mind? Other than Stir-fry?" He added, making sure she didnt suggest it. She
shrugged.
"I dunno. Not sure whats in the kitchen. If worse comes to worst, we can just order something."
she said as she headed down the stairs. Kyo followed behind and walked into the kitchen where
Tohru was flinging things out of cabinets and opening a box of some unnameable food. She made
a disgusted face and threw it too.
"Theres a lot of crap in here. I never realized it before." She said holding up a can of processed
fish paste. "We'll save this for Takuto.." She said as the sleeping cat on the windowsill perked his
ears up at the sound of his name. She smiled and continued throwing stuff, Kyo catching them
and tossing them into the garbage can. Tohru ran her hand along the back of the cabinet and
pulled out a long bundle of leeks. She frowned dissapointed and threw them a Kyo, who
triumphantly slammed them into the trash "I thought i got them all. Sorry." he said kicking the can.
She nodded and pulled out some beef seasoning from ramen.
"I wonder where the ramen went..." she said holding up the seasoning packet and throwing it to
kyo. He looked at the old lettering and hissed.
"It probably dissenigrated, this things 10 years old. Shigure needs to clean better." He said
throwing it out. After about an hour or so of throwing things out and finding good things, Half of
the cupboards and cabinets were empty and the fridge had hardly anything in it. "I need to go
shopping." Tohru mumbled, pointing the obvious out. Kyo nodded in agreement and felt around
under the table, pulling out a peice of paper. "Shigure needed to find better hiding places. That
was too obvious. Ill go order something. You...you go shop." Kyo said picking up the phone as
he gave Tohru a kiss as she headed out the door.
Getting back with about five bags of food, she set them down on the table and quickly put them
away, heading up to the roof where Kyo was. She sat down and grabbed her food from the bag
that was next to his foot and began to eat.
"The store was crowded. Sorry it took so long" she said looking at him.
"Dunworry bout it" He said slurring his words due to a full mouth. She smiled and set down her
food, staring at the night sky.
"What do you think will happen, Kyo?" She said, asking a very vague question. He glanced at her
and raised an eyebrow.
"With what? That was kinda vague" He said putting his chopsticks down.
"With everything. I mean, Shigure and Yuki moved, Akitos dead, and everyone else found
something to do. We've got nothing." she said sadly.
"I mean, even Kisa and Hiro are doing something, their going to America with their parents for a
year. Now that the curse is broken, everyones moving on to normal life." She muttered drawing
her knees up to her chin. Kyo nodded, letting the statement hit him full force. Not being able to
find an answer to her question, he finished up his meal and laid back on the roof, staring at the
moon. Tohru sighed and closed her eyes against the soft breeze that blew her hair around. She
could only wait and see what time had in store for her.
(A/N Time hop! This next part is a few years later...technically 3... but anyways)
3 years later:
Tohru rolled over on her bed. She stared at the bulletin board hanging on the wall opposite her
and sighed. There were very few things on the board. Her and her roomates schedules, her work
schedule and a few notes and reminders. Next to the papers were a few photos that she refused
to take down, even if her roomate begged. There were four pictures currently up, one being her
cat Takuto, who was givin to Kisa as a birthday present, the second being a picture of the Sohma
family minus one. The third was a postcard of Hawaii, on the back was a photo of Shigure, Mii
and their now 2 year old daughter Rina. The fourth never left the board. In the picture was a
orange haired boy, about 18 years old. He had crimson eyes and a grin plastered to his face. His
hand was outstretched to the camera and he was clutching the arm of Tohru who had taken the
picture. The boy was Kyo Sohma. After a year of not doing anything, Kyo had mysteriously run
off one day, leaving a note taped to Tohrus forehead explaining that he felt like he was holding her
back from doing something great. The note didnt say where he was going or a reasonable
explination to why he had left. The truth remained that he left. He left Tohru the house, the deed in
the martial arts book, the cat and everything. He also left something that held him to his past. A
small black and white bracelet, sitting on Tohrus nightstand. That day she started to cry. And the
tears have yet to come fully out. Getting up off of her bed, she stared at the clear Montana sky
and focused her attention to the mountain range, reminding her of the months she spent in the
valley with Kyo. She wiped her eyes and quickly turned away. Walking over to the bulletin
board, she pressed her fingers to her lips and pushed them on Kyos picture.
"Happy Birthday." She said, gathering up her books and heading to her two hour English class.
Leaning her head on her hand, she waited for her English teacher to finish up his droning so she
could leave. The class seemed to go slower than most. Mainly because of 87 year old teacher
Mr. Hobbes, who one shouldnt be working and two, was most likely the most boring person on
the face of the planet. After what seemed like another hour, the bell rang and she thankfully
gathered up her belongings and hurried out of the room, so not to get caught by the teacher and
lectured about paying more attention. She slipped out of the doorway and down the corridor to
her right, which led outside, letting her get to the next building over. The rest of the day continued
on as such, two hour classes, lunch, job at the coffee house a few blocks from her dorm and then
homework. This was how it was every day. Shed get back just in time to get in about 5 minutes
of alone time before the obnoxiously loud roomate of hers, Maria, would bust into the room and
angst about her day and how everything was so horrid for her. At this point, she would wait for
her usual shower before she would slide on her headphones and make sure that Maria couldnt
talk her ear off anymore. June 13 signaled Summer vacation, 4 and a half weeks of down time
where most kids generally went off and got drunk at crazy parties, staying up until odd hours in
the morning because they cant stomach any more beer and wind up barfing in the bathroom for
an hour. But unlike everyone else, Tohru wasnt the party type person. Sure she had offers and
invitations, but she went against them, figuring that something was bound to go wrong. Having
found a small apartment outside of campus, she went on a months rent and called it home. It was
easier than flying back to Japan, just to go home to an empty house, if Hatori hadnt sold it yet.
She dropped her few things on the floor and glanced around at the fully furnished apartment.
White walls covered the place and hardwood flooring traveled through the four room apartment.
The furniture was nice, beige suede so it seemed with newer ammenitites. Not that it really
mattered, she was only renting the place for the sole purpose of weekends and vacations. Since
she was technically an immigrant, the landlord gave her a lesser rent and her job money could
cover it with more left over. Sitting down on the couch with a Pepsi(tm) and the remote, she
began to flip channels randomly and stopped on some sort of movie. Figuring shed leave it there,
Tohru got up and began to make a quick dinner and pulled her cell phone out to call Hatori.
Hearing the familiar but aging voice on the other line, Tohru cracked a quick grin and sighed.
"Hey Haru. How are you?" she asked the person on the other line. "Heeyyy. Pretty good, you?"
he asked politely "alright. How goes it with you and Rin?" she asked, changing the subject of how
she felt. Haru laughed and sighed.
"Fine, just fine. She says 'hi' by the way, she sitting here reading. "Oh.. Hey Rin!" She siad loudly,
making sure she was heard. There was an awkward silence and then Tohru spoke up.
"Well...anything?" She asked blatently. Haru sighed dissapointed and replied.
"Nope. not yet. But ive told you time and again, if we hear anything, your the first to know. Sorry
Tohru." He said sadly. "Okay. Thanks anyways. Umm... can i talk to Hatori?" She asked, veering
away from the Kyo subject. "Heeess helping Kisa with some headache medicine. But ill go get
him."He said putting the phone down. Tohru waited, shiting feet and took a breath of relief when
Hatori picked up.
"Hello Tohru" Hatori said, happy to hear from her. "Hi Hatori. How are you?" she asked him.
"Im fine. You?" he said with a concerned tone. Tohru shrugged and sighed.
"I dunno. A little tired, but otherwise fine i guess." she said unsure of how she was really feeling.
"Ah. Its coming up again isnt it?" Hatori said somberly.
" goin on 3 years now. And not so much of a 'hey you, im still alive!' But i cant expect much, can
i? Hes probably forgotten about me by now." she said lowering her voice.
Hatori sighed and replied. "Now, Kyo may be rude and inconciderate, but he wouldnt forget
someone he loved for 4 years. Why, last i checked he still remembers when Hiro stole his
christmas present 6 years ago." Hatori said trying to reasure her. "Kay. Well i have to go. i think i
hear somebody knocking." She said, not sure if it was a lie or not.
"Ok. Ill talk to you next week then. Bye Tohru" he said from the other line, talking over the now
crying Kisa, who just bit Haru and got smacked for it.
"Bye bye." She hung up the phone and went to the door, there was definately someone there. She
opened it up to see her roomate and two of her classmates. "Um. Hi?" she said looking back at
the microwave, that was beeping.
"Hey you! Come on, were going out to dinner, and kidnpping you. Tohru, you need to get out
more." They said as they grabbed her arm and dragged her out of the apartment, all the while
muffling out her protests with more talking.
The four girls had gone out to a restaraunt and a movie. Tohru hated to admit it, but she actually
had a good time. Leaving the restaraunt laughing with the rest of the girls, she stopped abruptly
and stared ahead of her. About 3 streets over, an orange blob was moving at a sluggish pace.
"Tohru, you ok girl?" Maria asked, waving her hand in front of her face. Tohru broke into a run
and yelled back.
"Its KYO!" making all the girls gasp and smile. They had jus heard the story at dinner and were
all hoping shed find him.
"only one person has THAT orange of hair. Its gotta be him!" she thought dogding cars and
making her way to the other side of the street, where the orange haired person was moving
farther away. Running closer, she skidded to a halt and balled her hands into fists.
"KYO!" She screamed, sqeezing her eyes shut. The figure stopped dead in his tracks and slowly
turned around. He wore a white shirt and black jacket with Kakhi pants. Dark crimson eyes
stared at the petit brunette that just called his name. He gasped and whispered her name before
repeating it louder.
"Tohru." He said hardly believeing that she was standing two feet in front of him. She wiped
her eyes and looked up. It was Kyo. A little older, but Kyo all the same. touseled orange hair
and crimson eyes that peirced her soft blue ones. Beginning to walk towards him, she broke into
a run and flung towards him, wrapping her arms around his neck and feeling his slide around her
waist. He moved a hand up to her hair and pulled her closer to him. "Kyo...whered you go?" She
said incomprehensibly, her words slurred by tears and muffled by his shoulder.
"I..i had to leave. I didnt want to keep you from doing something better than sitting around with
me all day. I had to. " he said sadly, holding her tighter. She looked up at him and sniffed.
"But. you werent keeping me from anything." she stated, looking into his eyes, which seemed a bit
more hollow than usual.
"im sorry." he mumbled, hoping that somewhere in this awkward conversation, shed say the thing
he wanted to hear for 3 years running. Thinking he heard her say it softly he waited for it again.
She looked up with red eyes and opened her mouth. "I missed you. More than you can imagine. I
still love you, you know." she said, her cheeks growing red. She said it. He smiled and pressed
his lips against hers. She closed her eyes and relaxed, returning the kiss passionately. "I love you
too" He said breaking away for air. She smiled and leaned into his chest. Closing her eyes and
taking a deep breath. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and leaned his chin on her
head. "Im so sorry Tohru. I never meant to hurt you like i did. I figured if was gone, youd be
happy. I guess i was wrong." He said sighing. Tohru nuzzled against him and looked up. "Yup.But
i forgive you" she said mockingly. He grinned and picked her up, swinging her around and
hugging her tighter.
Tohru called Hatori when she got back to her apartment, explaining that They had found
eachother. Everyone at the Sohma house demanded to talk to Kyo and by the time the phone call
was done, it was about midnight and almost every light in the apartment building but hers was off.
Kyo looked at Tohru, and smiled.
" Shes changed so much. But its still my Tohru. Same as always, still beautiful and carefree." he
thought as he made his way over to the half asleep girl on the couch. She looked over at him lazily
and instinctively leaned on his shoulder. He slid his arm around her waist and hugged her close to
him. "Im so glad we found eachother Kyo" she said quietly. He nodded against her head and
sighed.
"Me too." Not much was needed to say after that. Tohru didnt need to cry or rock herself to
sleep and Kyo didnt need to run anymore. They had found eachother and that was all that really
mattered. She closed her eyes again and sighed, breathing slowly. Kyo took one more glance at
her before shutting his eyelids, smiling softly as he drifted off to sleep.
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