Fruits Basket
Beginnings and Endings
((Author Note: I must thank everyone for the comments if I sounded harsh in my comment in the reviews, I'm sorry, but just try not to be rude. I of course welcome any sort of suggestions and comments. Anyways, I'm working as fast as I can to get these out even if my arm limits the amount of time I can type. I'm going to hint at Rin in this one a tiny bit. Again if you don't know who she is then I suggest looking it up. The reason I'm hinting towards her too is because Kureno and Rin are going to have bigger roles in the sequel. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and be sure to keep an eye out for the next chapter and perhaps I'll drop some more information on the sequel!))
Chapter 25
Here we are. The twelve zodiac members plus the cat, but who is our true god?
A sudden sharp click caught Kazuma's ear. His quick senses allowed him to locate the source of the sound quickly. His eyes gazed down at his broken tea cup that had mysteriously cracked in half. Its fragile pieces crumbled down to the table while it spilled its warm liquid contents. He carefully picked up the broken pieces of fragile glass in his hands wondering what could have happened.
"Kazuma, what happened? Please don't pick those up I'll have someone clean it up for you," one of the servants said to him, "you don't want to cut yourself."
Kazuma smiled softly as he studied one of the pieces in his hand, "No it's quiet alight. If your servants come to clean it up, it would only be sent to the garbage. I intend on fixing this. It may hurt to fix it, but its worth fixing, no matter what," Kazuma set the pieces down on his lap as he sent away from some glue.
"Where could he have sent her?" Kyo said as he rubbed the side of his head.
"If I knew that we wouldn't be looking all over for her," Yuki said as he narrowed his eyes lightly.
"Don't start with me. You think you're so damn smart. Well guess again, you're just a puny little rat."
"At lest I'm not a stupid cat."
"Grrr…." Kyo felt himself lunging for Yuki. Even though the two were on good terms, they just couldn't drop their bickering habits.
"Hey! You two looking for that girl?"
"Huh?" Yuki and Kyo said at the same time.
"It's you!" Kyo said as he pointed his finger at the young women who slowly approached them. Her long black hair flowed around her skinny figure as her boots clicked against the ground with each step.
Shigure stepped out of Akito's room while Hiro took his place. He rubbed the side of his neck as he approached Hatori.
"You don't look to well," Hatori said as he stared at Shigure.
"Hmm…things have become a bit more complicated then I first planned," Shigure said as he lowered his hand slowly.
"I take it you're having second thoughts about all this…"
Shigure was silent for a moment before he chuckled lightly. His eyes softened as he glanced back to Hatori, "I suppose I too have become all to attach to our precious flower."
"However you like to put it, this is a risk to Tohru and you're only using her to our advantage."
"Hari, you make it sound like I don't care about our sweet Tohru. She would have agreed to help even if I asked," Shigure said as he tucked his arms inside his robe, "Besides, things will work out. Que Sera Sera."
Hatori snorted as his eyes focused on Akito's room, "You're too confident. As soon as he's done talking to everyone he'll simply ask me to erase her memory along with Kyo's."
Shigure pressed his back against the wall as he smiled brightly to Hatori who in return stared back at him with a frown, "Why are you staring at me?"
Shigure raised his hand up from inside his robe to rub his chin, "I was just picturing you with a daughter of your own. You are too protective of Tohru."
Hatori immediately blushed as he pulled his own robe closer over his shoulders to cover his cheeks some, "Shut up…"
Shigure laughed lightly as he patted Hatori on the shoulder, "Que Sera Sera, Hari. Kyo will do what is right, we just now have to wait and see our results."
Hiro sat in Akito's room in silence. Akito may be the head of the family, but Hiro hated him with ever fiber of his beinging. If he was older he would show Akito a thing or two, but he wasn't older and he wasn't stronger. Hiro couldn't do anything to stop Akito from hurting Kisa and here he is again, failing to save another girl.
Akito was staring out the window, watching the snow fall from the hazy skies. At first Akito seemed to look at peace with his surroundings. When he wasn't ranting about the zodiac and Tohru he look rather pleasant, but looks were misleading. His hands lifted to touch the ends of his hair, feeling the smooth silk threads along his fingers tips, "Tell me. What is Tohru you to you?"
Hiro laughed lightly, "That stupid girl? She's nothing to me. I hate her."
Akito didn't show any sign of pleasure or discontent as he stood there, "Then you wouldn't mind her disappearing."
"Of course n-" Hiro stumbled on his words as his memory flashed back to Kisa and Tohru talking together. Kisa enjoyed being with Tohru and if it wasn't for Tohru, Kisa would have still been mute. No thanks to Akito.
"Well?" Akito said in a much sterner voice, picking up on Hiro's hesitation.
Hiro cleared his throat lightly as he glanced towards Akito, "I can't answer that."
Akito narrowed his eyes some as his hands dropped down to his side, "Why not?"
"Because I don't know," Hiro said as his eyes narrowed back. He may be younger then Akito, but his attitude was strong. He wasn't some scared little sheep, but he sure was a bold one.
Akito suddenly hit Hiro across the face. Hiro was surprised by the sudden attack. The hit itself hurt too much for a normal punch and Hiro guessed that there was something in Akito's hand that he didn't notice. His body flopped against the hardwood floor and he remained still against the ground as his body tried to get back up. His blond hair fell over his eyes as his shoulders pulled his body upright again. Hiro felt a warm liquid run down his face onto the floor. The liquid that oozed down from his face wasn't tears, but blood. His nose was bleeding from the hit. He felt his arms shake as he sat there, bent down on the ground staring at his own blood.
Akito kneeled down and put his arm on Hiro, "See what you made me do? My dear sheep, I never want to harm one of you, but look at the wretched girl has done to us. She has turned me against all of you and against each other."
Akito sent Hiro out and waited for the next zodiac member to enter. Hiro slowly walked out to everyone with his head lowered down, "Haru…" Hiro said to announce that the cow was next.
"What's wrong, Hiro?" Shigure asked, noticing that Hiro was staring down at the ground for an awful long time.
Hiro slowly lifted his head to reveal his bloody nose, but he also had tears streaming down his face, "I tried to stay strong, but that bastard is crazy…he's going to-"
"Clam down," Shigure said in a soft voice as he pulled Hiro over to Hatori so he wasn't causing a scene since no one else was paying attention. They were too worried about their own private visits with Akito, "Hari!"
Hatori stared at Shigure with a narrowed look until he saw Hiro, "Bloody nose?"
"No, nothing that simple. I believe our beloved god got too rough."
"I see," Hatori studied Hiro for a moment, "Nothing serious. I suspect a broken blood vessel in the-"
"Hari, please! I don't understand you when you talk in your doctor language!"
"How's that different from any other time, you act like you never understand anything…well I'll clean him up," Hatori said with a sigh. He went to go fetch some warm water while Shigure was left to entertain Hiro.
'Damn girl. Who'd thought she be important…to me too,' Hiro said to himself as he stared up at Shigure who was just standing there with a smile. "Now I'm stuck here with this idiot…great."
"Do you think she was telling the truth?" Kyo said between breaths as he ran down the long hallway right beside Yuki.
"Perhaps, but this is our only clue for now. We have no choice,"
"Right," Kyo felt his heart pound against his chest as he ran. With each step he took, brought him closer to his destiny and perhaps the fate of the rest of the zodiac members.
Tohru stared out the window large window that looked out over the building. Her room was located on either the second story window or the third, she couldn't really tell. Snow was falling slowly from outside onto the ground. Covering the land in a light blanket of white. Tohru smiled lightly until she felt a cold hand press against her shoulders. She quickly turned around to see who it was.
"Sorry to keep you waiting," Akito said as he smiled to her.
Tohru's back was pressed against the window lightly as she struggled to relax and smile back, "Oh, no. It quiet alright."
"No it isn't," Akito said as he tilted his head, "What is it that you have and I don't?"
"Huh?" Tohru said confused by Akito's question.
Akito touched the side of her face lightly, "Such a normal creature like yourself doesn't deserve a moments thought, yet those fools out there can't stop thinking about you. It's sickening."
Tohru wasn't sure what Akito was really talking about, but she tried to move away. Akito was quick to stop her and his left hand slammed against the wall, just missing her face, "I let you enjoy your time with those fools and now its time to end everything. You and Kyo are the real cursed ones. Death follows you both closely, as it should."
Tohru's eyes grew wide as she felt her body began to fall backwards against the window. The window broke into a million pieces before her eyes as she fell back. All she could see were the millions of tiny mirrors reflecting the lights around Akito. He looked like a mighty god watching one of his own fall into the twirling world below.
Hiro winced lightly as he sat on his chair. Something deep in his gut told him something was wrong, but he wasn't sure what.
"What's the matter?" Hatori asked as he cleaned his hands.
"I felt something…"
Hatori paused a moment, "As did I."
Kyo felt something in his heart twist. It hurt so much that he almost fell as he ran, but his legs continued to move. He was so close to Tohru's door now that he heard the sound of the window breaking. His keen ears knew that sound fell since the same thing had happen to him earlier. Kyo's eyes grew wide as he kicked open the door to see Akito staring out of the broken window with glass all around. Kyo stood in the doorway stun. Everything around him disappeared before his eyes except for the broken window and Akito standing in its wake, "Tohru!!!"
((Author Ending Comment: May Contain Spoiler Do I like knocking people out of windows? Not really, but it's happened in the manga and to me it seems more like Akito's style. He's not an outwardly aggressive person; he seems more subtle in his violent behavior. He just doesn't sudden jump on someone and beat the crap out of them. Though it wouldn't really surprise me if he came down to that. I also wanted this to link back to Kyo since he too experienced a window falling accident in my story. Anyways I'm going to take a wild guess and say that this story has five chapters left. I could be wrong though since I thought I would have finished this by now. 0.0))
