Fruits Basket
Beginnings and Endings
((Author Note: Sorry for such a long delay. Between school and screwing up my arm some of my writing got set back. My injury was acting up in my arm. I couldn't type too well because I was over doing it so I gave myself a break. Anyways this is a short chapter because the next one is going to be longer. I promise this time. Also I have a beta reader. Yay. Thank you TheSilverbow))
Chapter 37
Kyo tapped his fingers against the hardwood table impatiently as he waited for Tohru to return to the dining room. Everyone else had begun their meals, but he felt the need to wait for her. His eyes slowly began to drift towards the kitchen until suddenly he felt Shigure press his chopsticks against his forehead.
"Kyo, you're a growing boy; you should eat while your food is still warm."
Kyo knocked Shigure's chopsticks right from his hand with a quick flick of his wrist, "What the hell do growing and food being warm have anything to do with each other?"
"Hey, orange top has a point," Uo said in between bites as she listened to the two bicker and while Hana simply just ignored them.
"Would you stop calling me that?" Kyo said as he stood up. "I'm going to check on her."
"Kyo, she's a teenage girl. I think she is capable of taking care of herself," Shigure said on his hands and knees while he searched for his chopsticks, "but then again, this is Tohru we're talking about."
"Idiot, you just answered your own question," Kyo said in a low voice. Before anyone else could respond, he quickly left the room to check on Tohru and make sure she was all right. He pushed aside the curtain that separated the dinning room from the kitchen, and he slowly stepped inside. Once his head had cleared the barrier, he was surprised to see that Tohru wasn't there. His crimson eyes were quick to check the window first. He caught sight of two figures standing out in the backyard. By the shapes of the two people, Kyo could tell one of them was Tohru, but he wasn't exactly sure who the other person was. He quickly jumped out the open window and landed perfectly on the soft ground. His clutched his fists together as he began to approach the two figures. "Hey!"
Tohru recognized Kyo's voice immediately. She quickly turned her head to acknowledge him, "Kyo, I'm sorry I was just -"
"What the hell are you doing here?" Kyo said as his eyes narrowed at the sight of Rin, the person whom he had seen through the window that he hadn't quiet recognized at first.
"I wanted to see her for myself," Rin said as she gave Kyo a cold look. Her long ebony hair flowed behind her shoulders as her two cold eyes warned Kyo to keep his temper while around her. Her body was extremely thin looking, and her skin was deathly pale. Kyo didn't like her, but her ill-looking appearance worried him. For now he had to ignore his feelings; he had other concerns to take care of first.
"Why don't you call like a normal person?" Kyo said with a growl.
"Kyo, it's OK," Tohru said as she tugged at his shirt, but Kyo grabbed her by the arm and pushed her behind him.
"Stay close to me and away from her."
"I don't bite," Rin said with a snort as she placed her hands against her hips. "You're both idiots, though. A perfect pair."
Kyo could feel his teeth bite together while Tohru pressed her hands against his back, "Kyo it's -"
"It's not ok!" Kyo pointed his figure at Rin. "You should learn some respect. Tohru is the one that helped us break the curse."
Rin laughed lightly, "You think the curse is broken?"
"What are you talking about? It is broken." Kyo grabbed Tohru and wrapped his arms around her in an embrace, still a perfect human. Tohru was blushing furiously in his arms, but Kyo was so busy trying to prove his point that he hadn't realized he had made such a quick advance on Tohru. "See?"
Rin shook her head as her body began to fall backwards. Her long hair flowed behind her as her thin-framed body crumpled towards the ground. Kyo and Tohru were surprised that she had suddenly began to collapse, but before they could try and catch her, Rin transformed into her animal form - a black horse. Her horse form collapsed against the ground, as her brown eyes stared into Kyo's, "It's not over. I've seen the curse for what is. Haven't you, Kyo?"
"Kyo?" Tohru asked in a soft voice as Kyo gripped his head tightly. He could hear someone crying in his mind. The pain in his chest turned into a painful knot as he struggled to take a breath.
"That's what will happen to the people who get too close…" Rin said in a weakening voice as her head collapsed against the ground.
"Haru?" Momiji said in a cheerful voice as he skipped next to the zoned out Haru.
Haru's eyes blinked lightly when he heard his name, and he causally turned his head to face Momiji, "Hmm?"
"Kagura told me that Rin escaped the hospital again. She wants us to keep an eye out for her."
Haru paused in his footsteps as his eyes suddenly grew wide at the familiar name. His lips bit down together as his hands gripped his backpack's straps tightly. Momiji stopped skipping, surprised at how he was reacting, "Haru?"
"Why was she in the hospital…?" Haru finally asked in a struggled voice.
"I don't know."
"Tell me!" Haru suddenly grabbed Momiji by the shirt as he stared into his younger cousin's eyes. "Tell me now."
"Haru," Momiji pleaded as he tried to loosen Haru's grip around his shirt, "I don't know...you're hurting me."
"Humph," Haru released his grip around Momiji's shirt, letting him fall against the ground, "I'll find her."
Momiji stared at Haru as he watched him march off down the sidewalk. He had never seen Haru's black side turn so violent towards his own family members. Even when he faced Kyo, he had never sounded so terrifying. Momiji wondered if it had something to do with Rin. He could only hope and wonder as Haru left him there alone on the sidewalk.
