Fruits Basket:

Consumed By Darkness

Chapter Nine:

Fruits Basket
©
Originally By: Natsuki Takaya
(Hakusensha)
"Hana to Yume"
Planning Of The Anime By: TV Tokyo, ASATSU – DK STUDIO DEEN, Fruba Project
Reversioned By: FUNimation Productions

Mayura Sohma, Kaori Sohma, Atlas Sohma:
©
By: Debbie-Elizabeth Cochrane
aka: KyouXKagura

-- Adult Features will be appearing in this chapter but not as bad as the previous chapters… It also seems a little dark! --


Atlas heard alright and called out to her, he was in despair after witnessing that dream:
'Mayura-ai, you're not in another dimension getting eaten by thorns are you?' The way he spoke it was in a way in which he was hoping it was just a dream and that she wasn't because he didn't want her to go. Although the thorns had covered her mouth her eyes widened at the shock of him calling her that, Mayura-ai, the fact that he was saying that he loved her. Though did he love her because of who she was or did he love her because of the previous night? She didn't care.
'As a matter of fact… yeah…' It was all that she could muster as she felt the thorns pierce through her cheeks and lips, the blood seeping down her face now. Wincing in pain it was as if she couldn't hold on. She was about to think something else but she had to close her eyes as the darkness and pain covered her and she could no longer stay awake. Atlas shook his head, how on earth was he going to get to another dimension to save her… if only he could find her…

He had to speak to Kaori. Maybe it was best if Kaori knew about what was going on. He sighed as his mind sailed back to Mayura covered in those thorns loosing all that blood, hardly able to speak. Kaori didn't have to know all the disturbing details though, it wasn't right for her to do that to her. She was her sister and she had already blamed herself for everything that had happened. He got dressed and walked out of the house, not speaking to his father, he guessed his father knew what had happened because of the way he ended up the night before. It was quite embarrassing to think of speaking to your father about sex – but actually really talking to him was even more embarrassing for Atlas. He just couldn't help but remember everything that did happen that night, if only he kept Mayura with him, she really wouldn't be there all alone dying… she'd be with him and they could talk about Kaori and what had happened in the first place for this to happen.

'Oh, your majesty, I guess you've been re-born perfectly.' The female spoke as she watched as the thorn wall let open and from the cocoon that had spun from the spiked plant walked out Mayura's body of scars and cuts but there was differences, she looked much more elegant, her hair had grown down to her mid-back and her eyes which were usually pure blue were now a deep terrifying red – just like the blood which seemed to be lying on the ground. Though almost instantly as she looked towards her servants had the wounds inflected on Mayura, or should we say Freda's body healed. Freda smiled as she spread her arms wide and soon she was dressed. The outfit was weird yet gorgeous too, the whole thing on just complimented her body shape:

What she was wearing was a black long dress which actually slit right up from her abdomen and went widely passed her ankles. Her chest area was white and she wore shorts underneath these which were easily shown a brown colour, though her legs were shown perfectly, without all the scars which Mayura had feared would still be there forever. Her now long hair was then pulled back in a sleek ponytail with a pink bow which was the same as the ones around her elbow and her top. She also wore nothing on her feet but she didn't seem to even touch on the thorns. She did though smile as she raised her arms wide and held her hands up high:
"Its time for you both to be revealed to me, my servants - Kitsume and Yarome." So they finally had names… it was then that two balls of lights twirled around from Freda's palms and sailed towards the darkness where two silhouettes were then formed.
"My majesty its time…" Yarome stated as he became visible. His white hair around his waist and in a slender braid blew in a slight wind also he looked up and his grey eyes blinked as he stared at how gorgeous his new master was. Kitsume then twirled around him and waved to Freda. Her long brownish orange hair twirling around her waist and her brown eyes flared towards Yarome.
"What are you looking at, Yarome?" She asked in that same voice as she called to Mayura.

Kaori's eyes widened once more, tears fell down her cheeks.
"Onee-chan…" She whispered as she felt Atlas brush her tears away. "It's… just… that… I saw in a dream a… rose… bleeding to death." She spoke as she looked down as she wrapped her arms around him as he helped her up and he held her close. He couldn't believe what was happening; if something was going on with her then it would be just as much his fault too.
"What do you think the rose represents?" He asked as he ran his hand through her orange locks. "She's in another dimension but where could she have gone there from? Where is the portal? They're always a portal to the other dimension; I read it in a book." Atlas remembered. Kaori stopped crying as she tried to remember but then one thing stuck out in her mind, Maehara Flower Shop.
"The basement…" Atlas pulled her back and looked into her eyes and asked her directly 'what do you mean?' "Maehara Flower Shop, they grow roses in their basement." Atlas smiled as he nodded, that would be the perfect place to look. Kagura was listening from behind the door of her daughter's room and had heard it all, she wiped a tear away as she moved back to her room.

"Her sister and Atlas are trying to get here… perfect… we can get home through they're bodies." Kitsume smiled as she turned to Yarome and wondered if her twin was thinking the same.