Chaptee 2: News and Escaping
Tohru laid in her bed staring up at the ceiling. She thought about what happen today, about Kyo and the littler sohma's playing outside before he showed up. He being Black Haru. She had nothing against him but she liked the sweet and polite White Haru compared to him. She got out of her bed and walked into the hallway which was silent. Nobody seemed to be up at this hour.
'Duh...it's like 3 in the morning why woukd anyone want to be up?' She thought as she neared the window on the sid eof the house. This was the best window to climb out and go on the roof. Kyo had shown her once...before he started yelling at her.
She opened the window careful not to make a sound for the fear of waking Shigure up. She slipped out onto the roof. The warm breeze hit her and relaxed her all of a sudden. As she walked closer to the spot Kyo normally laid in she saw another figure laying their looking up at the stars. She could tell that whoever it was, was awake because she could see the light reflect from their eye. She neared the figure and realized that is was Kyo.
"What in hell are you doing up here?" He said
"I just wanted to come up here and look at the stars, you always say that relaxes you"
He looked at her and scoffed returning his gaze to the stars.
"Kyo?"
"What do you want now?"
"I just wanted to ask if you were okay"
He scoffed.
"No thanks to Haru...but yeah, I'm okay"
"I'm sorry for what he did, he was just out of control, you shouldn't have provoked him like that"
He sighed.
"I know, I got caught up in the moment. Yuki said that I was stronger against him and I wanted to show everyone that I really was but...I guess, he really is stronger then me" He sighed.
"what am I doing, I'm explaining this to you! I should writing this down...not telling someone" He said shifting slightly.
"Wel what do you thinkof Haru?"
"What do you mean! I hate the guy"
"Really, even when he's white Haru?"
"Well maybe not when he's like that...but I still hate him when he goes black"
"Most people do Kyo"
He looked at her.
"Do you?"
"Me...well no.not really"
"why not? Before I went completly unconcious I did mahange to see him punch you. Don't you hate him for that?"
"No, I was asking for it, i was trying to snap him back to normal"
"Why? why would you want to help him?"
She looked away from him and blushed deeply.
"There is no way! WHAT are you thinking!"
"I don't know Kyo...but I do know that it's true"
"You love the guy! I thought you liked Yuki. The way your always staring at him" He scoffed.
"He's a nice guy yes and so are you and Shigure, I just think that Haru is a little bit more mature"
"What about Yuki that guy's mature!"
"I know but he's too, I don't know..I just know that I like Haru more. That's why I wanted to help him"
He scoffed again and got up.
"Your crazy you know that...loving Haru i can't belive it!"
'She's going out of her little mind...how could she possibly like Haru! Ohh I can't wait to tell girly boy, he's going to be totally heart broken that she doesn't like him. And he was planning to tell her soon too'
He left through the window and shut it. Looking around he saw another figure walking around. The darkness cloak his identity but he narrowed it out.
'well it can't be shigure because he's too skinny, not kisa because this guy is tall and I can tell it's not a girl...not Hiro...it's gotta be Yuki or Haru...wait is Haru even here? Ow well maybe I'll just go see' he looked around but the figure had dissapeared.
"Whoa that..."
He was pushed to the wall.
"Do you want to wake evryone up?" His voice was deep.
"Haru?"
"Yeah what do you want cat?"
"How did you know it was me?"
"Because stupid, your voice and the fact that you just came out of a window...Tohru told me you like to be on the roof" He pulled him closer by his shirt.
"where is she?"
"Where is who?"
"Tohru, she's isn't in her room"
"How would you know that!"
"I went to check on her"
"You discust me" Kyo said hissing
"What..what did I do?"
"checking on her while she was asleep, how do I know you didn't do anything to her?"
Haru picked him up by the collar and brought him into the light.
His hair was snow white...White Haru.
"Because cat, my black personality hasn't come out"
"Just becuse your white haru doesn't mean you cant fight or do anything to hurt her"
"Have you ever seen me fight when I'm white?"
"no, but you wanted to fight"
"Well I didn't okay...where is she?"
"On the roof"
Haru eyed him but dropped him to the ground and walked to the window.
"Thaks Kyo, your a real help" He said kindly and he slid it open and stepped out into the night air.
"Man he's creepy" He said walking back to his room.
Tohru looked into the stars..Kyo was right, they were calming. She looked around trying to make little pictures by playing connect the stars. No matter what she did, they always turned up to be Haru. His face or his eyes or anythng about him. Kyo was right, she was in love with him...but was that a good thing or not?
She heard a chuckling and turned around quickly.
"Ahh so the cat didn't lie...for once he was right"
He said cooly and he sat down next to her.
"Haru? what are you doing out here?"
"Looking for you, you weren't in your room" She tensed up knowing that she could be talking to black haru.
She looked at him. He showed no sign of being his black personality so she knew it was safe to be around him.
She relaxed.
"What's wrong, did you think that you were talking to someone else?"
"No just making sure he isn't here"
"No it's just me"
She sighed. "So now that you've made sure that I'm okay...are you going to go back to bed?"
"Yes there is one thing I need to tell you first if that's okay" She nodded.
"Well I want to say" He closed his eyes.
"That I feel a sort of attraction toward you...like for some reason...black Haru is calmer with you around and I think that I may..."
He eyes shone
'Could he be trying to say what I hope he is?'
"That I think that I...forget it" He stood up.
She stood up also runnign
in front of him.
"What?"
"Nothing forget it"
He said backing up walking to the other side of the house.
"You know there isn't a window on that side"
"I know" he said his feet at the edge.
"Haru, please don't go, I have something to say to you too"
He whipped around.
"Go ahead" he said walking toward her.
"I was thinking the same thing Haru, I think that I've...fallen in love with you"
He smiled sweetly as he neared her.
"you took the words out of my mouth Tohru" he said.
Her eyes shone and she hugged him tightly. He hugged her back and they stood their under the moonlight.
'what the heck is going on? why am I not transforming?'
'what is going on? why isn't he trasnforming! he always does after I hug him"
"What...what is this?" He said studdering.
"Haru you don't suppose this could be your curses's end?" She looked up at him
"What do you mean...like it broke...like Momiji's" he said
She nodded.
"Well... I think you may be right...I haven't transformed yet" he looked into her eyes.
"I owe it to you Tohru"
She blushed.
"No need to thank me"
He held her tighter and kissed her on her cheek.
She blushed agian
"Should we tell everyone?" She said.
"No, but their is one person we should tell no matter what the cost" he said looking out toward the sohman's main house.
"Akito" he said.
"No way! If we tell her then we;ll be killed, or hurt just like Hatori"
"Well as long as were both their I think we'll be alright, and I'll tell Shigure to come and stand outside Akito's room, just incase"
She nodded,
"This is really nessisary then Haru?"
"I'm afraid so"
She laid her head on his shoulder.
"Okay then Haru, we;ll go tomarow"
He sat down quietly bring her with him. She layed against his chest listening to his heatbeat. It soothed her and she fell asleep.
He laid on his back her head still on his chest and he stroked her hair softly and fell asleep.
The next morning
Shigure had been up for a while noticing that only Kisa and Kyo were up. Kuo completly ignored Kisa as she tried to play with him.
"Shigure" She said.
"yes Kisa"
"Kyo wont play with me! Where's Tohru"
"You know I don't know, normally she'd b up by this time"
"Sh's on the roof" Kyo said walking in
"The roof, what in heavens name is she onthe roof for?"
"She's up with her one true love" He batted his eyelashes
"Yuki?"
"What?" Yuki walked in rubbing his eyes
"wait, if it's not Yuki then it's...Haru?"
"What? who?" yuki said
"Tohru is up on the roof with Haru, probably making out"
Yuki looked shocked.
"Umm Tohru likes Haru?"
"Yep she just admitted it last night"
"This isn't a joke is it?" yuki asked slightly crying
"No! haha yuki for once you lose!"
Yuki broke down falling to the floor.
"There there Yuki, it isn't all bad" He sobbed harder and ran right back upstairs running past Haru and Tohru.
Tohru came down first.
"What's the matter with Yuki"
"We just told him that you choose hatsuharu over him"
She looked upset.
"I was going to tell him!" Shw said slightly mad.
"There isn't a reason to get mad, he had to find out sooner or later" Haru said coming down the steps.
"Well me and Tohru are gong out for a while, Shigure come with us please"
He cocked his eyebrow.
"What for?"
"We...kinda may need you where were going"
"And that would be?"
Tohru gulped and stood behind Haru.
"We...i was thinking that we should...tell...Akito and since she loves you we thought that maybe if something goes wrong you could be there to hold her back" He grinned sheepishly.
"Akito? Are you sure, she's oretty dangerous when she's told something that she doesn't like"
"Well maybe she likes Tohru, she hasn't asked Hatori to erase her memories"Haru said
Shigure rubed his chin in deep thought.
"Your a smart boy Haru, your absoultly right, maybe Akito likes Tohru...well we'll see later today...say around 1" Shigure said smiling
Haru looked at a clock.
"but 1 o clock was 10 miutes ago"
"Then we should get going!"
Shigure slipped on his shoes and ran out the door swinging his arms out like a little kid.
"And Shigure say's that Kyo ad Yuki act like children" Haru said running after him.
Shigure opened the gates to the Sohma house. Momiji was sitting on a fence in the middle of the garden.
"Hey Tohru!" he said waving.
"Hi Momiji"
He climbed down and ran over to Tohru and the others.
"What are you doing here?" He said looking at Haru.
"We have to speak with Akito" He said looking at the small blonde boy. Suddenly Momiji didn't look as happy.
"Why is there something wrong?"
"No we just need to speak with her" Haru said
"Okay, you might wanna ask Hatori first, she's been sick lately and...I don't know if she's in the best of moods...but then again I'm never around her. Ha'ri says I'm not allowed to go near Akito's room"
"And it shall stay that way" Said a deep voice.
"what are you doing here?"
"We must speak with Akito" Shigure replied.
Hatori looked slightly mad.
"You may, she's in a good right now...just don't say anything that may upset her..Momiji come with me"
Momiji looked at Tohru.
"Awww but can't I stay with Tohru while Haru and Shigure talk to Akito?"
"Umm Momiji, I'm the one who's talkig to Akito" She answered.
"You?" Hatori
"Well me and Haru"
She smiled innocently.
'great now he's going to ask if were a couple'
Hatori looked at Haru.
"So, you two wish to me married?"
"No, just making sure that Akito likes the fact that we wish to be together" Haru said.
"Wahhhhh Tohru chose Haru over me! it isn't fair" He cried.
Haru slipped over to him and kicked the back of his leg.
"Shut up you little runt, she wouldn't choose you...your one year younger then her!"
"So are you!" He cried.
"Well I'm better looking then you and at least I look like I should be in high school, you look like your going into middle school or something!"
"Wahhh Haru's picking on me!"
'I can't see his face, but he never picks on Momiji, he;s got to be Black Haru' She looked over at him. Greyish hair...
'yep it's black haru...he must have snapped'
Hatori walked over to Momiji who was staring at the now Black Haru.
"Haru, stop this at once!" He said looking at Tohru who was coming closer.
"What are you doing?"
"You'll see Hatori, just trust me"
She came from behind him and hugged him gripping his waist tightly. His heavy breathing stopped and his grey hair was replaced by snow.
He turned around and stared her in the face.
"I told you, you calm black Haru" He said smiling.
Hatori looked at Haru.
"This is amazing, tohru, you have a special gift being able to tame Black Haru...noone in the sohma family has been able to do that except for me...and I do because I erase memories..a job that I really don't like"
He sighed.
"Come with me?"
As they were walking in the hallway Hatori couldn't help but wonder.
"Hatsuharu..tell me...why is Shigure here?"
"Oh that's an easy one...because just incase Akito does throw a tantrum he's here to hold her back. She does love him"
"Ahh yes, a wise choice Hatsuharu...you are a smart boy when your in you white personality. Not at all like Black Haru, he's a bit of a raging madman"
Haru nodded.
"I can't help it, my temper has a bit of a short fuse" He shrugged.
"Oh I forgot to ask you Shigure, how is Yuki?" Haru asked.
"he's in his room crying the last time I saw him, the poor fellow's heart is broken"
hatori glanced over.
"Heartbroken you say? Over what? it's not likely that the Prince is sad, crying on his floor"
Tohru twiddled her fingers.
"I suppose it's my fault for choosing Haru over him" She said with a nervous chuckle.
'Well I'll console him later, but I'm afraid love runs it's own corse...and yours is down the lane with Hatsuharu"
'Would you stop calling me that?"
"No, because it is your name whethere you like it or not"
"Well couldn't you just call me Haru?"
"No because Haru, reffers to your white personalitly...Hatsuharu reffers to both"
Hatori pointed a door.
"She' s in there"
Shigure slid open a door.
"Akito...Akito...Haru wishes to talk to you"
She growled but let him come in.
"What do you want?" She said.
Haru kneeled down and instructed Tohru and Shigure to so the same.
She sat down.
"I wish to tell you that me and the girl Tohru have fallen in love and wish to ask for yor appoval"
Akito turned around facing them.
'everyone says that Akito is mean to everyone tht she's a scary person. But I think, she may just be sad, lonely and since she's always sick she never gets to see anyone.
"You and this girl?"
He nodded.
"This is the one who broken Momiji's curse?"
"yes Akito...and mine too"
"Yours too huh?".
She looked at them.
"Well I do not see that much harm then, if she is the one to break the curse"
"Thank you Akito...thank you very much" Haru bowed.
Suddenld the wall fell and Momji popped out.
"That's great"
Akito tensed up and threw herself up.
"No!"
"What?"
"No I say no! No this cannot e allowed!"
Momiji lookeda round.
"Did I do something?"
"Yes afraid so Momiji you've brought Akito into rage"
"Ohh whoops" he ran out.
Shigure came forward.
"Akito stop!"
Akito rushed forward with a pot in his hand, throwing to the ground it shattered and she grabbed a piece running for Tohru.
Haru ran toward her.
"Stop" He was pushed aside by the rampaging women and fell to the ground inraged. He quickly shifted. Getting back up her ran for her with his own weapon.
He took the piece of pot and ran to Akito scraping her skin with it. Akito shot around and dragged it along the skin on his face. Blood flew and Tohru watched as Haru and Akito fought it out.
"Shigure!" She yelled.
"Right!"
He ran up to the backside of Akito.
"Come at me wench!" Black haru yelled.
"Go to hell!" She ran forward and scraped his chest be he threw a punch to her face.
"Stop fighting" Tohru cried.
"what's the matter woman, don't you know how to fight! Your punches are girly! I dont even feel them!"
"You asked for it"
Shigure grabbed Akito.
"Go"
"Let me go! He needs to pay! It's her fault!"
"Haru please change back and make your way out of here, stop at my house and pick up your things and run, and don't stop running"
Haru nodded and picked up Tohru and ran out the door.
They ran out the dates of the house of sohma and to Shigure's house.
"Stay" He said.
he ran up the steps and into his room. Stuffing his stuff into a bag quickly. He ran to Torhu's room. Her cleared her shelves and drawers and grabbed her photograph and stuffed them into another bag. he ran down tp the kitchen colliding with Yuki.
"Watch it...Haru?" He said.
"Sorry Yuki, I gotta get out of here, Akito's on out tails!" He stuffed a bunch of food into a bag.
"See yah and Tohru says sorry!" He ran out the door and grabbed Tohru by the wrist.
"Jump onto my back"
"but"
"Do it!"
She quikcly jumped on and he ran into the woods. Vanishing from Human sight.
