Disclaimer: standard disclaimers apply: (" I don't own furuba..blah de blah de blah!")
warning: spoiler! not a very big one, I think everyone knows Akito's secret by now!
Momiji Darko
CH2
Previously:
When the rabbit-like creature saw the group of people standing in shock and revulsion, It stalked fearlessly backwards into the glooming darkness until all that could be seen where two luminous eyes gradually dissolving into the deep night!
Chapter two
"Mo….Mom…….Momiji!" Tohru was not the only one to have been so utterly terrified and confused by the thought that the gruesome creature that had just disappeared into the woods could possibly be their dear friend, Momiji!
But there seemed to be no other explanation. They woke up due to a scream that would freak the grim reaper out, and realized that the only person missing was Momiji. When they went into the garden to investigate, all they found was a disfigured rabbit!
Tohru fell to her knees and then collapsed onto the floor, her head crashing first onto the hard ground.
"Ah! Miss Honda!" Yuki was immediately there and Kyo was not far behind.
They hearded everyone inside before they all got frost bite.
Then, they sat down around the table and sunk deep into thought. Tohru was now conscious and sitting on achair padded with several pillows and cusions.
"I think we have alot of questions to be answered," Shigure stating the obvious! "but I think it's best that right now everyone get's some sleep."
The next morning, Kyo was up and making some toast when tohru walked into the room gloomily.
"Oh, hello Kyo. I'll make breakfast for you if you would like."
"Nnn. I can manage."
It was clear that the events of last night were very hard-hitting and no one really felt like making too much of an effort.
Shigure and Yuki then also walked into the room and Shigure looked up at the two.
"Hello everyone."
"Shigure, do you think Momiji will be all right?" Yuki had just woken up enough to show his concern.
"I really don't know, Yuki. He could be anywhere right now."
"How long do you think this has been going on?" asked Kyo.
"Again, I couldn't say. But I heard from Hatori that lately he's getting home late, but maybe it was because he was going out late."
"AHH! It's all my fault! Momiji really didn't want to come to the sleepover but I forced him to! I'm so sorry! It' my fault!" Tohru's hands rushed up to her face to hide her shame.
"No miss Honda, it's fine, i'ts not your fault." said Yuki.
"Yeah, how were you supposed to know this would happen."Kyo was know sitting at the table eating his toast.
"Look I'm sure Momiji will turn up sooner or later. If this has happened before then he obviously changed back, so it'll beok." As he said this, Shigure also sat down at the table.
Yuki joined in and Tohru went to make breakfast for everyone else.
When everyone was sat round the table eating Haru spoke first.
"Shouldn't we go look for him or something?" They all knew who he meant because they were all thinking it.
"You're right, after breakfast, I'll phone Hatori and we'll all go on a search." said Shigure.
When everyone had finished, they all got their coats on and split up to go on the search. Tohru left the dishes in the sink and went with Yuki, Kyo and Haru.
Of course, Shigure and Ayame went with Hatori in the car (after Shigure protested that he'd die if he had to walk, and of course Ayame played along, using his sensitivity to the cold as an excuse!)
Hiro and Kisa had to be dropped home by Hatori first. and then they all went in thier different directions.
The younger group headed off into the forest, while the "elders" followed the road.
"Ooooh, Hatori STOP! I think I saw that dark patch over their move!" After an hour of Ayame squeeling every time he saw a bush and insisting that Hatori stop and check it out, Shigure suggested that they went to the school just to be safe.
Meanwhile, the others were suprisingly far into the danky wood, Tohru following close behind, and Kyo and Yuki were snapping at each others heels.
"I should've won that dance contest!"
"Stop being such a sore loser!"
"Make me, bitch!"
And they carried on and on like this until Haru suddenly stopped and said,
"Shh! What was that?"
Everyone stood dead still in their tracks and listened.
All they could hear were the sound of distant dogs relentlessly barking long into the night.
"I don't hear any-" Yuki started but couldn't finish, because somewhere, not far away, sharp, slow, hissing noise could be heard.
A soft whimper escaped Tohru's lips and even Haru's eyes were wide with a mixture of fear and suprise!
Almost without thinking, Kyo took a step forwards, toward the sound.
"Kyo!" Tohru was baffled!
"Well, it might be momiji!"
Everyone cautiously followed the bold cat.
When they finally reached the source of the sound, they found themselves at the school, and already they could see what the noice was!
Water was gushing out from underneath the entrance, but what was most disturbing of all was what was written on the ground in paint otside the doors.
"God made me do it!" muttered Kyo, reding the words.
At that moment, Hatori, Shigure and Ayame turned up looking confused and disorientated! They looked around them, at the flood of water and at the grafiti. His eyes wide with shock, Shigure's first word was,
"Akito!"
"You don't know it has anything to do with him." Hatori was desperately trying to reason with shigure but alo with himself!
"First things first, we have to find Momiji before he seriously buggers himself!" said Haru.
"Yes, but if Akito does have anything to do wth this then he is likely to know where Momiji is!" said Shigure, his eyes frantic with panic!
Then Shigure stormed off to the car with hatori chasing closely behind him. When he got their, he flung himself into the drivers seat and Hatori stood outside the door.
He sat there, with his head down, breathing heavely into his chest.
"Give me the sodding keys, Hatori!"
"Shigure..."
"SHE'S GONE TOO FUCKING FAR!" Every word dripping with poison!
Hatori was out off breath, he had to almost run to keep up with the dog and know the adrenalin was racing through his body like Formula one!
He looked into his friend's eyes, and as he waded through the emotion in them, he found something he'd never seen before.
A glint of worry flashed accross Shigure's face. But the worry was not for Momiji. Hatori had always been able to read him like the radio times and this was no exception!
All Shigure cared about, all he ever wanted was for Akito to be safe!
sorry changed my name for reasons i cannot discuss for my own safety!-
Did you hear something!
AHHHHHHHH!
They found me!
HHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLPPPPPPP MMMMMMMEEEEEEEE!
please?
Bob!
Is that you!