-Chapter 2-

-The Surprise Dinner-

"Go on ahead Hatori, I'll take Enjeru-sama myself," Akitou said with a light smile.

Hatori nodded, getting up, he whispered something to Akitou that the girl known as Enjeru couldn't hear, despite her excellent hearing, before Hatori left all together.

"Where are we going, Akitou-sama?" Enjeru asked, blissfully unaware of the plans Akitou had tonight.

Akitou smiled, "I'm inviting you to meet the rest of the family... and for them to meet you too. We're all going to have dinner together, and you're the guest of honor."

"Why do you see myself fit for a dinner with the rest of the family Akitou-sama? Surely I am unworthy to even visit such an occasion," She asked, baffled as to why Akitou would want to invite her to dinner with the rest of the family.

"Because, you are my partner, and a part of the family... I'd think eventually, you'd like to see your brothers again." By the time Akitou said this, he was behind her, holding onto the handles of her wheelchair, leaning down to whisper it into her ear.

She gasped, how could he know she had been missing her brothers? She would have killed to see them, to know that they were okay and happy, to know... that they were free.

Akitou began to wheel her into the main house, slowly, letting her regain her composure and nearly emotionless face. Once they entered, he took her to the dinning hall, where it seemed the entire zodiac, save three, were there waiting for them. Gasps could be heard around the room as Akitou appeared there with Enjeru. Yet no one moved, no one really spoke. Akitou took Enjeru and picked her up in his arms, which produced a squeal/surprised almost whine from her. A tall man, with long ashen black hair and bright brown eyes looked alarmed, as he stood up in sync with a man with long pale silver hair and bright yellow eyes, looking almost female, and a teenaged boy, about 16, with grey hair cut similar to Akitou's, but had violet eyes. All three looked overly alarmed at the action Akitou just preformed. But Akitou set her down in a chair next to his and pushed it in.

He looked at the three standing, "did you really think that I would drop my koibito..?"

Everyone stiffened, as well as Enjeru, who gasped and eyes had widened in either terror or shock.

Akitou continued, "I wouldn't drop her, all of you sit down. For those who don't know who this is, this is Enjeru Sohma-sama, Ayame-kun's and Yuki-kun's sister. She's been staying at the Main house for a long time, and she's just finally been well enough to leave her room to meet all of you. Say hello Enjeru-sama."

It took her a little to shake her mind off of the shock she had been handed raw on a plate, but once she did she smiled lightly to everyone and nodded to them all, as if it were a bow in meaning, and said, "I'm happy to finally meet everyone... though this doesn't seem like everyone."

"... One ran off... and another is doing something else for me at the moment."

"...But isn't the cat also a part of the zodiac, whether he is included at the table or not, he still is a member."

"The cat is a disgusting worthless beast that does NOT deserve any affiliation with the Zodiac!" Akitou said, slamming a fist to the table, making everyone jump, "never... NEVER bring that up again, do you hear me, Enjeru-sama..?"

Enjeru swallowed hard but nodded, verbally saying her answer and apologizing for ever bringing it up.

The rest of dinner was dealt in silence. No one felt like speaking, and no one wanted to risk it. If one were to risk speaking at this time, they'd either be scolded, or would suffer the consequences later. After dinner Akitou was going to let Enjeru to talk to Ayame and Yuki, but first, it was going to be him and her. Everyone watched and held their breath as Akitou picked Enjeru up after dinner, and place her inside of her wheelchair again and wheel her out of the room to a deck like area outside of the house. Enjeru looked hurt and almost angry while Akitou took her out, which was a change from the normally gentle look she had. The breeze was blowing lightly in the spring time air and it was warm yet cold at the same time. Akitou turned her chair towards him and knelt in front of her, placing his hands on hers, squeezing gently at first, but his grip became stronger and Enjeru winced. Akitou then let go of her hands, leaving them whiter than her already pale skin. Akitou smiled up at her, the same gentle yet sadistic look in his eyes.

"Enjeru-sama... I want you to remember, that you will always be mine, and you will always do what I say... You will never leave this house or it's grounds without my permission. I will not tolerate it. Because remember, you're going to help me, destroy Tohru Honda, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing, you can do to get away from it." Akitou said sternly, with a hint of gentleness that made shivers crawl up Enjeru's spine.

"I understand perfectly Akitou-sama," Enjeru said, trying to give him a nice smile.

"Now... I want you to stand before me," Akitou said while he stood up, arms opened wide.

"W-what..? Akitou-sama, you know that I cannot stand least I gain more pain and irritability."

"Enjeru... stand now."

"Akitou-sama... you of all people should know of the problem with my legs... please don't make me do this."

Enjeru was born as a premature child, though all of her internal organs were developed, and all of her muscles were too, except for her leg muscles. This caused her to never be able to walk on her own, and great pain to even just stand. Though despite this, she was an excellent archer/marksman at nearly any sport, and her school grades soared. People looked down upon her though because she wasn't like everyone else, with her legs as they were. And only with a great rush of adrenaline, could she ever even stand without pain.

"You will do what I tell you to, and now I want you to stand. Enjeru... you don't want to be locked up again, do you?" Akitou asked, that hint of sadism showing in his voice now.

"A-a-as you wish... Akitou-sama..." Enjeru whispered as she forced herself out of her chair with a whine.

She forced herself into a standing position, though whined and cried as she did so, due to the pain that it caused her.

"Stop crying you twit!" Akitou growled at her.

Akitou pulled back his hand and slapped her across the face, causing her to fall back. Though she caught herself against one of the wooden poles used to hold up the overhanging roof, then throwing her body weight a little, she rushed towards him and threw a hard punch at his jaw, making him stagger back a little, a thin trail of blood running down from his lip. She stood there proud of what she did, even as Akitou got up and grabbed her by the neck. He growled at her before tossing her to the ground and walking off. Enjeru shook slightly as she tried to get up, tears running down her face from the pain. Two figures ran out, one helping her up, the other one speaking.

"Don't worry, you'll be okay." Came a male voice.

When Enjeru looked up at them, it was Ayame and Yuki, Ayame held her, taking her back to her wheelchair, and Yuki was the one who spoke. She smiled upon seeing them, tears still running down her face, except now they were happy tears.