And another exciting chapter of POINT OF NO RETURN! DUN DUN DUNNNNN! (A/N for dramatic effect) All right I know you all are probably dying to know what's happening so I'll get right into the story.
Point Of No Return
Last Night
Haru's POV
Kyra's body just kept shaking and her arms thrashed about making it harder for the doctors to restrain her. By now three other people had come in and they were trying to calm Kyra down. They had insisted that I wait outside so I was standing in the doorway of the room and watched as they tied her to the bed.
There was a belt across her chest that attached to either side of the bed, her wrists were tied to the bed rails, and her ankles were fastened to the end bar. She couldn't move more than an inch or so in any direction. Just the sight of her like that nearly pushed me over the edge to cause me to ripe the belts and restraints straight off the bed, but the doctors kept telling me it was so she couldn't hurt herself.
I crossed the room and resumed my seat next to her bed after they had finished. There I sat holding her hand for an hour before I felt it move. I looked at her face and watched her eyes slowly open. I was almost sure I was hallucinating from lack of sleep but when she looked at me and smiled I didn't care.
"Haru," she started in a raspy voice. I felt tears spring to my eyes at the sound of her voice. I was speechless. Her eyes seemed to glow in the dim light of the room and I felt happy for the first time since she was hurt.
"Kyra, let me get some water for you," I offered. She nodded her head yes and winced in pain at the movement. I rose quickly and got the pitcher from the bureau across the room. When I turned back I saw her try to move again. This time her arm, (A/N the broken one) she was surprised by the restraints and I couldn't blame her. I set the cup of water down and began to unfasten her restraints.
A nurse had heard us talking so she came to investigate what was happening and then yelled at me when she saw me freeing Kyra. "By order from her father she is to be restrained as soon as she woke up and she is not to be released until he comes for her," My tongue grew fat and stuck to the roof of my mouth when she finished. I looked at Kyra and the minimal color that had been in her face was gone again at the mention of her father's name.
The nurse left for a minute and then returned with little locks she proceeded to put on each of the restraints. I was so deep in shock I couldn't move a muscle. When the nurse finished she walked over to me and said, "You know, I get off work at two… your sister will probably be asleep by then,"
I didn't know what to do. The hospital staff knew me as Kyra's brother so I could be in the room with her, and the nurses knew me as a flirt who really cared about my sister. I didn't want to flirt in front of Kyra and make her hate me, but I didn't want to be kicked out of here for pretending to be something I wasn't. "I'll let you know," I whispered softly hoping Kyra couldn't hear me.
Finally the nurse left us alone and I went back over to Kyra. I tried to pour some water into her mouth for her, but she wouldn't let me. "What did you say to her?" Kyra asked me after I gave up trying to give her water. I scratched the back of my head and thought back to the beginning.
The story of how Kyo and I had found her up until she woke up took a good two hours and both of us were exhausted at the end. A small smile crossed Kyra's lips when I took hold of her hand again and she fell a sleep. I took a last look at my watch before I fell asleep and it read 2:30 AM.
Morning
Kyra's POV
My head was spinning as I tried to open my eyes. My hand was still grasped in Haru's and I couldn't move it even if I had wanted to. I was frightened to think of when my father would come, and confused by my dreams. Haru groaned slightly and sat up from his slouched position on the chair next to me.
I smiled to think he had been with me all this time. He looked over at me and smiled a tired smile as well. We just sat there a minute smiling at each other before my discomfort set in. My entire body was stiff and cramped and I couldn't move enough to get rid of the stiffness.
"I'll go and get your pain medication from the nurse's station," Haru said quietly.
"Wait," I said hoarsely no believing the weakness in my voice. He stopped and turned towards me again. "My nose is itchy," I continued feeling my face flush. Haru just smile his smile that I was becoming dependent on and came back over to me.
"Where on your nose does it itch?" I felt very foolish with Haru trying to scratch my nose in the perfect spot when there was a knock on my door. Haru stopped his attempts at scratching and looked up to see who was here. His entire body froze.
"What is it Haru? Who is here?" I asked feeling helpless and angry. I started to thrash slightly trying to free myself and see who was here. Akito entered first and Hatori followed him. My movements stopped at the sight of Akito.
There was a cruel smile across his lips and I knew something was going to happen (A/N NO DUH!). "Hatsuharu, would you please excuse us a moment?" Akito asked Haru politely. I shot a pleading look Haru's way but he was still staring intently at Akito.
"Haru," Hatori warned softly. He did not want Akito to get angry. With his fists clenched Haru looked back at me and whispered softly so only I could hear, "if he touches you yell," I nodded and looked back at Akito. Haru then walked over to Akito menacingly. "If I hear you touched one hair on her head I will personally kill you with my bare hands," he hissed through his teeth. Akito just tilted his head to the side and said, "I guess she will just have to pay for your insolence," Haru's eyes narrowed but Hatori practically pushed him out of the room to prevent further confrontation.
With the door closed I felt my fear grow. I had no way to protect myself while I was still restrained and I didn't know what Akito wanted. He smirked at the fear in my eyes. "What do you want?" I asked with my hoarse voice.
"Would you like some water dear?" Akito asked sounding almost sincere. My tongue felt like it would break any second so I nodded my head yes. He proceeded to get me a glass and poured some water into it. When he sat in the chair Haru had slept in and reached to lift my head I felt myself flinch.
Anger filled his eyes but he seemed to have controlled it. I opened my mouth and he began to pour the water in. But he didn't stop. He just kept on pour water into my mouth and I couldn't breath. I started to cough but he just kept pouring. I could feel water in my lungs. It burned and my eyes started to fog over.
Then the water ran out and I coughed up the majority that had been in my lungs. "Aren't you going to say thank you?" Akito asked dangerously as he raise his hand to strike my already battered face. Hatori couldn't take it anymore so he grabbed Akito's hand before he could strike.
"Akito, this is not why we are here," I looked confused from one to the other. Resentment filled Akito's eyes but he did not try to hit me again. "Miss Titsugumi, I have some good news and some bad news." I looked into Hatori's eye (A/N because only one shows) and felt a chill run down my back.
"What news?" He looked at his fingernails as if they held the secrets to life and mumbled his answer so I couldn't hear.
"Will you please repeat that?" I asked, my voice sounding more normal then before.
"We are in the process of making arrangements with your father for you to come and live in the Sohma house hold," He began. "But you will not be living at Shigure's house as you were before, you will be living at the main house." I didn't know what to feel. Relief to be rid of my father, fear for living so near Akito.
"Do I have a choice in the matter?" I asked with more courage than I thought possible. Hatori shook his head no. "Why did you come all this way just to tell me this?" Akito and Hatori looked at each other before Akito continued.
"I, well we wanted to see if Haru's discovery was true or not." I eyebrows rose and I was speechless. I think that this family has gone made. "Hatori is going to hug you now," Since I couldn't move there wasn't much sense in protesting.
I felt Hatori's surprising grip encircle my shoulders as he tried to hug me. When nothing happened I felt Hatori take a swift breath. Akito stood with his arms over his chest without emotion on his face. "Why did you need to hug me?" I asked after Hatori had stood up again. "Hatsuharu will explain this all to you," Akito said as he and Hatori left.
Haru's POV
"You must tell her about the curse," Hatori instructed after he and Akito had come out of Kyra's room. "She is going to be moving into the Sohma main estate so she must know what we are." I nodded my head still a little unsure of what was going on. Hatori seemed oblivious to my confusion because he left with Akito.
I went back into Kyra's room and the first thing I noticed was the water all over the bed. "What happened?" I asked as I rushed to her side and tried o dry her off.
"Oh, Akito tried to give me some water but her poured a little to fast is all." I looked at her skeptically but let it drop.
"So, um my family is cursed by the spirits of the Zodiac." She looked at me and burst out laughing.
"HA HA HA OH THAT'S GOOD, HA HA HA, I really needed that," she chuckled trying to stop her outburst.
"I wasn't kidding," I mumbled staring at the floor. Her laughter stopped and she looked at me. "I bet I know what spirit you are," she said softly. I looked up into her entrancing eyes.
"You are so the ox," My eyes must have bulged out of my head from my surprise because she started to laugh again. I felt my face heat up and I could imagine myself blushing wildly.
"Why do you think that?" I asked when her laughter died down again. "Because of your hair," she replied with a grin. I brushed her hair out of her face but stopped when she winced. "I'm sorry, I guess your face is still sore," she nodded.
"So was that the only thing about your curse or is there more?"
"Well, normally when one of us is hugged by a member of the opposite sex we transform into our Zodiac forms or when we are really weak/sick/stressed." She thought about this for a moment.
"Then how come I can hug you, and that Hatori guy?"
"That's what we are trying to find out, you are the exception to the rule."
"Can I try to guess what Akito is?" she asked playfully. I had never seen this side of her before and I liked it right away.
"You can try," I replied feeling smug knowing she would never guess right.
"Well, I have no idea what Zodiac animal he is, but I can think of a few other animals he has got down pat. For instance, a donkey, a lizard, and… I'm thinking baboon." It was my turn to start laughing. Just the thought of Akito scratching his butt and howling had me practically rolling on the floor.
At school (A/N because it is a school day)
Momiji's POV
"An that is why corresponding angles that are congruent mean that the lines are parallel." The teacher finished. My stomach growled just in time for the lunch bell to ring. In the courtyard were we usually sat I started to eat my lunch.
"Momiji you have been very quiet lately," Tohru commented. "I just miss Haru and Kyra's company is all," I replied and stared glumly at my noodles.
"I think we should all go down to the hospital this afternoon and see how Miss Titsugumi is doing," Yuki suggested. "What a wonderful idea," Tohru exclaimed thinking of what she could write on a get well soon card for Kyra. Kyo just sat there silently not really listening to what was happening around him. He had been strangely silent for the last few days. He hadn't even threatened and or insulted Yuki ever since he came back from seeing Kyra in the hospital.
My brain hurts and I didn't even written a lot. I hate being sick, it really blows monkeys (no offense to Ritsu ha ha ha inside joke). I have been really sick for the last few days so I'm sorry I haven't updated in what a day? Man I am way to obsess with this story. Oh well, the consequences of writing. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Bye.
