I hate cliffhangers. They make me have to stay awake longer. Grrr. Also I read some reviews (THANK YOU SO MUCH!) but one confused me. It talked about A-T writing or something like that and I have no idea what was going on with that. If anyone has any ideas as to what that means please tell me.
Point of No Return
Kyo's POV
I was sitting on the roof watching the sunset when I heard the crunching of gravel. Looking over the edge of the roof I could see Kyra coming down our driveway.
"Tohru?" I called down the ladder.
"Yes, Kyo?" She poked her head around the corned.
"I think you should set the dinner table for one more." She looked at me quizzingly but didn't question my remark. I slid down the ladder and opened the front door before Kyra even had a chance to knock after Tohru had retreated to the kitchen. "Hello Kyra. Is everything ok?"
"I need to speak with Shigure." Inviting her in we walked to the kitchen.
"Tohru, have you seen Shigure?" I asked.
"Um, I think he was out back terrorizing Mii again." She didn't even need to turn around to answer the question. Tohru's hands never stopped slicing and dicing whatever she was creating for our dinner.
"Thank you." Kyra replied. Tohru jumped, I assumed that she hadn't realized the extra person had arrived. Kyra quickly walked out the door into the back yard but I lingered in the kitchen.
"Do you need help with anything Tohru?" There was a small smile across her face but she turned down my offer.
"Go find out what Kyra wanted with Shigure." I nodded and left to search for the pair.
Kyra's POV
Anxiously I strode out the back door. The words I wanted to say were on the tip of my tongue and I could tell I didn't like the taste.
"I'm sorry Mii but I accidentally lit my manuscript on fire. Hatori was suppose to come and visit so I bought some matches so he could smoke and was playing with them and you know that can never be good." Shigure laughed cheerfully.
"Why do you do this to me? Does my pain give you pleasure? I should kill myself right now." With that Mii handed Shigure a big rock. "Throw it at me as hard as you can." She took a step back and spread her arms as if to welcome the flying bolder. Shigure seemed to be taking aim when I interrupted.
"Don't you dare throw that stone Shigure Sohma!"
"Mother?" He dropped the stone innocently and swung around preparing for the worst. I smacked him upside the head and then went over to Mii.
"You don't need to kill yourself I saw his manuscript inside on his desk." Mii started to sob and ran into the house. "You are a real jerk sometimes." I directed my comment at Shigure and he blushed.
"It comes naturally. Why are you here Kyra?" The look on my face seemed to sober him.
"I have to ask you a favor."
"Sure, let's go for a walk." I nodded and together we strode into the quiet woods. Dusk was passing quickly and the light was fading.
"Shigure, can I live here again?" We had walked a good quarter of a mile away from the house before he replied.
"Why?"
"I have no problems at the Sohma Main Estate, but I just think it would be better if I lived here with Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, and you. It seems while I'm at the Sohma house there are constant snags in my way of life. But I remember when I was staying here with you I didn't have as many. I would visit Akito because he wouldn't let me live here other wise, but other than that everything would be the same."
"What about Hatsuharu?"
"What about him?"
"Does he have anything to do with this new move?" I hesitated but decided against lying.
"Yes and no." Shigure waited for me to continue. "The drama that surrounds us is suffocating at times. I care about him, but it seems fate thinks we would be better apart. Why else would these complications keep happening? At first it was easy to just be but everything keeps going wrong." Tears were forming in my eyes and I felt drained. Realizations were hard and I felt pent up frustration and sadness come pouring out. "Please Shigure." I sunk to the ground and hugged my knees to my chest. He knelt beside me and drew me into his arms.
Kyo's POV
I searched through the woods for Shigure and Kyra but they must have wandered off the path.
"Kyra! Shigure! Where are you?" I yelled into the shadows. I could barely see a foot in front of my face. There was a loud bang to my left so I took off in that direction hoping to find the source. I broke into a clearing and saw a black dog sitting in front of a bewildered Kyra.
"But, but but but." She kept repeating herself while staring at the dog that I assumed was Shigure.
"It's ok Kyra you've known about our curse for a while. Is it so hard to comprehend?"
"You really are an idiot Kyo." Shigure commented.
"Why?" I could feel agitation growing.
"Never mind I will explain later. Kyra? Can you stand up? We need to go back to the house." She nodded and shakily stepped down the path. When we reentered the house Yuki had come home from his Student Council thing and Tohru was serving dinner.
"Kyra, what are you doing here?" Yuki asked surprised to see Kyra. She just nodded and practically fell to a sitting position by the table.
"Why don't we not talk about that until after dinner?" Shigure suggested still in his dog form. Yuki and Tohru gasped at the sight of him but didn't ask questions. POOF! Shigure sat naked as the day he was born in the middle of the dining room at the table. Instead of getting up to change he stayed seated and continued to eat his food. "It's kind of drafty in here."
"You really are a pervert." Yuki commented as he chewed his sushi. When dinner was cleaned up Shigure hurried out of the room while Kyra and Tohru were in the kitchen. "So what happened? Why is Kyra here?" Yuki asked me. I shrugged and entered the kitchen instead of sitting in an awkward silence with that rat.
A few minutes earlier in the kitchenTohru's POV
"So why are you here Kyra?" I asked as I scrubbed at the dishes. She stood beside me drying the ones.
"I asked Shigure if I could live here."
"Why?" She was silent. "Never mind. What happened to make Shigure change in the woods?"
"He hugged me." Kyo entered the room to here her say it.
"But how did that happen, you aren't affected by the curse?" I asked.
"I don't know."
"Do you need any help with the cleaning up?" Kyo asked. Kyra dropped the dish she was holding; it smashed over the counter and the floor before she crumpled to the floor crying as well. "I'm so sorry what did I say wrong?" Kyo slide to her side. Kyra just cried harder.
"Kyo maybe it would be best if you gave Kyra and I a little alone time." Reluctantly Kyo moved away from Kyra's shaking figure and he left. I got to my knees and gathered Kyra into my arms. "There, there," then I sang her a melody my mother use to sing to me when I had scraped my knee or gotten hurt. "When the worlds has got you down don't you dare frown, there is always a silver lining to life." There were other verses but they were lost to me at the moment. My singing seemed to calm Kyra down and we moved out to the porch for some fresh night air.
"Everyone in this family must think I'm a wuss." Kyra said to no one in particular.
"They think that of me too." I replied. Her inquisitive look told me to elaborate. "The Sohma's give off this feeling of security, like they would protect you no matter what. Well half the time I keep testing it and end up crying, Kyo or Yuki swoop in dry my tears and make everything better. It's just the way they are and everyone else feels like less of a person because the Sohma's are some much more."
"I have always been cut off and I'm a blank piece of paper where emotions come in. But now it seems the littlest thing sets me off into fierce anger or a fit of tears."
"Maybe you're bipolar." We both laughed at that. "So why do you want to live here?"
"Mostly because there is to much time for Haru and I to see or mess up everything. If I see him less maybe there would be less chance of anything really happening."
"Do you not want anything to happen?"
"I just want one thing to happen. If we do or don't get back together is fine, but whatever way the scale tips I want it to stay the same. I'll need sea legs if my life keeps bouncing around like it has been."
I finished this chapter about a week ago but I didn't have time to post it until now. I just got back from a trip to Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was just as cold there as it is here in New England. Good news though, my school won first on our music competition that I was in. It was p-r-e-t-t-y awesome. Then we spent and entire day walking around Bush Gardens. Right now my legs hurt and I'm tired so I'm going to sleep. Good night everyone.
