How Breakfast is made into a Battlefield; Part 5

All of the Sohma's were delighted but noticed Tohru's weird look on her face and stopped.

"What is wrong, Honda-san?" asked Yuki.

"I think I know what made you able to hug", she replied. "The mushrooms! They were like no other things I have ever seen in my life! They seemed so nice and tasty so I thought there would be no harm at all in trying them and" – "Where exactly did you get these mushrooms, Hiro asked her suspiciously.

"Well, um….I f-found them in the garden downstairs…they looked okay to eat…and I'm sure—", but she could say no more because Hiro interrupted her.

"WHAT!" He screamed," THESE ARE WILD MUSHROOMS!"

"Oh, I'm very sorry, Hiro-san, but…" Tohru was once again interrupted.

"Stop, it Hiro-chan. Onee-chan made it so that we could hug people again. Why are you shouting at her because of that? She just made our lives a whole lot better. Think, now you can hug your baby", Said Kisa with a little bit of a shout.

"How many times must I say it!" shouted Hiro, "It's not my baby!"

"Now the whole living room was filled with shouting and laughter again, practically everyone hugging Tohru especially Momiji-chan. They laughed and partied until the door slowly creaked open…

"What is the meaning of all this commotion?" Came an icy cold voice. "Well? I'm waiting. Why are you all so loud?

It was Akito.

He seemed to stare at them all but he was staring at Tohru. Momiji shifted a little in front of her as to be a shield, but Akito saw this and said:

"Get away from her, Momiji…having someone like you being her shield is useless, you can't even defend yourself, what makes you think you can defend her?"

At this Momiji began to look down at his feet. Akito's words began to sink down into his skin. He realized that they had a little truth in them. He felt so small until Akito spoke again.

"Now that that is done, tell me what all of that noise was about. If you don't respond, I won't hold back."

No one moved, no one spoke and tears came to their eyes as well as memories, they remembered everything, of how Akito had tortured them and abused them, and how everything just seemed to be a living hell when he was around. Then, Momiji stood up.