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Your Curse, My Cure

Chapter Eight

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Hana leaned her ear against the door, she felt bad for spying on Hatori but he was acting a little suspicious. She bit her lip and strained to here what he was saying.

"…she can touch me, she won't cause problems," she heard him say.

"What does he mean by that?" she asked and narrowed her eyes.

"Akito, stop! She's important to me and yes, I do love her," he said angrily.

He's talking to Akito, she thought as fear welled up in her stomach and her eyes widened, please don't let it come to that. She went back to listening having missed half of the rest of the things he said.

"…Damn you, you bastard," he whispered. "Damn."

Hana rushed back to her chair as he walked in, she bit her lip and smiled at him. He didn't return it. She looked down at her hands before holding onto her stomach and covering her mouth. She ran to the bathroom and let her breakfast come up into the toilet, gasping for breath. Hatori held her hair behind her head as she threw up again, steadying her. "Oh my God," she said and wiped her mouth with a piece of toilet paper, sitting back on her legs.

"Are you alright?" he asked, helping her stand.

"Yeah, I'm feel a little better now," she said and regained her composure, walking back into their little office.

"Maybe you should go home and rest, I'll pick up Saya," he said.

"Alright," she replied but that wasn't the reason she agreed, she was going to give Akito a piece of her mind. She grabbed her keys and went to the drugstore, picking up two pregnancy tests, just in case then drove to the Souma house. She knocked on the door and waited for Tohru to answer.

"Hana-chan? Shouldn't you be at work?" she asked while moving aside to let her in.

"We have to talk, let's go to your room," she said and dragged the shorter girl up the stairs and into her room. "Okay, first, I think I'm pregnant and second, I think Hatori's going to have to erase my memories."

"Oh my God," Tohru said and stared at her friend.

"I'm going to confront Akito, what she does is wrong," Hana said with a frown on her face.

"You mean 'he'," Tohru said with a confused expression. "You called him a 'she'."

"That's just it, Tohru, he's not a 'he'," Hana said. "That 'he' is a 'she'!"

"Hana maybe you are pregnant, you're talking crazy," Tohru said.

"No, I was peeking through his file when I wasn't supposed to and I saw on the gender it said female," Hana said and turned her frantic eyes on her friend. "And what's even crazier, I think she doesn't want me with Hatori because maybe she has feelings for him."

"No way, this is crazy!" Tohru said.

"Tell me about it!" Hana replied. "But I'm going to confront her."

"No! Akito is dangerous, don't do that," Tohru said. "Promise me you won't!"

"Tohru…" Hana trailed off.

"Promise me!" Tohru yelled and grabbed her hands.

"Okay, okay, I promise," she replied and picked her bag off the floor. "Do you mind if I use these tests in the bathroom."

"No, go ahead," Tohru replied.

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Hana drove to the Souma Main House, both tests had read positive and she had cried but after assuring Tohru she was fine she said she'd go home. She hated lying to her friends but this had to be done, if she and Hatori were going to be happy then Akito had to be stopped. She resisted the urge to throw-up when she pulled in the driveway and stepped out of the car. "Here we go," she said and pushed the gate open, walking into the house. She crept through the halls and avoided people passing by until she got to the familiar room. She slid the door open and saw Akito sitting on the steps outside his room and walked in.

"What are you doing here?" she asked when she saw Hana.

"We need to talk," Hana replied and walked over to her, sitting down on the steps next to her. "Why are you so dead-set against Hatori and I?"

"He told you?" she asked, turning her head towards the nervous girl.

"No, I was eavesdropping," she replied and pulled her legs up under her. "I know I shouldn't have but you're doing something even worse. What did I ever do to you?"

"You got involved in our lives," she replied with a small, malicious smile. "You got involved with Hatori-kun."

"I'm having his child," she said softly while looking down at her hands. "Would you really tear apart this family before it even has a chance to be started?"

"It's better that way, the child won't have to be hurt," Akito replied and turned to her.

"What about our other daughter, Saya?" she asked, rage welling up in her eyes as she stared into the dark blue ones. "She'll be hurt!"

"It's not even his real child, she won't be hurt that bad," Akito replied, her patience wearing thin. "You're getting on my nerves with all these damn questions."

"You're in love with Hatori, aren't you?" she asked softly, tears welling up in her eyes. "Aren't you?"

Akito was silent for a moment, her head bowed. "So you've figured it out?" she replied while laughing, her thin shoulders shaking. "Those other idiots couldn't see what was right in front of them. Not only was Hatori my doctor, but he was the one closest to my heart besides Kureno. Since Kureno left with your friend, Uotani, I only had Hatori left and I wasn't going to let him go. You must disappear; this is why he'll erase your memories. He does what ever I tell him to because he loves me as well."

"He fears you! You're dumb enough to believe that if you take away any privilege a person has and make them do whatever you say that means they love you!" Hana said and jumped to her feet, planting them firmly on the ground. "That's not love they feel, it's fear. You've instilled fear in every member of the Jyunishii!"

Akito slapped her, hard. "You little bitch! You think because he's fucked you a few times that he loves you!" she yelled and jumped to her feet as well. "He's only seeking solace right now because he can actually touch you, you're nothing more than a common whore!"

"Shut-up!" Hana yelled and whipped her hand across the smaller girls face. "Shut the fuck up!"

Akito was stunned; she brought her hand up to her cheek. "You'll pay for that!" she screamed, her eyes filled with hatred. "You'll pay!"

"What are you going to do?" she asked, a little bolder. "A sick little girl like you? What can you possibly do to me?"

"It won't be me that does it," she said and a few large men ran in the room. "Take her away and teach her a lesson. Show her the consequences of taking what is rightfully mine!"

"Hatori will never be yours!" she screamed as they dragged her away. "Never!"

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Hatori drove to Shigure's house, his eyes frantic and his imagination running wild. Please let her be at Shigure's house, please, he pleaded in his mind and looked over to Saya, humming next to him. He picked up his cell phone and called his cousin, breathing a sigh when Tohru picked up. "Tohru, is Saki there with you?" he asked.

"No, she won't home a while ago," Tohru replied. "Why?"

"She's not at home!" Hatori exclaimed, fear growing in his stomach. "She wasn't there when I got home."

"Oh no!" Tohru yelled.

"What?" he replied.

"She went to see Akito, I told her not to and she said she wouldn't," she replied. "She knows about what Akito wants you to do."

"How does she know that?" he asked.

"I don't know," Tohru replied. "Oh my God!"

"What?" he repeated.

"She's pregnant, Hatori," Tohru yelled into the receiver. "She's pregnant with your child!"

"I'll call you later," he replied and hung up, changing his course to the Souma Main House. He pulled into the driveway and got out of the car, looking over at Saya. "Stay there," he instructed and ran inside, straight to Akito's room. "Where is she?"

"Who?" Akito asked innocently.

"Don't play stupid," he said with unmasked rage. "Where is Saki?"

"Oh, her, I don't know," he replied and sipped his tea.

"Damnit Akito!" he yelled and flipped the table over, gripping the girl by the shoulders. "Where is she?"

"Why?" Akito screamed. "Why is she so important when I'm here? You used to be so obeying. Why are you being so insubordinate now?"

"Because I love her," he replied.

"I love you, isn't that enough!" she yelled and held onto Hatori's shoulders. "Why do you need her when you have me?"

"I don't love you, Akito," he replied. "I love her, now if you don't tell me where she is I'll be forced to do something drastic."

"You'll never find her in time anyway," she replied and turned away from him. "She's in the cat box, she'll die soon."

Hatori ran to where the room made for Kyo was, his heart racing a mile a minute. He grasped the bars and looked through to see Hana lying in a pile of her own blood in the middle of the room. A few men stood around her, unbuckling their pants and laughing to each other. "Stop!" he yelled and began rattling the bars. "Let her go! Open this damn door!"

"We only open if Akito tells us to," one guy replied and pulled his pants down, flipping her over onto her back. "And you're not Akito," he added while the other guys helped him to pull off Hana's clothes.

"You got a fine girl here," another one said with a smirk.

Hatori watched in horror as they proceeded to indulge in their own fantasies with his beloved Saki. Her eyes fluttered open and she screamed in pain, throwing her head back. She began to cry when she saw Hatori standing behind the door, the tears sliding into her hair.

"Hatori…" she whispered, reaching her hand back to him only she have it pulled back down. "Help me!"

Hatori felt the tears slipping down his face as she screamed for him and he stood defenseless to help her. "I'm sorry, Saki," he whispered to himself. "I'm so sorry. Please forgive me, please."

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Hope you enjoyed and sorry it was so short.

Yoko Touma