Chapter 12
"Let me live again, let me live again.
Reach into my heart, and light the light of love again
Let e see the sun, let this darkness end
Take me back into your arms and let me live again..."
Charley Pride, "Let me Live again."
A few months later, after a long sickness of depression, it was early in the morning. The teen parents had fought and fought Akito to change Harako back from his cat form to his original kid state. Akito finally mastered it and did, but instead, placed it in another Sohma.
(here is gets confusing… each paragraph is a different scene, 'kay? )
"Akito! Let her be!" Hatsuharu stood up for his younger sister. He tried to block Akito from striking her again. Instead, Hatsuharu got himself smacked, yet he still stood his ground.
Tabby walked into Tohru's room. Tohru was sweaty and thrashing about, kicking her legs and shaking. She let out a loud scream in pain and Tabby screamed downstairs for Yuki and the others. Her baby was due.
Hatsuharu leered over at Akito. "You can abuse me all you want, but I don't want you to harm Sakura. You leave her the hell alone."
Yuki came first, followed by Hatori, Shelby, Ayame, and Shigure. The two 'others' were pushed out, and the other three began to gather their materials and necessities for the new arrival -- it had been a while since they had delivered a child.
"Stay out of it, Hatsuharu!" Akito argued, aggravated, locking her hand in his hair and twisting, gaining control over him and pulling him to the side. "This is completely on Sakura."
"OK… I think we're ready!" Hatori exclaimed, properly adjusting Heater's legs. Shelby patted Tohru dry with a towel and pulled her hair out of her face and back in a half-ass ponytail.
"You stay away from her!" Sakura flinched as she watched her older brother getting shaken around. She spoke up for the first time in defense for herself since the three had been there. "Hatsuharu…. Akkii-chan… please stop…"
"Make it stop! Make it stop! Make it stop!" Tohru begged, crying out in severe pain. "Just stop it! STOP IT!" She kept kicking her legs, and Tabby and Yuki grabbed them, anchoring them down. Hatori smiled as he began to see the newborn's head.
"What?" Akito and Hatsuharu replied in unison, turning to her. Akito let go of Hatsuharu and pressed Sakura against the wall. "Did you just tell me to do something?" She threw down, furious. As Akito was trying to foray Sakura again, Hatsuharu jumped in the way.
"It's… it's not want to come out…" Hatori exclaimed, trying to let the baby come out naturally. Shelby gagged and mumbled, "How you can do that stuff, I'll never know…."
"I said stay off of her!" Hatsuharu demanded, pushing Akito back on her behind. Akito was extremely pissed off now and she stood back up, tackling Hatsuharu, breaking down the door. Sakura let out a small gasp.
"It's almost here… just a little more, Tohru. You're doing fine." Yuki comforted, watching Hatori work and remembering when his own kids were born.
Akito neared Sakura. "I've taken care of your brother… now, where were we?" Akito stopped right in front of her and looked down upon the eleven year old, smirking full of unadulterated malevolence.
Hatori pulled the baby out completely, the room echoing loud, shrill cried of a new born child deprived of his mother's sacred spot. Tohru took breathes ragged and roughly.
"Akito… what're you---" Sakura began to ask, but she was completely cut off because Akito struck her with her palm, upright, in her nose, causing her to fly across the room. Sakura hit a wall and slumped down, head bent over, crimson dripping from her nose rapidly.
As Tohru started to rest, Hatori was cleaning the baby, and everyone was happy and relieved. Hatori cut the umbilical cord and wrapped the baby up, handing him to Tohru.
Akito walked casually over to Sakura and lifted her head up with her right hand. Sakura's eyes were dilated and she was turning a bit paler than usual. Akito smiled contently. "That's right… you're better off dead, piece of shit."
Tohru didn't reply to taking her baby boy. Instead, she laid there, looking peacefully out of of pain. Shelby tried to shake her awake, but it was no use. Tohru didn't budge.
(all confusion ends here)
"Hold him really quick." Hatori said, handing the baby to Tabby, to go over to his doctor's bag. When tabby held him, he transformed into a very small, peach fuzzed kitten, who's fuzz was bright orange. Everyone stared at the cat, then turned to Tohru.
"That means that Sakura…" Yuki's voice trailed off, looking back down to the baby and closing his eyes. Hatori nodded and came back with his stethoscope.
"If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks,
Then I'll follow you into the dark."
Death Cab for Cutie "Follow You Into The Dark"
"Sakura Sohma is no longer the outcast of the zodiac." He finished, placing the stethoscope on Tohru's chest. Everyone awaited a reply. He looked down, shaking his head. "And Tohru is no longer a part of our family. Poor child. Orphaned and he's not even five minutes old."
"What should we name him?"
"What Tohru and Kyou always talked about naming him --- Kiko."
