Title: How Far
By: Author 888
Disclaimer: I do not own any song except for the lyrics to Momiji's beginning, nor do I own the series Fruits Basket.
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Note: Oh my God! I'm so sorry I haven't updated for a month now. So here you go.
Chapter 13: How Far
There's the boat
I could sail away
There's the sky
I could catch a plane
There's a train
There's the tracks
I could leave and decide not to come back
Oh never come back
There you are
Giving up the fight
Here I am
Begging you to try
Talk to me
Let me in
But you just put your wall back up again
Oh when's it gonna end
How Far
Do I have to go to make you understand?
I want to make this work so much it hurts but I just can't
Keep on giving
Go on living
With the way things are
So I'm gonna walk away and it's up to you to say
How Far
There's a chance
That I could change my mind
But I won't
Not 'til you decide
What you want
What you need
Do you even care if I stay or leave?
Oh what's it gonna be
How Far
Do I have to go to make you understand?
I want to make this work so much it hurts but I just can't
Keep on giving
Go on living
With the way things are
So I'm gonna walk away and it's up to you to say
How Far
Out of this chair
Or just across the room
Halfway down the block
Or halfway to the moon
How Far
Do I have to go to make you understand?
I want to make this work so much it hurts but I just can't
Keep on giving
Go on living
With the way things are
So I'm gonna walk away and it's up to you to say
Yeah, I'm gonna walk away and it's up to you to say
How Far
How Far
Oooh oooh
Mine was the first to return to the fire. What she saw was Ayame carrying charred bones and pieces of skin with blood dried on them to a shallow grave he made. Yuki soon came back, thinking he wouldn't be killed.
Mine ran to Ayame. "What are you doing to the remains?" she asked Ayame.
"I thought I might as well bury him," he replied to his assistant.
"Why?"
"He was never mean to me, and Yuki and you left for a minute. I had nothing better to do."
Ayame threw the last pile of remains in the grave and threw dirt on them. Mine stood by him and watched him.
Yuki sat on the rock Ritsu was laying on earlier. He didn't deserve this. He shouldn't have been killed so gruesomely. Why are you so cruel Ayame? Why… Yuki stood up and grabbed Ayame's magical bag of weapons. He pulled out a metal pole. I'll take this just in case I need to knock him out. Also… if I need to kill him.
Ayame and Mine returned to the rocks. They sat on separate rocks, remembering.
I remember this time when Ayame invited his brother to the shop. As soon as he arrived, Ayame ushered him into the backroom and asked me to bring them some tea. I went to the kitchen, to dutifully make my tea. I didn't hate Yuki then.
When the tea was warm, I put the teapot and two porcelain teacups on a tray and brought it into the room. They were just sitting there, staying silent. I don't know what happened, it wasn't my business. I just poured the tea into the cups, gave them each one, and told them there was more in the pot if they wanted more. I quickly left after that, not wanting to bother them.
The shop was closed that day, so I didn't have to help any of customers. I went about the shop cleaning for about ten minutes when I heard one of the porcelain cups break. I rushed back in and found Ayame on the ground with porcelain shards around him and stabbing into him. Blood trickled down from a large shard that had pierced the top of his head. He was also drenched with the still hot tea.
Yuki stomped out of the back room and quickly left the shop behind. That was when I started to hate him. What right did that bastard have to hurt his own brother?
It took Ayame three hours to reawaken. I explained what happened, and he cried. The hate I felt then has only intensified since that day. I've used most of my strength to stop myself from running out at night and killing him in his sleep. I swear, if he does anything to Ayame, I will kill him.
Yuki was thinking of the same day. I remember one time when my brother invited me to his shop. I wasn't going to invite Kyo to go with me, nor would I invite Shigure. Tohru was out with Hana and Uo. Also there was no way I was going into the Main House. I had to go alone.
I arrived late, trying to give him the hint I didn't want to come. Of course, he didn't take it and forced me into the backroom. He began to talk about his shop and how all his customers loved to shop there. I tuned most of it out. Then he asked me a question.
"Has fortune smiled on you recently?"
I ignored his question. He asked it again, the ignorant fool. He kept asking the question, so I finally answered, "Perhaps. Nothing's gone wonderful, and nothing's gone horrible, if that's what you mean." We stayed silent, and Mine came in and served us tea. Then, she left.
He continued to question me on my life. Then he went into a long speech about that day's plans. I completely ignored him, as usual. I remember why I got angry, but whatever happened made me very angry. I threw my cup of tea at him and hit him square in the forehead.
The next thing I remember was leaving the shop and heading home in a fury. I don't know what happened after I left, but he didn't die and still tries to become friends with me. Obviously it didn't faze him.
Ayame was the last person to think of that day. One time, I had invited Yuki to come over. I just wanted to spend some time with my favorite brother. I had made a list of things to do that day—I don't remember what the plans were. Whatever they were, they were what I felt Yuki wanted to do.
He arrived late. Oh well, I would just cut some of the days plans. He also arrived without Tohru, Kyo, or anybody else. I was so happy. It would be a day just for the two of us. I began some friendly conversation by talking about my shop and about people like Washihiro, who loves this shop. He nodded once in a while but never got into the conversation, so I asked him a question.
"Has fortune smiled on you recently?"
He ignored me, as usual. I asked again and again until he finally answered, "Perhaps. Nothing's gone wonderful, and nothing's gone horrible, if that's what you mean." I couldn't think of anything to say so we stayed silent as Mine served us tea and left instantly.
I thought about other questions and asked them, and told him about the day's plans. He didn't say anything, so I asked him a question. "How has your relationship been going? Anything juicy?"
He stood up, tea still in hand, "You perverted, old, sick minded, bastard! That's none of your business!" I saw his hand make a motion and felt porcelain hit my face. Then all I remember is darkness.
Later, I woke up in Mine's arms, and she told me what happened. My heart was crushed. How could he think that I meant something perverted with that? Tears ran from my eyes so fast that I could make my own personal lake out of the tears. I cried for days and felt worse and worse. It eventually led to me getting sick. I was so sad…
Mine stood up and screamed, "That's it! I can't stand it! Apologize right now or I will kill you!"
Ayame looked at her surprised. He didn't know she could yell so loud.
Mine pulled out a giant injection needle full of poison. "You heard me, Yuki Sohma!Apologize this instant to Ayame or I will kill you with this! I mean it! Get on your damn knees and grovel for your life!"
Yuki was confused, "What have I done to deserve to apologize to that murderer! HE KILLED HONDA-SAN!"
"Apologize for all those times you abused his emotions by yelling at him! Do it now you fucking rat!" Mine yelled back.
"Wh-what did you just call me? A r-rat?"
"Oh… don't play dumb with me. I've known for a long time. I just kept it a secret from all of you so I could stay with Ayame-san, an now… APOLOGIZE TO AYAME YOU FUCKING RAT!" Mine told Yuki.
She waited for his apology. He didn't move from his seat at the rock. "I said apologize, dammit!" He stood up. "THAT'S IT! I gave you plenty of time to apologize. Now die, you fucking bastard!" She ran towards him, needle pointed straight at him, ready to inject.
Stab!
Yuki felt blood splatter on him. What happened? He heard a thump as something hit the ground. I can't believe it. He saw Mine crouching over the object on the ground.
"Why? Why did you do this? Why couldn't you just let me kill him?" Mine questioned.
"Because… he's my brother… I couldn't let you kill him," Ayame replied from the ground.
"You don't understand Ayame! I was doing this because… because… I LOVE YOU! I did this because I love you, and now you're dying. Why? WHY did turn out like this? This is not how I planned! THIS IS NOT HOW I PLANNED! We were supposed to live happily ever after, like in a fairy tale. You weren't supposed to die! Sob sob sob" Mine cried.
"You… You love… me. I… I never… knew this." Ayame's eyes turned blank and glazed over. He was dead.
"AAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! WHY! Why… why did it come to this?" Mine had started a small puddle around her and the new corpse already.
Yuki was also crying. His brother had been killed by the one that loved him. That was one of the worst kinds of death. He watched her puddle grow and then looked at the drops that were running down his face. Why did all this have to happen? It was so preventable. Why? Why? He fell to his knees and sobbed.
The noise of Yuki's voice made her remember him. "You… It's…sob… It's your fault… IT'S YOUR FAULT! YOU MADE MY KILL AYAME! NOW, I'LL KILL YOU!" She stood up and looked at her needle and laughed psychotically. "I have some poison left in here. I can still kill you. I will still kill you." She lunged at him and he dodged.
Yuki ran to the rock he hid the metal pole under and grabbed it. "Mine… I don't want to kill you, but I'll use this pole if I have to. Please… stop."
"YOU KILLED AYAME, SO I'LL KILL YOU!" She tried to stab him with the needle. You fucking bastard rat demon, DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
He dodged and knocked her on the head with the metal pole. She fell to the ground as he continued to hit her in the face with the pole. Blood splattered all over his body and face. The ground also got rained with blood. By the time he was done, the blood covered his whole face, not one speck of skin color remained.
When he stopped, his eyes opened wide, and he realized he had committed murder. Dear god Buddha, what have I done? He stood up and went over to the cliff. I'm sorry… everyone. Please forgive me.
Note on dead characters: Oh my god, Ayame and Mine are dead. Does this mean we only have a conclusion left? Or, will Yuki work his brother's homicide business? The only way to find out is to wait until the next Chapter of How Far. Chapter 14.
Momiji and Tohru's view of chapter:
Momiji: gets ready to pummel Ayame and Mine
Tohru: gets ready to cover Kisa's eyes
Haru: punches the air and moves to where the people appear after they die
Rin: Revenge is sweet.
Aya appears and gets pummeled by all the other characters in the Dead Lunge except for Kisa and Tohru.