The final chapter is within sight! This chapter is pretty fast moving, message me if thers anything you dont get.
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Crash!
Haru smashed through the gates of the Sohma estate on his stolen motorbike, not even slowing down as the gates broke from their hinges. He headed straight for the cat room, a dark abandoned shed out of view from the main house. He stopped about 50 meters away, contemplating his reckless plan. Then he heard the anguished sobs from inside. All thought was pushed out of his mind as he kick-started the bike again, revved the engine and took off at full speed. "Kyo!" he yelled, as loud as he could over the roar of the bike. "Kyo, get away from the door!" The cat heard him in the nick of time. Haru crashed through the locked and barred door and into the opposite wall, the abrupt stop causing him to fall from the bike. Kyo looked at him in astonishment. Haru glanced up, breathing heavily. He gave a mischievous smile and got to his feet. "Go find Yuki. I can hold off Akito and Sensei for the moment, but you'll need to move fast." Haru made to walk out of the door, but a hand gripping his arm above the elbow stopped him. He turned to Kyo in confusion.
"Thank you." The cat's voice was barely a whisper. Haru shook his head, the tears threatening his eyes.
"I didn't do it for you. I did it for Yuki."
"I know, Haru, I know." The cat pulled the ox into a hug. Haru settled into his arms, but soon stiffened and pulled away.
"We need to move fast."
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"Yuki, from now on, you will never leave my side within the Sohma grounds!" Akito slapped Yuki, hard. "When I leave the house, you will be locked inside, understand?!" He scratched down the boy's neck. "You will never leave this place again. You will never have any friends or relationships, other than my love!" Akito's nail dug deep into Yuki's neck. The boy heard none of it, felt none of it. All he felt was an ache deep in his heart, a gaping wound from which the bandage had been ripped. His bandage. His solace. His Kyo.
Shigure sat in the corner of the room, fighting the urge to go punish the cat himself. It was his eye that had gotten hurt, wasn't it? It was he who seeked vengeance. He wanted to kill the cat, the monster, slowly, painfully, right in front of Yuki's eyes. But whenever his eyes shifted to the door, he met Hatori's cold eyes, warning him away.
Akito still held the katana from earlier. Hatori intended the end of all this cruelty.
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Akito flung Yuki into a small closet, locking him in and leaving with the intent to 'visit' Kyo. Still Yuki did not succumb to his tears. He needed Kyo. Needed him like the very oxygen he breathed. But he was sure Akito was going to kill him. Kill them both. And so, he sat in silence. He would bare his throat with the cat's courage when Akito brought down the blade.
Whispers from outside. "Hatori, will you help me? You know as well as I do this is wrong! We can all escape from this tonight. Thrash against the bond of this curse and take back the lives that are rightfully ours!" That zealous whisper, that sure courage. Kyo! The cat had come to save him. How had he gotten free? Yuki leapt to his feet at the sound of a scrabbling on the lock. Hatori must have had the key. And suddenly, light, pure sweet light, and framed by it all was Kyo. Yuki had no words when he fell into the cats arms. Only burning tears that mixed with the cats as they dripped to the floor. Hatori threw a set of car keys at Kyo, who nodded and ran, dragging Yuki by the hand.
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"No, Akito! I won't let you through to torture him!" Haru was blocking the badly fixed door to the cat's room as Akito and Shigure attempted to enter. Akito shook in fury and struck at Haru again and again. The ox stood his ground through eight strikes to his face. At the ninth, his knees buckled, and he fell. Akito spat on his fallen form. "Stupid ox." Haru lifted his head. He smiled.
"He's gone!" Akito's screech was heard in every corner of the Sohma inner grounds. Shigure shook in rage, and Haru laughed. He laughed as he stood up, looking Akito right in the eye. "You've lost, Akito. Kyo and Yuki escaped together while you were attempting to get past me. Who's the stupid one now, Akito? You were so sure Kyo was in there! Next time anyone makes an ox joke, I'll remember tonight. I'll remember the night when God was more foolish than the ox." A final strike to the head, and Haru's world descended in blackness.
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Kyo was driving madly in the streets towards the stadium, so fast and wild, that Yuki was clinging onto his seat for dear life. "Do you even know how to drive!?"
"No!"
"Then why are you doing it?!"
"We needed to be fast! The final's are in two hours, and Akito will be on our tail pretty damn fast!"
"We're actually competing?! I didn't think the finals were 'til tomorrow!"
"Not those finals, baka! We quit those finals! I'm on about the pair-skating finals!"
"Together?"
"Hell yeah together! We got in with our records!"
And the rat fell silent, secretly wishing that he had driven.
Yeahh, okay, i admit, the dancing-together thing was purely inspired by Blades Of Glory. But on the plus side, Lyd can do that fanart shes been wanting to do of them dancing! I cant decide on colors. i mean, blue and orange would suit them perfectly, but thats the colors from Blades Of Glory. I had them dancing all in black before, so maybe i'll go with white. Whats Hatori's plan? Its pretty obvious. Why wasnt Ayame in this chapter? He was busy driving. Maybe he got stuck in traffic, but that detracts from the dramatic-ness. Will Haru be okay? Depends on the aount of reviews i get...