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Tohru's Curse

Chapter 27:

"A World Without Akito"

"Okay, now that we have that settled, the way to cure Tohru is well, I don't know, only one person knows and that is Tohru. She will have to figure it out for herself, and if she doesn't choose the right path then she will die." Akito ended this with maniacal laughter.

Everyone was shocked, the only thing they could do now, according to what Akito had said was wait and see what Tohru would do. And now, they realized Kyo had given up his life for this. They all felt a sharp pain in their stomachs as they waited for Tohru to awake. They all wanted to get up and stop Akito, take Kyo back, and they could, but some still obeyed Akito as a master, and could not go against him no matter how much they did not want to. Some just couldn't let go, they had always thought that their life was a set path, destined to be cursed for ever. They couldn't bare the fact of going against their master, they had always been told to obey Akito, no matter what he said, Hatori and many of the other zodiac members have been tortured by his decisions, having to deal with the consequences.

Kyo, meanwhile, was being dragged by Akito, not physically, but mentally, to his car. He was then forced into the car that had killed Kyoko, allowing Akito to jump in and start to flying down the road at an unbelievable speed.

"No wonder Kyoko got killed…" Kyo thought. What had he gotten himself into, Akito didn't know the cure, or did he, and he was just using them, Kyo's eyes widened at the thought, Akito did know the cure, most likely, and because they were all so desperate they would believe anything he said. Now Akito had two things that he wanted, he had Kyo in sure confinement, and Tohru. How much worse could this get; Kyo had sacrificed himself, and Tohru would probably never know of what he had done and might not even live through this torturous time. Looking back to it now, Kyo realized that this was ALL his fault, and partly Yuki's. If they had gone to the stupid New Year's party, Akito would have never have had thought of cursing Tohru, therefore resulting in Tohru not thinking to much of being a burden, which she had entirely not been, and then her not trying to run away to start a new life, causing her to bump into some guy and to transform into a riceball, then having Kyo find her and try to get her back to normal causing her to turn into a fish, which decayed and was left as bones that fell unconscious, and hasn't woken up since. Kyo sighed at this, if only… Kyo was getting bored as he stared out the window as Akito flew down the road. It was not but a few minutes later that he heard sirens blaring. Kyo's "cat ears" perked up and he turned around to see five police cars chasing Akito. To Kyo's surprise Akito pulled over and watched the police cars stop to the side of them.

A man in stepped out of the police car and walked towards Akito.

"Is there a problem sir?" Akito asked, as if a normal human being.

"Uh… Yah, you were going 70mph on a 45mph street, I am going to need to see your license please. Akito fumbled through his wallet, which was completely empty except for a few dollars. Akito realizing hat he had lost his drivers license, pressed the gas petal on the still running car a floored it out back onto the road. He sped down the road and entered the ramp to go onto the highway and sped as to join traffic in the far lane farthest from the cops. This was going to be a long ride. The cops were still chasing them when a poofing sound that was only heard by Kyo came into the car. A female figure appeared in the seat next to him, and Kyo was shocked beyond words. The figure noticed that Kyo was looking at her, and turned her head towards him. Her eyes softened as her eyes fell upon his face. Oh how she dearly missed him, and how she wished that she could cuddle him in her arms. She pointed to her as to ask if he could see her, and Kyo instinctively nodded at the gesture. The figures next gesture confirmed Kyo's thoughts, the lady looked at his arms, as to see if something was there, Kyo looked down at his arm and saw the beads; Kyo knew who it was now for sure it was his mother. He had so many things to tell her, and yet he felt as though if he even touched her she would disappear in the moment. Kyo wanted this moment to last forever, looking into to his mother's eyes that he had missed for so many years. Kyo couldn't help but cry; he hoped that Akito couldn't see him, or his mother. Kyo opened his mouth as to say something, but closed it so as not to ruin the moment that seemed so perfect. Kyo's mother finally spoke in her small sweet voice.

"Kyo, he can't hear you right now, you can talk to me about everything, I won't disappear."

Kyo looked at his surroundings, he was somewhere else, a happier place where everything seemed so peaceful, he finally found a way to describe it "A World without Akito" Kyo smiled at the thought, and started pouring out all of his life's adventures, sorrows, and happiness, he did not for get to mention how much he had loved Tohru, and how much he wished that she had never died, and she reassured that it was not his fault and he shouldn't blame himself for such causes. Kyo didn't want his mother to leave, but he figured, like Kyoko, she must go at one time or another. Kyo gave a good-bye hug and was surprised by the outcome of not turning into a cat, in a way this was the best day of his life, and in a way it was the worse. Kyo was sent back to reality forgetting all that had happened before his expedition with is mother, and found himself in Akito's car speeding down the highway. Kyo finally realized the situation, and found it hard to believe. Unfortunately for Kyo, he had come back at the wrong time and Akito swerved off of the road and into the railing on the side of the road, causing the entire car to flip and land upside down on the other side of the lane of traffic.

The Sohmas and Kyoko and Katsuya waited in the hotel room for Tohru to awake, but Hatori couldn't help but feel something was wrong. What were the chances that Akito was telling the truth? Slim to none. That sounded about right.

Hatori cleared his voice so as to get the attention of everyone, "I have now come to a conclusion…" There was a period of silence, "I believe that Akito was lying when he said he didn't know."

Everyone was shocked at Hatori's remark, realizing that he was right, but maybe he was wrong, or maybe Akito did know and so did Tohru, they would soon find out.

That's it for now, I hoped you enjoyed! Once again, I will try to update soon, but it will probably be later more than sooner, but definitely in the next two days, because I have Monday off! Yay! Please Review!

-Tohru 12