Borrowed Heaven
By: Lys3
-Chapter Two: Ruby Dragon-
Disclaimer: Fruits Basket is not mine and some names, characters, place are not mine.
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"Just got the call, let's go quickly!" Momiji said to his two other cousins as he flipped back the PHS. Kyo groaned, now he was taking orders from a kid? He really needed a new job.
"This is no time to get lazy…I heard something when Yuki called me." Momiji seriously said. Kyo and Haru looked at him. When Momiji was this somber…he was acting his age and as a Virtue.
"What did you hear?" Kyo asked almost in a whisper. He could feel his heart thumping in excitement. Finally, he thought, some action!
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Yuki looked around. It was peaceful enough village. There were a few people outside buying fruits, walking around, gathering water, playing around, and talking. As he placed his heavy boot down on Nibel's soil everyone, and he meant everyone, looked at him. Talk about freaky…he thought.
The women quickly gathered their playing children and ushered them into their home. The men folk stood where there were and stared. He looked back at them. It was utterly rude of them to stare. Their features weren't as striking as the brunette he had seen. Their hair was darker and their eyes…a deep dark brown…or deep blue…
Regular people have dark brown eyes and black or brown hair in Sentra…then again who am I to judge? He smirked as he remembered the color of his hair and eyes. The more he looked at the men, the more he started to see something…it was faint…but he saw the outlines of…
Yuki turned his head back…something was coming…more like a lot of these something were coming.
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"Ah…I see, well I'm sure Yuki and the rest will get the pillar, Kagura." Shigure said as he casually fanned himself.
Kagura looked at her older cousin and sighed, "They blame me for sending them to a craptacular mission. Shigure, shouldn't low ranking officials do this sort of…retrieving?" She asked. Shigure sighed as well and answered, "My, my, Kagura…I'm not the one to ask. You are the Task Leader. You should have done your background research on this."
"Please, Shigure, you may look like a bum in Headquarters…but everyone knows—"
"Knows that you're the right hand to Akito."
Kagura looked towards the doorway of the mission control room, she smiled as she saw Hatori by the door. "Hatori! Glad you came to visit, what are you here for?" She asked.
"What else? To check your blood pressure, of course. You know how you are…" Hatori replied walking towards Kagura and putting the equipment around her arm.
"I guess…but I've been okay lately, I don't think I need check ups anymore." Kagura replied.
"Alright, everything's normal. I wanted to make sure today, I heard that Shigure was coming to visit you in Headquarters." Hatori said as he placed back the equipment.
"Ah, Hari you're too harsh. I wouldn't do anything to Kagura." Shigure said and laughed.
"Oh really? Like Kagura, I'd like to know what this pillar's importance is. Don't lie." Hatori said to Shigure.
Shigure shrugged, "Yes, yes, I know, my intelligence doesn't surpass a doctor's…I am just a novelist." He said and stretched.
Kagura frowned, she hated it when Shigure kept secrets, which was everyday…but secrets involving her task unit is something else. "So you're saying this is just a retrieval mission? You're kidding, this is one of my important units. They are the Virtues…and I am the Task Leader…" Kagura said standing straight up and looking at Shigure in the eye.
It wasn't a matter of family now, who cares if Shigure was older and her cousin? She was responsible for her men's lives. Not to mention Kyo's life. What if this was a suicide mission Akito set up? No…Virtues were too valuable…but still…there were members of Virtues he'd gladly throw away. An image of Kyo flashed before her eyes. She shook her head and stared at Shigure intensely.
"Alright…this pillar might have something to do with the lost city of Empyreal. You know how Akito gets when he finds out anything about Empyreal. Besides, I want to see if the legends are true…" Shigure said as he shrugged once again and headed out of the mission control room.
Kagura sighed, more secrets. He totally lied about it, but at the same time she knew he didn't lie. A lie masked with truth. Hatori smiled at her and said, "Don't worry Kagura, it's no suicidal mission."
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Tohru ran and ran. Her heart was pounding so much she had to stop. She fell on her knees and gasped for air. Who was that man? He looked frightening…clad in all black…a frightening beautiful thing. Was it a restless soul of an Angel? She looked around, she wasn't any near the entrance of Nibel. Sure the field of daisy is out in the back, but it was way in the back…about a mile away from the entrance of Nibel. She got up and dusted her dress.
Thud. Thump. The ground vibrated. Thud! Thump! The ground shook…
Tohru looked back…she didn't like this…she was stuck on the ground. She couldn't move. Then, a thundering roar was heard and somehow she ran even faster than before…this time she knew what was after her…
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"What did you hear?" Kyo asked once again as they got out of the car.
"I heard..." Momiji said.
"Heard...?" Kyo echoed.
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"Shit." Yuki cursed under his breath and got his gun ready. He should have brought his sword with him. He shouldn't have underestimated the mission!
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Tohru ran as fast as her legs could, heavens...help me! I'm going to die!
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"I heard a Ruby Dragon cry." Momiji said as he grabbed Yuki's sword and got his weapons out. He ran as fast as he could towards Nibel leaving his two cousins behind.
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Author's Notes: Hope ya enjoyed! If you guys still don't understand there's a link in my bio, and I just updated the guide as well! Thanks for the reviews guys! Thank you thank you!!