BATTLE FOR A RICEBALL
Chapter 16: Danger for the riceball
Kyo silently walked down the street with his head down. He dragged his feet and sighed.
Dammit. I feel so- weak. The rain is making me all tired…
Kyo struggled to remain at his feet as he continued walking down the sidewalk.
Why am I such an idiot to leave like that? Tohru must be all alone at home right now because that damn rat and Shigure left. I better hurry.
His thoughts where interrupted when he heard a muffled cry. The cry echoed throughout the area, and soon was silenced with the rain. Kyo narrowed his eyes down in confusion. He quickened his pace, to try to follow the cry. He was worried, that scream sounded familiar. He cautiously ran towards an empty, dark alley. He heard another muffled cry, and his cat ears perked up.
He shot a sideways glance at the alley and felt his face drain color. He saw a speck of brown hair, running. It can't be.
It can't be.
It can't be….her.
Kyo's eyes widen, he snapped to reality and jolted towards the figure. He ran faster, his heart almost jumping out of his chest. He slowly turned to another alley where he saw two figures running.
It isn't…
Kyo dashed forward with full speed. He saw, a gruff gang looking man holding a small figure by the throat.
Tohru!!
"TOHRU!" Kyo felt his voice shake. Tohru couldn't reply, she just glanced at him with a pleading look on her face. The man had a knife in his hand, holding it by Tohru's face.
Kyo gasped, it felt as if his lungs went dry, and his heart stopped beating. His mind simply blanked out. He had nothing to do-or say. He just felt fear rising up on him.
"Tohru," he whispered blankly, looking at her. She whimpered as the man held the knife only inches away from her neck.
"Stay away, if you know what's best for you," the man growled. Kyo blinked, he suddenly snapped to reality. He felt his anger rising, making his hand into a fist. He clenched his teeth together in anger.
"I'M GOING TO MURDER YOU!" he growled in a furious tone, hurdling towards the man. He didn't care if the man was armed or dangerous. He wanted to save Tohru. His Tohru..he wanted her to be safe.
He didn't hesitate, as he struggled to punch the man in front of him, the man simply dodged Kyo's attack and chuckled.
"Leave now. It's a warning," the man whispered in a dangerously lower tone.
Dammit! I'm still weak..I can't fight like this, in the rain..
Tohru struggled to break away from the man's grasp. Kyo watched her tear-stained face and he felt his heart break into pieces. He couldn't stand looking at Tohru in fear. He wanted to end this-now.
"Leave her alone!" Kyo muttered in a murderous tone. He punched the man in the jaw, making the man crash against the wall. Tohru whimpered in fear as she fell freely to the ground. Kyo kicked the man in the ground while cursing a loud.
"Kyo!" Tohru cried out in fear. She watched almost in slow motion as the man pierced his knife into Kyo's arm. For a brief moment, Kyo stood in shock looking at the blood searing down his arm. Tohru watched, expressionless as Kyo cried out in agony.
"Kyo..." she whispered with tears in her eyes.
Everything happened so quickly. Kyo clutched his arm in pain, grounding his teeth together he turned towards Tohru. He sunk to his knees, feeling like he couldn't move. His whole body went numb in pain. He firecely pulled out the knife from his arm. This only made the pain worse. The blood came rushing down like a waterfall and Kyo just cried out in pain.
"Bastard!" Kyo barked, he felt his whole body fall to the ground. The man simply smirked as he rose from the ground, running towards Tohru. Tohru absently-minded kicked him. Nothing happened, he simply laughed at her pathetic attempted to attack him. She had tears running down her face, watching Kyo in the ground.
Get up Kyo! Please…Get up!! Please….
Almost at cue, Kyo slowly got up from the ground. His face seemed in pain, but he wouldn't let that man get close to Tohru.
"Get away from her bastard! Get away!" Kyo's voice sounded pleading, but angry at the same time. He kicked the man into a wall making him scream in pain.
"Dammit!" the man muttered, pulling out another knife.
How many knives does this damn bastard have!!
Kyo just grunted in frustration. He tried to react quickly and dodge the knife, but it all happened to fast. . The man threw the knife and sent it flying right towards Kyo's chest. This time, the man was hoping for a killing blow. Kyo quickly shut his eyes to get ready for intense pain.
"DON'T!" Tohru's terrified scream echoed towards the alley. She absently-minded ran towards Kyo, quickly regretting it.
She felt searing pain as soon as the knife hit her shoulder. She gasped in pain, her mouth opening into a wide "O". Her vision turned extremley blurry. Tohru fell to the ground, with tears in her eyes. Kyo clutched his arm in pain and sank to his knees, with a horrifed look in his face.
"That should teach you a lesson to mess with me," the man muttered. He ran away, leaving Kyo in Tohru in the darkness.
"Tohru, you idiot. W-why did y-you get in the way! Why!" Kyo's voice sounded unsteady. Kyo slowly crawled towards Tohru, with much effort he put his head down in shame.
"I couldn't protect you. I-I'm sorry," he muttered slowly, tears in his eyes. The rain pattered against them both, making them both completely wet.
He pulled Tohru close to him. She was in the ground, her eyes filled with tears and blood streaming out of her wound.
"Thank you Kyo. For coming to save me. If it wasn't for-for you. I would probably be dead. I'm such a-such a fool," she whispered in a low tone. Her eyes faded, and she blacked out. Kyo shook her a bit, hoping that she was still conscious. Her body laid motionless.
"It's okay Tohru. It's okay now. I'm here," he whispered slowly, he cradled her small body in his arms. He held her close, but not too close for him to transform.
As soon as he started walking with Tohru in his arms, he cringed in pain. His hand was still bleeding, but he had to hurry and get Tohru to safety. He hurried back to Shigure's house, he had tears in his eyes as he hastily opened the door.
He rushed upstairs and quickly set Tohru down on her bed. Her face had pain written all over. He grabbed her arm and slowly wrapped her wound so the bleeding would stop.
"Don't worry Tohru, I'm here," he smiled gently at her.
He felt water dripping down from his wet hair as he blankly stared at Tohru. She was still unconcious, and it was his fault.
She was looking for me. She's too caring. She's too sweet. She's too carefree. She's too innocent. That's why I love her so much... I can't stand it. She had to suffer because of me. Tohru.
"I love you Tohru," he silently whispered in her ear.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I've been kind of busy lately so updates might be kind of slow, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Please review!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------