I hope that everyone had a great Easter! (Those who celebrate it that is…)
I have seriously, had this chapter ready since Easter...
I couldn't put it up, because apparently a "server" broke or something on this website...
I was very upset I couldn't put this up for so long, and in return, went to the back of my closet, pulled out my nintendo 64 , and started playing The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask...
Don't ask why, because I couldn't give you the answer...
Well on a lighter note,
Chapter 10 of When the Knight met his Squire! Is finally posted !
OMG- ROFLOL- LMAO- BRB- LOL
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits basket and if I ever did, I would deserve to get hit in the head with a wooden bat from the lack of coolness that Fruits Basket would contain, because I am not as creative as Natsuki Takaya and never will be…also, the art would be in the form of stick figure because lack of artistic capabilities making it even worse than it would already have been. – Sighs in shame yet suddenly becomes happy for even knowing of Fruits Basket-
… That was a really long disclaimer…
When the Knight met his Squire
Kyo arrived at Akito's room; Yuki was already there. They sat down keeping their distance from each other, waiting for Akito to arrive. They obviously said nothing to each other, only giving death glares.
Akito came in the room, Kureno following behind, and closed the door shut.
"Hello again Yuki, Kyo. Now let's get to the point of why we're here." He sat down at his throne, holding his staff in one hand while his other hand was holding his chin. "I must decide who I want to do one thing, and who I want to do the other…"
Both boys just sat there, saying nothing.
Five minutes later, Akito was still just sitting there staring back and forth between Kyo and Yuki. "Yes, I know who will do what. Well Yuki, you must take your men to Dragon territory again, teach them a lesson dear. For they think that they are going to attack my castle; they've got another thing coming. Now Kyo, your job is much more important than what I just gave Yuki…"
Kyo was starting to get excited, Yuki just rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.
"Kyo… my "Greatest Knight"… I want you to go into the Forest of Tongue Punched Dirt Stars. I want you to kill the bastard trolls who keep steeling blue prints and attack plans from Kureno! …And they've been stealing his shoes too but that's beside the point. We believe they could possibly be helping the dragons…we don't want that now do we?" Akito finished, and Yuki covered his mouth from laughing out loud.
Kyo was in shock at first, was he hearing things right? Then it clicked, even when Kyo won that tournament Akito was still never going to let him rightfully take his place as a knight! Kyo sighed in frustration; he didn't want to fight with Akito, not today. Today and yesterday had been such awesome days, why ruin it now with this crap? Since both boys had nothing to say (which surprised Akito since he thought he would "hear it" from Kyo), Akito dismissed them.
"You both may leave; get ready for your journeys…take what you need. Kyo, you better not be more than two days, or you'll certainly lose my interest. You wouldn't want that, since you did just gain it after all…"
Kyo just walked up and left. 'I'll lose his interest, huh? Akito is such an ass. I can't wait until he rots in hell and I hope he fu-'
Okay, so maybe Kyo did let Akito ruin the rest of his day with the news...
Kyo returned to his room and Tohru noticed that he looked much more upset now than when he had left. The boy slammed the door shut and went right to his closet and started pulling out clothes. Tohru walked up to him, hoping that Akito hadn't teased him or something to get him this upset.
"Uh, hello again Kyo. How did…"
Tohru stopped talking when she noticed Kyo stopped moving. He was just standing there, making fists. He slowly turned around to face her,
"That bastard…he gave me the stupidest task I've ever heard! He claims that it's important but it's just a load of bull shit!"
Tohru just sat down on his bed and listened his vent,
"What exactly is it you have to do Kyo?" Tohru asked.
The boy paused for a minute, pondering in his mind whether to tell the girl about his stupid mission or not.
"You have to promise…you won't laugh."
This made Tohru more curious as to what he had to do.
"I promise Kyo." She smiled to him, and of course honestly meant what she said.
Kyo sighed and looked down in shame, "I was told to go to some forest I've never even heard of and find… troll thieves. Because apparently, Akito says they're stealing blue prints and attack plans that are for war with the dragons…" He then sighed in shame.
Tohru sat there for a moment; she didn't know what to say. Kyo continued,
"Yuki was given the job of telling off those dragons… and possibly fighting them."
It was hard for Kyo to say this to Tohru. How could he make this girl feel protected and impress her when he was telling off trolls while his cousin was fighting dragons?
Kyo sat down next to Tohru, pushing his hand through his hair and sighing. Tohru took Kyo's other hand that was next to his lap and placed it in her hands.
"I'm sorry Kyo, but I'm sure that Akito will eventually give you things that you find exciting. One day he'll realize how wonderful you really are, and realize that you deserve to be given more exciting tasks and he'll ask you to do those things for him. And then Kyo, you'll be a well-known hero like Yuki! Oh, I'm sorry, that's probably not helping…"
She wanted to help Kyo and try to convince him that he wasn't as worthless as he apparently thought he was.
"Tohru,"
He turned to the girl who was still holding his hand in her own. He then put his other hand over both of her hands, "Have I ever told you how utterly amazing you are?"
The girl giggled, "I think so…"
He then pulled her into a hug. Kyo knew that Akito would never have some realization of how wonderful he was, but even so, Kyo still felt better when Tohru said stuff like that.
It was pretty funny that Tohru could say anything to him, it could be totally wrong in anyone else' opinion, but he would still think she was right.
"So Kyo, how long are you going to be away?" Tohru asked, a little sad as they pulled away.
"Eh, don't worry. I'll be gone for no more than 2 days, or else Akito says he'll lose interest in me." Kyo smiled to Tohru, and thought about how ridiculous Akito was.
"Oh…well, you have to pack now right? Here, I'll help you Kyo."
The two packed Kyo's stuff. He was given a bag filled with 2 days' worth of clothing, food, weapons, and water. It really didn't take that long to pack…
"So then I guess I should get going, I mean, before a friggen guard comes to get me like I'm a little kid or something…"
Kyo grabbed his bag and sat it next to the door, he then turned around quickly. He seen Tohru standing at the end of his bed, her hands were clasped together at her chest and worry all over her face. It was just like the day he first laid eyes on the girl.
"You really thought I was going to just leave and not say goodbye? Jeez Tohru…"
He walked up to the girl and she wrapped her arms around him, her face buried in his chest.
"Just promise you'll be safe Kyo" She looked up at him, her eyes were still filled with worry and crystals were forming.
"Yes, of course. And just make sure you miss me. I don't think you'll be able to miss me as much as I'll miss you but …" The two laughed after Kyo said this, they were both becoming even more comfortable around each other. Joking around with each other much more.
"You can believe that if you want to Kyo…" Tohru said while laughing.
"Oh don't worry, I will believe that. Actually, I know that as the truth…but it's okay Tohru, you can't help that I'll miss you more..."
So yeah… the two were fighting about who was going to miss who more. Stupid? Yes.
Well… not really fighting, more like, Tohru pushed Kyo on the bed. LoL.
"Aggressive?" Kyo asked (jokingly) as the girl was on top of him…but her face had an expression of shock?
"Oh…my…" Tohru started. "Kyo! I am so sorry! I guess…oh I don't even know what I just did! I'm so sorry!"
Kyo was laughing. He was going to be gone for only 2 days top, but he really was going to miss this girl. Especially when he just started getting close to her, and now he had to go away?
'That's just unfair…' He thought to himself, while taking Tohru's hands to stop her from getting up off of him.
"I like it like this" He said to the blushing girl. Tohru then lay on the boy's chest, she liked where she currently was too.
"It's funny how yesterday we were just…uhh, close friends. And today we love each other, isn't it Kyo?"
"Yeah." The two just lay there silently. "Hey Tohru, what are you gonna do while I'm gone?"
Tohru found this question a little odd, she now opened her eyes and looked up at Kyo.
"Um, what do you mean?"
"I mean, how are you gonna keep from being bored and stuff. It's not like you will have anything to do. I'm not here for you to be around. You won't be able to hang around those two girls you're always talking about. Uo and Hana?"
Tohru turned her head back to the right and rested her eyes on Kyo's chest.
"Yes. Uo and Hana are my two friends. They've always been with me until, well you know, I came and lived here with you." She paused for a minute, "Don't worry about it Kyo, I'm sure I can read a book or something. You see, mom taught me how to read when I was…about 12. She said that she learned luckily when my dad taught her, or else she would have never known how! And she wanted me to learn how to read so that when I grew up I could…actually, I don't know why exactly she wanted me to learn…but…oh I'll stop talking!"
Tohru stopped; she didn't want to ramble on and on about her mom. She did that a lot, and even though Kyo never said anything about it, she thought she was annoying him by rambling on about stuff.
Kyo didn't find what Tohru said annoying though; he was relieved she had learned how to read and stuff; now she wouldn't be bored out of her mind while he was gone. It wasn't like she was going to dirty up their room and have to clean it and he wasn't going to be there, she would only have to take care of herself.
Tohru and Kyo were both starting to drift off into sleep. A long night of partying and getting up early the next morning made them a little tired from lack of sleep.
The infamous 3 knocks from the door to their room was heard, waking both Tohru and Kyo up from a little nap. Tohru sighed and gently moved off of Kyo to answer the door. Suddenly she was turned around by Kyo, now facing him.
"It's the damn guard… so much for avoiding him doing that, huh?" Kyo said, though he didn't care that some guard came up to get him. He got to spend some time with Tohru before leaving, which was better than going downstairs and getting his horse to leave early for his little "adventure".
"Well Kyo, just make sure that you try and keep warm so you don't get a cold, and just be careful and"
Tohru was going to worry about him a lot, Kyo could tell already.
"Tohru! I will be fine, don't worry. 2 days, that's it…the woods can't be that bad. And Trolls? They can't harm me! But, you just… be a good girl and be here when I get back…"
Kyo had this feeling in his stomach that Tohru could be in trouble with him gone. He needed to get back to her as soon as possible!
"Of course! I'll be here waiting Kyo!" Tohru said, now holding the boys hand.
The obnoxious knocks on the door just seemed to get louder and louder by each minute.
"Bye Tohru."
Kyo wrapped his arms around the girls waste and pulled her into a hug; she wrapped her arms around him.
"Goodbye Kyo."
When Kyo started pulling away, Tohru pulled him back to her and quickly kissed him on the lips. Both started blushing like the little kids they were...well, not really but wow they act like children when it comes to relationships. (But I digress…)
He started towards his bag, about to open the door when Tohru called him out to him one more time.
"Kyo!"
He turned around quickly.
"Be Safe!" She said and again had her hands clasped together at her heart, worry on her face.
"I will."
Kyo opened the door where the guard's face was red with anger from pounding on the door constantly.
"Sir Kyo, I apologize for constantly banging on the door. I was about to break the door down, worried that you were hurt. I apologize for that too."
The guard and Kyo were walking down a hallway, leading to the outside area where his horse would be. Kyo just sighed, this guard probably couldn't even break open the door like he claimed he was going to do. The guy looked as frail as …well Kyo didn't know who, but the point was this guard looked small.
'How the hell did this guy become a guard?' He thought while walking.
They arrived outside where Kyo's trusty steed was standing. He had the horse since he had been a boy and the horse had only been a pony. He walked up to the horse and started to pet it,
"Hey Stanley. I hope you've had enough food and water cause' we're going on a trip buddy." Kyo said to the horse… because for some reason he talks to…uh, Stanley the Horse. (That's a wild name for a horse but whatever…)
Kyo started to climb on his horse when the guard started talking.
"Sir Kyo, Lord Akito sent you a personal helper. He will lead you to the Forest of Tongue Punched Dirt Stars."
Kyo didn't like what he was hearing, someone helping him out?
Peeshaw.
He could do it on his own.
Kyo gave an evil glare to the guard, the man ignored it and called for the helper anyways.
" PIIIPP! PIIIIIPPP! GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE! IT'S TIME TO GO!"
Kyo watched as a little scrawny man riding a donkey came; he looked like an idiot!
"Sir Kyo, Lord Akito said he wanted to send this man to you because he said he believed you two, would uh, enjoy each other's company..."
The guard stood there waiting for a reply. Kyo stared at the man in front of him, on his little donkey.
Akito was really trying to make a fool out of Kyo, and it was certainly working.
"You may leave now." Kyo said to the guard.
"Hello Sir Kyo. Aye be Pip. Lord Akito sent me to help you lad."
Kyo just stared at him. He was pretty short and was wearing green pants and black knee high boots. He also had a green jacket with white cufflinks and a white collared shirt.
"Yea, Hi. Uh… are you from another land. I mean, your accent is different." Kyo asked, since the man did have a different accent. Kyo had heard of it before, but just couldn't remember where he had heard it.
"Aye, I be from Ireland. Tis' a lil' place across the seas…"
Kyo continued to stare at him. He didn't know what to make of this guy!
"Um, yeah. Well, do you know where this Forest of wherever is… I just want to get this shit done with and get back as soon as I can."
The man smiled to Kyo.
"Aye. Follow me then Sir Kyo."
As much as Kyo hated to follow anyone, he did follow alongside Pip. 'This is going to be a longer two days than I thought…' Kyo sighed as the man Pip started singing some Irish song.
"Shut the hell up!" He shouted. Pip stopped…but started smiling at Kyo, which kinda creeped him out.
Done with chapter 10.
Next chapter will be more interesting, thanks for all the reviews everyone.
What does AU Fanfic mean?
… I have no idea what it means.
Haha, Pip.
He's cool.
It's going to start getting pretty interesting next chapter.
It's also going to get sad...I think, unless I save the sad stuff for chapter 12.
Dunno Yet.
Ehh.
Till Chapter 11
Sarah.