AN: Hullo! Well, now that I'm updating more often and have more chocolate milk, I've been able to create a little more background for Miku. So tonight, you find out about some of her past with other characters; a possible relationship; what happened to her family; some lime for Hatori; and her real name. And her mothers name.

Does anybody know Akito's fathers name?

Also, I know Akito's dad was probably allready dead in the flashback, but I don't really care.

Enjoy, but only if you review!

Holding Out For A Hero

I cried silently in my sleep, writhing in the blankets Hatori had wrapped me in for the drive to the summer home, where he would look me over. I had a breathing mask over my face, and some type of drug that had knocked me out.

I cried silently in my dreams, writhing in pain that wouldn't leave me as I lay in an endless black abyss. His thoughts, his voice, his manor, his face swarmed on my mind till it left me strangled in my own thoughts, drowning in my own blood.

Why couldn't I find a good man?

Why did this God have to be cruel?

Where are my friends?

Why can't Kyo... or even Yuki, save me from this?

Where's that white night on his fiery steed?

I cried silently in the reality of my dreams as I watched them burn in the rage that was building up in me. I tossed and turned, crying, trying to stop the silent tears as I dreamed of that hero that would come for me... But all I got was Hatori.

But I had waited all night, holding out for that hero to come save me. If only Hatori or I had been strong enough... fast enough... But why do I blame Hatori for my punishment. Akito is my God; my punishment came from him to me. It's my fault, whatever happened... Of me and Hatori, I'm the one who's fresh from the fight... But I need someone...

I need a hero.

I need one soon; I'm slowly dying... but if Akito dies before me, I'll get his strength. But that would be a sure savior... So is my evil angel my hero?

And as I slept, and Hatori drived... It was sometime after midnight when I woke up I sat up slowly. I was in a room, most likely the summer house, as Hatori walked in. I couldn't resist a blush as the heat slowly rised. I grinned, Hatori sitting beside me. He held out a hesitant hand, as if I was just out of his reach, and I brought his hand to my cheek, tilting my head on instinct. His breath hitched at the same time as mine as his lips came slowly, smoothly, warmly down on mine. My stomach twisted with the passion in it, and Hatori brought me onto his lap, his hands staying just above my waist.

Going against all my morals, in the passion of the moment, as the thunder rumbled outside, I didn't scream, and used my free hand that wasn't tangled in his long hair to gently, but boldly, push his hand down to my hip. Hatori went rigid, then slowly, as if time was waiting for us to catch up, his other hand slid down. I smiled into the kiss, pulling away, and trailing my lips down his collar bone, something within my body told me to do this...

I wasn't afraid.

In fact; I needed him.

And as Hatori turned me around, gently laying me on my back, and lifting up my shirt, my eyes opened. I let out a frightened gasp, sitting straight up in the bed, and I looked around, trembling, and I fought myself not to cry. I was in the room in my dream... but that's all it had been...

Just a dream...

Just a dream...

My imagination must have gotten to me; considering last nights events, and the thunder that was- I squeaked in fear as the thunder boomed, and stumbled out to the door, barely strong enough to stand.

There was no way that freakish fantasy would come true... In fact, I don't even feel that way about him... I hope...

Besides; at this point, it'd take a superman to sweep me off my feet.

And just as I thought that, I collapsed to my knees, along the wall, but unable to move. I curled my knees to my chest, trembling in the rage of the storm.

Now I really need a hero...

Ever since Hatori had come and told me that momma was dead during that storm...

"Momma?!" A five-year-old little girl cried. Her white and black hair was in long waves around her as she walked around the large house where she lived with her mother. She had never known her father, in fact, her mother had just recently told her that she was a child of rape...

But Mikumi-yuki Sohma loved her mother, and she knew her mother loved her.

But right now, Miku was frantic as she looked around. The thunder was scaring the dogs, and her mother was five hours late. In fact, the only reason Miku knew is because Akito had walked her home from school, and Miku had just learned how to read a clock.

She had wanted to show her momma.

Miku let the tears stream down her cheeks. Her momma worked in a bad buisiness, and Miku was afraid. She went into the kitchen and curled up underneath one of the counters, her alasken husky pup coming to curl around her ankles. Miku jumped, when the doorbell rang, a smile breaking across her face, as she ran to the door, screaming 'momma' in glee. She flung it open, and her face fell, but it was still smiling. She grinned up at the teenage doctor Hatori.

"Ello Ha'ri-chan... Um, you'll have to come back later. Momma's still working. But she's late."

A tear streamed down Hatori's cheek.

"Ha'ri-chan? What's wrong?" Miku asked, fear rising in her voice as the usually collected teen fell to his knees, his head in his hands as his shoulders shook with silent sobs.

"Ha'ri-chan? Where's my momma?" Miku kept asking that repeatedly, until Hatori pulled her into his grip.

It took the girl only another half hour to get Hatori calmed down enough to speak. Miku looked in the car behind him before she asked, seeing the blistering glare of Akito's father, and Akito himself.

"Ha'ri-chan? What's wrong?"

"Miku-chan... Great Kami... I'm so sorry..."

"What is it Ha'ri-chan? What's wrong?"

"It's Kiyomi... She... Miku-chan, your mother got shot..." Miku froze, then tugged Hatori too his feet.

"Then we gotta go to the hospital... we gotta get momma the red roses she loves so much... because momma needs to get better, right Ha'ri-chan?" Miku looked pleadingly up at the teenager, who shook his head slowly.

"Miku-chan... your mother's not at the hospital..." Hatori explained, getting to his feet. Miku looked up at him in confusion.

"Why not? Momma needs to go to the hospital if she's hurt... right?"

"Miku-chan... Kiyomi died from a bullet wound in the head two hours ago. They just found her body. She's not gonna get better."

"Y-you're lying... no... MOMMA!!" Miku screamed, running to the road, and down until she was at the gates in the rain, drenched as she tried to yank them open, screaming for her mother, until Hatori pulled her into a hug, both children sobbing as they clung to eachother, and Ayame and Shigure came from their homes, and helped Hatori go back to the car with Akito, while they watched over Miku-chan...

I still hate the rain, I thought sadly.

Just then, Kyo walked in through the door, looking around. He looked like he had just gotten out of a fight with Yuki, even though his leg was fractured, it was allready healing. He sighed, giving a concerned look as he sunk to a sitting position beside me, against the wall. I looked over at him, and he met my eyes. We were both thinking of the same thing.

A six-year-old little girl, Miku -as she now demanded since her mothers death, was out in the woods, wandering around as she cried. It was the anniversary of her mothers death and Akito wouldn't let her go to the shrine. He had said: 'you don't need to visit that bitches grave just because it's the anniversary of when she left you'.

Ever since that night, Akito had no longer talked to her... Not even after those times he had said he loved her...

They were all lies.

Suddenly, it started to rain, and the thunder came down, and Miku couldn't hold back a scream, as memories of her mother overwhelmed her till she transformed. Just then, a five-year-old Kyo ran through the woods, until he saw her.

Kyo gathered the shivering puppy into his arms, and cradled her close as he stumbled back to the house he was staying in with Kazuma-sensei. He grabbed a towel and cleaned her off, only to find Miku crying and whimpering. He hugged her close.

"Miku-chan...? Why are you sad...?" Kyo asked softly.

"Because the storm... "She whimpered when another thunder clapped, "scares me, Kyo-kun..."

"Why? It's just sound and rain."

"Because my momma left me when it was raining... she never came home... she left me..."

"Then I'll hold you every storm, and I'll never leave you... I promise, Miku-chan."

"Still promise?" I asked softly, looking at Kyo. He watched me in concern, nodding, as I got to my feet. I went to the window overlooking the lake, looking out at the mountains that met up with the sky that cracked with thunder and lightening, as if the mountain tops were breaking into the heavens. She flinched when a bolt of lightening shocked across the lake, splitting it and charging it with electricity before fading.

I could feel Kyo watching me, the tears silently streaming down my cheeks as he stepped up behind me. I visibly flinched when his hand grazed my hip, and he pulled back.

"I want someone to hold me, Kyo... I want a hero... But after what Akito..." I broke into sobs, my face in my hands as I cried. And quickly, Kyo wrapped his arms around my waist, holding me tight against him as he rested his chin on my shoulder, holding me tightly.

"I don't know what that bastard did... But Miku, let me... And I'll be your hero." I smiled tenderly, wrapping my hands over his strong arms, and using one hand to wipe away my tears, as if ashamed of them. Kyo lifted on of his hands to guide mine back down.

I broke free of his grip, though, ignoring the hurt look he gave me as I leaned out the window, opening it, letting the chill, the wind, the ice and rain beat at my tender skin as I looked down. The lake had flooded slightly...

"Will it flood all the way up here?" I whispered.

And I felt Kyo aproach me from behind, like a fire in my blood, as he came up to shut the window, pulling me back inside. He nuzzled his nose against mine, making me squirm and giggle. He smiled, and sat down on the bed. I layed down, curling up in the blankets, as Kyo layed down beside me, gripping my hand in his.

I didn't want to be alone, and he understood.

"What I said earlier..." I murmured through the rain and thunder and lightning. "About Akito... Before I came here..."

"Hatori had said you had an asthma attack... he didn't say why."

"I did. The night before tonight... Akito called me into his chambers... He... he..." I broke into fresh sobs, and looked hesitantly into the eyes of Kyo. They were narrowed to a point above my head, fire burning in the glare.

"Please don't hate me..." I whispered, but before he could reply, I had passed out.

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