Author's Intro:
Thirteen! NOT an unlucky number, in this case.
Oh. My. Akito. I sooo wish that I could post this on a Friday the 13th. But that would take too long.
Damn those calendars and their calendar-time-like ways. (haha!)
So here it comes; the 13th chapter!
Tohru rushed into her room, crying softly and clutching her arm. She ran straight onto her bed, and curled up, not caring if the sheets were stained.
She seemed to lay there for hours, but it was really only a short amount of time.
Meanwhile, Kyo was approaching the Main House.
After a bit, Tohru got up and went to the restroom that was temporarily hers, and loosely bandaged the wounds. She didn't look at them; she feared that if she did, she would wretch all over the place.
The Cat didn't stop much of the bleeding, but mended the gashes just enough so that they wouldn't flow all over the bed that she was now laying on, curled up into a little ball, still slightly crying. She fell into a light sleep, letting her tears be her lullaby.
Shigure sat at his desk, staring at his unfinished story. Why couldn't he complete the paragraph? It was such a pointless chapter; nothing dramatic or even useful to the plot.
Every word he typed ended up not making sense. Every thought that popped up in his brain had to do with his fear of being caught using everyone he had cared about.
The author couldn't see straight; it was all working out so well, but now this?
Was his life really worth all this?
He didn't quite know whose side he was on anymore. Not really what the point of all this was, either.
He knew that there was a destination, and when he got there, he may be glad, but the man didn't really know what was going too far to get what he promised.
But he felt that he was too far into it now to get out, no matter what his feelings were.
It was like being torn apart. The Dog wished to keep moving forward, to keep his promise, but at the same time, he was hurting everyone he even remotely cared about.
Others' feelings had never gotten to him like this before.
His thoughts were interrupted, though, when he heard Yuki come noisily into the house. It seemed as if he had been running.
"I thought that you were going to go try and see Tohru," Shigure turned in his chair to face his cousin.
"No, no I'm not," The Rat replied, not even looking at the Dog. Shigure was too shocked to say anything back.
'Not go and see her? What?'
Yuki just walked past the stunned author, and up to his room.
Kyo was in. Jumping the tall barrier inclosing the Sohma estate, he ran to the building that he thought that Tohru might be in.
He traveled steadily, from room, to room, to room, looking through the outside window to see what lay in them.
Finally, he came to the third to last one.
Bingo.
He saw the sleeping Tohru, all curled up on her bed. Kyo tapped on the glass. The Cat slowly woke, and turned. Kyo's face dropped.
Tohru's tear stained face made everything already worse than it was; her arm was now bandaged, as was her head. They were both messily done.
Kyo cursed Hatori. How could he let her be cared for like this? And when did she hurt her arm?
What did he expect? Did he really think that she would be a smiling, undamaged girl, ready to move on?
The former Cat cursed himself, and gestured for her to open the window.
Tohru's face lit up at seeing who it was. She smiled, though it was a bit more strained than usual.
Kyo stepped into the room, and Tohru shut the window and the shoji, so that nobody would see him.
"Kyo-kun..!" she whispered, hugging him. He grinned, and then hugged her back. "I missed you so much…"
"Me too. W-when did you wake up?" Kyo asked, sitting down at the table near her bed.
"This morning."
"And where'd you get the stuff on your arm? I don't remember that happening…"
Tohru's face dropped.
'Oh no. He'll kill Akito, and I'm not ready for this…!'
But before she had a chance to answer, he continued.
"Let me see it."
"What?"
"I want to make sure you're okay. Hatori didn't do a very good job of bandaging you up…" Kyo teased, but his eyes told the Cat that he knew that the wound hadn't come from the last night's events.
He held her arm, and slowly undid the wrappings, not really wanting to see what was underneath.
"It's still bloody. We need to wash it off, Tohru. Lead me to the bathroom."
"Yes, K-kyo-kun." The two rushed to a sink, and Kyo washed the blood off. He was trying to remain calm, but in his mind, things were a tornado.
'Akito..! You bastard! I'm going to kill you!'
He got all the dry blood off, and there was only the clean cuts on her arm, so that he could see them clearly. And what he saw, made his heart jump, and his blood boil.
For, on Tohru Honda's arm, lay the nail-inflicted words that made out to be:
"GOD".
Kyo's hands shook. She had been branded. It was a symbol that she, the one he loved, was now the Head's.
Pure rage overtook him, as he stared down at the markings.
Tohru flinched. She, too, had seen what Akito had done.
Without warning, Kyo ran out of the room, and down the hall to the God's chambers, with Tohru trying to keep up in her loose yukata.
"Kyo-kun! No! Stop, please, Kyo-kun!" she yelled, extending her arm as if to try and grab him.
'T-this can't be happening--! It's all my fault!' the words rang in her head.
"It's all my fault."
"Whose fault is it?"
"M-mine, Akito-sama."
"Very good."
Tohru ran faster.
"Kyo-kun, wait! Please!"
But Kyo was already to the Head's door. He didn't wait to knock, or get permission to enter. He just burst through it.
Akito was sitting on his bed, just….thinking. But his peaceful silence was interrupted by the door opening, quickly, and without warning.
The God had heard a shout, but he wasn't aware that it was more than an angry maid or a spill of a cup. But what he saw made him snarl.
Kyo Sohma.
In the Main House.
His filthy presence in his bed chamber.
"What are you doing here?" Akito asked, standing.
"Shut up. I saw what you did to her…" Kyo growled, grabbing the front of the God's shirt. "You will pay for that." He lifted him up, just a tiny bit off the ground, and fear finally starting to creep into Akito's eyes.
He could no longer control Kyo.
Because Kyo was no longer his.
Kyo Sohma was free.
"I ask you again. What are you doing here?"
"I told you. Just because she's the Cat now, doesn't mean that I'm not going to act when you hurt her." Kyo lifted him higher, and prepared to punch him, right in the mouth.
"No! Kyo-kun! Stop, please!" Tohru cried, running into the room. Her yukata flowing wildly behind her. She was freely crying.
'It's my fault this is happening! I have to stop him!'
Akito smirked down at her, while Kyo turned his head so that he could see her.
Tohru ran up to Kyo, and hugged him from behind.
"Please don't hurt him…it's my fault…it's my fault. Please, Kyo-kun…" she whispered, clinging onto him. "Just put him down."
Author's Closing:
Ack! I couldn't get this chapter to sound just right (in my view).
But I shall type the next one, and it shall be GRAND!
Or I hope it'll be….
Laterzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
E.