On the Run
Chapter Two
Once Kyo was up and about, Rei gathered everyone by the fire.
"Akito will fight hard" Rei said, staring into the flames. "But she will lose"
"How do you...wait, Akito is a girl?" Haru asked in disbelief. Rei nodded.
"Yes" She replied. "And I know because the fire told me" She stood up.
"Why are you helping us?" Kyo asked. Rei turned around.
"I promised someone very special that I would do everything in my power to protect her son" Rei looked directly at Kyo.
"You knew my mother?" Kyo whispered. Rei nodded.
"She wasn't a senshi, like the rest of us, but she was best friends with our leader, Sailor Moon" She looked down.
"Why would she ask you to protect me?" Kyo asked. "She hated me! SHe killed herself because of me" Rei spun around and glared at Kyo.
"Molly never hated you" She snapped. "And she would never commit suicide" She calmed down a bit. "Molly came to me many years ago. She told me about the Sohma family curse and how her son was the most cursed out of all the zodiac. She said her greatest wish was for you to have a normal life but that she had been told that you would be placed in confinement"
"Why did she tell you all of this?" Yuki asked. Rei sighed.
"Because she was going to visit Akito" Everyone gasped.
"You're not seriously saying..."Momiji trailed off and Rei nodded.
"Akito killed Molly" She said.
"But why?" Kyo asked, tears threatening to spill, but he held them back.
"Because, Molly went to her and asked her to spare Kyo. She begged Akito not to lock her son up after graduation and Akito grew so angry that she killed Molly. Then she blamed it on suicide, so that everyone would blame Kyo for his mother's death. After awhile, Akito decided that maybe she shouldn't have done that, so she tried to make it right by making a deal with Kyo that if he beat Yuki before graduation, he wouldn't be locked up. However, that wasn't much of a deal, since she was convinced that Kyo wouldn't win" Rei turned to look at Kyo. "I've been watching you for a long time now. It was me who was following you a few weeks ago and when I realized that you hadn't beaten Yuki, I called Shigure"
"How did you know Shigure?" Tohru asked.
"I didn't" Rei replied. "I had his number from when Molly had given it to me. I knew that you had moved in with them. I called him and told him I was a friend of Molly's and that Tohru would break Kyo out and when that happened to bring you here. I wasn't expecting so many of you though"
"We'd do anything for Tohru" Momiji explained. Rei nodded.
"Anyway, we should all get some rest. It's been a long night" She said.
The next morning, Tohru was up bright and early and slipped into the kitchen and began cooking breakfast. a few minutes later, Rei walked in and eyed the young girl.
"You really don't have to do that" She said. Tohru smiled.
"It's okay" She said. "Force of habit" Once everyone was seated, Tohru served the meal. Leek Porridge, except for Kyo, who recieved a bowl of rice and plum sauce. Kyo smiled, grateful that Tohru remembered his distaste for leeks.