Disclaimer: Fruits Basket is (c) to the great Takaya Natsuki-sama. Not KrimzenAngel...She only wishes it was.
Summary: For Tohru to realize her feelings for Shigure, he got engaged. But for Shigure, it was far worse than anyone could've ever imagined...(Shigure/Tohru)
Genres: Romance/Drama/Angst/Suspense
Authors Notes: Not much to say. Be prepared. Also, possible future OOC-ness, especially for Tohru! Read on!
Neko-Yuff16- If the last chapter almost brought you to tears, then you better break out your box of kleenex. This one will probably make you cry. Writing this almost made me cry.
Whatever It Takes
Chapter 9- What It Takes To Make You See
"My, my...Do my eyes decive me, or is there a strange, young girl standing outside my house?"
Memories of his moments with Tohru came racing into his mind.
"Don't you just love her, Haa-san? My new housewife!"
With each heavy step he took, memories of all kinds came back.
"Well, Tohru-kun...Since we rarely ever get the opportunity, why don't we go out on a date?"
Like the first night she spent at his home, where she was sick, and he had looked after her.
"I...I lost my home again."
"You must be sad, then..."
"No...I know of more sadder things..."
"Like what?"
"Like not getting up and telling my mom 'be safe' on the day she died...I had a test...And I was up late studying for it...I slept in late...So I couldn't tell her to be safe...I always said it to her, but that morning...I didn't...And she never came home...I thought about quitting school, and getting a job, but...Mom said she never made it to high school...She always wanted to, though...She wanted me to be different from her, and have the life she never could...To tell her how it felt to have that diploma in my hands...It was that moment that I realized why she worked so hard...It was all for me...She sacrificed so much...And I couldn't even get up to say goodbye...Not even as she walked out the door...So at least high school...The high school my mother wanted me to attend...I want to graduate...That is my goal...So I can't lose...To a fever...Like...This..."
Shigure's body was numb to the frosty rain that fell. He didn't notice himself getting any closer to where he was going. Didn't notice himself walking. His mind was so full of memories.
But they soon vanished as soon as they came.
He exited the last of the trees that bordered the clear area. If possible, his body went even number.
Laying in a large mass of blood and rain in the middle of a road, was Tohru, her body sprawled out in the middle of everything.
"O-oh my god..." Shigure stammered at the horrifying sight before him. He forced his body to move. "TOHRU!"
Shigure raced and knelt down by her side.
It was a nearly gruesome sight. Tohru was laying on her back, arms and legs spread everywhere. Covered in cuts, bruises, blood, and rain. Her once bright and kind eyes were now closed, a painful, and peaceful look upon her now mangled face.
"Tohru! Are you alright!" He shouted to her as he gently picked her up and scanned her body for any more damage. "C'mon, Tohru! Answer me! Please, for the love of god, answer me!" As he scanned her, and gently tried to shake her awake, he tried to figure out a way to get help. "Oh, god, what to do! What to do! What am I supposed to do!" He scanned the area around them. All he saw was Tohru's things strewn about, the bags ripped open when they where hit. There were clothes, small trinkets like hair brushes, ribbons, and..."Tohru's cell phone!" He cried as he reached for it. Once in his hands, he took a good look at it, only to make sure that it wasn't broken. He sighed in relief when he saw that nothing had happened to it. He carefully craddled Tohru with one arm, while he used the other to dial the emergency number, and hold it up to his ear. It felt as if the ringing went on forever as he waited for the voice on the other line.
"9-1-1, what's your emergency?" Came the voice of a woman on the other line.
"Oh, thank god!" Shigure said. "Uh, there's been an accident! Tohru's been hit by a car!"
"How bad, and where is the location of the accident?"
"Um, she's not looking too good..." Shigure admitted, even though he didn't want too. "Th-there's blood everywhere! She has cuts, and bruises, and...I'm on the old Hakumizu road! Now , please! Send some help!"
"Okay, sir, we have paramedics heading over right as we speak, so just sta-!"
"What! Hello!" Shigure said, getting frustrated. He looked down at the phone, and realized it had died on him. It had angered him because the operator on the other line could have told him what to do for Tohru, but on the other hand, he was happy that it had enough life left in it to make that one call.
In his frustration and anger, he threw the phone to the side and averted his attention to Tohru.
"Tohru, wake up! Please!" He said, his dark eyes starting to grow warm with tears that were threatening to escape. "Wake up! Please, wake up! Please! You can't die on us, Tohru! Wake up! Wake up...! Wake up...!" He cried, hugging her closer to him as he started to cry. But his crying didn't stop him from calling her name.
'Where...Am I? Who's...Holding me? Why...Do I hurt so bad? And...I hear a voice...' Tohru thought, feeling great pain through out her body, as she felt a pair of strong arms wrapped around her.
"Tohru-kun...!" Cried the voice again. She could feel him shaking as he cried with her in his arms. "Tohru-kun, please! Come back!"
'His voice...Sounds familar...I have to...See his face...I need to..Open my eyes...' Tohru thought, trying her best to wake up and force her eyes open to see who was calling her name. 'My eyes...Are heavy...But I can't give up...'
"Tohru-kun...!" Shigure cried, cradling her in his arms, hoping for anything good to happen. He felt so helpless. He didn't know what to do, and did the only thing he could do: cry and hope to god that she woke up. "Tohru-kun, please! Wake up! Please, do it for-!"
"Shi..Gure-san..."
He stopped when he heard a small, pained voice, and felt a small, cold hand place itself on his cheek. He looked up and saw Tohru's steely blue eyes staring back at him, with a kind, hurt, loving, and painful look in them.
Shigure on the other hand, was near estatic when he saw her awake. "T-Tohru-kun?" He asked with a scared smile, carefully lifting her up to hug her. "A-are you okay?" He asked, gripping her tighter as he felt her small arms lift themselves up to try and return the hug.
"Th-this is...What I've always...Wanted..." Tohru forced out, trying not to wince as she kept her hold on Shigure. It hurt her a great deal to speak.
"What is, Tohru-kun?" Shigure asked, smiling a little to see that she was responsive and okay.
"To hold you...Like I am now...And have you holding me...Just like you are now..." Tohru responded. She gripped the cloth of his kimono as hard as she could and started to cry. "I-I never th-thought it would...Take s-something like this...T-to make m-me...M-make me...Tell you..."
"Tell me what, Tohru-kun?" He asked, growing more frightened.
"That I love you..." She cried. Shigure on the other hand, was shocked.
"Wh-wha-what?" Shigure stammered, his heart racing.
"I-I love you so much, Shigure-san...!" Tohru cried. "So much that it hurts...! It hurt s-so bad to see y-you with Kohana...H-how you two would sh-show each other how much you c-cared...I-I didn't want t-that feeling of unrequited love...I-it hurt so much...So I r-ran away to try a-an' escape it...Look where it got us..."
"Tohru..." Shigure said, his eyes starting to stream with tears as so many new emotions filled him, ones that he never felt with Kohana.
"I'm dying...I-I can't help it..." Tohru said as she lowered herself to rest herself in Shigure's warm, and protecting arms. Shigure only grew sadder, and more afraid. "T-the things love can do, right?"
"Tohru-kun, please!" Shigure said, feeling so helpless and afraid.
"From...The very first time I met you..." She said, the look of love in her eyes growing deeper. "I-I knew there w-was something between us...I always t-thought it was because we were b-both year o-of the dog...B-but when you s-said that you and Kohana w-were getting married...Was when I realized...That I was in love...With you..."
"Tohru-kun, I..." Shigure choked, hearing the faint sound of the paramedics coming closer. "T-Tohru-kun, th-the ambulance is c-coming..." He tried smiling. "E-everything's gonna be okay now..."
"Shigure..." Tohru said, in exassperated breaths. "Remember that...I love you..."
"T-Tohru-kun?" He asked, voice shaking beyond belief as he looked at her pale, tired, and bloody face.
"Sayonara...Shigure-kun..." Tohru whispered, slowly closing her eyes as the ambulance pulled up, the paramedics jumping out and getting the items they needed for Tohru.
As they raced for their supplies, Shigure sat in a daze, thinking about Tohru and Kohana. He loved them both, but who did he love more? He thought about previous incidents. Once, while out on a date with Kohana, she had talked to another male, but Shigure never felt the urge to induce physicall pain on him, where as when Akito kissed Tohru, he wanted to punch his lights out. Whenever he saw Kohana, he never felt fluttery, or have random emotion changes. With Tohru, he did everytime he was around her. And between the two, whenever they were in the same room, he always wanted to be near Tohru. And along with the many other things like staying by Tohru's bedside day and night when she as transformed into a Sohma, was just enough to make him notice slightly what he felt for her.
"Lift her carefully!" Said one of the paramedics, holding onto the stretcher as his other two members lifted the mangled girl out of Shigure's arms. Shigure sat in a daze, unaware of what was going on around him.
"Sir? Sir!" Said one of the paramedics, shaking Shigure's shoulder. "Would you like to come with us? We need to make sure you're not getting a fever in this weather."
"U-um...Y-yeah..." Shigure stammered, almost as if he wasn't paying attention as the paramedic helped him up and to the ambulance.
Walking to the ambulance, Shigure pondered on his emotions for Tohru. He thought he loved her like she loved him, but his mind was racing with so many thoughts that it was almost impossible to think.
But what made him realize was the words the paramedic said when she was loaded into the ambulance.
"Her heart's stopped! She's not breathing!"
End of chap. 9! I could've been evil and sadistic and made you wait a month before posting this, but because my spirits were lifted a bit, I decided to give it to you now. So, what do you thinks gonna happen? Will Tohru die, leaving Shigure with his true feelings by himself? Or will everything turn out alright? You'll have to wait until chapter 10!