A/N: Sorry it took so long to update my story! My computer died so I had no internet access but my parents got theirs fixed and I was bored so I decided to write the next chapter on theirs. And again I would just like to give a big thanks to every one who reviews my story! I really appreciate it!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, they all belong to Arina Tanemura and as well if I ever use song lyrics they as well do not belong to me

A/N: Just like I said before this story is on the border line of the rating T and leans a little more towards M just to let you know.

Chapter 12

Eight days

Stiffly Mitsuki nodded her head as the warm hand slowly released her mouth. A slight shiver raced up and down her arms as she turned around to look into his dark eyes. At first she thought it was Kato until his graceful hand gently brushed the hair from her damaged cheek.

Her eyes widened at the dark haired burly man "T-Tarou?" She whispered. He nodded. The eerie silence grew upon the two as Tarou seemed to be deciphering something in his mind.

"Mitsuki what was Takuto saying to you?" Mitsuki stared at him confused. He was treating his question like the answer would be the defining moment between life and death.

"N-nothing really" she replied timidly reacting to Tarou's intense mood.

"Please Mitsuki it's very important that I know" his shaking hands clenched Mitsuki's arms tighter. Mitsuki swallowed the lump in her throat feeling a warm drop of sweat slowly descend over her forehead and down her cheek.

"We weren't saying anything that important" She defender herself while his eyes seemed to be piercing through her as if he could read the past from her face.

"Mitsuki" his hands tightened "It's crucial, if you don't tell me then something terrible could happen to you or Takuto"

"What are you talking about?" she asked confused and frightened at the same time.

"It's Kato he's fed up with you and is annoyed with how close you and Takuto are getting"

"W-what do you mean?" her heart picked up a beat. What could her and Takuto be doing that was annoying Kato so much.

"He sees that you two are…getting close" His brows creased as if he did not like his choice of words.

"And what is the big crime in that?" she asked a little offended

"Well I don't know if you know this but Kato has fallen in love before with-"

"I know" she nodded "Takuto told me about that, her name was Midori right?" Tarou nodded.

"Did he tell you anything else?" he asked. Mitsuki frowned trying to shuffle through their conversation in her mind. Everything seemed to be a giant blur. The only thing she could really recollect was the fact that she was happy he was by her side.

"Um he was saying how Kato loved her and the day he confessed to her she rejected him and kissed a different man in front of him"

"And…?" Tarou pushed wondering if Takuto had given her the whole version.

"That was all he told me" she said confused as to why Tarou would think there was more to the story.

"He edited it" Tarou said to himself.

"Excuse me?" She asked politely missing what he had said.

"The story that is not all there is to it" his eyes burned into hers.

"What else is there?" She wondered. What could Takuto possibly have left out that he wouldn't want her to know? But that was when she remembered. He had paused when telling her the story.

"Well after Kato found out he lost all control. His first act was to go after the man who had stolen Midori's heart not allowing her to fall for himself"

"No" she breathed "But isn't he smart enough to know that killing the man who Midori had fallen for would destroy her?" Tarou shook his head sadly at her comment

"I never said that he went after him" he paused seeing if Mitsuki could figure out who he was actually talking about.

'Not allowing her to fall for himself…not allowing' that was when she understood. There was only one person in the Kira family who held the curse of unrequited love and passed it on to the other family members.

"Takuto" she gasped covering her mouth with her hand. Tarou nodded amazed at how quick the girl had put the pieces together.

"Kato lost absolute control that day and being one of the most powerful people in the family he took all his anger out on Takuto with no one to stop him. Takuto was only fifteen and too obedient to lift a finger against his brother. I don't think he would ever do anything to harm Kato. And if he did it would have to be over something more important then the world to him"

"What about Sheldon then?" she asked remembering all the times Takuto had hit him. Tarou chuckled.

"He could care less about him. Actually I think the only reason Sheldon hates him so much is because Takuto would always win the fights even though he was younger" Tarou smothered his humorous efforts when he saw Mitsuki's terrified expression.

"What happened to Takuto…the day that Kato exploded" Tarou paused

"I'm not going to lie to you Mitsuki but I'm not going to give you all the gruesome details" Mitsuki nodded accepting his offer "I myself wasn't there the time that Kato got his hands on Takuto but I know that it was bad. Takuto was raced to the emergency room his ribcage and left arm were broken and he needed many blood transfusions" Mitsuki swallowed hard "Kato really messed him up but Takuto didn't make one complaint and he still respected his brother even through Kato's hatred"

"But he could have died he could have been killed by his own brother! How could he not be bothered by that?" she asked bewildered and a little disturbed

"I don't think he cared whether he was alive or not. He was already pretty much dead"

"What do you mean?"

"Think about it, if no cared for you not even your parents how would you treat life?" He asked coldly. Mitsuki just shook her head.

"No, he's not like that, not Takuto he does care, he does try!" She was frustrated with the fact that even Tarou thought Takuto had given up.

"And why would you say that, he's already tried to kill himself in front of you, I mean it's not like it was the first time and I'm sure that it was not the last either"

"It was the last time I won't let him die!" she cried.

"Why do you care so much?" he asked suspiciously, as if this whole conversation had a certain meaning to get Mitsuki to spill her emotions. "What would be the big deal if he were to die?"

"I…he" she paused, what was Takuto to her?

"He what?" Tarou was starting to pry, pry at her heart.

"He's an important friend" Tarou raised his eyebrows as if he were unimpressed by her confession. "Just a friend?" Mitsuki nodded.

"Yes, I love Eichi"

"Who's Eichi?" He asked. Mitsuki's heart sunk under the realization that she had spoken out loud as apposed to in her head like she had thought.

Now that it was out in the open what was she supposed to say? It had been so long since Eichi had been in her mind but her feelings were still there. Or so she thought. There was definitely a place in her heart where her love for Eichi rested however for some reason it felt as if a stronger emotion was trying to smother and destroy it. The feelings seemed much stronger then love itself only she never felt it when thinking of Eichi.

"He's…he's the man I love" Tarou nodded thinking her confession sounded hollow. "I was taken away from him he was waiting for me…I told him I would only be fifteen minutes b-but I wasn't" her voice grew shaky "I love him, I miss him so much. I don't know where he is or what he's doing I just… I just want him so bad" her eyes were beginning to grow wet.

"I'm sorry to hear that" Tarou said sympathetically. Mitsuki shook her head.

"Don't be, I mean at first I hated this, but now. Now I don't mind as much"

"And why is that?" he asked, Mitsuki felt like Tarou was a therapist helping a mental patient.

"I don't know sometimes I have this feeling inside of me that makes me so happy, makes me feel so warm that I forget of all the terrible things I have lived through like my parents death" She ran her wrist across her eyes.

"Do you feel it now?" Tarou asked skeptically. Mitsuki's eyes shot to the man before her then closed them placing her hand over her heart. For the moment she felt empty, as if the one thing that seemed to make her feel full was gone.

"No" her eyes slowly opened. Tarou smiled.

"I understand" Both stood in silence until Tarou cleared his throat remembering the point to his visit. "Mitsuki the reason I came was because I needed to tell you something very important"

"What is it?" she asked concerned of the almost frightened tone in his voice. Tarou looked to Mitsuki then to the wall unable to meet her gaze as he sputtered his next sentence.

"I don't know if you remembered what Kato said when you first arrived, when he was talking about how we would always bring in women then…kill them when they did not fall in love with any of us under a certain amount of time" Mitsuki's heart dropped under his words "Well you see normally Kato would give a women two months before he pulled the plug" Mitsuki thought back in her head trying to think of how long she had been at the mansion.

"B-but" she stuttered when she realized how long she had been there

"You've been here for six months" he finished "Mitsuki he told me today…Kato's going to pull the plug in eight days if nothing happens…" he didn't finish his sentence. Everything in Mitsuki's body froze petrified.

"N-no he cant n-no I never got to see Eichi again see his loving hazel eyes, watch the way his golden-brown hair dances in the sun, hear his loving voice!" she dropped to her knees bawling.

"Mitsuki please just don't fret about it too much. I think you'll be okay so long as you listen to your heart" those were Tarou's last words as he disappeared down the hall. Mitsuki just lay on the ground broken. She had eight days to live it wasn't fair. The thought of losing Eichi, the though of never getting to see Takuto again both killed her.

Everything in her seemed to fall apart, like the bolts and screws were pulled loose and the glue that held her together had become unstable. She slowly got to her knees pulling at the door handle to her room. Without mustering the energy to walk to her bed Mitsuki crawled numbly climbing into her empty bed.

"Eichi I love you and I never got to see you again…Takuto, Takuto I'm sorry I never had a chance to save you" she whispered letting her heavy lids slide shut.

Tarou walked down the hall feeling something inside of him slowly cracking up. He knew he was supposed to keep the eight days Mitsuki had left a secret but he couldn't help it. It angered him to think that he was the only one who truly understood the curse, truly understood how to break it. He knew that if Kato killed Mitsuki then all there hopes of ending the curse were done. The only two who could truly break the curse were Mitsuki and Takuto. He remembered earlier that day how he had tried to explain those words to Kato…

"I told you Kato, Mitsuki and Takuto are the only two who can truly break the curse. You and I have nothing to do with it! So long as Mitsuki says I love you to Takuto and truly means it will the curse be broken!" Kato glared at his cousin's explanation

"Even if you are correct I'm not going to change my plans" Kato sneered

"Are you listening to what I am saying?" Tarou asked incredulously

"I am but you see I don't care I hate him. He took my precious Midori away from me! So in return I am going to take something important away from him!" Tarou gasped taking a step back.

"You can't"

Kato just smiled "Why do you think I constantly put Mitsuki under life and death situations only to have Takuto come and save her pushing them closer together"

"That's sick" he breathed

"How do you think I felt when Midori ripped my heart out? I want him to feel this pain for himself, that is why I have let her live for so long. The stronger their bond gets the harder it will be for him to lose her"

"It's not the same he's felt like nothing his entire life! Taking the one thing that's slowly fixing him inside would be the cruelest act a person could make!"

"What and you don't feel any anger for him yourself, what about Haine?" he asked knowing Tarou had once loved a girl more then anything.

"She… I…I was going to give Takuto a chance so that I could one day win her heart" he paused to think "Isn't that what you want? You could get Midori back just give Mitsuki and Takuto a chance! They can do it, they can break the curse you just need hope!"

"I'm sorry but my hate for Takuto is so powerful that I cannot even allow myself happiness if it means he will live his own as well"

"You disgust me" Tarou sneered turning away unable to look at his cousin.

"And remember not to breath a word of this to either of them" Tarou snorted then walked away.

He had to tell Takuto, he had to let him know what was happening. He was probably the only one in the family who did not hold a grudge against his cousin. He was raised to be considerate of those around him and not to be selfish in hopes that karma would help him out in the end.

It was dark a long path of fire stretched out in front of her this dream seemed familiar. She remembered from the last time how she had been at the top of a cliff overlooking the ocean with Eichi by her side. This time she had skipped over the peaceful part rushing to the fiery scene where Sheldon stood across the blazing flames.

The last time she had gotten to this part someone had grabbed her arms and she had whispered "E-Eichi" only to see two set of blue eyes smoldering into hers.

"Takuto!" she spun around wrapping her arms around him.

"Shh" he hushed her holding her tightly "Don't be sad" he patted her hair.

"Takuto" that strong feeling filled her heart once again for reasons she didn't know. She soon felt the front of her dress and chest grow wet and warm. She felt Takuto's arms grow limp around her and she looked to see his eyes wide open and lifeless staring back at her. A blood curdling scream dressed her lips as he fell to the ground leaving her smeared in red. She heard a sickening laugh and looked into a different set of blue eyes.

"Kato!" she gasped

"No!" Mitsuki screamed sitting up in her bed bringing both of her knees to her chest trying to get the horrifying scene out of her mind. Although it was just a dream the images seemed so serial that she thought it was actually happening.

"What's wrong my love" a soft hand gently brushed her arms. At first the voice seemed unfamiliar to her and she thought Izumi was just playing trick on her until a hand grabbed both of her wrists and she was pinned to the bed by a thick body. She looked up to see the familiar eyes from her dream.

"Sheldon get off of me!" she wheezed. Her voice was dry from crying herself to sleep and her throat burned in need of water. Sheldon laughed tying her wrists together. "No need to worry I assure you this will be lots of fun" he chuckled brushing her hair from her cheeks when he finished his tying job.

"Wouldn't it just irk Takuto if I took you right here and now?" he smiled kissing her neck

"No! Kato said I had eight days!" She cried Sheldon only laughed

"That's not what I meant by taking you. I didn't mean your life. I meant your virginity" Mitsuki's heart froze.

"No, no please don't! Anything I beg of you, you can do whatever you want to me just not that! Please no!" she begged horrified. The blood had drained from her cheeks leaving her colourless and nauseated by the thought. "Stop!" she couldn't push him away her arms were tied behind her back.

"What's this, do you like this?" he asked kissing her neck. Everything inside her was vibrating with fear as the main covered her entire self.

"Please stop!" her cheeks were full of tears. Sheldon took his time enjoying her cries of pain.

"Ah I guess I get to see your true self before Takuto ever will" he smiled pulling the covers back from her body. She shivered as the cold air attacked her hot flesh. Sheldon enjoyed her shivers planting kisses down her neck. "I think it's time to lose the fabric" he smiled ripping away her shirt. Mitsuki flinched at the horrifying sounds of the ripping material as the destroyed remains gracefully fell to the floor.

"Not there please no!" she whimpered as his hands made there way to her chest "It hurts stop! STOP!" Kato chuckled

"I can't wait to see his expression when he finds out what I did to you. But for now let's get to the fun parts" When Sheldon began to reach for Mitsuki's shorts a wave of adrenaline kicked in. She brought her knee up pelting him as hard as she could in his stomach. He immediately dropped into a fetal position beside her on the bed and Mitsuki rolled over trying to break loose. Mitsuki moved her arms so that they were in front of her instead of behind her back.

She got to her knees trying to run. Sheldon however had regained himself and grabbed her ankle. Mitsuki let out a scream then looked to her bed side table. She almost felt a wave of relief when she saw the small device Takuto had given her

"Here" he said handing Mitsuki a small cell phone like device "If your ever in trouble just push this button and I will come" Hesitantly Mitsuki took the mechanism, grasping it tightly

This time she pressed the button so tightly she though it would break. "Get over here!" a rough voice roared pulling her down. The device fell to the ground making no sound as Sheldon once again climbed over top of the defenseless girl.

'Eichi, Eichi, Eichi!' her conscience thought

'Takuto!' her heart screamed.

This was it Mitsuki closed her eyes as Sheldon leaned in towards her to whisper in her ear "Now if your done with your pathetic efforts I think I'm about ready" Mitsuki shook her head not daring to look at him. "This is only going to hurt a lot" he sneered reaching for his own clothes.

"Stop!" she cried one last time.

Chapter End