Akito's Sister
Shut up, I don't own the rights.
Note: This story take place after episode 26 of the TV series.
Chapter Eight
The sun shining through the thin hospital curtains woke Tohru that saturday morning. She smiled when she saw Akito sitting in a chair on Ashi's other side holding his sisters hand.
"Tohru, could I speak to you?" Hatori asked as he noticed she was awake.
"Sure." She said as she got up.
They had gotten coffee and sat in the little garden area of the hospital.
"Do you know Ashi's full name?" Hatori asked.
"What do you mean by full name?" Tohru asked yawning.
"Ashi goes by that name because her mother wouldn't call her by anything else as a child. Her full name is Ashirin, like her father." He told her. "She was actually named after her father. He was an aspiring inventor who worked as the accountant for the Sohma family. When he died her mother married Akira, Akito's father."
"Why are you telling me this?" Tohru asked.
"Ashi asked me to if anything happened. It is my belief that she finds you to be her friend and she wants you to know who she is." Hatori explained.
"Oh, then please, by all means continue."
"Akito was born shortly after Ashi's second birthday. When she was three Akira adopted her and became her legal father, she liked him, but she wanted to know her own father and her mother hated her."
"Why does her mother hate her?" Tohru asked interrupting.
"To her mother, Ashi is a remnant of an uncomfortable and unbearable past, Ren doesn't appreciate the life of her own daughter enough to see that it is due to her sacrifice that Akito hasn't thrown Ren out of the family."
"Hatori," Tohru asked after a moment.
"Yes."
"What did Ashi mean to you?" She asked.
"What do you mean?"
"What did she mean to you, what did she do for you that you could never thank her enough for?" Tohru asked. "I understand what she did for all of you, but what did she mean to you as a person?"
"Tohru, to all in the zodiac Ashi was a saviour. She had the courage to stand up to her own brother from a young age with full knowledge from the beginning of what the consequences of that would be. I owe her so much more than just my life. To me Ashi was something I didn't deserve, but I am more than thankful to her."
"Stop it both of you." Came Akito's voice from behind them. "Stop talking about her as if she were already dead. Just stop."
The silence that ensued marked the end of their conversation.
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"NO!!!!"
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Do forgive me. But just to let you know, it's not over with yet. This is just the beginning of much sadness. But I'm not yet done with Ashi so don't kill me. This is far from over.-melonkitty