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It's so strange usually when I read a story; I just skip to the story part, past the reviewer thank you speech… so I'm wondering, does anyone read this part?
Ha! You would have to read that part to answer my question…
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket, Mozart, Beethoven, and all those dead rulers of classical music… and I don't own 'My Immortal' by Evanescence, or Dr.Seuss… yeah, I know, completely random, just read!
Ok, ok…
To the story!
Sohma Estate:
Kira quickly dodge behind a tree. Then she ran to a patch of bushes. She never could just walk into the front door to see Akito, Hatori and Kureno always dragged her out since she and Akito would always end up nearly kill each other.
"Damnit! Do I go left or right?" Kira cursed at how the estate had all the same design for the houses. She sat behind the bushes and closed her eyes, taking a mental walk through the estate.
"Hmm… so I go right then left? Right it is…" and she dodge behind a tree and continued to Akito's window. She finally arrived at a window that was wide open even though it was December.
"He has been expecting me…" Kira bit her lip in anger. She wanted to surprise him. Kira grabbed the windowsill precariously, just in case Akito slammed the window on her fingers, and pulled herself up.
She hopped inside and looked around. Akito was sitting on his bed, his left shoulder to her.
"…" Kira never was the first one to say anything, she walked over to his bed.
"Welcome, what do I owe you for this pleasant visit?" Akito asked, his dark eyes sparkled cruelly.
"Came all this way to cause such trouble? You were always such a troublemaker!" Akito voice rose slightly but Kira said nothing.
"I bet you're enjoying this! Seeing me bedridden and weak! Seeing me so pathetic!" he yelled furiously
"You brought this on to yourself." Kira finally said quietly but full of spite.
"Oh really? Mind telling me how I did this to myself? How I made myself WEAK? Why would I do THAT?" Akito spat out angrily
"You know as well I do that no one can use the eternity spell and reincarnation spell without consequences. You lived for 300 years, but each time you renew the spells, it cuts your metabolism in half. You're dying." Kira said with no emotion except with eyes full of hate.
"SHUT UP!" Akito screamed and slapped her. He got up and then kicked her in the stomach.
"YOU KNOW NOTHING! NOTHING!" he yelled furiously. This also brought out Kira's temper.
"ME? KNOW NOTHING? YOU'RE THE IDIOT! CONTROLLING EVERYONE AROUND! LIKE LOCKING THEM INTO A CAGE!" she screamed back and punched him.
"SHUT UP YOU IDIOT! I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP!" he grabbed his katana and swung it at Kira who dodged it quickly.
"YOU DERANGED LOONEY! WHAT IS WRONG WITH?" she swung her katana at him but he blocked it with his own. She then kicked him to the wall next to the window.
"You killed my parents! You've killed Akito Sohma! You killed a THREE YEAR OLD!" she screamed and swung at him but he blocked it causing it to fly out of her hands.
"DIE! I WANT YOU TO DIE! DO IT! DIE!" Akito then swung his katana and kept going, Kira tried to block the vicious swings with her sais but they soon join her katana too. She finally jumped out of his window and ran.
"Damn! My katana and sais are still there! OH MY GOD! He's following me!" Kira's mind raced as she look behind her and saw Akito hot on her trail. She stopped and kicked him, making him fly into a tree.
"Aren't you on BED ARREST? Hatori wouldn't like this!" she teased him and punched him
"Who cares about him? He's cold as snow! Nobody likes him!" he said and punched Kira.
"I do! I care about him!" She got up and kicked him in the stomach and ran.
"Where do I go? Shigure's! He has a forest in his backyard! I'll lose him there!" she thought and ran, dodging branches and Akito's dangerous blows.
"I'LL KILL YOU!" he came running after her. She grabbed on a branch and flipped around, kicking Akito in the back of his head.
"AGH! YOU BITCH!" he yelled and grabbed her feet. He swung her around and threw her by her feet. She hit into a tree, leaving a mark on it.
"DAMNIT!" she cried out and saw Shigure's house.
"I haven't lost him yet! Shigure and everyone are in danger! And it's all my FAULT!" she blamed herself. She saw Akito coming to and he grabbed her by her shoulders and kicked her. Straight to Shigure's house.
Shigure's house:
"My, my… what an eventful morning!" Shigure tittered
"Yes it was! I hope I get to learn more about Kira!" Tohru said
"Well, I think she might be going to school with you guys for awhile." Shigure said, smiling
"Why?" Yuki asked
"She hasn't made any promise of leaving soon and I don't think she wants to leave." Shigure explained
"She's hiding something." Kyo finally said.
"Eh?" Shigure and Tohru asked
"What are you talking about?" Yuki asked
"Jake was about to say something but she kicked him out. She's hiding something, obviously you damn rat!"
"Shut up you stupid cat! I knew that!" Yuki yelled back and then there was a knock on the door.
"Haa-san? YOU CAME! Kureno? What are you doing here?" Shigure cried out in joy as he answer the door.
"No. Where's Akito? And Kira?" Hatori asked as he entered with Kureno at his side.
"Eh?" and then, everyone heard a loud thud from outside.
Outside:
"DAMN YOU!" Kira yelled at Akito as she got up, the wall behind her were full of cracks. She ran and kicked Akito.
"What's wrong? Are you worried that you're LOSING?" Akito grinned evilly, blood dripped from his mouth and he punched her.
"YOU'RE THE ONE LOSING!" she screamed back, blood was dripping from her mouth too, along with her cheek and forehead where Akito came so close to dissecting her face. She then felt arms around her. She turned around and saw Hatori.
"Let me go Hatori!" she struggled
"No." he replied and she turned to see Akito struggling with Shigure and Kureno but he finally broke free from their grip and Kira used all her strength to break free and dodge Akito's punch.
"Too slow!" she teased him as his face turned redder and angrier. She punched him but he blocked it and grabbed her hand. He then was about to kick her if Tohru didn't scream out,
"STOP! Please stop!" Tohru cried out. Akito stared at her while Kira quickly backed away from him.
"Shut up, you stupid woman!" Akito yelled at her and then Kira sent one final punch, knocking him unconscious. He whispered only low enough that Kira could hear him,
"I'm watching you…" Kira was about to punch him again when Shigure quickly grabbed Kira before she could do further damage to Akito,
"Kira! Calm down!" he cried as she continued to struggle, her face full of fierce determination.
"Yuki! Kyo! Help me hold her!" he cried and both Yuki and Kyo grabbed an arm.
"Get her inside while I help Kureno and Haa-san with Akito." and Yuki and Kyo both dragged in Kira.
Inside:
"Kira! You're injured!" Tohru exclaimed
"Do you need any help?" she asked, worried
"Are there any bandages around?" Kira asked, sitting down, leaning against a wall.
"Oh yes! I'll go get some!" Tohru pattered away in search of bandages. There was a silence between the Sohmas and Kyo finally said,
"Was that fight really necessary? You can't pick a fight every time you're here."
"Like your one to talk! What about you and Yuki?"
"That's different!" Kyo protested
"What are you doing here Kira?" Yuki asked
"I told you, I'm here for the banquet…"
"Besides that, there's another reason isn't there?"
"…" Kira said nothing and stared outside, it was beginning to rain, which seemed odd in winter.
"I hope Hatori drives carefully, the roads are going to be icy…" she worried.
"How strange, it's raining in winter…" Shigure said as he entered the room. The room's atmosphere suddenly felt cold like there was a draft there flown by.
"Do you feel that?" Kira whispered
"Feel what? I feel tired from all that stupid rain!" Kyo said irritably and then yelled,
"I'm going to bed!" and left.
"Cold…like someone turned off the heat…" Kira shivered and then she saw a flicker of a person. A white, transparent person. A person that looked like Akito.
"I'mwatching you..." Akito's words rang in her head.
"I found the bandages! Do you need help bandaging yourself Kira?" Tohru asked as she burst into the room.
"Um… it's alright-"
"No! Please! Let me help!" Tohru begged and Kira looked at her and smiled
"Alright, you can bandage my right hand…" Kira held out her right hand and Tohru began to bandage it.
"Tell me if it hurts." she said
"No, it's fine…"
"Don't you just love her? My new housewife!" Shigure yelled out lovingly, trying to lighten the dark mood. Kira laughed a little and said wryly,
"Ayame wouldn't be happy to hear that!"
"Ayame has his own girlfriend…" Shigure said sadly
"Are you serious?" Yuki sweatdropped, trying to picture his vain brother in a relationship.
"Really?" Kira asked and winced when a shot of pain ran through her right hand.
"Oh? Did that hurt? I'm so sorry! Maybe you should wait for Hatori-san to do it-" Tohru began but Kira cut her off,
"It's fine, Hatori would probably make it worse…just wrap it up." as Tohru finished her right arm.
"Should I do your left arm?" she asked and reached for her left hand. Kira quickly pulled back,
"No, it's fine, I'll do this hand myself." she said quickly and began wrapping her left arm in the bandages but her arm was still bleeding.
"I'm going to wash this blood off." she said and left.
"Strange… Hatori tried to bandage her left arm once after a fight with Akito but she pulled back, saying that she could do it herself… what is she hiding?" Shigure thought as he remembered a time long ago…
Flashback:
"Leave him alone!" a young nine year old Kira screamed. She was hugging a bloody Yuki close to her.
"Why? He deserves it!" Akito yelled at her.
"No one deserves this!"
"He does!"
"No! Leave him alone!" she protested
"Fine! You come in his place or I will continue with him."
"Kira…" Yuki whispered
"Yuki, go to Hatori, can you walk?" she asked and when he nodded, she helped him up and he walked off the opposite way.
"I've heard you were quite talented with the piano." Akito said, grinning at a plan he had.
"I haven't played the piano for a long time… five years…" Kira said, looking at him strangely.
"Doesn't matter! You will play for me until I tell you to stop! Follow me!" Akito yelled and motioned her to follow him. Shigure just watch them and then follow them to a dark room where there was two candles lit, and one grand piano.
"If you stop, Yuki will pay for its consequences." Akito said. Kira took a seat, her hand touching the keys; she had no idea how long she will be playing.
"Start playing!" Akito shrieked. Kira began with basic chords and then she moved to songs she have heard before, Mozart, Beethoven, everything. Night fell, and she continued playing, Shigure noted the bloody fingerprints on the keys.
"Oh so that's what he was thinking of…" Shigure thought. Morning came and she still played, quiet music that seem painful, angry, hurt. And then finally she began a song, her favorite song,
"I'm so tired of being here,
suppressed by all my childish fears,
and if you have to leave,
I wish that you would just leave
because your presence still lingers here,
and it won't leave me alone…
These wounds won't seem to heal,
this pain is just too real,
there's just too much that time cannot erase…
When you cried,
I wipe away all of your tears,
When you scream,
I fight away all of you fears
I held your hand through all of these years,
and you still have all of me…"
Her voice was as smooth as water, lingering on every note, putting her heart on each word, she sang perfectly…"
End of Flashback"Shigure? Shigure-san? Are you alright?" Tohru asked him, her face full of worry.
"Eh? What? What's wrong?" Shigure shook himself out of his unfinished memory.
"You were staring into space." Yuki explained
"What were you thinking about?" Kira asked. In the time Shigure was thinking, Kira had bandage her left arm and wash off the blood from the other petty wounds and was drinking tea now. She also had change into a black ribbed tank top and long, fitting jeans. A large belt hung loosely on her hips, over the black tank top. The blood was gone from her face but there were still many bruises.
"Eh? Oh, nothing…" Shigure had lost himself in Kira's outfit and bruises.
"How can she move? Doesn't she ache all over?" Shigure wondered
"Well I better go…" Kira said and got up.
"Wait! Where? Why? Haa-san hasn't come here yet to look at you!" Shigure exclaimed
"I left my bike at the Sohma estate."
"No! You can't go! Especially to the estate!" Shigure cried out.
"Fine…" Kira sighed in defeated, her body ached too much to ride a motorcycle back anyway. She played around with her cell phone and then held it her ear.
"Who are you calling?" Yuki asked
"Jake." Kira whispered and then said,
"Hello? Jake? Can you go pick up my bike?"
"No." Jake replied
"Why not?" Kira pouted
"Because I'm tired and I'm wasting gas, andbesides, you promise we would go to a club! Why can't you pick it up?"
"I'm on house arrest." Kira grinned
"Oh… what did you do this time?" Jake asked curiously
"Oh, the usual…" Kira said casually, her eyes sparkling as she glanced at Shigure.
"If you get my bike, you get to see Shigure."
"What? Kira, no!" Shigure said, panicking
"REALLY? I GET TO SEE SHIGURE? ALL RIGHT!" Jake screamed so loud that Kira dropped her cell phone on the table so that everyone heard him. Kira quickly picked up the phone,
"Hello?"
"Where's the bike?"
"On the corner of the street where there's a huge mansion with a sign that says 'Sohma Estate'."
"Ok! Bye" and then, there was a click. Kira hung up herself and looked at Shigure and smiled.
"Kira! Why did you do that?"
"C'mon, he's your number one and only fan, be nice!"
"But he scares me!"
"So? Hatori's coming isn't he?" she asked and then there was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it!" Kira offered eagerly and ran to the door.
"No!" Shigure cried out as he ran after her.
"Why can't everyone just be quiet?" Yuki wondered, irritated by the noise.
"I hope that's Hatori-san and Jake!" Tohru said happily.
"Hatori!" Kira greeted the tall, mysterious man.
"You seem well…" Hatori said
"How did she do that? She was about to die half an hour ago… she was always pretty resilient…" Hatori thought as Shigure flung himself to him, clinging on to him for dear life.
"HAA-SAN! You're HERE!" Shigure sobbed.
"Kira invited my stalker here!"
"Jake is just dropping off my bike since you put me under house arrest!" Kira protested.
"And he is NOT a stalker!"
"SHIGURE! YOU'RE HERE!" Jake cried out lovingly from behind Hatori.
"AGH! YOU'RE HERE!" Shigure screamed in horror.
"Yes I am!"
"Jake?" Hatori asked.
"Eh? Hatori-san?" Jake stared up in surprise.
"How does one Sohma always know a person who knows a Sohma? Even in England…" Hatori wondered at how Shigure and Kira knew Jake, but from different perspectives, of course.
"You're Shigure's stalker?"
"I am NOT a stalker!"
"He has 18 restraining orders against you, if you don't want me to call your father then I suggest you leave soon."
"16." Jake corrected
"Hatori-chan! Don't be so mean! Katsura-san said it was fine if he came!" Kira complained
"I don't think it's fine. I'm your guardian, and I don't think it's fine that you ride a motorcycle or talk to Jake at all." Hatori said, emotionless
"Jake rides a motorcycle!"
"He's 20 years old."
"EH?" Shigure exclaimed and looked at Jake
"You're 20?"
"SHIGURE SOHMA JUST TALKED TO ME!" Jake squealed
"You're 20?" Yuki asked, coming up from behind them.
"Who's 20?" Kyo asked, the rain had stopped and he was feeling much better.
"I'm 20 years old." Jake said, smiling
"WHAT? You're older than Kira?" Kyo yelled
"Wow… the stupid cat knows how to count…" Yuki remarked
"SHUT UP YOU DAMN RAT!"
"Stupid cat? Damn rat? Hmm…" Jake asked. He had heard this somewhere before, but where?
"Cat, rat? Not a Dr. Seuss book…a book… probably in an old book, like one of my dad's Latin books!" he thought excitedly but Hatori brought him back to reality.
"Does you father know you ride a motorcycle?" Hatori asked Jake
"Yes."
"Does he know Kira is riding one too? Even though she's underage?"
"Hatori!" Kira complained.
"Of course he does! He's Kira's guardian!" Jake exclaimed
"As am I." Hatori reminded him. Jake suddenly galnce at his watch.
"I have to go!" Jake gasped and then he cried out,
"Bye Kira!"
"See you later Jake!" Kira yelled back and then turned to Hatori, hitting him lightly on his arm,
"You scared Jake away!" and went upstairs. Hatori turned to Yuki and Kyo,
"You two better be careful with your insults, if Kira doesn't find out, Jake could."
"How could an idiot like him find out?" Kyo exclaimed, surprise
"Kyo's right… Jake couldn't figure it out… could he?" Yuki thought
"His father was friends with Kira's father, he's an important political figure in England and is a scholar to old books." Hatori explained
"So?" Kyo didn't get it.
Hatori sighed, "From what I've heard, he has taught Kira and Jake how to read, write and speak, Latin and Greek. There are old books that might have myths about the curse."
"Really? Latin and Greek? Books about the curse?" Shigure asked, curiously.
"Yes."
At the top of the stairs, no one noticed the shadow listening to their conversation.
"Curse? What curse?" Kira thought and then ran to Tohru's room, open the window and jumped out.
"I have to go see Jake!" Kira thought and ran through the woods.
OMG! I hope no one hated the fighting part between Akito and Kira or thought it was lame! I tried to put in more detail but I didn't want to sound gory…
What will happen to Kira? Will she find out? Does Jake know more then he is letting on? And what will happen at the banquet?
In the Sohma world, everyone has secrets…
Tune in next time! AND PLEASE REVIEW!