Oh my GOD! So many people reviewed! And people who are new to my story! In honor of those people, I'm updating ASAP!
Thanks to my reviewers:
XxFireFairy46xx: I think I've seen this name before… something similar to it… lol…
Foxfly: Yay! New reviewer! I can't stand cliffies but cliffies make the story more exciting… and sometimes I have no idea what to write so I just leave it as a cliffy and let myself think about it for the next chapter…
Lovergal1227: No, you can't kill Akito… yet… I still need him for future chapters… but when I'm done, slaughter him as much as you like
xXThe Insane Anime PyroXx: Yay! Another new reviewer! Haha, yeah, Kyo and Kira haven't kissed YET but we can't rush things with Kira… no matter how Kyo (or you) want to… lol… BTW, I love your pen name, I bet Shigure would be jealous…
Kyoluvr: I'm writing more… thanks for reviewing, lol
DrAgOnLuVeR88: Thank you for reviewing! Yes, scary stories and me are like… together…lol
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(X: - means note, I don't want to keep typing 'note' each time…)
X:I JUST got Fruits Basket Volume 11… and it threw me off a bit with the story… if you read it, you know what I mean, if you haven't, I won't spoil it for you (unless you want me to…)
X: Has anyone notice that I use irony as the title of my chapters? I really love irony…lol
Disclaimer: Fruits Basket isn't mine but JP Monthly magazine is so…yeah…
ANYWAY, on with the story!
Recap:
"We think she's in there but the door is locked." Hatori explained. Kyo shoved him out of the way and kicked the door down to reveal…
Sohma Estate:
Hatori, Shigure, Kyo, and Haru could only just stare at what was in front of them or what was left in front of them.
"Oh shit…" Kyo muttered. The room seemed to be blown to pieces as if there was an explosion. Small fires littered around the room and the remaining walls were burnt black except for one wall, which was completely gone, revealing the cold air and the snow outside. Everything was gone, including Kira…
"Where's Kira?" Haru asked
"Wouldn't we all want to know that?" Kyo spat back.
"It's HIS fault! It's all HIS FAULT! He HAD to get his head hit on! He HAD to make Kira run down and check what happened! It's Hatori's fault too!" Kyo thought angrily as he glared at Haru and Hatori.
"Why the hell is he looking at me like that? I didn't blow up this room…" Haru thought, his head slightly aching.
"Typical, just typical, he thinks I did this…" Hatori sighed as he stared back at Kyo.
"Maybe she wasn't in here. Maybe she was somewhere else…" Shigure suggested.
"We did have no proof she was in this room…" Hatori agreed. Suddenly everyone heard yelling coming from behind them.
"Yuki! All I'm asking for is a visit to my shop! You can certainly bring along Tohru!" Ayame pleaded.
"No." Yuki replied coldly as he hurried Tohru towards Hatori, Kyo, Haru, and Shigure.
"Please Yuki! Don't make me lower myself for you! But being the most magnificent and amazing brother I am, I WILL lower myself for you and only you dear Yuki!" Ayame begged
"You can't get any lower." Yuki replied emotionlessly
"It's only for one day. I'm sure every other little brother in the world would be venerated to come visit my shop upon request!"
"Then go be THEIR brother!" Yuki retorted irritably.
"Oh! That's so sweet Yuki! To share me among the many other little brothers! You take that thoughtfulness after me, you know!" Ayame flourished as Yuki said nothing but shook his head and sighed in exhaustion.
"Really Yuki! You should be honored to have such a glorious brother!" Shigure chided Yuki playfully.
Yuki ignored his brother and asked, "What was the screaming? Who was it? What happened?"
"We think the screaming was Kira and apparently there was some sort of explosion…" Hatori reported.
"Explosion? I didn't hear anything explode." Tohru stated as she and Yuki peered inside the room.
"Maybe it was a quiet one, like snipers…" Haru shrugged.
"How the HELL is an explosion quiet? It's an EXPLOSION!" Kyo exploded himself.
"Shut up stupid cat." Yuki said in defense calmly.
"You two do know that your fighting is quite distracting and also unnecessary? But I suppose it IS fate…" Akito said coming behind them, having recovered from the blow Kyo gave him.
"What did you do to her? Where is SHE?" Kyo grabbed Akito's neck in attempt to strangle him but Akito just slapped him.
"Foolish monster! How am I supposed to know? I was UNCONSCIOUS because of YOU! Kureno was still there when I woke up!" Akito spat back. Everyone was quiet because it was true; Akito was unconscious during the time of the explosion.
"Why do I feel like he's lying…?" Yuki thought, watching Akito silently. Suddenly they heard a crack come from the exploded room and saw a bloody hand hanging on to the edge of what was left of the room, trying to pull itself up. Kyo ran over to look and saw Kira, hanging there. He immediately pulled her up and set her on solid ground.
"What the HELL did you do?" she yelled at Akito
"Oh, excuse me, I was just UNCONSCIOUS while you were destroying my house!" Akito shouted, back dripping with sarcasm.
"I was the one that got blown out of the house! Why would I want to make the room I was in EXPLODE?" Kira screamed.
"Suicide is one word to describe it. And you failed! HA! You can't even kill yourself right… what a shame…" Akito grinned airily. Kira glared at Akito but said nothing, trying to keep calm.
"Come along Kira. I have to check your injuries…" Hatori finally said, breaking the silence, firmly grabbing Kira and they walked towards his room.
"Leave! Go to your rooms! NOW!" Akito demanded and everyone walked away silently.
Hatori's Room:
"So… what happened?" Hatori asked while binding one of her injured hands.
"… I don't know… everything went black and the next thing I remembered was hanging onto the house." Kira replied hesitantly, not telling the whole truth.
"Are you sure that's what happened? Everyone heard you screamed…" Hatori pried again, watching Kira intently.
"Yes I'm sure." Kira said, looking away, Hatori's stare was making her nervous.
"All right then, I'm done." Hatori said, tying the last bandage up.
Downstairs:
"Psssst… Aaya!" Shigure whispered into Ayame's ear. They were the only juunishi left in the hallway since everyone including Kureno and Akito had retired into their rooms.
"What is it Gure-san?" Ayame whispered back.
"Your not still mad at me about the whole Momiji thing are you?" Shigure whispered.
"What Momiji thing?" Ayame whispered back, confused, apparently he had forgotten in all of his drunken glory.
"You know, the- never mind! Nothing! Come on! I want to go somewhere and I don't want to go alone." Shigure grabbed Ayame's hand, stopping himself before he revealed too much.
"Aww, that's so sweet of you to bring me and ONLY me!" Ayame said loudly as they left the Sohma Estate.
"SHH!" Shigure hushed him loudly as he searched in his pockets for something.
"What are you looking for?" Ayame asked
"Hatori's car keys. I stole it from him while he was checking Akito." Shigure said patting himself everywhere.
"Where are we going? Is it necessary that we have to drive? It's such a beautiful, romantic night! We should enjoy it!" Ayame exclaimed, dragging Shigure.
"Wait! We're going the wrong way! I have to go to the book store!" Shigure cried out.
"Oh my! But Shiraki's is so far! Oh my! Is it so you can see Mayu-chan?" Ayame gasped loudly.
"What? No! I have to-" Shigure began but Ayame interrupted, sobbing,
"Are you CHEATING on me with Mayu-chan? How could you Gure-san?"
"No! And besides, you were the one who told me to go out with her in high school!" Shigure protested while they walked in to the town bookstore.
"That was in high school!" Ayame cried out as Shigure marched in quickly, searching the shelves when a woman popped out of nowhere.
"Is there a problem?" the woman falsely smiled cheerfully.
"No thanks, we're-" Shigure stared to say but Ayame pushed him a bit and cried,
"HE'S CHEATING ON ME!" Ayame pointed at Shigure accusingly.
"You poor man! You should be ashamed of yourself!" the woman patted Ayame on the back as she scolded Shigure.
"Do you have Shigure Sohma's latest book?" Shigure asked, ignoring her.
"I will NOT do business with an ASSHOLE!" the woman screamed and punched Shigure in the eye, causing him to lie on the ground semi-unconscious
"Oh my! You just punched Gure-san!" Ayame exclaimed.
"Do you need any help?" the woman asked Ayame sweetly.
"Oh… um… do you have a copy of Shigure Sohma's latest book?" Ayame asked, remembering what Shigure had asked for.
"I'm terribly sorry, I just sold the last one a few days ago to… someone… named… Kira Katsura." the woman reported as she searched through her records.
"Kira KATSURA?" Ayame exclaimed in utter surprise.
"Hmm… yes, Katsura seems familiar, I've heard it on the international news once…" the woman reminisced and then they both had light bulbs flickering on top of their heads,
"SHE'S MARRIED TO JAKE KATSURA!"
"…Eh?" Shigure got up slowly, touching his eye slowly.
"Come along Gure-san! We have to spread the happy news!" Ayame pulled Shigure up and dragged him out of the store.
"What news?" Shigure asked in confusion
"The news that Kira is married to Jake!" Ayame smiled happily.
"EH? REALLY?" Shigure exclaimed since he wasn't thinking straight.
"Yes! We have to tell Tori-san!"
"Yes! We have to tell everyone!" Shigure sang out in agreement, as they skipped down the street, arms linked together.
Sohma Estate:
"Good morning!" Kira grinned as she walked into the large dining room. Hatori sat there, practically glaring at Kira while Shigure and Ayame giggled crazily.
"…?" Kira looked at everyone's face, confused.
"CONGRATULATIONS!" Shigure and Ayame cried out just as Kyo, Yuki and Tohru walked in.
"Eh?" Kira, Kyo, Yuki and Tohru stared at the two.
"When were you going to tell us of your marriage?" Hatori asked.
"Um… what marriage?" Kira asked, question marks in her eyes.
"You marriage to Jake, silly! I wish you could have invited us! I would have loved to meet the Queen of England! AND Prince William!" Ayame exclaimed in delight.
"My WHAT?" Kira screamed just as Kyo yelled,
"You're MARRIED? TO THAT ASSHOLE?"
"NO! I AM NOT MARRIED TO JAKE!" Kira shouted
"EH? It isn't right for you to marry his father…" Shigure lectured sternly, as everyone sweatdropped.
"WHAT THE HELL? EWW! I AM NOT MARRIED!" Kira shrieked in annoyance.
"Where. Did. You. Hear. This. Rumor. From." Kira said through clenched teeth.
"I heard it from these two." Hatori pointed to the two troublemakers.
"Leave it to that idiot to twist something as disgusting as this…" Yuki shook his head, helping himself to breakfast, along with Tohru. Kyo just sat down, watching the drama unfold.
"And where did you two idiots hear that from?" Kira walked over to Ayame and Shigure, putting her face right in front of them.
"Um…I heard it from Aaya!" Shigure broke down.
"EH? I heard it from… Yuki!" Ayame broke down along with his friend.
"Don't you DARE pull me into this!" Yuki retorted, getting up so he could smack his brother but Kira stopped him and glared at him. Tohru just sat there, eating, used to the chaos in front of her.
"Where did you hear that from?" she asked, trying to calm herself down.
"I swear Kira, I didn't hear it from anyone!" Yuki replied.
"So you STARTED the rumor?" Kira yelled.
"What? NO! I heard it from… Kyo! I heard it from that stupid idiot!" Yuki quickly said.
"HEY! You did not hear ANYTHING from me!" Kyo yelled.
"And where did YOU hear it from?" Kira asked, getting into his face.
"Ummm… I heard it from…town! I heard random people just talking about it!" Kyo said, making a stupid excuse.
"…" Kira stared at him for a few minutes and then said,
"Excuse me." and left.
"Uh oh…" Shigure whispered in fear.
"Uh oh is right. I thought you told me you heard it from the bookstore lady!" Hatori said to Ayame and Shigure.
"We did! But she looked so scary like that… so we PANICKED!" Shigure cried
"She did… But I, Ayame, do NOT panic!" Ayame agreed sadly, putting his arms around Shigure.
"I lost my appetite." Yuki said, getting up, throwing his napkin down and left.
"Me too…" Kyo muttered and left. Everyone could hear shouts from the hallway between Yuki and Kyo but said nothing.
"Shigure-san…" Tohru said quietly.
"Eh? Yes?" Shigure looked up.
"Why did you write a book about Kyo and Kira and the curse?" she asked.
"…" Shigure and Hatori stared at her, wide-eyed while Ayame looked on in bewilderment.
"H-how do you know about that Tohru-kun?" Shigure asked
"I read the review in the JP Monthly magazine." Tohru answered, staring at them in nervousness.
"THE MAGAZINES!" Shigure and, surprisingly Hatori and Ayame shrieked out.
"We forgot the MAGAZINES!" Shigure exclaimed
"Why were you yelling Ayame? Do you know what's going on?" Hatori asked
"No, Shigure left me out… but everyone else was doing it…including you Tori-san…" Ayame said sadly as Hatori just shook his head at the amazement of Ayame's idiocy. Shigure had rushed off to call the printing press and to order them to have a recall on all of their papers.
"I wonder who reviewed it…" Hatori muttered
Shiraki's Bookstore:
"Hey, Mayu-chan, your review got into the magazine!" Mayu's mother cried out happily, waving the magazine.
"Which one?" Mayu asked, a sandwich in one hand, as she came out of the back room.
"The one about Shigure Sohma's book. Do you still like-" her mother began to ask but Mayu quickly interrupted,
"No! How many times do I have to tell you? And I just did those reviews for extra money…"
"But that book seemed interesting, the memory thing sounds like what happened to Kana…" Mayu thought as she bit into sandwich.
Sohma Estate:
"What are you doing here? Don't you think you've done enough damage to my house? Why ruin my view with your ugly face?" Akito sneered at Kira. Akito had gone to visit Kira at the guesthouse.
"I didn't destroy this stupid house! You did something! You put weird visions and colors in my head! And I heard you! You were there when it happened! You were whispering something to me…" Kira protested
"Oh dear, does someone need a straitjacket? Do you hear yourself? Do you hear what you're saying? Do you hear how silly it sounds…?" Akito said, slightly grinning.
"… But it's true! And what are you doing here?" Kira asked, annoyed.
"Oh, right, I'm here because I thought you would like for me to continue the story…" Akito trailed off, watching Kira's face intently.
"…" Kira said nothing but just stared back at Akito's dark eyes, glimmering with insanity.
"… And I heard this rumor that you're married-"
"I AM NOT MARRIED!" Kira yelled angrily.
"Really? That's a relief; I thought you were going to leave me, leave this family because that would be bad, right? I wouldn't have anyone to talk to or play with, unless Yuki can occupy my time again…" Akito whispered as he stroked her cheek ever so gently while she stared at a spot on the floor. Kira was about to slap him away but he twisted her face roughly so she faced him, looking at him directly.
"Let go of me-" Kira began to say but Akito pulled her face towards him, her lips brushing against his so sweetly that if she let alone breathed, they would kiss.
"What's wrong? I suppose the strongest witch has a weakness like every other women, besides roosters…" Akito smirked as he punched her in the face so hard; she slammed against the wall where a small crack could be heard. Blood slowly began to encase her body and Akito walked over and kicked in the stomach slightly so he could see her face.
"This will do for now. You have done your part in occupying my time." Akito smirked and left the guesthouse for Kira to lie there. All. Alone.
What nobody knew was someone was watching them, watching him, watching her, from a dark corner, wondering if this should join his mind of many unknown secrets…
Hatori's Room:
"Haa-san! HAA-SAN! I found out who wrote the review!" Shigure ran into Hatori's room with a whoosh and a slam of the door.
"Who was it?" Hatori sighed in exhaustion.
"It was JAKE!" Shigure exclaimed
"And you know this how…?"
"I called him and asked." Shigure smiled proudly. Hatori sat up straight and asked,
"You asked him what exactly?"
"If he read my book and he said YES! Isn't this exciting? HE READ MY BOOK!" Shigure cried out happily.
"That doesn't mean he wrote the review you idiot!" Hatori scolded the novelist.
"Oh… you're so mean Haa-san…" Shigure sniffed sadly.
"What am I going to do with you?" Hatori sighed, this time from annoyance.
"So… what should we do?" Shigure asked.
"I don't know… in the end someone is going to pay for their, or in this case, your mistakes." Hatori said.
"Well… -" Shigure began to say but Hatori interrupted sternly,
"AND it's not going to be Akito this time."
"I know, I know… it could be Kira or Kyo and this time… this time, it can finally all fall apart." Shigure said, waving his hand in a casual motion.
"…" Hatori stared into space, cigarette gracefully inserted between his fingers.
"There are only so many times you can break something…" Shigure sighed and smiled his infamous mysterious smirk.
"…Do you realize how childish you sound?" Hatori frowned slightly
"I'm not the only one…" Shigure grinned causing Hatori to scowl. They sat there, like a pair of old men, staring out the cold window, hoping for questions… and answers…
Oooo! I really liked this chapter a bit… it was fun typing I mean…lol…right…
And there's a Kira cliffy!
When I was typing this, I realized some of you had change your pen names and I got confused on who reviewed what comment so I kept the pen names the same… sorry…
PLEASE REVIEW AND I'LL UPDATE FASTER!
Will anyone find out what happened to Kira? Who was that hiding in the corner? Will Hatori and Shigure ever find out who wrote the review? Will anyone in the Sohma family actually get their hands on Shigure's newest book?
TUNE IN NEXT TIME!
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