Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket, and the damn rulers STILL do not work.
Stupid rulers... Oh, hi! Sorry it took so long to update. Writing 3 chapters in 1 day doesn't exactly pay... I had written myself into a writer's block... --' I'm so dumb, right? Oh well. I'd like to thank all my reviewers again. They are: moonflower, Kitty Kyon Lover, Nekokazam, Aqua, Kayla, Amanda, Amandazh94, and Redsarah. Thank you! I'll stop babbling and... hdf dhfhnfad Oh, sorry, I fell asleep on the keyboard, didn't I? It's like, 1:30 AM and I got up at 8 today. I'm gonna have to get up early tomorrow... today... whenever... Gah... weekends are made for staying up late and sleeping in... not getting up early and staying up late...
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Chapter 13
Amaya shifted in her drugged sleep, it seemed she was waking up. She groaned and she sat up, hearing chains rattle as she did. 'Great, I'm chained, again, how lovely.' That was the least of Amaya's worries, though, for everyone who had helped her was in here as well, chained to the wall.
Amaya did a run over of them. Megumi was covered in dry blood, Rei's tail and right foreleg looked broken, Tohru looked as if Akito had stepped on her ribs, Kyo had a head wound, Hanajima was covered in bruises and cuts, Yuki's leg had a lengthy, slim cut going from his thigh down to his ankle, and Shigure's front was covered in blood from what injury Amaya couldn't say.
"No… They're all going to die in here, being tormented by Akito… This is my fault…" Amaya looked over her friends (if she could even call them that) before breaking down weeping.
"Amaya-kun, we won't die." Megumi had woken up and was scooting over to Amaya calmly. She turned away, hoping Megumi wouldn't notice she was crying noiselessly.
"Don't you hate me? It's my mistake that has gotten us, and there's no way to deny it." She sniffed sorrowfully; Akito had made sure she knew what she had caused, and more, a long time ago.
"It is no one's fault, especially not yours." Megumi put his hand over hers, causing her to face him, blushing. "And I could never hate you." Amaya brought her knees to her chest and buried her face in the bloodstained fabric of her kimono. The jangling of chains sounded again, Kyo and Tohru were stirring.
"Tohru!" Kyo sat up, thinking that they had just been captured by Akito's henchmen. He looked around confusedly.
"Hey lover boy, your beloved is right beside you." Amaya scoffed, watching as Kyo looked over to Tohru, who was laying down, her eyes flickering open.
"Did Akito get us?" She sat up, looking around. "I guess he did… Where's Uo-chan?" Everyone who was awake swept their eyes around the room. Tohru was right; Uotani wasn't in the room with them.
There was a long silence which lasted until the others woke up. They sat, staring at each other, thinking, and keeping to themselves. As the group sat quietly, they heard the soft rhythmic pitter patter of slipper clad feet drumming on the wooden floorboards of the hallway. The door opened gradually, revealing Akito. Everyone, for some reason, looked to Amaya, whose hand was gripping the katana at her waist that her knuckles were colorless.
"Hello…" Akito walked over to Megumi, circling him leisurely. As Akito reached out to put his hand on Megumi's head, Amaya hissed at him, her sword whistling above Megumi's head, causing Akito to snap his hand back swiftly.
"Don't. Touch. Him." Amaya swung her katana towards her a bit, shifting into a fighting stance. Akito stared at her; she usually didn't use her blade when she was in his presence, she feared him far too much to even clutch the katana without dropping it.
"How dare you!" Akito pushed Megumi out of his way and kicked Amaya into the wall her chains were connected to. "No one will attempt to injure their god without punishment!" He stalked over to Amaya, taking her katana out of her limp hand. "You have pestered me with your existence far too long, your sentence is death!"
Amaya just laughed at Akito as he touched the tip of the blade to her neck. "You haven't the backbone to kill me, you spineless invertebrate!" She then, in the blink of an eye, somersaulted out of the way, letting Akito stab the wall where her neck had been. "Besides, do you think executing me would be easy!"
Everyone gawked at her, wondering how she wasn't the least bit unnerved after nearly being killed. Akito too had his mouth hanging open, but for a completely different reason. Amaya's handcuffs and neck restraint were lying at his feet, without Amaya in them.
"You know, you'll catch flies that way…" The cat girl walked to Akito's side, smiling at him. He stared at her, wondering why she was happy. "Oh, that belongs to me, doesn't it?" She grabbed the sword and put it back in the hilt around her waist. As she turned her back and walked over to the others, jangling a group of keys on a loop, an immense pain suddenly split through her skull, and everything went dark.
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"Hmm… shouldn't have turned my back without him out cold…" Amaya pushed herself up into a sitting position, noticing that she wasn't in the same, dreary, bloodied room with her associates. In fact, she was in Akito's room.
"I have brought you here for a real punishment." Akito walked in from the porch he always laid on. Amaya scowled, Akito really was evident in his actions.
"I never would have guessed. You are very predictable, Akito-nii." She rolled her eyes, but Akito snapped his finders, and his thugs dragged in her unmoving but conscious friends, now Uotani was with them. They must have been drugged or stilled with some other method.
"If I am so predictable, tell me who I will hurt first?" Amaya's hands clenched, one around her katana. It was a habit of hers.
"If you hurt anyone, it will be me." Akito withdrew a whip out of his yukata and thrashed it on Megumi's direction. Panicking, Amaya ran in front of Megumi as the whip came down, striking her instead of its original target. She crumpled down to the floor onto her hands and knees. Everyone stared at her, she surprised them very often.
Akito took her vulnerability as an advantage, and grabbed the blade at her waist, hurling it at Tohru. Amaya shot up and darted towards Tohru, grasping the weapon just in time, considering as it was approximately half an inch away from the brunette's forehead.
"You're faring rather well in defending your friends." Akito smirked as he saw her turn to him, pulling the sword away from Tohru, who was trembling from the close occurrence of being a pin cushion.
Amaya dashed in front of Hanajima as a kick was thrown towards the wave girl. She took the blow, and jumped over to Shigure, taking a punch that was meant for his face. For many minutes, Amaya danced among the others, shielding them with her own body, but never fighting back. Her strength was diminishing, and Akito wasn't letting up at all.
"P-please don't hurt them, Akito-nii…" Finally, Amaya fell unconscious, leaving her brother grinning maliciously and her associates distraught.
Hanajima's eyes widened, she felt herself becoming stronger, she could feel her senses become better, and now she could sense waves again. The drugs Akito had injected in them had finally worn off completely, now was time for action.
"Don't fret little sister, I will." Akito kicked Amaya aside and stood before the group. He smirked at them, wondering who he should torture first. A great pain ripped through his body, making him fall to his knees. When he looked from his pained position, he saw his guards on the ground, and his captives standing before him. "What-?"
"Poison denpai waves, very hazardous and agonizing." Hanajima walked in front of him, obscuring his view of the others, who were finishing the sentry group off.
"I'm not through yet!" Akito stood up with such force, he nearly fell over again. When he regained his balance, he kicked Hanajima to the side, out of his way.
Kyo kicked a massive guard over towards Yuki, who in turn punched his face as he flew over to him. They both glanced over at Akito as he yelled, bamboozled (Ha ha, I like this word! My, aren't you bamboozled at the reason Kyo and Yuki are bamboozled, I sure am! Ok, ruining the serious moment, I know, so sue me. Wait; don't sue me, DON'T SUE ME!).
They both watched as he headed over to Tohru, who was currently watching Uotani punch a bulky man as Rei clawed his forehead and shielded his eyes so he couldn't see to defend himself.
"No, Tohru!" Kyo and Yuki rushed to her, trying to defend her, but Akito got to her first, and grabbed her by the neck. Hanajima, Megumi, Shigure, and Uotani turned around, and, upon seeing Tohru being held captive, began to panic.
"Cooperate with me, now, or I'll strangle her." Akito stared down each of the rebels, pulling his arm over Tohru's neck firmly. Kyo become rigid with distress, what would Akito do to Tohru?
"Fine." Kyo clenched his fists, he hated to abide Akito, but if it was to ensure Tohru's wellbeing, he would do so.
"Leave, leave and never come back to this house. You all must leave, without this monster or that wretch, and I will not kill them." In turn, except for Tohru, they nodded reluctantly and were guided out of the territory of the main house.
"I'm so sorry, Tohru." Kyo looked over his shoulder and turned around, watching the sky over the tall building in the center on the main house terrain cloud up. Soon, he was left all alone, watching as the first crystallized raindrops fell onto the roof of his love's prison.
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"Goodbye, Kyo. Remember me. Remember my love for you…" Tohru watched the same rainwater drizzle down from the sky from a large window in her given room, where she would spend all of her time from now on.
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How sad... Oh well, their problem. Why is bunnyhop so damn happy? Sorry, I get irritable when I go without sleep for too long. Thank the great Lord on high for the band Evanescence, it's the only thing keeping me awake. I'm glad I'm finished, now I can sleep...