Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket. I don't think I own a brain, either. If it does, it is mush from all the god damn homework I'm getting.
I'm so sorry, please don't kill me for not posting! hides behind something while arrows, bullets, and pies fly towards me I SAID DON'T KILL ME! The pie could have taken my eye out! sniffles I've had SOOOOO much school work. Can you believe school started on my birthday! Well, IT DID. So I've beed SOOOO busy that I couldn't write a full chapter in one day. I'm finally getting to post it. Before I had accidentally deleted the whole thing, so I had to get to back. Anyway, thank to all of you who are sticking with me. This isn;t the last chapter, I think the next one will be. So... here it is. While you're reading, I'll just be over there dodging killer pies and doing my science homework.
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Chapter 20
Amaya stared out the doorway as it swung open, revealing a girl with silver hair and turquoise blue eyes so deep that you could drown in them. As his eyes wandered to the creaking to the door, Hatori's eyes widened, too.
"… Hey, Amaya." Mi Nami walked into the room, unapparent to all the eyes boring holes in her head. "I was in the neighborhood, so I decided to drop in…" She looked away, suddenly noticing that Amaya was staring at her, almost coldly.
"My geography isn't the best, but I believe Japan isn't in Hawaii's neighborhood. You know the deal, Mi Nami. She doesn't remember. No one does." Akito walked over to Amaya's bedside and placed his hand on her shoulder. "She doesn't know who you are."
"On the contrary, Akito, I do. She is my twin, so stop being so boorish. By the way, get your smutty paw off of my shoulder." The cat girl glared up at her elder brother, who took his hand away and slapped her. Mi Nami looked angered, and Rei, who had appeared in the doorway with Mi Nami, actually launched herself at the ex-god, who stepped out of the way indifferently.
"So I deliberately came to see you all, does that make a difference?" Amaya was rubbing her cheek sulkily, wishing Akito's semi-kindness could have lasted for more than a few minutes. Megumi hovered over her; being so very much over protective (you think I added a few extra words there? -.-') that he reminded Hatori of a mother hen (ha ha, Megumi is officially a dotting mother).
Akito grumbled (very unlike him… cough cough her cough cough) and Mi Nami mentally declared this victorious of this battle, though deprived of a smidge of dignity (a smidge, ha ha, I sound so OLD, ha ha). Then she walked over to the bed that was surrounded by many and sat on the edge. Megumi tensed as he felt weight being added to the mattress, but he decided to stop being so overly protective and backed away a bit, giving Amaya room to actually breath (but really, who needs that? -.- You all are prolly getting very annoyed at my regular commentary, aren't you? Well… THAT'S TOO BAD CUZ I AM THE AUTHORESS! MUAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA cough cough choke cough! Doctor: I thought I told you no notorious evil laughing! That's it, FIND YOURSELF ANOTHER DOCTOR! Me: muah ha ha cough heh heh um… HATORI, WHERE ARE YOOOOUUUU!).
"I was wondering, would you like to travel the world, Amaya?" (Yeah, cut the pleasantries, everyone does that anyway, so typical XD) Mi Nami, apparently, didn't have the time of day to wait for an answer. "I was hoping you would agree to explore the world together, so we could get to know one another. Would you?"
Amaya pondered this for a moment, before speaking up. "Of course, Mi Nami! I'll just go-" Amaya tried to get out of bed to go do something when she was cut off and forced back down by Megumi.
"You need to rest. As for going, you can't! You can't leave me- I mean… everyone… behind!" Amaya looked startled, but it dawned on her about the others. "You can't just leave me when I just found you! You always do this! Stay put for once in your life, stop to smell the roses! You're constantly leaving me to eat your dust! I don't even want to love you; it's always taking its toll on me! Stop being so selfish!" Amaya froze, her mind, which was racing at the speed of light, had stopped completely in its tracks. Megumi, too, was aghast at what he had just said.
"M-megu-!" Amaya stuttered, trying to express what she was feeling, to no avail. Everyone was horror-struck. How had this happy reunion for the young almost-couple turned into their first lover's quarrel? "I-I… Megumi… I know I'm selfish… but it's alright to be selfish sometimes, right? We can arrange something. I'm going to go think, don't you dare stop me now." Amaya's eyes were shadowed by her bangs as she tilted her head down to hide her tears as she coldly got up and walked out of the room.
"Love is hard sometimes…" (No, really!) Megumi sighed and stood up stiffly. Mi Nami rolled her eyes. What did he expect?
"You shouldn't have said that word; she would have been less out of it." The twin waved her hand and rushed out of the room to follow Amaya. She had to hurry because she didn't know her way around the main house, and following Amaya was always difficult (Yeah, try to follow someone who is running at seventy mph and is also throwing random things at you).
Megumi stared at Rei, who sat on the railing, grooming herself. "Shouldn't you go after her, too?" Rei stared at him, though there was no hint of anger in her eyes. She seemed rather calm (She's always calm. Maybe she's a female, feline Yuki. Ha ha, that's funny).
"I could ask you the same question. Besides, what could I do? I'm not the one who just upset her. I couldn't apologize for you, now could I?" Megumi couldn't answer because he knew he was wrong, but saying anything would prove it (you know what they say, a man and his pride). So, instead of staying and having to respond to a cold cat (it's a cat sickle!), Megumi walked off to find Amaya.
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Meanwhile… Amaya, not really having any living quarters, ran to the nearest door she discovered to be open, which happened to be Akito's room, which was quite luxurious.
"Imouto and Akito-nee won't find me here." (Imouto means little sister, but Amaya is referring to Mi Nami when she says this. Mi Nami was born before her, but Amaya isn't one to know those details, since she barely knows Mi Nami.) The room was completely dark, and Amaya liked it this way. She knew that Akito had a comfortable mat on the very back wall, sp she ventured over there and plopped down.
As Amaya sat in silence, thinking, a little white bird flew into the room and onto Amaya's shoulder, chirping happily. Running footsteps were heard, and the bird flew away. The cat girl expected it to be Mi Nami, who she knew had chased after her, though when the footsteps stopped and the door opened, Megumi was standing silhouetted in the light from the hall.
"Amaya-chan, are you there? I'm sorry, I'm very sorry. I was very cruel to speak to you that way; you can go with Mi Nami and never come back if you feel you need to, because I have no authority to stop you." Megumi walked into the room, looking about in the darkness but not seeing Amaya. He walked right past her without seeing her.
"You are right, you have no authority to command me, but do you really think I would leave you and forget about you?" Amaya sniffled, but kept still in her little hiding place, if you could call it that.
"You forgot me before, when you faked your death and left me in middle school with no friends." Megumi tried to follow the sound of her voice, but she projected it so it seemed as if she was in ten different places. She was smart like that.
"I didn't forget you! Akito-nee forced me to do that! I was watching over you every day, protecting you at night. Akito-nee said he would do something to you if I spoke to you at all, so all I could do was watch." Amaya sobbed slightly, which gave away where she was. Megumi rushed over to her and plopped to his knees in front of her, seeing her cry silently. How long had she been weeping?
"Amaya, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to upset you. Please don't cry." Megumi hugged her and pulled her shaking body to his, letting her weep into his chest. "You can forget me if you want, just please don't cry. Go and travel with your sister, I'll let you, but don't cry." Acting upon impulse, Megumi kissed Amaya's head. This made Amaya wrap her arms around him and, slowly, stop crying.
"Thanks. But you should know that even if I go away, I won't even be able to forget you, not even if I wanted to." Amaya looked up and saw just how close Megumi was. She blushed furiously, and turned even redder when she noticed he was leaning in further. Just as Megumi's lips was about an inch from her face, Amaya let go of his body and fell back, not remembering that she wasn't really holding herself up.
"What did you do that for?" Megumi looked very disappointed. Amaya just blushed again (by now she must be a cherry or something XD). She tried to pick herself up, but she accidentally stepped on her tail while doing so, bringing her to the floor again, where Megumi caught her (and so the woes of a neko girl).
"W-we better get back to the others, they might get worried…" The two left the room, but Amaya, thanks to her shakiness from almost kissing Megumi, had tripped many a time and looked quite ragged. Her obi (the bow around her middle, since she's wearing a kimono) was slipping down, since it wasn't tied tight enough to begin with. By the time they had gotten back to the room where Amaya had been placed in, she had lost a wooden sandal out of a pair that she had slipped on before she ran out and her hair was out of its neat bun, and the chopsticks that had held it in place now rested tucked into the folds of her obi.
"Amaya, what happened to you? You look like what Tohru looks like after she's been alone with Kyo for a long time." Kisa giggled, but Kyo covered her mouth before she could say anything else.
"What are you suggesting? I merely fell, quite a lot. I hate stupid wooden sandals anyway." Kisa, along with everyone else, looked doubtful. They turned to Megumi to see what he said.
"She's telling the truth… Nothing happened…" He sounded rather disappointed, and Amaya rethought the idea of letting go of him before he kissed her. So, she went up to Megumi, who had walked over to an empty chair but had yet to sit down, and tapped him on the shoulder. When he turned around, she quickly captured his lips in a soft peck, standing on her tippy toes.
As she pulled away, Megumi smiled. "Now something did…" Amaya grinned back, but her smile wasn't seen, instead she was grinning into a kiss to her lips. She gasped and opened her mouth, letting Megumi deepen the kiss. After a minute of shocked silence, the two parted. "Wow…" Megumi smiled and patted her head before walking over to Hanajima.
"We should go, it's nearly 2 AM." With that, the (creepy) siblings disappeared. Amaya sighed, and Hatori decided everyone else should leave, too. So, everyone was shooed out of the room, and Amaya laid down to sleep. Mi Nami had been shown a room, since she was to stay a while.
"Goodnight…" Hatori watched as Amaya slept, closing down the rest of his office/patient sleeping area, leaving only the required instruments on to monitor Amaya. As he walked out, he grabbed the photo frame consisting of the picture of Kana. It had been in his office too long, and he would rather have it in his house. "To all of you, goodnight."
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Um... ok. I know I put more Japanese words in there. I hope my parethesis helped a bit. I didn't tell you about the common ones I've been using throughout the whole story. So... there you have it. You know... no one threw a bananna creme pie at me. Do any of you happen to have one? I feel like having that for dessert tonight... Or maybe a chocolate mouse pie? Or a key lime pie? Please?