Me- sigh I'm bored Jeh-kun! I don't want to write!
Jeh-kun- I can care less! Now until you finish this chapter I want you to type your heart out!
Me- Oh is that what you want? Ok! (Starts to type like mad)
Then: POP! Heart comes out of chest! And body falls on to the key board
Jeh-kun- AWWWWWWWWW! (Passes out)
I come into the room laughing my ass off
Sky- Did you really have to do that?
Anne- Yeah why did you have to do that?
Me cleaning up the fake body and replacing the key board- She shouldn't have held me hostage! And besides I had nothing better to do. (Whistles out of the room)
Sky and Anne shake their head- Well same as last chapter: Thought will be in bold, writing will be in italics, and transition will be underlined. And for the past five chapters this author owns nothing.
Jeh-kun wakes up- What happened?
Me drenched in flour- Oh nothing besides you killed me! Feel my wrath! (Laughs insanely evil)
Jeh-kun- AWWWWWW GHOST! (runs out)
Me- Ok lets roll on with this thing!
Chapter six
Tohru's return
The long awaited truth comes out
Plus everyone's fed up!
Well she ran away again…this time is just like the time she ran from the boys that teased her except that there was no mom to come home too or no boy with an orange hat to come save her. In other words Tohru Honda was lost. Lost in her despair at being so stupid, lost in her confusing emotions, lost to the darkness that she traveled into her soul. Deep down she knew Kyo was telling the truth about meeting her mom, she knew that he didn't mean to let her die in that accident. She knew he was sorry…so why? Why didn't she comfort him when he told her? Why was she being like this?
At first it started out as an escape, then it turned into that maybe the lives of the Sohma family and her friends, Uo and Hana, would be better off without having to put up with her as a burden. But what was it actually? What was the main reason for her doing this to herself? Tohru looked around at the unfamiliar place. She walked to a bridge that over looked the ocean and saw her reflection in the dim light of the street lamp. Who was this girl staring back at her? Tohru started to cry and her tears ran down her face and made ripples in the water below.
"I'm sorry…" She whispered to the reflection. And she started to walk again getting deeper and deeper into the shadows of a dark ally way.
She thought back to the fight that she had with Kyo but when she did it hit her! THAT BOOK! She thought, Shit! I can't let them read that! She turned back around to be met by another person.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" the girl asked
"Step aside," Tohru said
"Feisty aren't we? And who the hell do you think you are?"
"Red Shadow, daughter of the Red Butterfly. Move aside." Tohru repeated
"Well I'm Night Wing. And no I won't. This is my territory and you're on it so you're going to pay for stepping in it sweet heart." Night Wing said
"You and what army?" Tohru said reading herself but feeling a little weaker by the minute
"This army," Night Wing snapped her fingers and soon Tohru was surrounded with no where to run, "Not so tough are you? Get her."
"What have I gotten myself into?" Tohru asked out loud as she started to panic.
The group of girls started to beat her. And Tohru couldn't fight back. She fell to the ground screaming her lungs out telling the girls to stop. She wanted her mom so badly and kept crying, "Aww…dose Red Shadow want her mommy?" one of the girls teased and continued to beat her. Just then Tohru blacked out for a moment and she saw her mom, "Mom?"
"Let me help. Don't fight me ok?" Tohru nodded and soon it felt like she was a new person.
Adrenaline coursed through her body and the next thing she new the leader was on the ground begging for mercy, "Get out of here now." Tohru growled and the leader crawled away. Just as fast as the adrenaline came it left and Tohru fell to the ground. Can't stop…won't pass out…she thought. Tohru felt around and found a lead pipe and used it as a walking stick and started to head back to Shigure's house thinking, "I have to make things right again." She didn't even stop when a few people tried to help her or when it began to start to rain and crack thunder. She knew her face was all bloody and knew that one of her eyes was swollen shut, and it even felt like one of her ribs was broken, and that she might even have a big gash on her head. But she still didn't care. She had to make things right. She had to accept the fact that she deserved this gruesome beating she just had too. This was her mission, to prevent them from finding the key to her Journal that held her pains. No one should ever lay eyes on it, she thought, they don't deserve to see my past. So with all these thoughts in mind she continued the painful walk to Shigure's house.
Meanwhile-
"Yuki you should read the next part," Kyo said handing him the black book
"No Kyo I-" Yuki started
"Please Yuki, I can't read it I just can't." Kyo said
Yuki looked at his cousin, "You flipped through it didn't you, you skipped a head right?" Kyo nodded. Yuki took the journal and wondered what could be worse than what they already read. As soon as he started to read to himself the next entry his face went white and he stared at the cat who had his head down.
"Well what are you waiting for?" Hiro asked
"Hatori you won't erase Arisas's or Hanajima's memories will you?" Yuki asked
Hatori looked at Yuki and nodded, "No I won't."
Yuki nodded and Uo gave Yuki a look, "What are you-"
"Please I will explain later. Do you trust me?"
"Yes but-" Uo started
"Arisa lets not worry about that now. Let us take one problem at a time. Please read Yuki." Hana said and Yuki nodded.
Entry Four
It was gross…sickening…I couldn't believe I saw the cat's…Kyo's true form. When Master took me outside…I don't know…I saw it. It was sad but I was scared, so very scared. Kyo ran from me and I followed. As I ran I remembered painful memories and started to wonder if that form formed when the rat lied to the cat. When I reached him he was scary. And when I tried to talk to him but he said hurtful things. I turned my back on him and started to walk away but then I braved his anger and ran to him and held his arm. He tried to throw me off but I held on and told him the truth about how I felt. Then the next thing I knew I was holding a cat in my arms. I was happy but when I went to the summer house that changed…
It was at night I couldn't sleep so I went outside. That's when I saw him for the second time, Akito. He was hurting Momiji so without thinking I blocked Momiji from Akito. That's when he scratched me and told me of Kyo's confinement and of the 'endless banquet'. That's when I made the vow that I wouldn't let that happen.
After we got back I met Rin and found out that she was also trying to break the curse of the Chinese Zodiac. I tried to get some information out of her but it proved to be difficult but that day when she asked me, "Who is most important to you?" I would've answered that my mom was, but I couldn't. That night I had a nightmare. It was the day my mom would leave me forever. I tried to warn her I really did but to no avail. Why? Why must bad things happen?
Yuki stopped reading, "That's it for number four."
Uo was about to ask about the first part when Hana said, "Don't ask. I know you're curious but one problem at a time." Uo nodded.
Yuki was about to go to another entry when there was a thump on the front door. Kyo sensing something got up and opened it. But when he did Tohru fell on to him and he transformed into his cat form.
Hearing the familiar poof noise everyone ran into the hall to see a bleach blonde haired girl with red streaks with a lead pipe lying by her side and an orange cat nudging her chin with his paw, "Tohru?" Kyo asked
"IT CAN TALK?!" Uo shouted
"TOHRU?!" The Sohma's shouted looking at the beat up form for the girl on the ground
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! GET HER INSIDE!" The orange cat shouted. And with that Yuki and Haru picked Tohru up carefully and lead her on the couch in the living room. And feeling that familiar feeling Kyo grabbed his cloths and ran upstairs.
Kyo jumped to the landing and ran into the living room to find Hatori looking over her injuries. "What's the verdict?" Haru asked
"It seems she's suffering from a concussion from the blows to the head, broken ribs, might be blind in her right eye because it was like bleeding when I opened her swollen eye. Basically in a nutshell she's a complete mess."
Kyo went over to her and stroked her hair. Tohru moved a little and opened her one good eye, "Kyo?" she asked
"Don't talk. It'll be ok." He said softly but Uo shoved him and said, "Don't touch her!"
"Arisa!" Hana said restraining her friend, "Don't say things like that! Stop!"
"But he hurt her! I knew there was something screwy about him! Let me go!"
"No!" Hana was almost loosening her grip when
"STOP DAMN IT!" They all looked at Tohru who managed to somehow sit up but she was wincing in pain. "Tohru lay back." Hatori said
"No," Tohru said as she tried to get up. She managed to stand up a little but her face went white and she started to see spots and quickly grabbed on to the arm of the couch and held her rib cage, "Sissy please don't hurt yourself even more." Kisa begged while walking over to Tohru and hugged her arm, "Please listen to Hatori and sit back down."
"Sorry kiddo but not until I have a talk with Arisa," Tohru looked at Uo
"Yeah well what do you want to say huh?" Uo managed to get out of Hana's grip and shot Tohru a look of anger, "Why didn't you tell us? Why did you let this thing," Uo pointed to Kyo, "Hurt you? I'm trying really hard to understand Tohru I really am. What the hell is going on?!"
Tohru tried to stand up straighter but as she did she started to cough badly and her face went even whiter, "Don't call Kyo a thing!" she yelled at Uo, "Kyo and the Sohma's did a lot for me in the past two years! They have taken care of me! Kyo has taken care of me!"
"Yeah well he hurt you! He hurt Kyoko! We read your journal Tohru! Oh and lets not forget you bailed on him when he told you about murdering your mother!" Uo turned to hit Kyo but somehow adrenaline returned and Tohru took the blow for Kyo. Uo stared at Tohru who blocked her punch, "So what now you're protecting him?"
Tohru looked Uo in the eye and Uo saw how blood shot the good eye was, "Yes I am. I protect the ones I love."
"Why?" Uo's fist was still in Tohru's hand and the Sohmas and Hana were watching the intense scene and Kyo was still in shock. Tohru again felt the adrenaline leaving her and quickly took her hand that held Uo's fist and held her ribs. She fell to both knees and started to cough out blood, "Tohru!" Kyo knelt down along with the rest of the group, "Why?" Tohru repeated Uo's question, "Because I love him that's why! It wasn't your fault Kyo. It really wasn't." Tohru took her hand and rubbed Kyo's cheek gently, "There was nothing you could've done. It was my fault for everything. All I do is cause problems…the reason I ran away was because I was confused. I felt trapped. Then it turned into that I didn't want Akito to hurt you guys anymore then-"
"Tohru please stop talking. Hatori called an ambulance just sleep please don't talk anymore." Kyo said
"Kyo please let me say what I need to say." Kyo nodded and she continued, "Let me see the book…" Kisa handed Tohru the journal and Tohru started to get up again but Kyo held her back down, "What are you doing? You can't get up."
"Watch me!" Tohru once again stumbled to get up and limped to the kitchen followed by the rest of the group. She went to the sink and leaned on the counter over it, "What are you doing?" Uo asked
"This," Tohru showed them a lighter and she set the journal on fire. She dropped the book in the sink as it slowly began to turn into ashes.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR?! ARE YOU REALLY THAT STUPID?!" Hiro shouted
Everyone looked at her and Tohru began to feel faint. Kyo sensing that Tohru was about to loose her balance ran and caught her.
"Nothing is wrong with burning your property. Besides why read when you have the person right in front of you?" Tohru asked and smiled a little and Kyo saw that this one was actually her real smile, "You're smiling." He said
"Yes I guess I am."
"OH TOHRU!" and he began to cry. Then without warning Tohru sat up a little and kissed him.
The Sohmas, Uo, and Hana awed as they kissed. But the first happy moment in awhile was ruined when, "Hey wait a second I didn't call an ambulance." Hatori said
"WHAT?!" shouted the group
"I thought you did." Kyo said
"I tried to but the phone was dead."
"Damn it!" Kyo and Yuki said at the same time.
"Kyo, Yuki, it's fine really." Tohru said trying to stand up again
"Oh no you don't." Kyo said grabbing one of Tohru's arms around his neck, "You are not standing alone this time and you're going back to the couch. Besides it's not ok that there is no ambulance."
"But Kyo, Hatori is a doctor. What they would do to me at a hospital is exactly what Hatori can do here. Besides I already know what I have." Tohru said laying back down on the couch.
"Oh really…ok what do you think is wrong Tohru?" Uo asked a little amused that Tohru was going back to her old self.
"Easy! I have a gash on my head, broken ribs, um…my eye is swollen shut so can someone please bring me and ice pack." Tohru said. Yuki ran out of the room and came back out, "Thanks!" She took it and put it over her swollen eye, "And besides if I went I wouldn't be able to tell you the truth and also they would have done what I'm doing now: laying down and trying to relax."
"What's the truth about?" Rin asked curiously
"That the book you were reading was fake." Tohru said simply, "Well I really shouldn't say all of it was. It was more half and half." She said as an after thought
"Repeat the first part please." Hiro said straining his ears to listen again
"It was fake." Tohru repeated
"That's what I thought you said. Now let me say this: YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! WE SEARCHED FOR THAT DAMN KEY TO END UP WITH YOU SAYING IT WAS ALL FOR NOTHING?! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU DAMN IT!"
"Hiro stop it!" Kisa said trying to restrain him from jumping on top of Tohru
"DON'T GIVE ME THAT KISA! I'M FED UP WITH THIS IDIOTCY!" Hiro yelled trying to break free of Kisa's grip
Kisa also couldn't take it anymore. When Momiji, Kyo, Yuki, and Haru tried to help Kisa she took the matter into her own hands and yelled back, "HIRO I SAID ENOUGH!" and the room went quiet and Hiro stopped struggling to break free and looked at her.
"You're not the only one fed up around here! You want to know what I'm fed up with? I'm fed up with you flying off the handle!" Kisa yelled. Everyone had their jaws open and everything. This was the first time they seen Kisa mad. But things only got worse:
"Oh yeah?! I'm fed up with you protecting her!" Hiro pointed to Tohru, "It's always sissy and sissy that!"
"Don't yell at Kisa!" Haru said
"Yeah!" Momiji yelled back
Soon everyone was in an up roar! Every built up emotion was flying off the handle and Tohru couldn't take much more of it, "SHUT UP!"
The room went silent and their faces fell to looks of shame, "Let me explain."
She made a motion to sit and they sat on the floor, "When I wrote that I wasn't myself. That book that you all read was my back up book. But even those entries some weren't true. It was just away to vent some of my feelings out. The real journal is here," Tohru pointed to her heart, "this is where the real entries are kept. The images are here," she pointed to her head, "Inside my head; in other words my memories and my soul." Tohru heaved a sigh.
"Are you going to tell us?" Kyo asked
"Why do you think I came back?" Tohru asked, "I remembered that you should me the book but…" Tohru shrugged her shoulders, "I was too late. That's why I burned it."
"So you're going to come clean?" Uo asked leaning forward
"Yes I am. But I will ask you to not interrupt and to skip ahead by trying to ask questions. Do we have an agreement?" Tohru asked and everyone nodded, "Good. This story is in three parts: A begging, middle, and an end. Our life does not start when we are born but it starts with our parents. The life they lived affects the way we turn out. Their emotions that they carry affects the way we think of how the world is…it took me awhile to figure that out but I'm getting ahead of myself as you can see. I'm going to tell you the story of Kyoko and how she met Katsuya."
"Why are you telling us that? I thought you were going to tell us about you?" Hiro asked
"Hiro just listen please! Continue sissy." Kisa said
Tohru nodded, "Once upon a time…"
A/n:
Well I made Tohru return but now the real truth comes out! WOOO! Talk about a plot twist and cliffy! Ok let me know what you want so here are your choices:
A) Should I make another story to go with this? Like a part to story seprately
B) Should I add another chapter and contiue with this story?
Or
C) End the story right here
Your choice! By all means if you have another idea or suggestion please feel free to message me by going to my profile and select 'send message' or as always review! Remember my motto: I accept all criticism!