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Simple Words- Chapter 9: Goodbye

Written in the point of view of Kyo

The bells at the entrance chimed as it welcomed a new customer. I ripped away from the kiss Tohru and I was sharing, startled by the sudden sound that broke the perpetual silence and turned around to see who just entered. There, catching his breath was the damn rat.

"What the hell do you want you damn rat?!" He ruined a perfect moment and I wasn't going to waste my time making him get away with that. I stood up and prepared myself to fight him but a hand gripped my arm, it was Tohru.

"I don't think you should do that Kyo, Yuki- Kun is already exhausted and if you fight with him. He'll transform into a rat."
"Well, it's not my damn fault that he used up so much energy! He should know by now what will happen. Why in the world are you even here?! I thought you had a boring student council meeting to attend!"

"Stupid cat, will you please shut up and let me speak first?!" Yuki exclaimed after catching his breath. "I suggest we talk outside."

I grabbed hold of Tohru's arm and together, walked out of the parlor. The bells chimed as the door closed from behind.

"So what did you want to say? You're wasting time here." I said. I couldn't wait for him to say what he needed to day so I could just get the hell away from him.

"It's Akito." He paused slightly to catch his breath again.

My gaze upon the ground now turned to him. I stared blankly at him as my eyes just widened to what he just said. I nodded my head at him and he continued.

"He knows about you and Tohru's relationship, and he's coming after you guys."

I looked down at Tohru who turned pale in the face. She stared blankly ahead into nothing and her mouth slightly open, still in shock. I felt her hand getting cold as it gripped tighter onto mines.

"How the hell did Akito find out about my relationship with Tohru?! Did that perverted dog tell him?!"

"No, I just don't know but I suggest you guys do something, and fast."

Tohru snapped back into reality and blurted out, "What are we supposed to do?! Akito, he'll punish us! He'll hurt you Kyo! I'm so sorry!" She started to cry out loud and her nose started to run.

"Damn it Tohru, stop blaming your self! You didn't do anything and trust me, we'll find something out. For now, we just need to get home and think this over." She nodded her head and started to wipe away her tears. I looked over at Yuki, he nodded his head and for once we actually agreed on something.

The walk back home was silent. All that was heard was the chirping of birds and the rustling of the trees and bushed that surrounded us. I was concentrating on what we should do. Should we fight against Akito? Or just break my relationship with Tohru? No. I couldn't let that happen and no matter what we mustn't back down. That's the last thing we could ever do.

When we arrived at home, we went over to the kitchen and sat down. Tohru prepared some rice balls for us to eat and when we were all set, we began planning with what to do with Akito.

"Okay," Yuki said. "I don't think you guys are safe here, and I advise that you guys runaway."

"What the hell?!" I exclaimed. I couldn't believe what he was saying. "We are not going to run away like wimps!"

"Well, do you have any other idea?"

I stayed silent for I didn't know what to say. He had a point. Maybe that was the only option.

"Fine, we'll go with your idea dumb rat. At least I'll be away from you."

I looked down at the floor. Thinking if this really was the only option. I guess for now that's all we could do. Unless the curse is broken, we just have to run.

Tohru started to cry again, harder this time. Tears were rolling down her cheeks like raindrops falling down the window. She sobbed, and it really hurt me to see her like that.

"But what about you guys?" She choked, as she fought back tears. "Who's going to cook your food, do your laundry and clean the house? What about school? I can't let my mother down!"

I never really thought of that, all the things that could happen if we just leave all of a sudden. We'd leave behind a lot of things. Not just our families or our friends but memories and promises.

"Tohru," I said. "I'm sure if you're mother was here, she'd want you to be safe. And if you stay here, you're not safe."

She nodded her head and wiped her face off with a dish towel. I rubbed her back gently to calm her down.

"Everything's going to be alright, Tohru." I continued. "We're going to make it through."

She looked up at my face and smiled her silly smile. It made me happy to see her smile again.

"Well then, I guess you guys should start packing then. You guys should leave tonight." Yuki said.

"Wait a minute you rat. Where exactly are we supposed to run away to?"

"That's for you guys to decide. I made a withdrawal and took all the money from you account and half of mines. That should be enough to buy you guys' tickets and start a new life."
Tohru started to cry again, sobbing even harder than she already has.

"Yuki, you're so kind to do all this for us!" She stuttered as she spoke. "I just hope everything doesn't fall apart in our new life. It'll be a new beginning, a fresh start."
I listened intently to what she was saying. It was true. We'd have to buy a new home, furniture, food and who knows what else. It wasn't going to be easy.

"Well, stop crying and let's get packing then!"

We went up to our rooms and Yuki, in his. I opened the closet and took out an orange luggage. I unzipped it and opened it up. I walked back to the closet and one by one took my clothes off it's' hanger. I placed them on the floor, folded them and then placed them in the luggage. I briskly did the rest of the clothes and stuffed them into the luggage. In the end, I just ended up with a lump of clothes messily stacked upon each other. I zipped it up and walked down the hall to Tohru's room. I slid open the shoji screen and walked into her room.

"Hey, are you done packing?"

"Yeah, I just finished." She looked solemnly around her room. A tear rolled down her cheek. "I'm going to miss living here Kyo. How about Hana and Uo? What's going to happen to them?"

"I don't know. We just need to run away. Be strong." I gave her a light tap on her shoulder and my hand traveled up to her face to wipe away her tears. All of a sudden, the shoji screen slid open and there stood Shigure. His eyes travelled from the luggage to the crying Tohru, whose eyes were now puffy from all the crying.

"So it's true." He said. "You guys are really running away? I just got home a few minutes ago and Yuki just told me about you guys."

"Yes you pervert, it's true. Akito found about me and Tohru so now we're running away."

Shigure's eyes dropped down in sorrow and he didn't dare say a joke. His face had a frown and he continued talking. "I guess by the luggage that you guys are leaving tonight?"

Tohru nodded her head and even more tears rolled down her face. "I'm so sorry Shigure! We made our decision without you! Now, you'll have to do all the chores around the house!"

"Tohru, it's okay. You guys do what you have to do." He gave a reassuring smile at her and left the room.

"Are you ready to go?" She took one last look around her room and took the picture of her mother and the picture of all the Sohma's and herself celebrating Christmas from the shelf. She nodded her head and I grabbed her luggage from the bed and rolled it over to my room. I took my luggage and then we went downstairs to say good bye to Yuki and Shigure.

"Kyo, where are we going?"

I didn't really think about that yet, so I made up an answer.

"We'll go to the airport and decide there. Then, we can purchase our tickets."

When we arrived at the living room, Yuki and Shigure were waiting.

"You guys going now?" Yuki asked.

"Yeah, we are." It seemed weird talking to him. I mean, I have left them for a lot of times before but that was for training. I knew that I was coming back but now, I wasn't even sure that I'll even see them again. "Look, I can't believe I'm saying this but, I'm going to miss you. Having all those fights and all, take care of your self."

"And I can't believe I'm doing this." Yuki said. And all of a sudden, he came up to me and hugged me. I smacked him right on his head.

"Are you crazy you damn rat?! I'm going to miss you but don't get all mushy!" I pushed him away from me and walked on the side so Tohru could speak with them.

She looked up from where she staring and looked into Yuki's face. "Yuki thanks so much for being such a great friend. You're the reason that I'm actually living here now, you too Shigure. If you guys didn't find me, I would have been living in the tent or worse, with my aunty. Thank you guy so much! Take care of yourselves, okay?" She burst into tears and continued. "I can't even hug you guys!"

"Tohru," Yuki said. "You've been a great friend as well. You've been like a mother to me and you'll be missed by everyone. And even though I'll transform, I still want to give you a last hug." And with that he stepped forward and hugged her. It wasn't too long before there was a puff a smoke and a sound of an explosion that he transformed into a rat. "Take care of yourself, okay?"

Tohru nodded her head and faced to Shigure. He burst into tears as well and pulled her into a hug. The same effect happened to him and he transformed into a dog. "My little flower, how I'll miss you so much!" He licked her leg; he faced towards me and then continued his sentence. "Kyo, don't do anything inappropriate to our little flower now." He snickered and fell down to the floor as I kicked his body.

"Now why the hell would I want to do anything like that? You're the pervert! Oh, and if anyone asks where we are, we went on a trip."

Yuki nodded his head, and with our goodbyes being said we took one last look at each other, and Tohru and I walked out of the house. Rolling our luggage with us and walked on the path of a new journey in the night. Not daring to look back for it would be too painful with all the memories that we were leaving behind.

Okay, so that's the end of the chapter. Thank you for reading and please kindly leave a review of what you honestly think.