edited: there are minor corrections done for this chapter (the grammar still sucks though), and thanks to JoFlower-san who helped and explained to me a few things about step-family/siblings stuff...I'm sorry if there's (there most certainly is!) a confusion going on...Anyway, Kyo is Takuma's half-brother, not stepbrother. And Chie (Kyo's mummy) was Takuma's aunt, not his stepmother; they are, how should i say it?..having a complicated relationship i guess... Oh, and btw, chapter 17 will be updated sometime this week...Forgive me for being sooo damn late on updating!
ps: ON HIATUS! NAHHHHH...just kidding...:) ~~pardon my lack of grammar, spelling, vocab (etc..) capability, i'm not english and i certainly do not speak english at home so please be kind and excuse me for this..TT_TT if there any some sort of mistakes, please, by all means, correct me. NO flamings...it would do nobody good you know, but flaming for updating late is...um..~shaking, shaking~ u-unders-standab-b-ble...
Disclaimer: FURUBA and KYO is never mine or anybody else's but Takaya sensei-san's...
Chapter Sixteen
"Kyo-kun! Kyo-kun, please open the door! Please—"
Tohru's voice faded immensely as Kyo gripped both ears tightly. His tears flowed as he muttered under his breath. "Lie, you're all liars!" He shook his head.
Tohru knocked the door as hard as she can. "Kyo-kun, please. What's wrong?" Tohru begged, "Who was in there with you just now, Kyo-kun? Tell m—"
"SHUT UP!"
Tohru shut herself as she heard sound of crashing glasses being thrown on the walls and floor. Her trembled lips were shut tight; her tears threatened to fall. She shut her brown eyes tight as she took a deep breath. She then heard sniffing sound from inside the room. Kyo-kun is crying. Oh, Kyo-kun...What happened?
"YOU LIED!" Kyo's broken voice echoed throughout the room. "YOU AND THAT DAMN DOCTOR," he took a deep breath, "THAT OLD MAN KAZUMA AND THAT DAMN RAT YUKI! EVERYONE!" Tohru shook. She now had her back against the door. Kyo's voice was incredibly loud enough to shake the door and the walls of the room.
"WHY? WHY DID YOU LIE TO ME? Why?" Tears then seemed unbearable for Tohru to shed; she let them flow slowly down her cheeks. "Why did you keep it from me? My mother..." There was a thud on the floor; Kyo has fallen on his knees. Despair, disappointment, frustration, anger...all the feelings walled up together in him, and Tohru sensed every single one of them. Tohru's heart breaks, not because of the outburst Kyo threw at her, but the broken voice of a crying, saddened man tore her heart to pieces. Her crying saddened man. Her Kyo.
Kyo gripped his hair tightly, shutting his eyes and ears as he did so. 'Kyo-kun! For you!'Kyo's eyes opened wide. The image appeared mere seconds in his mind's eyes, and the voice; the voice so lovely crept through his ears. The girl smiled at him, carrying the almost empty bucket in her hands, 'Kyo-kun, you finished all the cookies already. Was it really that good?'Kyo shook his head violently. "No...who...w-what?"
Somewhere in his heart breaks; somewhere in his heart, he can feel this girl's love. Her smile was so innocent and pure. He loved it. I want it,Kyo thought. I want to see you smile again...I-I won't...make you cry...not anymore.
'I WON'T FORGIVE YOU!'Kyo's whole body shook at the voice. He didn't know who it belongs to. It sounds harsh and hard like a man's, but high pitched and shrilly, as a woman's. "W-who?"
'You killed me, I WON'T FORGIVE YOU!'Kyo saw hands crept to his chest. Sweat rolled from the side of his temple as he tried to dodge the hands away. "GO- LEAVE ME ALONE!" The hands were still there, reaching for him, strangling him. 'You are a disgrace! You embarrassed everyone; your mother, ME! EVERYONE!'
'You should be the one to die! DIE! DIE!'another voice came from his right. Kyo turned his head towards the voice, but could see nothing.
'The cage is the only place for you to go! You are a monster, MURDERER—'Kyo's eyes widened even more.'...many people suffered because of you. I suffered because of you!' The images kept flashing by. Kyo's head thumping like mad; hurting him badly. He admitted he's scared to death. The men and women he saw in the images, the hands...none of them are soothing...nothing except for the former young girl. Only her. Tohru...
"ARGHHHHH!" What's wrong with me? W-what is happening to me?
Tohru's voice was starting to fade, though he could still hear her and her attempt on crushing down the door. "Kyo-kun! KYO!"
He could still hear the yells of threats and shouts of hatred in his head. He felt weak. His head felt like it's about to burst any second. Kyo crept to reach the door he shut, to open it wide once more for the girl he shunned. Tohru.He tried to stand, but then he fell. His legs felt like lead. He was sweating from head to foot. "T-Toh...ru..." Kyo continue to crawl on the floor for the same door Tohru was knocking. "Tohru," his voice was nothing but a mere whisper. "Tohru...for-"
"KYO-KUN!" Tohru's tears were evident in her voice, and Kyo could hear it clearly.
"—give me..." Kyo's tearful eyes were blinded by the hands he saw earlier. His right hand tried to reach the doors handle, but his whole body protested. He was so weak he could even breathe normally. His breath was hard and painful. I'm sorry...Tohru. He realised how hurt Tohru must have felt having to deal with him this whole time, having to deal with her own emotions when he left her all alone. I'm s-so...sorry...I...tears fell on the floor as his sight blurred. I...lo-...Tohru's voice faded into nothing and his surrounding darkened.
I...love you...Tohru.
And he fainted.
Takuma wandered off the street. Last night was horrible, and this morning was even more so. His dad was being very brutal, in which case he received a gift from him; a right hook and nice punch on his left cheek. Why did he get the gift you may ask? A simple question requires one simple answer: he only asked his father, "Where are you going, Dad?"... Yeah, one simple everyday question was answered with a punch. What a great morning to start the day. "The God hates me alright..." Takuma mumbled under his breath as he massages his bruising cheek, sighing heavily.
Takuma, being Takuma, walked around the block mumbling stupid things and didn't watch his surroundings. Takuma, yes, he's being Takuma, carelessly walked without even the slightest bother to watch around him, and of course, being Takuma, he'd tend to walked on without noticing anything whilst mumbling ...therefore...
THUMP!
"OW!" Takuma yelped. He is now on the ground rubbing his reddened nose. "What the hell?"
"Opps, sorry," said a voice. It's a guy's. He has jet-black hair and was tall and gangling. "Though I wouldn't say that I 'm wrong in this situation." The voice said again. Takuma looked up and saw two men before him, standing tall and firm, watching him closely on the ground.
"Why wouldn't you?" Takuma rose, still rubbing his nose angrily. "You're the one who ran on me!" First, a good morning punch; now this. The guy who bumped onto him shrugged.
"At least I was looking straight ahead. You didn't," he smirked.
"Argh, screw you. I don't have time to play around and talk. I have enough of a bad day already!" Takuma walked through, pushing both the males aside.
"Hey, now that's just rude!" said the black haired person. "You shouldn't do that to someone older than you, you know! Where the hell is your manners?"
"Kakeru, that's enough. Just let him be," Yuki said softly as he tried to pulled Kakeru back. Kakeru watch Takuma's back as the boy continues walking further away from them. His face calmed slightly. "I must say though, that boy acted a lot like him, don't you think? I kinda miss that stupid attitude of his."
Yuki raised his eyebrows but then he smiled. "Yeah, I miss that part of him too."
"Hey, I thought I saw something peculiar about that boy," Kakeru said loudly. Yuki frowned. Why does he have to say it out loud? Takuma was mere a few metres away from them and he could hear them clearly.
"And now someone's talking right behind my back, aloud at that!" the young Sohma mumbled heatedly. Takuma glanced at his back, walking a little slower.
"Yeah," Kakeru said. He's originally a loud person, so yes; he didn't realise that he actually is very loud at the moment. "I almost mistook him as him,you know. He does look a lot like Kyo, except that that kid's smaller. Do you think Kyo has some little brother somewhere that he didn't tell us?"
Takuma's ears perked up at this that he stopped in his tracks.
Yuki shook his head wearily. "Kyo doesn't have any siblings. His mother died when he was four or five, remember?"
"Yeah, I know that. Maybe it's just that he himself didn't know it. You know, maybe his dad had an affair or something...A kid from a mistress and all that, someone like me," Kakeru said, frowning. Yuki sighed and shook his head again. "You Sohmas are complicated. I wouldn't be surprised if something like that happens—WAHH!"
Kakeru's jacket was pulled backwards that his head was now looking at the culprit. "What? You again? Now what have I done, or should I say, NOT done this time, eh?" Kakeru pulled back his jacket from the younger boy's grip. The boy was panting, with an eager look on his face. "What?"
"You," he paused, taking a deep breath. "You said Sohma." Takuma blurted out. Yuki and Kakeru stared at him, perplexed before exchanging weird glances to each other.
"So?" Kakeru folded his arms on his chest. Takuma beamed.
"Do you know them?" he asked eagerly.
Kakeru's left eyebrow shot upwards. "And why would I tell a rude pipsqueak like you, huh?"
Takuma sweats. He then looked on the ground, growling. "Look, I'm sorry about just now, okay? I really had a bad morning today and it keeps getting on and on and on..." He looked up at both of them again, "please, just answer a few questions and then I'll be off."
Kakeru made a face, mocking him. Takuma fumed in anger but held it patiently still. Yuki however, smiled pleasantly at the younger boy. "It's fine, don't mind him, he's always like this." Yuki ignored Kakeru's protests as he tilted his head, looking straight at the boy. "So, what do you want to know?"
"Well, I am a—" he paused, "well, I am related to the Sohmas, but I don't know them. Um...I'm actually looking..." he said slowly, "...for someone..."
"Oh, really? Who is it?" Yuki asked him politely. Kakeru stood by him, listening intently.
"Well, I don't exactly know," he frowned. "I asked a few Sohma friends, but she said she didn't know and is still trying to help...um...her name's Kisa, she has bright hair, bright eyes, pre—"
"You know Kisa?" Now Yuki is the one frowning.
"She's a friend at school. I also know Hiro. That bratty guy...I hate him." Kakeru chuckled hearing this. Yuki nodded. "You know him too?"
"They're my cousins, well, close enough to cousins, I think..." Yuki mumbled.
"Hey, you're a Sohma too?" Yuki nodded his head again. "Yes, my name is Sohma Yuki. This guy over here is my stupid friend, Manabe Kakeru." Kakeru scowled.
"So, you can tell me right? Can you help me find this person? I wanna see him. I actually want to know who he is..." Takuma's face enlightened with happiness which both Kakeru and Yuki never thought they'd see coming out from a boy's face.
Yuki and Kakeru were amazed by the boy sudden change of mood. "Okay," Yuki said slowly. "I'll try to help you the best way I can, though I think I have the right to know who I'm helping at the moment." Yuki stared at the flushed boy. Takuma stuttered at he looked directly into Yuki's silver eyes. He gulped. Takuma knew Yuki is kind in every way, but he also admit that this person is very intimidating and powerful, even for someone who looked so feminine.
"I-I am Takuma. My name is Sohma Takuma." He stared at the floor as he said this. Yuki was taken aback at this.
"So, you're a Sohma too, huh?" asked the former rat, smiling. Takuma nodded. "I'm, uh...I'm looking for someone from the Sohma family. He didn't know about me though, and I must be honest with you guys. I didn't even know this person's name. I know it's stupid trying to find someone without knowing anything about them but I'm desperate." He said all this in one breath, lucky for him, both Yuki and Kakeru caught every word.
"Well, it is hard to find someone without any clue of who that person is," Kakeru said.
"I have very minor details of him. I don't know whether it'd be helpful enough." Kakeru gestured for him to continue. "I'm looking for my brother. He's older than me by four years. About his looks and appearance, I don't have any information on that. B-but I know that he's tall and pretty looking, because I was told the Sohmas tend to be that way," Kakeru smirked at Yuki, who frowned.
Kakeru stood thinking for a while. "Like you said, the Sohmas have pretty faces," he coughed, "Yuki." And he cleared his throat. Yuki's face burned. "Ehem, well, since that fact is very well known, I'm sure you understand the possibility of finding your brother is going to be pretty much slim, don't you think?" Takuma nodded his head.
"We need more information on this matter, because you see, the Sohma family consists of a very large bunch of people. I'm sure you're aware of this," said the silver purple haired young man.
The three of them stood quiet, apparently thinking. At long last Takuma spoke, "do you know anyone by the name Sohma Chie?"
Yuki's eyes widened. He exchanged glances with Kakeru. "What about Sohma Chie?" Yuki asked slowly.
"Well, she's..um...well, she's..." Takuma hesitated, uncomfortable. Yuki stared at the younger boy before him, waiting for his answer. "She's...a family member."
"And?" Yuki urged him to continue. He had a feeling that this boy knew something they didn't.
Takuma shook and stuttered again. "S-she's...she's...my aunt."
"Your aunt?" Kakeru repeated him. After a moment he asked Takuma, "how old are you?"
"Seventeen...why?"
"That's makes this guy twenty-one or something..." he counted out his fingers. "...our age..." he said to Yuki. Yuki then walked closer to Takuma, making him shuddered.
"I need you to tell me exactly who are you looking for Takuma-kun."
Yuki's eyes seemed like they're penetrating the insides of Takuma, scanning him inside out. Takuma stuttered again as he tries to speak. "I-I...I am looking for...um..."
"Tell me, Takuma-kun, and I'll help you find this person."
"I..." Takuma glanced at the beautiful yet scary boy, he bowed his head, hiding his eyes under his bangs, "I'm looking for my older half-brother. Sohma Chie was his mother, my aunt." The boy's body shook as he told Yuki this.
Yuki stared at the boy. I know now, who's responsible for all of this.Yuki closed his eyes and opened them a few moments later. "I know who you're looking for," Takuma looked back up. Yuki then brought his face closer to the boy's, "but I need your help on something in return."
Yuki's eyes penetrated him again and again that Takuma had no choice but to nod his head. "Come, I'll show you that person. Kakeru, are you coming?" Kakeru, who was standing at the side watching the other two, smirked. "If that is what you wish, your highness..." He then followed.
I'll get you for this.Yuki formed a tight fist, ready to kill any moment; his eyes were murderous enough to spark out lasers out of them. I'll definitely get you for this!
SOHMA ARASHI!
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