Epidemic (of Darkness)
Chapter 4
A/n: I'm so tired right now, but…I…must keep…typing… faints and begins to snore
"Hi there, it's Tohru Honda! Poor Dark'sangel has fallen asleep. I feel a little bad for her, she keeps getting this amazing ideas for new stories and she wants to write them but sometimes she gets writer's block and cant think of anything. But this one seems to go by swimmingly! Anyway I know she would want me to thank you for all your support and to tell you she's written a Loveless fic. Aoyagi-kun is so cute! Anyway, please enjoy this chapter and we both appreciate it very much that you have read this story out of the thousands of others!
Disclaimer: she does not own Fruits basket but would like to say She so owns Freederth-chan and has strapped her to a chair with some contraption that keeps her eyelids open so she has to read more and more Kyoru fics! Bwhahahahahahahaha. Yes, that's what she told me to say. Ahem. Tohru skips off to pick flowers and such
She winced as the rough fingers tightened around her slender throat. She coughed, saliva running down her chin. "Please!" She coughed, choked.
"Please…what?" The man's eyes closed to slits, he laughed inwardly, amused with his new found toy. "Say it You dumb bitch!"
Shia coughed harder, hacking. "Pl…please sir! Fuck me…fuck me harder!" She forced out. The man chortled with enjoyment. He flung Shia to the other side of the tent. She was too tired to catch herself, her body skidded across the dirt floor, scraping her sides making fresh wounds. The small cuts turned red and some actually bled.
Brom was definitely enjoying himself. He quivered with laughter as he sauntered over to the broken girl. Tears fell from her emerald eyes. Making it more pleasurable for him. "You know why this is happening?" He snickered as he grabbed a fistful of his "doll's" hair.
Shia winced when the burning from the pain worsened. "It's that stupid bitch sister of yours. Tohru Honda." Shia's heart skipped a beat. Where was Tohru?
"what…are you talking about?" Shia asked out of curiosity and to help her focus on something besides the pain.
Brom opened his mouth and let out a huge chuckle. "Because she almost got me fucking killed by my captain on the way back here. Because of her I was ordered at stay here while my captain and squad get to go out and fight. Because of her, I was bored. So, because of this Tohru Honda you're getting beaten and raped.
Shia's eyes widened. "And…she isn't even here to help you out of such predicaments." He laughed again, slapping her cheek so hard it immediately was bruised. "And to think, if she had just let us kill you two at the beginning you would've been happy dead! But no, she wanted to live."
"No! She did it for me! Because I don't want to die! Not yet not like this!" Shia retaliated.
"Ha! She didn't do it for you. The minute she laid her eyes on Kyo-sama she wanted a piece of him."
"That orange haired guy?" Shia asked. Brom had finally released and just started to talk.
"Yup, he's my captain. And no woman can run from his looks. But for some odd reason he's never interested in any of the women here." He pondered to himself. "Maybe, he's gay?"
"Gay…like homosexual?"
"No shit." he laughed at her stupidity.
"You mean…like he likes guys?" Shia continued, which made Brom agitated.
"I was joking you dumb ass bitch." Brom slammed her into the floor as he crouched over her. "You say anything bad about my captain and I'll kill you." The morbid man laughed. He then positioned himself at her entrance. Just as he was about to fuck the living daylights out of her a familiar silver haired boy strutted into the tent.
"Am I interrupting Brom?" Yuki arched his eyebrows and smirked. Brom was frozen shocked.
"Uh…N-no sir!" He quickly redressed himself and stood at attention.
"At ease." Yuki ordered. Brom did as told and quickly relaxed. Yuki looked Shia up and down quickly, her naked body was bruised and scraped. "You are…"
"This is Shia Honda, sir." Brom answered and Yuki glared at the man.
"Can Shia-san not answer for herself?" Yuki asked, his features terrifyingly serious.
"S-Sorry sir." Brom tensed. Yuki seemed much more agitated than usual. Brom wondered what might have happened.
"Shia-san you're the sister of Honda-san I presume?" Yuki asked as he wrapped a cloak around her naked body.
"Er-Yes I am." Shia nodded, blushing at his beautiful features.
"Brom." The man jumped at the sound of his name. "Why don't you give Shia-san a bath and some good clothes. Maybe some food and a drink of water."
"Y-yes sir! Right away!" Brom bowed.
"Oh, and Brom? Give the girl a break. You know the rules, we have to take good care of the women." Yuki began to walk out of the tent when Shia stopped him. She had somehow ran to his side and took a hold of his shirt. "Yes?" He smiled and took her hand in his.
"Um…Sohma-sama…thank you." She bowed. Yuki smiled and raised her hand to his mouth.
"It was a pleasure meeting you Shia-san." His lips lightly touched her skin before he let her hand drop to her side. Shia's heart raced as he sauntered away.
"Come on Shia, let's get you cleaned up." Brom grabbed her dainty hand and dragged her to the small washing area and began to clean her up. He ordered a few other girls to help him and sent a few more to get clothes and food.
-- -- -- --
Akito stared at the crimson colored rose as he twirled it between his index finger and thumb. Shigure sat next to his "god" reading an old scroll while Hatori smoked a cigarette.
"It's unusually balmy today." Hatori commented. A light breeze blew through all three of their black tendrils. The sun was covered by a huge, puffy cloud and the warm air wasn't that thick. Shigure looked up and saw their horses grazing and white doves flew across the sky above them.
"You're right Ha'ri! It's a wonderful day. Don't you think Akito?" They looked at the scowl on Akito's face. He said nothing, Akito continued to stare at the rose. Suddenly he gripped the stem tightly, the deep red color of blood dripped down his fingers and the stem of the flower.
Akito gasped at the sight of his own blood. "Tsk. Now look what you've gone and done. You hurt yourself and the poor flower." Shigure grabbed Akito's hand while Hatori went to work on cleaning it and bandaging the wound.
The rose flew through the air and was blown farther and farther away as the breeze captured it. "Damn flower." Akito sighed and climbed into Shigure's lap. "Play with my hair Shigure." he ordered.
Shigure smiled and happily obliged. He ran his fingers through Akito's black strands repeatedly. "So how's Yuki-kun doing?" Hatori shook his head back and forth and rolled his eyes at his stupid cousin. Akito moved away from Shigure and scowled.
"Why do you care about how my Yuki is?! It's none of your god damn business really! How dare you ask me about my rat! You stupid mutt I swear you're so god damn pathetic and you're always so nosy!" Shigure just smiled as Akito ranted on.
"Quit fucking smiling! What's so god damn funny?!" Akito slapped Shigure's cheek. The dog rubbed it thoughtfully as it turned a light red.
"Ouch, that was mean." Shigure stuck out his bottom lip.
"Quit mocking me you fucking bastard!" Akito raised his hand but stopped at the sound of two pairs of footsteps approaching him. All three of them looked at their company. Hatori froze with shock. "Oh you're back Kyo-kun." Akito's hand fell to his side and he sat back down. "Please, have a seat. You too, Honda-kun." Tohru bowed and sat next to Kyo. The minute her eyes moved up to look at Akito her gaze met with Hatori's.
"H-Hatori-san!?" Tohru practically yelled his name as she stood. The other three men looked at Tohru and back to Hatori who was also standing up.
"Tohru-kun! You're alive!" Relief swam through the dragon as he briskly walked over to her. "Thank god you're alright! How have you been? How long have you been here?!"
"Hatori-san I'm so glad to see you again I've been so scared and Shia she's in--" Tohru shut her mouth and plopped down next to Kyo, her eyes lowered to the grass beneath her.
"Hatori what is the meaning of this? You know this girl?" Akito demanded an answer.
"Yes, I was staying at her house for a month or two before I had come here." Hatori answered calmly. He slunk back down to the ground next to Shigure, who seemed to really be enjoying this sudden turn of affairs.
"Tohru, we'll talk about this later, go help get lunch ready." Kyo ordered. Tohru nodded and stood. She bowed to the older Sohma's and slowly walked back to the camp. Hatori looked at Kyo questioningly.
"Hatori, Honda-kun happens to be Kyo-kun's slave." Akito smirked at his dragon's reaction. "Actually, what I want to know is…does Honda-kun know about our curse?" Akito looked at Hatori then back to Kyo. "Well?"
"Yes, she does. But she knows how to hold her tongue." Kyo told Akito bluntly.
"I'll let it by this one time. But if I find out she told …I'll torture her until she's cold as ice dead." Akito scowled. "Now leave, I don't want to look at you anymore, it's making me sick." Akito waved Kyo away and the cat started back to the camp.
"Akito, I apologize for not telling you I knew her sooner." Hatori bowed.
"Apology accepted. For all you knew she was probably dead and burned to ashes like her mother." Akito smirked and ran his fingers through Hatori's hair. "I'm tired, so me and Shigure are going to go take a nap. Come Shigure."
"Alright." Shigure folded the scroll and placed into his Yukata. "See ya around Ha'ri." he patted Hatori on the shoulder and followed Akito.
Hatori's eyes lowered, a lump in his throat made it hard to swallow. "Kyoko…is dead…"
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"Tohru?" Kyo called into the tent. She was cutting some peaches and placing them into a bowl that had other fruits.
"I'm almost done." Tohru smiled. Kyo grabbed her hand that held the knife, gripping her wrist in a vice like hold. "Ouch, Kyo-kun you're hurting me."
"Why didn't you tell me you knew Hatori?!" His grip tightened even more, making Tohru drop the knife to the ground.
"You never asked!" Tohru suddenly felt scared of Kyo for the first time. She'd seen him mad and felt a little tense but his anger was usually directed at something else, now it was pointed at her.
"I never thought--" Kyo froze. He remembered the first night when he kidnapped Tohru and Shia and Tohru had said she knew about the Sohma curse. "I'm so fucking stupid." Kyo released the girl and she fell to the floor holding her bruised wrist.
'Kyo-kun sure is strong, even though he just broke his knuckles the other day he can still grip very hard.' Kyo looked at her and a pain hit his gut. He felt terrible for hurting her. He bent down and sat in front of her.
"I'm…sorry." Kyo whispered, his cheeks turning a light shade of red. "I didn't mean to hurt you." Kyo gently took her hand and raised her wrist to his lips. He placed a tender kiss on the bruise.
"It's okay." Tohru blushed profusely. "I- I should finish the lunches."
"Yeah…I'll be back later." Kyo stood and trudged out of the tent. His forehead smacked into someone else's forehead. The force knocked him to the ground.
"Kyo-kun are you okay?" Tohru ran over to him and paused. "oh, Yuki-kun good evening." She bowed her head.
"What where you're going you ass hole!" Kyo rubbed the bump protruding from his red forehead.
"You're the one who ran into me, maybe if you weren't such a tight ass you would open your eyes and actually see where you're going!" Yuki stood up and gripped Kyo's collar. "Akito wants us."
"Get you're fucking hands off of me!" Kyo pushed the rat and stood up. "Tohru don't wait up."
"Um…okay." She agreed quickly and watched the boys trudge away.
"What does he want to see us for anyway?" Kyo crossed his arms.
"How the hell should I know." Yuki burned with anger.
"You're his fuck toy you're supposed to know everything." Yuki's fist slammed into the side of Kyo's head, making the cat stumble to the dirt. "Fucking ass hole!" Kyo wiped some of the blood that dripped out of his hair.
"Shut you're fucking mouth Kyo! You don't know anything about me or Akito!" Kyo kicked his leg out and knocked Yuki's legs out from under him. The rat landed on his back, his neck shot back and his head hit the ground with a loud thud.
In a matter of seconds a circle of on lookers watched as Kyo and Yuki got into it. Kyo punched, punched, jab, kick and Yuki dodged every move. "What's wrong kitten, am I too fast for you?" Yuki taunted as he ducked under Kyo's punch.
"Ergh--shut up!" Kyo went for an upper cut, Yuki dodged but the rat wasn't quick enough to move out of the way of Kyo's leg. The kick connected to Yuki's head and sent him flying into the crowd. "Whose too fast now?" Kyo snickered.
"Sohma-sama are you okay?" Shia pressed a cold compress to his head. "This should help a little." She smiled and blushed.
"Thank you very much Shia-san." Yuki stood up, holding the compress to his bleeding head.
"What are you idiots doing?" Akito appeared in the doorway of his cabin. All the soldiers immediately dispersed and went back to their tents. Leaving Shia, Yuki, and Kyo. All three bowed. "I sent you to get Kyo-kun a while ago. Do you intend on keeping me longer?"
"My apologies Akito. Kyo was having trouble with the stick in his ass and I just thought I should help him out." Yuki smirked as Kyo sent electric glares at his cousin.
"Well that's kind of you Yuki-kun. And what about Shia Honda?"
"I saw Yuki's head wound and went to get him a cold cloth to help the pain." She bowed so low that her forehead touched the dirt.
"All's well then. Go on Shia." Akito waved her away.
"yes sir." She bowed to Kyo and Yuki before walking away. Akito sighed as Yuki and Kyo stood up.
"We need to talk." Akito said, letting the boys into his home. The cabin door shut and locked.
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"Ouch! be careful!" Rin scolded.
"Sorry Rin-sama." The woman apologized as she continued braiding her long black strands. Tohru suddenly popped into the tent.
"Good evening Rin-san."
"Hi." Rin scowled. But inside she smiled, Rin was kind of glad she made a friend that's a girl and Tohru was okay. Though she would never say that out loud. "What do you want?"
"I want to ask you a question." Tohru waited for the light nod Rin gave her. "Okay, well…do you know if Akito-san is sending Kyo-kun away?" Tohru's chest ached. She definently didn't want be left here alone.
"You know I can't tell you that." Rin winced and slapped the woman on the hand. "Ouch!"
"S-sorry you have a knot."
"I can do that for you. Please, go take a break." Tohru bowed to the woman.
"Um…" The woman looked at Rin.
"Go." Rin sighed. The woman bowed thankfully and darted out of the tent.
"Please Rin-san I need to know." Tohru began to brush Rin's hair.
"Why do you need to know so badly."
Tohru sighed. "I'm afraid to be here all alone." She admitted. Rin pulled away to look Tohru in the eyes.
"And you think you'll be safer with that idiot?" Rin asked incredulously as she ran her hands through the braided hair, making it fall apart. Tohru nodded. "Yeah, Akito is sending a huge group of people to the east gates of Orion. Supposedly the demons are camping somewhere near there and we're going to take them out." The information poured out of Rin's mouth so quickly Tohru barely caught it.
"Thank you so much Rin-san! You're the best I owe you one!" Tohru quickly embraced her and then dashed away. Rin shook her head and rolled her eyes, but a small smile flickered across her lips.
-- the next morning as the sun is rising--
Tohru locked all of Kyo's supplies onto a black horse. There were at least three blankets a tent, flint and matches, some meat and bread. She also packed medicine and aid-kits. But these went in her small bag that she drooped around her shoulder. "isn't Tohru going to be in the way?" Gaki asked as he smiled at Tohru.
Kyo scowled. "No, she'll be fine." He tightly strapped the saddle to the horse, making the stallion snort. "Sorry."
"No offence Tohru-chan I was just wondering." Gaki smiled again. This couldn't be the same man that was so cruel to Shia. Tohru stared at the empty socket. This was the man that Tohru took his eyesight from him. She didn't understand why he was so nice to her. Because of her he was completely blind in one eye.
"None taking Gaki-kun." She bowed and he bowed too, before walking away to his horse he patted her gently on the head. "Kyo-kun?" She walked over to the fuming boy.
"Hn?" He followed her gaze to the man walking away. "What?"
"Why is Gaki-kun being so nice to me, I thought he'd kill me or something." Kyo looked back to her face, staring at her beauty before he answered.
"Because he knows, if he lays a finger on you to hurt you I'll kill him. And he respects his captain enough to know he also needs to have respect for his captains--" Kyo wasn't sure how to word it.
"His captains--Tohru?" Tohru filled in Kyo's blank and giggled.
"Yeah." he smiled at her. The sun slowly rose up behind her, making her look like the angel she was. Kyo couldn't help but blush. He knew it'd be a lot more trouble with her coming with him on the journey but he didn't want to leave her here.
"Ready Kyo-kun?" Hatori asked.
"Hatori-san is coming with us?!" Tohru exclaimed with excitement. He nodded lightly, his heart sang just as loud as Tohru spoke. (which was pretty loud)
"Unfortunately, yes." Kyo sighed as Yuki walked up to them. "So is sissy boy over here."
"Who else is coming Kyo-kun?" Tohru looked at the huge crowd piling up.
"Well, Isuzu is coming, Haru-kun, Yuki-kun, the soldiers-" Hatori was suddenly interrupted.
"And me… Shia Honda." The short brown hairs blew lightly in the wind as she walked up to Tohru.
"Sh-Shia?" Tohru's heart skipped a beat as tears pricked at her chocolate eyes.
"Let's go." Kyo ordered. Her picked Tohru up and placed her on the saddle behind him. Her eyes never leaving Shia's pale face.
Uh-oh, they all have to go on a dangerous voyage and the monsters are the least of their worries. Do the math Kyo+ Yuki+ Tohru love triangle, mix it all up with a Shia and some horny soldiers. We got Rin+Haru Omygawd what am I going to do!!!!! Please R&R!!! Don't worry freederth-chan Yuki will have his time in the spot light! And for all you Haru/Rin fans out there I'll give you something spicy! And of course the kyo fans like myself will defiantly get their moments they want. Hell yeah! Hopefully the next chapter will be full of great ookie-stuff! "BELIEVE IT!" teehee Naruto!