Chapter 10 - Splitting Up

Kyo was starting to get worried, Tohru was still on board and almost all the lifeboats were gone. He needed to find a way to get her on board. Yuki was having the same problem, Machi was refusing to go anywhere but where Yuki was going. The two needed to find a way to get them onto the boats. Meanwhile the boats stern was rapidly going under water and the boat was tipping more and more with each passing minute. Tohru clung to Kyo's shirt as she watched to horror going on in front of them. Kyo turned Tohru's face to his.

"Listen, I know you hate this, but you need to get on a lifeboat!" Tohru shook her head and Kyo shook her shoulders. "Tohru please understand!" he said his eyes flaring with concern and fear. "I know you hate leaving me, Yuki and Machi, but you need to go...for Margret!" he said his voice going dead serious. Tohru eyes popped out, her eyes began to shake with concern. 'He's right...but I just can't leave!' Tohru could feel the tears welling up in her eyes, but didn't hold back, just let them roll down her cheeks hitting the deck floor. Tohru swallowed the lump in her throat and tried to continue.

"I don't want to leave you Kyo! You're the last bit of family I have!" she said. "And I love you!" she said. Kyo swallowed hard and tried to coax her.

"Listen, as much I hate to say goodbye...we have to. It's for Margret." he said. Tohru eyes poured over with tears and she clung to her dearest boyfriend. How could she leave him? He had been with her through everything, he had protected her. Kyo began to pat her head. "Don't worry, I'll stay with that damn rat and we'll find a way to meet up with you guys." he said. Kyo looked at his pocket watch: 1:55am. Kyo is looking around and can't see Yuki or Machi anywhere. Suddenly he sees a couple holding hands dash through the croud and in front of them. Machi's eyes were puffy and red as well as Tohru's.

"Tohru!..." Machi exlaimed then took a short pause. "I think we hould get on a lifeboat." Tohru eyes grew smaller. Was she hearing right? Machi wanted to...leave? Another boom signaled that another lifeboat had been dropped into the water. "Hear me out!" she said quickly before anyone had a chance to comment. "I was talking with one of the sailors, and he said that he is loading a ship with men on the other side of the boat!" she said happily. Tohru glanced up and Kyo. Kyo looked shocked but nodded and turned to face Tohru.

"See! Now get on lifeboat!" Kyo said. Tohru looked back and forth between Machi and Kyo then slowly nodded. Kyo grabbed her hand and they dashed around the deck. Yuki and Kyo were glancing around, but there was only one lifeboat left. Kyo knew what that ment, but he continued to push forwards. He walked Tohru to the front while Yuki walked Machi to the front. The sailor took Machi's hand and sat her in the centre of the boat then placed Tohru on her right. The boat shook and Tohru quicly looked up. Yuki and Kyo were leaning over the edge of the ship watching as the boat went lower and lower. Tohru could feel the tears rolling down her cheeks, what would happen to all of them?

"Kyo..." she said under her breath. Then suddenly her voice got louder and louder. "Kyo!" she yelled. Kyo simply stared at her. "I love you!" she gulped as she managed her last words to him. "I'll see you soon!" Those same words had come out of Margret's mouth only hours before, and know she finally knew how Margret felt. Machi was in tears yelling the same wishes to Yuki as the boat finally hit the water and rowed away. Machi and Tohru squeezed eachothers hands, not knowing what would become of them, or their lovers.

"So...what's the truth?" Kyo asked Yuki once the boat was on it's way. Yuki was silent for a moment then spoke:

"There is no lifeboat for men." he spoke his voice quiet. "That boat, is the last one, there are no other boats left on this ship." Yuki said. Kyo watched as the last lifeboat drifted away from shore. He had to level is feet to keep from falling over, the ship was tilting higher and higher now. "How else were we supposed to get them onto boats?" he asked. Kyo nodded.

"There was no other way." he said in a harsh whisper. Yuki and Kyo knew what was in store for them, but they didn't know what was in store for their lovers.

Tohru fiddled with her watch with her left hand as Machi squeezed her right. They couldn't believe that somehow, they were free and safe. Tohu couldn't believe what she was seeing, the front of the ship was going under, while the back of ship was going higher and higher into the air. Machi looked at Tohru's red puffy tear streaked face and knew that she was as heartbroken as she was. Tohru opened her watch and saw the time: 2:10am, their boat had left only 5 minutes ago, but it felt like a lifetime. All that could be heard were the screams of the people jumping into the freeing water that Tohru had been in hours before, to save Margret. Tohru looked up at the stars and closed her eyes. She prayed that Yuki and Kyo would stay safe, and that Margret, was safe. Oh how she wished she could be with all of them.

"It'll be ok Tohru." Machi whispered. Tohru looked into Machi's brown eyes filled with tears. "They promised remember, promises are never broken." she said with a tear rolling down her left cheek. Tohru looked back up at the sky and continued to pray. Not just for Yuki, Kyo and Margret, but for everyone.

Meanwhile Kyo and Yuki were watching in horror as people slid down the decks and splashed into the frezzing water that was pouring over the Titanic's bow. Kyo couldn't believe what he was seeing and hearing! The screams of pain and begging for help. The crying for the lifeboats to come back, and the pain of hugging a loved one for the last time. Kyo swallowed the lump in his throat as he remember the last hug he ever had with Tohru, the girl of his dreams.

Margret was clinging onto her doll as the boat continued to row forwards, she would always look back to the ship only to see the stern go higher and higher into the air. She always saw splashes in the water and the screams of people asking for help. She couldn't believe taht Tohru, her new Mom, was in all of that chaos. She closed her eyes and looked up to the stars and prayed. Little did she know that Tohru was doing the same thing. All the wanted was to see their loved ones once more.

Yuki and Kyo began moving up closer to the stern of the ship because it was getting harder and harder to stand. They grabbed ahold of the white railing at the back of the ship and clung for their dear life. Many people had the same idea, people were holding the hands and their lovers and were running to the stern of the ship. People continued to slid down the decks and into the freezing water below. Kyo and Yuki didn't want to be one of those people. The needed to find a way to get back to Tohru and Machi safely and they needed to be alive. Suddenly the began to hear cracking sounds from the middle of the deck, and some of the wood began to tear apart from each other. The lights fliker, and then everything goes dark.

Current Time: 2:17am.

Sorry for all the new scenes, I'm trying to get a look at everyone before the ship goes down, thanks for reading and please review!