The Taming of Gods

An Akito X OC fanfiction story. Please leave a review. NB: In this fanfiction, Yuki, Kyo, Saki and Arisa are 18 year old seniors. Although Meda enrolled as a senior with them, she is actually a couple of years older and Akito is 21- a year older than Meda herself.

Musical inspiration: She's so lovely by Scouting for Girls

Chapter 2

School was a breeze for Meda. She had already passed out of high school once before, back in America, and despite the work being slightly harder in Japan, her quick mind and previous experience meant she faced no difficulties. She'd soon become friends with Saki and Arisa, who could surprisingly relate to her quite well.

'American, huh? Sounds pretty cool! I've always wanted to visit America.' Arisa said, a vague expression on her face.

'Ah, you haven't been? I heard a few of those fan club girls calling you Yankee and with that blonde hair, I rather presumptuously assumed you were half American.' Meda admitted in an apologetic tone.

'Nah. They call me yankee because I used to be in a gang. It's a term to describe thug life.' She said dismissively.

'A gang? Really?' Meda asked curiously. While they girl was headstorng and loud, Meda had never pinned her to join a gang. She could tell intuitively that Arisa had a pure, kind heart.

'Yep. But that's all in the past. Tell me more about yourself.'

'Yes, Meda. I sense your waves are different, but you exude a goodness and purity that is almost overpowering to intercept.' Saki said in a tranquil voice that matched Meda's own soft tone. In fact, the two were rather similar, Arisa noticed suddenly. Both Meda and Saki had an air of unruffled tranquility, although where Hanajima had an almost creepy, and dangerously powerful aura, Meda seemed far less dangerous. The key word being 'seemed'.

Although Meda appeared like the least threatening thing in the world, her powers were more extensive than she let on, though she would never use them for evil or selfish intents. Hanajima sensed this radiance that came from her selfless generosity and purity, and remarked about it to Arisa.

'Her waves are so different-'

''What, you mean like the Sohma's waves?' Arisa cut her off.

'No. It's unlike anything I've ever sensed before. Pure and refreshing. I like her.' Saki decided with certainity.

'Hey, if you trust her then it's good enough for me.' Arisa agreed, trusting her friend's intuition.

And that's how Meda unwittingly befriended the two girls who were become some of her closest friends, although she did not know it quite yet.

Meda hummed gently as she moved around the kitchen, cooking that night's dinner. It had been five weeks since Yuki had so generously accepted her into his home and she had assimilated seamlessly into their closed off little world. Shigure marvelled at the subtle changes she had brought about in the boys. For example, these days Yuki and Kyo Kyo had the courtesy to take their altercations outside so as to inflict minimal damage on his beloved home, after the first couple of times when Meda had stayed up half the night repairing their damages.

'Kyo, could you please chop the spring onions for dinner?' Meda asked sweetly.

'Why do I gotta do it? I got better things to do with my time than chop some damn onions.' He grumbled. However, when Meda moved wordlessly to do the task herself, he felt a trange stab of guilt in his stomach. Frowning slightly, he took the knife from her hand and gently pushed her aside muttering, 'Just this once.'

A few days later, he realised that she had never once asked for his help again, balancing the mountainous number of household chores all by herself. One time, after he caught her struggling to manage the dish cooking on the stove and the rice that was boiling on the other side of the kitchen, he couldn't take it any longer and stepped in.

'Stupid girl- if you can't manage all of it by yourself, why don't you ask one of us- it's not like we're that incompetent.' He scowled at her.

'Oh no, Kyo! That's not it at all. I didn't want to bother you- it's fine really. I'm sure you have more important things to worry about.' She said sincerely, giving him one of her sweet and simple smiles. Remembering the time he'd grumbled at her about helping chop some onions, Kyo felt an immediate wave of shame. He blushed bright red and from that day forth, Meda found, to her surprise, no matter what task she was doing, Kyo was instantly by her side, assisting in whatever way he could. Although she genuinely didn't mind doing the chores by herself, she was touched by his kindness, even though it was only Yuki and Shigure who really understood how out of character it was for him to be so obliging. Although Kyo would die before he admitted it, he really did have a soft spot for that "damn girl" as he referred to her.

Yuki was no less besotted by her. After the first time he had showed her his secret vegetable garden, his awe of her and her powers had increased tenfold. Meda had an affinity for nature: with it being so closely linked with healing, her talents extended to caring for and enhancing the beauty and nature allaround her. Yuki's discerning eye spotted that just her mere presence caused the plants and vegetables in the garden to perk up ever so slightly. Her extensive knowledge of plants and how to care for them had brought a great improvement upon his humble little dirt patch. As a way of thanking her he decided to grow some strawberries.

'Oh Yuki! How absolutely wonderful! They're my favourite fruit, you know.' She gave him one of those sincere, heart-faltering smiles that left him grinning like a fool for the rest of the day.

Although the boys practically worshipped her, meda remained in almost comical ignorance, mistaking their adoration for mere friendship. She had a tendency to paint the world in a better light: she always saw the inner good in evryone, taking even the slightest of actions to be acts of immense kindness. Kyo always grumbled about how she was just too damn nice for her own good.

'Silly girl. Can't she see that someone can easily take advantage of her good nature and betray her. She needs to learn to stop romanticizing everyone like that. People are evil or they aren't. Like Akito.' Kyo shuddered as he thought about how Akito had tormented him over the years. So far the three of them had managed to keep her away from the Honke, under some excuse or another. They couldn't let Akito get his dirty clutches on her. They treated her like she was a flower herself- a dainty delicate beauty in danger of being broken if handled too roughly. Although Meda admired and was grateful for their protectiveness, it did sometimes get on her nerves. She never let a hint of it show though. They thought she was completely ignorant and unaware of the fact that they were trying to keep her away from Akito, but Meda had caught on to their plan immediately. Her curiosity was instantly piqued. What was it about the head of their family that meant they were so eager to keep her away from him, at all costs?

It was time to meet this Akito Sohma. It seemed that he was the key to unlocking this Zodiac Curse and Meda wasn't going to be dissuaded.

AN: Guess we'll see Meda's first interaction with Akito in the next chapter. Hmmm… I wonder how that's going to turn out hehe ;). Don't forget to leave a review!