Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ A Place to Belong ❯ Akito's Wrath ( Chapter 9 )

I do not own Fruits Basket! Hi everyone! I am not sure if this will be the last chapter or not. I may have to split it into two chapters to get everything out. Please read and review, it is always inspiring to get reviews, and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy

Akito circled the girl on the bed. Tohru didn't know what to say or do. She was frightened, her encounters with Akito were never very good, and he seemed awfully angry this time. "Why don't you ever give up?" he asked her. "Why do you stay around our family and infect everyone like a virus. You know that's what you are right? Nothing but a virus. Do you think you could be happy forever playing house with Yuki? I gave you chances to leave, but you didn't take any of them. Baka girl." With that last line he spit on the ground right next to her.

"Akito-san, I don't know what I did to upset you so much…" Tohru began but was cut off by a slap in the face. She held her surprised scream, not wanting to worry the people she was sure were waiting outside. "Please Yuki, be safe." She thought.

"You don't know? You don't know…how incredibly sweet. In the very short time you have been acquainted with us you have ruined everything I worked my entire life for. They have hope now. Hope that the curse will be broken. They think an idiot like you can save us." He slapped her over and over now, blood starting to fall from her swollen lips.

"Akito-san," Tohru said with difficulty, "Why are you against the curse being broken? I don't think I can break it, I am not that great, but wouldn't it make you happy? Why would you want to live with the curse?"

Akito threw her off the bed and kicked her before answering. "This curse gives me a purpose. I have a place to belong. I am a God here, so why would I want you to change that? I should be feared. If there were no curse where would I be? I would be nothing, like you." He continued the abuse of the girl. If she wouldn't walk away from them then Akito was going to make sure she was out permanently.

Kagura ran around in the rain trying to find Yuki. There was no sign of him anywhere. She had spoken to Misa, who explained the whole thing to her. Misa felt terrible, and Kagura wanted to console the girl, since she also knew what it was like to lose your love. Now of course, with Kyou at her side, she had never been happier, but she understood Misa's position. The rain was getting heavier, and visibility was almost none. She ran to the school, decorations bright and music playing loudly. "Damn the masquerade theme!" swore Kagura. After a run through though, she determined Yuki was not there. She heard a voice behind her and she turned around quickly.

"Ka..Kagura-san, I want to help too!" Momiji said breathlessly. She had never seen Momiji out of breath, and realized just how much Momiji cared for Tohru. In a lot of ways, she had probably replaced his mother. They made up their routes and went off trying to find Yuki.

Yuki was running around with Hanajima and Arisa all over the town searching for Tohru. "Where can she be?" he asked the two girls. They didn't respond, and they also decided to go their own separate ways figuring the more ground they could cover the better.

Hanajima was running down an alley when she heard a scream. "Hanajima-san!!" came a high-pitched voice.

"Momiji-kun, have you seen Tohru?" Hanajima asked hopefully. The young boy looked soaked and tired. She wondered what he was doing out here.

"Hai! Have you seen Yuki?" he asked.

Hanajima breathed a sigh of relief. "Hai, we are meeting back up in ten minutes. Where is Tohru-kun?"

Momiji shook his head nervously, "We don't have 10 more minutes! We need to find Yuki now!" Momiji was getting panicky, "I can explain on the way, but we have to get Yuki!" He grabbed her hand and off they ran, Hanajima explaining where Yuki was searching.

Kagura had also bumped into Arisa, and just about the same conversation took place with them. Momiji, Kagura, Arisa, and Hanajima all met up and went to find Yuki. There was a frenzied pace, even though Arisa and Hanajima didn't know about the curse, or Akito, they understood Tohru was in trouble.

Yuki was breathing heavily, slumped against a wall. His bronchi always acted up in bad weather, and he was really pushing himself tonight. He couldn't find Tohru anywhere, and all he wanted to do was explain to her how much she meant to him. Not Misa, no one else but Tohru. He cursed being a Souma. So many complications as if love wasn't complicated enough on its own. He heard a commotion and looked up to see Kagura running towards him with Momiji behind her. Hanajima and Arisa were also running. "Kagura, Momiji! Have you seen Tohru?"

Kagura noticed how sick Yuki was starting to look. "Yuki I am going to carry you, we don't have a lot of time to waste. We need to get back to the main house quickly." Without waiting for a response she picked the boy up and they started running back to the house. Kagura explained as much as she could, with Momiji throwing in a few details. They reached the gates and Yuki demanded to be put down. He ran inside and was greeted by Haru. He was waiting with a towel, and brought Yuki to the door where Tohru's room was. Shigure, Kyou and Ayame were sitting on the floor, all with a sad look. Hatori came through carrying his bag.

"Why are you all sitting there?" Yuki yelled. "Why aren't you doing anything?" he looked disgusted at them all, letting Tohru be alone with Akito.

"Idiot! Don't you think we have? It won't work, the door won't move." Said Kyou. "I think it is waiting for you."

Yuki looked at his rival. He had a feeling what he said was true. Yuki started to feel a power in the air like nothing he had ever felt before. Something was changing; he just hoped he wasn't too late. "I am going to get that door open, and Akito or no Akito, Tohru had better be ok." Yuki thought, "If I don't have her, then I have nothing to lose anyways."

Tohru couldn't believe the pain that racked her body. It was so strong, filled with so much hate. Her vision was blurry, she could barely breath. She couldn't even understand what Akito was saying. She kept thinking of her mother, always cheerful, and always strong. She thought of Uo-chan and Hana-chan, both strong in their own ways. She thought of the Souma clan, all with their beauty and inner strength, and of course Yuki. She felt a calmness come over her when she thought of him. He had shown her so much, she could be happy knowing she was able to truly love him.

Akito noticed the calm look on the girls face. He lifted her up and threw her against the wall. "Why don't you give up now!" He saw a tear fall from her eyes. "Yes, cry! Cry for me, beg me to stop!" he began slapping her again with renewed speed.

"I am crying because I am happy. Even if I die here, now, I was blessed with all the people in my life, and I was able to love. That is a full life, and I am grateful. Akito-san, I feel so bad, having all that anger in your heart. Let it out, but after this let happiness replace the anger. Learn to love, it is so much better." She smiled painfully at him. His hand was raised in the air, and it stopped. He was confused about her words.

"How can you smile at me now? How can you ask me to love, sacrificing yourself to me?" he asked softly. Just then there was a BANG as the door flew open. Yuki stood there, anger in his eyes, smoking gun in his hands.

"Get away from her Akito, get far away so I can end you and end all this now." He glanced at the broken figure of Tohru and almost cried. But he had to finish this once and for all.

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