Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ After This You'll Wish I did Kill You ❯ Chapter 9

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"M-Mad..?" He tilted his head as he pushed himself up enough to look up at her, seeming to struggle to hold up his own weight.

 

"... You came after me you wanted to kill me." She spoke sadly.

 

"W... What..?" He seemed shocked, surprised, his fists clenching against the floor as he soon remembered Akito yanking off the beads. "T-That bastard..."

 

"... Kyou-kun." She spoke sadly. "... I'm sorry that I made you mad... Tell me what I did so I don't do it again..."

 

His head shook softly as he tried to push himself up, "You've done nothing... That bastard... Akito... he's to blame... for everything..."

 

"... Why did you get so mad at me though... Why did you try to kill me." She laid down unable to keep herself up.

 

"I'm not mad at you Tohru, and I didn't try to kill you... you know that... you know it's not me..."

She nodded sadly as she looked up to him. "... Kyou why did I turn this way...?"

 

"What do you mean," he asked, still trying to push himself up onto his feet and get his eyes and hearing to focus, still obviously weakened from the expense of energy from the transformation.

 

"... Why did I turn into a cat when you tried to kill me?"

"Turn into a cat... what do you mean? That's not possible, I'm the only..." he cut himself off when he finally managed to get to his knees and lean against the bed, looking down at her.

 

She looked to him weakly her eyes feeling with tears. "... Did I do something wrong Kyou...?"

His head shook softly side to side as he looked down and away from her, "I told you... you didn't do anything... That's not me, and I don't know why..." She tried to get up trying to crawl to him only to fall short the bandages around her were soaked threw with blood.

 

"Tohru..." he spoke in a hushed tone, sadness in his eyes as he reached out and placed his hands on her to make her stay laying down. "Don't try to move... you need to rest and heal... I... I'm so sorry..."

 

"... Kyou can you hold me please... I really want you to hold me right now..." She spoke sadly trying to stay up against his hand. Kyo slowly climbed up on the bed and lay beside her, careful not to get against her and cause her to be hurt. She licked his hand softly as she she rested her head on his arm. She let out a soft purring sound as she did.

 

Kyo closed his eyes and closed his arms around her lightly, drawing her up close against him. "I'm so sorry..."

 

"Its ok... Just please don't leave me..." She closed her eyes slowly as she licked his chin.Nodding softly, he slowly brushed one hand over her back, his other hand holding her small form against his chest lightly. She flinched in pain as he ran over one of her tender cuts.

Feeling her flinch, he pulled his hands away and sighed softly, his head falling. "I'm so sorry..."

"... Its ok you didn't know..." She tried to smile.

 

"I tried to stop him... I really tried, I threatened to kill him, but he took the beads and I was lost in darkness..."

 

"... I guess you won't have to worry about that anymore... I'm the new cat..." She smiled a little brighter. "... You won't be locked away anymore you'll be able to be with your master..."

 

Kyo's head shook slightly as he kept her near. "No... I won't be with my master. Because, as I said... I won't leave you, ever..."

 

"... Kyou your free please be happy..." She spoke sadly closing her eyes.

 

"I can... and will be... here by your side... If you will allow me to be so," he said quietly as he closed his eyes, sadness in his voice, fearing that he'd hurt her to the point that he would lose her.

 

"... I'll stay until I have to be locked away." She rested against him she took on his responsibilities as the cat and didn't whine or fuss about snything about it.

 

"That won't happen... I won't allow it," he said defiantly. "He's done enough to punish us both, I won't let him take you from me..."

 

She nodded slowly as she curled in a ball falling asleep. "... I love you..."

 

He spoke nothing in return, merely holding the girl as she drifted away to sleep in his arms, his mind racing with events that slowly returned to him.

 

She slept soundly her wounds slowly healing. Footsteps could be heard then a gentle shake to the former cat. "... Kyou wake up I need to talk with you..."

 

Kyo's eyes slowly openned as he was shook, a slight grumble escaping him as he tilted his head up and eyed the dog. "What do you want..?"

 

"Where's your bracelet do you have it with you?" He asked leaning down so he was eye level with the cat.

 

Kyo's head shook slowly, his eyes tilting down, "Akito took it... took it to force me to attack her, because he knows I am unable to control that form... he did this to her..."

 

"... You need to get it back if you don't she will suffer the same fate as you when that bracelet is takening away."

 

"How the hell do you expect me to do that..? Walk right in and take it back..?" Kyo sighed softly as he looked down.

 

She shifted in her sleep as the two talked. "... I'll go have a talk with him and se if I can get the bracelet... Just hold her or let Yuki hold her..."

 

"I'll keep her like this..." he said with a tone that spoke volumes for his lack of trust in allowing any of the other two within five feet of her.

 

"Just be careful Kyou." Shigure stood petting Tohru's head softly causing Tohru to let out a soft purr.

 

"I'm always careful," he said as he held the girl softly against him. She slept stilently as she purred her pawing clawing at his shirt.

 

Kyo lay there, watching her as she clawed at his shirt. He hated seeing her like this, knowing what it was like to be the cat himself, he hated knowing she too would now have to go through that. Shigure left the room sliding the door closed as best he could. Tohru snuggled close her bandages coming loose. Kyo kept the cat close to himself, hugging her to keep her from changing back since she was not wearing any beads.

 

She woke later in the morning feeling the sunlight hit her furry face. She slowly slipped from Kyou's arms heading to the foot of the bed toward the light.Slowly Kyo lifted his head when he felt the girl slip away, "Tohru... come back," he whispered, reaching out towards her. She limped back to him laying down resting her head on his arm looking to him playfully as one of her bandages slip over her left eye.Slowly he reached down and placed his hand on her head, pushing the bandage out of the way before folding the arm around her to hug her lightly.

"Kyou... I want to lay in the sun I have this need to.." She spoke barely above a whisper looking up to him she looked better now.

 

"I know... but until Shigure gets back... I need to keep you close..."

 

She tilted her head to the side. "Why?" She bit his arm playfully.

 

"Because..." he said as he looked down at her, slightly saddened, "you don't have any prayer beads... and without them, I have to keep you in this form... or you'll become..." His words came to a halt, his eyes diverting away from her, not wanting to tell her that she'd become a monster. Her teeth slipped away from his hand as she slipped close to him licking his cheek gently trying to comfort him.

 

"So you see now... why I can't let you go right now..?"

 

She nodded lightly. "You don't want me to look ugly."

 

"It's not that... I just, don't want you to have to go through what I know it's like..."

 

She licked his lips gently as she made herself comfortable. "... Kyou I don't want you to hate me if you see me as a monster..."

 

"That wouldn't happen, ever... You stood by me, stayed near me, even as the thing I became broke your body down... tried to kill you..."

 

"I knew you loved me, I carry your child don't I?" She tilted her head slightly. "... I know we haven't tested, but I feel like I am."

Kyo smiled a bit, and he pulled her near, "I do love you Tohru..."

 

She smiled. "And I love you very much." She bit his nose, swating at him wanting to play now.Smiling, as well as giving a soft chuckle, he placed one hand on the back of her head and scratched between her ears. Her eyes closed as she purred loudly moving toward his hand.He smirked slightly, watching her reaction, knowing that he too enjoyed that touch most when he was in that form. She rolled over on her back wanting her belly rubbed now.Chuckling slightly, he began to gently scratch at her stomach, running his fingers ticklingly up and down the soft fur.

The door openned Yuki walking in with some new bandages and breakfast for Tohru. He stopped when he saw Kyou. "Haven't you done enough." He spoke coldly.

 

Kyo's eyes narrowed when he heard the words of the rat, "No, I haven't. I forgot to do anything to you, so I guess my job's unfinished. Leave the stuff and get the hell outta my room."

 

"You can't do anything to me now, I'm surprised your still here I bet Akito forces you out of her." He sat on the bed setting the bandages on the nightstand. Tohru slipped from Kyou's arms and into Yuki's lap wanting the fish he had made for her.

 

Kyo growled as he sat up and tugged her and the plate of fish into his lap, "Don't you get it you idiot? If she transforms now, she, like I did, will tear this place apart. I have to hold onto her, to keep her this way until Shigure gets back."

 

Tohru whimpered in pain from how he grabbed her. "... Kyou your hurting me..." She looked to him tears filling her eyes. "... I was with Yuki I wouldn't change would I?"

 

"You're the cat now... Only the members of the zodiac are able to touch each other without transforming... In his arms you can change back... in mine you can't..."

 

She slowly nodded sadly looking to Yuki who spoke up. "Here at least hold her while I tend to her wounds."

 

"I don't plan on letting her go at all 'til Shigure gets back with some prayer beads..." he said as he held the girl softly within his hands and arms.

 

"... Kyou look at your hands your making her bleed..." He spoke sadly leaning in close to Tohru who was now bleeding from Kyou grabbing her.

 

"It's not my fault... but I had to keep her from transforming and you just had to come in here and try to take her. You were signing your own death certificate."

 

"I only wanted to help her!" He yelled moving onto the bed closer taking her old bandages off.

"By making her turn into that... evil thing... and kill us, so that she'll wanna die when she changes back?"

 

"I thought you had the bracelet near here kyou." He started replacing her bandages.

"No... Akito took it from me, that's why I did what I did here... Without it, I'm not in control..."

 

"... You two don't have to be mad at each other anymore..." She spoke softly looking between the two boys.

 

"I have no reason to not hate him... it goes beyond just the zodiac..."

 

"Why what did Yuki do to?" She wanted understand now, she was going to live the curse of the cat and she wanted know why Kyou hated Yuki so much.

 

"It goes way back..." he said softly as he held her lightly, "and frankly, I don't wanna talk about it."

 

"Then will I grow to hate Yuki... Will you Yuki grow to hate me...?" She looked scared now, Yuki couldn't answer her.

 

Kyo looked down and away, "Doesn't really have a lot to do with the Zodiac itself... it's something more."

 

"... You didn't answer my question..." She spoke in a sadder tone.

 

"I don't know, I don't think the Zodiac has anything to do with my hatred for him... I can't be so sure about the other way around though."

 

Yuki looked away when Tohru looked at him he tried his best to focous on her wounds. "... The deal with Akito might stand still..."

 

"Akito's a bastard, plain and simple... making a deal with him is like making a deal with the devil, you can't win." Kyo sighed softly and lifted Tohru up, "Stay away from him... no matter what, you stay away from him. He doesn't have to know about this, unless Shigure messes up and tells him... I'll be the one to go see him in the need arises."