Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ After This You'll Wish I did Kill You ❯ Chapter 12

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At Kyou's master's house

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Kyo sat quietly on the side of the bed in his boxers, looking back at the sleeping girl, wrapped up in sheets to cover her naked body. She was so peaceful looking laying there like that, it made him smile slighlty. She sifted slightly in her sleep when there was a faint knock on the boy's old room. Kyo blinked and slowly got up, walking over to the door and sliding it open partially to look out, seeing his master standing there. He waved him to follow him not wanting to risk Tohru waking up from the little activity the two had done. Nodding slightly, Kyo slowly openned the door a bit more and slipped through, sliding it closed behind him. "What is it?"

 

"You know if Akito finds out about what happened to Tohru you might not be able to keep your memories since you are no longer part of the zodiac. You are an outsider now."

 

His master looked down to him sadly. "You know you'll still be my son in my eyes."

 

"I've always been an outsider, never part of the Zodiac to begin with... so what's the difference," he mumbled as he looked down.

 

"Everyone can touch you with out trouble so Akito can cast you out into the world with out any memories of any of us and Tohru."

 

"That's why he is not to find out," he said with finality, sure set on his decision to continue his attempt to deceive the head of household.

 

"What happens the day after graduation Kyou?" He set his hand on the boy's head. "They'll come for you, but then the will notice something missing."

 

"What will be missing... I don't look any different, they'll never notice the difference. She'll be free still..."

 

He reached down to grabing the boy's wrist where the bracelet once was.

 

"Beads? Simple things... you can get them anywhere."

 

"Akito will notice if Tohru tries to stop them from taking you, she'll be wearing that bracelet."

 

Kyo shrugged slightly. "We'll both be wearing the same thing... unless they mess up and pull the beads off of her, then it'll appear as nothing more than a girl's fashion."

 

"Kyou I want you to take extra care and be cautious if they find out she's the cat they'll lock her away instead of you."

 

"I won't let them do that to her... it's my fault she's like this, and I'll continue to take responsibility for it... I'll take what is coming to me..."

 

Glass could be heard from his bedroom his master moving toward the door. Kyo quickly turned around and grabbed the door, sliding it fully open and looking in towards the bed. The sheets lay on the floor her clothes no longer at the foot of the bed. The remaining glass driped with a crimson elixer. Kyo ran over to the bed, looking at the spot where she once lay, "Tohru!?"

The curtians blew gently from the cold wind. "Come on we need to find her before something bad happens to her." Kyo didn't waste any time with words, or even with getting dressed, running to the window and leaping out of it the same way she had. Small streams of blood flowed from his shoulder, where he'd brushed the glass, but the pain was nothing compared to his worry about Tohru. The rain starting coming down hard now hiding the path she took. His master sent out people to help Kyou look for Tohru. Kyo ran blindly through the rain, having no trail to follow, only his instincts on where he thought she would go. His breathing was heavy, and he shivered with the cold of the rain on his bare flesh, but he wouldn't give up on her now, this was too important to him. She wondered through the graves searching for her mother's grave. She needed her she wanted her mother now. She made her way up the steps of her mother's grave. Slowly she laid down on the hard stone poofing into the small bundle of orange fluff. Kyo kept running through the rain, ever searching for her, his voice calling out to her as he slipped in a puddle of water and fell into the mud. Her head perked up, but she didn't move from her place on her mother's grave steps. Kyo slowly pushed himself up out of the mud and started to walk through the trees, appearing out of the shadows near the graveyard. His arms were crossed over his bare chest, holding himself tightly to try to keep warm. Tohru watched him sadly from the steps as she laid down on the steps weakly.

 

Kyo's steps were short and slightly staggered. The cold, wet air on his body was quickly taking it's toll and exhausting him. Even though he was no longer the cat, the rain still seemed to drain his energy like nothing else. "... Kyou-kun..." She whimpered sadly. "... Please don't come near me..."

 

"T-Tohru..." he said in a shivering voice, his hands clenching his arms as he held them across his chest. "What're you doing out here... alone... Wh-Why'd you run away like that..?"

 

"... If I stay... Akito will find out what happened... I don't want you to forget me..." She was shiver badly.

 

"Akito will never know... and I will never forget you..." His voice was shaky, almost confused, wondering if she'd overheard what he and his master had been discussing. She slowly turned away from him sheltering herself against her mother's grave. Kyo slowly moved closer to her and knelt down by the grave, his bare knees slightly scratched and bleeding into the water that flowed down the sidewalk beneath him, "Come home..."

 

She sat up weakly crawling into his arms. "... My mom won't be there..."

 

"She's always there... she's always right beside you..." he said in a voice, still shaky from the cold. "Please... just come home..."

 

She nodded faintly as she curled against him. "... Kyou... Is it ok to be scared...?" She looked to him with dark cat like eyes.

 

"Yea... it's ok," he said softly as he stood up slowly, holding her against his chest as if to try to provide her with some warmth, though not doing so well at it.

 

Slowly a blanket was over him his master moving in front of him. "Come on I need to get you two home before the others come to find you."

 

Kyo shivered beneath the blanket as he followed his master, holding the tiny cat against himself still, carrying her home. She had fallen asleep against his form, her fur was stained with blood from the boy and herself. Kyo's eyes closed softly as he walked along with her towards the master's home, smiling slightly that he'd found her. As soon as they reached the house his master took the small cat from him. "Kyou go get dried off and changed I'm going to tend to Tohru's wounds." Nodding, Kyo bowed and walked to the bathroom to get a towel and start drying off.

Kyou's master took her into his private bathroom pulling out a box of bandages the girl looked up to him sadly. "... I've done something bad haven't I...?"

 

Kyo's eyes closed as he dried his hair and grabbed his shirt, slowly pulling it on. He only petted her head gently as he finished picking her up and taking her to Kyou. Kyo was sitting on the edge of the bed when he arrived, his head hung low, arms laying over his legs as he shivered still. The man wrapped the little kitty into a thick blanket to keep her warm. "You two can rest in my room."

 

Kyo glanced up slowly at his master and nodded silently while looking over at the girl, "I'm sorry..."

 

The girl looked up from the blanket her eyes focoused on his. The older man rested the little cat into the boy's arms. "Come on I don't want you in this drafty room."

 

Nodding, Kyo slowly stood up, holding Tohru within his arms, not saying anything.

She reached up out of the blanket with her paw hanging onto his shirt while he walked. Kyo's head was still low, a saddened expression on his face. Tohru looked at him sadly before starting to cry not knowing what to do anymore.

 

Slowly, as they entered the room, Kyo walked over and sat on the bed still holding her in his arms. "This is all my fault... none of this would have happened if I wasn't so weak... if I hadn't let Akito take the beads..."

 

She wiggled around leaning up licking his cheek trying to comfort him now. "... You no longer have to worry... I'm the cat I took the burden you've neen caring..."

 

"But you don't deserve this... it was my punishment to bare... not your's... You were just an innocent girl that got mixed up in something she didn't have to..."

 

"... Kyou-kun..." She spoke sadly as she stared into his eyes. "I love you I'd do anything to help you... To save you...!"

 

"But not this... I can't let you go in my place," he said softly as he looked down at her still.

Tears rolled down her face. "But they wouldn't right if I have a child they can't seperate a mother from her child would they?"

 

"I don't know... I don't remember if they've ever had to make any such decisions... I don't remember a female cat..."

 

Her head slowly lowered. "... I know you would protect the baby Kyou... I bet your master will love having a little child running around..."

 

"I won't let them take you in my place... if they try... they'll have to fight me. They can't take my beads... and make me turn on you... so I've nothing to fear anymore."

 

"But they can take my beads Kyou... I don't want to turn on you like you did me..."

 

"They will have to do their worst to me before they can get to you..."

 

She nodded lightly resting her head on his chest. His hand slowly brushes over her back, down her spine and back again. "... I'm sorry I got scared and ran away from you..." She purred softly.

 

"It's never wrong to be scared... I was too... when I got close to you, because I knew Akito would target you... if I got close to you..."

 

"... Kyou I want to lay down I'm not feeling well..."

 

Nodding softly, he slowly lay her on the bed, laying the blanket over her as if she were in human form, so that she could transform back without being bundled within a blanket like a child.

"... Kyou I will always love you..." She spoke softly closeing her eyes drifting off. Nodding softly, he slowly lay down beside her, pulling the blanket over himself as well. She slept silently now resting quietly.