Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Blanket of Fear ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. I've had a cold so writing this has been hard. Oh! And I decided to keep writing regardless of reviews (although I really appreciate them), and just so you know, I don't hate Tohru. In fact, she's one of my favorite anime character's of Fruit's Basket, which is why I'm doing this to her. (I love tragedies.) Yeah...So here's chapter 2.

"Bye Tohru! See you tomorrow," yelled Uo.
"Yes, see you tomorrow" Hana agreed.
"Bye." Tohru waved and then turned back around to see Kyo. She ran over to him and tapped him on the shoulder. I don't know what I did to make him so angry with me...but I have to fix it. Kyo turned around to see Tohru bowing in front of him. Just the sight of her made his heart hurt.
'Umm, Kyo?"
"What?" he asked coldly. Tohru flinched and Kyo regretted his tone instantly.
"I'm so sorry for anything I did to make you mad at me. Please forgive me Kyo." Kyo wanted to forgive her but his mouth disagreed with him.
"What's it to you?" Tohru felt tears welling up in her eyes.
"I...""
"Come on, spit it out already." Does he hate me that much?
"Kyo, I lo..." Tohru was stopped as Yuki hit Kyo in the head.
"Stupid cat. What did you say that for?" Kyo just shook his head and ran off.
"I'm sorry. Forget what he said Miss Honda." Tohru just nodded her head. Kyo...I love you.
Hmmm. Kyo didn't come down to dinner tonight. I'd better take him something. He's probably on the roof. I went up and sat beside him. He ignored me and I suppressed a shiver that had nothing to do with the cold weather.
"Kyo?" Kyo turned to see Tohru staring at the full moon, tears sparkling in her eyes.
"I'm really sorry about whatever I did to make you mad at me but-" she stopped and turned her face towards him. The tears spilled over and she tentatively reached out and touched his hand. His arm tensed but she ignored it.
"But please, don't be mad at me anymore." Kyo felt terrible. How could he do that to the one person who he loved.
"I'm not mad at you."
"Y-you're not?"
"No...It's just-" he stopped. How could he confess his feelings to her after he had made her cry? After he knew she loved Akito?
"Tooohruu? Are you still up on the roof?" Tohru jumped up at the sound of Shigure's voice.
"Y-yes! I'll be down in just a minute." Tohru looked at Kyo and smiled.
"Thank you Kyo. I'm so happy that you're not mad at me." She turned and climbed off the roof. Kyo could hear Shigure's voice talking to Tohru. Never had that voice been more annoying than right now.
"Tohru? Akito called. He wants you to come over again." Tohru froze, feeling the need to run to Kyo, not knowing that at that moment he too was frozen, racked with the pain that Shigure's words had brought.
"Why?"
"He didn't say..." Shigure looked at Tohru, wondering why she looked so...anxious.
"Well, I guess I'd better be on my way." She said goodbye to everyone and began walking, lost in her own thoughts. Why does he want me to come over again? I didn't tell anyone... Tohru pondered this and decided to just give up. She took a deep breath and realized, with a start, that she was already outside the entrance to the main house. She was about to push open the doors when they opened. She gasped and took an involuntary step backwards when she saw Akito, his robes hanging loosely on his body, his hair hanging in his cold eyes.
"I'm so glad you were able to make it, Tohru." Tohru winced as Akito took a step towards her. He pulled her closer and whispered in her ear.
"I'm so happy you didn't tell anyone, I even turned Yuki's special room into a special room for you. That way, you'll be able to visit me much more now." With that he pulled away. Tohru just stood, trembling at his words.
"Well? Come, Tohru. It's cold outside. " He smirked at her and walked towards a building. tohru followed him, fighting the urge to run the whole time. Somebody has to be here today, right? She looked but she saw nobody. Oh No!
"Tohru!" Tohru turned and saw a small boy in front of her. He had blonde hair and brown eyes.
"Momigi!" Tohru exclaimed, happiness filling her heart at the sight of the bubbly youth.
"Hey Tohru, what are yo doing here?"
"I...um..."
"I asked her to come over." Momigi and Tohru looked up to see Akito walking towards them. He went up to Tohru and put his arm around her waist. Momigi just stood there, stunned. Tohru, on the other hand, had felt herself tense as soon as he had touched her.
"Momigi." They turned to see Hatori, looking at Tohru with an odd look on his face as he stared at her and Akito.
"Ah,yes. Hatori. I was wondering if you two would be so kind as to go and pick up some things for me?" He handed Hatori a folded up piece of paper. Hatori opened it and looked over the items.
"Yes. Momigi, come." Momigi looked downcast at having such a short meeting.
"Okay." Tohru watched the two walk away. No! Please don't leave! Please!
"Well, Tohru. Shall we go?" Tohru looked at Akito and nodded. He led her to a room. The room was empty except for a large bed, a clock on the wall, and a small table with a vase. In the vase was a single red rose.
"Why don't you make yourself comfortable?" Tohru nodded and sat down on the bed, knowing that that was what she was meant to do. Akito went over to the vase and looked at the rose. He turned around and gave Tohru a disapproving look.
"Now, Tohru. Why don't you go ahead and take off your clothes? I intend to do this correctly this time." Tohru felt frozen with fear.
"Tohru. Do it now or do I have to help you?" Tohru shook her head and slowly began undressing herself. When she was in only her bra and underwear she stopped. Akito stood staring at her, taking in every detail. Tohru gave him a pleading look.
"A-Akito, please d-don't d-d-do this." Akito walked over to her and
Tohru looked down. She heard Akito move and prepared to be smacked. Instead, she felt him grab her bra. She blushed and looked up as she felt the clasps give was as he pulled off her bra. She instinctively went to cover herself when she felt Akito stop her.
"Akito, please." She begged. He only laughed and pushed her down on the bed. He pulled off her underwear and held her down as she began struggling.
"Tohru. You know this won't help anything. It'll be just like last time. Besides, you deserve al of this. You think you're too good for me? You think you're better than everyone else? That you can fix their problems? That you're too good to help me?" He spat the words at her.
"N-no..."
"Shut up!" Tohru cried out as he twisted her wrist.
"This is all you're fault, so don't fight it." Is it all me fault? I did turn him down... Maybe I do deserve this. She felt Akito enter her again and closed her eyes, waiting to shut down. She felt Akito's hand grab her hair.
"No! I want you to keep your eyes open. I want you to feel this pain." Tohru forced herself to open her eyes and was surprised when she didn't see anything.
"I said open you eyes!" Oh. I guess they weren't open. She tried to open them again and saw Akito's face staring down at her.
"That's it. It isn't so bad is it?" he panted. Tohru felt tears roll down her cheeks but kept her eyes open. She stared past Akito at the clock and concentrated on that alone. About five minutes had passed when she felt Akito stiffen above her and let out a moan. He rolled off of her and fell asleep almost immediately. Tohru stood up and automatically went to the shower. While she was cleaning herself she realized that there was an odd gasping noise. I wonder what that is? It was at that moment she got out and started to dry herself. She stopped when she looked din the mirror and saw a girl with tears running down her face, shaking as the sobs racked her body. Oh. That's what the noise is. But why? Why am I crying? I deserve this. She shrugged her shoulders and got dressed, vaguely aware she had stopped crying. After getting dressed she threw her bra way and knelt on the floor. After a while Akito woke up and saw Tohru sitting in the middle fo the floor. He smiled and walked over to her.
"That's all for today. You may leave now." Tohru nodded and stood up. She had just left the Sohma estate when Hatori drove up.
"Hello. Would you like a ride? It looks like it is going to rain." Hatori said. Tohru nodded, desperate to get as far way from Akito as fast as possible.
"Yes...If it's no trouble. I mean. If it is-"
"It's no trouble at all, just let me drop these items off with Akito." He returned in five minutes and Tohru got in the car.
"Tohru?"
"Yes?"
"Momigi is at Shigure's house and Akito said to give you this." He held up the rose and Tohru tentatively reached out and took it. She gasped as the thorns dug into her palm. She dropped it and stared at the single drop of blood that ran down to her wrist. Red. The same red as the rose. Blood.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes. It's just a small cut."
"Here, wrap it up in this." Hatori gave her a rag.
"Thanks." She took the rag and wrapped up her hand. They sat in silence for the remainder of the trip. When they arrived at Shigure's house Tohru hid the rose and gave the rag back to Hatori.
"Here. I don't want the others to worry. Thank you again."
"It's fine and just leave it there. Oh, and nobody else knows about what Momigi and I saw today. I made him promise not to tell so you don't have to worry about it." Tohru blushed and looked down.
" Thank you." They walked in and were immediately bombarded by Momigi.
"Tohru! You’re back. Wanna play a game with me?"
"Momigi, You have to come home."
"But why? I wanna play with Tohru." At that moment Kyo, Yuki, and Shigure walked in.
"Tohru, will you please make us some dinner?" Shigure whined, tears running down his face.
"Of course." She turned to Hatori.
Can you guys stay for dinner? It's the least I can do."
"Sure." At this, Momigi's eyes lit up.
"Yay! Looks like I get to play with Tohru after all." He went to give her a hug but was stopped by Kyo, who preceeded to give him a noogie.
"How come you annoy me every time you open your mouth?"
"Waaaah, Kyo's picking on me."
"Like I said, every time." Tohru smiled.
"I'm going to start dinner now." She turned and went into the kitchen. She was measuring out rice when she swayed a little. Why is the kitchen moving? And why am I so dizzy? Oh well. I have to get dinner going. She turned to go to the rice cooker when she fell over. No. Must get...dinner. Kyo had come into the kitchen to escape Momigi when he saw Tohru sprawled on the kitchen floor, surrounded by rice.
"Tohru!" He walked over to her and felt her head.
"Shit Tohru, You're burning up. Dammit. Hatori!" He looked down when Tohru stirred. He saw her open her eyes and stare at him.
"No. Kyo, I'm fine. Just fine. I just have to get dinner ready..."
"No. You're going to bed," Kyo said. He turned and saw Hatori.
"Tohru!" He felt her forehead and picked her up.
"Looks like she has a cold. She'll need to stay in bed." He carried her to her room. Kyo went to follow when he something red caught his eye. He stopped and saw a blood red rose laying on the kitchen floor. It 's petals were spread everywhere and its stem was broken. He picked it up and threw it in the trash before running out to the roof.
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Tohru looked around. She didn't know where she was or how she had gotten there. A thick fog was everywhere and seemed to suffocate her. She began to run. She ran until her lungs were raw. Then she tripped over something. She looked down and saw Kyo, bloody. He looked at her with dead eyes.
"Tohru...Why did you tell him. I thought you were my friend. Why didn't you protect me? His eyes closed and he let out a soft sigh.
"No! Kyo!!!" Tohru knelt by him and felt for his heartbeat. There was nothing.
"No, Kyo, please! I love you! Please don't go!" She stopped and started sobbing uncontrollably with her face on his chest. She heard a noise and looked behind her. The fog had cleared and she could see Uo and Hana.
"Uo! Hana!" They gave her a strange look. She started to run towards them.
" Who are you?" Uo asked.
"Stay away from us, freak." Tohru stopped dead in her tracks, staring at them in shock.
"Don't you remember me?"
"No! Now why don't you beat it?"
"Hana?"
"I'm sorry, but I do not know who you are." Tohru fell to her knees and covered her face with her hands. When she had no more tears to cry she looked up to see everyone she loved staring at her coldly.
"Please leave us alone. We have no idea who you are." Yuki said. They all turned and walked away. As they walked, they faded until nobody was there.
"Please come back!" She had no tears left to cry but reached her hand out to where they had been. She heard a noise behind her and her eyes widened in hope. She stood up and spun around.
"Kyo!" Her eyes widened in terror and she took an involuntary step back. Akito sat naked on a bed, laughing at her. She started to run when she felt ice cold arms wrap around her waist. She turned to see Kyo, blood trailing from his mouth and he was covered in bruises. She looked down and saw that the arms that were holding her had no flesh, just bone. She tried to shake herself free.
"No, Kyo! Please don't! I love you." He laughed coldly, a laugh that was full of hatred. She had never had this side of Kyo reflected towards her before and it scared her.
"If you love me then why did you let me die. You killed me Tohru. You couldn't take responsibility for your actions so you told him and let him kill me. You deserve this Tohru. It's all you're fault." Tohru whimpered and began struggling even harder as Kyo carried her to Akito's bed. He set her down and tied her to the bed posts. He ripped off her clothes and stared at her.
"Besides, why would I ever want anybody as ugly as you?" He laughed again and walked away, disappearing just like all the others. She started to call out to him when she felt Akito on top of her. She screamed.
"No!"
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Tohru woke up to sunlight streaming in through her window. She shivered and looked at her clock. Oh no! I'm going to be late for school. She got dressed but stopped when she reached her skirt. I never realized how short these skirts were before. She turned and found one of Hana's old skirts and pulled it on. Then she grabbed her books and headed down the stairs. Shigure had heard her coming and looked dup to tell her to go back to bed.
"Toh-" he stopped when he saw her outfit.
"I'm so sorry Shigure but I have to get going!" With that she ran out the door. Soon she saw Kyo.
"Kyo! Wait up!" He stopped and turned. Tohru reached him and started coughing, almost falling over in the process. Kyo caught her easily and helped her regain her balance.
"What are you doing out of bed?"
"Sorry. I have to go to school thought, for mom." It was at this moment Kyo noticed the skirt.
"Hey, whey're you wearing that?"
"Oh... I just felt like wearing a longer skirt today. I just hope Hana doesn't mind." Kyo looked at her suspiciously, then he remembered the rose. He looked down and blushed.
"Tohru, you-ah-dropped a rose yesterday. It was all torn up so I threw it away...I hope you don't mind."
"Oh no! Not at all!" Tohru replied, blushing furiously. They walked in silence the rest of the way, each wanting to tell each other the exact same thing. When they reached the school, Hana and Uo walked up to Tohru.
"Hey, Tohru! What's with the skirt?" Uo asked.
"Oh..um...I just felt like wearing it today. I hope you don't mind, Hana, it's yours."
"Oh no. I don't mind at all."
"Thanks." They walked to their first class and took their seats. All of a sudden a message came over the intercom.
'Tohru Honda, please come to the principal's office. I repeat. Tohru Honda, please come to the principal's office. Tohru stood up, blushing, and saw Uo, Hana, Yuki, and Kyo staring at her worriedly. She gave them a small smile and left the room, walking as quickly as she could. What does the principal want? Oh well...I need to talk to him about getting a longer uniform anyway. She reached the door and knocked. A deep voice replied, telling her to enter.
"Umm...I'm here." She told the principal.
"Yes. Please, sit down." The principal looked at Tohru with stern eyes.
"Miss Honda, are you aware that in the past week your grades have dropped considerably? You are currently failing all of your classes. Tohru's eyes grew wide.
"N-no."
"Miss Honda, if you do not bring your grades up you will not pass. Is that understood?"
"Yes."
"Good. Now, I have notified your grandfather and he has promised to see to it that this is taken care of."
"Yes sir. Um, do you mind if I change my uniform. I would like to wear t his length of skirt now. I have enough money for five skirts right here." Tohru indicated towards the skirt she was currently wearing and then held out an envelope.
"Yes. I think we have some in storage. What size do you wear?"
"Small." The principal nodded and took the envelope.
"Yes, very well. The skirts will be delivered to your home room sometime today."
"Thank you sir. And I promise to try to do my best sir." Tohru said bowing. She turned and headed out the door. The rest of the day (until lunch), Tohru sat and took very detailed notes, determined not to let her mother down. When the lunch bell rang she stood up and walked over to where Yuki was waiting.
"So, Miss Honda. What did the principal have to say to you?" Tohru blushed and looked down.
"My grades are dropping," she mumbled as she played with the hem of her shirt.
"I couldn't hear you. What did you say?" Tohru took a deep breath.
"I said my grades are dropping. I'm so sorry, Yuki. You've been helping me so much..."
"Oh no, it's fine. Just ask if you need any help." Tohru nodded. At that moment Uo, Hana, Kyo, Hatsuharu, and Momigi joined them.
"Tohru, what happened? I sense sad waves coming from you," Hana said.
"I-. It's just that I'm failing all my classes. What am I going to do? I can't disappoint mom." Uo hugged Tohru and pat her on the head.
"Hey. It's okay. We'll all help you through this, right Hana?"
"Yes. But come to think of it, I've been sensing some strange waves emanating from you for about a week now. Is something wrong?" Tohru tensed.
"Nothing's wrong. " The heard a knock on the door and a woman entered, carrying a bag.
"Miss Honda?"
"Yes?"
"You're skirts." Tohru stood up and started to walk over to where the woman was standing. Why is the room spinning? she thought before passing out.
Kyo's POV
There was a knock on the door and a women entered, carrying a bag.
"Miss Honda?"
"Yes?" Tohru asked.
"Your skirts." Why is she getting new skirts? Tohru stood up and started walking to the woman but collapsed. I jumped to my feet and ran over to her. She was a sickly pale yellow color and her face was flushed and covered in sweat. This is all my fault. I never should have allowed her to come to school. Why can't I do anything right?
Nobody's POV
Kyo got up and ran over to Tohru. He was quickly followed by everyone except for Momigi and Hatsuharu, who went to get the nurse and go to class. By the time the nurse came, the rest of the class had filed in (including those three Yuki fan girls that are always bothering Tohru). They all watched the scene curiously, some concerned. Yuki bent over Tohru and felt her head, causing the fan girls to lean in so that they could hear what was being said.
"She has a fever," he said quietly.
"I'll take her home. Kyo, will you help?" Kyo nodded his head and looked at Tohru with guilt-ridden eyes.
"Yeah...I'll help." The teacher came in and ordered everyone to their seats. The nurse confirmed that Tohru had a high fever and was suffering from dehydration. Yuki raised his hand.
"Kyo and I are going to take Miss Honda home. We won't be back today." The teacher nodded in agreement and the nurse consented. Yuki picked Tohru up bridal style and walked out the door, followed by Kyo, who stopped to pick up her bag. The fan girls were not happy about this, and began whispering to each other.
"That little witch! Who does she think she is?"
"Yeah. And when did she get so close to Yuki? How does he know where she lives?"
"Mokoto won't be happy to hear about this." They all shook their head in agreement.
"Do you girls have something to say?" the teacher asked.
"N-no."
"Good. In that case you three will be partners with Tohru Honda for this assignment. This packet it due tomorrow so I suggest you go to Tohru's house after school and get it completed." They all nodded their heads.
"Now we'll finally learn where that little sneak lives." The teacher cleared her throat.
"Yes. And as I was saying, Arisa Uotoni and Saki HanaJima, you two will be partners with Yuki Sohma and Kyo Sohma. I suggest you find a way to get your packet completed as well. She gave out the rest of the packets and then directions to Tohru's house to the fan girls. The bell rang and they all ran out to meet Mokoto.
"President Mokoto! We know where Tohru Honda lives and we were instructed to go there." Mokoto smiled.
"Good, I expect a full report about it tomorrow." The others nodded their heads and looked at the map. After studying it for a while they started on their way.

Mwahaha...I am evil (not). And I can't remember those stupid fan girls' names but I will look it up. And to those who don't know, Mokoto is president of the Prince Yuki Fan Club. I'll try to post soon but it depends on homework. Bye!