Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Curse of the Jyuunishi ❯ The Real Spring Fever ( Chapter 1 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Curse of the Jyuunishi
By~ Kagura
Disclaimer: I don't own them, so don't sue me.
Chapter One: The Real Spring Fever
They piled into the room, giggling and trying somewhat to be quiet. The shocked look on Yuki's face was priceless as Haru began his vicious assault of kisses trailing across Yuki's neck. Kyou, extremely amused and aroused at this sight, was purring contently behind Yuki, holding him in place so that he had nowhere to run. A few feet away, Kagura giggled evily as she was pinned by one very eager Momiji. While Momiji may look young and innocent, his age alone meant he was hardly inexperienced, especially when living with Haru. Kagura could even tell what techniques were Haru's as Momiji leaned down and thrust his tongue deep into her mouth, strands of his soft hair falling and brushing against Kagura's face. It was that time of the season, in which animals felt that insane urge to touch, be touched, and satiate their inner need to mate. It was to this sight that poor Tohru happened to open the door. If it hadn't been for the loud gasp she had let out, none of the Sohmas would have noticed her entrance. Haru, who had managed to work his way down to Yuki's pants, froze in place, his teeth still clenched firmly on the zipper of the khaki-colored obstacle. Yuki and Kyou's heads both snapped away from their passionate kiss and stared at Tohru, their faces flushing to the deepest shade of red. Kagura and Momiji, however, seemed to ignore the intrusion as they continued their battle for dominance, rolling from side to side across the hard floor and assuming it must have been that pervert Shigure who decided to interrupt them. But when Tohru started babbling her appologies, Momiji practically flew off of Kagura where he had been laying, squeaking and hiding himself in a corner of the room. Kagura felt something welling up inside her, her fists clenched and she brought herself to a standing position. Her feet stomped the floor loudly as she made her way to Tohru and grabbed her roughly by the shoulders.
"In or out, pick now and shut the damn door, I'm in NO MOOD to be stopped again....." Tohru panicked and stumbled backwards, shutting the door and running like mad to her own room, passing Shigure who had managed to earn himself a severe stomach cramp from laughing so hard at the racket going on in his less-than-normal home. Kagura panted heavily and swung around to face everyone in the room, most of whom were in shock. All except Haru, who was currently in his black stage and very much enjoying Kagura's efficient way of handling the interruption. Haru turned his attention back to the zipper clasped in his teeth and finished sliding it down, pulling Yuki's pants down to his ankles and enjoying the deep moan he earned from the silver-haired boy's lips as his tongue dragged tauntingly over the arousal before him. When Kyou had gone back to grinding against Yuki's backside, Kagura's eyes floated back to her chosen partner. Well, partner for the next few minutes, as the teenagers often switched off when they were in heat. Momiji was still hiding in the corner of the room, his face buried into the wall to hide his embarrassment. Kagura walked to Momiji and gently knelt beside him, pulling him away from the corner. He was so small, so young looking, it was hard to believe he and Haru were the same age. However, those small eyes were suddenly filled with an intense desire as he sprang on top of Kagura once again, whimpering into her mouth as he sought to douse the fires that were raging inside of him.
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Back up in her room, Tohru found herself crying rather loudly at the scene she had just stepped in on. Shigure's sensitive ears picked up on the strange sound and gently rapped on Tohru's door. Without gaining permission, he entered and sat beside Tohru on the bed. An assuring hand rubbed her back as he tried to calm the girl. Tohru began babbling that she was sorry for walking in on such a thing, and that they all must be angry with her and hate her for what she'd done. Shigure laughed and shook his head, as he began explaining the concept of 'mating season' to the confused girl.
"You see, Tohru-kun, we're cursed in more ways than just the Zodiac. During the spring months, animals in the wild begin to go into heat, during mating season. It's instinct, and they can't help it. So, the cursed members of the family also wind up going into heat during the spring months of the year, once they've hit puberty, that is. And this year is no exception, as you just witnessed."
"But, Momiji-chan is so young!! How could he possibly know what he's doing?" Tohru asked, her face riddled with panic and concern.
Shigure smirked, knowing one day this question would come up. "Momiji is only a year younger than you, Tohru-kun. His body simply hasn't had the energy to make him look his age yet. But I assure you, this isn't his first year of going into heat. His first time was about....two or three years ago, I think? But this will be his first year where he's going to be with someone other than Haru." Shigure didn't know whether to laugh or to pet the girl in pity, so he did both as he tried to get over the priceless expression on her face. "I think it best you keep your distance from them right now. I'm sure that if Yuki or Kyou came out of their sex-crazed minds after the season ends and realize they'd done anything to you, they wouldn't forgive themselves."
Tohru's face became sad then, her eyes moving towards the floor. "Then, they don't like me...do they..."
Shigure blinked for a moment, then began to shake his head furiously. "Quite to the contrary, they like you very much, in many different ways," he added with a nudge "but...I think they would want their first time with someone as special as you to be more than just a hormone induced frenzy, they'd want it to mean something deeper, ne?"
Tears of happiness welled in Tohru's eyes as she flung herself against Shigure, relieved to hear him say something she'd been wanting to hear for longer than she could remember. It wasn't until it was too late that she'd realized by flinging herself on him, she'd forced him to transform, and her arms were now firmly clasped around a large black dog with an unmistakeable sweatdrop forming on his head. Once again, Tohru began to babble her appologies, Shigure unable to get a word in edgewise that he wasn't bothered by the accident.
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Yuki's pants were unmistakeable despite the other noises in the room. His shoulders rose and fell with each breath, his hair swaying with the movements of his body. Yuki was bent over Haru, who was enjoying his first time 'on bottom' enough to whimper Yuki's name into the pillow he was laying against. Yuki thrust into Haru deeper, clinging to his hips with express need and desire. Kyou gently pushed Yuki forward, slowly burying himself inside the nezumi and dropping small kisses on his back, waiting for his muscles to relax and accept him. Once they were finally situated, they began pummeling into each other at a pace that one would get tired simply watching rather than attempting. Yuki cried out pathetically, caught between his two lovers in a haze of bliss and satisfaction. Kyou reached around and clasped Haru's erection in his hand, pumping in time with their combined thrusts. Soon, each boy reached their climax and yelled out loud enough to cause Tohru to yelp in fright from upstairs. Falling over one another, the three boys lay together, panting and cuddling against one another, whispering various "I love you" 's before each of them drifted to sleep.
On the other side of the room, Kagura had barely been able to slide her own skirt and panties off before Momiji was on her once again. His mouth firmly attaching to hers, needing the reassurance that she loved him as much as Haru did, for this was his first time without his boyfriend. Kagura sensed his need and wrapped her arms gently around Momiji's bare back, nuzzling into the kiss and waiting until he was ready. Content with her answer, Momiji shakily kicked off his pants and boxers, laying himself on Kagura and grinding against her thigh. In moments he had her begging, pleading to stop teasing her. He had her right where he wanted her. Slowly, he pushed inside of her, and almost yelped in surprise when he hit a barrier. He eyed her, confused and was about to ask her what was going on when she arched herself up, forcing him through her barrier and taking him all the way in. The feeling soon overwhelmed his need for answers as he bucked and thrust into her again and again. His pace set firmly on overdrive, the boy lived up to his heritage as the rabbit and had Kagura screaming his name in no time as she climaxed around him. The sudden increase in tightness sent the boy over the edge, his body freezing with the intensity of his own orgasm, his vision went black for a moment before he fell over and lay beside her, panting for the oxygen he'd deprived himself of moments before. Kagura rolled onto her side, sliding her arms around Momiji and holding him close, both of them shivering as they recovered. Moments later, Shigure entered with several blankets for the group. All of them had passed out and would get a few hours of sleep before dinner was ready. He eyed all of them with a sort of pride that their hormones had gotten the best of them, content knowing he was not the only pervert in the house. His own hormones were suppressed, as he had learned to do after years of practice. He made sure, however, to give Ayame a call sometime very soon, he wouldn't be able to be pent up much longer, especially during the spring season.
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Dinner started out very silent, with the exception of Shigure's comments made solely to cause Tohru to blush and the rest of the group to grumble various obscenities in his direction. It was after one of these comments, while Kyou was screaming at Shigure to shut his mouth that Momiji suddenly piped up over the commotion. "Kagura, why didn't you tell me you were a virgin?" The whole table hushed, Kyou, Yuki, and Shigure stared in quiet disbelief as Kagura stared at her bowl of soup and refusing to answer. It was Haru who answered for her, having once again returned to his calm white state. "She was waiting for Kyou. When it was pretty obvious Kyou wasn't going to care about her any more than kissing her once in a while, she gave up. Especially after Tohru showed up, really Kyou you're insensitive if you think Kagura can't see the way you hold Tohru with your eyes." Kagura rose from the table and left the room, following her sounds everyone could tell she'd put on her shoes and left the house. Kyou twitched in anger, cursing at Haru for opening his mouth. "What would you have me do, Kyou?? You're the one that broke her heart! She's been dedicated to you for years and you constantly pushed her away. Then when Tohru comes along, you practically marry her with the way you look at her, and you never even LOOK at Kagura when she comes over now. It was hard enough on Kagura when you and Yuki became a couple. I got the whole story from her yesterday, while everyone was out shopping with Tohru for dinner tonight." The silence was deafening, Tohru's face was beet red from hearing of Kyou's actions.
Moments later, Kyou hung his head and spoke. "I thought you took her years ago, what'd she go saving herself for me for, stupid girl..." Haru slammed his bowl down on the table, causing everyone to jump. He had obviously snapped into black mode and he rose to scream at Kyou. "I would have taken her years ago, had it not been for her love for you! Just because you hook up with someone doesn't necessarily mean you've had sex with them! Kagura's been waiting for you since the day she met you!! I respected that, but apparantly it meant SHIT to you, you threw her aside without thinking twice!" His eyes flared with rage as he watched Kyou stirr, refusing to meet his gaze. "Yesterday, Kagura broke down crying in my arms because of you. For years you were pushing her aside when she dedicated herself to you. Even when you took Yuki, she handled it fine. She assumed you were gay and simply not interested in her. But she still kept herself for you, loving ONLY you every day. When Tohru came here, she saw the way you looked at her and that's when she knew it wasn't that you didn't like girls. You just didn't want her. Do you know how badly that must have hurt her? I thought you cared about her, you said you did a few years ago. She told me that if you didn't want her enough to take everyone else into your heart and your bed aside from her, she'd give herself to someone that would at least VALUE being her first time. That's why she chose Momiji, and that's why right now she's on her way to Akito to tell him what she's done, and you know damn well what's going to happen to her now."
Kyou screamed and jumped up from his seat at the table, "SHE'S GOING TO TELL AKITO?? IS SHE INSANE??" Kyou ran to the door, hastily slipping his shoes on and bolting out the door in a crazy attempt to catch Kagura in time. Shigure rose from the table, grabbing a nearby phone and dialing a few numbers. Momiji began to cry and Tohru dared to ask the question, "Why is it bad that she tells Akito?" Shigure began mumbling into the phone, making sure no one was listening to him. Haru walked over and took Kyou's seat, sliding his hand into Yuki's and laying against him, sighing. No one answered Tohru's question for what seemed forever to her. She was about to ask again when Momiji wiped his eyes and took a deep breath. "We aren't allowed to be with anyone without asking Akito first. Akito gives us permission to be with each other. He's much more prone to saying yes if it's with someone in the Zodiac, maybe he won't be angry?" Yuki shook with anger, shaking his head. "She's disobeyed him, there's no way he won't be angry. You see, Honda-san, I have permission to be with Kyou and Haru. Kyou has permission to be with me, Haru, and Kagura. Likewise, Haru has permission to be with us and Momiji. Kagura.....she only had permission to be with Kyou. She swore he was the only one she wanted. A few years ago, Haru asked permission to be with Kagura, and Akito gave in, from what I was told." Haru had quieted down to his white stage now, fiddling with Yuki's hair, "I only had permission to be with her, I wasn't allowed to have sex with her. Anything but that, Akito said that Kagura was his to break in." Momiji gasped and stared at Haru. Tohru began to cry, stammering at how horrible it all sounded. Yuki simply hissed, "Then why did he give her permission to be with Kyou?" Haru paused before answering, watching Shigure return to the table. "Akito knew that Kyou would never have her. He was hoping it would drive Kagura back to him for comfort. But he's going to be very displeased when he finds out it drove her to Momiji. Don't worry, Momiji, she didn't tell you so you won't be in trouble." Shigure took a deep breath as he rejoined the conversation. "I've warned Hatori of the situation. However, he says that if Kagura's upset she'll most likely beat Kyou to the main house, she could even be there already. He...also said it's likely that Kagura will need serious care after Akito's done with her." The table once again hushed, except for the quiet sobbing of Momiji who had curled up around a pillow for comfort.
Everyone cleared the table in silence, no one particularly hungry anymore. Yuki and Momiji were lead to another room by Haru to keep their minds occupied by watching some tv. Tohru was left in the kitchen to do the dishes, until Shigure entered to talk to her. "You know," he said slowly, "Akito isn't as bad as you've been hearing." Tohru snapped around, gripping a plate tightly. "How can you say that? He makes the rules as to who gets to love who, and he punishes those who don't ask first? He blinded Hatori in one eye, and now he's going to hurt Kagura! How can you say that?" Shigure stared deeply into her eyes, wondering if she'd missed it. "Tohru-kun, you see that Haru has a black and white stage. And you see that Kagura easily swings her mood from calm to rampaging. Kyou and Yuki even have their moments, however subtle the changes may be. Do you not see that this is part of the curse? This happens to all of the Sohma's, including Akito. When Akito is calm, he's very gentle. He holes himself away to keep himself from hurting others. However, when his mood swings he flies into a rage that sometimes even Hatori and I cannot control. It is Akito's curse as being head of the family. Sometimes, he doesn't even remember what he's done. You can be angry with him, Tohru-kun, but I hope you'll also be understanding that no one hates Akito more than himself."
Tears streamed down Tohru's face as she tried to appologize for judging someone without knowing them fully. Shigure simply wiped the tears from her eyes and told her to go watch tv with the others, and that he would finish the dishes. As Tohru left the room, Shigure scrubbed at the plate Tohru had been holding, wondering if Kagura would live through what was undoubtedly in store for her.
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My second attempt at fanfiction ^_^ This is going to get a lot more angsty than anything I've ever written before. Reviews wanted!
By~ Kagura
Disclaimer: I don't own them, so don't sue me.
Chapter One: The Real Spring Fever
They piled into the room, giggling and trying somewhat to be quiet. The shocked look on Yuki's face was priceless as Haru began his vicious assault of kisses trailing across Yuki's neck. Kyou, extremely amused and aroused at this sight, was purring contently behind Yuki, holding him in place so that he had nowhere to run. A few feet away, Kagura giggled evily as she was pinned by one very eager Momiji. While Momiji may look young and innocent, his age alone meant he was hardly inexperienced, especially when living with Haru. Kagura could even tell what techniques were Haru's as Momiji leaned down and thrust his tongue deep into her mouth, strands of his soft hair falling and brushing against Kagura's face. It was that time of the season, in which animals felt that insane urge to touch, be touched, and satiate their inner need to mate. It was to this sight that poor Tohru happened to open the door. If it hadn't been for the loud gasp she had let out, none of the Sohmas would have noticed her entrance. Haru, who had managed to work his way down to Yuki's pants, froze in place, his teeth still clenched firmly on the zipper of the khaki-colored obstacle. Yuki and Kyou's heads both snapped away from their passionate kiss and stared at Tohru, their faces flushing to the deepest shade of red. Kagura and Momiji, however, seemed to ignore the intrusion as they continued their battle for dominance, rolling from side to side across the hard floor and assuming it must have been that pervert Shigure who decided to interrupt them. But when Tohru started babbling her appologies, Momiji practically flew off of Kagura where he had been laying, squeaking and hiding himself in a corner of the room. Kagura felt something welling up inside her, her fists clenched and she brought herself to a standing position. Her feet stomped the floor loudly as she made her way to Tohru and grabbed her roughly by the shoulders.
"In or out, pick now and shut the damn door, I'm in NO MOOD to be stopped again....." Tohru panicked and stumbled backwards, shutting the door and running like mad to her own room, passing Shigure who had managed to earn himself a severe stomach cramp from laughing so hard at the racket going on in his less-than-normal home. Kagura panted heavily and swung around to face everyone in the room, most of whom were in shock. All except Haru, who was currently in his black stage and very much enjoying Kagura's efficient way of handling the interruption. Haru turned his attention back to the zipper clasped in his teeth and finished sliding it down, pulling Yuki's pants down to his ankles and enjoying the deep moan he earned from the silver-haired boy's lips as his tongue dragged tauntingly over the arousal before him. When Kyou had gone back to grinding against Yuki's backside, Kagura's eyes floated back to her chosen partner. Well, partner for the next few minutes, as the teenagers often switched off when they were in heat. Momiji was still hiding in the corner of the room, his face buried into the wall to hide his embarrassment. Kagura walked to Momiji and gently knelt beside him, pulling him away from the corner. He was so small, so young looking, it was hard to believe he and Haru were the same age. However, those small eyes were suddenly filled with an intense desire as he sprang on top of Kagura once again, whimpering into her mouth as he sought to douse the fires that were raging inside of him.
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Back up in her room, Tohru found herself crying rather loudly at the scene she had just stepped in on. Shigure's sensitive ears picked up on the strange sound and gently rapped on Tohru's door. Without gaining permission, he entered and sat beside Tohru on the bed. An assuring hand rubbed her back as he tried to calm the girl. Tohru began babbling that she was sorry for walking in on such a thing, and that they all must be angry with her and hate her for what she'd done. Shigure laughed and shook his head, as he began explaining the concept of 'mating season' to the confused girl.
"You see, Tohru-kun, we're cursed in more ways than just the Zodiac. During the spring months, animals in the wild begin to go into heat, during mating season. It's instinct, and they can't help it. So, the cursed members of the family also wind up going into heat during the spring months of the year, once they've hit puberty, that is. And this year is no exception, as you just witnessed."
"But, Momiji-chan is so young!! How could he possibly know what he's doing?" Tohru asked, her face riddled with panic and concern.
Shigure smirked, knowing one day this question would come up. "Momiji is only a year younger than you, Tohru-kun. His body simply hasn't had the energy to make him look his age yet. But I assure you, this isn't his first year of going into heat. His first time was about....two or three years ago, I think? But this will be his first year where he's going to be with someone other than Haru." Shigure didn't know whether to laugh or to pet the girl in pity, so he did both as he tried to get over the priceless expression on her face. "I think it best you keep your distance from them right now. I'm sure that if Yuki or Kyou came out of their sex-crazed minds after the season ends and realize they'd done anything to you, they wouldn't forgive themselves."
Tohru's face became sad then, her eyes moving towards the floor. "Then, they don't like me...do they..."
Shigure blinked for a moment, then began to shake his head furiously. "Quite to the contrary, they like you very much, in many different ways," he added with a nudge "but...I think they would want their first time with someone as special as you to be more than just a hormone induced frenzy, they'd want it to mean something deeper, ne?"
Tears of happiness welled in Tohru's eyes as she flung herself against Shigure, relieved to hear him say something she'd been wanting to hear for longer than she could remember. It wasn't until it was too late that she'd realized by flinging herself on him, she'd forced him to transform, and her arms were now firmly clasped around a large black dog with an unmistakeable sweatdrop forming on his head. Once again, Tohru began to babble her appologies, Shigure unable to get a word in edgewise that he wasn't bothered by the accident.
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Yuki's pants were unmistakeable despite the other noises in the room. His shoulders rose and fell with each breath, his hair swaying with the movements of his body. Yuki was bent over Haru, who was enjoying his first time 'on bottom' enough to whimper Yuki's name into the pillow he was laying against. Yuki thrust into Haru deeper, clinging to his hips with express need and desire. Kyou gently pushed Yuki forward, slowly burying himself inside the nezumi and dropping small kisses on his back, waiting for his muscles to relax and accept him. Once they were finally situated, they began pummeling into each other at a pace that one would get tired simply watching rather than attempting. Yuki cried out pathetically, caught between his two lovers in a haze of bliss and satisfaction. Kyou reached around and clasped Haru's erection in his hand, pumping in time with their combined thrusts. Soon, each boy reached their climax and yelled out loud enough to cause Tohru to yelp in fright from upstairs. Falling over one another, the three boys lay together, panting and cuddling against one another, whispering various "I love you" 's before each of them drifted to sleep.
On the other side of the room, Kagura had barely been able to slide her own skirt and panties off before Momiji was on her once again. His mouth firmly attaching to hers, needing the reassurance that she loved him as much as Haru did, for this was his first time without his boyfriend. Kagura sensed his need and wrapped her arms gently around Momiji's bare back, nuzzling into the kiss and waiting until he was ready. Content with her answer, Momiji shakily kicked off his pants and boxers, laying himself on Kagura and grinding against her thigh. In moments he had her begging, pleading to stop teasing her. He had her right where he wanted her. Slowly, he pushed inside of her, and almost yelped in surprise when he hit a barrier. He eyed her, confused and was about to ask her what was going on when she arched herself up, forcing him through her barrier and taking him all the way in. The feeling soon overwhelmed his need for answers as he bucked and thrust into her again and again. His pace set firmly on overdrive, the boy lived up to his heritage as the rabbit and had Kagura screaming his name in no time as she climaxed around him. The sudden increase in tightness sent the boy over the edge, his body freezing with the intensity of his own orgasm, his vision went black for a moment before he fell over and lay beside her, panting for the oxygen he'd deprived himself of moments before. Kagura rolled onto her side, sliding her arms around Momiji and holding him close, both of them shivering as they recovered. Moments later, Shigure entered with several blankets for the group. All of them had passed out and would get a few hours of sleep before dinner was ready. He eyed all of them with a sort of pride that their hormones had gotten the best of them, content knowing he was not the only pervert in the house. His own hormones were suppressed, as he had learned to do after years of practice. He made sure, however, to give Ayame a call sometime very soon, he wouldn't be able to be pent up much longer, especially during the spring season.
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Dinner started out very silent, with the exception of Shigure's comments made solely to cause Tohru to blush and the rest of the group to grumble various obscenities in his direction. It was after one of these comments, while Kyou was screaming at Shigure to shut his mouth that Momiji suddenly piped up over the commotion. "Kagura, why didn't you tell me you were a virgin?" The whole table hushed, Kyou, Yuki, and Shigure stared in quiet disbelief as Kagura stared at her bowl of soup and refusing to answer. It was Haru who answered for her, having once again returned to his calm white state. "She was waiting for Kyou. When it was pretty obvious Kyou wasn't going to care about her any more than kissing her once in a while, she gave up. Especially after Tohru showed up, really Kyou you're insensitive if you think Kagura can't see the way you hold Tohru with your eyes." Kagura rose from the table and left the room, following her sounds everyone could tell she'd put on her shoes and left the house. Kyou twitched in anger, cursing at Haru for opening his mouth. "What would you have me do, Kyou?? You're the one that broke her heart! She's been dedicated to you for years and you constantly pushed her away. Then when Tohru comes along, you practically marry her with the way you look at her, and you never even LOOK at Kagura when she comes over now. It was hard enough on Kagura when you and Yuki became a couple. I got the whole story from her yesterday, while everyone was out shopping with Tohru for dinner tonight." The silence was deafening, Tohru's face was beet red from hearing of Kyou's actions.
Moments later, Kyou hung his head and spoke. "I thought you took her years ago, what'd she go saving herself for me for, stupid girl..." Haru slammed his bowl down on the table, causing everyone to jump. He had obviously snapped into black mode and he rose to scream at Kyou. "I would have taken her years ago, had it not been for her love for you! Just because you hook up with someone doesn't necessarily mean you've had sex with them! Kagura's been waiting for you since the day she met you!! I respected that, but apparantly it meant SHIT to you, you threw her aside without thinking twice!" His eyes flared with rage as he watched Kyou stirr, refusing to meet his gaze. "Yesterday, Kagura broke down crying in my arms because of you. For years you were pushing her aside when she dedicated herself to you. Even when you took Yuki, she handled it fine. She assumed you were gay and simply not interested in her. But she still kept herself for you, loving ONLY you every day. When Tohru came here, she saw the way you looked at her and that's when she knew it wasn't that you didn't like girls. You just didn't want her. Do you know how badly that must have hurt her? I thought you cared about her, you said you did a few years ago. She told me that if you didn't want her enough to take everyone else into your heart and your bed aside from her, she'd give herself to someone that would at least VALUE being her first time. That's why she chose Momiji, and that's why right now she's on her way to Akito to tell him what she's done, and you know damn well what's going to happen to her now."
Kyou screamed and jumped up from his seat at the table, "SHE'S GOING TO TELL AKITO?? IS SHE INSANE??" Kyou ran to the door, hastily slipping his shoes on and bolting out the door in a crazy attempt to catch Kagura in time. Shigure rose from the table, grabbing a nearby phone and dialing a few numbers. Momiji began to cry and Tohru dared to ask the question, "Why is it bad that she tells Akito?" Shigure began mumbling into the phone, making sure no one was listening to him. Haru walked over and took Kyou's seat, sliding his hand into Yuki's and laying against him, sighing. No one answered Tohru's question for what seemed forever to her. She was about to ask again when Momiji wiped his eyes and took a deep breath. "We aren't allowed to be with anyone without asking Akito first. Akito gives us permission to be with each other. He's much more prone to saying yes if it's with someone in the Zodiac, maybe he won't be angry?" Yuki shook with anger, shaking his head. "She's disobeyed him, there's no way he won't be angry. You see, Honda-san, I have permission to be with Kyou and Haru. Kyou has permission to be with me, Haru, and Kagura. Likewise, Haru has permission to be with us and Momiji. Kagura.....she only had permission to be with Kyou. She swore he was the only one she wanted. A few years ago, Haru asked permission to be with Kagura, and Akito gave in, from what I was told." Haru had quieted down to his white stage now, fiddling with Yuki's hair, "I only had permission to be with her, I wasn't allowed to have sex with her. Anything but that, Akito said that Kagura was his to break in." Momiji gasped and stared at Haru. Tohru began to cry, stammering at how horrible it all sounded. Yuki simply hissed, "Then why did he give her permission to be with Kyou?" Haru paused before answering, watching Shigure return to the table. "Akito knew that Kyou would never have her. He was hoping it would drive Kagura back to him for comfort. But he's going to be very displeased when he finds out it drove her to Momiji. Don't worry, Momiji, she didn't tell you so you won't be in trouble." Shigure took a deep breath as he rejoined the conversation. "I've warned Hatori of the situation. However, he says that if Kagura's upset she'll most likely beat Kyou to the main house, she could even be there already. He...also said it's likely that Kagura will need serious care after Akito's done with her." The table once again hushed, except for the quiet sobbing of Momiji who had curled up around a pillow for comfort.
Everyone cleared the table in silence, no one particularly hungry anymore. Yuki and Momiji were lead to another room by Haru to keep their minds occupied by watching some tv. Tohru was left in the kitchen to do the dishes, until Shigure entered to talk to her. "You know," he said slowly, "Akito isn't as bad as you've been hearing." Tohru snapped around, gripping a plate tightly. "How can you say that? He makes the rules as to who gets to love who, and he punishes those who don't ask first? He blinded Hatori in one eye, and now he's going to hurt Kagura! How can you say that?" Shigure stared deeply into her eyes, wondering if she'd missed it. "Tohru-kun, you see that Haru has a black and white stage. And you see that Kagura easily swings her mood from calm to rampaging. Kyou and Yuki even have their moments, however subtle the changes may be. Do you not see that this is part of the curse? This happens to all of the Sohma's, including Akito. When Akito is calm, he's very gentle. He holes himself away to keep himself from hurting others. However, when his mood swings he flies into a rage that sometimes even Hatori and I cannot control. It is Akito's curse as being head of the family. Sometimes, he doesn't even remember what he's done. You can be angry with him, Tohru-kun, but I hope you'll also be understanding that no one hates Akito more than himself."
Tears streamed down Tohru's face as she tried to appologize for judging someone without knowing them fully. Shigure simply wiped the tears from her eyes and told her to go watch tv with the others, and that he would finish the dishes. As Tohru left the room, Shigure scrubbed at the plate Tohru had been holding, wondering if Kagura would live through what was undoubtedly in store for her.
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My second attempt at fanfiction ^_^ This is going to get a lot more angsty than anything I've ever written before. Reviews wanted!