Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Imprisonment ❯ Chapter 3

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She looked to him sadly her eyes closing as she reached up to her wounds starting to rip at the bandages causing the wounds to reopen. She let out a weak cry as she did this she was doing this on purpose now. “…. I won't let Hatori-san take my memories away…. I'll kill myself before I let him do such a thing…. My memories of everyone I want to keep them… They're dear to me… I will not allow them to be replaced with false ones….”

 

Blinking at how suddenly he had gone from being calm to clawing at herself surprised him. Letting her go he shifts back, not wanting the same mess on his clothing twice it one day. It was already sickening enough to him to still have the foul smelling stains on his body beneath the pristine clothes he now wore. "Shh! Stop it!" Holding his hands out, he looked nervously at the door. Should Hatori or someone else hear and find him looming over her, they'd think he came up and tore the bandages in an attempt to kill her.

 

She continued to rip at the bandages blood started to roll down her body as she stood slowly. She looked to Akito sadly before smiling as she took slow steps toward the door that lead to the outside blood dripping to the floor. ".... I'll be quiet now Akito-sama.... I'll fade away so you won't get in trouble...."

 

Shaking his head a bit he narrowed his eyes. "You don't know what the hell you're talking about..." It was obvious that she was too far gone. Reaching out for the arm that didn't look in such bad shape, he spun her around before she opened the door. Holding her back against the closed door he pinned a thin shoulder against it with one hand while covering her mouth with the other. All the while trying to maintain a safe distance between his clothing and her rebloodied form. "Just do as I say for once...! Is that so hard?" Her eyes lowered as she slowly nodded her dull colored eyes focused on his her left hand moving to his cheek blood dripping slowly to the floor as she started to shake in his hand.

 

Despite trying to maintain an icy gaze as he looked into those lifeless eyes, he flinched slightly at the touch to his face. Feeling her tremble in his grip he swallowed hard then slowly moved his hand away from her mouth. Trusting, or wanting to trust, that she wouldn't make any more noise that would attract attention. "Will you lay down?"

 

She nodded lightly as she moved to the bed limping lightly trying not to attract his attention too much she slowly laid down on the bed her cold eyes looking to his. ".... As God commands Akito-sama...."

 

Seeing as she managed well enough on her own he didn't feel a need to move from his spot where he stood. He was beginning to think it was the mere proximity to her that caused her to do what she had done last time. Also, the girl's cold eyes, which nearly matched his own in cruelty, were starting to get to him. Averting his eyes to the floor he didn't return the look. Not wanting to wait for her to start harming herself again decided to go fetch Hatori. He reached for the door but paused noticing his hands were smeared with blood from touching her. Walking back into the room he went into a small bathroom connected to it. Turning on the silver handle he let a cold stream of water run over his hands until they were clean.

 

She lay in he bed that was now covered with a dark elixir one of her hands slowly went into the air her hand slowly opening as blood slipped down landing on her pail porcelain cheeks. ".... God carries the sins of those who have become a burden to society who have falling from faith.... God is the one that bares the pain of his people till death...." She smiled faintly as she watched the blood drip something in her had snapped everything was going wrong and she had to brace herself for anything now.

 

Leaning heavily against the doorframe he watched the strange spectacle for a moment. Tilting his head he looked off to the hallway door. It was about time for him to do something about it. Not waiting for any responses he walked out slowly and quietly, not really wanting to disturb her dementia for fear of being drawn in again. Not bothering to shut the door behind himself he made his way to his own room. Kureno was propped up in a chair, not looking particular worried but dutiful as always. Hatori was turning away from him and seemed to be heading back towards his patients room when he stopped in his tracks at seeing him. The shock then worry in the other's face at seeing himself coming from the direction of the patients room was obvious. Holding up his hands innocently he smiled.

 

"I didn't do anything..." Holding up his hands like that would later serve the purpose of avoiding blame, for Hatori would remember they had been clean. Walking past him he walked over to Kureno who had stood up. Reaching out looking quite needy he clung to the males arm then turned to look at Hatori who was still momentarily confused. "She's lost it Hatori... You might need to erase her memory before the hour is over. Or else I fear for what else she might do..." Almost rudely the doctor took off down the hall in the direction he had come. Letting Kureno go, he spoke calmly and coldly. "My sheets are dirty... Can you get me some more?" After the rooster went to fulfill the request he looked at his door for a moment before kicking it down. Then wandering into the room, slightly tired from the strain of the previous act, he lay down on his coverless bed. Burying his face in his arms he cried softly.

 

She was in tears now as she sat weakly on the bed shaking in the cold puddle of dark crimson. Tears smeared the blood that covered her hands the tears almost looked as if they were blood droplets. Hatori walked in almost in shock as he watched her. She was suffering now she was scared not of Akito, but of Hatori. ".... Akito-sama.... Akito-sama please don't leave me...." She spoke barely above a whisper as Hatori walked over kneeling beside the bed as he tried to calm her. He placed his hand slowly on her cheek before she let out a horrid scream she was scared at his movements and his touch for fear of him taking her memories of everything away from her. ".... AKITO-SAMA!" She quickly moved her good leg out from beneath her as she kicked Hatori in the stomach trying to force him away. He fell back down as he stared at her in disbelief at what she had down. She now took this time to get to her feet taking off down the hallway limping leaving a trail of blood as she tried franticly to find Akito.

 

The minutes passed slowly and it seemed like and eternity that he let himself cry as quietly as he could, when in actuality it was a very short time. Hearing a scream in the distance he lifted his head and blinked towards the open door. He wiped at his eyes franticly in case someone came he shifted into his knees and sat up. Coughing to clear his voice from the terribly weak sobs that were escaping him the moment before, he questioned the seemingly empty hall. "... Hatori? Kureno?"

 

She heard his voice she slowed down as she looked into the room holding her arm as she stepped in slowly as she looked to him sadly. "... You left me.... You were going to let him take my memories!" She was in tears as she screamed at him.

 

A shiver passed through him at the site of her. Still covered in blood and now she was yelling at him. For a moment he covered his ears, despite the fact that it was an odd and childish thing to do. It didn't feel like he could get up fast enough, but soon he was standing on his bed. Clenching his fists he tried to look at her angrily but probably ended up looking more frightened than anything. "You..! You said you were going to do as I say!"

 

She looked to him sadly her form shaking as she slowly stepped toward him limping. "... You left me.... You left me there alone...." She lowered her head slowly. ".... Kill me...." She spoke coldly now toward the young God.

 

Unable to decide what to do, he figured he could occupy her until someone came. He couldn't handle her as she was by himself. "I know... I never said I wouldn't." Walking off his bed towards her he took her into his arms, and looked down at her. "No... You say you'd rather die than have your memory erased. But by dying them would be lost anyway." Cringing slightly at blood that got on him again he tried to push it out of his mind. "I'll take back everything I've left you with... If you just do as I say right now."

 

Her head rested against his chest tears soaking into his shirt as she cuddled close to his body. ".... If I die, I die with true memories not fake ones...." She placed her good on his shirt gripping it tightly. ".... I'll do as you say...., but if you try to take my memories from me I will kill myself...." She spoke so harshly toward him in a cold voice.

 

"Tch... " His plan had been ruined right there. As he tried to think of another loophole around that he lost himself and clung back to her gently. Closing his eyes he tried to process one thought at a time but discovered that for some inexplicable reason he just couldn't. Until he heard the footsteps of someone else in the hall. Mind snapping back he shivered at the unpleasant sensations that he now felt. The blood on his clothes and tears on his shirt. Bringing his arms away he took her shoulders instead and made her look at him. "Okay... But you have to let Hatori fix you first." They could always do it whenever she was sleeping, he'd thought to himself.

 

"... Akito-sama.... Do you hate me..." She looked to him sadly she couldn't keep herself up any longer she fell to her knees roughly. ".... Is this punishment for loving a God....?" Her head lowered as a puddle of blood grew around her. ".... I couldn't do anything for them.... I couldn't save them.... I couldn't break the curse...."

 

After she went down he didn't bother helping her and simply pulled a little at his white shirt. Trying to keep the cold, wet stains on the material away from his body. He wasn't sure what she meant by her words and decided to ignore them for now. It was useless to take anything she said in her state seriously. Looking up and away from her he was surprised to see the forms of both of the men. Pointing down at her he spoke in a broken voice at first but cleared his throat and spoke more calmly. "She's going to die if you don't do anything Hatori." Stepping away from her he tried to free himself of the responsibility of her, which he had failed to do before thanks to Hatori. Steeping in the direction away from everyone else he sank down on his own knees on his bed.

 

She kept her head down Hatori moving to her laying her on the ground not wanting to move her scared of her becoming flighty again. Except this time she laid down on the floor not fighting back everything seemed different now then before Shigure grabbing of the sheets off Akito's bed ripping it several times to wrap her wounds. ".... I want to stay here... when you erase my memories.... Please let me stay I have no where else or anyone to love me...." She spoke sadly now as her eyes closed unable to keep them open her body going limp beneath him as her body tried to rest and heal now. ".... What did you do to her Akito....?" Hatori looked to the god sadly.

 

Closing his eyes he pulled his legs to his chest, hugging them tightly as he thought to himself. Then opening his eyes he blinked at Hatori. "I punished her... She was far too weak to handle it. So now she's broken." He spoke in an even matter of fact voice. The other's presence helped him maintain his calm exterior. Something about Hatori's cool way of handling rubbed off on him at these times. Standing up he began unbuttoning his shirt as he walked away from the others. "What a pain..." Slipping off the shirt and pulling a new one out, this time light blue, he put it on. As he stood there buttoning it up he spoke over his shoulder. "You should do it now.. While I'm here. I'm running out of clean laundry..."

 

"Where do you want me to stick her after I erase her memories Akito?" He slowly picked the frail girl up careful not to hurt her anymore as he laid her in Akito's bed. "Drop her in front of some hospital after I erase her memories it wouldn't be right she wouldn't know what to do...."

 

Finishing up the buttons on his shirt he wanders over to a chair plopping down into it lazily. Throwing a leg over an arm of the thing he holds his head in his hand from the headache he was starting to get from everything. "No... That would probably just make more trouble for us since too many people know she's been living with family members..." Lifting his head he pointed at Shigure, who stood there doing absolutely nothing now. "Why can't she just go back to his house? She didn't know what to do then either...."

 

"Yeah and Kyou would certainly come down and kill you." He covered the frail girl with the blanket trying to make her comfortable. "... Maybe it'll be best to keep her here at the house.... If I erase her memories it'll be harder on the two boys." She was breathing weakly now as Hatori started to wipe the tears and blood from her face.

 

"Tch...." Shaking his head he wanted to disagree with Hatori, though everything he said was probably true. It would be hard on him mentally to keep her here. Especially now since he couldn't exactly tuck her out of sight and mind in the cat's house. Hatori and Shigure knew. Though his fear of what Kyou would do to him was more great. Too late to regret sending all the younger Shoma's to Kazuma's for training. Sighing deeply he nodded then brought his knees to his chest, curling into a ball again.

 

Hatori stood slowly placing his hand over her eyes. "Akito you'll have to take care of her for what you've done to her I can't take care of her like I do for you." He spoke harshly toward the God that laid in a ball. ".... This is your sin to bare...."

 

Hearing that tone coming from Hatori towards him caused a wave of anger and defensiveness pass through him. "Just do it!" Pulling a cushion from behind him on the chair he tossed it at the other, missing and hitting the wall instead. Then huffing he looked off. "You don't have to do anything other than fix her..."

 

"..... Then I'll leave her with you then." He stood slowly as he looked at the boy. "I'm leaving a have better things to do then just baby-sit a boy who can't take responsibilities for his actions." He left along with the other two slamming the door shut.