Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Imprisonment ❯ Chapter 6

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Following Tohru's guidance Akito went along with her, heading back towards the still open door to her room. Staying silent as he listened to her he recalled the birds scattered around the room but didn't imagine that she was making them because of him. The shameful feelings of guilt built up in him even more. As he began losing himself to mixed thoughts and emotions once more he barely noticed it when Tohru's pace slowed. Stopping when her hand slipped from his he was too late to keep her from falling down, if he could have done so either way. "Hey..!" Kneeling into the snow beside her his hands went out to hold her shoulders, shaking her gently.

 

"T... Tohru? Wake up... Please?!" Turning her over he hooked her good arm over his shoulder and tried lifting her. The position was awkward and not effective at all as he feel back into the snow with her a few steps towards the room. "Tohru!!" He shouted almost scoldingly at her in another attempt to get her up, but it was no good. Now he was tired from the effort and cold from being down in the snow and even worse that he was out of ideas. With her still in such bad shape dragging her wouldn't be an option. Shivering he reached out grabbing the sweater that had fallen off his shoulders and covered Tohru with it as much as he could. "I'll be back... Tohru..." He spoke weakly and stood up, rushing for the house.

 

A figure watched from her window a playful smirk slide across her lips her dark cold features shown in the dim moonlight her silk black hair blowing gently in the wind as she stepped outside seeing the 'God' run for help. The woman leaned down picking the frail girl from the snow carrying her away back to her room, the door slamming shut behind her.

 

Hatori sat beside Shigure they were bickering in whispers Kureno watching the other members to make sure that the two older ones didn't get to loud when they talked about Tohru. "Haa-san What could be taking Akito-san so long with Tohru-chan I thought you asked him to check on her?" The dragon was lost for words not really able to say anything.

 

Akito's run had slowled to a hurried walk. Not that he couldn't have kept the pace since he still had a fair amount of his strength left, but he had already slipped on the hardwood floor of the hallway once when the snow clinging to his socks and clothing started to melt. Arriving at the room where Hatori and the others were he slid the door open quickly making a loud attention drawing noise. Only afterwards he realized this was a bad idea when all the eyes in the room were drawn in his direction. Then shaking his head he realized it didn't even matter. Staring towards the eldest memebers of the room he didn't have to go far before Hatori and Shigure came up to him as well. "What happened?" Hatori questioned and held onto his shoulder, while Shigure went to brush at the snow still on his legs.

 

"Tohru... It's Tohru... She's.. She's outside." Shaking terribly now he turned and pointed down the hall in the direction of her room. In a moment Hatori had understood there was trouble and took off. Probably thinking Akito himself had done something to her. Shigure stayed trying to create a distraction to the younger members of the family who were obviously confused about what was happening. Kureno was at his side trying to get him to sit down as well. Feeling a strange wetness on his cheeks his hand went up to wipe at the hot little trails of water. Twitching when he realized it wasn't from any melted snow he wondered how it was that he'd started crying.

 

Ren sat the girl down beside the small space heater covering her up with thick blankets trying to help the girl warm back up. The woman slowly sat down beside the girl on the floor her black strands hanging down. "How is it that you've gotten this close to that selfish little boy?" She spoke coldly stairing down at the girl who was slowly waking. "Why are you with Akito?" Tohru's eyes openned weakly hearing the voice, her eyes trailing up to the woman in front of her.

 

"... Where is Akito-sama...?" She asked in a concerned weak voice as Ren shook her head.

"He's just fine don't worry he told me to come out and help you out of the snow, you'll be just fine." She petted the frail girl's foread. "Tell me who are you I've seen a girl like you cling so close to that sickly man."

 

Tohru's eyes closed halfway as she looked to the cieling. "... I'm Tohru Honda, and my business with Akito-sama is between us."

 

Ren peered down to the girl noticing a few of Akito's traits had started rubbing off on her. "Tohru, I can tell you how to help Akito get better."

 

Back in the sitting room where Akito was now with the others, Shigure had done a well enough job keeping suspicions down with his usual inane babbling and subject changing. Figuring that Hatori was dealing with Tohru he remained at a far corner with Kureno and luckily Yuki had moved to be closer with the younger members. Akito ignored Kureno's words about changing into something dry and leaned his shoulder again the other's heavily as he stared off. "I'm fine... It's nearly dry anyway..."

 

The calm he was finding for the moment was cut short when Hatori came back, rubbing the back of his head in a confused and worried manner. The man came close and kneeled beside him talking in a secretive voice. "She's not out there." Akito's eyes grew wide and he spoke maybe a little louder than he should have been. "What?! Where could she have gon-"

 

Hatori spoke in a hushing manner. "I saw tracks. Yours and hers, and someone elses. I tried following them but the cut off at the veranda."

 

What good was that? The veranda extended along the inner most parts of the estate surround the garden. So, she was already inside. It still gave him a bad feeling that sent chills down his spine. Akito prayed it was a maid. Anyone. "Hatori... Find her. Now." He frowned and commanded the elder.

 

Nodding Hatori was about to leave but stopped. "You should still change first. You'll catch a cold."

 

Tohru shot up quickly as she did she felt light headed and gell back Ren put a warm cloth over her head. "Calm down, but first you need to do me a little favor if you want to help him, you have to help me first understand?"

 

Tohru nodded lightly looking up to the woman, 'That woman's eyes... They look so familer.' "Do we have a deal Tohru?" The woman tried to do her best to be kind toward the slow girl, but found it rather hard.

 

"What do I have to do?" Ren smiled when she heard those words.

 

"Have you noticed a box a pretty one that's well decorted?"

 

Tohru slowly looked into the woman's eye she remembered Akito had let her touch anything in his room, but stopped her when she touched and held the box, she shivered remembering how angry he had gotten with her, that's when she placed the woman's eyes. They looked like his, just like Akito's. "... What about the box?" She spoke barely above a whisper.

 

"If you bring me that box I'll tell you how to make Akito get much better, I promise Tohru, but you musnt't tell anyone about our little deal or he won't get better. If you don't do this for me when Akito dies it'll be all your fault."