Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Jaded By Rain ❯ Give Me Wings ( Chapter 6 )

Jaded By Rain

By, Jamie1317kast

 

Trapped inside, you look for a place to turn. With your hollow eyes, desperate reaches touch iron. God grant me speed. God see me through. God, give me wings so that I might soar. So that I might soar away from bitterness and heartache, and finally have a place to call my own.

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Furuba, they are copyright to Natsuki Takaya-sensei. My own characters are Ryoko Sohma, Gabriel Sohma, Takamichi Sohma, Taichii Okinawa, Rumiko Young-Li, Yueh Sohma, Saizo Chung, and if any other of my characters pop up I'll let you know.

 

Rated R for adult situations and just in case.

 

Give Me Wings:

 

God grant me speed. God see me through. God, give me wings so that I might soar. Anything, God, anything. Just keep that man away from me!

 

Taichii advanced upon Ryoko, shoving Kyo out of the way. Ryoko's silent prayer went unheard. Her entire being pulled up it's defenses, her shields quavered under Taichii's sinister aura. He reached out a cold hand to touch her face, “ I've missed you, my dear Ryoko.” Kyo watched, too stunned to move, as Taichii brought his face in and caught Ryoko's lips in a rough imitation of a kiss.

Ryoko shuddered down to her very soul, her entire body rejected his presence, but still he held her captive. She couldn't move, couldn't defend herself. Memories of the rape she had endured at his hands echoed back across her mind, like stilled snapshots in a photo album.

 

“ Stop struggling you stupid girl!”

 

“ No! Daddy, help me! Somebody, anybody!”

 

“ Hold still!”

 

“ Leave me alone!”

 

“ Shut up!”

 

“ Please…”

 

“ No one's gonna save you now. Now hold still and...what the FUCK is that?!”

 

Ryoko remembered. Remembering that she'd taken her life into her own hands by robbing him of his, and that memory somehow gave her strength.

She shoved him away, and, what's more, slapped him across his face. Leaving scratch marks where her nails had met his flesh. Kyo sprung into action, punching, kicking, giving Ryoko an opening to run. " Go on!" He shouted at her. " Run!"

There was no need for more words. Ryoko turned and fled, determined to have her legs carry her as far away from that evil man as possible.

 

" Shigure!" Ryoko called, bursting in through the front door, not bothering to kick off her shoes. " Shigure!" She called again, scrambling up the stairs to her room. Once inside the haven of her four walls, Ryoko threw open a duffel bag and began to pack. Hastily, she shoved clothing, assorted food stuffs, a few odds and ends, and feminine hygiene products into the bag.

Then, she paused. Taking out and discarding the last item she'd shoved into her bag. Ryoko sighed, she wouldn't be needing tampons or pads for the months' journey ahead. The price of Freedom, her first born child, was much closer to being paid than anybody could really guess.

Ryoko continued to pack, going into Kyo's room and taking some of his things as well. All the while remembering the conversation she'd had with Hatori not too long ago.

 

It was her annual checkup, Hatori had kept a rather close eye on Ryoko's health after her attempt at suicide. She hated the main house, but Hatori insisted she make the journey.

After inviting her in, he'd done all the things a doctor was supposed to do for his patient. Blood pressure, eyes, reflexes, that sort of thing. Then he had asked her how she'd been feeling lately. She replied that she had been feeling a little nauseated in the mornings, but it usually went away, though the symptom itself had been re-occurring for several weeks now.

Hatori had looked thoughtful for a while, resting his chin in the palm of his hand, tapping his pen on the surface of his desk. His swinging clock had ticked and tocked away the better part of an hour before Hatori had risen to his feet. He rummaged through the 'women only' medical drawers of his desk until he found what he had been looking for, a pregnancy test kit.

He had given Ryoko the kit, the instructions, and escorted her to the bathroom. Closing the door behind her, he had said, " When you're finished, come see me." While Ryoko had made use of the pregnancy test, Hatori was pacing in his study. ' I thought Shigure was only joking about how much sex Ryoko and Kyo were having, it never occurred to me to believe him.' Hatori had thought.

As it turned out, Ryoko was indeed a month pregnant. Hatori cautioned her to be extra careful, watch her diet, and her exercise. Before she left, he had also asked her when she planned to tell Kyo. Ryoko had replied with a grin in her eyes, " I will let him know when the time comes. When that is, however, depends. I can't wait to see how surprised he'll be."

When she'd left, Hatori sat back in his chair. " You're not the only one." He said to no one in particular. Then, he had picked up the phone to call Kazuma.

 

Ryoko charged down the stairs, duffel bag in hand and full to bursting. " Shigure!" She called again. The novelist peeked out from around his paper, " Ryoko, what.." Sparing no time, Ryoko launched her request.

" I'm leaving." Her announcement nearly knocked the writer off his ass. " Tell Kyo I'm headed to Kazuma's. Only Kyo. If anybody else asks where I am or where I've gone, don't tell them." Ryoko grabbed a map from Shigure's study and scooted out into the yard. As she was heading into the woods, Shigure came out onto the porch to watch her leave.

" What are you running from?" The question stopped Ryoko in her tracks, it was asked so seriously. She turned. She had thought Shigure was only capable of useless babble, she was wrong. Shigure may usually act like a fool, but he wasn't one. Ryoko shrugged, as if the answer didn't matter either way to her.

" My past."

 

They arrived together, there's no telling how they did it. Ryoko and Kyo both met on the front lawn of Kazuma's mountain cabin. Kyo was the first to move, he embraced Ryoko tightly. A bruise bloomed on his lower jaw, evidence that he wasn't unaffected by Taichii either.

Kazuma welcomed them into his home with out explanation, and for that, Kyo was grateful. That night, when Kyo couldn't sleep, he made his way out onto the porch. It was a warm spring night, the stars could be seen clearly, the moon was full, and a rather large cherry tree in the yard was in full bloom.

" You know that she's pregnant, right?" Kazuma's voice in the darkness scared the shit out of Kyo. " N-no. Well, I mean, I guessed. But, yeah…" Kyo tried to get his heart working right again.

Kazuma came to stand next to his adopted son, looking out over the mountains in the distance and the drop-off at the edge of the yard. " Hatori told me as soon as he found out." Kazuma spoke softly, the silence from Kyo the only answer he needed.

" Do you plan on getting married to her? You certainly don't want a child born out of wedlock, now do you?" Kyo looked at his adopted father, realizing that he was suggesting getting married without Akito's permission. Kyo grinned, he'd never liked that bastard anyway. " I've got some sake and a bible around the house somewhere." Kazuma stated, his eyes smiling. " Now, if only we had some-"

" I have some wedding rings." Ryoko's unexpected voice from dark of the threshold to the interior of the house caused both men to jump. With pounding hearts they both watched as Ryoko emerged into the soft moonlight, the stars kissing her cheeks. She reached down to the ends of her braids and slid off two gold rings. She had once explained to Kyo that they had once been her parent's rings, but when her mother had died, she had passed on her wedding ring to her daughter. Her husband, who loved his wife dearly, had followed suit. " I keep them with me always." She whispered, handing one to Kyo and keeping the other for herself.

Under the cherry tree in the soft glow of the spring moonlight, Ryoko and Kyo were married. They had barely sealed their marital union with a kiss when crashing sounds were heard on the path.

Ryoko looked up in fear, Kyo held her tightly. Kazuma looked to them, " Go!" he half-whispered, " Go!" making shooing motions with his hands. Kyo took Ryoko's hand, pulling her across the clearing to the edge of the drop-off.

Looking down over the edge, Ryoko could see that there was a steep and rugged path. " Are you seriously going down that?" Her common sense momentarily overriding her urge to run. " Yup." Kyo replied, already making his way down. " And you're coming with me."

" Are you crazy? I'll get killed!" Kyo looked up and met Ryoko's blue gaze with his fiery one, " Then 'till death do us part." He reached out a hand to help her. She closed her eyes, took a deep breathe, then opened them again.

" 'Till death do us part."

 

The figure of Taichii watched them go, fiddling and fixing his red tie, an ominous presence. Akito approached him, “ You're going to let them get away?” not believing the might-be truth of his own question.

“ Of course not, Akito-sama.” Taichii replied, with a look like fire burning in his eyes. The unbridled passion Taichii held for causing others pain was akin that of a demon's, and his love for the chase akin to that of an expert hunter's. “ I'm just giving them a head start.”