Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ No longer alone ❯ Chapter 21 ( Chapter 21 )
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By: Ky0kichi 
Anime/Manga: Fruits Basket Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Suspense / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 06.22.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.7K | Visits: 407 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Fruits Basket Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Suspense / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 06.22.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.7K | Visits: 407 | Status: Completed
Kuu: Ah! Guys! I'm so sorry about the delayed update! I just couldn't decide what I wanted to do......I sure hope this is good enough to entertain you guys..I had a really hard time with it..Because I couldn't do to much otherwise it'de interfere with the sequel, ya know? This story probably as a couple more chapters left then the sequel will be created! And since I coldn't decide who got punished in this episode I had a little bit of everyone getting smacked around..heehehe
God damnit! Everytime I spell "Kureno" I always start to type "kuroneko" And it sucks! BLARHGHGHGH BUT ANYWHO I think this chapter will be kind of long!! yay!?
¿Chapter21?
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Kyo remained still after he was roughly thrown onto the hard floor of the so-called 'cage' he was supposed to spend the rest of his life in. One of the men walked up and nudged him in the ribs harshly with his foot.
"That's it? Nothin' to say? You're not even gonna try..?" He asked amusingly. "Good, it looks like you finally found your place." He spat.
"Come on, let's get outa here, it's depressing." Came another voice.
Kyo listened to the sound of the retreated footsteps until they were gone completely. He lifted his head as much as he could to look around the small room he was in, only to sadly realize that there was no light flowing into it at all. He was hoping it was just hit eyes. He let his head fall back onto the ground with a soft thud., as his eyes began to burn with fresh tears.
He couldn't even feel the pain from his wounds anymore, the only thing he felt was the ache in his heart. A pain so severe it left him feeling ill. But, he'd accept it. Even if this hadn't happened, it would have only been a few months before he graduated and was dragged back here anyway. It was Sohma family tradition that all the cats of the zodiac get locked away after their graduation.
The day they got their freedom back, was the day they died.
Kyo took a deep breath. ignoring the sharp pain that spread throughout his chest. He was content that he had at least got to experiance something good in his life, that it was proven the cat could be loved and in return, love another. That alone would allow him to die without any regrets. There was just one thing the feline yearned to do, and that was to tell Haru how thankful he was for the time they'de spent together, to tell him how much he really loved him. And also, to apologize for not being able to be there for him anymore and tell him not to worry.
If anything, the thing he wanted most, was just to say goodbye to his love, but he was too weak.
That was the nekos last thought as darkness overpowered his mind and he slipped into a state of restless unconciousness.
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Yuki, Tohru and Shigure busted through the front door of the house. You could feel the tension right when you opened the door, it was like a kick to the chest.
"He's definately here." Yuki said as he studied the trail of water on the carpet. There was a loud crash from across the house, they glanced at each other and immediatley ran that direction.
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Upon arriving at the mainhouse, Haru immediately began his trek to the heads room. He was soaked from head-to-toe, but he didn't have time to conveniently happen upon a new pair of clothes.
The house wasn't to busy, so he didn't really have to worry about people getting in his way. Most of the inhabitants knew it when he was Black, and also knew it was wise to steer away from him, but then again, you have the morons who think they're helping. So after pushing through a couple of household servants who, and he quotes 'didn't want him to catch a cold' which really translates into 'Hey, you're getting the floor wet, dry off.'', Haru continued to silently storm down the halls, as to not attract to much attention.
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Momiji cheerfully hopped out of one of the rooms and spotted Haru walking down the hall toward him.
"Hey Ha-" He started, but his words got caught in his throat as the ox drew nearer. Haru gave him a side glance as he passed the wide-eyed without a word. Momiji stood frozen frozen for a moment, before he slowly looked over his shoulder and watched the white haired teen turn the corner. In as long as he'd known the cow, he never seen him look like that. The look in his eyes froze every bone in his body and sent chills up his spine..
He looked up as Yuki and Tohru ran up and stopped in front of him. (shigure had split and went in the opposite direction.)
"Have you seen Haru?" Yuki asked breathlessly. The blonde nodded and pointed in the direction he'd seen the cow disappear. Yuki said a quick word of thanks and began to run but the younger boy grabbed his arm. Yuki gave a questioning glance at the worried blonde.
"Yuki, be careful." He told him before releasing his arm and allowing him to persue the white haired teen.
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Black Haru quickly turned the corner and slammed into something, or rather someone. He stumbled back a few steps and was ready to completely ignore them as leave since he was in quite a hurry, until he heard their voice.
"Ugh! You jerk! You could at least say 'excuse me'." Kagura spat.
'Wait a minute..' He thought. He knew that voice..
'What have you done to MY Kyo?'
'I'll make you pay for this you..You stupid cow!'
Haru clutched his head almost painfully as all the different emotions battled throughout his mind. His anger flared as he finally looked up and met the girls gaze. This was the one that caused all of this..The one who willingly had Kyo taken from him..
"You.." He growled at her through clenched teeth, taking a step toward her. Her glare quickly dissipated to a look of nervousness as she realized the look of malcontented hatred in his cloudy grey eyes. She turned to flee but a han shot out and grabbed a handful of long brown hair, she winced in pain.
"Let go!" She yelled, turning as swinging a fist at the younger boy. She smirked to herself as she felt her fist come into contact with flesh, hard.
'That oughta do it.'
Haru felt the blood trickle down his chin from where the boar punched him, which proved to infuriate him anymore. Growling, he shoved the girls shoulders hard, causing her to stumble backwards. Without thought she quickly aimed another punch at the ox, which he expected. He grabbed her wrist and upper arm and twisted, pulling her arm behind her back. He twisted her wrist and pulled her arm up as far as it would go. Kagura yelped as pain shot through her arm, from her wrist to her shoulder blade.
She screamed in pain as she felt her wrist snap under the pressure of the cows grasp and jerked away, only to be caught with the boys other hand around her throat. Wide-eyed with fear, she tried to back away but her feet hit the wall behind her. Haru slammed her backward, raising his left hand to accompany the other around the girls throat. He added pressure, blocking air from entering the panicking girls lungs. The boar gasped and wheezed. Ignoring the screaming pain in her wrist, she scratched furiously at the taller boys hands that were completely constricting her air ways, but he ignored it.
Haru didn't blink once as he watched the older girl struggle. There were tears running down her face, from either the lack of oxygen or fear, he didn't know, nor did he care. She needed to know how he felt...Absently he tightened his grip on the girls neck.
Yuki and Tohru rounded the corner and gasped at the scene. Yuki immediatley came forward and grabbed one of the ox's arms, trying to pull him back to get his hands from around his suffocating cousins throat. Tohru had immediatley started crying, and was now being comforted by Shigure, who had gotten their just in time to see the event.
"Quit interfering!" Haru growled as he jerked his arm back, flinging the rat off. Kagura immediately gasped for air and collapsed against the wall. Tohru and Shigure rushed to the boars side when Haru turned from her and began walking away. Haru stopped, not turning to look at any of them.
"Are you really so selfish and spiteful toward me that you would ruin someone elses life to hurt me? You would go this far for something as worthless as jealously or revenge?" Haru turned his cold, flat gaze to the girl, then to Yuki, who was sitting on the ground trying to recover from the fall. "Do you all really hate Kyo so much..?" He asked in a disgusted tone. Yuki felt a pang of guilt as he looked into the taller teens eyes, glistening with unshed tears. Unable to bear it, he looked down at the ground in shame. Haru turned and left quietly.
Kagura burst into tears, attracting the others attention.
"He's right.." She weeped. Tohru affectionately rubbed her back.
"I-is Kyo..?" She asked, looking pleadingly at the dog, who nodded sadly.
"Oh god.." She sobbed.
"Ano, it's okay..It's not your fault." Tohru told her reassuringly.
"It..It IS my fault!" She wailed. "I-I told Akito..." She wiped furiously at her eyes with her free hand.
All three of them stared at the girl in complete shock. Kagura..Of all people..Is the one at fault for Akito..Let alone Haru's actions? Although, it did explain why Haru wasn't hesitating to kill her.. Luckily they'de gotten there in time to stop him. But, the one person that showed their love for the neko the most, was the one that caused Kyo's sudden imprisonment.. It was definately unexpected, she was always talking about how much she loved him, and how she'd do anything for him..Was that all some kind of act..?
"Tohru, you and Shigure take Kagura to Hatori's office. I think I know where Haru is headed, and by the look of things, he' obviously not going to show anyone any mercy." Yuki told them, and quickly departed.
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Haru stopped at the door that was obviously Akito's. Because we all know Kureno doesn't just randomly stand at attention at just any door in the house. Kureno gave him an exasperated look, but said nothing.
"Move." Haru told him simply, only to earn another detached look.
Hatori and Akito directed their attention to the door as they heard shuffling and a few odd thumps.
There was a few moments of silence before the door slammed open to reveal a very bored looking Black Haru, holding the rooster in front of him by his collar.
"Thank you Kureno, you are no longer needed." Haru stated nonchalantly, slamming the mands head into the door frame and dropping him. The two, now alarmed, men across the room immediately jumped to their feet.
"Hatsuharu. What is the meaning of this?" Hatori questioned sternly, a tinge of worry flowing through him at the cows appearance. He knew the ox was mentally unstable at times, but for him to completely snap..Something very bad had to have happened. (A/N:He doesn't know about Kyo, mind you.)
"Just stay out of the way." He stated coldly, pushing past the shocked dragon. He reached out and grabbed Akito by the front of his robes and instantly felt the dragons arms around him, pulling him back. Snarling in anger, he tried using his arms to break the embrace, but the dragon help on tight. He glared at Akito, who in turn, smirked at him with that taunting look that said something along the lines of: 'Ha, I win.'.
Hatori didn't know what was going on, but apparently it was bad enough for Haru to carelessly injure people that were't involve and attack Akito..Which wasn't like him at all, even when he usually goes Black. He shook his head to rid of the thoughts. His number one priority now was to keep him away from Akito until he calmed down.
Yuki stopped at the doorway. Knowing what would happen ig he tried to stop Haru again, he opted for observing from afar while he checked up on Kureno. He didn't really mind see Akito get what he deserved anyway.
Haru returned the smirk to the head, who's face immediately fell. Haru jerked his head back, bashing the back of his head into the dragons face. Losing his grip, Hatori stumbled and fell backwards. There was a few gasps from the doorway, where a small group of family members were beginning to gather.
Haru quickly advanced on the dark haired man while he had the chance, grabbing his robes and pulling him forward to meet his hard eyes.
"You better not have hurt him." He warned icily. Akito chuckled.
"Why, I have no idea what you're talking about." He stated. The white haired boy furrowed his brows and gave the shorter man a fierce shaking before slamming him back first into the nearest wall, knocking the wind out of him. Akito gave a strangled gasp as he tried to get hair flowing again. Out of the corner of his eye, Haru could see the dragon quickly jump up.
"Ah-ah Tori." Haru stated disapprovingly. "If you're worried about his well being then I suggest you stay put because I can't be held accountable to what I may do if put under to much stress."
Haru turned back to the man in front of him, who in turn glared daggers at him. Haru smirked at the smaller of the two as he attempted to hide his nervousness. He jerked him away from the wall, or rather dragged, since the head constantly stumbled over himself. He lazily dropped the man on the floor and took a seat on top of him. He couldn't risk giving him a chance to use his legs could he?
He grabbed the dark haired mans frail hands in his own with a tight grasp. It was pretty unbelievable that these tiny, weak hands had caused so much damage to his family. And it was all because of their fear of hurting him and getting punished. But that would change today.
"Okay. Let's play a game, you have 10 points. Everytime you answer incorrectly, you'll lose a point." The ox informed him. "Understand?" Akito pulled his upper body off of the floor to growl in the teens face.
"Oh? And why only 10?" He spat. Haru arched a brow.
"Because you only have 10 fingers." Akto snorted in laughter at the cows reply.
"Want to try me?" The ox seethed, slamming the mans head back down onto the floor with a deafening crack.
"Where is Kyo?" He asked calmly. Well, as calmly as you could get in his situation.
"Ha! It won't be that easy for you, you piece of garbage." He laughed. Haru narrowed his eyes.
"Wrong answer." He grabbed the mans small fist in both of his hands and squeezed hard, earning him the sweet sound of bones cracking and smashing simultaneously. Akito screamed in pain as Haru dropped his hand nonchalantly, and directed his attention back to the whimpering man.
"Oh by the way, that question was worth 5 points." he said flatly. "Now let's try this again."
After a few more curses and threats, Akito finally give out the whereabouts of the cat, and also informed him that 'he didn't want to ever see his face on the main grounds again'. Which of course he had no problem with. The group of people now crowded around the room made way as the still fuming teen walked out of the room, followed hesitantly by Tohru, Shigure and Yuki.
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Finally they came to a door. Haru stared at it for a moment before unlocking it and letting it open slowly, his heart racing, yearning to see what laid behind the door, yet terrified of what he may find.
He stepped into the room and waited for his eyes to adjust to the darkness. Haru squinted as the lights suddenly flipped on. He looked over to see Tohru with her fingers on the lightswitch.
Haru scanned the room, noticing it couldn't even really be labeled as a 'room', but more of a closet or something. His scan stopped as he came upon his kittens still form in the middle of the floor. He rushed over and fell to his knees at the nekos side, relief flowing through him. He felt a tear trail down his cheek as he took in the fiery teens appearance. He shakily reached out to touch the feline but stopped just short of contact, not really sure of what to do. He felt his heart break as a tear fell from the corner of the unconcious teens eye. It wasn't fair that Kyo had to go through any of this..
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He jumped as he felt a hand land softly on his shoulder. He looked over to see Shigure kneeling next to him.
"Come on, let's get Kyo home. Then we can call Hatori to come and check you guys out." He told him softy. Haru simply nodded and scooped the inert cat into his arms and followed the others out of the room.
Shigure hung up the phone and looked over at Yuki, who'de been waiting patiently for him to finish.
"How is he?" He asked
"Uh..he says Haa-kun broke his nose..Akito has a broken hand and a few bumps on his head. Kagura's wrist is fractured and she has severe bruising, and she'll have to wear neck brace..And Kureno needs stitches in his forehead." He sighed. "How about you, that's quite a scrape you have."
Yuki glanced at his elbow for a moment and shook his head. "Nah, where is Haru?"
"He's upstairs with Kyo, he hasn't left that room since we got back. He's gotta be hella tired." He answered.
Haru brushed a few stray strands of hair from the kittens face, wincing as he inspected the cuts and bruises that adorned his body.
"Haru." Yuki said quietly from the door. Haru looked up quietly as the rat took a step into the room.
"Yeah?"
'good, he's white again..' Yuki sighed in relief. "You should probably get a shower and get out of those wet clothes..You can borrow some of Kyo's clothes, I'm sure he wouldn't mind." He told him.
"No I'm gonna stay here with Kyo." He answer. Yuki furrowed his brows.
"Your health matters too ya know, you'll probably already get sick from walking around in the rain, and have you even eaten recently..Look, I'll sit here with him until you get back, I promise nothing will happen." The rat assured him.
Haru reluctantly stood and turned to walk toward the door. As much as he wanted to stay by Kyo's side, and be there to comfort him when he woke up..A shower did sound reasonable, he couldn't walk around stinkin' up the place. Haru paused as he felt lightheaded and stumbled a bit.
"He-Hey Yuki.." He started but suddenly fell onto the floor.
He was out cold before he even hit the ground.
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Wowzers! how'de ya like them apples? Was it good? Bad? Interesting? Full of Suspense? To violent? Not violent enough? So stupid you'de like to rip out of my windpipes and hang them in your collection? I need reviews here people! -shakes fist vigorously!- Chapter 22 will be up soon ^_^
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Kagura: Ow. I got owned.
Kureno: Boohoo..Eveyone picks on the even minions
Hatori: How unfair. I haven't done anything remotely bad in this fic and she make him beat me up to...-pouts-
KUU: SHUT YOUR PIE WHOLES YA BUNCH OF WHINERS!
God damnit! Everytime I spell "Kureno" I always start to type "kuroneko" And it sucks! BLARHGHGHGH BUT ANYWHO I think this chapter will be kind of long!! yay!?
¿Chapter21?
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Kyo remained still after he was roughly thrown onto the hard floor of the so-called 'cage' he was supposed to spend the rest of his life in. One of the men walked up and nudged him in the ribs harshly with his foot.
"That's it? Nothin' to say? You're not even gonna try..?" He asked amusingly. "Good, it looks like you finally found your place." He spat.
"Come on, let's get outa here, it's depressing." Came another voice.
Kyo listened to the sound of the retreated footsteps until they were gone completely. He lifted his head as much as he could to look around the small room he was in, only to sadly realize that there was no light flowing into it at all. He was hoping it was just hit eyes. He let his head fall back onto the ground with a soft thud., as his eyes began to burn with fresh tears.
He couldn't even feel the pain from his wounds anymore, the only thing he felt was the ache in his heart. A pain so severe it left him feeling ill. But, he'd accept it. Even if this hadn't happened, it would have only been a few months before he graduated and was dragged back here anyway. It was Sohma family tradition that all the cats of the zodiac get locked away after their graduation.
The day they got their freedom back, was the day they died.
Kyo took a deep breath. ignoring the sharp pain that spread throughout his chest. He was content that he had at least got to experiance something good in his life, that it was proven the cat could be loved and in return, love another. That alone would allow him to die without any regrets. There was just one thing the feline yearned to do, and that was to tell Haru how thankful he was for the time they'de spent together, to tell him how much he really loved him. And also, to apologize for not being able to be there for him anymore and tell him not to worry.
If anything, the thing he wanted most, was just to say goodbye to his love, but he was too weak.
That was the nekos last thought as darkness overpowered his mind and he slipped into a state of restless unconciousness.
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Yuki, Tohru and Shigure busted through the front door of the house. You could feel the tension right when you opened the door, it was like a kick to the chest.
"He's definately here." Yuki said as he studied the trail of water on the carpet. There was a loud crash from across the house, they glanced at each other and immediatley ran that direction.
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Upon arriving at the mainhouse, Haru immediately began his trek to the heads room. He was soaked from head-to-toe, but he didn't have time to conveniently happen upon a new pair of clothes.
The house wasn't to busy, so he didn't really have to worry about people getting in his way. Most of the inhabitants knew it when he was Black, and also knew it was wise to steer away from him, but then again, you have the morons who think they're helping. So after pushing through a couple of household servants who, and he quotes 'didn't want him to catch a cold' which really translates into 'Hey, you're getting the floor wet, dry off.'', Haru continued to silently storm down the halls, as to not attract to much attention.
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Momiji cheerfully hopped out of one of the rooms and spotted Haru walking down the hall toward him.
"Hey Ha-" He started, but his words got caught in his throat as the ox drew nearer. Haru gave him a side glance as he passed the wide-eyed without a word. Momiji stood frozen frozen for a moment, before he slowly looked over his shoulder and watched the white haired teen turn the corner. In as long as he'd known the cow, he never seen him look like that. The look in his eyes froze every bone in his body and sent chills up his spine..
He looked up as Yuki and Tohru ran up and stopped in front of him. (shigure had split and went in the opposite direction.)
"Have you seen Haru?" Yuki asked breathlessly. The blonde nodded and pointed in the direction he'd seen the cow disappear. Yuki said a quick word of thanks and began to run but the younger boy grabbed his arm. Yuki gave a questioning glance at the worried blonde.
"Yuki, be careful." He told him before releasing his arm and allowing him to persue the white haired teen.
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Black Haru quickly turned the corner and slammed into something, or rather someone. He stumbled back a few steps and was ready to completely ignore them as leave since he was in quite a hurry, until he heard their voice.
"Ugh! You jerk! You could at least say 'excuse me'." Kagura spat.
'Wait a minute..' He thought. He knew that voice..
'What have you done to MY Kyo?'
'I'll make you pay for this you..You stupid cow!'
Haru clutched his head almost painfully as all the different emotions battled throughout his mind. His anger flared as he finally looked up and met the girls gaze. This was the one that caused all of this..The one who willingly had Kyo taken from him..
"You.." He growled at her through clenched teeth, taking a step toward her. Her glare quickly dissipated to a look of nervousness as she realized the look of malcontented hatred in his cloudy grey eyes. She turned to flee but a han shot out and grabbed a handful of long brown hair, she winced in pain.
"Let go!" She yelled, turning as swinging a fist at the younger boy. She smirked to herself as she felt her fist come into contact with flesh, hard.
'That oughta do it.'
Haru felt the blood trickle down his chin from where the boar punched him, which proved to infuriate him anymore. Growling, he shoved the girls shoulders hard, causing her to stumble backwards. Without thought she quickly aimed another punch at the ox, which he expected. He grabbed her wrist and upper arm and twisted, pulling her arm behind her back. He twisted her wrist and pulled her arm up as far as it would go. Kagura yelped as pain shot through her arm, from her wrist to her shoulder blade.
She screamed in pain as she felt her wrist snap under the pressure of the cows grasp and jerked away, only to be caught with the boys other hand around her throat. Wide-eyed with fear, she tried to back away but her feet hit the wall behind her. Haru slammed her backward, raising his left hand to accompany the other around the girls throat. He added pressure, blocking air from entering the panicking girls lungs. The boar gasped and wheezed. Ignoring the screaming pain in her wrist, she scratched furiously at the taller boys hands that were completely constricting her air ways, but he ignored it.
Haru didn't blink once as he watched the older girl struggle. There were tears running down her face, from either the lack of oxygen or fear, he didn't know, nor did he care. She needed to know how he felt...Absently he tightened his grip on the girls neck.
Yuki and Tohru rounded the corner and gasped at the scene. Yuki immediatley came forward and grabbed one of the ox's arms, trying to pull him back to get his hands from around his suffocating cousins throat. Tohru had immediatley started crying, and was now being comforted by Shigure, who had gotten their just in time to see the event.
"Quit interfering!" Haru growled as he jerked his arm back, flinging the rat off. Kagura immediately gasped for air and collapsed against the wall. Tohru and Shigure rushed to the boars side when Haru turned from her and began walking away. Haru stopped, not turning to look at any of them.
"Are you really so selfish and spiteful toward me that you would ruin someone elses life to hurt me? You would go this far for something as worthless as jealously or revenge?" Haru turned his cold, flat gaze to the girl, then to Yuki, who was sitting on the ground trying to recover from the fall. "Do you all really hate Kyo so much..?" He asked in a disgusted tone. Yuki felt a pang of guilt as he looked into the taller teens eyes, glistening with unshed tears. Unable to bear it, he looked down at the ground in shame. Haru turned and left quietly.
Kagura burst into tears, attracting the others attention.
"He's right.." She weeped. Tohru affectionately rubbed her back.
"I-is Kyo..?" She asked, looking pleadingly at the dog, who nodded sadly.
"Oh god.." She sobbed.
"Ano, it's okay..It's not your fault." Tohru told her reassuringly.
"It..It IS my fault!" She wailed. "I-I told Akito..." She wiped furiously at her eyes with her free hand.
All three of them stared at the girl in complete shock. Kagura..Of all people..Is the one at fault for Akito..Let alone Haru's actions? Although, it did explain why Haru wasn't hesitating to kill her.. Luckily they'de gotten there in time to stop him. But, the one person that showed their love for the neko the most, was the one that caused Kyo's sudden imprisonment.. It was definately unexpected, she was always talking about how much she loved him, and how she'd do anything for him..Was that all some kind of act..?
"Tohru, you and Shigure take Kagura to Hatori's office. I think I know where Haru is headed, and by the look of things, he' obviously not going to show anyone any mercy." Yuki told them, and quickly departed.
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Haru stopped at the door that was obviously Akito's. Because we all know Kureno doesn't just randomly stand at attention at just any door in the house. Kureno gave him an exasperated look, but said nothing.
"Move." Haru told him simply, only to earn another detached look.
Hatori and Akito directed their attention to the door as they heard shuffling and a few odd thumps.
There was a few moments of silence before the door slammed open to reveal a very bored looking Black Haru, holding the rooster in front of him by his collar.
"Thank you Kureno, you are no longer needed." Haru stated nonchalantly, slamming the mands head into the door frame and dropping him. The two, now alarmed, men across the room immediately jumped to their feet.
"Hatsuharu. What is the meaning of this?" Hatori questioned sternly, a tinge of worry flowing through him at the cows appearance. He knew the ox was mentally unstable at times, but for him to completely snap..Something very bad had to have happened. (A/N:He doesn't know about Kyo, mind you.)
"Just stay out of the way." He stated coldly, pushing past the shocked dragon. He reached out and grabbed Akito by the front of his robes and instantly felt the dragons arms around him, pulling him back. Snarling in anger, he tried using his arms to break the embrace, but the dragon help on tight. He glared at Akito, who in turn, smirked at him with that taunting look that said something along the lines of: 'Ha, I win.'.
Hatori didn't know what was going on, but apparently it was bad enough for Haru to carelessly injure people that were't involve and attack Akito..Which wasn't like him at all, even when he usually goes Black. He shook his head to rid of the thoughts. His number one priority now was to keep him away from Akito until he calmed down.
Yuki stopped at the doorway. Knowing what would happen ig he tried to stop Haru again, he opted for observing from afar while he checked up on Kureno. He didn't really mind see Akito get what he deserved anyway.
Haru returned the smirk to the head, who's face immediately fell. Haru jerked his head back, bashing the back of his head into the dragons face. Losing his grip, Hatori stumbled and fell backwards. There was a few gasps from the doorway, where a small group of family members were beginning to gather.
Haru quickly advanced on the dark haired man while he had the chance, grabbing his robes and pulling him forward to meet his hard eyes.
"You better not have hurt him." He warned icily. Akito chuckled.
"Why, I have no idea what you're talking about." He stated. The white haired boy furrowed his brows and gave the shorter man a fierce shaking before slamming him back first into the nearest wall, knocking the wind out of him. Akito gave a strangled gasp as he tried to get hair flowing again. Out of the corner of his eye, Haru could see the dragon quickly jump up.
"Ah-ah Tori." Haru stated disapprovingly. "If you're worried about his well being then I suggest you stay put because I can't be held accountable to what I may do if put under to much stress."
Haru turned back to the man in front of him, who in turn glared daggers at him. Haru smirked at the smaller of the two as he attempted to hide his nervousness. He jerked him away from the wall, or rather dragged, since the head constantly stumbled over himself. He lazily dropped the man on the floor and took a seat on top of him. He couldn't risk giving him a chance to use his legs could he?
He grabbed the dark haired mans frail hands in his own with a tight grasp. It was pretty unbelievable that these tiny, weak hands had caused so much damage to his family. And it was all because of their fear of hurting him and getting punished. But that would change today.
"Okay. Let's play a game, you have 10 points. Everytime you answer incorrectly, you'll lose a point." The ox informed him. "Understand?" Akito pulled his upper body off of the floor to growl in the teens face.
"Oh? And why only 10?" He spat. Haru arched a brow.
"Because you only have 10 fingers." Akto snorted in laughter at the cows reply.
"Want to try me?" The ox seethed, slamming the mans head back down onto the floor with a deafening crack.
"Where is Kyo?" He asked calmly. Well, as calmly as you could get in his situation.
"Ha! It won't be that easy for you, you piece of garbage." He laughed. Haru narrowed his eyes.
"Wrong answer." He grabbed the mans small fist in both of his hands and squeezed hard, earning him the sweet sound of bones cracking and smashing simultaneously. Akito screamed in pain as Haru dropped his hand nonchalantly, and directed his attention back to the whimpering man.
"Oh by the way, that question was worth 5 points." he said flatly. "Now let's try this again."
After a few more curses and threats, Akito finally give out the whereabouts of the cat, and also informed him that 'he didn't want to ever see his face on the main grounds again'. Which of course he had no problem with. The group of people now crowded around the room made way as the still fuming teen walked out of the room, followed hesitantly by Tohru, Shigure and Yuki.
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Finally they came to a door. Haru stared at it for a moment before unlocking it and letting it open slowly, his heart racing, yearning to see what laid behind the door, yet terrified of what he may find.
He stepped into the room and waited for his eyes to adjust to the darkness. Haru squinted as the lights suddenly flipped on. He looked over to see Tohru with her fingers on the lightswitch.
Haru scanned the room, noticing it couldn't even really be labeled as a 'room', but more of a closet or something. His scan stopped as he came upon his kittens still form in the middle of the floor. He rushed over and fell to his knees at the nekos side, relief flowing through him. He felt a tear trail down his cheek as he took in the fiery teens appearance. He shakily reached out to touch the feline but stopped just short of contact, not really sure of what to do. He felt his heart break as a tear fell from the corner of the unconcious teens eye. It wasn't fair that Kyo had to go through any of this..
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He jumped as he felt a hand land softly on his shoulder. He looked over to see Shigure kneeling next to him.
"Come on, let's get Kyo home. Then we can call Hatori to come and check you guys out." He told him softy. Haru simply nodded and scooped the inert cat into his arms and followed the others out of the room.
Shigure hung up the phone and looked over at Yuki, who'de been waiting patiently for him to finish.
"How is he?" He asked
"Uh..he says Haa-kun broke his nose..Akito has a broken hand and a few bumps on his head. Kagura's wrist is fractured and she has severe bruising, and she'll have to wear neck brace..And Kureno needs stitches in his forehead." He sighed. "How about you, that's quite a scrape you have."
Yuki glanced at his elbow for a moment and shook his head. "Nah, where is Haru?"
"He's upstairs with Kyo, he hasn't left that room since we got back. He's gotta be hella tired." He answered.
Haru brushed a few stray strands of hair from the kittens face, wincing as he inspected the cuts and bruises that adorned his body.
"Haru." Yuki said quietly from the door. Haru looked up quietly as the rat took a step into the room.
"Yeah?"
'good, he's white again..' Yuki sighed in relief. "You should probably get a shower and get out of those wet clothes..You can borrow some of Kyo's clothes, I'm sure he wouldn't mind." He told him.
"No I'm gonna stay here with Kyo." He answer. Yuki furrowed his brows.
"Your health matters too ya know, you'll probably already get sick from walking around in the rain, and have you even eaten recently..Look, I'll sit here with him until you get back, I promise nothing will happen." The rat assured him.
Haru reluctantly stood and turned to walk toward the door. As much as he wanted to stay by Kyo's side, and be there to comfort him when he woke up..A shower did sound reasonable, he couldn't walk around stinkin' up the place. Haru paused as he felt lightheaded and stumbled a bit.
"He-Hey Yuki.." He started but suddenly fell onto the floor.
He was out cold before he even hit the ground.
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Wowzers! how'de ya like them apples? Was it good? Bad? Interesting? Full of Suspense? To violent? Not violent enough? So stupid you'de like to rip out of my windpipes and hang them in your collection? I need reviews here people! -shakes fist vigorously!- Chapter 22 will be up soon ^_^
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Kagura: Ow. I got owned.
Kureno: Boohoo..Eveyone picks on the even minions
Hatori: How unfair. I haven't done anything remotely bad in this fic and she make him beat me up to...-pouts-
KUU: SHUT YOUR PIE WHOLES YA BUNCH OF WHINERS!