Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ Oh, Kuso! ❯ Chapter 9

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"Who's Akito? And why shouldn't I be like him?" Reika asked again, her glare intensifing. No one said anything, they were all to shocked to say anything.

"Yes, Reika has the ability to read minds. And she will be replacing Akito in the family. Reika," Hatori turned to her. Reika looked at him with wide eyes. "You do not need to know anything about Akito. So don't ask questions, it's really none of your business."

"Al-alright. But, but what are they're parts in the zodiac?" Reika asked, looking around at everyone in the room.

"Well. Of course you know that I'm the dragon, Shigure here, he's the dog. Yuki, is the rat. Kyo, is the cat, and Haru here is the ox." Hatori said pointing at each person as he said their names.

"O-okay. But what does she have to do with the zodiac?" Reika asked, pointing at Tohru, who froze in her spot across the table.

"Oh, I, um. I'm not part of the zodiac. I was granted permission to stay here when my mother passed away." Tohru nervously said. Reika looked at her nervously, and then looked at Hatori who nodded.

"O...kay. Uh, umm. You can stay here..?" Reika looked over at Hatori who nodded again, but this time with a smile. Hatori would never say it out loud, but he loved having Tohru around. Somehow, she made everything seem like it was okay. That it was okay to be yourself and not the animal inside of them. He smiled at her, she returned the smile.

On the right side of the table, Kyo was shaking slightly. Kyo was looking at the table with wide and horrified eyes. Haru gave Kyo's hand a squeeze. Kyo looked up a little bit to meet Haru's gaze. Haru smiled at him, but Kyo could only muster a feeble half smile. Haru mouthed the words 'What kind of a smile was that?' to Kyo, who in return gave him a bigger smile. Only then did Kyo get the courage to look up at everyone else in the room. Kyo looked at the little girl and tried to clear his thoughts. He studied Reika, noticing that she was wearing a white dress, making her eyes seem greener than ever. He watched as her and Tohru started laughing at something Shigure said.


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Haru stood over Kyo, who was lying flat on the ground. Blood dripping from his lips, down to his chin, Kyo pushed away Haru's held out hand.

"I don't need your help. Leave me alone right now." Kyo said, sitting up. Haru didn't say anything just sat down next to Kyo.

"I said, 'leave me a-'."

"You know. You don't always have to pretend your so strong." Kyo shot a glare at Haru. "Yeah, you're strong physically, but what about emotionaly? Do you still need someone who can be there? To listen to all our selfish needs? Deep down inside, you're a little crying brat." Kyo looked away from Haru, still scowling. "You know it's true. But then again, everyone is like that. Inside of everyone, we still need help facing our problems, doing things that make us uncomfortable. You constantly trying to beat Yuki is an example. You're doing that to hide the fact that you're still a child. You want to grow up, get away from all the things in the past, but you can't but dwelling on the things in the past isn't helping. If you want to grow up, you need to let things go in the past. Get on with life."

Kyo had tears streaming down his face, he didn't know why. Just listen to the non-sense Haru had to say always made him sad, but never said anything, because it was always true. He was a brat, and he knew that, but didn't know what to do to change it. More tears streamed down Kyo's face. Kyo bent his knees, folding his arms and putting his head and arms on his knees, he began to sob. Haru moved closer to Kyo and wrapped his arms around Kyo's waist. Kyo gave little sign on noticing Haru's movements. Kyo's sobbing just got louder and more violent.

"Kyo, all I really wanted to tell you... was that... I love you." Kyo slowly looked up. Looking at the trees that surrounded the house. His eyes wide, more tears rolled down Kyo's face. Quickly, he turned around and clung onto Haru like a little child.

Sobbing into Haru's shirt, Kyo choked out, "I-I love you too!"

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Kyo was brought back to reality whenever he heard his name being called. Kyo looked over to the side of the roof and saw Haru's body coming to ontop of the roof. Kyo just gazed at Haru as he walked over to Kyo.

"Kitten? Are you alright? You look a little dazed...?" Kyo blinked a couple of times and looked at Haru with surprised eyes.

"Eh..?! O-oh yeah, I'm fine just thinking." Kyo said, turning back to stare out into the sky.

"Oh yeah? What about?" Haru asked, staring at Kyo. Kyo just shrugged.

"About when we first got together. Thinking back on that, it's embarrassing. Me crying like the little brat I am. Heh." Kyo didn't look at Haru, just stared at the sunset, watching the sky turn from blue, to purple, to red.

"Ha, yeah, well. I love that memory. That's one of the few times I got to see the real Kyo." Haru layed his head on Kyo's shoulder, Kyo layed his head on Haru's. They sat like that for a long time.

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"So, what do you think of Reika?" Haru asked Kyo as they got ready for bed.

"Uh, who?" Kyo said, taking off his shirt.

"The little girl that was here earlier. The girl that's taking Akito's place!" Kyo froze in his spot by their bed.

"O-oh, yea-, her." Kyo let out a breath, "Um, she seems a lot nicer than Akito, but I don't know. The-the people that still live at the main house. I just don't really want another Akito, I was lucky enough that he died. How did he die anyways?" Kyo asked lifting an eyebrow at Haru, who lifted both in return.

"Good question. All I heard was that he died in his sleep. I also remember seeing Shigure there that day before." Haru lifted a hand to his chin and looked at the ceiling as if he were thinking. "I think that we should invesitgate this more." Haru said giving Kyo a sly look.

"That's quite alright. I don't want to remember anything about that wicked bastard." Kyo said climbing into bed.

"Come on, Kitten! It'll be fun! We can torture it out of that dog. Please!" Haru did his best puppy face and looked at Kyo. Kyo just sighed and laughed.

"Alright, alright. Just turn off the light and come to bed!" Kyo laid down and turned so that his back was facing Haru. Smiling, Haru turned off the light and crawled into bed with Kyo.

Wrapping his arms around Kyo's waist, Haru started nibbling on Kyo's neck. "You know, it's still our anniversary." Kyo turned around in Haru's arms, and smirked at him. Kyo leaned into a passionate kiss.


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The next morning Haru and Kyo put 'Get dog-boy to talk' into action. Haru went into the dinning room where Shigure was watching TV, and Kyo went into the kitchen to get them some breakfast.

"So, Shigure. What exactly happened to Akito?" Haru asked, placing his head in his hand on the table. Shigure froze in his spot, and slowly turned his head toward Haru. Shigure gulped.

"W-why do you ask, Haa-kun?" Shigure said with a nervous smile.

"Oh, just wondering. With Reika coming over, I began to think about how Akito died. No one ever told us." Haru said, turning to the TV.

"Yeah, dog. What happened? I'm acutally curious about that." Kyo said as he walked in with two bowls of rice. Placing one bowl infront Haru and sat next to him.

"Wow. Kyo? Show interest in something other than Haru? This is...shocking!" Shigure said putting a hand up to his cheek.

"Yeah, well. Since I'm showing interest in this, why don't you tell us how Akito really died?" Kyo said taking a bit of food.

"Uhem, well, that, uh... isn't something we should be talking about... So um. How was your day yesterday? Did you guys have fun?" Shigure asked nervously.

"It was a lot of fun!" Haru said, finally looking away from the TV.

"Shut up! Don't change the subject!!" Kyo yelled, lifting a fist to Shigure.

Shigure shook his head, "Now now, Kyon-Kyon!- "

"Don't call me that!"

"But that is none of your business!"

"We have every right to know. We are part of this family." Haru said, shaking his chopsticks at Shigure.

Shigure lifted his hands and shrugged while shaking his head. "Now now Haa-kun. I know you are part of the family. But that's not something that needs to be said a loud."

"You killed him didn't you?" Haru said, catching Kyo and Shigure off guard. Kyo fell over and Shigure caught himself.

"Wha-what gave y-you that idea, Haa-kun??" Shigure said, and started to look nervously around the room.

"You did!! Shigure! How? How did you do it?" Kyo asked with his eyes wide.

"Well, well. I guess you've got me cornered. Heh heh. Uh, um.."

"Quit stalling and tell us how!" Kyo said, slamming his fist on the table.

"P-poison? Heh heh heh..." Shigure laughed nervously. Haru and Kyo just stared at him with wide eyes. They couldn't believe it. Everyone always thought that Shigure and Akito loved each other. Kyo and Haru were happy that he did it, but Shigure... kill... Akito?! That's just insane!



Mwhahahaha, I did something weird! I have no idea where that thought came from... but it did... yeah. Hmm, I'm a weird one I know. Review and tell me how I did!!