Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ The New Akito ❯ Help One, Condemn the Other/Staying the Night ( Chapter 10 )
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By: MitchellsPrincess42405 
Anime/Manga: Fruits Basket Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 05.02.2006 | Pages: 1 | Words: 938 | Visits: 236 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Fruits Basket Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 05.02.2006 | Pages: 1 | Words: 938 | Visits: 236 | Status: Completed
Chapter Ten: Help One, Condemn the Other/Staying the Night
Tamaki woke up to white plaster walls, and the consistent beeping of her heart rate machine. Tohru was sitting at the side of her bed, her head bent down with her whole body slumped.
“Tami!” an anxious voice cried out. Kiri stood at the door to her hospital room, looking rather distressed. Tamaki sat up and gave Kiri and her mother a great big hug.
“What happened?” Tohru asked, anxiety was etched clearly in her face as well; she looked ten years older then she had that morning.
“I… blacked out again…” was Tamaki’s response. “I saw my brothers. I… want to see them again…” she paused after signing that; she knew Kiri wouldn’t like it.
The only response was Tohru’s “Oh, darling, I’m so sorry for your loss.” They sat in silence from then on.
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“Yuki, I know your daughters mean the world to you, but you’ve got to calm down!” Hatori urged a very angry Yuki into a chair.
“Look Hatori, you’re my cousin, so don’t treat me like some idiot patient who believes that ‘Oh she’s just fine’ crap that you’re spewing. I want to know about what’s happening to Tamaki.”
“Yuki, don’t be so loud, you’re scaring the other patients,“ Hatori said in a half whisper.
When growing up, only Kyo could make Yuki this angry, yet now the thought of his precious girls being hurt sent him into a rage. The two men walked into a small, cluttered office off one of the numerous corridors.
Hatori turned to face Yuki. “Look, you want the truth, here it is: if you help one daughter, you condemn the other. “
“What-“
“To help Tamaki, you should try to find out about her family. If they’re still alive, she should get to see them. That would make Kiri sad; she’d feel like Tamaki was going to leave her alone. If Kiri stays unhappy for to long… Well, we all know what happened to Akito…” Hatori finished with a sigh.
Yuki’s face was unreadable, but it was obvious he was fighting something inside himself.
“What are Tohru and I supposed to do then?” he finally asked in a monotone voice.
“I… don’t know." Hatori confessed. ”You should talk to the girls and figure it out as a family. They’re in room 309.”
With that Yuki hurried out of the office, leaving Hatori alone to think in silence.
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“Kyo!” Arisa called to her husband. “Tohru had some interesting news!”
“Don’t yell so much, you’re going to wake it up!” Kyo said, walking down the stairs with a small blue bundle in his arms. Arisa smiled at her husband; he was just so cute when he held his daughter in his arms.
“Kyo, Kimi has a gender you know. She’s not an ‘it’.” Arisa clumsily took the baby from her husband, trying to hold her head up.
“And Tohru said….?” Kyo prompted.
“She said that Tamaki is in the hospital. She fainted during class, and they think she might have a psychological disorder, Arisa explained.
“Should we go visit?” Kyo asked. “With that family, it really isn’t fair to leave them without help. Tohru cant handle a sick child, the cursed child, and a husband with secrets all by herself.”
Arisa smiled at him. “Of course were going to visit, but we should leave Kimi with Hana and Hatsuharu. They’re used to chaos; they handle one more kid. I’ll go start up the car…can you get Kimi ready?”
Kyo nodded.
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“I’m sorry about Tamaki,” Kenji told Kiri when they were alone in the dinning room.
“I know you are. I’ll be okay,” Kiri gave her perfect impression of her father’s meaningless smile used only when being polite. “I heard you visited the main house recently. How is Uncle Ritsu?”
From then on they continued painfully polite conversations about different family members and what they were up to recently. Kenji finally grew tired of their current topic of their great-aunt’s strange little hotel and spa.
He reached across the table to hold her hand. “I know you’re scared, stop hiding it.”
Even her hand was shaking. It was pretty plain that she was nervous, and alone. She got up and walked over to him, falling into his arms to cry.
“If she finds her OTHER family, then… what if she leaves me?” she sobbed into his shoulder. “I need her so much… but she says she needs them too…”
Kenji felt himself sympathizing with her. What eleven year old girl has to worry about whether her sister is going to leave her, try to keep herself looking normal for school, and whether her parents could handle two upset girls?
“Kenji?… do you think you can stay?… I don’t want another night in the hospital… and… I don’t want to be alone,” She whispered into his shirt.
“I’ll call mom now. I’ll be right back,” he told her, unhooking her arms from his neck, and slowly standing up, and walking to the kitchen phone.
Alone, Kiri felt so…odd…for a second it was almost like, she could feel herself growing old, so much older than her eleven year old body…
Tamaki woke up to white plaster walls, and the consistent beeping of her heart rate machine. Tohru was sitting at the side of her bed, her head bent down with her whole body slumped.
“Tami!” an anxious voice cried out. Kiri stood at the door to her hospital room, looking rather distressed. Tamaki sat up and gave Kiri and her mother a great big hug.
“What happened?” Tohru asked, anxiety was etched clearly in her face as well; she looked ten years older then she had that morning.
“I… blacked out again…” was Tamaki’s response. “I saw my brothers. I… want to see them again…” she paused after signing that; she knew Kiri wouldn’t like it.
The only response was Tohru’s “Oh, darling, I’m so sorry for your loss.” They sat in silence from then on.
~~~~~~~~~~
“Yuki, I know your daughters mean the world to you, but you’ve got to calm down!” Hatori urged a very angry Yuki into a chair.
“Look Hatori, you’re my cousin, so don’t treat me like some idiot patient who believes that ‘Oh she’s just fine’ crap that you’re spewing. I want to know about what’s happening to Tamaki.”
“Yuki, don’t be so loud, you’re scaring the other patients,“ Hatori said in a half whisper.
When growing up, only Kyo could make Yuki this angry, yet now the thought of his precious girls being hurt sent him into a rage. The two men walked into a small, cluttered office off one of the numerous corridors.
Hatori turned to face Yuki. “Look, you want the truth, here it is: if you help one daughter, you condemn the other. “
“What-“
“To help Tamaki, you should try to find out about her family. If they’re still alive, she should get to see them. That would make Kiri sad; she’d feel like Tamaki was going to leave her alone. If Kiri stays unhappy for to long… Well, we all know what happened to Akito…” Hatori finished with a sigh.
Yuki’s face was unreadable, but it was obvious he was fighting something inside himself.
“What are Tohru and I supposed to do then?” he finally asked in a monotone voice.
“I… don’t know." Hatori confessed. ”You should talk to the girls and figure it out as a family. They’re in room 309.”
With that Yuki hurried out of the office, leaving Hatori alone to think in silence.
~~~~~~~~~~
“Kyo!” Arisa called to her husband. “Tohru had some interesting news!”
“Don’t yell so much, you’re going to wake it up!” Kyo said, walking down the stairs with a small blue bundle in his arms. Arisa smiled at her husband; he was just so cute when he held his daughter in his arms.
“Kyo, Kimi has a gender you know. She’s not an ‘it’.” Arisa clumsily took the baby from her husband, trying to hold her head up.
“And Tohru said….?” Kyo prompted.
“She said that Tamaki is in the hospital. She fainted during class, and they think she might have a psychological disorder, Arisa explained.
“Should we go visit?” Kyo asked. “With that family, it really isn’t fair to leave them without help. Tohru cant handle a sick child, the cursed child, and a husband with secrets all by herself.”
Arisa smiled at him. “Of course were going to visit, but we should leave Kimi with Hana and Hatsuharu. They’re used to chaos; they handle one more kid. I’ll go start up the car…can you get Kimi ready?”
Kyo nodded.
~~~~~~~~~~
“I’m sorry about Tamaki,” Kenji told Kiri when they were alone in the dinning room.
“I know you are. I’ll be okay,” Kiri gave her perfect impression of her father’s meaningless smile used only when being polite. “I heard you visited the main house recently. How is Uncle Ritsu?”
From then on they continued painfully polite conversations about different family members and what they were up to recently. Kenji finally grew tired of their current topic of their great-aunt’s strange little hotel and spa.
He reached across the table to hold her hand. “I know you’re scared, stop hiding it.”
Even her hand was shaking. It was pretty plain that she was nervous, and alone. She got up and walked over to him, falling into his arms to cry.
“If she finds her OTHER family, then… what if she leaves me?” she sobbed into his shoulder. “I need her so much… but she says she needs them too…”
Kenji felt himself sympathizing with her. What eleven year old girl has to worry about whether her sister is going to leave her, try to keep herself looking normal for school, and whether her parents could handle two upset girls?
“Kenji?… do you think you can stay?… I don’t want another night in the hospital… and… I don’t want to be alone,” She whispered into his shirt.
“I’ll call mom now. I’ll be right back,” he told her, unhooking her arms from his neck, and slowly standing up, and walking to the kitchen phone.
Alone, Kiri felt so…odd…for a second it was almost like, she could feel herself growing old, so much older than her eleven year old body…