Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ The Secret of Despair ❯ The Chase ( Chapter 1 )

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it was pounding. ...thump thump thump... her heart was pounding so loudly it was blocking out all the other sounds surrounding her. Silently, her body shook and continued shaking until she forced herself to stop when she finally noticed. Her stomache was having a tantrum and she wanted to throw up because it kept going up and down.

While her lungs were expanding and contracting painfully, she had been running for what felt like hours. it could only have been at the most fifteen minutes she thinks to reassure herself. her throat is thick and feels like its filled with whipped cream. But all those things didn't even compare to what she was feeling in her head. Her head was screaming bloody hell and it felt as though her entire head was on fire. Screws were being pounded into her head.

But it all didn't matter as long as she kept quiet.. at least quiet enough for HIM not to find her. HE was after her and she knew she wouldn't be safe for long. She had broken the rule. She had told someone. She had told someone about Akito's dark secret. She had been over her head when she thought she could achieve something by telling Hatori. She though he would understand and help her. What she didn't know was that Akito had been carefully watching and observing her... waiting for her to slip up and tell someone. He knew from that day that she had seen him that she would want to tell someone...

...that day, TOhru had been called to the Souhma house but she had been two hours early because she had nothing better to do. She had walked in the door and called out but nobody was there. Tohru went into the garden, and then she saw. She knew the secret that Akito hadn't told anyone else but Hatori. The secret he had kept close to his heart and covered with layers so no one else would know. Something he had hid so intensely and also desperately hoping no one would discover it. You see, Akito was in love.

He knew no one else could find out because if someone did find out he knew he would lose so much of his power. He would be no longer respected or feared. Two things he never wanted to lose. Tohru saw Akito kissing HER. The woman that Akito loved. Of all people it had to be her Tohru Honda to see him. Tohru regretted seeing the whole thing but it was like watching a car accident. She couldn't wrench her eyes from the scene. It was so fascinating but horrifying at the same time. She knew she should have turned away the moment she saw them and leave and pretend it didn't happen. But no she had to stay there and watch and stand there in plain view like an idiot so all Akito had to do was turn around and see her standing there in shock.

When he had finally turned around he ran to her pushed her to the ground. The nightmare begun. He had slapped her, pulled her hair, and practically raged at her with all his power. What felt like days later he had stopped. His ragging breathe on her face as she was on the ground helpless and paralyzed from her injuries but also from fear. Nobody had ever been so angry at her. She quivered. At least he was done she thought. He had finished putting scratches and marks all over her body.

Akito had paused and looked back and talked to HER. and told HER to go back into his room and he would go there when he was finished. Tohru had thought she had seen some pity in HER eyes but all SHE did was walk timidly into the other room. Akito turned his attention back to her and Tohru could not help but feel as if she had been smacked with an invisible force. His dark eyes were so strong and powerful much effective than his physical hits. In his eyes she saw hate and raw revulsion as he looked at her. Then Tohru heard him whisper, "Don't even move" She was so astonished she didn't move. He simply turned her so she was on her stomach and her back was facing him. From the corner of her eye she saw him pull out a long silk cord with tassels at the end and a handle at the other end. He started whipping her.

She was still in shock so she didn't even cry out. So after about 20 hits he paused. and said with hate in every word, "if you tell anyone i will make sure you will lose your memory and experience so much pain that it cannot even compare to today. and will you not only feel physical pain you will experience emotional pain because i will take everything and everyone that is important to you." When he finished saying that she knew he had meant every syllable. THen without another glance he left...

That was what she remembered. She had gone through the next few months after that telling no one and keeping that secret inside of her. Tohru started to constantly fear Akito. Soon he was in her very thoughts and dreams, well more like nightmares. It started eating her up inside. So just today she had decided to tell someone she trusted.

She told Hatori.

Tohru should have known something was wrong when she saw him get a funny look in his eyes. How was she suppose to know Akito had told him about the secret months ago and also that he told him to watch out to see if Tohru told anyone. Then just 20 minute ago he had grabbed her wrist and had told her to look into his eyes. Then she knew he was about to erase her memory. She turned and ran and heard him close behind her. Tohru ran for her life as hard as she could. She went through the neighborhood and then into the forest and now she had cleverly hidden in the insides of a large bush. She just hoped the loud sound of her beating heart wouldn't give her away...