Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ The Secret of Despair ❯ The Sacrifice ( Chapter 4 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

She went up to the door and knocked. Tohru was wearing her very best clothes, a nice pleated skirt with a conservative white colored shirt and even her locket from him for luck. Yes the locket, the one given on her birthday in secret. It had a picture of both of them. She never showed it to anyone but herself. Yes she was prepared, she had brushed her hair so much the hairs almost stood up and she had shined her shoes the day before. But something was wrong, her eyes were too bright. They were fake and trying to show emotions of joy when she saw Akito.

The door opened and it was Kureno, she almost let out a breath. No confrontations yet.

“Master Akito is out back.” He spoke in a monotone voice. She followed him to the garden. There to her surprise she saw a …picnic? A doubtful look came to her eyes. But the moment it had she knew she should have known about this somehow. Maybe this was one of the memories that Hatori was suppose to have planted in her mind.

“Tohru dear come here. It's been months since I've seen you after the accident. I hope you've made a full recovery. Come, come.” He said in a friendly tone, yet the friendliness didn't quite reach his eyes. His eyes were still quite cold and quite dead.

“Oh yes the accident. But things are very fuzzy, I don't remember much and I hope I don't hurt your feelings if I don't remember everything.” Tohru had thought of this on the spur of the moment. She would feign that her memory was unstable and in case she did something out of person of the memory she was suppose to have then she could blame it on memory loss. Perfect.

“It's alright my Tohru. Everything is fine. Come have a picnic with me. Remember the days when we would picnic in the park when we were little.” She sat down with him and pasted on a huge smile. “I think I might. I remember this little brown basket and blue skies. It must be that memory.” She said as brightly as she could lying through her teeth.

Kureno left, and now they were all alone. “Tohru my love we are alone at last.” Akito said with a malicious hungry glint in his eyes.

Tohru was shocked. They were supposed to be lovers? Hatori never said that. Maybe Hatori didn't know. She was suppose to be Akito's lover? She wasn't an actress she could not fake such repulsive emotions.

“Yes we are. And I am quite ravished. I could eat a horse!” She said diverting the subject.

Then Akito spoke in a hoarse voice, “Remember how we used to make love under the trees? Remember when you told me you would always be mine and do whatever I please?” What? Tohru had promised herself to someone else. This horrible situation reminded her how lucky she was to have her special someone already. She had never promised Akito she would be his no matter in this memory or another. They had made love? Yeah right, sorry to be impolite but that would be hard to believe in either memory. And do whatever he pleased? In this memory was she suppose to be his slave or something. And why was she suddenly his love. Didn't he have her, Ms. Akito?

“Yes my love Akito, I vaguely remember saying that.” She choked out. Tohru felt sick to her stomach. She didn't want to be here. She wanted to leave NOW. Akito laid a hand on her leg. She panicked. Ice rushed through her body as she almost nauseated from his touch. She had to get out of this. If she could only get out of this building she could be safe.

“Akito… you know this is not the time or place for this.” She added a convincing tinkling laugh and she tried to laugh the whole thing off.

“I'm serious Tohru love. I want you now. Right here.” He said dangerously. “Don't you remember when we made love? You said you wanted me to do it over and over again.”

Tohru felt like throwing up in disgust. She looked down, and in the moment her eyes left Akito's she didn't see that they had flashed something feral, pure anger and hatred undiluted.

He pushed her down to the ground and his hands started roaming all over her body. She laid still. Maybe if she didn't move she wouldn't feel him. No she could feel everything. His squirmy foul touches were everywhere. Then his face came closer and his cold clammy lips touched hers. This was her limit she couldn't take it anymore. A kiss was suppose to be a special thing and she had recently had her first one from her love. The difference was magnimous. She felt defiled and it ruined the memory of the perfect kiss. It was gross, stomache turning and vile.

So Tohru pushed him off of herself and got up.

“Akito love…” She began but in the middle she was slapped on the face hard by Akito the devil himself.

“You bitch I knew that Hatori couldn't be trusted. He never erased your goddamn memory. I knew it. I knew Hatori could never be trusted to erase Tohru Honda's memory. She's too special.” He spat onto her face.

The color drained out of her face as paralysis began to set in. Her limbs shook and she never been more terrified in her life. This man she felt was going to kill her.

“How...?” She managed to blurt out.

“How you ask? I made up the whole thing of lovers and you totally went along with it. Bitch, meddling with my family. I'll teach you to never do that again.” He screamed spewing words full of loathing. His words, his composure, and his whole body shouted out that he wanted her dead and that he hated her more than anything in the world.

“HATORI GET YOUR ASS IN HERE GODAMMIT” SCREAMED AKITO. He choked and fell down shaking. Screaming was too much for Akito. Hatori rushed in immediately. “You LITTLE LIER. YOU THINK YOU CAN LIE TO ME? And even WORSE GET AWAY WITH IT?” Akito was exerting every last bit of energy he had in his body.

Tohru wanted to cry but she was too scared to cry. Her insides had crushed up and she didn't think she was breathing right.

Hatori turned white but his knuckles flexed. Hatori didn't know what to say. He had known somehow it would be found out. But so soon? Unless the whole thing was planned to test himself to see if he was loyal to Akito and would erase the memory of an important person in his life… again.

“Akito…” He began his long apology.

“DON”T YOU FCKING GIVE ME NO EXCUSES. Here..” suddenly Akito got quiet and calm. And this was even scarier than him raging and yelling. This Akito was thinking. Tohru prayed that she would get out of this in one piece and for Hatori to be all right too.

“Hatori I will forgive you if..” Akito said. Yes, Tohru thought he will forgive Hatori. She did not want Hatori to get blamed for her sake.

“…If you erase her memory right now in front of me.” He ended.

Ouch, Tohru's nerves stopped working. Hatori's left eyebrow started twitching.

“Don't saying one fcking word. Just do it, or else I will turn out everyone in the house and maybe I should find Kana again and have some chats with her. I will hurt your little charges, and even Shigure and Ayame too.”

Hatori wordlessly fell to his knees in front of Tohru. “I'm sorry” he croaked out.

Tohru was crying by now. But she smiled. “It's okay… I wouldn't want the family to get hurt for my sake. I know you have to do it. I want to sacrifice myself for the people I love and defend them with all I have. And I guess that is my memory. Hatori I trust you.” She whispered.

Hatori knew this wasn't right. He wasn't given any choice though. And Tohru's little speech made hi want to kill himself, and Akito too. She trusted him? She shouldn't trust him. He was just about to erase her memory. The little bit of his heart that was left from the last incident, was cracking again, into little tiny pieces, falling into oblivion.

“Tohru it'll be okay…” He tried saying but nothing would come out.
”Aww fuck JUST HURRY UP AND GET IT OVER WITH.” Akito yelled. Both of them were once again reminded of his presence.

Hatori looked into her eyes, and saw sincere soft brown ones looking back at him. …breaking..Breaking.. into tinier pieces…

Then the last thing Tohru saw were silver eyes and everything whirling into a gray swirl… but she knew the people she loved were being protected.

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Okay I've decided who the mystery dude is going to be. But keep reading to find out!