Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ The Sky is Broken ❯ Prologue: Part 1 ( Chapter 1 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Reicheru 
The passing of Yuki Sohma and the pregnancy of Tohru Honda.
Anime/Manga: Fruits Basket Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Comedy | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 10.13.2003 | Pages: 3 | Words: 4.3K | Visits: 715 | Status: Work In Progress
The passing of Yuki Sohma and the pregnancy of Tohru Honda.
Anime/Manga: Fruits Basket Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Comedy | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 10.13.2003 | Pages: 3 | Words: 4.3K | Visits: 715 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: Daisy and I do NOT own Fruits Basket. Sadly. Argh. But we DO own Haruki and Emiko and other minor characters we make up.
Please no flames if your favorite character just happens to die. Cause, yes, two people die, and no, you shall not know who until it's read. Thank you!
And while they're not shown in this chapter, here are the two main characters:
http://www.hostultra.com/~reicheru/Haruki2.png
http://www.hostultra.com/~reicheru/Emiko2.png
And yes......there are other pictures! ~.^ If anybody really wants to see, just tell us and we'll give you the URL so you can see every picture for this fanfic
that has been drawn! ^.^
Daisy-chan came up with the title too, and while I've yet to really understand it, it was pretty so we've used it ~.^.
And in case you didn't know it, Daisy and I have both written different parts, so from time to time the writing style will change. XD But when it does, then you know who
wrote what! (Not really......)
And we hope you all like it!! It started out as my fanfic but I asked Daisy to join me in writing. XD It was suppose to be mostly angst too; but Daisy-chan and I are to silly so theres also some humor parts (*snickers* _______ and ____ goodness!! XD)
And gomen nasai for the length of this chapter........
Random Note: People that have read Under one Roof by me......its taking awhile writing it......but my chapters are getting longer and loner no da!! And I already have most of the idea for the chappy.......just gotta simply type it.........~.^
This is Prologue; Part 1:
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Tohru kneeled beside the bedside, sobbing quietly into the sheets. Kyou sat beside her, looking lost and dazed. Hatsuharu sat at the foot of the bed, cuddling Kisa and blinking rapidly, trying to hold back the dam of tears. Ayame sat on the other side of the bed, holding Hatori’s hand tightly and staring at his dying brother. No tears came from the snake yet; he was still in shock. Truthfully, they all were still in shock. Yuki had never been a truly healthy boy and during the coldest winter in over 50 years he had fallen ill and had been diagnosed to die within in the week. All this happened that Monday. Today was Thursday.
Tohru lifted her tear-stained face from the blankets when she felt a hand fall upon her hair. But the paler-than-usual face wasn’t facing hers, it was facing the slightly trembling Ayame. “Ayame…..” Yuki coughed and some bits of blood came out of his mouth. Tohru watched with horror. Ayame’s golden eyes slowly came back into focused as he dropped Hatori’s hand and moved closer to his brother. “Yes Yuki?”
Yuki's gaze softened and Ayame noticed his lips trembling weakly as he opened then slightly to speak as much as he could. Ayame felt a painful, dry lump swell up in his throat. "Ayame…" Yuki reached his other dangerously pale hand out to touch his older brothers' one. Ayame felt Yuki weakly trembling hand against his own trembling one, athough the dying nezumi's hand was far worse. Ayame instantly grabbed his weak hand for support. He knew Yuki couldn't waste any energy especially on trying to hold his hand up.
"Ayame…" Yuki whispered weakly again,
"Yuki-kun! What is it? I'm here!" Ayame dropped to his knees and shifted as close as possible to the sick boy.
"Ayame…Gomen nasai…" He said before he was interrupted by another blood-filled cough. Yuki covered his hand over his mouth this time, but everyone noticed the small, red leak trickle its way through the pale fingers.
Ayame could feel his heart painfully shattering slowly as the lump in his throat grew.
"W-w-w" Ayame stuttered. He coughed, clearing his throat in attempt to clear the stuttering.
"W-What do you mean, Yuki-kun? Gomen-nasai!? Tell me what you mean!!" Ayame's voice let out a weak whimper during his plea, which proved he was struggling so hard to hold back his tears. Ayame always thought that men shouldn't cry especially not in public.
Yuki let out a weak chuckle. "Ayame, Gomen nasai…" Yuki tried to keep the humorous tone in his weak voice but no one could smile, not even put on a fake one.
"You…I mean I…I know you're my brother…I always loved you as my brother…" Yuki inhaled a deep sharp breath as though he was in pain. Everyone gasped and stepped a step closer to try to help but then knew there was no way they could.
Ayame's lips trembled before he bit them, trying to keep them still. Two balls of tears escaped and dripped from his eyes directly to the soft fabric of Yuki's bed, which instantly soaked them up. Yuki looked back at him again with a weak smile,
"You're my brother, Aya-kun…" Ayame's mouth dropped open in further shock. He knew Yuki must have meant every word he said. He had never called him 'Aya' before.
"And I'm so sorry I didn't treat you like a respectful brother should have… I know there's no way I can make up for it and-"
"No!" Ayame grasped the weak hand tighter, moving closer to the sick boy, "No, please! Yuki-kun don't ever think that you have to make it up to me!!! I treated you wrong as a child and if you think about it, you've just got your own back. Now we both know we love each other the way brothers should love and I don't want you to feel sorry! Never feel sorry, Yuki-kun!"
"I-It's a shame…" Yuki's gaze switched up to the ceiling above him.
"What is?" Ayame asked.
"It's such a shame I won't get to know you further. That I won't get to know the brother I never really had until now…"
Ayame's tear-filled eyes widened. Tohru couldn't take anymore. She dropped from Yuki's bed down to the floor, propped up on her elbows spluttering out the imprisoned cries. Kyou leaned over her, rubbing her back giving her support. "Tohru…" Kyou whispered softly. "I don't-I don't…" Tohru cried out, coughing out the suffocating gasps and whimpers she couldn't handle anymore, "I don't want Yuki to go! Please no!" She continued to cry as she lowered her soaked face down to the floor between her balled fists as her shoulders and back shuddered from the strain of her cries. Kyou wrapped his hand under, and around her waist, while running his other hand down her neck to her socked cheek and pulled her up. He really didn't want to get close enough to transform because he knew Tohru needed him now more than ever. He pulled her up so she was sitting back on her heels while he brushed her hair aside and kissed her bare shoulder and whispered in her ear; "It's ok… I'm here… I'll take care of you…"
Tohru's cries reduced to just mere short gasps and trembling lips, but then she broke again.
"But Yuki won't be!!" She cried out, newly born hot tears streaming down her moist cheeks. Kyou continued to kiss her shoulder while rubbing her arms in comfort.
The new atmosphere with Tohru's helpless cries made it a further struggle for Ayame to keep it in any longer.
Yuki gave a weak smile to Ayame before turning his head over to face the broken girl.
"Honda-san…Tohru-kun…" He said weakly, while reaching out his hand to her which had a few blood steins on. Tohru looked up at him, continuing the short helpless gasps as she tried to force herself to calm down.
"Tohru-kun, you will visit me, ne?" Yuki smiled weakly, "I wish to be buried when I pass away, so Tohru-kun can visit my grave and tell me all about her day just like you normally do. You will do that, ne?"
Tohru's gasps became harder to handle but she forced herself to. The lump in her throat was growing again, building up for the next emotional outburst. She turned to Yuki and held his pale hand with both of her own. "I promise Yuki-kun that I'll visit! I'll visit everyday! I'll tell Yuki-kun about my day and how I'm feeling! I'll also tell you how your-your…" her strength began to shatter as new tears escaped her sore, pink, brighter than usual eyes. She tried to continue, "How your fruit and vegetable patch is coming along. I promise with everything that I'll keep that fruit and vegetable patch growing! I'll keep it… Yuki-kun's favorite place means so much to me…" Tohru tried hard to keep back the new tears.
Yuki's eyes also began to finally flood, "I'll miss Tohru-kun so much… I don't know how I could possibly cope without you wherever I go…" Tohru's eyes continued to flood. She finally let out a long sigh as she brought her damp face down and rested it against his pale, cold hand.
"I love you so much Yuki-kun, I'll always love Yuki-kun" Tohru whispered against the cold, pale skin.
Yuki smiled wider, as much as his weak lips would go. He knew she loved him and Kyou in completely different ways but he knew she really did love him. He was just praying she wouldn't end up as broken-hearted as she was with her mother's death.
"I'll always be here, you know that, right?" Yuki asked, bringing his other hand to her head and stroking it, occasionally running his long fingers through her long silky hair.
"Ha-Hai" Tohru whimpered, "Just like I'll always be there for Yuki-kun"
Yuki smiled but it didn't last long before he coughed violently strong, helplessly spitting out blood in the process. He snapped his hands back to his mouth, covering it.
"Yuki-kun!" Tohru cried.
"Yuki!" Kyou said, worriedly.
"Yuki!" Haru cried, along with Ayame crying against the bed and gripping the boy's sheets. Everyone else just held each other, crying.
Yuki continued to cough until his eyes widened and his pale skin had doubled its pale color. He limply fell back against the pillow.
"NO! YUKI!!!!" Tohru screamed.
Yuki's limp head bounced a couple of times against the pillow, causing his hair to flick and sway around. No one could bare to watch. Yuki exhaled his last, long breath.
"Yuki! No!! Yuki! Yuki!" Tohru cried as hard as she could, struggling to jump onto the bed and wake him up but Kyou held her back, holding back his own tears.
"Tohru, no! It's over!"
"NO! YUKI!!!"
Kyou couldn't take anymore. He was hurt enough as it was, he couldn't bare to see Tohru in such a state as well. He let her slip through his arms and watched her through flooding eyes grab Yuki and hold him tight in a hug. Nothing happened. No transformation, no sound, nothing. Not even a slight twitch.
"Yuki! Come back! Yuki!" Tohru cried helplessly against his chest.
As Yuki’s last breath was taken, a flood of tears came to drown the Sohma’s. Everybody cried, even the neko which had screamed death threats at the mouse for so many years, the dragon who was usually so cold and the rooster, who had been sent there to be Akito’s ‘spy’, cried.
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3 weeks had passed since Yuki's death. Tohru at first found it very hard to cope with and still did, but managed to hide it much better. Kyou knew she was still hurting and tried to reassure her and make her feel better as much as he could but found it hard with Tohru's selflessness. She always smiled, saying she was fine and there was no need to worry about her. Kyou also found it hard without Yuki around anymore. He wasn't as heartbroken as Tohru but things just didn't seem right. Kyou sometimes missed the silly fights Yuki and he used to have. He was still even wary every time he got up in the mornings, worried that the half asleep Yuki would creep up on him again.
As promised, Tohru visited Yuki's grave everyday. She couldn't afford to buy new flowers everyday so she usually went through the forest or the meadow near the school to pick some nice flowers. Everyday she cleaned and cleared up Yuki's grave stone. She always cleared away the day-before flowers, unless someone else put them there, and put down the new fresh ones. She only cleared away flowers that other people put down when they started to wilt. She usually visited Yuki's grave on the way home from school, and talk about her day. On the weekends she used to bring Yuki his favorite type of rice balls she made on Saturdays and one or two of the vegetables or fruits from his patch, if there were any ready to pick, on Sundays. She knew he'd appreciate that.
The new strange behavior Tohru had never went unnoticed, at least not to Kyou. He wasn't jealous though, he was more worried, than anything. He knew Tohru and Yuki were very close friends mainly due to the fact that Yuki was in love with her but Tohru was too innocent to realize. Kyou also knew that although Tohru hides her feelings when she's hurt, she's very sensitive and vulnerable. She only ever hid her feelings when she was upset because she didn't want to create an atmosphere and bring everyone around her down. That's just the way she was.
Kyou had become a little more relieved when Tohru seemed to calm right down and return more or less back to normal. But that didn't last too long.
Kyou and Tohru now shared a bedroom. Tohru used to always wake up bright and cheerful and after she'd had a shower and got ready, she'd make the bed and clear up any mess in the room. However, the passed 3 days Kyou noticed that Tohru seemed a little uneasy around him. She was always so happy and chatty when he was around before, but now she seemed different. Kyou knew it couldn't have had anything to do with Yuki's death unless she suddenly fell deeply in love with him after his loss, which was highly unlikely.
Tohru and Kyou had walked to school together in an unusual silence. Kyou had asked her a few random questions to try to break the silence but Tohru only gave him the simple answers and that was it. She couldn't even look at him. Kyou was worried if he'd somehow scared her or done something to upset her. He didn't dare ask though, or at least not yet.
The class was just about to start when Tohru suddenly jumped out of her chair and ran out of the room. Kyou got up and ran to follow her but she was already gone. He was suddenly pushed aside by the Yankee and Psychic as they ran passed him.
"Hey watch it!" Kyou yelled furiously mainly directed to the annoying Yankee.
"Shut up, carrot head!" she yelled back as she continued to run. Kyou was very tempted to follow her and yell at her for calling him that again but he figured they were going after Tohru. Maybe she wanted some time away from him? But if she did why did she rush away so fast and so suddenly? Maybe that was the only way she could? He kept thinking, worrying and frustrating himself over it. Tohru had been running away for some reason for the passed few days and it was always in the mornings. He wanted to know what was going on! Then suddenly another thought came to him,
"What if she's meeting someone? What if she's seeing a guy? She'll cheat on me!?! No! no Tohru would never do that!" Kyou cursed himself for thinking such a thing. Tohru was nothing like that. He planned to find out what was going on at dinner. That would most likely be the best opportunity.
Later that day the journey home was just as silent as the journey to school. Kyou had noticed earlier that day when Tohru had come back to class accompanied by her 2 best friends, she looked quite pale. At one moment she staggered and looked like she was about to pass out. Kyou was yet again worried.
"Oy" Kyou said simply, demanding her attention.
"Hai?" She didn't look at him.
"What's the problem?"
"What problem?" Tohru asked innocently.
"Well there must be some problem! You haven't talked much to me for days, let alone looked at me! Have I done something?"
"No!" Tohru panicked. She stepped in front of him, looking at his chest but no higher.
"Gomen nasai, Kyou-kun! You haven't done anything wrong"
"Then what is it?" Kyou's voice softened, "You're not sick are you?"
"Not really"
"Then why are you acting so different? And what was the deal with running out this morning??"
"W-well I-I-ano"
"Welcome home love birds!" Shigure sing-songed happily.
"Ha-hai! We're back!" Tohru smiled.
"It's a good thing! It's so cold out here!" Shigure hugged himself, shivering slightly. "Come in! It's nice n' warm!"
"Hai" Tohru walked in, leaving a still confused and further frustrated Kyou.
Later that evening at dinner, Kyou finally broke the question, again.
"Tohru, please tell me what's going on" Kyou sounded worried. He placed his hand on the girl's arm.
"I promise I won't get mad! I just want to know. It must be a big deal if you're ignoring me all the time like this"
"I don't want to ignore Kyou-kun!" Tohru said looking down. She finally looked up at him. Kyou looked concerned. Tohru looked worried.
Shigure looked from one to the other. Silence filled the room as the two continued to stare at eachother.
"Well then!", Shigure clasped his hands together, "I'll just go and leave you two alone! Even teenagers such as yourselves need their private times these days!" He winked but everything he did and said went unnoticed. Shigure shrugged and left.
"Kyou I don't want to upset you"
"What's wrong?"
"I don't want to burden you"
"What's wrong?"
"I don't want to cause you any stress or worry"
"Tell me what's wrong!"
"I-I" Tohru inhaled a deep breath bravely, "Kyoui'mpregnantwithyourbabyandidon'tknowwhattodo!!!" she desperately inhaled another deep breath.
"W-Wha???" Kyou looked stunned and confused, "I only heard Kyou, baby, what to do. What did you say?? Talk normaly!"
Tohru looked nervous. She looked down.
"K-Kyou, I-I-I'm I'm pregnant!" she stuttered and yelled out the last word. There was a loud crash, heard upstairs.
"W-w-w" Kyou found himself unable to speak. He couldn't believe it! All this time Tohru had been avoiding him and acting strangely because she was pregnant!?
"Why didn't you tell me!!!?" he asked, trying not to sound mad. He noticed her shaking a little.
"I was scared"
"Why?"
"Because because I love Kyou-kun. I didn't want to panic him I didn't want Kyou-kun to want to leave me because he couldn't handle the thought of me being pregnant with his baby and-"
Tohru suddenly looked up when she felt two hands place firmly on her shoulders.
Kyou looked into her flooded eyes. She was crying! Was she really that worried!!?
"Tohru" Kyou brought his right hand up and stroked her cheek, "I could never be mad at you. Especially for something like this"
Tohru's lips trembled. Kyou lifted her chin up a little and brought his lips down to hers.
"DID I HEAR YOU SAY YOU WERE PREGNANT!?!?!!!" Shigure called in panic and shock as he ran to the open door.
2 days later, Tohru was sitting on her heels in front of Yuki's grave alone.
"Hello, Yuki. It's me again" Tohru smiled. She placed the flowers she had picked down on the cold, grey stone.
"Gomen nasai for not saying much the other day and not visiting yesterday, I've had a lot on my mind" She looked up at the grave stone. She felt almost as if she could feel his presence. She didn't know if that was because he was really there or she wished he was.
"Well just before you passed away I promised you I'd tell you everything, right?" she smiled, "Well here's the news. I'm pregnant. Kyou-kun's the father. I'm scared though. Shigure-san said we have to see Akito tomorrow. He told Hatori on the phone and Hatori-san came and checked me up. He learned that I really am pregnant and told us that both me and Kyou must see Akito-san. I don't like to be near Akito-san that much. I know I shouldn't say that because Akito can't help who he is and the curse but he just has a very bad vibe around him all the time. His tone of voice also adds to it. He won't hurt me or Kyou like he did with Hatori-san and Kana-san, will he? No I'm probably just worrying too much! Besides," Tohru rubbed her still slim belly, "I can't stress myself too much now, can I?" she smiled. There was a few minutes of silence while Tohru looked like she was in deep thought.
"I really miss you, Yuki-kun!" She sounded as if she was about to cry, "I really miss Yuki-kun's voice and smile and company! You were so good to me! I really miss you! You didn't deserve to die, especially not like" Tohru sniffed when she had a quick flashback. "Not like that".
There was a sudden strong, cold breeze, which almost caused Tohru to lose her balance.
Her hair blew around harshly, slapping her cold, sore cheeks.
"I'd better go now. Oh! I almost forgot! I brought you this Yuki-kun!" Tohru said as she pulled a big bag onto her lap. She pulled out a huge, thick quilt. "I thought Yuki-kun should have this to keep him warm! It's so cold now!" She smiled as she folded it up and placed it gently on the grave.
"I should be here tomorrow, Yuki!" She smiled, "I'll visit you after I see Akito so I can tell you all about it!" She stood, "Take care and make sure you don't let yourself get too cold!" She gave a last smile before walking away.
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Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee! How do you like it? I'm sorry to all Yuki fans out there (Daisy: No shes not. ^^ She's anti-Yuki! Reicheru: Only sometimes I'm anti-Yuki.....like I'm aint Yuki when its Yuki x Tohru....and Yuki x Haru...but I like Kyou x Yuki, even tho Kyou x Haru is much more appealing to me!).....! But...well......even if I DID like Yuki......he still had to die for later on........*nods*. And to all Yuki x Tohru fans.......^^;; sorry if your mad about this part being Tohru x Kyou......and to all Kyou x Tohru fans out there.........notice the million a ten Yuki x Tohru fanfics?! I say we need some Kyou x Tohru fanfics! Whoohoo! *runs off to finish her own*
For those who now hate Reicheru with a passion, XD Dun worry, Daisy is netural on the whole Yuki x Tohru x Kyou thing. But Reicheru is still trying to convert her....
and yes........I swear to God I'm not this mean or evil sounding! XD
And......omg......it may be angsty now.....but it shall get funny!! XD XD
Like it, hate it, review it
Please no flames if your favorite character just happens to die. Cause, yes, two people die, and no, you shall not know who until it's read. Thank you!
And while they're not shown in this chapter, here are the two main characters:
http://www.hostultra.com/~reicheru/Haruki2.png
http://www.hostultra.com/~reicheru/Emiko2.png
And yes......there are other pictures! ~.^ If anybody really wants to see, just tell us and we'll give you the URL so you can see every picture for this fanfic
that has been drawn! ^.^
Daisy-chan came up with the title too, and while I've yet to really understand it, it was pretty so we've used it ~.^.
And in case you didn't know it, Daisy and I have both written different parts, so from time to time the writing style will change. XD But when it does, then you know who
wrote what! (Not really......)
And we hope you all like it!! It started out as my fanfic but I asked Daisy to join me in writing. XD It was suppose to be mostly angst too; but Daisy-chan and I are to silly so theres also some humor parts (*snickers* _______ and ____ goodness!! XD)
And gomen nasai for the length of this chapter........
Random Note: People that have read Under one Roof by me......its taking awhile writing it......but my chapters are getting longer and loner no da!! And I already have most of the idea for the chappy.......just gotta simply type it.........~.^
This is Prologue; Part 1:
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Tohru kneeled beside the bedside, sobbing quietly into the sheets. Kyou sat beside her, looking lost and dazed. Hatsuharu sat at the foot of the bed, cuddling Kisa and blinking rapidly, trying to hold back the dam of tears. Ayame sat on the other side of the bed, holding Hatori’s hand tightly and staring at his dying brother. No tears came from the snake yet; he was still in shock. Truthfully, they all were still in shock. Yuki had never been a truly healthy boy and during the coldest winter in over 50 years he had fallen ill and had been diagnosed to die within in the week. All this happened that Monday. Today was Thursday.
Tohru lifted her tear-stained face from the blankets when she felt a hand fall upon her hair. But the paler-than-usual face wasn’t facing hers, it was facing the slightly trembling Ayame. “Ayame…..” Yuki coughed and some bits of blood came out of his mouth. Tohru watched with horror. Ayame’s golden eyes slowly came back into focused as he dropped Hatori’s hand and moved closer to his brother. “Yes Yuki?”
Yuki's gaze softened and Ayame noticed his lips trembling weakly as he opened then slightly to speak as much as he could. Ayame felt a painful, dry lump swell up in his throat. "Ayame…" Yuki reached his other dangerously pale hand out to touch his older brothers' one. Ayame felt Yuki weakly trembling hand against his own trembling one, athough the dying nezumi's hand was far worse. Ayame instantly grabbed his weak hand for support. He knew Yuki couldn't waste any energy especially on trying to hold his hand up.
"Ayame…" Yuki whispered weakly again,
"Yuki-kun! What is it? I'm here!" Ayame dropped to his knees and shifted as close as possible to the sick boy.
"Ayame…Gomen nasai…" He said before he was interrupted by another blood-filled cough. Yuki covered his hand over his mouth this time, but everyone noticed the small, red leak trickle its way through the pale fingers.
Ayame could feel his heart painfully shattering slowly as the lump in his throat grew.
"W-w-w" Ayame stuttered. He coughed, clearing his throat in attempt to clear the stuttering.
"W-What do you mean, Yuki-kun? Gomen-nasai!? Tell me what you mean!!" Ayame's voice let out a weak whimper during his plea, which proved he was struggling so hard to hold back his tears. Ayame always thought that men shouldn't cry especially not in public.
Yuki let out a weak chuckle. "Ayame, Gomen nasai…" Yuki tried to keep the humorous tone in his weak voice but no one could smile, not even put on a fake one.
"You…I mean I…I know you're my brother…I always loved you as my brother…" Yuki inhaled a deep sharp breath as though he was in pain. Everyone gasped and stepped a step closer to try to help but then knew there was no way they could.
Ayame's lips trembled before he bit them, trying to keep them still. Two balls of tears escaped and dripped from his eyes directly to the soft fabric of Yuki's bed, which instantly soaked them up. Yuki looked back at him again with a weak smile,
"You're my brother, Aya-kun…" Ayame's mouth dropped open in further shock. He knew Yuki must have meant every word he said. He had never called him 'Aya' before.
"And I'm so sorry I didn't treat you like a respectful brother should have… I know there's no way I can make up for it and-"
"No!" Ayame grasped the weak hand tighter, moving closer to the sick boy, "No, please! Yuki-kun don't ever think that you have to make it up to me!!! I treated you wrong as a child and if you think about it, you've just got your own back. Now we both know we love each other the way brothers should love and I don't want you to feel sorry! Never feel sorry, Yuki-kun!"
"I-It's a shame…" Yuki's gaze switched up to the ceiling above him.
"What is?" Ayame asked.
"It's such a shame I won't get to know you further. That I won't get to know the brother I never really had until now…"
Ayame's tear-filled eyes widened. Tohru couldn't take anymore. She dropped from Yuki's bed down to the floor, propped up on her elbows spluttering out the imprisoned cries. Kyou leaned over her, rubbing her back giving her support. "Tohru…" Kyou whispered softly. "I don't-I don't…" Tohru cried out, coughing out the suffocating gasps and whimpers she couldn't handle anymore, "I don't want Yuki to go! Please no!" She continued to cry as she lowered her soaked face down to the floor between her balled fists as her shoulders and back shuddered from the strain of her cries. Kyou wrapped his hand under, and around her waist, while running his other hand down her neck to her socked cheek and pulled her up. He really didn't want to get close enough to transform because he knew Tohru needed him now more than ever. He pulled her up so she was sitting back on her heels while he brushed her hair aside and kissed her bare shoulder and whispered in her ear; "It's ok… I'm here… I'll take care of you…"
Tohru's cries reduced to just mere short gasps and trembling lips, but then she broke again.
"But Yuki won't be!!" She cried out, newly born hot tears streaming down her moist cheeks. Kyou continued to kiss her shoulder while rubbing her arms in comfort.
The new atmosphere with Tohru's helpless cries made it a further struggle for Ayame to keep it in any longer.
Yuki gave a weak smile to Ayame before turning his head over to face the broken girl.
"Honda-san…Tohru-kun…" He said weakly, while reaching out his hand to her which had a few blood steins on. Tohru looked up at him, continuing the short helpless gasps as she tried to force herself to calm down.
"Tohru-kun, you will visit me, ne?" Yuki smiled weakly, "I wish to be buried when I pass away, so Tohru-kun can visit my grave and tell me all about her day just like you normally do. You will do that, ne?"
Tohru's gasps became harder to handle but she forced herself to. The lump in her throat was growing again, building up for the next emotional outburst. She turned to Yuki and held his pale hand with both of her own. "I promise Yuki-kun that I'll visit! I'll visit everyday! I'll tell Yuki-kun about my day and how I'm feeling! I'll also tell you how your-your…" her strength began to shatter as new tears escaped her sore, pink, brighter than usual eyes. She tried to continue, "How your fruit and vegetable patch is coming along. I promise with everything that I'll keep that fruit and vegetable patch growing! I'll keep it… Yuki-kun's favorite place means so much to me…" Tohru tried hard to keep back the new tears.
Yuki's eyes also began to finally flood, "I'll miss Tohru-kun so much… I don't know how I could possibly cope without you wherever I go…" Tohru's eyes continued to flood. She finally let out a long sigh as she brought her damp face down and rested it against his pale, cold hand.
"I love you so much Yuki-kun, I'll always love Yuki-kun" Tohru whispered against the cold, pale skin.
Yuki smiled wider, as much as his weak lips would go. He knew she loved him and Kyou in completely different ways but he knew she really did love him. He was just praying she wouldn't end up as broken-hearted as she was with her mother's death.
"I'll always be here, you know that, right?" Yuki asked, bringing his other hand to her head and stroking it, occasionally running his long fingers through her long silky hair.
"Ha-Hai" Tohru whimpered, "Just like I'll always be there for Yuki-kun"
Yuki smiled but it didn't last long before he coughed violently strong, helplessly spitting out blood in the process. He snapped his hands back to his mouth, covering it.
"Yuki-kun!" Tohru cried.
"Yuki!" Kyou said, worriedly.
"Yuki!" Haru cried, along with Ayame crying against the bed and gripping the boy's sheets. Everyone else just held each other, crying.
Yuki continued to cough until his eyes widened and his pale skin had doubled its pale color. He limply fell back against the pillow.
"NO! YUKI!!!!" Tohru screamed.
Yuki's limp head bounced a couple of times against the pillow, causing his hair to flick and sway around. No one could bare to watch. Yuki exhaled his last, long breath.
"Yuki! No!! Yuki! Yuki!" Tohru cried as hard as she could, struggling to jump onto the bed and wake him up but Kyou held her back, holding back his own tears.
"Tohru, no! It's over!"
"NO! YUKI!!!"
Kyou couldn't take anymore. He was hurt enough as it was, he couldn't bare to see Tohru in such a state as well. He let her slip through his arms and watched her through flooding eyes grab Yuki and hold him tight in a hug. Nothing happened. No transformation, no sound, nothing. Not even a slight twitch.
"Yuki! Come back! Yuki!" Tohru cried helplessly against his chest.
As Yuki’s last breath was taken, a flood of tears came to drown the Sohma’s. Everybody cried, even the neko which had screamed death threats at the mouse for so many years, the dragon who was usually so cold and the rooster, who had been sent there to be Akito’s ‘spy’, cried.
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3 weeks had passed since Yuki's death. Tohru at first found it very hard to cope with and still did, but managed to hide it much better. Kyou knew she was still hurting and tried to reassure her and make her feel better as much as he could but found it hard with Tohru's selflessness. She always smiled, saying she was fine and there was no need to worry about her. Kyou also found it hard without Yuki around anymore. He wasn't as heartbroken as Tohru but things just didn't seem right. Kyou sometimes missed the silly fights Yuki and he used to have. He was still even wary every time he got up in the mornings, worried that the half asleep Yuki would creep up on him again.
As promised, Tohru visited Yuki's grave everyday. She couldn't afford to buy new flowers everyday so she usually went through the forest or the meadow near the school to pick some nice flowers. Everyday she cleaned and cleared up Yuki's grave stone. She always cleared away the day-before flowers, unless someone else put them there, and put down the new fresh ones. She only cleared away flowers that other people put down when they started to wilt. She usually visited Yuki's grave on the way home from school, and talk about her day. On the weekends she used to bring Yuki his favorite type of rice balls she made on Saturdays and one or two of the vegetables or fruits from his patch, if there were any ready to pick, on Sundays. She knew he'd appreciate that.
The new strange behavior Tohru had never went unnoticed, at least not to Kyou. He wasn't jealous though, he was more worried, than anything. He knew Tohru and Yuki were very close friends mainly due to the fact that Yuki was in love with her but Tohru was too innocent to realize. Kyou also knew that although Tohru hides her feelings when she's hurt, she's very sensitive and vulnerable. She only ever hid her feelings when she was upset because she didn't want to create an atmosphere and bring everyone around her down. That's just the way she was.
Kyou had become a little more relieved when Tohru seemed to calm right down and return more or less back to normal. But that didn't last too long.
Kyou and Tohru now shared a bedroom. Tohru used to always wake up bright and cheerful and after she'd had a shower and got ready, she'd make the bed and clear up any mess in the room. However, the passed 3 days Kyou noticed that Tohru seemed a little uneasy around him. She was always so happy and chatty when he was around before, but now she seemed different. Kyou knew it couldn't have had anything to do with Yuki's death unless she suddenly fell deeply in love with him after his loss, which was highly unlikely.
Tohru and Kyou had walked to school together in an unusual silence. Kyou had asked her a few random questions to try to break the silence but Tohru only gave him the simple answers and that was it. She couldn't even look at him. Kyou was worried if he'd somehow scared her or done something to upset her. He didn't dare ask though, or at least not yet.
The class was just about to start when Tohru suddenly jumped out of her chair and ran out of the room. Kyou got up and ran to follow her but she was already gone. He was suddenly pushed aside by the Yankee and Psychic as they ran passed him.
"Hey watch it!" Kyou yelled furiously mainly directed to the annoying Yankee.
"Shut up, carrot head!" she yelled back as she continued to run. Kyou was very tempted to follow her and yell at her for calling him that again but he figured they were going after Tohru. Maybe she wanted some time away from him? But if she did why did she rush away so fast and so suddenly? Maybe that was the only way she could? He kept thinking, worrying and frustrating himself over it. Tohru had been running away for some reason for the passed few days and it was always in the mornings. He wanted to know what was going on! Then suddenly another thought came to him,
"What if she's meeting someone? What if she's seeing a guy? She'll cheat on me!?! No! no Tohru would never do that!" Kyou cursed himself for thinking such a thing. Tohru was nothing like that. He planned to find out what was going on at dinner. That would most likely be the best opportunity.
Later that day the journey home was just as silent as the journey to school. Kyou had noticed earlier that day when Tohru had come back to class accompanied by her 2 best friends, she looked quite pale. At one moment she staggered and looked like she was about to pass out. Kyou was yet again worried.
"Oy" Kyou said simply, demanding her attention.
"Hai?" She didn't look at him.
"What's the problem?"
"What problem?" Tohru asked innocently.
"Well there must be some problem! You haven't talked much to me for days, let alone looked at me! Have I done something?"
"No!" Tohru panicked. She stepped in front of him, looking at his chest but no higher.
"Gomen nasai, Kyou-kun! You haven't done anything wrong"
"Then what is it?" Kyou's voice softened, "You're not sick are you?"
"Not really"
"Then why are you acting so different? And what was the deal with running out this morning??"
"W-well I-I-ano"
"Welcome home love birds!" Shigure sing-songed happily.
"Ha-hai! We're back!" Tohru smiled.
"It's a good thing! It's so cold out here!" Shigure hugged himself, shivering slightly. "Come in! It's nice n' warm!"
"Hai" Tohru walked in, leaving a still confused and further frustrated Kyou.
Later that evening at dinner, Kyou finally broke the question, again.
"Tohru, please tell me what's going on" Kyou sounded worried. He placed his hand on the girl's arm.
"I promise I won't get mad! I just want to know. It must be a big deal if you're ignoring me all the time like this"
"I don't want to ignore Kyou-kun!" Tohru said looking down. She finally looked up at him. Kyou looked concerned. Tohru looked worried.
Shigure looked from one to the other. Silence filled the room as the two continued to stare at eachother.
"Well then!", Shigure clasped his hands together, "I'll just go and leave you two alone! Even teenagers such as yourselves need their private times these days!" He winked but everything he did and said went unnoticed. Shigure shrugged and left.
"Kyou I don't want to upset you"
"What's wrong?"
"I don't want to burden you"
"What's wrong?"
"I don't want to cause you any stress or worry"
"Tell me what's wrong!"
"I-I" Tohru inhaled a deep breath bravely, "Kyoui'mpregnantwithyourbabyandidon'tknowwhattodo!!!" she desperately inhaled another deep breath.
"W-Wha???" Kyou looked stunned and confused, "I only heard Kyou, baby, what to do. What did you say?? Talk normaly!"
Tohru looked nervous. She looked down.
"K-Kyou, I-I-I'm I'm pregnant!" she stuttered and yelled out the last word. There was a loud crash, heard upstairs.
"W-w-w" Kyou found himself unable to speak. He couldn't believe it! All this time Tohru had been avoiding him and acting strangely because she was pregnant!?
"Why didn't you tell me!!!?" he asked, trying not to sound mad. He noticed her shaking a little.
"I was scared"
"Why?"
"Because because I love Kyou-kun. I didn't want to panic him I didn't want Kyou-kun to want to leave me because he couldn't handle the thought of me being pregnant with his baby and-"
Tohru suddenly looked up when she felt two hands place firmly on her shoulders.
Kyou looked into her flooded eyes. She was crying! Was she really that worried!!?
"Tohru" Kyou brought his right hand up and stroked her cheek, "I could never be mad at you. Especially for something like this"
Tohru's lips trembled. Kyou lifted her chin up a little and brought his lips down to hers.
"DID I HEAR YOU SAY YOU WERE PREGNANT!?!?!!!" Shigure called in panic and shock as he ran to the open door.
2 days later, Tohru was sitting on her heels in front of Yuki's grave alone.
"Hello, Yuki. It's me again" Tohru smiled. She placed the flowers she had picked down on the cold, grey stone.
"Gomen nasai for not saying much the other day and not visiting yesterday, I've had a lot on my mind" She looked up at the grave stone. She felt almost as if she could feel his presence. She didn't know if that was because he was really there or she wished he was.
"Well just before you passed away I promised you I'd tell you everything, right?" she smiled, "Well here's the news. I'm pregnant. Kyou-kun's the father. I'm scared though. Shigure-san said we have to see Akito tomorrow. He told Hatori on the phone and Hatori-san came and checked me up. He learned that I really am pregnant and told us that both me and Kyou must see Akito-san. I don't like to be near Akito-san that much. I know I shouldn't say that because Akito can't help who he is and the curse but he just has a very bad vibe around him all the time. His tone of voice also adds to it. He won't hurt me or Kyou like he did with Hatori-san and Kana-san, will he? No I'm probably just worrying too much! Besides," Tohru rubbed her still slim belly, "I can't stress myself too much now, can I?" she smiled. There was a few minutes of silence while Tohru looked like she was in deep thought.
"I really miss you, Yuki-kun!" She sounded as if she was about to cry, "I really miss Yuki-kun's voice and smile and company! You were so good to me! I really miss you! You didn't deserve to die, especially not like" Tohru sniffed when she had a quick flashback. "Not like that".
There was a sudden strong, cold breeze, which almost caused Tohru to lose her balance.
Her hair blew around harshly, slapping her cold, sore cheeks.
"I'd better go now. Oh! I almost forgot! I brought you this Yuki-kun!" Tohru said as she pulled a big bag onto her lap. She pulled out a huge, thick quilt. "I thought Yuki-kun should have this to keep him warm! It's so cold now!" She smiled as she folded it up and placed it gently on the grave.
"I should be here tomorrow, Yuki!" She smiled, "I'll visit you after I see Akito so I can tell you all about it!" She stood, "Take care and make sure you don't let yourself get too cold!" She gave a last smile before walking away.
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Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee! How do you like it? I'm sorry to all Yuki fans out there (Daisy: No shes not. ^^ She's anti-Yuki! Reicheru: Only sometimes I'm anti-Yuki.....like I'm aint Yuki when its Yuki x Tohru....and Yuki x Haru...but I like Kyou x Yuki, even tho Kyou x Haru is much more appealing to me!).....! But...well......even if I DID like Yuki......he still had to die for later on........*nods*. And to all Yuki x Tohru fans.......^^;; sorry if your mad about this part being Tohru x Kyou......and to all Kyou x Tohru fans out there.........notice the million a ten Yuki x Tohru fanfics?! I say we need some Kyou x Tohru fanfics! Whoohoo! *runs off to finish her own*
For those who now hate Reicheru with a passion, XD Dun worry, Daisy is netural on the whole Yuki x Tohru x Kyou thing. But Reicheru is still trying to convert her....
and yes........I swear to God I'm not this mean or evil sounding! XD
And......omg......it may be angsty now.....but it shall get funny!! XD XD
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