Dance of the Curse [Kyoru] 6/?

[melrose_stormhaven]

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Freetalk: So sorry. Took me a while to post!

This fanfiction is dedicated to my one and only dog, Beauty. May you rest in peace. I miss you.


Chapter VI: Tears


Bending slightly, his soft black falling over his face like a smoky curtain, Akito Souma slowly touched Tohru's bandaged and bruised face, his fingers brushing against the smooth skin and the rough bandages. "Well, well, well. Look what happened to poor you." As his glittering cold eyes swept over Tohru's injured body, a satisfied smirk touched his lips.

"You should really be more carefully, dear, dear Honda-san." Akito pinched one of her bruised arm hard, and Tohru whimpered and stirred slightly, but thankfully did not wake. "I told you to stay away from my family, but you didn't listen. Look what happened to you. This is your fault, you know," he added softly as he pinched her arm harder, nails digging into her flesh, leaving marks. This time Tohru moaned, a low hoarse sound of pain. "You should have minded your own business, bitch."

"What are you doing to Tohru, Akito?" Kyou demanded sharply from the doorway. He stood there, his orange eyes wide. He had been uneasy leaving Tohru alone in the room. Feigning the need to use the bathroom, Kyou left the group and headed for Tohru's room. His heart nearly stopped beating when he saw Akito standing beside her bed.

Akito whirled around, his handsome face as dark as a thundercloud. Then he smiled, a gentle smile that made Kyou suddenly sick. "I just came to see how Honda-san was doing," he replied smoothly, removing his grip on Tohru to brush off some imaginary lint off his clothes.

Kyou took a step forward. "How did you find out about Tohru?"

Akito merely smiled again, a sly smile this time. He then he turned back to Tohru. "Did you really think I wouldn't find out that you all ran off, leaving me alone to be by this bitch's side? Did you, Kyou? Did you? I have my ways, you know."

Kyou clenched his fists. "Tohru is not a bitch," he bit out, his eyes bright with barely suppressed anger. "Stay away from her, Akito."

Akito's smile turned into a sudden dark sneer. "Are you telling me what do, Kyou?" He took a step towards him, and another. "How dare you show concern over her, you, who killed his own mother?."

"SHUT UP!" Kyou roared. "I DIDN'T KILL MY MOTHER!"

"DON'T YOU DARE SHOUT AT ME!" Akito was now in front of Kyou, shaking with rage. Akito's eyes were flashing with anger as he raised his arm. "Insolent monster! How dare you raise your voice to me?" He then lowered his arm to slap Kyou.

Unflinching, Kyou glared at Akito.

Suddenly, a hand caught Akito's wrist a second before his palm connected with Kyou's face. Surprised, both young men looked up. Masako Hojo loomed over Akito, her hand holding Akito's wrist tightly. With her white coat and angry but beautiful face illuminated by the soft light, she looked like an avenging angel. "What do you think you're doing, boy?" she demanded, violet eyes flashing dangerously.

To Kyou's astonishment, he saw Akito's face become as pale as a sheet and his eyes become as wide as saucers. "You!" the head of the Souma clan whisper hoarsely. "What are you?"

Akito barely got the words out of his mouth when Masako pulled him away. She shouted something, and soon, two burly guards came. Violet eyes glittering, she told the men, "Take this young man off the premises and makes sure he never gets near this place again."

"Hai, Hime-sama," the two said in unison, bowing. Then, without so much as an expression on their faces. They took the stunned, but angry Akito by the arm and dragged him away.

Stunned, Kyou could only watch as the head of their clan was pulled away. Then, he felt a gentle, warm hand touching his shoulder. Looking up, he found himself staring at Masako Hojo's violet eyes. She bent over slightly, until she and Kyou were facing eye-to-eye.

"Are you all right?" she asked Kyou, her voice as gentle as the summer breeze. Her long light, reddish-brown hair cascaded into a tumble of soft curls across one shoulder. Her violet eyes, which were flashing with anger a while ago, were now filled with some kind of obscure pain as they continued to gaze at each other's eyes.

Kyou nodded in reply. He could not look away from that amethyst gaze. Why does it seem all too familiar? he thought as he felt a sudden warmth in his chest. Wrenching his gaze away, he turned to Tohru. "Tohru?."

With the sleek grace of a cat, she moved to Tohru's side. After a brief physical check, she turned to Kyou and said in a brisk, professional voice, "She's all right. She wasn't harmed."

Kyou's shoulders sagged with relief. Then, he went to Tohru's side, gazing at her sleeping face. "I'm staying here," he said aloud.

Masako gave him a piercing stare. Then she nodded. "As you wish. I'll be sending some food to you." Without another word, she left the room.

The room was silent for a moment, except for the drip-drip sounds of Tohru's IV and her labored breathing. Kyou continued to gaze at her, taking in her injuries. Then he gently took her hand, holding it as if it were as fragile and as precious as ancient china. "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you from Akito," he whispered in a hoarse voice, unconsciously gripping her hand. His eyes burned with unshed tears. "I'm so sorry. It?s my fault. It?s my fault."

Then Kyou wept like the broken-hearted child that he was.

~T.B.C.~

Freetalk, part 2: Well, finally, I?ve posted this. I?m sorry this took so long! I?m sorry if it?s so short!

Note: Buy volume 11 of FURUBA!!! In volume 11 of the Fruits Basket manga, Kyou admitted to himself that he loves Tohru. Unfortunately, Akito confronted him about his feelings about her, and he was forced to deny it to Akito in order to protect Tohru. It was also in volume 11 that Akito revealed he was the God of the Jyuunishi and that Kureno is the bird. It was also revealed that after Yuki and Kyou graduates from high school, they would be brought back to the Inner House, with Kyou being imprisoned, much like the previous cat. If all of this is very confusing to you, I think I'll show a bit of flashbacks in the later chapters.

Next chapter: The mystery about Hime-sama deepens when Kazuma decides to visit. Meanwhile, Tohru finds out something about her mother's family.

[bookworm]

Whoa. Way the go, Kyo. As for you, Akito...baaaaddd.

[Raye]

Akito is such a bastard....but as for Kyo, go you! ^_^ very good job I must say and also keeping them in character ^_~