Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket- Natsuki Takaya

I do not own Flight price and time- of plane: Korean Airlines

Simple Words- Chapter 10: The Escape

Written in the POV of Momiji

Flashback to morning

It was a typical day, school wasn't going to start until later and so I walked around the estate. My shoes made a clicking noise as I walked upon the slate flooring. I swung my arms around my neck and left it there, relaxing against my neck. Rose bushes on the side gave an uplifting aroma. It was so strong that if you were to smell them for a long time, you would cry because of its strong fragrance. The tree's branches made rustling noises, its' leaves breaking apart from it gently hung in the air and slowly made itself land on to the ground.

I looked up to the window Akito usually stayed at and saw that he wasn't there. I walked by his room and gently place my head against the shoji.

"You're sure of this Shigure?"

Shigure? What was he doing here? I press my ear harder onto the shoji and listened intensely.

"Yes. I am definite of it."

"That girl is really stupid. No one loves the cat. I won't let this happen. They will be punished."

"Akito why won't you just let them be?"
"Are you questioning me Shigure? Are you telling your god what to do?"

"No, that's not what I-"

There was a sound of a whip and I heard Shigure cry out in pain.

"Akito, why? What did they ever do to you?"

"Shut up! You do not question me! I can do whatever I want and you guys follow what I say. Now, leave. I will be taking care of the lovebirds."

I heard footsteps coming towards where I was and ran out of the hallway and all the way to school.

Written in the POV of Shigure

I staggered out of Akito's room and went over to Hatori's. I was limping from all the cuts and bruises that I got from Akito's whip. They were still fresh and blood was oozing out from the wounds, it trickled down my arm and dripped onto the floor.

"I must tell Tohru and Kyo, before it's too late. I know that they'll get mad at me for telling Akito on them, but I had to do it. More likely Kyo will get mad at me. If we were to not tell Akito sooner or later, he'll be even angrier that we hid it from him. They'll be hurt even more." I thought in my head.

I finally reached Hatori's room and knocked on the wood.

"Hatori, are you there?"

Footsteps approached the door and the screen slid open. Hatori took a look at me and then spoke.

"Come in. You should get those wounds healed."

I walked into the room and sprawled on the floor. I took a look around the room, having been here a couple of times I've accustomed to the place. It was practically empty. There were book shelves filled with books in them, a desk to do work and on the desk were neatly stacked papers and a picture of Kana. Outside, there was a beautiful lake filled with rocks, surrounded by trees with newly bloomed flowers.

"So exactly how did this happen?"

I took a breath and talked.

"Well, you see. Tohru and Kyo are in a relationship. And so, I decided to tell Akito about it. I thought that I would be doing a favor for them, but I guess I wasn't. Now that I told Akito about it, he'll go and hurt them."

"You still didn't answer the question. I asked how it happened, not why you were here."
"Oh. Well, like I said I went to talk to Akito. I told him that he should let them continue with their relationship and leave them alone. But then he got mad at me and punished me for saying such words. I was whipped all over my body, leaving wounds that would remain scars forever."

"Shigure, you really shouldn't butt into people's lives. Kyo and Tohru are supposed to tell Akito when they're ready. Now you see the consequences of such acts."

Hatori took a cotton swab from the counter and poured some alcohol on it. The swab absorbed it and he dabbed it on all the cuts I got. The contact of the alcohol against my blood stung and I closed my eyes. When it was all over, I opened up my eyes and asked Hatori, "Do you think I did the right thing?"

He looked at me and said, "I don't know Shigure. I just don't know."

Written in the POV of Momiji

I ran to school and looked for Kyo and Tohru. I searched amongst the field of people, and found no trace of them. So, I looked around for Yuki but couldn't find him too. He must be at a student council meeting. I looked around and found a black and white haired guy, Haru. I ran up to him and yelled his name.

"Haru! I have to tell you something."

He turned around and looked down at me "What is it Momiji?"

"It's Akito. He's going to hurt Kyo and Tohru! We need to tell them!"

"What?!"

"Kyo and Tohru-"

"No, I understood that. It's just, when did you hear this?"

"I heard it this morning, by his room."

"Then why are you telling me this? Go find Tohru and Kyo!"

"I can't find them!"
"What about Yuki?"

"He's at a student council meeting, or at least I think so. And I can't find any of them at all!"

"Well we better tell them, and soon."

The bell rang and together we walked over to our class.

Written in the POV of Hatsuharu

I stared intensely at the clock. I couldn't wait for the bell to ring. After a long and perpetual silence, the bell finally rang and I pushed everyone out of my way and dashed out of class. I ran to the entrance of the school and looked around for an orange haired guy only to find that he wasn't there. Then, I spotted Yuki.

"Yuki! Over here! I need to tell you something!"

He turned around and looked at me. I ran towards him, breathing for air before I continued.

"Yuki, where's Kyo and Tohru?"

"Kyo and Tohru, I think they went somewhere."
"You need to warn them, Akito's after them!"

"What?!"

"Akito, he's coming after them. He knows about their relationship!"

And with that being said he ran through the crowd of students, careful not to bump into any girl.

Written in the POV of Yuki

I ran through the crowd of students to look for Uotani and Hanajima. I pushed some people out of the way as they refused to move. The guys yelled at me for pushing them, something I normally didn't do as the girls just fainted at my touch. I found the Yankee and psychic by the school gate and acted normal, so that they think wouldn't think that something was wrong. After all, I wouldn't know how to explain it to them. I walked up to them and waved my hand.

"Hey Uotani, do you happen to know where Tohru went?"

"Yeah, she went to the ice cream parlor with Kyo. Why? Is something wrong?"
"No, I was just looking for them. I guess I'll be walking alone then." I nodded my head and left, but once I was out of sight, ran all the way to the ice cream parlor. Meanwhile, Hanajima was picking up some troublesome waves.

End of Flashback

Written in the POV of Kyo

Tohru and I walked the path that we took normally to go to school. We were keeping a distance from each other, the night air was cold and Tohru shivered. I looked over at her and put my arm that was free and wrapped it around her as my other one stuck in my pocket.

"I don't want you to get sick at a time like this."

Everything seems so lifeless in the night. The trees' leaves made no sound at all and droop down. The plants loose their color from the darkness and you can't see the sidewalk and the wind howls at you. We passed by a bus stop and it said that one bus was supposed to take us to the airport. So Tohru and I decided to stay there and wait for the bus to come. We took a seat on the bench and I looked down at her. She bit her lip and stared into the bushes.

"Kyo, where are we going?"

I completely forgot about that and made up an answer.

"Uh well there's New York, California, Hawaii and all sorts of other places."

She perked up when I said Hawaii, so I assumed she wanted to go there.

"You want to go to Hawaii?"

She nodded her head vigorously.

"Okay then, we'll be going to Hawaii."

Hawaii, that's really far. Akito won't be able to find us there, or at least that's what we're hoping.

Time passed and Tohru laid down on the bench. I was standing next to her, ready to protect her from anything that would harm her.

After waiting what seemed like forever, the bus finally arrived and Tohru and I grabbed our luggage and boarded the bus. We set them down next to our seats and stared out the window, waiting for our stop to come.

Written in Shigure's POV

It's been a couple of hours since Tohru and Kyo left. It was already dark outside and I hoped that they were okay. I felt bad for myself. They left because of me. If I wasn't so nosy like what Hatori said, Tohru and Kyo would still be here. I have to at least tell Yuki about this, after all he was the only that lived with me now. I walked down the hall and knocked on Yuki's room.

"Yuki, you awake?"

"What do you want?"

He sounded very grumpy and thought best to just leave him.

"Never mind if you're busy then, I just wanted to tell you something."

He slid opened his door and said, "What?"

"It's about Kyo and Tohru."
"What about them?"

His face turned more anxious and he sounded less grumpy.

"First, I want to ask who told you about Akito finding out."

"Momiji told Haru and he told me."

"Well, you see this morning I visited Akito and-"

"Stop Shigure, don't say it." Yuki Interrupted. "I think I know what you're going to say and I don't want to hear it. I'll just say it. You told Akito on them, didn't you?"
I nodded my head in response and he continued.

"Well, I hope you feel bad about what you did."

And with that he slammed his door shut.

Written in the POV of Tohru

After riding on the bus for a couple of hours, we finally arrived at the airport. Kyo and I took our luggage and went up to the front and exited the bus. The night air greeted us with a gust of wind and made me shiver. The cold air was pressing against my face and I closed my eyes to feel the breeze. It was just so relaxing; I opened my eyes when Kyo tapped my shoulder, indicating that we had to go.

We walked into the airport. It was colossal and you could easily get lost. It was 8:30pm so not that much people were there. There were only a few that were checking in or just arrived.

We went up to the counter to where a lady was working and asked, "Excuse me, when is the earliest flight to go to Honolulu, Hawaii?"

"Can you hold on for a moment? I will check the computer for any available flights."

The lady smiled at me and stared at the screen as her fingers rapidly typed.

"The earliest flight is at 10:00pm and you arrive in Honolulu at 9:55am. Would you like to purchase this flight?"
Kyo spoke up and said, "How much does it cost?"

"It is $1651 per person so for two, your total will be $3302. Would you still like to purchase those tickets?"

"Yeah, we're in a rush so do it quick."

"Kyo, you could be a little nicer."

"Tohru, we're in a rush so we need to rush them."

The lady gave Kyo a nasty look and went on to making the arrangement.

"Could I please see your passports, please?"

We handed over our passports and she gave them back after looking over some details.

I nodded my head and waited for our tickets to finish printing.

"Here are your tickets. You will be boarding in an hour and a half. The flight will be on JALways in Gate 32. Thank you and please come again."
We went over to the JALways gate to check-in, rolling our luggage behind us. Kyo and I went up to the counter and checked in with this man.

"Names?" The guy asked.

"Kyo Sohma and Tohru Honda." Kyo said.

"Number of luggage?"

"Two."
"Carry on?"

"Two."

"Okay, I will be taking your luggage and you could go to the gate after completing our scan."

He took our luggage from us and set it on the conveyer belt. Kyo and I headed over to the scanning area and removed any metals on us. I took off my messenger bag and put it in a bin which went through a scanning machine on a conveyer belt. I walked through the scanning machine and went out in the other end followed by Kyo. We got our stuff and put them back on and walked turned right to gate 32.

We arrived at the gate an hour before the boarding time. I slept on Kyo's shoulder and waited for them to announce that it was time for us to board. I dreamt about the new life Kyo and I would have in Hawaii. All the obstacles we'd have to face; school, money and so much more. I was interrupted when Kyo shook me.
"It's time to go."

We gathered our stuff and gave our tickets to the lady standing on the side. We walked into the plane and took our seats. The seats were made up of cotton and were in the colors of pink and blue with prints of pigeons sowed on. I sat by the window and Kyo next to me.

"Will all passengers please put on the seat belts? We are about to depart."

I put my belt on and closed my eyes. Thinking of all the memories I had here. The engine roared as it warmed up and we reversed out of the gate. The plane started to pick up speed and I held onto Kyo's hand. He gripped it and the plane flew from the ground and into the sky. I thought of all my friends and all the Sohmas, along with my Auntie and Grandpa. I didn't even have the chance say a last good bye to all of them. As I thought of all this, a tear rolled down my cheek. I opened my eyes and I looked over at Kyo. He looked back at me and smiled. He gripped my arm tighter and whispered "We're going to make it." We didn't know what the future held for us but whatever it was, we were ready for it. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Okay. So that's the end of the story, "Simple Words." I will be having a sequel to this Fanfiction called, "New Beginnings." But first I want to finish my other story, "A trip to Paris." It is currently on hold and I will be editing out all the chapters. I would like to thank you for reading this Fanfiction of mines. I am really grateful that people actually read it. It's had to believe that this story ended so soon. But hey, don't forget about the sequel. Anyways, please kindly leave an honest review. Thank you (: