Author's Intro: Guys, I'm really, really sorry….I feel terrible about the lateness of this chapter. I don't really have excuses, except that I'm not "trustworthy" anymore, apparently, and kept sending me error reports.
But I'm mostly done with the next chapter. Yay!
Kyo didn't answer right away. He looked as if in a trance, and he turned and ran. Why….did he just do the same thing as he did to Tohru's mom? He was scared, and running was the first instinct. Kyo knew everything now…..and it was a bit of a mess. Remembering everything that had happened, every detail in full…it was frightening.
Clutching his head, the boy sprinted down the hall, not bothering to stop by Akito's room and give the God a piece of his mind. There was no need for that now. He loved her, and he knew it. There was no fogginess to the conclusion; it was clear why how he came to this thought. This feeling. And he wanted to shoot himself for being so cowardly; the way Kyo was going was not in the direction of Shigure's house. And then, in the small corners of Kyo's mind, there was a nagging doubt. That she needed him then….that he should turn around and go to the Dog's house….Kyo felt his legs guiding him, running the other way…tears dripping down his cheeks, making his vision blurry. Loping through the woods, hard footfalls thudding on the ground, Kyo's eyes clearing…
"SHIGURE! OPEN UP!" Hatori yelled, pounding on the door. He had been standing there for what seemed to be a long time, but it only, in reality, had been around two minutes. Finally a worried looking Shigure opened the door and let the doctor inside, who barely bothered to take his shoes off at the door.
"Why didn't you call the hospital?" The question was ferociously shot at the Dog, who was currently sitting on a portable chair next to the bed on which Tohru was resting on.
"I don't know. Perhaps I thought that you would be more suited for the job," Shigure half-joked, watching the doctor examine his patient.
"Well, that was stupid. Go call an ambulance already."
"Is it that bad?" Shigure asked, looking down. Perhaps the real reason he hadn't called an ambulance was denial. Sending the Cat to the hospital would mean accepting the fact that she was seriously hurt. And that fact was obvious; hitting one's head on a balcony from two stories up was going to do some damage. And Tohru still hadn't woken up yet…..
Kyo could see the house; it was now only a few feet away…..but there was something else there, too. 'An ambulance?' he wondered, a bit shocked. Kyo had expected something bad, but this was different….and as he continued watching the vehicle, a girl lying motionless on a stretcher came out with Hatori and Shigure behind them.
Racing toward the group just as the door on the car was about to close, Kyo made his decision. "Wait! Wait!" he yelled as all eyes turned towards him.
"Kyo…kun?" the Dog asked, shocked. Hatori's facial expression was priceless.
"Can….can I come with her in the ambulance?" he questioned, breathless.
The first clear look at his love wasn't supposed to be like this; the meeting was in a tragic state. 'It wasn't supposed to be like this!'
"Wait….wait…" Kyo whispered, crying. He sat on a bench inside the ambulance, staring blankly at Tohru, who was still motionless. "This….this wasn't….like I…..wanted."
"Ky……….o."
Jumping out of his trance, Kyo looked down. Laying on that stretcher, Tohru had awaken slightly. "K….yo-k….un…" The Cat whispered, her eyes small slits. "Do…y..you…remem..ber?" She spoke in a cracked voice, but her lips were upturned slightly into a soft smile.
All Kyo could manage was a nod.
"Than…..k….you," Tohru added, noticing the worry on his face. "I'll…be ok….ay. It's….al…right, Kyo….kun." The Cat then slipped back into unconsciousness, and the announcement came that they had arrived at the hospital.
"Yuki. Come in," Akito smiled. "You haven't been visiting me enough."
The Rat's first instinct was to let out his rage at Akito, but he suppressed that.
"Why….Akito-san? Why did you do that to her?" he asked, slowly, looking straight at the God. "I'm asking you this…because we cannot solve a problem without both parties understanding the reasoning."
"Yun-yun is so kind!"
"Like a Prince!"
"No….I'm nothing like that."
"So humble!"
"That woman….she thinks that she can take our happiness…..and come so clean…." Akito whispered, looking down with hate. "I asked myself, 'Where would my Juunishi go without me?', and she was always there."
"Once upon a time, there was God. He ruled all of the Juunishi. You are "God", Akito. The Juunishi love you, and will never leave you. See? They are all waiting for you. They waited for your birth."
"Father….Akira."
"Akira….we were destined to be together. We were real love. You think those 'bonds' are 'love'?"
"When did things change like this?"
"Do you regret it, Akito-san?"
"Shut up!" The God shouted, grabbing his head. All the mistakes of the past….all the sadness he had caused for others….this wasn't what his father wanted. "This isn't it."
"STAY WITH ME! KURENO! DON'T LEAVE!"
Akito began crying, bitter tears falling, each one representing his guilt. Curling up into a ball, the God felt Yuki's hand patting his back.
"It must be lonely…"
"….not having a choice."
Author's Closing:
It's getting near the end! Hopefully I'll be able to use a different computer to get this thing on the internet and to you guys. By the way, this is NOT, I repeat, NOT, an Akito/Yuki fic. Just in case…..'cause the last scene, I realized, might look like it to some people.
Laterzzzz.
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