Shigure's Mission

Truth

"G-Guys! The Bell!" Tohru cried before the bell rung. "Hurry, you guys!" Tohru exclaimed and grabbed both Yuki and Kyo's hand hurrying inside. Both felt a slight blush on their face as they were pulled along with the brown haired female. "Tohru Hurry!" Arisa called as she waved her arm with Hanajima at her side. All three of them made it just barely inside before the last bell. "We made it!" Tohru smiled happily. "I'm so glad...I thought for sure we were going to be late." She added, softly. "No thanks to orange top I'm sure..." Arisa added in. "Shut it!" Kyo spat in rebellion twitching his eye irritably. "I feel electric signals clashing, the Prince Yuki Fan Club's and they're aimed at our sweet Tohru. Perhaps I should instill them with fear...Yes a most terrifying curse..." Hana muttered as she stared the fangirls down. Only Tohru didn't seem to notice the glares being sent her way. The students sat down and then were given a presentation on graduation and the various options that were available to them. At the end of the presentation, the principal announced that there were sign up sheets so the students could sign up for a tour of the many colleges in Japan. Also if the students wanted to they could also take career workshops along with different cram schools to prepare the high school students for college entrance exams. Tohru looked at so many different flyers for nearby schools. There were so many and she hadn't any idea what ones would be best. She hadn't really thought about what a wanted to do after high school. She had been so focused on getting her diploma that she didn't have anything else she wanted to do.

Then after school, Tohru went over to Kazuma's house to visit Izsu when she overheard them talking. "Rin the thing is, the Zodiac curse is going to break. On its own without help. It will break, no need to work yourself to death over it. Things are already in motion, those ancient toes have begun to fray. Eventually all of us will be free. We are the generation invited to the final banquet." Shigure said as he sat on the porch looking at Izsu. "What do you mean 'eventually'? How long is that? When I'll it finally happen? Years from now? Decades? That's not good enough. It has to be broken by next spring or Kyo will-" Tohru exclaimed as she looked at them. "Wait Shigure. All this time... Did you know it would break?" Tohru asked. "You give me to much credit. I didn't know for sure. I simply had a feeling we might be nearing the end. Apparently, this is the first time that the whole zodiac has been alive at once. Such a momentous occurrence, the attendants were positively thrilled. But I came up with my own theory, it's all about the banquet, remember. What if everyone's attending because this is the last one?" Shigure said as he leaned back and propped himself up with his hands. "Would you like further poor? Take a look at good old Kureno. His curse broke without him even trying." He told them. "What? So, you mean he-?" Izsu started. "Shall I spell it out further for you? Very well. Simply put, Kureno isn't one of us anymore and his thinking aligns with mine. He says that he also believes the end is drawing near. One change follows another, and before you know it, it all comes tumbling down. Of course as things stand, Kyo will still be locked up." Shigure said and Tohru gasped in surprise. "Oh yes Tohru. We know, every member of the zodiac knows just what will happen to him. And in the not too distant future, at that. But we won't do or say anything. He'll get no help from us." Shigure said. "Why not?" Tohru asked softly. "Because he's serving his purpose as the Cat. We zodiac members are monsters." Shigure said as he stood up. "So, it's a relief to know there's someone more monstrous out there." He said as he walked towards her. "'Thank God' we think. 'At least I'm not like him.' The Cat is a gift to the rest of us, you see- an other creature of us to exclude. You may not have realized, but Kyo knows-" Shigure said. "Shigure!" Tohru yelled as she dropped her bag and placed her hands onto his chest to stop him. "Mad at me?" He asked as he placed his hands onto hers. She shook her head before she pounded her fist onto his chest. "The Cat's burden will end, too. Sooner or later. It's not that I believe Kureno's story without question but it matches what my gut tells me. However, you said 'eventually' isn't good enough. Are you hoping to save him? Do- Do you love-?" Shigure started but Tohru pulled away. "No, but he is my friend and I don't want him to be taken away from me!" Tohru exclaimed as she looked at them with tears flowing down her cheeks. "Then why are you crying?" Shigure asked. "Tohru?" He said softly as he played with her hair gently. She pulled away and ran away, she ran to her mother's grave.