Zodiacs, Curses, and Tohru (A Fruits Basket fanfic)

Chapter 43

Uo kept her eyes shut until the screaming stopped, until the strangled gasp had decreased into short rapid breaths, then she finally heard a loud thump fall on the ground. Tears escaped her closed eyes and she was afraid to open them. Afraid of what happened. Afraid that she might have a bullet punctured in the center of her stomach and blood pooling out from her shirt.

But she felt no pain.

Gasping in shock, she opened her eyes abruptly and saw Kyo crouched over on the floor. He said nothing and Uo could hear his painful gasps of breath.

He sacrificed himself for her??

"Kyo!" She choked out and felt on the floor beside him. Uo grasped his face in her hands and searched for a bullet wound on his body but found nothing. His eyes were glassy and frozen as he stared past Uo. She slowly turned around to see a brown haired girl.

It was Tohru, lying on the hard, wooden floor with a pool of blood surrounding her body.

"NO!" Uo ran towards her best friend and broke into loud wails of sadness. She turned her body over until her head laid on Uo's lap. Tohru's eyes looked glazed and her breath was short and raspy. Uo looked down and gasped as she saw a huge spot of blood on her stomach. Blood stained her blue shirt and dripped down on the sides of her body. She looked closer and she was able to see the shiny glint of a bullet hidden in the scarlet blood.

Footsteps pounded on the floor as Yuki ran towards them. He dropped on the floor and started covering Tohru's wound with a ripped cloth from his own clothes. His breath came in rapidly as he stared at his girlfriend's unmoving body.

"Miss Honda?" He whispered, shaking her small shoulders in hope of waking her, "Miss Honda??" Yuki's voice rose higher and tears started flowing from his violet eyes, "No! TOHRU!" His body shook in despair as he laid his head in the crook of her neck. His sobs echoed around the room and his voice would hiccup everytime he breathed. He turned to her face and kissed her forehead. "No, you can't go! Stay with me Tohru.. My beautiful Princess don't leave me!" He wrapped his arms around her limp body, bringing her close to him and not caring if blood staining his clothes.

Uo stared numbly as her tears still fell. She didn't know what to do. Tohru wasn't supposed to get it. Neither Kyo. She can't be dead! This wasn't supposed to happen!

"Yuki." Tohru's small voice breathed out. Her blue eyes flickered but only slightly.

Yuki pulled back, eyes widening, "Tohru? I'm here, I'm here." He cupped her face in his hands and kissed her softly, "I'm here my Princess."

Tohru let out a painful giggle, "You called me Tohru. Not Miss Honda."

Yuki shook his head, smiling through his tears, "I guess I did, love."

Tohru turned her head slowly towards Uo and smiled, "Hi Uo."

"Hey kiddo." She replied with a weak grin, "You're gonna be okay. This will be over soon." But she could hear the doubt and fear in her own voice. Uo didn't know how fatal the wound was and if Tohru was gonna make it or not.

Her friend nodded but said nothing. The pain reflected in her eyes as she tried to hold back tears but failed. Tohru closed her eyes and cried silently in the arms of Yuki.

He bent down and touched foreheads with her, "You'll be alright. You're gonna be fine. Please hold on."

Tohru shook her head, "It hurts so much." Tears kept falling from her once crystal blue eyes.

"Why then?" A voice croaked behind Uo and she recognized it was Kyo, "Why sacrifice yourself??"

She gasped at the pain then looked up at Kyo, "That's what family does for each other. I love you two both and-" her voice shook, "I don't want anything to happen to you two."