Faithless (Fruits Basket fanfiction)

Faithless (chapter 11)

I don't own Fruits Basket. This also covers the Fruits Basket: Volume 1 quotes in here.

Phew...JUST barely made it before the end of the month (I can't say the same for the sequel on the other website, but whatever.)

Now…ON TO THE STORY!

-Point of View: Tohru-

"So, did the cat dump 'Little Miss Pain in the Ass' already?" a familiar voice said. My tear-blocked eyes flashed to a tree that was just a couple of feet in front of me. The figure that the voice belonged to stepped out from behind the tall body of bark. I gasped as my brain recognized the person.

"Akito," I stated.

"Did you expect anyone else?" 'God' sneered. I thought about it for just a second before nodding my head. She knew who I meant. "Kyo isn't going to come for you."

"Why?" I replied, my voice become increasingly assertive. "He'll come for you instead of me?"

Akito laughed eerily. "Hell, he'd come for me even if he wanted to come for you. I have something over him that you never will: fear. Control. I control his future. If he doesn't do what I say, I'll have him locked up faster than he can lash out at Yuki."

At my sides, my fists were clenched. "But I have something for him that you never will."

"Really? What would that be?" Akito said condescendingly. I paused with my jaw frozen; what did I have with Kyo? As I closed my jaw, thoughts swirled around in my head.

Ever since the day I met him – the day I discovered the Sohma family secret – the way I felt about the cat was never clear. Back then, I was hesitant to even talk to him, thinking that he hated me. Later on, I became friends with him. We had fun. I had fun. Then came the night his foster father, Kazuma Sohma, pulled off his white and blood-stained bead bracelet that had consisted of human bones. That night, I discovered Kyo's true form. It was disgusting. It reeked of a smell worse than leeks. I almost ran away from him. But instead, I ran to him. It's now that I finally realize why.

"Love," I answer. "I have love for him." Once that confession passes my lips, I think about my mom. I promised that I would never forget her. In order to forget her, I promised to never give that much love to anyone else. Does this mean I'm betraying her?

'Tohru, you must always be yourself,' I recalled my mother telling me numerous times in the past. That's exactly what it was – the past. My mother was then. Kyo is now. Besides, she wants me to be myself. Loving Kyo is part of that.

As my attention returned to the setting Akito and I were in, I saw her rolling her eyes at me. "You're pathetic," she scoffed. "Tohru Honda: the 'innocent' little bitch that has fallen in love with the cat. You should know that Kyo, like all the other Sohmas, belongs to me."

I then did something I had never done since the day I had been born. I glared at Akito. What can I say? She's just not…nice. Kyo would be unhappy with her – he'd be even more miserable with her than he ever would be with me. That sounds conceited, but it's true. Ever since the day I met him…

"Yo," he said bluntly, rubbing his shoulder. "Are you ready for me to break your neck, rat-boy?" Kyo taunted.

I could still remember what my first reaction of him was back then…

The ceiling… Is he hurt…? I thought. Wh-who… Well, hello, orange-head…

That orange hair of his is just one of those things that can bring a smile to anyone's face, whether it be of mockery or because it's just plain cute.