The Curse of a Bear (Kyo Sohma FanFic)

Chapter 14

You get up from the spot on the floor and quickly assess the situation. You lost the one guy that you’ve ever loved, you’re stuck inside a room with Akito right outside, and you broke your curse. When Akito finds out about the whole broken curse thing, you are sooooo dead. 

You scan the room for an alternative exit, but find none. No surprise there though. Akito would never let anyone escape him. You hear footsteps right outside the door and rush to pick up the beads and plan how to get out of this mess. The door opens as you shove the beads in your pocket, and Akito enters smiling.

“You, my bear, make things so much easier.” He states. You bow.

“Thank you master. May I go out for a while to train?”

“Yes you may, but be back by sunset. I have another meeting for you to supervise.” 

“Yes master.” You reply as you straiten and head for the door. 

Once you exit the estate, your mind begins to wander. The bear and the cat have always been destined to fall in love. That’s why the curse was never broken in the past. The bear was always set up to make a choice, break the curse and loose the love of their life or keep the curse with the risk of being caught by the god, but keep the love of the cat. You were the first to get caught, so your choices were narrowed down for you. It was either kill him or have him hate you. Either way, it ended in regret on your part.

You reach the forest entrance and stop. Kyo would be there, but you really didn’t have much of a choice. Akito already found your “secret” base, so you couldn’t go there, and because of your wanted status, you can’t really travel anywhere. Shigure was your last option. You shake your head clear of all the negative outcomes of going there and start forward down the path.

Once at the house, you look up at the roof and find Kyo staring up at the sky. You brush off the surge of regret and carry on to the door. A few moments after knocking, Shigure opens the door and stares at you in surprise. 

“____ what are you doing here? What happened with Kyo?” he asks. 

“May I come in? I don’t have much time.” He nods and moves out of the way.  You move past him, into the house, and sit at the table, waiting for him to join you. “Is Yuki here?”

“No?” 

“Good I would rather him not hear this. As you know, I’m the bear of the zodiac, or was. Akito probably told you the story by now, so I’ll skip to the part you don’t know. The bear and the cat throughout time have always fallen in love, no matter what. The bear was always faced with the choice of trying to have a happily ever after with the cat without being caught or breaking the curse by telling the cat what really happened. Up until me, the bear has always had the happy ever after, but I got caught, so my choices were to kill Kyo or tell him the truth. I choose to tell him the truth, and well, you can see how he reacted.” You explain. You had refused to look up at Shigure while telling the story, but as the silence continues, you look up and find him looking at you in shock.

“Wow, I never thought the zodiac could be that complicated.” He states after processing the information. You laugh.

“Yeah, you guys have lived by the simplified version for years. The real version was left to be dealt with by my family.” He nods. “Do you think Kyo will ever forgive me?”

“I don’t know. One would think so because it wasn’t really your fault, but then again, this is Kyo we’re talking about.” You sigh and nod. Guess we will just have to wait and see.