Faithless (Fruits Basket fanfiction)

Faithless (chapter 13)

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There's really no reason for me to not have updated this story...SORRY...but...well, I'll shut up and give you another chapter!

So...ON TO THE STORY!

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Point of View: Kyo

"You got that right, orange-top," said a strong, female voice from behind me. I swirled around to see two familiar faces glaring right at me.

Saki Hanajima and Arisa Uotani: Tohru's best friends. Hanajima had control of people's brain waves, while Uotani was a blond ex-gang member.

A pair of gray eyes – Arisa – stared at me with immense hatred. A pair of purple eyes – Saki – contained the same level of emotion. That was surprising, considering the fact that Hanajima's eyes are almost constantly expressionless.

The two girls stomped past me and rushed to Tohru's side. Hana stroked her cheek gingerly. Uo went to clutch her friend tightly, but Yuki and I reached our hands to halt her.

"What?" she snapped. That wasn't directed at the two of us. After all, that damn rat – as usual – didn't do anything wrong. I, on the other hand, was screwed.

"You're going to hurt her," I whispered.

"You say that as if you didn't just do the same thing," Hana piped up, gesturing to Tohru's unconscious figure.

"I didn't make her fall – the head of the family did," I defended. But I knew that protesting wasn't going to do crap. I did, however, know the words that were about to come out of Arisa's yankee mouth. How? They were the exact words I was thinking in my head.

"But you were the one who broke her heart and made her run out here, right?" she replied, rising to her feet. "If you hadn't shattered her heart into a million pieces, she'd be just fine!"

"How did you even find out?" I asked. My eyes flashed to Kagura. "I have the same question for you, Kagura."

"Shigure," the three girls answered simultaneously. That damn dog.

Hana and Arisa opened their mouths to say something more, but Yuki cut them off.

"Instead of fighting over what Kyo did to Ms. Honda, shouldn't we be trying to help her?" the rat shouted. Everyone was silent. Sure, they shut the hell up when he says something.

"I'm sure Shigure must have called an ambulance already," Kagura assumed. "I'll go make sure!" Great. She just made that excuse to get away from me!

"I think I'll go help you, Kagura," Yuki excused himself softly. He and she sprinted off into the woods, leaving me alone with the girls who deeply wished to wring my neck.

To distract myself from the eyes that glared at me, I listened to the pitter-patter of the chickens' feet on the thin twigs down the pathway that led back to the house.

Cringing, I swiveled my neck back to its original position. A gulp quietly traveled down my throat. Uotani walked slowly and creepily over to me. I could tell it took effort, albeit when Hanajima did the same, it came naturally to her. Gee, I wonder why.

Soon, I was nose to nose with Tohru's best friends. I actually had to make my eyes go into a cross-eyed position in order to keep them clear enough for my vision.

As Uotani attempted to stare me down, although she and Hana were both shorter than me, I was attempting to make it so she wouldn't attempt to pummel me. As for Hana…I was just trying to avoid her ability to make brain waves toxic.

"You," Uo began, "are not to go near her after help arrives."

"If you disobey us…I think you know what I am going to say, Kyo," Hana finished.

Right after they silenced, the sound of sirens were heard in the distance. The medical transportation was here! The girls have to shut up, because at least now Tohru's getting the help she needs!

Suddenly, my ears detected a practically unhearable sound coming from the direction of Tohru. I could tell that Uo and Hana didn't hear a thing; after all, I was possessed by the cat, so my ears were far more advanced than theirs.

Tohru let out an insanely soft moan. It was so quiet that even my ears were straining to hear it. Once the sound reached my ears, I sped across the clearing and kneeled at her side. The other two were in shock by my reaction that they were just standing there, staring upon the scene.

"Kyo…" whispered Tohru. Her eyes were still shut tightly; her lips barely moved. As my name left her lips – the ones I really wanted to kiss at that moment and make everything better – she winced, as if just the mere thought of me put her in excruxiating pain.

I gazed upon her warmly. I knew I didn't have much time until either her friends would drag me away from her or the medics would arrive. Before I could be interrupted, I pressed my lip to hers softly. Her warm, blood-stained lips felt weak against mine.

I had kissed her for only a second before a pair of strong but slender hands wrenched me away from my love. It was obviously Uotani.

As she dragged me away, I said, just loud enough for Tohru to hear, "I'm so sorry, Tohru."

She heard me. I knew she did because her eyes snapped open to meet with mine briefly before closing shut once more as the paramedics entered the clearing.

Then Arisa pulled me out of sight of Tohru.

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You'll see in the next chapter...this is where the story gets a little, uh...weird.

Note to self: stop being lazy with updates.

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