Meanwhile Shigure had told the family what happened.
A few had tried to run away but Akito wouldn't have any of it and ordered everyone to sit down and wait.
He didn't know why but this felt somehow right and he knew that he had to protect his clan.
Than there is a bright flash and before them are two of the three gods Shigure
had told them about.
"We are here to judge you all. I am Almok and this is Nethos."
"You should know that the cat is already judged and suffers from the consequences. He is tortured and raped repeatedly."
Yuki shocks everyone as he jumps at them... Kyou is his cousin and he can't bear to see him suffer.
Haru changes into black mood and stands beside Yuki.
Shigure who sees Kyou as a younger brother jumps up but gets held back by Hatori and Ayame. Suddenly he began to cry and the other two just embrace him. Hatori and Ayame are together and secretly in love with Shigure but they never dared to approach him...and now he was crying, but why? Kyou was more for them than a cousin...
Momiji, Kisa and Hiro begin to cry, but only Momiji understands how bad it is to be raped... not out of personal experience but from another person, and Kisa and Hiro are to little to understand everything. All three just want their cousin back.
Ritsu breaks down. He is convinced that this is somehow his fault.
Akito... is shocked.
Suddenly Nethos leans down and opens something within his mind and allows Akito to overcome a compulsion that was placed there many years ago.
Something within Akitos heart breaks and he gave a cry of pure terror and the begins to cry... to sob.
The whole family is shocked! They had never seen AKITO cry, especially over a cat?!
"Do you remember now, Akito?"
"Oh GOD! What have they done to me??? I always wanted to protect my family and be a good head but look at what I have done! I terrified Yuki cause I thought he would take Kyou from me and I never had Kyou! I was mean to even the little ones who now hate and fear me! WHAT DID THEY DO TO MAKE ME ACT LIKE THIS!!!"
Almok knelt beside him and put a hand on his forehead so that he could remember every detail, meanwhile the Nethos approached the rest of the family that admitted to care about Kyou.
"As Akito saw Kyou the first time he was three and Kyou just born. There was a special tension between them that showed everyone who cared that they were destined to love each other for eternity. The next time they saw each other was as Akito turned ten and Kyou had just reached seven. Akito was always in Kyou's proximity and played with him. But not rough like boys this age normally do but rather gentle as if he could break him. Akito always knew that his mother hated the cat and as a child she told him that he was cruel and ugly, but Akito fell for him right away. At his tenth birthday she saw them together and punished Kyou for it. They beat him up pretty bad and told him it was because Akito wished for it. So Kyou began to hate Akito, he loved him before and now felt betrayed by his love. Akitos memories were twisted by his mother and her lover so that he would forget about love and Kyou in particular. Some of the Sohma family knew that but didn't say anything."
With that he walked over to where the others were and left the friends/cousins in shock.
Akito loved Kyou?
And Kyou loved Akito?
Akito wasn't the way he was before because he wanted it, but was forced into the role!
Their whole opinion of Akito changed as well as their feelings.
They went to embrace Akito who sat there and wept.
tbc