Fruits Basket chapter 129!

At last a hug!



We begin this chapter from where 128 left off from.
Tohru is still running from Kyo thinking how odd it is that she'd not planned to do thius but her legs reacted instintively.
She is soon stopped as Kyo appears infront of her, placing his hand across the poll as she thinks that she'd even decided what to do. She looks up at him blushing before screaming once more as he calls her name and running, leaving Kyo to stand there and get odd looks from the observers including a cat.
But once more he doesn't give up muttering softly and we see a short flash back of the accident as Kyo thinks how it's no good, and that everything is over and there was nothing he could do.

Cut to Yuki visiting Tohru in the hospital a short while ago. Yuki tells her to let him know if there's anything she wants. He asks her if she's ok, still worried about her but Tohru assures him she's fine.
Hesitantly Yuki tells her how Kyo has been thinking for some time but stops as soon as he see Tohru is crying. She appologizes and begins hitting herself making Yuki shout that she'll injure herself again.

Tohru puts on a brave face though and stops her crying asking how things are at home and if anything needs doing, though its clear she'd been thinking a lot about Kyo.
She says how her chest hurts and that it hurts to just hear his name spoken. She once again remembers that her called her delusional, that single word being the source of her heartache.
We skip to her up on the roof again, remembering Momiji with the toy rabbit and Arisa and Saki when they all came to visit thinking that she's no good at all and that she's bothered everyone especially Kyo. Clutching the fence she tells herself to smile, that when they meet just to smile again.

Back to the present and Tohru sits down on a low wall, saying that her practise failed. She thinks yet again that she's no good. She tried to act like she was fine but it was a lie. She'd decided that it was ok if she wasn't next to him. She looks up however, teary eyed, to see Kyo standing before her once more as she says that she really does want to be beside him. He moves towards her as she tells him to wait a moment, thinking that she just can't control herself that well. She begins to slap herself once more telling herself to stop crying right away. That she doesn't want to be a burden to him and doesn't want him to hate her any more than she does. She doesn't want him to think she's delusional. As she goes to hit herself once more Kyo grabs her wrist to stop her.

She looks up at him as he takes her hand and Kyo kneels before her telling her that her was only thinking of himself and his feelings, saying what he wanted and ignoring her own feelings. He tells her he should've known that it could happen that he wouldn't be able to see her again or to appologise, and for him to repeat the same mistakes over again without even thinking.
He appologises for making her cry and for hurting her so much. He tells her this is the final time because he just needs one more chance with her. He tells her he wants to be with her from now on and living with her because he hates not being with her.
He tells her its because he loves her and Tohru asks if it's really ok for her to be beside him. Kyo replies telling her it's ok for them to be hand in hand and points out that they're already holding hands.

By the time he's done Tohru is crying once more, though this time from happiness it seems. Leaning forward Kyo wipes her eyes and she thinks how although so many words have already been said, it's like a dream as she thinks this he tips her head up and finally goes in for a kiss.
As he pulls back slightly he tells her that it's their second time and Tohru spazzes. She asks him when but he tells her to remember it herself or it'll be sad.

Pulling her to her feet he continues to speak, asking her if he could hug her though his human body won't last long. He tells her that his unnatural body might cause her pain sometimes too if they're together but Tohru asks him if he didn't know that she loves him very much. She loves him so much that it can't be beaten.
Kyo relaxes and says that it also means he can't be beaten either. As long as she's with him he'll be fine and have nothing to fear.

As he smiles he pulls her forward into a hug. As he wraps his arms around her for a few seconds, preparing to change, both are shocked to discover he doesn't!
Kyo has finally been freed from the curse!

As both look shocked, we see that familiar light in the darkness and cut to Akito for the last page, looking out into the garden already sensing Kyo is free, above her the simple word goodbye.

Banner: When one who was never loved is loved, that promise made long ago nears the end.

Next chapter out on the 20th of July in issue 16 of Hana to Yume.

My Thoughs:
What can I say about this chapter? At bloody last! Finally Kyo tells Tohru his true feelings and is freed from the curse.

This is by far one of the best chapters so far. Though I did think Tohru spazzing after the kiss ruined it somewhat.
I had been looking forward to a bit of Yuki/Machi in this chapter too, though it seemed to be filled with a lot of running around in the first part.
I really hope Takaya hasn't made a mistake here. If she does plan to keep to her 130 chapter plan then I hope she won't rush it and cram as much as she can in. She could've definitely at least started the Yuki/Machi part in this chapter if she wanted to.
I'm definitely looking forward to the next chapter, I'm hoping she'll take advantage of the extra space left for the volume and use it to make 130 longer. To think she has to deal with the banquet, Kyo being freed, Machi and Yuki and the conclusion bit to sum it all up I'm starting to think she might miss some stuff out if she doesn't make it longer.

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