Summary: Kyo awakens suddenly, cold, frightened and alone. To make matters worse, no one remembers him. What happened? Who did this? This is something Kyo must do alone, because no one else will.
Outcast
Chapter One
Alone
Kyo awoke with a start. His pupils narrowed as the piercing sun gleamed into his eyes. He put his hand to hid face, cowering from the sun. He looked around; he was in the middle of the hussle-and-bussle of a busy Tokyo street. He looked around himself; he was slumped in an alleyway, the sun still beaming from behind the rooftops of skyscrapers. He got up, a bit weary, as though something had happened the previous night, something he couldn't remember.
He stumbled slightly as walked down the street, full of business men and women, all busy on their phones or looking at paperwork; not giving a second glance at the teenage boy with flaming orange hair, up at 6:15 in the morning. Kyo glanced at his watch; the hands had stopped working, apparently at 20 past midnight.
'Dammit' he thought hastily, as he walked faster down the street.
He had no clue as to where he was. No signs pointed to where he needed to go. Maybe he could ask for directions? No. That would be stupid! No one would tell him where he was! And it didn't have to do with anything about guys not asking for directions.
Kyo screwed up his face in concentration; his stomach gave a loud moan, begging for food. He glanced around the area, there were no food shops, tea houses, or any concession stands in sight. His stomach let out a roar. He clutched his stomach, rubbing it as he walked wearily on, not knowing where he was heading
He must have walked for what had seemed an hour, when he finally spotted a sign in the distance. It said he was in the business district of Tokyo. Kyo looked around, even he had guessed that! But it wasn't obvious earlier. He didn't even know there was a business district in Tokyo, or even in the whole of Japan for that matter. He thought it was all just placed randomly around.
He glanced once again at the sign. Nothing on there pointed him in the right direction; everything was all just company names, nothing to do with where he actually was. He came to a junction, and noticed to the right a bus stop. His heart beating quickly, he checked his pockets for change; he heard the roar of a bus fast approaching. He sprinted to the bus stop, yanking out all of his change.
"To. . . Er . . ." He stuttered.
He didn't even know where Shigure's house was planted. He felt as lost as Haru. He'd lost all his bearings. Then he thought of something
"To the Sohma
Estate please!" he said hastily, forcing the change onto the tray
in front of him. He had realised it was all in pennies. He looked up
down the buses aisle. A woman on her phone said: "Yeah… Kari,
I'll be here a while, some kid's come onto the bus paying with
change". She checked her watch and hung up, glaring at Kyo. In
fact, everyone on the bus was. He screwed up his face again, and
stared back at the driver, who had just taken all of the change and
printed a ticket.
He walked down the narrow aisle of the bus; it
pulled of suddenly, and Kyo stumbled a little. He continued walking,
all the people had suits on, and as he went to sit next to them, they
either put their briefcases on the seat next to them, or just shook
their head. He had reached the back seat; it was full of gum and
newspapers from dates reaching back two weeks. He sat down all the
same, the swaying motion of the bus making him feels queasy. He
hastily looked out of the window; he didn't want to miss his stop.
The scenery flew by, and eventually, the bus began to slowly empty. Eventually, the only people on the bus were Kyo and the woman who was talking on her phone to "Kari". Kyo suddenly realised he knew where he was. He rung the bell and ran to the front of the bus. The bus flew past the stop Kyo wanted to get off at
"Erm. . . Excuse me. . . I wanted to get off there" he said, trying to sound civilised
"Sorry" replied the driver "You get off at the designated stop you asked to get off at"
The driver gave a sly smirk as he sped up the bus. About ten minutes later, he jammed on the brakes and opened the door.
"Here ya go," he said, as Kyo descended the steps
"Yeah, whatever" said Kyo, as
the doors slammed shut, and the bus drove away, leaving a cloud of
dust in its wake.
Kyo stared at the front gates, with read Sohma
House. He shuddered to think that Akito was just on the other
side of that door. 'Bastard' he thought, and turned to go back
home. The door suddenly flung open.
A boy, much smaller than Kyo,
with blonde hair and brown eyes appeared. He bent down to pick up a
newspaper, he looked up and saw Kyo. Kyo stopped in his tracks,
'Dammit!' he thought' this is just what I need! An
over-hyperactive Momiji, as this time of the morning!'
But Momiji just stared at him, perplexed as Kyo just stood there, as if Momiji were about to explode with delight at the mere sight of him.
Momiji opened his mouth, Kyo covered his ears, but it wasn't a scream of delight that left Momiji's lips, it was something Kyo would never have expected.
"Oh," Momiji said thoughtfully, mixed in with confusion "Ohayo gozaimasu. A-are you lost? Do you want to come inside and look at our map? I'm sure we can help you"
Kyo stopped, and looked. Momiji was being serious. It was as if Momiji had never even met Kyo.
"Um, Momiji! It's me, Kyo?!" replied Kyo, pointing to himself
Momiji looked anxious, his grip on the newspaper tightened "H-how did you know my name?" he stepped back to the door slightly
"C'mon! You're the annoying Rabbit from the Zodiac?! Always hyperactive; trying to hug Tohru? Tohru Honda?!"
"H-how do you know about the Sohma curse?" said Momiji, a look of utter fright in his face.
"Duh!" shouted Kyo, getting agitated, if this was one of Momiji's jokes, he was going to lose it "I'm part of the Zodiac?! I'm the cat?! Kyo Sohma?!"
"What?" asked Momiji, scratching his head "The only person I know who changes into the cat is Matake here. Here, I'll show you him"
Momiji rummaged through his bag he was carrying on his shoulder and found a wallet, containing photos. He showed Kyo a picture of a boy, who looked exactly like Kyo in every way, except his hair was brown, and so were his eyes.
"You do look similar," said Momiji, glancing back and forth from the picture to Kyo "But I'm sure however you came to find out about the Sohma curse, it's all a misunderstanding. I've never even heard of a 'Kyo Sohma'. I'm sure Akito hasn't either. But I'm sure he wouldn't appreciate you announcing our burden in the middle of a public street like that" He then turned on his heel and proceeded to the door and slammed it shut
Kyo looked bedazzled. What had just happened?! Never heard of him?! Kyo's temper was rising, when suddenly Momiji climbed on top of the wall. He glanced nervously. He reached over to a tree branch and snapped off a twig. He then reached down and poked Kyo with the end
"MOMIJI!!!! YOU LITTLE BASTARD!" Kyo screamed, his pent up rage exploding "WHEN I GET HOLD OF YOU, I'M GONNA!!!-"
Momiji had disappeared and was screaming down the long road of the Sohma Estate "Akito!!! Someone knows!!!! Someone knows about us!!!"
Kyo looked thunderstruck
(A/N: Yeah, first chappie. Hope you'll stick to this XD)
