Blink.

Blink, blink.

Auugh. The hell?

I covered my eyes with my hands, shielding them from the small ray of sun that had, knowing my luck, found a way to rest exactly. On. My. Face.

Wait.

My bed isn't next to the window. And why is it so uncomfortable?

Where am I?

-Flashback-

Akito shook violently as he tugged (dragged) me through the door. The sickly man was surprisingly strong for someone who had less than five years left to live. He coughed as I strained against him, but managed to keep an iron grip on my arm and an evil grin on his face.

It had been four days since graduation. Every night I prayed, pleaded and hoped to God that he wouldn't come. But, since the entire world hates me, Akito had called the people I knew best in the Sohma family (along with Tohru, and me, obviously) to Shigure's house, just to watch me in my moment of glory. Everyone had shown up with solemn faces, except Hatsuharu. Heaven knows where he was– he probably got lost on the way here. When Akito had grabbed me by the arm, everyone had watched, just staring, as I thrashed and struggled. No one offered to help. No one tried to stop him.

Damn, I wished I had gotten to know Kagura better.

"Shigure, you can't let him do this," I pleaded, fighting fruitlessly against Akito. That was the first time I had ever begged for anything. Ever.

Shigure looked at me sadly, telling me silently that there was nothing he could do.

"Hatori?" My voice cracked.

The doctor refused to meet my gaze.

"Yuki?"

The rat didn't even face me. He must've been feeling guilty.

Serves him right. Watch the cat finally get locked up, why don't you? It's what you wanted, isn't it?

You can finally have all the attention you want, you filthy rodent. All to yourself.

I felt like screaming, and I almost did, had Tohru not been bawling her eyes out, Momiji patting her shoulder.

Fine, then. I bit my lip, finally allowing the tears to fall. They flowed soundlessly down as I was led out the door by a sadistically cackling Akito. I don't think I've ever cried in my life. It was foreign, unknown, but it felt right and somewhat relieving, as small as the action was.

Five minutes later, in the middle of absolutely nowhere, Akito let go of my wrist.

"Are we there?" I croaked, my voice hoarse due to the lump in my throat.

"You could say that," he said cryptically. An evil smirk spread across his face.

For the first time in my life, I was truly afraid. Afraid of what I would have to face, and who I would have to leave behind.

And then it hit me, full force. I would never see them again. I'd be stuck in a dark cage for the rest of my life. The weight of depression crashed over me, like a wave onto an unsuspecting surfer.

The next thing I knew, I was falling forwards.

The world was black before I hit the ground.

-End Flashback-

I touched the ground below me, feeling earth crumble beneath my searching fingertips. My hand reaches out further, towards the sun, only to come into contact with cold metal. I feel around it, realizing it to be a bar.

The small ray of sunlight that had entered the room was through the small, barred window, the only source of sanity I could cling to.

So, it's the cage, then.

They finally caged the cat.

Aggggh. It's so short. Unbearably short. But this is just kind of an introductory/prologue thing. The rest will be in Third Person POV.

R&R :D