Summary: After witnessing Kyo's hideous transformation, Kyo now starts to understand the feelings in his heart. He continues to try and protect Tohru. This Fanfiction will be a continuation of the story loosely based on the anime.
"Kyo! Kyo kun, are you okay?"
Kyo wiped the fresh mark on his face clean, causing it to sting. He had lost another fight with Yuki and was sent flying once again. Kyo glanced over his shoulder at the rocks bordering a small garden, avoiding Tohru's question, and noting how much worse he could have been injured. In frustration, Kyo punched the ground.
"Damn rat!"
"Kyo kun? Are you okay?" Tohru repeated with concern. Yuki had already gone back inside the house.
"He beat me again."
"Kyo kun, you are bleeding!" Tohru became frantic. She began to help him up, which Kyo was secretly grateful for, though he would never admit it. It almost made being beaten tolerable. 'stop thinking like that, that's how you let your guard down' he mused.
Kyo allowed himself to be led to the bathroom and opened the medicine cabinet. He leaned against the counter and allowed Tohru to clean the cut. She took care not to make the cut sting, patting and cleaning it gently.
"Hey."
"Yes, Kyo kun?"
"When we fight… who do you… I mean… well, who do you want to win?"
Right away Kyo knew he had put her on the spot. However, he'd been wondering how she felt since the first fight with Haru. Tohru however, did not want to hurt Kyo's feelings, but somehow knew she couldn't lie.
"Well, um… you know that I don't like you to fight…but you try so hard, which is great that you are so dedicated to something…and I think it would be great if you could win."
A short silence followed, and Tohru took out a band-aid.
"I don't need it. Thanks." Kyo started to leave, and as he looked back he saw Tohru put the stuff away. He then went to lift weights.
As Kyo paced himself he internally debated his thoughts.
'What's wrong with you? You shouldn't be so impulsive, you put her on the spot. It made her uncomfortable. She's still scared of you. Of that…monster.'
'But she accepted me.'
'but that doesn't mean she likes you more than Yuki'
'Damn Rat. He gets everything. Ordinarily, I'm happy to let him have everything. I don't really need girls fawning on my every bated breath, the anxiety of student council. But why do I, let him, take the one person who at this moment means the most to me? She's the reason I'm still here. The reason I'm calmer. The reason that I am able to smile. What is this…feeling?'
Kyo realized he stopped lifting weights while he was thinking. He began again and nearly dropped the dumbbell when Tohru popped in. "Kyo kun! Dinner's ready"
"Geez, you could at least warn a guy before you barge in!" Tohru's smile wilted.
"No, I mean, never mind. Isn't it a bit early for dinner?"
"Yes, but I have to go to work today, so I made it a bit early. If you like, I could wrap it up and you could eat it when you feel like it."
"No, that's fine, I'll eat with you."
Well, this is actually my first Furuba fanfic. I've always wanted to do one and I finally wrote it down. I write my stories in Spanish class, which is such a waste. I'm not Spanish, but the language is really easy to learn. I currently own 1-4 of the Fruits Basket DVDS and 1-5 of the manga. I read the manga translations so I know a lot about the story. The honorfics I use honorfics because I feel that the Japanese idiosyncrasies cannot be directly translated. When I use JUST the name, ie, Kyo, when someone is speaking, that indicates something significant. It means that the person feels close enough to the other person to use just the name. in Japanese culture, if you call someone just by their first name and you just met, it can be very offensive. Please REVIEW I will post the next chapter tomorrow!