Tsuna didn't wake until hours later, and the house was eerily quiet. He crawled out with quick glances around, his feet shaking as he made his way to go get somewhere warm, namely under the covers of byakuran's he got there, though, byakuran was already asleep, and seemed to be having a nightmare of sorts. tsuna jumped up, padding softly over to byakuran and sniffing his face quietly, before nuzzling in under his chin and curling up in the crook of his neck. he let out a soft whimper as he fell asleep again, his furry head leaning against byakuran's neck. He woke what felt like only moments later, byakuran clutching him close, but that's not what had him the most surprised. byakuran seemed smaller somehow.

"ne~natsu, care to explain yourself?" The once warm voice was deathly cold and the grip around tsuna's waist tightened while one arm grabbed something from under the pillow and then he felt something on the back of his neck, it made him cry out in pain as the needle punctured skin in one place and came out in another. great, now he was locked as a human.

"p-please…" Tsuna sobbed," please take it out. i-i'm sorry...p-please… i-it hurts…." He whimpered in pain, the burn of the needle so close to his nerve center making it seem like he was being eaten by the fires of hell, his whole body seemed to be frozen as the pain travelled along it. he felt the needle being taken out and he sagged, crying into his arms as he curled into a ball. something soft was placed to the area the needle was. the needle had to have been coated in something, and it hurt terribly. he searched around in his mind for his kitten form, curling tighter into a ball when he couldn't find it. "w-what did you d-do to me?" tsuna asked quietly, his voice a mere whisper.

"It's a type of poison. it'll wear off, but you won't be able to change shape. Now, what's your name?" Byakuran was still stone cold, harsh and cruel. Tsuna, for once, feared his power, his greed. This man who was so kind to him… He snapped out of it with another whimper.

"t-tsunayoshi… sawada tsunayoshi…" tsuna choked out, tears streaming down his face. Byakuran was sitting up now.

"what were you doing at a clinic, for sale?" He asked, voice steel.

"m-my father d-donated me for a-adoption… a-after my mother d-died…" tsuna replied, voice shaky with tears. byakuran seemed to soften at that, waiting for tsuna to continue all the more. "w-when you bought m-me…. I-I didn't know w-what to d-do… if i r-ra away, my f-father would sell me again… a-and if i d-didn't go home, I-I wouldn't have anywhere to g-go… P-please don't be mad at me..." And he left out the information about the council. if the council found out about this, he and byakuran were as good as dead. There was nothing against changelings living as pets, as long as they didn't reveal their secret. whoops on tsuna's part. Tsuna lay shivering and curled up, crying, scared, and cold. He tensed considerably when He felt byakuran lay down next to him again, a blanket being pulled over him and an arm going around his waist.

"i'm not mad at you, sleep. you should be able to change again in the morning." Byakuran was back to being his kind self, his words honey and full of delicate care. Tsuna tried, but the pain in his neck ended up rendering him unconscious before sleep did, and he was sent into a fitful nightmare instead of a smooth dream. multiple times in the night he woke with pain in his neck, and a cold sweat breaking on his skin, before the pain overwhelmed him again and he succumbed to darkness.

"ne~tsunayoshi, get up. it's almost noon." Tsuna stirred with a grown at the cheery voice that woke him, the hand on his shoulder made him flinch and draw in on himself. He turned his head away, intent not to look at the white haired demon. the hand removed itself quickly and then there was a slight flutter before a large bird hopped up to tsuna's head and nudged against it. tsuna tensed, eyes snapping open as he quickly tried to get away, stumbling back until he was pressed against the wall, shaking in fear, fresh tears falling down his face. the hawk let out acaw and changed quickly, growing into the purple eyed man that had taken tsuna in a week before. He was covered from head to toe in matching clothes to what tsuna has, it wasn't uncommon for this kind of outfit to come with changing. Byakuran crawled towards the cowering form of tsuna, pulling the small boy into his arms, while the boy got impossibly stiff.

"i won't hurt you. just don't lie to me." His voice was cold again and tsuna shivered. He hated being as submissive as he was, it always caused problems and got him into dangerous situations. "are you registered?" tsuna nodded stiffly, not daring to speak, not trusting his voice even the slightest. Byakuran let out a harumph, seeming troubled at that, but tsuna didn't dare ran a hand through tsuna's hair, letting the boy sit silent in his fear driven state. after about 10 minutes, byakuran released tsuna and the boy immediately curled into ball, face in his knees, pale as the moon.

"b-byakuran… p-please d-don't kick m-me out…" tsuna's soft voice called meekly, his face tilted up slightly so he could peer softly over his knee with one eye.

"ne~ tsunayoshi-kun, why would i do that? you're too cute for me to just leave for the rats on the streets. i think i'll just keep you, you're mine." Byakuran responded with an air of finality and possessiveness. Tsuna winced at the tone, but nodded, watching as byakuran walked off to probably go do something else, possibly go work in his office as he did most of the time. Tsuna had never caught what he worked as, but he assumed it was something that he could do at home most of the time. not to mention the time that they had gotten visitors a few days ago. Tsuna had been dodging feet for what felt like hours. though the attention he got from the blue haired girl was rather nice. But now tsuna was worried about the council. what would they do if they found out about the accidental shift? if byakuran wasn't registered, then tsuna would be thrown in the cages, and byakuran… tsuna gulped, he didn't want to think about what would happen. he was already shaken up from the whole ordeal. He quietly shifted into cat form and curled up into a ball, trying to keep as still as possible as he lay on top of byakuran's pillow. He would never admit it, but he had grown to like the smell of sweet marshmallows and lilacs that the spiky haired man seemed to have. he found comfort in it, another thing he would never admit.

He just hoped that his owner didn't hate him now that he knew the truth about tsuna.


AN:

so... chapter 2?

what do you think?

R&R please?