"WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT ROOM?!TELL ME!" He yells, Yuki never yells.
"Y-Yuki? Please your frightening me." I tell him though I'm not even the slightest bit scared.
"Tell me!" He damands through gritted teeth.
"Fine. I know everything Yuki, everything. You remember that one time, a girl went in with Akito? That was me! Remember how he told me to whip you? And I refused? How he said it would be worse, for both of us, if I didnt? I still wouldn't do it. Do you remember how I draped myself over you? Taking you punishment for you, plus my own? I couldn't stand for him to do that. Do you remember what I said to him? I said-"
"You said if...if I was really his favorite, he wouldn't be doing that to me." He finished for me, voice barely above a whisper. He lowers his head to look at the ground "Yes, I remember, I remember everything. How he locked you in there with me for three days. How he chained you to the wall and...punished me in front of you, only stopping when I passed out. How you tended to me while I was. How you comforted me after I woke up. How you rocked me every time I cryed, careful not to hug me, and how Akito had to rip you out of there, literally. Oh, Kitty, I'm sorry you had to witness that." He looked like he was going to cry.
"Yuki? Can we go to Shigure's now?" I ask.
"Yeah. Um, Kitty?" 'She said she had a curse of her own right? So can I hug her and not transform?' He thought. (Yes I can read minds. I don't like to but I couldn't resist.)
"I have tested that theory, and yes, you can." I say smiling as I hug him.
"Wait. How did you know I was going to ask about you hugging me?" He asks confused.
"Part of my curse,Yuki. I can read minds." I state casually as I let him go.
"Oh, that's right." He says as he starts walking to Shigure's house. 'This way' he thinks looking over his shoulder, smiling.
'Oh, don't abuse my power, boy. I don't take kindly to it.' I tell him through thought.
"Did you just...?" He asks.
"Yup. I am telepathic...that is why i can communicate through thoughts," I inform him as we turn onto a dirt road.
"We live up this way a bit." He tells me.
I freeze.
-vision-
Kyo is fighting. It's a male but i can't tell who it is, as i'm looking through their eyes. He hits Kyo, knocks him down. He pulls out a knife.
"This is what you get for trying to fight Yuki." This man states, his voice is familiar but i can't place it. He brings his hands over his head, gips the knife firmly, then...
-end vision-
"Kitty! Kitty!" Yuki is yelling at me. The first thing I notice is that I'm not standing. The second thing is that my eyes are closed. I slowly open them and I'm sitting on Yuki's lap, on the ground.
"What? What happened?" I ask, my voice a mere whisper.
"You tell me. One minute we're walking up the path, the next you freeze and fall to the ground? What the hell just happened?!" My eyes go wide as I realize that vision is happening NOW!
"SHIT!" I yell, jumping up. "Yuki listen to me. Whatever you do...Just stay behind me, ok?" I say and I run into the woods. I hear Kyo screaming in the distance, I run into a little field, Yuki right behind me. Kyo is facing us, his opponent has his back to us so he doesn't know we're there, but Kyo is to into the fight to notice us either.
"Kitty, whats goi-" I put my hand over his mouth and push him behind a tree.
"Stay here. You can watch. Just stay here." I tell him as Kyo is thrown to the ground and the knife is pulled out.
"This is what you get for trying to fight Yuki!" The man states. He brings his hands over his head, gripping the knife firmly.
"NO!" I scream and throw myself on top of Kyo, taking a knife to the back. I can feel it just missed my spin. I gave Kyo the time he needed to recover.
"Ki-Kitty?" It's my boyfriend, Akihiko (Akihiko_pronounced aa-key-hee-co_ means bright/shining prince). "Kitty?" He's Akito's trained personal assassin. He never misses his mark unless I'm there, I always get in his way. "Why, Kitty? Why did you do that?" He asks, picking me up off of Kyo.
I cough. "I couldn't *cough* let you kill *cough* my friend *cough*. Now be a good boy, Aki, and take the knife out of my back." I wezz. He pulls the knife out gently, I wince as pain shoots through my back.
"Thank you. Now water, Kyo? Theres a river a little ways- Oh, right, still shocked... um... Yuki. Theres a river a little ways to your left, can you bring me some water? I'm gunna show you something else I can do." I swallow and put my hand over were my boyfriend ripped my shirt. I glare at him, "This is my favorite shirt!" I tell him through gritted teeth.
"Sorry, baby. I'll try and fix it later. Um, what is the water for? shouldn't we call Hatori?" He asks. 'Oh, right I never told him of my course.'
"Kitty, I got you the water you asked for." Yuki says running towards me with what looked like a lunch contianer of water.
"Thank you, Yuki. Um, guys? Before I show you. You all have to promise you won't tell Akito. He can't know of what I can do. If he does I'll become just another one of his...toys." I say looking at Yuki. 'You know what it's like being one of his toys, Yuki. O can't do that, not again.' I throw my thoughts at Yuki because he'll understand.
"Baby, I wouldn't do that to you."Aki tells me.
"I wouldn't tell him cuz I dont even go near him. I'd kill him before he got anything out of me." Kyo states, I smile at him.
I look at Yuki smiling, 'I know you won't tell him.' Yuki smiles slightly and shakes his head.
'Never,' he thinks to me.
" Ok, just hold the water out." I tell Yuki. He does as I ask. I lean on Akihiko for support. I take a deep, slow, breath and I raise my hand. I look between the three boys around me. I look back at the water and move my hand in a push-pull motion. The water moves with my hand. I hold out my left hand and pull the water to it.
The boys are in total awe at this point. I place my right hand on the ground and hold myself up on it, with great effort. I place my left hand where the knife was taken from my back. I concentrated and heal my back quickly.
'Holy shit. Kitty? How?' Yuki thinks as I turn around.
'Magic, Yuki. Magic.' I think to him, sarcasticly.
'What the fuck, Kitty?! Shit, girl, thats awesome.'
'Kyo, I can hear you.' I told him, rolling my eyes. 'And thanks. You know I have alot more where that came from.'
'Wow, she still has suprises about her. I can't tell Akito anything she'll be locked up and used for his own personal amusement and i would not do that to her...to us.' Akihiko thinks.
"See, I'm full of talent." I tell them. "That was the simplist of my talents. Now if you don't mind," I stand up. "I have a certian 'friend' to visit now." 'Don't worry Kyo, Akito won't try to hurt you, again. Not as long as I'm alive.' My thoughts showing more anger than my voice.
"Kitty, no. You are not going to Akito. Not because of me. Let it go, Kitty, let it go." 'You'll be killed if you go to him and you know that.' Kyo tells me, half in thought.
"I'm going and you can't stop me." 'He wont be able to kill me,' I glare at him, thoughts angry now.
'Yes, he will. He's Akito, he's god. He'll have help. He Will Kill You.' Kyo glares back.
'Kyo. Listen to me. I have more power than he does...' I sigh. 'I'll let you in on a little secret, Kyo.' I tell him softening my glare a little though my thoughts are still just as angry.
'What?' He asks, angrily.
"AKITO'S NOT GOD!" I scream, unintentionally.
I freeze and come to the realization, 'I just said that out loud, didn't I?' I swallow hard.
"Kitty, what do you mean? 'Akito's not god'?" Akihiko asks, Yuki think's the same.
Time seems to be frozen. No one moves, there's no wind and the birds are silent. Yuki breaks the silence first. "Kitty? Tell us what you're talking about."
"I-He's...I can't." I stutter.
"Kitty?" Akihiko asks. I turn away from them and start walking into the forest. I feel a hand on my shoulder. I turn, a little, to see it's Akihiko.
"No." I state simply, shaking off his hand. I close my eyes and think of being in front of Akito's door. At the last second, before i disappear, I mutter "I'm sorry" to them all.
I open my eyes. 'Good. I teleported exactly were I wanted to be and I'm lucky, no ones here.' I listen carefully and I hear Hatori with Akito. 'Not like I care, but I don't want to walk in and see him naked...Ugh, gross.' I close my eyes and listen for Hatori's mind. When I get a single thought, not that I cared to listen to what it was, I calm myself and look through his eyes, not taking them over completely so he doesn't realize I'm doing it.
I see Akito's back is to Hatori and he's putting on his kamono. "If she even try's to disobey me, she'll regret it." I hear Akito say.
"And if she doesn't disobey you, Akito? What then?" Hatori asks, in his monotone voice.
"I'll still throw Kitty in the cage with Yuki. That way she'll be punished along with him." Akito says.
I open my eyes and throw open the door. "You'll do WHAT, Akito?" I glare at him from the doorway.
Akito acts as if nothing happened but Hatori is shocked to see me. "Did I give you permision to enter my room?" Akito asks me calmly.
"I WAS going to ask permision before I hear that." I tell him. He finally turns around. "Now why would you throw us back in there when we have done nothing wrong?" I ask him.
"Because I am god and I can do as I wish." He glares at me. I smile and chuckle at what he says. "What's so funny?" He asks me, finally getting upset.
"Nothing. Nothing at all," I tell him. "Except for the fact that you truely believe you're God. When in reality, you're nothing more than a fake." I laugh.
"YOU THINK I'M NOT GOD!" He screams. "I'LL SHOW YOU WHO'S NOT GOD!" He grabs my hair. I dont move, wince, or make any noise. This pisses him off more. He drags me across the room to a curtian that leads to a secret door. That door, I found out in my earlier years of life, leads to the room were Yuki was kept.
He moves the curtain, opens the door, and leads me down the hall. I'm smirking on the inside the whole way but my face shows no emotion. A the end of the hall, he pulls me close to whisper in my ear, "Let's see how you talk after a few days in here."
"I won't even be in here for an hour." I tell him as he opens the door. He punches me in the stomach. As i curl over, he lets go of my hair and kicks me to the floor.
"I'll be back in a few minutes to punish you for your mouth."Akito says as he closes the door. As soon as the doors closes and my eyes ajust to the darkness, I crawl over to the corner where Yuki used to sleep with his head in my lap.
-flashback-
"I TOLD YOU: WHIP HIM!' Akito screamed, and throw the whip at my face. I cought it weakly in my hands.
"No, Akito. Please, no." I begged him.
"IF YOU DONT, THE PUNISHMENT WILL BE WORSE FOR BOTH OF YOU! NOW DO IT!" He grabbed my wrist and pulled me towarded Yuki, who was sprawled out on the floor, the whip dangling losely from my fingertips.
"Akito please, no. Please, please, no." I dropped the whip. 'I cant. I cant whip my cousin.'
Akito picked up the whip, "FINE!" He yelled and raised the whip above his head. i knew he was going to whip Yuki.
"NO!" I yelled and throw myself on top of Yuki. Akito brought the whip down and hit me on the back, hard. I cry out in pain.
"YOU WANT TO TAKE HIS PUNISHMENT AS WELL AS YOUR OWN?! WHO AM I TO STOP YOU?!" Akito yelled at me, whipping me until he tired. I took it all, yelping each time the bit came in contact with my back.
I was bleeding and my shirt was in tatters by the time he was done. He walked out to go to sleep, it was late, I knew because the light that came from the closing door was dull.
"You'll stay in here with him for a while." He said as he walked out. He chuckled and added, "Let's see how you fair tomorrow. That's when your Real punishments begin." He closed the door.
I pushed off of Yuki and crawled to the corner, pulling off my shirt that wasn't doing anything to cover me up anyway. I leaned against the cool wall and closed my eyes.
I jumped a little when I felt Yuki place a hesitant hand on my leg. I hadn't even heard him move. He looked at me for awhile before moving his hand and placing it on my left one, the one closest to him.
"Why?" He asked me. His voice was so weak and scratchy. "Why did you do that?"
I smiled at him and placed my right hand on his cheek. "Because no one deserves the life he puts you through. You deserve a little happiness, too." I told him. He looked so tired, "Here," I told him patting my lap. "Rest for a while."
He looked at me, shocked, then after a few seconds nodded. 'No ones been nice to him for a long time.'
-end falshback-
I hear the door open and I know it's Akito who walked in. He doesn't bother closing the door, he knows, if I was going to run, I would have done it by now.
"I'm sorry that took so long, Kitty. Forgive me, but I had a visitor drop by. You know Akihiko, dont you?" I look up and see Akihiko standing next to Akito, his hair fisted in the smaller males hand.
"I do. Why do you want to know, A-GOD?" I ask, voice dripping with sarcasm.
"He told me an ironic tale, moments ago. About how he wasn't able to finish the task I presented to him, because of you." Akito states. "You see, Kitty. I sent him to kill that discusting monster, Kyo. Yet, as he wasn't about to do this becuase you jumped from the trees and knocked the knife out of his hand, effectively cutting your leg. The ironic thing is, that this all happened in the woods near your new school, moments before you bursted into my bedroom completely unharmed. Tell me, my darling Kitty, is this possible?"
"Realisticly, Akito. No, it is not." I tell him.
"Thank you for clearing that up, my love." He tells me, as he turns back to Akihiko. "As you can see, it didn't happen and you have failed me. You must be punished." I look up slightly to see them, through my eyelashes.
"But Akito-" Aki has his hair tugged harshly, to shut him up.
"She conformed it didn't happen. Your punishment is what your task was to deal. Death." Akito says through his teeth. i look up, fully, shocked.
"Akito, please give me another chance." Aki begs.
"First, you fail me. Then you lie to me, and now you beg me not to do something about it but to give you another chance?" Akito states amused. "You will die, and I think I'll have Kitty kill you. You seem to have an... atachment to her." Akito walks over to the wall and opens a small pannel in the wall. inside there are alot of things: whips, knifes, wooden sticks, and other things I don't know the names of. When he turns back around, he has a small knife in his hand.
"Akito, please. No, not this. Please." I beg him, like I did the first time I was in this room.
"Here." He drops the knife on the floor and kicks it towards me. "Get him in the heart and prove your worth to me." He says, pushing Aki onto the floor infront of me. He turns to leave, "I expect him to be killed when I return." He closes the door.
I crawl over to Aki. "Aki, are you ok?" I help him sit up.
"I'm sorry, Kitty. I didn't know. I didn't know you were still here." He says. I can see the tears he refuses to let fall, forming in his eyes.
"Shh. Shh. It's ok. We're going to be fine." I tell him.
"You'll have to kill me, Kitty. If you don't who knows what he'll do." Aki tells me.
"I wont." I stand, walk over to the door and knock three times. "Akito, I know your there get out there." i hear the click of the door lock and step back just in time for the door to open.
"What is it, Kitty?" Akito asked, obviously not pleased that I called him back here before he wished to return.
"I wish to make a deal with you."