Prologue: How It All Began

It was a typical day in the Sohma household, Kyo was working out in the backyard and Yuki was having a hard time waking up as usual. Tohru was in the kitchen working on breakfast for everyone in the house. Shigure was in his office working on his novel or so he said. It was an ordinary morning just like any other that usually occurred on those days. It's been almost a month since Tohru had seen Kyo's true form and had accepted him. It was nearly 2 weeks since she had confronted Akito and had come out with nothing more than a few strands of hair being pulled. Everything had settled down into a happy normal life once again.

Tohru had finished her cooking for the house and was bringing it out to the table when she heard Yuki and Kyo fighting as they always did. However this time, it seemed to be a more intense fight than ever before, usually they just had a minor argument and it ended with Yuki putting Kyo in his place, face down on the ground. This time it sounded more like a very intense verbal argument, she was going to brush off and pretend she didn't hear anything until she heard her name being said in anger. This caused her to want to look in to what it was that they were really being so angry at each other.

"Yeah Rat-boy just you wait I bet you 10 to 1 she will choose me over you," said Kyo in his normal angry voice.

"Keep dreaming you stupid Cat, how do you know who she will choose? How do you know she even likes either of us in that way? I think you're just making this all up," said Yuki in his usual whispered voice. His violet eyes flared in anger as he glared angrily at the Cat before him.

Tohru, who have been listening to everything, blushed fiercely at their conversation, 'they can't be talking about me, can they?' she asked herself. She continued to listen to the conversation in the hopes of gaining more insight as to what was going on between the two boys.

"She accepted me, you damn Rat, no one has ever done, not even you," snapped Kyo is he still continued to glare at Yuki.

Yuki smirked almost dangerously at Kyo, "is that right," he asked knowing the answer. "Did you forget that I also came looking for you, subjected myself to YOUR claws and have the SCARS to prove it? Do you really think that I never accepted you? I never hated you, she showed me how much I actually respect you. Now you're sitting here telling me that I don't accept you? You really are stupid Cat," Yuki stated without even waiting for Kyo's response. He then lunged at Kyo at full force no longer holding back any of his punches as he had done in the past.

Kyo had no time at all to react to Yuki sudden insults nor did he have time to react to this sudden assault of Yuki pummeling him square in the nose. Dark crimson blood flowed from his now broken nose, which he had felt snap at the very moment Yuki had connect his fist to Kyo's face. This enraged Kyo and he lost his sensibilities, he began to scream in anger. He longed that Yuki and intent on beating the living daylights out of the silver haired teen.

"I HATE YOU," Kyo screamed in a hoarse, rage-filled voice although there was a sadness in his eyes. Yuki noticed this but was powerless to stop the enraged Cat, "I WANT TO DEFEAT YOU SO THAT I CAN BE FREE FROM THE CAGE AND TAKE MY RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THIS FAMILY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE….. IN ANY CATS LIFE."

Yuki was not prepared for this kind of assault and Kyo actually hit him and knocked him to the ground. It wasn't enough to hurt really just enough to catch him off guard. He stood up pretty quick to prepare to make his next attack when the accident happened.

Tohru, from her hiding spot near the outside wall closet to the garden, she has seen Yuki hit Kyo square in the nose and had seen all the blood. 'I have to stop them from fighting. Kyo needs Hatori to treat his injury,' she had thought as she started to dash out and into the garden. She wasn't prepared for what happened next.