A/N: Chapter 2 of The Cat Reaper: Pieces
For those who wanted to see what Kyou looked like in that trenchcoat.. go here: http://s13. ...I know he looks skinny.. and he MIGHT use those weapons later on. But I think he looks hella awesome like that!
Anyway. On with chapter 2!

notes: Hai Pronounced--- (Hi) Meaning--- (Yes)
Ie (e-a) --- (No)
Ja ne (Jah-nee) --- (Cya later or bai)

The Cat Reaper: Pieces
Chapter 2: Silence of The Lambs

Kyou had reached Hiro's house. The lights were off. Good. This gave an excuse. Hiro MUST have been out. Ren would understand that situation, right?... Yeah right. She would never understand THAT. Ren was far from understanding.

As Kyou quietly entered the house on invisible mode. He spotted Hiro in the corner. He almost got close enough to do it but Hiro got a call on the phone. Kyou wanted to listen to this.

"Yeah... hi... hai... ie... hai... Yes I'll be right there.. Ja ne.." Hiro hung up before walking out. Confusing Kyou a little. Oh what now..? He wondered following the kid.

Kyou followed him through down the pathway and out of the estate. They were heading into the city and Kyou had no clue why. Where in the world was Hiro going? He followed Hiro into the city and down a sidewalk. He could see Rin not so far away. Apparently Hiro had gone to see Rin. Somehow Kyou wish he hadn't of hesitated when the phone rang. Now he was on a wild goose chase, because Hiro would not sit still.

Kyou stayed close to Hiro, keeping his invisibility on, not allowing them to seen him. He paid very little attention to their conversation at the moment, but his eyes would not leave them. Fate had a twisted sense of humor, and when Kyou looked away, even for just 2 seconds, people would disappear on him. He would not allow it this time. He then noticed that Rin and Hiro were heading down the sidewalk, side-by-side, away from him. He followed them closely, waiting for Hiro to stop moving so he could retrieve his soul, or whatever it was that shinigami collected.

They headed into a cafe'. Kyou followed them into it, and sat nearby at the counter. He was still invisible so no one could see him. As soon as Hiro and Rin were sitting, they began to talk seriously, and this time, Kyou listened. Very closely, too.

"Are you sure he's made that decision?" Hiro asked Rin. Rin only nodded. "I swear that boy hates him enough that he said that if he saw him again, he'd tear his head off," she told Hiro. "At first me and Haru only laughed, but then Yuki glared and told us he was completely serious and would do it seriously. He hates him that much," she added. Hiro looked at the ceiling, then to Rin, again. "But he's been missing for four months, I don't think he's coming back anytime soon. I mean, if he cared at all about her, he would have come back right?" Hiro asked, putting his hands up in a gesture that he usually had, which was a sign he was about to go into one of his irritating complaints again. But that wasn't what irritated Kyou. What irritated him was the fact that Hiro would state something like that.

Yes, Kyou cared about Tohru, but he had his reasons for not going back. For a moment, Kyou actually forgot why it was he cared that he was sad about killing Hiro. Then shook his head, quietly, continuing to listen. What was Yuki deciding? It was clear that the whole "plan to tear his head off" wasn't the decision, only the reason why he hated Kyou.

Rin sighed. "Hiro, despite the fact that I would agree with you on any other circumstance, I will have to disagree with you on this one." Rin said. Hiro and Kyou looked at her in confusion. She continued. "Shigure told us why Kyou left. It wasn't his fault that Yuki banned him from the house, and Shigure couldn't stop him, while feeling disappointed with Kyou, himself. I just wish I knew why Yuki was so damn ticked off at him to begin with. Kyou would never hurt Tohru, at least not on purpose. And if you think Kyou doesn't still care about her, you're wrong. I know him better than that to think he's forgotten her." She finished. Hiro looked confused, as if startled by Rin's opinion toward Kyou.

Kyou was surprised, too. Didn't Rin hate him? She had to. But if she still hated him, why would she be defending him? He had no idea why. Suddenly, he felt a little guilt for taken Rin's soul now that she was actually being defensive about him, and she didn't even know he was there. He started walking over to the table, checking to make sure they still couldn't see him. He made his way over and stood directly infront of the table.

"And if Yuki wants to try to woe her, then he can try. But I don't she'd accept it. She still loves Kyou, and is waiting for his return. She isn't going to be swayed by another anytime soon, she's too faithful for that." Rin said, closing her eyes, talking as if she was sure of it.

Kyou was taken aback. That was Yuki's decision? And how was he going to go about that? He looked from Rin to Hiro.

"That stupid woman is so gullible and empty-headed, that I bet if Yuki dyed his hair orange, she'd probably think it was Kyou. And she's just dumb enough to forget that cat and marry that rat, she probably forgot he existed and I doubt she'd last very long with refusing Yuki. Because she wants to make everyone happy, and I wouldn't doubt for a second that she'll eventually end up with Yuki." Hiro said, huffily, as if he knew everything. It angered Kyou that Hiro could state this stuff so calmly. "She's just a dumb woman.." Hiro said, again. Before Kyou could lose his temper and become visible, Rin leaned over the table.

The next thing Kyou heard was the sound of a hand meeting flesh.

He was shocked to see that Rin had slapped Hiro. She was glaring at the startled ram.

"Hiro..," She said. "I will not allow you to say such things. If you want to insult people behind their backs to someone, go talk to Akito!" She said, before standing. Hiro was shocked a moment, and people from other tables were staring with startled expressions.

Hiro's eyes narrowed and began to tear, as if that somehow altered his personality. "I'm..I'm sorry I. I'm sorry, Rin.." He said, looking down. Even if Hiro was a snot-nosed kid most of the time, around Rin his personality took a change. Rin got out of her chair and went over to him. She didn't know what to say. And she wouldn't be able to say anything now in apology.

Two officers, that had stopped by for coffee, had witnessed the slap and had come over to the table. Child abuse was a crime, and it was strict one that was not to be tolerated. Besides, Kyou could tell these were no ordinary cops.

Rin was shoved against the wall, and had her hands cuffed behind her back. Hiro was shocked and stood to stop them, but they wouldn't let him. Hiro was pushed back from the scene. Rin was forcefully dragged out of the cafe' and into a squad car that was parked outside. Hiro ran to the door, and watched in shock as Rin was shoved into the back. She looked out the window to Hiro, her eyes saddened.

Hiro's eyes narrowed sadly, and Kyou, still invisible, came up next to him. Rin's eyes widened slightly, as if she'd seen him, and then narrowed sadly again. Her mouth worded "Goodbye".

Hiro was confused before trying to run after the squad car as it started to move, but Kyou put a hand on his shoulder to stop him. Hiro looked behind him, but could not see anything or anyone holding him. He was confused before looking back to the car as it started to fade down the road, and this time, Kyou let him run after it, following himself in a floating manner.

Rin looked back to Hiro before looking down again, she then looked up and straight ahead in alarm as there was a sudden screech of a truck is it started to whirl toward the cop car. Rin and Hiro's eyes widened in horror. Kyou's widened slightly as well, even though he knew she'd die, yet he was still startled.

The two cops looked at eachother, giving a silent nod that confused Rin, before they suddenly went woozy and passed out. Kyou was the only one who could see two shinigami rising out of the roof of the car and moving away to watched the show. Kyou was a bit angry that they interfered, but they weren't the normal type of shinigami. They were known as "Death Demons" in the Shinigami department. Their job was to make the "accidents" happen that caused the deaths.

Kyou watched as the cop car and the truck collided. He knew that anyone in the car would be instantly killed, no matter how strong they were. The car was smashed and sent flying across the road, til it stopped. Hiro ran toward it an fell to his knees by it. "Rin!" He yelled, as if hoping she'd answer. There was none. "RIN! Can you hear me?!" He yelled, then looked as another car, who's driver had not been paying attention, came zooming toward him. Hiro did not say anything or move an inch. The car collided with him and sent him across the road into the way of another car in a pained daze.

The car would have hit Hiro, had Kyou not flew in to catch him and bring him to the sidewalk. Hiro's soul was still with him, and he was still a child and family, so Kyou could not just sit and watch him get maimed by cars. The traffic stopped in a uproar as ambulance alarms sounded and came down the road. Hiro was dazed as he lay on the sidewalk by Kyou, who had come out of his invisibility cloak so people who saw Hiro being carried to the sidewalk in a rush wouldn't be freaked out.

Rin was dragged out from under the car. Her face was bruised, bloody, and tear-stained. The handcuffs that had her hands together had been destroyed in the crash and part of the metal had been broken and thrust into her wrist, and into the bone. Her legs had been broken and crushed, and no doubt her ribs were fractured. Kyou knew there was no way she had survived that.

Had Hiro's consciousness allowed him to have clear focus, he would have gone into shock. But he was barely conscious and the back of his head was bleeding. Kyou knew that his brain was now bleeding as well from the car and the road busting it on both sides. Plus the impact must have broken a number of his bones.

Rin was put into an ambulance, and some paramedics came over to where Kyou and Hiro were. "How bad is he?" One asked, and Kyou looked up at them in the eyes, using some of the abilities he had learned over the years to manipulate the mind. "Don't ask, just get him to the hospital, now.." Kyou said, adding intensity to the last word.

"Kyou..?" Asked a faint voice. Kyou looked down at a dazed Hiro. Had Kyou had been normal, and not a shinigami, he wouldn't have been able to hear him, correctly.

The only reason Hiro had murmured the name was because he probably didn't know Kyou had been there, and was surprised to hear him now.

"Yes, Hiro?" Kyou asked, looking down at him, and leaning slightly closer to hear what he had to say, just to make it look like he could barely hear him as the paramedics probably couldn't.

"Are you really there..?" Hiro asked, slightly louder. Kyou nodded. "I'm here.. What is it?" He asked.

"Is Rin okay..?" Hiro asked, turning his blurry vision on Kyou, who wouldn't answer, who couldn't answer, because the paramedics had loaded him onto the ambulance and was driving away. Kyou followed absently, cloaking himself from human's view, and flying to the hospital.

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When Kyou reached the hospital, he immediately went to check on Hiro. Rin was already gone, so he had no wish to see her body. It would hurt too much to see it. He walked into Hiro's designated room, where he was rolled into several minutes later with ivs. Kyou was invisible so they couldn't tell him to leave. He waited til he and Hiro were alone before becoming visible again.

Kyou walked over to the bed, looking at the heart rate detector, before looking at Hiro again. He bent over. "Hiro.." He whispered. "Wake up.." He said, standing up straight as Hiro's eyes opened a little bit and looked at him. "Kyou.. So I wasn't imagining it. You really are here.. Aren't you?" He asked, and Kyou nodded.

"Where's Rin? Is she alright? What happened?" Hiro kept asking. Kyou looked away. "Please, Kyou, tell me that's she's okay.." Hiro pleaded. Kyou shook his head, before looking at Hiro sadly. "Rin's gone, Hiro.. She didn't survive the crash.." Kyou sad slowly. Hiro's eyes widened before narrowing, and tearing. "No.." He said quietly.

He wept, and Kyou held him. Hiro mumbled something inaudible to even Kyou's ears. He pulled back to look at Hiro. "What..?" He asked.

"Put me to sleep, and then pull the plug." Hiro repeated, a little bit louder.

Kyou shook his head frantically. He would only take souls, he would never CAUSE the deaths.

"Please, Kyou.. It's my fault Rin's dead.." Hiro pleaded, again. Kyou shook his head. It hadn't been Hiro's fault. Rin was already destined to die, and the Death Demons would have done it one way or the other.

"Kyou..Please.. My head hurts, and I can't bare to tell Haru what happened to Rin.." Hiro said, eyes begging. Kyou sighed. He could either end Hiro's suffering now, or leave it to the Death Demons to do it themselves. He looked at Hiro. "Very well.." He said, quietly, turning to the iv, he took some sort of sleeping medicine out of the drawer and inserted it into the iv, via needle. "Thank you, Kyou.." Hiro whispered. Within moments he had drifted to sleep.

Kyou pulled out his scythe, quietly. He then slashed it through Hiro, causing him to glow, and unleashing Hiro's soul, which immediately flew to his Soul Pendant around his neck. It absorbed in, and disappeared. He dismissed his scythe before leaning and whispering to Hiro. "When you die.. Tell Ayame and Rin that I am very sorry for what happened. I'm sorry to you, too, Hiro." He said, quietly, before reaching over, and inserting a liquid into Hiro's iv that would stop his heart. He watched the Heart rate detector slow and go haywire with the sound of a never ending beep.

Kyou went invisible as the nurses and doctors rushed in, trying to bring him back. And Kyou left, knowing they were already too late. Hiro and Rin were dead, now, and Kyou had no desire to stick around to see the doctors fail to save them.

Kyou landed on the sidewalk leading to the Hanajima household. He looked up at the nameplate on the gate. He sighed, sadly. He knew as soon as he did this, that Tohru might never forgive him if she knew he had been responsible.

He came in through the window of Hana's room. Despite having his cloak up, Hana turned to him. Her face monotone by recognition in her eyes.

"Kyou.." She said, calmly. "So you've finally come."

Kyou was confused as he looked straight at her. How could she have seen him? Were her psychic powers really that strong and real that she could see right through his trick?

"I guess my time's up, then?" She asked. Kyou looked up at her, slightly startled at her knowledge. "What?" He asked.

"I know what you are and why you're here. If my life thread is thin, and ready to break. Then my time has come. If you're here to retrieve my soul, come and take it." She said, and Kyou stepped forward. "But keep in mind that Tohru might not forgive you for killing me if she finds out what you are.." Hana added, causing Kyou to freeze his moment. She had spoken his fear, and he looked away. "I have no choice.." He said. "If I don't do it, another will. And I would rather be the one, then someone else." He said.

"Very well. But how many more will you slay before you are done?" She asked.

"..." Kyou looked down. "I might never be done. Shinigami can't age once past the age of eighteen, and I'm that age." He said. He looked at Hana. "I'm sorry.." He said, quietly, in nothing more than a whisper.

Hana walked up to him calmly. "Then I forgive you, but unfortunately others might not. Keep this in mind, Kyou." She said, before spreading her arms out to her side.

Kyou nodded, and slowly brought out his scythe, he brought it above her head, before slicing down, through her. She glowed momentarily, as the others did, and her soul was released. It was quickly absorbed into his pendant.

Hana smiled as she watched, putting her arms down to her side, before turning and heading toward her door, as her mother called her from outside her room.

Then Hana froze, going into shock, and collapsing. Her parents and brother came running into the room to her. No one saw Kyou but Hana's brother. Who glared at him slightly before looking at his sister. Hana wouldn't wake. Her father felt her pulse. "..Heart attack.." He whispered.

Kyou would hear nothing more as he disappeared. He couldn't bare to be there anymore. He had to leave and he had to go somewhere quiet.

He could tell the end was near, again.

End of Chapter 2

A/N: OMG. I am VERY sorry about this! XX I didn't mean to be absent so long! I'm sorry! To make it up to you. I have decided to allow reviewers to make suggestions for the plot. Pairings, (No Yuki/Tohru, though, I already stated in the first part that this was a Kyou/Tohru series). Character deaths, plot twists. Etc. Just review with your questions and comments, and at the bottom make a list of your suggestion(s). Thank you.

Kyou: You like hearing yourself talk don't you?
Me: Be quiet you! .
Kyou: "You" what?
Me: You stupid cat.
Kyou: WHO YOU CALLING STUPID?! THAT'S IT! -takes out scythe-
Me: ..Shit.. -runs like hell-

Until next time folks! NO! NOT THE SCYTHE- (Static screen)

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Fruits Basket and Characters (C) by Natsuki Takaya
Fanfic and OC Characters (C) by me.