I slowly opened my eyes to be back in my room in the daytime. I leaned over to watch the time pass on my alarm until it didn't ring when it had to. The sound of fast paced footsteps was heard and the ocasional "I'm late" Lifting myself out of the bed, I found scars all over my body and I sped down the stairs to the kitchen. Shigure was the only one there, sipping tea. "I see you're awake, not to mention Tohru went walking to school with Yuki today. They look so adorable in the sun rising ab-" "THEY WHAT!," I cut him off racing through the door to catch up to the rat and Tohru.
They were at the doors of the school when I saw them from a distance.
The bell rang and I ran through the halls to arrive to my class on time. I noticed that the teacher wasn't there, only the Yuki fan club crowding around poor Yuki. He leaned down on his desk, resting his head on his arms. They were all talking about some big party at their house in Yuki's honor but Yuki didn't seem to enjoy this idea. It wasn't like he could say anything but it would be nice to hear him yell for once. "Class sit down," the tall man said in a loud but clear voice. The girls hesitated before slumping in their chairs, far away from Yuki.
That was the most boring hour in US history, I thought as I strolled the full halls. People were wandering around looking close to lost and others were in groups talking about something I didn't care about. "Geesh, is that all you do all day! Stand around here wasting ten minutes of your time," I screamed at one of the girl groups. The leader of the group, put her hands on her hips," You seem like you know what you're doing. Why don't you go to a hairball class, cat boy" I threw my arms up at her,"Who you calling cat boy! Besides your too busy talking to your group of pathetic preps to even notice that a class like that dosen't even exist"
She shook her head in disgust before turning, giving a signal, and walking away with four other girls following, hips slashing back and forth. I climbed up the stairs to arrive at my locker on the second floor. Tohru was there with Uo talking when I came up to her. "Kyo, aren't you supposed to be at home in bed." "Er, what!," I said amused at her tone of surprisement. "When Yuki brought you home, Shigure called Hatori to come check on you and he said that you need to stay at home in bed."
I didn't want her to know what had happened. I couldn't show any weakness. " Uh, yea. It's a long story," I responded giving myself more time to think up an excuse. The warning bell rang as if on cue after these words and I watched her run off to her classroom.
The halls were empty and because I had taken an extra class in middle school, I was free for an hour to roam the halls. I stopped by the water fountain to drink when a force threw me up against the wall. My bully moved his arm up to my throat so I wouldn't be able to breathe as soon as the bell rung for the final time. I grasped his strong arm around my throat, feeling it close down harder the more I tried to pry it off. He let go as I crumpled to the ground, rasping out curse words from my harsh breathing.
I stood up forcefully with a pained groan to greet my partner who was waiting for me to lift my body off the ground. "What the hell do you want," I choked out. "I figured since your the only teen around here with anger issues, that it should be easy to break that," he answered. I shoved my fist into his face as he dodged briskly, almost tripping and lowered his leg to swipe past mine. I didn't have time to react as the surprise of his dodge covered my mind. The floor broke my fall and I landed only to push back up. Blood already started seeping through my head and tangled my messy hair but I wasn't going to give up that easily. "You said you wanted a fight so here I am, A FAIR FIGHT!" We swung our fists, legs and anything we had on us until we were both leaned down, catching our breath.
He broke the silence and pushed me against the wall again as soon as he had the chance," I liked you better when you were weak" With that he returned his arm back to it's original position above my throat. I had already thought this a while back and kicked him where I fell hunched over, like a cat. My hands reached up to my throat to see it bloody cut open. My enemy pulled out a pocket knife as he swung it through his fingers. "Hey, that's cheating!," I yelled.
"I didn't say anything about cheating," he slashed the sharpness of it across my skin letting the fresh blood ooze out at the spot. I stood back, holding my leg where it had blood dribbling all over my fingers. When I lifted my hand up to my face, it changed from frightened to anger. I felt my mind begin mixing with diffrent emotions, some I thought had been stored away for centuries. I lifted both fists in the air and pounded on his face with a double kick after. One which he lifted the knife and cut my leg on the second kick. It was bleeding from bad to worse in a few seconds and I paid very close attention to the energy I was wasting. I didn't want to end up like yesterday night. He aimed mostly for my legs and feet but my arms got away with a few scars. My face was fine, I had kept it out of his reach for the past 45 minutes.
The bell should've rang about thirty minutes ago if I was even counting right. Each second here felt like a minute to me. "Damnit, just something happen already!," I shouted which echoed down the halls. A nasty gash made me switch my attention to it as he sliced though my ankles. I gasped at the pain that spread and fell to my knees, inspecting every part of my body. My ankles were the color of red and it was covering my feet in it too. "Pathetic," I heard my opponent mumble. "Well, if you played fair.. I would win without your damn things," I spoke louder than him yet I was covered in blood and losing more fast. The bell rang and the halls were once again filled with the talking of people in groups. I was tied in a stupid locker, passed out.
I had lost too much blood and my arms kept rubbing against the cold metal. I waited for another hour as more passed by and I could see everyone's feet from behind the shingles, protecting the locker. When the final bell rang, I watched each set of feet pass by until I recognized Tohru, Yuki, and Ou walking together in the end of the day. I muttered under the rope across my mouth for someone to get me. It was probably the blood seeping out through the shingles, that caught Tohru's attention. "Yuki, what's that," she said pointing to my enimies locker. Yuki had the key to opening anyone's locker because he was the president of the student council so he leaned in for a closer look. When he unlocked the damn cell, I poured out with the blood spreading across the marble floor. Tohru screamed and ran in circles asking what she should do before everything blacked out.
"This has gone too far," Hatori said a little low. I could tell it was him by the tone of voice. I felt a cold hand up on my forehead and pulled away, my eyes shooting open. "Calm down Kyo, I know what happened," Hatori exclaimed in a calm soothing voice which worked on me. My muscles tensed and I looked around to be in my room, in my bed. "I have Yuki to be with you everyday in school, now," he stated. "I don't need that damn rat," I yelled in his face. "Trust me. By the results, you need him more than Tohru," he said leaving the room. My face paled and I didn't like this idea at all. "Stupid Yuki. Why does he have to be my escort," I mumbled. "I don't need anybody. I'm fine alone" With that last sentence, I punched the nearby wall to prove my point. My fist stung from the contact as I drew it back to feel the roughness. Had I really gone weak?
I jumped out of bed to feel my body sore from the sudden movement. I knew Yuki would be ordered to be at my side every damn day and I hated that. It's like my worst nightmare came to life, actually my worst nightmare was of my form but this was still close. The window slid open easily as I made my way down slowly like the day before only it wasn't night yet. As soon as my feet touched the dirt, I ran off at top speed to the forest. Finding the tallest tree around, I climbed to the top, feeling it bend. If I went out any further, it would break under my weight but I had catlike instincts so I didn't care.
"Damn it, Yuki. Why do you have to be there for me when I need help the most," I sighed. "It's not like we're gonna get along but I hate that rat. He does know that we will get into fist fights more often, mostly because he's following me everywhere" My ears perked up at the crunching of leaves and rustle of bushes. I lowered my head low if it was anyone I knew especially Yuki. Yuki appeared from the clearing, stumbling around logs and moss. I laughed at his reaction when he saw me high from his reach. He stood there looking up at me with pleading eyes but I wouldn't give in. There is no way I would go down there to see him.
"Kyo, you're sick. You shouldn't be out here or climbing any trees," he said still staring up at the cat in the tree. I didn't reply. "Lemme guess, you're stuck" I paused and thought about it. Could I get down? With one single look down below me, I knew I was stuck up there. It was too high for jumping distance but I couldn't let Yuki know I was really stuck. Besides if I did jump, it would sting my arms and legs from the force gravity was pulling me. Yuki walked up to the tree, placed his hands around the rim, and swayed it back and forth. I hooked on with my claws outstretched, a fear reaction I had to keep my balance. When I felt my legs give way underneath me, I dangled with my legs over the edge. Yuki was simply watching this entire scene from at the bottom. Fear gripped my stomach as I saw the sun go down into the rolling hills. My arms let go and I felt the wind rush through my sides.
"Kyo, your fine," he said. I looked up to see my back hunched up, claws hooking in the soil, and tail pointing outwards. "Okay.. , that was weird," I replied. When I got up, my head went in a dizzy state. Now, I swayed back. Yuki hooked his arm around my head and dragged me back to that stupid house or more like I fell but he lifted me back up. It was embarassing to see me like this so I cursed out angry hatefull words at myself for being so weak and at the world for punishing me like this. I groggly walked up the stairs and fell, face first into my bed. I fell asleep about a minute after that as Yuki was the one complaining for the snoring I made. It was going to be a long night for Yuki to straighten things out and figure out why he, specifically he, would have to take care of a dumbass cat who wouldn't notice an enemy in a corner across him.
A/N: Don't know how it came to this but just flow with the story. I guess, Yuki and Kyo are stuck together for a while... NO KyoxYuki pairings. Don't even make me think that. They're just enemies who are glued together until Kyo solves his problem. Tell me if it's good, I worked three days on this so.. R&R!