Disclaimer: …I don't own furuba… but I wish I did.

Hey guys! Geez, it's getting hard for me to find any free time to write anymore. Go figure. But I hope you don't think my work is too bad¼ well, here's chapter 4 0.o wow, 4 already

PS: I'm too nice for my own good. And too weird. )

PPS: I'm too hard on myself. Sometimes...

Chapter 4: Trouble in the Woods

Tohru huffed as she searched for Kyo. She had searched in all his usual spots. Now she looked around, realizing she was lost. She had wandered into the woods by Shigure's house while looking for Kyo. She sat down by a tree, taking a break. She trembled, as of all the recent happenings didn't all add up to her. Now more than ever she wished for her mother to be there, to help her find her way. But she couldn't, so Tohru just sat there.

Suddenly, something brushed against her elbow as she turned, noticing a blur of white that was all too familiar. She stiffened, stiff as stone, noticing the creature dash off into the forest. But this part seemed different to the other parts. Curiosity soon overwhelmed all fear, and she followed in the direction she thought it went.

The forest was darker in this part, even more deathly its silence. She heard her heart beat faster and faster as she knew she was coming closer to finding something... good or not. She found herself staring at her wrist. The beads were ghostly and gruesome in the light available. She turned her head, just in time to run into a tree. She stumbled backward, rubbing her nose. "Ah, I'm okay," she whispered to herself, reassuring herself, giggling slightly at her clumsiness. She waited, sure to hear a reply form someone, soon realizing again that she was alone. She again walked on, quickening her pace. Fear again setting in, but not for her...

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he felt himself shaking, knowing he now had no defense, although he never thought of the curse as defense. But now, he wanted it. The creature revealed itself, first paw to the tips of its tails(yes, there are TWO tails). It resembled a white tiger, with a large mane, and the tips of its tails were black and bushy, unlike the rest of its body(except the mane, of course). Kyo relaxed slowly as he realized something. 'Your eyes," he said, "your like me, aren't you..." or at least were, he thought. At this the creature backed off a bit, showing the fear in its eyes. " hey, hold up a se-""KYO!" boomed a voice as both the tiger thingy and kyo were caught by surprise. "Kyo, I foun...d...you," she realized that kyo was standing right next to a tiger looking thing. The all stood there for a second(okay, it was like a few minutes...) But Tohru finally put 2 and 2 together (finally, she's a bit slow for you who don't know) and started running around, yelling "AHHH! It's the thingy in the woods that was chasing us (by us she means herself and yuki in chapter...7...AHH! I MEAN 2!chapter 2...right?) , until kyo grabbed her shirt. "It's...okay, tohru, I don't think it will hurt us... or he...or she..."Kyo looked around, realizing that while tohru had put on such a...performance, the tiger thingy got away. "Darn it! It got away!" he looked at tohru, and realized that he was still holding her shirt, and let go. Tohru sumbled a bit, but caught herself, smiling in relief that she had foud kyo.

"Hey, Kyo... you ok?"

"Huh?"

"Well, you kinda just ran off and, well... I wanted to find you, so..."

"Yeah, I guess..."

Kyo thought for a moment. He hadn't truly did so, in all his commotion, and realized something. "Im not the cat anymore..." he mumbled under his breath to himself. "What?" tohru asked. Kyo's face brightened, and e smiled like never before. " I'm not the Cat. anymore tohru! See, I can hu-" and he hugged her, as a puff of smoke diffused into the air. As the smoke cleared, kyo felt horrible, thinking that he had transformed. But he felt even worse when he looked at tohru. "Tohru? But, I, and ,you- wait, what just...happened?"

Tohru was now a cat (a calico cat to be precise...you know, the cats with blotches of browns and whites and oranges and whatever else the have. I haven't seen too many, and my brains just too fried from school.darn school) ). She looked up at kyo, and her eyes began to water. "Oh no... don't cry! You know I can't stand it when you cry." she looked at him, then looked away shamefully, muttering "...I don;t know what happened, but I ran into you today and..." "The light... that was you?" the nodded her head. " then somehow I gave you the curse of the cat?" she wiped her eyes, looking at him, saying, "pretty much... although it seems more like I took it from yo-" she transformed back, kyo looking away quickly as she changed back into her clothes.

"We should get back to school." she stood up, holding out her hand to kyo, who had sat down.when she changed.

" I think we should head back to the house," kyo said as he grabbed tohru's hand to get up, " I think it would be safer. I mean, what if you rand into a boy at school? You're a lot clumsier than I am. No offense..."

" ok Kyo..." she knew he was right, but she didn't want to worry anyone.

"So... which way is which?" Kyo questioned Tohru, who looked at him and started to laugh, a sweatdrop coming down her face. "...you don't know, do you."

"Umm, yeah..."

Yeah, that was a short chapter. Anyways, I decided to also write stuff at the end of each chapter, cause everyone else does it.

Mysterious figure: yeah, except you

Me: hey! Pushes off to side your not supposed to be here yet!

M.Figure: but I already was.

Me?

M. Figure: you know, the tiger "thingy" as you put it.

Me: oh, yeahhhh... sweatdrop

Tiger thingy: you forgot about me...didn't you.

Me: nods head up & down

tiger thingy: stuffs me into a very small locker well, review folks.

Me: HELP! GET ME OUTTA HERE! I'm claustraphobic!

Tiger thingy: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Snort

Wait...I think this chappy's smaller...go figure.

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