Sky: Okay well I just wanted to shout out to Lolipopalien, I just wanted to say, thanks for reviewing, and quite frankly, it made me really happy to see that you wanted me to keep going. To be honest, I posted all the first three chapters in one night I was so excited to post. So anyway, thank you for reviewing! I'll keep posting as much as I can as soon as I can! All my other readers? R&R!
*Chapter 4: Soulwhat?*
I blinked, coming to. I realized where I was kind of slowly, earlier today's events playing through my head. I sat up. "Finally. I was beggining to think you were dead." Kyo said. I sat up slowly, to find that Kyo was on the end of his bed. (If you haven't figured it out yet, we're in his room.) "I wish." I muttered. "Kagura!" I said, remembering her burns. "Yeah, Ha'ri took her with him to watch over her." "How bad were they?" I asked. "2nd degree burns on her hand, 3rd degree burns on her wrist where you grabbed her." "I... I apologize. I didn't-" "It's not my fault!" "Of course it is. Do you know any other fire-spewing monster that lives around here? Or anywhere for that matter? Seriously, Amaya. It was your fault, and still is for that matter." "UGH!" I yelled, gripping my head. I wanted the voices to just- burst into flames. Just like the house...
*Flashback*
"Honey, could you come in here for a minute?" "Huh?" My mother never called me 'honey'. I walked into the kitchen. "Have you been outside any today?" "Why?" I asked, wondering what this was all about. "Well a little boy with orange hair and red eyes was wandering around, looking for you. I thought you might know him?" Fear flashed in my eyes. "What did you do to him?" I asked. "Oh, nothing too bad." "What did you do?" My anger was growing fast, and soon I'd-"Well let's say by the time we left he wasn't calling out your name anymore; mainly because he was unconscious. Or dead." "NO!" I yelled. My hair were flames right now, and I threw a fire-ball at her. "Sister, what'd you call me for?" It was my uncle. The last family member I had besides my mother, who hated my guts anyway. My uncle- he was my only other family period, and he loved me. Thought my powers were cool. I loved him, seeing as he was my only friend aside from Kyo. He had never been around when I lost my temper, so this was his first show. "Amaya!? Amaya stop! Before-" But it was too late. The house was on fire. My clam personality was trying as hard as it could to get through to him. "RUN!" It yelled. "Run out of this house, save yourself! Fire doesn't hurt me in this form! Just RUN!" But that was only my calm personality. Not that it had any power over my inner fire. So my Uncle- not only did he stay in the house, but he ran up to me and grabbed onto me, hugging me into his body. He... He must've been in so much pain... Imagine hugging a ball of fire in a full on bear hug. And holding it there for what felt like hours, not loosening your grip even when it heated up even more. Times that by about 4, and that's how much it hurt. He stayed like that untill he died. I think you can guess how he died. And the whole time, while he was hugging me, he was yelling. Yelling that I could stop this. That I needed to. But my inner flames didn't care about him. Not yet they didn't. They only cared that my mother had hurt Kyo, possibly killed him. I couldn't help it. I killed my uncle. Not that I'd ever admit it. Only later I realized that my mother never saw Kyo... She tricked me. So I always blamed her- never once admitted that it was my fault. Except to myself. Not even Kyo knew I blamed myself.
*End Flashback*
"Who's Hari?" I asked, thinking about what Kyo said. "Hatori. He's the Sohma family doctor." "Is he a zodiac?" I asked. "Yeah, he's the... er, dragon." He said. "What's with the pause?" I asked. "Well... he turns into a seahorse." I held back laughter, but let out a snicker anyway. "Strange I know." He said, smiling. "Kyo? What time of day is it?" I asked. "Uh, probably late afternoon. I haven't really checked." He said, shrugging. "Wait- don't tell me you've been up here the whole time, waiting for me to wake up." I said. "Well..." "Kyo, I'm seriously offended. Did you really think I couldn't pull through? You know me well enough, you should know I always do. I mean, I always keep my promises, don't I?" I asked, thinking about one in particular. "Don't worry! I'll come back! ... As soon as I can, I'll come back!" "Well, yeah, I just, uh..." I could tell he was trying to come up with an excuse. He was failing, and I guess he knew it, because he was blushing. "You were worried. Yeah, I know. I get the feeling." "What did you do to him? ... What did you do!?" "So tomarrow's monday, right?" "Uh, yeah." "Well that means school starts tomarrow. Well, I mean, it'll be my first day." "Oh, yeah I guess with all of the Kagura choas I forgot." "I need to get Tohru." I said, standing up. "Huh? Why?" He asked. "I need a uniform. Your school has a uniform, right?" "Oh, I guess we do." He said. I walked to the door, and as I opened it, Kyo called, "Wait!" "Hm?" I asked, turning around. "I can come along, you know, if you want." He said, looking down a little at the end. I could guess he was blushing. "That's sweet and all, but I don't need your protection. If any thing you need mine." "I DO NOT!" He yelled. I smiled and waved, closing the door behind me. I walked down stairs to see Shigure. "Well, hello Amaya." "Is Tohru here?" "No, she and Yuki went out together. They should be back soon, though. Did you need something?" He asked. "Well we need to get me a uniform." I said. "Ah, well patience never was one of my best virtues. I'll go do something interesting." I said, walking outside. I wanted to explore a bit, since I hadn't really been too far from the house since I had first gotten here. I walked over to the path I had (sort of) stuck to to get here. I wandered along the path for a while bafore the forest grew thinner, and the path became a sidewalk. I was entering the city.
I pulled out my headphones and wandered for a bit, occasionaly going into a shop and grabbing some clothes. To be honest, It wasn't untill this morning that I realized I didn't think to pack any clothes aside from the ones I wore for the journey. Today I had borrowed some of Kyo's clothes. Why didn't I borrow Tohru's clothes? Do I look like the type of person to wear a dress or skirt or anything with lace? Well I'm not. I'd MUCH rather wear guy's clothing than wear any kind of frilly anything. After I had two bags (which, trust me, was alot for me.) I figured I should head back right about then. And that was also the time I figured out I was lost. Great. I'm lost. How the h am I supposed to find my way back if I'm in the middle of a city with no phone, no friend, and no map? I didn't even come this way to get to their house. Great, just wonderful. Just perfect. "god d***it!" I yelled. "This is just fricking awesome!" I yelled. "Is there a problem?" I froze. I know that voice. "Amaya, that is you, isn't it?" I turned around slowly, backing up when I confirmed who it was. "Ah, it is! That's wonderful!" "Why... why are you here?" I asked, barely able to move my lips. "Well after you left your mother was very worried, so naturally I had to help. We both knew you'd come back here." "My mother doesn't care about me. Even if she did it doesn't matter! She's dead! She's gone, she's not here!" "And why is that? Who killed her? It wasn't you, was it? Don't tell me we need to give you another lesson on locking away your powers. We can always go back to that little room-" "NO! You don't own me. You can't tell me what to do. Look, Akito, God, whoever or whatever the h*** you are- Just leave. I don't need you. Or anyone else for that matter. I'm fine on my own!" I said, shoving past him. "Then you wouldn't mind if everyone in the world just up and died?" Akito asked, smirking. "No! I'm fine alone!" "Even Shigure... And Tohru... And Yuki? Even Kyo?" I froze. I whirled around on my heel. "You so much as lay a finger on my family-" "Ah, but they think differently than you. They are obedient to what I want. If I asked, their memories would be erased, and not one of them would remember you. I could even say the word and all of them would hate you." He took step closer. "You may not think it Amaya, but I can still hurt you. I can still take away everything you have and more. All I need to do is say one word- and *whoosh* There goes your life." "My life is nothing to me." "But your soulmate's is something." My eyes widened. "You'd be in unspeakable pain, you'd wish you were dead. Tell me Amaya, Who's life do you value more? Yours? Or Kyo's?" "If you have to kill someone, kill me. I won't be missed." "Oh, but you will. Do you know how much pain one soulmate is when the other is dead? They refuse to eat, to sleep, to live. I think you should keep better hold of yourself, or one of you will suffer that." I backed away, then it changed to a run, then a sprint, and when I was completely out of breath, I ran some more. I sprinted all the way to Shigure's house, rushing to the roof. Kyo sat up quickly. "Kyo- *pant* I- *pant* I ne- *pant* I need- *Pant* *pant* *pant* *Pant* *Pant* *Pant*" I collapsed from exsaustion, panting like you wouldn't belive. "Amaya! What the h is going on!?" "A- *pant* Akito. He- *pant* There's something I *pant* need to tell you." "What happened? What did he do?" "We need somewhere private, Kyo. Noone can know about this."
We sat down in his room. "Here." Kyo said, handing me a water bottle.I took it graciously, chugging it untill there was nothing left. "Well, geez Amaya, how far'd you run?" "I don't know, from mid-city-ish all the way here." "Why'd you run?" "There's something important I need to tell you. ... I don't know how to say this... But we're soulmates. Akito said that whenever there's more than one cat, especially if they're both from the same family, then they're soulmates. Basically, It means that we're gonna fall in love. And won't ever love anyone else nearly as much as we'll ever love anyone else. And if one of us dies? It doesn't end there. The person that didn't die would be in unbearable pain... They'd stop eating, sleeping, Kyo, they'd stop living." Kyo looked at a loss for words. I wasn't suprised. "I know this is alot to take in but when Akito threatens one of us, he threatens both of us. We're a thing now. And we always have been. That's why I couldn't bear to be away from you. And why you can't say no to me, or get mad at me easily, and vice versa. I just do a way better job at hiding it." Kyo was silent, But his cheeks turned red. He turned away a little. I got closer and turned his face towards mine. Our noses were touching. Even though both of our cheeks turned red, I pretended not to notice. "Kyo, I know this sounds strange. Especially coming from me. But I can't pretend any longer. I love you Kyo. I can't leave you again. And I don't ever want you to leave me." Then, we kissed. It was my first, and probably his too, but I couldn't help feeling like I'd done this a million times. And Kyo didn't seem to mind the kiss, in fact, it was me who pulled away to get air. "I... I don't know-" "Do I have to reconfirm this?" I said, leaning closer. He blushed. "We can both see it Kyo, It's clear as the sky was a few minutes ago. I don't know about now though, I have a weird feeling there could be an earthquake going on right now and we wouldn't notice." He chuckled. "Kyo, You can't deny it. Quite frankly, neither can I. I'm not sure about this whole soulmate thing, all I know is that I love you, Kyo," He blushed. "And I know you love me too."