Catastrophe

As they raced into the kitchen, the banging of pots and pans continued. Yuki noticed something in the corner of the room. It was a small dark object which he couldn't quite make out. He walked to the nearest light switch and flicked it on. He turned back and saw that the small shadow turned out to be a small brown boar. It looked up at Yuki with tear filled eyes.

"Kagura?"

Yuki turned around to see Kyo. He stared at Kagura in fear and relief.

"Where have you been all day?" Kyo asked.

She shook her head and said, "I can't say."

Tohru suddenly came running down the stairs and asked, "What's going on? I heard a terrifying sound and…"

She stopped and realized that Kagura was there. She ran to Kagura and wiped her off with a dish towel.

Kyo and Yuki looked at each other and blushed. They turned their backs on the two girls and left the room.

Kagura squealed, "Kyo!"

He ignored her and kept walking with Yuki. Tohru looked at them and shook her head.

Suddenly Kagura transformed back and Tohru gave her the kitchen tablecloth to cover herself in.

"Why don't you come with me and we'll get your spare change of clothes, okay?"

Kagura nodded and followed Tohru to her room. As they walked up the stairs they could hear Kyo and Yuki arguing in the other room.

Kagura grabbed the spare change of clothes and went into the bathroom to get dressed. While she did that Tohru couldn't help but eavesdrop on Yuki and Kyo to see what they could be fighting about now.

"What do you mean I'm only causing Tohru pain!?"

"Can't you see that she fears loving someone more than her mother!?" Yuki yelled.

Tohru gasped and grasped her chest. Why…why am I feeling this? Is it wrong to love more than one person? Tohru thought to herself.

Kyo yelled in return, "Shut up!"

"You know it's true…"

Kyo fell to his knees and groaned, "Just stop…"

"I know it hurts you too, Kyo, but you have to put Tohru's feelings into perspective as well."

"Shut up!"

Kyo then threw open the door and ran past Tohru and to his room, slamming his door behind him.

Tohru breathed out and watched Kagura exit the bathroom. Tohru hid her sadness with a smile.

Kagura asked, "What's all the commotion?"

Tohru shrugged as Yuki walked up to Tohru. He looked at her worriedly and then smiled to reassure her that he was okay.

He whispered in Tohru's ear, "Sorry about that, but…he needed to know."

Tohru couldn't move and Yuki could tell that she need some time alone. He walked up to Kagura and started talking to her.

"So…did you come here to see Kyo?"

She slowly nodded her head and blushed as if in embarrassment. "Yeah…sorry again for not being here earlier. I had…conflictions."

"It's fine, but I don't he's in any kind of mood to talk to anyone right now."

"That's fine. Will you give him this for me then?"

She handed him a small box that was covered in hearts with a silk ribbon that bound it together.

Yuki smiled, "Sure."

She smiled and then skipped downstairs and out of the house. Yuki glanced at Tohru and noticed her face had a dreary sort of look to it. He gently put his index finger on her chin and said, "Cheer up, Tohru."

She weakly smiled and went to her room. She slowly turned around and said quietly, "Good night, Yuki."

"Good night and sweet dreams, Tohru."

She closed her door and climbed into bed. She couldn't fall asleep for her conscious ate at her for hours. She kept flashbacking back to the day of her mother's death. She blamed herself for her mother's death. She tossed and turned in bed, thinking about what she could have done to prevent the accident, but nothing came to mind.

Ironically, Kyo, at the same time, was also blaming himself for Tohru's mother's death. He was there when the accident happened and thinks that he could prevented it from happening. He also was remembering when he saw Tohru's mother in the hospital, when she told him about the promise that he made to her, only he had misunderstood her and thought she was angry at him for not stopping the accident from happening.

Either way, they were both in pain, because the past was oppressing them. They needed to get through this, not alone, but together. How was this to be though, when Akito and Shigure were trying to rip them a part?