A/N: ok i know you all want ot kill me for not updating sooner but...whatever. This is my favorite chapter, unless i can do better becuz i really didn't edit, and hatsuharu fans...sorry, Kyo did it (points to Kyo)

Kyo: YOU MADE ME!

cough...yeah so...

To my great reviewers-

Auron's Fan: I hope you had a good night's rest...thanks

majorkyofan : I updated, I updated!

Aria's star: Yeah, I progress with making Ayame and Shigure funny- i'm not the best at it but one day i will be (dreamy eyes; kyo coughs in the background)

Kato Shingetsu: If Tohru Honda won't give up, I won't either- it's inspirations from reviewers like you that make me go on (tear)

Disclaimer: you know, why does everyone do this? if we all know we don't own furba, why do we have to write this? why don't they make it easier on us and have the people who do own stuff say they do?

Kyo: just shut up! She doesn't own Fruba!I'm never doing this again!

Chapter 4

The next day Yuki paid Tohru a visit.

He entered the dancers' quarters. Tohru was fortunately the only girl in the room. Tohru spotted him, put down her clothes; she was in her costume for dress rehearsal. She quickly walked up to him and they exchanged hugs.

'Tohru, how are you?'

'Yuki, I'm fine.'

'Are you sure? I mean after the Phantom's attack…'

'Kyo didn't attack me!'

'Kyo? Who's Kyo?'

'The Phantom. He's very kind, I think he's just lonely.'

Yuki didn't care, Kyo, Phantom, what ever his name was, if he came close to Tohru again…

Tohru saw Yuki thinking and decided to change the topic.

'Well, Yuki is this the first time you came into the dancers' quarters?'

Yuki blinked, he realized Tohru had asked a question about the room.

'Yes, I believe so,' looking around, Yuki noticed a bunch of bunk beds all around; at the end he saw a bathroom. He suddenly blushed for being in a room intended for women. 'Um…Miss Honda…ah (he was still blushing a little so he had a little trouble talking to her) why are you here?'

'Well since I wasn't here when we started practice for the next play, I wasn't able to get a lead role. That went to Madam Akito, she's a wonderful actress-'

Yuki coughed.

'Excuse me, my asthma. Continue.'

'Well, the room you saw me in last was the lead role's room, I was very lucky to be there, now she has it.'

'And you'll be there again.'

It was Tohru's turn to blush. 'Well…I don't know about that.'

'I do,' said Yuki in a calm but confident voice.

He was near the door, gesturing that he was to leave; he turned to face Tohru once again.

'Tohru good luck in the play,' he said with a smile, then in a soothing voice he said, 'Be safe.'

Then he left.

In the Future

'Ready, sir?' asked his driver.

'Yes,' said the old man, as he sat comfortable in his carriage. He looked out its window, and there an aged woman stood. She was in a long black dress; similar to the one her mother wore back in the past. Her hair was put back into a bun as well, just like her mother's.

As the coach left, and slowly became farther and farther away, the woman whispered, 'Yuki, take my prayers too.' She nodded and left to go back inside the building.

Sometimes I pondered to myself, was that all I could do for her? Just say 'be safe'? It made me furious to know that I was to weak to protect her from all that was to happen, thought the old man as he was driven away.

The Past

The next day arrived, and the theater was performing its best play. Everyone knew it to perfection, so no one actually cared that it was going to be done in such short notice after the last play. Business was going well so it was good to keep going at what you were at, to make more of a profit. There was no true need to practice the play, other than the rehearsal the day before, since everyone knew their parts, and the fact that they would rehearse parts of the play when there was nothing going on in the theater.

Actors were ready, equipment was ready, and Madam Akito was annoying everyone in the background kissing her pet poodle.

There were flocks of people coming in. It was going to be a full house.

'AHH yes! Shigure we are going to get a lot tonight,' Ayame sang. 'I can almost feel the money!'

'No, Ayame, that's me,' Yuki said. Ayame then let go of Yuki's hand, and Yuki pulled away.

'Well, you are right about that, Ayame, today's going to be a big one,' Shigure agreed.

'As long as you two don't blow it,' Yuki said quietly to himself, walking away. Shigure and Ayame then looked at him confused.

'Shall we see how the dancers are doing?' Shigure suggested after he was gone.

'Oh yes!' exclaimed Ayame with stars in his eyes.

Later on

The play was a humorous one, filled with nonsense and little men going after blossomed women, which made everyone laugh except two audience members. Yuki was with his brothers in the balcony, while Kyo sat above in the curtain boy's audience view of the stage, neither was enjoying it.

They say this is the theater's best performance? Yuki pondered to himself.

This isn't the play, this is how they are, Kyo thought.

Then Madam Akito came in for her big scene, Yuki rolled his eyes, but Kyo on the other hand had plans for her. He stood up on his feet and lean in towards Akito's voice; he stretched his hand to her then closed it, and just like that her voice was gone. Akito held her throat and tried to sing, but she got was a soft screech. The crowd laughed. Though this made Akito furious. She stormed off stage and got a glass of water from her servant, chugged it down, marched right back on stage and tried to sing again. Yet the same thing again, Kyo stole her voice again and fiddle with it.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw some one starring at him. Hatsuharu saw him.

He left through a door that blended right into the ceiling, and you could have never have seen it, unless you were next to it. So when he did this, Hatsuharu was completely confused, until he came up to the place the phantom just was. At the same time Kyo left, Akito got her voice, obviously he couldn't focus on tormenting her and escaping from the curtain boy at he at the same time.

Hatsuharu follow Kyo, he lead him right above the stage, where the play was being performed. Hatsuharu ran after the phantom, yet didn't seem to catch up to him, he was obviously in better shape. Soon they found themselves at opposite ends, if Hatsuharu went left, Kyo would go right, and if he went right Kyo would gesture to go the other direction. Finally the phantom became tired of their game of tag, he grabbed a curtain rope and swung over to the curtain boy. Hatsuharu froze a second but a second was all Kyo needed, because Kyo grabbed the rope and wrapped it around Hatsuharu's neck, and started pulling it tighter. The curtain boy struggled, though the phantom's superior strength won in the end.

Akito was definitely doing better now that her voice came back, she was singing, while the dancers were dancing behind her, though she knew that all eyes were on her.

Suddenly a body came from above. It took everyone a second to realize it was dead, the women screamed, and the entire crew and audience rushed for the exits, all except two.

'Tohru, Tohru, where are you going?' Yuki shout to her, as they ran against the crowds.

'We have to find him, the phantom. This is my entire fault,' she said in her worried voice.

'Tohru, this man is insane, he just killed someone back there.'

'Yuki you don't understand, if I came back earlier, for the main part Kyo wouldn't have ruined it.'

'I don't think that's why he did it.'

They climbed the stairs, until they found themselves outside on the rooftop. It was snowing, but obviously it wasn't 90 degrees outside, so Tohru started shivering. Yuki took off his jacket, and put it over her.

'Maybe the weather will help you calm down,' he said.

'Oh, Yuki I don't know, I just felt that I could find him and ask why he did it.'

'Do you really think that would be the best idea?'

'I don't know, he just…lonely, I'm sure if he had someone, he wouldn't have done it.'

'But he did do it, Tohru, don't you see he's dangerous. What if he did that to you?'

'No he wouldn't have,' Tohru said walking up to a stone angel. 'Because I care for him.'

Behind the stone angel the phantom stood, his heart was finally touched; he felt joy, the joy of love.

'Tohru, I care, but for you,' Tohru turned to face him, at the same time the rose the phantom gave her dropped to the ground unnoticed. ' And I have always loved you since we were little.'

Tohru's eyes widened, suddenly all thoughts of the phantom disappeared. Her eyes began to water.

'Yuki, I love you too.'

Phantom froze.

'Tohru since you were always there to except me as who I was, I want you to be there with me, forever.'

Yuki then pulled out a ring, and got down on one foot.

'Will you marry me?'

Tohru was filled with joy.

'Yes,' she cried out.

Yuki stood up, and came close to Tohru, and kissed his new fiancé.

Kyo looked around to see the silence, but only saw proof to what he just heard. Tears came out; they were silent and painful.

After their kiss, both Yuki and Tohru were feeling more confident.

'Let's go back inside, shall we?' Yuki said

Tohru nodded.

Once gone, the phantom cried more openly. He stopped and wiped his tears. He left his hiding spot, and noticed the fallen rose.

'How could she do this to me? How could she give away my love for another person?' he shouted

He walked up to the stone railing, and pounded his fist.

'Well next time I'll her, and she'll pay, they'll all pay.'

He stood on the gargoyle at the edge of the roof. The wind picked up, and he put his arms out, it almost felt like he was flying. That's when he let go of the rose.