Yuki slipped into the living area after the commotion disturbed his studying. 'Did Shigure yell blood?' He was met with the sight of Shigure grabbing shoes and almost slamming into him.
"Shigure? What's going on?" Yuki backed up, giving the dog some space.
"Yuki, good, come with me, no, stay here, go check on Kyo." The dog didn't pause as he spoke, but gestured for Yuki to head up stairs.
"Why? What in the world happened?" Yuki didn't budge, not until he knew what was going on.
"It's Kazuma, he's hurt, I don't know the details but I think Kyo was hurt too. I have to go, check on him and call Hatori if it's serious." with that the dog pranced out the door. Yuki stood, his mouth slightly parted, he tried to take in what Shigure had just said. 'Kazuma is injured, and Kyo might be too. Were they attacked?'
He didn't ponder on it to long, 'It's a good thing Tohru is at work, she doesn't need to be here for this.' he made his way up the stairs and knocked at the cat's door. No answer. He opened it a crack and called in.
"Kyo? Are you alright? Shigure sent me to check on you."
Still no answer.
'I guess it can't be helped' Yuki opened the door to see Kyo on the floor, and the yell Shigure had made now made sense. There was blood, a lot of blood, all on Kyo's clothes, but there didn't seem be be a puddle. 'Maybe it's Kazuma's?' It seemed to hit Yuki all at once that Kyo was unconscious.
"Kyo?" Yuki grabbed his cousins shoulder and shook, yelling. "Kyo, wake up!" The cat remained motionless, Yuki checked for breathing. Good, the cat was breathing steady. Maybe was injured after all, loss of blood? Yuki grabbed Kyo's Hoodie and tore it off, searching for injuries.
He didn't expect to see what appeared to be stab wounds, deep gashes, but they weren't fresh, at least, not that fresh. "What the hell Kyo?" Yuki breathed, wracking his mind for what might of happened. Was Kyo attacked? Why didn't he say anything? Was it Akito? Yuki shuddered and fought back the flashbacks of his time with Akito.
After getting over his initial shock Yuki checked his cousin for any additional wounds, finding none he checked Kyo's breathing again, and then headed to call Hatori.
"Yuki? Is Kyo okay?"
"I'm not sure, He's unconscious but I couldn't find any signs of recent injury."
"Unconscious? What the happened?" Yuki couldn't help but feel like Hatori knew more than he was letting on, that his ignorance was a front.
"I'm not sure, how's Kazuma?"
"He'll be fine, his injuries aren't as bad as they first appeared. He's a strong man and should recover quickly."
"What injuries?"
"It doesn't matter. I'll stop over to see Kyo in a few hours. Can you keep an eye on him till I'm there?"
Before Yuki could respond the phone clicked, indicating that Hatori had hung up. He sighed, "what the hell?" He couldn't shake the feeling that Hatori wasn't as concerned with Kyo's unconscious state as he should be. Unless, he knew something Yuki didn't.
Begrudgingly Yuki made his way back upstairs to find Kyo awake, at least Yuki assumed he was awake, because he was gone. Yuki was starting to get ticked.
"Kyo, come here." He called, making no effort to hide the irritation in his voice. He walked towards the window and peered out on the roof, surprisingly Kyo wasn't there. He entered the hall and heard water running from the bathroom "Kyo, come on man, Hatori said I have to watch you." Yuki knocked on the door, holding back his urge to pound it.
no reply
"Are you passed out again? You stupid cat."
no reply
Yuki sighed "You're fixing the door." with little effort the door was open and Yuki saw Kyo, sitting on the edge of the tub, conscious, holding a knife, blood streaming down his arm. The stab wounds made sense now.
"The hell Kyo?" Yuki grabbed the knife and flung it across the room, picking up a towel and wrapping Kyo's arm. "The hell are you doing? Do you want to die?" Yuki screamed at him, his stomach felt like a volcano was erupting inside him. "Why would you do this? Answer me!" Yuki grabbed Kyo's face, turning it towards him.
What he saw chilled him.
Kyo's eyes were cold, no, not cold, gone. Like Kyo wasn't there, like he was dead already.
"Kyo..." Yuki whispered, then reality swept him back. "We have to get you fixed up before you trans-"
-poof-
Yuki was left catching a small orange cat before it fell to the floor. "Of course, of course you transform now, well that's just great." Yuki felt a headache coming on. To many things were happening. "Kyo are you awake?" He shook the cat, slowly it turned it's head to look at him, but Yuki couldn't help but feel like it didn't see him, like it couldn't see anything. "I'm going to take you downstairs and call Hatori.- Owe don't scratch me." A tiny drop of blood slid down Yuki's thumb. "What was that for? You need help, and stop pretending you can't talk."
"Don't call."
"Well it's not up to you, you can't stop me."
"Please, don't call."
"The hell? You pretty much cut off your arm but don't want me to get help? Well I'm sorry but you're going to have to transform back if you want any say in it."
"Damn it you stupid rat don't call Hatori, I'm fine, I've got this."
"Like hell you've got this you dumb cat." Yuki grabbed a towl and wrapped Kyo in it.
-poof-
Yuki let go as the weight in his arms increased 100 fold. "You stupid cat, did you transform back from pure stubbornness?"
"Don't call him," Kyo was panting, clutching his arm. "I wear Yuki if you do I'll-"
"You'll do what? You can't even lay a finger on me. What if Tohru were here?" Yuki was starting to grow mad.
Kyo seemed to freeze at the thought of Tohru, for a second Yuki was sure he would transform again, but he recovered. "Don't bring her up." Kyo hissed.
"Why? What do you think she would say if she found out you were this pathetic." He shouldn't have said it, but he was pissed, and annoyed, and felt like he was lost in someone elses drama.
"Don't bring her into this she has nothing to do with this." Kyo pounded a fist into the wall, fire entering his eyes. "Don't you dare bring her into this."
"Well it's to late isn't it? She's going to find out that something has happened." Yuki had his own fire, and it was filled with the volcano spilling out. He turned to head down the stairs but felt a hand touch him, instinctively he grabbed the hand and flipping Kyo over, the cat slammed into a wall. "Don't try and stop me." Yuki growled
Kyo got back up, he was shaking. Yuki couldn't tell if it was pain or rage. "Don't tell Hatori." He stepped towards Yuki.
"Why not? You clearly need help, what if you would have died? What then?" Yuki shook his head. "I'm just trying to do my job, it's not like I want to help an idiot like you."
pain
Yuki looked down at his arm, blood was starting to trickle out, then pour out, of 4 long scratches.
He looked back at Kyo
The cat had grown pale, he was shaking again, and a monstrous claw was replacing his hand. The claws of the cat demon.
"Kyo." Yuki didn't know what to say, then the intense pain hit him.
"I..." Kyo looked around, like a scared animal cornered by wolves. "I can't." He ran out of the hallway, down the stairs, Yuki heard the front door open and shut.
"The hell was that?" He gasped, and grabbed another towel from the bathroom, this time wrapping his own arm. 'Need to call Hatori.' He thought, before stumbling down the stairs.