Rin's Reasons
"Tohru, Kyo-kun's here to pick you up for school so hurry up so you can join us for breakfast." Mom said as I woke up.
"'Kay Mom, be right out." I mumbled getting dressed. I just couldn't figure out what that Rin person was trying to do.
I see Kyo and Yuki in the living room eating eggs and toast. I couldn't help but remember why I became friends with these two. 'No matter what I'm going to keep the promise with Akito-san. No matter what anyone else says, I'm not going to forget you two ever!' I thought as I sat down and started to nibble on some eggs.
"Tohru, I heard that you met with Rin-san yesterday and wanted to know what she said to you." Kyo says as I was finishing my breakfast. I looked at him wondering why he was asking to know what we talked about yesterday.
"She told me that if I don't back out of the promise she'll make my life 'a living hell' and she won't stop until I back out of the promise. I thought that you two sent her after me but she said that you two only wanted to pass on a message of forgiveness." I say cleaning up the table and grabbing my school bag.
"So you met Rin and she threatened you about the promise. Then why haven't you given up yet? She is a year older than us no matter how you try to look at it. Why are you sticking with that stupid agreement that you made with Akito?" Kyo says getting pissed after hearing the entire conversation I had the previous evening.
"I bet Tohru-san just wanted to have a normal friendship with us and wanted to share our troubles. Tohru-san, Rin is a member of the zodiac so she didn't want an outsider to know. Like I was when I first met you and learned you knew our secret." Yuki says for me.
"Well, that is true but I also wanted to get to be friends with your family and friends so I felt I was in a big family and not one with only my grandfather and mother." I say in addition to what Yuki had said.
"Fair enough, when I had no one to be friends with I thought I was alone, you had changed that when you became my very first friend outside of the zodiac." Kyo says as we reached the school and stops dead in his tracks along with Yuki.
Rin is in her school uniform standing in our school's yard. She spots Kyo and Yuki and waves at them to go to her. "Why is she here at this school?" Rin says loud enough for me to hear and I get pissed that she is talking about me behind my back.
"Rin, she does attend school with us. The real question is why are you doing here? I can't tell you how annoying it was to hear the conversation the two of you had." Yuki says glaring at Rin like Kyo.
"I am here to get the answer from your friend Tohru Honda." Rin spat friend in their faces like it was an awful thing to have friends.
I get sick of anticipating the upcoming trial from Rin Sohma, so I go up to them and confronted her for the very first time. "What do you want from me Rin-san?" I ask flat out causing Kyo and Yuki to gape at me.
Rin looks at me with a smirk and laughs. "Well, if you already know, why do you even bother asking me for the answer?" I smile and shrug.
"I don't know, kinda like how you're here even though you already know my answer." Rin shrugs and lets me continue. "I won't be backing out of my deal with Akito-san, so if you wish to make my life a 'living nightmare' you're going to have to try very hard." I say with as much pride and confidence I could muster.
"Hmph, guess I'll be seeing you three later then. I'm not going to let an outsider know about the secret and roam around free without supervision. I don't trust you guys' judgment at all anymore since you decided against your family for some girl or classmate or friend or whatever you consider her as." Rin says leaving for her school most likely.
As soon as she was out of sight and everyone else has left, I collapse on the ground shivering from what I'd just done in front of the entire school. "I can't believe I just did that." I whisper to myself as Kyo and Yuki were helping me up from the ground.
"You did very well. I wouldn't have been able to do that in a million years. No wonder you're shaken up and you did it in front of the entire school." Kyo says praising me as I am trying hard not to fall down again.
I nod my head and go to class trying very hard to walk normally but Kyo was right next to me making sure I didn't fall or collapse on the ground again. I make it to the classroom when the teacher announces that we will be having a pop quiz in science and I groaned along with almost everyone in the class. 'Why did it have to be a pop quiz in this class? Haven't I suffered enough already?' I thought as I opened my test and started to answer the questions. When I finished my test I glanced sideways to where Kyo was and giggled when I saw the expression on his face.
'What the hell are these questions? We never even learned what the water cycle was!' Kyo thought as he filled in another answer and glanced my way as I was chuckling to myself. 'Why is Tohru so happy all of a sudden? She was the first person to groan when the teacher announced the pop quiz.' Turning the test over Kyo sighed knowing he probably failed again. 'Shishou is going to give another lecture if I fail this test. I wish I was like that dumb rat now, he always knows what the answers are and gets perfect scores no matter the subject.'
Kyo just sat there staring into space when Yuki slams his hand onto the desk. Kyo jumps up and Yuki drags him onto the roof. "What is your deal you stupid cat?" Yuki yells and Kyo just looks at him. "Don't tell me you don't know what I'm referring to. You almost shouting our secret while sleeping, I mean if I didn't slam that desk, then you probably would've caused Tohru to lose her memory of us."
Kyo doesn't say a thing and just stands there taking the lecture like a normal person would. No matter if he couldn't be normal even if he tried to be. "Well, I was asleep so I probably didn't know what I was doing. I was just recalling the day Tohru promised to keep our secret and I must have been trying to convince her otherwise." Kyo said defending himself once Yuki was done talking.
I walk up the stairs and wait to hear the rest of their conversation when Kyo starts to hit Yuki. 'What the heck is that guy doing? He will get expelled if he doesn't stop fighting with Yuki-kun!' I think while watching Yuki easily dodging the attacks by moving out of the way.
"Hey, stupid cat, do you realize that Tohru will most likely be nearby while we're fighting and will get even more upset than she was before. I think we should save this for a later time when we're positive she won't come in and interrupt us." Yuki suggests as he looks in my direction. I squeeze against the wall as much as possible and try to keep out of his sight. Finally looking away, Yuki pats Kyo's shoulder and heads to the fenced end of the roof waiting for me to come back from my hiding spot.
Kyo joins him and sighs. "Sorry, Yuki, but I just couldn't take all the pressure of you almost lecturing me about something that I know I shouldn't have done and Shishou told me that I was having nightmares about the promise. I just didn't think I would fall asleep in class after that idiotic pop quiz." Kyo says as I leaned on the door looking at them.
"You shouldn't be having nightmares about the pop quiz even if it was hard." I say pretending to come in only hearing the last few phrases. 'They really are concerned about me when I said I would keep their secret.' I shrug as if listening to my own thoughts while Kyo goes into the building.
Yuki stands up and I start to follow Kyo when he grabs my arm, keeping me in place. "So did you really come in at the last minute. Or were you listening/watching the entire time from the fight like I think you were?"
"From your suspicions, but how did you know I was already there?" I ask unable to stop myself and Yuki shrugs.
"You were loud. That's all there is to it, you were loud enough for me to hear you." Yuki responds releasing my arm and we head to the classroom together. I stop mid step and stare at him.
"I was not loud; if I was loud then Kyo would have noticed and stopped what he was doing." I state and Yuki turns around giving me a grave expression.
"You were only loud enough that my mouse ears could hear. Kyo's hearing is like a normal person's hearing. I also have many rat friends around the area. I will always know when someone is near." Yuki says slightly depressed at the cheerful look on my face.
"How cool! You could get away with anything you wanted because of that." I say almost ecstatic about the thing I had just learned.
"Let's not talk about it okay. If Kyo knew you were there, he would perfectly kill me without any hesitation." Yuki says without even batting an eye. "He would also do it with twenty or so cats and other weapons."
Class begins and Yuki suddenly collapses onto the ground from coughing, completely passed out and Kyo runs out to immediately call Hattori-san. I wait by Yuki's side when Hattori comes in and lifts him off of the ground. "You two," he points to me and Kyo, "Come with me, I'll need to know what happened to cause one of his attacks."
Kyo and I grab our schoolbooks and leave school with Yuki. 'I hope Yuki-kun is okay' I thought as we were getting to the main house with the infamous Akito-san.
Well there is a new problem in Tohru's life now and she deals with it with her friends' help. From next chapter on I'll be writing in a normal way and not in Tohru's point of view. Please review and talk to you all later.
Sakura-chan
