Tohru

I cried in happiness when I saw the car come to a stop. It was freezing outside, and I was numb everywhere.

"Please help!" I yelled at the slowing car. I ran to the windows, only to find the one person I had never been expecting.

"Shigure-san!"

"Tohru-kun, what in the world are you doing out here, in the snow?" he asked with an incredulous look on his face.

His question immediately jolted me out of my happy mood, and back into the fear and desperation I had felt before.

"You have to hurry!" I quickly urged him on. "Something really bad has happened, and we won't make it in time if you don't!" Replaying the scene over once more in my head, the freezing tears began to spill even harder.

"Get in Tohru-kun!" Shigure's happy voice chirped. He had no idea how bad the whole situation was. He began to look at me worriedly, when he noticed that I was crying.

"Tohru..?"

"GO SHIGURE! JUST DRIVE!"

Kyo

Everything was blurry. I opened my eyes to see two hazy figures running around within my field of vision, as well as brightly colored spots. The first thing I noticed was the pain. It was intense. My head was throbbing, and I couldn't see straight. I laid on my back, and stared at the ceiling. I tried to ignore the pain and focus more on just breathing. Turns out, that was way more painful. I groaned slightly in agony, and shut my eyes to stop the room from spinning.

"Kyo?"

My eyes snapped open at the sound of my name.

"So the kid's still alive? You guys just don't give up, do you?" an unfamiliar voice came from some corner of the room.

My brain was overloaded with confusion. 'Who were these people? Where was I again? I feel terrible!'

I let out an agonized gasp as I tried to sit up. I felt fresh blood beginning to run down my skin, joining the puddle that was already seeping into the tiles.

'Wait,..blood?' I found that my hands were covered in it. 'Why is there so much of it? Whose is this? Is it...mine?' I stared, mesmerized by the red, sticky mess.

As I turned my attention to the two shapes near me, they gradually became clearer. I recognized one to be Yuki, but I had no idea who the other one was. The strange one was making a desperate grab for Yuki, but he managed to evade it in time.

'What the heck is happening?'

Then, all of a sudden, everything came back in a rush. Yuki and I were in danger! I let out a silent obscenity at the sight of the murderer. My mind immediately went back to Tohru. 'Where is she? Is she safe?' My frantic thoughts were interrupted by a loud crashing coming from behind me. Yuki had turned over a table in order to avoid the exceedingly large kitchen knife being swung in his direction.

"Kyo! Get out of here! Get out NOW!" Yuki screamed at me, while dodging blows. No sooner than he had said those words, the knife found its way into his arm. A strangled cry made its way out of Yuki's mouth as he sank to the floor on his knees. The man simply raised the knife, preparing for the finishing blows. I knew that if something didn't happen soon, he was screwed. I gathered up the small amount of strength that I had left, and leaped at him.

I shoved the man enough for him to miss Yuki's head, but he did manage to make a scratch on his cheek. I, on the other hand, landed directly on top of the damn knife, and the man, who promptly shoved me off and gave me a kick in the ribs for that stunt.

"You damn kids are more trouble than you're worth!"he grunted in between kicks. I just laid there and took it. As I gasped for air, in between mouthfuls of blood, I could see his sick, twisted smile, which was beginning to become blurry once again.

I then heard the thump of a body hitting the floor, and felt a pair of thin arms wrap around me, start to lift me up and carry me away.

"Kyo, if you can hear me, please stay with me! Don't fall asleep! Stay with me!" Yuki's voice sounded from far away. I was tempted to do exactly what he told me not to, but something made me hang on for just a bit longer.

I looked up, and found myself staring directly into the violet eyes of a desperate Yuki.

"You hear me right?" his face got closer to mine, and I could have swore that I saw tears in them.

"...y..yeah.." I managed to rasp out. Truthfully, I felt as close to crap as possible. I was weak, dizzy, and I could hardly move. I barely felt when Yuki reached out to grab my wrist and place his thumb over it.

He muttered something under his breath before he dropped my hand.

"Stay here Kyo, I'll see if we can get the hell out of here alive."

As if I was going anywhere.

Yuki

It really didn't look too good for Kyo at the moment. He was drifting in and out of consciousness frequently, and his heart was beating weakly and too fast for his own good. I was glad to see that some of the blood had stopped coming, but I became worried again, after I saw that some of the wounds had been reopened.

I was reluctant to leave him alone in that state, but it was better for him to be out of harms way. I had made my way to a small room across from the bathroom, when I had put him down. I was actually sorta surprised when I had lifted him, because he was actually much lighter than he seemed.

I laid him down in the room, and closed the door. I realized that things were getting out of hand, fast. I had knocked the killer out moments before, with a nearby flower vase, while he was distracted hurting Kyo. That gave me enough time to get Kyo to safety, and rush to the kitchen in search of some sort of weapon.

'What do I do? What do I do?' I ran around the kitchen, looking for anything at all. Then, a brilliant idea came to me. 'The KNIFE!'

I ran back out into the hallway where the killer lay, in hopes of taking his knife. Only problem was, there was no killer anymore. My blood ran cold as I heard a chilling voice behind me.

"So you damn kids think you can escape this easily?"

I turned around slowly, expecting to see him ready to kill me. Instead I got a whole lot more.

It wasn't the knife that scared me, glinting in the shadowy darkness, and it wasn't the sadistic, tortured smile plastered to his face. What it was, was my cousin, struggling weakly in his grip, and the sharp, shining edge of the knife, pressed against his unprotected, tender neck.

"...dammit...l-let...let go of me.." Kyo grasped weakly at the large hand entwined in his bloodstained, orange hair.

"Don't think so kid." was the simple reply. And with a deliberate and sinister smile, he sharply pulled back Kyo's head, and plunged the blade into his neck.

The sound I heard was one that I would remember for a lifetime. Sickening gasps wracked his body, as the blade steadily carved its deep path into his throat. Blood tumbled from the slit, staining his shirt, and pooling onto the floor below, as it slowly made its way across. His ruby red eyes went impossibly wide, and shock, as well as pain, were the most distinguishable expressions running across his face. I stood there in horror, wanting to, but unable to do anything. His hands shook, covered in his own blood, as he feebly grasped at the knife. I felt tears slowly spring into my eyes, as the sticky, red fluid began to trickle out of his mouth in rivers.

After what seemed like an eternity, his eyes dimmed and clouded over, and he tiredly sank to his knees. And I can guarantee you, I was there to catch him when he fell. Strained gasps came from his mouth, and he struggled to breathe with what little energy he had left.

By that time, I could feel the tears starting to pour out of my eyes. They blurred my vision as I leaned in to hug my dying cousin. His body was slowly shutting down on me, and I could feel it. His heart was racing, and I could feel the unsteady, and fragile beats on my shoulder, as I pulled him into a hug.

"...so..y...yuki..." Kyo managed to get out in between his gasps, "...do...do..you...think.. this is..it?"

My hug became tighter at the question, and I grasped his shirt, not wanting him to leave me. I squeezed my eyes shut, as the oncoming tears were beginning to become overwhelming.

'This isn't supposed to be happening! It isn't! The curse was broken, so we were supposed to be happy! We were supposed to live our lives! Me and Machi, and Him and Tohru! His life had been terrible until Tohru came along! Isn't that enough? Isn't his years of suffering enough?'

"...Well, Kyo...I hope it isn't...I honestly, really do." I whispered into his ear. I felt like I was breaking inside, a feeling that I would never want to experience again.

His breathing turned into wheezing, as his eyes started to close.

"KYO!" my voice began to break as the tears came faster. I wasn't ready for him to go just yet! "PLEASE! DON'T GO! STAY WITH ME! PLEASE"

"...can't.." was his faint reply.

"DON'T SAY THAT!" I screamed. "WHAT ABOUT TOHRU? DON'T YOU CARE? SHE'LL DIE WITHOUT YOU!"

The only sign of life he gave, was a ghost of a smile at the mention of her name.

"...toh..ru.."

I felt his blood begin to seep onto my back, staining my shirt. I didn't care one bit though. All I wanted was for us to all live. I laid him down, and pressed my fingers to the wound, trying anything I could, to stop the blood. I ended up tearing off a piece of cloth from my sleeves, and wrapped it around Kyo's throat. I tied it tight enough, so that the injury would stop, but he could still breathe. A little bubble of hope rose inside, and I wished for the best.

"Do you really think that would work, kid?" the man said, watching the whole scene. He stood there, drenched in Kyo's blood, yet not bothered in the slightest bit. A gleeful expression danced across his face. It made me sick to look at him, so I switched my gaze back to the one who needed help the most.

"Have as much time with him as you want, because after he kicks the bucket, you're gonna follow him." his annoying voice called out from somewhere in the room.

"SHUT UP!" I snapped back. "JUST SHUT THE HELL UP! YOU DID THIS! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO DID THIS! I WANT TO KILL YOU MYSELF!" I had snapped. His voice was taunting, and cruel, and I wanted it to GO AWAY. I wanted to hurt him like he had hurt Kyo.

"YOU BASTARD!" I screamed. "YOU SICK...bastard.." I couldn't handle this. For the first time in my life, I broke down over the most unlikely person. The sobs were harsh, and ragged, and a couple of hiccups were included.

"Enough with the whining. The kid's pretty dead, and there's nothing you can do about it. So, lets get this over with." the obnoxious voice called out. I heard his footsteps as he began to advance, the heavy thuds as his shoes stuck to the sticky floor.

"...whatever.." was all I said. I was tired. It was all over for us both, and I was ready to accept my fate. It became dead silent, and the only sounds were the ragged breaths being emitted from Kyo. A dark shadow fell over me, and I looked to see the knife was positioned right over my head. I closed my eyes, ready for the blow, when I heard a familiar, yet annoying voice.

"YUUUKIII! WE'RE BAAC-" Shigure's voice was cut short as he surveyed the scene in front of him.

A long silence followed.

"...What..?" his face had shock painted all over it.

"Ahh! Kyo-kun!" a scared female voice came from behind him. Tohru came out of hiding, and bolted towards Kyo.

"Shit.." a growl came from the man, stepping back away from Kyo and I. He must have realized that there were too many of us for him to take on. His glare turned towards the front door that Shigure was standing in front of. His glare then shifted back to me.

"I'm not done with you two."

And with that simple sentence, he was out the door in a matter of seconds, leaving a confused Shigure sprawled on the floor and out the way.

I turned away from him, and back to Tohru and Kyo. She had him locked in a hug, with huge tears streaming down her face.

"Kyo-kun..please wake up.." She buried her face in his shirt, and held his unconscious form tighter. Her tears came harder and harder, and it made me want to cry along with her. But, there were more urgent things at the moment, besides crying. We had to get Kyo to a hospital, and fast. Time was running out, and the seconds we were wasting, wasn't going to make this any easier.


DAMN! I TRIED SO HARD TO KEEP THEM REAL, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE IS OOC IN THIS CHAPTER! WHY? I TRIED SO HARD!

Now that thats done, time for me to talk!

Sorry for the century long update! (it was like, 3-5 days that I didn't update. Pure laziness.) Aside from my laziness, the only other thing that kept me away from updating was the fact that I was creating a new story! Its actually just a plain old FMA oneshot, based on a "scary" urban legend. Its supposed to be scary, but it came out pretty emo instead... 'kay, MOVING ON NOW!

Lets focus on Tohru's POV for a second. Yes, I do realize that it was a pretty douchey POV, but that was because I really hated that POV at the moment. I had no idea what to write for her, and I just wanted to hurry up and end her POV already, so thus was the terribly bad POV made. To tell the truth, I really am beginning to rush the story along. That would explain the sudden long chapter. Its because I want to do another Fruits Baskets story, cuz I have a not bad idea for one. Idk what i'll call it, but this will probably have a bit of Kyo emo-ness/angst (because i love making Kyo suffer! if you haven't noticed yet.) and a little YukixKyo in it. Now, generally, as a rule, I never write that sort of stuff, but I decided to try my hand at it, and test my skills. I assure you, there is very little to none yaoi, and ABSOLUTELY NO LEMON. Cuz, seriously? That shit gets gross at times.

Anyways, it took me a day and a half/quater to write this biotch of a chapter, but I stuck to it! Honestly, once I start writing, crap of the artistic variety begins to spew out of my fingers and onto my keyboard, hence, most of the stuff you read from me. I let go and let my fingers work.

Oh, and heads up, the "W" button doesn't work as well as its supposed to anymore, so you may happen across some words missing their "W"s. Its the stupid keyboard's fault. Sorry bout that! Also, I won't be home this Sat. and Sun., so I most likely won't have a new chapter up then.