A/N: Ah! You are in luck, I found my idea! They were running but I caught one hiding behind my….couch! Anyways, never fear readers! Kyoru is not dead! Mushy mushy lovey dovey! They are going through a rough patch right now, you know with the whole murder and all. Catalyna is a good person to be well aware of, as the last chapter revealed. So now, here it is! Ride Destiny!!

Chapter 10: Absolutely Nothing

"Damn, stupid customer."

Arisa Uotani stood outside of the family restaurant she had been working at for a while. Her shift had been ruined from her thoughts being occupied by Tohru's secretive behavior. She had accidentally given a child regular milk when he asked for chocolate; she gave a vegetarian a huge piece of pork, and broke six plates over the course of her four hour shift. Angrily (but not fired) she had stomped out, but had been told off by an unsatisfied customer.

Whatever. Uo thought to herself as she set off down the street for home. She had gone to work straight away after school, but since the days were approaching winter the sun had already almost disappeared behind the horizon. She was definitely very tired and ready to call it quits, but had far too much push left in her to crumble from being tired. She better spill tonight, or I really WILL beat that Kyon 'till he tells us! She shivered at the crisp air. I should have brought a sweater.

She turned a corner leading toward her apartment when the sight of a girl with long curly black hair walking up ahead of her caught her eye. Isn't that the new girl…? She thought. Deciding she could give it a try, she tried to get her attention.

"Hey! You up there!"

The girl turned and sure enough it was her. Uo watched a smile spread across her face as she stopped and waved happily. She was wearing a knee length red plaid skirt and a white zip up sweater with a hood. Uo caught up to her quickly, feeling stupid in her work uniform and her heels that were required at the restaurant. Uo looked down and seen the girl was wearing some white flats. Aren't those popular in America? She asked herself.

"Hi, Uotani-san. What are you doing out?" Catalyna asked smiling.

"I was just working." She said exhausted. "Nice shoes, by the way." She pointed at her feet.

"Oh, thank you." Catalyna looked down at Uo's feet. "I love heels, they are very lady like!"

Uo nodded with a disgusted look. "I hate them, they hurt." She winced as she moved her foot a bit. "So, what about you? What are you doing out?" She seen the girl was carrying a black over the shoulder purse. "Going somewhere?"

"Oh, no I was just looking around." She sighed and looked up and down the street. "I don't know my way around too well yet." She turned and pointed to some apartments. "I was actually just heading home; I live over there with my Auntie."

Uo dropped her jaw as she seen that Catalyna was pointing to the same apartment building she had been living in for the past five years. "I live there! When did you get here?" Uo asked excitedly.

"Well, I moved in in the middle of last week." Catalyna explained as she began to smile wide. "It was night, so you probably didn't see us."

"That is so cool!" Uo grabbed her forearm and started pulling the girl toward the apartment building. "What did we decide? Oh, Lyna-kun!" She nodded as she remembered the nickname. "You have to come and sit with me while I get ready to go see my friend!'

"Uh, oh okay!" Catalyna agreed as she followed the blonde. "Who are you going to see?"

"Tohru and Hanajima." Uo said as she let go of the girl's arm. "We're supposed to meet at seven."

Catalyna pulled her phone out as it vibrated in her pocket. She flipped it open to find a text message:

Are you doing your job?

She closed the phone and put it back in her pocket. She stepped up to Uo's side as the two crossed the street together.

"They seem nice." Catalyna told her with a smile. "I would really like to get to know them!"

"Xavier-san, do you love my Mom?'

Xavier looked at the smiling eleven year old Tohru, standing next to him as he prepared a delicious dinner for the three of them in their kitchen. He smiled at her and answered with very honest eyes.

"Of course, Tohru-chan." He patted the top of her head affectionately. "She's the most wonderful woman I've ever met."

Tohru smiled and laughed. "She is wonderful!"

The young Tohru believed this man; there was no reason to doubt him. From the moment he walked in to their lives when she was eight, he had been a great delight.

"Tohru, I'm home!" The voice of Kyoko rang out from the front door. "I smell something nice!'

Tohru ran out of the kitchen and over to her mother. "Mom! How was work, was it okay?"

Kyoko sighed with a look of great exhaustion. "Yes, it was okay. Where's Xavier, is he here?"

Tohru nodded and pointed to the kitchen. "Yes, he's here and he's making dinner for us." She smiled at the man's generous gesture. "It smells delicious!"

She watched her mom smile and walk in to the kitchen.

"Hi, you're so sweet!"

She listened as the two began to converse and decided to not disturb them. She walked over to the living room couch and seated herself comfortably to wait patiently for dinner. She looked to her side and seen the suit jacket of Xavier placed neatly on the couch cushion.

"Oh," She said as a thought dawned on her. "I should hang it up so it won't get wrinkled." She carefully grabbed the jacket and walked over to their coat closet. She opened it and pulled down a hanger, and swung it over the hooks neatly. "There." She said as she put it on the pole to hang. As it swung for a moment a stick like thing fell out of the pocket and Tohru bent down to pick it up.

It was a syringe with an orange top covering the needle. She looked at it carefully, wondering what Xavier would need a syringe for. Realizing it was rude to snoop in his private things, she put the syringe back in the pocket it had fallen from and closed the closet, making a mental note to look up syringes in the school library.

The next day at school she had sat and read a book about medical equipment in her school's library. She had discovered that besides inserting medication, people used them personally to insert insulin for Diabetes. But worse than diabetes, she had read on to discover that they were wrongly used to inject a drug called Heroine in to the blood system.

"Maybe he's diabetic." Tohru said to herself as she walked home. She could not think that he would be a drug user, even if they had only known him for about three years. He was always kind, understanding, sweet, and generous. She even over heard her mother telling a friend on the phone that he was as sweet as her father had been.

As the girl walked on she looked around and noticed the vehicle of Xavier parked on the side of a convenience store. She wondered if it was really his, until she seen him come out of the alleyway behind the convenience store, accompanied by a thin, bald, short and spectacled man. She looked around, deciding to watch the suspicious behavior, and realized she had been close to an apartment building. She ran into the parking lot and hid behind a random blue car, peering over the hood to watch Xavier.

At his vehicle she seen him pat the man on the shoulder and look around the surroundings. He patted him again and then without warning…

"Oh!"

Tohru heard the thin man cry out as Xavier punched him in the gut. She sat in shock and disbelief. Xavier, the man who was so kind to her and her mother, punched somebody!

She watched as Xavier ran a tan hand through his slick backed black hair, and then stuck his hand out to the man. The man held his stomach and looked at Xavier with large fearful eyes. Then he cautiously took his hand and shook it with a weak smile.

Tohru did not know what to do. She could run home and pretend she never saw anything, or tell her mom and see what she had to say about it, or she could run to the police and let them handle it, and she could even confront him herself, which she did not want to do after seeing such violence.

She ducked as she watched him get in his car and drive away, leaving the thin man looking very frightened and in pain.

She decided she would tell her mom, and she leaped out from behind the car and ran at break-neck speed out of the parking lot.

"He hit him, he hit him!' She thought to herself.

"He hit him…. He hit him…"

"He hit him."

Kyo sat staring at the girl as she told him the story of her first suspicions of the man Xavier. He had sat and listened to her for quite a while, as it took her sometime to say things. They had eventually made it on to the couch, and now sat facing each other; Tohru's homework left on the table.

Tohru sighed as she looked off out of the window at the darkening sky. "I didn't know what to do, it was very unbelievable." She said sadly. She turned to Kyo and seen his eyes were full of wonder.

"Did you tell your mom?" He asked, as she showed no intention of continuing.

She shook her head, causing his eyes to widen in disbelief.

"When I got home, he was already there." Tohru said as tears began to form in her eyes. "He acted normal and just helped me with my homework."

Kyo gazed at her as she began to cry silently. He wanted to hold her in his arms and stroke her hair, and tell her that everything would be alright. He was beginning to understand some things, and one of them was that this man Angelo, as Tohru informed him that he was Xavier's brother, had to be very messed up in the head, or confused about his brother's behavior.

"I'm sorry, Kyo-kun." Tohru apologized as the tears began to fall harder and she looked down. "It's just difficult to tell the whole truth." She buried her face in her hands and sobbed uncontrollably.

"Tohru, please don't cry." He reached out and pulled her hands away from her face. "If you want you can stop now." He said reluctantly. He still wanted to know, but if it was going to cause her to cry in pain then he'd rather wait until she was okay with recollecting on her past. "I hate seeing you cry."

"Kyo-kun, I've been so…" She trailed off, knowing she had to tell him a little more. A little more…

"You've been sad." Kyo said, placing a comforting hand on hers and scooting closer to her. Her hair had fallen on her face and he lifted his free hand and moved some of it out of her eyes. She's so helpless and vulnerable… and beautiful. Beautiful? Should I be thinking of her like this at this time? I really shouldn't but…

Tohru felt her cheeks turn red as he stared at her with a very gentle look in his eyes. The all familiar sensations in her stomach and body began to go wild as she longed to move closer to him. Kyo-kun, you're so wonderful… Her thoughts trailed off as his face seemed to be moving closer to hers. She gripped his hand tight and subconsciously leaned toward him, her gaze moving between his eyes and mouth.

Her blushing face encouraged him to continue and he moved even closer. His palms were sweating and he welcomed the fluttering in his stomach as it seemed the moment had finally come.

Her heart was pounding as she internally rejoiced; they were only a few inches apart. She watched his eyes close and his lips part slightly, and she allowed her own lids to slide shut. His hot breath lightly grazed her lips… Please, let this be it…. His nose brushed her cheek and only an inch remained between them…

"Tohru-kun!!"

Their eyes snapped open at the voice of the Dog. They looked at each other for a moment until their faces turned a matching shade of beet-red.

"I'm s-sorry! "

"Sorry!!"

The two backed away from each other in embarrassment as they looked anywhere else but at each other. Tohru suddenly leapt off the couch and ran to the kitchen as quickly as she could.

Kyo tried to calm himself, scolding his stupidity in forgetting that the Dog had been in the house. It was so close! He told himself. Just like in the hall at school! He felt his face still burning from the embarrassment and he quickly brought his hands to his cheeks, trying to cool them down. Damn, hands are hot too. He tried to push away the now annoying swooshing sensation in his stomach; it had only been pleasant when she was near him. He heard the water faucet go on in the kitchen and some banging of some pots.

Tohru stood at the stove and set a pot on the burner. Being so wrapped up in telling Kyo about everything she had completely forgotten about dinner! We almost kissed! He didn't pull or move away! If Shigure-san had not called my name we would have… oh no! I can't be this way with him, I'm not …right for him.

She felt her heart sink at this thought, and so looked at the clock to try and push away the pain. Six thirty…. Hana-chan and Uo-chan are coming over at seven.

Kyo poked his head in to the kitchen, wondering if he should enter. I don't think I should… do anything. He fought off his discouraging thoughts and bravely stepped in to the kitchen.

"Tohru…"

She turned around and her eyes widened. No! I can't look at him right now! She ignored the thought and answered him, still standing near the stove. "Yes, Kyo-kun?" She turned around to face him.

He walked over to her, his heart pounding like crazy at what he was about to do. He stood in front of her and brought his hands up and cupped her face in his palms. No more holding back…

"Kyo-kun?" She asked in shock, staring up at him in confusion.

Kiss her idiot! He ordered himself. He lowered his face toward hers and ignored his discouraging thoughts…

"Tohru-kun?!"

Kyo stopped when he was once again an inch away, the footsteps of the Dog coming toward the kitchen causing his self discipline to fade. Do something! He told himself.

Tohru blinked with wide eyes, waiting for him to run off because of the steps of Shigure coming closer. She gasped as he quickly planted a kiss on her cheek and let her go, then he ran out of the kitchen before Shigure could enter.

"Tohru-kun? Did you hear me?" Shigure entered the kitchen to find Tohru staring at the door way with wide eyes and pink patches on her cheeks. "Flower of our home, are you alright?" He teased.

She looked at Shigure and started to panic. "S-Shigure-san! I haven't made anything to eat! I'm so sorry!" Her face turned crimson and she turned around and began to frantically regain her thoughts as to what she was meaning to make in the first place.

Shigure smiled at the girl's frantic and panicky behavior. He had been watching, making footstep sounds in place from behind the door frame. He decided he would begin to tease her.

"So, Tohru-kun," He began as she turned around, her face still red. "Have you ever…. kissed a boy?"

"WHA-?"

"Ha ha ha ha ha." Shigure laughed lightly. He flapped his hand at her in a dismissing manner. "I'm only kidding, Tohru-kun. Of course you haven't."

She watched as he turned around and walked out of the kitchen, still laughing and muttering to himself. She blinked a few times and began to calm down. I haven't kissed a boy yet… but I would have if… She shook her head. No, I can't think about it! Even if he… kissed my cheek. I am in no position to feel this way… I can't.

With that thought she turned around back to the stove, deciding on pork stir fried with vegetables and ignoring the single silent tear that slid down her still blushing cheek.

"I don't know what to think."

Instead of heading home after being "warned" by the woman Yuki had gone and snuck in to the Sohma Estate to see Haru. He filled him and Momiji, who showed up after a while of talking, in on everything that happened after Akito's meeting. Yuki had even told the two about what he had seen between Kyo and the mystery man, to which Haru suggested not to ask about it. Now, the three are still at Haru's house in his room, sitting on his bed and discussing the options and trying to decipher between the lies and the truth.

"You know," Momiji said in response to Yuki's statement. "Tohru would never kill someone. She just… she can't!"

Haru nodded for the twentieth time that night in agreement. "Akito did not tell us anything else, but Sensei might know something."

"Or Kureno." Momiji suggested.

Yuki blinked in confusion. "Sensei? You mean Shigure? Why?"

"Because," Haru said as he scratched at a spot on his chin. "He spent the entire night with him, and left late this morning."

"Oh, that's right!" Momiji confirmed. "Since we were both late," He turned to Yuki to explain. "We seen him leaving, and he looked happy."

Yuki rolled his eyes and sighed. "That moron is always happy."

"Yuki, this woman," Momiji tilted his head and studied the Rat's face. "Do you think she really…. wants to kill Tohru?"

Yuki considered the idea for a moment, then voiced his opinion. "I think she's already tried, considering the state Honda-san showed up in last night." He had told them about that too, and how confused he was. This is all too much.

"You said she's probably home with Kyo, right?' Haru asked.

Yuki nodded. "Yes, it seems she's told him a bit of what's happening."

"Why?" Momiji asked with his brows furrowed in anger. "Why does she tell him? She should tell Hana-chan and Uo-chan!"

Haru reached out his hand and patted the top of the blonde's head. "Momiji, don't get jealous. She's very fond of him."

Momiji looked at Yuki again. "I know she's fond of him, but why can't she tell us?" He voiced the question that had been on several people's mind. "We love her too! I want to help her, no matter what!"

Yuki looked out of the sliding window; it was already dark out and the night looked rather frightening. He wondered the same thing, he felt the same way, and he could not help but think the same things as Momiji had said. He wanted to know, he wanted to be there for her like she had been for him. Why won't she give someone else a chance to help?

"Yuki,"

Yuki looked at Haru and pushed his thoughts away. "Huh?"

"Don't kill yourself looking upset." He pointed to the frown consuming the prince's expression and laughed a little. "I know this isn't very funny, but I guess we're stuck guessing until she comes clean."

Momiji and Yuki both nodded in agreement. Then Momiji lifted his head and looked from one to the other.

"You know," He said in a whisper. "I bet we can….catch the two off guard."

The two boys looked at the Rabbit with interest. Yuki leaned in so he could hear the whispering. "We're listening…" He urged Momiji to continue.

"You know how slow Tohru is," He pointed out the obvious. "She says things without knowing who is listening. I once overheard her telling Hana-chan that she was 'feeling frustrated with work and chores'," He nodded to emphasize the truth. "She thought no one could hear them, it was at school in a classroom."

Yuki cocked an eyebrow at the boy. "Yeah, but that's different." He shifted uncomfortably at the amount of time he had spent in his school uniform. "When this stuff started, she locked her bedroom door and she's even tried to avoid telling Kyo anything." He quickly remembered the morning before and voiced the incident. "Kyo told me she locked herself in the bathroom to avoid him."

"Whoa." Haru said, his eyes rounding slightly with thought. "That's different from what's expected from her."

Momiji clenched his fist in determination. "I'm going to talk to her tomorrow! I didn't see her today, otherwise I would have tried."

"I saw her once." Haru interjected. "She looked at me, then turned around and ran the other way." He shook his head in disappointment. "I was hoping to maybe talk to her too."

"Well," Yuki stood up and grabbed his back pack off the floor. "I should get going, who knows what hell she's going through with that stupid Cat and ignorant Dog."

"Be safe Yuki." Haru stood up and patted him on the back, then Yuki made his way out of the house.

"So," Haru turned to Momiji as he entered his bedroom to find the Rabbit getting ready to leave. "You really love Tohru, don't you?"

Momiji's cheeks turned red and he felt his stomach erupt in fluttering and butterflied. "I don't know." He answered reluctantly.

Haru nodded then stood aside, allowing the stressed boy to leave in peace.

"It's so crazy, but it's true."

Uo had just gone through the better part of an hour telling Catalyna the stories of the group of friends. She had not gone too personal, due to the fact this girl was relatively new, but enough just to fill her in a bit. She had told her a bit about Tohru and her mom's death, then continued with how they had recruited Hanajima before Kyoko had died. She explained a little of Hana's trouble, as much as she could tell, with her Denpa waves and her way of wearing black. She had told her own story last, seeing that it was her own decision as to how much she could tell the listening girl. The two were in Uo's room, Catalyna sat on her bed while she got ready to head over to the Sohma's house.

"I can't believe you were in a gang!" Catalyna exclaimed as she cupped her hand to her mouth. She lowered it with wide eyes. "Was the one with the orange hair in a gang, too?" She asked with a shocked expression.

Uo turned to the girl as she stood up and ran a brush through her hair. She had changed in to some pants and a sweater, and did not really care how she looked do to her exhaustion. She turned Catalyna's question over in her head, then voiced her opinion.

"I don't know," She said as she narrowed her eyes in thought. "His anger seems like he might have been, but with how I've seen him act I'd have to say that I don't think so."

Catalyna nodded, then asked another question. "Is he really angry? Yuki Sohma said he was, but I didn't catch it today." She looked at the tall girl in confusion. "Perhaps I'll see it as time passes.'

"You sure will." Uo pointed the brush at her. "Tomorrow I'll show you, all I have to do is poke at him a bit and he goes off like crazy." She laughed a little at the thought of angering him. "I know, I'll tell him his roots are showing." Uo said as she smirked at the reaction she was hoping for.

"I like the school," Catalyna said as she looked up at the ceiling and zoned out a bit. "It seems peaceful, but I've only been there two days."

"Right," Uo placed her brush on a dresser filled with hair products that no one would guess she might own. "You didn't tell me why you moved here."

Catalyna glanced at the digital clock that had a small spot on the product filled dresser. "I'll keep it short since you're running low on time." She pointed to the numbers that read six fifty. "I don't want you to be late meeting Honda-san and Hanajima-san."

Uo looked at the clock and shrugged. "Oh well, it's alright, I'm late a lot anyways." She sat on the end of the bed next to her. "So, briefly, why'd you come?"

Catalyna sighed then began. "In a nut shell, in America my parents were shot and killed at a gang shoot-out by a cop who shot them on purpose because they looked like they may be involved. He was convicted of involuntary man slaughter, because he lied to the court and told the jury he saw my parents with guns. So, my Auntie and I moved here in hopes that the laws would be better, and to start over fresh!"

Uo gaped at her in disbelief. "Holy crap, that's crazy!" She turned to the girl and sat Indian style. "Why did the jury believe him? That's some crappy way for things to turn out."

"Yeah," Catalyna nodded. "I'm not too sure, but I know that it's in America, in the past, and I'm done with it." She stood up and pointed at the clock. "You really should go, though I wish I would have run in to you sooner."

Uo stood too and made her way out of the room with Catalyna. "Yeah, me too. Tomorrow at school we'll definitely talk more!" They walked over to the front door and slid on their shoes.

"Do you live alone?" Catalyna asked looking around.

"Kind of." Uo replied as she grabbed a hair tie off of a small entrance table by the door. "My Dad and I live here, but he leaves for work before I wake up, and doesn't get home until I'm asleep." She pulled her hair back and tied it in to a ponytail. "And on the weekends he goes out with friends a lot, so I basically live here most of the time alone."

Catalyna looked at her with sad eyes. "That must be lonely."

"Ha ha, Nah." Uo laughed as the two stepped out of the door and she locked it. "I've gotten used to it, and besides I'm always working or with Tohru and Hana and those boys."

"Well, now I'm here, so we can hang out too!" Catalyna exclaimed excitedly. "Have fun with your friends, I'll see you tomorrow!"

"Cool, see ya." Uo watched the girl walk away past some doors, then she turned at the end of the open hall and disappeared in to another hall leading to more rooms. She made her way out of the entrance gate and set off down the side walk. I like her, she thought, she reminds me of a more 'able to be mean' Tohru. She agreed with herself and nodded . She called my old gang a 'bunch of bastards', that's pretty cool. She looked around at the darkness of the night, and folded her arms and hugged herself.

I sure hope Tohru tells us something, this is getting out of hand.

"I really don't want to write."

Tohru, Kyo, and Shigure all sat eating dinner. They had received a call from Yuki, informing them he was on his way home. Shigure watched in amusement as the two teenagers before him nervously exchanged glances and stuttered when spoken to. He was having way too much fun with their petty crushes and love lives. He decided to stir the pot a bit more, and so turned to the nervous orange haired boy.

"Kyo-kun, how would you feel if I wrote about you?" Shigure asked as he playfully poked the him in the arm with his finger.

Kyo looked at him in horror, afraid of what he would write exactly. "What about me?' He asked, walking straight in to Shigure's little joke.

"But of your rising love, of course!' Shigure waved his arms dramatically. "The story of a girl and boy, meeting only because she needed a place to stay, then falling head over heels in love with each other and living happily ever after!!"

Kyo glared at the Dog and his anger surfaced. "What the hell are you talking about you stupid moron!!" He yelled uncontrollably.

Tohru blinked at Shigure in confusion, not catching on to his ramblings. "Shigure-san, what do you mean?" She kept her eyes locked with the man's in order to avoid sneaking another glance at Kyo.

Shigure smiled widely and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Tohru-kun, it is the story of a Cat and his adorable Princess! Cat Kyo, and Princess Tohru Honda!"

"EH?!" Tohru blushed and began to panic. "N-NO, Shigure-san, what are you talking about there's nothing nothing nothing absolutely nothing! I don't know what you possibly mean have I done something that would indicate something I'm so sorry sorry-!"

"Tohru-kun, calm down!" Shigure patted her head and smiled laughing. "I was only teasing you."

Kyo looked at her, a strange pain taking over his emotions. She had said it was nothing, 'absolutely nothing' at that. He knew she would always panic and say anything to get the attention away from her, but he could not help but feel her words may be true.

"Well, this was delicious." Shigure stood up with his plate and walked toward the kitchen. "You were quick with dinner, Tohru-kun, thank you very much!"

Tohru nodded as Shigure walked out of the room and she heard his plate be set in the sink. She looked at the clock and seen it was now seven fifteen. I wonder if they are still coming. She bravely turned to look at Kyo, meeting his eyes and causing her heart rate to speed up.

He looked at her, feeling the pain increase as he held the gaze. He wanted to look away and leave, but could not get his eyes or body to move. He still held the contact as she opened her mouth to speak.

"Kyo-kun, did you like ….dinner?" She awkwardly tried to start some kind of conversation. She waited for him to answer, but he just sat still and stared at her. She hoped he would say something, anything that would calm her nerves from going crazy. Is he angry with me? Did I do something wrong?

"Yeah." He finally answered and she jumped in surprise. He looked away and stood up with his half eaten plate.

She watched him walk in to the kitchen. Oh no, this is bad. She worried to herself. What happened earlier, is he upset with me? It's conceited to wonder, but is he upset that the kiss did not happen? He kissed me on the cheek…so maybe it's possible. She looked up as he entered the room again and walked straight through to the living room, and she knew he was heading for the roof.

"Kyo-kun!" She yelled suddenly and she got up and ran after him. "Kyo-kun!" She entered the living room looked around, catching the front door close. She ran to it and opened it, seeing Kyo walking toward the ladder leading to the roof. No, thinking that way is just not … right.

"Kyo-kun!"

Kyo stopped and turned around, trying to push away the hurt that was causing him to walk away from her. She caught up to him and he waited for her to say something.

"K-Kyo-kun, what's wrong?" She asked lamely, feeling the brewing of what could turn in to some kind of argument.

Kyo turned his head away but shifted his eyes to look at her. "It's nothing, It's absolutely nothing." He emphasized the last two words.

"Absolutely nothing…?' Tohru repeated as tears began to form in her eyes. "I'm sorry, I should have…" She trailed off.

Aw, crap! He mentally kicked himself for his words. It's not her fault that I'm feeling like crap, it's mine for being too damn forward! He watched as she looked at the floor with tears running down her cheeks. "I'm sorry… I shouldn't have said that.." He quickly apologized then turned around. He could not bring himself to comfort her, so he headed toward the ladder.

"W-wait!"

He turned as Tohru ran at him with her arms stretched out. He was caught off guard as she hugged him tightly around his middle and buried her face in his chest. "Kyo-kun, I l-"

POOF!

The small cloud of smoke cleared in a moment and she held him in his Cat form in her arms. She had been cut off from what she was going to say by the explosion, but did not mind or care to continue her words.

"What'd you do that for?' He asked as he lay comfortably in her arms. "I hate turning in to a cat.."

"I'm sorry," She sniffed. "It was the only way I could get you to stop." She smiled down at him, and then bent down to pick up his clothes.

"What…the….hell….?!"

Tohru grew wide eyed as she recognized the voice behind her. Oh no… She stood up and turned, the Cat's eyes widening with hers in synch.

Uo and Hanajima stood a few feet away, both gaping at the scene before them and looking horror struck.

Uo raised a hand and pointed at the Cat in Tohru's arms.

"Tohru… what the hell just happened to Orangey….?"

A/N: They seen! They saw! Oh no what to do! So how about that, twice and no luck. Personally, I would have slapped Shigure and told him to leave so I could have some fun with the guy. ;) but that's just me. So this chapter was left without the presence of Vanessa or Angelo, good or bad… I liked how this one turned out, I kind of rushed it cause I was excited, but I tried. The next will be more descriptive… I hope. Anyways, I should have the next up in the next few days, but if not then it will be by the weekend or on Sunday night. I've been finding my ideas, they've been hiding. So if you guys want to see anything, let me know so I can work it in or try and consider it. Later, thanks for reading!