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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanThat morning Yuki waited on Hatori's signal that things were clear. It wasn't until late morning before Hatori showed up, he looked exhausted. "It took a while but I convinced Akito that the cold would make things worse for him. We have to hurry, Kyo can become hard to handle soon he needs treated as soon as possible Yuki. br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanYuki recognized the severity of the situation and nodded, matching Hatori's quick pace down the main house. They walked a good twenty minutes before reaching the isolated section of a courtyard on the far edge of the inner estate. It looked abandoned. Hatori walked up to a large metal door and unlatched it, motioning for Yuki to slip inside first, before following. br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanIt took a moment for Yuki's eyes to adjust, the only light came from a small window up high. "Kyo?" Yuki called out, searching for the figure. br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanat first there was silence, then the sound of metal scraping the floor as a shadowy figure stood up. "Yuki? The hell?" br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanYuki almost smiled at the expression, some things didn't change. "I need to speak with you, it's important." Yuki took in his cousin as his eyes adjusted. Thin, no muscle, he had grown a beard, though a shabby one. "It's about Tohru." br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanKyo's eyes seemed to show both hope and pain at her name. "Has something happened?" Kyo took a step closer and Yuki again heard the sounds of chain scraping the floor. br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Kind of." Yuki rubbed the back of his neck, he hadn't really planned out how to say this. "When you… left she was okay at first, sad, but okay, I think she always thought you would becoming back, but after graduation when nothing changed she moved. She stopped visiting, I called her but she eventually stopped picking up."br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Good," Kyo hissed. "This family is toxic she should get away."br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Yeah, I agree with you there but, Hannah called me a week ago. Apparently she hasn't been recovering, apparently her leaving wasn't because she was upset it was because she felt guilty."br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Why? What did she think she did?" Kyo almost yelled, good old Kyo./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Yeah, I don't' have a clue." Yuki shrugged. "But she's in the hospital. They think it's psychological, apparently she's suffering from some sort of break, look, I think you can help."/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Kyo?"/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Kyo, she needs you."br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"She needs you Yuki, She doesn't need me, I'm the one that did this to her." The voice was soft, not the fire Kyo that Yuki had seen moments before. br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I can't fix this!" Yuki gritted his teeth. "Don't you think I've tried?" Look, we can get you out of here, I formed a plan with the others, none of us want you in here, we can figure things out-" br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"I don't want out." /strongbr / The voice wasn't Kyo's, it was, but it wasn't. br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"What do you mean?" Yuki took a step forward, but was pulled back by Hatori./p
p class="MsoNormal"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Don't you get it rat boy? This isn't a joke, I almost killed you, I almost killed her, you can't let me out of here." /strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"We can figure it out, we can do some sort of treatment, you aren't a monster Kyo." Yuki felt desperate, Kyo not wanting to escape wasn't in his plans. br / strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I will never see Tohru again." /strongKyo yelled, stepping closer. strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;""If you want to help so badly then you would make sure I never have the chance to escape this hell pit. You could do that, Hatori, he's to weak but you could do it, I've seen the fire in your pathetic eyes." br / /strongspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanYuki blinked, shocked, he glanced at Hatori who was grabbing something from his bag. "Kyo, listen, you don't belong here, we can help."br / strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Then help end my pathetic existence." /strongKyo lunged, half morphed into the cat demon, before Yuki had a chance to react a sharp tug and a loud scraping of metal pulled Kyo to the floor. Yuki noticed then the chain that was attached to the cat's legs. br / br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Grab his arm!" Hatori yelled, "Yuki grab it now, his right arm." br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanYuki blinked, then his brain kicked into action. He lunged on the arm that took up half his body. br / Hatori ran up next to them and pulled up the cat's sleeve, Yuki felt bile rise in his mouth at the sight of the cuts mixed with scars. Hatori made a clean slice and jumped out of the way. Kyo struggled and went limp after just a few seconds. br / br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"That's his medication?" Yaki said through a dry mouth. "You freaking slice him up like a animal?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"It's the only thing that can keep him under control." Hatori said, coldly, cleaning the blade. I assure you, it's better than leaving him in a cage with himself. br / Yuki didn't quite understand that one. "Hatori, can I come back? Can I see him again?" br / Hatori sighed, shaking his head. "We'll see Yuki, this, this wasn't a good thing."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"She's going to die Hatori." Yuki pleaded, desperately. br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Ok." Hatori looked away. "Next week, you can come then, but he won't be any better Yuki."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanYuki nodded, next week then./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanThat morning Yuki waited on Hatori's signal that things were clear. It wasn't until late morning before Hatori showed up, he looked exhausted. "It took a while but I convinced Akito that the cold would make things worse for him. We have to hurry, Kyo can become hard to handle soon he needs treated as soon as possible Yuki. br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanYuki recognized the severity of the situation and nodded, matching Hatori's quick pace down the main house. They walked a good twenty minutes before reaching the isolated section of a courtyard on the far edge of the inner estate. It looked abandoned. Hatori walked up to a large metal door and unlatched it, motioning for Yuki to slip inside first, before following. br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanIt took a moment for Yuki's eyes to adjust, the only light came from a small window up high. "Kyo?" Yuki called out, searching for the figure. br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanat first there was silence, then the sound of metal scraping the floor as a shadowy figure stood up. "Yuki? The hell?" br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanYuki almost smiled at the expression, some things didn't change. "I need to speak with you, it's important." Yuki took in his cousin as his eyes adjusted. Thin, no muscle, he had grown a beard, though a shabby one. "It's about Tohru." br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanKyo's eyes seemed to show both hope and pain at her name. "Has something happened?" Kyo took a step closer and Yuki again heard the sounds of chain scraping the floor. br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Kind of." Yuki rubbed the back of his neck, he hadn't really planned out how to say this. "When you… left she was okay at first, sad, but okay, I think she always thought you would becoming back, but after graduation when nothing changed she moved. She stopped visiting, I called her but she eventually stopped picking up."br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Good," Kyo hissed. "This family is toxic she should get away."br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Yeah, I agree with you there but, Hannah called me a week ago. Apparently she hasn't been recovering, apparently her leaving wasn't because she was upset it was because she felt guilty."br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Why? What did she think she did?" Kyo almost yelled, good old Kyo./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;""Yeah, I don't' have a clue." Yuki shrugged. "But she's in the hospital. They think it's psychological, apparently she's suffering from some sort of break, look, I think you can help."/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Kyo?"/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Kyo, she needs you."br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"She needs you Yuki, She doesn't need me, I'm the one that did this to her." The voice was soft, not the fire Kyo that Yuki had seen moments before. br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I can't fix this!" Yuki gritted his teeth. "Don't you think I've tried?" Look, we can get you out of here, I formed a plan with the others, none of us want you in here, we can figure things out-" br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"I don't want out." /strongbr / The voice wasn't Kyo's, it was, but it wasn't. br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"What do you mean?" Yuki took a step forward, but was pulled back by Hatori./p
p class="MsoNormal"strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Don't you get it rat boy? This isn't a joke, I almost killed you, I almost killed her, you can't let me out of here." /strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"We can figure it out, we can do some sort of treatment, you aren't a monster Kyo." Yuki felt desperate, Kyo not wanting to escape wasn't in his plans. br / strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I will never see Tohru again." /strongKyo yelled, stepping closer. strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;""If you want to help so badly then you would make sure I never have the chance to escape this hell pit. You could do that, Hatori, he's to weak but you could do it, I've seen the fire in your pathetic eyes." br / /strongspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanYuki blinked, shocked, he glanced at Hatori who was grabbing something from his bag. "Kyo, listen, you don't belong here, we can help."br / strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Then help end my pathetic existence." /strongKyo lunged, half morphed into the cat demon, before Yuki had a chance to react a sharp tug and a loud scraping of metal pulled Kyo to the floor. Yuki noticed then the chain that was attached to the cat's legs. br / br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Grab his arm!" Hatori yelled, "Yuki grab it now, his right arm." br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanYuki blinked, then his brain kicked into action. He lunged on the arm that took up half his body. br / Hatori ran up next to them and pulled up the cat's sleeve, Yuki felt bile rise in his mouth at the sight of the cuts mixed with scars. Hatori made a clean slice and jumped out of the way. Kyo struggled and went limp after just a few seconds. br / br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"That's his medication?" Yaki said through a dry mouth. "You freaking slice him up like a animal?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"It's the only thing that can keep him under control." Hatori said, coldly, cleaning the blade. I assure you, it's better than leaving him in a cage with himself. br / Yuki didn't quite understand that one. "Hatori, can I come back? Can I see him again?" br / Hatori sighed, shaking his head. "We'll see Yuki, this, this wasn't a good thing."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"She's going to die Hatori." Yuki pleaded, desperately. br / span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Ok." Hatori looked away. "Next week, you can come then, but he won't be any better Yuki."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanYuki nodded, next week then./p
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