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Chapter 36
"Is everyone ready then?" Haru asked, adjusting his satchel.
"Yes!" I smiled, holding Kyo's hand.
"We're all set," Kyo grinned.
"Wait," Haru stopped mid stride. "Where's Ayame?"
Yuki carried onto the door, not taking a single glance back as he grabbed the door knob.
"Yuki," Haru sighed. "Where's your brother?"
"What brother?" Yuki's voice strained at the word. "I don't have one do I?"
"Yuki, where is he?" I asked, worried with what he had done to him.
"Fine, he's in the fridge." Yuki pulled the door open, storming outside with a growl.
"He really doesn't like his brother..."
"Rats and snakes don't get on." Kyo chuckled. "If you think logically about it, then you'll realise that snakes are predators to smaller mammals such as mice and rats."
"Yes, but it seems like Yuki is more like the predator than anything." I said, watching as Haru pulled out the frozen snake from the fridge.
The cow zodiac smashed the snake on the ground, getting rid of the ice. Ayame shivered and took in a deep intake of breath, letting out a sigh.
"W-Why doesn't the n-next prodigy want to k-know anything from his s-superior brother?"
S-Superior? He's been stuffed in a fridge and still has so much courage to speak about himself. I guess some of the zodiacs really are strange-
"TOHRU!" Ayame sprang at me. "WARM ME WITH YOUR BODY HEAT!"
"KYAAA!" I hid behind Kyo as he grabbed him by the tail, stuffing him into Haru's satchel.
"You alright?" He asked me, patting my back.
"Yes, thank you." I pecked him on the cheek.
"Now can we leave?" Haru ruffled his hair, glancing at the open door.
"Yes!" I pulled Kyo to the door, following after Haru. I shut the door behind myself before carrying on, matching my stride with Kyo's.
"You guys finally showed up," Yuki said, appearing out of the trees. "And Tohru, I'm sorry about the way I've acted these past few days, it's just that the snake and I don't get along very well."
"It's fine, we all react differently to things." I smiled. "But why do you hate your brother so much?"
"When I was young, my parents died. My brother was never there for me and went off on his own for a while. But when we finally did meet, he wanted to know me, but I didn't want to know him. I distanced myself from Ayame which lead to our sibling relationship to this." Yuki explained.
"But, don't you want to get to know him?"
"I don't know," he said. "I'll just have to wait and see what happens." He smiled at me, eyeing mine and Kyo's interlinked hands. "So you finally asked her then?" He turned his attention to Kyo, causing me to blush.
"Yes, do you have a problem with that?" Kyo growled, tightening his hold on my hand.
"No, not at all." He hurried after Haru.
"He was only curious," I told Kyo, trying to rid of the blush.
"Yeah, but curiosity killed the cat."
A rustling caught my attention, and I turned my head to the sound omitting from the trees. A familiar figure stepped out, drawing his sword. "Hello Tohru."
"R-Reko!?" I gasped.
"And me!" Kagura stepped out from behind him, widening her grin. "You must not forget about your favourite girl!"
"What are you-"
"I joined his side so that I could get Kyo back." The zodiac winked at the cat, sending a shiver down his spine.
"I was never yours in the first place!" Kyo yelled, attracting Yuki and Haru's attention.
"Oh, but you will." She charged straight at me, aiming her sharp nails at my throat.
Posting Date: 19th January 2013
Symm: I'm so sorry about the short chapter again. I didn't have school yesterday got so preoccupied with the snow outside XD Plus the time flew by today and before I realised, it was late. So this was sort of rushed, sorry.
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