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BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE 2

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Kyou was on the roof as usual. He was staring up at the sky. He watched as the wind carried the clouds away. The wind was nice. 'Kuso nezumi!' He closed his eyes and started drifting of to sleep, when someone kicked him on the side.

"Whoa!!" Kyou was about to fall off the roof, but was able to hold on to it.

"What the hell was that for?!" he asked without seeing who it was. But when he did, he got even angrier.

"Honda-san has been calling you to eat for half and hour now. You could have at least answered her," Yuki said.

Kyou got up and wiped the dirt from his clothes. He walked up back where he was and sat down again. His arms on his knees. "I didn't hear her." He stared of into the distance, ignoring the nezumi.

"Oi! Baka Neko!!" No answer. This made Yuki mad. He grabbed Kyou by the front of his shirt and lifted him up to face him. "Didn't you hear me?!" The neko still didn't answer. He just looked away. Then he looked back at the nezumi.

"Tell Tohru that I won't be going down to eat," he said in a calm voice.

Yuki didn't understand. "What do you mean?" Kyou pushed Yuki away and he fell on his knees. Yuki stared at him confused. "Oi, baka neko! What's wrong with yo-"

"Stop calling me that!!" Kyou yelled out. He stood up and looked at Yuki.

Yuki was surprised when he looked into the neko's eyes. He saw hatred in them. Real hatred. Was it because of him? No, that couldn't be right. Sure, they never got along, but... Kyou can't really hate him, can he? Something deep inside him started to hurt. His heart. No one had ever hated him like this before. Not even Kyou used to hated him. Or did he? His heart tightened.

"Kuso nezumi!!" Kyou yelled, snapping Yuki back to reality. "Omae o korosu!!" Kyou launched at Yuki and aimed for his face but missed. Again he threw a punch and again he missed. 'This is wrong...' Yuki thought to himself while dodging his cousin's moves. 'There is something different about Kyou... He is using more force than any other time-'

Kyou was able to kick the nezumi on his stomach. Yuki fell off the roof to the ground. 'Kisama! I wasn't paying attention...' He spat out blood.

Kyou jumped of the roof and walked towards him. Had he really just hit Yuki? It seemed to good to be true! But, for some reason... he wasn't happy. No... He felt guilt. Guilt? Why should he feel guilty? It was the nezumi's fault that the neko didn't make it to the party. That's right! It was his fault! It was all his fault! Yet... deep inside, he was sad.

Yuki tried to get up but collapsed hard on the ground and yelled in pain. His yelled made Kyou react. He knelt down by his cousin. "Yuki, daijobou?" The neszumi was surprised by the neki's question and his actions.

"I-ie. I think... m-my arm... and l-leg... a-are b-broken..." he answered.

Now Kyou was really worried. He hadn't meant to really hurt him. Had he? No! He didn't meant to! It was an accident! "Hold on! I'll go get Shigure!" He ran into the house, almost falling. "Shigure? Shigure!" He wasn't in his office. He ran to the living room. "Shigure!" He wasn't there either. Then he decide to get Tohru. He quickly made his way to the kitchen, but found it empty. He saw a note by the stove and read it.

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Kyou ran outside again. "Yuki! Shigure isn't here and Tohru wnet to the grocery store!" he said as he ran toward the boy on the ground. But once he got there, there was no response. He looked at the nezumi and saw that his eyes were closed and he wasn't moving.

He knelt beside him and shook him. "Oi! Nezumi? Yuki?" There was no movement. "Yuki!!"