Home: Chapter Two
By: Devilspet
Tohru heard something. It was Kyo! He was calling her! Tohru ran outside to see Kyo walking towards her. He was panting heavily. 'Has he been running the whole way?' she thought in worry. "Hi, Tohru," he said as he fell forward from exhaustion. Tohru ran to Kyo and caught him before he touched the ground instead she hugged him then laid his head in her lap and sat on the ground. "Told you I'd be here," He said as his breathing slowed. " Wait! Why didn't you transform??" Tohru gasped as she spoke. "I didn't!! Wow, this is a miracle! The curse is gone! So that was what that strange feeling was! Tohru you broke the curse!!" Kyo said excitedly as he sat up he remembered something and he said, "Hey! You still owe me that kiss," Kyo said. "Of course Kyo! How could I forget? I could never." she was cut off by Kyo, who leaned in to kiss her. She put her arms around his neck and he put his hands around Tohru's waist and pulled her closer to his own body. Kyo felt so happy with Tohru in his arms, kissing him, it was just how he dreamed it but better, because it was real. Kyo pulled away from the kiss, much to Tohru's dismay, but was overjoyed when Kyo kissed her again.
"Tohru?" Kyo asked between short kisses. "Yes, Kyo?" she said, giggling. "Thank you," He said now staring at her, taking in her beauty. "For what, Kyo?" She asked in confusion. "For everything, for loving me, waiting for me patiently when I left, and for breaking the curse most of all," He said as he got up and held out a hand to help her up.
Once she was up, he grabbed her hand and kissed it. "C'mon let's go inside and tell Shigure the good news," Kyo said happily. " Which good news? There's been a lot of good news today; you've come back to me, the curse was broken, and we finally know of our love," Tohru said joyfully. "Oh, I guess you're right but let's go with the second one for now, it's a big thing to Shigure," Kyo said. "Okay, Kyo, let's go inside and tell him," Tohru said, as she kissed his cheek to let him know that she was ready. He put a hand around her slim waist as they walked inside together, side by side.
"Shigure!" Tohru called. A moment later, Shigure poked his head of from his study and said, "Yes, Tohru. What's wrong?" Shigure looked shocked as he saw Kyo standing beside her. "Hi, Kyo, so you finally came home!" Suddenly, he noticed the hand around Tohru's waist and realized it was Kyo's. "Huh? How come you didn't transform?!" Shigure said unexpectedly. "That's what we want to tell you, we think the curse may be broken," Tohru said slowly, wanting to drag out the exciting moment. "REALLY?!" Shigure yelled eagerly. "Yeah," Kyo said dully but then smiled. "YIPEE!! Tohru, can I test it?? PLEASE!?" he asked happily. Tohru giggled, "Sure Shigure," She said as she looked at Kyo, who took his hand away. "Is it okay, Kyo?" She whispered quietly to him. Kyo nodded and smiled. She smiled back at him.
Shigure hugged Tohru. BOOM!!! Shigure transformed and Tohru fell forward. "Oh no. But why'd you transform when Kyo didn't?" Tohru asked sadly as Kyo helped her up. Shigure took a moment to think. "I'm afraid the curse may only be broken for Kyo, but what I don't understand is how the curse broke in the first place?" Shigure said curiously, talking to himself. "That's where I come in," Kyo said. "It happened while I was gone I guess. Whenever we hugged in ours dreams, which we had together, I felt something come out of me, something cold and it almost felt evil. I could never figure out what it was, though. The most recent time we hugged, I was freezing from the coldness of something leaving my body. Even Tohru felt me shiver, and now I know what that coldness was. It was the curse leaving me forever. Tohru has been breaking the curse all week," BOOM!!! Shigure transformed again and Tohru buried her head in Kyo's shirt, as Kyo wrapped his arms around her. A few moments later, "Okay Tohru you can turn back around now," Kyo whispered in her ear. She didn't want to leave his embrace; she loved being with him, taking in his scent and his love. She reluctantly turned around. "So, the curse is really broken for you Kyo, I'm happy for you, and Tohru," He said cheerfully.
"Me, Shigure, why me?" Tohru asked. "I'm happy for you because you and Kyo can be together now. It's obvious that you two love each other," Shigure said, smiling. Kyo and Tohru both blushed, "Is it really that obvious?" Tohru asked. "For someone who knows about this stuff, yes it is," Shigure said calmly. "For other people it may be pretty hard though. So, I guess I was right then, you do love each other?" Shigure said, still smiling. Yuki and Momiji walked into the room as Shigure finished speaking. Kyo and Tohru plainly nodded. "Hi, we're back," Momiji said. "Hello Miss Honda, Kyo, Shigure," Yuki said; he smiled when Tohru and Kyo nodded, knowing what Shigure said.
"Hello Yuki, Momiji" Tohru said politely. "Hey," Kyo said dully. "Hi, you're back!" Shigure said excitedly. "Tohru and I need to do some talking, okay," Kyo said, as they walked outside on the porch. "So, what do we need to talk about?" Tohru asked. "Uh, yeah. What are we going to tell Kagura?" Kyo asked, hoping Tohru would know what to say. "We'll tell her the truth. That you and I are in love and hopefully she will understand. The truth is the only way things will work out," Tohru said as she smiled at him. Kyo couldn't help but smile back at her. Those smiles were contagious. They stared at each other for a long time.
After about five minutes Kyo had to say something. "Tohru?" Kyo said softly. "Yes, Kyo?" She replied. " Thank you, again. I don't know what I would do without you. He said. "I love you, Tohru," He whispered in her ear and kissed her neck. "I love you too, Kyo," She said quietly. She laid her head down on Kyo's shoulder as a few tears came from her eyes. Kyo felt something wet on his shoulder and looked at Tohru. She was crying silently, but heavily. "Tohru! What's wrong?! Was it something I said?!" He said looking very concerned. "Nothing's wrong. I- I'm just so happy you're here with me again," She said choking back the tears. "Please don't ever leave me again, Kyo," She pleaded. "Tohru I wouldn't ever think of trying that again. You and I are in love and now I know that, I promise to never leave you again," he whispered as he hugged her tightly to comfort her. "Thank you Kyo. I don't think I could live without you," She said as she cheered up a little but the tears kept coming. Kyo kissed her on the forehead. "Don't even think of that, Tohru. I don't think I could live with you not by my side," After a while Tohru's crying slowed. She was exhausted from all the crying. She yawned and fell asleep in Kyo's arms.
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When Tohru opened her eyes she realized she was in her own room. "What time is it?" she looked over at the clock. It said 9:00 A.M. "Oh no, 9:00!! I'm late for school! Oh no, oh no, oh no!!" She squealed as she ran into her closet and changed into her school uniform. She ran out of the closet and hurried for door of her room. "I'm late!! I'm late!! I'm late!!" She squealed as she ran down the stairs skipping the last three steps. "Oh no! Oh No!!! I have to get to school quick!!" Shigure heard the squealing and walked outside his room. "Tohru, what's wrong?" He asked sleepily, rubbing his eyes. "I'm late for school. I slept in!" Tohru said as she panicked. "Tohru, you don't go to school," Shigure said, "on Sundays," he said slowly. Tohru's expression went blank and she said, "Oh! Sorry Shigure, I guess with all that's happened in the last few days I got kinda mixed up. You can go back to bed if you'd like, I'm going to stay up and make some breakfast," Tohru said fuming at herself for being so ignorant. "Okay, Tohru, see you in a while," Shigure said sleepily as he headed for his door quietly making sure he didn't bother Tohru, she's dangerous when she gets this mad. She stomped up the stairs and stomped into her room to change out of her school uniform.
Kyo poked his head out of his room. He stepped out of his room and walked cat-like over to Tohru's door and knocked. "Come in," he heard an angry voice from inside say. He pushed the door open. When he walked in he saw a pouting Tohru sitting on her bed. "Hey, what was that all about?" Kyo asked curiously. Tohru didn't say anything she just blushed slightly from embarrassment. "Come on, Tohru, you can tell. Now, what happened?" Kyo said as he sat down beside her. Tohru sighed. "I, um, I panicked because I thought today was, um, Monday and I, um, thought I was late for school. It's kind of stupid really- I've just been really mixed up lately so I got confused," Tohru confessed blushing more than ever from her embarrassment. Kyo sat there quietly, trying not to laugh.
"Hey, do you mind helping me with breakfast?" Tohru asked Kyo politely. "Sure Tohru, why not?" Kyo said. "Thanks Kyo, I really appreciate it, I'll feel a whole lot better if someone's with me, it'll help me calm down," she smiled at him. Kyo smiled back and helped her up. "So, what are we making?" Kyo asked hungrily. "I think it'll just be something simple," she said as they walked down the stairs, " it'll probably just be some rice balls today," She said as they walked into the kitchen.
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Tohru and Kyo came out of the kitchen with breakfast in their hands. "Damn, can they sleep any longer!" Kyo said noticing that Yuki and the others were still sleeping. "Well, I guess they're very tired," Tohru responded. "I'll say," Kyo said amazed at how log they were sleeping. Fifteen minutes later Kyo and Tohru finished their breakfast. "So, are we going to see Kagura today?" Tohru asked. "I don't know. Would you be okay with that?" Kyo asked. "Sure I'll leave a note here for Shigure and the others," Tohru said as she got up to find a pencil and paper. "Okay let's see, what should I tell them?" Tohru asked herself.
Shigure and others,
We will be out until about lunchtime. Breakfast is in the kitchen so help yourself to it if you're hungry.
Be back soon,
Tohru and Kyo
"Okay Kyo. Are you ready to go?" She called to him from the sitting room. " Yeah, let's go," Kyo called back coming toward her from behind with cat- like footsteps so she couldn't hear him. Tohru couldn't tell where he was, " Hey, where are you?" Tohru asked looking around. "Right here," He whispered in her ear, which made her yelp in fright. "Kyo! Don't scare me like!" she said turning around, but was cut off by a kiss from Kyo. It surprised her at first, but then she smiled and leaned into it. Kyo pulled away, " Are you sure you're okay with this Tohru? I don't want to do it if you're uncomfortable with it," Kyo said. " Yes Kyo, I'm sure," She said reassuringly. "That is unless you're not ready to confront Kagura. You're afraid you'll get hurt aren't you?" She asked him playfully. She had a wicked smile on her face. Kyo didn't say anything he just stared at the ground. Tohru ducked under his head, "Are you? Come on, you can tell me," Kyo turned away from Tohru and nodded. She smiled sweetly, " Kyo it's okay. I understand, I would be afraid too if I were you," she said sweetly, trying to comfort him. "Now come on, I'll be there with you, you don't have to worry," She said as Kyo smiled back. "Thanks Tohru, I love you and I don't know what I'd do without you. You're everything to me and I now know exactly why I love you. You can always make a bad situation good and you can cheer anyone up," Kyo said lovingly, there were tears welling up in Tohru's eyes she looked to the ground so that Kyo wouldn't see the tears; but it was too late. "Oh Tohru, please don't cry. I can't stand it when you cry," He said softly, lifting her head so that she would look at him as he pulled some hair back away from her eyes. " It always makes me feel so guilty. Please don't Tohru," I didn't matter what he said, tears were already falling from her eyes. She was crying and he hated himself for it.
"Come on, don't cry - look we'll wait until later to go see her," He said, at the same time, he balled up the note they left for Shigure up and threw it in the trash as he helped Tohru, who was still crying, to the couch across the room. She nodded and wrapped her arms around his torso. He sat her on the couch and took a seat beside her. She buried her head in his chest and he wrapped his arms around her. He rested his head on top of hers. They were sitting there for a long time. After a while her crying slowed, " I'm really sorry Kyo," She said looking up to him. " It's just- I've never had someone talk to me like that and I love it but it's all new to me and I let my emotions go, I'm sorry," She said sadly. "It's okay Tohru, really. Come on, you need to get some sleep, you must be pretty tired," Kyo said quietly as he got up to get her a blanket. Tohru nodded and sat up.
Kyo came back with a blanket in his arms and took his seat beside Tohru. He covered her with the blanket as she leaned on him. "Thank you Kyo," She said smiling at him. "You're welcome; good night Tohru," Kyo said smiling back at her. "Now, get some sleep," He said. She smiled wider and laid her head on his chest. "I love you Kyo," Tohru whispered. "I love you too Tohru," Kyo responded. She fell asleep a few minutes later. Kyo was really tired too; he fell asleep not too long after her.
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"TOOOHRU, WHAT'S FOR BREAKFAST I'M STARVING!" said Shigure sleepily as he walked into the sitting room. He saw Tohru and Kyo both sleeping on the couch. Tohru had her head on Kyo's chest sleeping peacefully with her arms wrapped around his torso. Kyo had an embracing arm around her and his head leaned over Tohru's. They looked so cute together. He didn't want to wake them so he quietly walked to the kitchen for breakfast. Yuki came into the room with Momiji, who had stayed over last night, behind him. "Shhhh!" Yuki whispered when he saw the couple on the couch. They walked quietly into the kitchen to join Shigure for breakfast. "So, are they still sleeping?" he asked sarcastically. "Of course," Yuki said dully. He filled a plate of food and started to eat.
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Kyo walked into the kitchen yawning. He took his seat at the table and he rubbed his eyes. When he was done, he opened his eyes to see everyone staring at him. "What?! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS STARING AT?!" Kyo yelled, losing his temper. Tohru walked up beside him and took a seat. "It's just your hair, it's a little messed up. That's all," She whispered in his ear as she fixed his hair. Everyone except for Tohru and Kyo went back to their meals. Kyo stared at Tohru for a little while. He was looking at her strangely, but lovingly. His look scared Tohru, 'He looks like he trying to read my mind,' Tohru thought as she looked away from his stare and moved her gaze toward the floor. Kyo obviously noticed this, because he moved his gaze up to the ceiling. He leaned close to her, "C'mon let's go out for a while," He smiled as he said this in a low whisper. "Sure, I need to go to the store, anyway," She whispered back. "Shigure, Kyo and I need to go to the store, alright," Tohru said politely. Shigure just stared at the T.V. and said "Sure Tohru. When will you be back?" Tohru took a minute to answer, "We should be back by lunch time, but if not there's lunch in the fridge. Goodbye Yuki, Momiji, Shigure. See you by lunchtime," She said, getting up. Kyo followed her out of the room.
Kyo and Tohru were walking down the street as they passed the Sohma house. They stopped, the two of them were didn't know if they should stop over to see Kagura while they were here. "Should we?" Kyo started. Tohru knew what he was going to say and nodded, "If you're sure you're ready," Tohru said waiting on an answer. Kyo plainly nodded as he gulped in fear. "First check if Kagura's close. I have to be ready if she is," Kyo said fearfully. Tohru nodded. She opened the door and poked her head in. She looked around cautiously. "It's all clear Kyo," She whispered to him. "Okay, thanks Tohru," He said following Tohru. She entered the gate completely and walked forward, Kyo followed closely behind.
As they walked toward Kagura's house, they heard a lot of movement. "God damn it, she's spotted us," Kyo said desperately panicking as he hid behind Tohru. Kagura came running out of her house. "Tohru!! Hi!! How are you doing?" Kagura asked excitedly. "I'm fine Kagura, how about you?" Tohru asked trying to block Kyo from view. "Fine," She said quickly as she desperately looked around for something. "What are you looking for?" Tohru asked nervously. "I thought I saw Kyo out here. Where'd he go?" Kagura asked curiously. "Kyo? Oh I don't know where he went. Can I come in?" Tohru said very uneasily. Kagura looked miserable but brought a smile back to her face. "Sure Tohru!" Kagura said happily. " But first I wanted to go see Hatori, I'll be there in a few minutes," She said as Kagura turned to head inside. Kyo jumped out from behind Tohru, "Thanks, you saved me!" Kyo said quietly. "Do you want to come with me to see Hatori?" she asked Kyo softly. "Not exactly, but I guess it's better than hanging around here where Kagura can get me," Kyo whispered dreadfully. Kagura looked out the window when she heard Kyo's voice. "Come on let's go see Hatori now," Tohru said as she walked toward Hatori's house, Kyo ran to catch up with her. He grabbed her hand and squeezed it gently; he brought her hand up to his lips and kissed her hand. She looked up at him in surprise but then smiled. Luckily Kagura's eyes were blurry and couldn't make out whom he was kissing. Kagura was crushed. 'How can he do that to me!' Kagura started to cry softly as she went to sit down on her couch. She pulled her knees up onto the couch and buried her head in her knees. She cried heavily now. ~*~
"Hatori? Are you there?" Tohru called from the porch. "Yes, who is it?" Hatori called, coming towards his door. " Tohru and Kyo," She said as he opened the door. "Tohru? Hi, what brings you here?" Hatori said a bit dully. "Hello Kyo," He said as he turned his attention to Kyo. Kyo was silent "Kyo, that's rude say hello to him," He had no choice but to do what she said. "Hi," Kyo said very dully. Tohru smiled, "As for why we're here we have something very important to tell you, but you can't tell anyone, okay?" Tohru said. Hatori looked stumped but nodded. "Come in first." Hatori insisted smiling. Tohru smiled and walked through the door as Kyo followed. Tohru sat in a nearby chair. Kyo took a seat next to her on the floor. He leaned his head on the chair out of boredom. "So. What is it you wants to tell me?" Hatori asked suspiciously. "Well there were a lot of things but I'll just tell you the most important. Well, um, Kyo- Kyo you can tell him," She said anxiously. "Why me! Well, never mind, Hatori, what Tohru is trying to say is that the curse is broken. The thing is," he paused, "it's only broken for me, no one else," Kyo said quietly. Hatori looked astonished. "How could this happen? I don't get it. Why now??" Hatori mumbled. "Well, that's where more good news comes in Hatori," Hatori looked at Tohru, "Tohru, what more good news?" he said looking anxious. "Well, do you remember how Kyo ran away last week?" Hatori nodded. "Well, while he was gone Kyo and I realized how much we cared for each other, and once we found out about our feelings, we told each other and I- I guess we broke the curse with our, I guess, our love," Tohru said taking her time, she was messing with her hair out of embarrassment. Hatori looked ready to pass out, he couldn't believe what he was hearing, 'Kyo and Tohru in love? OH MY GOD!! There is something seriously wrong here!!' Hatori thought screaming, 'WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU TWO!!' in his head over and over and over again. Hatori looked at her in dismay. "I'm sorry Hatori, I didn't mean to break my promise, but I had no choice, I couldn't keep all these feelings, it would tear me apart!" Tohru said very anxiously. Kyo moved in front of Tohru, "What promise?" He asked. "Kyo, I- I um, promised Hatori that I, um, wouldn't get too close to you or Yuki, but now, you know, I can't keep that promise," Tohru said nervously. Kyo looked at her in shock. "Oh, okay," He said looking embarrassed and sat back down. Hatori was now looking at the floor. "It's not your fault Tohru, it's very hard to control your feelings like that. I should be the one saying sorry for telling you to promise me that, it wasn't fair to your feelings," Hatori said regretfully. "Hatori it's okay, you were only trying to help at the time," She said in a comforting voice, so he didn't feel bad. "Well, Hatori we better get going okay, we'll see you later, Bye Hatori," Tohru said politely. "Good bye Tohru, bye Kyo," Hatori said as Tohru got up. "Bye Hatori," Kyo said, as he walked out the door.
"Come on are you ready to see Kagura?" Tohru asked Kyo. "Yeah I'm as ready as I'll ever be," He said taking her hand and kissed her on the forehead. "Thanks Kyo. Thank you for everything. I love you so much," Tohru said thoughtfully. She walked down the path that leads to Kagura house. Kyo put his hand around her waist as they walked down the path. When they saw Kagura's house, he took the hand away from around her waist. "Hi Kagura, I'm back!" Tohru called. Kagura came running out of her house. "Tohru you're finally back!" Kagura called excitedly. "Yeah, I'm here." She said calmly. "Hey Kagura," Kyo said somewhat timidly. "Kyo?" Kagura said happily. He smiled weakly at her. " I thought I saw you early. Where did you go? Oh! How come I saw you with another woman?" Kagura said as she was starting to get angry. "I saw you kiss her too! Who was she?!" The color drained from both Kyo and Tohru's faces. Kyo froze; he couldn't speak. Kagura hit Kyo over the head with her fist. "WHO WAS SHE KYO??!!" Kagura yelled. "Kagura, please calm down!" Tohru said fearfully. She looked at Tohru and saw how scared she looked from the she was acting towards Kyo. 'Why does she look so scared? She's never looked like that before when my feeling got out of hand. Does she, no she can't, can she? Can she too care for Kyo?? No, she doesn't,' Kagura concluded. "Oh, Tohru, I'm so sorry, I just- I can't stand the thought of my Kyo kissing someone else. I'm sorry," Kagura said sweetly. "YOUR KYO!!! WHO SAID I'M YOURS!!!???" Kyo yelled from behind her. "I DID!! SO DEAL WITH IT!! YOU ARE MINE!!" Kagura yelled back.
"Kagura?" Tohru said in a whispered voice. "Huh?" Kagura responded. " Um, that other woman," Tohru said slowly. "Uh huh," Kagura said. "That other woman- she was- she was me," She said softer than ever. Even though it was soft, Kagura heard it loud and clear. "WHAT!!??" Kagura said loudly. "Kyo, is this true!?" Kagura yelled in Kyo's direction. Kyo nodded slightly. "How could you, Kyo?!" Kagura said as tears fell from her eyes. She ran inside and shut the door behind her. "Kagura, no!" Tohru called after her. Tohru followed her inside. "Kagura, please come out!" She called. Kyo walked in behind her. Tohru heard crying coming from one of the rooms. She headed toward it. "I'll come with you," He said coming up behind Tohru. "No. Kyo, I think it would be better if you stay outside, Kagura and I need to have what I like to call, 'Girl Talk', okay, Kyo?" Tohru said and kissed him on his cheek. "Okay Tohru," He whispered and went to sit down on a couch across the room.
Tohru opened the door, "Can I come in?" Tohru asked quietly. Kagura didn't answer. Tohru walked into what looked like a bedroom, Kagura was sitting on her bed. "Hey Kagura, are you okay?" Tohru asked as she took a seat beside Kagura. Kagura looked up at her. Tears were still coming heavily from her eyes. "Do you love him?" she asked quietly. " What do you mean? Who?" Tohru said in confusion. "Kyo- are you in love with Kyo?" Kagura asked depressingly. "Oh." Tohru said as she nodded. Kagura smiled weakly. "Does he love you too?" Kagura asked a bit more cheerfully. "Yes. He does," Tohru said, regretting everything she just said. Kagura laughed weakly. "I'm happy for you AND Kyo. He's finally returning someone's feelings," Kagura wasn't crying anymore. She looked happy once again. "Thanks, Tohru, you're probably the only one that would've told me the truth." She said and smiled at Tohru. "You're welcome, Kagura," She said as she got up. Tohru held out her hand as she helped Kagura up. They walked out of the room. Kyo stood up, ready to run. "Ka-Kagura, are you mad?" He asked fearfully. "No Kyo, of course not," She said as she ran forward to hug Kyo. "Kagura don't!" Tohru started but it was too late, BOOM!!! Kagura transformed. When the smoke cleared there was a boar sitting where Kagura just was. "Huh? What happened?" Kagura asked; she was very puzzled. "Let me guess. You forgot to mention it," Kyo said dully. Tohru laughed weakly, shrugged her shoulders, and smiled stupidly, " Yeah, I guess so! It must have slipped my mind," Kyo starred blankly at Tohru. "Kagura, I'm sorry, I should've told you. The curse, for Kyo and only Kyo, is broken. I'm sorry, I forgot,"
Tohru sat down of the couch and closed her eyes thinking about everything that's happened during the past few days. Kyo sat down beside her and she didn't even notice it. BOOM!!! Kagura turned back into human form. When she heard the boom she almost jumped out of her seat, but Kyo caught her. "It's okay, calm down," He said quietly. She looked up at Kyo who had turned away from Kagura. Kagura ran into her room to change. She smiled at him. He saw this and smiled back as he kissed her on her forehead. Kagura came out a few minutes later. "Kyo, we really need to go to the store and get back soon. Kagura, it really was nice to see you again but we really have to be leaving now. Thank you for everything. Good bye, Kagura," She said as she got up from the couch. "Okay, Tohru, bye guys," Kagura said. Tohru walked out of the house as Kyo followed, he waved a dull goodbye to Kagura. "Bye Kyo!" Kagura called from her doorway. Kyo ran to catch up with Tohru. Once he caught up, he put his hands in his pockets and walked beside her. "That was so nice of Kagura to understand so easily. It seems like she'll be over it in a short time," Tohru said smiling. "Yeah, it was, wasn't it?" Kyo said happily. Tohru nodded and looked up at him, "You were really brave, Kyo," she whispered so he couldn't hear.
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They entered the store. "So, what would you like for dinner tonight?" Tohru asked as she tried to pick out something. "Uh. I don't know. How about some soup?" Kyo suggested. "Sure Kyo, good idea," Tohru said happily. Kyo smiled. They walked toward the soup row. "Here, we need this, this, um, this, let's see this, I think we need some of this," Tohru mumbled to herself. "Kyo can you go get some bread, please?" Tohru asked. "Huh, sure," Kyo said dully. 'No one can be as lucky as I am to have Tohru. No one knew what it was like in my life, then Tohru came along and all of that went away. My life is good,' He thought as he walked toward the bread row, 'Thanks to Tohru, I don't have to watch out where I'm going anymore,' He got the bread and headed back to meet up with Tohru. When Kyo got back, Tohru was all finished and ready to check out. "Come on Kyo," Tohru said. They walked to the checkout counter.
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"Thanks and have a great day!" The clerk called as Tohru and Kyo left the store. They walked along the sidewalk silently for a few minutes. "Kyo?" Tohru started. "Huh?" Kyo responded. "I love you. a lot," She said and smiled at him. "I love you too," Kyo said, looking at her as he smiled back. Kyo, who was carrying the bags, put them all into one hand. He put his free hand around her waist as they walked home.
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"Hey! Were home!" Tohru called as they walked in the house. Shigure walked toward the door to greet them. "Hey! You're back just in time for lunch. Come on and sit down," He said motioning his arm for them to go to the dining room and sit down. They went into the dining room and took their seats. When Tohru looked at the food on the table she felt sick and lost her appetite. There was a falling feeling in her stomach that she couldn't ignore. She knew it had to do with what happened today at the Sohma Estate. "Shigure?" Tohru started. "Yes, Tohru," Shigure said. "I'm really not all too hungry today," Tohru said quietly. "Oh, are you feeling okay?" Shigure asked with a hint of concern and worry in his voice. "Yes, I'm fine, just not hungry," She assured him as she got up from her seat. "I'll just start doing some cleaning," She said, turning to walk out of the room. "Okay, Tohru, if you're sure," Shigure said bringing his attention back to his food. A few moments later, no one noticed that Kyo had gotten up and left. He had gone to go find Tohru.
"What's wrong?" He asked when he found Tohru, who was sweeping. "Huh?" she said looking up. "Oh, nothing's wrong, I'm just not hungry," She said putting down the broom. "There's more to this, I know there is, you can't hide it Tohru," He said very seriously. "Tell me the truth. What's really wrong?" He said walking forward. Tohru couldn't help but tell him when he was this serious. Tohru choked up and tears were coming from her eyes without warning. "What did I do!? Why are you crying now?!" Kyo said panicking, "God Tohru, please don't cry!" he pleaded. "K-Kyo, I'm sorry, it's just when I saw the way Kagura acted today I got really scared and worried at the same time and I haven't been able to get rid of it. I'm sorry if I scared you," She said quietly, failing to hold back the tears. "Tohru, you could have told me that in the first place and we could've prevented all of this. Don't worry about that it was in the past and you don't need to think about that, think about now and, maybe, the future- our future," He said sternly but then smiled at her. "Okay, Kyo. I'm sorry, but it's really hard not to forget. I have a really bad feeling from all of that. It's like all of it isn't done yet, like there's more to come and what's to come isn't going to be good. That's puzzling isn't it?" She said, laughing and looking at the ground. Kyo shook his head. "What do you mean 'not good'?" Kyo said with concern. "I really don't know, but it's just a feeling so I could be wrong," She said happily.
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BUZZ, BUZZ, BUZZ, Tohru's alarm was going off. She rolled over to turn it off. BUZZ, BU-, Tohru turned off the alarm and sat up yawning. She got up from her bed and went to her closet to change into her school uniform. She walked out of her room and went downstairs to make breakfast.
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Kyo came downstairs and went into the kitchen to help Tohru. As he entered the kitchen, Tohru was coming out and jumped at the sight of him, she wasn't expecting him up so early. She dropped the plate from her hands in surprise, but not one thing fell over because Kyo caught it. "Oh, Kyo, I'm sorry, you scared me," Tohru said in embarrassment. Kyo stood up with the plate in his hands, "It's okay, don't worry about it," He said and walked over to the table to set the tray down. Tohru smiled at Kyo, "Thank you," Kyo looked up, "Huh? Oh, you're welcome," Kyo said quietly. "Yuki and Shigure should be up in a few minutes. Are you hungry?" Tohru asked. "Yeah. Are you?" Kyo asked. "Yes, a little bit," Tohru responded. Kyo was relieved to hear this, 'Oh, at least she's got her appetite back, I was getting worried,' Kyo sighed gratefully. "C'mon, let's start eating, I'm starved!" Kyo said. Tohru giggled and nodded.
They sat down just as Shigure walked out of his room and sniffed the air. "Hey! Breakfast is ready, that was quick!" Shigure said happily. He quickly walked down the stairs and headed for the dining room. "Good, I'm hungry!" he said taking a seat at the table and grabbed some food. A few minutes later, Yuki came down the stairs half asleep and went into the dining room. When he smelled the food he woke up, sat down, and started to eat. "Good morning Yuki!" Tohru greeted. Yuki looked up from his food and smiled. "Good morning to you Miss Honda," he said back to Tohru politely. Fifteen minutes passed and everyone had finished eating. "You guys should be getting to school now. Don't you think so?" Shigure asked. Tohru Kyo and Yuki all nodded and got up from their seats. "Bye Shigure!" Tohru called as she walked out the front door.
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The next day came and Tohru was finally well enough to go back to school. "Uo! Hana! Wait up!" Tohru called as she walked up from behind her two friends. "Hi, Tohru," Uo greeted, "Good morning, Tohru," Hana said. "How was your weekend?" she asked. "Oh! It was great!" Tohru said happily. "Has Orange Top come back yet?" Uo asked. " Huh, you must mean Kyo," Uo nodded, " Yeah, he should be somewhere around here," she said looking around; "Yep, there he is right over there," Tohru pointed him out happily. The school bell rang, and they walked inside, still talking. Uo and Hana headed for their class while Tohru stayed in the hall at her locker. She had zoned out into a trance of thoughts thinking about her weekend. Everyone was in his or her class except for Tohru and without her knowledge, Kyo. He walked up behind her with cat-like steps so she didn't hear him coming. Of course, she couldn't hear anything because of the trance she was in, but he didn't know that. He grabbed her around the waist and she yelped in fright and dropped her books. She quickly closed her locker and turned around. When she saw Kyo her fear left her and instead she felt safe. "Hi," he said quietly, "Sorry if I scared you. I didn't, did I?" Kyo asked. Tohru shook her head, even though he did, but he didn't need to know that. She smiled at him. Uo was walking down the hall without Tohru or Kyo knowing it. Kyo kissed Tohru softly just when Uo turned the corner to the hall they where on. She saw this and gasped loudly.
Tohru and Kyo looked at her quickly and Kyo let Tohru out of his embrace and helped her with the books she dropped. Both of them were blushing a very dark red. "Oh, I understand. You and Orange Top here have something going on, don't you? " Uo asked but neither Kyo or Tohru answered, they just looked at the floor. "I knew it, you do!" Uo said excitedly. "Oh Uo, please don't tell anyone, Yuki would be attacked by those fan club girls now that I'm unavailable. They always thought that I liked him and he liked me so now no one is in their way to get him. Please don't!" Tohru pleaded. "Okay, okay, already, I won't tell anyone, at the most, I will only tell Hana, she asked me that if I ever found out about something like this to tell her. Is that okay?" Uo asked. Tohru looked at Kyo to wait for an answer and he nodded. "Yes, it's okay Uo, but no one else. Okay?" Tohru said. Uo nodded and left for class. "Whew! That was a close one, good thing only that Yankee saw, if it was someone else something bad might have happened. And, you really didn't ever like that damn rat did you?" Kyo said, looking at her suspiciously. "No he's more like a brother to me if anything. You don't need to worry, Kyo, you're definitely the only one for me," She said and smiled at him, as he smiled back, "Thanks, Tohru," Kyo said softly.
Uo walked swiftly back to class. She reached the classroom door and quickly opened it and rushed over to Hana. "Hey Hana!" Uo said quietly, "Guess what I found out!" "What?" Hana asked quite dully. "Tohru and Orange Top are going out!" Uo said excitedly but still quietly. Hana looked shocked. "WHAT!?" she said rather loudly. She brought her voice back to a whisper and harshly said, "What do you mean going out!?" Uo had an expression that said *DUH*, " I mean- I saw them kissing in the hall so I asked them and they said they were! Can you believe it?!" she said still in a hushed tone. Hana looked devastated. "C'mon Hana, we knew it would happen one day, there's no way to stop it, all we can do is be happy for them," Uo said in a comforting voice. " Yes, I know and I am happy, but I really was serious about that crying thing," Hana said quietly as a few tears dripped down her face. Uo smiled, "I know you were."
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A/N: Chapter 3 coming soon (final chapter)
By: Devilspet
Tohru heard something. It was Kyo! He was calling her! Tohru ran outside to see Kyo walking towards her. He was panting heavily. 'Has he been running the whole way?' she thought in worry. "Hi, Tohru," he said as he fell forward from exhaustion. Tohru ran to Kyo and caught him before he touched the ground instead she hugged him then laid his head in her lap and sat on the ground. "Told you I'd be here," He said as his breathing slowed. " Wait! Why didn't you transform??" Tohru gasped as she spoke. "I didn't!! Wow, this is a miracle! The curse is gone! So that was what that strange feeling was! Tohru you broke the curse!!" Kyo said excitedly as he sat up he remembered something and he said, "Hey! You still owe me that kiss," Kyo said. "Of course Kyo! How could I forget? I could never." she was cut off by Kyo, who leaned in to kiss her. She put her arms around his neck and he put his hands around Tohru's waist and pulled her closer to his own body. Kyo felt so happy with Tohru in his arms, kissing him, it was just how he dreamed it but better, because it was real. Kyo pulled away from the kiss, much to Tohru's dismay, but was overjoyed when Kyo kissed her again.
"Tohru?" Kyo asked between short kisses. "Yes, Kyo?" she said, giggling. "Thank you," He said now staring at her, taking in her beauty. "For what, Kyo?" She asked in confusion. "For everything, for loving me, waiting for me patiently when I left, and for breaking the curse most of all," He said as he got up and held out a hand to help her up.
Once she was up, he grabbed her hand and kissed it. "C'mon let's go inside and tell Shigure the good news," Kyo said happily. " Which good news? There's been a lot of good news today; you've come back to me, the curse was broken, and we finally know of our love," Tohru said joyfully. "Oh, I guess you're right but let's go with the second one for now, it's a big thing to Shigure," Kyo said. "Okay, Kyo, let's go inside and tell him," Tohru said, as she kissed his cheek to let him know that she was ready. He put a hand around her slim waist as they walked inside together, side by side.
"Shigure!" Tohru called. A moment later, Shigure poked his head of from his study and said, "Yes, Tohru. What's wrong?" Shigure looked shocked as he saw Kyo standing beside her. "Hi, Kyo, so you finally came home!" Suddenly, he noticed the hand around Tohru's waist and realized it was Kyo's. "Huh? How come you didn't transform?!" Shigure said unexpectedly. "That's what we want to tell you, we think the curse may be broken," Tohru said slowly, wanting to drag out the exciting moment. "REALLY?!" Shigure yelled eagerly. "Yeah," Kyo said dully but then smiled. "YIPEE!! Tohru, can I test it?? PLEASE!?" he asked happily. Tohru giggled, "Sure Shigure," She said as she looked at Kyo, who took his hand away. "Is it okay, Kyo?" She whispered quietly to him. Kyo nodded and smiled. She smiled back at him.
Shigure hugged Tohru. BOOM!!! Shigure transformed and Tohru fell forward. "Oh no. But why'd you transform when Kyo didn't?" Tohru asked sadly as Kyo helped her up. Shigure took a moment to think. "I'm afraid the curse may only be broken for Kyo, but what I don't understand is how the curse broke in the first place?" Shigure said curiously, talking to himself. "That's where I come in," Kyo said. "It happened while I was gone I guess. Whenever we hugged in ours dreams, which we had together, I felt something come out of me, something cold and it almost felt evil. I could never figure out what it was, though. The most recent time we hugged, I was freezing from the coldness of something leaving my body. Even Tohru felt me shiver, and now I know what that coldness was. It was the curse leaving me forever. Tohru has been breaking the curse all week," BOOM!!! Shigure transformed again and Tohru buried her head in Kyo's shirt, as Kyo wrapped his arms around her. A few moments later, "Okay Tohru you can turn back around now," Kyo whispered in her ear. She didn't want to leave his embrace; she loved being with him, taking in his scent and his love. She reluctantly turned around. "So, the curse is really broken for you Kyo, I'm happy for you, and Tohru," He said cheerfully.
"Me, Shigure, why me?" Tohru asked. "I'm happy for you because you and Kyo can be together now. It's obvious that you two love each other," Shigure said, smiling. Kyo and Tohru both blushed, "Is it really that obvious?" Tohru asked. "For someone who knows about this stuff, yes it is," Shigure said calmly. "For other people it may be pretty hard though. So, I guess I was right then, you do love each other?" Shigure said, still smiling. Yuki and Momiji walked into the room as Shigure finished speaking. Kyo and Tohru plainly nodded. "Hi, we're back," Momiji said. "Hello Miss Honda, Kyo, Shigure," Yuki said; he smiled when Tohru and Kyo nodded, knowing what Shigure said.
"Hello Yuki, Momiji" Tohru said politely. "Hey," Kyo said dully. "Hi, you're back!" Shigure said excitedly. "Tohru and I need to do some talking, okay," Kyo said, as they walked outside on the porch. "So, what do we need to talk about?" Tohru asked. "Uh, yeah. What are we going to tell Kagura?" Kyo asked, hoping Tohru would know what to say. "We'll tell her the truth. That you and I are in love and hopefully she will understand. The truth is the only way things will work out," Tohru said as she smiled at him. Kyo couldn't help but smile back at her. Those smiles were contagious. They stared at each other for a long time.
After about five minutes Kyo had to say something. "Tohru?" Kyo said softly. "Yes, Kyo?" She replied. " Thank you, again. I don't know what I would do without you. He said. "I love you, Tohru," He whispered in her ear and kissed her neck. "I love you too, Kyo," She said quietly. She laid her head down on Kyo's shoulder as a few tears came from her eyes. Kyo felt something wet on his shoulder and looked at Tohru. She was crying silently, but heavily. "Tohru! What's wrong?! Was it something I said?!" He said looking very concerned. "Nothing's wrong. I- I'm just so happy you're here with me again," She said choking back the tears. "Please don't ever leave me again, Kyo," She pleaded. "Tohru I wouldn't ever think of trying that again. You and I are in love and now I know that, I promise to never leave you again," he whispered as he hugged her tightly to comfort her. "Thank you Kyo. I don't think I could live without you," She said as she cheered up a little but the tears kept coming. Kyo kissed her on the forehead. "Don't even think of that, Tohru. I don't think I could live with you not by my side," After a while Tohru's crying slowed. She was exhausted from all the crying. She yawned and fell asleep in Kyo's arms.
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When Tohru opened her eyes she realized she was in her own room. "What time is it?" she looked over at the clock. It said 9:00 A.M. "Oh no, 9:00!! I'm late for school! Oh no, oh no, oh no!!" She squealed as she ran into her closet and changed into her school uniform. She ran out of the closet and hurried for door of her room. "I'm late!! I'm late!! I'm late!!" She squealed as she ran down the stairs skipping the last three steps. "Oh no! Oh No!!! I have to get to school quick!!" Shigure heard the squealing and walked outside his room. "Tohru, what's wrong?" He asked sleepily, rubbing his eyes. "I'm late for school. I slept in!" Tohru said as she panicked. "Tohru, you don't go to school," Shigure said, "on Sundays," he said slowly. Tohru's expression went blank and she said, "Oh! Sorry Shigure, I guess with all that's happened in the last few days I got kinda mixed up. You can go back to bed if you'd like, I'm going to stay up and make some breakfast," Tohru said fuming at herself for being so ignorant. "Okay, Tohru, see you in a while," Shigure said sleepily as he headed for his door quietly making sure he didn't bother Tohru, she's dangerous when she gets this mad. She stomped up the stairs and stomped into her room to change out of her school uniform.
Kyo poked his head out of his room. He stepped out of his room and walked cat-like over to Tohru's door and knocked. "Come in," he heard an angry voice from inside say. He pushed the door open. When he walked in he saw a pouting Tohru sitting on her bed. "Hey, what was that all about?" Kyo asked curiously. Tohru didn't say anything she just blushed slightly from embarrassment. "Come on, Tohru, you can tell. Now, what happened?" Kyo said as he sat down beside her. Tohru sighed. "I, um, I panicked because I thought today was, um, Monday and I, um, thought I was late for school. It's kind of stupid really- I've just been really mixed up lately so I got confused," Tohru confessed blushing more than ever from her embarrassment. Kyo sat there quietly, trying not to laugh.
"Hey, do you mind helping me with breakfast?" Tohru asked Kyo politely. "Sure Tohru, why not?" Kyo said. "Thanks Kyo, I really appreciate it, I'll feel a whole lot better if someone's with me, it'll help me calm down," she smiled at him. Kyo smiled back and helped her up. "So, what are we making?" Kyo asked hungrily. "I think it'll just be something simple," she said as they walked down the stairs, " it'll probably just be some rice balls today," She said as they walked into the kitchen.
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Tohru and Kyo came out of the kitchen with breakfast in their hands. "Damn, can they sleep any longer!" Kyo said noticing that Yuki and the others were still sleeping. "Well, I guess they're very tired," Tohru responded. "I'll say," Kyo said amazed at how log they were sleeping. Fifteen minutes later Kyo and Tohru finished their breakfast. "So, are we going to see Kagura today?" Tohru asked. "I don't know. Would you be okay with that?" Kyo asked. "Sure I'll leave a note here for Shigure and the others," Tohru said as she got up to find a pencil and paper. "Okay let's see, what should I tell them?" Tohru asked herself.
Shigure and others,
We will be out until about lunchtime. Breakfast is in the kitchen so help yourself to it if you're hungry.
Be back soon,
Tohru and Kyo
"Okay Kyo. Are you ready to go?" She called to him from the sitting room. " Yeah, let's go," Kyo called back coming toward her from behind with cat- like footsteps so she couldn't hear him. Tohru couldn't tell where he was, " Hey, where are you?" Tohru asked looking around. "Right here," He whispered in her ear, which made her yelp in fright. "Kyo! Don't scare me like!" she said turning around, but was cut off by a kiss from Kyo. It surprised her at first, but then she smiled and leaned into it. Kyo pulled away, " Are you sure you're okay with this Tohru? I don't want to do it if you're uncomfortable with it," Kyo said. " Yes Kyo, I'm sure," She said reassuringly. "That is unless you're not ready to confront Kagura. You're afraid you'll get hurt aren't you?" She asked him playfully. She had a wicked smile on her face. Kyo didn't say anything he just stared at the ground. Tohru ducked under his head, "Are you? Come on, you can tell me," Kyo turned away from Tohru and nodded. She smiled sweetly, " Kyo it's okay. I understand, I would be afraid too if I were you," she said sweetly, trying to comfort him. "Now come on, I'll be there with you, you don't have to worry," She said as Kyo smiled back. "Thanks Tohru, I love you and I don't know what I'd do without you. You're everything to me and I now know exactly why I love you. You can always make a bad situation good and you can cheer anyone up," Kyo said lovingly, there were tears welling up in Tohru's eyes she looked to the ground so that Kyo wouldn't see the tears; but it was too late. "Oh Tohru, please don't cry. I can't stand it when you cry," He said softly, lifting her head so that she would look at him as he pulled some hair back away from her eyes. " It always makes me feel so guilty. Please don't Tohru," I didn't matter what he said, tears were already falling from her eyes. She was crying and he hated himself for it.
"Come on, don't cry - look we'll wait until later to go see her," He said, at the same time, he balled up the note they left for Shigure up and threw it in the trash as he helped Tohru, who was still crying, to the couch across the room. She nodded and wrapped her arms around his torso. He sat her on the couch and took a seat beside her. She buried her head in his chest and he wrapped his arms around her. He rested his head on top of hers. They were sitting there for a long time. After a while her crying slowed, " I'm really sorry Kyo," She said looking up to him. " It's just- I've never had someone talk to me like that and I love it but it's all new to me and I let my emotions go, I'm sorry," She said sadly. "It's okay Tohru, really. Come on, you need to get some sleep, you must be pretty tired," Kyo said quietly as he got up to get her a blanket. Tohru nodded and sat up.
Kyo came back with a blanket in his arms and took his seat beside Tohru. He covered her with the blanket as she leaned on him. "Thank you Kyo," She said smiling at him. "You're welcome; good night Tohru," Kyo said smiling back at her. "Now, get some sleep," He said. She smiled wider and laid her head on his chest. "I love you Kyo," Tohru whispered. "I love you too Tohru," Kyo responded. She fell asleep a few minutes later. Kyo was really tired too; he fell asleep not too long after her.
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"TOOOHRU, WHAT'S FOR BREAKFAST I'M STARVING!" said Shigure sleepily as he walked into the sitting room. He saw Tohru and Kyo both sleeping on the couch. Tohru had her head on Kyo's chest sleeping peacefully with her arms wrapped around his torso. Kyo had an embracing arm around her and his head leaned over Tohru's. They looked so cute together. He didn't want to wake them so he quietly walked to the kitchen for breakfast. Yuki came into the room with Momiji, who had stayed over last night, behind him. "Shhhh!" Yuki whispered when he saw the couple on the couch. They walked quietly into the kitchen to join Shigure for breakfast. "So, are they still sleeping?" he asked sarcastically. "Of course," Yuki said dully. He filled a plate of food and started to eat.
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Kyo walked into the kitchen yawning. He took his seat at the table and he rubbed his eyes. When he was done, he opened his eyes to see everyone staring at him. "What?! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS STARING AT?!" Kyo yelled, losing his temper. Tohru walked up beside him and took a seat. "It's just your hair, it's a little messed up. That's all," She whispered in his ear as she fixed his hair. Everyone except for Tohru and Kyo went back to their meals. Kyo stared at Tohru for a little while. He was looking at her strangely, but lovingly. His look scared Tohru, 'He looks like he trying to read my mind,' Tohru thought as she looked away from his stare and moved her gaze toward the floor. Kyo obviously noticed this, because he moved his gaze up to the ceiling. He leaned close to her, "C'mon let's go out for a while," He smiled as he said this in a low whisper. "Sure, I need to go to the store, anyway," She whispered back. "Shigure, Kyo and I need to go to the store, alright," Tohru said politely. Shigure just stared at the T.V. and said "Sure Tohru. When will you be back?" Tohru took a minute to answer, "We should be back by lunch time, but if not there's lunch in the fridge. Goodbye Yuki, Momiji, Shigure. See you by lunchtime," She said, getting up. Kyo followed her out of the room.
Kyo and Tohru were walking down the street as they passed the Sohma house. They stopped, the two of them were didn't know if they should stop over to see Kagura while they were here. "Should we?" Kyo started. Tohru knew what he was going to say and nodded, "If you're sure you're ready," Tohru said waiting on an answer. Kyo plainly nodded as he gulped in fear. "First check if Kagura's close. I have to be ready if she is," Kyo said fearfully. Tohru nodded. She opened the door and poked her head in. She looked around cautiously. "It's all clear Kyo," She whispered to him. "Okay, thanks Tohru," He said following Tohru. She entered the gate completely and walked forward, Kyo followed closely behind.
As they walked toward Kagura's house, they heard a lot of movement. "God damn it, she's spotted us," Kyo said desperately panicking as he hid behind Tohru. Kagura came running out of her house. "Tohru!! Hi!! How are you doing?" Kagura asked excitedly. "I'm fine Kagura, how about you?" Tohru asked trying to block Kyo from view. "Fine," She said quickly as she desperately looked around for something. "What are you looking for?" Tohru asked nervously. "I thought I saw Kyo out here. Where'd he go?" Kagura asked curiously. "Kyo? Oh I don't know where he went. Can I come in?" Tohru said very uneasily. Kagura looked miserable but brought a smile back to her face. "Sure Tohru!" Kagura said happily. " But first I wanted to go see Hatori, I'll be there in a few minutes," She said as Kagura turned to head inside. Kyo jumped out from behind Tohru, "Thanks, you saved me!" Kyo said quietly. "Do you want to come with me to see Hatori?" she asked Kyo softly. "Not exactly, but I guess it's better than hanging around here where Kagura can get me," Kyo whispered dreadfully. Kagura looked out the window when she heard Kyo's voice. "Come on let's go see Hatori now," Tohru said as she walked toward Hatori's house, Kyo ran to catch up with her. He grabbed her hand and squeezed it gently; he brought her hand up to his lips and kissed her hand. She looked up at him in surprise but then smiled. Luckily Kagura's eyes were blurry and couldn't make out whom he was kissing. Kagura was crushed. 'How can he do that to me!' Kagura started to cry softly as she went to sit down on her couch. She pulled her knees up onto the couch and buried her head in her knees. She cried heavily now. ~*~
"Hatori? Are you there?" Tohru called from the porch. "Yes, who is it?" Hatori called, coming towards his door. " Tohru and Kyo," She said as he opened the door. "Tohru? Hi, what brings you here?" Hatori said a bit dully. "Hello Kyo," He said as he turned his attention to Kyo. Kyo was silent "Kyo, that's rude say hello to him," He had no choice but to do what she said. "Hi," Kyo said very dully. Tohru smiled, "As for why we're here we have something very important to tell you, but you can't tell anyone, okay?" Tohru said. Hatori looked stumped but nodded. "Come in first." Hatori insisted smiling. Tohru smiled and walked through the door as Kyo followed. Tohru sat in a nearby chair. Kyo took a seat next to her on the floor. He leaned his head on the chair out of boredom. "So. What is it you wants to tell me?" Hatori asked suspiciously. "Well there were a lot of things but I'll just tell you the most important. Well, um, Kyo- Kyo you can tell him," She said anxiously. "Why me! Well, never mind, Hatori, what Tohru is trying to say is that the curse is broken. The thing is," he paused, "it's only broken for me, no one else," Kyo said quietly. Hatori looked astonished. "How could this happen? I don't get it. Why now??" Hatori mumbled. "Well, that's where more good news comes in Hatori," Hatori looked at Tohru, "Tohru, what more good news?" he said looking anxious. "Well, do you remember how Kyo ran away last week?" Hatori nodded. "Well, while he was gone Kyo and I realized how much we cared for each other, and once we found out about our feelings, we told each other and I- I guess we broke the curse with our, I guess, our love," Tohru said taking her time, she was messing with her hair out of embarrassment. Hatori looked ready to pass out, he couldn't believe what he was hearing, 'Kyo and Tohru in love? OH MY GOD!! There is something seriously wrong here!!' Hatori thought screaming, 'WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU TWO!!' in his head over and over and over again. Hatori looked at her in dismay. "I'm sorry Hatori, I didn't mean to break my promise, but I had no choice, I couldn't keep all these feelings, it would tear me apart!" Tohru said very anxiously. Kyo moved in front of Tohru, "What promise?" He asked. "Kyo, I- I um, promised Hatori that I, um, wouldn't get too close to you or Yuki, but now, you know, I can't keep that promise," Tohru said nervously. Kyo looked at her in shock. "Oh, okay," He said looking embarrassed and sat back down. Hatori was now looking at the floor. "It's not your fault Tohru, it's very hard to control your feelings like that. I should be the one saying sorry for telling you to promise me that, it wasn't fair to your feelings," Hatori said regretfully. "Hatori it's okay, you were only trying to help at the time," She said in a comforting voice, so he didn't feel bad. "Well, Hatori we better get going okay, we'll see you later, Bye Hatori," Tohru said politely. "Good bye Tohru, bye Kyo," Hatori said as Tohru got up. "Bye Hatori," Kyo said, as he walked out the door.
"Come on are you ready to see Kagura?" Tohru asked Kyo. "Yeah I'm as ready as I'll ever be," He said taking her hand and kissed her on the forehead. "Thanks Kyo. Thank you for everything. I love you so much," Tohru said thoughtfully. She walked down the path that leads to Kagura house. Kyo put his hand around her waist as they walked down the path. When they saw Kagura's house, he took the hand away from around her waist. "Hi Kagura, I'm back!" Tohru called. Kagura came running out of her house. "Tohru you're finally back!" Kagura called excitedly. "Yeah, I'm here." She said calmly. "Hey Kagura," Kyo said somewhat timidly. "Kyo?" Kagura said happily. He smiled weakly at her. " I thought I saw you early. Where did you go? Oh! How come I saw you with another woman?" Kagura said as she was starting to get angry. "I saw you kiss her too! Who was she?!" The color drained from both Kyo and Tohru's faces. Kyo froze; he couldn't speak. Kagura hit Kyo over the head with her fist. "WHO WAS SHE KYO??!!" Kagura yelled. "Kagura, please calm down!" Tohru said fearfully. She looked at Tohru and saw how scared she looked from the she was acting towards Kyo. 'Why does she look so scared? She's never looked like that before when my feeling got out of hand. Does she, no she can't, can she? Can she too care for Kyo?? No, she doesn't,' Kagura concluded. "Oh, Tohru, I'm so sorry, I just- I can't stand the thought of my Kyo kissing someone else. I'm sorry," Kagura said sweetly. "YOUR KYO!!! WHO SAID I'M YOURS!!!???" Kyo yelled from behind her. "I DID!! SO DEAL WITH IT!! YOU ARE MINE!!" Kagura yelled back.
"Kagura?" Tohru said in a whispered voice. "Huh?" Kagura responded. " Um, that other woman," Tohru said slowly. "Uh huh," Kagura said. "That other woman- she was- she was me," She said softer than ever. Even though it was soft, Kagura heard it loud and clear. "WHAT!!??" Kagura said loudly. "Kyo, is this true!?" Kagura yelled in Kyo's direction. Kyo nodded slightly. "How could you, Kyo?!" Kagura said as tears fell from her eyes. She ran inside and shut the door behind her. "Kagura, no!" Tohru called after her. Tohru followed her inside. "Kagura, please come out!" She called. Kyo walked in behind her. Tohru heard crying coming from one of the rooms. She headed toward it. "I'll come with you," He said coming up behind Tohru. "No. Kyo, I think it would be better if you stay outside, Kagura and I need to have what I like to call, 'Girl Talk', okay, Kyo?" Tohru said and kissed him on his cheek. "Okay Tohru," He whispered and went to sit down on a couch across the room.
Tohru opened the door, "Can I come in?" Tohru asked quietly. Kagura didn't answer. Tohru walked into what looked like a bedroom, Kagura was sitting on her bed. "Hey Kagura, are you okay?" Tohru asked as she took a seat beside Kagura. Kagura looked up at her. Tears were still coming heavily from her eyes. "Do you love him?" she asked quietly. " What do you mean? Who?" Tohru said in confusion. "Kyo- are you in love with Kyo?" Kagura asked depressingly. "Oh." Tohru said as she nodded. Kagura smiled weakly. "Does he love you too?" Kagura asked a bit more cheerfully. "Yes. He does," Tohru said, regretting everything she just said. Kagura laughed weakly. "I'm happy for you AND Kyo. He's finally returning someone's feelings," Kagura wasn't crying anymore. She looked happy once again. "Thanks, Tohru, you're probably the only one that would've told me the truth." She said and smiled at Tohru. "You're welcome, Kagura," She said as she got up. Tohru held out her hand as she helped Kagura up. They walked out of the room. Kyo stood up, ready to run. "Ka-Kagura, are you mad?" He asked fearfully. "No Kyo, of course not," She said as she ran forward to hug Kyo. "Kagura don't!" Tohru started but it was too late, BOOM!!! Kagura transformed. When the smoke cleared there was a boar sitting where Kagura just was. "Huh? What happened?" Kagura asked; she was very puzzled. "Let me guess. You forgot to mention it," Kyo said dully. Tohru laughed weakly, shrugged her shoulders, and smiled stupidly, " Yeah, I guess so! It must have slipped my mind," Kyo starred blankly at Tohru. "Kagura, I'm sorry, I should've told you. The curse, for Kyo and only Kyo, is broken. I'm sorry, I forgot,"
Tohru sat down of the couch and closed her eyes thinking about everything that's happened during the past few days. Kyo sat down beside her and she didn't even notice it. BOOM!!! Kagura turned back into human form. When she heard the boom she almost jumped out of her seat, but Kyo caught her. "It's okay, calm down," He said quietly. She looked up at Kyo who had turned away from Kagura. Kagura ran into her room to change. She smiled at him. He saw this and smiled back as he kissed her on her forehead. Kagura came out a few minutes later. "Kyo, we really need to go to the store and get back soon. Kagura, it really was nice to see you again but we really have to be leaving now. Thank you for everything. Good bye, Kagura," She said as she got up from the couch. "Okay, Tohru, bye guys," Kagura said. Tohru walked out of the house as Kyo followed, he waved a dull goodbye to Kagura. "Bye Kyo!" Kagura called from her doorway. Kyo ran to catch up with Tohru. Once he caught up, he put his hands in his pockets and walked beside her. "That was so nice of Kagura to understand so easily. It seems like she'll be over it in a short time," Tohru said smiling. "Yeah, it was, wasn't it?" Kyo said happily. Tohru nodded and looked up at him, "You were really brave, Kyo," she whispered so he couldn't hear.
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They entered the store. "So, what would you like for dinner tonight?" Tohru asked as she tried to pick out something. "Uh. I don't know. How about some soup?" Kyo suggested. "Sure Kyo, good idea," Tohru said happily. Kyo smiled. They walked toward the soup row. "Here, we need this, this, um, this, let's see this, I think we need some of this," Tohru mumbled to herself. "Kyo can you go get some bread, please?" Tohru asked. "Huh, sure," Kyo said dully. 'No one can be as lucky as I am to have Tohru. No one knew what it was like in my life, then Tohru came along and all of that went away. My life is good,' He thought as he walked toward the bread row, 'Thanks to Tohru, I don't have to watch out where I'm going anymore,' He got the bread and headed back to meet up with Tohru. When Kyo got back, Tohru was all finished and ready to check out. "Come on Kyo," Tohru said. They walked to the checkout counter.
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"Thanks and have a great day!" The clerk called as Tohru and Kyo left the store. They walked along the sidewalk silently for a few minutes. "Kyo?" Tohru started. "Huh?" Kyo responded. "I love you. a lot," She said and smiled at him. "I love you too," Kyo said, looking at her as he smiled back. Kyo, who was carrying the bags, put them all into one hand. He put his free hand around her waist as they walked home.
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"Hey! Were home!" Tohru called as they walked in the house. Shigure walked toward the door to greet them. "Hey! You're back just in time for lunch. Come on and sit down," He said motioning his arm for them to go to the dining room and sit down. They went into the dining room and took their seats. When Tohru looked at the food on the table she felt sick and lost her appetite. There was a falling feeling in her stomach that she couldn't ignore. She knew it had to do with what happened today at the Sohma Estate. "Shigure?" Tohru started. "Yes, Tohru," Shigure said. "I'm really not all too hungry today," Tohru said quietly. "Oh, are you feeling okay?" Shigure asked with a hint of concern and worry in his voice. "Yes, I'm fine, just not hungry," She assured him as she got up from her seat. "I'll just start doing some cleaning," She said, turning to walk out of the room. "Okay, Tohru, if you're sure," Shigure said bringing his attention back to his food. A few moments later, no one noticed that Kyo had gotten up and left. He had gone to go find Tohru.
"What's wrong?" He asked when he found Tohru, who was sweeping. "Huh?" she said looking up. "Oh, nothing's wrong, I'm just not hungry," She said putting down the broom. "There's more to this, I know there is, you can't hide it Tohru," He said very seriously. "Tell me the truth. What's really wrong?" He said walking forward. Tohru couldn't help but tell him when he was this serious. Tohru choked up and tears were coming from her eyes without warning. "What did I do!? Why are you crying now?!" Kyo said panicking, "God Tohru, please don't cry!" he pleaded. "K-Kyo, I'm sorry, it's just when I saw the way Kagura acted today I got really scared and worried at the same time and I haven't been able to get rid of it. I'm sorry if I scared you," She said quietly, failing to hold back the tears. "Tohru, you could have told me that in the first place and we could've prevented all of this. Don't worry about that it was in the past and you don't need to think about that, think about now and, maybe, the future- our future," He said sternly but then smiled at her. "Okay, Kyo. I'm sorry, but it's really hard not to forget. I have a really bad feeling from all of that. It's like all of it isn't done yet, like there's more to come and what's to come isn't going to be good. That's puzzling isn't it?" She said, laughing and looking at the ground. Kyo shook his head. "What do you mean 'not good'?" Kyo said with concern. "I really don't know, but it's just a feeling so I could be wrong," She said happily.
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BUZZ, BUZZ, BUZZ, Tohru's alarm was going off. She rolled over to turn it off. BUZZ, BU-, Tohru turned off the alarm and sat up yawning. She got up from her bed and went to her closet to change into her school uniform. She walked out of her room and went downstairs to make breakfast.
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Kyo came downstairs and went into the kitchen to help Tohru. As he entered the kitchen, Tohru was coming out and jumped at the sight of him, she wasn't expecting him up so early. She dropped the plate from her hands in surprise, but not one thing fell over because Kyo caught it. "Oh, Kyo, I'm sorry, you scared me," Tohru said in embarrassment. Kyo stood up with the plate in his hands, "It's okay, don't worry about it," He said and walked over to the table to set the tray down. Tohru smiled at Kyo, "Thank you," Kyo looked up, "Huh? Oh, you're welcome," Kyo said quietly. "Yuki and Shigure should be up in a few minutes. Are you hungry?" Tohru asked. "Yeah. Are you?" Kyo asked. "Yes, a little bit," Tohru responded. Kyo was relieved to hear this, 'Oh, at least she's got her appetite back, I was getting worried,' Kyo sighed gratefully. "C'mon, let's start eating, I'm starved!" Kyo said. Tohru giggled and nodded.
They sat down just as Shigure walked out of his room and sniffed the air. "Hey! Breakfast is ready, that was quick!" Shigure said happily. He quickly walked down the stairs and headed for the dining room. "Good, I'm hungry!" he said taking a seat at the table and grabbed some food. A few minutes later, Yuki came down the stairs half asleep and went into the dining room. When he smelled the food he woke up, sat down, and started to eat. "Good morning Yuki!" Tohru greeted. Yuki looked up from his food and smiled. "Good morning to you Miss Honda," he said back to Tohru politely. Fifteen minutes passed and everyone had finished eating. "You guys should be getting to school now. Don't you think so?" Shigure asked. Tohru Kyo and Yuki all nodded and got up from their seats. "Bye Shigure!" Tohru called as she walked out the front door.
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The next day came and Tohru was finally well enough to go back to school. "Uo! Hana! Wait up!" Tohru called as she walked up from behind her two friends. "Hi, Tohru," Uo greeted, "Good morning, Tohru," Hana said. "How was your weekend?" she asked. "Oh! It was great!" Tohru said happily. "Has Orange Top come back yet?" Uo asked. " Huh, you must mean Kyo," Uo nodded, " Yeah, he should be somewhere around here," she said looking around; "Yep, there he is right over there," Tohru pointed him out happily. The school bell rang, and they walked inside, still talking. Uo and Hana headed for their class while Tohru stayed in the hall at her locker. She had zoned out into a trance of thoughts thinking about her weekend. Everyone was in his or her class except for Tohru and without her knowledge, Kyo. He walked up behind her with cat-like steps so she didn't hear him coming. Of course, she couldn't hear anything because of the trance she was in, but he didn't know that. He grabbed her around the waist and she yelped in fright and dropped her books. She quickly closed her locker and turned around. When she saw Kyo her fear left her and instead she felt safe. "Hi," he said quietly, "Sorry if I scared you. I didn't, did I?" Kyo asked. Tohru shook her head, even though he did, but he didn't need to know that. She smiled at him. Uo was walking down the hall without Tohru or Kyo knowing it. Kyo kissed Tohru softly just when Uo turned the corner to the hall they where on. She saw this and gasped loudly.
Tohru and Kyo looked at her quickly and Kyo let Tohru out of his embrace and helped her with the books she dropped. Both of them were blushing a very dark red. "Oh, I understand. You and Orange Top here have something going on, don't you? " Uo asked but neither Kyo or Tohru answered, they just looked at the floor. "I knew it, you do!" Uo said excitedly. "Oh Uo, please don't tell anyone, Yuki would be attacked by those fan club girls now that I'm unavailable. They always thought that I liked him and he liked me so now no one is in their way to get him. Please don't!" Tohru pleaded. "Okay, okay, already, I won't tell anyone, at the most, I will only tell Hana, she asked me that if I ever found out about something like this to tell her. Is that okay?" Uo asked. Tohru looked at Kyo to wait for an answer and he nodded. "Yes, it's okay Uo, but no one else. Okay?" Tohru said. Uo nodded and left for class. "Whew! That was a close one, good thing only that Yankee saw, if it was someone else something bad might have happened. And, you really didn't ever like that damn rat did you?" Kyo said, looking at her suspiciously. "No he's more like a brother to me if anything. You don't need to worry, Kyo, you're definitely the only one for me," She said and smiled at him, as he smiled back, "Thanks, Tohru," Kyo said softly.
Uo walked swiftly back to class. She reached the classroom door and quickly opened it and rushed over to Hana. "Hey Hana!" Uo said quietly, "Guess what I found out!" "What?" Hana asked quite dully. "Tohru and Orange Top are going out!" Uo said excitedly but still quietly. Hana looked shocked. "WHAT!?" she said rather loudly. She brought her voice back to a whisper and harshly said, "What do you mean going out!?" Uo had an expression that said *DUH*, " I mean- I saw them kissing in the hall so I asked them and they said they were! Can you believe it?!" she said still in a hushed tone. Hana looked devastated. "C'mon Hana, we knew it would happen one day, there's no way to stop it, all we can do is be happy for them," Uo said in a comforting voice. " Yes, I know and I am happy, but I really was serious about that crying thing," Hana said quietly as a few tears dripped down her face. Uo smiled, "I know you were."
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A/N: Chapter 3 coming soon (final chapter)
