Part Two: The Zodiac's True Curse. The Year of The Cat...

"Akito! Stop it!!!" Yuki screamed.

Yuki rushed across the room, trying to get there in time to stop Akito from pulling

Kyou's braclet off.

Kyou glanced at Yuki with a frightened look in his eyes as his braclet hit the floor.

Yuki gasped the watched as Kyou fell to his knees again and placed his hands

over his face.

"NOOOOOOOO!!!" Kyou screamed, he started to shake alittle.

Yuki turned to look at Kisa, Hiro and Momiji. "You Three Get Out Of Here, NOW!!!"

He yelled. And watched to make sure that they left. They had rushed up stairs and Ayame

and Tohru had rushed out of the kitchen at hearing all the yelling.

"Kyou...!?" Tohru yelled and run over to him.

Kyou just growled and pushed her away again. "Stay Away From Me!!!" He shouted.

then ran outside. His eyes were starting to glow a bright red color. They stood out

in the darkening night sky. The sun was setting and the clouds were growing darker.

"Kyou, Wait!" Tohru yelled and started to run after him. Yuki grabbed her by the

shoulder and nodded his head. "Leave him be, Miss. Honda..." he said, quietly.

She looked back outside with a worried look but nodded back at Yuki. "....Alright..."

Ayame looked around the room then at Akito. "What happened here...?!"

Yuki looked at him. "Akito pulled Kyou's braclet off....that's really all I need to say

for now..." he answered. Ayame nodded. Akito smirked at the group.

Hatori looked at Kana then grabbed her by the hand and took her upstairs to

stay with Kisa, Hiro and Momiji. She followed willingly, not wanting to get involved with

the situation any farther. Tohru watched them then turned to look back outside.

"Whats going to happen now??" Ayame asked, looking outside at Kyou.

Yuki sighed. "Hopefully, Nothing..."

Tohru glanced over at Ayame and Yuki as they spoke then turned to look back out the doorway.

"Oh Kyou.... Whats happening...?" Tohru asked quietly to herself. She then turned to Yuki again.

"Uuuum...Yuki?"

"Yes Miss.Honda...?"

"What do you mean by...'Hopefully, Nothing'...?"

Yuki blinked and wondered weither he should tell her or not. "...Um...unless it does happen...

you don't need to know...."

"uh, But?!---" Tohru started.

"...Its just better that way...." Yuki smiled sweetly at her. "Don't worry Miss. Honda."

Tohru nodded then smiled back, but still had a worried look in her eyes. "Mmhmm."

"Actually Yuki, maybe it's a better that you DO tell her...after all, if it really does

happen I'm sure Tohru would want to know why...." Shigure said, finally getting over the few

minutes of shock.

Yuki looked at Shigure then at Tohru "But I uh--"

"Whats the matter Yuki...You can't tell her?" Ayame spoke up.

"No...thats not...--" Yuki started. Tohru looked at him and blinked, Shigure and Ayame did the

same.

"The braclet on Kyou's wrist contains the power to stop him from transforming into his beast

form....If the braclet is removed however. His true zodiac form will appear..." Hatori

said calmly as he came back down stairs. He kept his gaze on Tohru as he walked over to her.

"Wh-what do you mean....His TRUE zodiac form...? I thought the cat--" Tohru started to talk

but stopped when she heard Kyou scream again, from outside. Everyone who was still downstairs,

except for Akito or course, Rushed over to the door. Tohru flew out of the house and over

to where Kyou was. He was kneeling down under one of the trees by the side of the house

and growling deeply. "....Stay....away..." He said quietly, trying to speak calmly so he

wouldn't freak her out anymore then she already was.

"K...Kyou...w-whats going on..?" Tohru asked quietly. Her voice sounded shaken and

scared. She kneeled down beside him as she spoke. "Please Kyou....tell me whats going on...?"

Kyou growled. "....When my braclet is removed, I change...."

"...Change...Into your beast form..." Tohru added.

"Y-yeah.... Why are you asking me if you already know...?!" He snapped.

"I-I'm sorry.... I was just..." Tohru cut herself off because she figured the more she

spoke, the more irratated Kyou would get. She sighed and tried to fight back tears.

However even if she had started to cry, her tears would just have gotten mixed up

with the rain as poured down from the sky and hit the ground, hard.

"....Kyou...."

"....I wish I could stop it ...but I--" Kyou paused as he started to growl again,

and his eyes were now blood red, and this time the glowing didn't fade. He curled up

into a ball and started to shake again as he started to transform.

"....I can't....stop it...anymore..." he said. Then suddenly began to change into his

mutant cat form. Tohru stood up and backed away as Kyou began to change. She backed into

the side of the house after she took the first few steps up then looked at Kyou.

He glared at her, now fully transformed as he approched her. "....D-Die!!" He yelled then

clawed at her. She moved out of the way though and his claws scraped the side of the house

(rather then the side of her head). Tohru shrieked as she fell to her knees.

"Miss. Honda!"

Yuki ran up to her and grabbed her by the hand. "Get up! We have to go inside, NOW!"

he said. Looking at Kyou before he turned around and ran back into the house, pulling Tohru

along.

"B-B-But, Kyou!" She stuttered before she was pulled inside by Yuki.

"Maybe it's not the best thing to hide in here....whats going to happen to the house

after Kyou gets inside...???" Shigure asked. "Maybe we should find somewhere else to hide...

..like Outside for instance." He finished.

"It's raining, Incase you haven't noticed!" Yuki pointed out turning to the window.

Shigure blinked and looked outside at the rain that was pouring down.

"Oh, hehe.... So it is!" Shigure responed after a few moments of silence.

Yuki coughed alittle and sat down. "...There really is nowhere else we can stay..."

".......Well, Well Yuki....are you coming down with a cold...?" Akito asked, finally

speaking for the first time in about an hour.

Yuki looked at Akito with fear in his eyes. "Uh...No I'm fine..." Yuki answered.

It was Akito's fault that this had all happened in the first place. Yuki hated him now,

more then ever and as much as he wanted to yell at him and make him leave, he knew if he

did he wouldn't be alive to see tomorrow. After he thought about it though, He could never

hurt Akito or yell at him... He was to frightend of him to do anything like that.

And Akito knew it...

Yuki held his hand over his mouth to try and stop himself from coughing again.

He couldn't get sick now....not with Kyou the way he was. He had to so something other

than just sit inside and do nothing just because of a little cold or astma attack.

Yuki sighed. Tohru looked at him. "Yuki...You really don't look like you feel well..."

"I'm fine Miss Honda...really." he answered then smiled at her again. She nodded but didn't

really believe him.

"Even if it IS raining outside...whats worse, Getting Killed or getting wet?" Hatori commented.

"Well eh, Yes that IS true...But lets see." Shigure paused and thought for a moment.

"If Kyou attacks us while we're inside, then the house with be destoryed....and he also may

eventually find his way upstairs to Hiro, Kisa and Kana and Momiji.....So it's just a guess, but I

think I'd rather chance going outside..." He finished and looked around at everyone.

"WE COULD JUST FIND SOME WAY TO KILL HIM WHILE HE'S TRANSFORMED!

.....That way it will NEVER happened again!!!" Akito yelled. "He's a MONSTER anyway!!!"

"No, he's not!" Tohru yelled. "Kyou's....not a...monster...!" she said nervously, Watching

Akito.

Akito stood up and glared at her. "What did you say?! You saw what happened to him! You

saw what he turned into!!!"

"He's under a curse!!! Thats not really what he is! He's NOT A MONSTER!!!" Tohru shouted then

fell silent.

"Grrr....Listen little girl! I control weither or not you get to stay with this family!!

DON'T YOU DARE TALK BACK TO ME!!!" Akito screamed. Then looked at Hatori. "Hatori, COME HERE!"

Akito walked over to Yuki. "I TOLD YOU IT WOULD TURN OUT THIS WAY!!! I GAVE HER A CHANCE!!

....And now it ends!" He smiled evilly.

"She wouldn't have yelled at you if her hadn't made her mad, you know Akito..."

Shigure said. Trying to stay calm so maybe Akito would do the same. Akito had mood swings alot.

One moment he'd be calm and laid back, then suddenly he would explode and lose his temper

completly. Sometimes he became just plain evil, depending how far he was pushed. Which at times,

didn't have to be to far.

Shigure saw the fear in Yuki's eyes and tried to think of something to get Akito's attention

away from him. "Akito please calm down....You don't want to do this!"

Akito looked at Shigure oddly then glared at him. "Of course I do....I didn't want to let

her into this family in the first place...OUTSIDERS SHOULDN'T EVEN BE ALOUD TO VISIT!!!

....Let alone LIVE with any member of this family!!!" Akito yelled, then looked back at Tohru.

"HATORI!!!"

Hatori walked up to him slowly. "I'm not going to do it Akito...for once,

I think you should re-think your order..." He said quietly, then looked

towards the door and it was crushed down by Kyou.

Akito eyed Kyou then growled alittle. In all truth, Akito was scared to death of Kyou-all because he

transformed...even though he was the one who had made him transform in the first place.... it had

been in middle of the mood swing....

"Damn it..." Akito held up Kyou's braclet.

"Is THIS what you're looking for...?!" He taunted then tosses it outside. It

landed in the mud and almost slide in the pond, but stopped just before it

reached the edge of the water. Kyou growled, but in his current

form, he didn't know where it landed or even what it was for that matter.

"AKITO NOOO! ST--" Yuki started but stopped in the middle of his sentence because he

broke into a coughing spell and clutched his chest with one of his hands, and held

onto the wall with the other.

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Kyou, who was still standing he door way looked over at Yuki as he heard him start to cough.

Ayame looked at him then ran past him out the door way. "Come on Kyou! Out here!" He called,

Then ran around outside, trying to get Kyou away from Yuki, Tohru and the others.

"Aya! What are you doing?!" Shigure yelled. Then watched him run around and eyed Kyou as he

followed Ayame back outside. Shigure blinked. "Ah I see.... Your distracting him." He concluded.

Then wondered if Ayame would get mad at him if he went to help with the distraction.

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"hmm...?" Akito turned to look at Yuki then walked over to him and grabbed the coller

of his shirt and held him up against the wall. "You LIED to me Yuki!!" He growled angrly.

Yuki continued to cough, but only alittle. He shut his eyes tightly trying to breathe,

but he found it hard to do so, considering the fact that he was having an

astma attack and Akito was holding on to the coller of his shirt like he was going to

die if he let it go.

"...I............Wasn't.....Lying.......I........felt......fine.........before...."

Yuki choked. His face was starting to look flushed because of a fever that had been trying

to take over. And even though his body felt hot to the touch he was begining to

get cold.

"......You know Yuki....If I didn't care about you so much I'd just have

Hatori erase your memory also! Along with that Tohru Honda's!!!" Akito yelled.

Yuki growled then looked over at Tohru and struggled to keep his eyes open.

"Akito Please leave him alone!" Tohru begged and grabbed Akito by the arm and

tried to make him release Yuki. "Get Off Of ME!" Akito yelled then flug Tohru

to the side and watched as she hit the floor a few feet away. He held Yuki tighter

after that and glared into the boy's violet eyes. Yuki turned his head to look at Tohru

with a frightened expression. He didn't want Akito to hurt Tohru, or have Hatori erase

her memories....if that happened, he would lose one of the only friends he had...and the

only person who ever understood him and rest of the Zodiac curse. Who a member of it

that it.

"Miss....Honda!" Yuki shouted as he looked down at her.

"Silence!!!" Akito yelled and then slammed Yuki closer against the wall.

Yuki gasped alittle and shot Akito a frightened look.

"AKITO! LET HIM GO!!"

Akito blinked and looked towards the doorway and glared angerly at the new arrival.

"Fine! You want me to let him go, do you....?" Akito asked then grinned evily.

"Alright then, Hatsuharu....I'll let him go...."

Akito finished then forced Yuki away from the wall and threw him across the

living room so he hit the wall directly across from him. Yuki let out a cry as

he hit the wall then fell to the ground and started to cough violently again.

He rested his head against the wall and

tried to calm down again and stop the astma attack.

"Yuki!" Hatsuharu, who was still standing in the doorway rushed over to

him and held him up.

He continued to cough for a few more seconds and both of them waited for the spell to end.

Yuki opened his eyes weakly and looked up, wondering who had yelled his name.

He had been to out of it before to really notice who it was. ".....H-Haru....?"

"Hatsuharu!" Tohru said sounding surprised and happy. She ran over to Yuki and Haru and

kneeled down next to both of them. Obviously recovered from when Akito had thrown her before.

Yuki sat up and rested his head on his hand, feeling ready to pass out. He looked

over at Haru and blinked alittle. "Haru....what....are you ....... doing here.....?"

"Well, actually.....I just came by to visit...I had no idea that Akito was even here."

He paused."Then I saw Kyou and figured that something had to be up...."

He moved over and held Yuki up again,

because he looked like he was about to ready to fall over.

"It's a good thing I came when I did...." He finished then looked over to the door way

and then to Akito, who was watching them closely.

Haru glared at him then helped Yuki stand up and walk over to the couch.

Tohru followed and set down next to Yuki. Haru did the same, and Yuki was now sitting in

between them and felt quite loved.

Just then Ayame came flying through the door and bumped into the arm of the couch.

((Note that it's only been about 8 minutes or so since he went outside....))

"Aya, What Happened?!" Shigure asked and went over to him.

"Kyou was trying to fight it ...but it didn't work and he suddenly rushed over and hit me...."

Ayame answered and looked at Shigure as he stood up. "Also.....I think we may want to get

out of the house as fast and we can...I made him angry, and now he's coming this way..."

he added.

"Doesn't surprise me...." Yuki commented. Needless to say the gap between the two was still

pretty big.... Yuki leaned back against the couch and looked around at everyone.

Hatori had set back down and was now starring at the ceiling, waiting for someone to come up

with a plan. He sighed and looked over at Yuki, wishing that he would have brought the right

medical supplies to treat his astma. However he had only brought the supplies that Akito needed.

Haru looked at Hatori and blinked then turned back to Yuki. "How's your astma...can you

breathe now?"he asked, giving Yuki a worried look. Yuki smiled and nodded.

"It's fine....it should stay undercontrol as long as I rest for awhile...." He answered.

"Hey Ha'ri, How Long Do We Have To Stay Upstairs?" Momiji shouted as he bounced

down the stairs.

Hatori sighed and looked at him blankly. "Until I come back up and get you...." he answered

calmly.

"But Ha'ri, it's boring! ...And we wanna see whats going on!" Momiji whinned and gave

Hatori his sad puppy-dog eyes. Hatori sighed again then blinked alittle as Momiji's expression

changed and he started to back away, bit tripped over the stairs and looked at the doorway in

fright. "H-H-Ha'ri....w-wha-what is That...?!" Momiji asked. Hatori looked at the doorway, only to see

Kyou standing there, growling deeply and looking at Momiji, who looked like he was about to cry.

Tohru stood up and moved from her place on the couch, over to where Momiji was standing.

She kneeled down beside him and placed her hands on his shoulders.

"Momiji, I want you to go back upstairs and tell the others to stay in their

hiding places just alittle longer, Okay...?" Tohru said, in a calm voice and smiled slightly at

Momiji. he looked at her and tried to stop crying. "O...Okay Tohru.."

Momiji took one last look at Kyou then ran back upstairs. Tohru sighed alittle and then

walked back to over to Kyou. "Oh Kyou.....Please calm down....I know you don't want to hurt

anyone....!" she said softly and looked into his glowing red eyes.

Kyou growled and grabbed Tohru by the arm then whipped her around and threw her outside.

Hatori stood up watching Kyou and Tohru in shock, and Yuki flew up off of the couch and started

to run outside after Tohru but Haru grabbed his shoulder and forced him to sit back down.

Haru then slid his hand down Yuki's arm and held on tightly to his wrist so he couldn't

take off again.

"Let Me Go!!" Yuki cried and stood up, trying to break free of Haru's grasp.

"Don't be an idiot Yuki, your in no condition to start fights with Kyou!" Haru yelled and held Yuki's

arm tighter.

Yuki turned around and glared at Haru. "I wasn't going to fight with Kyou.....I was going to go

help Miss. Honda...." he growled and continued to struggle alittle.

Haru sighed. "Sit down....I'll go help her..." he said quietly then stood up and started to walk

outside,glaring at Kyou.

Yuki blinked. "Haru wait, what if ....--"

"I'll be fine...." Haru smiled slightly.

"Haru....maybe thats not such a good idea... I don't think you want to go Black now, do you...?"

Shigure commented and watched him and he walked over towards Kyou who was

looking outside at Tohru. She was laying on the ground and he was heading towards her.

Haru looked over at Shigure then at Akito, who stood up.

"Let him go black....it'll make things more 'interesting'...." Akito said,and looked

at Haru evilly.

Haru gulped then looked away from Akito and over towards Yuki, and shot him a worried look.

Yuki was thinking about standing up but he knew Haru would probably get mad if he did.

Just then Haru, Yuki, Hatori, Shigure and Akito all turned to look outside when they heard

Tohru scream. She was being tossed and whirled around in the air by Kyou at one point he even

threw her into a tree and almost knocked her out.

"Miss. Honda!!!" Yuki cried, then flew out the door so fast that Haru didn't couldn't even

stop him. Yuki ran over to the tree and it was raining so hard that when he got there

he was already soaking wet. "Miss. Honda?!" He yelled again,he had almost reached her

when Kyou came up behind him and hit him on the back, forcing him to fall foward into the mud.

"YUKI!!" Haru and the others all watched from the porch in shock.

Yuki struggled alittle as he tried to stand up, but eventually made it over to Tohru and held

her in his arms. ((I hate that pairing.... -_-; but oh well.))

"Miss. Honda?! Wake up!" he cried and shook her, glancing up at Kyou every few seconds

because he was slowly approching the two. "....Miss. Honda...please wake--"

Kyou growled and swung his claws at Yuki,sending him flying, meanwhile the force had

knocked Tohru out of his arms and she landed a few feet away from him, stirring some because

all the commotion and yelling from Haru and Shigure had woken her up.

"Thats it! I can't just stand here and watch all of this go on anymore!" Haru yelled

then ran out into the yard and over to Yuki and Tohru.

He picked up Tohru and then rushed back over to the porch and handed her to Shigure,

then ran back over to Yuki and Kyou. By this time Yuki had stood back and was glaring

death at Kyou.

Haru growled and felt all of his anger build up inside of him.

"COME ON KYOU! YOU WANNA FIGHT SOMEONE, THEN FIGHT ME!!" Hatsuharu yelled and walked

upto Kyou.

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Note to Friends who read this:

^^;;((aaaaaaaaaaaaand....I'm out of idea's....if anyone of my friends who read this have any

ideas please tell me...... Unless of course you want two of the characters to start making out

right then and there and turn it into a Yaoi fic or something (but shonen ai is good...^^;)......*glares at Aki and

Midi* ....like I said...if anything comes to you TELL ME!!))

---Rat_Zodiac_Yuki_Sohma

(Nurikos_lil_angel)