~ Chapter One: Unexpected ~

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Shigure was sitting by the table, drinking tea and reading a novel. The door slid open and in came a mad Kyou followed by an annoyed Yuki and a concerned Tohru.

"I told you to stay out of it!" Kyou yelled at Yuki as he sat down.

"I didn't do it to help you," the nezumi replied.

"Then you should of just stayed away!" the neko yelled back.

Shigure looked at them and wondered what happened. He saw a couple of bruises on Kyou's face and small cuts on his arms. Both Yuki and Kyou had messy clothes and the neko's clothes was dirty.

They sat down at opposite sides of the table and didn't speak.

"Ano… I'll get started on dinner," Tohru said as she went to the kitchen.

Shigure looked at the two cousins. He was about to ask what happened, when the door slid open.

Shigure lifted his head to see who it was, "Hatori?" Yuki and Kyou turned to look at the said person.

"The door was open, so I let my self in. Hope you don't mind." Hatori looked at Shigure.

"Not at all. You know you are welcomed here," Shigure replied cheerfully.

"Hatori-san, I didn't know you were here," said Tohru as she came from the kitchen with cups on a tray. "Would you like some tea?

Hatori smiled at her and nodded. Tohru put the cups she had on the table, then went back into the kitchen.

Kyou stood up, and left.

Shigure noticed Hatori's expression. "Doushita…?" he asked his friend.

Hatori sat down across from Yuki where Kyou was sitting. He looked at Yuki who was looking back at him. There was silence.

"It's Akito, isn't it? He has done something…?" Shigure asked, a bit worried.

"Yuki…" Hatori began. "he wants you to return to the main house."

Yuki's eyes went wide, as did Shigure's. There was silence once again.

"Akito wants you there buy tomorrow," Hatori added. Shigure looked at Yuki who had his head lowered a bit.

"I'm sorry I took so long," Tohru said as she came in with a cup of tea for Hatori. She set it sown in front of him and he thanked her. Then she turned her attention towards Yuki. "Yuki-kun…?"

Yuki stood up and left the room. He went upstairs heading for his bedroom, but bumped into Kyou.

"Gomen…" Yuki said simply then kept walking to his room. Kyou looked at him and couldn't believe it. The nezumi apologized to him! There had to be something wrong with him. Kyou though about it, but couldn't figure it out, so he just went downstairs.

~ TBC ~

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A/N: So sorry I didn't update any sooner. Been really busy lately. I hope I'm able to update more often now.

Thank you to those who have reviewed so far. ^^