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Camping Accident

Chap. 10

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Tohru was running for her life, clothes clenched tightly between small jaws. 'I hope they didn't see, please don't let them have seen!' She pleaded as tears escaped her eyes in her mad flight.

Earlier she had been talking with Uo and Hana while walking from class to her locker. She had just told them about the birthday party that the Souma's had planned for her with glee. One of the Yuki fan club girls, hiding in the sea of students, knocked into Tohru violently, shoving her foreword. Unfortunately for Tohru, a guy had been walking right in front of her! 'Oh no! Not again, Yuki and Kyou aren't even here this time!' She shrieked mentally as she felt their bodies collide.

            "Tohru!" Uo called.

            "Feel my wrath!" Hana called, staring down the frightened Yuki fan girl.

*Poof!*

She didn't look around to make sure no one noticed; she just collected her clothes and scampered away as quickly as her small paws would carry her.

She slowed as soon as she reached the Souma forest and looked back the path she just came from. Not seeing anyone around she breathed a sigh of relief and settled down to catch her breath.

            "Tohru… She's that way" A familiar voice drawled.

            "Ah~h!" Tohru yelped.

            "Tohru!" Uo shouted, moving the bush aside and just about stepping on the small fox.

            "Uo!" Tohru barked, moving out of the way of her friend's feet.

            Uo looked down and gasped, "T…..Tohru?!"

            "Oh my, I felt her waves alter, but I never expected this.." Hana mused thoughtfully, observing the small brown fox.

            "Uo, Hana, I'm so sorry! I wasn't supposed to tell you! Now you'll probably have to have your memories erased! I'm sorry!!" Tohru apologized, large tears spilling from her blue eyes as she cried hysterically.

            "Tohru, what are you talking about?" Uo questioned confused.

            "I… I'm part of—" Tohru began, but..

*Poof!*

            Uo's eyes widened, "Tohru, where are your clothes?!"

            "Ano… Uo is standing on them.." Tohru meekly stated, hiding behind a tree.

            "Sorry…" Uo muttered, throwing Tohru her clothes.

            "Tohru, what happened? Your waves felt like those Soumas." Hana noted.

            Tohru stepped out from behind the tree, fully dressed, "Ah.. hai, there's a good reason for that."

She explained the reason behind her transforming into a fox and told them that the Soumas were also special like that.

            "Is that why I sensed animal spirits around them?" Hana asked.

            "Yes.." Tohru looked at the ground, tears threatening to spill over again. 'I just broke my promise to the Soumas! I told the secret.. what will they think of me?' She thought sadly.

            "We should get you back to their home; maybe they can help us clear a few things up." Uo suggested, supporting her friend.

            "Agreed." Came Hana's solemn reply.

At home, Yuki and Kyou were at it once again…

            "This is all you fault, kuso nezumi!" Kyou spat angrily.

            "My fault?! How do you figure?" Yuki responded defensively.

            "Because of your idiot brother, I've gotta marry the boar!" Kyou roared.

            "How's that my fault? You're the one who said you loved her!" Yuki barked back.

            "How come you get to marry Tohru?!" Kyou snarled.

            "Because, Baka Neko, I love her!" Yuki stated, like it was the most obvious thing in the world… which it was.

           

The argument wasn't continued however, because at that moment, all ears turned to the sound of the door opening. The accompanying eyes widened as Tohru came into the room, followed by Uo and Hana.

            "Tohru??" Shigure questioned curiously.

            "I'm sorry!" Tohru broke out, sobbing, "I had to tell them, they saw!"

            "Saw what Tohru?" Yuki asked worriedly, a small suspicion in the back of his mind.

            "I got transformed into a fox on the way to my locker, Uo and Hana tracked me down after I tried to get away… I had to tell them about the secret. I'm sorry.." Tohru explained.

            "Hahaha! Orange-top is a lil kitty cat!" Uo laughed, giving Kyou a noogie.

            "Damn Yankee! This isn't a time to be joking! Your memories could be erased now!" Kyou growled at her.

            "Inu.." Hana quietly spoke, gaining their attention, "Nezumi, and Neko…. Two of the three are part of the Junnishi, are they not?"

            "I'm part of it too!" Kyou raged.

            "No you're not.." Yuki admonished.

            "Only because your damn spirit tricked mine!" Kyou bit back heatedly.

            "maa maa, that's all in the past! We've got a bigger problem at hand! Tohru transformed in school, others may have seen her as well!" Shigure scolded.

            "I took care of the one who caused Tohru to transform…" Hana began, looking at Yuki, "One of your fan club members I believe.."

            "They don't know about the curse do they?!" Yuki panicked.

            "Naaah, those idiots probably don't even know what they did." Uo dismissed the idea.

            "This is very bad! Akito may have the entire school's memories erased now!" Yuki cursed.

            "Who cares!?" Kyou growled, your fan club will be gone, aren't you happy for that?" Kyou blinked unbelievably.

            "Tohru will loose her friends, Baka Neko!" Yuki glared.

            "Well, we can just tell Akito that they saw nothing!" Kyou replied desperately.

            "Uo and Hana would not tell! I know they wouldn't!" Tohru defended on her friends' behalves.

            "Tohru's kept this secret from us for a few years now! I'm sure I could keep if from the rest of the world, Hana and I could keep her from transforming as well!" Uo added.

            I will gain nothing in revealing your secret, it will be safe." Hana also added to the defense.

            Yuki smiled in apology, "Thank you, but we still must see Akito about this…."

            "I'm sorry Yuki….I'm sorry." Tohru whispered.

            "It's alright Tohru, we'll just have to postpone your birthday." Shigure consoled, patting the weeping girl on the back.

            "I won't let him hurt you, Tohru" Kyou glared with fire in his eyes, "nor will Hatori erase your friends' memories."

            "I will not let him either." Yuki assured quietly, smiling into her hopeful eyes.

            "What are we waiting for; let's go see this Akito person! I still need to get Tohru a birthday present!" Uo announced loudly, giving her friend a strong-willed smile.

            "Thank you, I'm undeserving of such great friends!" Tohru smiled happily, wiping your eyes dry.

            "Of course you deserve us!" Shigure grinned.

Inside the main house gates, Tohru began pointing out and explaining things to Uo and Hana as Momiji had done for her on her first visit.

            "When we get in here, sit down and do not speak unless Akito speaks to you first, alright?" Shigure informed sternly.

            "Why do you guys make this Akito guy out to sound so evil?" Uo asked with a raided eyebrow.

            "Arisa, just do as he says, this place…feels sinister somehow." Hana whispered to her friend.

Yuki shuddered involuntarily, 'She doesn't know how right she is.. how am I going to protect Tohru, I can't fight Akito!'

Akito sat in the darkest corner of his room, planning his attack on Tohru; 'What would hurt Yuki most?'

            "Master Akito!" Kureno shouted, barging into the room out of breath.

            "Kureno, where are your manners?" Akito hissed, sending him a cold glare.

            "Uh, I'm sorry! But I came to inform you that Shigure, Yuki, Kyou, Tohru, and two other girls that I do not know are headed this way!" Kureno informed frantically.

            "Hmmm have they come to attack me?" Akito wondered aloud.

            "I'm not sure, but Tohru was crying lightly.." Kureno supplied.

            "What did that stupid wench do now?!" Akito roared angrily, he turned a glare on Kureno, "Invite them in immediately!"

            "Right away.." Kureno bowed respectfully and left to carry out his orders.

            Yuki raised an eyebrow in suspicion, "Kureno?"

            "I have been sent to escort your group straight to Master Akito's room, please come along." Kureno said mechanically.

            Tohru bowed in respect to Kureno with a smile on her face, "Thank you Mr. Kureno!"

            Kureno grunted and looked away.

            "Why you! Tohru was just showing you some respect you should learn to do the same!" Uo erupted.

            "I only show my respect to Master Akito.." Kureno replied rudely, "he is the only one worthy of it."

            "Chicken…" Hana mumbled.

            "Call me what you like, outsider, makes no difference to me." With this he turned his head slightly to glare at her but was met with a mysterious danger that Akito never possessed, his eyes widened slightly in fear, but he turned away before any of them could see.

            Hana's eyes glinted mischievously, she had seen the fear and she would use it to her advantage, "It is true, you are the Chicken of the zodiac, your personality suggests it; the fact that you'll only respond with respect to your head rooster and peck at others outside your family shows it clearly."

            Kureno shrugged, he wasn't going to meet her eyes again, he felt fear towards this stranger and he wouldn't let it show.

            "Hana is creepy!" Shigure whined.

            "Whimpering puppy.." Hana muttered.

            "Hana means well!" Tohru beamed brightly.

            Shigure clung to her with tears flowing from his eyes, "Oh thank goodness that Tohru is here to protect me from her scary friends!"

            "Shut up you loudmouthed fool!" Kyou rumbled, knocking the dog roughly over the head.

            "You're the loudmouth, Orange-top." Uo sighed, rubbing her ears.

            "Be quiet, all of you; we're here." Kureno growled annoyed.

            Yuki swallowed hard as they were let into the dark room, his heartbeat quickened involuntarily and his movements became somewhat rigid.

            Hana and Kyou took notice to this.

            "We should be wary." Hana murmured.

            "Uh, right.." Kyou replied quietly, realizing she was talking to him alone.

Everyone kneeled down and bowed respectfully.

            "Hey, what the he~" Uo began her protest, but was roughly dragged down to the floor by Kyou.

            "Just be quiet and follow along!" He hissed in her ear.

            "You brought the stupid cat into my presence?" Akito snarled, "That damn disgrace to the family?!"

Kyou growled low in his throat but suppressed his anger, he would not attack Akito unless Yuki accompanied him, he was sure of that.

Uo looked to Kyou out of the corner of her eyes, an emotion close to sympathy shining within them.

            "He came of his own will." Yuki answered Akito curtly.

            "My dear Yuki, you've come to me as well..." Akito cooed, walking towards his favorite mouse; however, he stopped short and looked in question at the two new bowed heads, "Ahh, but who's this you've brought with you?"

            "They, are the reason I've even come" Yuki forced out evenly.

            "Ah, Mr. Akito?" Tohru spoke up, raising her head a bit to look at him.

            "What do you want?! Did I even address you?!" Akito roared into her face.

            "Ah, no you did not, but I felt you must know that I'm actually the reason why we came.." Tohru spoke softly.

            "Tohru, you don't have to~" Yuki began.

            "Shut up, Yuki!" Akito cut him off sharply, turning back to Tohru with as sweet a smile as he could muster, which still held malice, "Let our sweet Tohru speak!"

'His intentions are not pure.. I fear for Tohru's safety. Wait; could this be the evil I've sensed hidden under the Soumas' mask? It must be. We've got to be careful! Tohru..' Hana's thoughts spelled out danger in big, bold, red letters within her mind.

            "Mr. Akito… I, I fear I've let out the secret; I'm very sorry, you may have to erase my school's memories. I've brought along my two friends, Uo and Hana, I'm certain they know, I transformed back in front of them…" Tohru explained.

            "Your whole school knows?! Is this what you've come to tell me? That I need to clean up the mess you've made for us?!" Akito assaulted her with questions, his voice growing in volume and rage with each one.

            Tohru's brave front crumbled, tears spilled over once again, "Yes, I'm very sorry! Please don't punish them! It's not their fault, I…I was being careless!"

            "Tohru it wasn't your fault, don't listen to him!" Uo called out, Kyou clamped his hand over her mouth quickly.

            "I thought I told you to stay quiet?!" He whispered harshly to her.

            "Who are you to speak without being asked?! I will deal with your impertinence later.." Akito trailed off, leaving a thick tension in Uo's chest.

            "No, please don't! Don't hurt them!" Tohru pleaded loudly.

            "And you… wench! I trusted you to keep our family's secret! You became part of it even, and yet you go and release it to the whole world!" Akito grabbed her to her feet harshly.

            "I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to!" Tohru whimpered, meeting his gaze, "I truly feel horrible about it, punish me if you'd like, but leave my friends out of it! It wasn't their fault!"

Yuki winced, 'You shouldn't have given yourself to him, Tohru..'

            Akito smirked, "I like your guts, and maybe I'll consider your plea?"

Hana and Uo's head shot up instantly, 'What does this freak mean?! Is he really going to hurt Tohru?!' Their minds screaming in unison.

            Akito looked to the two girls, "Can you keep our secret?" he asked softly.

            Uo and Hana nodded stiffly.

            "Then I guess I won't have your memories erased, just deny anything anyone asks about Tohru." Akito ordered.

            Uo was about to speak when Akito continued, "That is all, is it not? You are excused, please leave."

Hana tugged her friend out of the room, "We mustn't argue with him Arisa, he possesses some strange evil."

            "Wha? Uh okay, sure…" Uo muttered, she turned to Akito, "hey, you better not hurt her, do you hear me?!"

            "Of course, loud and clear…" Akito responded with a dark smirk.

Uo glared at him and reluctantly let Hana pull her from the room. Kyou growled, their power was dwindling…

            Tohru smiled up at Akito, "Thank you, for not involving them!"

            Akito's smirk faltered slightly, "Don't thank me just yet, dear Tohru.."

'Akito… Don't do anything drastic.. she's not part of our family!' Shigure thought fearfully.

'Tohru…' A tear rolled down his cheek, Akito was going to do something bad, and he knew it!

Kyou continued his growling, steadily growing in volume like a caged tiger, being tormented to the end of its last nerve.

Tohru's eyes widened slightly when Akito pulled her roughly to her feet once more, this time embracing her with a sinister gleam in his eyes.

*poof!*

Her clothes fell to the floor as Akito looked at the small trembling creature tucked into his arms; he began to laugh manically.

            "Finally, I can get rid of you, Tohru Honda!" Hey bellowed.

            "A…Akito?!" Tohru yipped in fear.

            "Shut up you Vixen wench! You pulled Yuki away from me, turned my family against me!" Akito shook her by the scruff of her neck viciously.

            "Akito!" Shigure yelled, "What are you doing?!"

            He flung Tohru's fragile form against the nearest wall, "Silence, Traitor! I'm acting my revenge upon this damn fox bitch!"

            "A… Akito!" Yuki coughed, barely able to believe what he was seeing, 'this has got to be a nightmare!'

Akito grabbed Tohru up by her tail, laughing even louder at her yelps. 'This will teach you to get involved so deeply with us.. Tohru Honda!' he thought in fury. Letting go of her tail, he kicked the small brown body across the floor with all his might. Tohru felt bones cracking within her animal body, breathing suddenly became difficult. She struggles to get back on her paws, whimpering under the immense shocks of pain she was feeling throughout her body. Akito growled at her attempts to get back up, 'She's defying me! Damn her!' With a primal roar he kicked her in her ribs once more, sending her sprawling over the floor once again, landing in front of Yuki's downcast eyes. Akito grinned, 'That's right! Watch her suffer Yuki… Watch her and know that this is all your fault!' Yuki gasped, Tohru's breathing was coming in short labored gasps, she was having trouble moving her left hind paw, and her vision was becoming blurred.

            "Y..yuki?" She mewled in question.

Yuki's eyes widened as the sting of unshed tears met them. How could he sit here and let Akito do this to her?! She didn't deserve this!

            "Damn you Akito! You'll pay for that!" Kyou's resolve broke, in a mad fury he was upon Akito.

He swung and kicked like mad; trying his best to protect Tohru since the kuso nezumi seemed paralyzed. Akito smirked at Kyou's futile attempts and easily dodged him; he then uppercut him sharply in the stomach. Kyou stumbled backwards hacking and gasping for air at the same time. A small splatter of blood landed on the hard wooden floor; Kyou felt like Akito had crushed all the organs in his soft, unprotected abdomen.

Tentively reaching out a trembling hand, he stroked Tohru's fur, withdrawing quickly when she gasped and coiled in pain. His heart wrenched and his eyes flicked to Shigure, who appeared to be crying softly himself. Why couldn't anyone do anything to prevent this?! Why did people have to get hurt before? Yuki clenched his teeth and forced his tears to stop. If no one else was going to do anything besides himself and Baka Neko, then so be it, He'd put Akito in his place with Kyou's help alone.

            "Stop it… Akito, that will be enough!" He snarled venomously, standing up and meeting Akito's eyes, his own barely slits in which a deep violet light emerged.

Akito looked into Yuki's eyes, a danger that he'd never seen from the younger boy shown through those two slits, he wondered for a fraction if maybe he had gone too far this time; however, he quickly dismissed the fear and met his challenge evenly. 'So, even my little mouse has decided to grow some guts and oppose me as well? I will not have it!' He glowered mentally.

            "Yuki… Do you honestly think you can help her? Do you think you can make her pain go away?" Akito asked menacingly.

            "Maybe not this pain, but I can take care of you now and prevent her any future harm!" Yuki bellowed.

Shigure's head rose to watch the oncoming battle, Yuki was finally going to defend himself from Akito, all over Tohru. He smiled; he knew she'd bring out the best of this tortured family. Akito started things off, impatient with Yuki's stalling. He charged Yuki, fist poised to attack his pretty little face.

            "You better beat him… Kus~o Nezumi…" Kyou rasped.

            "Don't worry Baka Neko… I will not fail my friends any longer, not this time! You won't beat me Akito.." Yuki responded, resentment heavy in his tone.

Yuki blocked Akito's fist, raw energy crackling from the impact. In his moment of surprise, Akito was flung to the floor, Yuki soon followed his vicious onslaught, repeating his angry question over and over, "How could you do that to her!?"  Her kicked Akito's slim form quickly into the air and came back down on his neck with his elbow. Akito's eyes widened.

            "Insolent brat!" Akito spat, standing shakily and spitting out some blood that had collected at the corner of his mouth, "I took you in when your own brother rejected you!"

Akito lunged foreword and punched Yuki across the jaw, sending him spiraling into the wall.

            "That was torture, not kindness!" Yuki replied icily, countering Akito's strike with a roundhouse to the head; Akito was slammed to the floor again with great force.

Akito propped himself unsteadily on his hands and knees, coughing violently, blood seeping from a wound to his temple. Yuki brutally kicked him in the ribs like he had done to Tohru. Akito fell aside, cringing as bones cracked under Yuki's primal rage.

            "Yuki! Don't kill him!" Shigure cried out as Yuki advanced upon Akito again.

            "Why shouldn't I?! All he's ever done is cause this family pain and suffering! Why shouldn't I make him suffer now?!" Yuki yelled, turning his cold glare to Shigure.

            "It's not right; Tohru wouldn't want you to kill him.." Shigure softened his voice from desperation, looking down at the injured fox in his arms.

Yuki looked at Tohru, who was still barely breathing, and his eyes immediately opened from the dark slits they had become; the light violet returned once again as worry took over. He quickly abandoned Akito and rushed over to Shigure.

            "We need to take her to Hatori, Now!" He barked.

            "Yes, I'll take her, help Kyou up and meet me in his office." Shigure nodded cooperatively.

            "Okay, don't let her stop breathing, Shigure! Please…" Yuki pleaded, looking at the floor.

            "I won't, Yuki, I promise." Shigure smiled, then walked to the door with Tohru cradled protectively.

Outside he met Uo and Hana, whose faces were tear streaked, they had been listening to everything. Kureno lay in a heap in the corner, thanks to Uo, he did not stop them.

            Shigure smiled at the little fox, 'She doesn't know how fortunate she is to have such dedicated friends..' "We need to get her to the family doctor, quick!"

             "Where is he? Far?" Uo asked rapidly, panicked at the sight of her friend in her fox form, fur and body mangled and dully alive.

            "Follow me, he is close by." Shigure nodded and took off down the hall, the two girls in tow.

'Tohru, please be alright!" Hana thought dismally.

Back in the room, Yuki gave Akito one last powerful kick to the gut and knocked him unconscious. He then bent down to help Kyou to his feet.

            "Ku…so Nezu~mi" Kyou coughed, "I don't need your… help!"

            "Yes you do, quit being stubborn. You need to get to Hatori as well." Yuki scolded sternly.

            "Where's Toh~ru?" Kyou asked in concern.

            "Shigure already took her to Hatori's office, we need to get there too, don't worry, I took care of Akito." Yuki grunted slightly, bearing the most of Kyou's weight on his fatigued body.

Kyou nodded and tried to help Yuki as much as he could to get them to Hatori's office.

Hatori had been talking lightly with Momiji about the gift he had found for Tohru when his door was frantically flung open to reveal a panting Shigure.

            Noticing the desperation in his eyes, Hatori began the questions, "Shigure? What's wrong, what's in your arms?!"

            "Tooru?" Momiji asked horrified, peering into Shigure's arms.

            "You need to help her! Please!" Hana begged, tears flowing from her eyes, Uo held her friend from collapsing hopelessly.

            "Please help her…" Uo softly asked.

            "Lay her down! What happened?! Why is she still in fox form?" Hatori ordered.

            "She transformed in school, we brought her here to see Akito…he transformed her and began his assault." Shigure explained.

            Hatori's eyes widened, "Yuki? Is he alright?"

            "Yuki's fine, he's bringing Kyou now, you will have to check out Akito as well, he pushed Yuki over the edge this time, and paid for it." Shigure supplied. Hatori nodded in understanding and prepared another table for Kyou.

Hatori began to look over Tohru's animal body for signs of external wounds. At his soft prodding he got many pained yelps from the young girl, and found that she mainly had bruises. He suspected that she might have broken ribs as well, her breathing was labored.

            "All I can tell right now is that her body is badly bruised and her left hind leg is broken…" Hatori informed them, "I'm going to need to get her x-rayed as well, and she might have a punctured lung."

            "Poor Tohru.." Hana cried.

            "I knew we shouldn't have left her in there!" Uo shouted in rage.

Yuki stormed through the open door at that moment, Kyou slung over his shoulders.

            "Yuki, Kyou, over here." Hatori motioned them to the other examination table set up.

Yuki gently placed Kyou down and looked up at Hatori in fear.

            "How is Tohru?" He asked.

            "I'm not sure; we need to get her X-rayed." Hatori responded grimly.

Yuki nodded and walked over to her side. He gently stroked the fur on her head as she trembled in a distressed unconsciousness. Hatori checked over Kyou and found that he was just winded from the strong blow to his gut, still, he wrapped his stomach in bandages to hold everything in place. Kyou's eyes were glued to Tohru's battered body; he was seething with rage. Then he remembered how Yuki had fought Akito over her. 'So that's his true power? How could I have ever contested?' He shook his head with a sad smile. 'I'll just have to train harder…'

Hatori gently picked up Tohru's limp body and headed for the x-ray room. Yuki sat there, eyes still on the spot she laid like she had never moved. Half of him was cheering because he had finally defeated Akito; however, the other half knew the price he paid to achieve that victory.

            'Tohru, please be alright, you can't leave me.' Yuki thought sadly.

Later on, Hatori drove them all home; Tohru was bandaged up, and set up in her own bed. Hatori had somehow managed to revert her to her human form once again, and the dark purple bruises blotting her pale skin were heart wrenching.  Hatori informed them that he was going to stay and monitor her for a few weeks, so he brought all his medical equipment and some clothes. Momiji also decided to come along. For once in his young Usagi life, he was silent, struck speechless by the sheer brutality of Tohru's injuries. His innocent mind couldn't form words to describe what he felt.

In all, the bulk of the Souma Junnishi were all grieving over their dear friend's pain by the end of the week. They all visited her every other day if they couldn't make it each day. And Yuki…Yuki had never been so withdrawn, he ignored all attempts to try and bring his spirits up, he would only be happy when Tohru regains consciousness. Kyou was also in a slump, he allowed Kagura to cry all over him, he didn't have the heart to push her away this time, he felt the same way.

Over the next few weeks Hatori would only leave Shigure's house to check on Akito every other day; he wasn't particularly please with their clan head, but as a doctor he couldn't leave him for dead. Eventually Tohru's health began to increase again, much to many Souma members' relief.

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Chapter 10 is finished! Wow, emotional one! I hope you all enjoyed this! I almost cried while writing it, how could I be so cruel.. *sigh* oh well, the next one will be on a happier note. For all those who wanted to see the true Akito break through, this one is for you! It's also for all those Yuki fans.

Please leave me a review, tell me what ya think! ^-^

Chachi- I'm glad you're enjoying the slight OOCness! ^-^ I thought the medication was a good excuse for my prior inability to include Akito's personality in this light hearted fic! ^-^ Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Lunar Crush- Thank you! ^-^ if you enjoy cute lil FB stories you could read my one-shot song fic to Crush by mandy moore, or read Kagami, written by Callie Wilson, which I am helping with ^-^ anyway, thanks for the compliment, hope ya enjoyed this chapter!

Purrfect679- Wow, you reviewed every chapter! ^-^ thanks, I'm immensely glad you're enjoying Akito's character, here's a dose of his true self, enjoy!

Kanzaki- lol I'm still thinking of how the dress will look, maybe someone could help me on that? My designing skills are right next to my color matching skills! Hehehe slim to none! ^-^;;;

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Sakuya- Yea, I thought that mental image was funny myself, poor Kyou! *looks at her kitten who is looking at her oddly* ehehehehe ^-^; not you lil Kyou kitty! Kyou: *yawn*

Callie Wilson- hahahaha! You're so funny Amber-chan! I won't leave ya hanging with this… though my patience with Kagami is running thin; Finish chapter 4, I wanna write on that story too!!!!! :D You're right too, RPing is fun, tis why I do it so often, though it's kinda hard to motivate you guys to play with me sometimes.. even when I'm playing the majority of the characters!! *realizes she's sounding like a lil kid and laughs* Here Amber-chan, don't maim me too badly for my cruelty! XD

Pen2- Hai, I'm doing my best to portray these characters as they were written by the creator! Sucks about the power thing though, I'm glad you persevere to continue reading this though! Thank you! Awww You named your kitten Kyou as well? I did too, lil orange tabby boy with deep amber eyes! Just like the real Kyou, it's kinda cool how similar they are, considering they kitten's eyes were still blue when I got him. So, what's your kitty look like? Thanks again, I read a lot of stories where the authors answered their reviewers and I felt happy when my reviews got answered, so I thought it'd be nice to answer my reviews as well, kinda gives me a sense of a personal connection with you all, ya know? ^-^ Thanks for reading!

Go- Yup a fuzzy lil kitten! ^-^ wee Yuki's gift will be something more than a gift, but I'm not giving it away if you dun know it already! ;) continue reading, glad you're enjoying this!

Ssjgoddesschico- Akito was up to being a baka! *looks at ssj on the floor in concern* you alright? Geez, I'm glad you're enjoying this, just don't hurt yourself over it okays? :p By the way, do you get like a little notice when I update or something? Cause you're always the first to respond, and you respond usually within the first hour after I post the update! It's kinda cool!