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Chapter 3-Rain

KYO'S POV

I stood in shock for a minute or so at the sight of the empty bed in disbelief. Suddenly I shook my head and turned furious, "What the hell?!!" I yelled stamping my foot in anger. Wounded girls don't just get up and walk away! I ran out of the room quickly, only to stop in the kitchen. I didn't know where to look! But she had to be around her somewhere....

I put my hand on my head in thought. I had to try and find another open door, one she went out. 'Search downstairs first,' I thought wildly as I ran around downstairs. 'Huh?!'

The front door was open! She wouldn't....would she?? It's pouring rain! I ran outside to the porch and tried to look for...

There! A standing figure a few feet out! I hesitated though. The rain was so thick I couldn't make out any details, and I really didn't want to get wet....

I quickly shook these thoughts from my mind and leapt out into the rain. I flinched as it the big drops splattered against my skin, drenching me in a matter of seconds. 'I'm gonna shoot someone up the ass if that figure turns out to be a tree!!' I thought to myself furiously as I kept running. Finally I reached it, and it was the girl! She was just standing there, arms stretched out and head tilted back, letting the rain fall on her. I ran in front of her and grabbed her by her shoulders, "What the hell do you think you're doing?!" She could get seriously sick standing around in the freakin rain! She let her arms fall and turned her head towards me...

Gold. The goldest eyes I had ever seen. They weren't yellow like Yuki's brother, Ayame, they were so gold......

I stared in her eyes, transfixed. I couldn't seem to pull away. They held such depth, such pain........

A sudden CLAP of thunder threw my mind out of her eyes. I shook my head, suddenly remembering what I was doing and where I was. "Come on!!" I said angrily, dragging her behind me back into the house. She was wearing one of Shigure's large kimono's, but it was totally soaked through. "Sit." I ordered her. I was actually suprised when she kneeled on the floor and folded her hands in her lap, waiting for me. "Uh...yeah. I'll be right back. Don't go outside again." I told her. Rain was still dripping down her face and off her clothes, I needed to find her a towel and some of Tohru-san's pajama's.

When I got these things I went back downstairs. The girl was still in the same position, only her head was turned. She was staring out the open door at the rain. I kneeled in front of her and shoved the towel at her, "Here, dry off." She looked at me, but I averted my eyes, not wanting to get lost in her eyes' again. She took the towel gently from me and started to dry her face. I glanced over at her as she lowered the towel from her face. Why was her face still wet?

She was crying! She glanced down and tried to wipe her tears. I didn't understand, why was she crying?? "Uh....um, here," I shove the pajamas towards her, flustered by her tears, "Take these. There's a bathroom just down the hall you can dry off in change in." I was still avoiding her eyes, but trying to focus on the ground while talking to someone was kinnda hard....

Finally she got up and slowly limped to the bathroom. I exhaled, not realizing that I had been holding it. That girl really made me nervous.

Sudden realization hit me. She hadn't spoken a word since she woke up. Weird...I offhandely wondered if she was healed. I would call Hatori, but it was raining so hard now it wouldn't suprise me if he couldn't even find his car. I sat down and leaned back against the wall. I really hated rainy days. They throw me so out of gear. I glanced up when I heard the girl come out of the bathroom. She was Tohru-san's size, but since she was so skinny, the normally big pajamas looked really huge on her. She had towel-dried her hair slightly, and was now hanging over her left shoulder in a loose braid. Her tinted green hair... weird again.

She looked at me for a minute, I was carefully avoiding her eyes, when she suddenly walked back into the bathroom. After a minute she came out with a seperate towel and gave it to me. Oh right, I had almost forgotten how wet I was. I grunted a small 'Thanks' and moved to change.

When I was dry and changed I went into the bathroom to hang the towels over the tub, and found Shigure's large kimono and the girl's towel already there. 'She's neat too, huh.' I thought to myself offhandedly as I hung my towel next to hers. When I went back into the living room, I found she was sitting on the floor, away from the wet spot where she had sat, facing out the still-open door and looking out at the rain again. What was so great about the stinkin' rain?! She turned her whole body towards me when she saw I had come in the room and bowed.

"Uh, that's not- you don't have- QUIT THAT!" I yelled, totally put-out by her silence and the stupid rain.

She glanced up and stared at me. I found myself not getting lost in her eyes this time. More weirdness.... Everything about this girl took 'weird' to a new level.

I sat cross-legged in front of her and stared at her. She stared back at me blankly. Why weren't her eyes effecting me like they were before??

"So...what? Can ya talk or what?" I asked her grumpily.

"Yeah." she told me blankly.

-Anime fallover- "WHAT THE HELL?! WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING EARLIER?!" I yelled, frustrated.

"'Cuz you didn't say anything either." she told me, unaffected by my yelling.

"Ergh..." I mumbled, my anger dying down. I couldn't think of anything to say. She probably wanted to know what was going on... "Uh, I'm Kyo Sohma. I live here with my two cousins, Yuki and Shigure. Shigure's the one that own's this place. Oh, and there's Tohru Honda. She's like a permanent guest I guess. She's the one that kinnda found you."

"I'm Kurai."

I waited for more. "......Gotta last name or what....?"

"I dunno."

I punched my head lightly. "So..." trying to keep calm, "You got amniesa or somethin'? You lost your memory when you got hurt?"

"Nope."

"So WHAT then?!" I yelled, punching the ground in the process.

"I lost it before then. I dunno my last name or where I've come from, I only remember a few fragments of my life."

".......Oh, ok then." I searched for something else to say.

"So, are you the one that treated me?" she asked.

"Huh? Oh, no, that was another cousin of mine, Hatori. He's like our family doctor."

"So you have a really large family?"

"Not really..... Their all just related to me. I hate all of them though..."

She didn't reply. Her silence was really unnerving.

"So what were you doin' out in the rain? You know you could've gotten sick again! Then we'd all hafta care for you again."

"....Sorry...."

"For what?" Why was the rain so damn noisy??

"I didn't mean to impose. Thank you for caring for me." her stomach made a weird noise.

"Seesh, I guess someone's hungry!"

She blushed slightly and nodded. I rolled my eyes and got up. "So what do you want?"

She smiled and looked up at me happily, "Anything!"

KYO'S POV STILL

That girl....Kurai....she could really EAT. I fixed her a buncha stuff, and she ate it all!! She even told me my cooking was really great. I think it's just 'cuz she hadn't eaten in forever. Yeah, she told me the first thing she really remembers is being alone. She didn't have a home or anywhere to go, so she couldn't eat. I asked her why she didn't go to a shelter but she just shrugged. When I yelled at her for being an idiot, she just smiled and shrugged again. I eventually decided to sit down and eat soup with her. Yuki and Tohru-san still weren't home, and it was STILL pouring rain. Oh, that stupid dog wasn't here either.

I finally got the nerve to ask her why she had been crying earlier. She actually started crying again.

"Oh come on! What did I say!?" I yelled, frustrated. I really hate it when a girl cries.

"It's just..." she rubbed her eyes with her sleeve, "Y-your life...is s-so sad..."

It took a minute for my brain to fully realize what she had just said. My...life...?

I stared at her in total shock, "W-w-what...?"

"With your mother's death......"

I stood up suddenly, scared. "WHAT THE HELL?! HOW DID YOU FIGURE THAT OUT?!!"

She wiped her eyes again, "You showed me."

What...?

"Through your eye's. When you shook me in the rain...." she told me.

I sat down again, suddenly tired. I really hate the rain... "That thing....with your eye's...."

She nodded, "It's something I've always been able to do. I can't really control it....it happens everytime I look into a person's eyes the first time, and comes up again if I really want it to. I remember...someone once said, 'It's like being hypnotised by a snake.' But I don't know who said that because I can't remember anything..."

She heaved a sigh and rubbed her eyes again, "Whenever I look at a person for the first time, their life flashes right into my mind. I used to have to sleep afterwards, and let my mind work through that persons life, but now I can lock most of that life away behind a door in the depths of my mind without looking at it. However, a memory or two usually slips by....and thats.....how I knew....about..... your...." she looked up at me, suddenly looking scared, "I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to do it! It just happens! I'm sorry Kyo-kun!!"

I shook my head, "No...don't.... worry about it....." I felt so weird. Some girl I barely know suddenly knows my life story just by glancing in my eyes. I set my head in my arms and layed against the table. The heater beneathe me felt like it was warming even the inside of me. I felt really weird.......

Kage(author): -Grins evilly- You can't even imagine what else this girl has in store for you all. IT'S REALLY GOOD if I do say so myself, .

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