Kage: Hello! Omg, I can't believe I've made it to chapter eight. Yay for me!! And even more so for all my reviewers. I love you all!!

Oh, and to sort out any confusion I didn't make clear in the last chapter, email me or tell me in your review ((hint hint)) Oh, and Kurai is around 28, the same age as Hatori, Ayame, and Shigure. ((Which makes her too old for Kyo or Yuki or Haru or any other guy that gets all the attention, ha!!))

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Chapter 8- Shattering Truth

Second Person POV

Yuki paced the kitchen, deep in thought as Tohru as she started dinner, unable to do much else since it was still raining. Momiji found a deck of cards, and was trying to play Old Maid with Kyo, but Kyo kept dropping off sleepily. It had been almost two hours since Hatori and Shigure had taken Kurai to the main house. To Akito, Yuki shuddered.

There's no telling what that sadistic bastard is going to do. He could order Hatori to erase all of her memories, and leave her out on the side of the road like he had done when she was a baby. Or he could blow up and take out his anger on either her or Hatori. I think Shigure figured that too, and that's why he went with them. Shigure's the best for calming Akito down...

"Yuki-kun?" Momiji asked as he poked his head in the kitchen, snapping the him out of his train of thought.

"Huh?" the said person asked, his brain catching up with him as his previous thoughts left him.

"Wanna play cards with me? Kyo-kun fell asleep, and I'm bored."

"Why don't you play solitaire?"

Momiji made a noise as he stuck out his tongue, "Nah! That's a boring game. Please Yuki-kun! Please?"

"Fine," Yuki sighed as he moved into the room, pausing to offer a slight kick to Kyo's side before he sat down. "If you're so tired, why don't you move into your room, baka neko?"

"Mmphpfllh..." Kyo muttered incoherently since his head was buried in his arms. Yuki rolled his eyes and watched as Momiji shuffled and dealt for a game of Go Fish. Fun...

About an hour later....

"Tohru Tohru! I'm going to pick from you!"

"Alright, which one do you want?"

"This one! Oh! Ungluck ((bad luck)) I got the Old Maid!!"

"I don't think you're supposed to tell anyone Momiji...."

"Yuki-kun, it's your turn!"

"Yeah, go go! Pick from me!"

"Why would I pick from the person who has the Old Maid?"

"Aw man! I guess I shouldn't have told you, huh?"

"Um, that's alright Momiji-kun! I'll pick from you when it's my turn again!"

"Yay!! Tohru's gonna pick from me! Don't get the Old Maid though!"

"Kyo-kun? It's your turn now!"

"Mmm...Ah dammit.... Why can't I get a single match?!"

Now everyone was playing Old Maid, even Kyo, who was stuck at the table, being to tired to get up and move, but Momiji being to loud for him to sleep. The rain had worsened again, much to Kyo's despair, and it was looking like Hatori and Shigure might be stuck at the main house.

Please... Tohru thought to herself, Please let them be alright. Don't let Hatori try to drive out in this rain...

"Your turn Tohru!!" Momiji announced, interrupting her thoughts.

"Their back..." Kyo suddenly said, dully, a moment before the sound of the sliding door was heard. Tohru and Momiji jumped to their feet and ran to the door, with Yuki following at a slower pace, and Kyo dropping off again.

"Shigure-san! Hatori-san!" Tohru said, running into the room, only to stop at the sight of the wet.... "Hatsuharu-san?!"

"'Sup?"

"Oh, oh! I'll go get you all towels!" she frantically exclaimed as she ran towards the stairs.

"What are you doing here Haru?" Yuki asked in exasperation as he walked in the room.

Tohru came dashing back in the room with several large towels, "I saw Shigure and Hatori wandering around the main house, so I asked Shigure if I could stay over here and be with you for a bit," Haru told him and he took the towel and headed towards the bathroom.

"Yes, Haa-kun wanted to come see you Yuki-kun..." Shigure said teasingly, his right cheek sporting a small bruise just below his eye.

Before Yuki could comment Tohru suddenly asked, "Where's Kurai-kun? Oh, Shigure-san! What happened to your face?!"

Hatori stepped out from behind Shigure with the animal form of Kurai in his arms, wrapped mostly in his coat, still sleeping. "She hasn't changed back yet, or woken up. Akito is responsible for the bruise on Shigure." He stated flatly as Haru walked back in the room, wearing some of Kyo's clothes.

"Why are you wearing my clothes?!" Kyo yelled weakly as they moved into the kitchen, after Hatori and Shigure had dried and changed.((Hatori borrowed some of Shigure's clothes.))

"Yuki-kun's don't fit, and mine are wet," Haru replied, indifferent to Kyo's yelling.

"What about Kurai-kun?" Tohru asked.

"Yes, was that story the story of her and her parents?" asked Yuki impatiently.

Shigure sighed, then nodded after a moment, "Yes, it was. And Akito wasn't too happy seeing her. I think he was mad because she wasn't under his rule like we are...."

Yuki cast his eyes downward, avoiding Haru's gaze.

"He threw a bit of a fit," Shigure continued, "He yelled almost succeeded in hitting us with a vase of flowers-"

"He almost hit you Shigure," Hatori interrupted in a cold voice, "Quite a few times."

"Yes... well, heh." Shigure rubbed the back of his head, "Anyways, Akito yelled that 'he didn't want that disgusting creature anywhere near the house ever again' and ordered me to 'just dump it out on the street somewhere.'"

Kyo's gaze also seemed suddenly interested in the floor.

"Th-that's horrible!" Tohru exclaimed.

"Yes, and though I'm supposed to follow Akito's orders... I can't just dump her out on some roadside. She could easily die."

"That," Hatori said, "And the fact that she's still an animal. It's been about three hours, and she still hasn't transformed back."

"Did she wake up at all?" Yuki asked, only to receive a negative answer from Shigure. Tohru suddenly stood up and walked out of the room, coming back a few minutes later with dinner plates for Shigure, Hatori, and Haru, since the rest of them had already eaten.

I can't believe Akito hit Shigure, Yuki thought to himself, He can usually calm Akito down without any problems. Like when Akito attacked Hatori, Shigure managed to hold him back.

"Oh!" Tohru suddenly exclaimed, "I guess I should lay out beds for everyone, since the storm has gotten worse again."

"I'll help," Yuki offered, and left the room with her.

"Kurai-san?" Hatori asked the suddenly moving coat Kurai was wrapped in. Everyone looked over at him in surprise, while he unwrapped the coat a bit. Kurai shook her head a moment before looking up at Hatori....

And Hatori was lost in a world of gold.

Kage: Kinda short, I know, but I want to work on my Yu Yu Hakusho fic, but thought I'd treat those who care to this chapter, hee.

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