Chapter 6- Brother's Trust

After a few minutes Sasuke, Tohru, Kyo, Yuki, and Shigure reaches their home. Shigure and Yuki decide to go to sleep right away, while Tohru decides to take a shower and Kyo and Sasuke talk a little.

"Kyo, um, I was just wondering. I still don't know what your Zodiac is, or Yuki's and the others. I only know Shigure's, Ayame's, Hiro's, and Kisa's form." Sasuke informs him.

"Do you want me to tell you?" Kyo asks Sasuke. Sasuke nods to him. "Fine. I'm the cat, knowing that, it should be obvious that Yuki's the mouse. Momiji's the rabbit, Hatori's the dragon, Rin is the horse, Haru's the cow,"

"Aren't cows females?" Sasuke interrupts.

"Uh, just let me finish, Ritsu is the monkey, and, ugh, Kagura's the boar." Kyo finishes telling him the Zodiacs.

"What's with you and Kagura? She seems to like you a lot but you seem to hate her." Sasuke asks, getting a little personal.

"It's not that I hate her, it's because I don't trust her, and plus she keep's on hurting me." Kyo explains.

"Why don't you trust her?" he continues with the questions.

"I shouldn't tell you. You're too young to know." Kyo answers.

"No I'm not! I'm thirteen, that's not too young to know why you wouldn't trust a relative." Sasuke complains to him.

"Sasuke, this is the Sohma family that lives with a curse. We're not like normal families, there's a cloud of darkness that shadows over our family. That's why I can't tell you. Also, being the cat makes it worse for me than the other Zodiacs." Kyo explains to Sasuke.

"But,"

"No buts! It's late, now go to sleep." Kyo orders him.

"Okay Kyo. Good night." Sasuke says and walks up to Tohru's room. Tohru finishes her shower and returns to the living room with Kyo. She sees that something's bothering him.

"What's wrong Kyo? Is everything's all right?" She asks him with all the love she has.

"Everything's fine. Don't worry about me." Kyo answers her. Tohru then smiles, then goes to her room to sleep, leaving Kyo all by himself. "(I think I'm beginning to care about Sasuke, a lot. Now, I don't want anything bad happening to him.)" Kyo admits in his mind, knowing how calm and nice he was while talking with Sasuke. Not even with Tohru around, was he this calm and comfortable. He knows that Sasuke is special to him, and he is going to make the most out of every moment with him.

The next day, everyone wakes up early, because they have school today so they had no choice. Sasuke's the first to get up, gets prepared and walks outside Tohru's room to see Kyo who had just waken up. He then notices the bracelet on Kyo's wrist.

"Kyo, I just noticed that you always wear that bracelet. Why?" Sasuke asks the still sleepy cat.

"What? I didn't hear you. I'm too tired to answer anything right now Sasuke. Ask me later during breakfast." Kyo walks into the bathroom and takes a shower. Yuki and Tohru wake up soon after and Tohru goes down to cook breakfast. Yuki waits patiently for the bathroom so he could take a shower.

"Good morning Sasuke." Yuki greets him. "Did you sleep well last night?"

"I slept good. I'm still a little sleepy, but I'm fine." Sasuke replies. "And how are you?"

"After that party, sleeping was the first thing on my mind, so yeah. I slept good." Yuki tells him then smiles. He then gets a little annoyed because Kyo seems to be taking long. "Hurry up you baka-neko! I have to take a shower too!" Yuki informs the bathing cat.

"Hold your horses!" Kyo yells back.

"I would if he wasn't taking a shower right now!" Yuki teases him.

"WHAT! I'm not your horse!" Kyo yells, making him take longer in the bathroom. Sasuke in all of this is just watching them and laughing at it

"Come on Yuki. Yelling at Kyo won't make him go any faster. The same with me. At my house, once I enter the bathroom to take a shower, my parents immediately tell me to hurry up. I hate that." Sasuke tells the mouse.

"If you say so." He changes the subject. "Let's see how Miss Honda's doing, shall we?" Yuki suggests.

"We shall." Sasuke responds in the same tone as Yuki. They walk downstairs to help out Tohru with the breakfast, well, Sasuke really. Yuki just stands there and waits until he's needed with something he can actually do.

"Yuki, would you please set the table?" Tohru politely asks Yuki. And being as kind and helpful as he is, he sets the table. He then notices that Kyo has finally exited the bathroom and it is now his turn.

"Miss Honda, if you need anything, just ask Kyo or Shigure. I'm going to take a shower now." Yuki informs them.

"Okay! Go on. We'll be fine." Sasuke tells him. Yuki leaves and takes his shower, while Kyo goes downstairs and waits for breakfast to be served. Sasuke finishes helping Tohru and waits for her to finish cooking. He goes and sits at the table with Kyo.

"Hey Sasuke, didn't you ask me something earlier?" Kyo asks Sasuke reminding him of his question.

"Oh, yeah! I almost forgot. I noticed that when I saw you coming out of your room, I saw you wearing that bracelet you're wearing now. Why do you always wear that? Does it have some kind of value to you or something like that?" Sasuke answers him with another question.

"No, not really. This was given to me by my adopted father, Kazuma. AN: Please tell me if that's wrong. I never ever take it off." Kyo explains to him.

"Not even in the shower?" Sasuke asks him.

"No. I wear all the time." Kyo answers.

"Doesn't it get stinky?" Sasuke asks him more.

"You know Sasuke, you're beginning to get on my nerves. Please stop while I'm calm." Kyo asks him nicely.

"Oh, hai. Anyways, it looks nice." Sasuke compliments.

"Arigato." Kyo thanks him.

Tohru, in the kitchen, is hearing everything that's happening while cooking. "(Is it me, or is Kyo being polite, calm, and thankful. He's never been like that around me. Why is it, with Sasuke he's so nice. It must be because he's a boy and is younger than us. Kyo must probably be seeing him as some kind of brother. Aww, how cute!)" Tohru imagines as she finishes breakfast.

Back in the dining room, Kyo and Sasuke continue to converse. "Kyo, how could someone like you be an outcast of your own family?" Sasuke asks Kyo. "There's nothing that's different about you, or that's none the less wrong with you. Maybe the hair would seem strange, but that doesn't mean anything because of Ayame, or Ritsu, or Yuki, and especially Hatsuharu's hair are all also strange colors for hair." Sasuke gives reasons why Kyo wouldn't be an outcast.

"It's because of my Zodiac form. You should know, as well as I do, that the cat wasn't part of the original Chinese Zodiac. We're not even that talented at anything really. You can see how Yuki defeats me at everything, when I obviously had more experience. We even have a New Years' banquet each year, and it's been an upstanding rule that the cat is 'not' allowed to attend." Kyo explains to him, becoming depressed in all of this.

Sasuke can't help but to feel sorry for the cat. "That's okay, as long as you're accepted by others, it doesn't matter what your family thinks. If they think that because of what you are they can treat you like that, then they're wrong. I've only known you for two weeks, and I already think that you're a great person. I don't care if you're an outcast, to me, you're Kyo Sohma." Sasuke gives the most caring speech he has yet given.

"Arigato Sasuke." Kyo gives Sasuke a hug. Meanwhile, Yuki, Tohru, and Shigure have been listening to every word of the two's little conversation.

AN: I was trying to make this as sweet as possible. Sorry if it got a little cheesy. Hey I'm a guy, what are you going to do?

"(I think Kyo's gotten something he probably has always wanted, a brother.)" Yuki admits in his mind.

"(That's so sweet! I've never thought that Kyo would be the one that Sasuke touched the most.)" Tohru speaks in her thoughts.

"(Kyo and Sasuke! Kyo and Sasuke!)" Shigure sings in his head. Tohru begins to hate herself for having to break up Kyo and Sasuke's conversation, but breakfast is ready and she doesn't want it getting cold.

"Okay everyone! Breakfast is ready!" Tohru calls out to everyone. Yuki and Shigure then enter the room to sit and eat, in Shigure's word, Tohru's wonderful delicious breakfast.

Soon after, they all finish their breakfast. Kyo, Yuki, Tohru, and Sasuke all get ready to leave for school, while Shigure gets ready to leave for work. They all bid farewell to Shigure and go on their way to school.

After dropping Sasuke off at his school, they all go to their classes. School came and went like it always did for all of them. Nothing much out of the ordinary happened during school. Once the dismissal bell rings, the three leaves to go pick up Sasuke. They get him and go home right after.

Since Sasuke is now with them, conversations 'will' start. "So how was school today guys? Mine was fun. Sakura gave me a birthday present and said sorry for not coming yesterday. She said Megumi was being an idiot, and that she didn't come because she was grounded that day." Sasuke tells them.

"Well that sucks." Kyo comments.

"Our day today was just normal, nothing to talk about really." Yuki answers Sasuke's question.

"Do you have any homework today Sasuke?" Tohru asks her little cousin.

"We had tests today, so no." He replies truthfully.

"Are you sure? Remember what your mom said. If your grades suffer, you're going home immediately." Yuki reminds him.

"Yes, I know. I've heard from her so many times." Sasuke tells them.

"As long as you know, that's okay." Tohru states. "Anyways, what did Sakura give you?"

"She gave me a big stuffed heart that says 'I love you'." He sweatdrops and thinks a little. "Megumi's right, I think she does likes me." Sasuke points out.

"Naw, really?" Kyo adds.

"It is pretty obvious that she likes you after giving you something like that." Yuki explains.

"So someone has a crush on our little Sasuke! How kawaii." Tohru squeals.

Sasuke starts turning red at her comment. "TOHRU! Stop it!"

"Just kidding."

The four continue to carry on walking back to Shigure's home. When they reach the forest Sasuke decides to start talking again.

"Yuki, Kyo, Tohru, I was wondering, what are you all going to do when I go back home?" he asks them.

Tohru decides to answer. "It won't be that much different. You can visit us whenever you want, and with the permission of your parents, we can visit you also. We'll just be spending less time together, that's all."

When Kyo hears Sasuke's question, he gets a little depressed. "(Crap! If Sasuke goes back home, there'll be no one home that I can really be with. I don't want him to go. I want him to stay and be a member of our family like Tohru.)"

Yuki then notices that Kyo's obviously depressed because of Sasuke's question and knows exactly why, because of the conversation Sasuke and Kyo had earlier. "(Poor Kyo, even if he is my rival and hates me because of his Zodiac, I can't help but feel really bad for him. This is the second time someone became this close to him and he's afraid of losing him. I'd be sad too but I'd probably be able to handle it better.)"

Soon after, Shigure's house is in view and Sasuke runs the rest of the way home without waiting for the other three. After Sasuke gets out of hearing distance, Yuki decides to speak to Kyo.

"Kyo, don't feel like you're going to lose him. He needs to be with his own family too. And he can always stay again another time. It's not like anything terrible is going to happen to him." Yuki tells Kyo, attempting to comfort him.

After hearing what Yuki said, Kyo cheers up a little, then remembers the last thing Yuki said. "(But what if something terrible does happen to him?)" He then shakes his head. "(NO! I shouldn't be thinking like that! Nothing bad 'will' happen to him. Not if I can help it!)" Kyo begins to feel like Sasuke's older brother and wants to protect him from anything bad that can happen to him.

Sasuke runs to the door and opens it immediately and yells "Shigure! We're home!" and runs inside and puts his stuff away.

"Hello, everyone. How was school today?" Shigure asks with a cheerful smile.

"Same old, same old." Kyo answers.

"Oh, that's nice. Now, if you'll excuse me I have some work to do." Shigure walks up to his room and continues working. Yuki turns to Sasuke and asks him if he'd want to do anything.

"Not really. I'm kind of bored. Do you have any games or anything fun we can do?" Sasuke asks them.

"Well, we don't have any videogames for that matter, but we can play cards if you like." Yuki suggests.

"That's good enough. My cousins and I play whenever we can. Can we play Dai Hin Min?" Sasuke selects.

"Really? You know how to play it?" Tohru asks.

"Hai. I learned how to play it a while ago, but Tomoyo lost her cards, so we never played it." He explains.

"We were just going to play that game so Yuki, can you get the cards please?" Tohru requests of him.

Yuki smiles at Tohru. "Sure." He goes upstairs and returns shortly with the deck. "Sasuke, would you like to deal?"

"Sure thing." Sasuke takes the deck from Yuki and shuffles it a very professional way. He even did different kinds of shuffling. The other three just stare at him in awe. Sasuke notices this and looks at all three of them. "What? I know how to shuffle different ways. What's the big deal?"

All three of them snap back into their positions after Sasuke remark. "Oh nothing, it just looked kind of cool." Yuki tells him.

"Thanks. Here." He starts dealing the cards. After all cards are dealt, Kyo gives a look of approval at his cards.

"You better watch it Sasuke, even if it's your first time playing I'm not you giving any chances." Kyo warns him.

"Did I ask you to? I don't expect any of you to give me a chance." Sasuke tells them all.

"Hmph!" They all say. Sasuke starts off the game by putting down a pair of threes. Kyo continues and beats it with a pair of eights. Tohru passes and Yuki beats it with a pair of jacks. Sasuke puts down a pair of twos, forcing everyone else to pass immediately. He then continues by putting down four queens.

"Revolution." An huge anger mark appears on Kyo's forehead. He can't reverse the revolution and all his cards are high ranked. So he puts down an ace. Tohru, now with a bigger smile on her face, puts down a ten. Yuki continues with a six of hearts. Sasuke notices this and puts down a five of hearts.

"Shibari." Another anger mark appears on Kyo's head. He doesn't have any hearts low enough to beat it, so he passes. Tohru puts down a four of hearts and Yuki passes. Sasuke beats it all with a three of hearts. Everyone passes again letting Sasuke put down what ever he wants. He puts down three eights. Kyo gets even more mad because his only trio are nines and because of the revolution, he can't put it, so he passes. Tohru puts down three fours. Yuki passes, then Sasuke. Tohru then puts down an two aces. Yuki puts down a pair of kings. Sasuke puts down a pair of sixes, with both the same suit.

"Shibari again Kyo, and I win. I'm the Dai Fugo." Kyo passes and the game continues on. At the end of the first game, Sasuke has two points, Yuki has one point, and Kyo and Tohru both at the Dai Hin Mins. Kyo finally bursts.

"I don't get it! You said this is your first time playing!" Kyo yells.

"It is." Sasuke replies.

"Then how come you knew everything so well?! You knew exactly how to play you cards!" Kyo yells more.

"He is right you know. That was very clever of you. Putting down a pair of twos, then using a revolution with four queens, seeing is how the rest of your cards are low ranks. You played extremely well." Yuki comments.

"When I read the directions, I immediately caught on. It was like a game I used to play before a lot. The only thing that was really different was the titles and the plays. So I just played cleverly. Now, can we start another game? I would like to imply my new rule, if I may." He begins shuffling the cards.

"What rule might that be?" Kyo grumbles.

"Now, you can play a set of five cards. You know, like in poker or rummy. Like, full house, straight, flushes, straight flush, and the highest, royal flush, oh and the suits have values. Diamonds is the highest, then hearts, spades, and clovers is the lowest. Now it'll just be like the game I used to play, except that the four of a kind represents something else." Sasuke explains.

"Can you explain it to us?" Tohru asks.

"You don't know what they are?!" Sasuke yells in surprise. They all nod afterward. "All right. I'll tell you in order of value. A straight is a series, like 5-6-7-8-9 and can be any suit. Flushes it when you have five cards of the same suit. Full house is when you put a pair and a trio together. A straight flush is merely a flush and a straight put together. And the highest, the royal flush, and a straight flush that goes up to the king. So it has to be 9-10-J-Q-K. Do you get it now?" They all nod. "Okay! Let's get this game started.

After twenty minutes, the game ended, with Kyo emerging as the winner, Sasuke in second, and Yuki and Tohru last.

"Looks like I'm still the Dai Fugo, but Tohru's now the Dai Hin Min." Sasuke points out. "Do you guys still want to play, because I'm getting a little hungry now." Sasuke asks them.

"I'm getting a little bored with this, because I keep ending up losing. So I'll go and cook dinner now. Tohru gets up and goes to the kitchen.

"I really don't want to play anymore, but if you want to I'll continue." Yuki offers.

"No, that's okay. I'll go and watch TV. Wanna watch Kyo?" he asks with his arms folded behind his head.

"Yeah sure." They both get up and watch TV together.

"Hmm (Those two have really grow towards each other. I would have never expected something like this happening to Kyo, or even me for that matter.)" Yuki leaves and goes to his room. After thirty minutes of watching whatever's on the tube, Tohru finally calls out to everyone to come and eat dinner. Sasuke quickly jumps up and runs to the dining room. Kyo, Yuki, and Shigure come strolling in after him. They all sit and eat, in Shigure's words, the delicious meal that our little Tohru worked so hard to make for each of us.

They ate their dinner in silence, which is a first, because Sasuke always has something to say, but for the moment he couldn't really think about anything that he could talk about that wasn't personal. During dinner, he remembers how Kyo always goes on the roof, so he decides that after dinner, he'd ask Kyo if he could teach him how to get up there.

Sasuke quickly finishes his food, drinks, and waits for Kyo to finish. Kyo looks over towards Sasuke and notices that he's staring at him. Kyo puts down his chopsticks and sighs. "Okay, what do you want now?" he asks in a kind of annoyed tone.

"I noticed how you go on the roof a lot. Can you teach me how you get up there?" Sasuke asks, while beaming at Kyo like he's his idol or something.

Kyo sighs again, in a nicer way. "(This kid's too much.) Sure, after dinner we'll go on the roof. Now, can I finish my dinner?" Kyo requests of Sasuke, like if he was asking permission.

"Oh, yeah, sorry. I'll wait outside." Sasuke jumps up and exits the house through the back. The rest then stare at Kyo. Being the way he is, he notices this too.

"WHAT?!" Kyo yells. Tohru, Yuki, and Shigure just smile at his and continue eating. "Grr, why can't you all just mind your own business?!"

"I'm sorry, but it's kind of hard to not notice something happening right in front of you." Yuki points out.

"Grr, whatever." Kyo quickly gobbles up the rest of his food so he can get away from Yuki and Shigure. He puts his plate away and heads outside to Sasuke. He opens the door and signals Sasuke to follow him. "Come on Sasuke, I'll show you how to get on the roof now."

"Great! Let's go!" Sasuke quickly jumps up onto his feet and just before he jumps of the step, he trips. "WOAH!!"

"SASUKE!!! WATCH OUT!!" Kyo reaches out his arm to grab Sasuke, but only succeeds in making Sasuke grab his beads and slipping them off before he fell. Kyo's face immediately goes to shock as his beads are removed. "(SHIT!!! NO! This can't be happening!!)" Kyo puts his hands on his face and tries to hide from Sasuke. Sasuke gets up and brushes the dirt away from his clothes, then notices Kyo.

"Kyo? What's happening?" Sasuke asks, very confused.

"Sasuke! Get away!" The transforming begins. Sasuke eyes widen in shock as Kyo transforms into his true form right in front of Sasuke.

"YUKI! TOHRU! SOMETHING'S HAPPENING TO KYO!!!" Sasuke yells out for the two. Instantly, Yuki slides open the door with Tohru beside, only to see Kyo's true form.

"No!" Yuki and Tohru both quietly say in shock.

"(Not in front of Sasuke! NO!!!)" Kyo yells in his mind putting his hands on his head. Sasuke just stares at Kyo, doing nothing, saying nothing. Kyo sees the shock in Sasuke's face, then just starts running away into the forest, like he did with Tohru. "(Why?! Why now?! Of all people why him?!)" Kyo yells as he runs away, into a different area than last time.

Back at the house, "That's why Kyo wears those beads, to keep that form sealed." Yuki explains to Sasuke, then he asks "Are you scared of it?"

All senses finally come back to him. "No." He answers without hesitation. Tohru and Yuki both hear this and are surprised by his answer.

"Y..you're not scared?" Tohru asks. "Why?"

"Because, I know that it's still Kyo." After saying that, Sasuke runs after him. "(Kyo, why'd do run away? Did you think that I'd be scared, that because I'm still a kid that something like this would scare me or make me hurt you? Well, you're WRONG!!!)" Sasuke yells in his head as he chases Kyo.

Back at the house, Yuki and Tohru go up to Shigure's room to tell him what happened. "What was all the commotion outside? I heard Sasuke yelling for both of you." Shigure asks, half serious, half joking.

Yuki gulps, "Kyo transformed into his true form, right in front of Sasuke."

Tohru continues, "Sasuke was just staring at him, then Kyo ran away and Sasuke chased after him. Do you think it'll work out? Like it did with me." Tohru asks Shigure.

Shigure thinks for a bit then answers, "Well, knowing Kyo, he'd think that since Sasuke saw his true form, that Sasuke would be either too scared of him to even speak to him again, or that he'd think that he's a freak and stay away from him. BUT, I've come to know Sasuke's personality very well, and what I think is that Sasuke wouldn't let this get to him. He'd probably look past Kyo's form and see the real Kyo. I think that everything will be just fine, like it did with Tohru." They both agree with Shigure, hoping that he's right, then Shigure decides to joke a little about it. "Besides, there's no rain to slow down Kyo or Sasuke, and no Akito or Kazuma, so it shouldn't be as hard." Yuki then smacks Shigure on the head.

"This is no time to be joking!" Yuki scolds him.

Back in the forest, Kyo stops at his place and sits there with his hands on his face screaming. "(NNOOO! I can't believe Sasuke saw me!!! It's over now! He'll think I'm a freak and stay away from me! That look on his face, it was like he was staring at a freak and didn't know what to say. And everything was going just fine!)" Kyo screams in his head as he runs through the forest, events when he was a kid begin flashing back to him. Times when people saw his true form and looked at him with disgust or ran away.

Kyo can't think straight anymore, all he wants to do is to get away from everything at the moment, so he continues to run. He would've thought that everything would be fine like with Tohru, but Sasuke was a different case. He's just recently turned thirteen and has only known the Sohma family for a few weeks. Why wouldn't he be freaked by Kyo's true form.

After a few more minutes of running, Kyo finally stops to rest, near the clearing of the forest. Sasuke, not far behind, is still trying to catch up with Kyo, knowing that he only ran straight, making finding Kyo easier. Even though his energy is quickly draining, Sasuke still continues to run after Kyo, wanting to set things right for both of them.

He continues running, lucky for him that he's a fast runner and after a minute, he reaches the clearing of the forest where Kyo's resting. He sees Kyo's true form, sitting there with its hands on its head, yelling. Sasuke was panting a lot, trying to regain his breath before talking with Kyo. He stays in his position, hoping that Kyo wouldn't notice him and run away.

After he regains enough energy, he approaches Kyo. "(Slowly Sasuke, if you make a sound he'll notice you and run.)" He then accidentally steps on a twig. "(CRAP!)" Kyo instantly turns to him and gets ready to run away. "WAIT!! Don't run away." Sasuke yells towards him.

Kyo sees looks into Sasuke's eyes and stops for him. "Why are you running away like? Were you afraid that I wouldn't like you anymore because a different form you've taken? Why are you so afraid of yourself?! No one can ever accept you if you can never except yourself!" Tears begin forming around Sasuke's eyes. "That's what my closest friend told me." Kyo's eyes widen at Sasuke's speech. "Kyo, you know I look up to you, and that I love you like you were part of my family. Why would you think something like this would make me hate you? Did the same thing happen with Tohru? If it did, then everything must've worked out, because she's still lives with you guys. Why am I any different?!" He begins crying more.

"Is it because you haven't known me for that long, or that I'm younger. Sure, I'm a little freaked by your true form, but I still care about you! I know that I can't be scared, because even if you look different, even if you look scary, you're still Kyo Sohma, the person I look up to and admire." Tears are now flowing down Sasuke's face.

"I've never cried like this for anyone, without being mad. This is the first time I've ever cried for anyone, because I cared for them." He walks up to Kyo and lifts up his hand. "Here, this belongs to you." He slips on Kyo's beads, then runs back the way he came. "(Kyo, I still care for you, but it'll be hard if you try and hide everything about you from me.)" He continues to cry as he runs back. Suddenly, a sharp pain enters his side. "(Damn! I forgot that I just ate! Damn cramps!)"

The cramp hurt him so much that he couldn't even walk. So he just lay there and waited. Kyo is still in place, remembering what Sasuke said. "(No one can ever accept you if you can never except yourself! I know that I can't be scared, because even if you look different, even if you look scary, you're still Kyo Sohma, the person I look up to and admire.)" Then the beads start taking action and Kyo returns to himself. He immediately starts running to catch up with Sasuke and finds him laying on the ground, attempting to get up.

He picks him up and looks at him in the eyes. "Sasuke, I'm so sorry. I've should've known better."

Sasuke smiles at him. "It's okay. I don't know how I would've reacted if I turned into a scary monster." Kyo gives him a small noogie.

"Come on, let's go home." Kyo carries Sasuke the rest of the way home. When the house is in sight, Sasuke's already resting in Kyo's arms, like a small child. Tohru's outside waiting for both of them to return. She sees them emerge from the forest, Kyo holding the sleeping Sasuke.

She smiles and shouts in her head, "(That's so cute! I knew everything would work out.)" She runs to Kyo and takes Sasuke from him.

From above by the window, the mouse is watching everything happening outside and smiles at the scene below. "(I'm happy for them, Sasuke and Kyo.)"

Shigure then appears outside and helps out Kyo. "Ah, I see that you've finally decided to return. Tohru and Yuki were all worried but I knew that everything would be fine. Everything did work out fine, did it? (In such a short amount of time. Sasuke's good.)" He asks, uncertain of what answer he'll get.

Kyo gets mad at the dog who's acting like an idiot. "Yeah you stupid dog! Of course everything worked out." Kyo sits down and rests for a while.

A few hours later he wakes up. "You know, what have you all been doing while we were gone anyway?"

"I've been worrying for both of you the entire time." Tohru admits.

"Oh, thanks."

"I was still working. Like I said, I knew everything was going to work out." Shigure answers while pointing a finger up.

"That's why you asked me if everything worked out fine." Kyo says in an 'in your face' tone.

"All right fine. I'm hungry now. Tohru, can you be so kind as to whip us something to eat?" Shigure asks Tohru, in his same usual tone and expression.

"Of course! Are you hungry too Kyo?" Tohru asks, being as polite and loving as she always is.

"Yeah sure." He then looks around. "Where's Sasuke?"

Sasuke enters the living room, he just took a shower. "You called?"

"Hey you!" Kyo wraps his arm around Sasuke neck and gives him a big hug.

"Hey! I just took a shower! You should too." Kyo then smells himself.

"I guess you're right." He lets go of Sasuke and goes upstairs to take a shower.

"Kyo, dinner will be ready in half an hour. Be sure to be finished then." Tohru yells out.

"Sure thing. I'll be finished." He takes his shower. Yuki comes downstairs afterwards.

"Hey everyone. How are doing Sasuke?"

"I'm fine, why do you ask?" he has a confused look on his face.

"Well, you were chasing after Kyo in the forest and collapsed when you were coming back. I was wondering if you were okay." Yuki admits.

"Oh that. Yeah, it was just a cramp, nothing more." He tells him.

"That's good. Miss Honda's cooking dinner correct?"

"Yup! It's going to be ready in less that thirty minutes."

"In that case I'll watch TV while I wait. Wanna watch with me?" Yuki offers.

"Sure!" He jumps up and follows Yuki into the next room. After a few, dinner's ready and Tohru calls out for everyone. Kyo and Shigure come downstairs and Yuki with Sasuke come into the dining room. They eat and talk at the same time, all enjoying themselves.

After they all finish, it was already past ten. "I guess time flies when Kyo transforms." Shigure jokes.

"Urusai, baka!" Kyo yells with an anger mark on his head.

"Kyo, that wasn't suppose to insult you." Sasuke informs the neko.

"Oh, oops." Kyo sits back and turns red in embarrassment.

Shigure then stretches. "I guess we should all turn in. it's been a long day and you four still have school tomorrow." They all nod and head for their rooms.

In Tohru's room, Sasuke then asks Tohru something. "Tohru, is it okay if I start sleeping with Kyo?" Sasuke asks his older cousin.

She smiles. "That's sweet, of course you can. Who am I to stop you? You can stay with him for the rest of your stay if you want." Tohru tells him, not letting it bother her.

"Thanks!" He hugs her. "But wouldn't you want me to stay with you still?" he asks, considering her feelings first.

"Well, it will be a little lonelier, but I think it'll make Kyo happier than me if you stay with him." she tells him

He nods. "Hai! Let me get my stuff." Before he enters Tohru's room, she stops him.

"I think you should tell Kyo first."

"Oh, hai." He dashes to Kyo's room and knocks.

He wakes up and asks in an annoyed voice "Who is it? What do you want?"

"It's me Sasuke!" He answers happily. The door instantly unlocks and opens.

"Yes?" Kyo smiles.

"I asked Tohru and she's okay with it. Can I stay with you for the rest of the time I'm here?" Sasuke asks, with no uncertainty.

Kyo bends down and gives him a pat on the back. "Of course you can. It's been getting lonely in here." Kyo smiles at him.

Sasuke opens his mouth in great joy. "Come on! Can you help me move my stuff?" He runs over to Tohru's room.

"Sure. You don't have a lot of stuff right?" Kyo asks before helping.

"No, but I want you to help anyway." Sasuke tells him.

"(What a kid!) Whatever." They both move Sasuke's stuff to Kyo's room, they then get into bed together.

"Kyo, no matter what happens, you'll always be my big brother. I love you." Sasuke then drifts to sleep.

Kyo then puts his hand on Sasuke's head and rubs it a little. "I love you too, lil' brother. I will not let anything bad ever happen to you. I promise." After his promise, Kyo falls asleep.

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AB-Angel: FINISHED!!!!!

Tohru: Sitting on the couch crying

AB-Angel: What's wrong Tohru?

Tohru: That was such a sweet chapter! I love reading it! Can't you make more chapters like this?

AB-Angel: Uh sorry dear, but writing sweet things aren't exactly my forte. I tend to go on the cheesy side when I'm writing like that.

Tohru: But it was so sweet!

AB-Angel: Please, give it a break! Looks over and sees Kyo and Sasuke playing together and having a really good time Ahh, I'm good!

Yuki: It seems that your writing has made Kyo a better person.

AB-Angel: I guess. Do you really think so?

Yuki: How long has it been since he challenged me to a fight?

AB-Angel: You're right, he has become a better person. Looks in the corner and sees Shigure crying I sigh okay now, why are 'you' crying? This better be good!

Shigure: Because there's no romance! Your chapter disappointed me! I thought they meant love in a romantic way!

AB-Angel: You ..... are ...... dis ...... gust ..... ing! I knew you were perverted but not this much! Good grief man, Sasuke's thirteen years old, and Kyo's seventeen! And they're both GUYS!!!! What 'is' your problem?!

Shigure: I really don't know. I just enjoy that kind of stuff.

AB-Angel: Yuki, can you please? Kyo's busy at the moment.

Yuki: I was waiting for you to ask me. Pops knuckles and throws out Shigure

AB-Angel: Thank you! Bows down to him Now, where were we?

Yuki: You just ended the chapter and now you're going to beg the readers to review so you may be inspired to write more and faster.

AB-Angel: You've caught on. Now people! You read Yuki's comment, REVIEW REVIEW!!!! All weird conversations at the end of the chapters stop at this one. There are two chapters left! Please save your cheering for the reviews. You will discover why my weird conversations with the characters end here after reading Chapter 7- Zodiac Research. Certain Zodiacs may return in this chapter. Oh, and sorry Shigure fans for picking on him. It's just so fun to pick on him! Anyways, REVIEW!!!! I want this story finished and the more reviews I get, the faster it 'will' be completed!!!!! See you next chapter. Also, I liked to thank everyone who's reading and voting for my newer FB fic, Fanfics by the Zodiac. You should know what it's about by its title. I know I'm writing too much here, so bye bye!!!