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Vampires
By: Twilight Kitsune
Chapter the Fourth: Nightmares
Tohru woke to find herself on the couch in her apartment. She had no idea how she had gotten there, all she knew was that she was safe and something smelled really, really good. Rising carefully and favoring her aching body as best she could, Tohru found her way into the kitchen where Kagura was cooking breakfast. Kagura turned around at the sound of footsteps and waved her to a seat at the table.
"Where did you go to last night?" Kagura asked as she turned her attention back to the stove.
"For a walk." Tohru answered, still unsure if she should tell Kagura what had really gone on last night.
"Did you forget your key, or did you just feel like sleeping in the hall?" Tohru rolled the question over in her head. How had she gotten home? Last she knew Kyou had run off and left her standing there all alone.
"I think I forgot my keys."
"You think or you know?"
"I know." she answered, a bit shaken at Kagura's coolness. When had she gotten so bitter? The two sat in silence for several minutes. The sizzling of breakfast was the only sound that could be heard beside the quiet chirp of birds outside. Tohru rose and wandered into the new sunlight that was spilling through the window. Why had Kyou been acting so weird? First he found her in the alley, she was grateful for that, and then he freaked out and ran away. What was going on?
Kyou picked his way carefully toward home. He was hungry, but his conscious was now haunting him, and every time he tried to eat he saw Tohru's horrified face. As it got later, he headed into the sewers. It was dark, dank and much like the cell he'd been sired in, though a bit more open. Hunger was eating at his stomach as he worked his way carefully forward until he could take it no longer and caught the nearest living thing; a rat. It took several rats to stop the gnawing of his stomach, and as he finished what had to be the twentieth rat he found himself looking at the sewer hatch which lead home. Carefully climbing up, he let his instincts carry him silently to his room, where he collapsed into bed. For several minutes he scrutinized the pitch-blackness that engulfed his room in its entirety; sleep was eluding him for the first time in months, and his nerves were not helping the situation. After a while he finally sunk into a restless sleep, full of dreams.
He found himself chasing the blond policewoman down through the series of alleyways that he knew so well. It was a dreary night and a heavy mist had settled over the city, making the human even more paranoid than usual. She turned down a new alley and Kyou laughed aloud, all the fear rolling off of her making him a bit giddy. The woman gained speed as a new wave of adrenaline rushed through her veins and Kyou followed, laughing. They turned into a new alley, and another, and another, until the woman found herself cornered. Kyou started toward her, his hunger driving him. He never saw the gun, though he heard the bullet come whizzing forward to hit him squarely in the stomach. He flew backward and hit the ground, but before the woman could move, he leapt up and sunk his teeth into her with a growl. He lost himself in the kill, and never even felt her feeble struggling, nor the gentle kiss of the rain as it started to fall from the heavens. Police sirens started coming for him, and he pulled away, looking down at the near dead girl. His shock was echoed in a startled squeal from the thin brunette in his arms.
"Tohru…" he said as he looked into her eyes and watched the gentle film of pure white sweep over her eyes as she lost strength, and life. The gentle new rain ran down her fearful face as she looked upon her murderer. As Kyou felt her heart slow, he held her close and ignored the coming wail of sirens.
"I'm sorry Tohru, I'm so sorry…"
Kyou's eyes shot open, and to take in what he thought would be a jail cell, but he was wrong. The familiar darkness of his room was all that greeted him, no bailiff or executioner, just the familiar darkness he so often allied himself with. Rising carefully, Kyou pulled himself to the edge of his bed. His thoughts raced and whirled around in his head, and it took him several minutes to get everything straight. He remembered being human, and being cursed. He remembered that night when Miji had nearly killed him, and when Shibo had sired him. He remembered killing nightly; partially for the need to, but mostly for the thrill of it. He also remembered the night before when he had nearly killed Tohru. After that, almost everything was a blur. He remembered carrying Tohru to her hotel room, and leaving her on the doorstep, and he remembered his dinner, but all else seemed lost. Climbing to his feet, he dressed and headed out to train.
Tohru walked along the sidewalk, idly making sure her feet missed the cracks. Kagura's voice seemed a long way off as Tohru delved deeply into her thoughts. The horrified look on Kyou's face kept popping into Tohru's mind as she tried to think. Where could he be? Why was he afraid of Tohru? Was it something she had said or done? All night his startled face haunted her, depriving her of a good night's sleep. Random reasons for his fear came pelting at her again and again. Maybe he had amnesia and the familiarity of her face startled him, or maybe he was staying away from her in order to keep the curse broken. Maybe he was ashamed, or hiding something, but then what was he hiding? A sharp jolt of pain preceded by a thump pulled Tohru back into the real world as she found herself wrapped around a pole.
"Tohru! Are you alright?!" asked Kagura as she helped Tohru sit down on the sidewalk.
"Yes, it's just a minor bump, I'm fine." she answered as she rubbed her head.
"You need to pay attention to where you're going." scolded Kagura. "And you need to tell me what has been bothering you so much lately."
"It's nothing." Tohru said, holding back tears.
"It's something." said Kagura as she helped Tohru toward the apartment. "We'll talk more when we get to the apartment."
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AN: Well, how did everyone like chapter 4? I really can't think of much to say, so I guess I'll see y'all next chapter which should be out in a couple of days. 'Till then, JA!
TK