Fruits Basket © Natsuki Takaya

"Hatori, what did you need to speak with me about?" Tohru asked Hatori as they reached the backyard of Shigure's house.

"Kyo's future once high school is over for him." Hatori said. He looked up at the window that belongs to Kyo's room and saw Kyo looking down on them for only a brief moment.

"What's going to happen to Kyo after high school? Won't he be going to college with Yuki and me?" Tohru asked Hatori; she began fidgeting with her fingers. "I mean nothing's going to happen to Kyo, right?"

"I'm afraid that he won't be going to college with Yuki and you. Since Akito told Kyo that by the end of high school he would be locked away in the cage for the rest of his life." Hatori said sadly.

"That's can't be true! It isn't fair his life is going to be spent on inside a cage doing what? Nothing? Just watching the world goes by as he looks outside the window?" Tohru couldn't believe how harsh Akito was being.

"There's nothing we can do to help Kyo. That's the path he must take for being cursed with the cat. Kyo knows this and he's willing to be locked up for his entire life away for the rest of the world." Hatori told Tohru. "You know, before you started living with Yuki and Kyo. They would always fight, nonstop, and they would always want to be alone, away from people. But now, you changed them in so many ways that we, the Sohma family, could not even name."

"I'm glad that I helped out, but still having Kyo locked away isn't fair at all! What did he do to deserve such horrible life?" Tohru asked Hatori, tears were being to fall from her brown orbs, but she quickly wiped them away.

"He did nothing but live a life with the curse of the cat." Hatori said quietly but loud enough for Tohru to hear. "But there is a way to keep him away from the cage."

That sparked up Tohru's interest. "There's a way?" Hatori nodded; Tohru walked up to him and grabbed his hand. "Please, Hatori, tell me how I can prevent Kyo from being locked up in the cage."

"It's not you that can keep him away, it's Yuki." Hatori said as Tohru looked up. "Kyo must be able to beat Yuki in a fight, but the only problem is would Yuki agree to letting Kyo win? We all know that Kyo could never beat Yuki, but if Yuki pretends to fight, Kyo may have a chance in defeating Yuki."

"I can always ask Yuki. I'm sure that he will agree to this." Tohru said happily, but in reality she was having doubts of her own. "Oh yes, is this all you wanted to talk to me about?"

"Just one more thing, Kyo has been rejected for his entire life so his heart is very fragile. Even though after all his rejections, he was still able to move on. But there would always be a barrier around his heart. But now, his barrier and his heart have been broken by you. Thus I cannot say that his heart can ever be repair."

"I am not sure what you mean…" Tohru begun, but was interrupted by Hatori as he sighed and shook his head.

"You can be dense at time, Tohru, but I guess this is the first time that two boys have ever had a crush on you. What I'm saying is that Kyo only wanted one thing this past few months that you have live there, and that thing was you. But you have chosen Yuki, and by chosing Yuki, you had shattered his hopes of everything.

Yuki couldn't stand waiting any longer. He was already being to pace a hole in the ground. "What is taking them so long?" He asked himself, just then the paper door opened relieving Hatori and Tohru. Yuki walked up to Tohru and saw that her eyes were rede and puffy. "What did you say to her, Hatori?"

"Please don't start fighting. Yuki, you don't need to worry about our talk, everything's fine." Tohru said to Yuki as she tried to put on her best smile, but failed. "I'm sorry. I'm just really tired right now. Please excuse me; I am going to head to bed now."

As Tohru left the room, Yuki turned to Hatori. "You better not have said anything to her that is going to cause a problem in my relationship with her. By the way, Shigure told me that he said farewell." With that Yuki left the room and started walking to Tohru's room to comfort his flower.

"I just hope that I made the right decision by telling her." Hatori said to himself as he walked to Shigure's room to bid him farewell.

Kyo walked out of his room and saw Yuki walking into Tohru's room. His eyes were still red, but he didn't care. He walked over to Tohru's room and places his hand on her door, wanting to see what was up. But when he heard Yuki's voice he decided not to. "Tohru, don't cry. Just tell me what you and Hatori talked about."

"It's not important. Yuki, can you stay with me tonight?" Kyo heard Tohru asked Yuki, and heard Yuki answered her with a yes. He clenched his fist, hoping that the pain in his heart would go away, but it decided not to.

Kyo ran back to his room, new tears were beginning to appear once more. "Damn it to hell." He furiously wiped away his tears, but a new set of tears arise once more. "Why…why can't this pain just go away? And let me be, why must it haunt me like this?" His voice was trembling as he walked to his window and looked up at the full moon. 'Can my pain ever be relive?'