Author's note: I am so sorry my reviewers for not updating as i used to but school is swampin' me! I'll do my best and will continue updating as soon and much as i can between school, activities, friends, etc.

This is my little early Halloween gift for you, by Hallows Eve all my stories will have at least one chapter updated on them . Enjoy! Red Tail

Last time:

'Don't worry, Kyou,' Her mind cooed to him though he wasn't near her yet. 'Don't worry, I'll make sure that you won't get hurt again even if I hurt you. Something like this should never have happened.'

She crept up the stairs as she heard the light shuffling of feet on the floor. She looked down on the tray of food she had prepared for the cat of the zodiac.

:FLASHBACK:

"The doctor said that Kyou didn't WANT to get better!?" Shigure exclaimed after hearing the whole story from both Kagura and Tohru.

"This is all my fault." Tohru thought sadly. It really was all her fault, a huge misunderstanding...

She remembered feeling odd, something was holding her in a trance and she swore she though she saw a bright light. It certainly wasn't lightning, though it was raining heavily and sometimes streaks lit the air.

A whiteness clouded her vision and she felt the softness of feathers it seemed, but she was quickly returned to reality and was shocked to see...Kyou standing there. She blinked and took a sharp intake of breath and noticed the beads that lay discarded on the ground.

The master's eyes were on the young girl the whole time, seemingly silently begging her to give Kyou a light that had been diminished long ago.

Kyou turned swiftly and ran through the forests, his rushed and jerky motions showing he was clearly in emotional pain.

Tohru's umbrella slipped through her hands and fell to the mud as she took off running after the cat in her high heels and instantly regretted what had happened.

"It never should have been like this!" She shouted to the sky as if in forgiveness. "It never should have happened like this!"

Shigure looked at the young girl oddly, noticing the distant look in her eyes as he lightly tapped her on the shoulder and pulled back when she jerked in reality.

"Tohru?" Kagura asked with a little bit of concern. She was obviously still upset over what Tohru had done to Kyou, though it was obvious it wasn't intentionally her fault.

"I'm afraid that we never should have done this." Shigure bowed his head in a weeping sorrowful manner. "We shall go to the Sohma house immediately, then Hotaru can erase your memories."

"No." Tohru said with esteem in herself. "I won't just leave a problem and let Kyou suffer because of what I did." She smiled sadly. "Besides, I couldn't imagine not being able to forget you, all of you."

"Tohru, maybe you and Kagura should go and see if Kyou is all right. We need to get some food into his system." Yuki said solemnly.

This whole thing seemed to effect them all deeply. Though the cat was always the outcast of the zodiac signs, it seemed that Kyou had draw them all tighter than they had been with his brash but rough exterior. With him slowly dying before their eyes, the knot that held them together was slowly loosening and unraveling into a pile of yarn; all separate and not tied together anymore.

"All right, Yuki-kun." Tohru said with a little worry. 'For you Kyou and for all of us, please get better.' She prayed silently while she went about trying to prepare a meal for everyone and a special one for Kyou.

She smiled as she looked at what she had made afterward, a rice ball and one with a plum in it's back reminding her of when she had talked heart to heart with Kyou.

She had made him some chicken and also some broccoli, not leeks and then some miso soup just the way he liked it. If miso were in anything else, then he'd be damned before he ate it. She figured since he was so weak they should start on lighter foods and slowly build up.

She grabbed a tray and set all of the food onto it and slowly made her way to the stairs and climbed them slowly so as not to spill any food though she heard shuffling from Kyou's room.

'Odd.' She thought with a cock of her head and a raised eyebrow in question. 'He shouldn't be up!'

:END FLASHBACK:

She stood there, at the door as her smile that was plastered onto her face dropped a bit when she remembered there was nothing cheery at all about this situation.

"Kyou?" She knocked and then opened the door as she stood there and let the tray fall with a loud crash, startling the other's below who were silently eating their meals, listening for anything.

"K-Kyou...?" Tohru's eyes were wide with shock.

The orange-headed boy looked up with dead eyes to the young teenager and stared at her with a dead look in his eyes. He held a razor in his hand right above his left hand's wrists. He set it down upon the skin and turned away from her.

'What would it matter?' Were his thoughts. He closed his eyes and took his last breath of the world that had hated him so much. He was broken; a bird with crushed wings.

He heard the pitter patter of the fresh raindrops falling and let a smile creep upon his face with this. Everything had happened on a rainy day...everything that reminded him of the monster he really was.

"No!" Tohru screamed, lunging for him when she was able to finally move. Tears rolled down her eyes as she tried vainly to reach the person in suffering. Kyou, her Kyou was in pain because of her. (A/n: don't take this as a pairing if you want to or not; I don't think I'll do any love/romance.)

Whatever happened to this fairy tales happy ending?

TBC

Author's note:

This is my Halloween gift for all my reviewers, as i said before and I am thoroughly sorry for not updating when I had the chance (not that I really had one since I've been swamped). Happy Halloween and I hope that you review! . Which will have more reviews? Gundam Wing or Fruit's Basket? Dun dun dun! Auf Weidersehen and I hope for you all to review/flame. Sorry if I spelled a name or two wrong...my fault entirely. Oh, yes and have a lot of fun on Halloween or Mischief night! Get lots-o-candy (who can resist FREE candy?)

Yours truly, Red Tail