AN:Thank SO MUCH to da reviewers. I don't really think I ever had fans who really liked the story. Probably becuz my other stories I wrote spur of the moment and a long while ago when I was inexperienced and just started this...I was never into them either, but I am TOTALLY into this one. It's so fun to write! This one tho is probably the saddest one so far becuz of the Aya Yuki situation. But don't worry, I couldn't write a story without humor if you locked me in a funeral home for ten years straight in the dark Sad huh, I laugh too much..and talk you prob want da story, so here goes!

Snake Tears

In the few days they had forked money out of Shigure, boughten plane tickets, and were scheduled to leave Friday (tomorrow). They had started attending school agin, but still hadn't come up with an excuse to tell them. If they used the vacation line all of their teachers would insist that they would still have time to do their homework (they'd be just a little busy). Besides, whoever heard of an unsupervised vacation? And if they said it was a family emergency, why wouldn't the rest of the family be going too (Did they have any family in Ecuador)? They gave up and figured they'd cross that bridge when they got to it.


As Kyo, Yuki and Tohru approached the house after school, they could hear Ayame yelling at Shigure. "He's NOT going! It's too dangerous! I won't let him!"

"Aya, it's going to happen whether they go or not, would you rather them be kidnapped?"

"Of course not! I'll hire a bodyguard or something! Heck, I'll hire ten bodyguards!"

"Aya they're already going." Shigure said seriously.

"NO! Yuki will see my light of reason."

"I doubt it, he's still sore at you." Aya saw them walk up through the window.

"Ah, here they come now!" Yuki came in first, walking quickly, not bothering to talk or even look at anyone. "YUki I..." There was a loud slam and a faint click.

"Aya we should probably go now." Hatori said. Kyo and Tohru looked over at him He'd been so quiet, they hadn't noticed him.

"But Ha'ri! Yuki...I...he..."

"You can go tomorrow and see him off." he replied sternly.

"But I want to see him now!" Ayame whined.

"He's locked in his room, you won't see him anyway." Pouting, Aya followed Hatori outside. They heard the car engine start, then get quieter and quieter, until it faded away.

"Yuki please come back out here!" Tohru called. No answer. "He's gone!" But yuki didn't make a sound.


"Ha'ri he hates me!"

"He doesn't hate you Ayame."

"Well he certainly doesn't love me. He doesn't even like me."

"He's just a little shaken up, you did drop him from three stories in the air."

"You should've seen his face Hatori." Aya started choking up. He was solemn, almost gaunt. "He...he had hatred...pure hatred...in his eyes..." Ayame broke down sobbing, they didn't talk again.


Tohru knocked softly on Yuki's door. "Dinner's ready. Please come eat with us." she coaxed. The handle slowly turned and the door creaked open. Yuki stood there looking more or less expressionless. He shrugged his shoulders.

"I guess." There wasn't much conversation that night. The silence seemed eerie.

"Come on you guys!" Tohru pressured. "This is your last night here, can't we at least talk?" This hit Yuki and kyo like a bomb. This very well could be their last night there. Ever. They might never see Tohru again. Almost immediately a conversation started up and continued well after dessert.


Kyo and Yuki slept fitfully that night. It seemed like they had just gotten to sleep when morning came. Their suitcases were already packed and sitting by the door. There was no way they could stall. The only thing left to do was what they dreaded. Leaving.

Despite how hard she tried, Tohru just couldn't stay in her normally happy and optimistic mood. They heard a honk outside. Hatori was there to escort them to the airport. Sighing heavily, Kyo and Yuki grabbed their bags and, followed by Tohru and Shigure, walked outside. Suddeny, without warning, Shigure crashed into the three teens. "Hey what gives?" he laughed, before freezing himself. Hatori had rented a limo! Hatori leaned his head out.

"Are you guys coming or not?"

"What's all this?"

"Everyone decided to come, and we didn't all fit in my car. Now hurry up or we'll be late!" Shigure took their bags and they all got in. Yuki climbed in first and to his disgust was forced to sit next to Aya. There was a long period of uncomfortable silence. Eventually though, everyone was talking to each other. Everyone that is, except Yuki and Ayame. Aya tapped Yuki on the shoulder.

"Yuki..." Yuki shook his head vigorously and continued on ignoring him. Ayame sighed and stared blankly and depressed out of the window. Yuki, not realizing how much he was acting like his older brother, took up staring at the leather floor (fancy limo huh?) And counting the specs of dust.

The ride over to the airport ended much to quickly for everyone. They all piled out of the limo and headed for the terminal. "Fifteen minutes until plane 146B may load. Fifteen Minutes!" They intercom buzzed some more about other planes, delays ect, then clicked off.


"ONE MINUTE UNTIL BOARDING! ONE MINUTE!" They entire Sohma clan (and Tohru) began long, slow, grieving goodbyes. Kagura was hysterically hanging all over Kyo. He never thought it was possible to wallow on a human. YUki walked over to Tohru.

"I guess this is it.' she said, tears welling up in her eyes.

"I guess so." Yuki gave Tohru the biggest hug known to man.

"I'll miss you." she whispered faintly. He kissed her on the cheek.

"I'll miss you to." He let g and moved on to saying goodbye to everybody else. Tohru stared after him until she was swept around.

"AHHH!"

"Shhhh." It was Kyo. He hugged her tightly for a long time. (Literally like a minute)

"Long hug." she said finally.

"It's in case I never get to do it again. Do you not like it?"

"Oh no! I do!"

"Good." They hugged a little more before, out of the blue, Tohru burst out crying. "Ah come on now! Don't get all mushy on me!" Tears were streaming down her face.

"I don't want you guys to go! I might never see you again!" she was wailing now.

"Ack! Don't worry we'll come back." he took her hands in his, which reduced her crying to sniffling. "Promise."

"NOW BOARDING!" After one last goodbye, YUki and kyo headed for the door, tickets in hand.

"Yuki wait!" It was Aya. (Kyo just got on the plane.) Yuki turned around slowly and faced him. 'Don't you want to say goodbye to me?" Nothing. "I'm your brother. I may not..ever see you...again..." he was crying now. Yuki took a deep breath. Aya's face looked slightly hopeful, but fell at Yuki's comment.

"Last time I trusted my feelings toward you," he stated flatly, "I nearly died." and with that he turned and got on the plane, without looking back. Shigure put a hand on Ayame's shoulder. His friend's eyes were bloodshot and full of misery.

After the plane took off and everyone got ready to leave, Ayame was nowhere to be found.


Yuki sat down next to Kyo, who had already grabbed the window seat. "What took you so long?"

"Huh? Oh, nothing important."

"Whatever." Kyo pulled on some headphones and started to watch the in-flight movie that had begun.

"I hate him." YUki muttered under his breath. "I hate him. I hate him. I hate him."


"He hates me!" Aya had started walking home, but had fallen to the ground bawling. "He hates me! He hates me! HE HATES ME!"

"Ayame is that you/" Hatori ran up to him, followed by Shigure who was waving his arms around wildly, just being plain stupid.

"Ayame! We have founded you!" But Aya wasn't in the mood for jokes. He curled up into a ball and leaned up against a nearby tree. Hatori sat down and put his arm around Ayame. Shigure, feeling embarrassed and a little put out that nobody laughed, switched into his serious (wise?) Mode, and knelt down next to his two best friends. "Aya I'm sure he

"You're sure he what?" Aya yelled, tears still falling. "You're sure he loves me? He's just upset? That's what Hatori said! Look how it turned out! He knew he may...may...may die, and yet he willingly refused to say goodbye to me."

"Aya he does love you. If something ever happened to you, I'm sure he'd be upset."

"That's what I thought too 'Gure. But I guess I was wrong." HE fell onto Shigure's chest. Crying into his shirt. Shigure hugged his friend, stroking his long, silver hair.

AN:Muwhahaha! Sorry this chappy is a little on the short side (3 pages? I suck!) It was the perfect cliffhanger, and I had to write small to fit the last sentence into the end of my notebook! hehe lol. ANYWAYS...I can't believe I've driven Aya into a psychotic hole of misery, that's my term for it. I FEEL BAD! I guess it was just Yuki's last straw. Hey, thanks so much again to the reviewers! I was so happy, I tried to type it all in one go late at night( I didn't c the reviews til that night). I got a page and a half away, but was too exhausted. O well, two days is pretty good rite? Hey, I g2g! HAPPY EASTER!