Disclaimer: I own nothing. Here's Chapter Ten, and of course credit goes to my friend Lakohta. Who just randomly decided to shout out Fork? "FORK" Yeah, I'm as confused as you are. Okay here you are, Chapter 10. I promise to try really hard to make Yuki seem less, exaggerated. But you know, it is a fanfiction, not so much hate people!

I'm sorry it took so long, I've been really busy. This chapter probably sucks, but work with me, I have other obligations

Chapter 10

Tohru awoke again waking at dawn and quickly washed and then began to cook breakfast. She left the meals on coolers as she started each new dish. Tohru hummed to herself quietly, not wanting to wake anyone with her early hours.

"Tohru?" Yuki asked sleepily as he walked into the kitchen. He pulled out his chair and sat down gloomily, and rested his head on the table.

"What's wrong with you sleepy head?" Tohru replied cheerfully as she slid a plate of food in front of him and a cup of juice.

"How do you wake up so early Tohru? You're not normal I swear" Yuki moaned

"You are disgustingly bright eyed and bushy tailed" Kyo snapped to Tohru as he entered the kitchen himself.

Tohru didn't know why Kyo was acting so harshly. They seemed to be fine yesterday. But Tohru just stared off a little while, feeling a tinge of hurt, but turned back and continued cooking.

"Stupid Cat" Yuki growled as he ate his eggs.

"Shut your trap Rat" Kyo barked back before sipping at his orange juice.

Already in these early hours there was a fight going on. The Sohmas were usually more docile and peaceful now a days, but I guess rivalries never fully die.

"You're in a good mood. What did you do Tohru?" Momiji asked sarcastically "You always make Kyo so uptight" he joked again,

"SHUT UP" Kyo replied slamming his fists into the table, not breaking it though, as he tried to control his energy. He left the table abruptly and grabbed his coat before walking out the door and slamming it behind him.

"What did I do?" Tohru asked nearing tears. I thought I was finally getting through to him as a friend, but now it seems I've only pushed him away. I only wanted to know about the Cat, ever since Kyoko told me that story, I always wanted to be the cat.

"Don't worry about that jack ass Tohru. You didn't do anything" Yuki replied as he took another bite of his breakfast. Momiji stood next to Tohru giving her a pleasant grin.

"Hey don't worry TorTor. Those two are never morning people" Momiji replied chuckling, which allowed Tohru to smile as well

"Where's Shigure?" Yuki asked bored.

"He's with Akito." Tohru replied quietly.

"Whatever for?" Yuki asked perking up an eyebrow.

"I'm not sure." Tohru replied quietly.

Yuki and Momiji already shrugged it off and grabbed their coats too. Haru entered the kitchen just as Tohru began clearing Yuki's plate. She then quickly handed him his meal.

"Thanks Tohru" he replied as his mouth opened wide with a yawn, to his surprise, he found an egg being shoved down his throat with a fork, and Momiji was only hysterically laughing. He fought hard to swallow down the food, and he stood up getting ready to chase Momiji.

((Lakohta my partner, now just randomly screams out "The Painter was caught red handed" HE ATE THE LEFTOVERS...' Yeah, I'm lost too...))

Tohru only let out a exasperated sigh, and she only just took away Haru's now empty dish. She took her coat from the hook, and left the room, leaving the three boys to fight over absolutely nothing important.

Yuki had noticed her departure, and he kept an eye on her as he followed her from a far. Tohru was so lost in her daze, that she didn't even notice him. Yuki picked up his pace until he now walked at her side.

"What's up with you Tohru? You usually stay around to watch the daily fights" Yuki asked

"Oh its nothing. I just wasn't in the mood, it can get a bit repetitious, I don't even notice the fights anymore" She answered him smiling. She fastened her grip around her pink backpack and continued to walk smiling at him.

"Yes, it seems as if those two will never grow up" Yuki replied with a charming smile.

"So it seems." She replied quietly. Tohru was still worried about Kyo. When they had arrived home last night, it was beginning to get late, and as they had entered the house, he only walked up to his room and slammed the door shaking the whole house. Tohru wondered, what could have happened.

Tohru and Yuki walked together to school quietly. But Yuki ended up cheering her up with his funny jokes and his loving smile. This was why he was the Prince, when he wanted to, he was a very understanding person. Tohru could only laugh along with him. As the two entered the school courtyard Tohru was given many nasty glares from the Prowlers. They whispered to each other, still their eyes locked upon her.

"I don't think they like me much" Tohru replied quietly walking with Yuki.

"Don't mind them. They're just stupid girls" Yuki replied rolling his eyes

"But they love you so much, and they have so much devotion. I wish I could love someone the way they did, with such a passion. You might want to just consider going out with one of them Yuki." Tohru replied, conjuring up some fantasies in her mind.

"They don't know me. The real me. Its hard, to associate myself with "normal" girls, because I'm afraid they'll find out. I wish I wasn't a Sohma sometimes, so I could be normal like them too, and just live an average life."

"You should be grateful for the gifts bestowed upon you. I know it must seem like a curse, cause well that is what you call it, but in the end, there is always a positive to things. I guess, you just have to search for it or something." Tohru replied gently.

"Sure Tohru, whatever you say" Yuki replied, unconvinced. Tohru just simply smiled and began to walk into the building. Yuki took her hand, she looked to him surprised, but he only smiled again "Lets walk together Tohru"

"Okay Yuki" Tohru replied gently, he squeezed her hand lightly, a some what happier look in his eyes.

As the two entered the classroom, the Prowlers were yet again sending Tohru hurtful and angry glances. She grimaced, feeling some what awkward, but Yuki only squeezed her hand again lightly, reassuring her he wanted to be with her, and not with them. Yuki seemed gentler today.

The morning classes went by relevantly quickly. Uo and Hana were still talking about the field trip, which was now only four days from now. The rest of the Sohmas and Kei were about, but no one seemed to speak to the other. Throughout the class, Yuki kept his chin resting in the palm of his hand, his eyes not affixed on the board, but on Tohru who's eyes would shift from the board to her notes as she wrote.

After a while, Tohru got bored, and Yuki watched as on the side of her page she slowly began to draw doodles. What started as a line, slowly grew into a lovely sketch of a rose, but he watched as she colored the petals black, and Yuki wondered why she would not allow it to be red? A rose symbolized love of course, so why was hers black?

Tohru looked up and was surprised to see Yuki staring at her. She gave a gentle smile and a small wave, and Yuki only grinned at her, mesmerized. The lunch bell rang, and everyone soon departed, Tohru as usual, fleeing to her sanctuary. Tohru was some what grateful to have this peaceful time to herself. Haru had not followed her today, it seemed like most of the Sohma's were off in their own worlds today. Kyo had not even said hello to her when she talked to him, she was completely brushed off.

Tohru walked about the courtyards garden, looking upon the lovely lilies.

"Those are your favorites aren't they Tohru?" called out Yuki as he slowly drew closer to her.

"Hello Yuki...and yes they are. They were Kyoko's favorites too." Tohru replied cheerfully as she let her fingers feel the delicate touch of the petals.

"This your hiding place?" He asked again

"I guess you could say so." She looked to him smiling. "Sometimes I just need to clear my head"

"Well everyone needs a place to hide. I have my own secret base too." He replied with a grin.

"A secret base really?" Tohru begins to imagine a secret base under the Sohma's house with secret agents and computer stuff.

Yuki grinned once more "I'll let you see it if you like"

"Really?!" Tohru asked excitedly.

"Sure, no big deal to me" He replied again. "We can go after school today okay?"

"Sure" Tohru replied.

The lunch bell rang, this day was going by so quickly. The two walked off to class. As the scampered through the hallway, Tohru accidentally bumped into someone and fell. She looked up to see Kyo, who had an angry look on his face.

"Would you watch where you're going idiot!" He barked.

"I'm sorry Kyo. I did not see you there." Tohru replied getting up and brushing herself off and gave a smile. Kyo only frowned in disgust and walked on without saying anything else.

Tohru just couldn't understand what was going on. Tohru walked into the class after him, and sat down quietly. The rest of the day was like that too. Everyone seemed to be "Blah" like a boring day. But Kyo just seemed so angry, she couldn't understand why.

The walk home was all too quiet as well. Cheerful Momiji was even silent. She figured it must've had to do with Haru's breakfast experience, but Momiji still managed a smile, which reassured her everything was all right. Yuki however, seemed very cheerful, which wasn't exactly rare, but he never seemed to beam this often.

The two walked side by side talking about just random things. As they arrived home, Tohru quickly cleaned and prepared dinner as fast as she could. Dinner was simple, rice, some cooked meats, and fried vegetables. Shigure himself would not be home for a while, still across town with Akito Tohru figured. Haru was content on the front porch, and Momiji was watching cartoons. Kyo as usual, stormed up to his room to meditate, or destroy furniture, whichever.

"Ready to go Tohru?" Yuki asked as he peered into the kitchen. Tohru was still wearing her apron and was scrubbing the tops of the counters. She looked up and smiled, undoing her apron and leaving it on its coat latch. She tossed the sponge in the sink and nodded.

"Where are we going exactly?" Tohru asked curiously

"It's a surprise" Yuki replied taking her hand again and leading her out the backdoor. The two began to walk into the forest, and soon where deep into the thicket. Tohru looked around, she remembered the forest when she first lived there, and how Yuki retrieved her mother's painting after the landslide. "Almost there" Yuki replied after walking in the forest for a long silence.

"I missed this forest" Tohru replied, thinking back.

"It's a lovely forest, without it, we probably wouldn't have met"

"That's true" She replied softly.

The forest soon grew thin, and Yuki stopped in front of a bunch of bushes, which left Tohru some what confused. He kneeled down, and pulled aside a branch, revealing a hollowed out hole for them to crawl through. He began to squirm through, turning around waiting for her.

Tohru knelt down, some what upset that she would be staining her school dress, but she would do a load of laundry when she got home later. The two emerged on the other side, and Tohru took in a gasp seeing the lovely sight before her.

It was a small, yet a lovely sized garden. The garden was filled with lush and ripe tomatoes, leeks, carrots, and even some turnips. Beside the garden were some tools let out, a hoe and a small soil shovel.

"Oh wow Yuki, this is adorable" Tohru finally replied walking up to the garden.

"I'm glad you like it" Yuki replied cautiously.

"Wow, this is great. So is this your hobby Yuki, gardening?" Tohru asked quickly

"You could call it a hobby I figure. But, I mostly come here when I need to relax. Its just soothing that's all, making something come to life and bloom"

"You have such a variety too. It's absolutely splendid"

"I started a few years ago, when I was still young. Believe it or not, I had a lot of trouble in middle school when dealing with other people. But I found this property one day and just started planting. I think the land actually belongs to Haru's family, but they don't mind it. I'm glad you like it so much"

"I had trouble as a kid, making friends." Tohru said softly, thinking back to the days of being an onigiri (Rice ball) in a world of colorful fruits.

"Guess we had more in common as kids then I thought" Yuki replied cheerfully

"Indeed it seems to be." Tohru looked closer, to find a row of soil tilled, but not yet having seeds planted in the holes yet. "What will you plant here Yuki?"

'I haven't decided yet I guess."

"How about strawberries? They grow well in this season" Tohru pipped cheerfully.

"Then I guess we'll plant strawberries. We can plant them after we get back from the trip on Saturday."

"Oh that's right, I forgot about that trip. I hope poor Shigure can handle the house by himself, hopefully it won't become a giant landfill like the first time we met." She laughed

Today was Monday, and Tohru thought about her upcoming birthday on Thursday. She kept this to herself though, not wanting to bother celebrating with the Sohmas when they already did so much for her.

Yuki walked over to his prized garden, and picked a few of the ripe vegetables and placed them in a basket. He told Tohru she could use them for tomorrow's dinner. Tohru bowed gratefully and the two headed home again.

The two luckily arrived home just in time for dinner. As everyone sat down, Shigure entered the home releasing a tired sigh.

"Welcome home Shigure." Tohru responded happily. "You're just in time for dinner"

Shigure smiled tiredly, and sat down at the head of the table as Tohru slid a dish of food in front of him. Everyone else began to eat happily and Tohru stood waiting to hear their approval.

"What do you think?" Tohru asked looking to Kyo. Kyo ate a bite and grumbled.

"I think its fine Tohru" replied Momiji.

"Its good" Haru replied blandly

"Delicious" Shigure added smiling.

"IT SUCKS" Kyo screamed angrily. Tohru was so shocked by it, she tired hard to hold back her tears and her unsettled look. Kyo looked to her, now having a sweat mark appear on the side of his head as he scratched at it. "I mean uhh...its um...." Kyo only got frustrated and took off out the backdoor. The slamming of the door made all the silver wear shake on the table.

"Idiot' Yuki mumbled quietly as he sipped at his green tea. Tohru still stared at the doorway that Kyo had slammed and walked through. Her sadness was soon replaced with a false smile as she served the others more food. But every so often, she'd glance back to that door, wondering.

Tohru sat on the couch after dinner reading another book peacefully, sitting with her feet pushed up against the arm rest, and her back in the middle of the two person sofa. She turned the page quietly, listening to the crisp sound of its fold.

She had recently been reading about angels. It was just something to read about, and it reminded her of her mom, in a good way. Her mom, an angel above looking down upon her, watching out for Tohru. She smiled once more and turned another page, her eyes following the words quickly.

Without sensing Yuki's arrival, Yuki slid onto the couch with her, sliding his arms around her neck, letting them hand loose as he rested his head against the arc in her neck and shoulders.

'What are you reading Tohru?" He asked attractively. His cool breath brushed against her ear and she smiled as she tilted her head enough to see Yuki and his radiant smile and face.

'Its just a book about angels." She replied in pacifying tone.

Yuki's hand reached out turning the page and watched as Tohru continued to read.

"You studying to become one Tohru?" He asked gently.

"Not really" She replied with a giggle. "The angels just remind me of Kyoko. It reminds me that she's happy now."

"Kyoko is happy now. Its good of you to know that, and now, I'm happy too" he replied softly nuzzling his face against hers lightly smiling once more with his beautiful grin. Tohru only gave a small laugh once again and Yuki turned the page.

Together the two sat there comfortably reading the rest of the story. The story itself was simple and cunning. The story had been fun though, and the two would laugh and discuss it after a few dozen pages. The story left the two very sleepy. Tohru closed the book lightly holding it close, and Yuki leaned back and brought her close, the two nearly asleep resting up against the couch.

"Today was really great Tohru, thank you for it" Yuki whispered quietly, edging closer to sleep.

"You're welcome Yuki..." she replied tiredly.

"You're the first girl, who hasn't viewed me as the Prince, but as a person, for that, I'm grateful"

"No problem" she replied sleepily again.

Tohru leaned up against Yuki, resting peacefully against him. Yuki's amorous touches were not attentional or noticeable, but were at a small levels. He whispered in her ear to sleep and rest peacefully. He would not move, not disturbing her.

"I'm sorry though Tohru"

"Hmm...what are you sorry for Yuki?" She asked wearily.

"I've just been, so compelled to, hold you, and I've felt, that I might have frightened you. When I kissed you, I just, couldn't help myself. I'm really sorry about it, I've just been missing that feeling. Those Prowlers, they just don't have that. I'm sorry"

"Just be restricting with yourself. It's good to want things, but don't let it control you" she replied quietly, her head still resting softly against his chest. Tohru could feel his chest rising and falling with his breathing, and the sound of his calming heartbeat. She felt Yuki rub at her back peacefully.

"Whatever you want Tohru. Whatever you want" He replied in a hushed whisper.

Yuki, with a free hand, rapped a blanket around the two of them, keeping her warm. Yuki watched the news quietly, enjoying her warmth, enjoying her presence. Tohru mostly rested peacefully, not fully asleep, but closing in on it.

Tohru was reflecting on what he had said, as her mind wandered farther within its own depths. Her mind rapt in thought, she felt light, like a floating cloud. Tohru could hear that music, the one her mother had listened to. It reminded her of the music box, which made her think of Kyo.

"What makes him so angry with me?" She asked quietly, her eyes now opening. Yuki looked down at her with a gentle smile.

"He's just a stupid cat. Don't worry about him, he's always so angry"

"But why...." She asked quietly. It felt like that answer would never be answered.

Meanwhile, Kyo was on the roof looking up at the full moon and the many constellations that filled the sky. He growled, thinking of how he had yelled, and it only made him angrier.

"Damn this life" He whispered softly, clenching his fists once more.

Author's Notes

Hey, this chapter was a little shorter than usual and I apologize for that. At the same time like I said at the beginning I've been very busy. Thank you for all your suggestions, but keep them low. I have my own plots to develop. But keep the reviews coming.

I hope you're happy, I made Kyo more hostile and angry natured like in the stories. And Yuki who is kinder, and no longer evil like many people said I had portrayed him as. I have more in store for Haru and Momiji.

So ease up on the fires!