Distribution: I no own YYH. Never have, never will. It's sad!

CHAPTER 2

Teku's excellent sense of hearing caught those last sound vibrations from Kurama's voice. She stops and turns around, facing Kurama.

"Na…nani?"

Not showing any fear or regret, Kurama continues to gaze into Teku's sparkling eyes.

"It's true, I love you Teku. I've been in love with you since the first day we met. Remember? In the Makai?" The thought of that day brings Kurama joy. It had been one of the greatest days of his life. The day…he met the love of his life. The day he met…her.

A look of shock covered Teku's face. "How come…you never told me this before?"

"There was no right moment." That is actually entirely true. Teku was always with Lanc so Kurama couldn't tell her.

"Oh…." Teku looks into the beautiful emerald eyes of the fox demon that stands before her.
That look…it's like Sesshoumaru's face… when he…

Teku reflects on those past times. Kurama's serious face was the same as Sesshoumaru's when he told her that he loved her. Only this time, there's no time to think. She cannot just stay and think like she did with Sesshoumaru. She must make a decision now. Kurama? Or Lanc?

Those questions eat away at Teku and yet, she has no time to answer them. As long as she can, she thinks. Finally, she reaches a conclusion. "Shuuichi……"

"Huh?" The sound of Teku's voice brings Kurama back into the world. Once he told Teku how he felt, his mind had shut down. Every second felt like an eternity. He now awaits Teku's answer.

"G…gomen…" Though it's hard to detect, Teku's voice sounded very sad.

"What….." Kurama know what that meant. He knows what gomen meant. He just doesn't want to accept the fact that Teku had said it.

"Gomen nasai!" After that last breath, Teku turns and runs away as fast as she could. She didn't want to see her best friend get hurt. Especially…if it's her fault. Teku leaves, shedding tears for her heart broken friend.

Gomen….. nasai…. Who knew two words could completely brush a person's spirit.

Kurama's left standing in the middle of the street alone. His body refuses to leave from that spot. Teku…the girl he's loved since the first day he met her…doesn't love him back. His mind goes numb…completely dead to the world once again. He feels no pain…no rejection. Just a shock wave that surges through his body. Taking advantage of this shock, he quickly returns home.

Then…just out of the blue…Kurama bursts out crying. Little rivers of tears flow down his soft cheeks. He leans on the front door, sits down, and brings his knees close to his chest.

"It hurts……. so much. Why….."

Gomen nasai… the words echo in the fox demon's mind.

"Oh right…. Teku…doesn't love me."

The realization finally hit Kurama. And yet, he doesn't want to accept it.

Kurama's left at home, crying his eyes out. He'd felt pain before…but not like this. Of all the fights he's been in, of all the injuries he's obtained from them, this rejection certainly hurt the most.

A crying, heart broken kitsune is left in his cold home. The one person he's ever truly fallen in love with, a sweet, gentle okami who would do almost anything for him, was drifting further and further away from him. He's given her everything he could. And yet, nothing can bring her back.

Nothing……..

And so the story continues. That rejection part and Kurama crying, it made me really cry when I was writing it. So sad seeing my dear Kurama in pain… sniff