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Full Moon Curse:

Poor Akito

When Yuki arrived in the kitchen late the next morning, Tohru, Kyou, and Shigure were seated at the table eating breakfast.

"Good morning, Yuki," Shigure greeted brightly. "I hope you slept well."

Yuki stared at him in response, knowing he'd never sleep well again as long as he had the image of Kyou in a school girl uniform burned in his head.

"So, Shigure," Tohru said happily, "Kyou-kun told me the good news."

Shigure's face lost all color. "Good news?" he choked.

Tohru giggled. "I never would have guessed the two of you would end up together. I was almost positive he had a crush on Yuki."

Yuki's face crinkled in disgust as Kyou snarled, "Now that's an idiotic thing to say. You are such a bimbo."

"Now, Kyou, you need to learn to be nicer to our princess," Shigure said nervously. Yuki could tell that the dog was not pleased to have been outed to Tohru. Yuki smirked. It served him right.

"Like I'm going to listen to you," Kyou snarled.

"Still angry?" Shigure asked.

"I think I showed you last night that I wasn't."

Tohru giggled.

"Have some decency!" Yuki snapped before realizing he was addressing the victim of the situation.

"You have some decency, you damn rat, and mind your own business!" Kyou answered with a glare.

"I should go clean…somewhere else." Tohru cheerfully left the room.

"Fine!" Yuki yelled back. "I guess I won't bother trying to break the stupid curse."

"Fine!"

Yuki stormed to his room slamming the door behind him. He had not meant to blow up at Kyou. He should be making Shigure's life miserable.

The dog joined him several minutes later.

"Umm…Yuki-kun?"

"What?" Yuki stared coldly at his cousin.

"Do you really know a way to break the curse?"

"No," Yuki answered through his teeth.

"Good, good, I mean, not good, but we don't really know what effect breaking the curse might have on poor Kyou. I guess what I'm saying is, don't do anything rash."

"Are these what you wanted me to find?" Kyou asked from the doorway holding a pair of handcuffs. Yuki saw a truly puzzled expression on the cat's face.

"Ah, yes, thank you, Kyou-kun. Now I'll be able to return these to my friend." Shigure chuckled nervously.

Yuki's glare was purely evil.

"Bye, Yuki, I'm sure you'd like some time to yourself." Shigure at least had the decency to look embarrassed.


Ayame never shut up. He always chattered on as if everyone in the world would be interested in his pathetic existence and gay fashion line. Hatori took another swig of Sake and savored the bitter taste and the brief burning in his throat. He watched Ayame's lips move, but completely ignored the sound coming out of them. Ayame had a beautiful mouth. A mouth capable of many wicked things, Hatori reminded himself. It had been way too long since he'd been with a woman.

"Tori-san? Are you listening to a word I'm saying?" Ayame leaned across the table so that their faces were only inches apart. They were seated at Shigure's table. Shigure and Kyou had disappeared to the bedroom and Tohru was out for the day.

"Sorry, I guess I have too much on my mind." Hatori backed away from his cousin's face.

Ayame rolled his eyes before pouting out his bottom lip. "How could anything be more interesting than me? Well, except for Kyou-kun and 'Gure. Talk about hot. Meow!"

Hatori shook his head.

Ayame continued. "I bet they're doing it right now. What do you think?"

Hatori gave a wry smile. "I certainly didn't believe Shigure's story of needing Kyou to help edit his story."

"I'd like to edit his story." Ayame said suggestively.

Hatori actually laughed a little. "How did you manage to make that sound sexy?"

"Speaking of sexy, did Kyou-kun look sexy in the outfit I gave him?" Ayame's eyes sparkled expectantly.

"Ehh…" Hatori wasn't sure what to say.

"Come on, Tori, Don't play dumb with me. I know first hand that you can appreciate male beauty."

"Uh…" Hatori shrugged. "Shigure seemed to think he was sexy, and Yuki even passed out."

"I always knew my little brother wanted him. I mean nobody fights that much." Ayame gave the smile of a proud parent.

"I actually think he prefers Haru," Hatori said thoughtfully as he poured another drink. "He did kiss him or something."

"Nah," Ayame flipped his hair. "That was just to make Kyou jealous."

"Why can't you just die?" Yuki said from behind Hatori causing him to choke on his drink.

"Oh, speak of the devil. How is my dear little brother? I'm sure you're heartbroken over Kyou's predicament. You could always listen at the door and pretend it was you."

Yuki ignored his brother entirely and instead directed his comment to Hatori. "I'd like a ride to the main house. I need to see Akito."

000

Yuki took several deep breath's outside Akito's chamber. His breathing had quickened and he knew his heart was racing at a ridiculous speed.

"Are you sure you don't want me to go in with you?" Hatori asked his voice holding more than a hint of concern.

Yuki shook his head. He knew he'd be more effective alone.

"I'll be right out here. Yell if you need me." Hatori eyed him skeptically.

Yuki slowly walked in to face Akito. This was the last place on earth he wanted to be. Akito had been the main source of torment during his youth and the main reason he found it hard to love or trust anyone. Yuki hoped that his sacrifice would prove beneficial to his cousin.

Akito was lounging on his bed with a small wire birdcage on his chest. He was making clicking sounds at the two captive doves.

"Uh…Akito," Yuki said cautiously.

Akito continued making the sounds with his tongue. He then kissed at the birds in the cage.

Yuki stood before him not sure how to start the conversation, so he instead cleared his throat.

"Do you see who that is, Polly?" Akito whispered to the birds. "He thinks he can spend most of his life ignoring me, and I'll just be thrilled to death when he comes back to grace me with his ratly presence. I'm sure he thinks I'll fawn all over him, just like that dumb cow, but that's just not the way I operate, is it, my Yuki?"

Yuki felt his heart begin to race. What was it about Akito that got to him so much? "I…I need to ask you a question."

"Polly gets a cracker if she can guess what it is," Akito's alto voice rang out. "I know what it's about, Polly. I know why he came to see me. I even know that he doesn't want to be here. I can smell his fear on him and I like it."

Yuki shivered although the room was warm.

Akito continued his conversation with the doves. "My dear Yuki wants to know how to break the curse, but such knowledge isn't free."

"What do you want?" Yuki asked directly.

"I think…" Akito didn't even look at him. "That for him to learn to break the curse of the cat, it's going to cost him a kiss."

"Fine." Yuki snapped with a scowl. He had already crossed that line with Haru. Kissing one more man wasn't going to kill him.

"Before I tell him." Akito added with a twisted smile.

Yuki stalked over to the bed, plucked the birdcage from Akito's lap, set it on the floor beside the bed, leaned in, and prepared for the worst.

He was not prepared for the chastity and sweetness of Akito's kiss. The clan head took no liberties and it was over in a few seconds. Yuki pulled away puzzled deciding he should be relieved. It was not at all what he would have expected. "So how do I break it?"

Akito leaned back dreamily and sighed. "That was heavenly, Polly. I don't believe I've ever been so in love. My Yuki. It's everything I could have imagined. He really does love me."

"How do I break it?" Yuki repeated, flushing.

Akito smiled slightly before picking up the birdcage. "You're so lucky, Polly." Akito told one of the doves. "You mate for life. But the cat…the cat isn't so faithful. He's a fickle, fickle creature, he changes his mind every full moon."

Yuki's eyes widened. That meant each full moon Kyou would fall in love with a different member of the zodiac. He had to make sure that the next time would be someone Kyou wouldn't mind falling in love with. "Thanks," Yuki mumbled.

"Come back and see me anytime, love," Akito sighed after him.

000

Yuki's list of suitable family members had been quickly narrowed to three: Kagura, Rin, and Hatori. Rin was pretty much out because of her relationship with Haru, and Yuki was sure he couldn't handle fighting off a completely undistracted Haru. That left Kagura and Hatori. Hatori was actually Yuki's top choice because Yuki didn't think there was any way Hatori would fall into temptation, whileKagura would possibly kill the cat with the sheer force of her love.

Yuki's thoughts were interrupted by a loud banging noise. Yuki cringed. "For the love of…is it really too much to ask that you keep it down?" he yelled. He was so tired of hearing Shigure and Kyou have sex. It seemed that every time Tohru was out of the house…

"I'm so sorry," came a meek voice from the doorway. "I didn't mean to disturb you Sohma-san. I was just hanging the picture I bought yesterday. Oh, I'm so sorry."

Yuki felt terrible. "No, Miss Honda, I didn't realize it was you. I wasn't really disturbed at all." Yuki knew that for the sake of his sanity the next full moon couldn't come soon enough.

TBC