Chapter 13

"Hey Aya, you can tell the guys outside to stop looking. I found her in her bed upstairs." Kyo called walking down the stairs and hiding the hat.

"Oh thank goodness!" She exclaimed and ran outside to tell the boys. Kyo went back up to his room and closed the door. He sat in the middle of his room and looked at the hat.

"That damn rat. He said he didn't know her that long, and yet he's known her since he was a kid!" He slammed his hand against his bed. "Damn that rat." He repeated. A person opened his door without knocking. Kyo stood up and looked around, again hiding the hat.

"You stupid cat. We need you downstairs now!" Yuki insisted.

"Fine, I'll be down in a second." He said angrily. Yuki thought it best to leave him be and closed Kyo's door.

"Ya damn rat." He said one last time before hiding the hat and leaving his room. He was walking down the stairs and heard the conversation.

"I think we should go ahead and leave as soon as Tohru gets up." Ayame exclaimed proudly and stood up. Yuki looked at him.

"Who says you're going?" He asked.

"Now now little brother, I could help greatly." Ayame boasted.

"But that doesn't mean you're going to." Yuki shot back.

"Boys boys!" Aya yelled raising her hands to stop them. "Yuki, I know you don't like it, but we're going to have to let everyone help, including Ayame."

"But why?!"

"Well, think of Tohru, she doesn't rememeber anything,"

"But he was unconcious when it all happened!" He pointed out.

"That may be true, but its for Tohru's benefit."

Yuki thought for a second and then slowly backed down. Kyo then walked into their conference.

"What took you so long, Kyo?" Shigure asked. He had gotten rid of Mii pretty fast this time and was sitting on the couch in the conference.

"I had to use the bathroom." He covered up.

Yuki gave him a strange look but Kyo just glared back and sat on the floor away from everyone. He liked to be alone most times. The discussion continued.

"We can't exepect Tohru to pack while she's asleep right? So we can't go right when she wakes up." Aya said.

"I think that we should go first thing in the morning tomorrow." Kyo chimed in.

"Thats a great idea." Aya said. "She'll probably be up later today and so we'll tell her then." Aya planned out.

"What if she doesn't feel well?" Yuki asked.

"Yes we can't have our little princess feeling bad now can we?" Ayame stated.

"Hm.... I didn't think about that."

"I'll take care of her." Kyo volunteered.

Everyone stared at him until he got a little pissed.

"What? You don't think I can do it?" He knew the answer.

"Well Kyo, I believe that you could do it, I'm just suprised you would volunteer." Aya replied. "You must really like her." Aya smiled. Yuki's eyes widened.

"When did I say that?!" He jumped up from his sitting position, one hand balled into a fist in front of him the other by his side.

"You didn't, not that I heard, but still...." Aya didn't finish.

Kyo sat back down and didn't look at anyone.

"Well I don't believe he can do it." Yuki piped up. "Can we really trust him with her life? Plus, a guy from the zodiac can't watch after her, she will transform us." He added.

"Shut your face ya damn rat!" He yelled.

"Can't you guys get along for a little while?" Shigure asked.

The looked away from each other and suddenly there was a person in the doorway.

She was in her pajamas rubbing on eye sort of slouched up against the door frame.

"So this is where you were all hiding." She whispered. She then fell to her knees, too tired. Kyo jumped to his feet and grabbed her before she fell to the ground, face first.

"Tohru, you know you should be up if you're not feeling well." He said. "What aare you doing?"

"It was just too quiet and so I couldn't sleep." She explained.

"Well lets get you back upstairs to sleep. I'll stay with you." He pulled her off the floor and half carried her to her room. He shut the conference door behind him.

"Wait a second..." Yuki was suprised.

"He didn't transform!" Ayame exclaimed before any of them had a chance.

"Does that sooth your doubts a little bit Yuki?"

"No not at all." He stood up about to go after them.

"Wait!" Aya cried. Yuki turned from the door to look at her. "You like her too don't you Yuki?" She asked.

Yuki just looked at her and didn't say a word.

"Yuki, she'll be fine. You should've volunteered first."

"Hmph." Yuki came and sat back down.

"So wait a second, if I had volunteered first, I would have been taking care of our lovely house wife?" Shigure asked with hope in his eyes.

"NO!!!" Yuki hit him in the head and left a huge lump.

"Of course not Shigure, you would've been taking care of me." Ayame answered.

"Yes!" They exclaimed together. Yuki hit them both on the head and sat back down with his amrs crossed. Shigure and Ayame were yelping from the pain.

"There, is that better?" Kyo asked Tohru. He had fluffed up her pillow and layed her in her bed, pulling the covers up to her chin. She nodded. "If you need anything just ask me okay? I'll be by your side the whole time. We are leaving in the morning to get your memory back so when you get up, you have to pack your things. I'll help if you want."

She nodded again. She suddenly looked up at her dresser and gasped. She sat up faster than you could say "go".

"What's wrong?!" He asked alarmed.

"M-my hat!" She yelled. "Oh my gosh! Its gone!"

"Your hat?" He asked confused. 'Oh! her hat!' He remembered. He tried to calm her down. "Tohru don't worry about it. I was looking at your hat earlier and I think I might know who owns it. So I put it in my room for observations." He explained.

"Oh. You know who it belongs to?" She asked wide-eyed.

"Yeah. Let me go get it for you." He said standing up.

"Wait! Whose hat is it?" She wanted to know badly.

"Someone, who's been in this house before." He answered before leaving her room and going into his. He grabbed the hat and walked back into her room. He handed her the hat.

"He's in this house..." She whispered more to herself than to Kyo. After, she held it tight and drifted off to sleep.

"Where are we going?" Tohru asked.

"We're going to the last two zodiac memeber's house. They live in a cave up here." Yuki explained.

"Oh really?! The last two memebers?!" She exclaimed in excitement.

Yuki smiled at her. 'She's so adorable.' He found himself thinkning. Kyo caught his gaze but didn't say anything or even flinch. He just kept walking. It was Aya in front, Ayame after her and then Shigure. After them was Yuki, Tohru and Kyo. Behind them was Hatori and Momiji and then Kisa and Hiro (Although he didn't want to come). After them were Kagura and HatsuHaru. Ritsu was in the back trying not to make any mistakes.

Shigure suddenly stopped and sniffed the air. Ayame and Aya looked back at him.

"What's wrong Shigure?" Aya asked.

"Yeah what's the hold up?" Kyo yelled.

"Shh........." Shigure whispered putting a finger to his lips. He was looking around and his eyes widened with fear. "Everyone, get down!" He yelled and then ducked himself. Everyone ducked as a bird that was too big to be real flew over their heads and landed near them. Kyo licked his lips.

The bird looked straight at Tohru and flapped its wings angrily. Aya, Kyo, Yuki, Shigure and Torhu, who was with Kyo, were the only ones who didn't get blown away. They protected themselves using their lights as barriers. Kyo was holding on to Tohru because she couldn't make her own.

"Whats going on?!" She yelled over the sound of the wind.

"He's coming after you." Kyo realized.

"What?"

The bird came in Kyo's direction and Kyo moved Tohru behind him.

"Back off Akito!" He yelled at the bird. Everyone was looking at him questionably.

"Ha ha ha. How did you figure it out so soon, you freak cat." The bird spoke. It then bent down and pecked at his barrier, trying to brake it. Kyo didn't move, he tried to focus more. It wasn't helping. His barrier was about to break and he knew it.

"Tohru. I want you to run. Run to the cave up there." He said.

"What about you?" She asked worried.

"I'll be fine, just go on my count." He said. She reluctantly nodded.

"1, 2," The bird broke through his barrier and Shigure, Yuki and Aya gasped. "3!" Kyo yelled. Tohru took off running and Kyo hit the bird with his own light energy. He was trying to burn the bird. The bird looked at him wacked him with a wing. He felt like metal and knocked Kyo back. Kyo landed on his stomach, unable to move. Tohru was almost at the cave and the other three had followed her to make sure she would be alright. The bird flew over to Tohru.

"No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kyo screamed. His arm shot out. A red light appeared around Tohru's body but that didn't stop the bird from sweeping her up into its mouth and flying away.

"TOHRU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

TO BE CONTINUED