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Author's Note: Hiya people! Hope this story is getting less confusing. I think I'm still going to stick with eight chapters, but not sure yet, so I'll make sure and tell you next chapter. Well, I guess that's it-oh and I got a review saying that Kyo means today in Japanese not weakling. I don't remember where I heard it meant weakling, but alas, I am sorry for my misjudgment. Thank you for clearing things up. Enjoy chapter 7 of Foxy Fruits!

Foxy Fruits

Chapter 7: Kyo Steps In

Kyo pulled his bracelet off. Light surrounded him for a moment. Koda was just laughing to himself, saying things like, "that little kitty thinks he can take me on" and "I'll kill him too".

When the light settled, Kyo's other form stood in its place. He had to bend over slightly to not hit his head on the ceiling.

"Still think of me as a little kitty?" the alien voice of Kyo's form asked. Koda was too cocky though and eagerly accepted the challenge. Yuki was feeling better, but still a little sore and he rushed over to Kalah's side to see if she was okay. Kalah stood up weakling, her body dangling a bit. "I'm…okay."

Kyo's form peered down at Koda's weak and scrawny one. "You wanna take me on?" He didn't seem as ashamed as he was before for Tohru to see him in this form. Instead, he was pissed off from the abuse his cousin had received.

"I shoulda stepped in sooner," he said, a growl escaping. Koda just laughed. "You think you can take me on?"

"Let's find out!" He said, and lunged at Koda. Koda dodged, just barely missing the thrashing. Kyo stopped and turned back around, glaring down at the Shagorox.

Koda nimbly bounded over to Kyo and bit into his leg. Kyo shrieked with pain, but shook Koda off and picked him up in his powerful hands. He began to squeeze Koda harder and harder, making Koda cringed in pain.

Koda bit into Kyo's arm, making Kyo drop him. Koda fell to the floor roughly but quickly got back up and jumped back to the other side of the room. "I'll get you, you stupid cat!"

Tohru, despite the situation, couldn't help but giggle. "Miss Honda. Are you alright?" Yuki asked and Tohru nodded. "Koda just sounded so much like you just a second ago. I'm sorry to laugh at a time like this."

"You know, I think I'll go after you're little girlfriend!" Said Koda, rushing over to Tohru.

"You stay away from her!" Yelled Kyo, chasing after him, but Koda already had Tohru in his mouth, his mighty jaws. Blood trickled from her arms and side, and fell in a little puddle on Koda's fur. "Say goodbye!" Tohru kicked and screamed and all three mean tried to stop Koda, but he jumped out the window.

Kyo, outraged, followed him out the window, and was surprised when he didn't keep running. "If you want to kill me, you have to get through your girlfriend first!"

Kyo stopped running and just stood, dumb struck, for a moment. "You're using Tohru for a human shield? You sick bastard!"

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Kalah had already transformed back to her human form and watched from the upstairs window as everyone else rushed outside. "I have to hit him where it'll hurt most… but where?"

She leaned on the window for support, racking her brain, through all her old memories of the two of them, for something that would deeply hurt him.

"Wait…"

Suddenly it dawned on her. "I know how to get revenge on Koda and shut him down for good."

It was true that Kalah only had known Koda for two years, but she knew everything about him, well not everything… she didn't know he was part of the zodiac, or that he had an animal, two very important things, but she knew enough.

She ran into her room, well limped, and began searching through her things, looking for the one thing that would shut him down…

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Yuki glared at Koda with angry purple eyes. "It's pretty low when you can't take on someone as weak as Kyo by yourself; when you have to bring innocent Miss Honda into this!"

Kyo's other form peered down at Koda, his blood red eyes glaring at the creature in front of him. "Let go of Tohru right now! Your business is with me!"

Tohru stopped squirming in Koda's deadly grasp, because every time she did, his razor sharp teeth only dug deeper into her skin. Tears poured down her cheeks as sobs escaped her mouth.

Yuki jumped up and kicked the Shagorox in the mouth, just above Tohru, and Koda stepped back, dropping the girl to the ground. Yuki caught her just in time, but transformed into a rat!

Koda recovered a few seconds later and growled, his canines showing. "I'll kill you all now!" he exclaimed, rushing towards Yuki. Kyo pushed Yuki and Tohru out of the way, absorbing the hit himself.

Then he lunged himself towards Koda, pinning him to the ground. He then bit into his neck, sending some eerie green blood trickling down his body.

Koda pushed Kyo off him, jumping to his feet in a hurry. His hair stood on end as he continued to growl.

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Kalah sat down on her bed, a sigh escaping her throat and filling into the musty air. She fell back onto her back, her knees dangling over the edge. "What is it that affects him most? I can't remember! Dammit!"

She sighed again, letting her brown eyes close for a minute. Kyo was fighting for her and she was in there looking for something she couldn't even remember!

The only thing that Koda had ever wanted was power, and the only thing people with power were scared of was losing their power. But Koda had once seemed like he really loved Kalah, instead he said it was all planned…

"You know, you look very beautiful tonight," he said, smiling as he took her hand. Magenta specs resided on her cheeks, as she smoothed her dress.

"I…don't really know how to dance," she said, in almost a whisper. The boy smiled, as they finished their walk to the car, his hand still intact with hers.

"See, it's easy. Put your hands here…yes like that. Now move to the music," he instructed, gliding around the floor with her. She smiled happily as she danced around the big floor, dodging other people from her school. Many stopped and pointed, at the one fourteen year old girl who never let guys get close to her…

"That was so much fun. I never knew dancing could be so easy!" the girl exclaimed, twirling around under the moonlight, the boy walking right beside her. He smiled, watching her soft red hair escape its clip, going down in curls to her back, her long orange dress dancing around her. The moonlight reflected off her pale skin, making her whole body glimmer.

He smiled again. "You know, you looked stunningly beautiful tonight."

She stopped twirling around and looked at him for a moment. "No one has ever said anything so nice to me before," she blushed.

The boy walked over to her, pushing some of her hair out of her face, and rubbed his thumbs against her silk-like cheeks. "Really? But you are so beautiful."

She blushed again; his face was so close to hers, she could feel his warm breath against her skin. Then he brought his face closer to hers, and she felt the warm sensation of his lips against hers. Her eyes flickered close as she absorbed the kiss.

Finally he pulled away. "I love you."

She stared at him a moment, her heart lunged in her throat. "I love you too."

"Damn those memories!" she cursed to herself, finally getting up from the bed. She thought back to what she had just remembered.

"That's it! I know what to do!"

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What will Kalah do? And will it save Koda from himself or destroy him? Find out in the next chapter of Foxy Fruits!

Fox Kitsune