((Fruits Basket is not mine. Although i did have a tummy apple this morning... Oh, read and Review Please and Thank You))
It was an hour later before anyone else arrived. On her way to the store, Tohru had run into Yuki, and he had convinced her to take a walk with him to his secret base, oblivious to the horrors befalling Kagura in Shigures kitchen. Kyou was out walking, he had heard Kagura was coming, and decided he would rather not be there to be pulverized when she came. He had found himself a sunny spot on the roof of the school, and fallen asleep. Suddenly he sat up, just having a feeling, something wasn't right. He turned to look towards the house, and saw what looked like a couple of pigs hurrying in that general direction.
" what the….that's not a good sign…something isn't right…" he took the fall from the roof to the ground in on swift jump, not caring to waste time on the ladder, and began to run back towards the house. "Dammit! Something bad's happening…I know it!"
Yuki was laughing and smiling at Tohru as they walked back towards Shigures, suddenly a blur of orange hair raced past them. "Kyou?" Yuki watched the cat run by then turned to Tohru "Miss Honda…didn't you say that Kagura was here today?"
"Yeah, why?" she blinked at him genuinely confused.
"well…Shigure mentioned a couple days ago that Kagura might be visiting today…and it seems a little odd for Kyou to be in such a rush to get to a place where he knot's she is…" he picked up his pace some as he spoke.
"Your right, Yuki…something isn't right…" the two broke into a run back towards Shigures house. When they got there they froze in the kitchen doorways at the scene they saw before them. There on the floor in the corner of the kitchen was Kagura. She was curled up into a ball, sobbing and hiccupping, obviously horribly upset, and surrounded by a half a dozen boars that had somehow managed to find their way into the house. Kyou stood stalk still in the middle of the kitchen, staring at her, wide eyed and slack jawed.
"Kagura?" he took a step forward as he voiced his concern.
But the girl in the corner just curled herself up tighter, screaming at him "GET AWAY! GET AWAY FROM ME!"
"Kagura…it's ok…it's me, Kyou…" he took another step towards her.
"GO AWAY! DON'T….DON'T YOU TOUCH ME!"
The cat froze in his tracks, not wanting to upset her anymore. "Kagura…calm down…I won't touch you…"
Yuki looked from Kyou to Kagura and back again, "what happened, Kyou?"
"Hell if I know…she was like this when I got here…all curled up like that and crying…and she won't let me talk to her long enough to tell me anything…"
Tohru ventured a step into the kitchen, thinking perhaps she should try, "Kagura? What's happened?"
"GET AWAY FROM ME! ALL OF YOU JUST GO AWAY!"
"KAGURA!" Kyou glared at her some; the tone of his voice caused her to curl tighter into herself. He took a deep breath trying to calm down, "dammit woman! How are we supposed to help if you don't say what's wrong!"
She winced some, and her arms, which were cupped over her head to shield herself moved just enough for Kyou to see the bruises on her neck and face. He stopped his tirade and stared for the few moments before she shifted back to hiding them. "What the….Kagura, what…who did that!"
Suddenly three heads turned upwards as footsteps were heard upstairs, and one scared girl curled as tightly as she could against herself. Who ever had done this to her was still in the house.
Without a second thought Kyou barged out of the kitchen, shoving roughly past Tohru and Yuki. He raced up the stairs, and Yuki went after him, telling Tohru to stay with Kagura. Suddenly Yuki and Tohru heard a shout from Kyou, "YOU!"
Yuki ran faster, but stopped dead when he saw the boy with black and white hair at the top of the steps…it was Haru, "Haru? How could you!" Yuki was beyond disbelief as he stared at his younger cousin.
Haru, having for some reason not yet gone back to white Haru, was standing at the top of the stares, smirking at Kyou. Even Kyou could sense something wasn't right with this, he turned and looked at Yuki, "this whole thing….it happened a while ago…Haru…" he clenched his fist in rage at just the mention of Haru's name, "Haru told me…just before you got up here…it was like an hour ago….he…should have calmed down by now…"
Yuki looked from Kyou to Haru, "what was an hour ago?"
"He….he…." Kyou was shaking physically; he couldn't bear to say what had happened.
Haru's smirk just widened "I took his little girlfriend and I-"
Kyou was on Haru before he could finish, he had hold of him by his collar, his fist ready to come pounding down on the cow's face, "YOU! YOU SICK LITTLE BASTARD!"
"Oooh….kitty's mad? I knew I could get to you if I took your-"
"I'LL KILL YOU!"
"Kyou!" Yuki grabbed hold of Kyou's arms, trying to calm him down. "Kyou! Stop it!"
Still keeping a firm grasp on Haru's shirt, Kyou turned to face Yuki, fire in his eyes. Kyou had never been quite so angry before, "STOP IT! STOP IT! AFTER WHAT THIS SON OF A BITCH DID TO KAGURA!"
"Kyou….you're just giving him exactly what he wanted if you fight him over this!"
With a menacing growl, he let go of Haru's collar, shoving him back as he did. "You ain't worth my time cowboy…." Then he turned to Yuki, still glaring hotly, "but some had better do something….and damn fast too…cuz I'll kill him….you'd better not leave us alone together….cuz I swear if you do, that cow is dead, you got that!"
"Yes Kyou…I understand….now, go check on Kagura, ok?" Yuki watched as Kyou left then stepped closer to Hatsuharu. He glared at the younger Souma, letting out a low agitated sigh, "Haru….what on earth were you thinking! I never knew you could do something like this! Even in your black state I…." he stopped as he got close, and caught a sent clinging to the boy, "Haru! You reek of alcohol!"
Haru just let out a sharp barking laugh, "so what if I had a few drinks? I'm allowed to enjoy myself!"
"Hmmm…..I'd say this explain a lot. Alcohol alters you state of mind…your mood! With even a couple drinks in your system, Haru, it could make it easier to provoke your black side…and it explains why you've stayed black so long…."