Chapter 8: Tears

(Ok, you know the deal. I don't own FB. I have however purchased a collar in hopes of capturing Shii-chan! Joking! Ok, this chap will hopefully be better than the last.)

Kagura listened to Akito shouting at Tohru. Tohru, sweet brave Tohru, standing against the man the Soumas feared. Kagura wished right then that she were stronger. She wanted to say that she still loved Kyou with all her heart, if for no other reason than to convince herself of it.

Besides, if she were stronger, she could have stopped all this. She curled around herself as tight as she could, wishing they would all just get out. She didn't want anyone near her. If they got too close, they might hurt her. They surely must all hate her. Her breath came out in choked sobs as she thought these things.

She didn't dare to look up. She didn't want to see Akito, leering at Kyou. She didn't want to see Kyou, staring at her, frightened. She didn't want to see Tohru, tears staining her face at the idea of any of her friends in pain. She didn't want to see Yuki, looking pityingly at Kyou.

Kagura wrapped her fingers tightly through her hair. With each sentence Akito uttered to Kyou, her grasp tightened until strands of chestnut hair broke loose from her scalp. Her eyes squeezed tight shut.

"Look at her, Kyou." Akito hissed. "She's broken, shattered." He smirked as Kyou narrowed his eyes miserably.

Please leave Kyou alone….she thought as she cried to herself.

"Please, Akito, leave him alone" It was as if Kagura had spoken her thoughts, but the voice was not hers. Tohru had said the very thing Kagura was thinking.

Akito cast a glare in Tohru's direction. "Fool, think about it…." He turned to Kyou again, though he continued to talk to Tohru about the cat as though Kyou himself wasn't there, "That creature always ran from her. If he hadn't, she wouldn't have been alone, it's his fault."

No! Kagura screamed in her mind. It's not his fault! It's not!

"It's not Kyou's fault…" Once again Tohru's words echoed the boar's thoughts.

Akito glared at the outspoken girl heatedly, "What do you know, foolish girl! Don't speak! Get out of this room."

Tohru looked at Akito for a moment, and then the man practically yelled, "Out! Or I'll have your memories erased at once!"

"Just go…" Kyou muttered miserably. It really was all his fault, he had left her alone. If he hadn't run from her, she would never have been there, alone. He should have gotten back sooner too.

"But…" Tohru started to protest. Yuki reached for her arm to guide her out of the room as Akito turned towards Shigure.

"Shigure! Get Hatori back over here, right now!"

Shigure shook his head and said in a half present tone, "She's leaving…no need to -"

"Do as I say!" Akito half snapped, not at all pleased at being questioned. Shigure shuffled dejectedly from the room and went to the phone, picking up the receiver, but not dialing right away.

Kagura curled up tighter. All this, all because of her. So many problems, because she had been too weak to prevent this. All her fault. All her fault. The tears came, she couldn't stop them. They rushed down her cheeks and her body heaved with violent sobs.

Akito watched the boar crying. He turned to Kyou again. "See, you vile creature….she can't recover, and this is your fault in the end…" He turned and walked out only to see Shigure with the undialed phone. "I told you to call Hatori!" He sighed exasperatedly. "I'm going back to the main house now. Just get me a ride, Shigure"

Shigure remained silent as he dialed the phone, calling to get the malicious family head a ride.

Kyou sat in his room. His gaze locked upon Kagura. He looked away as a few tears slipped from his eyes. If he hadn't run…if he had been there, it wouldn't have happened. It was his fault. He should have just been there to fight the stupid cow.

Tohru stayed in her room, at Yuki's request she would stay there till Akito had gone. Yuki wandered to the door of Kyou's room. Kagura remained huddled in a ball at the corner of the room. And Kyou…one could tell by looking at him that Akito had gotten to him.

"He's wrong; it's not your fault." The rat said softly from the doorway. Kyou grunted in response, swallowed by what-ifs, "You had no way of knowing something like this would happen." Yuki continued, but the cat wasn't paying attention.

(Bah, another short one.)