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When You're Owned

Chapter Eight

"If you ever see him again, tell him Akito's yearning for him to call," Arisa stood up. Akito? She had heard Hatori mention him to Kyou. Was this the same person? The last thing she needed was more confusion to add to her mentality. She had to go look for Kyou immediately. But she froze in her footsteps as Akito hissed menacingly at her,

"You're not going to go looking for him, are you?" Akito snickered into her ear, "You should already know by now," Arisa turned around. This guy didn't scare her at all. She turned around and placed her hand on her hip,

"Dou iu koto da?" Akito laughed into the air,

"Isn't it obvious why Kyou won't hug you?" Akito circled her, eyeing her up and down peculiarly. Who did this guy think he was? God? But the things he was saying, caught her attention,

"It's because he doesn't like you. The only reason he's with you is because you like him," Akito shook his head, "Ah, he's just doesn't want to be a heartbreaker you know. If he were to ignore you, he knew you'd cry for days,"

Arisa didn't believe them but they did start to creep on her. Maybe the things he said were true. Yes, they were so definitely true. Arisa's inside crumbled. That's why he'd never let her hold him.

"And he knew that once he'd reject you, you'd never let him be with…Tohru," He paused and looked, "And in my opinion, Tohru isn't even kawaii.You're kawaii,"

"Leave me be, I have no intention of listening to what else you have to say," Arisa walked away, leaving behind the sound of her heels. Akito smirked as a hand took his arm,

"Come, Akito. Let's go home,"

"Yes, take me home Kureno. My work here is done."

Kyou dragged his feet as he walked down the dusty path to Shigure's. Night had already fallen and the sky was covered with dark clouds. It was going to rain soon, damn it. But what bugged his mind at the moment was Arisa. She wouldn't hug him. Even before she saw she was already scared of him. All this time Kyou had thought he had finally found his salvation, but he was wrong. Why was it that every time he fell in love, it would never work out.

That was a stupid question, no da. It was that curse. The curse stopped him from loving. The curse stopped him from being accepted. The curse stopped him from doing any humanly possible contact with the girl he loved. He hated himself. He was such a jinx. What was he thinking, Arisa would accept him. She'd take one look at him and run away.

Kyou picked up his speed, not wanting to be outside when the drizzle would start. Too late, thunder boomed in the sky and droplets of rain came down. Kyou covered his head with his hand and ran faster. Each leap he took made him feel weaker. Shigure's house was still so far away.

As Kyou took one last leap, he collapsed onto the ground. His panting was hard and his throat couldn't capture enough air. He closed his eyes as he felt the rain, drip onto his body and clothes. With a 'poof', Kyou disappeared leaving an orange cat behind. It staggered to it's four legs. As it took a wobbly step someone picked it up.

It was a girl. She stroked him so gently, making him fall asleep in her arms. Kyou had no time to see who she was, for he dozed off into peaceful slumber.

He was on Shigure's porch, butt-naked. Kyou jumped up and grabbed for the nearest thing that could cover up his nudity. He had the welcome mat in his hand and covered his lower body with it as he slowly crept into the house. He successfully found his room without bumping into anyone else. Where was everyone? It was already so late at night.

He slipped into comfortable clothes and laid down on his bed. Then he heard someone entering the house; Tohru, Yuki ad Shigure no doubt. He waited to here Shigure's annoying voice to call really loudly. But strangely enough, no sound came. Who was in the house? Kyou felt the hairs on his neck stand. He quietly snuck downstairs, being very aware of his surroundings and hissing at shadows. Kyou walked into the kitchen carefully and turned on the lights.

He froze as he saw the three people that were there. Those three, in fact, were not Tohru, Yuki or Shigure. Two of them he recognized immediately: Akito and Kureno. What were they doing here? And who were they with…?

Of course, this was Kai Takanashi. This was the man that had terrorized Arisa since middle school.

"Kyou, after yesterday I thought I made it clear you were to stay away from that…girl," Akito held in his hand a flower. He fingered it playfully and held it up to Kureno occasionally, forcing him to sniff it. Yesterday? What was he talking about?

"Oh, of course. You don't remember. Hatori and his little tricks. Well, seeing as you don't remember, I'll have to repeat myself," Akito slithered towards Kyou and pushed him. Kyou didn't go far though, seeing as Akito had weak bones due to lack of Vitamin D from the sun. However, Kai came forward and kicked Kyou hard, slamming him against the wall.

The wall, seeing as it was Shigure's house, collapsed. Kyou tried to get up on his weak arms and knees but received another kick on his stomach. Kyou wheezed with pain, feeling something sick move up his throat. He coughed, letting blood and saliva splatter on the floor. Kyou felt ill at the sight of it and wiped his mouth clean.

"Please, don't," Kyou pleaded as Akito lifted a chair and smacked it on his back. The chair broke into splinters, which fractured into his skin. Kyou couldn't take it,

"Please! Akito-san!" Kyou crawled towards him and grabbed the hem of his kimono. Hugging the material in surrender, "I promise to stay away from her!" Akito grinned at his victory ad looked down at his broken cousin. He was so frail and shattered now, Kyou had finally come back to Akito. Kyou tore his eyes away as Akito leaned down and kissed him. At that moment Kai grabbed him by the arm,

"I'm glad you learnt your lesson. I had to teach not to touch or take what belonged to me,"

"She doesn't belong to you!" Kyou spat at him, literally. Right on his face. He waited form another blow to come with shut eyes, but it never did. Why was he not being punished?

Arisa walked down the crowded, yet quiet hospital corridor. In her hand was her lunch of noodles and coffee. She was slacking off being healthy but she didn't care. Her father was in hospital, her love had left her and she was being stalked by numerous pedophiles and perverts. (Namely Hatori, Kai and Akito.) As she gamboled by calmly a number of nurses came rushing by carrying numerous hospital equipment. (Forgive me, I'm medical-trivially-challenged.). They shouted things in the air. Arisa started to panic. Were they heading towards her father's room? She ran after them.

To her relief they took a right turn before passing by her father. As she entered his room, an overwhelming feeling took her: Mr.Uotani was steering in his sleep. Arisa dropped her lunch on the ground and ran by his bedside,

"Papa?" She called to him as he started to blink,

"Papa!"

Click.