For a pervious reviewer… I can't believe you think that my fic has a definite ending!!!! That too a sad one!!!!! Still, a review is a review and I will make a sequel. You may not think it's possible, but it is!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought you all would like to know how old all of these people are since this does take place about four years after the beginning of the manga series.

Hitoshi- 18 (almost 19, turns 19 in a few months, almost a year younger than Kyo)

Kyo- 19 (almost 20, yes, he's stupid)

Shigure- 31

Tsubasha- 31 (so as we think… read on)

Hatori- 31

Ayame- 31 (yes, they are all the same age)

Kisa- 16 (and still meek)

Hiro- 15/16 (still stupid)

Akito- 20 (dumb crackhead)

Hatsuharu- 18 (just now turned 18 so he thinks he can elope with Hitoshi)

Ristu- 24(I know he doesn't really do much in my fic, but it's just for info)

Tohru- 19 (I hate her)

Yuki- 19 (don't like him (hate is such a strong word), Tohru and him can be the stupid couple)

Kagura- some age older than Kyo 21, I think

Chapter 12- Dreams

Hitoshi had been gone for a week causing Shigure's house to become a barren wasteland. Tsubasha was locked in a room everyday with Shigure giving her the necessary three square meals a day. Shigure just barely got through his life by calling the delivery boy constantly. Kyo was constantly locked in his room doing absolutely nothing except breathing. He wouldn't even come out for food and when he did, he looked like a stranded man that hadn't seen food for eons, yet he would eat only a little and go back to his room. Hitoshi wasn't faring off much better. She cleaned the dojo after Tsubasha's students finished their practice and then she'd stare off into space with a sad expression on her face. This lasted for about two more days until the phone rang in the Shigure household. At first, Kyo was a little puzzled, but Kyo picked it up expecting Akito or Shigure's editor.

"Hello?" asked Kyo almost emotionless.

"Um… Hello? Is this Sohma Kyo?" asked a young female voice from the other side.

"Yes, how may I help you?" asked Kyo suspiciously.

"Well, I'm Kawakami Hitoshi," said Hitoshi with happiness in her voice. Kyo almost dropped the phone with pure ecstasy.

"Hitoshi?!!!!!!!!!?" exclaimed Kyo into the receiver.

"Not so loud Kyo-baka-chan!!" said Hitoshi playfully.

"I'm not a baka!!!!!!" replied Kyo very agitated. Hitoshi started to laugh on the other end and she said,

"I've been missing that annoying voice of yours." Kyo could almost see Hitoshi's smile and he began to blush as he stammered back,

"T.T..Th..thanks."

"So how's Shigure been doing?" questioned Hitoshi.

"Ah, he's been ordering take-out again. I don't eat it most of the time anyway, so I'm fine about it," replied Kyo effortlessly.

"What?!!!!!!!!!!!!!? You don't eat?!!!!!!?" exclaimed Hitoshi.

"Yeah, so?" replied Kyo like as though Hitoshi was the insane one.

"You could starve to death!!!!!!!!!!!" said Hitoshi very worried.

"So? There's no life for me here anyway," replied Kyo very agitated.

"Well eat, it's good for you," advised Hitoshi.

"I know what's good for me!!!!" yelled Kyo back.

"Then, eat for me. I don't want you to get sick or hurt for that matter," said Hitoshi very seriously. Kyo stopped for a minute and started to blush, but he shook it off and replied,

"Sure."

"Anyway, how's my sensei doing?" questioned Hitoshi anxiously.

"Well, they've put her in a room which is only opened when she needs to go to the bathroom and when it's time for her to eat," replied Kyo very sadly.

"Oh. I guess I brought this onto her," said Hitoshi just as sadly as Kyo.

"What?!!!!!!!? You did nothing of the sort!!!!!" exclaimed Kyo.

"Stop kidding yourself!" replied Hitoshi almost like a joke, "You saw what was truly me and you saw how everyone rejected me!!"

"But…that…was." replied Kyo not very convincingly.

"Shut the hell up!!!!!!" yelled Hitoshi. Kyo could almost see Hitoshi crying into the phone, bursting each word out like it was a fathom-like effort.

"But Hitoshi, I." Kyo was cut short by the dial tone. He turned to see that Akito had cut the call and was staring at him.

"You will not talk to that person again. I do not want to hear her, see her, or even sense her in any form in any Sohma household. Understood you stupid cat?" questioned Akito. Kyo nodded and walked obediently to his room even though flames of anger grew in his eyes with every step he took.

Meanwhile, Tsubasha was still crying in her room. She didn't stop crying to even see Shigure come into the room and sit beside her wrapping one arm around her.

"Please stop crying. I can't stand that," said Shigure gently lifting up her head. Tsubasha stopped for a minute and looked into Shigure's gentle eyes and smiled stopping the flow of tears.

"Now you gotta tell me why you were crying," said Shigure very playfully.

"Even my student doesn't know why I cry," replied Tsubasha looking down at the floor.

"Well, I'd like to be the first to understand," replied Shigure staring into Tsubasha's ocean-like eyes again and grasping her hands together in his. Tsubasha was brought into the trance again, but she shook it off and said,

"Fine. I will tell you." Tsubasha cleared her throat still letting Shigure hold onto her hands, "You do know about the Kawakami legend don't you?" Shigure nodded back almost like a little child.

"Well, that legend is completely wrong. There was never a massacre, in fact, only two people were killed. Around the Edo period, the Kawakami family and the Sohma family were both very powerful families that were allied together. They would go to battle together, and die together like friends. At one period, they had allied together to defeat a family known as the Yamamoto's and an engagement was going on at the same time too. It was between a female Kawakami named Honami and an individual from another family named Kenichi. Kenichi was a very lucky man considering the fact that his soon to be bride was both from a powerful family and she was also very beautiful. In fact, as soon as he had laid his eyes on her, he fell instantly in love, but Honami wasn't very eager on the engagement because her heart had already been given to someone else, a Yamamoto (just for your info, Kenichi isn't ugly, he's bishi). Honami didn't want to endanger her love, so thought that they should meet in secret, but Kenichi had suspected something, so he followed her with a Sohma family guard one day. He saw that Hinomi was meeting a Yamamoto and ordered the guard to attack. Hinomi sensed someone coming and she jumped in front of the Yamamoto just as the guard had aimed his katana at the Yamamoto. Instead of the sword being driven into the Yamamoto, it was driven into Hinomi directly into her stomach. She collapsed in front of the guard with the Yamamoto hovering over her. Kenichi was to shocked to even move from his hiding place; he could only watch Hinomi die slowly in the Yamamoto's arms. Just as soon as Hinomi had breathed her last breath, the Yamamoto took the Sohma's sword and stabbed himself dying as well. Kenichi went straight to both families and told them that the Sohma guard had killed Hinomi and the Yamamoto. In outrage, both families went against each other and the Kawakami's trained their family members to destroy the Sohma's, but none of them ever could succeed except a certain group of Kawakami's that had the same curse as the Sohma's except their curse only appeared every century. Hinomi was this individual, so she knew what to do with this power, but the special group had no idea causing them to drift towards hatred triggering the curse's powerful after effects." Tsubasha finished her long story and looked at Shigure who was staring at her in disbelief.

"So why is Hitoshi in danger and what's the big secret between you two?" questioned Shigure moving Tsubasha's hands to his heart.

"You see there is a demon that lives in each of these cursed individuals and if their true purpose isn't met, the demon will devour them slowly and painfully. The individual that you saw earlier is the demon slowly eating her inside out. Each day is becoming more and more difficult for her to bear considering her body is slowly deteriorating fulfilling the demon's hunger. I thought that she was the person, but I guess I was wrong."

"The person for what? Do you play a part in this?" questioned Shigure desperately.

" The person to fulfill the true purpose of this curse. I don't know what the purpose is, but it is to help the Sohma's. My part is to guide Hitoshi down the correct path, but I've failed causing my own death as well."

"You're going to die?!!!!!!!!? But you're not even related to Hitoshi!!!!!!!!" exclaimed Shigure with a very worried look on his face. Tsubasha smiled and replied,

"But I am related to Hitoshi. I have the same curse as she does."

"But… that only happens every century!!!!!" exclaimed Shigure very confused.

"I know. I've been alive for almost 119 years," said Tsubasha smiling.

"W…W…W…W…WHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?" exclaimed Shigure jumping nearly three feet into the air.

"I was given a prolonged period of life and youth so I could teach Hitoshi to choose the correct path, but I haven't done that causing the demon to take over me as well," said Tsubasha looking down sadly.

Shigure looked helplessly at Tsubasha as he wondered how to help her.

"How can I help you? Isn't there something I can do?" questioned Shigure getting onto his knees and bowing to her as though it would help. Tsubasha lifted his head up with one finger and looked at Shigure's tear-stricken face. As she stared at his face, she too started to cry and then she wrapped her arms tightly around Shigure giving him a tight hug. There was a slight poof and Shigure the dog was sitting beside a magnificent peacock that was looking down at him gently (1). Shigure could only stare in awe as Tsubasha the peacock fanned out her amazing train, lifted her wing and gently covered Shigure dropping crystal-like tears onto his coat.

"There is nothing you can do Shigure-san. I just hope that you live long enough to find someone else for you," said Tsubasha right before she changed back. Shigure changed back as well and stared very sadly at Tsubasha who was still managing to smile at him. They both changed back into their clothes as Shigure asked Tsubasha,

"Don't you have any regrets?" Tsubasha looked a little surprised, but she answered back,

"Only one. I wasn't able to save your family along with Hitoshi." Suddenly, a piercing scream sounded from Kyo's room.

(after Akito ordered Kyo to his room)

Kyo was sitting in his room with his anger covering him like a flame.

'That stupid arrogant son of a bitch!!!!' though Kyo as he grinded his teeth together. He could feel himself being enveloped in anger. Then as he was gripping the sides of bed (they're wood and they're starting to splinter), Hitoshi was sitting on his bed saying in a sweet yet sad voice,

"I don't want you to get hurt." She started to cry and vanished. Kyo was reaching his hand to where Hitoshi was; trying to reach an invisible form that was far from reach, trying to hold onto an image that would never come back. Kyo's hand plummeted onto the sheets just as teardrops feel down onto the sheets. He looked at his hands covered in blood and could almost feel Hitoshi's diligent hands wrapping them and almost caressing them. Images of Hitoshi flashed across his mind, haunting him. Then he ran to one of the walls in his room and started punching the wall painting it with fresh blood.

'Why the bloody hell did you have to leave Hitoshi?!!!!!!!?' thought Kyo as he grimaced in pain from both his blood covered hands and the emotional pain.

"Fine then. I give up Hitoshi. I give up," whispered Kyo as he dropped onto his knees and closed his eyes.

"I give up." He raised his left arm and stared at the bracelet. Then his hand went to the bracelet and he began to slowly slide it off. Then he watched it drop and repeated the same phrase as he had done before saying,

"I give up."

Author's Note

1. Tsubasha's the peacock and she has the ability to control her changing. The star necklace with the black and the gold star is her limiting thingie. The reason she's changed now is because it's almost time for her to die, so she's not able to control it a lot. I know that the male peacock is the one that's prettier, but this is magic and stuff so Tsubasha has the appearance of a male peacock even though she's female.

Small note, he screams after he says 'I give up.' I just didn't feel like putting it in the actual fic. Now time to talk about Yuki. He's ok. When I first saw him I was the usual fangirl that was like "OMG!!!!! YUKI-CHAN!!!!!!! : freaky anime scream:" Well, now I realize he isn't that great. I don't hate him, but the way he slobbers himself over Tohru gets dull after a while, especially if that stupid girl doesn't recognize anything. So in conclusion, he's just dumb and should get a brain along with that stupid p.i.t.a Tohru. Kyo and Momiji are next. I think I'll go in the order of their appearances in the manga. So until next time, this is YukiMatsuzaka411 saying adieu!!!!!!!!!!