Chapter 2
"He won't talk, so who knows what happened. Maybe one of his rat buddies went Hannibal on him." Kyou scoffed. He was leaning leisurely against the wall with his arms crossed, explaining the situation to the head of the house, Sohma Shigure. Looking half concerned and half-curious, Shigure fingered his cheek and replied, "It's not an animal bite, as far as Haa-san can see…"
"It's not?" Kyou said, his mind having a vague idea of whom it may have been.
"No…Kyou-kun, did something happen while I was away that you'd like to share with me?" Shigure eyed him suspiciously as Kyou played it calm and bowed his head to the floor, eyes closed.
"Dunno, I was with Tohru and her freaky friends after school, Yuki went straight home by himself."
"How odd…" Just as the quiet started to envelope them, Sohma Hatori entered the room with his medical bag in hand.
"I've gotten him to a stable point where he's stopped shaking but I suggest you excuse him from school for a couple days." Hatori said, almost sounding bored.
"Excuse him, why?" Shigure asked.
"He still isn't speaking and keeps pulling away from me when I try to give him a physical to check for other injuries. Does anyone have an idea as to what happened?"
"No one was home, those two got here a few minutes before I returned."
"I see…" Hatori looked in the direction of the kitchen and saw Tohru fidgeting and busying herself with making tea.
"Whatever, can I go now?" Kyou complained, pushing off from the wall. He walked away from the two grown men and entered his room, not coming out for the rest of the evening.
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"Kyou-kun, may I come in?" Tohru's mousy voice sounded outside his door after a soft knock.
"Yeah, sure." Kyou responded boredly, not getting up from his lounging position on his bed. Quietly, Tohru entered with a tray in hand that held a dish of food.
"I thought you might be hungry so…I brought you some dinner." She carefully sat it on the edge of his bed and stood with her hands clasped nervously in front of her, eyes downcast to the floor.
"Thanks." Sitting up, he surveyed the food on the tray before looking up at Tohru and saying, "What?"
"Uh, um, I just…was wondering…"
"Yeah?"
"Do you…um…know what happened to Yuki-kun?"
"I was with you after school, how should I know?" He stuffed his face with some soumen while she fidgeted with the hem of her shirt.
"Well…when I was trying to stop Yuki's bleeding, I looked up at you and…well…that is…"
"What?"
"…You looked…worried." Kyou stopped eating for a second, glancing over at her out of the corner of his eye.
"Shigure might have thought I did it, I was just thinking about that."
"Oh…" Tohru glanced at his window before looking at him and giving him a soft smile, "I should get the kitchen cleaned up and ready for breakfast before I go to bed. Goodnight, Kyou-kun." She bowed slightly and walked toward the door. Prior to leaving, she turned back and said, "Be safe." Kyou looked down at his food, thinking, Yeah…safe…
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"So the Prince was sick? And here I just thought he was being stalked…there goes my fun." Uotani sighed, walking along side Tohru and Hanajima.
"Yes, he's very ill, he'll have to stay home for a couple days…" Tohru said quietly, looking at the floor.
"Tohru-kun, you seem sad. Are you worried about Yuki?" Hanajima asked.
"Yes…"
"Eh, I'm sure he'll get better in no time! Speaking of which, where's my amusement at?" Uotani looked back and forth.
"Amusement?" Tohru blinked.
"She means Kyou-kun." Hanajima clarified for her.
"Oh…uh…I'm not sure, he wandered off when we got here…" Tohru mused.
Up on the roof was where Kyou had escaped to, taking a nap and puzzling over what had happened to his cousin.
"It couldn't have been her…could it?" He mused out loud.
"Perhaps." He sat straight up and stared at the girl who had kissed him the day before.
"You!" He exclaimed.
"Me." She grinned slyly, hands laced together behind her back. She sashayed up to him, saying, "Were you thinking about me, Kyou-kun?"
"Depends, were you in Yuki's room yesterday?" Kyou had leapt to his feet and was in a fighting stance, ready for anything she might decide to try. She giggled and said shyly, "Oh Kyou-kun, what kind of a girl do you take me for, a whore?"
"Uh…well…er…" He stammered, letting his guard down long enough for the girl to pounce on him and tackle him to the ground. She pinned his arms down at the wrists and grinned, saying, "Cause you'd be right."
"I was you, wasn't it! What the hell did you do to him, you freak!" Kyou writhed wildly beneath her.
"The same thing I'll do to you in a minute." She growled, staring into his eyes and sending chills through his entire body. She tried to hold his hands like she had Yuki but Kyou wasn't up for a game of S and M. Slipping a hand free, he swiped at her face and she pulled back, glaring at him in surprise as his nails grazed her cheek. A roar came from inside her and she tightened her grip on his other wrist, saying, "How DARE you try to hurt me!"
"You mean like you hurt Yuki!" Kyou yelled back at her. With one swift twist, she whipped his wrist around and caused him to scream in pain as he heard a sickening pop come as a result. She leapt off of him before he could attack her, backing quickly to the ladder. Kyou clutched his broken wrist to his stomach howling in anguish and abhorrence for the girl.
"Damn you!" He hissed to her as she cackled and clung to the ladder.
"It's too late for that, Kyou-kun. Hopefully this will teach you not to mess with me, it does no good to fight back…just ask Yuki." She said before jumping down and disappearing from sight. Kyou moaned as he got to his feet, still gingerly holding his hand still.
Dammit…who IS she? He thought to himself as he regretfully set his wrist back in place, holding in another scream that fought to get out. Staggering to the stairs, he managed to slowly climb down off the roof to head to class.
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"Kyou-kun, there you are! We were looking for you!" Tohru cheerfully said as Kyou walked into the classroom, still holding his hand. Uotani cocked an eyebrow at him and asked, "Why're you holding your hand? Did you close a door on it?"
"Yeah…something like that…" Kyou snarled quietly, taking a seat next to Tohru and staring miserably at the front of the room.
"Oh, you should get it checked with the school nurse, it may be serious!" Tohru fretted nervously.
"It's fine…" Kyou muttered, not bothering to look at her for fear she'd see through his lie. The conversation ended and they stayed quiet for the rest of the class. When the school bell rang for classes to switch, Kyou was the first one out of the room and down the hall.
"Man, what's his hurry? Since when does Kyou want to get to his next class early?" Uotani pondered, her hands folded over her chest. Tohru didn't respond, she was watching a girl walk along the side of the corridor by herself. What seemed most curious were the scratch marks on her right cheek; they were fresh like they had been made earlier that day.
That must have happened here at school, but there aren't any ca- She blinked at the thought and glanced back down the hall after Kyou who was long gone by now.
Kyou…
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"It was her, wasn't it?" Kyou loomed over Yuki, a cold look on his face as he touched his now tightly bandaged wrist. Yuki wouldn't look at him as he remained quiet, but the expression on his face told Kyou everything he needed to know. He leaned forward, resting a hand on the edge of the bed as he said, "Who is she? Why does she have the ability to touch us, that shouldn't be possible for anyone outside the zodiac!" Yuki still didn't respond and this made Kyou mad, "Dammit, Yuki, say something!"
"Leave me alone." Yuki's voice was weak and almost inaudible, his lips quivering as he said it.
"Fine…but this has gone far enough, I'm telling Shigure so he can deal with that bitch himself!"
"No!" Yuki hissed, reaching for Kyou's arm but missing. He stared at him in surprise and said, "Why! She practically raped you!" Yuki's eyes trembled as tears threatened to fall from the barriers of his long lashes. With a sigh, Kyou shifted his stance and moaned, "Fine…but I don't see what this will accomplish. What if she comes back and tries to finish what she started? She broke my freakin' wrist!" Yuki stared up at him pitifully and Kyou looked away in disgust, saying, "Don't think I'm going to do you anymore favors in the future…if anything I'm curious as to why she can touch us too." He briefly glanced at Yuki and found him to be asleep again, mostly likely overexerted himself to the point of exhaustion. With a sigh, Kyou left the room and went to his own to rest and think of how to uncover the girl's identity without getting himself killed or worse…raped.