Chapter 12: Come Forth Child

Disclaimer: I still don't own Furuba. And sadly, I never will.

Sorry about the mini hiatus. I had to take a break from this fanfic to write Hagaren No Baka's next couple chapters. So, I hope everyone enjoys. This chapter is a little sad, so… sorry if it makes those who read it feel a little gloomy.

Kyo's eyes grew wide as he stared at the miniature-sized person who was standing beside the fallen door. He couldn't believe his eyes. Rubbing them, he saw Tohru peeking over his shoulder. She too seemed to be fairly shocked at the sight.

Everyone's eyes were on the little boy that was standing just behind them. "Ka…Katsuro…" Kyo mumbles quietly, staring at the child. "How'd you get in…?" he asks sounding completely stunned by his appearance. "Why are you here? How'd you find us?" Cat-san continues to question the kid that they had saw the night Akito forced Tohru to see his transformation once more.

The room was filled was an alarming sound of quiet. No one was moving. Only Kyo's lips were as he spoke. Suddenly, Tohru runs passed Kyo and kneels down to Katsuro. "Hello Katsuro-chan!" She says as cheerfully as possible. There seemed to be nothing worse them complete silence when someone walks in. It could make he or she feel extremely awkward. "How are you today?" Tohru says quietly, in a gentle whisper.

His eyes were gazing back and forth around the house, scanning everything quickly before meeting each of the Sohmas' eyes: Kyo, Haru, Yuki, and Shigure. It was gradually getting late in the day and the boy had stood still for many minutes at a time. No doubt he was frightened when he walked in and found himself being stared at. It left him completely speechless. She was right, there was nothing worse then walking into an unfamiliar house and being greeted by silence and stares. Something was clear about their stare. He knew he wasn't supposed to be there. Especially the way Kyo asked his questions about how he got here and stuff.

Tears dripped down his cheeks and he dropped to his knees, streams of tears running off his face from his eyes. Tohru quickly hugged him close in an attempt to calm him down. His arms gently, but quickly wrapped around her neck as he began to cry into her shoulder. Kyo's hand was outstretched a little in slight worry. Yuki and Haru took a step toward Tohru and Katsuro. Without anyone noticing, Shigure escaped from the house entirely and went off somewhere. "What's wrong Katsuro-chan?" She asks trying to sound comforting. He softly shakes his head, practically refusing to answer anyone's questions. "Please tell me what's wrong Katsuro-chan…." Tohru whispers into his ear quietly, once again she just wanted him to calm down a little.

Lifting his head a little he looks into Tohru's eyes, though his face was a little damp with tears, a polite smile leaped across his face. "My…. My…." He stutters. Kyo kneels down beside Tohru and looks at the boy curiously. "My… my mother… a… and father… they… they were killed." Katsuro threw his head into her chest, his hands closed on her sleeves. Tears damped her light red sweater. She was pretty cold, the air conditioner had broken and they couldn't raise the temperature. Tohru rubs his back, and rests her head on his small shoulder, crying a little as well. If anyone knew what it was like to lose their mother or father, it was Tohru.

Grabbing the kid by the back of the shirt, Kyo pulls him out of her grasp. Carefully, he drops the boy in front of himself. "Look here Katsuro, and answer me honestly, did you see them get killed?" He asks somewhat annoyed at the constant crying of the two of them.

Slowly, he shakes his head side to side and says, "Yes." Kyo's eye twitches; the feeling of strangling the kid ran through his hands. Everyone knows that when you shake your head from left to right it means 'no'. But he decided to let it slide.

"What did the person look like?" He asks curiously, tapping the kid on the head to hold his attention. Kyo wanted him paying attention when he asked these questions. He needed a straight answer or else it'd screw up what he was thinking.

The boy looked to be thinking, and at that, he thought for about twenty minutes, not opening his mouth even once. Suddenly, his lips spread a little to speak, "The person had… black hair. And a long, multi dark colored, kimono. The murderer had a raspy voice, like a woman with a sore throat, but I think it was a guy." Yuki and Kyo's eyes grew wide; both of them had been thinking frightful things. Katsuro cautiously continues on as if he knew he touched on something they were thinking, "A-and… the person said that they had saw something they shouldn't have seen." His voice was so gentle and quiet that you'd think he was almost just fine. But then, tears began to swell up in his eyes once more. He slams his hands on to the ground in front of him, leaning forward, looking down at the floorboards. "I was right there! I was under my bed and watched it all!" He yells sadly, sobbing like crazy now. "I could've done something! But… I was… I was too scared."

Kyo, knowing the feeling of being too scared to speak up, grabs the boy and hugs him. He began to think that he was growing up to be just like his Shishou. This is what it must have been like when Shishou found me. He felt so overwhelmingly bad for me that he began to grow onto me like moss on a tree. This boy… is so much like me, only much more innocent. I can't let him grow up the same way I did. In belief that it was his fault his mother and father died. Just as I believed it was my fault my mother committed suicide. "Katsuro… you shouldn't--." Ms. Honda quietly cuts him off.

"Blame yourself…" she finishes for Kyo gently. "Maybe you could've done something Katsuro-chan… but… it wasn't your fault that anything happened to them. I bet your parents are very happy that you didn't do anything." Katsuro looked at her in confusion as she spoke this. "They are happy because you didn't get hurt. They must be proud of you. You had to have been very brave to stay hidden like that. It took so much out of you didn't it." She whispers to him. He sat down in front of both Kyo and Tohru.

Yuki's eyes were still wide. He looks at them and sighs. Tohru, Kyo, and Katsuro. They looked like a small, yet caring family. Though Kyo never really seemed like a father figure, he was oddly nice to the young boy. Did he feel some sort of connection with him? Was it all because of the way Kyo had felt when he was younger and his mother died? Nonetheless, he hated seeing that group. That pairing of Kyo and Tohru. He isn't right for her! He doesn't deserve to be with such a sweet girl! That's Kyo we're talking about. He was the one that didn't want her in this household! How come he loves her and she loves him back! Yuki groans and runs away from them, going upstairs to his room.

Walking over to Katsuro, Haru pats him on the head gently. "I hope you feel better kid. Maybe Sensei will allow you to stay here for a while. I'm sure Kyo and Tohru have a liking for you." He says then walks out of the house, hands in his pockets.

Katsuro blinks and then sees an annoyed expression on Kyo's face. He stands up and looks down at him. "We have to start our vacation babysitting a kid…." He groans then goes upstairs. Sitting in the hallway on the second floor, he looks at his hands. There was no denying it now. He had taken a little liking toward the kid. It was like having another person around that has had almost the same thing happen to them. But again, he felt it was his entire fault. Katsuro's parents had to have seen him transform from their house. When Akito had left, she must have noticed this and went into the house. Katsuro must have then went home, and seeing Akito there, hid under his bed. Eventually the argument reached his bedroom where his parents were killed. If Kyo had never transformed, they wouldn't have seem Katsuro, and the boy's parents wouldn't have died.

Smiling at Katsuro, she took stands up. Tohru grabs his hand and says, "For now you can stay here. I'm sure Shigure-san wont mind. You can sleep in my bed if you like." She offers to him sweetly. (a.n: Katsuro is around Hiro and Kisa's age.) Slowly, she walks upstairs with him, moving up one step at a time at an extremely cautious pace. Katsuro clearly knew Kyo was somewhere up there.

Standing on the second floor now, Katsuro and Tohru blink many times when they see Kyo just sitting in the hallway. Releasing his hand, she tells him where her room is. He walks passed Kyo and slides into Tohru's bedroom. Meanwhile, as Katsuro fell on her bed and drifted into a deep sleep, she sat down beside Kyo. "Is something bothering you Kyo-kun?" Honda-san asks quietly seeing the feeling of remorse on his face. "Are you feeling well?" Her hand touched his forehead and almost instantly, his face got red from blushing.

He shakes his head and pulls her hand off his forehead. "I'm fine… really." He mumbles to her then gets to his feet. Tohru followed doing the same. She smiles at him then out of nowhere she hugs him. For a moment he didn't transform. He couldn't understand it, he looked around a little, then poofed into his cat form. It had taken much longer then usual. Tohru stares at the little orange cat in her arms. He curls up while she was holding her, and rests his head on her sleeve covered left arm, her right arm was under him holding him up. Walking into his room, clothes draped over him, she lays him on the bed. Bringing the quilt of the bed up, she rests it halfway up his body.

"Sleep well Kyo-kun…." She whispers to him, kissing him on the forehead while he was in his cat form. Carefully, Tohru places his clothes on the bed beside him. Leaving his bedroom, she enters her own and finds Katsuro already fast asleep. She couldn't figure out why she had kissed him. It was like an urge. Something inside her forced her to do this. Just as that same thing forced her to hug him without giving any notice. And even when she did hug him, it was a delayed transformation. Was Kyo in such deep thought that his body had to adjust and then allow him to transform?

Slowly, she lays down beside Katsuro in the bed. He turns over and lets his hand rest on her stomach. Katsuro was sound asleep. And in a matter of moments, so was Tohru.

In the middle of the night, Kyo transformed back to his human form. It had taken longer to transform back, just as it had taken fairly long for him to poof into a cat. He dresses back into the clothes he was wearing earlier. Then lays back down on the bed, staring at the ceiling blankly. Suddenly, he felt his hand reach up and touch his forehead. "Why…. does it feel like I've been touched….?" He whispers quietly. His fingers floated to the center of his forehead. "Right here…." As his voice trailed off he fell into a gentle sleep. His mind on more then he believed he could even handle.

Yuki was long asleep. His thoughts clouded with the sight of Tohru and Kyo together. The words 'he doesn't deserve her' ran around in his dreams. It was on street signs, buildings, billboards, the street itself, and he even found it stamped on Kyo's forehead. It read, 'I don't deserve her.' Dream Yuki nods happy with what's going on and actually falls asleep in his dreams.

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Ultimate-Furuba-Freak: Thanks again! I came back and wrote sooner then I expected. It seems I can't keep away from this story for more then a few days. I do hope that if you read my other fanfic (Hagaren No Baka) that you enjoyed it! Though it's a pretty different style of my writing I suppose, lol. And go ahead and recommend it to your friend. I hope they enjoy this fanfic! You seem to really be enjoying each chapter. That's great!

YoukaiOnigiri: Chapter 11 kind of opened the story up slowly. Though it may not have been noticed to well. Shigure…is just a little weird. And who doesn't want to kill Akito? Haha.Sorry about not adding you to the special thanks last chapter, I missed the review. But, anyways, Kyo is not dumb, lately he's been thinking a lot and he's realizing that he can finally say the things he wants, may it be helpful or a shoot down at someone. So, his advice is just whatever he thinks on the subject, even if he doesn't mean to say it. - I confused myself…

I don't think I should say: Not sure why you shouldn't say, but…lol. I'm glad to see that you're enjoying this fanfic so far. Happy that I'm making you excited for the next chapter (this one) as well. Answer to your question- This story should be about 18-20chapters. Depending on how much I can come up with. Its on pace to land at about 18, but 20 is a possibility. If I end it any sooner then chapter 18, then a sequel would be coming eventually. But, I may try to end it without a sequel. It really all depends on what the reviewers want. If they want a sequel, I'll try my best to create one. The ending…is still a little cloudy for me. I have an idea on what I want to happen that will definitely be in affect. But, I'm not sure how the final chapter will end. Maybe I'll create the sequel picking up from there…. Continue to R&R.

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