The last thing his newly sensitive ears heard was Tohru comforting her fallen prince.
"Yuki-Kun!" Tohru cried, cradling Yuki's head in her lap.
Tohru pulled a handkerchief out of her pocket and began to clean the blood from his face. "Kyou, how could you do something like this? I knew you hated Yuki but... to attack his so brutally. It's almost inhuman." The girl thought.
"This is not good at all," Shigure said, dazed. "The prayer beads... What happened to them?"
From his tone, Tohru could tell that he didn't expect an answer to his question, but the guilt from keeping such an important thing secret from them had become too much.
"They broke." She said bluntly.
"They... Oh god! When did this happen?" Shigure asked with disbelief.
Tohru retold the story to Shigure and the slightly recovered Yuki. She watched the novelists eyebrows furrow deeper as he listened to the tale. When she had finished, the two youths looked expectantly at the writer.
"What's the big deal anyways? So what, that cat wont change into the other form anymore. Isn't that a good thing?" Yuki asked weakly, still trying to fully catch his breath.
Shigure looked grim. He exhaled heavily and looked at his feet, studying them intensely.
"Like with most things related with to this family, it has roots with the old legend of the Zodiac." The writer began. "With every spirit, there is a certain amount of good and a certain amount of evil. There is a necessary balance that must be maintained. Yin and Yang, as its called sometimes. Well, the day after the Zodiac banquet the cat learned of the rat's treachery, his rage was uncontrollable. This is when the cat's spiritual balance was offset, his desire for vengeance threatened to consume his soul entirely. To preserve the cat's spirit, the god separated the cat's spirit into two separate souls; the dominant one was normal, with a perfect ratio of Yin and Yang, but the other was almost complete darkness. To seal away the darker soul, the god gave the cat a string of prayer beads; black and white, to represent good and evil."
"So, now that the beads are broken?" Tohru asked timidly.
"There is no certain outsome. Nothing like this has ever happened before.I can only guessthat the two souls will begin to merge, and eventually, Kyou's soul will be eaten away by his thirst for revenge." Shigure predicted ominously.
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Yes I know. It really has been too long. Too many excuses and im pretty sure you guys don't want me to make them. ;; heres another chappie for you. Hope the whole explanation thing makes sense... oh yes, and I have currently been informed that kyous bracelet is actually red and white, something about them being soaked in blood or something... but im going to disregard that information. In my story, the beads are black and white :P hope you guys are liking the story, because im certainly having a ball writing it, even though I never seem to find the time to get around to it. ;; let me know what you think. ali out