Kuu: Hey guys. -yawn- If you guys didn't know, I'm back! Did ya miss me? -hopes so even if just a little bit.- Well..Even if you didn't miss me did you miss my updates then? Hmmm. I updated a story last night, and i was gonna add my other one-shot today, but some of my reviewers said they really wanted to see the next chapter of Fading Memories, so here we are. This chapter isn't that great though, I couldn't really think of a good ending for this fic, so...Yeah. There's probably two more chapters including this one that have to do with the main plot, the rest of the story'll just be fillers to make it happy again, no one likes a sad ending. So yeah. My bad, I suck at life, okay?

Warnings: Language-Yaoi-Angst-Violence?

(By the way, I'm not doing reviews, lol. Im lazy and..Well there's just not a whole lot to answer. I guess I can answer them all at the same time..-clears throat)

Dear Reviewers,

Thank you very much for your concern for me, my family and my house. All is well after Hurricane Rita. We lost power for a while, and had some stubborn branches in the yard, but everyones alive, and that's all that matters. This of course, means I will be able to successfully write you stories. I'm sure that's what popped into your heads first. -snickers- It wasn't: "Oh no! I hope their house doesn't implode!" But: "Nooo! NO POWER? THAT MEANS WE WONT HAVE ANY UPDATES! WHY GOD WHY?"

Ahahah. It's alright. I feel the exact same.

Anywho, I reposted this on the chapter 18 slot so everyone could review if they wanted to.

...Chapter-17 ...

"Kyo, are you okay..?" Haru asked worriedly.

"I..I think.." Kyo started, but before he could finish his legs buckled and he crumpled to the ground, unconcious. Haru blinked at the unconcious boy for a moment. He hadn't really been expecting that..

Scratch that! Back to reality! Haru glanced from Akito to Kyo, not really sure of what to do. Should he stay and try to help them? There was no way he'd be able to get them both back to Shigures on his own! He probably couldn't even move one of them with his injured shoulder.

What he should do is grab Kyo, go home and make up something about their wounds and leave that bastard of a family leader there to rot and never be seen again. God knows he deserves it after all he's done.

'No..That wouldn't be right..' Haru thought to himself and sighed. Deciding that the best thing to do was head back to the house for help, Haru slowly limped back the way he came, after making sure that it was okay to leave Kyo there alone. He could only pray that he was going the right way this time. He just couldn't afford to get lost at a time like this!

Moving as fast as he could without tripping, he finally came into an opening of trees and heaved a huge sigh of relief when the dogs house came into view. He never would have thought he'd ever find himself so happy to see that place, but here he was, practically leaping for joy.

And his luck seemed to be getting better too. He could see Hatori's car was conveniently parked in the drive way as he drew closer. And so, pushing his thoughts aside, he made his way to the house, ignoring the pains that threatened to slow him down.

Hatori furrowed his brows at the boy in front of him. He stood in the middle of the living room waiting impatiently. He'd been called by a somewhat frantic Yuki and he couldn't even make out a word he'd been saying. So, doing what he did best, he got in his car and drove over to the dogs house to see what was going on. Yuki was now sitting on the couch in front of him while Tohru remained across the room somewhere behind the dragon since she didn't want to 'get in the way'.

"What do you mean 'You can't find him'?" The doctor asked in obvious distress. Yuki sighed in irritation, did he have to spell it out for him?

"I told you. One minute we were talking and the next minute he was out the door and gone like he was in a panic." He reiterated. Hatori frowned at the explanation. There had to be a reason for Haru to just start freaking out over something.

"Did anything happen before that?" He wondered.

"Hmm. We were talking about Kyo, because something was bothering him, and then there was a crash in the kitchen, which I thought was someone dropping a dish, so I didn't pay much attention to it.." He said, trying to remember exactly what happened. "And then Haru got up and went upstairs, and came back and just...Left."

"Then maybe-" The dragon started, but it was cut off when Tohru gasped, her eyes widening a considerable margin. Hatori quirked a brow at the girl. Did he say something that surprised her, or..?

"What is it Miss Honda..?" Yuki asked, giving the girl a confused glance, then he followed her gaze.

"Oh my god." He breathed, jumping up from his seat. Confused, the dragon decided to see what had grasped everyones attention, and was not very happy with what he saw.

Haru had successfully albeit painfully made his way up the stairs of the porch and into the house. He cradled his injured shoulder in his hand as he followed the sound of peoples voices from across the house. Half of his shirt was completely soaked in blood by now. He could feel the warm liquid trailing down his arm and dripping off of his fingertips onto the hardwood floor beneath him.

His movements had begun to get sluggish and he was panting for breath, almost as if he'd been running all the way to the house, even though he couldn't. His body was tired and begging to rest, but he wouldn't allow it. Not until he knew everyone would be alright.

Finally, he made it to the door where the voices were coming from. Using his good hand, he pushed the door open, not even bothering to worry about the bloody handprind he left behind. He winced a bit and stepped into the room. Hatori was standing in the middle of the room talking with Yuki, he observed. And Tohru was..

Haru squinted as he looked around the room and finally spotted the girl, who was staring at him in horror with her hands covering her mouth. Faintly, he thought he heard a shriek come from the girls direction. And a moment later, Yuki turned around in his seat and gave him the same look.

"Oh my god." He said and jumped up from the couch to face him completely. Hatori turned his head and tried to hide the surprised look on his face. (Although he didn't do a very good job) If it were any other situation, Haru probably would have laughed.

But now, he had everyone undivided attention. They were all staring at him as if he'd exploded or something. Did he honestly look that bad? He was wearing a black shirt, so he was sure that the couldn't see the blood that was soaked in it, except for the red trails going down his arm. And of course the bloody trail he left as he walked into the room. Other then that, he just looked a little mussed and beat up.

He was here for a reason though! He couldn't just sit here and look stupid while they all stared dumbly at him!

Taking another step into the room Haru opened his mouth to speak.

"Haru! What happened?" Yuki rushed forward and stopped in front of him, successfully cutting him off. Have no time for chit-chat, Haru frowned and pushed passed him, giving the doctor a bewildered look. He didn't have time for a game of 20 questions! He was in a pure panic here!

"Tori! You have to help!" He blurted out. "Hurry. He needs help."

"What are you talking about?" The dragon asked, bewildered.

"HELP! HE NEEDS HELP!" He yelled in frustration and pointed at the door. "Why are you just standing there!"

"Hatsuharu. Calm down." The dragon ordered, grabbing the frantic boy by the shoulders to stop him from moving. He loosed his grip when the boy winced and frowned. He glanced at his hand and saw it was covered in blood. Even a doctor would know that that wasn't good.

"Take a deep breath and tell me what happened." He said, giving the ox a pointed look.

Haru shook his head. "No. No. We don't have time, we have to go. Now."

"Haru, I need to look at your wounds, and we're not going anywhere until we know what's going on." The doctor stated, picking at the ox's collar to get a better look at his shoulder, but the younger boy jerked away stubbornly.

"Please Hatori. It's Kyo, he needs my help..A..Akito..He.."

"What?" Came Yuki and Hatori's voice simultaneously.

"Just..Help!" Haru spat at them angrily and stalked out of the room. Hatori, who was confused to all hell, just stared dumbly at the ox's retreating back for a moment. Yuki gave the dragon a side glance before following the ox out the door, telling Tohru to stay put, just in case. Yuki's movements pulled the dragon out of his daze and he quickly moved to catch up with the teens.

Haru lead them down a trail through the woods behind Shigure's house. Yuki had a flashlight, so they could see where they were going, although it didn't really help all that much. Hatori was still comtemplating what cow was talking about. Kyo? Akito? What could have happened..?

Whatever it was, he'd just have to plan for the worst.

After about 5 minutes of walking, they finally came to a small opening in the trees. The first thing the doctor noticed was the redhead laying on the ground about 15 feet away, and so, he made his way over to the inert boy to make sure he was okay. From what it looked like, he'd cut his wrist again. Hatori cursed under his breath at this. The neko had lost some blood and probably passed out due to blood loss. Other then that, he looked perfectly fine, which didn't explain Haru's condition. Kyo obviously didn't have the strength to do something like that. And he probably wouldn't do it, even if he did.

"Hatori...Over here." Yuki yelled at the doctor. Hatori glanced back at the redhead before picking himself off the ground and heading over to where Yuki was standing with Haru at his side, looking as if he were about to hurl.

"What is i-" He asked, but stopped when he saw what the rat was looking at. Akito layed sprawled on the ground with his eyes closed. There was blood dropped out of his mouth, and he was bleeding around his midsection as well. He also had a bloody knife in his hand..

"Do you think..?" Yuki asked in a hushed voice.

Hatori crouched by the frail man and lifted his hand to check for a pulse. Not satisfied with what he got, he put the mans hand down and pressed his fingers to the mans throat for a moment.

"Hatori?" Yuki finally asked.

"He's dead." Hatori told him with a frown, his gaze flickering to the ox, who was staring at the former heads body. He almost looked troubled, but then he gave a snort and turned back to where Kyo was a few feet away.

"Yuki, Help Haru get Kyo back to Shigures house. I'll take care of this, and I'll be there in a while." Hatori ordered, pulling his cell phone out of his pocket. He couldn't just take Akito to Shigures house since he obviously couldn't do anything to help the man. And everyone didn't need to know about this right away. He still needed to know what had taken place out there that night.

He frowned as he punched in some numbers into the phone and held it to his ear. He'd be lying to himself if he said that he wasn't somewhat relieved to know that the sadistic family head wouldn't be able to wreak any more havoc on them. But there was one thing he still needed to know.. How did it come to this..?

'Whathappened..?'

To be continued.

Hey guys, I was gonna keep going with this chapter so you guys could see some fun haru-kyoness and maybe some Black Haru, but eh. I'm tired, and it figured it was a good enough place to leave off..

As you all know, I'm a giant fan of evil cliffies. But eh, at least you all know that Akito is, in face, DEAD.

Now everybody! Let's play a friendly game of "Kick Akitos Dead Body!"

I'll go first!

Rofl. Anyway. Read and review, you know the routine.