Kuu: Uhm, hey guys. How's it goin? Sorry I haven't updated in a while, lately life has been pretty sucky. First Rita, then my grandmother has been sick, and it turns out that her doctor was just giving her meds for stomach pains and didn't even check to see what was wrong. She had to get surgery for an absess in her colon. It was pretty bad, and they said that after that she'd be fine. But then a couple days later we're told that they "Don't think she'll wake up again." So I got to spend all of last night visiting with my grandmother like it was the last time I was going to see her.. I've always watched in shows how people talk to people while they're in comas or something like that, but I never thought it would be as hard as it was last night. So, yeah.. My internet isn't working right now, and I have nothing better to do then write this chapter. It might suck royally though, due to my mood and the splitting headache that's cracking my skull in two. n.n;

As for reviews, I don't feel like going and reading them all over again then answering them, so i'll just try to answer them all at the same time. Ahem. Yes. Akito is dead. Yes, this fic is almost over. Uh. Some of you were saying you didn't want the angst to end, but I don't really have any angsty Ideas, so I'll just add something in there somewhere before I end it. Of course it will be nothing compared to crap in the earlier chapters. I don't know, lol. Anywho! I think that's it. I think I'm gonna take a break from writing Furuba HaruxKyo fics for a while, because I've been wanting to do a SasukexNeji fic. x.x' But yeah, I finally got my internet back today, so I get to post. Oh joy.

.Chapter 18.

Everyone sat quietly in the living room. They'de made it back to the house okay, Yuki had insisted that he take Kyo due to the cow's injuries. Of course Haru didn't want that, but eventually he'd lost to the inevitable. Sadly the line "Strong as an ox" didn't apply to him at that moment. So he was stuck limping behind Yuki on the way, glaring daggers at his back for taking away the pleasures of carrying his kitten home.

Once they'de gotten there, they were immediately approached by a frantic Tohru, who had been waiting by the door since they'de left. She was glad to see that Kyo wasn't injured terribly. Yuki, without Haru's help, much the the cows dismay, took Kyo to his room with Tohru trailing closely behind then. They told Haru to stay downstairs and wait for them to come back, and not having much of a choice, he did as he was told. He stood akwardly in the middle of the living room for a moment, trying to decide what to do. He'd just remembered about the blood soaking his shirt and dripping from his arm, so it wasn't like he could sit down on the furniture without ruining it, although it would be amusing to see the look on Shigure's face when he came home to see blood splattered all over his couch.

Haru frowned at the small puddle of blood that was developing in front of him as it dripped from his hand. He crossed his arms over his chest, so that instead of dripping onto the floor, it would soak into his sleeve. Problem solved! No more mess, ha!

And that's where they all were now. Haru was leaning against the wall, his arms crossed over his chest and his eyes closed. And Tohru and Yuki sitting restlessly on the couch across the room, watching the cow. When they came back down, they'de immediately set to trying to help the ox, but Haru had refused their help. Of course, this confused the hell out of them. It looked like the ox was about to pass out at any given moment! Hell, he could have been passed out already! They couldn't tell when his eyes were closed like that!

"Stop staring at me." Haru said suddenly with his eyes still closed. He really hated it when people stared at him. Just the feeling of someone staring at you was irritating, not to mention the silence was starting to get to him. It was like they were afraid of talking.

Yuki looked kind of surprised at the comment, but did as the cow told him. He looked around for a moment to find something else to stare at. What he really wanted to do was ask what the hell happened out there. But he had a feeling the ox wouldn't be in the mood to tell them right now, if at all. All he knew was Haru was hurt, Kyo was hurt and Akito was dead. Now, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to add two and two together. But he still wanted to know how and why it turned out the way it did. Details were needed, and he was eager to get them. Of course, he was somewhat happy that Akito was out of the way now. He'd never liked the man, ever since his childhood. And for what he did to his family and friends, he could never bring himself to even tolerate him. Yuki remained quiet and lost in his own thoughts. The silence however, was broken when the door opened and the doctor walked in.

Haru opened his eyes and glanced up as the dragon strode into the middle of the living room with his eyes on him.

Hatori had called someone from the main house to come and get the heads body. Of course when they got there, they didn't ask any questions. Even if they did, Hatori wouldn't have been able to answer since he wasn't exactly sure what had happened. They would have to plan for a burial for the deceased man in the next day or so. After that was all finished, he'd gone back to the dogs house. They were all in the living room, obviously waiting for him. He frowned a bit when he saw that the ox was still in the same shape he was when they'de met ealier.

"Haru." He said. "Come and sit down so I can attend to your wounds."

Haru stared at him for a moment then nodded and pushed himself off the wall, wincing a bit as he put too much pressure on his shoulder. He lazily walked over to where the man was pointing and sat on the coffee table. The older man put his bag down and knelt in front of the white haired teen. His shirt was in the way, and completely soaked in blood, and it was fairly obvious that the problem was coming from his left shoulder.

"Can you move your arm?" He asked pointing at the ox's shoulder. Haru shrugged.

"Kind of." Came his bored reply.

"Well, can you lift it enough to get your shirt off?" Hatori asked, getting straight to the point. Haru sat there for a moment, looking thoughtful before turning back to the doctor.

"I doubt it." He answered truthfully.

Hatori nodded. "Okay, I'm going to have to cut it then." He said and turned to look at the two teens behind him. "Could one of you go and get him a new shirt, please?" Yuki nodded, but before he could stand, Tohru was already up and running up the stairs. Hatori took out the scissors and cut the shirt down the middle in order to get it off all the while ordering Yuki to get him a wet cloth to clean the blood away.

After a few moments, Tohru returned with a shirt similar to the one Haru had been wearing before. But, it was short sleeved and black with some kind of abstract design design drawn on the front in white. She couldn't choose which shirt to pick since most of the ox's clothes all looked the same. What was she supposed to do? Should she have picked a solid black shirt? Or ones with words and humorous pictures on it? Or ones with designs that had no meaning whatsoever? She didn't know! So in the end, she just closed her eyes and grabbed the closest shirt to her and headed back downstairs. She layed the shirt on the table next to the ox and went to sit back down where Yuki was on the couch.

Once the blood was out of the way, Hatori could easily see the wound on the ox's shoulder. It wasn't too big, and it wasn't near any vital organs, so it didn't seem life threatening, other then a large amount of bloodloss.

"What happened?" He asked as he poured some alchohol onto a cloth to steralize the injury.

Haru snorted at the question. "I got stabbed, obviously." He retorted. Hatori gave the ox a skeptical look, he knew the ox knew what he really meant. He put the cloth with alchohol on it over the wound without warning and earned a hiss of pain from the ox. He allowed himself to smirk a bit in victory.

"Let's see." Haru sighed, once his shoulder stopped burning like fire but worse. "I went out there to find Kyo, because he was about to do something really stupid. When I got there Akito was there, and then he tried to attack Kyo with the knife. Of course, I pushed Akito away from Kyo before he could hurt him, then Akito went after me, which earned me a nice kick in the ribs and a knife in my shoulder, then he held the knife to my throat. Kyo saved my ass and pushed him away, which caused him to trip and land on the knife he was holding. That's pretty much all I remember." He said. "Akito fell, and I asked if Kyo was alright and then he passed out. And that's where we are now." He said just as the doctor was finished with his shoulder.

His shoulder was bandaged up and his arm was being held up by a sling. And now it was just Yuki, Tohru and him in the living room, Hatori had gone upstairs to make sure Kyo was alright. Haru was getting annoyed though, the sling holding his arm was making his shoulder hurt. Using his free hand, he reached up to remove the offending piece of cloth.

"What are you doing?" Yuki asked curiously as he noticed the ox's annoyed expression.

"I don't need this stupid thing." He muttered and through it on the table boredly.

"But..Hatori sa-" Yuki started, but shutup when the ox sent him a glare that would stop anyone in their tracks. Haru turned to leave the room without a word.

"Where are you going?" Yuki asked.

"I gotta pee, is that a problem?" Haru asked over his shoulder with a skeptical expression. Yuki shook his head and sat back down on the couch. When Hatori finally came back downstairs, he sat on the chair across from the couch.

"So, what happens now?" Yuki wondered aloud. Hatori shrugged and lit a cigarette.

"It's obvious that what happened with Akito was self-defense, so neither Haru or Kyo can be held accountable for his death. However, there will be a funeral service for him in a day or two." He said boredly. "You will be expected to go." he Added for good measure. Yuki nodded and sat back a bit. He was glad that no one was going to get in trouble for what happened. Now there was only one problem remaining. Haru.

"And how's Kyo?" Haru asked from the doorway, kind of catching both Yuki and Hatori by surprise. They didn't know he was in the room. Hatori, however, was much better at hiding his surprise then Yuki was.

"He should be fine. He's asleep right now. But that also brings up the question as to why you went out their after Kyo in the first place." Hatori said thoughtfully, trying to make the pieces fit. Haru quirked a brow at his two cousins. That was right! They didn't know he got his memory back yet, did they? Haru's usually placid expression turned into a dark glare as he stared at the dragon.

"You know, speaking of that.." He smirked. "I've got a little bone to pick with you."

Both Yuki and Hatori looked at the boy in confusion. They could easily tell a difference between White and Black Haru, and this was most definately Black Haru. Of course, there should be no reason for him to be mad. This just confused them more.

"Uhm. What is it?" The doctor asked somewhat nervously, which was odd enough in it's self, coming from the usually stoic dragon. Haru stopped right in front of the doctor and crossed his arms over his chest and just sat there with a smirk.

"Haru..?"

"You know, it's not very nice to erase someones memory out of no where when they're not expecting it, Hatori." He explained, cutting the older man off. Hatori's eyes widened to about the size of plates at the cows comment.

"I..Yo- We..Bu-..." He stuttered with a shocked expression.

"What was that? You're not even going to say 'sorry' for making mine and Kyo's life a living hell? My goodness, Hatori, where are your manners?" Black stated boredly. "And Yuki? I would close my mouth, you might catch a fly." He added amusingly, his gaze never leaving the dragon in front of him. Yuki, who's jaw had practically hit the floor, snapped his mouth shut, not even realizing he'd been gaping at the two.

"Yo-You remember?" Hatori asked disbelievingly. That was impossible! No one had ever successfully recovered their memories on their own!

"Oh, I remember everything." The ox stated. He wasn't really planning on doing anything bad to the man. He knew it wasn't Hatori's fault he'd gotten his memory erased. Yes, Hatori was the one who did it, but it wasn't like he'd woken up that morning and decided "Hey, I think I'll erase Haru's memories today!". Akito had obviously ordered him to do it. But in order to appease the anger that had been sitting silently in his body for the last week and a half, he decided to play around with the dragon a bit.

"Hmmm. What to do, what to do." He muttered thoughtfully. It would be a lie if he said the petrefied look on Hatori's face wasn't hilarious. Because it was. He looked like he was somewhere in between peeing his pants and fainting. He wasn't usually afraid or even a little nervous around Black Haru. But, in case none of you knew, this situation was a bit different. He could only expect the worst. And the worse was..

"Ah, I know the perfect punishment." Black said evilly, grabbing a hand full of the doctors shirt. Hatori inwardly flinched as he waited for what was to come, surely Haru planned on making whatever this 'punishment' was as painful as possible. There was a slight pressure on the back of his neck, but no pain. Curious, he opened his eyes to see Haru pulling his tie off. He took a step back and held it up with a smirk.

"I'm stealing your tie." He announced confidentally, as if that were the worst thing he could have possibly done in that moment. After a moment he quirked a brow at the doctor, who's facial expression hadn't changed. "Hey, you okay? It's not like I was gonna kill you or anything like that." He said innocently. "I know if wasn't your fault all of this happened, so it's not like I can blame you. Although I am a bit disappointed.."

Haru mentally congratulated himself. If there was one thing in the world he hated, it would be when someone said they were "disappointed" in you. What the hell does that mean! He'd rather get yelled at or even hit then have someone tell him they were disappointed. Of course, that's why he wanted to use it. It was one of those words that explained everything if you said it. It's like:

How are you feeling?

Disappointed.

Nooo! Anything but the look and sound of disappointment!

'Damn straight! Have a bit of your own medicine, Hatori!' Haru mentally cheered.

"Oh, Hatori, you're back!" Tohru stated obviously as she re-entered the room. She glanced at the cow and grinned. "Cute tie!"

"Why thank you, Tohru." Haru answered, obviously proud of himself.

There was a creak from the staircase and everyone looked up to see what had made the noise.

Kyo woke up with a start and shot up from where he'd been laying. He glanced around the room for a moment to see where he was. He was in his room. He frowned a bit to himself. Had all of that been a dream..?

He ran a hand through his hair and paused when something white caught his attention. He brought his hand back down in front of his face so he could check out the fresh bandages around his hand. He hadn't done this.

He looked down at himself as well. He was wearing a different pair of clothes too..

Of course the first thought that comes to mind when you see that you woke up with a different pair of clothes then when you fell asleep or whatever is:

"Wtf! Someone undressed me while I was sleeping again!"

But, pushing those thoughts aside, Kyo swung his legs over the edge of the bed and stood up. Apparently everything hadn't been his imagination. Akito had really been there. Was he dead? He remembered pushing him, and seeing the blood, but that was it.. And Haru had gotten hurt too!

He made his way out the door and to the stairs. He could hear voices downstairs. He could tell it was Tohru speaking, but what she was saying, he had no idea. Slowly, being sure not to trip over his own feet, he began walking down the stairs. He kept his hand on the wall, just in case he lost his balance.

As he approached the bottom of the stairs he could hear parts of the conversation.

"Cute tie!" Okay..That was Tohru's voice.

"Why thank you, Tohru."

The stairs made an obnoxious creaking noise as soon as he'd put his weight on it.

"Damnit." He muttered, cursing the stairs for being so loud. He glanced up from where he was glaring at said step, once he realized the akward silence that had engulfed the room. Everyone was staring at him, much to his dismay. Of course, the scene looked a bit weird at first. Tohru was sitting there in the middle of the room. Haru was standing in front of Hatori, practically shoving a tie down his throat, Hatori looked scared shitless and Yuki was just chilling on the couch.

"Oh! Kyo, you're awake! I'm so glad you're okay." Tohru beamed happily, deciding to break the silence. Kyo blinked and gave a slight nod toward the girl. He then turned his gaze to the ox, who's facial expression softened a bit when their eyes met. Kyo couldn't help but feel nervous about talking to the ox, after all, what if everything had just been a dream?

Haru noticed the neko's hesitance and the worry that flashed in his eyes. So Kyo wasn't sure what was goin' on, eh? Well, he could change that. Giving the dragon back his tie, Haru took a few steps toward the redhead and quirked a brow.

"You alright there, Kyo? You look like you're about to faint." He said with a hint of amusement behind his words. Kyo blinked at him before his confusion turned into a scowl.

"I do not!"

Haru put a hand on his chin. "You know, come to think of it. You've been doing that alot lately." He said thoughtfully.

Kyo bristled. What was with that damn cow and always instigating? "Shutup, you brat! It's not my fault!"

Hatori and Yuki practically face vaulted. After all that they've been through, the first time they get to actually see each other in a normal setting..They automatically argue?

Haru sighed and looked at the boy seriously, a slight frown marring his face. "You're so stupid, Kyo. What were you thinking?"

Kyo glared at the cow and stepped off the last stair he'd been standing on. "I'm not stupid, what was I supposed to do!" He retorted, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Anything but that, stupid."

"I said stop calling me stupid, stupid!"

"Nothing could have been that bad. Not bad enough to hurt yourself like that." Haru murmured quietly.

"Then you're the stupid one." Kyo muttered. "I'de been alone for so long, I got used to have you with me all the time and then you just disappeared. I couldn't stand it. You said you would always be there, but you weren't. I'de rather have died then." Kyo said quietly, then glared at the ox and pointed accusingly.

"So that makes you the stupid one for letting that dragon erase your memories so easily, baka ushi!"

"WHAT? That's not fair! I wasn't even ready!" Haru exclaimed.

"Excuses excuses. Would you like some cheese with your whine?" Came the cats reply.

"Oh yeah, real mature, Kyo. Shutup." Haru snorted.

"Ohhh real matuureeee" Kyo mocked.

"Shut your pie hole already, you wanna fight?" Haru asked with furrowed brows. Kyo arched a brow at the ox with smirked.

"Are you sure you got all of your memory back, or have you forgotten that you can't beat me?" Kyo asked in a confident voice, but before he could continue in his little bout of superiority Haru yanked him forward by the collar of his shirt and pressed their lips together in a chaste kiss. It didn't last long, Kyo had been completely caught off guard, and hadn't even had time to respond to the action. Haru smirked at the dazed look on the older teens face.

"Who said I meant that kind of fight..?" He whispered just loud enough for the cat to hear. Kyo felt a smirk tugging at his lips.

"Well, if that's the case then it's a win, win situation." He grinned.

Haru quirked a brow at the redhead. If that wasn't an invitation, then he didn't know what was. Kyo, however, not knowing why Haru was just standing there looking dumb-struck, took the moment to initiate another kiss, only more gentle this time. This, naturally, jerked the cow out of his thoughts. He absently brought a hand up to rest lightly on the nape of the older teens neck and let his eyes drift closed. He could feel the cat running his fingers through his hair and stop at the back of his head, in an attempt to pull him closer.

Kyo didn't want this to ever end. He'd been waiting so long to feel Haru's body pressed against his own. To be close enough to run his hands through the boys wild and spikey hair.

Haru parted his lips to allow the entrance that the redhead was clearly waiting for. And of course, Kyo jumped at the opportunity to make the small embrace more intimate. The kiss became more heated as they deepened it. Haru responded to the neko's probing tongue almost hungrily.

After a few moments, they both withdrew since they were in dire need of air. Haru rested his forehead on the cats shoulder all the while panting for breath. Kyo vaguely realized Haru's hand in his shirt. When had that happened? The first thought that came to mind was Haru was a perverted bastard, but then he realized that his free hand was under there as well, on top of the cows, no less.

Oops.

Okay, so obviously he'd done it, that would make him the perverted bastard, wouldn't it?

But could you blame him?

Haru began placing light kisses on the cats neck, earning him a cute little whimper from the redhead. Kyo, in turn, removed his hand from the cows hair to rest on his shoulder. He turned his head a bit to allow the boy better access, to which Haru gladly took advantage.

Yuki sighed and looked over to Tohru and Hatori.

"Wow, all of the sudden I'm kind of hungry..Why don't we all go into the kitchen..?" He asked with a nervous chuckle. Tohru, who was blushing furiously and on the verge of a nosebleed, nodded vigorously and turned and stiffly walked toward the kitchen with Yuki following behind her. Hatori looked from Yuki and Tohru to Haru and Kyo. Apparently there would be no use in interrupting the two at the..Uh..Moment. He'd just have to try later. He was kind of hungry anyway..

"H-hey." Hatori tried to sound stern as he spoke to the two teens left in the room. The only reply he got was a lustful groan from which teen? He had no idea. He coughed, feeling a bit flustered and stiffly left the room after Yuki and Tohru.

He'd just check up on them later.. Ahem.

Yeah..

To be continued..

Well. If that wasn't long enough for ya, then I don't know what is. There was a bit of HaruxKyo-ness in there for you guys. Take it for leave it! XD I'll try to update soon, there really isn't much more to write, ya know.. So review and all that good stuff.