Chapter 8

The Dream

Just Call Me Blue: np. I guess it didn't really need a title.

AngelGirlBB7: Thanks. -smile- My party is tomorrow. Anyway, I wrote this as quick as I could. Hope you like it.

RinSohma: I know. -tear- I promise. I'm trying to make this one longer. I hope you're still reading..

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kyou: Hi. Nice Pen name. I could be biased though. I like Kyo so much. I kinda put Yuki down a lot and my friend tries to defend him but.. I win cause she's kinda a novice.. I'm off subject. Anyway, here's your update.

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Midoriyugi-chan: Will Review. -points to you- Will Write. -points to herself- Most of my reviewers biggest thing was "NO! KYO CAN'T DIE!" so I wonder if after all the sh.. Stuff I put him through.. He'll actually live and not use an inhaler. One girl told me that if he had to use one, he'd never beat Yuki. Matte Ne? That's a new one. Afraid I don't know what it means. But okay. -smile-

This chapter is from Kyo's point of view mostly.

Kyo ran down the street, huffing. This was harder than he thought. A little more and he fell onto his knees. He puts his hands out to stop himself from hitting the ground and panted, trying to get much needed air to his lungs.

Pretty soon, a car came up but he ignored it until the man inside called his name.

"Kyo!" Dammit Hatori found him. He wasn't going back.

He got up and kept walking toward his house. Toward Tohru. Toward the whole reason he was out here suffering. But he was still gonna get there if it killed him.

He stumbled up to the house and went to open the door but fell against the house. This had taken a lot more out of him than he thought. Oh well. He reached for the door again but found it slide open and he saw Tohru. She gasped and her mouth moved but he could hardly hear her.

Dammit. I'm gonna pass out. Not now. I've come all this way.

But Kyo fell forward and she sank to the floor with him. So warm... Kyo drifted into unconsciousness. Was she calling him?

The world felt like it was spinning.

You ever had one of those moments?

Where you felt like you were going to fall over any second?

Ya. This was one of those times.

And suddenly it stopped. Kyo felt his stomach catch up with him and breathed a sigh of relief. He opened his eyes and looked around.

"Where am I?" he asked. It was by a canyon.. You know.. Like those steep cliffs right next to a street. With the breakable railing on the side to "protect" you from falling down? Kyo looked around and though it was in the middle of nowhere, it was kinda nice. He looked out at the sun as it set. It turned the surrounding cliffs an orange color, followed by a purple as it got darker.

"Wow." he sighed. He hadn't felt this good since the day he'd first gotten the fever. It was so amazing. He swore that if Yuki came up to him right then, he could beat him hands down.

Suddenly he heard something and turned to see a low car speeding right at him. His eyes widened and his legs wouldn't move. And the car turned for him and the sky was so dark. All he heard was the crash. All he felt was pain. In his chest. In his head. His body ached. He couldn't see, but he knew he wasn't dead. He was holding onto something.

He forced his eyes open and his vision came back into focus. In his hand was the railing. The car had vanished or fallen to it grave hundreds of feet below. He didn't want to look.

"Hey Kyo. Hold my hand. Please? Take my hand." Tohru? Kyo's eyes lifted and he saw her, above him. She was reaching down to him, but despite the situation, her voice was calm and her eyes showed she wasn't worried at all.

"I... I can't. I'll fall." Kyo looked at the cliff wall then back at Tohru with his eyes almost pleading for help. They started to water. This place felt so real to him. If he fell.. He was sure he'd never survive.

"Fall? You wont fall. I promise. Take my hand." she said soothingly.

Kyo reached up but it was too far. "I can't." he muttered, a couple tears falling down into some abyss Kyo would rather avoid.

"Common. You wont fall. I'm right here." Tohru's voice was getting the slightest urgency in it.

Kyo looked up at her. She seemed calm. He reached up again. So close yet so far. He could reach her if he could get up about an inch. The railing gave way and he began to fall. Suddenly her hand was in his. And she pulled him up.

Normally Tohru didn't have that strength and Kyo knew it wasn't actually her, but everything here, wherever here is, effected him. He was scared that he'd actually have died and not accomplished what he wanted to. The reason he'd run all the way to see her. He had to tell her what he waited to say till she'd left that day. That he loved her too.

Thinking about it was confusing. Feeling it hurt. Hearing it was amazing.

"Tohru.. I..." Kyo was being hugged, comforted, by this Tohru. "I don't wanna die, Tohru. And.. I don't wanna fall again. Not before I can tell you everything."

"Dying is scary, Kyo. But I'm sure.. Once it's happened, it gets better. What do you want to say?" Tohru asked.

"I.." Kyo felt pain shoot through his body and his mind went blank. And the place he was in faded to black space and his body lay there, alone and unconscious.

Tohru had been sitting in Kyo's hospital room for about 5 minutes. It was a new room. One that was an automatic lock that only Hatori and a few significant others could open. The room looked just like the old one but shinier. The same sounds filled it and the same tension, but it was different.

Kyo's grip on the bottom of her shirt, which they'd obviously failed to pry from his fist, got tighter and she knew that if he kept this up, he'd end up either pulling the shirt off her or ripping it. Both weren't great. Kyo's eyes closed tighter, like he was afraid, and his heart rate got a bit slow for a second, then it sped up to a little higher than normal, but nothing serious.

'Must be a nightmare.' Tohru thought. She brushed his hair back then put her hand next to his, the one on her shirt.

"Kyo. Can you hear me? Hey Kyo. Hold my hand. Please? Take my hand." she asked, letting her hand hit his slightly, in case he couldn't hear her.

Kyo took a breath before words escaped his mouth. "I.. I can't. I'll fall." he said. She could almost hear the tears in his voice. He was scared. And she saw water brim his eyes.

"Fall? You wont fall. I promise. Take my hand." she said soothingly. 'Stay calm so he'll be calm.' she kept telling herself.

Kyo's hand loosened a little and she could've pried it off but then it returned to being tense again.

"I can't." he muttered, a couple tears falling from his eyes. She wiped them away. Then she returned to trying to take his hand in hers.

"Common. You wont fall. I'm right here." Tohru was worried. What was going on in his mind? What was scaring him so much. She wished she could help more.

His hand loosened again. Wherever he was, he was trying to get to her. Kyo's hand completely let go of her shirt and she quickly grabbed it in her own.

"You're alright, Kyo.. It's okay.." Tohru squeezed his hand.

"Tohru.. I..." Kyo took a deep breath, as though to try not to cry. Tohru wouldn't have minded. Something had really scared him. And if he cried, then she'd know he felt okay, crying in front of her. "I don't wanna die, Tohru. And.. I don't wanna fall again. Not before I can tell you everything."

"Dying is scary, Kyo. But I'm sure.. Once it's happened, it gets better. I'm sure mom would think so. What do you want to say?" Tohru asked, closing her other hand around Kyo's.

"I.." Kyo let out a grunt and a gasp for air before he went limp.

"Oh no. Kyo!" Tohru got up and put her hands on his shoulders. "Kyo! Are you alright! Answer me! Kyo!" Tohru gently shook him, but nothing happened. "Hatori!" she quickly pushed the button by the door and Hatori's voice came over it.

"Hello. Are you ready to leave, Tohru?" he asked.

"No! Something happened with Kyo! He was talking to me and then he just suddenly went limp. Oh Hatori what are we gonna do. He wont respond to anything I say and..." at this point Hatori had already stopped listening and was on his way up with about 2-3 other doctors.

He opened the door and they all came in. Hatori had Tohru leave the room before it seemed crowded, with her still worrying under her breath.

As soon as the door closed to the room, Tohru ran down the hall and called Shigure.

Wow. I liked this chapter. -smile- Actually. now I'm depressed. WHAT HAVE I DONE-cries-

Lana: damn. all this over some dumb cat?

YES! oh btw. Me and my sister found a three legged cat outside and my mom says we may be able to adopt it. -grin-

Lana:... ok...

Now back to me beating myself up for being so horrible to my Kyo-kun.

Lana: You know I can see your thoughts sometimes.. and I know you're wondering about killing Kyo off.

-wide eyes- ssshh!

Lana-laughs-