Chapter Six: Tohru Almost Dies and Kyo Finds Out He's Uncursed

It was after dinner and Kyo had finally come home, but he went straight up to his room and didn't say a word.

It was getting late as Tohru walked home. She felt even worse. To make things worse it started to rain and Tohru had forgotten her umbrella at home. Great. She thought .My legs feel too weak... she said as she fell forward, passing out on the sidewalk in the rain.

Kyo just happened to be staring aimlessly out of his window at that moment and he saw Tohru fall. He quickly climbed out of the window (gotta love that he's the cat...) and jumped to the ground, running towards her.
"Tohru!" he yelled over the rain. It didn't look like she was going to respond.
He picked her up and carried her to the house in his arms. Once he'd gotten inside he yelled for Shigure to call Hatori.
(You play Hatori, K?)

(Okay)

Tohru was out cold and would not respond, "Mom..." she whispered as she opened her eyes softly, "Kyo-san... I'm so sorry..."

Daisuke. There something wrong with Miss Honda. I can barely feel her life force. Dark said.

Hatori answered the phone, "Yes. Alright. I'll be over as soon as I can."

"No..." Kyo whispered. He held her even closer to him and started to cry, not caring anymore if anyone saw.

WHAT! Daisuke yelled.

At that exact same moment, of course, Krad was mentioning the same thing to Satoshi. But there was a difference; Satoshi didn't believe him.
You just want to see her again. He answered, exhausted and ignoring Krad's further pleas.

"Kyo-san... please don't cry. I'll be okay. Just you watch. I pr..."She said as her voice trailed off and she passed out once more.

Its getting weaker you have to tell Satoshi, please Daisuke make him believe you! Dark yelled.

Daisuke hurried and got out his cell phone.
"Satoshi! Tohru's really sick, she needs you!" he said urgently.

Satoshi just stood there, stunned, as he shut off his phone. Finally he asked Krad to take over quickly and fly them to Shigure's house.

Tears were rolling down Kyo's face as he held Tohru even more tightly to him. The doorbell rang and Yuki, who was still for some reason oblivious, answered it.

"Yo," Hatori said as he stepped in the doorway. "Where is she?"

"Where is she? Is Tohru okay? How could you let her get sick like that Yuki-san!" Momiji said, waving a finger in his face, "bad, bad, bad Yuki."

Tohru was still passed out still breathing but not enough to keep her alive for a while. As she slept she saw her mom. Mom... I...she said softly thinking.

"Tohru..." Kyo said softly, hearing her breath at least. He stopped crying just in time for everyone to come into the living room.
The doorbell rang again. (It's Krad! Well, actually it's Satoshi...)

Momiji answer the door, "Hello. I'm sorry but Tohru sick right so no more people. Sorry!" he smiled as he started to close the door.

Mom I miss you...I want to be with you but...Krad-san... she thought and everyone else. Her breathing started to slow down once more as Hatori said to take her to her room. He walked after them and gave her a shot, "Kyo-kun you have to leave."

Satoshi had the door close in his face and was stunned. Well, at least now I know it's the truth, Satoshi thought to himself, letting Krad transform and fly them onto the roof.

Kyo just looked at Hatori.
"No." he said flatly.

"Kyo I won't say it again. You have to wait outside." Hatori said as he started to push him out. As he pushed him out he locked the door and turned back to Tohru. He gave her another shot and did other things to make her better.

Daisuke... I don't like this at all. Dark said.

"Yuki-san, Satoshi-san was at the door. Do you think I should have let him in?" Momiji asked as he walked away from the door. "I'm scared Yuki. What if Tohru doesn't get better?" he said as he started to cry a bit.

(Have Hatori leave the room!)
Kyo angrily marched back into his room just in time to see out of his window Krad landing on the roof, blonde hair floating out behind him despite the pouring rain. (must be magic.)
What the hell does he think he's doing! Kyo thought to himself.

Dark, what if Krad doesn't make it there in time! Daisuke said, very worried. ...Let's go. I know we can make it, we can help her, Dark!

"I...I don't know, Momiji." Yuki answered.

(All right)

Hatori walked out about 30 minutes later as Momiji said, "I think I would cry for days if Tohru doesn't get better. I would hate to think what would happen to this family if she..." he said softly as he started to cry.

We could make it there on time but I don't see how we would be any help there.

Back inside the room Torhu was half sleep half wake. She started to sit up. "W-where am I...I have to apologize to Kyo-san...Kyo-san..."she said softly before she passed out once more.

Krad had been sitting outside of Tohru's window watching over her for about half an hour before he finally saw the doctor leave. He heard Tohru muttering something to herself deliriously and his worry only grew.

Kyo watched Krad and saw him go into Tohru's room. Hatori must have left, he thought to himself.

Who cares! Daisuke said in a mild panic. Can't we heal her? He asked Dark, practically begging him to fly over there.

Yeah. We can do that lets go, Dark said, taking over once more. "Man, this rain isn't helping my hair." Dark said.

Tohru was still half sleep, "I-I'm so sorry, everyone. I'm sorry..."

Still apologizing, even when you're delirious... Krad thought to himself. He knelt beside the bed and put his hand above her forehead before closing his eyes. The air between his hand and her skin began to glow with a beautiful golden light.
Now then, let's see what's wrong with you. He concentrated and discovered it was merely a serious bout of influenza. (The flu. I think.)
Thank goodness...He thought, relieved, but he was still worried about how hard Tohru was taking it.
Satoshi...I'll try to heal her, but it will hurt you. A lot. Magic damages mortal bodies...
Just do it.

Look, her window's open. Daisuke told Dark. We can get in easily.

"Yeah."Dark said Krad and flew down, "Krad, wait. I can help. We both can," he said, coming closer to her and looking over at her, "You know Krad if I were you at this I point I would..." he let his voice trail off as he laughed a bit, "Just kidding."

Tohru said in her sleep, "I have to do laundry, cook, school, mom..."

Krad stopped concentrating and looked at Dark with contempt.
"What are you doing here?" he said in a dangerous voice, ignoring Dark's joke. "This is no place for a phantom thief."

Kyo watched, even more stunned, as Phantom Thief Dark flew into Tohru's window as well.

That's it, I am so not leaving her alone and delirious in a room with those two psychotic pervs. He thought determinedly, and tried to leave but found his door locked. Dang it, Hatori! He thought angrily, and decided to go out of the window again. But not yet. It was raining. Cats don't like rain, and Kyo was no exception.

"I came to help. You don't want Satoshi to die from all the strain you are putting on him do you? Because you know what that means; he dies, you die, and no more seeing Tohru again. And that leaves her with the others, Kyo and Yuki. You don't want that, do you?" Dark said, "I'm just trying to help, that's all."

Tohru stirred a bit in her sleep, "Mom..." she said, "It's all my fault."

"Shut up! You act like you know everything!" Krad said, wanting to yell but wary of alerting the inhabitants of the house of his presence. He decided finally to swallow his pride and merely glared murderously at Dark before nodding his consent.
"If you hurt her..."
He held both of his hands out, arms crossing over each other, and his palms began to glow again.

"I won't," Dark said as he did the same thing and dark aura started to go from his hands into Tohru body. She winced a bit but just laid there. Sorry if this hurts Daisuke Dark said.

Kyo finally got up the courage and the strength to climb out of his window and he carefully walked along the roof to Tohru's open window. The two figures standing before her were so busy concentrating that they didn't even notice when he came in. And Daisuke and Satoshi were in so much pain that they didn't notice either. So Kyo just stood there in awe (and dripping water) as they pushed aura into Tohru's body.

Don't...worry...about me...this was...my idea...anyways... Daisuke muttered.

Tohru winced once more as she heard something and started to wake up but closed her eyes softly once more.

"Just a bit longer, Krad." Dark said to Krad and Satoshi at the same time.

"I know..." Krad said, gritting his teeth. He was furious that he needed Dark's help, of all people...

Dark did not say anything as he saw Tohru move and sit up, "w-what going on? What happened? Krad-san, Dark-san, Kyo-san...what's going on?" she said, worried about them.

Kyo-san...? Krad thought to himself, turning his head slightly until he saw out of the corner of his eye Kyo's dripping wet figure. He snorted in minor mirth before involuntarily transforming back into Satoshi. He didn't have the strength to maintain himself, and even Satoshi couldn't stand.
The exact same thing happened to Daisuke, and both of them collapsed onto the floor.

"No..." she said looking at them, "This is all my fault. I don't know what to do, Hiwatari-san, Niwa-san… I'll get some tea and I'll be back," She said as she shot up, still not stable enough to walk but she darted down stairs, getting a towel and other things for them to rest in.

Momiji saw her, "Tohru..."

She walked back upstairs and started to help them.

Yuki also sat up with a start. He looked at Hatori in surprise.
"That's some shot you gave her."

Back upstairs, Kyo stopped Tohru and took the tea-tray from her.
"Tohru, you need to get back in the bed." he said firmly. "You're not fully recovered. I'll take care of them."

"No, no. It's my fault. They tried to help me and you all of you got in some kind of something wrong with you guys," she said wrapping a towel round Kyo, "See look. You got wet coming out your window to my room I know you hate the rain and I..."she said as she trailed off, "I'm so sorry," she said as she tried to pick up Satoshi and Daisuke. She pulled them up and put them in blankets.

(Don't you just wish sometimes that everyone had a curse necklace and you could tell them to 'sit'?)

"Tohru!" Kyo said, awkwardly attempting to remove the towel, take the stuff from her, and stop her frantic behavior all at the same time. "No--stop it--Tohru, come on!" he finally got the towel off and the stuff away from her and could concentrate on calming her down.
"If you don't calm down you'll make yourself sick again." He said, making her look at him so he knew she was listening. "If you don't behave I'll kiss you again. Or something." he teased.

She went completely red as she shook her head, "It's my fault. I made them sick and I got you wet, I need to help them. I promise I'm okay. Please just let me help." she said, trying to pull away.

"Uh-uh. I said no, and I mean it. Let me take care of them." he said, still firmly holding her still.

She did not say anything as she sighed, "alright," she said as she walked back to the bed.

He watched to make sure she actually got into the bed and put the tea beside her.
"Now you drink this and I'll take these guys downstairs."

He picked Daisuke up first. "First, Dark." he said, sighing and opening the door to walk out.

"Kyo-san are you sure that you can do this? I mean I can help you know. I'm fine really." she said but her face still burned a bit.

"I was serious when I said I'd kiss you if you didn't behave," he said before leaving the room. "Stay in bed!"
He walked downstairs and put Daisuke down on the couch beside Yuki. Yuki just stared at him as he left before looking back down at Daisuke, who was seemingly sleeping.
"Hatori, didn't you lock him in his room?"

Kyo came back up the stairs and entered the room.

Tohru was being stubborn and did not listen as she got up and started to help Satoshi, "I'm going to help, "she said in a in a matter of fact voice."Even if I get kissed again. I need to help. It my fault...It always is. Besides when he kisses he me it doesn't mean anything to him so I'm not worried that much." she said as she wrapped Satoshi in a blanket and took off his glasses.

Satoshi sighed in his sleep and almost opened his eyes, but he was still too tired.

Kyo walked into the room to find Tohru out of the bed again.
He sighed again and walked over. "Tohru..." he said warningly. He knelt and looked at her. "What did I tell you?"

"I-I know Kyo-san but I'm okay really. I promise. I need to help him. I need to. He helped me and I have to repay the favor..." she said softly, looking back at Satoshi as she put a towel cold towel on his head.

Kyo looked at Tohru's face as she cared for Satoshi and an odd look came into his eyes.
Why can't she just let them be? Is it possible she actually...loves him?

He felt hurt again, but decided he might as well go through with his threat to kiss her. He put his hand over hers and kissed her for far longer than he had last time. This time, maybe Tohru would realize he loved her...

Tohru blushed a deep red and the blush creeped up her ears and stood at the top of them, making her look like an elf. She was shocked once more by the kiss and how long it would last. But she did not bother to move because she knew that he would pull her back.

(How did I end up playing all of the guys that like Tohru? lol)

Satoshi tried once more to open his eyes and blinked wearily. Once his mind finally registered what was going on in front of him he was immediately glad that Krad was still unconscious. He would have killed the boy...

Kyo finally ended the kiss and looked at Tohru, putting a finger softly on the end of her nose. "Now let me take care of them."

She was still red but she started to say something but felt to dizzy, "O-okay," she said as she got back in to bed and just when she did she passed out.

(That is sorta funny lol.)

(she's been overwhelmed, the poor thing.)

Kyo turned towards Satoshi and was surprised to find his eyes partially open.
"You awake?" he asked.
"No." Satoshi answered, getting a laugh from Kyo.
"Hold on, I'll carry you downstairs."
He picked Satoshi up and walked out of the room and down the stairs, depositing him next to Daisuke.
"Can you guys take care of them? I've got something I need to do."
Yuki looked at Kyo with a strange look in his eyes.
"Ok..."

Tohru woke up once more and looked around the room. Why is every thing so dark? She thought to herself as she listened to the rain drip down her window that had closed itself from the wind.

Kyo walked back into the room and closed the door softly behind him before looking in Tohru's direction. To his surprise she was awake again.
"I thought you'd sleep for a while...I was going to sit next to the bed until you woke up."

"N-No. I'm awake," she said softly as she coughed, "Kyo-san...I'm very sorry about getting you wet, having you take care of Hiwatari-san and Niwa-san when it was clearly my fault... and for getting sick and have all this happen. And you kissed me and you might get sick as well…"

"Don't worry about it. I already thought about the fact that you might be contagious and I don't think you are. Probably Krad and Dark fixed that..." he walked over and sat down next to the bed, facing the window.
"Are you feeling better?"

"Yes. A lot thank you," she said softly as she smiled but coughed a bit but said nothing.

Kyo sat there for a while in the silence and finally decided to close his eyes. Maybe he could fall asleep. It wouldn't be that hard, since it was very dark in the room and rain always made him sleepy...

Tohru wasn't sure what to say or do so she just laid there and coughed a bit.

Kyo fell asleep, despite Tohru's coughing, and was completely unaware of what would happen next.

Tohru who was still feeling a bit dizzy stood up and started to fall over.

Kyo woke up, startled, as Tohru fell on him from the bed. He caught her and closed his eyes, preparing to transform...
But he didn't.
Kyo opened his eyes and looked at Tohru's face, which at the moment was about 1 centimeter away from his own.
"Ah...Tohru? I didn't transform."

"I-I don't know," she said trying to get up but she fell back down but still no transformation, "I-I'm sorry. I tried to get up, but I fell down on you. I'm so sorry."

Here we go again, he thought to himself before wondering what he should do now.

Kyo sighed before pulling her back down and sitting up.
"Stop apologizing. Now." he said firmly, holding her in place.

"y- Yes. I'm s-.."She started before she kept quite and sighed and rested close to him. Her fever had come back.

Kyo's face got really red as he finally realized the full connotations of not transforming anymore. Tohru was resting against him. He hesitated before putting his arms around her and actually holding her for the first time.

Tohru smiled a bit but said, "This...This feels nice," she said softly before she smiled and closed her eyes gently.

Kyo blushed again but only rested his head against hers and closed his eyes. Maybe now he could fall asleep again.

She blushed a bit but did not mind. This did feel nice so she just sat there and enjoyed it. Why am I enjoying this? She wondered.

Kyo eventually fell asleep, unaware of what had been going on downstairs.

EARLIER...

Once Kyo headed back up the stairs, Satoshi tried and failed to sit up. He looked up and found Yuki staring at him.
"Want to tell me what you two were doing upstairs, and why Kyo had to carry you down?"
"Um..." Satoshi said nervously. Why couldn't Daisuke be awake to get grilled too? But of course he was soundly asleep.
"Dark and Krad healed Tohru." he said.

She felt him relax more as she looked up at him. She blushed a bit and stroked his face softly before she tried to sit up again but stopped, she didn't want to wake him. So she lay back down.

"What do you mean?" Yuki asked. Then he thought about it for a while. It had been strange when Tohru had just run down the stairs to get some tea when only 40 minutes earlier she'd been passed out. He looked at Hatori.
"I guess you can go home, then, if you want to."

Hatori got up, "She seems to be fine. Just call if anything else happens. Come on Momiji," he said as he started walking out.

"Okay," Momiji smiled as he waved, "bye everyone," he smiled as he they both walked out.

Yuki closed the door before pausing. What had Kyo gone to do when he went back upstairs? He'd said he had "something he needed to do."
Yuki walked up the stairs and headed for Tohru's room, noting that Kyo wasn't in his room and the window was wide open, letting the rain in. He continued on and quietly opened the door to Tohru's room.
What he saw stunned him. It took a while for the strangeness of the entire thing to really hit him, though; Kyo wasn't transforming, and Tohru was lying against him.

Tohru hadn't heard the door open and was asleep. I wonder what is gong to happen? She thought. It probably looks like that Kyo his making me stay this way, she laughed a bit as she thought about it.

Yuki just stood there for a few minutes in silence, shocked and disbelieving. His eyes grew wider and wider until he finally closed the door quietly and walked downstairs.

Tohru heard the door close this time as she sat up, quickly but was afraid that she would wake him but seeing that she didn't she sat against the bed, "I-I did it again..."

Kyo stirred slightly and awoke, hearing Tohru speak. He opened his eyes slowly.
"...Tohru? What's wrong now?"

"Aww, Kyo-san! I woke you! I'm so sorry. I was just waking up," she said laughing a bit as she got back in bed How come this is happening to me all of a sudden? She asked her self.

He blinked a few times, still sleepy, and gave the rain pouring down the window glass an annoyed look. Then he tilted his head up and looked at Tohru upside down.
"I'm going downstairs, ok?"

"o-Okay," she smiled and nodded as she lay back on the pillow and pulled the covers up. I have to apologize to whomever that was. But with my luck I'm sure it was Yuki-san.

Kyo stood up slowly and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. When he looked up he was surprised to find Yuki standing there looking at him accusingly.
"And what have you been doing?" he asked.
Kyo, in a bad mood from the rain, was tempted to snarl a nasty reply right back. But as it was, he still had a strange warm feeling from what had occurred.
"I was just keeping Tohru company." he answered in a vaguely quiet voice.
Yuki fixed him with a glare. "Oh, really."
"Yes, really."
"Do you want to tell me how you managed to not transform?"
Kyo paled. That could only mean one thing; Yuki had walked into the room at some point while he was sleeping.
"I don't know." he replied. He wanted to move this conversation elsewhere, though, since Tohru could probably hear the quiet murmur of voices from where she was in the room.

Tohru heard voices but said nothing as she got out of bed once more and put her ear to the door, "I shouldn't do this, I know, but..."

"What do you mean, you don't know?" Yuki asked in an angry whisper. "How is that even possible?"
"Look, I'm telling you the truth! She was dizzy and fell on me but I didn't transform for some reason. Is that a crime, Princess Yuki?"
Yuki just narrowed his eyes, angry but without a reasonable way to channel it. He finally sighed and looked away.
"You better not have done something to Honda-San." he said after a while.
"What is that supposed to mean? You think I'd hurt her?"
"That's not what I meant, and you know it."

Tohru backed away from the door not sure if she wanted to hear any more. She looked at the window and the rain stopped. She smiled a bit as she walked outside and saw a rainbow.

Outside and away from all of the yelling, Daisuke and Satoshi were wandering Shigure's land.
"Hey, look, I think that's Tohru," Daisuke said, nudging Satoshi. They both looked up towards the window and waved.

She looked at them and waved, "Thank you so much," she said reaching over a bit too far, "I'm sorry that you both got sick cause of me!" she said, yelling on the last word as she fell over the edge.

Luckily, it seemed Daisuke was strong enough to run over and he yelled both mentally and out loud for Dark to take over quick. Regardless of whether or not he caught her, she would be far better off if she were stopped higher up than the ground.

Her eyes where swirling as usual, "Am I dead…? Dark san!" she said looking at Dark, "I'm so sorry. I was just waving and I feel over. Oh and did I hurt you I'm so sorry," she said, freaking out as usual.

Dark just sat there and smiled, "I really don't mind this." He said smiling as usual as he stood up, picking her up.

Yuki and Kyo had of course heard Daisuke's wild cry for Dark to help and their heads turned in unison.
"Tohru!" they both said at the same time and they opened her door to find the window wide open and Dark standing on the balcony with Tohru in his arms.
"What happened?" Kyo asked, worried, while Yuki rushed over to make sure she was okay.

Dark laughed. "She was just being Tohru and fell over the balcony. She's fine, maybe a little shocked but fine," he said, laughing a bit as he looked at her clutching his shirt, hr eyes still spinning.

Kyo walked over to Yuki and asked him to move.
"I can carry her downstairs or something..." he said.
"Oh, that's right. You can, now, can't you?" Yuki said, a little more nastily than was needed.

"I'm confused but okay." he said as he handed Tohru to Kyo. He didn't transform that's weird Daisuke Dark said as he smiled and waved, "Well bye-bye all," he smiled and flew off.

Kyo took Tohru into his arms and carried her out of the room and down the stairs, Yuki following. He waited until they were down the stairs before saying a word.
"Shigure," he called. "Dark and Krad...I mean Daisuke and Satoshi went home. And Tohru might need Hatori again."
Shigure walked into the living room. "What?" he said, but then he finally noticed that Kyo was holding Tohru and not transforming.
"What the---what happened!"

"I-I'm okay." she said, still a little shocked as she got down from Kyo softly, "I have laundry to do," she said, smiling as usual as she skipped a bit up stairs and changed and went to the rooms and started to collect laundry from the rooms.

Kyo put a hand to his forehead and closed his eyes. "Idiot..." he muttered.
Shigure and Yuki both looked at him expectantly.
"You never did say what happened," Shigure urged.

After a while he'd repeated the events for Shigure's benefit and still had yet to give a satisfactory answer to either of them as to why he hadn't transformed.
"Well, I supposed we'll just have to go and see Akito," Shigure said.
"WHAT!" Yuki and Kyo yelled.