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Wow... I'm surprised oO! Only one flame for killing off Akito... and those of you who read and were like; "Grrr! Killing off Akito- I'm not reading anymore!" think of all the other ways I could have killed him. I could have had him run over, mauled, impaled on a stick... the list is endless, really oO; So, all you people pressing the review button to post a flame - just feel lucky that I killed him off nicely. (Oh, and Fruits Basket Obsessed, the word you're looking for at the end of your wonderful review is bitch - I'm a girl n.n)

Adi88 made a comment about my idea for a Kyo x Haru fanfiction, asking about making it a Yuki x Haru one instead - to be honest, I considered it. Yuki and Haru ARE cute together, but... for certain storyline reasons, it just all didn't fit. After all, how can Haru hate rats if he loves everything about Yuki? So... it's Kyo x Haru... I'm sure I'll write a Yuki x Haru one eventually n.n;

Red Kitsune Flames has good ideas n.n! Although I'm not sure how to go about it right now, but I'll figure it out.

Half of this chapter is Yuki based... no Shigure x Kyo hint things here, sorry oO; I just had to get this out of my head so I can focus on Shigure's memory being regained again. Who's going to be the new head? ... Read and find out xD

And, like oh. My. God. 100 reviews! I can hardly believe it! 100... a Century... reviews... for this... I'm all like - "I have 100 reviews - Wow!" Gosh, I hope the sequel will be this popular o.o; -Hands out a random prize to FlyingDaggers- My 100th reviewer, my friend!

Anywho, enjoy, and don't forget to review! (100 reviews - squee!)

Part Twenty Seven: Confession

There were two funerals held for Akito. One public, the other private – and all the members of Shigure's house had had to attend both of them, which resulted in Tohru crying all over the place twice. Of course, they got the reserved seats, and sat in silence through the whole thing – Tohru and Momiji were the only two who cried, Momiji cried simply because Tohru did. Nobody else out of the Zodiac really cried, although there was a tear from Kisa who was simply being suffocated by the sad air. Of course, Akito's maids who knew nothing but him, were not included in the tally – on both occasions, they were wailing and hugging each other, their voices interrupting the Priest more than once.

After the coffin had been placed in the Sohma Family Cemetery (A/n: They're such a big family, I presume they'd have one of those oO), the 12 Zodiac's and Tohru stood around in a large circle, and those who could see it, stared at the words on the gravestone. It had his name, the dates that he'd lived, and the message; 'Will always be remembered' written in scripted writing.

"Well... he won't be forgotten any time soon." Haru stated stoically, rather bored of looking at a dead mans gravestone. Kyo had to agree with him, but didn't dare nod.

Shigure, Hatori and Kureno were looking the most depressed as they looked, and although Hatori was paying attention to the others just as much as he was to Akito's gravestone. Shigure and Kureno had basically everything blocked out, although Shigure did adjust his suit once. They were the only three – besides Tohru – who didn't feel the urge to spit on it.

Shigure was the first to move, turning around on his heel and heading back to the cemeteries temple where the reception was being held. One by one, they followed, until only Kyo was left standing there, actually completely shocked. Something... inside of him was laughing! He could hear a deep voice, laughing and cheering the death of the Head of the Sohma's, the death of god.

Kyo's hand gripped the front of his shirt, realising that his heart beat had slightly quickened – this voice was scaring him! He was completely terrified.

"He deserved it!" It screamed, before lapsing into more gleeful laughter, "I never get sick of seeing God die! I'll laugh even harder when that filthy rat dies!"

"Kyo?" Kyo felt a sturdy grip on his shoulder, and turned to see the stoic face of Kazuma looking at him. "I was watching from the reception. Why aren't you inside?"

"I..." Kyo shut his mouth, not coming up with a reasonable excuse. But... if he told Kazuma that the Cat Demon had spoken to him, or rather, just spoken in the back of his mind, would Kazuma think he was crazy?

"You...?" Kazuma paused, his eyes now focused on Kyo's hand that was still gripping his shirt. "Is this about Shigure again?"

"No! No... that stupid mutt has nothing to do with this."

"What is it then?" Kazuma asked patiently, watching as Kyo avoided his gaze.

"It... spoke to me."

"It...?"

"The... Cat Demon. It was... laughing. Shishou..."

"Yes?" Kazuma asked, his look now blank. The Cat Demon had spoken to Kyo? What about? And why was it laughing? Surely not about the dead of the head? Then again... that would have made sense. Akito was supposed to be God after all.

"It... really is evil."

"I vote we eat out." Shigure said rather randomly, swinging around the dining room wall to face the teens that were sitting playing cards at the table. "Kyo's treat!"

"IT IS NOT!" Kyo screamed back, bringing his fist down on the table. He was completely ignored.

"Now that that's settled, and that Kyo's agreed that he's treating -" there was a loud groan from Kyo that was again, ignored, "where should we eat?" Shigure continued, grinning.

Unfortunately, Kyo put up to much of a protest, and Tohru insisted that she already had dinner in the oven, so they – much to Shigure's dismay – didn't go out. Why did Shigure want to go out? To flirt with the waitresses.

"Hey," Kyo said dealing, "You aren't going to make any moves on Tohru yet?"

"Shut up you stupid cat." Yuki replied, a pink tinge appearing on his cheeks. "What business is it of yours anyway?"

"None." Kyo replied simply, "but, if you leave it for to long..."

"Just shut up and deal the cards."

Yuki was distracted. He had been distracted ever since Kyo had brought up the Tohru issue. He really did like Tohru... no... he would be sure that he could go as far as to say that it was far past infatuation, Tohru was almost like an obsession. He worried when he couldn't be around her, and the time they spent together was more precious than anything else in the entire world. In fact, Yuki was sure that he loved Tohru. He'd even made sure that he was the one who comforted her after Akito's funeral when he could really have cared less.

Yuki grabbed his towel from the towel rack, drying his hair with it before drying his body, his mind still in another land.

Did Tohru feel the same way? Yuki was sure that he hadn't called her by her first name at all. All he knew was that if Tohru didn't feel the same way, Yuki would be completely heartbroken. After all, going after Kyo now was a waste of time.

Kyo had been his only real rival for Tohru's affections – Shigure was gay, Yuki had known that for a long time, he'd only hit on Tohru to take the piss (A/n: Aussie Slang xD) out of the two boys. But, Kyo had gone for Shigure instead, and Yuki was sure that just because Shigure wasn't with him at that particular time didn't mean that Kyo wouldn't give up. He wasn't that kind of person. That was one of the things that Yuki admired about him. In a way, Yuki missed the competition, but most of that was put aside when he looked at her smiling face of a morning.

I have to tell her. Yuki decided randomly, making his decision right then and there without really thinking it out, making his heart race. He threw on his pyjamas, hung up his towel, walked out of the bathroom, and stopped at her door, the blood draining from his head to his toes in an instant. He knocked. "Um... Honda-san?"

"Hai!" Came the cheerful reply, "come in, Yuki!"

"Thanks..." Yuki said quietly, taking a deep breath before opening the door and stepping inside. Closing the door behind him, he said quietly, "There's something I... want to tell you."

"It sounds important!" Tohru observed smiling happily as she sat on her bed. Yuki noticed that the covers were slightly askew, and that there was a book off to one side. But, he didn't have time to be curious about what the book was, so he simply smiled and took another deep breath.

"Well... you see, for a while now I've... I've..." Why was this so damn hard? Yuki had never imagined that it would be so hard to confess to somebody before, after all, so many people asked him out on a daily basis. Maybe he should have payed more attention to the confessions before brushing them off – and he would have, if he had known it was this difficult. "You see, for a long time now I've..."

Tohru blinked. Was Yuki saying what she thought he was saying?

"You see for a long time now I've really liked you, and I don't mean like as in like, I mean like as in like like. I really, really, really, really, like you Tohru." He blurted out as fast as he could speak, surprisingly, Tohru took it all in.

"REALLY?" She squealed, clutching her hands together, "ME TOO! I mean... I don't like me or anything... um... you know uh... I really, really, really like you, Yuki!"

Yuki smiled, watching as she spazzed out with what he presumed was happiness. The only thing that was missing was the little thought in the back of his head that would have sounded something like this; Ha... take that Kyo... she's mine!

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