Author's Note: And another chapter is here. I know there aren't much Yukiru moments yet, but I promise you that chapter 14 will have some.

Summer school has been SOO STRESSFUL! But don't worry, I'm still updating. And...it's the last week! YES! Hehe...2 days left...And then 3 days until HP 6! Can't wait!

BTW, I've changed my penname if you'd noticed. I wanted to change it after a yearlong writer at FF. So now I am going to be Light's Blue Blossom from now on.

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Chapter 12

--The Truth—

Kazuma was curious as to why Kyo started coming to the dojo every day. He sensed anger and frustration from the young man as he was punching. The strength of the punches was stronger, but he wasn't concentrating.

Kyo had challenged him to a match on Saturday, and he naturally accepted, but the cat was missing the simplest martial arts mistake.

Every day after his classes, the master of the dojo would always ask Kyo why he was coming to the dojo every day, but Kyo always had the same reply, 'Because I want to get stronger and beat the d--- rat.'

In truth, Kazuma knew that wasn't the reason. Kagura had been by in the afternoon once. She was visiting to talk about her new boyfriend, Kensuke and saying how happy she was.

At once, Kazuma knew exactly what was bothering Kyo. He wasn't going to let all the anger in the cat build up and change him back to how he was when he was little. Even though the change was little, it was an improvement.

"Kagura, does Kyo, by any chance, know about you and Kensuke?" the gray hair man asked.

"I don't think so," she said slowly and unsure. "Why?"

"Oh, no reason," he said plainly.

"I'm sure he'll be very happy when he finds out though. Can you tell him for me, Shihan (master)?" she asked, hoping that he was going to say yes. Telling Kyo would be kind of awkward. After all, she had been chasing after him since they were kids. It would be weird if she told him she didn't like him.

"Sorry Kagura. I can't do that," he replied abruptly. "Listen, Kyo's been practicing every day after his classes. Why don't you wait and tell him then?"

"Heh heh…sure. I guess Kyo would find out sooner or later," the boar hesitantly agreed.

Later that afternoon, Kyo stopped by like the days before. He was already in this white martial arts uniform.

After thirty minutes, he was sweating profusely and decided to take a break. That was when the entrance of the dojo slide open.

He naturally turned around, hoping it was his shishou (master), but it was only Kagura. He really didn't want to see her. He was trying to stop thinking about her, and this wasn't helping.

"What are you doing here?" he sneered, giving her a dirty look.

Kagura was a little taken back. She had never heard Kyo sound like that before. She knew Kyo didn't love her, and she was annoying sometimes, but that sounded as if he hated her.

"Kyo, what's wrong? I've never heard you like that before," she whimpered.

"What's wrong? Why don't you tell me? Listen, just tell me what you're here for and leave," he spat.

"I…just wanted to tell you that you don't have to be annoyed by me anymore. I'm going to stop bothering you because I…I…ha…" Kagura tried to say, but got cut off by Kyo.

"Is that it? You just stop by to tell me that you have a d--- boyfriend?" Kyo hissed.

"You know? I…I'd thought you'd be happy since I won't be bugging you and hugging you…" Kagura was slowly inching away from Kyo to the door. The way Kyo was acting was scaring her.

"Does he know about the curse?" Kyo said with a more calm and gentler voice, but still had a hint of anger and jealousy in his tone.

"If that's all you're worrying about, then yes, he knows about the curse. He's a Sohma too. Not a cursed one, but he knew about when we lived in the main house."

"And he's OK with it? He's not disgusted or anything?" Kyo twitched a little. Saying 'disgusted' only brought back memories of what Akito and everyone else in the Sohma called him. The cat wanted him to be disgusted so that he would back away from Kagura.

"Yeah."

"Fine. Go and have fun with your new d--- boyfriend. See if I care," Kyo said briefly.

"Do you want to meet him?" she asked unexpectedly.

Kyo was startled. Why would he want to meet him? He took away the one thing he was happy about just as he was about to grasp it.

"No."

Kagura didn't know what was wrong with him, but wanted to know. She didn't know if he was jealous or happy with her relationship. The only reason she was doing it was because of him.

He was the one who never showed any feelings for her. He was the one who pushed her aside when she was trying to make them become closer. He was the one who was reluctant to do anything with her so she had to threaten him and beat him up. Because of that, she had given up on that cat.

"Kyo…I don't know what's going on with you, but you're still family, and I care about you. Tell me what's wrong, Kyo," Kagura whispered.

"You, care about me? Let me tell you something, Kagura. I HATE YOU!" he shouted.

Kagura was now a few inches from the door. Her eyes grew bigger when she heard this. The last three words did it. She ran from the dojo. She didn't want Kyo to see her crying. She was confused as to why Kyo had changed.

Kyo didn't mean to say it. It just slipped out, but why should he care? She was the one who made him miserable first. She should feel the same why he does. The pain and heartbreak of someone you care about leaving you for someone else.

'She can go cry to her d--- boyfriend for all I care. It's not like after this she'll forgive me, but I want the pain to last in her heart as it's been doing in mine all this week,' the cat thought as he continued to 'practice'.

Unknown to him, Kazuma was next door and heard the whole thing. He was glad that Kyo had blossom and understand his feelings, but he just didn't know what to do. If he kept on acting like what he's been doing, he'll know nothing but hatred for the rest of his life.

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And it was another day for Tohru and her best friends. Luckily, Uo and Hana had arrived five minutes before Tohru did yesterday. They knew that making Tohru eat a big breakfast wasn't such a smart idea, but they were still going to follow her.

Tohru looked at the sign-up sheet. Today she was going out with Daisuke. She was happy that he had painted a portrait of her and was going to put in her room once they were back home in Kyoto.

The singer quietly sneaked out of her hotel room carefully so that it wouldn't wake up Uo and Hana, who were still sleeping. She wrote a quick note saying that she was with Daisuke in case they were wondering.

When Tohru reached the lobby, she saw the young man waiting for her. He had a black bag with him, but figured it was for their date.

"Hi Yura-kun! Did you have to wait long?" she asked.

"Oh, not really."

An awkward silence fell upon the couple. "So…uh…you look nice," Daisuke said softly.

Tohru decided to be casual and wear jeans with a yellow tank top that had a pink flower on the side. She had yellow flip-flops and her hair was tied half way up with a yellow ribbon.

Tohru could barely hear him, and replied with a smile, "So do you."

"Honda-chan, do you have a place in mind to go?" he questioned. He wasn't really sure what he was supposed to do. It was rare for him to go on dates since he was shy.

"Anywhere is fine. Maybe we should have told you to plan the day. Yamato-kun kept on bothering me about it," Tohru told him.

"I'm glad because I sorta planned it. Have you been to the arboretum in Tokyo?" Daisuke stuffed in hands in his pocket as they walked toward the exit of the hotel.

Tohru shook her head.

"Good," he smiled. "Uh…I don't have a car so we'll have to take the cab," he said with embarrassment as his ears turned red.

"We could always take my limousine," Tohru suggested as she signaled for her limo.

"OK."

During the limousine ride, Tohru couldn't help but wonder what was in the bag. She didn't want to sound nosy, but she was supposed to get to know him better, right? Besides, what if it was a bomb or something.

"Yura-kun, what's in the bag?" Tohru asked.

"Oh this? I have my sketch pad, some color pencils, and things like that. I was hoping to sketch some things at the arboretum." Daisuke shrugged.

"Oh."

That was all that they said to each other during the whole ride.

'Yura-kun seems nice, but he's too obsess with drawing and painting,' Tohru thought. She wondered how in the world he made it this far if he spent most of his time with art stuff. He had to have practice singing and know dancing, but it didn't seem like he did.

Tohru stepped out of the limo and in front of her was a huge, clear glass building without a roof. The entrance had The Arboretum in green. There were pots with various types of flowers and colors outside the entrance to attract visitors.

"I've been here a few times. It's pretty nice and big," the young man commented, leading the way through the gate after he paid.

Daisuke grabbed Tohru's wrist and led them to a tree filled area with flowers here and there. Tohru didn't get much of a view on the part that they past, but he promised that she was going to see it later.

The path disappeared as a clearing came visible. The trees were planted to make an 'O' shape clearing where you could relax and have a picnic, or let kids play around.

Daisuke released his hold as they stopped. Tohru closed her eyes and took a deep breath. The breeze grew a little stronger, playing with her hair. The air was cleaner and was more refreshing than the city fill air even though the arboretum was a few miles from the street.

"I feel so calm." Tohru opened her eyes so see Daisuke smiling.

"I was hoping you would feel that way. I thought that after all of publicity and contest things you have to handle and deal with, a break would be nice," he started as he sat down and leaned against a tree.

Tohru followed his move and sat crisscrossed on the soft grass facing him. "I have to admit, it is nice."

Daisuke took out his sketchpad and a pencil. He looked around and saw kids playing tag. He took the opportunity to imagine the site in his head. He had a photographic memory. Once the picture was clear in his head, he opened his eyes started sketching.

Tohru was looking around and some time later, her gaze turned to Daisuke who was concentrating really hard.

"What are you drawing?" she asked innocently, moving next to him and leaned over.

Tohru startled him as he flung his pencil up and threw his sketchpad.

"You scared me," he gasped, reaching out to pick up his sketchpad and pencil.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. Please forgive me." Tohru started bowing.

This was a very awkward position for the young man. No one had ever apologized to him. Maybe it was because most people always ignored him.

"It's OK. It's OK. It was an accident," Daisuke said, uncertain if he should touch her, but did it. He lifted up her chin so their eyes could meet.

"So what were you drawing?" she asked a second time.

"Those two kids who were playing tag so I thought it was a nice picture. I only draw whatever inspires me, or if it…I don't know… has a nice or tranquil aura. It's hard to describe." Daisuke tried to explain, rubbing the back of his neck.

Tohru nodded her head.

"I'm going to finish it, and then you can look at it, K?" Daisuke told her.

"OK."

Tohru leaned her head on the tree that Daisuke was leaning against. She didn't know how long it would take him to finish the picture so she just closed her eyes for a minute or so she thought.

Meanwhile…

"D---it! How in h--- did we oversleep?" Uo cussed, hastily brushing her hair.

"I don't know," Hana answered the rhetorical question, making a fast change.

"Great. Tohru left 'bout an hour ago. They could be anywhere in this city!" Uo burst out. "I don't think your waves could find her."

"No, but we could ask around," Hana proposed.

"Alright, but tomorrow, we are going to make Tohru wake us up with her," Uo stated as they both left the room.

"Hey you, did you see where Tohru went this morning!" Uo started yelling at the clerk at front desk.

She was quivering, being afraid of the ex-Yankee. She nodded her head.

"Well, where did she go?" Uo spat.

"I…I saw her with a black hair man with blonde highlights…leaving together. They didn't say where…but I saw a limo picking them up," the clerk stammered.

"Hana, do you think it's our limo?" the blonde asked quickly, as they both hurried out the hotel.

"Possibly. If we don't see the limo, then I guess they did. We should call his cell then," Hana said in her monotone voice.

Uo snapped her fingers. "His cell. Why didn't we think of it before?"

Back to the date…

"Come here. I have something to show you," a mysterious voice shouted, waving a hand. He was standing at the edge of a cliff.

They were in a valley or hill. The scene was gorgeous and everything was fresh and alive; trees, flowers, animals, you name it.

"Ah, slow down. I can't run in this," a woman figure ran, trying to catch up. Her long skirt-like dress made it hard for her to run.

"It's just a bit more. You have to see this," he urged.

When the woman finally caught up and saw the view, she gasped. "Oh, it's so beautiful."

What they were seeing was a big waterfall on the opposite end. The falling water and the reflecting sun made a rainbow. There were tons of flowers on both sides of the bottom of the waterfall, and trees could be seen miles away. The water was clear and clean that you could see the fish swimming in it. Birds were chirping happily, and other animals were chasing each other.

"Do you like it?" the man turned to her and asked.

"I love it! It's so beautiful."

"And it's our special spot," he added. "Tohru, I love you."

His lips inched closer to hers.

Tohru felt pain in her neck and opened her eyes.

"Ehh…" she managed to mutter and blinked a couple of times. She remembered her dream and touched her lip. "It seemed so real. I wonder who he was. Remember," Tohru scolded herself. A face of a silver hair man flashed through her head.

"Oh, you're finally awake." Daisuke appeared in front of her with a drink and hotdog in his hands.

"What? I fell asleep? Why didn't you wake me up? What time is it? Our date!" Tohru started panicking as she forgot about her dream.

"Slow down, Honda-chan. It is only noon so I bought you something to eat and drink. You were sleeping so peacefully I didn't want to wake you up. I told you today was a day of relaxation for you." The black hair man with blonde highlights handed Tohru her lunch.

"Thanks." Tohru happily bit into her hotdog and then took a sip of her diet coke.

"You know, I never thought someone would actually let me sleep and tell me to relax during a date," Tohru started, throwing away her trash. The two started walking around, gazing at the view and site around them, "I've always thought that he would try his best to impress me."

Daisuke didn't say anything until they stopped in front of an area that let you see the ocean.

"Honda-chan, I have to tell you something," he paused and took a deep breath.

"What is it?"

"I…don't really care for this contest much. I was surprised that I made it this far." Daisuke turned around, not wanting to face Tohru.

"Then why did you enter?" she asked, walking over to face him, but Daisuke wouldn't look at her.

"I didn't. My friends put my name in and filled out the application. They told me that I should try and get a life outside of my studies and painting." The young man sighed, running his hand through his hair.

"Don't get me wrong. I think you're nice and pretty, but I don't like you like you," he explained, looking at her now. When he realized what he just said, his face turned red.

Tohru's face was already red, but she remained calm. "In that case, we can always be friends just hanging out today. We can forget about being on a date together."

"I'd like that."

So for the rest of the day, they went to the mall, watched a movie, and do things that friends would do together.

Daisuke was more relaxed and open when he thought Tohru of a friend. Tohru had fun and didn't have to worry about the contest since she knew that he didn't like her like her.

Uo and Hana finally tracked down those two, but only to realize that there was no spark between them when they heard Daisuke saying 'friend' after one of his comments and went back to the hotel.

"Hey Tohru-kun, how was your date?" Uo asked casually once Tohru entered the room.

"It was fine, but I wouldn't call it a date. Yura-kun said that he only liked me as a friend, and his friends signed him in the contest," Tohru told them.

"Tohru-kun, tomorrow when you wake up, wake us up too," Hana stated.

"Eh? Why?"

"Because we want to see you off on your date with that Ryo Midori man," Uo answered for them.

"OK."

"And wake us up on Sunday and Monday for your other dates too," Hana added.

"Sure thing." Tohru went to the bathroom and changed into her pajamas without suspecting a thing.

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Author's Note: Sorry that it's shorter than the other chapters, but the whole point of it was the one part where Daisuke told Tohru how he felt, and the Kyo and Kagura thing.

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