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Chapter 4: Chasing a Dream
Kyo ran down the street, desperation creeping in with every wrong step. What had that damn rat yelled? Was it Matsumura Street or Matsubara Street? And Kyo had no idea what the number was. Damn it! He had had no clue where to find Tohru when he ran out, and he had even less now. As reluctant as he was to look up the address, he had run out of options. Running up and down the two streets, he had caught no hint of Tohru.
Up ahead, Kyo spotted a telephone booth and he bolted toward it. Ripping open the door, he pulled the phonebook down and quickly flipped to Honda. "Hell!" he exclaimed, finding only a listing for her grandfather. Kyo cursed his lack of change, as he could have called to find her address. But living in the neko cage, he'd had no need of money, and his quick departure left no time to grab any such essentials. On a whim, he flipped to Uotani. Arisa lived at 2104 Matsubara Street, just a few blocks over. She would know where Tohru lived. Kyo took off again, not even taking the time to close the phonebook.
He crashed through the door of the building and flew up the stairs. Reaching apartment 32, he slowed, and hesitantly tapped upon the door. With no answer, he started pounding. 'You'd better be home, yankee!'
The door opened, and Kyo's fists paused in midair as his heart leapt to his throat at who was there. Kyo barely registered the shocked smile that flew to Tohru's face before he swept her into a kiss.
Author's Note: I have a LOT more I could write on this story, and hopefully I will get to all of it. I was only going to put up the first three chapters now, but I'm a sucker for happy endings and couldn't leave it there! That's why the chapters are so short, because I wanted Chapter 4 to be separate, so I divided up the first three parts to match better. And you will have to wait to find out why this story is named "Nishi" ("Shousetsu" just means "story").