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AN: Thankyou again to all the reviews I have received during the creating of this story.

Last time on A Broken Curse

Overcome with confusion she banged her fists against the tarmac, giving a bewildered cry.

"Tohru!" Kyo growled, shaken slightly by Tohru's sudden attitude change. "Look. Listen to me. I don't know what's going on either and I am a little worried." He sighed once more as he took hold of her fragile wrists and whispered to her once more, "But if you ask me, whatever.. is going on is a good thing, NOT a bad one. Besides…" He smiled with false cheer, "I bet it'll be a lot easier at school."

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Chapter 3

"I'm sorry." Kyo turned his head sharply to look at the girl beside him, her eyes down cast and her fingers entwined nervously.

"Why?" He questioned tentatively.

"For before. I'm happy for you, really. I guess I was just a little…bowled over by everything that happened."

"Don't worry about it." Kyo smiled at her as he switched a brown bag from one arm to the other.

For a few moments nothing was said between the two as each of them tried to sort through their jumbled thoughts and put them into a rational order. But, try as he might, Kyo was getting nowhere and so, instead, blurted out the first thing on his mind. "So, do you think it's just me. Or everyone?"

"What do you mean, Kyo?" She asked, turning to smile at him once more.

"The fact that I didn't transform. Do you think it's just because I'm the cat?" He sighed gazing at the tarmac below him, "Because I've finally been excluded from the zodiac?"

"No, no! It couldn't be!" Tohru replied waving her arms frantically in the air, "There must be something else!"

"Tohru, it would explain everything. Think about it. Why Akito hasn't spoken to me, or asked me to visit him in so many months. It all fits."

"Kyo! It can't be that. That's not fair. You haven't done anything wrong." She pleased, evoking a sigh from Kyo.

"That's not the way it works Tohru, you know that. I was born the cat, and I'll die the cat. And after high school I will be put into isolation, whether it's fair or not." He looked away suddenly, his mood shifting behind bright, troubled eyes. "And it's all because of that damn Yuki. It's all his fault!"

His sudden anger made Tohru gasp. Oh no, poor Kyo. I feel so sorry for him. Why was someone as nice as him given this horrible burden? He doesn't deserve it! I have to find a way to make him feel better. Tohru frowned, making her forehead crinkle in concentration.

She gazed over towards Kyo and felt her heart pang. She didn't want Kyo to be unhappy. And she knew just how to make him happy again. She just needed to prove him wrong.

Picking up speed Tohru ran towards the Sohma house.

"Wait, Tohru. Where're you going! Stop come back."

Ignoring Kyo's pleas of explanation she picked up her pace even more, determined to reach her goal before Kyo could stop her.

Shaking his head vigorously at Tohru's behaviour Kyo started to run after her, keeping a watchful eye on her ever moving feet. Just as he started to gain the upper hand on Tohru and finally catch up to her, she stopped abruptly.

"Tohru, why…" He was cut off by the sound of a sliding door opening. Gazing towards the abrupt noise Kyo gasped. Tohru has brought him to the Sohma house, his home. But why run? He pondered as he hurriedly followed Tohru into the house, closing the door behind him.

Kyo was just in time. As he walked through to the kitchen, he heard a faint "Sorry" escape from Tohru's mouth. He turned to where she was standing, her arms wrapped around Yuki's frozen form.

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AN: Thankyou once more to soul, my beta on this story.