Redmoonfae: Ok, this is the next chapter! Since your reading this, that means I got enough reveiws to satisfiy me.
Tohru: Yes! Thank you so much for all the reveiws.
Redmoonfae: Yes, thankyou for the reveiws, now, on with the story!
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Tohru sat in a chair in the hallway. Her eyes were shadows as her look was cast down, her bangs concealing her eyes. Her body had turned a paper-pale color and she seemed older. The last few hours had all gone by in a blur...the room spinning, still spinning even now.
The ambulance had arrived at the hospital within a few minutes of departing from the wreck site. Tohru had jumped out of the back of the amulance and practically ran to keep up with Hotaka's stretcher.
She was barely aware another ambulance had just pulled up, probally carrying the person that was in the other vehicle. She raced after Hotaka, following him into the emergency room. She waited there in the corner, no one even aware she was there.
They had put him on oxygen and other things. The stitched him up along with bandages and everything else. Once they were done and they got him setup, they left the room to get other things they needed.
Tohru ran over to his bed and kneeled down on the floor, laying her head on the bed, tears streaming down her face uncontroalbly.
"I'm so sorry..this is all my fault...I'm so sorry...so sorry..." she had whispered over and over again.
A hand touched her head and she jerked up. Seeing the hand belonged to Hotaka she held onto it, crying on it, apologizeing to it. She heard a muffled voice and looked up again. Hotaka was trying to talk.
Tohru tried to silence him, tried to make him save his strengh. But he wouldn't listen.
"I-I love you, T-T-Tohru..." he manged to get out.
Tohru's weeping quieted.
"I love you too, Hotaka. Please, please don't leave me..." she begged him.
Hotaka manged a small smile and a very weak chuckle.
"I'll always be with you. I'll-I'll always wat-watch over y-you..." he said before he layed his head back on the pillow and closed his eyes, his chest heaveing up and down gently.
Tohru weapt more than ever, her head laying on the bed. A nurse had come in and said she had to leave, but she didn't listen. It took three nurses and a docter to get her out of the room. They had told her to wait in the hall for news.
That had been hours ago. Now she still sat in the hall, hadn't moved once, waiting for news. She heard a door open and looked over, standing up. The docter was profesional, no emotions shone in his face or his eyes.
Tohru held her hands together, saying one more prayer before she heard the news. The docter reached her and inhaled deeply, seeing so much hope and pain in Tohru's eyes.
He looked down and gently shook his head.
Tohru couldn't breath, couldn't hear or see. It was in slow motion. The room began to spin more, her vision blurred, and the rest was black.
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Tohru awoke a few moments later, nurses and docters surrounded her, asking her if she was alright. She slowly came to grasp what had happened. Her eyes widened in realasation and she shot up, knocking the docters over. She sprinted to Hotaka's room, bursting through then door.
She fell to her knees in the doorway as she watched two nurses pull a white sheet over a peacefully sleeping body. The tears wouldn't stop. They would never stop. They kept comeing, soaking her shirt, her skirt, and the rug underneath her.
The next things that happened were such a blur it made her sick. The nurse driveing her home, helping her into the house, sitting her on the couch. Then the tea and the nurse trying to comfort her. The nurse looked at her one last time before leaveing.
Now Tohru sat riggid on her couch, her eyes hollow and black. She sat there for the rest of the day, ignoreing Yuri's yowls for food. When it was almost midnight, she walked up her stairs as if in a trance. She went to her room and got into her pajamas.
Before she went to bed, she kneeled by her bedside, and prayed. Prayed for Hotaka, prayed for her mother, then finnaly, prayed for herself. Prayed that some how she could make it through this. Pray that Hotaka would always be with her.
She ended the prayer on the second it struck midnight. She climbed into the bed, crying herself to sleep.
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A young man with strikeingly orange hair walked down the street. Above the earth and above the clouds lived the angels. But not him. Not anymore atleast. It had been years since he was able to fly around, without too much on his mind. But never again.
He was banned from heaven a few years ago. Not because of anything he did. Just because of what he was. He and twelve other angels were cursed by the chinese zodiac animals. This caused them to turn into their animal when they were under a great deal of stress, hugged by a member of the opposite sex, or at will. He was the cat. And just like the other cats before him, was banned from heaven once he was of age. Because he didn't have much money, he sometimes went to his Master for help, but not often.
He had reached age three years ago when he turned 15. Now he was cursed to live on earth with the humans. Never seeing heaven again. And it was all the damn rat's fault!
Kyo kicked the first thing he saw when he thought of the rat. And the first thing he saw happened to by a street post. He didn't recoil in pain, just kept walking, a large dent where his foot contacted with metal.
It was pretty dark out and not many people were up. He suddenly felt a tug towards a house. He ignored it for a while until the tug almost pulled him over.
"Damn humans. They're always praying for angels. But I'm the one who get's hit by it cause all the other bastards are in their little clouds! Damn humans..." he yelled most of it but muttered the last part.
He continued to walk only to find he couldn't. He grumbled to himself about humans again. They were so needy! He sighed and decided to go check it out. He spread his wings, makeing him invisible to everyone. He pumped his wings until he was in the air and flew to the house he was being tugged to.
He came to a small cozy house in a some what run down area. He passed through the roof and ended up in the bedroom. He looked around and saw a bed. He saw some movement and decided to see who was makeing him be tugged here.
The girl was asleep, her pillow wet from tears, her face stained by them. She looked like she would be quite pretty when she smiled. Kyo sighed and looked up, wondering why he had been tugged here.
He sighed again and almost jumped when he felt something soft brush up against his leg. He looked down and saw a calico cat. He half smirked. Not a rat in site... he thought. He gently pet the cat on the head before faseing back through the roof and leaveing.
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It had been 3 weeks since Hotaka's death. Uo had stayed over dureing that time, makeing sure Tohru took care of herself. Tohru began going to work once some light was back into her eyes. She still smiled often, but it never touched her ears.
Her and Uo talked when they worked at the resturaunt, Uo manageing small laughs from Tohru. Now Uo did a lot of the wok, trying to help Tohru as much as possible. She never mentioned Hotaka. She would only talk about him if Tohru talked about him.
When they were done with the resturant, Tohru happened to a see a man around her age with odd orange hair. She gave him a soft smile, one she gave many people. Uo offered to hang out with Tohru at her house until she had to go back to work. But Tohru declinded and they went their seperate ways. Tohru unlocked the door and walked inside. She went up to her bedroom, still feeling like someone had been here.
The night of Hotaka's death, she could have sworn that their was another presence in her room. She half smiled at the thought of Hotaka watching over her. She walked over to her dresser and looked at the aray of pictures.
There was one of her and Hotaka, Tohru laughing and smileing as Hotaka grabbed her from behind in a game. One of her, Hotaka, and Uo. Tohru and Uo sat atop of Hotaka's back, giveing the thumbs up sign to eachother, as Hotaka lay on the ground laughing, unable to move.
There were more of her and Hotaka and of Uo. She didn't realise she was crying until she went to wipe whatever as trailing down her face off. She sighed and walked downstairs, fed Yuri, then ate something herself. She layed down on the couch, takeing a quick nap before she had to go back to work.
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Kyo leaned against a building, having nothing better to do. He heard a door open and assumed it was the manager of owner coming out to make him leave. He turned to face the door, only to have two girls walk out. One was tall was with long blond hair and the other was shorter with long brown hair.
His eyes widened a little was he saw that it was the girl who had prayed for whatever reason, the one he had been tugged to. He didn't realize he was stareing at them until the brown haired girl looked at him and gave him a soft smile.
The smile was contagious and he gave her a small smile in return. When she passed he shook his head, trying to clear it. He had no clue why he had smiled back. He just...had.
He sighed and walked in the opposite direction, decideing to pay a rare visit to his master.
He arrived at the dojo about an hour later. It was a long hike, secluded from the town. He took off his shoes and walked inside.
"Master?" he called.
"Ah, Kyo. I was wondering when you'd visit me again." came a reply.
A man in about his thirties walked into veiw, his hair silver and tied into a pony tail that rested on his neck.
"Hello Master." Kyo said with a smile and a small bow out of respect.
"It's good to see you again Kyo." Kazuma replied with a smile.
Kazuma Sohma was also an angel. He had taken care of Kyo when his mother's wings tattered and fell apart. His father wanted nothing to do with him, so Kazuma took him in. When Kyo was banished from heaven, Kazuma left as well, saying he wanted to know what it was like to live on earth.
He was more than just a guardian to Kyo, he was a father. Kyo called him "Master." when he was younger and still called him so. Kazuma had taught martial arts along with many other things.
"Come Kyo, lets talk." Kazuma said.
"Ok.." Kyo ansered, following Kazuma.
Kazuma made tea as Kyo sat at the table. Kazuma served him tea and got a cup for himself, then sat down. He took a sip from his cup, then placed it down.
He looked up at Kyo and asked, "Did you feel a...tug, a weeks ago?"
Kyo nodded. "Yeah, it made me go to some girl's house."
Kazuma nodded. "I think you should watch over her."
Kyo began to choke on the sip of tea he had just taken. He coughed a few times then looked at Kazuma, as if not beliveing what he heard.
"But Master, I can't be her angel. I'm the cat. The outcast. A mons-"
"Enough." Kazuma said shortly.
Kyo stopped before he finished the word. He looked down. "It's an angel's job to do that Master..." he muttered.
"You are an angel, Kyo. Your as much an angel as anyone else up there." he said, obviously meaning heaven.
Kyo sighed and looked up. "But Master...I'm the cat. This is a job for someone like...like..." he tried to think of some of the angels he knew as a child.
"Like the rat?" asked Kazuma, almost as a challenge.
Kyo's face grew red with rage as he got up, involuntarily letting his wings show. He started towards the door when a stream of golden light wrapped around him and pulled him back to his seat.
Kyo cursed Kazuma under his breath but sat down none the less, knowing he couldn't escape. His wings had sunken into his back again as he reajusted his postion, still looking down.
"You can be as much an angel as anyone. Even Yuki." Kazuma continued.
Kyo's eyes twitched at the mention of that name. How he hated it.
Kyo sighed, knowing he was pretty much stuck. But he decided to give it one last try.
"What if she hugs me?" he asked finnaly looking up.
Kazuma chuckled. "Kyo, I'm surprised you even brought that up. You know how to control that part of the curse. I know I taught you." Kazuma said with a smile.
Kyo looked back down with a sigh of defeat. "Ok..I guess I can make sure she dosn't get hurt or anything...but only for a little while!" he said looking up at the last part.
Kazuma smirked inwardly. All you need is a little while... Kazuma thought.
"Ok, it's a deal. It was very nice talking with you, Kyo." Kazuma said standing up. Kyo stood up as well.
Kyo smiled as he passed, bringing his fist towards Kazuma's stomach at lightening speed. Kazuma blocked the punch with his hand, as they always said good bye. Kyo and Kazuma chuckled for a few moments before Kazuma said, "As you and your strengh grow, you'll be able to defeat me."
Kyo smiled and said, "When that day comes, you better be ready!"
He waved good bye to his fatherly figure as he left the dojo.
Kazuma watched him go before he added to himself, "And as your heart grows, you'll be able to see clearer." he smiled to himself then walked back inside the dojo victoriously.
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Redmoonfae: There you have it, the 2nd chapter! -gives script to Tohru-
Tohru: -reads script- Tune in for the next chapter of Answered Prayer. Will Kyo find Tohru and become her 'guardian angel?' Will Tohru get over the tragic loss of Hotaka? Will lo-uhhhh...
Redmoonfae: Keep reading!
Tohru: -blushes- Will love bloom at first sight? Find out in the next chapter!
Redmoonfae: Very good reading job Tohru!
Tohru: Ehhh...love...?
Redmoonfae: Hehe...that's all the time we have! Thanks for the reveiws, keep reading, Bye!