Redmoonfae: I'm soo sorry it's taken so long to update!
Tohru: Yes! We're very sorry!
Redmoonfae: But to make up for it, we have a special cat joining us for the rest of the fic! Let's here it for Kyo! -claps-
Kyo: Yeah what ever. You forced me here any way...
Tohru: But we're so happy you came Kyo!
Kyo: -grumbles-
Redmoonfae: Any way, on with story!
Tohru: Enjoy!
Kyo: Yeah yeah, enjoy...
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It had now been 3 months since Hotaka's death. Tohru rarely spoke of him. If someone else would start to talk about him, she'd start to cry and run off.
Tohru was heading down the staires when the phone rang. She ran to answer the phone, somewhat out of breath when she got there.
"Hello?" she said into the phone.
"Hey Tohru. It's me, Uo."
"Hi Uo!" she said, somewhat happily.
"Look, I can't make it to work today. I caught some kind of bug." after she finished her sentence, she went off into a volly of coughs.
Tohru began to worry about her friend.
"Don't worry, I'll be right over as soon as work is over! I'll bring you some soup."
"Thanks Tohru, your the best." another volly of coughs and a sneeze.
"Bye, cya after work." Tohru said.
"Bye Tohru, cya later."
Before she hung up the phone, she heard Uo mutter, "Damn bug..."
Tohru sighed. Another thing to worry about. What if Uo had somthing really bad and even deadly? Tohru began to worry even more, thinking of what to do. She had to get Uo to the docter ot get her some medicene at the least.
She looked at the clock and moaned. She was going to be late for work...again! She quickly ate some breakfast and fed Yuri, then ran out the door.
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Kyo walked down the street, hands crammed into pockets, eyes cast downward. It had been atleast a month since he had spoken to Kazuma. He had really tried to find the girl, searching around the streets on foot, and even taking to the skys under the shield of night.
He was so lost in thought he didn't realize a girl running down the street.
Kyo blinked, wondering what had happened. He was on the ground, a body laying half on him and half to his side. He sat up with a slight moan, knowing he'd feel that fall for a few days. He rubbed the back of his head, then remembered the person who had crashed into him.
He looked to his side and saw a brown haired girl, proping herself up on her hands and sitting down, rubbing her forhead, eyes closed in pain.
The girl opened her eyes and blinked, then realized she had run into someone and had knocked them down.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! Are you hurt? Is anything broken! Oh my gosh! I'm such an idiot!"
Kyo blinked. The girl was speaking so fast he couldn't understand her. Having a short temper, he got annoyed.
His hand shot out and cupped over the girl's mouth, silenceing her.
"Look. I'm fine. It was an accident. Just watch where your going..." he said, trying not to yell.
The girl nodded. He removed his hand from her mouth and sighed. He stood up, winceing at the pain in his back and head. Kyo looked down at the girl. She was just sitting there stareing up at him. He grumbled something under his breath and reached a hand out to her.
Tohru looked at the man's out reached hand for a few seconds. Then she slowly placed her hand on his, and was gently pulled to her feet.
She bowed her head and said, "I'm sorry about knocking you over..."
Kyo sighed. "I told you, it's alright..."
She picked her head back up. She had a small soft smile on her face.
Kyo looked at her. He knew that smile. His eyes widened in realization. This was the girl his master wanted him to watch over!
Tohru began to feel akward under the orange haired man's stare.
"Uhh...I have to get to work...umm...thank you for helping me up. Err..uhh...bye!" she said with a bow of her head and ran off down the street, late for work as ever.
Kyo watched her run down the street, nearly running into a street sign. Now that he had found her, he wasn't sure what to do. It wasn't like she was in any danger aside from her own clumsiness. He watched her go until she turned a corner, the he headed down the street in the direction he was headed before she ran into him.
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Tohru finished cleaning the last part of the room. She wiped some sweat beads from her forehead and looked around the room. She smiled to herself. The room was just so clean!
She dragged herself into the locker room, absolutely exhausted. It had been a long day. First being late, then running into the orange haired guy. After that it was the resturant then going to Uo's house and trying to take care of her. Now she was just finishing up at her second job.
It was her double shift tonight, making her the last one to leave the building. It was almost 11 p.m. She had promised to sleep over Uo's house and help her out as much as she could.
She finished getting dressed into her regular clothes and left the building, eyelids half shut, gaze down, and feet dragging.
No one was out except for a few homless people and the neighorhood drunks. She was too tired to care and just slowly made her way to Uo's house.
Just like that morning, she bumped into someone. She took a few steps back and bowed her head.
"I'm sorry sir, I wasn't watching where I was going." She looked up with a smile and gulped.
She had bumped into a very dirty and drunk looking man. She gulped again, not knowing what was going to happen.
The drunk stared at her for a minute, as if not seeing her. His eyes left her and went to her purse that she had clasped in her hand. He smirked and looked at her again.
"Gimme your purse or you'll be sorry." he said gruffly.
"My-my purse? Um, I'm sorry sir, but I can't. I need this money to pay my bills and all-"
The man grabbed her by the throat, making her squeak in surprise. His grip kept getting tighter and tighter. She tried to fight him off, anything, to make him let go. But she was all out of precious air. Her face turned a shade of blue then went pale, her purse dropping from her limp fingers.
The drunk caught the purse before it fell and dropped a near to death Tohru on the ground with a thud. He was begining to walk away and stopped. He smirked again and bent down, picking up Tohru with a grumble.
He began to head for an ally.
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Kyo wandered the streets, looking every where for any sign of the girl. He heard a faint squeak and headed in that direction. Maybe she had fallen over again. He turned a corner and stopped. He got to the scene just in time to see the drunk release a pale unconcious Tohru to the ground.
He saw the drunk take her purse then take her. He snapped back from his thoughts and ran after the man.
The drunk turned to face the streak of orange that was coming toward him. He looked just in time to have a fist contact with his face. He flew backwards, dropping the purse and Tohru.
Kyo used his cat like reflexes and caught Tohru before she hit the ground. He picked up the purse and straightened up. Maybe he would have to protect her from more than just walking into people and buildings.
He let his anger get the best of him and didn't realize that his wings were now visible for all eyes to see. Luckily, the drunk was the only one around.
The drunk rubbed his face, then looked up. He knew he was drunk, but even that couldn't make him see what he was seeing. Maybe that punch made the rest of his good brain cells leave. Now, instead of some angrey kid carrying the girl, he saw an angrey angel carrying the girl.
The kid had sprouted wings and was now angrily carrying the girl bridal style off somewhere. He had to tell the guys at the bar. Maybe he could catch the angel and sell it somewhere. But how could he remember which kid it was?
The drunk looked higher up on the angel and saw the mass of orange hair on his head. He smirked and lay back down on the ground, too drunk to do anything.
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Kyo finnaly came to the house he had been pulled to a few months back. he didn't need a key to open the door. It was unlocked.
"This girl is practically begging to be kidnapped..." he muttered to himself.
He walked upstairs and into her bedroom. He lay her on the bed and placed a light blanket on top of her. The color was returning to her face and she seemed to be gaining conciousness.
He was about to leave her room when he heard a slight moan. He stopped and turned around, seeing her sitting up and trying to stand.
"He-hey! Don't stand!" he said rushing towards her.
Tohru looked at him wide eyed.
Kyo could have punched himself. She was uncouncious when he found her! She had no clue where she was or who the hell he was!
"Wh-who are you?" she stamered out, scooching away from him on her bed.
Kyo froze, not knowing what to say. Hi, my name's Kyo and I'm going to be your guardian angel for a while. And oh yeah, I'm the cat from the Chinese Zodiac. What's your name? Yeah, that would go over well... he thought wryly.
"Uh...some drunk was trying to rob you and you were unconcious so...I...uhh..." he was stuttering, trying to figure out what to say. But he didn't have to say anymore.
Realization hit her. Now she remembered what had happened. Bumping into the drunk, him grabbing her throat. Then she blanked out, not knowing anything else. So...this man must have saved her and brought her home? But how did he get into the house. Oh yeah...she didn't lock the door again...
"Thank you so much!" she blurted out, tears streaming down her face. "If you hadn't saved me, I don't know what would've happened! Thank you so much!"
Kyo blinked, listening to her thank him over and over again. Getting annoyed again, like that morning, his hand shot out and cupped over her mouth.
"It was nothing. Really." he said, fighting down his anger.
He uncupped her mouth and looked at her looking at him.
A soft smile lit her face and she said, "My name's Tohru Honda by the way. What's your's?"
"Kyo..." he mummbled.
"Thank you, Kyo. You're very kind."
Kyo's face turned red and hot. That was the first time someone(besides Kazuma) had said anything kind to him.
He looked away from her. But after a moment returned his gaze to her. He noticed her wince and put her hand to her throat.
Kyo had completly foregotten how sore her throat must be!
"You need to rest." he said shortly, gently pushing her back down on the bed. He put the light blanket back over and began to leave the room.
"Please, stay for the night." she said softly before he closed the door. He sighed and shut the door.
He didn't want to stay, but he didn't want to upset her either. So he lay down on the couch and stared at the ceiling. He felt pressure on his chest and looked down. On his chest lay the small cat he had seen before, the last time he had come here.
He gently pet the purring cat and stared back up at the ceiling, wondering what was in store for him.
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Redmoonfae: I hope this chapter was worth the wait!
Tohru: Yes! I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Kyo: They probally hated it since you wrote it...
Redmoonfae: -pounds Kyo's face in-
Tohru: O.O
Redmoonfae: Tune in for the next chapter soon!(Hopefully )