Kyo was floating. He felt the dizzying sensation of flight creep through his paws. He looked down from where he felt he must be at lestfifty feet up in the air. He beheld only a dark chasm. He couldn't see an end to the darkness it was continual. Within the next few seconds he lost the joyously free feeling and felt air speed across his fur as he fell. Forever lost in the seeping black.

Kyo woke with a start, he was drooling slightly from the corner of his mouth. He moved up his paw to wipe it away, and was shocked to realize he hadn't transformed and it had been over a day. He thought about panicking but thought better of it, it was probably for the best. How would he explain himself being stuffed in a cage naked? He couldn't and hoped he didn't transform in the cage, but how would he escape?

Well, the first way out might be while he was getting more food or the litter box changed, but he had done nothing to either. He wouldn't degrade himself by eating the kitty food or using the litter box unless it became absolutely necessary. How else could he get out… He considered where he was, he could be adopted. If I can get adopted by someone, then I can escape and be back to the house before noon! He eagerly went over his plan in his thoughts repeating each step carefully.

First he had to get adopted. What did people look for in pets? Well, whatshername out there said people liked cats with cute names… He clenched his jaw at the remembrance of the temporary name. So I guess cuteness is a factor… He grudgingly decided being cute was they best way to get adopted quickly. But how did one become 'cute'? He worked on his face first he put his whiskers forwards and widened his eyes and pulled back his lips in an odd but cute smile. He decided that was good enough and practiced purring. He had never really purred before, except once on accident when he fell asleep near Tohru and fell onto her lap. He blushed a smidgeon at the memory, he had had too much chamomile tea, and it had an odd effect on him.

He tried his best to purr but it only tired him out. He thought about Tohru. He wondered if she missed him, if she was worrying, of course she was that was a stupid question. He halted in mid thought, he was purring or at least it seemed like that. He had an odd feeling in his throat like a rumble and his body was vibrating in a heating sensation. He wanted to pretend it had been his effort that allowed him to purr not Tohru, but he just couldn't convince himself, so he brushed the thought aside. He ceased to purr and tried to focus.

What else could he do? He pondered this until he discovered the last key element to being adopted. People found it irresistibly adorable when a cat licked them. He despised the idea, but if it would get him out any faster, he'd lick their fingers. That decided upon he only had to wait for someone to stumble into his area and look for a cat.

Meanwhile back at Shigure's house……

Yuki was seated at the table downstairs sipping something one could assume to be tea. His legs were folded awkwardly so that he could achieve the angle at which he was sitting. He looked off into the darkness for a moment as though he were daydreaming, he hadn't bothered to turn on any lights even knowing it was still dark. "What are you doing up so early, Shigure?" He called out in a tone barely above a whisper.

"Are you waiting for Kyo? Are you surprised that he hasn't come back?" Were the calm words that issued from Shigure's shadowed form.

"To be quite honest, no. I always though he might up and disappear one day, but I never thought he would leave Tohru like this, so distraught, without saying goodbye…."

"Have you ever considered that it may not have been his choice to leave? True, Kyo is strong, but for all the Zodiac Curse, part of him is human, he isn't entirely invulnerable." Yuki dropped the tea cup he had been holding in one had carelessly onto a saucer underneath it as a shocked look masked his face. It disappeared within seconds as though it had never been.

"Well, if that, bastard, shows up again under any other circumstances, he'll regret ever coming here in the first place." Yuki's eyes gleamed in the darkness. Shigure only smiled as the sun began to rise.

It had been about two hours after Kyo awoke before anyone came looking to adopt a cat. She was a rather tall woman with very straight, limp brown hair. She was coming along slowly peering into various cages. Since she was so tall she didn't have any trouble seeing every cage even the ones high up. All right this is my chance, just, focus… The woman finally came to him.

It was all he could do to hold still until she was done observing him. She passed on to the next cage and never looked back at him. The woman ended up leaving with a rather snooty looking Siamese. What had he done wrong? He has a cat form with a human mind he should be able to get adopted easily! Well, taking that into consideration he realized maybe she wasn't looking for a cute cat.

Similar scenarios replayed with the total three next people who came looking for cats. A young girl, an elderly woman, and a man in a suit. They had all looked in on him, he had looked his cutest, and they had all moved on to the next cats. The girl had even commented on how scrawny he looked and this had upset Kyo so much he had swiped at her and she had run off in tears. He tried to go over what might have gone on over and over in his head so long that he closed his eyes to gain more focus.

His eyes shot open as he heard the sound of his cage door scraping open against the stone floor and he was carried by the scruff of his neck and placed into someone else's hands. He was held face to face with a young man probably in his late teens. He had short auburn brown hair and a crooked, yet sweet smile. He also had very piercing light blue eyes and one seemed more clouded than the other, was he blind in that eye? He also spoke with an accent Kyo couldn't place but it sounded vaguely British.

"Here Ivy. Would you like to take a look at him? I must say I'm rather fond of him already!" The man pressed his face against Kyo's fur briefly before passing him over to a little girl who couldn't have been older than seven. She resembled her brother, except for her hair had more of a golden sheen and was longer, as well as her eyes weren't as bright.

"I do think I see what you mean Danny! He's absolutely adorable! What's his name?"

Her brother leaned over past her to read Kyo's nameplate. "It says he's called Peaches, it also mentions that he's very sweet, he was a stray, had all his shots, and is about a year and a half old." Maybe in cat years. Kyo remarked mentally.

"Aww, he is the exact color for his name. Can I get him Danny? I want him!" She shook Kyo a little and calmed down as her brother smiled softly.

"Of course. We came here to pick a cat for you. If he's the one you want, stay here and I'll go ask them to draw up the paperwork."

"All right, I'll stay here with Peaches." That being said, Danny strode off through the door to go deal with the adoption papers and fee. "I'm going to take you home with me kitty. And we're going to be friends forever!" Kyo didn't like the way her eyes sparkled when she said these last words, what did she have planned for her new pet?