"Then what do we do, go back in the past?" Kyo asked hesitantly. Kane looked up to the ceiling, thinking of a good way in which to tell Kyo what he needed to know. "Not exactly, we need to go back in your mind. It won't hurt." Kane got up, as did Kyo. Kane brought his right hand up and walked closer to Kyo.
"What do you think your doing?" Kyo asked getting alarmed.
"Just trust me, what else do you have to lose?"
Kyo stood there and in the next instant he was somewhere else.
"We will start with a past memory." Came Kane's voice from somewhere far away. Kyo stood in a gray mist, moving his hand in front of himself didn't make it clear away. Then suddenly, he stood on the roof beside a solemn looking Kane.
"I love that sound, when the wind hit's the trees. It reminds me of my mom, like her whispering something to me."
Kyo saw his old memories appear before him. There he was there, and so was the girl he guessed was named Tohru. Kyo looked over to Kane who's solemn expression didn't change. Next Kyo heard his memory self speak,
"I remember my mom, not as much as you, but I do remember her."
"What happened to her?" Kyo asked Kane who only put his finger up to silence Kyo and make him listen.
"You were young when she passed away…" Tohru said. Kyo gives a slight nod. "I was blamed for her death, it was a suicide. My father, he even wanted me locked up." Tohru's eyes fought back tears, she wanted to hear more.
"What the hell man! Maybe it's a good thing I forgot, sounds like one hell of a messed up family!" Kyo said as the dream Kyo went on.
"My mom loved me, she loved me more then my father did. She would always be there when I was scared or confused about something, but she never wanted me without my beads. I think in a way she was a little scared of me, at times I saw fear in her eyes. A mother who feared her own son." Kyo says softly. "After she died, my father wanted nothing to do with me, he couldn't bare to call me his son, he couldn't ever look at me, I was only a monster to him." Kyo says and looks to Tohru.
"Kyo." She says and embraces him with love. For a brief moment he felt her body touching his and it was like bliss to him, he wanted to hold her in his arms forever, but in a puff of orange smoke, he transformed into his cat form.
"What in the hell is going on?" Kyo yelled. Around them turned back into the gray mist. "Did I just turn into a cat?" Kyo asked unsure of what he saw. Kane closed his eyes and put his hand to his chin, "Yes you did. You and your family are cursed."
Kyo's eyes grew large, "What do you mean cursed?" Kane's eyes opened and he looked at Kyo, "I mean your cursed. A long time ago your family was put under a curse by God. This curse was that if you or anyone in the family were to be hugged by a member of the opposite sex, or if your body came under a great deal of stress, you would turn into a member of the Chinese Zodiac."
Kyo rubbed his head, as if all the information was making it hurt. "What the hell kind of curse is that? And since when is the cat a member of the Zodiac?"
"Its not a member. You and all the Zodiac cats before you have been discriminated by the family, you are an outcast"
Kyo stood there a moment and then began to walk away, to where he had no clue. "Where are you going?" Kane asked.
"Away from all of this. I don't want to remember if this is what my life is like. Who would want a life where they are an outcast to their own family?"
Kane nodded in understanding.
Kyo was then back n the room he was before. He flopped on the bed wanting so much to never hear Kane's voice again, all Kyo wanted to do was lay there and possibly sleep.
"She's here." Kane said. Kyo grunted, "Will you just go away?" He was starting to lose his patience fast. Kane smiled, "Not until you wake up."
Kyo got up fast which made him dizzy. He fell back on the bed, "Maybe I don't want to remember. What would I have to go back to?"
The gray mist returned and Kyo fell on the ground, if there was one. He wasn't quite sure. He rubbed his head as if he had hit it in the process of falling on a bed that was no longer there. "Tell me next time when your going to go all 'gray mist' mode."
Another seen came forth and Kane was once again by his side. "You have a loving father to go back to."
Before them both a seen unfolded. A man with light gray hair stood in front of the past Kyo while another man yelled.
"DON'T YOU TALK TO ME THAT WAY!" Kohaku yelled and swung his fist at Kyo, but to his surprise his first did not hit it's mark, but hit another's hand.
Kazuma stood in front of Kyo, ready to take on Kohaku. He pushed Kohaku back with such force that he knocked into a nearby desk, causing things to fall on him. "Why you..!" Kohaku said and lunged at Kazuma.
Kohaku swung a high kick into Kazuma's face to only hit air as Kazuma dodged it easily, coming back and kicking Kohaku with a high kick of his own. Kohaku was thrown back once more, colliding with the ground.
He got back up a few moments later, face mad with furry. Blood was on the side of his mouth and his cheek a bright red.
"When Akito heres of this.." He began but Kazuma counted back, "He will do nothing. I will not let Akito ruin any more lives, tell him that."
"Kyo, wake up, please."
"Who was that?" Kyo asked hearing something that didn't come from the people around him and Kane.