Chapter 1- Darkness in the cold

Yuki smiled at Tohru as he slipped on his shoes.

"I'll get some things from the garden for dinner Ms.Honda," he said softly. "You don't need to be out in the cold. It's too wet, you'll get sicker."

Tohru nodded, but frowned slightly.

"All right…but I'm still cooking dinner," she said hopefully, not allowing a fractioned cold to stop her from doing her job for the Sohmas. Yuki couldn't help but hold in a chuckle.

He nodded and disappeared out the door closing it firmly behind him. He looked up at the sky. It was a pale gray, a shade only reached when late fall had settled in. His garden would be done soon, as it grew colder.

The gray of the fall sky usually calmed him, today it didn't. The air seemed thick, the wind harsh and cold.

He rubbed his hands together lightly and headed off towards his secret base.

'It's so cold now…but it's so nice, I can't feel the pain anymore…'

He stared up at the sky, a shy smile set on his face. The sky seemed so far away now, but closer too. Like it was reaching down.

'Will you come and take me?' he thought, his eyes fading. 'Will an angel…come…for me?'

A rustling sounded, but it was faint and distant to him. He felt the hands grab him, and his foggy mind suddenly filled with visions of laughter and happiness.

"Can you hear me?"

He smiled softly as the hands gathered him close, turned him. He found himself staring into the eyes of his angel.

"You did come…tenshi…" he whispered, closing his eyes, letting the cold take over, the visions fading into the shadows in his head.

Yuki reached the clearing of his secret base and froze dead in his tracks. The scattered leaves of gold and brown were stained with a starling red. Blood. The ground was seeping and soaked in blood.

Belonging to the still figure, lying beside the garden. A blade lay coated in blood near the figure. He could tell it was a boy, one his own age. Time seemed to stand still for a moment.

The scent of death lingered in the air, like a sweet sour candy he could roll on his tongue. He took a step forward, unconsciously, his mind not reacting, shocked by the heinous sight.

Then it all came, like a flash flood. He found his head, his heart beating against his ribs like a caged animal as fear welled up in him.

He didn't know who this person was, only that he was dying, and would die if he didn't help.

He raced forward grabbing him, seeing him move a fraction before he did. The boy smiled as he grabbed him. Yuki grabbed the boys' wrist, to stop the blood. He gathered him in his arms.

This boy was so light, so light, and so pale.

'Oh kami, don't die!' he thought, his mind frightened and racing for every possibility for this strangers life.

The boy turned his face to look up at him. And again, he smiled. He looked so happy.

"You'll be okay," Yuki said, trying to tell himself as well as the boy. "Can you hear me?"

"You did come…tenshi…"the boy whispered in a gentle voice. His sapphire eyes seemed to dim of lightly. Yuki started running, running as fast as he was able.

The scent of blood was choking, but it was endured. Stranger or not Yuki would not allow this person to die, not here.

"Hold on!" he whispered, pushing himself even harder, as he felt the boys skin grow cold against him.

-That's all! -

Kyo: what! NOW WAY!

Yuki: looks down at his closes and frowns you can't leave it there….

Okay…for La-chan! And for you Yuki-kun!

On with the story!

Yuki sighted the house within minutes. Kyo stood out in the front yard, shirt off. He looked like he was training.

Yuki ran up behind Kyo, breathing heavily, his hand white from clenching so hard to the boy.

Kyo stopped punching at the air and a smirk fell over his face. He heard Yukis breathing and raised his fists, prepared to fight.

"So you came to me this time, rat bo…" he began and turned around his words cut off, eyes widening at the sight. "Who…"

"I don't know, call Hatori!" Yuki said, his voice raspy from running, but the fear in it signaled straight through to Kyo.

"Right," he said and ran inside, rushing past Tohru as she rushed down the stairs.

"Yuki?" she asked walking out the door.

Her face paled almost to the same shade of the boys skin, as she saw the two covered in blood. Yukis white shirt was a bright fresh crimson, fresh and sticky against his skin.

"Ms. Honda, please, help me," Yuki said rushing forewarn and laying the unconscious boy down. Tohru nodded and took off into the house, returning at almost ungodly speed with a blanket and bandages. Yuki took the bandages and began wrapping them as tightly as possible over the shredded flesh of the boy's wrist.

'What's this…it hurts…its so dark! Someone! Kami, help me!'

Tohru wrapped the blanket around the boy, trying to keep his frigid body warm. Yuki placed his fingers against the boy's neck. There was a pulse, but it was weak, frantic, like a dying butterfly trapped beneath glass.

"He's alive, Ms. Honda, we have to warm him up," Yuki said softly.

'So cold…SOMEONE HELP!'

:"Tohru, just be yourself, you'll be fine…" The face of a young middle aged woman followed the words, then flashed to a young brunette crying by a hospital bed.:

'No…go away!'

:"Akito…am I really that strange? So strange, that we have to hide it from everyone?

An older boy walked toward the window looking down at the owner of the memory.

"Yes, you are that strange. A boy who turns into a rat, what do you think people would say? They'd be disgusted, they couldn't stand you. They'd hate you.":

'No more…no more, no more! Please!'

The images began to fade, the peaceful darkness settling in again.

:"La-chan…!"

A young boy waved to him from the gates of the large house. Tala smiled and waved to the memories owner.:

'That's me…do I know this person? Why am I seeing this? Let me go! Don't touch me!'

:"Yuki-kun! Sayonara Yu-kun!":

"Yu-kun?"

The words were breathed as Tala opened his eyes weakly, and wincing. The light was blinding compared to the darkness before. He stared up into it, the hands around his body fled, and with them the visions.

"Welcome back," said a male's voice. "You're going to be alright."

"Alright?" he whispered as darkness began to shroud the edges of his world again, then it all went black.

That's all for now, it's almost time to go. So tell me what you think. Hope you R/R. Later days.