"Kyo?" Shigure sang, "Your wonderful breakfast is getting cold and Tohru got up early to make it for us!"
The cat of the zodiac stumbled into the kitchen, and smiled at the girl who was busy drying the last of the dishes from the night previous. She dried the last one, and shooed him to the table.
"Now, Shigure." She scolded; "I only got up an hour early-"
A hand clapped over her mouth. "What did we talk about?" Kyo grinned, "No more belittling yourself. This is a good breakfast, and I for one, thank you for getting up early to make it. See it's done."
Yuki stared at the orange-haired teen in shock, and wondered what has put him in such a good mood, or rather, who had taken the cat's place.
"By the way, Kyo." Shigure asked, eating. "What were you doing up there?"
"Trying to find my bag."
"Oh." Tohru gasped, "I'm sorry, Kyo! I moved it last night; it's at the door."
Shigure and Yuki exchanged glances of shocked disbelief as Kyo grinned, "Thank you, Tohru. I should put it there anyway."
"Uh, kids..." Shigure looked at the clock, "Its time for you to leave."
Kyo sighed, "Right." He got up, put his dishes in the sink, and grabbed his bag. Tohru followed suit, but Yuki remained eating.
"Yuki?" Tohru asked, "Aren't you coming?"
The rat smiled up at her, "I'll be along. Go ahead."
Shrugging, the brown haired girl shut the door and ran off to walk with Kyo. Shigure cleared his throat, and the tension in the room intensified. "What is it, Yuki?"
"You know what it is very well, Shigure. I heard you last night. Talking to them." He turned his purple eyes to the window. "They're scared. There's something out there that is foreign to them, to all the animals. They spoke to you of danger, Shigure."
"I don't know what you're talking about-"
Yuki stood his face a mask of fury. He hadn't been this mad in a while, that was for sure. "Yes you do. I spoke to my rats, and they listened to you last night. 'The man is fast, faster then the wind. He brings with him a device that is real one moment, and not the next. In this device is a cage, with chains and cases of poison....' That is what they told me. That is also what was reported to you."
Shigure sighed, "and what if it is? What does that have to do with anything? Or to us?"
The prince of rats pulled on a jacket. "It has everything to do with us. The rats brought me a message this morning. 'The man is talking of a cat with orange fur and red eyes. He told a lady who we could see through that he was close to getting her the prize.' There is only one cat in existence with that description."
"Kyo." Shigure breathed. "But Yuki!" He jumped to his feet; "you let those two go off in the woods! By themselves! If what you say is true..."
Suddenly Yuki saw the flaw in his thoughts. "He'll find them."
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