Yoake kept her head low down to the bush. Her breath at a steady pace. Not too quickly for the intruder to hear. Kyo kept his head low also, he inched closer to the bush to get a peek of the intruder. Slowly, Kyo poked his fingers out to make a small hole. He looked through it then inched away from it.

" Who is it?" Yoake mouthed to Kyo when she glanced at her.

" Hatori! " Kyo mouthed back as If he was yelling.

" Shit! " Yoake mouthed, facing the bush. She sat down on the ground quietly.

Dammit! We're never gonna get past Tori! He can get away with murder since he's so sly! Yoake thought in her head nervously.

Kyo sat up then walked over to Hatori. Yoake shot him a panicky look mouthing, " What the hell are you doing! " , Kyo glanced her over his shoulder then smirked.

Hatori turned around when Kyo stepped on a broken twig.

" Hello Kyo. " Hatori said in his normal tone of voice.

" Hey. What are you doing out here? " Kyo asked cautiously.

" Akito and Shigure are suspecting you and Hatsuharu now. They are starting to believe that you two are hiding something from the family. " Hatori responded to Kyo's question.

" Oh. " Kyo responded calmly. He shuffled one foot to the other. His hands jammed in his pockets.

" Well, Shigure wants you back at the house now. " Hatori turned to the house, looking over his shoulder making sure Kyo was going to follow. Kyo shrugged then followed after Hatori at a slow and steady pace. He didn't care if Hatori went on without him, which that was what he was hoping for.

Problem was that Hatori is too damn loyal.

Yoake sat behind the bush watching Kyo disappear with Hatori into the forest. She sighed knowing that she in now along with herself. She shifted herself to the river. Fiddling with the pebbles and stones that were lying close to her.

Something hit her when she threw the stone into the water. It wasn't an object it was a strong memory.

She remember when her and Kyo sat by the river, at the very same river, and tried to catch the fish. They knew that they couldn't catch them but they we're just children, so there was hope trying to at least catch one fish.

She remembered that she caught a fish, the fish was slimy and slippery. She made Kyo hold it, he grossed out then dropped the fish on the ground. The fish jumped on the stones and pebbles.

Kyo and Yoake stared crying since they knew that the fish was gonna die. Slowly the fish died, Kyo and Yoake dug a hole in the stones and pebbles covered the fish up. They didn't understand why the fish did die; they didn't even understand why they even stared crying.

Yoake jumped to her feet and tried to remember where the location of the dead fish was. She would understand if there was nothing there or maybe a storm washed it away from the weak river.

After a little while she was starting to think that there was nothing left of the fish. She was staring to ask herself why she even looked for the dead fish to begin with.

Well, there goes 23 minutes of my life wasted. She thought to herself while she crawled back to the bush.

Yuki sat down on the couch flipping through the channels. ( Like any other lazy bum in the world )

Tohru walked casually in the living room and sat down on the ground tying her shoes. Yuki noticed that she was up to something. She was on a mission.

" Where are you going? " Yuki asked innocently.

Tohru glanced up at him casually then looked down at her shoes smiling.

" I'm gonna go out and find something to do. Maybe walk around, go to the store. " Tohru told Yuki in her normal bubbly tone.

" Riiight. " Yuki replied, reaching for his shoes. Tohru turned around and knew that Yuki was coming.

" I'm going to come with you. If you do go to the store. You will have an extra hand to help you. " Yuki glanced up at her and gave her a pleasant smile. Tohru smiled back and blushed at his comment.

" Shall we go now, Princess Tohru? " Yuki smiled as he latched the door unlocked. Tohru nodded her head solemnly.

" And off we go! " Tohru grabbed Yuki's hand then ran down the driveway.

Kyo sat on the rooftop watching Tohru and Yuki run down the driveway. He eyes lifted an unpleasant aura around him, he didn't feel like going downstairs to get questioned by Shigure. He was becoming a target and a victim of the Sohma's once again.

Sucks for Haru, he LIVES with Akito. I bet he's getting prosecuted right now, Kyo smiled when he imaged Haru sitting in a blinding white light getting yelled at by questions when he's becoming half blind.

Kyo stood up on the roof then jumped off. He felt his arm collapse on him all of the sudden. He rolled over clutching his arm in great pain.

Dammit! All of the sudden a picture of Yoake rushed into his mind. He smiled then broke out laughing. He felt like he was become insane slowly and helplessly.

Tears streamed down his face. He was naturally strong. Since Yoake was here, his guard was falling down. His anger was dying down. His strength and looking behind his back was breaking down. Now, he felt like he was protected. He felt like he has to watch out for something. He has to stand behind them. He feels like he has to keep them out of trouble. He wanted to runaway. He wanted to cry in her arms. He knew he couldn't. That would show weakness in her eyes. He cried infront of Tohru once. Why can't he cry infront of Yoake? His eyes widen in ignorance, he knew he doesn't want to feel this. He always hated feeling this. Tohru now her. He didn't want to love his best friend. His best friend, the one that is walking the same path that he is taking for such a long time. Haru, on the other hand, would become an enemy. Haru loved Yoake from day one. He just had a hard time expressing it. With Rin, he expressed it like reading a book.

Kyo laid down on the ground then looked up at the sky, wishing he could change what the hell is happening. But, no one in the world is perfect. He couldn't change anything about himself to let him join the Chinese Zodiac. Everything that he wanted felt like it was slipping away. Everything that he tried to grab, to feel, to see . He never had a chance.

He lay on the gravel ground, letting the tears slip out of him. He didn't care as long Shigure, Yuki, or Tohru walked up to him.

Why do I even bother? He asked himself as he struggled to get up. He rubbed his arm then looked up at the sky once again. He didn't know what to feel right now. At least he knows that there is one thing that he can remember about Yoake. She almost broke his arm. He looked down at his arm again, imaging his father's hand squeezing his arm in great force. He cried again then stood up and walked over to the river.

He didn't care if Shigure was around. He didn't care if the world burned him to death. He didn't care if the Sohma's were ass-wipes with too much dignity to kick him to the ground. He just wanted to know someone that can understand him the most. No one came close to what Kyo felt. He stood by the bush where Yoake and Kyo hid from Hatori. He gave out a deep sigh then smiled in relief. Kyo locked his eyes on the girl that he could relate to the most.

She turned her head in astonishment.

" Your back already? " She exclaimed.

Kyo sat down next to her with the same smile he had when he saw her.

She arched her eyebrow.

" Are you high? " She asked curiously.

" Why the hell would I do that for! That would be ridiculous! " Kyo snapped back into reality then noticed what was going on.

Yoake smiled stiffly then looked away like there was candy falling from the sky.

" You know what! " Yoake literally jumped at Kyo in excitement.

" W-What? " He asked nervously.

" Let's catch a fish!" She yelled as she dragged Kyo to the river and waited for a fish to approach them.

Kyo and Yoake sat by the river raising their hands up getting ready to strike just like old times.