Daughter of Helba (DH for short)- /sighs/ so here I am again. Trying really hard to write all of my stories.

Kyo – and failing miserably .

DH – oh shut up. You're in enough trouble as it is.

Kyo- I am?

DH- Yes, you are. Remember what happens at the last of this chapter. I can make something bad happen.

Kyo- /sweatdrop/ hmm maybe not failing to bad…

DH- Thank you. Now here is my story. Well actually here's Hatori with the disclaimer

Hatori – Daughter of Helba does not own Fruits Basket ©. She does not make any money off of this so her pockets are full of nothing but lint.

DH- /pulls out pant pockets/ sadly it's true. They're empty.

Liam – like you're head…

DH- /whips out a cross/ watch it vampy.

Liam - /shows fangs/ just so you know those don't effect me.

DH- /hides behind Hatori/ hehe. Okay. On with the story….

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Chapter five (5) KATRIA

"And again," Kyo sighed, "Why did you bring the rat along?" He looked back to see Yuki having a mild conversation with Akaisha.

Mir shrugged. "Cause he could use the practice. You're probably the only person he fights with. Which may I say the only reason you, lose is because you don't fight him with everything you've got. If you pulled your 'real' moves on him, he'd be dust."

Kyo smirked at the thought. The only reason he hadn't fought Yuki with his 'real' moves is because that he didn't want people to be even more disgusted then they already were. But then the others used their full powers so why should he hide his?

'Right, because I'm the cat. 'The cat is a fool who lost everything and should therefore have nothing'.' Kyo thought as Akito's words filtered through his head.

"Well were here!" Mir said putting her hand on her hips. "Well I think we are anyway."

Yuki looked around and noticed they had tracked deep into the back woods behind Shigures' house. Really, really far back. They stood in a clearing near a small creak that led to a large pond about 5 feet away.

A look of concern crossed Kyo's face and it didn't go unnoticed by Liam.

"What is it?" Liam asked solemn his eyes going in and out of focus searching the field.

"It's nothing." Kyo said a little to quickly for anyone to believe him. Mir gave him a look and Kyo changed his answer. "Well it's just; I came back here just last week and found a low-level demon. It picked a fight with me so I destroyed it. But it's strange, I don't smell the demons scent anywhere, even through the snow I should be able to smell it."

"Think someone cleaned it up?" Mir asked her expression serious.

"No, Demons leave their dead." Kyo replied his voice void of any emotion. The others began to think up possibilities, leaving Yuki to his own devices.

Yuki walked around the clearing. He himself could sense something wrong in the small clearing but he wasn't sure what it was either. He looked through one of the sides of the woods surrounding them. Large pieces were missing out of the tree trunks. They looked like claws had dug them out of the tree.

"Hey moron cat!" Yuki called over to Kyo.

Kyo bristled. "What?"

"That friend that you killed. Did it have claws?" he asked.

Kyo looked surprised but ran over to where the rat was standing, the other three following behind him. Kyo peered into the bush and saw the claw marks. Raising an eyebrow he started at the marks.

"Weird…" Kyo muttered to himself.

"What's weird?" Akaisha asked.

Kyo began to roll up his sleeve. "His claws weren't that big but these marks have his scent all over them." He pulled his sleeve up so it reached his shoulder. Yuki, Mir and the twins all saw three long red marks running down Kyo's upper arm. Mir and the twins glared at Kyo who shrugged.

"Honda-San's going to kill you for not telling her about this." Yuki said as he pointed to Kyo's arm.

"Oh well, but see, The two scents are the same." Kyo told them.

Mir sniffed Kyo's wound then the tree and nodded. "They are. But demon claws don't grow that fast. He shouldn't have been able to take out so many huge chunks lik-" Mir stopped suddenly.

Yuki and the others looked at her. Her eyes were looking all around the clearing. Her dog-ears had perked up and her fangs grew back out.

"What is it?" The twins asked together.

Mir was about to answer them when she suddenly sniffed the air and a vile, disgusting smell reached her nose. Her eyes widen as she clamped a hand over her mouth and ran for the bushes.

"Mir?" Kyo asked taking a step after her. Vomiting noises reached his ears and he ran even faster. He saw the poor girl doubled over as the base of a tree. Sweat covered her face as she began to empty the contents of her stomach all over the forest floor again.

Bending over Kyo held Mir's sliver hair back so it wouldn't get in the way, while he used his other hand to rub circles on her back trying to clam her down.

On the other side of the clearing Yuki, Akaisha, and Liam watched their two friends.

"I wonder what it was." Aka sighed as he put a hand to his head.

"It could have been a really bad smell." Liam suggested.

Yuki looked at him curios. "What do you mean? A really bad smell?"

Liam turned to him and explained. "Mir-Chan's a wolf. Her senses are finely tuned. Her hearing, eyesight and smelling are extremely exceptional. She can smell things no human could."

"Oh." Was Yuki's only response.

Kyo and Mir came out of the bushes, Mir looking ill and Kyo looking quite worried. They walked back to the others but Mir stopped halfway. The ill look on her face increased as she clamped her hand over her mouth again.

Mir forced down the ill feeling that was rising in her stomach again as the vile smell started to waft back to her. She shook her head when Kyo tried to take her hand away from her mouth.

"Mir?" he asked.

"The smells worse over there." Mir told him so Kyo waved the others to come back to the middle of the clearing.

Before Yuki, Liam or Akaisha could take one step towards the others a loud cawing sound filled the clearing. From the side of the forest where Mir and Kyo had just come from a large crow flew out and skimmed over their heads. The only thing different about this crow from a regular one was the size, shape of its wings and the bad feeling it gave off. The crow was about the size of a bulldozer and its wings were shaped like bat wings. You could almost see the evil aura coming off of it.

Mir clamped her mouth shut again as the bird flew over them. She sunk to the forest floor taking Kyo down with her.

Kyo watched it as it sailed towards Yuki and the twins. "YUKI, LIAM, AKAISHA, DUCK!"

Liam and Yuki hit the ground but Aka stood there looking at Kyo. "THAT'S NOT A DUCK! ARE YOU CRAZY!"

Liam lifted his head to see Aka still standing. He grabbed his brother's ankle and dragged him to the ground. The bird flew by right where Aka had been standing. Liam shot his brother a dirty look and Aka smiled innocently.

The crow demon circled around and spotted Mir and Kyo who were sitting in the middle of the clearing. It dove for them instead of the other three boys.

It was just about to grab them when Kyo stood up. His hand glowed for a moment then his long metal nails were back. He slashed at the birds' feet and made it veer upwards. The bird circled around again focusing in on Kyo.

Kyo watched as the crow demon came back around. He looked to Mir who was laying on the ground semi conscious. Something around here was making her weak. The bird was just about to attack and Kyo had yet to come up with a plan when a sharp voice cut through the clearing.

"TALON THAT'S ENOUGH!"

The crow stopped and flew away. The five of them watched it as it landed on a tree beside someone who was standing on a branch.

Kyo's eyes went wide as he saw what the person was holding. "Burning blue lotus?" Kyo muttered as Yuki and the twins came up beside him.

"What is it?" Yuki asked as he bent down to check on Mir who seemed to be having trouble breathing.

"The blue lotus flower. That persons burning it." Liam explained. "That person must know their share of knowledge about werewolves." At Yuki's confused look he went on. "The only smell a werewolf can't stand is a blue lotus on fire."

The person in the tree jumped down and landed in front of the pond. Now they could see the person in full light. The person was in fact a she. The woman had black hair that was tinted with blue that reached her feet. Her green eyes shimmered as they looked over the creatures in front of her. Her dress was black with long sleeves and her cape was also black with sliver lining; in her hand was indeed a burning lotus flower. She stepped forward with a smirk on her face.

As soon as they saw her, Kyo, Akaisha, and Liam all paled. Even Mir opened her eyes a little but shut them again as she saw the women step forward.

Liam grabbed Mir in his arms and backed away. Aka grabbed Yuki's arm and dragged him backwards. Kyo stood in front of them. In his hand, his claws seemed to melt away but they changed into small daggers. Kyo held them at ready and the woman stopped.

Yuki looked up at the cat that stood in front of them, Kyo looking like he was ready to kill the newcomer. He looked over to the twins and they had the same look of deep hatred and fear of the woman in front of them.

The woman smiled. "It's been a long while hasn't it Kyo?" she asked.

"Not long enough Katria." Kyo seethed under his breath.

"Oh, Kyo you know that hurts." Said the woman with anger showing in her eyes, but a wicked smile was plastered on her face. "But you need not worry. I'm not going to kill you." She thought for a moment then changed her mind. "Well not yet at least. Not until I make you suffer, suffer like you made me suffer."

Kyo snorted his face still lined with fury. "Ha. Make you suffer Katria? All I did was destroy your league of demons." He shot back.

"You killed my lover you idiot cat! And you left me with that horrendous scar on my back!" Katria yelled throwing the burning flower to the side. "Did you forget about that? Because I can't! IT TORMENTS ME EVERY SINGLE DAY! YOU RUINED MY LIFE THAT DAY TWO YEARS AGO AND FOR THAT I WILL MAKE YOU PAY! I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE ON YOU AND YOUR CURSED FRIENDS!" Katria ran forward withdrawing a sword from her side and ran for Kyo.

"KYO LOOK OUT!" Liam yelled at the orange-headed boy in front of them.

Kyo didn't move. Anger radiated off his entire body as he lifted the two daggers above his head to block and trap Katria's sword. "I destroyed your life?" Kyo asked. Then he began to yell. "WHAT ABOUT SAKURAS'? DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT HOW YOU KILLED HER? KNOWING YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR HER DEATH! TRY HAVING THAT KNOWLEDGE TORMENT YOU EVERYDAY!"

"I DO THINK ABOUT HOW I KILLED HER!" Katria screamed as she got her blade free from Kyo's daggers and jumped back. "I THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH I WISHED IT WAS YOU WHO I HAD KILLED THAT DAY INSTEAD OF HER! IF ONLY YOU HADN'T USED HER AS A SHIELD!"

Kyo's breath left his body when those words reached his ears and he stood still, shocked.

Liam and Akaisha gasped and their eyes went wide as they heard Katria's comment. Yuki looked at the twins who looked like they were going to kill the woman in front of Kyo.

"Liam? Akaisha?" Yuki asked. They ignored him. Suddenly he felt someone tug at his sleeve; he looked down to see Mir sitting up. "Mir-chan, what's wrong?"

"We're surrounded… don't let them… don't let them attack…" She stuttered as she pointed weakly to the trees around them. "They're… hiding."

Yuki turned to the twins, to tell them what Mir had said, but as soon as he turned around; the twins began to run.

"LIAM! AKAISHA! WAIT!" Yuki yelled after them. "WE'RE SURROUNDED DON'T MOVE."

Liam and Aka stopped when they heard Yuki yelled. They looked at Kyo then at Katria. Liam turned to Aka. "You go back and help Yuki-kun, and I'll help Kyo out." He ordered. Akaisha nodded and at the same time both of them headed off in different directions.

Akaisha was about halfway back when something jumped down from a tree and blocked his way. He saw it was a girl with elf like ears and dressed in a weird ceremonial robe. Her red hair reached just above her ears.

"I am mistress Katria's personal guard. Kiko is my name." The elf said bowing to her opponent. "If you wish to get to your friends you have to go through me. Other wise you will not be able to protect them"

On the other side of the clearing Liam was having his own trouble. An elf that looked exactly like the one who stopped his brother was also blocking his path.

"My name is Misa and you will not interrupted my mistresses revenge." The elf that was in front of Liam said bowing as she did.

"Yhea well your mistresses revenge will never happen." Liam snorted. "No way Kyo would let a bitch like her defeat him."

Kyo cringed. His temper was at it's maximum. 'That evil witch. How come she didn't die. AND HOW DARE SHE TALK ABOUT SAKURA LIKE THAT!' Kyo thought as his grip tightened around his dagger.

He looked up at Katria and they both reached a silent conclusion. They both crouched into attacking positions.

"I hope your ready to taste the bitter sweetness of Hell Kyo." Katria shouted.

"I hope your ready to visit your grave again." Kyo stated. "Cause there's no way I'm letting you kill any one of us here."

"We'll see won't we." Katria sighed brushing off Kyo's comment. "We'll see just how well your friends can fight."

Kyo looked surprised and cast a quick glance back at the others. He saw Akaisha and Liam whom had started a battle with two similar looking girls. And saw another two demons advancing on Yuki and Mir.

In the spilt second Kyo looked back, Katria attacked. Aiming straight for Kyo's heart…

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Well that's all folks. For now anyways. I'll update soon but right now I gotta go work on my digimon story and go help Courtney stain her deck. . toodles.