Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, Fruits Basket or aspect from any other anime/manga that may appear throughout the story.
Kyo was not happy. He was edgy, jumpy, irritable and more than a little paranoid.
But then, it's not paranoia if someone really is watching you.
Or in this case, several someones.
Kyo was currently on his lunchbreak in his favourite café two blocks over from the bookshop and a block over from Meiou High. But unlike usual, he was not enjoying himself.
There were four reasons for this. The first was the Reikai Tentai, seated in the corner directly opposite Kyo's corner, ruining his dining experience by staring at him throughout the meal. The second was the group of Class C and B youkai that wrecked the store and picked on Kyo, though this was now a moot point because he had Tomosine's written permission granting him the right to defend himself. So what if Kyo was more than happy to beat the little shits down. The third was the new buxom waitress who was flirting shamelessly with the poor kitty-cat, unaware of the rest of the staff trying to subtly and not so subtly catch her attention before she made a bigger fool of herself when he bluntly turned her down. They'd lost a few waitresses that way.
However much the first three reasons irritated him, it was the fourth reason that took the cake. For three years, two months, one week, 6 days, Kyo had managed to hide/avoid the Sohma clan and anyone who might have recognised him, only to have it all come crashing down right when he was least capable of dealing with it.
"Tohru-neechan cried a lot when you left."
Kyo regarded the now sixteen-year-old Kisa over the rim of his coffee mug. "I know."
Kisa chewed her lip as she poked at her vanilla mudcake. "It's not the same without you. Everything is so quiet now."
Kyo watched Kisa's face as she struggled with an inner battle, already knowing what the question would be.
Kisa's head snapped up and she leaned forward, eyes burning with the kind of sad passion held in the eyes of every maiden who ever asked an untrue lover; 'why?'
"Why did you leave? Tohru and Kagura wouldn't stop crying for days. The grown-ups wouldn't tell us anything, Momoji and Haru had to get therapy it got so bad, and even Hiro and Rin were quieter than usual. Akito was furious."
Kyo closed his eyes and sighed, desperately trying to ignore the twig of guilt. There was one member pf the Zodiac Kisa hadn't mentioned. "Yuki?"
Kisa looked away, chewing her lip. "I don't know all the details, but it wasn't long after you left that Akito started calling Yuki to the Main House, though even before that, he seldom spoke to anyone and stayed in his room. Then, one day, he just collapsed for no physically obvious reason. It was during one of the visits. He still hasn't woken up."
Kyo sighed, put his cup down and looked at the ceiling. He felt another guilty twig. He knew he shouldn't have left Yuki that letter explaining everything. Yuki had undoubtedly blames himself, being the 'tragic hero' he was. Kyo had his suspicions as to why and how Yuki had collapsed.
Kyo sighed again. Screw the Reikai Tentai. Screw Akito and the family. Kyo and Yuki had an understanding that went beyond normal human ken.
"Which hospital?"
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