Maybe so I'm not chased by angry readers I should write another chapter.
Point of No Return
Kyra's POV
Sweat slide slowly down my spine causing goose bumps to sprout everywhere. I didn't know what he would say and what I would have to do for him in return.
"You will spend the summer with me in Greece or I will not go." My stomach plummeted. I loved Greece but I didn't want to spend my entire summer alone with my father in a foreign country.
"Can I have a period of time in which to decide what I'm going to do?" My finger nails dug into my hands from the pressure.
"Get back to me before tomorrow." I knew I was dismissed but my legs felt like jelly. "Is there something else?" Aggravation surged in his words and I didn't want to be struck again.
"No, I was just thinking. I'm sorry to have inconvenienced you. Thank you for your time father." He just nodded and followed me out the door. We walked in silence to the stairs before he veered off down the hall. It felt as if a great weight had lifted from my body as I stepped farther away from him. As my house fell behind me I felt better and better. My brain must have been lacking in oxygen through my encounter and finally was being filled.
My feet swerved slightly as I strolled. A faint buzzing in the ears and a dizzy feeling behind my eyes caused it. A group of runners came around the bend and ran around me on both sides. They split like the Red Sea and I started to laugh. They all looked at me strangely as I sank to the ground. Tears slide down my face as I pulled my knees to my chest.
I can't spend a whole summer in Greece with my father, but I promised Jacob and the poor Missing Children.
"Miss are you alright?" One of the runners had stopped. Rubbing my tears away on my sleeves I righted myself and stood. The runner man had a concerned look on his face but the urge to continue the race was visible.
"Yes, I'm fine." I even managed a polite smile before stumbling off to my next destination. I found myself at the dojo. The sounds of training carried to me and my muscles quivered. Looking at myself in a car's directional mirror I fixed my messy hair and removed signs of tears before I made my way inside. Master as just inside the door teaching novice fighters a round house kick (A/N I know next to nothing about fighting so if I get something wrong I'm sorry, but I'm trying to be as accurate as possible.). He nodded when he saw me so I looked around for anyone else I knew.
Kyo was drinking a small glass of water and he was covered in sweat. I tried to look cheery and went over to say hello.
"Kyra, what are you doing here?" He asked curiously but not intrusively. I shrugged and tried to think of what to say.
"Well ah my muscles where, I mean I was anxious I guess so I decided to work some of it off." He looked at me quizzingly but didn't pry.
"Ok, how long do you think you'll be?"
"Not long I should say." I didn't really plan on working up a sweat.
"Well I'm almost done for today I'll wait for you." I nodded and walked away. I changed clothes in the back room and did some stretches.
Walk Home
Kyo's POV
"Do you think you're ready for finals tomorrow?" Kyra was being so quiet I felt I had to fill the empty space with something.
"I'm usually fine on tests but I'll probably cram tonight and tomorrow morning anyway." Forced happiness rang false when she finished talking.
"Is there something wrong?" She glanced at me worriedly but didn't reply right away.
"Nothing you can help me with." She said glumly. OH Crap! I just opened a big can of worms. Please god don't let her start talking about her 'time of the month' or some thing like Kagura does whenever I ask her to explain her actions! "Are you ok Kyo? Your face just went sheet white and I could have sworn I heard a whimper." There was a look of desperate humor in her eyes but I was happy for a way out.
"I was scaring myself is all." I smiled ruefully and we fell back into silence. The rest of the walk went fast and we were home in no time. I opened the front door first expecting a happy call from Tohru from the kitchen but there was none. "Tohru? Shigure? Ratboy?" I called hesitantly into the house. Something felt wrong.
"We're back here Kyo." Shigure's voice called from the kitchen. Kyra and I made our way back there to see Tohru cooking with an anxious look on her face, Shigure was leaning in a doorway and Yuki was helping Tohru.
"Why are you all in here?" Kyra asked feeling the strangeness to.
"You have a visitor Kyra." Yuki said grimly before returning to chopping. Kyra's pupils grew to the size of almost her whole iris and gulped.
"OK, where are they?" She lip trembled slightly from fear as she spoke.
"He is in the dinning room waiting for dinner." Shigure supplied. "I'll go with you." They walked away steadily but Kyra kept her hand on the wall for support.
Kyra' POV
Right foot, left foot, right foot, left foot. I just concentrated on walking so I wouldn't collapse. Shigure walked in first.
"She is home now." He spoke to the visitor.
"Where is she then?" A vicious sounding voice asked, but it was not the voice of her father like she had suspected. With a small amount of courage left I pushed myself to step into the room. Akito was sitting at the table scowling. But when he saw me he smiled slightly. "Hello Kyra, it has been a while since I have seen you."
"I'm sorry about that Akito but we have all been very busy with the school year finishing up with finals and all." I sat down next to him at the table.
"I see."
"Is there something specifically you wanted to see me about?" He sipped his tea to stall.
"I wanted to ask you about hugging the Zodiac members. Is it true you can no longer hug us?"
"Well I'm not positive but the last few time I hugged a Sohma they transformed. (Chapter 37 Haru, girls track team, spider, hilarious.)"
"I asked Hatori and he thinks that maybe the hole in your soul was mended enough for the curse to react." (A/N ha ha it rhymed).
"I don't know what happened."
"I suggest you fix it or else I might be forced to erase your memories and send you on your way." At that Kyo, Yuki, and Tohru came into the room with dinner. Everyone ate silently except for a few of Akito's comments pointed at Yuki.
So was that a good chapter 40? I was thinking of making it funny but it didn't really work. I'm sorry about leaving a cliffie last time I actually didn't do it on purpose. I started this chapter right after the other but I had to leave before I could finish. Sorry again!
