Disclaimer: I don't own anything right now.. -sighs-

AN: Sorry everyone for my rudeness in the last chapter. I liked the original ALOT better but oh well.... -sighs- I can't get it back. Anyways, I had a terrible day at school.. blame the terrible wheather.. and I'm having abit of Writer's Block. The two words most feared by Aurthors everywhere... ANyway, I'll try to get some done but please, no flames on my cruddy work. I'm tired, sick, and I'm trying my hardest for you people.

Tainted Angel Feathers

Chapter 5

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Kyo walked along the sidwalk only one block away from Tohru's house. Neither Tohru nor he were talking. Deadly silence lingered there around them. They were both wandering in their own thoughts.

Tohru looked up at Kyo seeing her house come to view, "It's that one.." She said pointing at a small cozy house at the end of the block. She happened to live on a nicer block than the houses behind them. Kyo nodded and shifted her in his arms to a tighter hold. Tohru blushed abit looking at the ground. His arms were probably getting tired.

Kyo climbed up the white porch steps and arrived at her door. Tohru started reaching in her pocket for her keys when he opened the door.

...

Tohru gave a nervous laugh, "Oh, heh.. I guess I forgot to lock the door again this morning.."

She winced slightly at the annoyed glare she felt Kyo was giving her. Guilt instantly poured out of Kyo seeing Tohru close her eyes as if expecting him to strike her. He proably did with his words.. After all.. what was that saying he used to hear? Sticks and stones?

Knowing how anyone was now, whoever made that out should have been drug out into the road and shot.

Letting out a defeated sigh, Kyo coughed, "Sorry, I just snap sometimes.."

He felt the girl in his arms relax and stepped into the house. Finding the light, he switched it on seeing that it was.. shockingly, a clean house.

Not wasting any time, he spotted a couch and set Tohru down on it.

"Where are your bandages?"

"Oh um...." Tohru figeted under his gaze nervously, "I don't have any.."

"What!? Why not!? You should at least have bandages knowing you're living in a neighborhood like this! How..." Kyo stopped and saw Tohru fight back tears, sniffling and looking very pathetic.

"Wha..Hey hey! No crying," Kyo panicked standing at her side trying to comfort her, "I.. I didn't mean it. It's just... it's" Kyo grumbled trying to find the right words. 'I'm stupid, idiotic, can't say anything to help anyone if my life depended on it, unhelpful-'

"I'm sorry." Kyo looked at her.

Tohru continued looking back at him, "I put you through so much trouble.. I don't deserve your kindness.."

Kyo was flaberghasted. How could she say that after all the cruel things he just said? She was more of an angel then he was... He sighed and looked away blushing abit in thought. Tohru bowed her head looking at her injured leg she heard -rrriiiiiip-

Looking up, she say Kyo tear off the end of his sleeve and, not looking at her face, start cleaning her wound. Tohru blushed feeling, again, self conscience.

Kyo wraped the red jeacket sleeve around her calf, his face frowning in concentration. He finished the job and looked at her. She leaned back against the couch smiling warmly at him as if to say thank you. Kyo blushed and looked away, he had never been good with talking to girls.

Kyo looked back at Tohru, seeing she was sound asleep. 'After that experience', Kyo thought, 'I'm not at all surprised.' Tohru curled up on her side as she slept away. Kyo scooped her up in his arms and carried her around the house untill he found her room. Then, Kyo set her on her bed and tucked her in, making sure her leg would be comfortable. Kyo sat down on a chair and looked at her scowling, 'Why would Akito want this girl anyway? What was his plan? Why didn't he recognize me earlier? What's going on?'

Kyo's eyes grew heavy, 'Why am I doing this...?'

His eyes closed fully...

'Akito..'

"Kyo, why do you sit here at the gates when you should be in heaven?" The image of Akito appeared in his mind. His black rough wings folded behing him and his bloody red cloak swaying back and forth as Akito rocked side to side, taunting Kyo.

"Leave me alone, Akito. This is all your fault."

Akito walked forward slowly towards him, his dark smile revealing two pearly white fangs, "Poor Kyo, it's not my fault at all.. after all.. I wasn't the one who turned my back to the child..."

Kyo glared at him and stodd up shaking an angry fist, "I never turned my back to him!"

"Hahaha...Keep telling yourself that Kyo, ..but remember.. he is ours now.. and you're sitting out of heaven.. Would the Father do this if you weren't at fault?"

Kyo took a step forward, "SHUT UP!"

"Fighting won't get you back into heaven Kyo.."

"SHUT UP SHUT UP!!" Kyo fell to his knees klutching his head fighting the tears that pushed from him, "SHUT UP BASTARD, SHUT UP!"

"It's not my fault!"

"It is your fault.."

"NO! It's not!"

"But he's in hell.. you we're suppose to protect him..."

"No.. no it's ..it's not my fault!"

"You failed to protect him..."

"SHUT THE HELL UP! Leave me..alone! it's it's.."

"..Your fault..."

Kyo screamed and buried his head in his hands. Pain and misery shook through his heart. His once beautiful angelic wings ruffled and fluffed abit looking more worn down and over worked. They started to turn a light grey as Kyo panted in anger and frustration... Then.. all went black.. and all Kyo could hear was Akito's maniac laughter..

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Yuki flew down to the park like place in heaven. Flowers fluttered beneath him as he flew across the park searching or a familiar face. Friendly angels waved and greeted Yuki as he rushed past.

Grinning inwardly, he spotted the angel he was looking for. Gliding in her direction, he called out her name, "Kasha!"

Kasha turned around and Yuki landed in the grass infront of her, "I have a question-"

"I'm fine Yuki, thanks for asking," Kasha said sarcasticly, "and are you?"

Yuki sighed, "This is kinda improtant Kasha."

"We have another eternity to go Yuki, Nothing to rush for."

Seeing Yuki's agitated and stressed face, Kasha sighed, "What is it?"

Yuki told Kasha about the riddle, his assignment, his visit with Shigure, and got to the part where he was to ask the question bugging him when Kasha interrupted,

"Kyo? THE Kyo?"

"I take it you've heard of him."

"Of course! Who hasn't? Now what did you want to ask me?"

"...Who's Kyo."

Kasha gave him a stiff look like he was joking, but Yuki doesn't crack a joke and when he does, it's pretty rare. She sighed and brushed her silver hair out of her face, "Well about 100 years ago there was this kid named Kohaku, right?"

Yuki nodded getting excited, "Yeah."

"Well," Kasha continued sitting down. Yuki followed her knowing this would be interesting, "You see, Kohaku was like, suppose to be a Saint. He was, according to the Father, going to sacrifice his life to save hundreds of slaves from being slaughtered in a war... Because of this act, the war was going to end from an out number and there would be peace.. But something happened."

"What happend?"

"You see, Kyo was Kohaku's Gaurdian Angel... His job was to protect Kohaku when he was in really bad danger and lead him down the right path to complete his mission.. unfortunatly though, the Dark one tricked Kyo."

"How? What did he do?"

"When Kohaku was about thirteen or so, He was about to get killed by a slavetrader... Kyo knew he couldn't die yet, so he gave Kohaku the strength the battle the trader off... A demonic angel though, tried to get Kohaku to KILL the trader. Kohaku had the trader's blade at the throat, and Kyo started to fight of the demonic angel.. While they were fighting though, another demonic angel took that chance and possesed Kohaku, killing the human. After that, Kohaku started killing all kinds of people because he enjoyed killing soemone even when he wasn't possesed.. Kyo was sent back to Heaven.."

"Stupid boy, how could he do something so reckless?"

"Yuki, he was trying to do his duties.. and because of that, he was kicked out of heaven."

"What?"

"Kyo now sits outside of the gates of Heaven, taunted by crueler angels, and alone for all of eternity."

"..I see... So... did I ever meet him?"

"I'm surprised you don't remember. Kyo was the kid who you would spar with when you were a younger angel."

Yuki's face paled in relization and he pounded his hast in his hand remembering, "Oh! Now I remember! I can't believe I forgot about him!"

Kasha nodded then turned away, "Well if that's all you needed to know, I have to go now. Lalaine wanted me to help her pour out the rain tomarrow and I have to help her get it set up.. Ja ne Yuki."

Yuki smiled, "Thanks Kasha, ja ne!" With a nod, Kasha took off flapping her small transparent wings.

Yuki sighed shaking his head, "Kyo was also the kid who had an attitude.. will that girl be okay with him? I need to know..."

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"Oh my, what a beautiful morning! It looks so much warmer outside than yesterday.."

Tohru smiled to herself as she molded the onigiri and looked outside the window to the sky. Such a baby blue sky seemed very rare.. it seemed like blue watercolors splashed in the sky dropping white for the fluffy clouds. ' They look like marshmallows!' Tohru giggled to herself and added some of the leftover salmon to them. 'I sure hope Kyo likes salmon...'

Tohru finished making the last onigiri and wiped off the blue and grey countertop throwing away the papertowel. "He seemed so peaceful though, I didn't want to wake him up.." Tohru said aloud, "I wonder if Kyoko got hungry last night, I don't remember seeing her inside." At that moment, a slight scratching was heard on the back door in the kitchen. Tohru smiled and walked over to the door, opening it and smiling at the charming orange striped tabby at the steps.

"There you are Kyoko! I heated some salmon if you're hungry."

Kyoko walked past her and Tohru closed the door. Spoting her food bowl, she trotted to it and began to munch the fish that attracted her attention. Her tail swayed back and forth in satisfaction.

Tohru smiled seeing the cat eat and turned to make tea, she boiled the water and mistakeningly leaned on her injured foot. The sting instantly coursed through her body thrusting her off her foot. Her eyes closed and she bit her bottom lip waiting for the pain to cease. Kyoko must have felt her master in pain because when Tohru felt the pain begin to vanquish, Kyoko rubbed against her other leg purring.

Tohru smiled again at Kyoko as the she added the tea.

"What are you doing?"

Tohru jumped slightly but didn't injure herself, she whipped around and founder herself trapped in the intense gaze of her visitor- Kyo. Standing there like a child caught red handed with their hands in a cookie jar, Tohru gulped, "I'm cooking onigiri.."

Kyo's face went red in anger, "You're suppose to be resting! You can't be walking around on an injured leg!"

Tohru smiled, "Oh no, I'm feeling much better already, see?" She took a step on her injured foot before pain shot through her body again, she stumbled forward stiff from the pain and Kyo rushed up and caught her before she fell.

Kyo sighed, "You're stubborn, you know that?"

Tohru blushed, "Oh well I just thought you would be hungry and I saw you sleeping so I didn't want to wake you up and...um.. so i made salmon onigiri. I hope you like it but I'll fix you something else if you don't like salmon..." Kyo looked at her in amazement, she was pushing herself to the limit just to make others happy. Kyo hesitated then helped Tohru it down on the couch, "I'll get it. You'll hurt yourself more walking around on an injured leg."

At first, Tohru resisted his help, but Kyo shruged her off and went into the kitchen, walking out he carried the salmon onigiri on the wooden tray. Kyo sat down next to her and Tohru was offered an onigiri. She smiled at him and munched it. She then looked at Kyo, "Aren't you hungry?"

Kyo blinked and hesiated, He had never eaten human food before because the human he gaurded never seen him before either.. "Well um..."

Tohru instantly blamed herself, "Oh I'm sorry, do you not like salmon onigiri? I can fix something else, please, what would you like?"

Kyo shook his head, "That's not it."

Tohru looked at him as Kyoko entered the room, Kyo finished, "You see... I'm not human.. I'm a Gaurdian Angel.."

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AN: Welp! That's all for now! This was a long chapter too so that's cool right? Okay.. maybe it wasn't as long as many storied you have read.. but still... ANyway, I'll ahve the next chapter up soon. Reveiws!