Chapter 3

The Meeting and The Brawl

"Kyo…It's been a long time" Yuki said, his calm grey eyes leveled with Kyo's angry orange ones. Kyo in return sneered.

"Long enough to forget you're promise to Tohru?" Kyo asked in a scathing tone "You're promise to find her?" He asked nastily.

"I kept my promise Kyo-" Yuki heatedly replied.

"Liar!" Kyo yelled. Unable to control his anger anymore he lunged towards Yuki. Hatsuharu quickly ran towards Yuki to help him only to be pinned down by one of Momiji's spells.

The two former best friends were locked in a dangerous fight that neither side would come out as the victor.

"You lied to her!" Kyo yelled as he delivered another punch towards Yuki. Yuki quickly blocked it.

"I didn't! It was you that didn't keep your promise to Tohru! You didn't look for her! You never even bothered!" Yuki retaliated. He delivered Kyo a head kick which Kyo easily blocked.

"I couldn't look for her because you damn well know the reason why!" Kyo yelled. He gave Yuki a punch which he gracefully and easily countered. "You and your guards kicked me out of the castle grounds before I even had the chance to look for her! You-" Before Kyo could continue with what he was saying Yuki punched him on the chest and it sent him flying across the room. Before Kyo could even stand Yuki raised his hand and started muttering a few magical words. The ground started glowing white and huge white vines started wrapping themselves around Kyo.

"Stupid peasant" Yuki muttered before walking away. He could see that the blond had Hatsuharu in a similar bind and he immediately hurled an energy ball towards the blond. The blond was sent flying and the binding spell that was casted on Hatsuharu immediately vanished. Yuki did not see the need on restraining the blond that was heavily bleeding on the floor. He massaged his hand with his slender fingers and turned towards Hatsuharu.

"Call the guards and tell them to throw these scums into the dungeons" Yuki commanded. Hatsuharu obediently nodded and left.

"At least us scums don't go randomly marrying countesses" Kyo said nastily. Yuki's back stiffened and he angrily turned around to face his former friend.

"What did you say Kyo?" Yuki asked in a calm yet deadly voice.

"You're going to marry Countess Motoko aren't you?" Kyo asked "What wonderful loyalty you have towards Tohru. You give up on finding her and you nicely go and pick some royal blooded brat to marry. I applaud you for your loyalty Yuki. I applaud you" Kyo said sarcastically "Princes as I can easily see forgets their promises for their own convenience" He added, his voice dripping with poison.

"What are you talking about?" Yuki asked in a low dangerous voice. Kyo shrugged.

"The promise we made to each other before I was banned from entering the castle grounds. The promise that after ten years, after we both have finished our training, we'll both go on a quest to find Tohru. That promise" Kyo said.

"That was a long time ago Kyo. Tohru's-"

"Don't you dare say she's dead Yuki! Since you and I both know that she's not!" Kyo yelled "Every night we both get dreams of Tohru-"

"You simply can't let go of the past Kyo" Yuki said in a cold voice filled with finality and he left the room, leaving Kyo seething with anger. The traitor…Kyo thought angrily.

The guards quickly entered the room and roughly took Kyo and Momiji out of the prince's room.

"Put the blond in one of those special rooms" Hatsuharu commanded. The guard stared back dumbly at him.

"Which?" The guard asked in a dumb tone.

"The anti magical one idiot!" Hatsuharu snapped. The guard nodded, frightened. Hatsuharu's temper was well known with the guards. He was one of the main reasons why most guards lose their jobs. Hatsuharu demanded perfection and if the guard, new or old, failed to achieve what he wanted them to do they were instantly fired.

He watched the guards drag the prisoners to the dungeons before going to the healers. The wounds that the blond gave him were getting wider by the second. I had to say. That blond is one nasty spell caster. Hatsuharu thought as he painfully went down the winding staircase of the castle. Reminds me of the day when Yuki used me for target practice… Hatsuharu thought. It started out as a harmless game that ended up in drastic results. Yuki wanted to try out a spell he currently learned. Hatsuharu innocently volunteered not knowing at that time that Yuki's magic was something to be feared. So they played a little game and when Yuki casted the spell on him Hatsuharu was in coma for two whole weeks. Hatsuharu let out a quick indrawn breath. He could feel something eating him inside, slowly and painfully, and he knew that it was from the curse he and Yuki both shared, the curse of the Sohma family.

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Yuki lay on his soft wide bed and closed his eyes. Images of Tohru started floating in his head. Tohru laughing, singing, crying…Yuki firmly shook his head and mindlessly stared at the ceiling. How did Kyo know? Yuki thought. How did he know that I dream of her every night? He closed his eyes again. Maybe his spell casting friend told him. I wonder if the blonde's of royal blood. Yuk wondered. Only people with royal blood or blue blood as some people say were the only ones gifted with the skill of magic. It was choice whether one wanted to enhance it or not. There were some commoners that were gifted with the skill but since studying magic was expensive they were left untrained.

Yuki clutched the side of his stomach as he felt a painful pang. Then it came again and again until the pain became unbearable. Yuki knew that this was part of the curse that was placed on him and his family ten years ago but ever since his seventeenth birthday the curse seemed to have gotten stronger. He got out of the bed and painfully limped towards the nearby table to get the yucky green liquid that looked like vomit. He held it in his hands and drank it with one big gulp, ignoring the disgusting taste that lingered in his mouth.

Yuki's eyelids started feeling heavy as he felt the medicine taking effect. He walked towards his bed and as soon as he reached it he instantly fell asleep. During his sleep Yuki started dreaming…

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And chapter three is finally posted! Hooray! I would like to thank TearWings, CallaRose4ever, faeryespell and DarkKyo for reviewing, thank you. Incase of you want another fanfiction to read I have another story called Bittersweet Love it is based on furuba and it currently has eleven chapters already. Check it out if you want to (I am not forcing you).