I felt like doing two chapters in a row. You cool with that people? There's only two more and the epilogue after this. So it's gonna end soon. Enjoy!


Chapter Eight -

Kyo's POV

Kyo sat on the roof, watching Yuki and Tohru talk below. He couldn't hear what they were saying, and frankly that cat didn't care. The whole air of the conversation disgusted him. Tohru had her head inclined towards the rat and they were whispering. Not to mention the duo were holding hands. Yuki didn't seem torn up about what had happened now. Kyo felt overcome with pain and climbs down the ladder.

He walks into the house and straight to the bathroom. The cat was sure he was going to be sick. He begins to dry heave while clutching the toilet bowl. His stomach tried and tried to empty itself, to no avail. Kyo hadn't eaten since the night he caught Yuki. That had been two days ago. When his stomach ceases it's attempts to purge itself of non existent contents, he stands up and clutches the sink. Kyo stares at his reflection, or a shell of his former self. Why had he let this get to him so much. Sure he was the one to break it off with Yuki, but the rat was the one to cheat.

Yuki had followed his sexual desires straight to Haru, just because Kyo wouldn't have sex with him. Maybe that rat would've changed his mind, if he had know Kyo's reason. It wasn't because he didn't love Yuki. He truly had, and still did. But a incident that had happened when Kyo was eight, had muddled his thoughts on the subject. To put it mildly, Kyo had been raped by an older kid at the dojo. He remembered lying still while the teen had had his way, then he heard Haru come running up screaming. He had picked up the shaking boy and taken him to Shissou. Such bad memories still clouded the cat's mind.

Confused by his thoughts, and suddenly angry with himself, Kyo punches the mirror. It breaks and the pieces fall onto his fist and the sink. The cat was shocked at his outburst and looks and the mess he's made. Blood began to run from the many cuts and knicks in Kyo's hand. He marveled at the sight and the fact he suddenly felt better. Was this what people meant when they say cutting themselves takes away the pain? It must be, because he really did feel relieved. Snapping back to reality, Kyo decides he should ask Shigure for help cleaning up the glass. He walks out of the bathroom, still bleeding freely, and walks upstairs to tell the dog. Shigure was not at all thrilled. "Tell Tohru-Chan. She'll tell you how to clean it up. But don't let her do it herself. She'll get hurt." Kyo murmured under his breath, what a horrible guardian the dog is, then returns downstairs.

He finds that he's trailed blood all over the house, and curses himself. Not really willing, he walks back outside in search of Tohru. He finds Yuki alone at his secret base. "Rat where's Tohru?" Yuki's head snaps up at Kyo's harsh greeting. "She went to the store." Yuki glances at Kyo's clenched fist and gasps. "Oh my God, Kyo! Your bleeding." The cat looks down. "Yeah. Now my inside and outside match." The rat's face crumbles and he looks close to tears. "Kyo, did you do this to yourself on purpose?" The cat shrugs, then turns to walk back to the house. "Can you clean up the broken mirror in the downstairs bathroom, rat? I need to take care of something." Kyo walks into the house and retrieves one of Shigure's straight edge razors, then goes to his room. He had business to attend to.


Ahh, finally we're getting somewhere neh?lol. Update might be about a week. I'm sorry, but I have a lot of stories going at once, and it's catching up to me. So please review and I'll be very happy.