Well….Okay, I know I said I was giving up…but I also asked for suggestions, and inuyashaswife12 was kind enough to give me one. So I thought I'd give it a try. I hope you like it, and all credit for the idea goes to inuyashaswife12 (in case you were wondering, it's the idea about involving the police and a video camera). -.


Yuki fumed. He was doing that a lot, recently. His life seemed to have entered an eternal cycle of anger and jealousy, and it was all that kuso neko's fault. The cat had been elevated in status, too. Never in his thoughts did Yuki refer to him as "Baka Neko." It just didn't fit, anymore. Kyo, bastard that he was, had proved himself to be no fool, but, in fact, a creep and criminal of the highest order; hence, he was now the "Kuso Neko" in Yuki's mind.

The two people closest to Tohru, her two best friends, had flatly refused to help him. Why, he didn't know. His performance had obviously been flawless, so what was their problem? Yuki knew perfectly well that if they had believed him, they would have done something.

Yuki paused for a moment, dreamily imagining the wonderful scene that should have occurred after his little talk with them: Kyo writhing on the floor in agony from the creepy psychic girl's waves while being beaten with a lead pipe by the Yankee…

But then he went back to fuming – his perfect plan for revenge had been completely foiled, and Kyo was getting away with his crime.

Huh…getting away with a crime…Yuki thought, an idea forming. Who better to deal with a crime than the police…?

A small smile formed on the Prince's perfect lips. He wouldn't have to do anything to Kyo, and thus nothing would hurt Tohru. He needed no accomplices, no help. Not that he should anyway…why should someone so perfect have to rely on someone else?


The next day, Yuki once again avoided walking home with Kyo and Tohru, in order to make a small detour to a store for technology of all kinds. There he selected a very small but very high quality video camera. All he had to do, he figured, was place the camera somewhere in Kyo's room in order to catch them in that act; then he would deliver the video to the police immediately, and their little affair would be ended by the police, with Tohru none the wiser about his involvement in Kyo's arrest. Of course, the police might, in fact, not care…so he would probably include some random information about Kyo…

A list of people he's beaten up…maybe some accounts of how he's skipped school and run away to the mountains…anything that will make him look like a delinquent. Ha! Maybe I'll say something about how he's actually seven or eight years older than she is, and how he's taking advantage of her! Oh, and maybe…

Yuki kept plotting, his eyes narrowed as he stared down at the instrument for his success, and then he left the store, clearly in high spirits.

"—Hey!" the store owner cried, "You didn't pay for it!"

But Yuki was gone.

The owner sighed. "Oh well…I guess I should inform the police…"


After school the next day, Yuki put his plan into action. Kyo was at Shihan's dojo, and Tohru was at work…and Shigure just didn't matter.

He entered Kyo's room, being sneaky for good measure – true, the Dog was unimportant, but he might investigate if Yuki was too loud. He whipped out the camera and started scanning Kyo's room for a good place to hide it…somewhere with a good, uninterrupted view of the bed, the scene of the crime. The bookshelf was too obvious…the desk too poor a view…the windowsill…perfect! Carefully, he cut a small circular hole in the wood frame around the window and inserted the camera. It ran on batteries that would last up to a week, so Yuki wasn't worried about that. He cut a much smaller hole in the center of the first hole, which he then replaced in it's original home in the window frame. The camera was concealed with only a tiny black dot in the frame to give it away, and Yuki was positive that the kuso – no, baka – neko would never notice. For a moment, he was tempted to indulge in an evil cackle, but decided against it.


Kyo waited outside of Tohru's work to pick her up. It wasn't that he really had anything against Yuki – far from it; he completely understood the Rat's jealousy at Kyo's own triumph – but he couldn't shake the feeling that Yuki was planning something. After school the other day, Yuki had held a suspicious conference with Tohru's two friends – at which time Kyo had had a horrible bout of unexplained sneezing. Also, Yuki had left the little conversation abruptly and looking almighty angry, so apparently whatever he'd been trying to get the Yankee and the Wave girl to do hadn't worked. So, in suspicion, he'd decided to pick Tohru up himself instead of coming directly home from Shishou's. He had, however, arrived a bit early. Tohru got out at about 10:15…but it was only 9:30. Kyo was prepared to wait, though. Cats were good at that.

Suddenly he sensed two presences coming up behind him. Remembering his inability to sense Tohru that first night, he'd asked Shishou to help train his senses to detect people. Apparently it was working. He whirled around to face the pair – and sighed. It was only the Yankee and the Wave Girl.

"Hey Orangy. What're you doing here? I thought only Princey picked Tohru up from work." The Yankee, frank as ever, raised an eyebrow as she spoke, daring him to come up with a good excuse for his unusual presence.

"Eh…Yuki's been busy…I think something's up with him. So I came straight from training instead of going home and dealing with him…"

"True…" commented Hanajima, "There is a heavy weight on his mind. He blames it on you…and Tohru is involved." She continued to stare at him, and he shifted uncomfortably on his feet.

"Okay, look. The other day after school, as I'm sure you know, Yuki decided to talk to us after school. He claimed that you raped Tohru, and that you had seduced her so that it would appear that you loved her. Hana-chan here says that her waves detected a lie – but we wanted to make sure. What happened, Kyo?" She glared, again daring him, this time to think of a reason why she should let him live.

"Ugh – that damn Yuki! Alright, listen up. I don't want to repeat this. I love Tohru; I didn't seduce her, and I think – I hope – that she loves me too. The reason that Yuki's so upset is that not only does Tohru only see him as a close friend, he found us together…in bed. So, that's really all. I explained this to him; so did Tohru. He just can't get it through his head that Tohru doesn't love him as anything other than a brother or a friend." He sighed. Repeating their story like this so often was embarrassing; hopefully this would be the last time he would have to tell it.

Uotani looked at Hanajima, who nodded. Kyo wasn't lying, and Yuki was. Time to complete their errand.

"Good enough. Now then, as you probably know, since Yuki can't accept that, he's probably gonna try something. He wanted us to beat you up, you know – claimed that if the beating came from him, it was just jealousy, but if it came from us, you'd remember it. Anyway, that makes it pretty obvious that since we chose not the believe him, he's gonna do something on his own. Dunno what, but keep a sharp lookout. Also - try to keep him away from Tohru." Having spoken her piece, she turned, ready to leave, but Hanajima hadn't moved.

"Sohma-kun…be careful. He's not…stable….right now. He will try some tactic that will make him look innocent, that will hurt you without directly involving himself. Unseen eyes can tell dangerous stories to the right people. Good-bye…we'll be watching." She turned and walked away, leaving Kyo gaping at the receding back.

"Ano…Kyo-kun?" Tohru had come up behind him unnoticed – again! He really needed to train harder...

"Where is Yuki-kun? That is, not that I'm not glad to see you, but it's unusual…that is…" she floundered, trying to think of a way to politely ask why Kyo-kun, not Yuki-kun, had come to escort her home.

Kyo shrugged. He didn't want to worry her or make her think that Yuki was up to something, which would only upset her, so he made up an excuse.

"Eh…I got out late from Shishou's, so I decided to stop by…Yuki had something to do after school, so I came instead…"

Tohru relaxed, assured that Yuki wasn't lying somewhere, beaten to a pulp by Kyo for his interference. Not that Yuki hadn't been perhaps a bit rude by prying, but he was just worried for her, so she didn't want him beaten up for that. Her mind at ease, she was able to walk home with Kyo-kun in peace. Once, she thought she caught a glimpse of Hana-chan across the street, but when she turned to look more closely, no one was there.


Yuki was bored. Now that his great plan was in action, it would have been nice if Kyo had the decency to come home so that he would have some evidence against him. The video would do no good if it only filmed an empty bed. Besides, he was hungry. Not only had Kyo not come home to heat up dinner for them, Shigure had expressly forbidden Yuki to go anywhere near the stove, so there was no way for him to get a real dinner. Why did his life suck so much, all of a sudden? It's not like he deserved it. After the treatment he'd gotten from Akito in his childhood, he deserved to be treated like a venerated saint, not the worthless piece of humanity he felt like right now…Huh.

Akito. Akito didn't like Kyo. And he didn't like Tohru, either.

Yuki shuddered involuntarily, and stowed his new idea in the back of his mind for future use.

If the police can't help…Akito will. That much I can count on.

Still, Yuki felt a twinge of discomfort with the whole idea of a revenge involving Tohru. There was no point, really, in filming just Kyo in his room; the police wouldn't care; the evidence Yuki needed was them together – especially if Kyo was in a bad mood at the time. There was no real way to arrange such an encounter; he just needed to wait for Kyo to "recharge," and then he would bring Tohru to his room again and repeat the deed. All Yuki needed to do was wait…but he still felt guilty about involving Tohru. True, it wouldn't work without her, but that didn't mean he had to like involving her with Kyo more than necessary.

He snarled to himself and began to pace, stalking back and forth across his floor, for all the world like an angry cat - a thought that caused him to snarl even more. Creasing his forehead into a most un-princely scowl, he finally gave up waiting in his room and wandered downstairs, and snuck into the kitchen.


When Tohru and Kyo arrived, Yuki was lying prone in the dining room, empty bags of general snack food lying around him.

Kyo sighed and continued upstairs as Tohru began cleaning up. There was no surer sign that Yuki was upset, he reasoned. Whenever the members of the zodiac got upset, their animal traits showed clearer – and what clearer sign of distress than the normally dignified Yuki lying passed out from binge eating?


Huh…I couldn't think of a way to end this chapter…I'm sorry...(though I have to say that I love the idea of Yuki acting rat-like and eating until he passed out…it's just such a funny picture!). Please Review! Also, could someone (multiple someone's would be nice…) give me some feedback on the idea of Yuki bringing Akito into his revenge? I don't want to portray Yuki as such a villain, just as having gone mildly insane from jealousy, so I was wondering if bringing Akito in might not be over the top…But I don't know, which is why I'm asking for help…Ok? Thanks!