Chapter five: The climb

Hi there! Here's another chapter that I mindlessly wrote quickly. I hope you guys like it and don't kill me if you don't. I'm trying my best! really! If you don't like the pairings…sorry.

Warnings: EXTREME OOC! Sorry but it has to happen…I just sort of try to make the characters honest to each other for once...YAOI…ANGSTS AND MORE.

Disclaimer: I don't own kyo…or anyone in furuba…I want kyo…is there anyway to buy him? (I wouldn't matter because I bet he's too expensive and I'm a poor person)

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Hatori walked swiftly through the forest. Umbrella in hand, he tried to hurry as the rain got heavier and the wind stronger. He was pretty upset he hadn't thought of getting the car with weather like this, especially when he was headed for a house in the middle of a forest.

'Why does shigure always come up with the dumpess ideas…a house in the middle of the forest…really smart Shigure'

He frowned as his clean shoes got dirty with mud and he cursed silently. Yes, Hatori cursed...he is human after all. He had warned Hatsaharu not to leave the main house, but of course the two toned boy had disobeyed. And here was Hatori, on his way through a storm to get the rebellious boy (and make sure he was punished).

Hatori walked as fast as he could, not taking notice on anything but the road ahead of him until he heard a soft meow. Hatori stood still as he heard the feeble sound, yet he recognized it well. It was a cat.

If it were a normal person walking throught the forest, he or she would have ignored the soft sound. Yet Hatori couldn't ignore it…for he knew someone who could emit the same sound. Someone who lived nearby, and who could be in trouble.

The soft sound was heard again and Hatori raised his head trying to listen where it was coming from.

"Kyo?" He finally called out and after a couple of seconds he was answered once again by a soft meow.

"Kyo…is that you?"

Another meow was his answer.

"Kyo…say something…where are you" Hatori called out worried. And he searched for the source of the sound. Finally, after a minute of looking Hatori finally spotted what he was looking for. An orange tabby cat was resting in a branch of a tall tree.

"Kyo…what are you doing up there…come down" Hatori ordered, but the cat didn't even move. It opened its eyes lazily and moved his head a little to look at the man below him.

"Kyo…come down" Hatori said in a more stern voice. But the cat meowed again and turned his face away.

"Kyo I can't climb trees! Come down! You can't stay up there or you'll get sick!"

The cat didn't even move. And Hatori's calm face turned into one of anger…which was rarely seen.

"WHY DO ALWAYS HAVE TO BE SO STUBBORN! GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!"

The cat picked his head up slightly and turned his red eyes to the man who was screaming at him. That was rare for Hatori; to lose his cool like that.

"Why don't you leave me alone" Kyo said slowly. This made Hatori frown with concern. Kyo sounded really weak…that wasn't good news for the usually active boy.

"Fine" Hatori mumbled and to Kyo's shock the doctor tossed his umbrella to the side and began to remove his coat. Kyo watched curiously as Hatori examined the tree and began to climb it slowly.

"What are you doing?" Kyo asked surprised.

"What does it look like" Hatori mumbled angrily as he rested on a branch and tried to figure out how to jump to the next one. Kyo watched in awe as the man swiftly climbed one branch after another until he reached the one Kyo was resting in.

"I thought you said you couldn't climb trees" The cat said slowly as the man sat on the last branch.

"I can't" Hatori said calmly, trying to avoid looking down "now please come here, I don't want to crawl to the tip of the branch, it might break"

"Leave me alone, you didn't have to do this Hatori! Go away. Go hug Shigure or something" the cat said angrily. And Hatori simply looked at him.

They looked at each other for sometime and finally Hatori began to crawl slowly towards Kyo. The cat stared in shock as the man slowly made his way towards him.

"What are you doing! The branch might break! You might fall!" Kyo screamed at Hatori, but the man kept moving towards him. The branch suddenly looking very frail.

"ok ok! Stop! I'll go there! Just don't move anymore" Kyo yelled. The doctor stopped and looked at him. Kyo began to get up slowly. He was shocked to find out how hard it was to simply do that. He was so weak that he could barely stand strait.

He was pretty annoyed…why was all of this suddenly happening to him. First Yuki, then Haru, and now Hatori…they were all making his life harder than it really needed to be. He slowly walked back to where Hatori was patiently waiting for him.

"I'm here…hi…so now what" He mumbled sarcastically and Hatori frowned at him.

"We are going down" Hatori stated and looked at the floor below him "how exactly, I'm not sure"

Kyo stared at the man as he looked at the floor. He could see throught the man's eyes that he was really scared, even thought his face didn't really show it. Kyo found it amusing that the mighty ice man Hatori was scared of heights yet tried to act brave.

He knew for a fact that most people thought Hatori was indifferent, that he was cold as ice to the point that he didn't have any feelings.

But Kyo knew that was a lie. He had always noted how the man's feelings were openly displayed in his eyes. And at this moment it was nearly amusing.

"Want help?" Kyo mumbled softly. And Hatori looked at him for a moment before nodding.

"ok, well…If I were you I'll use that small branch to hold on to, and then slowly slip to the branch below it…don't look down thought…or you'll get scared and slip"

Hatori listened to Kyo and before following his instructions he picked the cat softly up with one arm and supported himself with the other.

"Hey! What are you doing! You might fall if you carry me!" Kyo shrieked angrily.

"I know…but I came up here to get you and that's what I'm going to do." Hatori said softly and began to crawl down slowly.

It took a lot of time and work for him to crawl down, but somehow he managed to do it.

He sighed with relief once he was done and quickly looked for his coat and umbrella. Both were soaking wet and Hatori didn't thing it was a good idea to wrap the small cat he was carrying with it. And thus he hugged the cat close to him and began to run towards the main house.

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Kyo opened his eyes softly. He wasn't sure where he was but he was really warm and comfortable…so it didn't really matter. He felt sort of funny and he immediately realized he was still in his cat form.

He was lying in the middle of a small cocoon made of blankets and purred slightly when he felt a hand stroke his fur.

He suddenly wondered who was stroking his fur and looked up to find none other than Hatori sitting next to him. Once hand busy petting him and the other holding a paper from where he was reading.

'Hatori…why am I at Hatori's?' Kyo idly wondered and he began to remember the incident in the forest. But he could only remember up to Hatori descending the tree, not being carried here.

'Must have passed out' Kyo thought bitterly.

"Hatori?" He called out softly. And the man stopped his current petting to look at him.

"Feeling better?" Hatori asked. His face passive, yet his eyes full of concern.

"I feel ok…why?" Kyo asked confused.

"You been sick" Hatori explained "you had a high fever…and you still do, but it's better now."

"oh…so…how long have I been here?"

"The whole night…and part of the morning."

"Hmmm…so where am I?"

"The main house" At this answer Kyo opened his eyes in shock. He was at the main house! He couldn't believe it. He's never been allowed to be in the main house except at new years…but then again that was for a limited amount of time. But if he was in the main house…did Akito know about this? What if he found out? Would Hatori be in trouble?

"Hatori" The cat mumbled softly.

"Hmmm?"

"Does Akito know I'm here?" the cat noticed something weird in the doctor's demeanour change when he mentioned Akito but after a second the man was back to his calm self.

"No"

"If he finds out…won't you be in trouble?"

"Yes"

"Then you shouldn't have brought me here" Kyo mumbled and looked down sadly. Hatori looked at Kyo's sad face for a moment, before stroking the cat's fur again.

"I don't mind if I'm punished…as long as you're ok" He finally said.

The cat looked up at him surprised. He hadn't expected that answer. He wasn't sure what Hatori meant by that.

"Why did you climb the tree?" He asked softly.

"To get you down" The doctor answered.

"Why didn't you leave me there?"

"Kyo…If it had been me up there, would you have left me there?"

"No…still, many people would have left me there to rot" Kyo winced a little as the image of a certain two toned boy came into his mind. "but you didn't. You never leave me alone. Even if you're busy working and I get sick you come to check on me"

"I'm a doctor…that's my duty"

"But I'm the cat. You shouldn't give a damn whether I live or die"

At this statement Hatori frowned.

"Kyo…just because you're cursed with the cat doesn't mean you're a bad person, or a worthless person. I think you are just as any other one of us. Perhaps even better"

Kyo snorted at Hatori's comment and looked away. Him better that the others. Yeah right, he couldn't even beat the rat…or get Haru's attention. That stung Kyo's heart again.

Hatori smiled as Kyo mumbled yeah right. He picked the cat up and set him on his lap. Kyo tensed for a second, but Hatori began to stroke his fur again and the teen relaxed.

"Kyo…why did you stop me when I was coming to get you on top of that branch?"

"Cause you were going to fall! It was stupid of you to try to do that!"

"And why did you ask me about Akito?"

"I don't want anyone getting in trouble because of me!" The cat hissed. And to his surprise Hatori once again smiled. That was really rare to see. And Kyo stared in awe as the man's expressionless face showed him another emotion besides anger or weariness.

"See…you're always caring for everyone else. Even if you don't realise it…or do it on purpose. You can't help it. You don't want to bother anyone into anything. That makes you a really selfless person"

"THAT'S A LIE! I'M SELFISH! YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH! I'M THE MOST SELFISH PERSON I EVER MET!" Kyo screamed caching Hatori off guard.

Hatori felt Kyo being to tremble and to his surprise the cat began to cry quietly. Hatori didn't know what was wrong. He hadn't seen the cat cry in a long time and this really made him anxious.

"Kyo what's wrong?" Hatori asked but the cat didn't answer and keep on crying softly.

Hatori held the cat close and began to stroke his fur softly. After a while the cat stopped his tears and rested wearily against Hatori's chest. He was feeling sort of light-headed and exhausted. He was beginning to slip into sleep when a sudden thought assaulted his mind.

"Hatori…" He whispered softly.

"What is Kyo?" the man said kindly.

"You should smile more often…you look better that way"

Hatori looked at Kyo taken aback. He looked at the Cat for a moment, but the small thing had already fallen asleep. Hatori knew Kyo was really sick, otherwise he would have never made that comment. Yet he knew that Kyo was very honest, and those words had come from the boy's heart.

The doctor smiled once again, held the sleeping kitten close and whispered to his ear.

"You're better than some of us Kyo…even if you don't think so."

'Which is why I couldn't let him have you…even if it hurt me, you and him…I had to tear you away from him'

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Jeejejeje…I'm so jealous of kyo! I want to be in Hatori's arms!

Anyway…I know this chapter was sort of out of it. But I don't know why this is happening! I had planned this story differently but as I write it down everyone just happens to do whatever they want! It pisses me off.

Anyway I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter…and if you didn't please accept my most humble apologies.

The pairings are official now:

HaruxYuki, One sided HaruxKyo, Once sided KyoxAkito, and KyoxHatori.

Really, really weird…and I hope it stays that way…unless the characters feel like they want to change again --

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