Supernova

"Hurry, Kyo-kun! You're going to miss it!" Tohru yelled, as she dashed outside the Sohma house. It was night, and a darker one than usual. She had a pair of thick sunglasses with her, matching the ones that Yuki and Shigure had on out on the roof.

"It's his own fault if he misses it," Shigure said lazily. "Don't worry so much, Tohru-kun."

"But he won't get to see the supernova!" Tohru protested, standing at the bottom of the ladder.

From the roof, she could hear Shigure's radio still playing. "...and once again, we remind all our listeners to please turn their lights off for the next ten minutes. Witnessing the explosion of a supernova is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so don't be a jerk and let everyone else watch."

"You know, I rather like this station," Shigure remarked.

"Kyo-kun!"

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Kyo yelled. "I can't find the damn glasses."

"Well let me help you," Tohru said cheerfully, beginning to climb back down the ladder.

"Don't bother," called Yuki from the other end of the roof. "If you go back in, chances are you're going to miss the explosion, too."

Tohru climbed down, anyway.

She walked back into the kitchen to see Kyo tearing the room apart. He was looking over and under everything, tossing papers and appliances around him.

Tohru only had to walk a few more feet to see the glasses, resting inside the blender.

"Here they are! But how...?"

"Oh, right." Kyo pulled the glasses out, wiping small bits of old food from the lenses. "Yuki wanted to give you a break, so he tried making dinner while you were at work."

Tohru blinked. "But...that doesn't...why are they...eh?"

"Oh, nevermind now. Come on, we're gonna miss the explosion."

"Ah! Right!"

They could distantly hear the radio counting down. "ten...nine...eight..."

"Come on!" Tohru grabbed Kyo's wrist and pulled him outside. "Put them on!" She grabbed the sunglasses out of his hand and started to place them on his face.

"What about you!" Kyo snatched the glasses back and shoved them on. "Don't you go messing up your eyes because you're too dumb to put your own glasses on!"

"Ah! You're right! I'm so—"

"JUST PUT THEM ON!"

"...three...two...one..." Tohru's glasses found their way to her eyes, and they both turned quickly on the ground to look up in the right direction. And then...

BOOM

The sky flashed bright as daylight. No sound came through, no wind stirred the trees, and yet everyone watching would have sworn that they'd heard the blast.

"Wow..." Kyo stopped dead in his tracks, just staring at the sky. His head remained craned back long after the light had left the sky. His eyes glimmered with awe, and his mouth hung slightly open. He just stared, hypnotized by the night sky.

"Kyo?" Tohru put a hand on his shoulder, and Kyo shook his head.

"That's it!" He yelled. Tohru stepped back as Kyo raised his arm, shaking a fist at the stars. "That's what I've got to be!"

Shigure poked his head over the edge of the roof. "Kyo, what are you yelling about now?"

"I'm gonna be that powerful!" Kyo's eyes seemed to shine nearly as brightly as the supernova itself had. "I'm gonna take all that power and use it all for me!"

"Go for it, Kyo-kun!" Tohru cheered.

"How pathetic," Yuki said, not even bothering to look in Kyo's direction. "You'd need the power of a whole star to even have a shot at beating me."

"Hey, shut up!" Kyo turned his attention to the roof. "Just you wait, you damn rat! One of these days..."

The stars still twinkled overhead, as though they were recovering from the shock of the blast. Even after the explosion itself had gone, the effects lived on.