Disclaimer: I don't own Fruit's Basket! Cause if I did, Kyo wouldn't be in it. He'd be with me. Muwahahaha!

There may/is some Kyo and Tohru (as well as other character's) OOC.

Kuro Sangai

Chapter 5

By Sakoko-chan

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Tohru looked out the window as she quietly stirred the pot. She gazed at the sunset that was now appearing over the horizon.

I wonder where Kyo-kun is. It's been a long time already. Maybe Kazuma-san wanted him to stay the night? But if he did, why wouldn't he call first?

"Ah! Hello my flower! How is supper coming?" Asked Shigure as he poked his head through the door.

Tohru's silent demeanor quickly changed as she turned her head around to look at the older man.

"It's nearly ready Shigure-san!"

"That's good, my little Tohru-cha-."

Thwack

Yuki frowned as he hit Shigure over the head.

"Shut up."

Shigure rubbed the back of his head as he stuck out his lower lip in a fake pout.

"Aaahh! Yuki-kun! Why do you always abuse me so? Here I graciously let you live in my house, with a girl no less, and this is how you repay me! And I thought we were friends..."

Yuki walked over to the fridge and opened it, grabbing a jug of juice. He continued to ignore Shigure as he walked to the cupboard and grabbed a cup.

Shigure pouted a little while longer at Yuki, but when he found that no reaction would occur, he turned his attention back to Tohru.

"Tohru-kun, do you know when Kyo-kun will be back?"

Tohru stopped stirring at the pot and looked up, surprised that someone else had been thinking the same thought's she had.

"Um, sorry, I don't know Shigure-san. Should I call Kazuma-san and ask when he will be coming home?"

"No, no, that's fine my flower. I'm sure he'll be back soon, since I know Kazuma-dono wouldn't keep Kyo on a school night."

Shigure turned and walked back to his room to await supper, leaving Tohru with her thought's.

That's right

Thought Tohru as she started stirring the pot again.

School's tomorrow, so Kazuma-san surely wouldn't keep Kyo-kun over night.

Tohru sighed.

Ah, maybe I'm just being a little paranoid. I'm sure Kyo-kun will be home no later then eleven O'clock. I'm sure of it.

Filled with sudden determination, Tohru began stirring the pot a little faster, not noticing the odd stares Yuki was giving her.

Yuki watched as Tohru stirred the pot with a look of determination on her face.

I wonder what she's so determined about?

Yuki asked himself as he put his now empty cup in the sink.

The nezumi of the zodiac turned to Tohru and asked her if she needed his help, but when told that she did not, he left the room.

On his way upstairs Yuki passed Kyo's open bedroom door. He stopped and looked in, his thought's suddenly turning to the neko.

That stupid cat

Thought Yuki as he gazed at the near empty room.

He's probably going to forget how to come home and get Honda-san all upset.

Yuki started to turn away when something caught his eye. He turned his head back just in time to see a small bird fly past the window.

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Toya smirked as he looked at the tied up Kyo.

"My how you've grown Kyo. It's been what, twelve years since we've last seen each other? My it's been a long time." Toya stroked his chin, acting thoughtful. "What's happened since then I wonder? Where's your beloved mother who took such good care of you hmm?"

Kyo glared at Toya.

"Shut up! You know very well what happened to her!"

At this the teenager struggled against his bonds, though not succeeding.

The older man raised his eyebrows, looking surprised.

"What do you mean Kyo? What's happened to her?"

This got Kyo even more riled up. How dare this man play so stupid on such a sensitive subject!

"Why you-."

Slam!

"Kyo? I'm back."

Kyo's eyes widened.

Shishou

Toya glanced casually at the door.

"Who's that Kyo?"

"Like I would tell you!"

Toya looked back at Kyo, then hit him across the face.

"Don't say things like that to me. And please, Kyo. Do I need to go and say hi to this man? Or can I just leave him?"

Kyo, ignoring the pain in his right cheek, grinned.

"You couldn't take on shishou! He's stronger then you ever were!"

Toya looked at his hand, acting as though this whole conversation bored him.

"Kyo, Kyo, Kyo... so this man is your shishou hmm?"

Kyo silently cursed himself for being so stupid.

"Kyo! It's me, Kazuma Sohma. I left the note for you on the table..."

Toya grinned.

"Kazuma Sohma eh? I wonder why you were coming to meet him?"

Toya grasped Kyo's neck and squeezed it tightly. He bent down closer to him so that his mouth was right near the cat's ear.

"Now listen carefully Kyo." Toya whispered as he cut off the ropes that were binding Kyo.

"Kyo? Are you here?"

"I came back for you, no one else. If you go out there and tell your shishou that your leaving, and do it, no one will get hurt. Do you understand?"

Kyo struggled against Toya's grasp, a noise coming from his throat as he tried to speak.

Toya smiled, then released Kyo, pushing him roughly towards the door.

"I'll take that as a yes. I'll be waiting by the forest later tonight. Be there. Now go. Or there will be more people then your shishou to pay the price."

Kyo snapped his head around to retort back to Toya, but the man had already disappeared.

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Kazuma looked around anxiously, now officially worried. Where was Kyo? The note had obviously been moved, which meant that someone had picked it up. But where was Kyo now?

I'll check his bedroom. Maybe he fell asleep?

Kazuma just turned around when he collided with another body.

"Ah, I'm sor- Kyo!"

Kazuma stared at his adoptive son, who stood before him, his back straight and his expression serious, not a hint of surprise or confusion to be seen.

"Kyo where were you? I was calling you. Oh, by the way, I'm Kazuma. I left the note for you."

Kyo decided then and there that there was no reason to play stupid. He would leave the house like Toya said he had to, but that didn't mean he would have to continue to act as though he had amnesia.

"I have my memory back, Shishou."

Shishou stared at him, surprised.

"Really? That's...that's great! When did you get it back?"

Kyo fidgeted, eager to leave the house and get Kazuma out of danger. He knew that if he stayed longer than necessary that Toya would be more than true to his word. But he couldn't help glancing at Kazuma after a every few seconds, the want to tell him that Toya was here overwhelming him.

"I got it back while you were gone. But that doesn't matter now. I have to get back to Shigure's. I have...I have to...do something important. Later tonight."

Kyo started to move towards the door when Kazuma grasped his arm.

"Wait."

Kyo stopped, but didn't turn around.

"Is something wrong? I mean, is there something you want to tell me? You were staring at me again." Kazuma smiled, as though nothing was wrong at all. Which, for all he knew, there wasn't.

For once Kyo wasn't angry that his habit had given him away once again. But even though he was glad Kazuma had noticed something was wrong, that didn't mean he was going to tell him what. The less he knew about the situation the better.

"It's nothing, Shishou. I'll come by later, okay?"

Kazuma stared at Kyo, his smile gone at the absence of Kyo's usual outbursts. Something must seriously be up if Kyo wasn't even the least bit angry with him.

"Well okay Kyo, but you better come back later, cause I want to talk to yo-."

But before the martial arts teacher could say anything more, Kyo had already ran out the door.

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Tohru, Shigure and Yuki sat down at the table and began to eat. Tohru didn't say anything, even when she was complemented much on the food. She just sat there staring sadly at her plate.

Yuki and Shigure watched her, both knowing why she was upset.

"I'm sure he will be back soon, Tohru-kun." Said Shigure kindly as he lifted his chopsticks to his mouth.

Tohru looked up, having not noticed that her silence was evident.

"Ah, I'm sorry Shigure-san. I know Kyo-kun will be back soon, I was just-."

Suddenly the opening and closing of a door caught everyone's attention. Tohru quickly stood up, hoping that it was Kyo.

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Kyo walked down the path that lead back to Shigure's house, his mind swirling with everything that was happening. Kyo's thought's then drifted back to the picture he had seen in his book.

Flash back

"Come now Kyo-chan, just sit still while I take the picture, okay?"

Kyo fidgeted as the man beside him forced him to sit down.

"But mommy! Can't I go play with Kasaida? How come she doesn't have to get her picture taken?"

The woman who stood behind the camera frowned at Kyo.

"Kyo-chan I love you, you know that right?"

Kyo sighed, then nodded his head.

"Then will you please sit still for mommy and let her take the picture of you and Toya?"

Kyo nodded again, though he promised himself that he'd sit still, but he wasn't going to smile.

His mother looked back at the camera, Toya took the opportunity to speak to him.

"You know Kyo, you shouldn't be so cruel to your mother. She has a lot to deal with you know."

Kyo frowned, angered by the mans criticism, but didn't say anything. He didn't want to make his mother any more upset.

"Okay you two, smile for the camera!"

Kyo glanced at his mother, but when Toya put his arm around him he turned his head away.

Kyo's mother sighed, then pressed the button.

Click.

End Flash back

Kyo looked up to see that he had arrived back home. He quickly walked to the door, opened it, and walked inside. Once inside Kyo was quickly met by Tohru, who had almost immediately appeared as soon as he walked in the door.

"Kyo-kun! Your home! Did everything go okay? Did you get any parts of your memory back?"

Kyo, not caring to take off his shoes, walked past Tohru without answering her question's. When he glanced inside the kitchen and saw that Shigure and Yuki were still eating, he sighed in relief and turned back to Tohru.

"Yeah Tohru, everything went...fine."

Tohru smiled, choosing to ignore the fact that Kyo had simply walked past her without even saying hello.

"That's good. Um, did you get any of your memory back?"

Kyo began fidgeting again, but caught himself and stopped. If he wasn't doing the habit of staring at people when he wanted to talk to them, he was doing the habit of fidgeting when he wanted to leave.

Tohru looked at Kyo, confusion on her face.

"Kyo? Is something wrong?"

Kyo shook his head, then turned around, heading for the door.

"Baka, what are you doing?"

Kyo stopped and turned back, only to see Yuki and Shigure looking at him strangely. Kyo glared at Yuki, knowing that his time was now running short.

"Look nezumi, I don't have time to talk with you right now. I can't talk to any of you." Kyo stopped, hoping that his different personality would be noticed by at least one of the three people he lived with.

The boy then turned to Tohru.

"Sorry Tohru, I just stopped by to make sure everything was fine here. But I have to go now, so I'll see you later, okay?"

If looks could make someone want to shrivel up and die out of guilt, this was it. Kyo had a hard time looking at, then away from the girl that he loved, who was looking at him as though he had just told her that he hated her and never wanted to see her again.

Shigure looked from Tohru to Kyo, then for one of the few times in his life, he respectfully walked out of the room, taking Yuki with him.

Kyo sighed.

"I'm sorry, Tohru. But this is out of my hands."

Tohru finally looked away, and stared at the ground.

"When will you be back?"

"I don't know."

"Why are you leaving?"

"Something...came up."

Tohru continued looking at the floor, so that Kyo wouldn't see the tears that were coming to her eyes.

"Are you even coming back?"

Kyo looked at her, surprised.

"Why would you even ask that? Of course I will-."

"For some reason, I feel as though if you leave now, I'm not going to see you for a long time."

Kyo didn't say anything. After a moment of silence Tohru spoke again.

"You got your memory back, didn't you?"

"...yeah..."

Tohru sniffed, and Kyo, in a move to comfort her, started to walk toward her. But after his first step Tohru suddenly grabbed his neck, pulled him down and kissed him on the lips.

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"Why on earth is Honda-san so upset?" Asked Yuki as he stood by the door, listening intently to the conversation on the other side.

"You know Yuki-kun, you shouldn't do that. Tohru-kun wouldn't like it if she knew you were eavesdropping on her and Kyo-kun."

Yuki glared at Shigure, but nevertheless he walked away from the door.

"Still. Kyo is only going out for a bit, at least that's what he said. So why is she getting so upset over it?"

Shigure poked at his now cold food.

"Maybe she's knows something you don't."

The sound of a door closing was heard, then silence. After a moment the two men could hear crying, then footsteps running up the stairs.

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Kyo walked over to the trees, mulling over what had just happened. How did Tohru know that something was up? Out of the three people he lived with, he had expected more that Shigure or Yuki would notice something was wrong. But instead, it was Tohru.

He felt horrible. Not only had she known something was up when he said he was leaving, but she had opted not to press on why he was leaving.

Oh Tohru... I'm sorry.

"Why Kyo, you came."

Kyo looked up to see Toya, dressed in his full wardrobe, trench coat included, standing a few feet away from him, a smirk planted firmly on his face.

Kyo then felt the sudden urge to sleep, as a wave of dizziness washed over him. But he shook it off, knowing full well where it was coming from. The orange haired boy glared at the older man in front of him.

"Don't try that with me, Toya. I'm not the same little boy you once knew."

Toya frowned, then out of no where punched Kyo, sending the boy crashing to the ground.

Kyo lifted himself up to look at Toya, clutching his quickly bruising cheek with his right hand.

Toya smirked.

"See Kyo? I told you I was stronger."

Kyo remained silent, not taking his eyes off the man. Toya seemed not to notice and continued to speak.

"Now the reason I came back is simple. I came for you."

Kyo stood up shakily.

"What do you want with me then? To finish what you started twelve years ago?"

Toya grinned, then reached deep into his trench coat, pulling out a shiny silver pocket watch.

"There were two pocket watches that I owned. Twelve years ago I had them both in my possession. But once I had left, I noticed that I had only one. I've been looking for it ever since. So. Have you seen it?"

Kyo raised his eyebrows.

"You came back to Japan for a stupid pocket watch! That's why you threatened me so I would come see you! For a pocket watch!"

"Yes Kyo. For a stupid, pocket watch that belonged to your mother."

Kyo's eyes widened.

"My...mother?"

"Yes, your mother. Must you repeat me?"

Dark clouds formed in the sky, and not much later thunder cracked in the distance, sending a slight chill through Kyo's body.

- - -

Tohru sobbed into her pillow as she lay on her bed.

Kyo-kun please come back...please...come back. Don't leave me like mom and dad did. Please. Come back. I love you, I love you so much. Why did you leave without explaining anything to me? Why did I feel as though by your leaving I was losing you forever? Why am I crying now! Kyo-kun!

Suddenly a crack of thunder sounded outside, bringing Tohru out of her thought's. The girl lifted her red face to look outside the window and into a dark sky. She glanced at the clock, and saw that it was already 10:00pm.

Kyo-kun wont be home no later than 11:00pm. It's a school night after all. And we have...we have exams tomorrow. Yes, Kyo-kun will be home in an hour. I'm sure of it. He has to be. He has to be.

Tears welled up in Tohru's eyes once more as she buried her face in her pillow again.

- - -

Yuki put the last of the dishes away in the cupboard and set down his cloth. He looked outside the window where the sky was now dark, and a rumble of thunder could be heard.

Shigure looked up from his paper, noticing the impending rain.

"Why look Yuki-kun. I think we're going to have a storm."

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