Eternal Darkness

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket 'cause if I did, Yuki would really be blind in the manga. (Or at least in one eye. XD Too much CLAMP).

Chapter 3:

Kyo Sohma shifted slightly as he felt the warmth next to him disappear. He cracked open an eye. Warmth? Wasn't he…at Kagura's? Don't tell me that that was Kagura next to me!

He yawned and stretched, an arm bumping into the person next to him and he turned around to see who it was.

Yuki, who was looking a bit stunned, stared at his hands with milky un-seeing eyes, not realizing who was right next to him.

He jumped. "Oi you damn rat! Get your butt away from me," he shouted, startled to see his old rival so close to him.

"I…" was all he got from the cursed rat.

"Huh? Are you okay," Kyo asked, waving a hand in front of Yuki. He kept waving and Yuki didn't look up. When he did, Kyo clapped his hands in front of Yuki's eyes.

When Yuki didn't blink Kyo feared the worst.

"Damn rat… How many fingers am I holding up," he asked while holding up three fingers.

There was no reply from Yuki for a while. Then, "I can't see…" was the broken whisper of a response.

"No way in hell…"

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Kagura woke up drenched in cold sweat.

She gasped and began trying to calm herself down from her nightmare. She had already forgotten about it, but somehow, she knew it meant trouble and that it involved her cousins, Yuki and Kyo.

She brought up a hand to wipe the sweat and breathe heavily.

"A-Ah…" she stuttered, talking to herself, "must be the ice cream with movies before bed…" she joked with herself.

The door creaked open and her mother appeared behind the wood door.

"Honey? Are you alright," she asked, her eyebrows ceased with worry.

"A-Ah…" Kagura stuttered once again. "I'm fine! Just had a nightmare," she explained.

Her mother only smiled with empathy. "Alright, I'll see you at breakfast then."

Her mother then left.

Kagura sighed, throwing off her blankets and pulling herself to the phone, she quickly dialed Shigure's house phone number.

She had to find out if they were okay.

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Tohru dropped her plate in which she had been carrying into the living room where Yuki and Kyo were sleeping. She was going to wake them and have their breakfast in their "bed"…but…

She had overheard.

"Y-Yuki-kun," she whispered, looking much like a broken doll as she walked over to the couch where the two boys were seated.

Yuki looked up at hearing his name and registered the voice with a face in his head.

"Honda-san…" he greeted, bowing a bit awkwardly.

Kyo only grunted and said, "You heard didn't you?"

"I'm sorry…" Tohru answered, looking down.

"Honda-san… You don't hate me do you?"

Tohru looked up, surprised at the new question. Why would she hate him? When has she even hated him? "E-Eh? Why would I hate you?"

"Because… I'm like this… Everything is so dark… I can't see anything… I can feel things though…" he chuckled darkly. "Guess I'll have to learn to use my other senses," he said.

Tohru only frowned and looked as if she was about to cry. "W-We could call Hatori! He might be able to do something!!"

"How? I'm blind," Yuki bit out bitterly.

Tohru took a step back, flinching at his sharpness. "I was only suggesting…" she said, losing courage. "I'll go call now…"

She ran off to the phone.

But right as she was about to dial his number, the phone rang.

Tohru picked it up, answering with "Moshi-moshi?"

"Tohru," the person on the other line yelled, "Is everything okay?!"

Tohru's jaw dropped. How did this person know?! "Who is this?"

"Aw, Tohru-chan, it's me, Kagura!"

"Ah, hello Kagura," she answered, "And we have a bit of a problem…"

"What?! What problem?" Kagura immediately answered back.

"Yuki is blind."

There was a silence on the other end while Tohru closed her eyes sadly. "I'm sorry, but he is… It's true…"

"It can't…be…"

"Kagura? I'm going to call Hatori-san on what to do now… Alright? So if you want, you can come over," Tohru answered.

"Oh alright," Kagura agreed and then both of them bid good-bye and hung up.

Tohru took a deep breath. Now to call Hatori.

Author's Note: Another short chappie. Thanks to Different Child for beta-ing! Well, if it's short, there'll be more updates. Unless I'm being lazy and don't feel like writing it. XD Hope you enjoyed it and please comment.