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Ch. 4 The kill

"Come, break me down. Bury me, Bury me. I am finished with you, you, you!" - 30 Seconds to Mars

Kyo's POV

Darn rat gets all her attention and I am left here to tend to the food. Just like the klutz to time that perfectly. I have to admit though that I hope he is ok, I'm not completely cold hearted. I found that I actually do care for the guy a little bit...he's the one who keeps me alive I guess you could say. If I didn't have anything to fight for, I don't really know what I would do.

But I would still have something, moreso someone, to fight for if he were gone. Tohru, I would fight for her. Not only that but I would die for her. I would rather die than never see her beautiful face again. She brings out the other, more caring, side in me. She not only is the peacekeeper of all the inner demons I have, but the love of my life. Or at least I think so.

As I was placing the food in serving dishes and on our big serving plates, I heard Yuki-Kun come back from his fainting spell. Tohru squealed with delight, and while I was walking into the dining room I saw Yuki thank her and he did it. He gave her a kiss on the forehead. Instantly my jealousy kicked in, and I walked even faster into the room and slammed the food onto the table. Tohru gasped, and they both walked in, Yuki still holding the back of his head. I pretended I didn't see the move he just made on her, and sat and ate my salmon quietly. "Kyo-Kun, what was that slamming noise? Did you drop one of the dishes?" Tohru asked tentatively by seeing the angry mood I was in.
"I wasn't too happy about having to finish fixing the food. I guess you could say I 'dropped' the things on the table." I said in a quick, hushed tone.
"I am so sorry Kyo-Kun, I just was so worried about Yuki blacking out! But thank you so much for finishing this! It tastes wonderful!!" she said in her usually bouncy voice. Hearing her speak in that normal voice made my temper go back down, and I returned to planet normal.
"Yes thank you Kyo-Kun, after that fall, this subsides the pain in my stomach"
"Whatever." I replied and went to grab a rice ball when mine and Tohru's hands collided, grabbing the same one. I smiled at her and she blushed, but I gave it to her and went after the next one over. That was awesome. She makes me feel as if I am on top of the world, better even than how I felt up in the mountains with Shishou. "Kyo, you seem oddly polite today. Especially to Yuki, considering you are always rude because you always lose to him and a.." Shigure piped up at my lovestruck behavior. I interrupted him by grabbing the front of his kimono, and he surrendered.
"OK OK! I GIVE UP, MIGHTY KYO!!" He sarcastically said.
With a small sigh of disgust I grabbed another rice ball and walked angrily out of the room. I headed up to the roof. My place. I replayed the scene of Yuki kissing Tohru on the head, and right then, I remembered the expression on Tohru's face. She showed no sign of surprise. No signs of frightenedness, only pure contentment was there. I wondered, Does she really love him? I don't know if I could take it if they were together, much less watch them be together.

I finished eating my rice ball, and turned over onto my side. Not only was I bothered by leaving the two of them alone, (not really alone, they still had Shigure; but then again Shigure just eats and goes back to writing) but what really got to me is that Tohru didn't come up here to check on me. Usually when I storm off like that Tohru lets me cool down and then climbs up here herself. But it had almost been an hour up here, and all I heard was Shigure come outside to tell me to come inside and go to sleep. I ignored him. I won't go back inside unless she comes up here. I waited another hour, and nothing happened. I lost all hope in her and jumped down from the roof. Then, I ran. I didn't know where I was going, I just ran away. Away from the thoughts of her that raced through my mind, and away from Yuki. I couldn't stand it, I don't even know that they are or aren't together, but just the thought of it gets me jealous. It doesn't help that I waited for two hours up there and she didn't even think to come get me.

After about half an hour of running, I collapsed. I was in a dirty alley-way of the Sohma estate. So this is where my legs brought me, I thought. I rolled over, and I felt something catch my left wrist. I tried to grab my beads in time, but it was too late, they had slipped off my arm and the transformation took place. I screamed in agony, feeling all the pain I had felt emotionally in my lifetime coming back. What really was hurting me was the scene of him kissing her replaying in my mind, over and over.

I heard footsteps, and I screamed "GET AWAY! LEAVE ME HERE! IT'S NOT MY FAULT!" But the footsteps kept approaching. Then I saw a familiar face, it was Kazuma Sohma. Shishou! He can't see me! Not again! Not like this! But all he did was screw up his face against the stench, and bent over and placed his hand on my shoulder.

"Kyo, how did this happen?" He asked quietly as he picked up my bracelet out of the mud. I screamed again. But all he did was slip the beads onto my wrist again. I returned to myself, and he helped me up and we went to the dojo.