Mana here. Again, so sorry this took so long. I had FINALS last week and I had to study hard the weeks before. Good thing though! I aced all of them and now I have a 4.2:3

Machi was a little frightened. This happened once in her elementary school, when she was in 2nd grade. During an assembly, someone had snuck into the circuit breaker and snipped all the wires, so the gym became pitch black. Then they heard a gunshot followed by screaming, and when the principal opened the doors to let the light in, a 4th grader lay on the floor, blood seeping out through his head. From that day on, she was always scared when a teacher turned the lights on and off in a classroom to get everyone's attention. What was worse in this situation, she knew Yuki was in trouble. So, the navigated her way toward the stage through all the chaos and ran in the basement, with nothing but the light from her cellphone to lead the way.

She ran until she heard voices coming from one room. She came a little closer and saw a small light. Soon, Yuki became visible to her eye, along with her captor. She had seen him at school before but she didn't know his name.

Yuki looked around. He suddenly remembered the time when the stage lights went off and he had been knocked unconscious. From what he saw in front of him, it was Kyo who had knocked him out, judging by the fact that he was holding a bloody baseball bat in his hand. Wait. Bloody?

Yuki reached to his forehead and felt a sticky liquid trickling down. It was, indeed, blood. It was then that he felt a very painful sensation in his head. He looked up at his captor.

"Kyo?"

"That's right, rat."

"What the hell are you doing?"

"Don't try to act all innocent. You're game is over. I know you've been Hikaru all this time."

Yuki tried to struggle from his chair, but he found that the legs were bolted to the floor.

"Kyo, why are you doing this?"

"Wouldn't you like know. This is all your fault, you do know that right?"

"What did I do?"

"You stole my fame. I was supposed to be Hikaru."

Yuki looked puzzled.

"Might as well tell you all about it then."

Flashback

When Kyo was younger he was always despised by the Sohma family.
"It's all your fault your mother died!"

"The world would have been better off if you had never been born!"

Words like these everyday made the poor cat very unconfident and sad.

Then one night, as Kyo and Shishou were watching TV they were watching a children's pageant.

"Shishou, I want to be like them!"

Shishou raised his brow.

"Are you sure Kyo?"

"Yeah!"

"Well then, I'll just call up the talent agency, but we'll have to change your name once your famous."

"Why?"

"Well, because if the other Sohmas found out they might try to hurt you and stuff."

"Oh. Shishou, I wanna make my name be Hikaru!"

"Alright. You are my little light after all." Shishou picked up Kyo and hugged him while he giggled.

Shishou called the talent agency that afternoon while Kyo watched with eager eyes.

"Alright Kyo, time for you training."

They both went outside. But what they hadn't known was that it was a slow day at the talent agency, and they had called right after the two went to pursue their activities. And because Kazuma didn't own an answering machine, the talent agency gave up after very unsuccessful calls.

The next day, Kyo and Shishou waited for the return call. Nothing.

The day after that they still waited. No calls.

By the third day they had already given up.

"It's ok, Kyo. You're always going to be my superstar."

Kyo smiled. "You're right Shishou." Although he was sad, he was very accepting. Besides, who in the right mind would choose the Sohma zodiac reject to become a singer/actor/model?

End Flashback

"So one day while you were doing your goody-goody little student council thing, I saw Tohru and Uotani and Hanajima looking at some dumb magazine and they were all squealing about this one page, so I looked over their shoulders and I saw the big bold letters 'Hikaru' and I knew right away it was you. Know why? No one could mistake that ratty little smile. Apparently, they did, but I was to surprised to say anything."

Yuki gave a smug look.

"So, you think I stole your glory? I'll have you know, I asked Ayame to call the talent agency to bring me into stardom. Why? I wanted to have people cheer for me so I'll feel special, and wanted, and less self-hating. I wanted confidence. But the people at the talent agency told me it would be best to go by a different name, you know, so I won't be mugged at school and stuff. And it just so happened Hikaru was the only name that wasn't taken, so I decided to go by that. I didn't do it to steal your 'happiness.' So stop accusing me for all your misfortune."

"Why the hell do you need to be more loved than you already are? You're a spoiled little rat. You can have anything you want when you want."

"Oh, why don't you just try to be me? Try being told every day that you're worthless and everyone hates you while you're locked inside a dark room and forbidden anything."

"At least it's better than being disowned from your own family! You think I like it outside?"

"You don't get it, do you? I wish I wasn't considered a Sohma! I wish I could have lived outside and done whatever the hell I wanted, you know? I wish I was you!"

Yuki screamed that at the top of his lungs. Kyo stepped back a little.

"You're really starting to annoy my, you know that? And I can't stand annoying people." Kyo reached in his pocket.

"Lucky for me you're all tied up." Kyo pulled out a gun from his pocket. Yuki tilted his head sideways. He was never afraid of Kyo. Besides, Kyo would never kill him. If he wanted him dead, he could have just killed him years ago.

"Kyo, put that gun down, you look stupid."

Kyo fired a shot at the ceiling which made Yuki flinch.

"Why would you wanna kill me anyway?" Yuki asked. "Won't you be upset that you'll have no one to hate?"

"Ok that's it."

Kyo aimed his gun at Yuki. Yuki closed his eyes. He heard the shot but no pain. Is this what it's like? When you die you don't get hurt at all? He opened his eyes and realized he was not dead. Kyo was still there, but this time with a puzzled look. It was only then Yuki felt something at his feet.

"Kyo, untie me right now."

Kyo, still shocked, mindlessly unchained Yuki from the chair. Yuki got up immediately and picked up what was at his feet.

It was Machi.

Her eyes were a creak open, blood was seeping out of her mouth, and a bullet hole was in her chest.

"No…"

Machi was at the door and when she sensed Kyo was about to kill, she jumped at lightning speed to protect Yuki.

Tears clouded Yuki's vision. He finally stood up. Kyo backed a little…Yuki can do some pretty violent things when he's mad.

And that's just what happened. He karate-kicked the gun out of Kyo's hand and grasped it, aiming it towards him. (AN: I saw this on the news…that's how the al-queida people train)

Yuki's eyes were locked into Kyo's.

"Why'd you have to kill her?" He asked coldly.

"I-I didn't even see her!"

"Oh come on. You've spent 4 months in the mountains but you couldn't even sense someone coming toward you?"

"Shut up!"

Kyo kicked the gun out of Yuki's hand and soon engaged in a martial arts battle. Kyo, as always, was thrown to the side of the room, knocked unconscious.

Suddenly, the lights turned back on. Immediately, a couple of the show people walked in the room.

"Hikaru, what happened? Are you hurt?"

Yuki dropped to his knees and sobbed very loudly.

Ok! That's it for now. I hope my updates will become faster. OH yeah, the whole Machi-elementary school thing...I made it up. I just thought it would go.

-mana