Finally, my second chapter is up! Arigato for the reviews, I loved it very much. Well, I tried writing it from the view of child who had just lost a child and was not thinking right. Therefore it was the rush in writing this chapter.I believe it will end in a few more chapters since Kyo's childhood weren't exactly clear to me. Of course, the rush was also influenced by the fact that I was completing my other fic, 'The Other World', so my concentration cannot be diverted too much, ne? With my disclaimer that Furuba does not belong to me, I start this story.


Chapter 2: The Meeting with Yuki

"This is Sohma Kyo, is it?" a strangely twisted voice rang in Kyo's ear as the young boy sat in front of a peculiar creature, head looking down. "The cat."

Kyo swallowed his saliva from the fear rising from his head. The terrifying presence rose from where he was sitting and kneeled in front of the orange haired boy, gently patting his head.

"I'm Sohma Akito, your god." Kyo timidly looked up into pools of black, Akito grinned as he smiled at Kyo, a face of friendliness. Kyo remembered hearing about their God's cold heartedness and wickedness, but the person before him was not like that all. He looked nice and kind, a comforting first impression. "I believe you must have thought I will kill you now, is it?"

"I…" Kyo kept quiet, realising his thoughts had been read. Akito laughed, then in an instant Kyo saw a glint in the other's eye as pain emitted from his head. Akito's hand had begun pulling his hair maniacally, forcing Kyo to look even higher as Akito stood up.

"Don't trust first impressions. They are always wrong."

"A… Akito!" Kyo tried to scream as the pain was excruciating; his hair felted like it was uprooting from his head; but Akito merely loose a laugh.

"I enjoy torturing my Juunishi, they are all my toys. You on the other hand…" Kyo was slammed to the floor. Before he could react, Akito took his hand and wrenched it. Kyo yelled; a sign of his pain as his heartbeat pulsed heavily and he sweated. "You are nothing but filth; which makes me angry whenever I try. Even your mother cannot stand your presence; nobody loves you, do you know that? Do you know who the reason is for all that?" Akito whispered; his grip tightened; seriously, Akito had abnormal strength; not that he was a normal ten year old anyway. Kyo's eyes sprouted tears; remembering his mother's hanging body from the ceiling and Akito's words ringing into his head.

"I… I am the reason?"

"Poor Kyo, his head got befuddled with all the wrong facts." Akito murmured as he finally released Kyo's hand, the younger boy collapsing to the floor. "Bring Yuki to me." he ordered to his handmaid, who was standing outside.

A moment later, a purple haired boy in a similar coloured yukata walked in, his face fair and pale. Kyo recognised him as Sohma Yuki, who was sent to live with Akito when he was younger.

He was the rat of the Zodiac.

"Yuki let me introduce our new guest. This is Kyo-chan, the cat of the Zodiac." Akito spoke. Yuki stood motionless at the door, face blank and listless. Akito pouted a little then pulled Yuki in to face Kyo. "Come on, give him your greetings."

"Hello." Yuki said at last. Kyo who was still lying on the floor did not reply. Akito dragged Yuki down and together they squatted in front of Kyo.

"Yuki, tell him who's wrong for everything that had happened to him." A moment's hesitation, then…

"Because he is the cat of the zodiac."

"Correct! You, Yuki, had snatched his position as the rat, therefore he had to be the cat and suffer humiliation a cat should have, while the rat will snatch everything the cat has." Akito concluded. Kyo tilted his up a little and gazed at the figure before him. Yuki, the rat…

"Why are you a cat instead of a rat?"

"You are nothing but filth."

"I hate you! I hate you!" Kyo screamed all of a sudden, lunging for Yuki's neck. The shorter boy fell backwards in shock; they fell to the ground. Akito hissed at this scene and before Kyo knew what was happening, Akito had pulled him by the collar, making Kyo drop to the other end of the room. Kyo regained consciousness in time to see Akito nursing Yuki in his arms. Akito shot him a death glare.

"If you dare to try and hurt my Yuki again, you will die. That is the cat's fate; the God will never love you no matter what you do. The God loves the rat the most." Akito emphasized the last words; making Kyo gritting his teeth.

When they left the room, Kyo's mind had made up a decision.


Bells were ringing; requiems were singing; trees were swaying.

It was the funeral day of Kyo's mother.

Everyone from the Sohma clan was present except for Akito; due to his frail health; and Yuki because he was to tend after Akito. The black crowd bowed their heads as the priest sang some curses to protect the deceased's body. Tears were not shed because she was not a member of the Sohma; she was only a Sohma by marriage and after all; her husband had left her.

"Mother!" Kyo cried as he rushed through the shrine's gates. Few bulky men, obviously employed by Akito, began pulling him back. "I want to see my mother; all of you let me go!"

"You are of no business here. Your mother died because of you!" a man spoke as he stood before Kyo. A kindly man placed a hand on his shoulder and smiled slightly.

"Kureno-san, it would be most disrespectful if we disallowed her own son to see her for the last time."

"Shigure-san, I believe it's none of your business. I am only speaking on Akito's behalf." Kureno muttered as he looked back at Shigure. The novelist grinned again and dragged Kureno away.

"I will deal with her later. Guards, let Kyo go in to pay his last respects." As Shigure and Kureno left, Kyo, head too engulfed in hate to notice what they were saying; began walking to his mother's coffin. At the last step, when he was touching the mahogany wood, a few men caught him again. They were his uncles, his mother's brothers.

"You are in no position to touch your mother even at her death. Go away!" the men shrieked. Kyo struggled against the adults' strengths as he spat.

The reason why I am the cat is that the rat's place was taken! If I kill the rat, I will be the rat, and then okaa-san will be proud of me!

"I swear, okaa-san, I will kill Yuki! I will not let you suffer at your afterlife! I swear I will kill him at all costs!"

With that new mission in his head, Kyo did not realise himself being pushed out of the shrine and to the road. Yuki was his enemy, the cause of everything. With his life, he will kill Yuki.

Nothing is going to change that fact.


Told you it was rushed a little. Though I was glad I manage to insert Shigure here; it does show a little about the future, where Shigure will let him stay at his house. Thus ends the eventful meeting with Yuki, and my second chapter. What will happen next? What do you think? I will complete this as fast as possible.