Author's Intro:

I find that once I type a chapter, I can't help but to post it. I dunno why, and I also don't know how "The Girly Man" does it. She's amazing! O.o

Everything's starting to unfold now. Be amazed! Hehe.

Read along, won't 'chya?

The sound of the screeching of tires awoke Kyo from his thoughts. It seemed like the noise came from right outside the house. That could never be a good sign.

The boy raced down the stairs, taking them four at a time. Where was Tohru?

Shigure also ran to the door; he too had heard the commotion. The two males almost rammed into each other as they sprinted, but Kyo stopped in time.

"Have you seen Tohru? And Yuki? They went outside after breakfast, but haven't come back!" the Dog exclaimed.

"I was gonna ask you the same thing! Damn, what did he do?"

They heard a knock on the door, and exchanged one more worried glance before Shigure reached out and swung open the front door.

'Oh, no…' both the Dog and former Cat thought, groaning.

"Hello, Shigure," Akito addressed the black haired man. "And the ex-Cat trash. Where's the girl?"

"Oh! Hello, Akito-san, Haa-san! Hehe…Kyo-kun go get Tohru-k-kun right now…" Shigure chuckled nervously. 'What the hell will I do!'

"Kyo-kun, I suppose I shall invite our "guests" in and give them some…er…tea or something?" the author spoke to the teen. Kyo spent that time giving him a look that told him to stall, and stall well.

Shigure whispered out a "sure", and led in the God and Seahorse to the living room.

'They better get here soon….' He cringed, thinking of ways to entertain the visitors until the former Cat could manage to find the pair.

Tohru squeezed her eyes shut, and yanked the beads off of her wrist. Yuki was too shocked to do anything but stare.

'Why is she doing this?'

The transformation began. Tohru's heart started to beat faster, and her bones started to pop painfully, being broken and reshaped into disgusting forms.

The Cat shrieked and screamed in pain. She couldn't think straight.

Yuki grabbed her bracelet, and then continued to watch in horror. The Rat knew that he couldn't stop her from changing once she started, but he shook in terror and mixed emotions as Tohru became more and more deformed. A terrible stench started to fill the air, causing Yuki to choke and gag. He wretched once onto the ground in front of him.

Her eyes were next to change. The beautiful green turned into a vivid purple, concealing any sign of the girl inside. Her transformation was completed.

A shredded skirt and shirt still remained on Tohru's body, and she looked down at herself.

'I'm so ugly,' she thought, turning and continuing to gallop away from Yuki, into the woods. She could now outrun the boy.

"Tohru!" Yuki yelled, using her name for the first time. 'I've got to find her. But…that must have been more horrifying for her than me. Oh, God. Tohru..!' The Rat ran in the same direction that she had disappeared.

"Tohru! Where are you?" Kyo yelled, racing through the woods as best as he could; he hadn't stopped to slip on his shoes. He had been running for what seemed like a while now; where were they?

Distantly, Kyo heard a cry of "Tohru!". His eyes widened. The voice sounded like the person it belonged to was in a panic.

Yuki.

The boy ran even faster, trying to break through tree limbs that were in his way. Eventually he realized that the twigs were broken off for him. They must have been running for a while.

Kyo looked down. Beyond there being foot prints in the grass and soil, he realized that Akito would be curious to why he was now dirty and scratched up. Not a good thing.

The voice got a bit closer, but it would be possibly hard to catch up to Yuki Sohma, no matter how weak his bronchial tubes were.

Tohru kept racing past the trees, pounding the words "Run away, run away," into her brain over and over again. She seemed to have a separate mind, one that was foggy and irrational. It also brought up unwanted memories, and wouldn't let them disappear.

The Cat finally came to a clearing with some rocks in it. She recognized it immediately; it was the same spot where she had once "saved" Kyo when he had, too, transformed into his True Form.

Her mind then rolled on to more painful memories. Like the time that Tohru had found out about her mother dying in the crash, or when she had first been "hated" by Kyo, or even back when her mother was mourning her father's death, and she had been abandoned.

She clutched her head, and kneeled down onto one bony joint.

'I can't take this!'

Meanwhile, Shigure was trying to keep Akito from thinking about where Tohru and Yuki were by making stupid jokes and then gesturing to Hatori to say something. The Seahorse tried, until Akito screamed at them.

"SHUT UP, YOU PATHETIC ANIMALS! I hear something." All was silent, but just for a moment. Everyone in the house heard the shrieking of someone in great agony or pain. In reality, it was the result of Tohru remembering and becoming burdened.

Akito swiftly stood.

"I'm seeing what's out there. You come, too, Hatori."

"Wait! Akito-san!" they both yelled, trying to get the God to stay where he was. They both knew that something was happening that wasn't supposed to be seen by the Head of the Family. But there was no stopping Akito Sohma. He had already gotten to the outdoors, and was quickly moving towards the shadows of the forest.

Hatori and Shigure took one quick glance at each other, and took off to follow the fleeing man.

Yuki was starting to feel a lot of pain in his chest; he was running so fast, and for so long it seemed. But the Rat could see a clearing up ahead, and he started to smell that terrible smell that was like corpses again. He started to cough, and then collapsed as his lungs were filled with the putrid air.
Kyo saw the gray haired boy up ahead, crouched over. He started to sniff and got the same stench that he had once experienced. The teen then realized how terrible the odor really was. He gagged once, but then reminded himself that Tohru was near, and he needed to find her.

Running right past Yuki, not even glancing back, Kyo ran up to the "monster".

"Tohru! You have to come back! Akito is here! Tohru…." Kyo stopped in his tracks. To see his precious flower like this, in so much pain… "Tohru…" he whispered again, getting the Cat's attention. Her voice was twisted.

"What do you want? I'm going away soon anyways!" she yelled, swiping at him. Her claws barely missed him. Kyo didn't even flinch.

"Akito is here, at Shigure's house. Please, Tohru, just come back."

"I told you! I don't need you anymore! Go away!" this time, Tohru hit the boy. She ripped through his shirt, and inflicted three deep claw wounds. Kyo hit the ground hard, and narrowed his eyes at her. 'I'm not going to give up. She once helped me, and I'm going to return that favor.'

Akito also smelled the stench. He was getting closer, with the Dog and Dragon on his heels.

'Her True Form. The Monster clothed in stench.'

Author's Closing:

This chapter was kinda scattered. Sorry about that. Hope it wasn't confusing.

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