Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket! Just the plot of my story! I neglected to write one in the first 3 chapters so here it is!

A/N: Hey everyone, here's chapter four of my Furuba story. Hope you guys liked the end of the last chapter, I kinda shocked myself (haha). Anyway, here it is!

Chapter 4: Guilty or Not Guilty

"Mom, I'm having so much fun! " Tohru cheerfully informed her mother.

Kyoko turned her smiling face away from the tent flap. "I'm glad Tohru. I have an idea! Let's break watermelons! I brought a few!!" Kyoko made for the vehicle.

Tohru smiled. "Okay Mom! But I wanted to go look for some of these rocks that I seen yesterday." Tohru began to walk away.

"Okay Tohru. Be safe!" Kyoko waved happily. "And be sure not to fall anywhere, and if you do yell as loud as you can for me, okay?"

"I will!" Tohru walked to the spot she remembered seeing the rocks the day before.

Kyo opened his eyes and blinked several times. He was lying on his bed sprawled out on his back at a strange angle. He raised his head and blinked several times until his vision cleared up. Looking at the clock he seen it was eight forty five in the morning, and any thought of attending school was completely out of the question. He tried to move his hand to rub his eyes, but found it was in someone else's grasp.

Kyo then realized there was a head on his shoulder and looked to his right. He sat up so quick that he was surprised she didn't stir. Tohru was lying next to him, deeply asleep and looking completely at peace. He looked at their intertwined fingers and the events of the previous night came flooding back into his mind.

"I killed someone."

Why, why would she say something like that? He had not believed her for one moment, but knew something devastating must have happened to cause her to be so frightened. She had not given him any explanation to her confession but just continued to cry for several hours. They had sat on the floor until Tohru began to drift off on his shoulder, and he somehow managed to help her up onto his bed. She had woken up and cried a little more, so Kyo had sat with her and tried to soothe her as much as possible as she drifted off to into a deep sleep.

Kyo did not remember actually falling asleep or linking hands with her. He assumed he must have been so tired he just fell asleep next to her without thinking, and that she must have woken in the night and held his hand for comfort, since hugging him was no option.

As carefully as he could, Kyo untangled his hand from hers. Tohru stirred a bit and turned her head over and let out a quiet groan. Kyo held his breath and waited as she grabbed a handful of his pillow then lay motionless.

"Oh wow…" He said grabbing his hair in exhaustion. If what she said is not true, what else could make her cry so much? Kyo wondered through his drowsy thoughts.

"So what happened?"

Ten minutes later Kyo sat in the kitchen being interrogated by Shigure. Apparently, the damn Rat had knocked on Tohru's door and at no answer opened it to find her bed vacant. He then had knocked on Kyo's door but to no answer opened the door to find the two dead asleep next to each other.

Great. I bet I left the door unlocked when I came from the bathroom after she fell asleep. Kyo mentally kicked himself. Now everyone in the house knew that they had slept in his bed.

"If you won't tell me anything," Shigure pressed on. "Will you at least tell me if she's okay now?"

Kyo could think of nothing to say except the truth.

"I don't know."

If keeping those words to her self was the reason she had been depressed for the last month, would she be happy from relief now? What if things got worse from here? He decided he would not repeat her words to anyone, because If Tohru had wanted anyone else to know, she would have told someone else.

"Tell me Kyo-Kun, "Shigure began with a grin.

Kyo rubbed his eye. "What?" he asked, trying to stifle a yawn.

"How did you feel waking up next to Tohru-Kun?" Shigure smirked mischievously.

Kyo could not stop the blush from rising, and he angrily defended himself. "How the hell should I know? I was too damned tired to feel anything!"

This wasn't true though, since he had felt the swooshing sensation at the sight of her peaceful face. His hand was still all tingly from her touch, and he was secretly wishing he had just gone back to sleep so he could lie next to her a little longer.

Shigure lit a cigarette and took a drag. He blew the smoke over Kyo's head and causing Kyo to angrily knock an ashtray to the floor.

"Yeah, right." Shigure said smugly, before getting up and leaving the kitchen to write more dirty novels.

The crowded cafeteria irritated Yuki today more than usual. He had no desire to be at school and he was still very worried about Tohru. He had kept asking himself the entire morning….

What did she tell him? Could she possibly feel any better?

Zoning off with his lunch in front of him had caught the attention of a spiky, black and white haired individual. Hatsuharu Sohma made his way over to where Yuki sat alone.

"Lonely are we?"

Yuki smiled weakly as Haru sat down. As usual, Yuki could have one negative thought and Haru would come running to lift his spirits.

"How are you today, Haru?" Yuki tried to keep the attention off of him.

Haru placed his elbows on the table and leaned his head on his fist. "I bet I'm doing much better than you are today."

Yuki sighed, knowing that Momiji or Shigure might have informed Haru of Tohru's behavior. Even though Haru had only been present a few times to witness her change, he still was concerned.

"Is Honda-san doing any better?"

Yuki looked at his half eaten lunch and suddenly lost his appetite.

"I have no idea. Something happened last night between Honda-san and Kyo." Yuki said, still wishing to know what had happened. "I found them both asleep in his bed."

Haru smirked a little. "When the body calls for the opposite sex, I guess Kyo can't help it either."

Yuki glared at Haru. "That's not funny. I don't think anything like that happened."

Haru laughed a little. "I know, I'm just teasing you. Neither of them are educated enough in that area." Haru added matter-of-factly.

"Excuse me, President?"

Yuki and Haru both turned to see Machi Kuragi bowing with a piece of paper.

"Oh, hello Kuragi-san!" Yuki stood at once and made his way over to her. "How are you today?"

Machi stood up straight. "I'm fine, President." Machi held out the paper to Yuki, but he did not notice.

"Since you're here, why don't you join us for lunch?" Yuki invited her.

Machi shook her head. "No thank you, President. I have only come to give you the schedule for the fundraiser next week."

Yuki took the paper. "Are you sure?"

RIINNNGGG!

"Good bye, President."

Machi turned and walked away.

"She's really shy." Haru said as they both made their way for class.

"I don't understand her really, Kuragi-san. She's always so…" Yuki trailed off.

"Sad?" Haru suggested.

Yuki nodded in agreement. "Yes, more than is normal."

As they reached their parting hallway, Haru turned and pulled at Yuki's shirt.

"Be strong, Yuki. Honda-san may still need you, even if she's already spoken with Kyo."

Yuki watched Haru walk away in confusion. Maybe she would someday need only him…?

Tohru lie awake in Kyo's bed, trying to gather herself to face him now that she was no longer crying in hysterics. She admitted to herself that there was no way she could have made any sense the previous night, so looked to the next hour to maybe explain her confession.

She remembered his strange look of confusion and terror after she had said those words. But instead of running away like she had expected, he had comforted her and stayed by her all night.

Tohru sat up and stretched. It wasn't her bed, but she had never felt so rested in her life. She wondered if it was because of the comfort of his bed, or because of the comfort of Kyo.

She went into her bathroom and washed, trying to think of a way to bring up what she had said. If she told him the story, maybe he would see how cruel she really was. But if she left him with no continuance, he may be relieved or not want to discuss it.

Tohru left her bathroom and headed straight for Kyo's room. She stood in the doorway and stared at the bed. She began to blush as she thought of herself sleeping next to him. She knew it was very inappropriate, but for the circumstances there must be an exception. It could not have possibly meant any more than a comforting friend.

"Hey, you…"

Tohru turned around and her stomach erupted in butterflies at the sight of Kyo. Fully aware that it was no time to be swooning, she couldn't help herself from turning beet-red.

"Ky-Kyo-kun!" She stuttered, unable to control her shaky voice.

"There's no need to say anything." Kyo stated as Tohru moved out of the way for him to enter his room.

"Y-yes there is a need!" Tohru followed him. "What I said was true, and I failed to elaborate!" Tohru desperately continued.

Kyo cocked an eyebrow at her. There was just no way she meant what she had said.

"Kyo-kun, please listen to me." Tohru closed his door behind her and walked over to him.

"Tohru, I don't believe you." Kyo stated firmly. "You are just incapable of committing such a thing."

Tohru lowered her head. If he wasn't going to listen to her say it was true, then she would have to tell him the story. She sat on his bed and motioned for him to sit next to her.

Kyo sat and waited for her to begin explaining. He watched as she shifted nervously, searching for the right way to begin.

"I don't think I'll believe you even after you explain this to me." Kyo said, almost smirking from how ridiculous it seemed.

Tohru looked at him, then began her story.

"I was looking for rocks…"

Tohru happily walked through the thick trees alone. She was now far from the campsite, and closer and closer to the pretty and shiny rocks.

She listened to the sound of the animals around and the crunching of leaves underneath her shoes. So happy to be out in the wilderness she looked around. Every tree was very green, and every branch was thick and healthy.

She was so happy, she did not notice the crunching of leaves under another's shoes.

"Oh!" Tohru reached the spot where she and her mom had stopped to rest the day before on a hike. There was a large pile of different sized shiny rocks right next to a fifteen foot drop that lead to another trail.

Tohru kneeled down and began to shift the rocks around. "They're all so pretty!" She said smiling.

Crunch…

Tohru turned around quickly, hearing a very loud crunch of leaves.

"Hello? Mom?" She called out.

Something crawling on her hand called her attention back to the rocks. She looked down at a large yellow and black spider crawling on her hand.

"AHHH!" She screamed and fell backward on to her bottom.

"Little girl…"

Tohru turned around so quick she cracked her neck. Standing behind her was a tall Latin man with dirty and ripped up prison clothes and a very long black beard.

Tohru stood up immediately. "Wh-who are you?" Tohru stuttered in fear.

"I'm not going to hurt you." The man said in a low raspy voice. He looked at her and Tohru noticed how bright his green eyes were. So bright and hypnotizing….

"What do you want?" Tohru asked, trying to think of a way to run back to the campsite.

"I need help. I need someone who can lead me out of these woods." The man approached her, causing her to back up into a tree.

Tohru thought of screaming, but what if he tried to hurt her?

"I don't know these woods very well…." She said as he stepped closer to her.

"Yes you do, I've been watching you and your mother for the last few days."

Tohru's eyes widened. They had been watched? How did they not notice? How could her Mom not notice?

"Just be a good, pretty little girl, and come with me!"

The man grabbed Tohru by her arm and pulled her toward him.

"No! Let me go!" Tohru squirmed as he tightly wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Just come with me!" The man yelled through gritted teeth. "And I won't hurt you!"

Tohru suddenly remembered a defense move that her mom had shown her and threw her head back into The man's nose.

"Ahhh!" The man yelled in pain as he let go of her.

She made to run but he quickly grabbed her arm and spun her around. He punched her in the jaw, causing her to fall backwards into a tree.

Tohru felt the sharp bark scratch her back as she tried to blink the pain away from her jaw.

The man collected himself from the blow to his nose and grabbed Tohru by the scruff, lifting her to her feet.

"Are you going to cooperate yet, little girl?" He spat in her face.

"Please, let me go." Tohru begged.

The man just smirked as she tried to wriggle free. Getting irritated with her persistence he violently threw her to the floor and she landed face first, busting open her lip.

He stood behind her with his back to the fifteen foot drop.

"Are you done, girl?" He bent over to mock her. "Aw, you've fallen and can't get up."

Tohru looked up and seen a very thick and short branch lying before her. She placed her hand on the end trying to grab it.

"Come now, pretty little girl." The man grabbed the end of her skirt and pulled. "Be good and you 'll be spared!"

He grabbed at her leg but she dodged his hand.

"No!" she yelled, kicking him the knee as hard as she could.

"AH! Damn you little bitch!" The man yelled as he turned around to gather his strength.

Tohru took her chance and stood with the branch in her hand.

"You better listen to me, little girl." He stepped toward her. "I may just spare your life!"

He lunged at her as she pulled her arm back and swung the branch at him with all the strength she could muster.

Blood landed on a nearby tree trunk as the branch struck the entire side of his face.

Tohru stood breathless and in shock. The place where the branch had made contact was completely skinless and blood was gushing out.

The man grabbed his cheek, and then turned to Tohru. He glared at her.

"AHHH!" He lunged at her again.

Tohru swung the branch at him again and this time struck him across the side of his head. Seeing him lose his balance Tohru struck him again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

Until she didn't realize he was right on the edge, and struck him a final time in the head.

Tohru screamed as she watched him fall backward and out of sight.

The thud on the ground below told her he had hit too hard.

She dropped to her knees and peered over the edge. There he was, lying sprawled out and very dead. He had fallen on a branch that had gone straight through his body.

Tohru watched breathless and in shock as the blood oozed out from beneath him. The color drained from her face as she realized what she had done.

Tohru stood up and dropped the bloodied up branch. She turned on her heel and ran as quickly as she could away from the place.

"I killed him…I killed him…"

"I killed him."

Tohru sat on the floor of Kyo's room, hugging herself and rocking back and forth.

"I left him there and didn't even tell my mom." Tohru was now sobbing. "I just ran to a nearby creek and washed up. I told Mom I fell." Tohru buried her head in her knees.

Kyo sat shocked. She had killed him, but he had tried to hurt her. If she would not have done anything she may not be sitting in front of him today.

But, she did kill him. She somehow mustered the strength to strike down another human life. Kyo thought these things and confused himself even more.

A heart sunk as he remembered looking at the newspaper article in her room. The article had said the man was missing, not found dead.

"What did you do with the body?" He asked, fearing the answer.

Tohru looked up at him and realized he thought she must have buried, or hid it somewhere.

"Nothing. I left him there."

Kyo was relieved to hear that she at least did not try to bury the body or mutilate it and hide it somewhere.

"That area is so secluded, that I'm sure no one's ever found him." Tohru looked up at the ceiling.

Kyo could see that this sort of pain could never go away, even though her story clearly pointed out that she was innocent. It was self-defense, he would have killed her.

"Kyo-kun, what could you possibly think of me? I murdered someone…" Tohru said in the most hopeless voice Kyo had ever heard.

"Tohru, it was self defense." He stated firmly.

"No, I hit him when I should have ran away."

"No, there's no way you're guilty of murder!" Kyo yelled.

Tohru looked up at him with swollen eyes. "Kyo-kun…"

"I understand that you feel guilty, but you're not responsible!" Kyo stood up, angry that she could possibly think so very low of herself. "You had no choice. Anyone would have done what you did! It's called self-defense, not cold blooded murder! If anyone can't see that then they're ignorant!"

Tohru stood up and faced Kyo. She lowered her head and moved closer to him. He felt his stomach begin to perform summersaults as she placed her forehead on his chest.

"Uh…Tohru…?"

"Thank you, Kyo-kun."

She wrapped her arms around him in a tight embrace. Kyo turned completely red before POOF!

Tohru still held him in his Cat form. She was happy that he had understood, and even helped her to see the sense of it.

"Thank you, Kyo-kun."

Yuki walked home by himself after school. Haru had offered to join him, but he refused as to keep his dignity. Trying to keep his mind focused on anything other than Tohru, he began to mentally study the notes he had taken in class.

This helped for about fifteen minutes until he walked past the Sohma owned building where Tohru worked. He halted for a moment to stare at the size of the massive building. But something else caught his eye.

A short Latin woman dressed in all black leaned against a long black limousine. Yuki felt an unapproachable vibe from her as she turned to look at him. Her angry and loathing stare sent chills up his spine.

Deciding to try and avoid her, Yuki continued to walk, all the while wondering what such a woman would be doing at the building.

Vanessa watched Yuki walk away in amusement.

Angelo rolled down the window and poked his head out. "Is that the one, Vanessa?"

Vanessa shook her head. "No. That's definitely not him."

Angelo looked at her with a questioning expression. "Surely not the other?"

Vanessa opened the limo door and smirked.

"Oh yes, it is the other one. The taller one with the attitude… and bright orange hair."

A/N: So what did you think? Shocking enough? Even though she's spilled the beans, Tohru still believes she's guilty. What could Vanessa and Angelo want with Kyo? Would they have done something if he had been passing by? Keep reading to find out!

Next: What happens when Tohru's approached by Vanessa? If the area was so secluded and far off, how could anyone have found out? Kyo receives a warning and is therefore left with two options…. What will they be?

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