This Chapter is rated M for mature audiences only. IT contains Yaoi please read no Furth or skip once I give the warning if you are uncomfortable in anyway…I'm not this is fun. :P But then the judge did accuse me of being a fan girl so that is the way that is.

This is a fan-based parody I do not own Fruits Basket or any of the characters.

Kyo did not know how to respond, it was as if he just froze. "What the hell?" Ayame's serious yet mischievous eyes seemed to envelope all of Kyo's line of sight. "I-" "Claim him? Do people even use that anymore?" A stray thought filtered through and then just like that the world came rushing back into perspective, and Kyo did what Kyo does best, he started yelling

"WHAT THE HELL! Claim him? What are you talking about, are you and the other two dumb asses writing cliché porn together? What in the world is going on!" By the end of his little tirade, Kyo was huffing, and Yuki who was next to him continued sipping tea, unimpressed, though he did glance at Momiji who obliviously continued to draw across the room. Ayame however looked a little surprised, "You mean you don't know? I know it was just a passed down story but I thought they would have at least told you." Ayame was more muttering to himself then really talking

"Well you're going to tell us." Yuki supplied easily. Ayame sweat dropped "I'm not sure if Shigure and Hatori would approve after all if they didn't tell you-" Yuki's gaze of pure death made Ayame choke on his words 'Ayame would never do anything… uh intentional to piss off his precious brother." Kyo thought detachedly.

Really, Kyo was just waiting for the big revel that would turn out to be nothing and then he could go back to ignoring it. Unfortunately there was a part of Kyo, the part that was making his heart speed up in apprehension for what might, just might in a movie like way be happening, Kyo didn't like that part.

Ayame sat back in his seat and sighed, rubbing his forehead. "I will tell you but only because you deserve to know." Ayames seriousness took Kyo and Yuki by surprise, "But I can only tell you bit's and pieces of what had been passed down for a very long time." He added. Kyo found himself nodding his agreement 'he had better not start spewing out crap like this was a joke or something, although by now I should be used to everyone's weird moos swings' Kyo raged.

"Here is what we have gathered, and assume to be true." Ayame started, as he too threw a glance to Momiji to make sure he was distracted. "It was once said that the cat and mouse where once closer then most being are once in a century.-" Weird this sounds kinda like a dream I once had.' Trickled through the back of Kyos mind.

"Anyway, the Zodiac banquet did more then just exclude the cat, apparently something important happened, from what we've gathered it has to do with why there is a monster cat, why the rat was so determined to be first in the race and most importantly why our ancestors where cursed." Ayame observed the two boys sitting in front of him, just a short time ago they would have cut off their own toes then sit next to each other and now they did it without even realizing it.

"But what does that have to do with us?" Yuki questioned. "Well for a very long time it has been practice for the cat to be locked up at a certain point.-" Kyo growled "However,-" Ayame plowed on "Inevitably over centuries there have been times after the lock up that the rat and cat crossed paths, great cat like breakouts and such. Anywho what we've collected from scraps of journals and word of mouth there seems to be one connecting factor- should the cat and rat cross paths after the first full moon of cat's seventeenth year, the love once shared by spirits once passed will bind them together- This is one repeating stanza we've managed to find a few times."Ayame explained.

Kyo and Yuki where still processing, "Wait so- what does it mean?" Kyo asked struggling to work it out, "Well with what we can gather whenever the Cat met the rat after the first full moon after turning seventeen the cat would start to fall in love with the rat, and vice versa. A few accounts say that the cat host would be struck at random times after that and would seek out the rat wanting to be close, it has to do with the original spirits, we really don't know too much but…" Ayame lased his fingers together and got a somewhat troubled look

"We think that maybe the clan leaders know something, passed down to each clan head. Because even though they said they where chaining up the cat they never really tried too hard until the Cat turned seventeen. By tradition Kyo should have been locked up last week, but our generation seems to be different…maybe that could be a good thing, maybe this time something will be different." Ayames voice trailed off.

With a sigh, he looked up at the alleged rat and cat "Oh dear I do believe I killed them." Ayame observed. Moreover, that wasn't a bad observation; both boys looked pale and soulless as they stared blankly at Ayame. When the snake stood up neither of them gave any sign that they where aware he had done so. "Hmm," Ayame contemplated, "I'll make more tea." He walked away but paused, as he was leaving, "Don't forget the full moon tonight." He called over his shoulder. A spark of awareness flashed through Kyos eyes.

"So Momiji what did you learn?" Kyo called over his shoulder as he slid his shirt over his head. Momiji who had sat down on Kyo's Futon looked up questioningly "Oh no don't give me that look I know you heard every word that that boneless snake hissed today." Kyo tried and failed to keep the amusement out of his eyes. Momiji looked surprised but it was clear he was fighting a grin.

The walk home had been awkward with a heavy tension fogging the air, Yuki had the skill to radiate a calm aura despite everything and Kyo just scowled and walked his own step. He had always known that he was different from other people, that as the cat zodiac he should never really be surprised when something else stepped in to the muck up a situation but this was just too far. Therefore, when he got home he had fled to his room and Momiji had padded after him.

"Are you going to have sex with Yuki?" Kyo who had been pulling a fresh shirt over his head jerked in shock and tripped over his desk chair sending him sprawling. Yanking his shirt down Kyo sat up shooting furious glances at Momiji, who sat there the picture of innocence. "Who the hell let you talk like that! You're far too young to be saying things like that, what are the youth today growing up to be!" Kyo flipped." Well now I know what the brat took away from that conversation. Kyo thought.

In the face of Kyo's panic attack Momiji snorted, "I'm not a baby," the blond had some fire in his eyes. It was Kyos turn to snort, "Sure you are you're just a baby so you had better not be thinking about sex or anything beyond hand holding with a pretty girl right now, you leave the rest of it to adults." Momiji smiled sadly, "I've never really been a kid,"

Kyo absorbed this and then did the only logical plan of action. "You kinda got a sick up your ass huh?" Momiji looked up scandalized "Listen kid, you where on rocky ground for a while because you felt alone, but look around you've got a family and a life take a moment to be kid so you don't end up like a old geezer or something." Kyo scolded in a -holier-then-thou- tone.

Momiji offered a smile but nothing more. Kyo sighed and got to his feet with a groan, stretching a bit Kyo padded over to his futon and plopped down next to his cousin, Kyo had a suspicion it was felling sharing time 'damn' Kyo took a breath and then thought about the kid next to him.

"I'll tell you something kid, my mother never really accepted me, if anything she was barley aware she had a kid. I was an obligation more then anything else. I…I think it probably makes me a bad person but-." Momiji was studying Kyos face as the orange haired boy looked off at something only he could see. "The truth is even though she never accepted me, even though I even got relief when she died because I didn't have to pretend anymore- even then when I no longer had a mother because she couldn't bare the thought of me…"

Momiji winced and Kyo turned his head to smile down at him sadly, "Even then I hated that some part of me couldn't hate her, because after all she was my mother." The smaller boy was smiling sadly as well and his blond hair fell to obscure his eyes, "But that was just a naive way of thinking." Kyo added thoughtfully. Momiji's head snapped up to look at Kyo. "No! It's not like that." Momiji hurriedly defended. Kyo felt his heart clench slightly when he realized Momiji was defending Kyo more then himself.

"Yes, it is. I heard somewhere that you have two mothers in this world, the one that gives birth to you and the one that raised you, despite that my mother played the part of a mother there was no love, I never really knew what a mother was- as weird as this is to say- until my Master showed me." Momiji looked startled. "What do you mean?" He asked, Kyo almost decided to backtrack when he saw the vulnerability in Momiji's eyes, but after a moment, he continued.

"Well, Master is a man and he sucked at house chores so I aint really saying that he was my mother or nothing weird like that but…he liked that I was around and because of that I got some good memories,- memories that are the reason I am glad I was born. Thanks to him even if I have the terrible life I had something in my life made it worth living, something that is better then never having been born. That's why despite everything I've found a reason to stay alive, a reason I didn't used to have."

Kyo frowned as Momiji's eyes shot open wide and started searching his face. "Did you not understand?" Kyo asked surprised, Momiji reached out and grabbed hold of Kyos shirt. "Did you not used to have a reason to live? Have…did you ever think about not living?" Momiji's voice was soft and but Kyos felt his eyes harden as he relied what he had unknowingly given away.

"Why is that what you think about?" Kyo snapped. Momiji shrunk away from the harsh tones, and Kyo instantly felt guilt, "I guess nobody would blame you if you did, it just so happens that you'd be hurting your family. The people who would make everything worth living for if you where willing to let the past go. That's how you've made it so far isn't it? Looking to the future, but you figured you where always doing it alone but look around everyone is worried for you and they don't want to lose you. We know you've thought about…dying."

That Momiji would even consider that option hurt Kyo but…well it wasn't like he didn't get it. "That's why you've been closing off; you don't want to face the real world because it's too cruel." It wasn't a question. Momiji sighed and flopped back onto the futon, "I always plowed forward," The blond spoke with a smile but there was no humor in his voice.

"Because I would see other kids and think 'maybe if I try hard enough' but in the end the whole world just started circling round and round in my brain. I was like, I could wait for good memories I could treasure, but its not going to make the hurt from my past go away, and I haven't got anything to hold on to I mean I was raised by goddamn servants, and that takes me back to waiting for happiness. And then-"

Momiji paused and raised one arm to settle over his eyes, and his voice grew quieter "And then without meaning to thoughts like 'it could all go away' or 'just make it stop' started pounding through my skull, it feels like nothing matters." Momiji chuckled, "Guess that makes me one of the weak ones." Kyo sighed. When a zodiac member felt that the world was too much to bare it wasn't really all that uncommon for them to- kill themselves. Momiji had been showing all the signs: social withdraw, lack of communication, vulnerability.

Kyo shook his head and tilted it back to study the wooden ceiling above them and the way it contrasted with the blue walls, his eyes where far away. "Well that's understandable-" A faint knocking sound near the door distracted Kyo but Momiji drew his attention back, "What makes you say that." Kyo sighed. "Do you really think you are the only one that has tried to get away? For a zodiac who's whole existence is cursed it's not to hard to figure. Hell, I wouldn't say this normally but-"

Kyo glanced at Momiji who had sat up slightly to study Kyo, "Even I've tried to end it all." Kyo admitted. Momiji shot up his wide childish brow eyes stunned. "What! How could you do that? Why Kyo?" Momiji wailed. Kyo smiled for real this time, "Hold on it wasn't recent or anything, and isn't this about you?" Momiji slumped. "Yeah but-" Kyo reached over and ruffled the blond locks, "and if I've found someone who can get that worried about me, think about how loved you are." Kyo hinted.

Kyo was distracted by another faint thump by his door but dismissed it a moment later, "Like who?" Momiji's voice had softened, Kyo thought for a moment and then decided- THUMP, "What was that for!" Momiji rubbed his hurt head. "Who do you think worked so hard so you could come here? Kagura and Tohru spent hours plastering up this crappy wallpaper, and Hatsuaharu brought that freaky picture just for you. I've been saying this the whole damn time! Everyone is worried because they don't want to lose you Momiji," Kyo scolded.

Brown eyes stared at him thoughtfully before the head lowered, 'oh well I tried' Kyo thought with a mental shrug, however Kyos head swiveled around when he heard a fait sob. Momijis bowed head gave nothing away but the clear sparkling tears that fell too his knees said everything, Kyo felt a unaccustomed warmth fill him and without a thought Kyo wrapped his arms around the hurt and tiered child of the zodiac.

"Such a kid" Kyo hummed. Momiji weakly hit him with a small fist. Kyo had gotten pretty attached to the kid and he'd only been here a few days. Knock Knock Knock "Who is it?" Kyo yelled to the door, "Its Tohru" came a familiar voice, "I was wondering if Momiji would like to help with dinner" her soft voice drifted into the room, Momiji looked up to Kyo and gave a nod, "He's on his way" Kyo hollered.

"I'll be in the kitchen," Tohru offered quietly, and Kyo listened, as her footsteps grew faint. "Off you go Momiji" Kyo gave him a light whack on the head just for extra measure but grinned as Momiji stood up and padded out after Tohru.

Kyo sighed and adjusted his shirt, making sure it wasn't scuffed from his fall, as he stepped forward a jangling caught his attention, looking down Kyo saw he had forgotten to tuck his necklace under his shirt. The dog tag and pendant rattled as he took a step, 'I never did ask about the pendant' Kyo realized with a returning sense of curiosity, when he had gotten it on his birthday he'd (the cat) felt instantly attached to it and had meant to ask what it was 'guess I'll do that now,' Kyo figured, as he stood up with a yawn.

Padding down the hallway Kyo figured that he'd either have to ask Shigure or Yuki and on instinct he chose the former, cracking his neck with a twist of his head Kyo was about to bang on Shigures door in a odd show of respect for privacy when the door slid open wildly "OH KYOOOOOOO-ah" Kyos ears where ringing and so just to show Shigure he wasn't mad Kyo sent him a look that smoothly said 'burst into flames, burst into flames!'

"Ah ha ha ha-" Shigure nervously laughed, how nice of you to drop by can I help you with something?" ears still ringing Kyo flipped "YOURE THE ONE THAT JUST HOLLERED FOR ME!" He yelled. "Yes well be that as it may it is no reason to make a fuss but please do come in." Shigure invited, totally unaffected.

After a moment of sputtering Kyo got control of himself and followed the novelist. "So what brought you to my door?" Shigure said cheerfully after sitting behind his desk, Following him Kyo raised a eyebrow but deciding not to push it he focus on the task at hand as he sat accost from the man. "I was wondering about this-" Slinging his necklace over his head he held it our as it swung freely.

"Oh Kyo you needed help reading it? Well I wanted it to say 'I'm hot, single, have no STD's and-"

"Not the dog tag," Kyo said flatly, he hadn't really expected a worthwhile answer out of the Dog straight off the bat. "I was referring to the pendant that's with the dog tag, where did you get it?" Kyo questioned. Shigure looked surprised, "you don't know?"

Kyo scowled "Why would I know that?" He demanded. "Well it has been about three weeks since your birthday; I thought you would have asked someone by now." Shigure said airily. "Well I forgot!" Kyo snapped, "So just friggin tell me." He ordered,

"Yuki found it in some of the old junk at the main house and decided that it was a piece of junk." the writer almost looked satisfied at the vein that made an angry appearance near Kyo's temple. "So he decided to give it to me as a birthday present?" Kyo asked lowly. "Well who knows maybe it is a treasure piece off of an island that a pirate running from the French Navy found and used to barter his way on to an illegal- Hey! Kyo where are you going?" The writer asked going from dreamy to teary in nothing flat.

Kyo waved a hand dismissively, "I've heard enough I'm going to take a nap," Kyo said with a yawn. Kyo figured that whatever the reasons behind him getting the Pendant it was his now and he liked it. "Oh Kyo!" Shigure called after the cat, when Kyo paused at the doorway to look at the man Shigures look turned into a dark contemplative gleam, "Do you know what moon faze it is tonight?"

Kyo felt his own back stiffen, 'so that's what this is about' pulling himself together Kyo shot a glare at the man, "Yeah a full moon, what of it?" He asked with his nose in the air, Surprise crossed Shigures face but after a moment of studying his young charge, the man sighed and threw a sly grin Kyos way, "Oh I was just wondering how someone who seemed to know all about moons could fail his science test so massively!" Shigure wondered cheerfully. "OH that's it! I'm out of here!" Kyo slammed the door shut behind him and after a moment, he huffed and headed down the hall.

"Kyo! Dinners almost ready." Kyo caught sight of Momiji waving to him from the dining room doorframe. "Alright why don't you grab the others?" Momiji nodded but his eyes turned down cast and he started to shift from foot to foot and Kyo acknowledged that he seemed to be waiting for something. "Uh…I look forward to eating what you made?" Kyo offered. His face lighting up Momiji nodded and ran off.

Suppressing a chuckle Kyo walked into dining room to see Tohru setting the table. "Whats for dinner?" Kyo asked as he wandered past the girl.

CRASH!

"What the hell!" Kyo whirled around to see Tohru kneeling over a broken plate, if there had been a sound effect behind her it would have been 'whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa' "I didn't notice you there Kyo" The girl looked distraught. Striding over Kyo crouched down and started collecting glass pieces, when his hand accidentally brushed the girls. "Oh!" snatching her hand back she backpedaled.

Blinking Kyo tried not to look hurt as she stuttered apologies, "What happened here?" A startled voice demanded. "Oh Yuki!" Tohru greeted sounding somehow relieved. "A plate got dropped obviously," Kyo said flatly as he bent over the glass and continued to pile shards into his hand, after a moment of silence a smooth hand reached out and started gathering plate fragments as well. Startled Kyo looked up to see Yuki calmly collecting glass.

"I'm sorry," Tohru said with a sigh. Looking up at her Yuki smiled, "Don't be, in fact I'm impressed." Tohru looked startled and confused in a way only girls could make cute, "It takes some muscle to break a plate this thoroughly, you should be proud." Yuki smiled and Tohru smiled in return all of her unhappiness washed away with one complement, she was like that no matter who was complementing her.

"I'll get the food and we can start eating," Tohru beamed. Kyo sighed and scrabbled after a last piece of glass, "What did you do?" A low voice asked curiously. "What?" Kyo said blankly "She seemed really distressed." Yuki explained quietly, Kyo sighed, when he had walked in the room, she'd dropped a plate and when he'd gotten to close, she'd flipped. Kyo shrugged helplessly.

Yuki regarded him skeptically and Kyo gave in to the childish urge to stick out his tongue, "where are you going?" Yuki asked ask Kyo stood up and headed for the door still juggling the shards of glass, "To watch T.V. until dinner, if I stick around she might find a way to impale herself on a chopstick." Yuki stared at him deadpanned. "What do you wanna come?" Kyo asked sarcastically.

"Actually I was already planning to watch TV. So really you're the one coming along." Yuki said flatly. "What!"

One argument, a cut up thumb and a trash can full of glass later both boys where set sulking in front of the T.V. A bizarre romantic series was playing and it didn't occur to either fuming Zodiac to change the channel. Kyo was watching disinterestedly out of the corner of his eye, "Why doesn't she just dump him if he's such a jerk?" Yukis voice broke into Kyo's bubble.

It Kyo a quiet moment to realize that Yuki had addressed him, 'the great lord Yuki striking up conversation?' Kyo wondered but after a moment he answered, "Because if she dumps him then the other guy will try to get he and her best friend likes the other guy so to save her friendship she's pretending to like the jerk even though she likes the other guy too." Kyos voice was board.

There was a drawn out pause and Kyo glanced at Yuki to see the Violet eyed boy staring at him, "What!" Kyo cried defensively, "Tohru and her freak squad of girly friends sit right in front of me, and they talk about crap like this, I can't not hear!" Yuki just kept staring, "What like you don't eavesdrop on girly conversations!" Kyo accused.

Yuki raised a brow, "No, usually I am a part of them. Women keep asking me advice on female things. Maybe I am female and in denial?" Yuki said monotonously, Kyo processed that and choked on air and it took him a moment to realize that he was laughing. It was true though women seemed to want Yukis opinion on girly things but Kyo didn't know it was a sore spot for him. Maybe it was why Yuki knocked him out whenever he called him a girly boy. For some reason that made Kyo chortle more, it was just funny.

Light chuckling accompanied Kyos laughter and Kyo grinned when he realized Yuki couldn't help but laugh too, "I didn't know you had a sense of humor," Kyo commented as he caught his breath. "I don't" Yuki said with a smile, Kyos heart skipped a familiar beat but Kyo just rolled his eyes.

"Am I interrupting?" Shigure was leaning in the doorway with a somehow irritating expression. "What do you want?" Yuki asked flatly. "Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinner!" The writer sang obnoxiously. Growling Kyo stumbled to his feet and stalked past Shigure "Don't be like that Kyo!" the Man wailed after him, turning to Yuki who was calmly getting to his feet he flashed his puppy eyes. "What did I dooooooooooo?"

"Well we were watching a very interesting love square," Yuki scolded smoothly, "Y-Yuki was that a joke?" Shigure asked shocked, "And what is a love 'square?'" Yuki strode past calmly and only paused to sigh a long-suffering sigh when he heard Shigure wail "Noooooooo! Kyo's stupid has rubbed off on Yuki!" and then a moment later Kyos voice "I heard that you damn dog!"

Kyo snagged the pickled radish before anyone else could get it and stuffed it into his mouth along with some delicious rice. Vaguely listening to table conversation Kyo only paused to offer Momiji his vegetables and then reluctantly stuffed them into his face as well when Momiji gave him a 'nope' look. About to lunge for the last of the salmon Kyo was thwarted by an elbow in his side.

About to turn and yell at Yuki for what was sure to be a bruise he stopped when he saw Yukis expression, it was concerned in a way that was shown by his creased eyebrows. Yuki threw a look across the table and Kyo stared at him blankly, looking exasperated Yuki motioned with his head, following the gesture Kyo saw what Yuki was trying to say.

Something was wrong with Tohru. The woman had her head best so her bangs obscured her eyes, her food was untouched and her hand lay limply in her lap. Swallowing his food Kyo looked questioningly at Yuki but the boy shook his head he didn't know what was up. "Tohru is everything alright?" the boy questioned in his usual gentle tones.

The girls hands clenched slightly as her lips drew upwards, when she spoke he voice shook as if she was on the verge of tears. "I-…I'm fine." Judging by the look everyone at the table had she was not believed, "Ah will you just tell us what's wrong already?" Kyo ordered. Her head bent down even further and her shoulders drew up tensely. Sharing a look with Yuki, Kyo frowned. "Whats wrong Tohru?" Momiji questioned with concern.

"I- I just, I don't feel well." She said softly. "Don't feed us that crap!" Kyo snapped at her, before Shigure could jump in saying that was how Kyo shows he cares the whole room froze as they watched a tear slip down the sad face, "I'm sorry Kyo, I'm so sorry." Her shoulders shook in silent cries. "W-what-…" Kyo looked startled and confused and he shook his head at the others to show he didn't know what she was saying.

"I didn't mean to listen," She explained quietly as her bent head hung over her shaking hands. "What are you babbling about?" Kyo said looking very confused and somewhat hurt. "I came to get Momiji to see if he wanted to help for dinner, I didn't mean to listen I swear! But I…I just didn't want to interrupt and so I waited and…and I heard!" Her lap was now being rain on with the clear liquid that fell from her eyes.

'She was listening to my and Momiji's conversation earlier, what could she have heard that would make her OH SHIT! Was it the part about sleeping with Yuki! That must be it-' Panicking Kyo waved his hands, "You misunderstood, what you heard wasn't anything like what you're thinking you just-"

She looked up

Pained large brown eyes shook as tears streamed, "Kyo…Promise you don't, that you won't…" Kyo slammed a hand on the table, "I won't, you don't understand-" Her shoulders straitened, and for the first time in the year he had lived with a girl he heard her voice raise. Into a distressed pitch, "Promise you won't die!"

The world went completely still

Kyos deep endless red eyes widened and then shook as his body went still, "Even I've tried to end it all." That was what Kyo had told Momiji, 'She's not supposed to know, nobodies supposed to know' Kyo's breathing picked up. "Tohru that's not going to happen, Kyos fine." Shigure jumped in hurriedly. "I heard it." She said flatly. "Tell them Kyo tell them how you won't be around anymore,"

'Breath deep Kyo, whenever it's too much just breath deep and take a moment just for you.' That was what Kyo's master had said over and over whenever Kyo had a break down. Steadying himself Kyo sank to his knees and closed his eyes, breathe in and breathe out "Kyo?" The boy vaguely heard Momiji- breath in and breathe out, after a moment his eyes slid open.

Everyone was staring at him, waiting. Breathe in breath out. "Tohru, we're glad that you came to this house, but I need you to understand something…" Kyos voice was low-

"You don't know what it means to be a zodiac, especially the cat." Kyo swallowed as he tried to work his thoughts in order, he felt that he had to say this now, "I've hurt, I've hurt so bad that I wished I had never existed," Tohrus eyes opened wider and her chin shook, "But that was then." Surprised the girl looked him in the eyes, "Right now I look forward to each day, and I have made it past that. Right now the best thing you can do for me is to go through everyday just like we have been."

"Oh Kyo," Tohru whispered, and her face gentled as she watched Kyo offer a small smile, "I am past that I can purely say that no matter what happens I'm glad I was born." Kyo shot a meaningful look to Momiji and then turned to Tohru. Everyone watched her head bent down once more, and when she looked up Kyo felt his heart breath in relief, Tohru smiled through her tears. "I'm happy," She said, and the dark aura cleared. Unable to meet anyone's eyes partially out of embarrassment over the speech he felt he had to give, Kyo picked at his food.

Kyo didn't know what she was to the Sohma family, a friend, a sister, a mother, it didn't really matter somehow she had become family, Kyo kept his head down but he partially expected a sarcastic comment about girly speeches to be sent his way, risking a glance he spied Momiji insisting Tohru have the last bite of fish, the real test was Yuki and Shigure. Working up the guts Kyo sent a look their way, fully ready to see snide faces but what he saw almost made him drop his chopsticks.

Silken locks obscured Yuki's face, he stared down at his hands without seeing and his mouth was in a serious line. If Kyo had to say, he would say that Yuki looked shocked. He looked to Shigure puzzled but the man was staring into space, his face looked…sad for some reason. Not sure, what was going on but not pleased with all these…emotions (shudder) Floating around so Kyo decided it was time for a nap and he stood and left the room.

(Authors Note)Ok so within the first few pages of the next chapter you will be seeing why this is rated M.

As always, ideas, thoughts, or Flames are anticipated. I really love it when readers send me their ideas for future events.

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-Just Miki