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Birds of Paradise

4

Tohru gasped and tears pricked her eyes as she stared at Rin's angry expression. "Are you crazy!" Rin screamed and pushed Tohru up against the wall.

"Rin…" Haru tried to intervene and she slapped his cheek and hissed at him.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing with that human?" Rin was getting increasingly hysterical. Tohru didn't answer her, so Rin shoved her harder into the wall and Tohru winced a little.

"Do you know who that is Tohru? It's Kyo Sohma one of the head soldiers of Akito-san's army!"

"I know that." Is all Tohru said.

"You know that….HA…you know that!" Rin slapped Tohru again, this time leaving claw marks.

"You are so stupid! He's going to betray you you dumb bitch." Rin grabbed fistfuls of Tohru's brown hair and pulled, Tohru cried but didn't say anything against her friend; she just let Rin beat on her until Haru grabbed Rin by the waist and threw her onto the bed. "He's going to catch you and they'll rip off your wings!"

Haru helped Tohru to stand up. "Rin-san, Kyo-kun isn't like that."

"How the fuck do you know how he's like? How do you know this isn't all a plan? He cuddles up to you so you trust him and then Akito kills you and finds the whole clan! It will be all your fault when every one of us is killed." Rin was exhausted now from screaming and fighting. Tears fell from her eyes and she started clawing at the wall behind her.

Haru grabbed her and held her in an embrace. "Rin…stop." She breathed heavily trying to resist him. Tohru hugged Rin too and she finally calmed down. "Look what you did to Tohru." Haru was monotone but still worried.

"It's okay Haru-kun." Tohru smiled and placed a soft kiss on Rin's cheek. "I know you're worried about me but it's okay."

"No! it's not okay…you can't trust those humans." Rin gently touched the scratch marks on Tohru's cheek and felt horrible.

"You trust Haru-kun don't you?" Rin looked at Haru and nodded. "How do you know you can trust him…and how did you know you could love a human. You told me once you said you loved him the first time you met him." Tohru wiped away Rin's tears.

"Haru is…different."

"He's human. And I've met Kyo and we've talked. He's nothing like Akito-san or any other human for that matter. He's strong, dedicated, and he likes me." Tohru blushed.

"I'm sorry I acted so irrationally before. We should've just talked but…this has happened before." Tohru looked at her puzzled. "When you and I were little, remember we all had to leave our old home?"

"Yes I remember but I didn't think it was because of something like this, it was just because a human stumbled across our cave…" Rin shook her head.

"No, one of the members of the clan, Hatori-san was his name, had allowed himself to fall in love with a human named Kana. After she found out about our tribe's secrets she informed her village and the soldiers attacked. They killed almost half of our clan. Hatori always told everyone we could trust her and he loved her. And she still betrayed him. Most of the Birds here aren't even from our old clan; we've taken them in since we found this cave."

"What happened to Hatori-san?"

Rin shrugged, "He was exiled from being in our new clan and no one has heard from him or seen him since then."

"Then how can you trust Haru-kun, no offense." She smiled and Haru shrugged.

"Because….the way we met made a complete difference. My wing was shot with an arrow near his village and I collapsed in the meadow where Haru had been. Instead of finishing me off or capturing me, he carried me to the woods and hid me in the bushes where he came to see me every day and take care of my wing." Rin blushed and lightly punched Haru in the arm.

Tohru smiled. "Kyo won't hurt me. I trust him Rin."

"Well I don't and you won't be seeing him anymore."

"What?" Tohru was surprised.

"You heard me Tohru…that's an order. You are not to see that Kyo Sohma ever again and if I find out you are seeing him behind my back I'll have him killed."

"Rin!" Tohru almost pleaded.

"Isn't that a little harsh Rin?" Haru asked as he laid back and ate some grapes.

"No it's not harsh it's what I want and it's what I demand of you as your leader." Tohru nodded and went to walk out of the room. "Where are you going?"

"I'm just going to my bedroom, I'm tired." Tohru walked out and shut the door behind her.

"Was I too harsh?" Rin asked Haru.

"Uh yeah, you pulled her hair, scratched her face, and slapped her." Haru was still in his usual nonchalant attitude but also seemed to be stern with Rin.

"It was for her own good, and the safety of the clan." Rin flapped her feathers and cuddled close to Haru…

In Tohru's room*

Tohru lay awake hugging her knees to her chest. She thought about everything Rin had said. She was right…was it a plan to trick her and capture her? Was he toying with her? What if he did betray her…but then, why would he say all those things he said to her. And she's already told him so much about the clan and he hasn't acted on it. What if he was waiting for when she showed him the cave.

"He hasn't asked me to though. If he did then that would be a red alert…right?" Tohru asked herself these questions over and over again but her mind continuously went to Kyo's face. She remembered his warm hands and how strong he was, the way his garnet eyes stared at her as if she was as beautiful as a rare diamond.

"Kyo-kun isn't a traitor. I trust him." Tohru blushed as she played with her hair. "I…like him. Sorry Rin-san but I'm not going to stop seeing Kyo-kun."

Next day*

"I'll be back later!" Kyo yelled to Yuki and Shigure who just stared at him questioningly.

"He goes out a lot. Where does he go?" Yuki asked and Shigure just shrugged uncaring. He slid on his shoes and a shirt and walked out of the hut.

Kyo saddled his horse and fed it some grain before jumping on the animal and trotting off down the path through the trees. Yuki quickly followed Kyo on foot, hiding in the thick brush and trees; his small dagger gripped in his hand.

The sky was clear with a few puffy white clouds. Kyo breathed in the light breeze that wafted through his hair and smirked. He could hear off in the distance the sound of wings flapping. Kyo blushed as he remembered the last time they had seen each other he had kissed her. The first kiss he ever had….except for when he was very little and Kagura forced him to kiss her.

His horse came to halt and Kyo dismounted. He tied his horse with a long rope to a tree where the horse could graze in peace. Kyo walked through the very thick brush and wall of trees and finally made it to the opening of the bathing pool. Tohru was already sitting there with her feet in the water. He blushed when she noticed him and she blushed.

"Hi Kyo-kun." She slunk her body into the water and Kyo jumped in to meet her.

"Hey." Kyo grabbed her by her waist and brought her body closer to his. He then noticed the four scratch marks on her cheek. "What happened to you?" he felt like getting revenge on whatever or whoever decided to mess with Tohru and declared he would.

"Kyo-kun, it's nothing I'm really clumsy and ran into a tree branch yesterday." She beamed a smile and blushed.

"You really are a klutz for a bird. Aren't they supposed to be graceful and what not?" He snickered at her as her blush deepened.

"Well, I'm different and-"

"That's okay cus I like how unique you are Tohru." His lips lingered at hers, making sure that kissing her was okay with her. Tohru closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Kyo's neck as their lips connected. They both felt hot and alive. Electricity shocked all their nerves and Tohru embraced Kyo even harder. When their lips parted they quickly took breaths and kissed again.

The passion increased and Kyo touched her lips with his tongue and she immediately let him explore her mouth. They both panted as the kiss went on, Kyo picked her up and Tohru laced her legs around his waist. He walked till her back was pressed up against a rock on the side of the pool. Water dripped down her body and steam floated off of her. Kyo's shorts grew tighter as he stared at her.

He kissed her neck and then her collarbone. When he went back to her lips his hand slid up her cloth top to her breast, his groin twitched in pleasure as she gasped at his touch. "Kyo-kun…" she let her head fall back, exposing her neck. He kissed her throat and felt her fast paced heartbeat under his lips. He stayed on the spot he kissed and he started sucking on her neck lightly. Tohru laced her fingers in Kyo's wet tendrils. Kyo jumped and turned his attention to the woods behind them and Tohru flinched at his sudden movement.

"What…what's wrong?" she took a moment to catch her breath. Kyo let go of her and put his finger to his lips. Tohru nodded.

She then heard the rustling in the bushes and jumped out of the water. "I have to go, we can't be seen together." Tohru ran off into the forest before Kyo could say something. Kyo quietly got out of the pool and grabbed his sword.

"Kyo?" came a familiar frustrated voice. Kyo sheathed his sword and moved a tree out of his view and there stood Yuki. "Where the fuck are we…do you know how hard it is to get through this-" Yuki stopped talking and took in the surroundings. He felt the heat of the water touch his skin and the clear waterfall made him speechless. "What is this place?"

Kyo began drying himself with a cloth. "It's none of your business. Did you follow me here?" 'damnit, I need to be more careful.'

"That's none of your business." Yuki smirked at his cunning comeback. "Does Akito-san know about this place? It's beautiful."

"No she doesn't and don't go and tell her sissy boy. I found this place and she'd just destroy its beauty." Kyo grabbed Yuki and pulled him into the forest.

"Wait…how'd you find this and when?" Kyo pushed his cousin up against a tree forcefully, making Yuki wince and grab Kyo by his shirt collar. "What do you think you're doing?"

"If you tell anyone about this place I'll cut you into a million pieces with my katana." Kyo unsheathed his sword and placed the point on Yuki's throat.

"It's not that serious Kyo-kun. It's a great place to bathe and get a water source for the village, we wouldn't have to travel so far with all the villagers-"

"NO!" Kyo released Yuki and punched a dent in the tree next to Yuki's head. "I don't want anyone knowing about it." Yuki looked at him curiously.

"Why not?" Yuki asked. Kyo sheathed his sword and tried to think of a reason but couldn't. "Aren't you the head soldier that's supposed to be looking out for the welfare of our village?"

"Tch." Kyo scoffed and walked to his horse.

"The villagers will look down on their beloved soldier when they find out you've had them risking their lives traveling all the way through the woods and meadows, infested with demons and animals, to get their disgusting, filthy water from some creek, instead of that beautiful spring.

Kyo gritted his teeth, 'shit, I can't get myself out of this what should I do? I'm sorry Tohru.' Kyo shrugged. "I'll tell Akito-san when we get back."

"And I'll go with you." Kyo mumbled a growl. 'He's so god damn frustrating!'

"Greeeat." Kyo said sarcastically as he trotted down the path back to the village.

END! For now at least….stay tuned to find out what happens next!