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Chapter 8

Yuki's jaw hung open, 'so that means that you mo-'

'Yes, my mother is the reason for your curse. She's the witch that did this.' Tohru replied, tears dribbling down her cheeks.

Kyo longed to comfort her, even put his arm around her shoulder, but Yuki was there, and he knew that Tohru didn't like to see them fighting. So he stayed standing with his arms crossed, not looking at her.

'Do you know anyway to… lift it? Or, did you not gain any of her… err, 'powers'?' Yuki asked, placing a hand cautiously on Tohru's shoulder.

Her head instantly shot up, causing Kyo to anxiously watch her and Yuki to retract his hand. She stared off into space and her eyes flashed a bright white, she smirked.

The boys looked at each other apprehensively; Kyo waved a hand in front of Tohru's face.

'Of course I have powers. The children were right; I'm a witch's daughter. I would expect nothing less… But in order to break this curse I would need my mother's book of spells… I need to know which spell she used, even a rough outline, then I would need to go back to my village.'

'Wouldn't your home have been taken over by different people now? How would we get the book?' Tohru giggled at Kyo, thinking the question stupid.

'No one would enter a witch's house without her invitation, Kyo, only if they feared for their life. No one will have entered my home; everything would be in the exact same place.'

Yuki didn't like this Tohru, he preferred shy Tohru, well mannered Tohru. He didn't like this over confident witch's daughter that sat in front of him. She was scaring him, if he was being honest. He didn't know what she was capable of and it terrified him.

Kyo, on the other hand, loved this side of Tohru. He thought confident girls were sexy, and right now, Tohru was really turning him on. It was taking all of his masculine strength to stop himself from carrying her up to his room…

Kyo was snapped out of his fantasy by Tohru's voice.

'One of you has to go talk to Akito, with Shigure. I need to know the spell.' Yuki shook his head.

'It's far too risky, Akito would suspect something and probably have you kicked out of our house. No, we need a plan, or a story that would require the need for the spell.'

'Shigure could say he's writing a book, a fictional one. Based on our secret. Wouldn't that be a best seller…' Kyo trailed off, slightly embarrassed at the way both Tohru and Yuki were looking at him. Two awkward seconds passed before Tohru gave a small smile.

'That's a great idea, don't you think Yuki?' She looked him; Yuki was going to say no. He looked at Tohru, as their eyes met, hers gave a flash of white and he found himself nodding,

'Excellent idea Kyo, I think it could really work.'

At that moment, Shigure entered.

'Yuki, there you are! I hope you are looking after our sweet flower! Any-hoo, both you and I have been called up to the main house, we won't be back until tomorrow. Go pack your things!' Shigure sang, skipping out of the room.

Kyo smirked,

'I guess you can put my plan of action into play tonight then, rat-boy.' Yuki glared at Kyo, exiting the room to go and prepare for his meeting at the Main house.

~O~

Just before they left, Shigure went to find Kyo who was, of course, on the roof.

'You know, you don't half pick hard to reach places. I'm no spring chicken!' Shigure sighed as he finally reached the top.

'What do you want Shigure?'

'I just wanted to have a little talk with you… about tonight.'

'… Go on?'

'It's regarding Tohru, I know you like her, but please promise me that you won't do anything stupid tonight? With Hiro's death, we don't want Tohru to get pregnant with the next she-'

'YOU DAMN PERVERTED DOG! I WASN'T EVEN THINKING ABOUT THAT! God, I'm not like you, I'm not going to do anything stupid with Tohru! That kiss with her was… nothing… she was just… hurting at the time, it didn't mean anything to her.' Kyo put his head in his hands, and Shigure raised his eyes and let out a soft chuckle.

He patted Kyo's back, and when he didn't respond, stood up carefully.

'Things aren't always as they seem. Just… don't to anything you might regret later, okay?' Kyo nodded without removing his head from his hands. Shigure sighed and shook his head before descending back down the ladder and heading towards the awaiting carriage.

~O~

That night there was a thunder storm. Tohru lay with her blankets over her head willing the loud booming and terrifying flashes to go away. Thunder storms were fine when she was with her mother. There had been a storm the night her father had been hung. She remembered it well.

The sun was lazily sinking over the horizon. Dark grey storm clouds licked the sky as the two figures hurried from the village hanging tree. Tohru was still crying over the loss of her father, he mother joined her in her sorrow, but refused to show it under the gaze of her neighbours.

The witch and her daughter hurried through the village, wanting to get out of the eye of the villagers. They had just seen Kyoko curse a seemingly innocent woman and you could see the disgust in their eyes when they looked at her and her daughter.

Once they were inside their small three roomed home, they held each other and both began to cry.

'Why momma? Why didn't they believe that daddy didn't kill the Mayors son, why can't they see that!' Kyoko held her tiny daughter close to her, rocking her back and forth, making soft cooing noises in an attempt to calm her daughter.

'There is a lot of hate in this world, Tohru.' She began, gently,' There are people who find happiness in the sorrow of others. You have to find those types of people and make sure that they never get into your head, because once you let them in, and you trust them, they will attempt everyway to make you miserable. That is why it is difficult for a witch to love, finding people to accept you is just as hard, fitting in does not come easily. It's hard to explain to someone like you, you are small, frail, easily misled. You have to be tough and strong in this world, or it will eat you alive.'

Tohru sat up in her mothers arms and wiped away her and her mother's tears, her bottom lip quivered.

'Momma, I'm going to be strong, for you. No one will get into my head. I'll keep it for myself. I won't ever fall in love either. I would not want to trust myself to my own child knowing that I could hurt them, just like daddy has hurt us.' Kyoko gave a small smile at her daughter's wisdom and pushed a strand of her long brown hair behind her ear before kissing Tohru's forehead.

'You are wise my child, but you must not blame your father, you must blame that woman I... told off... Now, off to bed, it had been a long and troublesome day for the both of us.'

Lightning flashed through the window and the deafening crash followed shortly after. Tohru ran to her mother's bed and snuggled against the warm figure. She listened as her mother hummed an old lullaby before she finally drifted to sleep.

A loud crash woke her from her flash back and she gave a small yelp. Tears had been streaming down her eyes at the memory of her mothers voice and new tears began to sprout at it, now fresh in her memory.

With the next crash Tohru let out a scream and started to shake and cry uncontrollably. Her door banged open and before her stood Kyo.

Shirtless.

Tohru couldn't move, mostly from the fact that Kyo, was extremely hot. He was muscular and tanned. It was hard to close her mouth, despite her terrified state.

'Tohru! Are you okay? Is someone here? Are you hurt? What's wrong?' Kyo was dazed, and still half asleep. Tohru's scream had chilled him to the bone. His eyes searched the room for any intruders before settling on Tohru's curled up form.

He was confused until another boom of thunder came causing Tohru to squeak.

Carefully, he picked up some blankets and wrapped them around her. He had never realised how small she was. Once she was wrapped up, he pulled her onto his lap and hugged her to his chest. The thick layer of material stopping his transformation. He rested his chin on her head muttering that 'everything was okay' and that Tohru 'didn't have to be scared' because he was there.

'It just reminds me of when my dad died, it reminds me that he's dead and so is my mum and I'll never see them again or hear their voices-' fresh tears poured down her face and Kyo held her tighter.

When she had finally stopped crying, Kyo thought she had fallen asleep. He lay her down and slowly made his was to the door.

'Kyo?' Tohru weakly called. Lightning flashed and he saw her start to shake, 'c-could you please stay… please?' He turned and smiled, her hair was everywhere and the shoulder of her nightie had slightly fallen. She looked beautiful.

He made his way back to her bed, lightly pushing her down before placing a pillow around his chest. He pulled her close, loving the way she seemed to fit in his arms. He noticed her head was looking up at him, and when he looked down he saw her lean towards him. He closed the gap and their mouths met for a moment before Tohru pulled away.

She couldn't believe she had just kissed him again. Loving someone was out of the question, she would just hurt him. She snuggled into Kyo and closed her eyes before drifting off into a dreamless sleep, leaving Kyo wondering what he had done wrong.

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