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Chapter 11

Despite the many attempts Tohru made to small talk to the other mourners, she couldn't help but keep glancing at the doorway, waiting for Kisa to come in. She found herself walking into the dark hallway away from the bright, loud wake in the banquet hall, absentmindedly fiddling with her black dress that Mine-chan had made for her.

'Tohru?' a familiar voice asked, 'Are you okay?' Tohru turned to Kyo, her eyes mirroring his worry.

'Kisa's been out there for a while, I'm just worried is all… Do you think we should check on her? She must be getting really wet.' They both looked up to the ceiling hearing the heavy patter of rain. Kyo took a strand of her hair, twirling it around his index finger.

As if on cue, she began to blush. She went to lower her gaze away only to have Kyo's hand under her chin tilting her head back. He planted a tender, lingering kiss on her lips, causing her to blush even redder, before, finally, answering her question.

'She's dealing with loss right now, you know how close she was to Hiro, she was probably hurting really badly before and now it's sinking in that he's really gone. Give her some time; she'll be a bit better soon.' Tohru nodded at him.

The door opened, Tohru turned and Kyo looked over her head, hoping to see Kisa, only to find Hiro's mother entering. Tohru ran to her stopping and inspecting the woman's face before hugging her. The woman was taken by surprise but hugged the girl back.

'I'm sorry, dear, but who are you?' Tohru jumped back, cheeks tinged with pink. She opened her mouth, but her embarrassment caused only a small squeaking noise to come out; luckily Kyo came to her rescue.

'Her name is Tohru Honda. She was the governess for Hiro and Kisa.' He replied for her, ruffling her hair. The woman nodded and smiled at Tohru.

'Lovely to meet you Miss Honda, I'm Satsuki and I am… was, sorry… it's taking some getting used to.' Satsuki dropped her head to the floor letting her long bangs conceal her face, Tohru placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder causing her to look up with glassy eyes, smiling and causing the tears to break free, 'I was Hiro's mother.' She replied weakly.

'Its okay, my mother and father will look after him up there; they promised.' Tohru replied seriously. 'Now, I think you should go into the hall and warm up a bit, you could, of course, go and dry yourself up…' Tohru finished quietly as she watched Satsuki walk away.

She turned back to Kyo and suddenly a flash came through the window followed by a loud rumble. Tohru's eyes widened in fright and she sucked in a quick breath, restraining the urge to jump into Kyo's arms, knowing he would turn into a cat if she did so.

Kyo placed his hands on her shoulders, searching for her face; she lowered her head, closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths before looking at Kyo and stating 'I'm going to get her.' Kyo's eyes flashed and his expression instantly became angry.

'Are you insane? You're terrified of thunder; you'd be no help to Kisa right now. There is no way I'm letting you out there!' Tohru was slightly taken back by Kyo's tone and her face must have shown this because instantly Kyo's eyes softened.

He broke away and turned around hitting his head in his anger before punching the wall with one side of his fist and resting his head on the other side. His eyes closed, his mouth clenched, one arm hung limply at his side, 'Why am I such an idiot? Why did I shout at her?' He let out a frustrated sigh, 'I'm so, so, sorry Tohru, I didn't mean to snap at you, I just don't want you to get hu-'

'I know.' Tohru took his hand that was by his side in both of hers and squeezed it, bringing it up to her face and kissing his palm before placing it on her cheek. All of Kyo's frustration left him and he looked at her, about to open his mouth to apologise again when the door opened.

Tohru turned and let out a whimper dropping Kyo's hand before running towards Kisa. She was soaked, dirty and crying. Not caring about ruining her dress she took the girl in her arms and hugged her close, crying into her wet and dirty hair.

'Kyo, please get me Mine-chan.' She said soundlessly, 'and then come back… Please.' She stated quickly before he nodded, turned and left. Tohru kneeled down and sat Kisa on her lap; hugging and rocking her, making small comforting noises as she did so.

As quickly as he had left, Kyo returned with Mine-chan, he picked up Kisa and carried her to a nearby room; following Mine-chan. Tohru stayed on the floor, the door still open, she looked out through blurred eyes, making out the distant shape of Hiro's grave, the dark sky and the large rain drops. A sob escaped her throat and she closed her eyes in an attempt to calm herself, causing two big tears to roll down her cheeks.

'Oh dear governess, have you no control?' Tohru's eyes instantly snapped to a tall silhouette in the hallway; she squinted attempting to see. A flash of light showed a woman, as pale as a ghost with short, raven-black hair wearing a black kimono that was falling off one of her shoulders.

In her shock, Tohru scrambled back only to smack her head on a wall behind her. Her vision went white for a few seconds and she could hear her heart beat thumping in her head. She closed her eyes, willing for them to go back to normal; when she opened them the woman was right in front of her.

Tohru went to let out a scream, only to have the woman cover her mouth. She laughed at her and lifted her off the floor against the wall gripping around her jaw, choking Tohru as she did so. Tohru kicked and tried to shout for help, but to no avail.

'I am Akito. I'm sure you've heard of me.' Another flash of lightning showed the woman's eyes glaring into Tohru's own. Never had she been so afraid, not even when she watched her mother curse this woman, right now, she was petrified. Her heart was beating so fast she was surprised it hadn't burst yet.

She stared straight at those cold, black eyes. She remembered the fear her mother had put in them, the weather had been like this the day of her father's death. How she wished she could reinstall the same fear her mother had all those years ago right now, but she doubted that Akito knew that she was Kyoko's daughter.

'I can't have you and Kyo carrying on with your little 'fling' Tohru.' Akito spat, gripping Tohru's face tighter causing her to let out a strangled whimper. 'But I'll set you a deal. I'll let you stay.' She smiled darkly, causing Tohru's stomach to knot, 'but Kyo has to go to the Neko Room. That's all, you get to stay, and Kyo… Well, Kyo is mine.' She dropped her to the floor, laughing, and walked away towards the hall full of the mourners, just as the door Kyo, Kisa and Mine-chan had gone through reopened, 'Think about it Tohru.' She called back; waving towards Tohru's broken down figure.

She stayed crumpled on the floor, shaking and gasping for air. Kyo, confused, looked after Akito before looking towards Tohru. He saw her lying on the floor, and forgetting all about Mine-chan, Kisa, Akito and the curse, ran to her and took her in his arms. For a single, delicious moment, he felt what it was like to hold her before the curse changed him into the all too familiar orange cat.

Tohru picked him up and stroked him gently, crying softly into his fur, he could feel her shaking. He miaowed softly to her and rubbed his cheek into her arm. Kisa then ran to Tohru and took Kyo out of her arms, causing Kyo to hiss under his breath. She hissed back at him and Kyo shut up.

When he changed back and had his clothes on, he kneeled in front of Tohru and looked her in the eye, leaning if she tried to avoid his gaze, 'Tohru,' he started causing her to look at him, 'what did Akito do to you?' she stared blankly at him.

Kisa sat on Tohru's lap, and gently pulled a lock of her hair, 'Sissy?' she asked anxiously, 'what happened?' Tohru's face remained blank, and it was starting to freak Kyo out; he cautiously touched her arm, causing her to snap back to reality. She looked into his eyes, searching. After a few moments had passed she asked him a question he really didn't want to answer.

'Kyo, what's the 'Neko Room'?'

~O~

'It's true.' Kagura whispered behind Yuki straight into his ear, causing him to jump.

'What's true?' Yuki replied, whispering back though he had no idea why. He inwardly rolled his eyes when Kagura's started to water.

'That Kyo's cheating on me with that new governess! Tessa is it? Anyway, I was on the way to the bathroom when I saw them kissing. I think my heart is broken.' She said fanning her face as if trying to dry the imaginary tears.

'Her name is Tohru.' He corrected under his breath before clearing his throat, 'Well you and Kyo never were really together were you Ka-' Yuki never got to finish his sentence. Kagura's eyes glowed with rage and Yuki put his hands up in a silent surrender muttering his apologies.

He glanced over Kagura's shoulder to see Satsuki had entered the room. Everyone was avoiding her, not knowing what to say to the sheep's mother. Yuki walked up to her and took her hand in his; giving her an apologetic smile he bowed to her. She smiled at him mouthing a 'thank you'.

She moved around the room accepting everyone's condolences, consoling those who were crying. Yuki felt a presence behind him waiting, impatiently, for her to speak.

'I wonder if she'll have another sheep.' Akito's voice drawled to Yuki. He sighed and crossed his arms, lowering his head and looking at the floor.

'We both know that's not true. The curse only works from conception, Satsuki is 7 months pregnant. You're going to have to wait for the next one I'm afraid.' Yuki replied coolly. He heard Akito let out a sigh of agreement.

'Excuse me, I have people to threaten. I'll see you later Yuki.' She cooed stroking his hair before leaving the room. Yuki let out a shudder; he hated being Akito's favourite. He always had to do her dirty work.

Momiji was sat in the corner by the food table. He was slowly eating some homemade shortbread. It tasted like wood, but he was too numb to bother not eating. He had a void to fill with the loss of Hiro. Even though Kisa and Hiro had been close, Momiji had always been a role model to Hiro; the sheep had always followed what he did, even though Momiji could jump higher than him thanks to the rabbit in his soul.

Now that Hiro wasn't there, who would look up to him? He couldn't do anything with Kisa, she was a girl. Too delicate, too easily hurt; then again, wasn't he? Momiji stopped eating, lost in his thoughts. He was more delicate and easily hurt than he thought. Hiro's death proved that.

He looked at himself in disgust; he hadn't even stayed behind everyone to have a private farewell to Hiro. He was sat here in a corner, knees against his chest, nibbling a biscuit like a five year old. He threw the tasteless chunk of biscuit under the table and held his head in his hands, his elbows resting on his thighs. Silent sobs racking his body. A quiet cough caused him to look up; he wiped his eyes before looking away from the figure in front of him.

"What do you want rat boy?" He asked Yuki sourly, crossing his arms. Yuki gave a small, sad chuckle before squatting down and gingerly touching Momiji's shoulder.

'I came to see how you were doing.' The rabbit looked into his eyes for a moment, seeing the honest concern held there for him. He shook his head and looked away from Yuki.

'I'm fine… I just want to be on my own… Please.' Yuki nodded at him, patted his shoulder twice before flashing another sympathetic smile and leaving. Momiji knew he had been harsh but he couldn't help it. He was hurting; and he wanted everyone else to feel the same.

~O~

'What?' Kyo asked not wanting to say anything. Tohru's eyes held him.

'You know what I'm asking.' She replied. Kyo looked at Kisa; the tiger shook her head slightly. He raised his eyebrows at her; she quickly mouthed 'what she doesn't know can't hurt her.' Kyo let out a large sigh and closed his eyes.

'What did Akito say about the 'Neko Room'?' Kyo asked, pinching the bridge of his nose. Kisa looked up at Tohru; she raised one eyebrow and looked at her hands.

'She said she'd let me stay here if she 'locked you in the Neko Room' so what is it?' she asked again, impatient. Kyo's eyes widened. He sat against the wall slowly bashing it with the back of his head.

One.

Two.

Three times. Then he stood up.

'Damn Akito to hell!' he muttered under his breath punching the wall again. Kisa stood up and tugged on his arm. He looked down at her before crouching and hugging her into him.

'You know what you have to do.' She whispered to him; her arms around his neck. He nodded to her.

Kyo knew exactly what he had to do.

HA! I cliff hanger-ed you for not reviewing! That's what you get my little niños! So yeah, there you have it the funeral! Hooray… kind of… Not really. Bye-bye Hiro :( I'm going to have to read some HiroxKisa fics to get over my withdrawal symptoms I think… Also, this is my longest chapter so far, exciting stuff my friends. Until next time!
Much love! Olivia x