((A/N: As a Thanksgiving present to my readers, I decided to hurry my lazy butt up and write another chapter!!
After updating this chapter, I posted two other stories. 'Virgin Nights' and 'Some Call It Sorrow', but the latter can only be found on my page. I'm not sure why(it's probably an uploading error), but please read it!! It's the sequal to 'You Could Call It Love, But You'd Be Lying'.
Anyway,
To Those Who Reviewed:
Ms. Hiwatari: haha, poor Akito! I'm not sure I've ever really hated her, but I can understand why someone would!
Frogfly: aw, I'm sorry!! Poor Kyo needs angst though, so the ending will be all-the-sweeter.
My smile hides my pain: Haru seems like the type that nothing about Kyo could possibly surprise/disturb him, so he'll most likely accept Kyo with open arms. (aaaawww)
flyingdaggers: haha, he's somewhere, I'm not sure where either, but he's got to be somewhere! For some reason I never make Akito put Kyo in the actual cat's cage. I guess I just figure Akito would have more sadistic ideas than the former Gods. (ha)
Syckitty: Yeah, I love writing her airheaded.. ness.. Although, the only character I don't like writing is Kagura. (which is really hard, since HaruxKyo stories need a jealous Kagura in them somewhere) Why thank you, I hoped I'd be able to write her evil enough!
riceball909: thank you!!
Before beginning the chapter, I'd like to mention that Akito's Girl/Guy thing changes with whomever she's with at the moment. For example, if she's with Kyo, Haru or any of the others who don't know her true sex, I write "he".
But if she's with Hatori, Shigure, or just thinking to herself, I write "she".
Anyone Confused?))
Chapter Ten
"So ugly and warped, with a stench so terrible not even you're own mother could stand you." Akito giggled mirthfully. "Not even your dumb boyfriend could love you in this form."
The form in question lay huddled on the floor, shaking violently as blood poured from his open wounds. His muscles still stung from the transformation, and his skin burned from the God's knife.
Yet he could only think of Haru. What would the ox say if he saw him right now?
"Well, don't just lay their, fight back!" would be Black's choice words.
"You're no God." He choked out, and the other man's giggling paused.
"No matter how ugly this form is, no matter how bad I smell, I'm still not as disgusting as you." Akito froze. Anger bowled in the pit of his stomach, and his face flushed red. His fists shook with fury.
But the cat continued.
"I mean, you hired three huge men to catch me!" His voice raised in pitch as he lifted his gaze to meet the God's.
"If you're so much bigger and so much stronger than me, why didn't you do it yourself?"
He didn't notice the man's retreating form, or the sound of the door closing behind him, but the man's words were far from vague.
"Kill it. Kill it now!"
Kyo laughed.
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"So you think Shigure and Kagura kidnapped Kyo?" Kazuma asked. Yuki could tell he was close to laughter.
"No!" The rat exclaimed. "Kagura and Shigure helped kidnap him!" The man continued to stare, and the rat sighed in annoyance.
"They didn't actually kidnap him, but they told Akito what was going on between him and Haru!" This was getting old fast, and by Ayame's muffled chuckles, Yuki could tell he had already lost interest in their "quest" to save their cousin's relationship.
"What is going on between Kyo and Haru?" The older man exclaimed.
'Oh Crap' Yuki's mind screamed.
'He doesn't know!'
This was going to be a long day.
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"Kill it?" Hatori asked. "What? Kyo?"
Akito huffed, only offering him a nod.
The dragon sighed. How could the Sohma's great and powerful leader be so childish?
"And what did he do to deserve death?" The man asked. It was hard to be respectful when the woman was pouting like this.
"He.. He called me disgusting!" She screeched. "He, the cat, called me disgusting!"
"Is that all?" Hatori asked, and was answered with a slap in the face.
"Don't say it like it's nothing!" Akito demanded. "Kill that creature now!"
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Hiro's stomach growled rather loudly, causing the entire group to stop.
"What?" He snapped, and they moved once more.
It wasn't his fault he was hungry, since it was dinner time and the stupid cow just had to visit the main house!
"You could get arrested for this, you know!" He spoke, glaring in Tohru's direction for no particular reason. "You're keeping a child from eating! You're starving us! You know that's against the law?" He paused.
"It called child abuse!"
The girl didn't seem to be listening, for once, only digging through her coat pockets.
"Here." She offered kindly, handing the ram a candybar. It figured she was prepared for everything.
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Haru stuffed his hands into the tight pockets of his leather pants. He wasn't really cold, but it helped stop their nervous shaking. That's right, for the second time in Haru's entire life, he felt extremely nervous about something. (the first time being his first kiss with Kyo)
The Main House entered his view, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath. He knew he looked shaken, especially when his pace slowed to a complete stop, but he hadn't stopped imagining all the terrible things that Akito may have done to Kyo since he'd woken hours ago.
"It's gonna be okay." Tohru chimed in. The ox could only smile in return. 'Such a sweet girl' He thought to himself, 'no wonder Yuki's so obsessed with her.'
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Kyo felt odd.
It wasn't that he'd been in his true form for over an hour, or even that the deep gashes covering his body had yet to stop leaking. He felt anxious, but oddly calm. He knew what it mean't. Something was about to happen. 'The calm before the storm.'
And when he heard the voices of Tohru, Hiro, Shigure, and Haru he wasn't that surprised.
But when the door slammed open, and he stared into the silver eyes of his boyfriend, he had to admit..
He was as scared as hell.
To Be Continued
((A/N: So Kyo and Haru finally reunite!!! I guess we'll see how Haru takes Kyo's true form in the next chapter!!
Yuki, Ayame, and Kazuma will have a part in this too. (the "battle" against Akito won't end here!)
And by the way, Kisa is there, she's just not talking.))
